Sorry this took longer than normal, I sort of lost a little bit of interest and starting rewriting another Wolf's Rain story of mine. (Shadows of Paradise, if anyone is interested) But yeah, I'm moving things on after this chapter. Enjoy~

Disclaimer; I don't own Wolf's Rain, or Bex.


It was safe to say that Shauna was very excited.

From the moment they left the house, she hadn't stopped smiling. Honestly, Tsume found it weird that she was so happy, and he was starting to get annoyed. "You know," He spoke up, "I'm starting to feel like you want to see them more than you'd want to see me."

"Duh, Bex is my soulmate."

And that was the end of that discussion.

It was, as Tsume had warned, an entire day's journey. Shauna had actually forgotten just how far away the town was, and even her excitement couldn't keep her awake for she ended up falling asleep on Tsume's shoulder. Not that he minded, he was starting to fall asleep himself.

The bus jolted to a stop, shaking the two werewolves awake and making them aware that they have arrived at their destination. Shauna yawned and sat up, rubbing her eyes and blinking, "Huh?" She looked around, "Ah, we're here! Tsume, up!" She shook him, earning a growl of annoyance.

"Don't be so loud..." He sighed and stood up, getting their bags and walking off the bus with a beaming Shauna following behind him. He wasn't sure why he was the one in charge of carrying the bags; but whatever, probably saves hearing her whine about it in the long run.

Shauna checked the time on her phone, "Gah those idiots should be here to meet us by now!" She whined, "They're not here..." She frowned.

Tsume sighed in annoyance, "They're probably making out with each other somewhere." He made a face, disgusted at the very thought.

The blonde wrinkled her nose, "Ewww no..." She shook her head in disgust, "Don't put that image in my head..."

Tsume shrugged, then lifted his head, "Here they come."

Shauna blinked, "How can you tell?"

"Can't you smell them?"

"I still haven't gotten used to the new smells..."

He shrugged, turning around and sure enough, Hige and Bex walked around the corner, grinning widely when they saw them.

Shauna grinned, "Ah, finally!" She ran towards the two, leaving an annoyed Tsume standing next to the bags. Shauna threw her arms around the two of them, but then after ten seconds pushed Hige away and just hugged Bex, "It feels like it's been forever, and I know I'm exaggerating but fuck it." She grinned.

Bex snickered in amusement, "Awwe, you missed me that much?"

"Of course I did, I can't believe I actually missed your annoying nagging."

Bex pouted, "I don't nag... Do I?" She looked at Hige who shrugged.

"Don't ask me, I'll end up saying the wrong answer regardless."

Shauna smirked, "Still spineless I see." She teased.

Hige pouted, "I'm not spineless, I'm just not a rude person." He looked up seeing Tsume approach, a mischievous glint in his brown eyes, "Speaking of rude people."

Tsume made a face, "Get stuffed Hige."

"I barely even said anything."

"You don't have to say much."

Shauna laughed, nudging Bex, "So c'mon, aren't'cha gonna bring us to yours? I'm starving."

Bex smiled in amusement, "You really never change..." She smirked, "It's not just mine anymore though... Hige and I... We took up your offer."

Shauna blinked, "My parents' house? Really?" She smiled in what seemed like relief, "Good, I'm glad to hear that..." She yelped when Tsume shoved her bag towards her.

"Carry your own damn things, I'm not a pack mule."

Shauna pouted, "Hmph, how charming..." She sighed and took her bag regardless, "Rude."

Bex laughed, "Pfft, male stripper has anger issues."

Tsume growled lowly at her, "Watch it."

She grinned cheekily, "Growl all ya like, Shauna won't let you hurt me."

"Since when do I listen to her?"

"Well, why are you here?" She smirked. The werewolf went silent at that and settled for glaring at her, which made her smirk triumphantly, "Exactly."

Shauna smirked in amusement, throwing her back over her shoulder and linking her arm with Tsume's, "Let's go then, I'm eager to see how much you fucked up the place." She teased.

Hige pouted, "Hey, why do you assume we'd mess it up?"

"Cause it's you."

"Hmph... that's not nice."

"Been a while since I got to be mean to you Porky," Shauna grinned, "I gotta catch up."

Shaking their heads, the two humans of the group lead the way to the large white house, which actually looked cleaner than it had previously, and seemed to have been repainted. Walking inside, Shauna looked around and noticed that everything had changed. While it hurt slightly to see her previous home change entirely, she was happy to see it being used by people she thought deserved it. Not that she'd let them know they deserved it, of course.

Hige blinked, "You want something to eat?"

"Of course, you don't invite somebody inside and then not give them food." Shauna waved a hand, "Duh. Bex, you should know this."

Bex smirked in amusement, "He's not house trained, I'm sorry."

Tsume snorted and looked at Hige, "Isn't that amusing, little Hige has basically become his girlfriends pet." He smirked.

He glared back at the werewolf, pouting, "I'm not a pet! I'm just... domestic."

"Domestic?"

"Yeah. I'm not sure if that means for you to actually be a pet, I dunno how werewolves work so..."

Tsume twitched, "No, that isn't how it works." He made a face, annoyed already and he was only there for a few minutes.

Bex blinked, "Oh hang on, Shauna you left something behind the last time you were here. I'll go get it." She turned and walked off to get whatever item this was.

Shauna blinked, "I don't remember leaving anything..." She looked at Tsume as if asking did he leave something behind, but he shook his head. She tilted her head in confusion and curiosity.

When the brunette returned, her friend felt her chest tighten painfully, "I-Is that..."

Bex smiled at her, "Yeah, it's Adrian's... I found it when I was clearing out some stuff... He liked this necklace didn't he?" She held out a leather cord necklace, which had a fake crocodile tooth as a pendant. She placed it in her friend's hands gently, fully aware of the value it held.

Shauna frowned, "Yeah... he loved this necklace more than anything else he owned..." She sighed, gripping it, "Thanks for keeping it..."

"No problem... I know how much it means."

Tsume looked at them silently, noticing the pain in Shauna's eyes and instinctively he felt annoyed. He glanced at Hige as if to ask what was going on, but Hige shook his head, mouthing the words "Don't bring it up" instead.

Shauna tied the leather cord around her wrist, wearing it as a bracelet instead, "Can't believe I forgot about it..."

"You had a lot of stuff to think about," Bex patted her shoulder, "Don't worry about it. Hey, I bought chicken curry~. I know it's your favourite." She grinned.

Shauna blinked and instantly perked up, "Bex I actually love you."

"Yeah yeah."


Shauna sighed in annoyance, getting off the bus, "I can't believe that visit is over already, I mean, it only feels like we arrived..." She frowned, pouting, "I wanna go back."

Tsume twitched, "Idiot, we stayed there for a week. You wanna go back, you can stay there." He picked up his back and walked on.

She blinked, "Oooh someone's touchy today. Jealous that Bex got more of my attention?"

"Get over yourself."

Shauna laughed and shivered, "Oh I forgot how cold it was back up here..." She pouted slightly, pulling her jacket closer around herself.

Tsume suddenly stopped and looked around, his golden eyes glowing faintly as he scanned the area. "Shut up for a minute," He mumbled, "There's someone here..."

Shauna immediately tensed and stepped closer to him, her heart automatically beating much faster. She looked around, trying to smell for anything but like she stated before, she wasn't so sure what any smell meant, as she hadn't grown up learning all of this. She couldn't hear anything, but the silence alone made her feel very tense.

Tsume grabbed her hand and kept her close to him, a growl rising in his throat. He wasn't imagining it, someone was defiantly there. He scowled, looking around and towards the road. A different bus, which arrived only a minute ago, was now driving off. Once it drove off, his eyes went to a purple haired young woman who stood there, with no bags, and her eyes were closed. The grey werewolf glared at her, her scent gave her identity away almost immediately.

The woman opened her eyes, and he heard Shauna take a sharp intake of breath, her grip tightening on his hand as she almost let out a whimper. He pushed her behind her and growled.

The woman smirked at them with one visible glowing red eye, the wind blowing and revealing her other eye to be pure white, a scar running down it. A car past by, and suddenly, she was gone.

Shauna tugged on Tsume, "Can we go, please, Tsume, can we go?" She sounded urgent, and he could tell just by her breathing that she was beginning to panic.

He nodded, "Yeah... Come on." He walked off towards the town, pulling her along with her in an urgent manner. He glared at the ground ahead of him as he walked, what the hell was going on anymore?


Sitting on the high branch of a sturdy tree, she smiled slightly as her purple hair blew in the increasing wind. She took out a flask and took a drink from it, a red liquid running down the side of her mouth and she wiped it away.

"Werewolf blood... it tastes the best." She whispered, smirking as she glanced upwards, "I need a main course for dinner tonight..."