Heya everyone! I've gotten some very scary and threatening reviews lately! looks around nervouslly So I'm updating! Just to make you happy! I love you all so much! tear Thank you! Thank you all! blows nose NOW! BACK TO THE MATTER AT HAND! laugh If you haven't read chapters 1 and 2, trust me. you're going to want to, or else your going to be stuck in the middle of lostville, population.. you! evil laugh alrighty then! Thank you to everyone who reviewed and brought be back to the fanfiction world and here's chapter three for ya'll!

Aya continued to walk towards her house, continually getting the feeling of being watched. She looked over her shoulder a number of times, but to no avail. "I'm going insane!" She said, looking around her. She turned back around and saw her house a little ways down. She sighed and suddenly started to think of the dog in the alley, and the one she continued to meet on the street. What if... What if they really are... they really are wolves? She shook her head frantically, almost running into a tree. Dammit! Concentrate Aya! Let's try to get home before you get a concusion! She thought to herself. Another cold shiver went up her spine and she spun around on her heel. "Okay. Now I know I'm being watched..." She said, gasping. "Oh no! What if it's one of those perverts they've been talking about!" She started panicing as a light brown dog sat in an alley.

Me! A pervert! Tch, Yeah right! He thought to himself, laughing mentally. He had been following Aya home since she left the office. He knew he had seen her before.

But where?

He poked his head around the corner of the wall, peeking at the panicking girl, looking around frantically for a 'pervert'.

Geez, these humans really are mental!

"Okay!" Aya said, quite loudly, startling the dog. "I'm going to give you to the count of three to come out before I grab my mace!" She said, feeling her legs turn to jelly. I'm gonna lose it! I CAN'T FEEL MY TOES! "I'm serious! I took karate for three years! Don't think I won't kick your sorry ass!"

Hige fell over from shock. Geez! Some mouth she's got! He sighed and shook his head. Might as well, I've got no other choice... He quickly and silently transformed into his human form and walked out of the alley, his hands in the air. "Don't shoot! I sware I didn't do it!" He said sarcastically. Aya stared at him and gasped when she realized where she saw him before.

"You! Have you been following me?"

"Following? I wouldn't call it that! I just decided to walk behind you!" He said grinning.

Aya glared at him. "Didn't I see you this morning? Who are you?"

"The name's Hige..." He said, holding out a hand. She took a few steps back and he raised an eyebrow. "Alright then... Sorry for.. er.. scaring you."

"I wasn't scared!" Aya said, glaring at him, even though she knew it was true. She noticed the collar around his neck. She gasped quietly and her eyes grew slightly wider.

"Okay... Can I ask what your name is?"

"Aya... Aya Setsume. I've got to go now..." She said, looking at his collar quickly. Getting one last look at him she turned around and put her hands in her coat pocket, walking back towards her house. She sighed as she stared down at the ground.

Hige stared after her. "Aya Setsume. Holy crap! Hey! Wait!" Hige called after her. When she didn't respond or even cast a glance at him he sighed. "Guess not then..." He turned on his heel and stuffed his hands in his hoodie pockets and walked the opposite (a/n: if that's not spelled right, you have the right to laugh and make fun of me... ;) direction.

Aya looked over her shoulder and saw Hige's retreating back and sighed happily. "I about had a heart attack... I betcha he was one of those perverts." She was suddenly filled with pride. "Yeah! That's it! And when he heard about my karate lessons he got scared! Or maybe it was the mace!" She laughed and pulled out her keys, seeing Masuki in the window, mewing at her. She unlocked the door and walked inside.

She slipped off her shoes and dropped her keys on the table by the door, and walked towards the kitchen. She opened up the cupboard as Masuki rubbed up against her legs. She looked down at her cat and smiled, pulling out a can of cat food and opening it. She bent down and emptied the food into her bowl.

Aya smiled and started towards her room. Masuki began eating her food and looked up at the window, starting to hiss. Aya sensed Masuki's discomfort and spun around, following the cat's gaze to the window. There sat the face of the dog from the street. She smiled and looked at the cat. "It's alright Masuki. He's a friend of mine." Masuki gazed up at Aya and mewed as her owner gave her a reasuring smile.

Aya walked to the door and opened it, looking over to where the dog was, but now, there stood a boy. Clad in a red button down shirt, forest green khakis, and army boots.

"What the..?" She said, looking around for the dog. The boy smiled up at her.

"Hello."

"Urm... Hi.. Can I.. Uh help you?" She said, smiling slightly at the boy and continuing to look around.

"Oh, no thanks. I'm just passing buy. Didcha loose somethin' miss?" He said, looking around as well.

Aya looked at him and shook her head. "Huh? Oh, No. Just uh... Nevermind..." She looked the boy over and noticed the bracelets on his right wrist. What the.. I saw those on the dog in the alley today! But how can... Who is... What if... Aya argued with herself. First boy on the street... With the collar. And now this kid shows up at my door with the same bracelets as I saw on that dog on the street earlier! God, I've got to be going phsyco! Unless... What if he's... a... Aya was pulled out of her track of thought, when the boy moved so she was looking him in the eye.

"Uh.. Are you okay?"

"Yeah.. I'm fine... Um... What's your name?"

"Toboe. What's your name?" He said smiling.

"Aya... Um.. It's nice to meet you Toboe... I've got to go now though... Bye..."

"Bye." Toboe said cheerfully and waving.

Aya walked inside and watched as the boy walked off. "I'm going insane... TGIF Aya... TGIF..." She said to herself. "Maybe a weekend of relaxing and a bit of shopping will snap me out of it." She said, sighing. She walked into her room and changed into some sweatpants and a tanktop. Then, walking back out towards the living room she grabbed her book and plopped down into a chair, beginning to read. Not long after, Masuki finished eating and jumped into her lap, curling up.

Aya closed her book later on and stretched, closing her eyes. Masuki mewed loudly at her because she had disrupted her sleep. Aya looked at the angry look on her cat's face and laughed, flicking her ear gently. "Oh chill. Little Miss Piss..." Masuki glared at her again and leaped off her lap and trotted into the bedroom. Aya looked at the clock. "Holy cow... It's 11 already?" She set the book down on the side table and stood up, walking into the kitchen and closing the curtains. She walked into the living room and closed the curtains on one of the windows. She moved to the next one and cast one last look out the window and closed the curtains. She locked the door and then walked into her bedroom. Masuki was laying curled up on the pillow and she smiled.

She climbed into the bed and as soon as her head hit the pillow she fell asleep. Only to be plagued by unpleasant dreams.

-Dream-

"Aya... Take care of Leena... I have a feeling... That.. I'm not going to be.. around..." An older looking boy, seeming to be about 18, lay on the ground, a bullet wound to the shoulder, chest, and stomach.

"No! Don't say that Haru! We're all going to be together! Always! And we'll go with everyone else! Kiba, and Tsume, and Hige! And Toboe! And Leena! We're all going to go to paradise! Together!" A young girl was kneeling next to the boy, tears flowing from her eyes.

"Awe. C'mon Aya..." He said, coughing a bit. "You know I can't go... besides... I'll just slow you guys down... Tsume... wouldn't want to put up with me..."

"Well he's going to have to! You're coming with us Haru! We all promised Mom and Dad!" She said, shaking her head furiously. "We promised that we'd go to paradise for them! We all promised Haru! You can't leave! I can't take care of Leena by myself... You're all we have left!" She said, gripping the material of her pants.

"Now that... Isn't true... You both have Kiba and Tsume. And Hige and Toboe..." Haru put a hand on the her cheek, tears rolling over it while it was placed there. "Besides... I know... You can... do it. You big... you big... weenie..." His eyes slowly closed as his hand slipped from her cheek.

"HARU! HARU! NO! WAKE UP!" She shook his body and pounded on his chest. "You can just leave us! You... big jerk..." Her form changed into that of a canine and her dark brown eyes closed. She looked to the sky, a long sorrowful howl escaping her throat as the wind gently blew through her black fur.

-End Dream-

Aya sat bolt upright, screaming. Sweat and tears rolled down her face. "What.. What the hell!" She brought her legs to her chest. "Who are all these people..?" She stood up quickly and ran towards the hall closet, tripping over a shoe. She brought herself up again and opened the door to the closet, and tore through it. "C'mon... Where is it!" She continued to pull things out until she was at the back of the closet. There, in dim light, covered in dust, sat an aged looking book. She pulled it out gently and stood, returning to the bedroom and flipping on the light switch. She sat down on the bed and set the book in her lap, blowing on it as dust flew from it, scattering across the room.

"This is it... My past... What.. What is it?" She said. She placed her fingers under the front cover and slowly opened it up.

Immeadiately the first picture in the book, there stood an 18 year old boy, a younger girl upon his shoulders, looking to be about 6. Infront of him with her fingers forming a peace sign, grinning ear to ear, stood another girl, looking to be about 7 or 8. Beside her was a boy her age. Shaggy brown hair, crimson eyes, his arms draped across her shoulders and another boy beside him. The boy was smiling lopsidedly, his light blue eyes smiling as well, with his arms crossed. Next to him was another boy, looking to be younger than the rest, about the same age as the girl on the older boy's shoulders. He stood smiling brightly. The bracelets on his wrists looking as if they were going to fall off because they were so big. Next to the older boy stood another, about his age. His eyes looked cold and he looked as if he was trying to force himself to smile with the rest. His arms were crossed and his snow white hair was pulled into a low pony tail at the base of his head.

Aya ran a digit over the picture, smiling slightly as a tear fell from her eyes. "Now... I remember... My friends... This was my life..." She closed her eyes a bit as she stared at the aged photo. "Whatever happened? What happened to our plan...? To go to paradise..." Her eyes slowly moved from the picture towards the names written under it. She read along them and suddenly stopped. "Holy... Shit..."

DUN DUN DUN! BWA HA HA! lol

n e ways

i know that this is a bit different from the real show. someone pointed this out to me in an email not long ago. thank you for that! n e ways. in the anime, they are in a futuristic world, searching for paradise. in my story, it kind of has the same characteristics. its just a bit more present time. some one else also pointed out that they don't transform... which sadly i didn't realize until i had finished the first two chapters. the plot was already layed out by that time and i couldn't change that, so please dont flame me about that and i tried to change it so it made more sense but every1 at skewl kept telling me they liked it this way, so yeah... sorry 'bout that; okie dokie! a new twist has been added! betcha didn't know she had no idea why she was having those dreams and anything about her past! XD n e ways. R&R! see that button? right there? bottom left hand corner? yeah! thats it! click it! then review!