Note: I'm a short story writer, so don't expect big epic chapters. Just thought you'd all want to know that Oh, I don't own Wolf's Rain or anything to do with it exept all the pages in it with Toboe written on them but I think almost anything can own something like that

So Cold

Chapter 1: The Lost Wolf

The night was coming on, the moon rising. The runt was wandering all alone. Thoughts of sadness and anger in his head. He had to find shelter; it was starting to rain hard. The water stung his sensitive frail body. It isn't fair, I thought Tsume loved me....he even said I meant the world to him....then why did he? Toboe began to grow weak, his small body full of aches. A strange scent came upon him, a rocky earth like smell. It has to be a cave, or some shelter... of please, please be shelter… I'm so tired…I can't go on anymore. It was a cave. A look of relief came over the pup's face. He walked into the cave. No one was there.

Toboe was numb; the small wolf began to cry. Tsume, why did you do this to me…? I hurt so bad. The pup noticed his left leg was bleeding. He just watched it bleed, the wound was from earlier. Tsume had hit him there, well actually scratched him. Toboe ran off after that. Toboe shivered in a small rounded corner in the cave, there was no warmth for him. His stomach growled, he was so hungry.

Toboe heard the howls of Kiba and Hige. They wanted him to come back to the den they were staying in, but he couldn't, he was to sore and to upset. Make it stop, make it all go away… please… someone help me. Toboe still left his wound alone, and the loss of blood was making him dizzy. The pup removed his shirt and tied it to his wound to stop the bleeding; now he was cold. He shivered, he needed warmth but he had no idea how to build a fire. The howls came again. Toboe ignored them once again. Tsume… why? Why did you hurt me so? Tears began to fall down the little one's face again. He needed someone to comfort him, someone to cuddle with.

Toboe tried to sleep, but the cold had other plans. Tsume… what did you do to me? Why did you destroy me? Pain burned through the pup, Tsume had hurt him so bad. It seemed to the pup that no one mattered to Tsume, that all Tsume wanted to do was hurt everyone around him. But we… we were… in… in love. Tsume seemed to dominate Toboe's thoughts, it seemed that that was all there was to think about. So much pain, Toboe didn't deserve this, yet it happened anyway. It always happened to him, like he wasn't supposed to have anything to live for, like he was just supposed to die.

"Kiba, I can't find him," said Hige. "Where could he be?"

"I don't know, but we have to keep looking," Kiba said with a look of despair on his face. When did he care so much about the pup? He had always stuck up for him, but he didn't know he felt this way about Toboe. The two wolves walked on. They had no scent to go on; it seemed Toboe was cut off from the world.

"Kiba?"

"Yes, Hige?" Kiba answered.

"What will happen if we don't find the little guy? What if….," Hige said, unable to finish. He can't just die… he's so young; he has so much left…

"He won't die, Hige. Toboe is stronger then you think," the white wolf replied. The two wolves let out a long howl, begging Toboe to come back.

"What do I care if the runt gets himself killed" Tsume said to himself. But why did I hit him? What did he do to make me want to hurt him so? Tears began to build up at the end of Tsume's beautiful golden eyes. "WHY DID I DO THAT DO HIM?!" His yell startled the birds in the area. He punched the wall of the den, he began to cry uncontrollably.

"Toboe….I'm so sorry…."

Well, that's my first story. Hope ya liked it. Please review, no flames please!!! Thanks if you like the story, feel free to email me so I know whether to post my other chapters or not. Thanks again