THE LITTLE WOLF'S NIGHTMARE

Summary- Something is hapening to Toboe, something terrifying. Will he by okay? Or better yet...will everyone else? minimal YAOI, Blood, gore, cursing, the whole enchilada.

Forward- Hello all, I am Liquid. A new author to all of you, but not to myself. I have been writing for quite a while. And...well...fuckit...I'm sure you're not here to listen to my life story, so...On with the fiction!

Disclaimer- I do not own anything Wolf's Rain or anything remotely similar, no matter how much I WISHED I did...it will most likely never happen...

WARNING: This story contains violent graphic situations (hence the previous statement about blood/gore...Durr...) and rated R for cursing, violence, and later chappies. (Lemons galore!) YAOI TobXTsu HigXKib TobXTsuXKib

"Hmm, hmm, hmm..."

"Stop it..."

"Hmm, hmm..."

"STOP IT..."

"Hmm..."

"I said stop humming!" Tsume shreiked, taking a swing at Kiba

"Alright!" Kiba said, ducking under Tsume's wild swing.

"I'd rather just have silence."

"Damnit guys!" A voice came from behind.

"What now?" Kiba asked, glancing over his shoulder.

"When are we going to eat!" Higei whined

"When we find something TO eat, smart one..." Kiba chuckled.

Higei's tummy growled ferociously, "Shit..." Higei swore.

"Tsume?..." Came a little voice from the very rear of the pack.

"What is it, Toboe?" Tsume answered, turning halfway around.

"I...I don't feel so good..." Toboe winced.

"Baka, you're just hungry." Tsume sighed.

"No...It's not that...its just...I feel...Weird..." Toboe almost whispered as he placed a hand on his head.

"Headache?" Kiba looked mildly worried.

"No...My whole body...is...Pulsing...Its like..." But before the little wolf could finish, he collapsed to the ground.

"Toboe!" Tsume yelped, running back to help the pup.

"What happened?" Kiba asked, joining Tsume by Toboe's unconsious form.

"Aw, he's fine..." Higei stated, "It's just heat exaustion...he'll be fine."

Nothing more was said as Tsume picked up the little one and carried him marriage-style accross the dunes, following shortly after a cautious Kiba, and constantly

bitching Higei.

"Kiba, I'm worried..." Tsume sighed.

"Why?" Kiba cocked and eyebrow.

"It's Toboe...I'm worried about him..."

"Oh, settle down," Kiba said, patting Tsume's back heavily,"He'll be fine, higei said it was just heat stroke, remember?"

"Yeah? Well how many times has Higei EVER been right?"

"...Hmmm...Good point..." The two laughed heartily, but deep inside, something was eating away at the back of Tsume's mind...something just wasn't right.

Tsume sat up with a start due to a faint whimpering coming from behind a nearby rock.

"Toboe!" Tsume blurted as he jumped up and sprinted over to where the pup lay, whimpering and twitching.

"Toboe!" Tsume said as he put the pup's head in his lap, "Toboe, are you okay?"

"..." Nothing.

"Toboe!" Tsume shook him at an attempt to stir him from his unconsious state.

Still nothing. Toboe only remained crying and thrashing in Tsume's arms, clawing at an unseen target.

"Shhh," Tsume began running his fingers through the pup's red locks, "keep quiet kid, 'y don't wanna wake anyone else up do ya?" Toboe began shaking and whimpering again and not even Tsume's patented scalp massage couldn't stop it this time.

"Tsu...me..." Toboe whispered as he shook, "I need you...with me...please..."

Did Toboe just say that he NEEDED Tsume with him! I mean, one would understand that another might WANT them to stay with him, but NEED?

Toboe began crying again. Silent streams of consealed emotion trickled down his cheek and onto Tsume's lap. Tsume reacted on impulse, doing what mothers would do to calm their young. Tsume bent down and brushed a soft, comforting kiss on Toboe's forehead, immediately stopping his tears and trembles.

"Tsume no..." Toboe whined, "Don't leave me...I...I can't be alone..."

"But I'm not..." a moment of clarity hit Tsume like a sack of bricks, he was just dreaming...A nightmare...A fever dream, nothing more...Hopefully...

"Wake up, lazy," Tsume felt a firm nudge in his side. His half-hearted answer was a hand waving randomly in the direction of the disturbance, then a tired grunt.

"I said wake up!" Tsume found out the hard way that a sharp kick in the ribs was the perfect way to wake a sleeping wolf.

"Hey!" Tsume barked, "Whats the big deal?" He looked up into the pale face of a smiling Kiba.

" 'dja have a good sleep?" Kiba smiled again.

"Mmm, hmm...it was oddly warm last night..." He finished before throwing his hands up to the sky to work the kinks out of his shoulder.

"Well, that might be because you had a blanket...well...in some sort anyway..." Kiba laughed and strolled off to meet up with Higei and assist him with the morning hunt.

"What blan..." Tsume looked down and saw a smiling Toboe lying in his lap with his head resting squarely on his bare midriff. That was when he realized that he must have dozed off last night whilst comforting him in his sleep. Toboe looked so cute. His big, soft eyes shut tight, keeping him locked away in his own dream world. His firey red hair gently waving in the breeze, silently rivaling the red of his shirt. Even the light patch of blush across his face was heartwarming. Wait...The blush! Tsume frightfully placed a hand across Toboe's head in order to test his temperature, keeping wary of fever. Nothing. His forehead was the same temperature as it was last night. So if it wasn't fever...What WAS it?

"Mmm, Tsume..." Tsume looked down as he heard his name being muttered by the little wolf, a wide grin was plastered on the young wolf's face.

"Yes Toboe?" Tsume asked. No answer. Was he still asleep? ...Well...If he was, then...Why say his name?...Could Tsume's suspition be true? That would explain why Toboe ALWAYS want's to walk with Tsume...and sit with him...AND alwasys asks for HIS help first...Why would it come up now? Did Toboe...dare he say it...

love him?

Heheh...srry 4 playin the ending out so long...and damnit, that chappie wansn't as long as I'd originally planned...O well, I'll just have to make up for it later...so..i guess...untill next chapter!

"Remember: Always proof read your work, just to make sure you don't any words" - I have no idea... just wanted to put that quote