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Kiba ran through the darkness, longing to find his love. Where can she be? He thought. Kiba's white fur seemed to blend in almost perfectly to his surroundings. He ran this way and that trying to find her. Suddenly he stopped, he knew how to find her, what to do. Even though it was forbidden, what he was about to do, he did it anyway. He through up his head, his eyes focused on the moons crescent, which lingered above, and howled. His voice chasing away every shadow.

They say all of a wolf's emotion can be sensed or heard in their howl, if this is so you could hear all of Kiba's voice and emotions that were lingering within his soul. Every thought could be sensed. Every emotion, felt.

Then she appeared. His long lost love, the one he was destined to spend his life with...Blue

Blue sat on her haunches looking deeply into the never-ending sky that loomed above. She heard Kiba's howl and knew he was coming to her. She longed for him, for his strength, his body, his wisdom, his protection, and everything else about him. However, Blue remained uninterested in Kiba. She sat by herself staring to the stars above, wondering what awaited her. Would her mother that had passed away so many years ago be waiting for her? She didn't know, she only knew that she couldn't be with Kiba, no matter how much her body and soul wanted him, her mind wouldn't allow it. A single tear trickled out of her eyes as Kiba neared her. She closed her eyes forcing the tear off her face, as if to not let Kiba know that she had been crying. It was something more, something that couldn't be felt by merely longing or lust, something that must be felt by love.

Kiba kissed Blue gently and moved his body close to hers. Blue pulled away.

"What is it, love?" Kiba asked.

"Love? LOVE?!" Blue began to shout as she spoke, "How can you tell me you love me? You know that I cannot return the emotion. You expect me to just hear you call me love and then that is that?" Blue coughed back the tears that were almost completely evident.

"I am sorry. Do you expect me to just come out and say I love you? I am not that kind of wolf! DAMNIT Blue, talk to me."

Blue couldn't hold the tears back any longer, "I love you I really do. But how can you say that you love me?"

"Wait you love me?" Kiba asked.

"Yes... but it isn't, look, Kiba, I cannot love you. I just found out that I was a wolf and my world has been turned upside down ever since. Do you know what killed my mother all those years ago?" Blue cried

Sadly Kiba knew that answer. An answer that he dreaded hearing but the he knew he would hear.

"WOLVES!" Blue shouted.

Suddenly both of their ears perked up. Something was moving in the distance. Something that shouldn't be here was. Something...human.

Abruptly a shot was fired form the gun. All Kiba heard was a scream.