A/N: next chappie!

Chapter 3: Hige Reborn

He walked down the street, shoving a hot dog in his mouth at the same time. He held the bag of food closer to him as he walked, knowing the bag would be empty by the time he got home, but he didn't care. He was so hungry!

Walking along he adjusted his coat once shoving the rest of the hot dog in his mouth but suddenly felt as if he was being watched. No. Not just watched. Stared at. And there was a sweet scent coming from somewhere as well. The hairs on the back of his neck stood on end, and he immediately looked around to find the source of the stare and the smell. Looking across the street he noticed a boy about his own age with a girl under his arm.

No. Not a boy. A wolf. Another wolf, in this city? He thought he was the only one. Well, wolf or no, that was the source of the stare, even though the boy had turned away, Hige had caught a glimpse of his blue eyes under the head of black hair just before he looked away, and he smelled the scent trailing behind him and that girl. Whatever perfume she was wearing, it smelled nice. Like flowers.

Glancing up and down the street again he looked to the boy once more then stepped off the curb. He jerked back onto the sidewalk when a motorcycle zoomed by and almost took his leg off. He turned a scowl to the biker as he made a U-turn to face him, and Hige saw the biker's piercing jade eyes glaring at him in anger.

"Watch where you're goin' will ya?!" he shouted at the biker, but a sudden feeling of nostalgia swept over him.

Ignoring it, he looked both ways before attempting to cross the street again, also ignoring the fact that the biker was doing the staring now. He'd seen it as soon as he'd set eyes on him, as well. He was a wolf, too but he didn't think about that. He needed to get to that blue-eyed boy. He couldn't put his finger on it, but something about him brought that feeling as well. Almost like he knew the guy, but he knew that was impossible because he would have remembered. Then again, his memory wasn't what it used to be.

Hige watched the boy go into a diner but didn't follow. Instead he parked himself a few feet away from the entrance, next to the huge window to allow you to look into the diner and pulled out another hot dog. He sat there for a while before someone walked past, but stopped and stood in front of him. Frowning, Hige looked up to see a young boy---or rather, a young wolf, standing in front of him with wide amber eyes, a kitten in his arms.

"What?" Hige shrugged, wondering why he was being stared at so much today.

The boy shook away his look of shock and muttered, "N-Nothing."

He walked away quickly and Hige frowned at him as he did. What was going on today? It was turning out to get really weird, and it was only half over. Still, as he watched the kid round the corner of the last building on the block, he felt that same feeling of nostalgia. That same nagging at the back of his mind saying he should know the kid, but he couldn't come up with a name.

He couldn't come up with a name for the biker, or the black haired guy with the sweet smelling girl or even the pup with the kitten. He was at a loss as to why he couldn't remember any of them if he had met them. His memory was bad, he admitted, bad had it gotten that bad?

"Get outta here! I don't take in strays!"

Hige started from his thoughts and looked to the door just as a girl with dark brown hair wearing mostly brown clothes was shoved out of the diner and into the rain.

"You stupid, son of a---!"

Her insult was cut off when the man slammed the diner door in her face and Huge only watched as she continued ranting.

"I paid for my food!" she shouted at the door. "It's not my fault your waitresses are slow! I'm hungry!"

She stomped her foot in frustration, much like a child then shoved her pockets in her pants and started to walk toward him, but she stopped as she looked back into the window of the diner. He watched in amusement as she started talking into the glass, pointing at herself then into the diner.

"You're a wolf, like me!" he heard her say, and he couldn't figure out if she was talking to her reflection, or the boy he'd wanted to see inside, because he saw that she was a wolf as well.

The girl suddenly started giggling and spun around happily making Hige frown in puzzlement. She suddenly stopped and looked to the glass to say, "My name is Ryooshi! Who's that pretty girl that smells so good with you?!"

The man who threw her out must've threatened to return because she suddenly started walking rapidly toward him and he only looked down at his next hot dog to shove it in his mouth. He tried to ignore her, realizing she was obviously crazy, but she stopped next to him and knew she was probably eyeing his food.

"Can I help you?" he wondered in a slightly irritated tone and as he looked up at her he was met with wide, jade eyes.

"Those hot dogs?" she questioned, nodding at the bag. "They sure smell good."

"They're mine," Hige said, not in the mood for sharing. Especially with a crazy she-wolf. "Go dig around in a dumpster somewhere."

"Well, gee-whiz, man!" she snapped and started walking past him. "Don't have to be so stingy! Like you haven't dumpster-dived before?! Whatever."

Hige didn't watch her leave, he was just glad he didn't have that nostalgic feeling when he saw her. If he had, he probably would have thrown a hot dog at her…literally. He chomped down on his hot dog and sighed in contentment. He didn't know what he was waiting for. Probably for that kid to come out with his girl, but why? What could they possibly do for him?

It was starting to drive him a little crazy, not knowing why these wolves were here, or why they all seemed familiar to him. All except for the Crazy She-Wolf. He sat there for a long time, trying to figure out where he could have met those first three before, but the more he tried to concentrate and think, the more his head started to hurt. He knew, thinking long and hard, sometimes wasn't good for him.

He jumped when he saw someone come out of the diner out of the corner of his eye. A woman---no, another wolf---started walking toward him, a cup of something steaming in one hand, a smile on her lips. Hige stared at her with wide eyes as she came closer. That same familiar feeling returned but it was coupled with amazement at her beauty. He could have stared at her forever, and he hardly registered that she was talking to him as she knelt down in front of him.

Her deep blue eyes smiled at him through strands of black hair and he finally recovered himself enough to say, "Say that again? The rain's really loud."

"I brought you some hot chocolate," she smiled, warmly. "You look like you could use it."

"Oh," he chirped, taking the cup. "Thanks, Miss…?"

"Blue," she smiled again. "Just Blue. No Miss."

"Thanks…Blue." He could have uttered that syllable a thousand times and never get tired of it.

"You're welcome…uh…?" She trailed off, waiting for him to finish with his name, but he didn't catch his cue and just stared at her for a moment before it hit him.

"Oh! Hige!" he finally replied. "My name's Hige."

"Hige," Blue nodded, and he almost sighed in contentment at hearing her say his name so sweetly. He was suddenly brought back to reality when he realized he had to pay for the drink. He shoved his free hand in his pocket, looking for money.

"How much is this---?"

"Oh, don't worry about it!" Blue grinned, standing and Hige looked up at her with wide, reddish eyes. "It's on the house. Feel free to come inside if you want, too."

"Nah," he shrugged. "I'm alright here."

Blue nodded but he noticed she didn't go back. She stood there for a moment and he wondered if he should go in just so she didn't have to stand in the rain. He was about to get up when she suddenly said, "You know, you're the fifth wolf I've seen today."

He looked up at her with wide eyes and replied, "Really?! You're my fifth, too!"

"Where are they coming from?" she wondered with a smile.

"I have no clue but some of them were staring at me," Hige reported. "And, I think I might know them, but I'm not sure."

"You know, one of the other wolves said that too," Blue informed him, sitting next to him. "He said that he and I had met before, but I don't remember him. I said maybe we'd met in a past life."

"That makes sense," Hige nodded, taking a sip of his hot chocolate. Blue suddenly shivered and he looked at her with wide eyes, feeling guilty that such a pretty girl was out here in the rain because of him. Setting down his drink he quickly pulled off his rain coat, making Blue frown at him.

"What are you doing?" she wondered. "Don't you need that? It's freezing!"

"You might need it more than I do," he smiled warmly and draped the coat over her shoulders.

"No! I can't! The rain---!"

"I'm fine, really," he assured her, picking up his drink and taking another sip. She stared at him with those wide, blue eyes filled with shock and awe and he gave a sideways glance as he smirked, "That makes four."

Blue frowned and asked, "Four what?"

"Four wolves I've met that have stared at me," Hige smiled and she chuckled.

"Blue!"

They both jumped and turned to the diner entrance to see a big man standing in the doorway.

"I don't pay you to flirt when you should be taking orders!" he snapped and stormed back into the diner as Blue sighed in exasperation then looked at Hige with a smile.

"I gotta go," she said and as she stood she went to give Hige the coat back, but he shook his head.

"Keep it," he smiled. "I don't need it now that I've got this…" He held up his hot chocolate and Blue stared at him with wide eyes again as a slight blush tinted her dark skin.

"You're sure?" she wondered, and Hige nodded again.

"Think of it as something to remember me by," he smirked with a wink and she smirked back, her hands on her hips.

"I'm not so easy," she retorted, causing his eyes to widen at her as she turned and walked back into the diner, taking the coat with her. He let his smirk return. That girl had it all. She was a babe, she was caring, and she had a bit of a bite. He liked that. As he stood up, he pulled the hood of his yellow sweat jacket over his head and gathered his bags into his arms, hoping he'd see that girl again, and hoping if he could figure out why she was giving him that nostalgic feeling.

"Blue," he smiled, walking down the street. "That's a great name."

A/N: told you there'd be overlapping! aw, Hige and Blue. that pairing is just so cute to me, so i couldn't , wucha think? reviews?