Chapter 9: A Happy Reunion
The hairs on the back of my neck tingled as I slowly woke up. Someone was watching me, and it was giving me the creeps. I tensed my mussels and leapt forward, to where the feel of someone watching me came from. I heard a yelp as I collided with something. I opened my eyes at stared in shock at the figure before me. It was Toboe! In his true from! He was staring at me like I had hit him. Oops…I did hit him! "Oh Toboe, I'm sorry I hit you." He cut me off by yelling "KIBA!". I winced. How could he yell so loud without hurting his own ears? He ran around me in circles, chanting my name. Then, Cheza woke up and that got another ear-splitting squeal out of him and he licked Cheza's hand. She just laughed and laughed. It made me feel a little left out.
Toboe stopped licking her hand and walked over to me. "Hey, Kiba? Have you seen Tsume?" He said, his eyes full of hope. "Sorry, Toboe. You're the first one we've found." I said, feeling bad as Toboe whimpered, looking dejected. "Don't worry, we'll find him." I said as Cheza petted him. I heard a noise behind me and whipped around. "Chill Kiba, it's only us." A still-chubby Hige said with the half-wolf Blue at his side.
It was my turn to shout for joy. Hige and I ran around each other, I was trying to bite his tail and he was trying to bite mine. We stopped abruptly and started to laugh. Toboe was very happy to see Blue and they where soon rapped up in a deep conversation about "Pops", Blue's owner, Quent. I flopped down next to Cheza and she put her hand on my head. I've been looking for my pack for awhile now, and to have most of them just show up was a huge surprise for me. I was so happy. Only one thing could have made me any happier...
"So you decided to start the party without me?" A normally gruff voice said. But most of the gruff-ness was replaced with joy. "TSUME!" Toboe yelled, nearly knocking the gray wolf over. "Watch it pup, or I could eat you!" he shouted, chasing a squealing Toboe around. "Now who's acting like a puppy?" Hige said, taking Tsume's happiness to his advantage. Tsume stopped chasing Toboe and gave Hige a sarcastic look. "Oh? Why, look who's talking. It's Chubby." He says with a sneer on his face. This is not going to be good... "Don't call me Chubby." He says very angrily. "What do you want me to call you then? Fatso?" Tsume replied in a very sarcastic tone. I decided to stop this right now before it got out of hand.
"Guys, knock it off. Let's not ruin this reunion with fighting." I said, standing in-between them. They glared at each other, but backed off. I stood back and watched the anarchy that results when a group of old friends gets back together. I was so happy because I was surrounded by my friends. But we had something very important to discuss. "Guys, we have to talk about something, something very important." They stopped goofing off. I saw one word in their eyes: Paradise.
We formed a circle. "Are we going to look for Paradise, or write it off as a lost cause?" I asked. Everyone, including me, started talking at once. "SHUT UP!" Tsume shouted. We all stopped talking at once. "Everyone that thinks we should continue to look for Paradise, stand up." No one stood up. We were all thinking it over. Then, one by one, we all stood up. We all wanted to continue are seemingly timeless search for Paradise. "To Paradise!" Hige shouted and we joined in, howling in agreement. I looked over at Cheza. She was standing also, meaning that she agreed with our choice. Then we all stood and headed for the city limits.
I am sorry for the short chapter (looks longer in my word processor) and I'm sorry for the wait. I just...couldn't write anymore (In other words, I got bored with it). Now the plot will (finally) start to move along. One last side-thingy and we're off! To Paradise! ;)
(BTW, there is no 'I'll update when I get such-in-such reviews because 1: I don't know how many reviews I have right now and 2: I don't have the next chapter written.)
Kyuuka kaze
