Chapter Twenty-Six: I Attract Trouble

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Previously:

The guard smiled pulling back as his partner walked forward, "Here's the papers Mr. Yaiden, you need to update your work registration. You have a couple of papers missing since you were out of town when it happened and your drivers license is due next week."

"I'll make sure to get that done sir. Have a good day gentlemen." Quent drove forward. "Sorry about that Kiba. He isn't lying when he said he doesn't like wolves. He mother and sister got attacked by wolves."

Blue eyes rolled, "Why? Why must other play like the bad guy that people see us as?"

"No idea, but you know there is always a bad apple somewhere." The man said getting a nod of agreement from Kiba.

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Quent parked in front of his house that was on the edge of the dome near the back wall. Kiba raised an eyebrow seeing the small hole that Tsume could easily squeeze through if no one was following him. It honestly wouldn't surprise him if the grey wolf had another escape route that was harder to find. Hearing the human grunt caused the teenager looked over and tilt his head causing the man to pause before he burst out laughing and leaning his head on the hood of the car. Confused Kiba raised an eyebrow waiting for the man to calm down and answer his unasked question. Inside the car he could hear Blue also laughing but not Mark (1). The two looked at each other then at Quent and Blue who had walked around the car. The man still didn't answer him but he was thankful when the female half-wolf did, "You two tilted your heads at the same time. It was kind of cute."

Mark and Kiba snickered as he the teen hooked the 'leash' on his 'dog', "We do that from time to time. You'll get used to it."

"I'm sure you two do." The human chuckled out messing up the brunette's hair, "Alright grab your crap and get inside. We got to clean out that room you are staying in."

Kiba quickly grabbed the bag and walked his best friend inside the small house. Kiba could see that it was a two bedroom one bathroom house, with a small living room and kitchen. "I see you don't need a lot to get by."

"Not really. It's only Blue and I in the house so no need to get a bigger home like Cher and Hubb." The man replied letting Blue off the leash and leading Kiba to a room after he released the black wolf. Opening the door Quent indicated to the room that was practically cluttered and easy to see why it was unsafe to sleep in while making a good in and out room. "What we need to do is move the things on top down where we can move them into the shed while you are here temporarily."

Kiba wondered why he kept talking as if they were being watched and was thankful for Mark asking in his stead. Blue sighed answering quickly, "Sometimes people will walk by the house to see if Tsume or I are wolves. It's sometimes hard for Tsume to get near the house and eat due to how often they visit. Now that you are here they will be checking a lot."

The teenager held a sigh as he asked so only they could hear, "I have a slight memory of you telling me the goggles some of the people wear sees past our illusions."

The she-wolf shook her head, "Not past yours. The other humans that know of the possible illusions have no idea that the more wild the wolf the hard it is to see past the illusion. We are not sure why. So you will be okay. Those that are like Hige, Toboe, and I can't hide from them like you can. Heck even for Tsume it is a little hard. He really has to concentrate due to him always able to find food here at times. He's at a halfway point I guess you could say."

Kiba winced hearing that and started helping Quent pull the boxes off the top of the bookshelves in the room. Instead of the human getting on the ladder the brunette did and handed the boxes down where Mark or Blue, staying in their wolf forms, would push them into the hallway so that neither of them would trip on them. "Mr. Yaiden, I remember my parents telling me that you used to hunt is that true?"

Quent smiled at the teenager as he took box from him, "First of all, call me Quent. I hate being called by my last name. I only tolerate it at work. Second of all yes, I used to hunt deer and other wild life to feed the family. I even did that a little here before I got to the point of full work hours at the station." Kiba jumped down and pushed the ladder over to what looked like a dresser but it was surrounded by boxes that the boy couldn't tell for sure. As he got back on the ladder the man asked, "What about you and school?"

The teen rolled his eyes, "Hate it. I couldn't stand all the homework. I was having such a hard time that it got to the point that my parents took me out and started homeschooling me even though the school was against the idea." The brunette shrugged handing down a box, "So due to the school continuing to push for me to stay they just packed up and moved. They decided that they were not dealing with it."

Quent burst out laughing, "I can see them doing that. Not a care in the world your parents. They always did things their way. It's what I liked about them."

"You mean besides living on the outside of town like you did?" Kiba asked picking up another box with a smirk.

He let out a soft cry of pain when Quent pinched his calf, "Yes, brat besides that."

"Ow." Kiba complained handing down the box with a playful glare.

"Keep that up and you will find out I'm not as old as I look." The human said with a smile softly dropping it to the floor for the black wolf to push out of the room. Continuing to glare playfully at the man he smacked away the elders hand every time he tried to pinch him again.

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Kiba stared in a bored manner at the TV that Quent had in the living room. Currently the man had a show depicting how people should hunt a deer that was in the field with others around her. He yawned and looked away. 'This is why I don't ever want to live in domes. This is so boring.'

"Tired already?" Quent asked with a raised eyebrow seeing Mark asleep over the teens lap and said looking at the ceiling like it was more interesting than the TV show that was on.

"No just bored. I didn't grow up with…" The teen waved a hand over at the device, "…whatever you called this. I'd rather be outside than stuck here."

Quent laughed lightly, "Yeah, even as a kid you never really liked being indoors. Always preferred outside even if you didn't have anyone to play with." The man looked over and smiled, "You know I am fixing another car for fun. Did you want to learn how to do that?" Kiba looked over with a smile as the human turned off the TV, "Well then what are we waiting around in here for. Let's go fix a junker." Pulling his legs free from his best friend Kiba hopped to his feet and followed Quent outside where they were met with another human raising an eyebrow at them. However Quent just smiled, "Hello Daniel what can I help you with?"

"I came to get the documents you were supposed drop off when you got back." The guy looked at the dark haired boy standing next to his colleague, "Who's this?"

Quent placed his hand on the white wolves illusion shoulder, "This is Keith, his parents asked that I look after him while he gets some time away from home. He wanted to explore a place that wasn't home."

"When did you learn this?" Daniel asked as he followed Quent back inside.

Just before they were out of ear shot he heard as the reply, "I got my mail before I left remember?"

Kiba sighed and made his way to the shed where he saw the car that Quent had been talking about fixing. He wondered why the man felt the need to fix it. It seemed that their past lives really changed how they lived in this life once they got their memories. He didn't recall Quent ever trying to fix the car with the one in the past life. Although now that he thought about it the man was usually asleep because he had been injured at some point before he and Blue met up with the others. Touching the car he ran his hand over it looking over at the tools he had seem many humans use while on his trip. Picking up one he looked it over as he guessed it probably tightened things if what he had seen was anything to go by. Putting that one down he picked up another that also looked like it tightened something but the shape of the tip suggested that it was something else. Shaking his head he put the tool down thinking to himself, 'Humans and their inventions. Why can't they run on their own legs instead of relying on something else to do it for them? They make no sense.' Despite his thoughts he was interested in what made their inventions work. As a wolf he had no need of them so he found it strange that humans did.

Feeling something touch his leg Kiba looked down and pet Blue who was sitting next to him, "They are pretty strange hu?" The teen gave a smile and laughed lightly scratching her behind the ear, kneeling down so he wasn't so high up. "Do you want to learn the name of the tools? I can tell you their names and what they do."

"And no one will question me just pick up tools for no apparent reason?" Kiba whispered softly so that looked he was just talking quietly to a dog fondly.

"Not if you do it like you were earlier." Blue laughed lightly rubbing her head against his chest as his hand reached her back.

"Nah, it's okay. No need to worry about me girl." Looking up he saw a soldier walk by looking in. He just stared not sure if he should say anything.

"Hey kiddo, I see you are staying with Quent."

"Yes sir." Kiba replied standing up his hand still on Blue's head. "He's a friend of my family." 'Dang Blue was not lying when she said that they walk by frequently. Do they really not trust Quent? What did he do to deserve this?'

"Oh, yes we got word that you came in with him. You have a large dog do you not?"

"Yes, a black one." The teenager replied feeling slightly uncomfortable happy that there was a car in-between him and the man. He could see that this man was wearing the goggles that allowed him to see past a city bound wolf's illusion. The brunette was really hoping the man would just continue on his way. This man gave him chills up his spine.

"My wife and I have a black pug. I don't know what it is about that color but black fur is beautiful." The man looked around for a second then at the teen pulling out a picture. Holding it out he asked, "Have you seen this dog around? He likes to hang around Quent's place."

Kiba walked forward and took the picture to look at it closely. He was surprised that they had been able to get a picture of Tsume, the scar on his chest could be clearly seen. His eyebrows went up but shook his head, "He looks hurt. Did something happen?"

The soldier shook his head taking the picture back when the teen handed it back to him, their fingers touching for a split second. Putting the picture away the man replied, "No, he showed up that way. Quent swears that the dog acts like it isn't there so he probably got it a while back." He looked around again then smiled at the teenager, "Thank you, if you see it can you try and catch it. We don't need dogs on the loose. People think they are all wolves when they are as big as that boy is."

Kiba shook his head, "I honestly wouldn't know how to catch him to be honest with you." When the man gave him a funny look so the boy emphasized, "Markus has never ran away from me and any other experience I could have I never got the chance to try as the dogs all got caught before I could think of helping."

The soldier nodded in acceptance, "Sounds like you got yourself a good dog."

The teen laughed, "He may not have ran away but there were other thing he did to get into trouble. He's not a complete angel."

The man laughed with him, "I'm sure there was. Well, if you see him let one of us know and I'll send someone to try and get him."

"Yes, sir." Kiba replied a the soldier walked away. When he was out of sight the teenager looked at the half wolf with wide eyes his back to the house mouthing, 'What in the world?'

"You wouldn't be the first one that one them has questioned about Tsume." She tilted her head as she said, "You did good though. He doesn't even suspect you."

The illusioned wolf sat down near the entrance of the shed while Daniel and Quent made their way out. Blue made her way over to the teen and laid her head on his lap. "I'll make sure to turn this in to the Chief, Quent. You try to stay out of trouble."

"Ha! You know trouble finds me." Daniel laughed and Quent made his way over to Kiba. "Keith, why were you talking to the soldier?"

"He was asking about a dog that comes by here. Is he the dog you were talking about? One with a scar of his chest?" Kiba asked standing up following the man over to his car.

"Yeah, I plan on catching him and making him my dog. It's the only reason I don't turn him in. I don't think that he would do good in an animal shelter. Looks like he's been wild all his life." Quent stopped at the engine he had been putting together, "Okay, do you know what the different tools are?" Kiba shook his head in reply making the man sigh, "Of course." The human pulled him over to the tool box, "Well we will start here then." Pulling out a tool it looked like a sick with a weirdly shaped metal head. Though the wolf had to guess it would make a good weapon if it was needed as one. "This is a hammer and this…" The man held up a piece of metal that looked like a capital 'T' in English, "…is a nail. Grab that wood over there." Kiba reached over and grabbed a flat piece of wood. "What you are holding is a board or plank. Now put it down in front of us." The teenager did as requested then found the hammer in one hand and in the other the nail. Quent guided his hands to where they needed to be, "Don't fight me, you need to learn this the right way." The wolf relaxed allowing the man to move his arms to hit the nail in the board below it. When the nail got hit with the hammer Kiba felt his heart rate pick up in fear that his hand was going to get hit. Seeing it hit the nail made him feel better. "Now every once in a while the hammer will hit your hand if you are not paying attention." Quent backed up knowing the wolf knew it was his turn to hit the nail by himself.

Kiba sighed mentally, 'I feel ridiculous doing this.' However he hit the nail glad he didn't hit his hand. 'Okay, that wasn't as bad as the first time. So just keep paying attention and you won't hit your hand.' "Alright so that does that. What next?" Quent smiled pulling out the tool with the weird tip. The wolf sighed, 'Well if I'm going to play human then I need to know how to do some things. At least I can play off most of what I need to know as my parents just not teaching me or getting things like that TV.'

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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)