Title: Wolf Dreams

Rating: T

Written By: Threadsage

Inspiration: Not exactly sure, just came to me while I was painting my room.

Disclaimer: I do not own any references to the Wolf's Rain series, but I do own all the OC characters.

Summary: In an AU, the legend of Wolves, the Flower Maiden and the Gate keeper was well known to all, but still a legend. But what if such a legend, was actually true? And if every step you took, determined the outcome of the ones you cared for most?

Chapter One:

Dreams

"What are you?" Hikari asked as he stood in what seemed to be a scene of flowers. Petals of white and pink floated all around, tossing and turning in the air from the soft wind.

"I am your guardian." The deep voice said. The being in which the voice belonged to was n more then five feet away from the emerald haired boy. The being had shaggy brown colored and sapphire colored eyes.

"Guardian against what?" Hikari asked, his voice slightly rose. This wasn't right. He was a teenage, all he needed to do was get through school high school right? That were the trials of a fifteen year old. But why was this happening?

"Guarding against those who wish to use what you know for their own purposes." The man simply said. His face was soft, but still filled with determined thoughts. Something about this man made him want to go with him; wanted to see what this man was talking about. But at the same time, he was afraid.

"I just don't…understand…" Hikari said, shaking his head, strands of emerald hair falling all around. He looked up at the man, his own green eyes meeting the strange man's blue.

"You will." The man said, walking closer and placing his hand on Hikari's shoulder.

"Well…what's your name at least?" He asked the man, looking up at him.

The foreigner smiled slightly as he opened his mouth to answer the question.

"Hikari! Time to wake up!" He heard his mother yell as the thumping of a fist against his door made him jump out of his bed, falling onto the cold hardwood floor.

Hikari Takashi moaned lightly as he shifted his weight lightly, rubbing his temple. He opened his eyes slowly, beams of sunlight streaming into his eyes making him whimper lightly. He stood up slowly, stretching as he glanced around his room.

How many times had the 15 year old green haired boy haired had that dream? 10, 11, 12 times? It had been bothering him over and over. Always ending at the same point, never being able to figure out who that mysterious person was.

He shook his head lightly as he hopped in the shower, thoughts of the strange man still in his mind. He stepped out, brushing his hair as he got his school clothes on. He then looked in the mirror once more before going to the room next door, knocking lightly.

"Cheza." He said softly, pressing his ear to the door. There wasn't a sound. "Cheza." He said again as he knocked once more, a bit louder. If they didn't hurry they would late for school.

"Coming." A soft voice said behind the door. Hikari could hear the sound of clothes being thrown around and things being gathered could be heard.

Two seconds later the door opened, a pink haired and green eyed girl smiling lightly as she looked at her older brother.

"There you are." Hikari said with a soft laugh as he looked at his sister, noticing that the girl and noticed that some hair was sticking out. He used the back of his hand to push the hair down so it was in the right place.

"Thank you." She said with a soft smile as she looked up at her brother again.

"Shouldn't we be going to school?" She said with a soft giggle. Hikari looked at her and nodded. "Yes." He said as she grabbed his hand, pulling him along slightly. He smiled lightly at Cheza, she was the best sister ever.

The pink haired girl pulled him down the steps and into the kitchen. "What do you want for breakfast?" She asked softly, turning around as he sat down.

'Umm…don't we have to go to school?" he asked, laughing lightly. Cheza turned around, pale eyes looking at her brother. "Oh, that's right." She said, going into the fridge, pulling out two apples. "These should be good." She muttered as she handed one to Hikari.

"Lets go." She said with a smile as she pulled her brother along lightly. He laughed lightly again, shaking his head as he followed her outside as she release his hand as she started to skip lightly.

Hikari looked at her for a moment, emerald eyes flickering lightly as he smiled. He then shook his head and followed her. He was a bit older, by one year. He took great pride in being there for the girl. He had protected her for a long time and he intended to doing it for a long time.

He looked up at her as she twirled lightly, looking at her brother. "Are you ok?" She asked lightly, her voice a soft hush as usual.

He looked at her again and nodded his head slowly. "I'm just thinking." He said as she walked back to walk next to him. She looked up at him for a moment.

"About what?" She asked.

"Oh…just a dream I've been having." He said, looking up at the sky.

"Who are you?" He asked the air lightly in his mind, hoping for a response of some sort.

Cheza looked over at him for a moment, trying to read what he was thinking. She nudged him slightly with a soft expression on her face. "Really?"

Hikari looked over at Cheza and felt a smile grace his lips. "yes." He said as they reached Kaibara high a large pubic high school were most students within 20 miles radius came from.

He looked around, noticing students were still outside meaning he had about 5 minutes until school started. He smiled that he wouldn't ruin his record of being late.

"Hikari?" Cheza said, tapping his shoulder. Hikari blinked, snapping out of his trance. He smiled lightly to her. "Yes?" He asked, the dream still bugging him.

"I'm going over to talk to Kari." She said with a smile. "Is that ok?" She asked with an honest smile.

Hikari looked over at her and noticed Kari, a blonde haired girl who had a crush on him. "Of course." He said with a smile. "She is your friend, you don't need to ask." He said, pushing her along slightly.

She giggled lightly and nodded, walking over. He looked over at Cheza for a moment before smiling and walking over to a nearby table, sitting down.

"Hi ya Hika-chan." A high voice said with a soft giggle. Hikari didn't even have to turn around to see who that was. He smiled lightly.

"Hello Toboe." He said with a smile. "How are you?"

A brown haired youth walked over, sitting down next to the green haired boy. The boy had golden colored eyes. He had a small frame that looked much like a girls, but he could tell that it was a boy. It was Toboe, his best friend.

"Great Hikari." He said with a happy tone in his voice as he tilted his head slightly to the side. "And you?"

"Well." He said. "I had that dream again, but that's all."

"About the strange boy from before?" Toboe asked, tilting his head to the side in curiosity.

Hikari nodded. "This dream is bothering me a bit." He said softly, looking to the ground. He didn't look up and noticed Toboe's slightly nervous expression on his face.

"Well...maybe its just a dream." He suggested. Hikari shrugged his shoulders lightly. "Maybe." He said as soon as the bell rang. He looked up and looked at Toboe with a soft smile. "Lets go to class." He said standing up.

Toboe nodded. "K." He said as he walked happily towards class, Hikari followed and not that far back was Cheza with Kari.

The three walked into class, Toboe and Hikari taking a window desk while Cheza sat not that far off with Kari. Like usual, Hakari stared out that window. He was a A student, he didn't need to pay attention.

Toboe pulled out the notebook from his bag, opening it and starting to read over it. He looked over at Hikari and smiled. "We have a test today, let me guess you studied. "He said with a teasing tone.

Hikari nodded lazily, still not looking at the boy but outside. Toboe looked at him and bit his lip.

"Why is he getting these odd dreams? Can he be the one…no it cant be…" Toboe thought, shaking his head lightly. It was just a thought…he continued to look over his notebook.

The teacher walked in and without hesitation handed out the test. Toboe closed his notebook with a nervous sigh. The smaller boy never tested well.

Hikari took his test and looked down at it. Glancing over the three pages he noticed he knew most of the questions. He would be able to get a B plus on this, no sweat.

He looked over it, beginning to study the questions and write down quick answers. This test was easy. He sighed lightly, glancing back outside.

Once again his mind began to wander to the dream. Protecting….guarding…what was he to b guarded from? What was this dream about?

He blinked his eyes slowly. Tilting his head to the side for a moment he noticed a man…a man who looked about the ages of 19. He didn't look like he went to this school, or that he went to college…he looked like he just walked around.

He looked at him closely, for some reason the man interested him.

And then he figured out why. The man was the one from his dreams!

Before he could react, before he could stand up before he could say a word the man's sapphire eyes fell in contact with his own emerald colored eyes. And just like that a painful spike of fire stabbed his mind. It was like pin and needles striking everywhere it hurt so much.

But, he couldn't move. He couldn't even scream. He could just hold the gaze with the man. In a way, the man's eyes were filled with dark thoughts. Images of death, pain, blood fire and torture flashed in his mind, but also, thoughts of peace and happiness also.

After about a minute, the man cut the gaze and turned around from Hikari. Hikari blinked, feeling horrible like he would collapse in a minute.

"Hikari?" Toboe whispered as he looked at his friend. He didn't look good.

Hikari looked over at Toboe, his vision glazed over a bit and the headache getting worse and worse. "Find it." He whispered.

"Help me find…what it means to be alive…" He whispered as he fell forward, his body unconscious.

Cheza looked over at her brother, fear written on her face. "No…it cant be him…"She thought as she bite her bottom lip. She quickly looked outside, they eyes of the blue eyed shaggy haired man catching her gaze.

"Don't tell me its him…please." She thought back mentally.

The man looked at her for a moment. "Protect him." The man thought back to her, walking off the lawn.

Chapter Dreams: Done!

Ok, so that was chapter one! What did you think? Did you like it? I hope you did! I hope you all like the story. I think Cheza was a bit OOC but, I like her personality.