A/N: I do not own this story in its entirety. It all belongs to my friend: characters, plot, etc, etc. The reason I'm the one posting it is because her parental controls won't let her enter this site(that sucks) so I have permission to put it up for her. So here you go!!
Disclaimer: Neither me nor my friend owns Wolfs Rain.
"Help, me! Help me!" a little boy cried, "Somebody help me!" The boy was pale and tears were running down his cheeks. Then there was a wolf howl echoing every where.
Moon woke up crying and his heart pounding hard on his chest. 'That dream, did that really happen?' he thought nervously. He took deep breaths and tried to go back to sleep but he couldn't. The silver haired, blue-eyed, fourteen teen year old, sneaked outside to calm down. 'I've been having this dream for weeks. I wonder why.' he thought. A cool breeze was blowing and the moon was almost full. 'There will be a full moon tomorrow.' he thought. Then he heard a howl, his heart raced, 'That's the same howl I heard in my dreams, except this time I plan on figuring out who it's from.' he thought.
He ran using the howl as his guide. It got louder an louder, except now he could hear it say, "Child of the Moon, I am searching for you..." 'How can I understand what it's saying and who's this Child of the Moon?' he thought, confused. Then he saw it, a white wolf howling. The wolf turned and faced Moon but it didn't growl, it just stared into Moon's blue eyes.
It was weird, Moon thought he was going to be terrified, but he was calm and comfortable. 'Why do I feel so calm it's as if I've known this wolf, but I heard wolves were extinct and I've never seen a wolf in my entire life.' he thought worriedly.
"So, you finally came, Child of the Moon. I am Lira, your guardian." wolf said and it bowed. 'This wolf can talk!! And me, Child of the Moon? What is this wolf talking about?' he thought. "Err...uh I've gotta go!" Moon strutted and ran off. 'I've gotta get away, I have to!' he thought, terrified. Moon turned and saw the wolf running after him and gaining. "Get away from me!!" he yelled. "Are you scared of me? As you wish then." the wolf said and it left into the shadows.
"It's gone, whew!" Moon gasped. He sat on the ground and tried to catch his breath. "Is this better?" a voice asked from the shadows.
"Who's there? Moon gasped, he still hadn't caught his breath. A girl with dark hair came out of the shadows; she looked to be 16 and had intense, yellow eyes. "It's me, Lira; I just disguised myself to please you." Moon stared harder at him and sure enough he saw the same white wolf. Moon was terrified he tried to run but his legs wouldn't let him and Lira kept coming closer and closer. "Get a...way fro..from..m...me." he stuttered. "Okay." She stopped and sat down. "If you want I can explain everything to you." "What do you mean?" Moon asked, there was a hint of fear in his voice. "Well, there is a legend concerning you telling the story of a child who has the power of the moon. This child will lead the wolves to the Sanctuary and the world will be reborn. I believe you are that child because you smell strongly of the moon and when I'm around you I feel stronger. Ever since I was young my family had one purpose to protect the Child of the Moon. And now I will fulfill this purpose and protect you." Moon was silent with shock and fear. He didn't know what to think, it weird because he couldn't remember having parents or any family at all. The only memory he had was a wolf howl and the sound of crying.
Um..." he started but he couldn't find any words to speak with." I see that this is troubling you. I'll leave and let you think about it. If you need me, just call my name I will come." Lira decided and she left.
Moon's head raced with thoughts about what Lira had said. He was just a regular kid and there was absolutely no way that he was this Child of the Moon or that it even existed. 'Maybe it's just a dream.' he thought but this thought did not seem to satisfy him. Then he walked home.
He sneaked inside, careful not to wake anyone, and went to his room in the attic. The moon was shining through the attic window and it shined on Moon's face. Moon sighed, dropped himself on his old bed, and put his hands over his face to think.
'Why me and why a wolf?' he thought, puzzled. Then he yawned and before he knew it he was asleep. It was the same dream except this time he could see just the faint shape of a wolf howling.
He awoke again crying and his heart pounding. It was already morning, the sun was shining through the window, and the birds were singing. "Moon, dear," a voice called, "are you awake and if you are I have a job for you!" Moon quickly got dressed and ran downstairs; the thought about the wolf had already been forgotten.
"Moon, I need you to take this to Mr. Taki. You know how much he needs his medicine and make sure you tell him to take it everyday." a plump woman said. Moon nodded.
Moon had come to this woman awhile back when he was around seven. She took him in and raised him. Moon became her delivery boy for her pharmacy.
"Take a coat, dear." she advised, "It's very cold outside. I think it might snow later." "Okay." Moon agreed and he grabbed his brown overcoat and ran out the door.
Moon was greeted by a cool breeze that made him shiver. Even though the sun was shining, in the distance were some dark clouds headed this way. 'I'd better hurry if I want to beat the storm.' Moon thought, 'Okay Mr. Taki's house is this way.' Moon began walking down the street looking at all the shops. There were boys around his age hanging out and having a good time. Moon wished he could be with them but when he had asked to they turned him away and called him a freak.
Moon arrived at the house. The house was old and needed repairs badly, but Moon guessed Mr. Taki wouldn't bother with it. He knocked on the old, brown door and an old man in his late sixties answered it. "Um... Mr. Taki? I have your package from the pharmacy." Moon said. Mr. Taki raised his glasses and took a good look at Moon. "Ah...yes... thank you..." Mr. Taki said as he took the package. "Oh yeah, Misa said don't forget to take it everyday." Moon added, he almost forgot to tell him that. "Hmm... here..." Mr. Taki handed Moon some silver coins and two bronze coins. "Thank you!" Moon said as he bowed and then left.
Moon looked at the money there was more than there was supposed to be. He knew immediately who the extra money belonged to, him. Every time he had gone to Mr. Taki's house he had always given him money too. Moon stuffed it into his pocket as a gust of cold wind blew against his face. Moon looked up the black clouds were almost completely covering the sky 'I'd better hurry.' he thought worriedly.
"Hey, Freak!" said a voice from in the alley. Moon turned, he knew who this was it was Jake, the neighbor hood bully. "Give up your money or I'll beat it out of you." Jake ordered. Jake was a tall, big, and stupid like most bullies were. Moon gulped, he saw what happened to one kid who said no to Jake and Jake beat the heck out of him.
"I...err... can't...Misa...uh...really needs this money!" Moon stammered. Jake cracked his knuckles, "Heh, well too bad for Misa, but I really don't care, so hand over the money or I'll kill you!" Moon backed up, he was going to run for it, but Jake's gang already had him surrounded. It was either hand over the money or die. 'I guess I'll have to fight.' Moon thought even though the odds were against him. "I would hand it over to you but... I just remembered that giving money to stupid idiots is against me." Moon said, he knew he was going to get it now, but he was ready to fight. "Now you're really gonna get it!!" Jake said as his gang closed in on Moon.
Then a white blur passed right by Moon it slammed Jake and Jake lay unconscious on the ground. The white blur was Lira her teeth were bared and she was snarling. Jake's gang looked terrified and they ran off.
"Humph, humans, they're so pathetic." Lira said. "What are you doing here?" Moon asked as he remembered last night. "I saw you were in trouble with these humans so I came to help." Lira answered, "Now let's get out of here before this human wakes up." Lira got up and walked out of the alley and Moon slowly followed. "It's going to snow." Lira said and Moon jumped, he had been deep in thought about Lira and her story. "I don't know why I have to disguise myself but you wanted it." Lira muttered. "Um..." Moon started but decided to keep quiet. "Do you want go to your home with that human?" Lira asked. Moon was surprised, how did she know about that? Lira noticed the puzzled look on Moon's face and answered, "I've been following you but not to the point of being noticed." "Oh, I guess." Moon answered as a snow flake fell on his nose and quickly melted. 'She was right about it snowing.' Moon thought but it wasn't what really concerned him. What really concerned him was what Lira had been talking about the other night.
They arrived at Misa's house, when it was snowing lightly. "Moon, before you go in, I want to know if you'll come with me to find the Sanctuary." Lira asked. Moon stayed silent for a bit. 'For some reason I feel like I have to go with her as if it's fate.' Moon thought. "I'll come." Moon declared, he was surprised that those words came out of his mouth Lira's face brightened, "That's good, and do we go now?" "Yeah, okay let me just do something." Moon said and he went inside.
"Misa?" Moon called, "I need to talk to you." Misa came in from the back door smiling warmly. "What is it, dearie?" she asked. "I'm going somewhere for a while and I'm not sure when I'll be back, bye." Moon said, he was wondering how she was going to react. "Okay, good bye." she said and hugged him. Moon walked out the door with his coat still on and a black shoulder bag with supplies in it, "I'm ready, let's go." Lira nodded and they walked off.
It was snowing much heavier now and Moon shivered in his coat. "So where is the Sanctuary, anyway?" Moon asked. "I don't know, but it is said that the Child of the Moon will know the way by heart." Lira answered. "Are there any other wolves?" Moon asked. Then a hand was put on his shoulder. Moon looked up to see a guy about sixteen, brown hair and gray eyes. "Let me answer that question." he said grinning. Lira looked slightly annoyed. Moon looked at him a little harder and realized that he was a wolf too. "The name's Kota and yours?" he asked still grinning. "Moon and that's Lira" Moon answered. "Moon, huh? Cool name." Kota said he was looking at Moon with some curiosity, "You smell like the moon, you know that, kid? It reminds me of a story I heard." "You are an idiot. He's the Child of the Moon." Lira said there was a touch of annoyance in her voice. "Touchy, aren't we? I like that in a wolf." he smiled even more. "Yeah, well if you want to live, keep your paws off me." Lira threatened. Kota backed off a little bit but he wasn't leaving. "Look, I'm just lonely and seeing as there aren't many wolves around here I figured I hang out with you for a bit." Kota explained. "Well, you can be with us, I don't mind at all." Moon said he was smiling now too. Lira looked at moon and then looked away, "It's okay." she muttered.
"Great! So, where you guys headed?" Kota asked. "The Sanctuary." Moon answered. "There, huh? Figures, since you're the Child of the Moon." Kota replied.
The snow fall was getting heavier. "We need to find shelter." Lira said as she looked up, she could see the moon trying to shine through some dark clouds. "Oh, I know where! There's an abandoned house not far from here. We can stay there!" Kota said. "That's great!" Moon agreed, he really wanted to get out of the cold.
They walked inside. It was dark and the floor boards creaked as they walked on them. "It's so dark in here." Moon said as he tried to see what was in front of him. "Oh, I can fix that." Kota replied, and then there were some crashing and bumping noises. "What the heck are you doing?" Lira asked, she felt a cobweb on her face and took it off. "Dammit! Where's that lamp thing?! Found it!!" Kota turned it on and they could see. The place was dusty and covered in cobwebs. "Ever heard of cleaning?" Moon asked as he looked around. "Yeah, but I've never really got down to doin' it." Kota answered. "Humph, it'll have to do." Lira said, "Once, the storm passes on, we'll leave. "Whatever." Kota replied as he shuffled through a drawer and grabbed something out of it. "What's that?" Moon asked. "Humans call it chocolate. Want it? I really don't care for it." Kota answered. Moon took the chocolate and ate it happily, he really liked chocolate. "I thought you might like that, even though I have no idea why." Kota said.
"The snow's not going to let out until tomorrow, so we'll have to stay here for the night." Lira declared as she came back into the room, she had been exploring the house. "Okay" Moon agreed and yawned, he was tired. He checked his watch, 2:30, "I'm gonna go to bed." "I think we all should" Lira decided, even though she didn't look tired. "Whatever..." Kota started but was so tired that he fell asleep. Moon removed a sheet from the couch and laid down in it. He looked at Kota, a brown wolf curled up in the chair asleep and muttering. 'I guess when they're asleep it's easier to see what they really are.' Moon thought. He looked at Lira, she was a white wolf curled up asleep near his feet, and Moon smiled and fell asleep.
Moon stretched and yawned. He looked around, Kota was still asleep and Lira was gone. "Kota, Kota." Moon called, "Kota, get up!!" "Huh?" Kota said, he was still half asleep. "Where's Lira?" Moon asked. "I don't know... ugh..." Kota said and fell asleep again. "Kota!!" Moon yelled. "What I'm awake!" he replied and sat up straight. "Let's go find Lira." Moon said, he was a little annoyed at Kota right now. "Why?" Kota groaned, he'd rather be asleep right now. "Because, what if she's in trouble wouldn't you like to save her and be her hero?" Moon answered. Kota's face brightened, "Let's go!"
"Go, where?" Lira asked, as she came into the house. Kota muttered something and sat down. "Where were you?" Moon asked. "Just outside, that's all. The snow's stopped so we can get moving. Kota, you coming?" "Hmm... maybe just on one condition, are you going?" Kota said he was now grinning. "Yes." Lira said, she seemed quite annoyed by that question. "Great!! Then I'm going!" Kota yelled happily. 'That was obvious' Moon thought.
They went outside. There was at least two feet of snow on the ground and it sparkled with the sunlight. "Well, kid, which way should we go?" Kota asked as he kicked a rock and it landed with a soft thump on the snow. "Um..." Moon started, "I think we should go that way." He pointed north. "Then off we go!" Kota said grinning. "Does he ever stop smiling?" Lira muttered.
It seemed weird to Moon that here he was walking to the Sanctuary with two wolves, when he had just been a weird looking boy living in the attic of a house. But for some reason he felt happy, just being with wolves made him happy. He couldn't help it he grinned. Kota turned to him, "Hey, kid, what's makin' you so happy?" "Nothing!" Moon answered and he grinned some more. "Sometimes, kid, you're so weird." Kota said. "If you think he's weird, then you should see how weird you are." Lira said. Moon couldn't help but laugh a bit. "Humph, that's not what I wanted her to think of me as." Kota muttered.
A/N: My friend is eager for reviews so please give her some!! And please be gentle with them! See ya next chapter!!!