Authors Note: Finally! A new chapter. I have a few reasons for the time it took. Writer block. Yes, horrible isn't it? And of course, my famous laziness.. But, to the good part. This is the longest chapter I've ever written. Over 2000 words, 1000 more words than my usual chapters. And I'm going to try keep it there :D Well, sorry for grammer and spelling mistakes and of course, for the wait. Here is chapter 10, I hope it was worth the wait.

Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain, but I do own 3 kittens, they are so cuuute !!!

Secrets

Chapter 10

Toboe was, in Tsumes eyes an annoying bunch of emotions.

Always talking. Always asking stupid questions and always being around him.

Toboe would always, always find a way to annoy Tsume, no matter what.

So that was why Tsume knew they could and would save Toboe.

Because no matter what, Toboe would always find a way to annoy Tsume.

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They were blind.

Kiba, Hige and Tsume had all fallen into the trap. They had been tricked, fooled by the person they thought could never even come close to do something like this. So now, when they saw it, they understood..

They had been fooled badly, very very badly. But even so, no one could blame them, when the one fooling them was a master in what he did.

A cheerful innocent attitude.

Who would have thought that things hidden behind such an attitude could have been this big? And they didn't even know half of it.

It was easy know, so easy it wasn't even funny. The big smiles that made the pain in his eyes smaller, but never made it go away fully. Heh, they knew now, if they had taken a few seconds to actually look at the boy, they could have seen it.

The wary gaze when he met other people. The faraway look in his eyes when he stared at the horizon. If they even had looked at the smiles, they could have seen how forced some of them were.

Maybe they hadn't been tricked by a master. Fooled by someone who could this perfectly.

Maybe they just were very very blind.

Her eyes stared firmly ahead, her ears picking up the faintest sound in the labyrinth halls. Her nose smelling the stence of blood, death and fear behind closed doors they passed. They never stopped to look in those rooms.

Behind her walked Tsume. He was a loner. A stupid idiot that had a way to big ego to admit that he cared about Toboe. Oh, how she wished she could stomp on his pride. Also, what she had heard from Kiba and Hige, he was the one Toboe seemed to care about most. Why, she would certainly never understand.

Hige, following as close, was a food-loving wolf that she didn't give a damn in. Well.. Mostly, she thought and kicked herself mentally when she felt her cheeks grow warm.

Kiba.. Well, she didn't really know how to describe him. He was the leader of them.(she wasn't quite sure though) He was cold almost never talked. And was the one that lead them to paradise.. She wasn't sure about that either, she had only picked up a few things here and there when they talked to each other. She wasn't going to pry in their past even if she wanted. They had more important things to do.

Like this... she thought when she turned to another hall, coming face to face with a human.

Cindy narrowed her eyes, there was something weird about him, and took a step back. Quickly mumbling an apologize she continued to walk, passing him and hoping Tsume wouldn't do anything rash.

But she never had the chance to pass the man fully. He stepped in front of her again and met her slightly angry gaze with his calm one.

The man smirked and brought his hand up, a gun in his hand. "So, we all know your not from here around, so cut the crap."

Cindy took a step back, her eyes narrowing dangerously. "We work here, so why don't you cut the crap instead." She said firmly eyeing the gun warily. Tsume, Hige and Kiba watched the man, ready to take action if the man should fire.

The man continued to hold the gun pointed against Cindy, his smirk turning to something more aggressive. "I don't think you understand." He said and took a step forward, slowly pushing the trigger. "We know who you are, wolves, here to save your little friend maybe?" Tsume, Hige, Kiba and Cindy glared. "Yes, what was his name now again?...Tolo? Tobe? Toboe was it?" The man smiled. "Yes Toboe. You don't need to continue, last time I saw him he was nothing more than a pathetic little doggie crying for his friends to come and save him. But, by now, he probably has already given up.. Wouldn't surprise me if he's dead by now..."

Tsume lunged forward, growling. Raising a hand to hit the man.

Roy fired his gun, but he missed his target when a hand pushed the gun away, making the bullet fly in to the wall and the gun to be pushed out of his hand. He cursed aloud, backing away and avoiding a hit.

Tsume rushed forward again sending a kick to the mans chest, but Roy stopped it with his hand, pushing Tsumes foot back quickly before backing away. Tsume growled and was about to rush forward again when he felt a hand on his shoulder, he glanced at Kiba baring his teeth. "Let go of me!" He said slowly.

Kiba shook his head and hissed. "Stop it, didn't you hear him before? He know where Toboe is."

It quickly dawned on Tsume and he looked away. Taking a step back he crossed his arms, staring at the man, daring him to do something.

Hige came up beside them, holding the gun in his hand. Eyeing the gun he pointed it at the man. He smiled at the man.

Suddenly Cindy rushed forward and spat the man in his face. Glaring she raised her hand she shouted. "Where are you keeping Toboe, tell us now!" She demanded.

The man eyed the girl carefully before he snorted and looked away, a smile on his lips. "Ah, I don't think that would be a good idea little girl."

"Why not?" She muttered angrily.

"You know very well why we can't give him to you, how would we get to the lake then?" Roy said slowly.

Cindys eyes widened for a second before she slapped him hard. The mans face was brought to the side with the force. A small trickle of blood seeped out of the corner of his mouth. He brought a hand up and brushed it away and chuckled deeply. "Well, it seems you know what I'm talking about." He then looked her in the face, eyeing he carefully. "I remember you.." He mumbled after awhile. He then laughed. "Yes yes, your that little bitchy wolf that never would shut up." He took a step back. "How you escaped we never found out. Heh, and here you are."

He took a step back again. "Well, it was nice meeting you, but I've got better things to do. If you continue down this hall, then right you will find your friend. Well, see ya." He said and pushed something on the wall. A door opened beside him and he ran in to it, and after him it closed.

Hige, Kiba, Tsume and Cindy stared after him.

Tsume growled. "Why the fuck couldn't we just kill him." He said and looked at Kiba.

Kiba sighed but decided to ignore the question. "What will we do?" he asked.

Cindy turned around, her eyes burning. "What the fuck do you think? We go where he said Toboe is!"

"Are you stupid? It's probably a trap you." Hige shouted and glared at Cindy. She returned the glare. "What other choice do we have?" She said. "It's the only thing we've got. We can either go there, or walk around in this fucking huge building forever and never come out."

Tsume joined the fight (of course) "And whose idea was It to go in here without knowing where we was going in the first place?"

Cindy growled at Tsume and shrieked "We didn't have a choice you idiot. What should we do? Wait outside and hope that they should come with Toboe to us? Yeah, thanks for waiting. Here's you little friend, bye bye. How fucking stupid are you?"

Tsume took a step forward showing his teeth, but Cindy continued. "Why are you even here? You don't care about Toboe obviously, you might even hate him. How Toboe can stand you and care about you is always going to be a mystery for me. You are cold, stupid and only care about yourself. So tell me, why are you even here?"

Tsume growled deeply and opened his mouth. He hissed "I don't care about what happens to Toboe."

"I didn't ask that! Why are you here?"

Tsume turned away. "This is ridiculous."

Kiba sighed. "Cindys idea, we follow that. If it's a trap, we can break out of it. Because, we are going to save Tobo.?"

Hige nodded and smiled. Cindy smiled and said a quit yes. Tsume shrugged but gave a small nod anyway.

Kiba nodded firmly. "Let's go then." He said and took of down the hall. 'This must be a trap.. but we have no other choice.. or do we?'

"Fuck."

The man in white rock turned quickly to the boss, eyes wide. "What did you say?"

"Fuck."

"….uh why would you say that.. Boss?" The man knew he was testing his luck, but if he could get something out from the normally stoic man that never said anything unless he needed or did something he loved. They all had heard on the second hall how the Boss laughter when he was in the torturing room. He shivered.

"The wolf.. He has fallen into some sort of coma state. I think we may have done it to well." The boss mumbled.

"Yes. It's a surprise he's even alive." He said quietly. "But, we found out it's a light coma state he is in, he'll wake up very soon. You could say, that he's more in a dream state, dreaming until his body has recovered. And that would be pretty soon."

The boss smiled. "Good. And after all, I did get what I wanted.. didn't I?"

The man turned sharply to the boss again. "What?" He said, shock in his voice. "That can't be right.. he never told you anything about the lake."

"No, no.. I haven't even started with the lake yet. I broke him down, that was what I was after. I can start with what I really want now. The lake."

"Wake up my baby"

A soft voice. Someone that nudged him lightly. Something against his forehead.

He slowly opened his eyes and was met with the beautiful sight of a wolf. Her fur was red/brown and her eyes a dark golden. They looked kindly down at him, her lips drawn back in a small smile. "It's time to wake up, my darling." She whispered.

He yawned, showing small sharp teeth. "Mmm.." He mumbled and stood. Groggily he looked around and saw that his brothers and sisters already were up and gone. He felt a pang in his chest. They had left him behind again..

The wolf in front of him obviously saw his sad look and nudged him lightly with her nose. "Don't worry darling, they'll play with you later.. "

He nodded, not quit believing her words. She had said them before, and his sisters and brothers never played with him anyway.

The wolf stood up to her fully length and turned around. She took a few steps but stopped and turned around again, showing concerned eyes. "Are you coming? Your father is waiting for you.."

The pup looked down and shook his tiny head. "Why won't they play with me?" He asked.

The wolf sighed and sat down. "You might not understand now, but with time, you'll grow up and understand everything. I'll promise everything will turn out for the good." She said and smiled.

He nodded but didn't meet her gaze. She had said that before too.

Suddenly, a pang was heard followed by barking and scared voices. He whimpered and took a step closer to the wolf. "What's happening?"

She had stood up and was staring out from the den with wide eyes. Listening to the warning calls the other wolfs was shouting and barking out. Suddenly she turned quickly around. "You must run, come on Darling. Quick! Run so fast you can to the lake, then into the woods behind it, you know where we hide, right? You'll find the others there." She said, panic creeping into her voice.

The pup nodded and took a step out of the den. "I'm scared.." he whispered, eyes wide.

The wolf gave him a lick. "I love you Toboe, go now." She said and turned around, running out from the den and away to the shouts and calls.

Toboe whimpered but went as he was told, until he heard a pained scream. He turned around, eyes wide in horror. "Mom.." He whispered and ran after his mother.

1 day later..

"They have taken many of us."

The wolfs nodded.

"Many died, the alpha pair along with their sons and daughters died an honourable death, protecting us."

The wolfs nodded again.

"The only of their family alive now is Toboe."

He lifted his head when he heard his name.

"It's a shame that only the weakest of them survived. But, we cannot do anything, he is the one chosen to protect the lake, and only he know about its secrets."

He lowered his head eyes burning holes in the ground.

"They will come again, and then, we will be prepared."

"We will survive, we will rise and we will not let the pathetic existence of humans bring us down! We are proud, we are strong and we will win! We are.."

"Protectors of the lake.. Of freedom!"

"Let them come… we are ready…"

To be continued... review:D