Oh, btw, the name talking through Kiba (back in ch. 8) is everyone's favorite villain Darcia, I'm upset no one guessed… oh well, at least I get to keep the $100.

11.

Kiba arrived to look into the faces of two very dirty girls. He hid behind a boulder of the cave, watching them from the shadows. The fire was the source of the ashes on their cheeks. They were young, about the ages of Toboe and Shippo. One girl was darked skinned, not from dirt, but from heredity. Her black hair was tied back. She had the brightest brown eyes Kiba has ever seen. They laughed as they continued to eat the somewhat cooked meet of ham and bacon. The other girl was wearing kaki Capri pants; her shirt was a light green that matched her eyes. Her wavy hair fell passed her shoulders; it was a deep brown/black. From where Kiba was he didn't see the light freckles on her fair face.

Neko jumped off of Kiba and looked at him, "I'll go to them…"

"Are you sure?"

She nodded and walked to the girls. Kiba turned around and listened, his back leaning against the cold stone.

The girls saw the cat and stared at her skeptically; the black girl stood up and sniffed the cat from a distance. They were indeed wolves. The black girl's wolf form was all black except for a white circle patch on her head. Her eyes were a bright blue. Neko sat down and mewed in peace.

The other girl shifted in nervousment, because cats don't usually come to wolves, not unless there was a meaning behind it. She stood up, ready to run. Her fur was all grey except for her paws, ears and tail which were a black. Her deep green eyes looked to the cat.

"Why are you here?"

Neko stood up and bowed her head, "little wolf girls, I'm here because there is a pack who wishes for food and they smelled the delightful meal you seem to be cooking."

The black wolf closer to Neko took a step to her, "what is your name, cat?"

The wolves' voices were darker than before when they were laughing and having a good time in peace.

"Neko," the white cat replied.

"I'm Tsuki and over there is Hana," the black wolf replied, "and I'm sorry, but we have only enough food for us the rest we've been eating for the past 5 days."

Neko nodded. She walked a bit off and the girls watched her. Kiba stood up and walked to them. They screeched in surprised and began growling in response.

"I'm Kiba, I mean you no harm."

They stopped growling. Eyes starred at each other, wolf eyes… human eyes. Tsuki glanced to Hana then back to Kiba, "Where are you heading? and where's your pack?"

"My pack and I are heading to Tsukimono's castle. We seek the Book of the Moon and that's where we think it's hidden. It holds the secrets to Paradise."

Tsuki and Hana shivered at the name of death, the soft voice of Hana spoke, "he killed our parents, my mom and dad and Tsuki's dad. They came in as they were having a get together one afternoon; they were old friends since pups. They heard the Agents knock on the doors of my house and they quickly hid us in a closet under the stairs where they couldn't see. We were five years old and we heard the screams of our parents, then the growls as they tried to fight them off, they didn't win. We were huddled in the closet until after they left and then until dawn. We were to afraid to come out. Once it was sunrise we opened the doors and walked to where our parents would've laid. We didn't see them, they were taken away. I went around the house to take anything that was dear to me and my parents, I found pictures," she fumbled through coat pockets that were on her arm. Tsuki quickly grabbed the burning bacon off the fire and threw dirt on the weak fire to get rid of it. Hana found the item and held out pictures from a cloth book, they had mysterious symbols on it and pictures of 4 wolves, these were the earlier times before Blue and the humans. Kiba took them carefully and examined them. Hana continued, "You know the pictures… They are about every wolf's dream…"

"Paradise," they both said in unison. Kiba looked to her and gave her back the pages.

"What's going on in here?" Toboe poked his head out from a corner and smiled. Neko jumped into his arms. Shippo fell forward, apparently tripping on something. He got up quickly and looked at them.

"These girls are seeking Paradise."

"Oh, cool, wanna come with us?" Toboe smiled even more sweetly to the girls. Hana laughed at Shippo trying to look all cool, Tsuki rolled her eyes.

"I don't know, looks like your pack is full," she grunted.

"No, NO!" Toboe grabbed Hana's hand and lead her out of the cave, Tsuki yelled and ran after and Shippo followed. Neko had jumped down from Toboe's arms and walked out with Kiba.

"Well, we have more mouths to feed… and no food," Neko laughed. Kiba smiled.

"At least they can cook."