A/N: So I'm having trouble finding a cover for this, do you guys have any ideas? Also, the reason I named the cat Miyuu is because it kind of sounds like meow, haha.
Disclaimer: Wolf's rain isn't mine, belongs to its respectful owner!
Toboe was running, she didn't know what from, but it terrified her. Miyuu was gone and Toboe couldn't find her. A searing pain made itself known in the red wolf's shoulder. Toboe couldn't look to see what it was, she was to scared. She kept running, the snow that was falling made it hard to see, but Toboe held it together and ignored it. She heard howls, but they weren't familiar to her, they weren't her pack. A massive black blob suddenly appeared in front of Toboe, and she skidded to a stop. Her brown eyes slowly looked up to meet very angry, very dangerous looking blue eyes. "You can't run little girl." The bigger wolf growled, and before Toboe knew it, glistening white teeth were descending towards her throat.
Toboe sat up with a gasp and fell out of the window. Her furry friend hissed and looked angrily at her. Toboe's breathe came out shallow and ragged, she looked around quickly before touching her throat. Making sure it was intact and she was unharmed, Toboe sighed and grabbed Miyuu. "Oh Miyuu! That dream was terrible!" The red haired girl hugged the cat hard enough to kill it but released the white fur ball when she realized what she was doing. Toboe looked outside, the sun had already risen and it looked to be around nine o'clock.
"Come on, I slept later than usual, lets go Miyuu." The girl stood up, grabbed the cat again and left the room she in. She traveled up the rusty steel stairs until she reached the roof. Scouting the outskirts of town like she normally did, her cat friend took it upon herself to climb onto Toboe's shoulders and fall right back asleep. Toboe sighed when she didn't see anything, "Alright, today's the last day, if they don't appear tonight then I'm leaving. I don't want to sit here any longer and expect them to come find me. I'm no child. I can take care of myself." She stated as she took one last look. The brown eyed girl went to the edge of the building and jumped off, the ground rushed up to meet her but Toboe landed soundly on her feet.
The red haired girl took her time making it back over the bridge and towards the center of the city. She rarely took the main streets but today, she figured she needed to swipe some serious grub. Miyuu and Toboe pulled their scheme time after time. They made off with a small bag, another string of hot dogs, a bag of some cookies and a loaf of bread. The small bag they swiped was like a mini backpack, it was grey and other than a stain here or there, a few stray strings and maybe a small hole it was fine. There were only three dogs this time but it was better than anything, the cookies smelled good but Toboe didn't know what kind they were, and the bread was still warm. So all in all, they did pretty good for one day.
"You did a good job today Miyuu, we got a lot of stuff." Toboe praised the cat who was purring away in the girl's arms. A little girl about six years old suddenly bumped into Toboe's legs. The red haired girl looked down to meet a pair of very, very bright green eyes. The little girl's hair was a glossy black and was pulled back with a pink bow. The child's eyes were trained on Miyuu. "Is that your cat?" The little girl asked.
"Yeah, I guess so, her name is Miyuu. What's yours?" Toboe knelt down to eye level with the child.
"My name is Aya, your kitty is very pretty. Can I pet her?" Aya into Toboe's brown eyes.
"Sure." The little girl reached out at started petting Miyuu who in return licked the girl's hand. Aya laughed but pouted when someone told her not to talk to strangers.
"Bye kitty." Aya waved to the cat, Toboe took Miyuu's paw and waved at the little girl. Toboe stood back up and went on her way again, the cat now back asleep. The wolf in disguise made her way back to the abandoned building and made her way to the roof once again. Climbing the twelve flights of rusty steps, every once in awhile Toboe would jump when the stairs shifted. "It's a good thing I'm leaving tonight, I don't think these stairs could put up with me climbing them much longer."
When Toboe reached the roof, she slipped off her backpack, set Miyuu down then transformed into her wolf form. She looked at her feet for a moment then threw her head back and let out a long howl, it echoed in the alleys and traveled through the city and eventually escaped into the empty land around her. She did this every hour or so until the sun started setting, leaving the sky in a beautiful combination of peach, magenta, lavender and dark blue. Toboe collected her bag, grabbed the cat and went back to the streets. She stuck to the alleys this time, not wanting to run into any trouble on the main streets.
Toboe took a deep breathe as the city limits neared her, the empty land around the city now visible from ground level. Toboe took one last look behind her, "Say goodbye Miyuu." The cat of course did nothing but meow, the red haired girl smiled a bit then stepped out of the city and started walking.
Tsume was grumpy, no, grumpy was an understatement. He was very pissed of, Hige wouldn't shut up about food and Kiba was just his normal self, which always seemed to piss Tsume off. The grey wolf growled at nothing in particular, he just wanted to vent. It was dark and the city was just starting to come into their line of vision. They had walked all night and their stomachs weren't quite happy with the way they were being neglected. Everyone was just tired and wanted something to eat, Hige especially.
"Why does it seem like the city just keeps getting farther and farther away?" Hige whined, his ears drooped a little.
"You're just tired, stop complaining, we're almost there." Kiba said, his eyes were trained on the city lights. Tsume looked at both of them and shook his head. Toboe, why did you have to leave me with these two? Tsume was completely lost in his thoughts until Hige's head shot up in the air. "I smell hot dogs and a cat."
"What's so special about hot dogs and cats Porky?" The grey wolf just kept walking, not really caring what Hige said to that.
"Well, the smell is coming towards us. But there's someone with the cat. The scent is kind of familiar but kind of not. It reminds me of the runt." Tsume didn't even say anything as he started running, he could smell it now. The strange combination of cat, Toboe and hot dogs. But the Toboe smell didn't smell the same. Something was, something was different...
A/N: Sorry for the cliffhanger, I really just wanted to have a good kick off for chapter three. So tell me if this is good or not. Thanks guys!
