It has been a while since anyone has thought about paradise. Reborn in a polluted city Kiba has no memory of his life as a wolf and is living the life of a human. The others Tsume, Toboe, and Hige are doing the same. Kiba lives in a poor apartment that was bought from his parents. They aren't his real parents but adopted. They found him in the orphanage and decide to have him as their kid. If Kiba remembered his life as a wolf, he would know that they're Cher and Hubb. Kiba lives on his own now getting ready for college. But all of this soon changes as a dream and a flower are met in his life.

Chapter one

Its summer and Kiba is learning to take care of himself now by living alone. So far, he's doing fine as if he has been alone his whole life. Next year is college and Kiba has been told time and time again by Hubb to excel well in his next few years of education. Yet, throughout all of his life, he feels their's something missing. He feels an urge everyday to seek something yet he doesn't know what this something is. Annoyed by this he always tries to find something to do. Kiba has no friends as everyone considers him strange and non-talkative. Though he feels he has friends but he doesn't know where and who they are.

It's the middle of the night, Kiba checks his home phone for any new messages as he forgot to today and is greeted with one in particular from Hubb.

"Hey there kid, it's me! Just wanted to say happy birthday, and to hope that you'll at least do something with yourself that's fun and not trying to figure things like 'oh who am I' and 'what am I going to do' ok. Anyways Cher prays good things for you as well and we all hope you'll enjoy the gift we sent you in the mail. I don't know when you'll receive or if you already have but I hope you'll like it. So I hope your new life is going well and that we wish good things for you like always and again happy birthday. Besides that I'll talk to you later. Bye bye." The phone beeped and Kiba's face had a faint smile throughout the message. He always liked Cher and Hubb but he feels he's known them before. He also forgot it was his birthday as he spent most of the day thinking to himself about what he can't remember but should.

Kiba turned his head to look at the microwave clock. It was 1 am. He realized that his birthday was another day wasted with his mind wandering on his true self, whatever it was. He rubs his head and yawns as he stumbles to his old run-of-the-mill apartment bed. He turns on the TV to see what good shows are on. What's the big deal with Family Guy? He says to himself as it is on the TV. He collapses on his bed with remote in hand flicking through all the other channels to see what would be good enough to sleep to.

Realizing no good shows are on, he turns off the TV and tries to fall asleep. Continuing his questioning on what he's supposed with his life, he hears random voices in his head.

"Have you forgotten your pride as a wolf",one said loudly and fierce "Go to paradise", another said. What is paradise? Kiba said to himself. And aren't I human, he thought to himself.

Struggling to keep up with what's in his head, he falls asleep in his pondering on the subject. He begins to dream about something he should know, something that happened a long time ago…

Kiba is crawling in the snow after a hard fought battle. Pain is felt on almost every part of his body. Cheza is all he can think about. His fur soaked in blood drips as he walks to her. "Cheza…", he gasps, "where are you". He slowly stumbles his way to Cheza as she calls him. "Kiba, the ice is spreading fast now…", she softly speaks,"…the world will freeze over". Cheza stiff hands grabbed hold of Kiba's fur coat and sent a feeling of comfort all through Kiba's body that felt like pillows against his fur, but his dream soon fades away…

"What the hell?" Kiba awakes very confused.

"Where was that and why do I feel I should know that?" he says. And who the hell is Cheza,he thinks to himself.

Not willing to sit there and ponder yet again on what's what, Kiba rubs his eyes to greet the new cloudy day. He slowly slides off his cheap mattress almost like he still feels the pain. He then goes to do his usual morning routine of taking his shower and having breakfast. He still had a few weeks before school so he goes to put on his usually jeans and jacket and decided to take a walk through the city.

He walked through the allies of the filthy place hoping that no one will try to jump on him as the city is filled with some of the worst scum of the earth. As he strolled along the alley path he smells something, a faint smell. A flower? He pondered.

It's so familiar… he thinks to himself. His walk turns into a run as he heads to it. It was then that all he could care about was finding that flower as if the world depended on him finding the scent. Kiba ignored his clothes getting wet as he splashed in the puddles that were scattered about the alley. His run slowly transitions to a walk as he approaches the flower in a wall.

"Poor thing, looks like it's going to die", he says.

He runs back to his apartment to find a pot and grabs dirt from some patch of grass and runs back to the flower. "I'll take care of you" he whispers. He puts the dirt in the pot then he delicately takes the flower out of the cement. He carefully puts the flower in the dirt and takes it with him. He enters his apartment again and places the flower on the small dining table. Grabbing the nearest chair he sits down and stares at it.

"I've never seen a flower like this before," he says to himself. And yet it feels I have…

Shoving away these crazy thoughts Kiba has a sudden urge to eat.

He checks his kitchen for food. Opening the refrigerator he decides to have milk when he realizes he's out as only a drop falls in the glass. Sighing Kiba grabbed his money and set off to the grocery store.

As he walks on the sidewalk next to the busy street, he notices a motorcycle riding by and stares at the driver. He wore black leather and though Kiba couldn't see his face well, he noticed how familiar the eyes looked. I should know him?,he thought. Kiba ignores the questions in is head yet again and continues to the store.

As he continues onward he glances at the young kid watching over a white kitten. The kid turns his head and both look at each other with stunned eyes as if they've haven't seen each other for a long time. He had reddish hair that fell straight down over his head that held his light brown eyes. "Excuse me", Kiba says as he walks away picking up the pace. What the hell is with me today, he thinks.

While he resumes his course to the store, he bumps into some random dude carrying his bag of groceries. "Sorr…", he says until they met face to face. The boy was about his height and had shaggy brown hair with brown eyes. He was wearing a blue raincoat and had the same expression on his face that Kiba had. Who are you? And why do I know you at the same time? Kiba yelled in his mind.

"I have to go", Kiba said. He took off at a fast walk and the boy just stood there staring at him with a very confused look and yet recognition at the same time.

Kiba kept on walking to the store at a even faster pace as countless questions were filling up in his mind. He was lucky to even reach it and get home at the same time without exploding.

Kiba slammed the groceries on the circular table and threw himself self upon his apartment bed where he could be alone with his bewildered head.

What the hell is it that I can't remember!, he yelled in his head. It was then for the rest of the day he laid in his bed trying to remember when he has seen those people before. His struggle in his head kept him there for hours that felt like twice the amount than usual. It was then he smelled the flower again, the one he found that was now lying perched on top of the kitchen table. The smell was than enhanced by a sudden singing voice that either came from the flower or his head, he couldn't tell.

"Where's that coming from", he said as he got off his back heading to the kitchen. "I know that voice, I need to-I need to…", he couldn't say more. The song was making him sleepy and while he was heading to check the flower he fell on the wooden floor near the flower. His mind wandered off to a dream yet again.