The next morning Kiba had awoken before the rest of the pack. It was his reasoning that the leader of the pack must wake up first to ensure that all is well. He looked around the small hotel room. Toboe had passed out last night with the TV still on. He thought about this for a moment and then chuckled lightly. Typical pup, leaving the TV on before going to bed. He changed into his human form and walked up to the TV, he was about to turn it off when he heard a voice. "Hey! Hige no fair, that's my doughnut..." Toboe whined in his sleep. Kiba chuckled again quietly. Kiba turned off the TV and sat in the dull predawn light of the moon coming through the window. He was drifting back to sleep again when he heard a strange scratching noise from under the bed. He dropped to the ground and crept slowly and carefully under the bed. At first he couldn't see a thing, then after a moment his vision began to pick up everything under the bed, even the tiny little dust bunnies. He saw a little lynx scratching at the underside of the bed. "Hey!" he said once he had snuck close enough to her. She jumped and her claws went right into the underside of the bed. "Yow! Don't scare me like that!" she exclaimed startled. "Don't scratch at the underside of the bed, that matress could crush you..." he replied in a concerned voice. She righted herself and began to rub against his canine form purring. "D-don't do that..." he told her backing away. "Why not?" she asked cocking her head to show confusion. "I'm a wolf of canine descent, your a lynx of feline descent..." he told her sternly. "It doesn't matter to me..." she replied absently while staring at him. "W-why are you staring?" he asked nervously. "I can't get enough of looking at you, even in your wolf form you're still so handsome... Cheza was so lucky..." she replied, he could tell she was daydreaming. "S-stop staring at me like that!" he said in a shaking yet stern voice. She began to rub against him again and purr, she was enjoying herself but he was so tense every muscle in his body was tighted to a point where anymore pressure would cause his whole body to break down. He was tense to say the least, the fact that another person was stirring made him even more tense. Careful not to hurt her he slipped past her and came out from under the bed to see who it was.
As soon as he came out he noticed a blanket wrapped around Cher. Only one person showed that kind of care for her. Kiba could see the light on in the bathroom, ovbiously Hubb was in the bathroom. "More beer!" he heard the old man snore drunkly. At that moment Hubb walked out of the bathroom and noticed him awake. "Good morning, Kiba... Sleep well?" he asked. "As best I could..." Kiba responded. "Bathroom's all yours..." Hubb told him. "Thanks, I really have to go..." Myu said climbing out from under the bed and rushing to the bathroom. Kiba could tell Hubb was about to say something. "Save it, I'm not in the mood for any wise-cracks..." he commanded quietly and exasperatedly. They both heard a loud snoring and turned to see the old man. "He slept the whole night through..." Hubb said smiling. "Now I know he's had more than 30 drinks..." Kiba replied. Then came a loud grumbling sound. "Three... Two... One..." they both counted and Hige was up and around in a matter of moments. "Man am I hungry..." he whined as he woke up, "I had the craziest dream... I dreamed I was fighting with Toboe over a giant doughnut..."
Eventually the entire pack was up except Queant, he was still deep in his druken-sleep condition and had to be carried out of the inn. As the pack was leaving town there were less cats then when they entered the town. This made Kiba remember what that skruffy-looking bastard of a cat said to him the day before. Myu had called him Hakauryu, as if she could hear his thoughts she began. "I knew Hakauryu once... When I first got here, he was the first person I met, he used to be a nice guy... He didn't like canines but he respected them and thier right to live. Then one day he came home covering his left eye, something had happened to him and he's had an eye-patch over that eye ever since, since then he's been talking about revolutions and wars and chasing the canines out of Paradise..." she explained, "All the sensible felines know that canines and felines both belong in this world but he won't listen..." "There's only one thing to do about an asshole like that!" Tsume replied. "Beat the tar out of 'em..." Hige finished. "Wait a second, did you say his leftt eye?" Cher asked. "What's wrong?" Toboe and Blue asked. "Well, Darcia had an eye patch over his wolfen eye when he was in his human form..." Cher mused, "Is this merely a coincidence?" "Is it even possible?" Toboe wondered. "Of course not, this Hakauryu is a feline, Darcia was an evil wolf..." Tsume corrected. "Well, we're not gonna' get anywhere pondering the situation..." Hige replied, "Com'n you guys're all digging into this way too much, we may never even see this guy again..." Blue commented. They walked along in their human forms, no one noticed when Myu began to cling to Kiba's arm. No one also noticed the sweatdrop and reddening on Kiba's face. What made it amazing is they were all walking along behind him and no one noticed the cat leaning on the wolf. He pulled his arm out of her grip, trying not to hurt her. It was too late by the time his arm came out of her arms. The hurt in her eyes was obvious even though she only continued to walk along at his side. He could sense her disappointment, it made him uncomfortable as well. "Myu, I-I'm sorry... I just don't feel comfortable being embraced like that... Not so soon after..." Kiba apologized. She looked disappointed but seemed to understand what he meant.
As night turned to day, the pack slowed from exhaustion. "I sure miss that hotel room..." Hige commented. He went ignored though, or no one cared to respond. They had finally settled into a campsite, building a campfire to warm themselves by. Kiba was one of the first to doze off, that's when the dream took shape and away from his current reality.
In this dream he heard a voice; as clear as day, more distant than last time, and with it came a familiar scent. Then she came, Cheza like a vision from the past. He could smell her scent. "Kiba, I'm sorry I had to leave you... I was meant only to guide you to Paradise..." she explained. "What do you mean?" he asked. "There's something else I'm supposed to do... I supposed to tell you, you hold the future of that world. Or rather your offspring... You have met the girl I sent there for you right?" she asked. Kiba took on a surprised look; Myu was what Cheza had been talking about! "Does this actually mean that I am to take a feline as my mate?" he wondered. "Yes, that is true..." Cheza replied, "Though it pains me still to have to give you away, I am dead and there's nothing I can do... Embracing her will make you happier than holding to my memory..." "Wait, I'm a wolf, she's a lynx! There's no way there could be a hybrid!" he retorted. "You have to remember, Kiba, this is Paradise... Every creature can berth hybrids here..." she explained, "I'm out of time, it's morning already... This is the last time I can talk to you... Good-bye Kiba..." she bidded as she fadded away into the darkness of his dreams.
He awoke to find himself still laying by the smoldering ashes of the previous night's fire. Oddly enough, everyone else had been up long before him. They were wondering about going about morning rituals. He began to stand up in his human form, strangely enough Cher was the first to greet him. "Good morning Kiba, sleep well?" she asked. "As well as could be expected..." he trailed off without much of a thought. "You look a bit green so to speak, are you feeling alright?" she asked. "Just fine... How're the others?" he replied. "Com'n now, you should rest! You do everything for us, we're not pups we can take care of ourselves... Besides you're not a superhero, you can't always do everything..." she tried to ease him. "It's my responsibility to protect, provide for, and watch after my pack... I am the pack-leader after all, until I'm sure a member of my pack can stand on his own feet, I will watch out for them..." he argued, "You and your mate Hubb are no exception..." Kiba walked past her and examined his pack-mates as they went about their daily business. Hige and Blue flirted shamelessly already, Myu sat lazily in a tree, Queant was still in his alcohol-induced slumber, Tsume had sat alone as he always did, Toboe was staring at the sky wondering about something, Hubb was getting a drink out of a nearby pond. Kiba took a 'patrol' around the campsite, making sure every packmember was there and accounted for. When he found everything alright he laid down again, his head was swimming again. As the group was settling down that night Toboe heard a high-pictch noise and saw a feint light on the horizon. He thought about it for a second and seemed to realize something. "Uh-oh..." he muttered under his breath.