Sorry, I haven't worked on this in ages. I've been busy with this and that and…oh you don't want to hear it…
Disclaimer: I don't own Wolf's Rain, any of the characters, or anything remotely related.
Pointless question: Why do we need to put disclaimers on? Obviously, if it is on fan fiction dot net, then we didn't make it, right?
Okay, I'll just shut up and write…
The sun was rising as he reached a tall building in the city.
This is it! He thought. He didn't know what "it" was, or how he knew, but something was here. That girl was here. He knew it.
He went inside. There were people bustling around. No one seemed to notice he was here.
Then, the voice came again.
Kiba. Are you here?
"Yes. Where are you?"
Follow my scent. You can find me.
What? Her scent? Questioningly, he sniffed the air. Flowers. It was weak, but he knew he smelled flowers. He sniffed in one direction, and then the other. His nose told him to go left. He followed the scent.
It's coming from here. He looked down to find…a vent. He got down on all fours, like an animal. There was air with the scented breeze coming from it. She's below me.
All of a sudden, something yanked on his collar. "Hey! You don't belong here." Said a big man in a lab coat. He looked over his glasses.
The boy looked into his tiny eyes. "I think I do."
"Oh really? And what makes you think that?" He said.
"I just know." The boy turned around, towards some elevators.
His collar got jerked back again. "You got any ID, kid? Don't make me call security on you! Show me your ID, or get out."
"I need to find something."
"And what would that be?"
"Cheza."
The big scientist was taken aback. "Cheza? What on Earth is a Cheza?"
The boy turned around, and started walking again.
"Get back here. You're not going anywhere."
"Think so?" The boy took off running, nearly crashing into other scientists. He thought about the elevators. Too slow .The ran to a door that read, "Stairs", and slammed into the door.
"Stop him!"
The boy came to a staircase. It went up as far as the eye could see, and down just as far. The scientist man ran after him, and was just about to grab the boy when-
He jumped, right between the staircases. He didn't know why, but something told him to. He wasn't scared. Somehow he knew not to be. He hit ground, his feet hurt by the impact, but otherwise perfectly in tact.
He heard a cry from the man from far above him. Without a second thought, He opened a door. The sign on the door said, "Flower Maiden"
Cher had just come back. Cheza was satisfied with her quarters. She was quite content, which was all that could be hoped for. Cher had asked her if she had needed anything, but Cheza had merely shook her head and looked up to the window, high above her head. Seven stories above, actually. The room had been made tall enough for trees to grow, and there were, thought the trees had only recently been planted.
She knew that the other researchers would be angry with her for letting Cheza out so early, and she dreaded it. But she figured that Cheza was alive and well, so perhaps all out be fine.
The door swung open. Cher jumped in surprise.
"W-Who are you?" She asked the rugged boy standing at the door.
"I'm looking for Cheza. Where is she?"
Cher didn't know what to say. This boy looked dangerous. Cher didn't want him to get violent, but she knew that she wouldn't let him get to Cheza. Wait. How did he know her name? Cher had only found out a few minutes ago! They knew her only as the Flower Maiden.
"What do you want with her?" Cher asked, frightened.
"Just to see her. She spoke to me."
"What? No, I'm sorry, but you can't-wait, where are you going?" The boy walked right past her. "Stop!"
"I'm not going to hurt her, don't worry."
"Listen, I don't know who you are, or how you even know about her, but you can't be here! I'm calling security!" She said, about to push a button on the wall.
The boy caught her arm. "Don't bother. They're already coming."
He kept walking. Cher pushed the button. A red light flashed above the control.
Kiba turned the knob, and pushed the door in.
Didn't I lock that? But how did he? Cher froze. Cheza had unlocked it. She had let him in.
Cher stood at the entry in shock.
Cheza stood up and strode over to him. "Kiba." She smiled. "Do you remember this one?"