Welcome to chapter three. I forgot to say this, but in case you haven't figured it out this is before Otanashi arrives. Unfortunately that also means that we probably won't see a lot of Yui and Takemaru because they are minor characters before Otanashi arrives.

Takemaru: Call me Christ.

Me: Only if you call me Super Bunnymatrix King!

Takemaru:...

Anyway I will try to get Yui in this story at least once, but I'm not sure it that'll work out or not. Also you may have noticed that Takamatsu is getting bashed. It is unintentional. Also if you see any missing Os that is because my o=key is a little wacked. One more thing. If you have seen Heaven's Door (I accidentally called it knockin on heaven's door in a previous chapter, sorry. I went back and fixed it) , or read Track Zero you may find some little bonuses here and there, like little Easter Eggs of goodness. I might also do some bonuses for if you read the four pannel comics later on.

Thank you a ton Aliinna. You were the first person to show any support for this fic, and for that I thank you. I know you didn't review, but I made a batch of (virtual) brownies for my first reviewer, and I don't want them to go bad, so I'll give them to you. Happy Birthday! *Gives Aliinna pan of brownies*

Disclaimer...I'm too lazy to come up with a creative one, so I'll just say it. I don't own Wolf's Rain or Angel Beats!, they belong to their creators and whoever has the lisence rights, but I'm too lazy to look that up either.


Yuri POV

"KIBA!" shouted Cheza. I looked up to see the five newcomers running out of the room to see if their friend was okay. I walked over to the window and was surprised to see that the one I assumed to be Kiba was still conscious. I was even more surprised when I saw Cheza jump out of the window. 'She's going to splatter," I thought, but I was wrong. The girl seemed to be drifting downward. The way she fell almost reminded me of tsubaki flowers falling from their tree. The other four quickly followed suit and jumped. They fell at normal rates, but landed unscathed. They all surrounded Kiba and obscured my view of him.

"Those five will probably stay with Kiba until he heals," said Hinata, who was also looking out the window. I turned around as Hinata continued to ask, "What's their first mission going to be?"

After a bit of thought I replied with, "Operation Monster Stream."

"They get an easy operation like that for their first mission!?" exclaimed Noda, "You shouldn't baby new recruits!"

"I know," I replied, "But we're running low on meal tickets."

"Couldn't we do Operation Tornado then?" asked Fujimaki.

"If we do that then they would be able to see what Angel's like right off the bat," added Takamatsu.

"True, but it has been forever since we have done Operation Monster Stream, and I think Fish Saitou needs to go fishing before he completely loses it." I replied.

"How foolish," said Shiina. There were a few grumblings of how it was an unfair first mission, but nobody spoke out about them.

"On a side note," I said, "Matsushida five-dan, I am very pleased with your recruiting."

"Wait, why does he get special thanks?" asked Hinata.

"Because he recruited somebody even though he isn't part of Operation Vacuum," I said," Now I'm going to call Chaa so be quiet." The phone started ringing and Chaa answered.

"Hey Yurippe!" said Chaa.

"Hello Chaa, tomorrow we're going to do Operation Monster Stream." I said through the speakerphone.

"Okay I'll tell Saitou to get ready," said Chaa

"Also we're performing a parachute tomorrow evening, so please disable the death-traps by 16:00," I continued.

"Okay, no problem." said Chaa. I closed the line of communication.

"So Matsushida five-dan," I said, "Are you going to train Kiba, or will you have somebody else do that so that they can complete Operation Vacuum?"

"I think I'll let Hinata take care of Kiba," replied Matsushida. Hinata got a very happy look on his face, and he was probably remembering all the beef udon tickets that he been giving the judo master in the year beforehand. I went through a small checklist in my head.

"So Takamatsu is the only member of Operation Vacuum who doesn't have a recruit yet," I said.

I then heard Blue say, "I know that god can bleed," from the other side of the door. Tsume and Hige half-supported and half-dragged Kiba as they entered the room. They carefully set him on one of the couches.

"Wow Kiba!" said Toboe, "I can't believe you didn't die from that."

"I already told you that it is impossible to die here," I said to the kid.

"No, I mean his heart didn't stop beating or anything. He just lost consciousness for a few minutes," said Toboe. I was surprised, again. 'If that guy survived an anti-Angel trap he will probably be a valuable asset in the fight against Angel.' I thought.

"That's Kiba for ya! Too stubborn to die, even if he's hit by a death-trap," said Hige.

"No, I probably would have died in the real world, but here in the afterlife it seems that healing is accelerated," said Kiba.

"Oh, so you guys already explained things to him?" I asked.

"Yep!" said Toboe.

"Good! Now all that's left is to give you new uniforms and show you to your dorm rooms," I said.

"What new uniforms?" asked Tsume.

"Well, right now you guys are wearing the NPC uniform, as opposed to our class SSS uniforms," I replied. They nodded in understanding. "Hinata, Shiina, Oyama, Fujimaki, Noda and TK. Take them to the dorms and get them new uniforms. After that give them their weapons and do a little training." With that the group of twelve left HQ, and I was stuck with Takamatsu and Matsushida. "I don't think we will be doing anything else today, so you two are dismissed as well," I said to them. They left the room and I was alone with my thoughts.

'Six new members, pretty impressive. They seem to be a little strange, but then again none of us are exactly normal either,' I thought before adding, 'Except for maybe Oyama.' I continued to think about the new recruits, 'They seem to be very adaptive, and they accept things as what they are, not to mention the fact that they seem to have impressive physical abilities. I bet they will be great additions to the battlefront!' I suddenly had one of my famous maniac moments.

"MUAHAHAHA!" I laughed. It sounded so evil that I almost scared myself, "JUST YOU TRY TO STOP US, ANGEL!"


Kiba POV

The walk was fairly uneventful. Blue laughed occasionally after Hige told her something, my guess was that he was trying to flirt with her even though they were pretty much already a couple. One of the strangers was continually dancing, The ax-wielder was twirling his weapon around at what would probably be considered dangerous speeds, and the sword guy put the redhead in a headlock once or twice. The rest of us said nothing as we followed the blue-haired guy. 'I should probably learn these people's names,' I thought

I walked near Toboe, who was walking next to Tsume, "Hey Toboe, could you tell me these people's names?" I asked.

"Sure!" exclaimed the youngest pack member. He then proceeded to tell me the names of everyone who had been in the room. After that our group of twelve entered another four-story building and went up two stories. We stopped in front of a door marked C-03 and Hinata knocked. A girl with long blonde hair opened the door.

"Hey Yusa!" exclaimed Hinata, "We came here to get dorm keys, weapons, and uniforms for some recruits!" The girl turned her emotionless eyes toward us, as if she were cataloging us.

"One minute," she said in a drone-like voice. She left the door open and went back into the room. When she re-emerged she was carrying a basket full of clothes in her arms, a duffel bag over her shoulder, and three keys in her hand. She set the basket down and handed Hinata the three keys. "These are the three unoccupied rooms that are closest together. The girls get C-17 and the boys can split D-19 and D-17." The strange girl then proceeded to hand each of us a bundle of clothes.

"Wait a minute," said Hinata, "Wouldn't it be closer if the girls were in a room on the fourth floor? Then they would be separated by a flight of stairs. I know D-13 is open, so why not put them there?"

After she finished handing out clothes she turned to Hinata and stared at him like he was a madman. "Because it would be impossible to jump to D-13, it has no school-facing windows because it is around the corner." she said, as if the answer were obvious. I was confused by her statement, but I kept my face in an expression of indifference. "Here are the weapons, but I doubt they will be of much use," she said as she handed Hinata the duffel bag.

"Oof!" grunted Hinata as he tried to hold onto the heavy bag that Yusa had carried with ease. He set the bag down and said, "I think we'll pick this up on our way out." Yusa brought the bag into the room and closed the door without a word.

"Feh! You're such a weakling," said Noda. Hinata shrugged. He was about to give one of the keys to TK when he changed his mind and handed it to Shiina.

"Could you show the girls to their room please?" said Hinata.

"How foolish," said Shiina as she accepted the key and started to walk down the hall. TK and Blue followed her, and Cheza looked at me, as if to ask if it was okay.

"It's safe to go," I said, "We'll be close by, and you'll have blue with you." She nodded, laughed, and followed the other three.

"Okay guys, let's go upstairs," said Hinata. We went up a flight and down the hall, and we stopped in front of the two doorways. "How about Kiba and Tsume share D-19, and Hige and Toboe share D-17?" suggested Hinata. Obviously he was just thinking about putting the people together based on age.

"But I want to be with Tsume," said Toboe as he grabbed Tsume's arm.

"Plus if Kiba and Tsume share a room there will most likely be bloodshed," added Hige.

"Tsume and Toboe will have D-19; Hige and I will share D-17. That way Hige will be closer to Blue, and I will be near Cheza," I said. The other three seemed to be pleased with these arrangements. Hinata seemed confused by our reasoning, he seemed especially dumbstruck by the fact that Toboe, the youngest and most childish of our group, wanted to share a room with Tsume, the big scary guy.

"Well you guys can go check out your rooms, and while you're at it change into your uniforms. Feel free to take your time, and when you're done stop by room D-12," said Hinata. He handed Tsume and I the room keys and the four of us entered our new living spaces.


Toboe POV

The room was small and sparsely furnished. There were two desks side by side with matching office chairs. There was also one dinky bunk bed that looked like it would collapse as soon as somebody got on the upper bed. There was a window on the wall opposite of the door, but even though we were on the top floor we didn't have a good view because the window was facing the other building that we had just come from.

"Hey Tsume, how are we supposed to change the clothes on our human illusions?" I asked

"How should I know," replied Tsume as he shrugged, "I have never really put much thought into what my human form looks like."

'Then maybe all I have to do is focus on what it looks like, It's worth a shot at least.' I thought. I dropped my human guise for a short amount of time, and when I brought it back up I closed my eyes and focused on the clothes it was wearing. I visualized what I would look like wearing the SSS uniform, and when I opened my eyes I saw Tsume staring at me.

"How did you do that?" he asked.

"You just have to think about it before forming the illusion," I replied. He changed into wolf form for half a second while he focused, and when he reformed his human form it was wearing the SSS uniform.

"Pretty cool, huh?" I said. Tsume simply shrugged. I then decided to go over and open the window to get some fresh air into the stuffy dorm room.

When I opened the window I heard Hige's voice say, "Hey Toboe!"

As I poked my head out of the window I asked, "What is it, Hige?" I didn't have to raise my voice at all because Hige and I both had sensitive wolf ears.

"Oh, its nothing," replied Hige, "Just that if we all leave our windows open we can get to each others rooms with a few well-placed jumps." I looked over to the other building and saw that it was only fifteen or twenty feet away. A perfectly jump-able distance, if you are a wolf, that is.

"You're right! And that way we wouldn't have to deal with doorknobs and stairs!" I said.

"I know right? My teeth aren't really cut out for twisting doorknobs," responded Hige.

I laughed. "Your teeth aren't good for anything but eating," I said. I brought my head back inside just as I heard Hige starting to protest my comment.

"What did Porky want?" asked Tsume.

"He was just saying that we could get to each others rooms by jumping off of that other building," I said. He looked out the window and nodded. I was suddenly struck by an idea. "Hey, Tsume. That Yusa girl said something like that when she gave us the room keys, do you think," I paused for a little, "Do you think she knows what we are?" I asked.

"How the hell should I know?" he asked.

"Maybe she just saw us when we jumped out of the window to help Kiba," I said.

"Well I don't really care either way, as long as she doesn't try to shoot us," said Tsume. We lapsed into silence.

"Tsume, what do you think will happen to us now?" I asked.

He shrugged and said, "I don't know."

"What do you think of the guy who's training you?" I asked.

"He's an idiot, just like any other human I have ever met," he replied.

"What do you think this 'training' is anyway?" I asked.

"How the hell should I know that?" he asked, "Anyway it's probably got something to do with fighting this 'angel'."

"Do you think that we will ever get to paradise?" I asked.

He paused before saying, "I have no clue."

There was a long pause before I asked my next question, because I knew it was more of a personal question, and Tsume didn't really like those. But I had to figure out if that voice I had heard when I first woke up was actually his, or if I had just imagined it. "Tsume, why did you want to go to paradise?" I asked.

He thought for a little and said, "I wasn't really headed to paradise, I just wanted to leave that city." He was lying, I could tell because he acted like he didn't care what his answer was.

'Just one more question,' I thought. "Tsume, what happened after I died," I asked. I saw him flinch at my question.

"I already told you, didn't I?" he said.

"No, I mean how did everyone react? How did you react?" I restated my question. I could tell he didn't want to answer, but I gave him the look that said 'I want an answer, and I'm not going to let the subject drop until I get one.'

After much deliberating he finally said, "We howled for you, and Cheza sang for you."

"Oh," I said disappointedly, "Is that it?"

"Well we didn't exactly have time to bury you or anything," he said guardedly. The statement hurt my feelings, not only because of the harshness of the statement, but also by the fact that I could tell he was hiding something. "Are you done asking questions yet?" he asked.

"Yeah," I said quietly.

"Then let's go to room D-12," he said.


Blue POV

It had been pretty easy to figure out how to make my illusion look different. I went over and opened the window, and heard Hige shouting, "eeth are more delicate than the rest of you brutes! Stupid runt!"

"Hige, what are you doing?" I asked.

"Nothing," He said while scratching the back of his head. I laughed softly and he smiled.

"Hey Hige, I bet If we wall-jumped from that other building we could get around easily," I said.

"That's what the runt and I were just talking about," he said.

"Oh really!?" I said teasingly, "To me it sounded like you were ranting about how the rest of us were brutes for not having delicate teeth."

"W-w-well I would never call you a brute, Blue. I was mainly talking about Kiba and Tsume," Hige said. He seemed pretty flustered. I then noticed that he still had the navy-blue uniform on.

"Why do you still have that on?" I asked him.

He looked at his outfit, then at mine, and asked, "How did you do that?"

"You just imagine the uniform while you are forming the human illusion," I said.

"Oh cool!" he exclaimed.

"Well I have to get back to helping Cheza, so I'll see you in a little while," I said. I turned and looked at Cheza. She was still trying to get the old uniform off. She had one arm stuck in the head hole, and the string thing that went around her neck was in a terrible knot. Her other arm was dangling out of the bottom of the shirt, and I noticed that one or two of the jacket's buttons had burst.

"This one is not used to these clothes," she said sadly. I had already tried to help her, but I was useless without thumbs.

I sighed and said, "I'm getting Shiina to come help us, so don't panic." I went into the hallway and entered room C-06. "Cheza needs help changing," I said into the dark room. A shadow that I knew to be Shiina moved toward the door.

"How foolish," said Shiina as she exited the room. When she saw Cheza she pulled out a strange-looking knife and proceeded to cut away the uniform. After a few minutes of struggling Cheza was into her new SSS uniform.


Hige POV

After Kiba and I "changed uniforms" we went to room D-12 and saw that Tsume and Toboe were already there, along with Oyama and Hinata. The room looked almost identical to ours. The only difference was that this room had a few piles of books, a stack of pictures, as well as a few in frames, an alarm clock, and a small pile of little white tickets with various words printed on them.

"Oh there you guys are!" said Hinata, "now let's go get the others and start your training." The first room we stopped at was D-04. The room looked very messy everywhere but the bottom bunk. There was trash strewn on the floor, as well as various CD's and random objects. The only thing on the bottom bunk was another pile of white tickets, but these ones all said "Beef Udon" on them. TK was break-dancing inside the room, and Hinata had to grab him and drag him out of the room, and even then he didn't stop danging.

We then went to C-17, where we found Blue, Cheza, and for some reason Shiina. After that we went to room C-08. Inside were Noda and Fujimaki. This room's decor was by far the most interesting. There was a tape line splitting the room in two halves. The level of messiness was high on both sides, and so was the layout of the furniture placement. The only notable difference was that the bedposts of Fujimaki's bed looked like they were chopped off by a sharp, and on Noda's bed the legs looked the same way. The bunk bed had probably been cut in half in order to allow the room to be divided into two halves but I could not tell if it was Fujimaki's sword, Noda's ax, or both that had done the chopping.

I was pretty surprised by similarities between the halves of the room. 'Well, if opposites attract then maybe similars repel?' I thought.

"Okay that's everyone!" said Hinata.


Yusa POV (flashback)

I was standing on the roof and looking at the scene below me. There were six people whom I had never seen. One of them had been hit by the hammer, and that's why I had come. Keeping tabs on who was hit by the hammer and when was one of my duties. Anyway the one that was hit by a hammer fell unconscious, and that is when I saw something that shocked even me. The "boy" had turned into a wolf. If I hadn't been on the roof I probably wouldn't have been able to see it due to the people clustered around him, so I assumed that Yuri couldn't see what had happened. I stared at this anomaly for a few minutes. After that the boy regained consciousness, and the group went back inside.

'I don't think I should tell Yuri about this. For one thing she wouldn't believe me, and for another it looks like it has nothing to do with Angel. But I do wonder who those people are.'

End Flashback

There was a knock on the door, it was Hinata and the others again. I grabbed the bag and handed it to Noda, who I knew to be much stronger than Hinata, physically. Hinata frowned, but I didn't let it effect me.

"Kiba, this one is hungry," said one of the new recruits. One of the boys nodded. 'That's an interesting way of talking, and that one must be named "Kiba",' I thought. I stored the information in my memory banks, in case it would be of use later.

"You're hungry right now?" asked Hinata, "Dinner isn't until later, so you'll have to wait." what he said sparked something in my mind. I went back into the room I shared with Yuri and brought out eighteen meal tickets, enough to last six people one day.

"You will need these to get food, come to me tomorrow if you need more, but after the next Operation Tornado you will be expected to take care of it yourself." I said.

Kiba nodded and asked asked, "What phase is the moon tonight?"

"Waning crescent," I said, "There will be no moon either tomorrow night or the night after that." This information seemed to displease all six of the new recruits.

"We should probably give Cheza a chance to eat before nightfall then, right Kiba?" asked the small redhead that wasn't Oyama. Kiba nodded. I was confused by this conversation, but I didn't let it show, unlike Hinata, Noda, and Fujimaki.

"What the hell are you talking about?" asked Noda.

"None of your business," said the gray-haired one.

"Well lets go outside and start training!" said Hinata. And so they left.


Tsume POV

We wound up in an open area near the forest.

"Well let's what all Yusa gave us," said Hinata. Noda set the bag down and unzipped it. I walked over and dumped all the contents out, much to the dismay of the non-pack members. I then proceeded to go through the pile.

"Useless...junk...worthless...no point...no use..." I said as I slid gun after gun across the ground and away from the pile. About halfway through I found something that could be useful. I grabbed the knife, and said, "That's more like it." Hinata looked at me like I was crazy for picking a knife over some guns, but in the corner of my eye I could see Noda nodding in approval.

Hinata cleared his throat and said, "Well anyway let's split up into groups of two, for starters." Fujimaki walked over to me.

"So what's your problem with guns?" he asked?

I replied by saying, "I can't use them."

"What is it a moral issue or something? If you don't have a good weapon you will go through the pain of dying countless times, You need a gun." He said. I sighed, I could tell this guy was going to be difficult.


Hinata POV

I walked over to my charge and said, "Hey, I guess you probably haven't been notified of this yet, but even though Matsushida is the one who brought you in I'm the one who will be training you, so let's get you a gun and get some target practice in."

"I can't do that," he said.

"What?! Why?" I asked, flabbergasted.

"I physically cannot use a gun, because it is impossible for me to pull the trigger," he said. I looked at his hands. Both of them had five fingers, and none of them looked disfigured.

I was still trying to figure out what he had said when I heard Cheza say, "This one is full now!" I looked over and saw Cheza sitting in the sunlight, Shiina was standing next to her, and offering her a gun. Cheza looked at Shiina like she had just noticed her presence and said, "This one does not want to hold such a violent thing."

Kiba walked over to her and said, "Cheza, of the six of us you are the only one who can use a gun, so you should use one."

Cheza shook her head. "This one does want want to hold a thing that has been used to hurt you," she said.

"Cheza please," said Kiba as he looked at her desperately, "Even if you do have a gun you are still the most defenseless of all of us. I need you to use one for protection." Cheza stared at him.

She nodded and said, "Only for protection, this one will not harm innocents." Kiba nodded and looked relieved. Something suddenly sparked in my mind, and I rewinded their conversation in my mind.

"Wait...Kiba, Tsume, Hige, Blue, Toboe. NONE of you can use guns?!" I exclaimed.

"That's right," said Hige. I stared at them and sighed.

"Well what can you do?" I asked.

"Basically just hand-to-hand combat," said Toboe.

"Well then give us a demonstration!" shouted Noda as he charged toward the young boy. There was a gray flash, and when my eyes refocused I saw Tsume standing in front of Noda, the ax that had been in his hands was stuck in the ground a few feet away.

Tsume was glaring at Noda. "Do not do that EVER again!" growled Tsume. I was afraid that Noda would say something to infuriate Tsume, but the idiot actually backed down. That was the first, and only time that I ever saw Noda back down from a fight, it was also the first and only time that I saw fear in his eyes, and instinctual fear.

"Well," I said trying to get everyone's attention, "Let's have Cheza do a little gun practice, and then we can go get dinner." And so the next two hours were spent having Cheza try her hand at various types of gun. After the sun set and we couldn't see where the bullets were landing we went to the cafeteria.


Yuri POV

I saw Hinata come in, and after he got his meal I waved my hands in the "Sit over here" gesture. He put down his tray and sat across from me. Oyama, Fujimaki, Noda, Shiina, and TK joined us as well.

"Report! What happened?" I demanded. And so Hinata explained everything. When he got to the training part my eyebrows raised. I was especially surprised when he described the happenings after Noda charged Toboe. According to Hinata Tsume had moved faster than Shiina, and none of them could explain exactly what happened, not even Noda. I found myself grinning and looking at the table that the six were sitting at.

'This is getting very interesting, very interesting indeed.'


Yay! Now that introductions are mostly over the plot is actually moving! Like it? Hate it? Tell me in a review!