It was in such terrible condition. I don't know how they all forgot. How do you forget what you are. Your pride. Just become human like nothing ever happened? I won't forget. I can't.
I'm alone right now. Do the others remember? Probably not. Why? Why do I have to remember? And travel in this stinking world? This isn't it. This isn't paradise.
Toboe was petting his new kitten. He smiled his childish smile. Something called out to him and he stopped walking. He turned around and looked but no one called his name, so he started walking again.
"Granny, what are we gonna do next?" He asked, running up to his caretaker. "Nothing Toboe. We can go home now." Toboe grinned again. "Hear that kitty? You get to come home!" But the cat was fidgeting around. And when Toboe wouldn't let go of it, it scratched him. "Ow!"
Toboe dropped the cat which darted off. "Granny, I'll be home soon! I gotta catch the cat!" "Alright dear." Toboe bounded after it.
Hige sat on a bench. If he wasn't such a glutton... He'd have some money for lunch. "I'm hungry." "But Hige, you just had something to eat." His friend Johnny groaned. "Is it all you do? Eat?" He laughed.
"Naw! I like to watch girls too." Hige joked. They both laughed. Then Johnny stood up. "I gotta go home Hige. Se ya tomorrow." Hige had on this look. "Oh alright already, here." Johnny gave him some money for food and then waved and left. "See ya Johnny!"
Hige bought 3 hotdogs a bag of chips, and a soda with the money. "Well, once again I'm broke. Ha ha. At least I've got food." He took a bite out of one of the hotdogs and then turned around. He thought he'd been called. No one was there so he turned forward again and took another bite. But he heard it again so he turned and walked in the opposite direction.
Tsume drove down the road on his motorcycle. He had no reason to care for anyone. He stopped at a light and heard something. He listened, but didn't turn his head. What would be calling him? He was about to drive when the light became green when he heard it again. He drove, but towards the call.
Toboe, Hige, and Tsume all ended up in the same place.
"Kitty! Wait up! Don't you wanna go home?" He got to an alleyway and the cat ran towards Toboe's home. But Toboe stayed. He was looking at something in the alley.
Hige came up behind him, looked in the alley, and nearly dropped his food.
Tsume pulled up on his motorcycle and skidded to a stop. Toboe and Hige looked at him, then back at the alley. Tsume wondered if what he had heard had called them too. Then he spotted the big white dog on the ground in the alley.
"What is that?" Toboe gapped. "I don't know.. looks like a big dog.." Hige said, reached a hand toward it. "Don't touch it. What if it bites you?" Tsume scolded. "What are you my mother?" Hige asked.
He heard them, but he didn't believe it. His friends were all here. Right here. But they didn't sound like they knew each other, or that they knew him. 'What is that?' They defiantly didn't know him.
"Well. What are we gonna do. I don't think I was called here to just look at it." Hige stated. "Wait.. you were called too?" Toboe said, from his kneeling position. "I can't believe I was called here to a bunch of idiots." Tsume put his helmet back on. "Wait! There had to be a reason." Toboe grabbed his arm. For some reason Tsume couldn't say no.
"So... we have a big white dog in the middle of an alley way intersection. A bag of food, a motorcycle, a thug, a runt, and me a..." "Glutton." Tsume ended it. "You've already eaten the food you had." He pointed to Hige's bag. "Well..." Hige laughed. "Hey guys! I think he's coming to." Toboe said and backed away from the dog.
Kiba looked around. This wasn't where he'd fallen asleep. "Hey boy. You ok?" Hige asked as Kiba stood up. 'Hey boy?' He thought. They really didn't remember him. His ears drooped. "You hungry?" Toboe asked, holding out some food. Kiba was hungry. He hadn't eaten in a few days. Usually he didn't mind, but this was different. He wasn't traveling anymore. He'd take it.
"I'm hungry!" Hige said, trying to grab the food, but Toboe pulled it back. "Not you, the dog." And he held it out to Kiba again. Kiba pounced on him and, playing the part of the helpless stray, licked his face in gratitude. "Toboe!" Tsume said before he realized he'd said it. "Stop.. ha ha.. that tickles... I'm not the food... ha ha.." Toboe giggled. Kiba grabbed the food and sat down to eat it.
"Hey mister. How'd you know my name?" Toboe asked Tsume as he wiped off his face. "I.. don't know.." He answered. Kiba said to himself 'Cause you know each other and you called out that name about a hundred times.' as he ripped the meat he'd been given to shreds.
"Well. My name's Hige. He likes the name Toboe.. I like the name Kiba. And the word blue always makes me smile." Hige said. Kiba perked up. "Your weird... Hige" Tsume said. "Well I like the name Kiba too... Hige, Toboe, and..." Toboe looked up at Tsume. "Tsume." He said flatly. "Tsume? ok." Toboe grinned.
"Really, you people are weird. What a bunch of losers." Tsume started walking to his bike, but Kiba jumped in his path and shoved him back towards the others. "What the.. dumb dog!" He tried kicking him, but he dodged into and alley.
"Where'd he go?" Tsume growled. "He's around." someone said from the alley. "And who the hell are you?" Tsume continued. "Me? I am.. Kiba." He said. "Kiba?" Hige and Toboe looked at each other and then back at Kiba. "No.. I didn't call you here. You came on your own." Kiba said as he gracefully jumped up rubble to stand on a long pipe.
"Wow.." "Whoa.." Hige and Toboe were amazed by his acrobatics, but Tsume just scoffed. "Nice trick." "Trick? What trick?" Kiba looked down suddenly. "You.. used to do it all the time.." Everyone looked taken aback. He knew them?
"I'm glad to see you haven't changed Hige. Still a glutton and mad about women. Toboe's still the sweetest of us all and Tsume still can't reveal anything about himself." Kiba had a plain, sweet smile on. Like having finally seen them again brought him all the pleasure of the world.
"You're a stalker? Or just some sicko freak?" Tsume asked coldly. "I'm neither. Don't think of me strange. I was just... happy to see you all again." Kiba said, jumping down. "Really. I'm quite sane." He even smiled.
"I like him." Toboe laughed and ran up to greet Kiba. "What's so great about him?" "He's called Kiba..." Hige said matter-of-factly, also going to greet his old friend. Kiba looked at Tsume. The dark wolf scoffed and Kiba looked back at Toboe.
"So Kiba. Where do you live?" The pup asked. "No where. I.. don't live anywhere.." He said softly. "What? Your joking right?" Hige asked. Kiba shook his head. "I know! I'll ask granny if you can stay at my place! I'm sure she wouldn't mind." Toboe looked ecstatic. "If you want." Kiba replied. If it made his friends happy again, he'd be fine with it. Plus he'd get to sped some time with his friends again. With his pack.