The Story of a Lonely Wolf Chapter 16: A Scary Conversation
"Ok," the vet said as he put his cell phone away, "I told my partner, Sara about this. She said it's a long shot, but we could try it. She will be over here shortly and will be brining what we need to do this. Right after we get Toboe stitched up and in a moveable conduction we will be taking him back to our office for farther treatment."
"Ok," Kiba replied.
"Do you think he'll be ok?" Hige asked.
"I'm not sure," the vet replied.
"Hey, Josh?" Cassi asked as she looked over at Josh who was once again sitting on the couch.
"Yes, Mom?" he asked.
"How come you all the sudden busted out like that?"
"What do you mean, Mom?" he asked with a little confusion in his voice.
"Well with you being so scared of dogs... and that gray one attacking you… I'd think you wouldn't care if Toboe died or not, and here you are sounding the most determined out of all of us about saving him," Cassi replied.
"I just thought about what you said, Mom. About how not all dogs are mean and how Toboe can't be mean if Hige owns him…. I see now Mom, that all dogs aren't bad. I don't know why I didn't figure it out till that gray dog attacked me, but something about the way that dog acted and the way Toboe acts showed me that not all dogs are bad."
"But you've never seen how Toboe acts…" Hige said.
"Hige, don't say anything," Kiba replied.
"Why not? He doesn't know Toboe."
"Just leave him be. He's not afraid anymore. He knows not all dogs are mean. Who cares if he knows how Toboe acts are not as long as he isn't scared anymore," Kiba replied.
"I still don't get how Tsume attacking him makes him not scared of dogs anymore," Hige said scratching his head.
"Here it's like this," Kiba began, "Josh saw not all dogs are mean by the way Toboe and Tsume act… see Tsume is a mean dog because he attacked him, but Toboe isn't a mean dog because he didn't attack him. So all in all he knows not all dogs are mean."
"Yeah, but he still hasn't seen how Toboe acts," Hige replied.
"Who cares as long as he knows not all dogs are bad," Kiba said.
"What was that? Did you say something about Tsume?" Cassi asked.
"No," Kiba replied.
"Oh ok, I must of misheard you," Cassi said with a little smile.
"Must have," Kiba replied as they all waited in the living room for Sara.
"I hope she hurries. This is awful," the vet said as he unwrapped all of Toboe's bandages.
"That's so gross," Josh said as he saw Toboe's neck. It was ripped open from when Blue had grabbed him.
"Oh poor thing," Cassi said as she saw the damage Blue had done.
"What happened to him?" the vet asked as he looked over the wolf.
"Well we aren't sure really," Hige said rubbing the back of his head, "All we heard was he got in a fight and was shot."
"I see," the vet replied, "How long ago was this?"
"Ummmm about five days ago I'd say."
"You left him like this for five days!"
"Hey come on man, it's not like we had the money to do this. If it wasn't for Cassi we'd still be under that house in the dirt and cold," Hige snapped back.
"Hey now, no need to start a fight," Cassi said stepping in between the Hige and the vet.
"What's your name anyway?" Kiba asked the vet.
"Huh? Oh I guess I told Cassi when you two where outside, it's Drake."
"Drake?" Hige asked, "There's no Dr. or Mr. thing?"
"Well yes, but I think it makes the patients feel more comfortable if they don't have to call me Dr." Drake replied.
"I see," Kiba said.
"Hey, where's that other guy you were with?" Josh asked.
"Other guy?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah, the one who brought Toboe in."
"Oh that's Tsume," Hige replied, "I bet he's still out on the front porch."
"Yup," Cassi said as she looked out the window, "He's still out there."
"Should we let him in?" Josh asked.
"No, he'll come in on his own," Kiba replied.
"Hey," Cassi said, "If he was outside why didn't he help Josh earlier?"
"What do you mean?" Kiba asked.
"Well he was sitting right there. I'm sure he heard Josh scream so why didn't he help him?"
"Uh," Hige replied.
"Well?" Cassi asked.
"I don't know," Kiba said.
"Bring him in here now," Cassi said a little bit angry.
"How come?" Josh asked.
"Because I want to talk to him," Cassi replied.
"Whoa…. You'd better do it Kiba. If you don't she'll make you clean the toilet," Hige said.
"No, I already did that remember," Josh replied.
"Oh yeah, you did," Hige said.
"Yeah, I almost fell in remember," Josh said as they both laughed.
"Hey!" Cassi yelled, "Get him in here now!"
"…" they all were speechless.
"Go get him, Kiba," Drake said, he too was getting scared.
"Why me?" Kiba asked.
"Because you're the bravest," Hige replied, "You're not scared of Tsume or Cassi so go."
"Well…" Cassi asked, "Whose going?"
"Come on, Kiba. It's not worth losing your life over," Hige said to Kiba.
"Losing my life?" Kiba asked. "Why would I lose my life?"
"Well either you do it and get us all out of trouble or you don't and either die in a freak cleaning accident or Josh, Drake, and I will kill you later for not doing it," Hige replied.
"Just do it, Kiba. Tsume is your friend, right?" Drake asked.
"Not exactly," Kiba replied.
"Well that doesn't matter. I'm sure he wouldn't kill you for making him come in here and talking to Cassi," Drake said. He was trying to look over Toboe's wounds and figure a way to do the surgery without killing him, but was having a very hard time with the pressure of an angry Cassi.
"Ok then, if he won't kill us for making him come in here then why don't you go?" Kiba asked Drake.
"Well because he isn't my friend and I'm trying to take care of Toboe."
"He's got you there pal," Hige said.
"Come on, I'm waiting," Cassi said.
"Fine I'll go," Kiba said annoyed and went out the front door.
"Should we hide?" Josh asked Hige.
"I'm not sure, "Hige replied, "This could get ugly and I really don't want to be in the middle of a fight between people like Tsume and Cassi."
"Oh come on now, there won't be a fight," Cassi said with a little smile, "I'm just gonna ask him why he didn't help that's all."
"Well knowing Tsume that could lead to a fight," Hige replied.
"So we should hide then?" Josh asked looking up at Hige.
"Not yet. We'll see what kind of a mood Tsume is in when he gets in here. Then we can decide wither to hide or not."
"And what should I do?" Drake asked.
"Do what you do best," Hige replied with a smile, "Take care of Toboe."
"But…" Drake replied. He had seen Tsume sitting on the porch from the window and he didn't look like the nicest person.
"Hige is right you know," Cassi said, "You did say you couldn't go get Tsume because you had to take care of Toboe. Well then if you can't get Tsume because you are busy with Toboe then you'll be to busy to hide too."
"Go Mom, you got him on that one," Josh said with a laugh.
"I know," Cassi replied with a smile, "You men I swear… going to hide over nothing…." Cassi said with a sigh.
"Yeah, but nothing could turn into something really fast when Tsume is involved," Hige said.
"Just wait and see. We are both adults and I'm sure we can come to an agreement," Cassi replied.
"Just because they have an adult body doesn't mean they'll have an adult mind you know," Drake said, he was now washing out Toboe's wounds. They had bled a lot since Kiba last changed them.
"Why are we even doing this?" Hige asked, "Toboe is over here dying and we are all joking around."
"I think it's a good thing," Drake said.
"How can it be good?" Hige asked.
"Toboe may be out, but he can still hear you know. I'm sure that he'd rather hear you guys laughing then crying don't you think?"
"Yes, I agree," Cassi said.
"Yeah, but during this fight we might end up crying," Hige said under his breath.
"What was that?" Cassi asked as she heard Hige mumble.
"Oh it was nothing," Hige said with a smile. Boy Kiba, I hope you're having better luck out there then we are in here, he thought to himself.
