HEY GUYS, I'M BACK, AND WITH MORE SCHOOLING! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Sorry I was gone for so long and sorry if my writing style changed a little bit. I had a lot going on those months. As compared to me reposting every day, it must have seemed like years to you guys. Whoops. does Hige stance

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Wolf's Rain; no matter HOW MUCH I love it. Plus, if I did, this would be the third season. [For those of you who don't know, that episode with Hige and his self-findings was the end of season one. Remember when the theme song changed? That was the beginning of season two.

--The Realization--

Jess watched as the man looked at a petal in his hands. She knew why he did this, but still wished she could do something about it. He threw the petal to the ground, and it slowly floated to the sidewalk. Jess showed herself.

"What?" The man spoke without looking up. He had no eyes but for the petal. Jess knew his mind must be one big cloud, save for a few scattered thoughts. This gave her courage.

"I would like you to come with me." She stepped back a step as his gaze fell upon her. He pierced her.

Instead of running at her, though, he fell off the bench, but only after seeing a slight glimpse of a light brown wolf where the girl had been.

Kiba.

…

Anna watched the woman make her way down the sidewalk, hands in her coat, wind blowing her hair. This was the figure she had pictured when it had been described to her.

The wind from the sea blew some newspaper in front of the walking figure. The figure stopped and picked it up. After taking a glance at the front page, she threw it down and continued on her way to nowhere, trying to figure out from where and to where she was going.

Anna caught up with her. Smiling slightly, the small girl took her hand.

Startled, the bigger figure looked down at Anna, wondering.

"What is it?"

"I know where you're going, and I can take you there if you want."

"What if I don't want to go there?" A pain in her side stopped her for a moment, but she pulled away from the girl and continued striding on her way. Stupid humans.

This last thought confused her. She was human, she was…was she? She shook these thoughts from her mind, as the dog side of her deleted any and all imaginative thoughts she had. No. She was what she was. Dog side?

"Who are you?" The woman whirled angrily around at the girl standing behind her. Anna had seen her falter and knew she was now open to new thoughts. The stubborn woman that she was could always use some imagination at times.

"I'm Anna. You're Blue. Would you come with me now?" The tiny girl smiled and held out her hand.

"Yes, yes, I think I will." Blue took the offered hand and followed her to the docks, where a message that would change the lives of all present awaited her.

…

Melanie stroked the wood on the docks as she saw Anna and Jess approach. This was where all games ended. This was where she was going to have to deal with the true responsibility of the job she had taken, that had been thrust upon her as soon as her parents had died, as soon as the last leader had died. She stood.

Anna led Blue to a box used for loading fish. Jess led Kiba to another. Melanie cleared her throat.

"To all gathered today…" She stopped. They were looking at her. Looking at her with eyes that begged information…even Tsume and Angelica were giving her looks that clearly said "explain to me, I'm confused." She faltered and died.

Megan took the dropped torch. "…we welcome you, and hope you're not too confused yet." Smiling, she handed the invisible speaking torch back to Melanie. Melanie smiled gratefully back.

"Yeah, what she said." This drew a few giggles, but they sobered up as quickly as they had started. This wasn't a happy time. This was a time of change. For better or for worse was something no one knew.

"This is now the time to truly reveal to you what you are. As soon as I tell you," she said, gesturing to the new comers her pack had gathered, "your lives will be changed from no on."

Hige laughed. "I don't remember much of my life up to this point, and if you want to change that, it's fine with me!" The rest of them nodded their consent. Melanie began.