Authoress' Ramblings: Oo. I don't mean to brag but...MY WOLF'S RAIN DVD FINALLY CAME IN THE MAIL!! dances around. My friend got it for me for my birthday (June 10) but it was a little late. The DVD came with a small Kiba poster, so that's on my wall now. AND the opening theme song is beautiful, because it has a nice ass-shot of Kiba. GO BUY IT NOW. Oh, yes. Thanks to all of you who actually read this. I love you all, honestly...I will draw a KibaXHige pic later for you all to enjoy later. (I'm not half bad at drawing, just so you know.)

P.S Sorry about the paragraphing on the last chapter and the late update. My mom is purging our house of filth and I had to help clean...

Reign of Stars/ Darkness of Light

Hige belched loudly and collapsed onto the table. He had drunken at least two gallons of liquor, and was pissed off to boot. A bitchy Flower Maiden had made off with his one true love, which happened to be a male, who was in love with the bitchy Flower Maiden. Life works out so lovely, doesn't it? There seemed to be nothing Hige could do to make Kiba love him. Maybe he should just give up...

Phantasm showed no signs of intoxication, even though he had drunken twice as much as Hige. He smiled at the tan wolf. "So, you feel better? Humans drown themselves in alcohol all the time. It's supposed to make your problems go away."

Hige looked at the anomalous wolf with bloodshot eyes. "No. I feel like shit." He ran his hands through his messy brown hair and his body started to shake. Hot tears poured from his eyes, onto the rough wood of the table and into a bottle of vodka.

"It's just not fair..." His small sobs shook his whole body as they changed to hysterics. "Dammit all! Why did this have to happen to me? I hate feeling this way! Falling in love is for dip shits!"

Phantasm sighed ruefully. This wolf had it bad. He had never seen someone so distraught before; human or wolf. Hige had laid his head on the table, so Phantasm patted him lightly. "That's right. Let it all out."

And sure enough, Hige did. He cried for twenty minutes straight. He had reached an all-time low. Hige glanced up at Phantasm. "I'm not sure if I want him anymore...I really don't feel like trying..."

The older wolf raised an eyebrow. "Wait...you've been trying all this time and now you just want to give up? There is no way in hell you're giving up now! Everyone in this world has a soul mate. You've found yours, so go after him!"

Unfortunately, Phantasm's motivational speech was lost on Hige's ears. He had passed out on the table and his illusion had started to fade. 'Hopefully', Phantasm thought as he looked around, 'no one will notice.' He started to sweat profusely, but because canines can't sweat, he started to pant. And that drew attention from everyone around him.

"Oh my God! A wolf!" This wasn't a alarmed scream, or even a astounded one. The shriek was more of a rally to arms. Everyone inn the bar withdrew a gun or some kind of weapon from under their coats. They had heard the rumors. Wolves were worth a small fortune if you sold them to the right person. Phantasm picked up Hige and fled out as fast as he legs could carry him. Hige was not a small wolf either. The dark brown wolf slowed down after a couple hundred feet. A shot was fired. Phantasm could feel the bullet embed itself in his right flank. He couldn't keep this up. He hid Hige in an alley, until he came to. With any luck, Phantasm could hold off the humans. And maybe they wouldn't end up dead.

Kiba kept glancing over his shoulder, half expecting Hige to be there. They had been traveling for a day now. Hige should have caught up by now. The white wolf was starting to worry. Cheza ambled on besides him. Usually she was content, but today, she seemed particularly joyful. Kiba was happy she was happy but... Toboe was walking on his own now. Although, you could tell it hurt him to do so. Desperate for a reason to stop movement, he looked at him and frowned. "Toboe, is your ass...I mean, are you legs alright?" Kiba prayed he wouldn't act like a tough guy and dismiss it as nothing.

The small wolf looked at him, thankful someone had noticed. "Not really. Could we stop for a bit?"

Kiba smiled. "Sure." 'This will give me sometime to check if Hige is on our trail.'

While everyone was settling down, Kiba backtracked a ways. Woodland creatures of all kinds scurried away as a white wolf ran through the undergrowth of the forest. Kiba's nose traveled over the ground of the wooded area, which was covered in a bizarre moss. Strange...he couldn't pick up any scent. And they had just traveled over this, not ten minutes ago. Kiba scratched at it with his claws. The moss did not come away. It stuck to the ground. The moss wasn't there when they passed over it. The only one who could manipulate plants like that was...Cheza. 'Has she been covering their tracks since they left?' Kiba thought 'If that's the case, why?' Kiba urinated on the moss and sniffed it. Still no scent. He hated to declare it, but there was no way in hell Hige could find them now.

END/Darkness of Light

Authoress' Note: Short chapter! Only 801 words! 0-0. The next chapter might take a little time because I'm working on a D.N.Angel fic and a Naruto one, both shonen-ai, of course.