A/N: Man, I'm on a role tonight. I've written 2 chapters within just a few hours. I'm in the process of throwing myself a party at the moment; I'm so proud of myself right now.

Well, I'm going to add the rest of the OC's in this chapter, or close to all of them. Did I mention that your guys' OC's are awesome? Yeah, I think I did.

Anyways, if you guys have any ideas about where this story should go, go ahead and give me some ideas. Ideas are great; even though I have most of this story already planned out, ideas are ALWAYS needed.

Well, if some of my readers still want to send in a character, or another character if you already sent one, you still have a chance. I want anybody to submit a character; I don't care what chapter I'm on, just send in characters and I might add them in if I like them.

Okay, well, I'm going to stop my ranting and let you people read this chapter of 'Different.'

Enjoy.

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The brunette Lynx, in the form of a human, just continued to point at the group and repeat the same words over and over again.

"Leave my city. You're not welcomed here without Echo's permission."

"Who's Echo?" Toboe asked his friends.

"I have no idea." Kiba answered.

The small group was now able to see to people who were approaching them. They all made their way to the brunette Lynx. There were six new people.

"Eriko, stop it." Said one of the females that had long, jet-black hair. "You don't know if Echo allowed these people to cross the barrier; you haven't visited her in so long."

Eriko, the Lynx, let her hand fall down to her side as she sighed.

"Whatever." She said, rather irritated, and stalked off the other way. Chris and Mimi followed her lead and went after her.

The group was murmuring to themselves about what just happened when the remaining six people approached them.

"I'm very sorry about what just happened with Eriko. It's just that she's been under a lot of stress lately and we haven't received new comers since we were young kids." The black-haired girl said. "By the way, my name is Elizabeth Reed, but you can call me Liz."

Liz, as mentioned, had jet-black hair that fell below her shoulders. She had silver eyes that stood out from her other features. She wore a black, long-sleeved shirt with a sleeveless jean jacket over it that had the symbol for wolf on the back in Chinese. She wore faded, ripped jeans with patches on the knee and thigh along with black boots. Around her neck was a pendant that had the Chinese symbol for 'Shadow' on it. On her right hand, there were freckles that formed what looked like an arrow that pointed down towards her middle finger. On her left arm, there was a long, claw like scar that went to her wrist, to her shoulder.

Overall, Liz was very beautiful.

"Just kill them already," The only male in the group said.

"Stop it, Hail!" Said a female with short, light brown hair.

Hail, the only male left in the group since Chris left, had choppy brown hair with white bangs and blue-green eyes. He was wearing jeans and a simple green shirt under a gray jacket that was half-zipped up. There was also a red and blue necklace around his small neck.

The female that was yelling at him had short, light brown hair along with beautiful violet eyes. She wore a blood red spaghetti-strapped top with a white jacket over top of it. She also wore dark jeans with white boots, which were slightly dirty, over top.

"Be quiet, Sora." Hail shot back at the small female.

"Stop yelling!" A redhead shouted at the two who were bickering.

"Yeah, Maddy's right. Now is not the time to get mad at each other for stupid reasons." This time, it was a small female that looked around Toboe's age.

"Shippo, you're too young to even know what's going on!" Hail shouted, and then sighed. "Sorry, I'm just frustrated with some… things lately."

The redhead, Madeline (or Maddy), had one eye blue and the other green. She had freckles over the bridge of her nose and a small scar on her left arm. She wore a black skirt that ended around her knees, black leggings underneath, a deep green T-shirt with a picture of a butterfly on the front, and jean jacket, and ankle boots that laced up.

Shippo, the young female, had short, chocolate brown hair that was tied up into two ponytails. She had dull blue eyes with freckles over her nose and cheeks. She was wearing a bright purple hoodie over light colored jeans. Her foot-ware was a pair of black boots that were tied up to her knees.

Overall, she was pretty darn cute.

Then, the wolf group noticed that there was one female that was just looking from the sidelines. She wasn't saying anything, at all.

"Neru! What do you think?" Maddy asked the silent girl about a topic in which the group had lost interest.

Neru, the silent girl, had her deep brown hair pulled back into a neat bun with long strands hanging loosely in the front, covering her right eye. Her eyes were orange, but the orange faded to yellow outward from the pupil. She was rather short for her appearing age, which was around 17 or so. She had dark skin, like Blue. She had a scar beneath her left eye that started from the bridge of her nose and went to her ear. She wore a sleeveless, sand colored turtleneck that fell above her thighs. A gray jacket was worn over it, and that fell past her knees. Khaki pants and white sneakers followed.

She was very beautiful as well.

"Hey, new comers!" Maddy shouted. "Are you guys just going to stand there like idiots or are you going to introduce yourselves?"

"This one is named Cheza." The purple-haired girl smiled.

The others introduced themselves, one by one, to the weird group of people they had just met.

"Well, my name is Liz Reed, as I have already said."

"Umm… Neru Shun." The shy girl said quickly.

"I'm Shippo Ikeda." The youngest said.

"Madeline Summers, call me Maddy though." The redhead smiled and pointed to herself while talking.

"Sora Hoshi." The purple-eye girl simply said.

"Name? Hail Angel. Simple, sweet." The male said and started to walk away. He then, accidentally, ran into Sora. "Move it or die."

Sora, being the defensive girl she is, started ranting at the tall man.

"Sorry 'bout them, it's just been stressful around here lately since Echo's condition has gotten worse over the last few months." Liz sighed.

"Who the hell is Echo?" Tsume asked.

"Well, since we need to get some things straightened out, you need to go and meet her. So, today's your lucky day." She said and started walking down the road.

"You're supposed to follow her." Shippo giggled and skipped away to follow Liz and the others.

"What other choice do we have?" Blue asked.

"Choice?" Kiba raised his eyebrows. "This Echo person seems interesting; of course we have to meet her." He said and walked as well.

"All I wanted was a bite to eat, and my food turned into a pretty lady." Hige sighed and went after his friend.

Toboe and Blue followed them. Cheza instantly followed Kiba. Tsume on the other hand, he stood there wondering if this was even a good idea.

"What other choice do I have?" He asked himself and started to follow his friends. "Déjà vu."

A/N: Man, this chapter was STILL short. Man! Well, as I start to really get into the story, the chapters will most likely get longer. Until then, just bare with me please.

Well, please review; and don't forget, you can still send in characters.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter; although, it was probably a little confusing.

Well, until next time then….