Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain or any of its characters.

Author's Note: I know in the series that they made an illusion of a human, that's why their shadows where wolf shadows. But since at the end of the series Tsume was on a motorcycle and I refuse to believe they became human. In my fic it will be like a reverse cow walker (Human shamans transforming into animals; mostly wolves) so it be wolves transforming into humans so they can survive in today's world (and drive motorcycles). The pairings are Kiba/Cheza, Hige/Blue, and well the Tsume/Toboe pairing I haven't decided yet review with your opinion please like brothers or lovers? But I'll only write Shounen-ai (Shounen-ai boys kissin' and cuddlin' Yaoi explicit sex scene (involving all guys)) actually Toboe and Tsume were always my favs so the fic will be a bit more centered on them. So yes on with the ficcy! Oh and a cool tid-bit my full first name in Japanese means Rakuen (Paradise)! Happy reading!

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Rakuen Where are You?

Chaputa-ichi

Toboe sighed, in his own little dream world again, as he walked home from his school. He had this dream that he could have sworn was real, where he was a wolf that had the ability to create a human illusion. He traveled with three other male wolves, occasionally a half-breed female, and a moon maiden. A crazy story right? Well he was a wolf and he still was living with Granny, perhaps it was the dream, but this time he decided to live human, because unlike his dream he could transform into a human, although he was only two (fourteen canine years) years old, Granny never seemed to notice though that he aged slightly different. Toboe had to do some school hopping though advancing in grades faster than you could imagine.

You would think with a life like that, that Toboe would just end up running into to woods and stay in his true form forever. Well many years ago wolves were poached till near extinction and now the remainder live in reserves. So it is either live as a wolf in a cage, or live a free human life with the occasionally wolfish run under the full moon.

So here Toboe was turning the busy city street that held his (and Granny's) fifth floor apartment. When the air seemed to heat up and the sounds of sirens broke through the din of Toboe's mind. The third window from the left on the fifth floor had bright orange flames spewing out. Black smoke filled the air.

Toboe paused, a look of horror on his face, "Granny," he whispered she must have fallen asleep with the stove on. Tears trickled down his face and he turned from the horrid scene and ran away down to streets to the slum part of town. Tripping on his own two feet he skidded to a halt in a muggy grey alleyway. Without thinking the reddish-brown wolf, well looked like a wolf.

His life was over plain and simple. The roar of a motorcycle came to a halt at the end of Toboe's alley; said wolf opened his tear filled eyes and looked at the motorcyclist, clad in black leather his face covered in a black helmet. He seemed to have just stopped to get his bearings. Toboe could smell that he was a wolf, but there was something about the scent something that made him dry his tears. The other wolf seemed to be thinking the same as Toboe because he removed his helmet and looked. Bright gold eyes of the white haired man met the golden brown eyes of the brown wolf. To Toboe it was like his dream that other life, it was Tsume! Or not, plain and simple just became hard and bizarre.

"Tsume?" asked Toboe changing back to his guise, his bangles clinking against each other.

"Toboe? Man all that dream shit was real wasn't it runt?" replied the man, Tsume Toboe could only nod, "hey, runt it looks like you were crying, why?"

"My house burnt down, with Granny inside," whimpered Toboe. He was jolted back, when a red motorcycle helmet hit him in the chest, he deafly grabbed it and stared up at Tsume.

"Fuck, I'm actually going to invite you along this time and all you do is stand there! Come on get your ass on the bike!" growled Tsume.

Toboe followed directions gripping Tsume's waist for dear life and they hadn't even started to move yet, "Where are we going Tsume?"

Tsume put his helmet on, started up his bike again and off they flew, over the howling wind Toboe could hear, "To my place, it's better than before, but I still lead a human gang, we jack electronics occasionally."

All Toboe could do was grip Tsume's waist tighter and nodded against his back. Eyes clenched shut; Toboe just wished the ride would be over. And it was with Tsume's driving nothing ever took long.

The bike rolled to an easy halt and Tsume removed his helmet chuckling at the death grip that Toboe had on him, "Come on runt we're here."

Toboe loosened a bit and looked up at Tsume fumbling with his own helmet. Toboe nimbly got off the bike, stumbling a bit to regain his land legs. Tsume just walked toward the big grey building they were parked in front of. Toboe followed behind him a minute later.

When Toboe stepped into the building all there really was, was a wall of mail boxes, an elevator and a set of stairs. Toboe looked around for a second until he saw that Tsume was going up the darkened stairwell.

Tsume disappeared into the second door on the right of the second floor leaving the door ajar for the pup to follow. When Toboe entered he looked at the plain small apartment the biggest room made up a small living room and a kitchen separated by a small counter space. In the living room was a ragged orange and brown plaid sofa that smelled musty and was shredded up in a few places. Across from the sofa was a small thirty centimeter (12") television that was placed on top of an old soap box. There seemed to be two other doors in the apartment one lay half open to a small bathroom that only had a sink, shower and toilet. Toboe assumed the other door was to the bedroom. The kitchen was bare a refrigerator, stove, plenty of counter space, and a small low card table sized wooden table surrounded by four cushions good for both human or wolf.

Claw came out of his bedroom and glanced at Howling, "I think all I have is meat, beef, lamb, and pig. I'm in the mood for beef you don't mind it raw right?" all the while he went into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator removing two large steaks. Moving towards the cupboard he removed two plates placing a steak on each. Tsume put the plates on the table sitting down as a wolf waiting for Toboe.

Toboe moved quietly toward the table the trim brown wolf took his seat across from the majestic grey. He bowed his head in thanks and waited for Tsume to start the meal. Soon both wolves were tearing into their meals.

Not long after the start of the meal, Toboe jerked away from the meal and rushed into the bathroom in his haste the door which he attempted to shut did not latch allowing Tsume to heart the awful retching noises coming from up from his emptying stomach. A light sheen of sweat covered Toboe's face as he spat up the couple bites he had gotten down before he got sick. The only thing her could think of was it must have been his body's lack of familiarity with cold raw beef. He knew he hadn't eaten like that since before he died for Quent Yaiden, back when he had pack. After many minutes of dry heaving Toboe flushed the toilet and washed his mouth out with water from the tap, he almost gagged again at the treated city water. Splashing cold water on his face and drying off Toboe exited the bathroom planning on not eating anymore for at least the night.

The tantalizing smell of cooked steak reached his nose. Toboe drooled as he walked back towards Tsume and there on his plate was his half eaten steak, cooked and next to it was a saucer of warm milk.

Toboe looked apprehensively at Tsume, before the grey spoke, "I figured that since you lived with humans… again, that your body wasn't used to raw meat, so I cooked it a bit should be warm all the way through but still red. I went across the hall and borrowed a cup of milk, said I ran out, and warmed it up to help your stomach. Now eat up."

"Thank you Tsume," replied Toboe as his eyeteeth bit into the warm juicy meat.

Tsume growled softly, "Shut up and eat pup!" he than got up and walked back towards his bedroom, for he had already eaten. Toboe quickly finished his steak and lapped at the milk, he was just finishing when Tsume returned.

Placing down the clothes he brought out for Toboe. A Human Toboe looks up at the wolf with a confused dazed expression. Tsume growls, "I own a club I can't have a kid in a school uniform in there, not to mention a ripped and bloody school uniform. Don't ask me where I got these clothes but they should fit you, they're what you were before."

Toboe looked down at the clothes and sure enough there was his red shirt, green pants, and his black army boots. He smiled, he had this same outfit at Granny's, and it was strange that Tsume had the outfit for him too. He remembered the good old days when clothing wasn't necessary when he thought of the coolest outfit he could and that's what his illusion wore all the time.

Standing up Toboe started to unbutton his blue school uniform top. Toboe winced slightly removing his right arm since the blood had dried sticking his uniform sleeve to his wound. The left arm proved worse as the scrap from his fall in the alley was much worse. Whimpering Toboe lightly tugged at the fabric. He was rather surprised when Tsume poured a small amount of warm water over the dried blood of Toboe's sleeve, so now instead of tugging on dried blood it was wetter and the pain decreased. But the second that the shirt was off Toboe cradled his wounded arm licking the wound clean. When he was satisfied he began to work on his pants wincing slightly at his skinned knees. All his scrapes had stopped bleeding so Toboe just dressed in his new clothes. Switching between forms a couple time to make sure the clothes held to his human form.

Tsume than pulled the pup out of the apartment and down to the street, and back onto his motorcycle. They sped off into the night Toboe clutching to Tsume for dear life. They soon stopped outside of a building that was blaring some rock music.

Both wolves got off the bike, but before going in Tsume stopped Toboe handing him a pair of ear plugs before putting in his own, "The music's too loud for our wolf ears this will tone done the noise." Toboe just nodded putting in his own ear plugs before following Tsume inside the club.

Toboe was assaulted with a thick crowd once they made it past the bouncer, in the fear that he'd loose Tsume he grabbed onto the man's leather shirt in his small fist. Tsume froze for a split second, before realizing that the contact was necessary. They moved through the crowd and over behind the bar, where Toboe let go of Tsume.

The bartender looked curiously at Toboe, as the boy looked around wide eyed in amazement at the humans dancing. Tsume addressed the bartender with authority, "The kid's with me, give him whatever he wants to drink, but I swear you give him a drop of alcohol without my okay and it's your neck!" Tsume finished with a menacing snarl as he walked into the back room.

Toboe nervously smiled at the bartender before he followed Tsume into the back, what he saw was a poorly lit room that had plenty of old beat up sofas and other odds and ends for sitting. There was about a dozen or so men, most of them with a cigarette in one hand and a drink that smelled strongly of alcohol in the other. Toboe coughed a few times in the suffocating air. Tsume resisted his own urge to cough, covering it with a growl as he moved to open the small basement like half windows that lined the back wall. A cool breeze blew in and caressed Toboe's greening face calming his stomach.

"The kid here is with me, you do anything to him and you die!" growled Tsume.

A few of the drunker members decided to crack jokes at their boss, "Does he have your stomach too Tsume? All meat all the time?" said one of the drunks laughing at his poor joke.

Another bolder man piped up. "With you, Tsume? Never knew you liked little boys." Tsume growled, seriously thinking on killing the man for such a comment. Toboe was confused he knew he was the pup of the pack either this human one or they're old one with Kiba as alpha, but Tsume was only about a year and a half older than him!

Author's Note: If you really have strong feelings about the whole Tsume and Toboe being lovers or friends I suggest you review and tell me because I have no qualms about having them get together the only reason I'm giving the reviewers a choice is 'cause I'm not quite sure if Shounen-ai will fit in the fic or not, yet if it's really wanted I can make it fit and visa-versa. All reviews are welcome I hoped you enjoyed the beginning next chap the rest of the characters will show up.

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