A/N: I don't know if the humans in the original series would be reborn, as Cher said there would probably be new humans to. We never did see entirely what happened after the season finale. So, in my fic they were reborn, but will never regain memories of their past lives. For the sake of this fic, I'm only making it that humans that had any sort of contact with the wolves came back into the world. Those wolves made the world that way. Hope that makes sense. Oh, and Bruce is not Ruse from the original series. He's just a new little boy I came up with. Hope you enjoy.
The pair walked onto the street the dogs still barking furiously. The two looked at each other nervously being able to understand that the scent of whomever they were barking at was weird. It brought up memories of waiting for someone outside a pub, and being confused. She sometimes remembered she hated wolves, and then something had happened to change her mind. What was that? The dogs began struggling even harder against their restraints, and the source of their frustration became obvious. It was a young male, and he was clad in a jacket and had scars on his face. He looked determined and wore a look that was not quiet human. If Blue didn't know better she thought she would have seen him snarl. He was running and looked to be in a hurry. For some reason, Blue had always been able to hear things other people did not. She thought she heard the boy mutter something about, " the scent is near." Then he took off to leave the dogs panting from all the furious barking.
"Am I the only one who found that oddly familiar?" Hige asked in astonishment as he looked at the boy in the jacket take off.
"No, I feel as if I'm missing something major." Blue sighed and tugged on her red scarf. Hige put his hands behind his head and felt his stomach rumble. He blushed slightly looking embarrassed.
"I'm sorry about that, I haven't eaten in a while." Hige gave a grin and Blue shook her head.
"Well, we could go get some dinner. I'm going to a meeting later," Blue said and Hige looked at her curiously.
"You mean the meeting of that new church? Yeah well, that old pal of mine I mentioned is Quent Yaiden. He needed some work done around the house, so I helped him once. We became friends. He's really against his wife getting into this whole religion thing." Hige revealed and Blue looked startled.
"I had him in my house once, after he'd gotten drunk and gotten in trouble for stealing some liquor." Blue told Hige. Hige didn't seem surprised.
"Yeah, the old man does have a bit of a problem with the bottle." Hige agreed at they began to walk towards the restaurant. It was a fairly moderate priced place. It was well liked in the city, and Hige just looked relieved to be eating anything at all.
"So, why are you helping me? I mean shouldn't you be thinking I'm a bum and a jerk being evicted from my apartment?" Hige finally questioned Blue and she turned to him, her eyes were slightly misty.
"Because, I know we've known each other. That's what makes this so frustrating! I see and feel all these things I knew. I have brief glances of my past. But that's it, nothing gets resolved. I can't help feeling that I really must remember. If I don't remember then I'll go through life kidding myself," Blue found herself saying seriously. Hige gave her a sympathetic look.
"If it helps, I really don't know much about myself either. I feel like I woke up right after a major event. There are times I get these pangs of guilt, and there are times I get these feelings of happiness. Sometimes I feel myself wanting to run and keep running for a goal that's not really there," Hige looked sheepish and continued. "I'm sure that sounded really stupid." Blue smiled at him and patted his hand.
"No, it didn't. Believe it or not, I understand what you're saying." Blue comforted him. They ordered and sat in silence for a few moments, Hige thinking about when he'd run into Toboe. Toboe had been outside his house rummaging through the garbage. He'd been a bit mean to the kid and even called him runt. He found that a bit weird, most people only used runt for dogs or other animals. Though there were times he felt like he wanted to maul something or dig. He was being crazy, he wasn't an animal and he didn't have claws. So, why did he feel like he did? Hige was interrupted by his thoughts when he saw Blue turn her attention to the bar. Quent had just come in looking haughty and slightly pissed off. He ordered some strong mixed drink and gulped it down quickly. The bartender looked shocked as he ordered another.
"Sir, are you sure you shouldn't take it easy?" The young bartender looked slightly nervous at the rate the man was consuming alcohol.
"That my business how much I want to drink. I can't be at home now with all the religious bullshit my wife keeps trying to cram down my throat." Quent sneered and downed another shot. Blue looked apprehensive, and Hige was trying to eat as quietly as possible. He didn't want to look like he was eavesdropping.
"I see that your wife must be one of those new Christians. My sister is into that to. It is pretty annoying to have them harp on about how they're praying for you." The bartender did his best to sympathize with Quent, who only grunted in response. Blue had been so busy surveying him she hadn't paid much attention to her food.
"Blue, your food is here." Hige pointed out politely. Blue quickly turned back and began to pick at her plate, and see seemed gloomy all of a sudden.
"Seeing him again, for some reason makes me feel sad." Blue pointed out and Hige gave her a curious look. Quent decided to quit drinking for a minute and stare around to see what his company was. Unfortunately for Blue, he seemed to recognize her.
"Hey, I remember you." Quent hiccupped slightly and Blue felt herself wanting to ask how he could remember her.
"Mr.Yaiden, does your wife know you're out drinking?" Blue reprimanded. The man chuckled and gave his head a sloppy shake.
"All she cares about right now is how many people she can convert and singing songs and getting my son Bruce involved in that," his eyes flared up suddenly, "I mean damn the kid is only five!" There seemed to be a roar in his voice. Hige wolfed down his food in case they had to leave.
"Maybe she's just giving people hope and some way to cope with their lives." Blue suggested gently. Quent made dug his nails into his hands and drank his third shot.
"There is no hope. We're all just little parasites who suck whatever we can whenever we can. If there was some mighty God you think he'd help what hellhole this place has become." Quent finally noticed Hige.
"Hey, you're that kid who was helping me for a bit. Where'd you go anyway?" Quent questioned. Hige looked a bit taken a back at being noticed.
"I got my own place, and was doing some construction work. That was until they decided I wasn't cut out for it." Hige didn't expand and Quent gave him suspicious look.
"In any case, I'm going to go crash at a hotel tonight. If I hear the preaching I might go out of mind." With that, the man left and Blue gazed after him. The pair finished their meal and Blue paid. Blue insisted on paying because she felt it was only right for friends to treat friends.
"Were we friends before we lost our memories?" Blue suddenly questioned as she and Hige were walking back. Hige looked at her, his hands in his pockets.
"I don't know, all I know is I have some sort of connection to you. I know we've met, somewhere before." There were walking in nowhere in particular, both wanting to keep each other's company a bit longer. They thought it might somehow begin to unravel some of their hazy memories. It was then that they saw that same boy in the jacket that'd caused such a racket with the neighborhood dogs. A guy with a ponytail, a white ponytail, and black leather was pursing him. Blue gasped as she realized whom it was.
"It's Tsume!" She gasped and Hige jerked his head towards what Blue was referring to. It was indeed Tsume, and Toboe was in the sidecar. They were after the boy they'd seen earlier, and he was now riding a very expensive motorcycle. He looked frantic and was going way over the speed limit.
"They're going to get themselves killed!" Blue shouted and began to make a beeline for the two motorcycles. Of course, she was on foot and had no possible way of keeping up with the two vehicles.
"Damn, it looks like Tsume really wants to catch that guy." Hige remarked. Blue grabbed his hand and bolted for home. "Hey, what the hell are you doing?" Hige asked in a startled way.
"I'm getting my car, if we hurry we might catch up to them. I want to know what's going on." Blue replied and the two ran to get to Blue's car that was parked in front of her home. Blue managed to fish out her keys and Hige piled himself into the passenger's side. He looked hesitant to speak, but did so.
"Not to be a downer, but they could be halfway across town by now." Hige said in a hesitant voice. Blue revved up the car and screeched off. She usually did not drive like this, but something was telling her that catching up to Tsume and Toboe was really important. She didn't know what exactly was telling her that, but it was something rooted deep in her gut. She pulled the car seat up closer to the steering wheel and concentrated on going across town.
"I know this seems crazy, but I can't shake this feeling that this is something I need to do. If want to get out I can drop you off," Blue told him in a hurried voice. Hige wrinkled his nose for a minute and then shook his head.
"You've been nice enough to get me dinner, and somehow I get the feeling you're right. I know Tsume and Toboe, and well I'm sure it's something important." Hige replied and Blue felt happy that she wasn't the only one who got these weird flashbacks and connections to seemingly unrelated things. Hige sat back and closed his eyes, and didn't seem too bothered by the fast pace Blue was taking. As for the church meeting, it would have to wait. If only one shred of Blue's past came to light, that would be enough for her.