Chapter Twenty: Same Yet Different

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pedrogaluppoinacio I am glad you are enjoying the story. : ) Mark is one of my favorite of Kiba's pack that I made. His character is just so much fun to write for. Especially when in connection with Kiba. : ) Thank you for reviewing.

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Previously:

The man took Hugo's leash, "Please we are not far and we would be more than happy to get you all some snacks. It looks like you all have been traveling a pretty good distance."

Hige glanced at Kiba, 'I should have figured that would happen. He did the same thing to Tsume and I when he took one look at us.' He sighed as he followed his owner. He could tell that Cher and Hubb were surprised to see the teens with him other than Kiba. However they took it in stride and happily were accepting them, seeing that they were good friends of Kiba's. 'Now comes the big question, how is Toboe going to react seeing all these wolves with us?'

Now:

Kiba kept his eyes closed as he tried to sort through the memories that knocked him on his butt. The man and woman, he couldn't hear their names but thanks to talking to Tsume and Hige he knew them to be called Cher and Hubb. These memories were interesting to think about. So many different types of things happened around them. The first one he recalled was being in a cage hearing them talk about him. He had no idea why he was in the cage but he was. The next thing he thought about was when he showed his true from to the woman as he was running off with a blurred person. He knew the person wasn't a wolf because he could smell some sort of perfume or something. Now whether or not the blurred person was human he didn't know yet.

He found the most interesting memories about them to be sad. The first one was of the man holding his dead wife. From what he could see the woman was in that metal…car was it? Either way it seemed she went down with it when it went off an edge of a cliff or something. The second one was watching the man willing let go of the cliff edge. In both he felt a connection with them. Like he was sad that they had died. This confused him as well as intrigued him. They were human even then and yet he felt as if they were part of his pack. Why though? It made no sense to him.

Feeling like this was getting him no where his current thought process he gingerly opened his eyes and found himself staring into red eyes. Blinking Kiba gave a playful glare, "I swear if you have been staring at me this entire time I will kick you ass."

Mark (1) beamed with happiness and started to prance around the room he was in, "Yay, you're awake."

"Of course I'm…" Kiba grunted as the black wolf jumped on him while he himself was still in human form, "…awake." He glared at the wolf smiling at him his tongue out, "You are heavier than you think you are. Get off." He shoved the black furred wolf off him just as Cher walked in with a glass of water. Blinking he looked at her with a sheepish smile, "Uh, sorry if we are making too much noise."

"No, it's okay." The blond handed the glass to him. She sat in a chair next to the bed he was currently on. "How do you feel? I remember when I first started to get my memories back."

"A little tired but I should be okay." Kiba sat up against the headboard and held the cup to his lips, "How long was I out?"

Cher smiled as he drank the water, "Only a few hours. It seems like you suffered from a little dehydration."

The brunet was amused and it showed dancing in his eyes, "I guess I did worry more about my friends and Markus and forgot to drink water. I will try not to do that in the future." Mark barked as he jumped back on the bed and rested his head on Kiba's lap, "He didn't cause a scene did he?" The human started laughing she saw the red eyed wolf out right glare at the teenager on the bed. Said teenager just grinned at him, "I swear if you did I'll take matters into my own hand."

Cher continued to laugh as she replied, "No, he was more worried about you so he stayed in here and kept an eye on you while you rested." Gently she pet the wolf's side, "It was amusing to see him so worked up."

"He does that. If anything happens to me he gets a little hyper aware of everything going on around me."

"Well that is a good trait. It's something we are happy that Hugo has. I can't tell you how many bad people he has helped keep out of our home." Cher said sitting back to sit up straight. "It says that they were raised correctly."

Kiba smiled, 'She may have started off with the memories but like she is aware it is dangerous to just talk about this anywhere someone could over hear us. I can see why she was a scientist in our past life. She is very logical and smart.' He moved his body to lean slightly on Mark's after he put the cup he had on the window sill next to the bed he was on, "I have to ask. How often does Hugo go missing? When we talked to the guard to Domino City he was familiar with how he looked and told us that he goes missing often enough for him to recognize him by sight."

"More than I'd like to admit." Both looked over when Hubb walked in with a small wolf following him, "Hey Hubb, how was work."

"We got a call but it isn't something too hard. Hugo could easily go with me and have this one figured out." Hubb replied smiling at the teenager, "Hey kiddo, how are you feeling?"

"Good, the water helps." Kiba laughed when the wolf sat up to lick his cheek. "Down."

The 'dog' listened and sat next to the teen almost looking like he had a cheesy smile. "He is such a pretty animal." Cher said with a smile as the small 'dog' sat next to her and allowed her to pet him.

Kiba looked at the small wolf and blinked. He was familiar he just needed a sign as to why. Looking the small canine over he spotted the bracelets. "So this is…To…Toshiro correct?" Even as he noted that Hubb was confirming his thoughts his mind filled in the blanks in the memories that he had already gotten and gained a few new ones. He found nice that he didn't pass out this time and his head didn't hurt. But it made sense given he already had some of the memories that the small wolf was already in.

Hubb nodded, "Yes. He's usually a guest favorite. Hugo is one my guests never want to be around." He chuckled looking at the teen with an equally large 'dog', "They think Hugo is a wolf."

Kiba laughed hearing that, "I've been told that before with Markus." He pet the black wolf who gave a soft approving growl, "It's sad how people think that. Markus is really a sweet 'dog' he just is energetic. He's also very therapeutic." Kiba smiled when Hubb gave him a raised eyebrow, "He's empathic." Toshiro walked up to Kiba looking at him with a hopeful expression making the teen smile softly as he pet the small wolf, "It's good to see you again. I'm sorry I didn't remember you right away."

The small wolf beamed causing Mark to laugh, "It's great right. He just keeps getting more and more memories."

Toboe nodded, "You bet. I was afraid he didn't recognize me."

"He recognized the bracelets you have. I remember him telling me about how in one of his memories he saw a scar, collar, and bracelets. At the time all he saw was blurs but those clues were clear to him." Mark winked then gave a small growl when Kiba poked him teasingly. "If you keep doing that I will do it to you when you when you are my dog."

Kiba's smile turned into a smirk surprising Toboe instantly that he froze in shock. "Totally worth it best friend tackler."

The black wolf looked amused and pleased, "Oh, and I will continue to do it too."

"Oh, okay." Mark yelped when Kiba pushed him off the bed. The brunet burst out laughing when the black wolf growled at him playfully, "I love when you are startled." The teen jumped off the bed to avoid the black wolf trying to jump on him again. Hubb started laughing as did Cher as the two went around the room.

When Kiba finally got caught Cher had closed the curtains and blinds to the window so Mark was able to take human form. Both the boys wrestled on the floor laughing. Hige walked in and smiled at the sight of them laughing. "Man this is going to be very weird seeing you like this." Kiba and Mark stopped wrestling, the latter rolling off his best friend as they looked at Hige in his wolf form. "It's not a bad thing just…different."

Toboe laughed, "It's kind of nice to know all of us changed. I like that we are different."

Kiba smiled, "Yeah."

The blue eyed teen stared at the ceiling with a small smile on his face. Hige was reminded of a short memory of when Kiba first told him his name. He looked the same except now he had a smile and seemed at peace. Looking over at Mark he could see him laying on his stomach staring at Hubb and Cher who were smiling at them. The greened eyes male smiled, "I hate to ask this but Kiba is going to be hungry here in a minuet. Do you by chance have more food?"

Kiba raised an eyebrow then shook his head, "Don't worry about me I've gone longer without food."

"You may have but it would be better to eat while you can." Hubb said, "Come on, we have plenty of food."

Mark turned back to wolf form while Kiba stood up with a small smile, "Okay."

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(1) (Mark (Male): Mable and Author's pup/child. Black wolf with light red eyes. Human short dark brown hair with green eyes, tan, casual with fingerless gloves (lost his two sisters to his previous packs slaughter)) (very empathetic, sweet, friendly, energetic)