Disclaimer: I do not own Wolf's Rain (but I do love it)

Continuation...If you liked the first chapter I hope you like this one also.

"Stay still boy struggling makes it worse." Though he gave advice it was only mocking and of no use to Toboe. Thunder sounded as another flash of lightning lit the ally. For split seconds he saw the faces of those about to harm him. Ugly, mean, no mercy. Soon he was on the ground being kicked and punched. Things, that may have been rings, cut him on the face and arms.

Even if he had yelled out the sound or the rain thunder and echoes would have muffled it all. He fought as much as he could but to little avail. Hunger and exhaustion met as he slumped over and fell to the ground. They left him after. Just as sudden as they came they were gone. The only sign they were ever there: his limp almost unconscious body laying there.

With his last strength Toboe did the only thing he could do, call out to his pack. 'Tsume…. Please come for me'. All the pain, loneliness, confusion, anger, and hope were in that single howl. The weight of emotion would have stopped anyone else in their tracks, had they been out in the storm.
Now he could wait and rest, knowing with all his heart Tsume was on his way. Closing his, eyes drifting into nothing, the last thought 'He will come for me…he will!'

Meanwhile Tsume was on his way back to where the pack had last been before they split. He had let off some steam and was calming down, as much of a calm state as he could be that is.

'Besides' He thought 'If the others don't want me as a leader I'm still needed by someone in the group…Toboe' That thought had shot through his head before he himself could figure it out. The kid was confusing him and had been from the day he ran into him. Why did he have to feel this way? Toboe was not his responsibility and he needed no pup…but still he was walking back to the park. 'Why?'

Was Toboe somehow his to take care of or was he just to confused to see the truth? Then as if all his thinking of the boy had been a signal he suddenly felt something was wrong. As packs go they were not the closest but still when around others so much you pick them up on weaves sometimes. At this moment he was suddenly feeling one of them was in danger. He felt it in his whole gut, heart, and instinct kicked in. 'It's Toboe! He's….he's….in trouble?! Run faster! Why? Why did you leave him alone? Where?!'

It had taken only seconds for him to be running as fast as he could. Blocking out the thoughts was no option as he ran towards the city and the many possible places Toboe could be. As if his own thoughts were not enough the sound hit him full on. The unmistakable. The worst thing he had ever heard. Haunting. Toboe's call. To he did not even have to ask. 'To me!'

Now he knew where and as he ran he still felt all the emotions but he had to put it aside for now, run, get to him. 'Toboe I'm coming. Please hold on…for me!'

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