Remembrance of the Past

Blue was sitting in her house, watching T.V with her boyfriend. Her other friends Tsume, Kiba and Toboe were there too. She sighed and leaned closer to Hige, her eyelids falling halfway.

"Something the matter Blue?" Hige asked, snaking his arm around her shoulders.

Blue shrugged, "Its nothing. Just dreams I've been having lately."

Kiba looked at her, "What are they about?"

Everyone's attention was on Blue now, who now decided to sit up, out of Hige's hold. She sighed and rubbed her head; "It's the same thing every night. This girl… she's burned badly, and has a little brother… maybe about two years old. She seems to cry a lot and she's always running, her brother trying hard to keep up. One time she was caught in a trap, a giant pyramid cage."

"Hey Hige," Toboe said from the cushion chair across from them, "You were caught in one of those too."

"I'd rather not talk about that." Hige scratched the back of his head nervously, smiling sheepishly.

"Do you know her name?" Kiba asked, cocking his head in interest.

Blue shook her head, "No, all I hear is crying and screaming. Maybe an occasional 'Sissy' from the little boy but nothing else."

Kiba pursed his lips, and then stood up, "I'm going to get something to eat, anyone… other than Hige, want something?"

"Hey, why can't I get something?" Hige complained.

"Because you're fat enough porky," Tsume said, half smiling.

Hige pouted and everyone laughed as Kiba walked out of the living room. He sighed as he made his sandwich, hoping Blue wasn't wasting sleep on such a stupid dream. Then a thought popped into his head, 'How did she get those burns on her body?' After he toasted the bread and put the sandwich together he walked out to the laughing, conversating group, "Hey Blue… where were those burns on the girl?"

Blue looked up at him, the conversation of whatever they were talking about stopping, "Umm… her shoulders and back, at least that's all I could see. She had jeans and a tank on."

"What about the boy?" Kiba asked as he sat down next to her, putting the plate down on the coffee table. Out of the corner of his eyes, he thought he saw Hige drooling a little.

"He didn't seem to have any." Blue said, "Why do you want to know?"

Kiba shrugged, "Curiosity." So the girl must have gotten them before the boy was born, but when was the question.

"Kiba it's a dream, don't worry about it." Blue said knowing where he was getting at, "You said yourself, no one else survived your forest fire. You were the only one left."

"I know… but I was a whelp back then, I never looked. Maybe someone did survive." Kiba said.

Hige sighed then stood up, "Hey, this is such a grave conversation. Kiba if you're not going to eat that hand it over. Why don't we go for a run?"

Tsume raised his eyebrows, "You're suggesting such a thing?"

Hige shrugged, "Why not? Some fresh air should clear our minds and we can get back on a happier note."

"I agree with Hige." Toboe said, standing with him, "Plus, we haven't gotten some forest air for a few days, it'll be nice." He smiled.

Blue smiled, "Yeah, come on guys."

Kiba nodded and gulped down his sandwich, standing with the rest. Tsume sighed and they all walked out of the house. When they got outside, everyone stretched and took their illusion off so they were wolves again.

"One minute." Hige said, walking over to the side of the house, "I have to whiz."

Blue rolled her eyes and they all waited till Hige came back, trotting happily, "Okay, I'm ready."

Kiba led and the rest followed, up the street and to the woods. They followed their usually path but Blue strayed off. It took a few minutes before Hige looked behind him and didn't see Blue there, "Kiba! Stop! Blue's gone!"

This made everyone come to a complete stop. Kiba turned around and came to Hige, "Where is she?"

"I don't know, I just noticed she wasn't here." Hige said, looking all around him, "I can't find her scent either."

"Wait…" Toboe said, his ears perking forward, "I…"

"What Toboe?" Tsume asked.

"I hear crying… whimpering." Toboe said.

"Toboe, lead the way." Kiba said, going behind Toboe for encouragement.

Toboe ran towards the sound, and soon they saw Blue, but she was hunched over something. They slowly stopped and Hige approached her with caution, "B-Blue?"

Blue looked up, her eyes and cheeks red with tears, "Hige…"

"Blue what's wrong?"

She shifted a little so they could see, and before them lay a teenage girl and a little, two year old boy. The girl, had burns on her shoulders and back.