A/N: Here's another chapter for Child of the Moon!!!!! FINALLY!!! Am I right or what? FYI, my friend sends me bits and pieces of this in e-mails so it takes a while to make one chapter. Anyway, I'll stop blathering and let you read.

Disclaimer: Not own Wolfs Rain, do I.

"Maybe she's just not your type." Moon snickered. "Shut up." Kota snapped. "Both of you be quiet!" Lira whispered as she pulled them into the dark alley as two men dressed in black walked by. As soon as they left, Kota snapped, "Wha'd do that for?!" "You wanna get killed? Those men are wolf hunters, I ran into them before I got here, they almost killed me." Lira argued. "What are wolf hunters?" Moon asked. "They're humans who spend their whole lives killing wolves. They killed a lot of our kind. That's all I know." Lira answered; there was a touch of anger in her voice. "Oh." Moon said as he looked down at his feet. "Oh, don't worry yourself, kid, we'll be fine. Those wolf hunters don't stand a chance against me." Kota said reassuringly. "Yeah, that could reassure anyone." Lira said sarcastically.

"I think we're lost." Kota said as he looked around. They had been walking for hours and Kota figured they were getting nowhere, also his paws really hurt. "We're not lost; we just don't know where we are." Moon argued. "Doesn't that mean we are lost?!" Kota argued back. "Both of you, we can't be lost if the place we're looking for hasn't been found." Lira said and that put an end to the argument.

Moon looked around in awe; they were in the rich part of the city. The buildings were tall and gleamed with windows. "Whoa!" Moon said with amazement. "You've lived here kid and you've never seen this part of town before?" Kota asked. "Nope, it's so awesome!" Moon said happily. "I guess, but I've never really cared for it." "You mean you come here all the time?" Moon asked fascinated. "Yeah, to get food, humans have a bad taste in food though." Kota answered. "Will you two quit talking about the city and ask for directions out of this city?" Lira said annoyed, Moon could tell she didn't like humans that much.
"Get food!! I'm starvin'!" Kota said as his stomach growled. Moon grinned and laughed. Kota lifted his head up and started sniffing the air for food. "This way!" he said as ran off with Moon and Lira following. They stopped at a hotdog stand. "How are we gonna get some? We don't have any money." Moon asked. "No problem, just watch and learn." Kota replied and grinned. He was a wolf now and began growling at the hotdog seller. The man freaked and ran off. "See… I'm the master. Have as much as you want, but we gotta hurry before he comes back." Kota said he was already assembling a hotdog. "What do you do with these things?" Lira asked as she fumbled with a hotdog. "Here, let me help you." Moon suggested and took the hotdog, assembled it, and handed to Lira. Lira thanked him and ate the hotdog. "Yuck!! This is disgusting!!" Lira said as she bit it. "Yeah, well sometimes it's the best you can get around here." Kota replied as he started on his second hotdog. Moon ate his hotdog and still kept looking around the city. "Hey, you punks, you'd better pay for those!!" the hotdog seller came running back and he was mad. "Busted!" Kota declared and ran off with Lira and Moon following behind.
"I think we lost him." Moon said gasping. "Yeah, for a fat human he runs pretty fast." Kota replied. "Whatever…now can we find a way out of this city?" Lira asked. "No way! I'm just getting started!" Kota argued. "Great…" Lira muttered.

"Are we done now?" Lira asked impatiently. They had been walking around the city, going in stores, and getting chased because of Kota's antics and all Kota could say was, "It was a joke."

"I guess." Kota said dully, he was tired. Moon yawned, "Well, where are we gonna sleep?" "Well, seeing as we haven't made any progress…" looks at Kota, "we'll head back to that old house." Lira decided. "Okay." Kota agreed. And they walked to the house.

The door creaked as they walked in on the old floor boards. "I'm going to bed…" Kota yawned and stretched.

The door creaked as they walked in on the old floor boards. "I'm going to bed…" Kota yawned and stretched. He plopped himself on the couch and fell fast asleep. Lira looked at Kota and sighed, "He's hopeless…" "Aw… he's not that bad." Moon replied, "Good night." Moon dropped himself on to the other couch and Lira slept at his feet.

Moon felt something wet and rough rubbing against his face and he woke up to see and gray wolf cub with a white spot on the chest. Moon scrambled to his feet and the wolf sat on the couch looking at him. "Hello!! What's your name?" the wolf cub said happily. Lira was already awake and but she seemed busy with something else.

"Um…um… Moon… yours?" Moon managed to say. "Kisa!" she answered and turned into a little girl of about eight years old with blonde hair and blue eyes.

Lira let out a low snarl and Kota, he was still asleep. "Hey, we're not here to cause any trouble all right? We just thought no one was here, that's all." an unfamiliar voice said. Lira changed back into her human form and turned to Moon, "Do you want to trust them?" Then a guy of about sixteen or seventeen appeared. He had black hair and eyes similar to Lira's, "Do you?" he asked. Moon looked at him; he seemed nice enough, and said "I trust them."

"Yay!!" Kisa yelled happily and hugged Moon. "We were so lonely we thought all the wolves were gone. It was really great to find you guys! Hey, Mr. Sleepy Head, wake up!!" "Huh? What? Ah… who the hell are you?" Kota asked, completely confused. Kisa smiled and yelled, "Kisa!! And you are?" "Uh… Kota." Kota answered. Kota turned to the other guy and a slight smile appeared on his face, "Well… well if it isn't Gareth. I thought you were a loner." "I was but I found Kisa. She's been following me everywhere and I haven't been able to shake her off, oh well." Gareth answered. "You guys know each other?" Moon asked. "Yeah, but it seems he's not much of a loner any more? Are you Gareth?" Kota answered. "I guess so." Gareth said.

Moon really wanted to know what Gareth looked like as a wolf but he was too tired to try to figure it out. Lira noticed how tired Moon was and decided, "Since, Moon said we should trust you, you guys can stay here and get some rest." "Yay!!" Kisa yelled happily and she jumped up and down. "Great." Gareth said, "It's cold outside so this is really great of you." "Hey, I found this place, if you should be thanking someone; you should be thanking me!" Kota argued. "Thank you, Kota!" Kisa said and hugged Kota. "Okay, okay that's enough for a thank you." Kota said and got Kisa off him.

"Now, if you guys wouldn't mind I'm going back to sleep." Kota decided and before anyone could say anything he was asleep. "Just like Kota, a slacker." Gareth laughed. "Well, Kisa time for bed." "Okay, Gareth." Kisa agreed, "Moon's going to bed too, right?" "Yeah, I am." Moon answered. "Yay!!" Kisa said happily.

Moon got on the couch and Kisa curled up at the end of the couch. They were both asleep in seconds. Gareth grabbed a chair and went to sleep. Lira took her usual spot below Moon's feet and fell asleep.

"Wake up everybody!! Time to wake up!! It's morning!!" Kisa yelled, she was rather perky for so early in the morning. "Okay, okay I'm up…" Kota groaned, "Do you wake up to this every morning, Gareth?" "Yeah…" Gareth yawned. Moon smiled and as Kisa jumped up and down. "Damn… you're a perky kid." Kota said as his head went up and down following Kisa's jumping. "As long as she doesn't cause as much trouble as you do, who cares?" Lira said. "Hey!!" Kota yelled angrily. "Hay is for horses." Kisa commented and laughed. "Yeah, yeah…" Kota replied and he stretched, "So… what's up for today?" "I think you should know, we've been trying to do that for the past two days." Lira snapped. "Oh… yeah." Kota replied as he ignored how angrily Lira said it. "What is it you guys are doing, anyway?" Gareth asked. "We're looking for the Sanctuary." Moon answered. "But isn't that just a legend?" Gareth replied. "Maybe… but I wouldn't know… Lira just told me I was Child of the Moon and that's it." Moon said as he messed with his fingers. There was a puzzled look on Gareth's face, "So… the legend is true… maybe there's hope for us after all." Gareth said. "Yeah, hope that humans are going to destroy this world." Kota replied. "Aw… Kota's a grumpy pants!" Kisa laughed. "I am not!" Kota argued. "Yes you are." Kisa persisted. "Forget it, Kota, you're not going to win." Gareth said. "Okay… you win." Kota said slowly. "I win!!" Kisa yelled excitedly, "Did you hear that, Moon? I won!!" "Yeah, I heard." Moon answered. "Are we going now?" Lira asked with her hands on her hips. "Of course we are! Now let's go!!" Kota decided. "Can we go with them, Gareth? Please!! Pretty please!!" Kisa begged, "It will be so lonely if we don't go with them so… Please!!" "If they agree with it, it's fine by me." Gareth answered. Kisa turned to Moon and asked, "Well, Moon, please?!!" Moon looked at Kisa, smiled, and answered, "Sure!!" "Then let's go!!" Lira said and she walked outside with the rest following.

"We're on the way to the Sanctuary, the Sanctuary, the Sanctuary!! We're on the way to the Sanctuary…la…la…la!!" Kisa sang. "Will you shut up!!?" Kota yelled angrily. "Aw… doesn't Kota like my singing?" Kisa asked sadly. "Not if it's so damn annoying!!" Kota snapped. "Oh okay, I'll stop." Kisa grinned and started skipping down the sidewalk and started humming it to herself. Kota made a face, but kept quiet because Lira threw him a dirty look, she wasn't in a good mood with him because of the distractions he did.

"I think the song's pretty catchy." Moon said and started humming along with Kisa. Kota turned to Gareth, "Don't you start too." "Don't worry I won't." Gareth replied.

They were back in the city again and today it was busier than ever. People were running around, and there were people on the sidewalk doing street performances. "Why is it so busy?" Kisa asked as she watched a man playing a saxophone. "It's Saturday, that's why." Moon answered. "Saturday?" Kisa said perplexed. "It's a day when most people go out and do stuff because most people don't work on Saturdays." "Oh…" Kisa said distractedly she was busy looking at a dancing dog. "Forget it, Moon. It's most likely she didn't hear a word you just said." Gareth said as Moon opened his mouth to speak again. "Which way now, Moon?" Lira asked she seemed to want to leave even sooner with the increase of people around. Moon looked around and felt an urge to go west. "That way." he pointed west. Lira nodded, "Come on, let's go." Lira walked off with Moon in the front and Kota following. "Let's go, Kisa." Gareth said as he grabbed Kisa away from the dancing dog, "Aw… but I wanted to see the whole dance." Kisa whined. "Maybe another time." Gareth replied, even though he knew there wouldn't be another time.

As they walked they were being bugged by people selling all sorts of things. There was one guy who came up to Lira screaming that the world was going to end and that death would befall on everyone if they didn't buy a certain necklace. "Death… will fall upon you all if…" he said his voice distant and mysterious, "you don't buy this necklace." he finished shoving the necklace at Lira's face, his voice had suddenly become the voice a salesman trying to get an item sold.

"Humans…" Lira muttered in disgust as Kisa held back a snigger. Moon had his fist in his mouth the whole time, but he looked like he was having a hard time not cracking up. Kota, on the other hand, was laughing his head off and was mocking the man. Gareth just kept a straight face and said nothing. After Kota's mocking, Kisa burst in laughter and Kota grinned. "Yeah, a necklace will save the world, uh…huh." he said sarcastically, "That guy's pretty desperate either that or pretty stupid." "Pretty stupid." Kisa mocked but Kota took it as an agreement to what he was saying.

A/N: This is chapter 2!!!!!! Hopefully my friend has started chap 3. Please R and R and she will be happy and I will not be killed……