The Story of a Lonely Wolf Chapter 26: Secrets Reviled
"Where did he go?" Tsume asked when he caught up with Kiba.
"I don't know," Kiba replied as they ran down the street dodging the people that were walking on the dirty sidewalk.
"Damn that kid," Tsume said in an annoyed voice as they looked around for the little wolf. "We go through all that trying to find him, then we do find him and save his life and he thanks us by just by running off."
"He must have had a good reason. Toboe isn't the kind of person to do something like this for no reason," Kiba replied.
"Well he'd better tell us what it is once we find him," Tsume said.
"Let's spilt up, we'll never find him this way," Kiba said as he quickly jumped out of the way of a little kid. He was careful not to run into any humans.
"Yeah, these damn humans stink up the air with their cars. This air is so polluted during the day when they are using their cars that I can't smell anything that is more then two feet away," Tsume replied.
"I know what you mean," Kiba said, "Ok, you go down that way and I'll keep going this way," Kiba said and pointed to the left. There was another main street that Toboe might have run down. Kiba was going to keep searching on the street they were currently on.
"Ok, we'll meet back at the vet's office in an hour to see if we found anything," Tsume said as he ran down the road as Kiba instructed.
"Right," Kiba replied and headed down the road.
Where are you, you damn kid? Tsume asked himself as he ran around all the people in search of Toboe. He was getting really tired of searching for this kid.
Where am I supposed to go too? Toboe asked himself as he ran down a busy street. He was in his human form. He wanted to look human. He didn't want to be a wolf anymore. He didn't want to be a monster. All he wanted was to be a normal person like everyone else.
"Watch it, kid!" a man yelled angrily as Toboe ran into him The impact caused Toboe to fall to the ground.
"I'm sorry," Toboe said as he looked up at the angry man.
"Stupid kids," the man muttered before he walked away.
"I'm sorry," Toboe said sadly in a whisper as he slowly got up and walked down the sidewalk.
"Toboe, Toboe!" Tsume called as he ran down the street. All the yelling he was doing was causing people to stop and stare at him like he was crazy, but Tsume didn't care. They were only stupid humans anyway.
"Toboe!" Kiba hollered as he ran down the street. The people didn't pay as much attention to him as they did to Tsume. "Toboe, where are you?" Kiba hollered again hoping to find the injured pup before someone else did.
"So what is going on?" Cassi asked Hige as they waited for the wolves to return.
"I dunno," Hige replied with a sigh, "Toboe just needed some time alone I guess."
"Do you think Tsume and Kiba can find him?" Sara asked as she sat on the examining table Toboe had been lying on a little while ago.
"Oh yeah, they can find him no problem. Don't worry about that," Hige replied with a reassuring smile.
"What's wrong, Josh?" Cassi asked as she looked at her son. He was sitting in the corner with his arms folded around his knees. His head was buried in his knees and he was quietly sobbing.
"Josh?" Sara asked when they noticed he was crying. At that moment the two women's motherly instincts took over and they walked over to the crying child and began comforting him.
"What's wrong, Honey?" Cassi asked as she sat down next to Josh and held him close letting him cry into her chest.
"It's my fault, Mom. It's my fault Toboe ran away. He's mad at me," Josh said through his tears.
"Awwww, I'm sure Toboe's not mad at you, Josh," Sara said as she kneeled down in front of Josh and gave him a gentle smile.
"No, you don't get it... he is mad at me... and I'm the reason he left," Josh cried into Cassi's chest.
"What are you talking about?" Drake asked as he stood next to Hige.
"Toboe is mad at me," Josh said again.
"Why is he mad at you?" Cassi asked.
"I can't tell you," Josh said. Josh saying he couldn't tell gave Hige a very relived look on his face. He was just hoping Josh could keep the secret. He knew kids sometimes cracked under pressure like this. He knew they weren't out of the doghouse yet, but he was hopeful it would turn out alright.
"Why can't you tell us?" Sara asked as they all stared at Josh.
"Because I just can't. If I do then everyone will be mad at me," Josh replied.
"Everyone?" Drake asked, "Who's everyone?"
"Everyone… Hige, Kiba, Toboe, and Tsume," Josh said.
"Really…" Cassi said as she looked away from Josh and up at Hige.
"Hige…" Sara said as she too looked up at the teen, "What does he mean by that?"
"Mean by what?" Hige said with a nervous smile. "It's just another joke… right, Josh?" Hige said as he looked down at them.
"You're not trying to trick us twice are you, Kid?" Drake asked, his arms where folded over his chest.
"Huh?" Josh replied as he looked up from the two women and at the male vet.
"Are you lying to us again, Josh?" Cassi asked as she looked back at Josh. Her eyes where once again beginning to fill with anger, but she wasn't going to let any of it escape until she knew if her boy was lying or not.
The look on Josh's face was a mixed emotion of fear, uncertainty, and sadness. He didn't know what to do. He didn't want to tell the wolves' secret, but he didn't want to get in trouble either. This made Hige feel very sorry for Josh. He sadly looked at the floor trying to figure out what to do.
"Well?" Sara asked.
"No, he's not lying… he never was," Hige said quietly.
"Huh?" the three adults asked as they looked up at Hige.
"What do you mean?" Drake asked.
"Josh was never lying. He was just trying to help us out," Hige admitted.
"What are you talking about?" Drake asked again. He wanted to know what was going on.
"Well…" Hige began, "It's like this…"
"Hige!" Josh yelled.
"No, its ok, Josh. I mean we can't hide forever, right?" Hige said with a small smile.
"Hide what?" Cassi asked, "What are you talking about, Hige?"
"Let's just say we aren't who you think we are. We've been deceiving you this whole time, all of you..."
"What?" Sara asked as she stared at Hige with a confused look on her face.
"The truth is… Toboe isn't my dog. He's a member of my pack, and Tsume and Kiba are too," Hige said as he stared at the white tile floor. He was trying to think of a way to word this so that the humans could understand what he meant without them thinking he was crazy.
"Pack mates?" Drake asked confused.
"Yes…" Hige replied. "I can't think of a very good way to explain this to make it sound believable so I'll show you instead," Hige said with another small smile then let his barrier down to show them his true from.
"What the…?" Sara said as she stared in shock. She couldn't believe this. The teenage boy who stood before her was no more. A light brown wolf stood before her now.
"What's going on?" Drake asked, "What kind of joke is this? Where'd Hige go?" he said in a surprised voice as he looked around the room for Hige.
"That is Hige…" Cassi said as she stared at the wolf.
"How do you know that?" Drake asked.
"Look… his collar... he's wearing the same collar Hige had on and the look in his eyes. Even thought they are a different color then before. That's the same friendly look from Hige's eyes, he's a wolf." Cassi replied.
"How is that possible?" Drake asked as he moved away from the wolf. It was true. He did love animals very much; this just made him a little uncomfortable.
"They are all wolves," Josh said. "That's why Toboe is mad at me. When I came in here he was a human. That's how I found out their secret and that's why he left. Hige, you know Tsume and Kiba are going to be really mad at you when they find out you told everyone."
"I know they are," Hige replied, "But I don't care. We couldn't hide it anymore and we are going to Paradise. We won't be here much longer anyway."
"To Paradise?" Cassi asked.
"Yep, we are trying to find the flower maiden and go to Paradise," Hige replied.
"What's Paradise?" Sara asked.
"Well…" Hige said again. He wasn't sure if he should tell them about Paradise, but he knew they wouldn't do anything to interfere in their plans and they now knew they were wolves and were going to Paradise. So he decided it wouldn't hurt and plus it could give them something to talk about while they waited for Tsume and Kiba to return with Toboe.
"Come on, Hige. Tell us about Paradise!" Josh said. He wanted to find out all he could about the wolves and Paradise. He wasn't crying or sad anymore now that he knew he wasn't in trouble and that the wolves weren't going to hurt him or his mother.
"Ok… it begins like this..." Hige began telling them the story of the Book of the Moon and how they where searching for Paradise.
(AN:) Hey guys. Sorry I haven't talked to you in awhile. Been sick the passed week and the modem on my computer broke. But all is well now so I updated lol. This story is nearing it's end... it will only be two or three more chapters... or so I plan... I never thought it would be this long but it is… so... yeah... two or three more chapters… maybe more… anyways… thank you so much for all your reviews. They've helped me a lot. Ok I must give some of my credit on this story to Icypanther. I have used some of her ideas on this story so I felt it only right if I gave her some credit. THANK YOU! lol. Love ya lots (not in a gay way of course) and I love your story Racing for Freedom, by the way. Well that's all I have to say for now. Thanks for reading and I hope you'll put up with me till this story's end. Bye, bye for now!
