"What's that?" she yelped when she heard footsteps coming her way. She had been running from an old man and his dog Blue, now she feared they'd found her again. She was however surprised to see a brown wolf with three bracelet rings on his right leg.
"Don't worry I won't hurt you." The young pup said calmly. Shyly didn't know whether to trust him or not, being alone takes its toll on her.
"Who are you?" She asked her voice quivering.
"My name's Toboe, what's yours?" He said smiling a friendly smile.
"Shyly." She watched as he cocked his head in confusion.
"What kind of name is Shyly?"
"Mine I guess." She said laughing. She was beginning to feel more confident around this youngster.
"Well come on Shy, me and my pack have plenty of food to share with you if you're hungry." Just as he said that her stomach gave a lengthy growl. "Guess you are, follow me."
"How'd you know I was a wolf?" She asked timidly.
"Well for one thing you understood me and for another, your eyes." She blushed and smiled. "Their quite beautiful you know." She nodded and changed her form to follow the young one better. "Wow Kiba's gonna like you." She gave him a confused look and he just laughed. "Kiba is a white wolf too, though not as white as you." She smiled to herself wondering who this mystery wolf is and what he looked like.
A few minutes later Toboe led her into an abandoned building and she instantly smelled more wolves possibly three or four. Then she smelled something else. Something beautiful. Something fragile. As they walked further into the building its inhabitants were revealed. There was a goofy chubby looking wolf with a collar around it's neck in the corner dozing while a gray one with an X scar on it's chest staring blankly at a wall. She glanced over at an attractive one with snow-white fur.
This must be Kiba. She thought to herself when suddenly she noticed a pink haired girl. This had been the beautiful smell. This girl. Suddenly everything drained out of her mind as she walked over to her. The girl put a hand on Shyly's head and she instantly felt at peace.
"This one feels as if you have been through a lot." The girl's soothing voice echoed off the walls making Kiba and the other two wake.
"Cheza, who is this?" The one known as Kiba asked quietly. Shyly turned her head and smiled a wolf smile.
"My name is Shyly or Shy for short." Kiba looked at her with a curiosity that Cheza hit right on the target.
"This one thinks Kiba is attracted." Kiba blushed and walked out of the building. Cheza just laughed and watched him walk away. "This one definitely knows Kiba is attracted." Shyly just blushed and let Cheza continue petting her as if she was a tame dog.
"Shyly, this is Tsume and Hige." Toboe said pointing first to the gray one (Tsume) then to the chubby one (Hige).
"Well boys nice to meet you." She said smiling at Tsume who just scoffed and turned away. Hige however proceeded to walk over and lick the side of her face.
"Hige!" A female voice rang out. Shy turned her head to see the dog Blue enter the building. Before she could control herself a low growl formed in her throat causing Blue to stop abruptly. "Hey take it easy, I'm sorry for chasing you back there, I didn't know who you were." The dog muttered.
"What are you doing here dog?" Shy said a little too angry to suit her friendly personality.
"Should have seen that coming." Blue said softly. "I'm only half dog, the other half is wolf, and again I'm so sorry for chasing you." Shy looked at her sadly as if apologizing for her behavior.
"It's ok, I'm sorry for growling." Blue smiled and Shy felt that they would be good friends.
"Now as for you Hige what was that all about?" Blue asked at the quivering Hige.
"Sorry Blue I was just being friendly." Blue definitely looked pissed at him. "Please don't kill me Blue, I love you babe." Blue instantly softened. She hugged him and they walked off on their own. Shy walked out of the building to the roof and was surprised to see Kiba up there looking at the moon. He wasn't even aware of her presence until she laid down beside him in her human form. He looked over at her and gasped, as did she to him. They both found each other quite attractive. Kiba found that he just couldn't keep his trademark mellowness when he was around her.
"So what's your story Shy? Why are you here with us?" He asked softly.
"I had a pack a few months back but Craven the alpha made me leave…didn't like how close I was to his mate Picha. So he gathered up the pack and drove me out. Until Toboe found me I thought I was doomed to die." Kiba listened intently as Shy told him of the alphas and how little she knew of her puppy hood except a warm tongue and puppy noises and then blood and screams. She told him how desperately she wanted to find a mate and have pups of her own so she can hear those puppy noises once again and be able to care for something different and fragile. She told him how happy she was to be out of the pack so that maybe that dream was possible. He listened carefully and stared at her face taking in every beautiful detail. He was attracted to her, Cheza knew him too well. He couldn't help it though, she was beautiful.
The hours wore on until sleep threatened to pull them away from the conversation. They both decided to head down into the building and find a suitable place to sleep. Kiba took his usual spot next to Cheza with his head in her lap and Shy felt a tinge of jealousy. She felt as if she'd known him longer than a few hours, like he was someone she knew from a distant time, she knew it was crazy but she just felt it. She walked over to Tsume who happened to be awake and without explanation plopped down beside him with her head on his stomach in her wolf form.
"What the hell are you doing Shy?" he asked bewildered and a little angry. She however didn't hear a word because she had already fallen asleep. Tsume sighed and settled into a dreamless sleep.