"Hige stop stuffing your face and get down here will you?" An annoyed Tsume ordered the rather large wolf, Hige. "No way am I going anywhere near you when you're in such a bad mood, besides im not stuffing my face" Hige added defensively. "Tsume?" asked a small wolf, named Toboe from around the corner of the cave, he had been listening to their small argument, "What do you want, runt?" growled Tsume, boy he really was in a bad mood, Toboe cleared his throat "Ah, Tsume, why are you— um in such a bad mood lately?" he asked nervously, "I AM NOT IN A BAD MOOD!" Tsume shouted towards a startled Toboe, Hige was slowly backing away from the small clearing in the cave. "Hige, help me here?" Toboe whispered, he was standing tall, on the inside feeling shattered- Toboe looked up to Tsume, he was his role model, but now… He didn't know what to think.

"Argh, Toboe what do you think I could do to help?" Hige asked shakily, Tsume really was acting quite strangely. "Hige, do you think you could find Kiba?" Tsume growled at the mention of Kiba's name. Hige shrugged and walked off, what does that runt see in Tsume anyway? He thought shaking his head.

"Tsume, what's gotten into you?" Toboe cried, "Nothing! Nothing at all" growled Tsume, Toboe began to approach him; he reached out and put his hand on the squatting Tsume, with his back turned towards Toboe. The instant Tsume felt the contact he slashed his sharp claws at Toboe, who, when Tsume turned around was seen sprawled across the floor; blood dripping from his face, claw like wounds etched upon his cheek following in a line down to his neck, Toboe looked up at Tsume; who saw nothing but shock, worry and even worse disappointment in Toboe's eyes. Tsume quickly turned away, only to be greeted by another awful sight; Hige had found Kiba and was now leading him up into this room, Tsume didn't know what to do, the kid whom he had injured himself and Kiba and Hige about to walk in and see his horrid crime he had committed, Tsume decided he would hide, he could feel Toboe's eyes following his every move, he could feel Toboe's disappointment in him seeping through, though he still hid, as a small pup may, Tsume cursed himself for thinking that of himself.

As Tsume was in hiding, Toboe managed to sit up, holding the side of his face as blood dripped through his fingers. "Hige, Tsume is always in a bad mood, what difference does it make today?" He heard Kiba ask as he entered the clearing. "Kiba, I told you, Tsume was acting strange even around the kid, and they've always been close" Toboe heard Tsume scoff. Hige was the first to notice Toboe on the floor holding his face, "Toboe whats wrong? What happened?" Hige asked worriedly, Kiba followed Hige over to him, "Toboe, I need to know what happened" Kiba told him calmly. Kiba's calmness seemed to wash over him, and Toboe told Kiba and Hige everything that happened, what Toboe didn't mention was that Tsume had ran of and hid, Kiba seemed to sense that Toboe was holding back on something "What else is there that we need to know?" Kiba asked Toboe in a calm way, again, Toboe felt himself pulled into the spell of calmness "Tsume, he ran off, I'll bet he still felt ashamed of what he did" Toboe said, suddenly realising that Tsume still cared about him. Hige scoffed "Too much of a chicken to show himself after what he did to you if you ask me" a soft growling formed in the corner of the cave. Kiba must have heard it "Toboe, where did Tsume hide?" Toboe was rebellious, trying not to fall under Kiba's calm spell. "Toboe, Where did Tsume hide?" Kiba asked a little more firmly, Toboe still did not answer "Toboe, you better tell us where he is before we bite your throat off!" Hige shouted at Toboe, who shook a little at Hige's angry tone but remained rebellious. Kiba gave Hige a strange look, one of which Toboe couldn't figure out, suddenly Hige leaned over towards Toboe and whispered in his ear once more "Toboe, you better tell us where he is before I bite your throat off!" Toboe shook his head. No, Hige put his sharp teeth up to Toboe's neck, ok, that was pushing it "Tsume is hiding behind that rock over there" Toboe blurted out quickly, whilst pointing.