Post-series. Kiba and Cheza have their work cut out for them as they revive their friend's memories, fight Darcia, and try to open Paradise once and for all. Slight KibaCheza, HigeBlue.
Chapter 1: Tsume, Toboe and the Burning School
I walked up to the busy school, Cheza in tow. She looked rather nice in her new shirt and skirt that looked like her old one-piece outfit. She still had her pink jacket and boots, though. The thing that had me worried the most was her pink eyes. Fortunately, humans wear these 'contacts' that can change the color of their eyes and are very popular, so there was no problem.
I scanned the crowd of students, hoping that I would spy any of my pack. Why aren't they with me right now, you ask?
I had forgotten everything about our quest for Paradise and even about being a wolf until that day when Cheza walked out of the ally. I had been wandering around and had just stopped when she emerged. We stared at each other for a while before she said, "Kiba don't you remember this one?" Everything came back to me in a flood and I found myself sitting there in my true form, staring up at Cheza. She smiled at me. "This one said we would meet again." Cheza said, bending down and petting me. Ever since then, Cheza and I had looked for Tsume, Toboe, Hige, and Blue. Hopefully Quent and Hubb had been brought back too. I liked Hubb, very determined man. And I wish Quent were back because Blue really loved him.
That leaves as at the school. I had scared some information out a kid that said that a really powerful kind of punk person with a cross-shaped scar on his chest and rides a motorcycle goes to school here. So, that's why we're here. I mean, how many people besides Tsume could fit that description? The last time I saw him was right after we had been reborn, and he was riding a big, black motorcycle.
Just then, a loud ringing sound filled the air. The humans started to enter the building, so Cheza and I followed. Cheza wasn't used to being around so many humans, so I kept a hand on her shoulder and lead her through the crowd. As we walked down the hall looking for Tsume, I found much more than I hoped for, raising my low spirits to the highest they've been in a while.
There he was. Toboe. Sadly he was in trouble. Some hulk of a human was holding him up against the lockers and was choking him. Before Cheza and I could react, Tsume and a band of strong-looking humans walked up. One of them pulled the human off of Toboe. Tsume kicked in the stomach and the human half ran, half crawled away. "Thank you." Toboe choked out, rubbing his throat. "Just don't let it happen again, runt." Tsume growled and walked off, his posse of humans following. Hearing Tsume call Toboe 'runt' made my heart skip a beat. The only thing that could make this day any better was for me to find Hige and Blue.
Cheza and I ran up to Toboe. I extended a hand to Toboe and helped him up. "Are you ok?" I asked, watching a large bruise form on Toboe's throat. "I'm ok, thank you for helping me up." He said, panting. "Why was that guy trying to strangle you?" I asked, looking off in the direction that the bastard stumbled away in. "He...he said that I was a cross-dresser and that I wasn't a guy, but a girl." He paused and gasped for air like he had never breathed in his whole life. "I told him that he was wrong and then he tried to strangle me. Then that really cool guy showed up and you saw what happened, right?" He said, looking hopefully at me. I nodded. "I...Do I really look like a girl?" He said, looking at the floor. I blinked. He was a friend, so I never sized him up like that. "Nope, you look like a 100 guy to me." I said, not because it was the right thing to say, but because that's what I thought. A huge smile blossomed on his face. "My name's Toboe. What's yours?" He said. I wonder if my name would spark anything... "My name's Kiba!" I shouted over my shoulder as Cheza and I ran off to our first class. I saw it, in his eyes. A spark of recognition. I was filled with hope once more.
"Ok everyone, I want to introduce you to our two new students, Kiba and Cheza." The 'teacher' said in a droning voice. I didn't say anything, but Cheza smiled and said, "This one is glad to meet you." If the males in this 'class' where wolves, they would be drooling all over themselves. I put a hand on Cheza's shoulder and pulled her a little closer to me as we walked down the aisle to the back of the class. I liked it when she was close to me, her sent of flowers drowned out the stench of human. The 'teacher' told us to pull out our books and turn to page one hundred or other. We didn't have books, so we borrowed one from someone else. Then, it hit me, Cheza and I couldn't read human! And, of course, the 'teacher' calls on me to read first. As I raked my brain trying to think of some excuse, the ultiment lifesaver happed.
The loudest screaming sound I have ever heard in my life filled the classroom and some voice said, "Please leave the school immediately. This is not a drill." Then some human female started screaming as the rest of us rushed to the door. All of the humans where rushing into the hallways, so I grabbed a hold of Cheza's hand so I wouldn't loose her. We followed the humans outside, then turned around.
There were flames all over the place. It looked like someone pulling a fire-colored cloth over the building. I watched in awe. It was actually very beautiful, and quite easy to use yourself in it...I was brought back to reality when something grabbed me. I jumped, but it was only Cheza. I put a hand on her head, realizing that she was a flower and that flower's burn. Cheza and I left. "Don't worry Cheza, we'll find them again and they'll remember." I said as we listened to some loud, red trucks drive up. "This one knows that we will meet them again." She said, pulling away from me and walking down the street. I dropped my disguise and plodded along after her, breathing in the scents of fire, water, humans, and flowers.
