A/N: Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh I know I know... it's been forever. I wouldn't be surprised if anyone is still checking up on this story. I'm truly sorry for the lack of updates and I'm not gonna bore you with petty excuses. Just gonna give my apologies and get on with the show. I know this is short, but I needed it to set up the coming stuffies.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN anything pertaining to Wolf's Rain in any way.

LAST TIME:

'Do not be afraid of walking into the darkness. Not knowing can sometimes be a good thing. Even though the path ahead is unseen and darkened to your vision, do not fear it. For even in the darkness, light awaits. It awaits for the one to make it shine. To let it shine.' Saida started to shed tears at the words. They were so familiar to her, yet so far away. A memory flashed in her mind.

---------flashback---------

A baby is crying in the darkness of a room. A soft, soothing voice can be heard.

"There now my little one. Be not afraid of the dark. You are my sunshine." A song was hummed from the lips of the one who spoke. When the song was finished the baby was no longer crying, but cooing in its crib. "See, my child, you are my sunshine and will always shine brighter when things seem dark. Remember that my dear one. Remember it always."

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Saida looked up at the sky. Night was sheathing it with her dark blanket. 'It came so fast.' It was the only thought she had before she continued walking in silence. No more thoughts, no more voice.

"How long have we been walking? My stomach's begging for some food." And as if on cue to his announcement, Hige's stomach growled its displeasure. Everyone stopped and turned to him.

"Heh, see what I mean? It's been days since we've had anything. And I mean, there's no telling where we're going right? I mean, do we know?"

Toboe plopped down on the snow and rested his head in his hands. "Yeah, and I'm tired. Can we rest for a bit?" Tsume and Kiba just looked at the two groaning complainers.

"Fine we'll rest for a few minutes. But we can't fall too far behind." Kiba sat down with the glass in hand. Tsume choosing to lean against a rock that jutted out of the ground.

"Can't fall behind what? This girl, Saida, you say, if you ask me she's nothing but trouble. Let's just move on our own way. I mean, we remember right, who's to say we can't get it right this time?" Hige laid back in the snow and stared into the fathomless blue of the sky.

Tsume made a hissing sound. "You don't know what you're talking about Porky. And for your information, I'm not exactly in the mood for dying again." At the words, spirits fell, and cheeriness that had once been, disappeared.

Someone had finally said it. Someone had finally said what they were all thinking. Although Tsume regretted it afterwards.

None of them noticed the shadow behind the rocks. None of them heard it approaching. All too caught up in the past.

"For someone who's looking for paradise, none of you really seem all that happy to be going." Kiba immediately growled at the intrusion and got ready to strike.

"Woah, easy there big fella. I was sent to help or should I say relay a message that might help." The four wolves, gathered and stared at the cloaked stranger, still ready to strike if need be.

"Well, now, as you can see, I mean no harm. And I know you are wolves." The stranger spotted the flower through his hooded veil. Kiba could sense his eyes glance to the glass encasement and growled as a warning.

"I see you've obtained the flower. Tell me, how exactly did you manage to wrench it from that fiery woman's grasp?" The stranger seemed to divulge on memories that the wolves knew nothing about.

"I tried many a time to get my hands on that precious thing. But alas, that hell-ay-shish woman, well I should say girl at the time, was too slick for me. And as I can clearly see, I'd be a fool to try and take it from wolves. But perhaps if you knew the story behind that flower, you might give it to me freely." Tsume stepped in front of Kiba.

"I say we kill you now human, we have no need for stories." Kiba stepped up stopping Tsume's forward advance.

"Let's hear what he has to say. But know this, we won't hesitate to kill you if we think you're lying." The stranger put his hands up in front of him and seated himself on a boulder.

"Fair enough. Well, let's see, I'll just start from the beginning." The wolves stayed in their places, a far enough distance from the cloaked man, but still close enough to strike.

"It was exactly twenty years ago that a baby was born. This child was a chosen you might say. From the very beginning the child was taught the ways of old. The ways of the world as it was before. But something happened to the child and all was lost. Memories, time, anything that would place the child in this new living world."

"The child vanished at the age of twelve, taking along a prize experiment in the process. You see, wolf, that glass jar you hold there is nothing more than a plant grown in a lab, my lab to be more precise. We were testing from books, from ancient literature, from alchemy. We were trying to see if we could reproduce the days of old." The wolves were visibly confused.

"How would you know anything of the days of old?" The stranger laughed evilly at Kiba's question.

"What's so funny? I think you should answer the question human, before we grow tired of your antics." Tsume was getting more and more agitated with the man.

"Well, you see, I am a descendent from a long line of nobles. Well, at least that is what they were called in the old world. Secrets were passed on from that world to this one. A remnance of my family's blood line was left to pass on in this world. But to get to the point, I need that flower back. It rightfully belongs to me, you see? That filthy child stole it, but here now, everything is all right. You have kept it safe. In return for giving it back to me, I shall gladly keep your true identities a secret. After all, what's a world without wolves?"

From out of nowhere a figure dropped in front of the hooded stranger from a high rock.

"What is a world without wolves indeed." The voice was icy and seemed to lend to the chill in the all ready cold air.

"My, my, my, look how you've grown. And what's this? It seems you were the chosen after all." The man laughed again, while looking through his hood.

"It seems so. And there's nothing you'll be doing about it. And you're not getting your hands on that flower." Through all this the wolves stood in amazement, watching the scene play out in front of them.

"Do you really think you can make a difference this time? Do you honestly think that little voice you hear is real? It is sad to see such a beauty wasted on the likes of madness. For that is what it is." The stranger stood and appointed his attention to the wolves four wolves standing behind the woman.

"Hear me wolves, anything this one tells you is madness. She makes things of her on volition. She will be your demise. She wasn't meant for this world. She is not real." Kiba and Tsume both stepped up beside Saida. Toboe and Hige took a place on either side of them.

Saida watched them all stand by her. Something in the past few weeks had happened to her. She had gotten her memories back, all of them. The ones of being a human. The ones of being a wolf. The ones of this world. And the ones of the world before. Everything came back to her piece by excruciating piece. And now she not only new who she really was, but exactly what her place was in this new world.

"It appears you are outnumbered. Perhaps you should just forget about your little flower. What I want to know is why this one is so important? Why can't you just make more?" Kiba's question seemed to catch the stranger off guard.

"Yes, why not tell them why this one is so important, Darcia."

A/A/N: Mmk, if anyone's still reading, I'd appreciate a review. Good, bad, indifferent, anything. Although it'd be a lot to ask considering I haven't updated in forever. But all the same it'd be nice! Later later ;p