Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain. The time-line and plot do not go according to the anime.

A/N: Okay… This is my first fic; please tell me what you think about it. Thanks for reading.

Chapter 1 – The Howl

-Coy-

You stand there, alone, watching the dim light fade into the endless darkness. The shards of glass surround you, glittering occasionally though the light is no longer present. But you know, after a while, the sparkling would stop, just like the rest of everything. It is eerily quiet, not a sound to be heard. The chirping of birds and rustle of leaves were all swallowed by the hole of darkness, leaving only the icy glaciers hanging on the top, above your head. Slowly, the ice melts, but there is no sound whatsoever as the droplets of water make contact with the smooth and hard ground, as if the darkness took away the sound along with itself, leaving everything mute.

You are speechless as you take everything in. You realize that this place is beautiful. The darkness doesn't make it scary or evil, it gives you a calm feeling. And then, you remember why you are here. You shake your shoulders, shrugging off the tension, and took a deep breath.

Suddenly, the anger you've been swallowing erupted inside you; you slump down onto the cold ground, and banged your fist repeatedly, until you felt the sting and dripping of blood on your knuckles.

For a moment, your eyes showed what you were feeling inside: the devious delight that all these things surrounding you will too, die along with you, that you will not be alone and will not need to fear when Death reaches out for you.

You didn't notice me, watching you all along. I wasn't surprised, as my family has been living here for generation after generation, enjoying the scenes of unfortunate, lost tourists dying of hunger and thirst.

It's my first time out here, seeing the world outside of that narrow cave. But at once, seeing that you are in pain, I realize that I am different from the rest of my family – I didn't like seeing others suffer. I guess that's why they hated me so much, my pack, I mean.

I could see that you were my kind too, but you were in your human disguise. I wanted to come out and help you so much, but I was scared. I watched as the light from your eyes slowly faded, leaving your eyes empty and defeated, I knew at once that you had given up. I wanted to scream, I wanted to tell you that there was still hope, but I knew I couldn't.

I waited for what I knew would come sooner or later. Your howl echoed in the starless night, so beaten, so sad. I couldn't stand it anymore; I knew I had to help.

I did the first thing that came to my mind – I joined your howl. Facing the luminous moon, my calm and comforting howl pierced through the darkness, an obvious contrast from your desperate one.

You stopped, I continued. I could tell you were hesitant at first, but slowly, quietly, you rejoined the nightly duty of us wolves. I crept towards you, steadily, slowly.

I don't know why, but you seemed surprised. Was it because I was a female, or was it because I was so young?

I approached you and squeezed the droplets of water from the moss in my mouth, cleaning the wound on your stomach. You winced but didn't resist. Neither of us talked and I was glad.

I watched you as you sank into a restless sleep.

~BMaDM~

-3rd person-

"Both of them were killed." The male wolf spoke in a low voice – the kind of voice that would make you strain to hear what he was saying. "Kiba and I were the last of the survivors."

"Where is he?" The young she-wolf asked shyly. She had her knees tucked up to her chin, her waist-length black hair tied with a loose, silver string at the end of her hair. She was wearing a simple knee-high white dress with a black bow just above her waist and a white open short suit-like jacket that had black lacings on the sides.

"We got separated."

The first impression Coy got of the male wolf was that he was distant and cold. He hadn't thanked her for saving his life, not that she cared, but there was something about the wolf that she made her like him. She knew that he was just like Teru, an Alpha from her pack, tough on the outside, but someone who was kind and caring on the inside.

Teru had been one of the few that remained nice to her after her failure. She shook her head; she couldn't afford to think about that event now. It was too painful.

He was looking at her intently, though he didn't make it too obvious. She was an odd one – she was quiet, but she had eyes that showed they had seen and endured more than they should have at her age.

"How old are you?" he asked her, breaking the short silence.

A small smile – it was the first positive emotion she showed in the past few days – made its way on Coy's lips. A smile that he realized was the only shadow of what she was when she was still a cub, playful and happy. He felt a twinge of sadness as the realization of how similar he actually was with this girl struck him.

"Your name?"

"Tsume."

"Claw?"

He nodded, taking silent note of the sudden sorrow that flashed through her otherwise emotionless eyes.

"You're so similar to Teru."

"Tail?"

It was her turn to nod. Somehow, she had a feeling that he understood what she was implying.

"What's your name?"

"Coy." She replied.

"It's late. It's late and I want to go out to search for Kiba tomorrow."

"Your wound." Coy said, worry evident in her tone.

"That's why you're coming with me."

Coy stood up quickly, changing into her wolf form and then ran out of the cave, into the bask of full-moonlight.

She was a mostly black wolf, with white fur on her chest and tip of her tail. She lifted her chin up and gazed at the moon, whining softly at her cowardliness, she hope Tsume didn't mind. She didn't what to respond to his request. Would she be betraying her pack by joining another 'pack'? Will she be an annoyance to Tsume?

As if reading her mind, Tsume limped out and spoke softly, "The past is the past, you have to move on."

Briefly, Coy wondered why Tsume said that. She never told him anything of her past before.

"No one came looking for you even though you were with me for so many days." And even though you're good with that emotionless mask, sadness still reflects in your eyes. Tsume stopped himself in time from saying those out loud. There are things that he would like to keep private, and there are things that are best not to speak out.

Can he read my mind? Coy thought.

She nodded slowly and stood up, changing back into her human form swiftly.

"Let's get some sleep."

A/N: For Coy's outfit, please go to my profile. Tsume is wearing what he wears in the anime. As for my updates, they are slow, so put me on alert if you liked the first chapter and I'll update ASAP.