Brittany: Hey this is my first Wolf's Rain story to be published on the Internet! This story I had actually made into a manga that I drew myself. It is the first volume of two. The second one I am working on now and plan to finish by March 2006. Anyway, please read and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters nor Wolf's Rain.

Wolf's Rain Volume One

Chapter One: What happened to Cheza?

We join Kiba, Tsume, Toboe, and Hige as they continue looking for Paradise. Hige stood complaining as usual.

"I'm hungry. And tired. And hungry."

Kiba was getting tired of Hige's whining. "Quit complaining. We're almost to the next town."

Hige sighed. "How long is it going to take to get there?"

"I'd say about three hours."

"Three hours?" Hige whined. "Aww come on!"

Toboe's stomach suddenly growled deeply. "Great, Hige," Toboe said, "now you're making ME hungry!"

"You guys are just a bunch of babies," Kiba said, sighing. "Isn't that right, Cheza?" But as Kiba looked, he gasped. "Cheza?" Cheza had disappeared. Kiba then turned to the group. "Hey guys, have you seen Cheza?"

The group looked at each other and began whistling innocently, looking away from Kiba.

"What have you done with Cheza!" Kiba snarled.

"Uh…just give us a moment," Hige said. Tsume, Toboe, and Hige huddled together whispering to each other.

"I don't want to be the one to tell him," Tsume whispered to the two.

"I don't want to tell him either!" Hige replied.

"I know!" said Toboe cheerfully. "Let's play rock-paper-scissors! The loser has to tell Kiba what happened!" Tsume and Hige agreed.

"Rock…paper…scissors!" they shouted.

"Damn it!" Tsume said as he chose paper. The other two had chosen scissors. "Alright Kiba, listen up." Tsume said, breathing in deeply. "Here's what happened. We were walking alongside a cliff…and I pushed Cheza off. To keep you from noticing, Toboe chucked his bracelets at you, knocking you out. However, Cheza managed to grab hold of the cliff edge…and that's where Hige came in…."

(flashback)

"Hige, help this one!" Cheza cried.

"Sorry Cheza, you gotta go," Hige said. He pushed Cheza's hand off the cliff and she fell to her doom screaming "Kibaaaaaaaaa…" her voice slowly fading away.

(flashback ends)

"And that's what happened," Tsume continued. "You woke up about an hour later, and just a few moments ago realized Cheza was gone." Tsume breathed a deep sigh of relief. "Phew, that wasn't so hard…"

Hige gave thumbs up. "Great story! I almost forgot I was hungry!"

Kiba couldn't believe it. "No…Cheza's gone…Cheza's GONE!" He suddenly became really angry. "Cheza…"

Soon after this moment, Kiba beat up the gang. He made them bleed so bad that the snow upon the ground turned permanently red. Since it was a full moon, the gang is fully healed now. The group continues on…

"Huh?" Kiba said, spotting a girl on the cliff. But she wasn't an ordinary girl…she was a wolf.

"Another one?" the girl whispered.