I sat down on the little blanket Toboe had managed to steal on the way here. Their "home" was an old abandoned apartment building on the outskirts of Freeze City. Even though it was old and a little dilapidated it still looked nice. And hey, the carpet was still soft enough to lay down on.

"You never had any coffee, did you?" I asked, putting my hands in my jacket pockets.

Toboe started laughing. "Of course not! Kiba hates being in his human form, but I think drinking coffee might kill him!"

I smirked, shaking my head. "You just wanted to take to me about Paradise."

I could tell Kiba didn't like lying to me, because the entire way here he wouldn't meet my eyes. "Yeah." Finally, he looked up at me. "I had to talk to you. You're a wolf, like us. The more of us there are the easier it will be to get to Paradise."

My eyes went wide. Kiba sounded like a mad man. He was crazy! "Kiba, Paradise isn't real! You seriously can't be thinking about going to find it?"

"Why not? We almost succeeded last time, we can do it again!"

"Almost? Almost?" The world restarted because of him? This was who I owed my thanks to for making the world better again? "Well thanks, but the world's new now, so even if Paradise is real we don't need it now."

"If? How can you think it's not real? You're a wolf! Paradise if your home!"

I stood up, ready to leave. "No, Freeze City is my home." My voice was thick was lies. I hated Freeze City. Not for the city itself anymore, but the people. I didn't belong with them, but Paradise wasn't real, so where else did I have to go?

"Can't you smell the lunar flowers?" Kiba's voice was no longer loud and angry. It was hurt, confused. He sounded disappointed.

I could feel my eyes watering up so I turned my back to them. These wolves sounded so sure that Paradise was real. But they were wild wolves, they were never taught that Paradise was a fairy tale. Being raised by humans, I practically had the wolf nurtured out of me. And I had learned to not believe in fairy tales at a young age.

"No, I can't smell the lunar flowers." I had meant for my voice to come out cold as steel and harsh, accusing. But it was just barely an ashamed whisper.

"What kind of wolf are you?" Exclaimed Toboe in shock, but I could hear the disgust in his young voice. "What kind of wolf can't smell the lunar flowers?"

I didn't stick around to hear if he had anything else to say. I had already ran out the door, tears streaming down my face. But no matter how far I ran, Toboe was right. What kind of wolf was I? I didn't even believe in Paradise? I was so confused. Paradise was a fairy tale, but it was part of me. I was a wolf, shouldn't I believe in it? Next thing I know my feet are getting all tangled up and I trip onto my hands and knees. Suddenly hands grab me and pull me to my feet. Through the blur of my tears I can see it's Kiba. He pulls me in and wraps his arms around me.

"You're okay. Don't listen to Toboe, he's young. He doesn't know any better."

"But he's right. What kind of wolf am I? That I don't believe in Paradise?"

"A lost one." He holds me out at arms length and looks me in the eyes, his sincere and caring. "But don't worry, we'll help you. We'll bring you to Paradise, we'll bring you home."

"Right now." I say suddenly, pulling away from his grip and wiping away my tears. "Prove to me that Paradise is real. I want to get this over with. If you're lying, I don't want my time to be wasted."

He sighs and runs a hand through his hair. "Fine. It could be dangerous."

I smirk. "I'll be able to handle it. I did grow up in Freeze City after all."

I look up at the big looming building that is the Freeze City Science Center. "Cheza's in there?" I ask, raising my eyebrows expectantly.

"Yes, now come on. We'll go in as janitors so they won't call their cops on us."

'Their Cops.' Right, because we weren't human, we didn't have to listen to authorities. Yea, I wish.

"Fine, but you're pushing the cleaning cart. I refuse to touch that thing." I grumble as we walk in.

The lady at the front desk gives us a questioning glance but otherwise says nothing. We just walk in, like it's nothing. I keep expecting someone to stop and question us, but no. Nobody even glances at us. Weird. Kiba seems to know exactly where he's going.

"You've been here before?"

"Once, but not in this part of the building. I'm following my nose."

I just nod. Maybe my nose is broken. It takes us a long time to reach the lab where "Cheza" is. We grab a cart from outside the door and wheel it in. The scientists in their white lab coats look up at us, then grab their things and file out. Kiba instantly drops the cart, hypnotically walking forward, his eyes glazed over a little. I follow his gaze and my knees go weak when I realize what's in the tank. A girl. Could it be Cheza?

Kiba places his hands on the tank, and suddenly the girl's eyes flicker open. They're red. I gasp, taking a step back. The girl smiles and tries to touch Kiba's hand through the glass, but her hands are chained.

"We need to get her out of here." Kiba says, not taking his eyes off the girl.

I walk over to a desk in front of her tank. Buttons line the enitre table, some with words some without. A glowing blue one catches my eye, and after taking a deep breath I press it. No alarms sound, nothing goes out of wack. But the solution in the girl's tank starts to drain out. The girl coughs and gasp as air reaches her lungs. Her chains break from the sudden pull of her weight and she falls to the bottom of the tank, breaking the glass. Kiba catches her, ignoring the glass that shatters down around them. I rush over, heart pounding.

"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" The girl's red eyes travel away from Kiba and over to me. I get goosebumps.

"This One is alright." says her high angelic voice. "This One does not recognize you. You are new to This One."

The girl reaches out to touch my cheek, the smell of the most amazing flower reaches my nose. As soon as she touches me my eyes go wide and I sink to my knees. Her touch sends a thousand lightning bolts tipped with pleasure ripping through me, making me gasp. I don't know how, or why, but I suddenly know this girl is Cheza. Something deep inside me rises to the surface, an ancient calling to stay with this girl, to stay with Kiba and Toboe. To find Paradise. This amazing shocking feeling brings tears to my eyes. I can't make myself look away from Cheza, but when I speak I'm speaking to Kiba.

"It's Cheza."

I can hear the smirk in his voice. "I knew you weren't too far lost."