Chapter 13 –Beautiful Outsider Part 4

"Shives." Kiba repeated.Toboe stood behind him not sure what to think of the stranger.

Shives glazed as Tsume and Hige. "Your friends are hurt?" Her voice was low but angelic.

Toboe and Kiba nodded. She blinked at them a few times and walked over to Hige.

"Kiba, can we trust this girl?"

"She wants to help. We have no other options."

The two sat next to her and watch as she pulled Hige's shirt off and tended to his wounds. The dried blood on his body was wiped away with a damp cloth she pulled out of her pocket.Kiba wanted to know more about this beautiful stranger.

"Shives? Who are you? Where did you come from?"

Shives didn't look up at him, "I am a wolf just like you, of course, and I have lived here many years."

Kiba was about to ask her another question but Toboe bet him to it.

"How is it possible to live here? Especially, with that robot?"

She smiled after finishing with Hige. "Easy. Run to stay alive."

"What about food?" Kiba watched Toboe checked Hige over.

"Food, sadly, is scarce. Every now and then I lost animals comes around."

"We noticed there were no people here. Did you have to kill them all to survive?"

"I didn't kill the people the robot did."

Kiba remembered back to what Kint said about the crazed machine.

"Anyways, don't think we have to worry about that thing anymore."Shives stood up walked over to Tsume, who was slowly starting to wake up.

He spotted her. "Who the heck are you?"

Toboe ran to her rescue. "Tsume, its okay. She killed the robot thing. She wants to help you."

"Hm...I don't need her help." He gave her a warning glare, but she only stepped closer.

Shives kneeled down beside Tsume and searched his body for any sighs of damage.

"Tsume, your back." Toboe was sitting beside him and got a pretty good look at his injured back threw the torn fabric. Shives stared into his eyes.

"You were almost hit by the robot's bomb weren't you?"

"How did you know that?" He hated the why her eyes searched his back. "And why in the hell are you looking at me like that?"

"I know because I was watching you, Tsume and I'm looking at your injures not you. Here in Jinks City, due to the lack of hygienie, it is easy to catch diseases. Some you can die from."

"Well I'll take my chances." He winced a little as he rose to talk to Kiba, who was sitting next to the now conscious Hige.

"I see you've met Shives."Kiba had a slight smirk on his face.

"Shives? Who that?" Hige was stretching a bit.

Kiba pointed at the red-haired girl who was in a quiet conversation with Toboe.Hige leaned forward to see what he was pointing at.

"Huh?" His expression changed rapidly. "Oh wow! A girl!" Hige ran over to her smiling.

"Pathetic." Tsume said slyly.

Kiba looked in the direction where Kint laid. He was still unable to stop thinking about her.

"Hi my name is Hige.You must be that Shives girl Tsume and Kiba were talking about so much."

"They talk about me? What do they say?" She smiled deviously.

"Uh...well..."

"Yea Hige, what do we say?" Tsume and Kiba appeared out of nowhere behind him.

"Uh nothing. I was just joking." He rubbed the back of his head laughing.

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you four here?"

"We thought this was a place to stay but it turned out to be living hell." Hige sighed.

"I see. I sensed you were here and the hospital as well. But I expected more then just 4 wolves."

The boys froze and a look of sadness came upon each of them.

"Did I say something wrong?" Shives was confused.

"No. no you didn't." Kiba refused to talk about her again.

"Very well then, I shall lead you out of this so called hell."

The 4 followed the angelic walker. They could see how not so similar this female was to their ebony goddess. She was more muscular and taller. She was also a little older and had sort of a smooth effect when she walked. They reached the city limits and gazed at the desert in front of them.

"Aw man! Just what we need...sand!"Hige whined.

"By the way, where could an odd pack of wolves, like your selves, be heading?"

"Paradise." Toboe said sofly.He still couldn't believe Kint was gone.

"Paradise? Hm.Well good luck on finding it." She waved goodbye and left the group.

"Hey wait!" Hige ran after her. "Why don't you come with us?"

"Come with you?" Shives repeated.

"Yeah, it would be fun and it's better than hanging around this junky place."

"Hm."She looked at Hige and then her home. What did she have to lose, seriously?

"Very well then. I'll go."

"Yes!"Hige jumped into air. "Hey Toboe, we got a new member!"

Toboe smiled brightly. Maybe Kint was gone but that wasn't going to stop them from achieving happiness once more.