/Flashback/
"It's ok little guy, come on, you can have it," the nice old woman said as she tried to feed the little brown wolf. "What's the matter?"
"It smells awful," Toboe wined.
"Sorry little guy, but I don't speak dog," she replied with a smile.
"Yeah, I noticed," Toboe said a little annoyed.
"Here, let me try something else," she said and put the food she was trying to feed Toboe back in the fridge. "Try this," she said as she put some milk in a bottle.
"Mmmmm…. Yeah, this is a lot better!" Toboe said and started drinking the milk out of the bottle.
"Well judging by your barks, I think you like it," she said with a smile.
"Yeah!" Toboe replied and jumped on her lap and licked her face.
"Oh my, thank you," she said with a laugh then pick up the little pup. "Hmmm… you need a name don't you little guy. "Hmmm… Oh I know, how about Toboe?"
"Yeah sure, that sounds good… I think," Toboe said not really knowing what she was talking about.
"Well then Toboe it is," she said with another laugh, "You can just call me Granny, ok?"
"Ok," Toboe replied and wagged his tail.
/End Flashback/
"Hey, do you smell that?" Hige asked as he and Kiba walked down a nearby street.
"It smells like blood," Kiba replied. "Like wolf's blood."
"Then it must a wolf, I guess," Hige said as they continued to walk. "Do you think its Tsume or the Runt?"
"It smells like a young wolf," Kiba said as he sniffed the air, "It's probably Toboe. Come on, let's go find him."
"Why? It's not like he hangs around with us or anything," Hige said as he followed the white wolf's human form down the garbage filled alley.
"He's still our friend," Kiba replied.
"I wouldn't consider him a friend, and besides why is it always up to us to save him. Why can't Tsume do it?"
"Come on now, I bet Tsume is looking for him too," Kiba replied.
"I don't think so, that guy. I don't even know why we put up with him, all he is is trouble."
"He doesn't cause all the trouble," Kiba said and looked back at Hige.
"Well ok, we all get in trouble, I guess," Hige replied knowing Kiba was right.
"Besides if you were hurt wouldn't you want Toboe or Tsume to come find you?"
"Well yeah, I guess," Hige replied.
"See, if you would want someone to find you then don't you think Toboe would want someone to find him?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah," Hige replied. "Here's a question. Why do you think Toboe likes Tsume so much? I mean, how can he think he's nice? I think he's nothing but a big jerk."
"Because he wants to be with someone. He hates being alone and Tsume isn't so bad."
"Yeah right, he doesn't care about anyone but himself."
"That's not true, not true at all. You've seen him save Toboe before. He just acts tough, that's all."
"Whatever you say, but I still think he's a jerk," Hige replied.
"We are getting close. I can smell Toboe now," Kiba said as they neared the building with the hole in it.
"Yeah, I can too and it sure smells like Toboe," Hige said as he smelled the air.
"Come on, start looking," Kiba said as they walked around the building.
"Hey, Kiba…" Hige said after a few minutes of looking.
"Yeah?" Kiba replied.
"I think I found him," Hige replied as he saw the trail of blood leading into the little hole. "Man, he must have gotten hurt pretty bad. Look at all this blood," he said as Kiba walked over beside him. "I wonder what happened to him," Hige said as Kiba knelt down and looked in the hole.
"I don't know, but he's in there all right. Come on, let's go in," Kiba said and let his barrier down so he looked like a wolf.
"Are you crazy? We'll never fit in there, and besides it stinks."
"Come on, it gets bigger the farther you go in. At least he isn't in a sewer."
"Yeah right…" Hige said a little annoyed. "Ok…" he said and let his barrier down as well.
"See I told you we'd fit," Kiba said as they crawled though the hole and over to Toboe.
"Is he dead?" Hige asked.
"No, he's alive."
"Just barely," Hige replied.
"He's asleep. Good, it will bring some of his strength back. Can you go find some water and a rag so I can was some of this blood off?" Kiba asked.
"Why not just lick it off?" Hige asked the big white wolf.
"Because it could get infected if it's not cleaned properly."
"Hmmm…. Yeah, you're right, I guess. Hey don't you want some bandages too, to wrap up his wounds?"
"Yeah, that would be good," Kiba replied.
"Ok… I'll try my best to find some. I'll be back in a little while, I guess," Hige said and crawled back out of the little hole and put his barrier back up so looked like a human again.
"Alright…" Kiba said as he watched Hige walk away. "Now, let's see what happened to you," Kiba said as he looked back to Toboe and began looking over his wounds.
