Okay, this is a fanfic that I wrote with the help of my friend, also known as Ed. We turned a role-play we were doing into this fic. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Do you honestly think we would have ended Wolf's Rain if either of us owned it?

Momoko walked through the city, eating a hamburger that she had stolen. She hummed softly to herself.

Shizume slowly walked through the city streets. She could smell another wolf and she was getting closer. The scent was driving her senses wild. "Could it be? No..." Momoko caught the scent of another wolf. She began to run towards it.

Shizume smelled the other wolf start to move faster and closer. She quickened her pace and looked around for someone who was running. Her face was still expressionless but inside she was howling and running in circles out of joy. Momoko stopped short as she noticed another wolf right in front of her. "You're a wolf! But you can't be!" She took a step backward.

"Quiet or do you want the Imperials on our tails?" Shizume pulls the other wolf into an alley and looked around. "You're a wolf?" "Yeah. This is too weird! I didn't think there were anymore wolves!" Momoko paced back and forth.

"I knew there were a few of us left but I never expected to find another. What is your name?" "Why should I tell you? You might be a spy." Momoko closed one eye, lazily.

"A spy? For whom?"

"Bad people who want my head, of course!"

"If you run fast enough they won't catch you. I've done it before, you can too."

"I don't know anymore..."

Shizume sighed "Anyway, I'm Shizume. What is your name?"

"Momoko. But you can call me Momo." Momoko sighed, mimicking Shizume.

"Don't mock me," She said angrily. "Alright. Nothin' to get mad about...." Momoko pulled out a sandwich. "Want some?"

She looked around the alley and grinned, "A sandwich sound nice right now It feels nice to have another wolf to talk to."

"I'm from far across the desert." Shizume looked for anyone listening to them. "Here." Momoko handed the other wolf half the sandwich. "You seem nervous." "I'm always a little edgy. I guess you can say I have mild paranoia." Shizume took the sandwich and smiled," Thanks." "You're welcome." Momoko paused and sniffed the air. "Umm...I know you won't believe me, but I have a sensitive nose. And right now I smell that fat rich man, who I ran away from, driving this way." She nodded, closing her eyes to get a better whiff. "We'd better make a run for it then." Shizume quickly ate her sandwich half and looked around. "Where shall we go?" "Well, there's a hotel right outside of town. That's where I've been staying. Come on!" She began to run towards the hotel, eating her sandwich along the way. Shizume ran after Momoko, catching up quickly," Why did you run away from this man exactly? Did he keep you as a pet or something?" She looked over her shoulder every now and then, seeing if the man was near. "More like a punching bag." Momoko grinned. "We're here. Come on." She led Shizume into a room and locked the door. "That's horrible. How could humans be so cruel to us?" She shook her head sadly and looked around the room. "Well, at least I got a cool scar to show for it." She pulled up the arm of her dark blue sweatshirt. A long scar ran from the front of her shoulder to her inner elbow. "Oh my. How did that happen?" She looked at the scar and touched. "Well, about a week ago I got into a fight. The guy's son and a couple of his friends thought it would be fun to tease "the dog". I ripped open the son's throat and got hit with a sharp metal pipe." She grinned. "It was worth it. The son didn't make it out of the hospital alive." Momoko pulled her sleeve back down and whipped out another sandwich from the room's cooler. "Want some?" "No thanks. I'm fine. I'm glad that boy didn't survive. We're just as human as they are." She sat down in a chair and looked around the room again. Momoko flopped down on the rug in front of the heater. "Shizume..." She paused and then continued. "Shizume, have you heard of Paradise?" "Yes I have. I've been searching for Paradise since I was fifteen. It just seems to be just out of my reach." She sighed and stared out of the window, musing how lovely Paradise must be. "I've been searching for it too. I can smell the lunar flowers..." Momoko muttered softly.

"You can smell them too, Momo? I thought no one else could." Shizume smiled at her, happier than ever. Momoko stood up and walked over to the kitchen area. "Do you want some of this?" She pulled a large cooked ham from out of the cooler. "I would like some. Thank you. You know the road to Paradise is not an easy one right? Plenty of obstacles to overcome." "Yeah, I know." Momoko cut up the ham, and brought a plate over to Shizume. "Thank you Momo. You're very hospitable." Shizume took a bite and nodded," So I guess you've heard the stories about those who have tried to get to Paradise?" "Yeah. But I believe they did partially open Paradise. We just need to go finish it. For them. For Hige and Blue's lost love." Momoko sat down and ate some of her ham.

"Such a sad tale of friendships and love lost. I think they're in Paradise right now, just waiting for more of us to follow them," Shizume looked down Momo and grinned," Do you want to follow them?" "Yeah, Shizume. I do." Momoko met Shizume's gaze. "I know they're waiting for us to open the gates so we can all go there together. I want to see Hige and Blue again."

Shizume nodded knowingly," You had met them too? Blue was such a nice but troubled girl. She reminded me of myself." "Hige and I met at when they were on they're way to Paradise." She sighed. "I miss them all. Hige, Blue, Toboe, Cheza, Kiba...even Tsume."

"Cheza was so beautiful. She made me want to howl. I had also met them on their way to Paradise. That's when the Imperials and that half-breed destroyed my pack." "Darcia." Momoko growled. "He killed them all." She stopped for a moment. "At least you know where you came from. You had a pack."

Shizume looked sad, "They were my family but we all found each other. One by one we formed our pack. All I can remember is being a spy at one point then it's a blank." "Pretty much the same here. But I can't remember a pack, or even where I came from. All I remember is fire." Momoko stood up. "This room has two beds. You can have one. I'm going to sleep." She changed into her wolf form, and curled up on her bed. Her fur was such a deep black it almost looked blue.

"G'night, Shizume."

"Good night, Momo." Shizume changed into a dark brown wolf. Her coat was so dark it almost looked black. She hopped on the spare bed and fell asleep.

Shizume put her tail over her face as she slept, breathing softly. It would be a quiet night.

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