A/N: I do greatly apologize to everyone for my ever so long and uncalled for absence. I only intended to take December off but then one thing led to another and I had to put this off for much longer than I planned. Let me start off by explaining why I stopped posting in the first place. This past November Kobi, my very first dog who I dedicated Lunar Healing to, died. It's probably not the best excuse to go on a month long hiatus and I don't expect anyone to understand but losing him was hard blow for me and I just wasn't in the right state of mind to continue writing to the best of my ability. After December things just kept coming up that distracted me or kept me from really sitting down and writing and then my Christmas break ended and it was back to classes but I've really been pushing in the hours I need to write this chapter. I've very sorry for the long wait but I thank you guys for being patient with me.

Thank you to FlamingIceWolfGirl, Crystal-Wolf-Gaurdian-967, silentmidnightdeath, and wolfishmoon for sending in your reviews, they kept me on track when I strayed a few times.

And to answer your question Wolfishmoon: This is a KibaXoc pairing what you see between Mahina and the other are basically the relationships she is starting to form with the other pack member like how she's taken up to motherly role towards Toboe. I think Tsume and Mahina's personalities clash too much for them to ever be paired. They have more of a grumpy older brother annoying younger sister relationship.

Oh and I wanted to add in before I forget I have a little something at the end of the chapter, it's nothing special but I hope you guys like it.

Chapter VIII: The Forgotten

With Cheza's guidance the pack was able to escape that ruined castle where the flower maiden was born. By the time they had made it out of the tunnel and were walking along narrow paths carefully it had become nightfall. The dainty maiden moved as though she walked on air as she descended the path with them and though she moved with grace and ease, almost as if she were floating rather than walking, Mahina lingered just to be sure of maiden's safety. It also seemed that now that they were out of danger the rest of the pack was beginning to cast a curious eye towards Cheza. Mahina could see in Toboe's face above anyone's as the pup trailed behind Cheza.

Mahina could not blame the pup for his curiosity, there were things that none of them knew of Cheza nor did any other wolf really. To them she had been a character in a fairytale that would never be but for Mahina she was all too real and the she-wolf was all too familiar with all that was her.

For example, Cheza was blind.

Mahina realized that they didn't know this when she heard Toboe's ever so familiar yelp of distress. She stopped and glanced back to see what had caused him to make the noise only to find the side of Cheza standing dangerously close to the edge of the path they walked down. Her foot hung in the air as if she were about to take another step and plummet to her end but just as quickly as she hung it there she turned in the correct direction and continued on her way as if nothing were wrong. Mahina smiled at the maiden allowing her to breeze past while Toboe breathed out a sigh of relief.

"She can tell?" Toboe looked to Hige, who walked with him, for an answer.

"Well sure" the chubby male replied as if the answer were as obvious to him as it was to Mahina "she's a flower maiden isn't she?"

"Yea…" Toboe knitted up his eyebrows in curiosity "but how?" a silence followed the question and Mahina herself paused to hear what kind of reasoning the all-knowing Hige would come up with for this one. Hige glanced at the pup and then over his shoulder at Mahina, who gave no sign that she would say anything preferring to curve an ebony brow to express her own curiosity for his answer.

"She uses her antennae of course" Hige replied apparently blissfully unaware of how idiotic he truly sounded with his answer

"She doesn't have any of them!" Toboe barked out.

"I know you can't see them or anything" Hige replied in a tone as if he was speaking to a child "but I bet they're there…" the conversation would have probably went on from there but Toboe stopped, he looked past Mahina and so did Hige the both of them grew quiet. Cheza had stopped walking, she was turned back to face them and those her eyes could not see them they stared right at them. Mahina didn't have to look at the maiden to feel her emotions radiating against her skin. For the first time the female felt a sort of caution coming from the maiden, as if she herself were not sure what to make of the wolves she found herself now traveling with. For some reason the idea that she knew nothing about these other wolves made Cheza let off a tense aura.

"She kind of seems on edge around us" Toboe pointed out watching Cheza carefully "but I wonder why"

"Because you're on edge around her" Mahina breathed out casually before reaching up a hand to tuck black hair behind her ear "she can feel it coming from you and it make her just as nervous about you as you are about her"

"And who in their right mind wouldn't be around that thing" this was a new voice and it came all the way from the front of the pack. Mahina tried not to snarl, there goes Tsume about to start a fight that wasn't necessary. He was so very skeptical of everything and everyone no one was very surprised that he didn't trust Cheza at all "She's not a human and she's not a wolf or even a flower" the grey wolf explained himself calmly despite the hard stare the female of the pack directed at him "how the hell are we supposed to trust something like that and even more so because a noble created it." No one answered him, mainly because he had a point in what he was saying.

In the many years that had passed since the world as we humans knew it ended and the earth began its slow, torturous decay the wolf, and those canines with enough wolf still lingering in their veins, had learned one fact that was truly essential to their survival up to now: you only put trust in your own kind, and of your own kind the only ones that should be trusted are those in your pack. Human began hunting wolves until they believed them to be extinct so the human race was a species that was either an enemy or unwelcome company to a wolf. Nobles were humans and if there was anything a Noble loved more than their own power it was the death of the wolves. So, no one could find a valid response to argue to Tsume for he was right. Cheza wasn't human, the obvious enemy, nor was she wolf, the obvious ally, she was technically a flower either so it would be difficult to place when it came to ones line of trust in her, and Tsume was right it definitely didn't help that she was the creation of a Noble. For all they knew she could be a well-designed trap to capture and kill wolves.

"But Tsume" Mahina broke the odd silence earning her stares from all she slid her slender hands into the pockets of her jeans and breezed past Cheza and then Kiba until she stood before the grouchy old wolf "…you did" she pointed out to him and then she also past him continuing down the path without much effort.

"Me? Trust it?" the grey wolf snorted at the very thought turning his gaze to follow the female as she walked. His attitude made her stop walking long enough for him to question her "and what makes you think that Mahina?"

"…" Mahina didn't reply at first, she had half a mind to just leave her silence in the air for Tsume to interpret in whatever way he saw fit but she knew him by now, he would only take her lack of an answer as a victor over her and she couldn't have that "…you're here aren't you?" she asked him never once looking back at him "Say what you want Tsume but the fact that you're here means you, somewhere in that grouchy mind of yours, trusted Kiba to lead us in the right direction, Kiba in turn trusted his instincts and his instincts trust Cheza…so indirectly…you trust her too" her sly response earned her a scuff from the male but nothing more and so the conversation of trusting the flower maiden was left were it had started and the pack kept walking.

"Are we really going to take her with us" Tsume continued to complain as they walked

"Yeah" Kiba decided to humor him this time "we are"

"What for? Isn't she a danger to have around?"

"What are you rambling on about now?" Mahina groaned, they stopped walking again and once again went on with this fruitless conversation of Tsume's but the grey wolf wasn't at all bothered by the annoyed look Mahina fixed him with this time.

"If she's stinking up the place where ever we go won't that just give away our location?"

"A human's sense of smell isn't that heightened" Mahina informed him before scuffing at him "but I guess a simple house pet wouldn't know that" and there it was, the name calling. From the back of the lineup Toboe groaned and Hige winced for they both knew what would follow as did the rest of the pack. To be honest it was way past due, this argument between the she-wolf and Tsume, they had grown far too civil with one another for it to be considered not weird just yet and with how chaotic things had been today it should have been expected of them. Tsume scowled at the name taking a moment to compose himself before he replied but Mahina gave him no room to do that. "Tell me Tsume" the female spoke on turning fully to face him "are you so use to the life of a human and the dogs around them to understand how important this is?"

"You going to start lecturing me now Scrawny?" snarled Tsume but Mahina showed no sign of feeling threatened by the sound.

"You're a wolf now aren't you?" Mahina replied crossing her arms "you decided that back in those ruins. You should know how important Cheza is"

"Sorry but I don't" Tsume responded

"She's the key" Mahina told him all smugness had left her voice and her body was now utterly tense with her obvious annoyance of Tsume at this point. He had gone fine so far with the idea of finding Cheza and eventually paradise, despite a few hiccups along the way, so why did he decide now when they were a step closer to their goal to not like the idea again. It was pure aggravation. "She'll lead us to paradise"

"I am so sick of that damn word" Tsume growled, the fight would have went on at this point. The pack would have been stuck there in the forest where they stopped just watching these two wolves battle it out with one another like they did so often during the journey but something was different this time, Cheza was here and while Tsume and Mahina growled and snarled at one another the maiden had tipped her head up to the sky with a serine thoughtful look to her lovely face as if her ear could hear something that not even the keen ears of the wolves could. She stayed like this for a moment more before she did something…

She began to hum.

All fighting was stopped and forgotten at the sound of the maiden's song. It was so very soft floating through the air like an unseen phantom of the night air gliding across the space around them and embracing their ears in its mysterious hold. No sooner did the sound hit the pack did its effect kick in. Toboe was first to feel it, it happen so fast one minute he was gazing at Cheza and the next he was stumbling back until his back collided with the side of cliff and he slid to the ground.

"Toboe!" Mahina yelp at the sight of the pup's sudden descent dropping down to her knees to check on him. He kept blinking his eyes furiously as if fighting to keep them open "What's gotten into you?"

"Mahi…" he only faintly seemed to recognize her face "all of a sudden I feel really sleepy…"

"Dammit Toboe don't fall asleep!" Mahina heard Tsume bark from behind her as she watched Toboe slump even more until he lay on the ground totally relaxed with nervous eyes.

"Too late" the pup replied softly "my body is already out cold…" Hige was next to fall, he went out without so much as a fight dropping into a place against the nearest tree and letting his eyes close. It didn't take much more to listening to the tune for the effect to start hitting Mahina.

The she-wolf had been on high alert less than a second ago. Her blood had been pumping ready to battle it out with Tsume like usually but all of a sudden she felt heavy, sluggish even, as if she suddenly found herself moving through sand. Her eyes wanted desperately to close and her head spun slightly, even though she pushed herself up to a standing position her legs wobbled in protest. All of a sudden the female found herself the victim of an urge she never wanted to succumb to: Sleep.

"What's happening?" Tsume yelled out turning his attention to Kiba while Mahina shook her head wildly in an attempt to stay awake. Kiba was slumped against a tree much like Hige was.

"I have no idea what's going on…"the white wolf replied and though he sounded as though he were going to say more no other words came from him. He dropped into a deep sleep and as the sounds of Tsume cursing came to Mahina's ears the she-wolf realized she would not be far behind. No…the nightmares…she didn't want them to come to her again, she was scared, terrified to go back to sleep and she did the only thing she could think to do in that moment of fear and that was to seek the aid of the only other wolf awake.

"…Ts…Tsume" her voice came out soft, weak almost and her legs finally gave out on her. Tsume turned back around just in time to catch Mahina as she found herself falling. She had no energy left in her to hold herself up anymore. Her body fell limp in the grey wolfs hold and her head hung in the air.

"Scrawny!" within her haze she could faintly make out Tsume's voice yelling at her before gently laying her down on the ground.

"…stop…yelling…" she groaned out for her bod told her it was keeping her from what she needed the most right now her eyes started to roll into her head but Tsume shook her when he saw this.

"Stay with me Mahina!" he yelled at her "don't fall asleep! Do you hear me?" crimson orbs found golden ones and even in her haze Mahina could see that even Tsume couldn't fight spell forever. So…they were all condemned to sleep then? So be it, in Mahina's current state she was in no position to fight it anymore. The ground just felt too comfortable, her body too drained, the song Cheza so calmly hummed too soothing of a lullaby.

"I…don't think…I can…"Mahina managed out weakly before her vision blackened and her eyelids became too heavy to keep open and, for once, she allowed sleep to take her without a fight.

The dream Mahina had when she fell asleep wasn't a nightmare though.

Oh no, it was anything but a nightmare. Slowly Mahina opened her eyes to take in her surroundings. She still lay on her back on the ground like when she fell asleep but instead of being greeted by an endless sea of tree branches above her the female saw endless sky.

It was a black canvas dotted with millions of glowing sparkling white stars. Mahina marveled at just how many there were but as breathe taking as they were they were dimmed compared to the glow of the full moon. It was so large in its place above her Mahina wouldn't be surprised if she could reach up and brush her finger tips against it. Everything just seemed to glow around her with its own supernatural hue and if the female closed her eyes and listened close enough she could hear the hum of Cheza's song dance all around her. She took in a deep breath and sighed closing her eyes and basking in the moon.

"It's strange" a new voice broke the peaceful calm around Mahina letting her know that she wasn't alone. She opened her eyes up again and turned her head in the direction of this deep voice. It was now that she took in what she was lying in. Millions of glowing white flowers bloomed around her swaying in the wind, glowing in the moonlight. She may have been imagining it but she could have sworn that the song Cheza sung was coming from the flowers themselves. These flowers…they were lunar flowers…she was lying in a bed of lunar flowers. The females eyes focused on the body lying not too far from her and his familiar voice, she was sure she knew this person but she could hardly make him out among the millions of lunar flowers that grew between them.

"…What is?" Mahina couldn't help but ask curiously her eyes never looking away from the person or at least what she could see of them.

"The moon" he answered calmly, from what she could tell he was looking up at the moon as he spoke "doesn't it feel like it's giving you energy?"

"…" Mahina didn't reply, she stared at the person for a moment more before turning her gaze back up at the white moon with wonder filled eyes "…I do" she answered "these flowers…do you know what they're nickname is?"

"What?" the person with her questioned

"Some people call them Lunar flowers" she replied "They only bloom under a full moon and some legends say that the wolf" a small smile came to her lips when the word left her lips "uses these flowers as guidance"

"Wolves? Using a flower for guidance?" There was a hint of a chuckle in the person's voice and Mahina too chuckled a bit.

"It sounds weird I know" she hummed turning her head to look at a flower that loomed over her face "but I think it's true. There's a story the natives like to tell about a maiden born from these flowers. They say that she could lead wolves to some sort of utopia…a paradise for wolves. They say she smelled of these flowers" there was a sniffing sound, Mahina tried not to snort in response to the sound.

"I don't smell anything" the person replied

"We're only human" she replied and chuckled "I'm sure if she was a guide for wolves only wolves could find her scent"

"I guess you're right" they chuckled as well.

"If you listen" Mahina hummed closing her eyes "it kind of sounds like they're singing…doesn't it?" they fell into silence again while the female let the sound into her ears and warm her heart, what was it about this song that was just so calming? Like it could tempt even the feistiest of infants to sleep? Mahina let it circle around her and embrace her, she could almost feel delicate hands ghosting over her head and through her hair in a soothing petting motion. Suddenly she could hear the person besides her shifting in the spot and a shadow loomed over her blocking out the glow of the moon.

"What was her name?" they asked, Mahina slowly let her eyes open and she found herself staring into the most beautiful azure eye she had ever seen, only one person she knew had eyes like that and sure enough the face that hung over hers was none other than Kiba.

"Her?" Mahina curved a brow

"The maiden born from lunar flowers" Kiba clarified his question. Mahina stared at him in silence, what was the maidens name again?...she knew the name it was there hovering in her mind. Suddenly it came swirling back to her, this name she had forgotten. She took in a breath opening her mouth to speak it.

"Cheza"

The name left her lips as easily as her on name and in a breathy sigh of a sound that pulled Mahina from her dream. It was as quick as blinking, in fact that was how the she-wolf found herself going from dreaming to awake. One moment she was staring up at Kiba and then she blinked and found herself staring up at Cheza. As if her blind eyes could see Mahina open her eyes and look about curiously Cheza smiled sweetly.

"You are awake" she spoke in that airy tone of hers that calmed any growing panic Mahina might have felt in that instant. Her pale hand brushed over the females head petting her gingerly. The she-wolf allowed the Maiden to continue petting her as she took in her surroundings. She was still lying on the ground like she had been when she had blacked out suddenly but time had apparently past from then and now. The sun was shining in the sky now and the sound of crickets chirping had been replaced by the song of birds. Mahina sat up rubbing the sleep from her eyes.

"What…What happen?" she stammered out before yawning and stretching. The only other person in the area beside herself and Cheza was Tsume but the usually grouchy male was fast asleep on the other side of the flower maiden.

"You all looked so tired" Cheza answered watching Mahina as the female crawled over to the grey wolf and loomed over him checking to see if he was okay. His legs twitched in his sleep and every now and again the kicked and moved as if he were running, where ever Tsume was he was a happy wolf that was for sure "So this one sung you to sleep"

"That was you?" Mahina turned back to Cheza red orbs finding rose, the maiden nodded her head to this. So it had been that song she had hummed last night that had all of them suddenly falling asleep, it must have been Cheza too that cause Mahina to have such a peaceful dream for once and for that the female was grateful. "Where are the others?"

"Hige and Toboe went into town" Cheza answered turning her head in the direction that the smell of humans came from "Kiba is looking for a way for us to leave"

"I see" Mahina nodded, so where did that leave her? What should she do now that she was awake? She could stay here and watch over Cheza….but knowing Hige and Toboe those two were getting themselves into some kind of trouble. Mahina stared at Tsume's sleeping form in quiet deliberation over what to do, he was here…and even if he didn't like Cheza Mahina didn't think he'd leave her to die if there were danger… "Stay here with Tsume, okay?" Mahina told the maiden before getting to her feet and sprinting off towards town.

Luckily neither the chubby male nor pup were that hard to find.

There were three distinct scents floating through the air around Mahina as she breezed past people and vendors selling fruits and other things humans needed to survive. There was he sweet smell of lunar flower, Cheza's scent, the stench of humans, that one was obvious enough for the she-wolf was surrounded by them, and lastly the scent of wolf. With her keen nose Mahina followed the smell shoving her hands into the pockets of her jacket and turning smoothly into an ally where the scent lead her, she was following Hige's scent right now for Toboe's smelled too much like human to begin with so though picking it out while walking through a crowd of them wasn't hard it was easier to follow Hige's. Her shoes made no sound as she walked down the dirty ally and soon came upon the two wolves walking just a bit faster than a casual stroll. Mahina curved a brow when she saw this and too sped up her walk to catch up to them.

"What are you two doing?" he voice broke the quiet. Toboe yelped loudly jumping just a bit higher than Hige did and both males turned to face her.

"Mahi" the pup sighed in relief when he saw her "it's you" the female didn't respond at first, her eyes immediately went down to what the pair were holding in their arms. Hige was holding something pink close to his chest though Mahina couldn't exactly tell what it was and Toboe gripped something with fur so tightly, shook so much that the she-wolf wasn't sure if he was holding a piece of fur or strangling an animal.

"Was it you that was following us?" Hige asked getting Mahina's attention again.

"Following you?" she repeated, was that why they were walking so fast? She shook her head "I only just found you both…why? Are you being followed?" she glanced behind her and down the empty alleyway but saw no one. Even though she didn't see anyone her nose definitely told her someone was there and close enough to not just be a random person nearby.

….This scent…

"I told the runt that he was just being paranoid" Hige remarked though Mahina gave no sign that she was paying attention to his words. The chubby wolf ignore the glares Toboe sent him and spoke on "but he insist that we're being watched"

"Well we probably are" Toboe barked out "I mean with the humans looking for the flower maiden why wouldn't we be?"

"If it was one of those nobles I'd know" Hige replied smugly scratching at his nose "This nose of mine would have caught the scent of them before they could even find us"

"Well you never know-"

"Go back to the others" Mahina suddenly spoke ending the feud between the two and taking them by surprise and the turned away from each other to look at her. She was still looking behind her down the way she had just come from with a hard to read look in her eyes. Of course she wouldn't have notice this scent until now, it had been masked by the others while she was walking through the crowds.

"What? But Mahi-" Toboe took a step towards the she-wolf but she shook her head turning back the way she came from in a smooth motion.

"Don't worry about me" she spoke over her shoulder "I'll be there shortly" and with that she walked away her hands still deep in the pockets of her jacket.

She walked at a slow pace as if she were oblivious to the fact that she was being followed. Her ears could pick up the sounds of someone trailing behind her, who ever had been following Hige and Toboe was now following her. As she walked she kept glancing back but she couldn't see who was following her… even so she still knew who it was.

Mahina waited until she had drawn the person far from Cheza and when they were she turned quickly into an ally way, Within seconds of turning into the ally the thumping of feet in a hurry to catch up could be heard and the person looked about wildly for her but Mahina was already standing behind the person as they looked about the dead end ally. The person was blonde wearing a white coat and their scent was unmistakable. Taking in the person's appearance Mahina sighed crossing her arms.

"Cher" the person jumped at the sound of Mahina's voice and turned around revealing that they were indeed Cher the scientist from the dome city. The she-wolf stared at the human blankly not at all surprised she was here, of course she would be here with Cheza so close.

"Mahina" the woman mused, her voice laced with shock.

"You should never have come" Mahina wasn't going to dance around that fact. The scientist would have been much better off in the long run if she had just stayed home with her broken marriage and test tubes.

"I had to!" Cher protest instantly "I've spent so much time studying Cheza I can find her and get her back!" Mahina suppressed a slight growl at this, it was probably because of Cher the humans got so close yesterday. "But where have you been?" Cher brought Mahina back to the current situation "When Cheza was taken you disappeared, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here for the same reason you are" Mahina answered "for Cheza"

"Then you have to come with me" the woman took a couple of steps towards Mahina "they think that you're the one who took Cheza…" When Cher reached a hand out to take Mahina's the she-wolf stepped back and away from her, crimson orbs never straying from Cher's blue ones. The air became still between them and realization crossed the human's face. "Mahina" she breathed "You…"

"You should never have come" the female repeated herself continuing to create distance between the two of them "There is far too much that you don't understand"

"You have her don't you?" Cher just would not step down even under Mahina's sternest glare "Where is Cheza Mahina. Tell me!"

"…Go home Cher" Mahina replied but if she had thought to say anything more Cher had silence the idea.

"No!" she yelled shaking her head "not without learning the truth!" at this Mahina stared at the human hard, the truth? She wanted to learn the truth? Ha! How could she possibly hope to learn such a thing when her calculating eyes couldn't even see Mahina's true form? The thought of Cher's goal almost made the she-wolf laugh but instead she gained a sullen look of sympathy.

"If you can't see it by now" she breathed while shaking her head "you may never see it" Mahina turned round and began walking out of the ally "save yourself the trouble and go home" she called over her shoulder "live out the rest of your days in ignorant bliss"

"Wait!" Cher yelled after Mahina as she turned round the corner and out of the human's view "Mahina!" but by the time Cher had stepped out of the ally the she-wolf was gone.

Ah to live life like Cher might have been a good life indeed. Cher was just above typical humans when it came to awareness of the things around her but even her knowledge was limited. She was teetering on the very edges of a very aware existence though, one that may surely destroy her in the long run if she didn't turn back now.

Mahina hoped that Cher would heed her advice but something told the female she wouldn't.

It would seem, thought the she-wolf as she watched Cher from her perch on the roof of one of the nearby buildings, that we are fated to meet again Cher. Mahina gave the woman one last look before going about her way.

The pack was still where Mahina had left them. Hige and Toboe had successfully returned and apparently so had Kiba. Tsume had woken from his sleep and when Mahina had come to a stopped she found a very interesting sight.

The rest of the pack watched as Cheza pranced about the forest opening dressed in… pink boots?

"What is this?" Mahina mused curiously tilting her head as she felt the fondest of grins coming to her lips. The tense air that shrouded everyone over the flower maiden's presence had lessened a great deal and a light hearted sense of joy gently rolled off Cheza and left a tingle on the she-wolf's skin. Cheza stopped her dancing about and spun round so she was facing Mahina, her rose eyes brightened and a wide smile graced her lips. She bounded over to Mahina and grasped her hands "Cheza?" Cheza continued to smile pulling at the She-wolf's hands.

"Mahina" her voice a light laugh to them "Come" it didn't take much for Mahina to understand the maiden's motives and she immediately shook her head.

"Oh Cheza no" Mahina shook her head but Cheza simply ignored her and continued to tug at her hands "Cheza- Ch-Cheza no- Cheza!" but still Cheza didn't listen, she pulled Mahina with her and with a light sort of giggle began dancing about again forcing the female to as well, much to the packs amusement and the she-wolf's dismay. Hand in hand the two spun about in such a carefree manner it was hard to believe, for a moment, that they were being sought out by armed humans.

Mahina stumbled about with Cheza bashfully, the female may be a lot of things but a dancer certainly was not one of them. She gazed toward the four males watching with a fleeting look and a silence call for help but no one stepped in nor did they look like they would ever have plans to. Instead Mahina was met with a few chuckles and the most amused Azure eyes she'd ever seen, goodness did Mahina turn scarlet because of this. Then, suddenly, Cheza stopped dancing and the joy circling around the group stopped, the air abruptly became tense and those within became stiff.

They had company.

Cheza brow knitted and her eyes widened gazing past Mahina at the path behind her. Mahina looked over her shoulder to see who this intruder was. They took the form of what looked like an elderly woman, her skin was wrinkled and sagging like most do at such an old age and her shoulders and head were adored with a ripped and tattered shawl. She walked carefully with a wooden cane in an odd sort of grace that left everyone staring at her with curiosity. However, she drew too close to Cheza for Kiba's comfort and before she could get far the white wolf stepped forward standing between Cheza and the woman, Mahina added onto this form of protection by circling the maiden into her arms and holding her close like a child.

"Who are you?" Mahina questioned

"…you are wolves…" her voice sounded as old and decrepit as the earth they walked on and it took everyone by surprise.

"Old lady" Kiba gave the old woman a hard look as he said this "who are you?" this time it was more of a demand than a question. If this woman knew what they were, if she could so easily see the truth than the whole pack could be in danger if they didn't find out who she was and what her purpose was in being there. Instead of speaking her name the woman simply removed the dark glasses that covered her eyes from her face. She raised her head a bit higher than before and opened her eyes fully. A strangled gasped trapped itself in Mahina's throat when her crimson eyes took in the rose color of this old woman's. They were a rose color similar to Cheza if not just a bit darker. This woman….this old woman was no human and for reasons unknown to the she-wolf she didn't give off much of feel of being a threat to them. Mahina stepped back from Cheza and released her hold on the maiden.

"…Tell us" she breezed past Kiba easily and stood before the woman "who are you?"

"The Hanabito….is what they use to call us…"

"Hanabito" Mahina repeated softly drawing in just a bit closer to the old woman. Hanabito…why did that sound so very familiar? A gentle breeze rolled through the air and the woman's scent tickled at the she-wolf's nose. This smell…this woman was definitely no human, she was a flower. "…yes" Mahina breathed out closing her eyes and taking in the smell, it was so faint she could hardly catching in the breeze even though she was so close "I can tell from your scent"

"But" heads turned to look at Cheza "you are not like this one"

"That is true" The Hanabito confirmed "You are not like my kind…you… are a perfect creation…"

"Perfect creation?" there was something in what the Hanabito was saying as she gazed past Mahina and at Cheza. Staring into this old creature's rose eyes was the complete opposite of staring into Cheza's. While the maiden's gaze left comfort and a sense of security from all things bad this woman, this Hanabito, stared as if she knew something more than what she was saying and there was some greater, tragic tale she had yet to offer them. For a moment Mahina thought this creature was staring at her and not Cheza and the very thought made the she-wolf shudder and cast the idea aside.

"You must know" The Hanabito continued "I have been waiting for you all this time"

"Wait!" Hige nose twitch and he spoke up ending the conversation between them "that stench…"

"I've got a feeling we shouldn't stick around here any longer" Tsume voice and of course they were right. Unlike the Hanabito, humans could hardly travel without giving themselves away one way or another and for creatures like wolves their hard to miss scent was like a loud alarm blaring in the distance. Somehow the humans had found them and they were closing in on their location.

Wordlessly the Hanabito turned around back the way she had come and began to leave slowing down just enough for everyone to understand that she wanted them to follow.

"Let's go" Mahina mused turning to her pack and holding out a hand for Cheza to take.

"Now hold on a second" Tsume grumbled out, as was expected of him at this point, his hands were clenched into fist and he looked angrier than ever "You're not going to trust that thing are you?"

"Why not?"

"It could be leading us straight into a trap!"

"You truly do have little faith in everything don't you Tsume?"

"You guys" Toboe stepped between two glaring wolves, this wasn't exactly the best time to be starting an argument over something as simple as leaving immediate danger "cut it out will you?"

"We don't have much choice" Kiba reasoned "let's go"

So they did.

The Hanabito, despite looking very old in looks and earlier behavior, moved rather fast through the forest as she took the lead in escaping the humans chasing them. Though no one could see her feet as she ran she moved in a gliding sort of motion equivalent to Cheza in style and speed. The flower maiden herself kept up with the pace with no trouble at all and Mahina kept up to her just as easily. After her came Kiba, then Toboe, then Hige and taking up the rear as always was Tsume and together the seven of them moved with remarkable speed through the thick woods.

They leapt clean over gathering roots and zipped around trees gliding over small hills as if they were flat ground and tearing through pushes as if they were nothing but air, at the pace they were going to was surprising that the humans tailing them were still able to keep up with them. Soon the Hanabito lead them to the base of a wide, very tall, very old looking tree covered in thick moss and wild flowers. She opened up a door hidden among the trees roots and Cheza breezed in followed by everyone else, when the pack as a whole had crossed the doorway she too entered and closed the door behind her.

For now they were safe

"I felt them within my body. The terrible events that accorded and those Hanabito, which were the unfortunate and imperfect ones, had no choice but to wither and die…"

The inside of the great tree that they had escaped into was nothing like its ancient looking outside. The inside looked very modern if not exactly like one would expect a humans home to look like. There was a great widow in this hidden home and it was in its sill that Mahina choice to perch herself once they had settled down. Cheza sat no far from her in the only chair in the room and the Hanabito kneeled before her like a loyal servant to a noble queen. Though her crimson eyes were fixed in a gaze outside the window she sat in Mahina looked at nothing and her ears only heard the Hanabito's words. She must be speaking of the unfortunate events that befell the castle they had just escaped yesterday and they thought of this brought Mahina back to those hazy visions she had fallen to while they tried to flee. Could it have been the faint memories of this Hanabito as she escaped the castle? ...no…no… it felt too familiar, too real to be someone else's memory and in one of them the person escaping had turned into a wolf and attacked her attackers…this Hanabito, this imperfect being, most likely could not shift.

"I was fortunate enough to escape from the castle and in the forest at the foot of the mountain I stayed in hiding for a long, long time and before I knew it I was left all alone… Even if you know nothing about yourself, I do."

This got Mahina's attention and she turned her head around to gaze at the kneeling flower her brow knitting in bewilderment. The Hanabito looked at no one as she spoke, her head was hung and her gaze fixed on the floor of the room. Words came from her but it almost looked as though her mouth never moved. So, this creature truly did know more than she had previously told them.

"I know you very well indeed…"

"All this time this one has been asleep and waiting…waiting for them…" in the dim light of the room Cheza's rose eyes flickered to Mahina briefly and the she-wolf offered her the smallest of smiles. Though they sat too far apart to touch in the unspoken connection between them their energies touched holding firm to one another in a loving manner shared between sisters.

"The wolf seeks out the flower, the flower seeks out the wolf" Mahina gazed at the Hanabito once again "that which is in between seeks out both…and yet no matter how you feel you must not go with them"

"What?" what the hell was she saying?

"…but why?" Cheza questioned as well

"It will only lead to destruction" the Hanabito answered

"Are you crazy?" Kiba barked out from where he stood behind the chair Cheza sat in but he was met with a venomous glare, one that Mahina would never expect to see on the face of a creature born of flowers, imperfect or not, it rattled the she-wolf slightly as the Hanabito hissed just as venomously in response.

"I wasn't talking to you wolf" she replied. Something about her voice breathed hate into the air and some underlining feelings seemed to be surfacing for everyone to see. There was a sort of distaste for those who stood with Cheza and above all a possessiveness that Mahina recognized all too well. She did not like the way things were going at the moment.

"Come on Cheza" Kiba spoke up after what felt like hours of silence and hard looks "Let's go" but Cheza did not move, her stayed locked on the Hanabito before her and her face remained calm despite the hostility boiling up around her.

"…the faintest scent a flower can offer is all I have to offer and soon that too will fade"

"What must this one do then?"

"You have the ability to sustain the life of a Hanabito" the old flower explained "stay here…"

"Don't listen to this Cheza" Kiba couldn't hold his tongue any longer but once again the Hanabito breathed out a angered hiss and she raised her head even higher than before to offer the white male an all out look of hate and anger.

"Wolf" her voice easily silenced Kiba and her tone made Toboe tremble where he stood. Carefully he inched closer to Mahina as his nerves got the better of him "What could you hope to achieve by taking this precious girl with you?"

"…to get to paradise" the Hanabito shifted her gaze, rose orbs fell to Mahina and surprisingly her glare and angry expression softened a bit "We're…we're going to paradise" Mahina explained their motives in a soft voice, it was obvious at this point that raising ones voice at this fading flower would do nothing more than aggravate her. She was already leaving Toboe weary Mahina didn't want her to strike anymore fear in the pup she now considered her cub. They stared at one another in a long silence before Tsume showed signs of life.

He twitched before standing up straighter and glancing towards the window with a slight glare. The others looked as well but all Mahina could do was sigh. Someone had found them once again but this wasn't the armed humans they had run from earlier. Judging by the sounds of their footsteps this was one person and their scent was anything but welcome. Breaking her eye contact with the Hanabito the she-wolf turned around and glanced out the window as well. There were someone slowly making their way towards the tree they hid in and it took staring at them for a second for Mahina to realize who it was.

"Who is that?" Toboe muttered poking his head from over Mahina's shoulder staring at the person.

"That scent" Hige's nose twitched as he took in the scent "I smelt it at the castle too, I've see that woman before I just can't remember where"

"Her name is Cher" Mahina remarked with a hitch of agitation towards the woman for not listening to her. Damn humans, they're so stubborn sometime. "She was the scientist from that dome city, she was studying Cheza before that noble took her"

"Well why the hell is she all the way out here?" Tsume questioned

"Why the hell do you think Tsume?" Mahina remarked rolling her eyes briefly before returning her focus to Cher from where she stood outside their hiding place "I don't know how but she's tailing us. The last time I saw her I had led her to the edge of the other side of town"

"We need to get out of here, come on Cheza" Kiba spoke up.

It was agreed that the pack couldn't hope to sneak past the woman so it was decided that while the rest of the pack boxed the woman off Kiba would get Cheza out of there. Hige, Tsume and Toboe easily surrounded Cher dropping down from the trees above.

"You three…you're those boys!" the woman recognized them easily within minutes of spotting them. She glared furiously at them "What's going on! Tell me!" she would have questioned them on but fell silent when her eyes spotted what she had been looking for this whole time. Kiba had emerged from the tree holding onto Cheza's hand "Cheza!" Kiba acknowledged Cher briefly before taking to the sky pulling Cheza with him the others ran after them leaving Cher behind "wait! Cheza!" the blond moved to give chase but an animalistic snarl stopped her in her tracks.

Suddenly the largest dog she'd ever seen came into view and it was charging at Cher. Immediately the scientist cried out holding her hands up in hopes of protecting herself from the animals attack but she felt no teeth biting into her flesh like she expected. There was nothing but silence and after realizing that she wasn't under attack Cher lowered her arms.

"You're starting to see it now…aren't you?" standing where that dog had been….no it was too big to be just a dog, where that wolf had been was none other than Mahina. She was fixing Cher with a blank stare the woman was more or less familiar with at this point. Her brow wrinkled and for a moment Cher thought she saw disappointment in the girl's eyes.

"Mahina…" the blond muttered, she took a step towards the girl but to her surprise Mahina bared inhumanly sharp teeth and a feral growl rumbled up her throat making the woman stop in her tracks.

"You've served your purpose here" Mahina snarled out as if she were a…a wolf! "It's not too late Cher, go home!" but she couldn't go home! There was nothing there for her anymore! She saw it! She saw Cheza standing and running and smiling! There was no way she could go back! She would have told Mahina this but before she could the girl whirled around and her feet were off the ground in a glorious, inhuman leap. Cher gaped at the very sight of it watching as the girl she had met days ago landed on the ledge Cheza had moments ago. The two stared at one another for a moment more but once it passed Mahina took off.

There was uneasiness in Mahina when she rejoined the pack and they, as a group, escaped into the city. She couldn't put her finger on it but from behind her there was a wave of sorrow and it, as a result, made her sad though she didn't know why. As she ran there was a lump forming in her throat and it took almost everything in Mahina to swallow it down. Why even though she ran with her pack did she feel so alone? It was a faint emotion but it brushed against Mahina's heart enough for the she-wolf to recognize it. It was a feeling of abandonment, of knowing that now there was no hope…but why should she feel this when Cheza had been all Mahina had ever hoped for. For the female and her pack of males there was nothing but hope and good fortune now that they had Cheza….so then why did she feel a sense of sorrow tugging at her?

"She is crying…" Cheza spoke up suddenly, her voice was softer than normal, she stopped running and so did the rest of the pack. Mahina turned around to face the maiden and as she took in the slight shake of Cheza's shoulders a wave of sorrow radiated off her sending a slight chill down Mahina's spine. Was it Cheza's sorrow she had felt?...an odd silence came to the group as they watched Cheza silently. No, the emotion Mahina felt from Cheza was uneasiness but the sorrow was different from what had reached the she-wolfs heart. This sorrow was from someone barely familiar to Mahina but Cheza's words gave Mahina a small hint as to who it might be "…she will wither away…"

"…The Hanabito…" even Mahina barely heard her own words but she knew she said them. Muttering the fading flowers name suddenly made the sorrow more apparent to Mahina, it was like opening a door allowing the faint emotion more reach. It circled its fingers around Mahina's very heart and before she knew it the she-wolf was gripped but the Hanabito's sorrow.

For many years she had been here all alone. When the castle had been attacked and Cheza had been taken she had been the only other living thing to escape her glass cage and flee the castle. She stayed far away while one by one she felt the others begin to wither from lack of care until one after another they faded into nothing and died. Each loss was worse than the last until she could no longer feel them. When the very last one faded she knew she was alone, she was the last one to survive, the last imperfect flower, the very last Hanabito. She had waited many many years for Cheza to return to the castle, she knew that one day the perfect one would, and that in her withering state the perfect one would be able to keep her alive but because of the wolves she would not…now there was no hope for her, for this forgotten flower, this Hanabito….she would fade like the others and she would die. This tale washed over Mahina's heart like heavy rain and suddenly the female could understand why Cheza was so sad. The Hanabito was all that was left and though she was imperfect compared to Cheza she was still born of flowers, she was still the maidens sister and when she died Cheza would be the last flower, she would be all alone…

"Do you mean the old lady?" Kiba inquired looking from Mahina, who now held her hands against her chest, to Cheza who nodded her head subtly.

"…Kiba…" Cheza raised her head looking towards the pack leader "can this one stay with you?...is it alright that this one stays with you?"

"Cheza you have to stay with us" there was no hesitation in Kiba's response and Mahina knew she didn't have to look at him to know that he had a very determined look on his face. With Kiba's confirmation the maiden turned to Hige with a hopeful look in her eyes.

"Hige?"

"Sure why not?" the chubby male responded with a chuckle and a nod of his head "When you're on a journey like this the more the merrier right?"

"Toboe?" Cheza turned to the pup next and of course Toboe greeted her question with a smile and a nod so the maiden turned to the grumpiest of them all. The maiden stared into Tsume's golden eyes or a long time before either of them spoke a word to the other "…Tsume?" silence followed Cheza words and now everyone stared at Tsume with expectation. The grey wolf scuffed crossing his arms.

"…fine you can tag along" he looked away from the maiden's gaze "if it gets us to where we're going I can put up with you"

"….." a look of relief came to Cheza's face for moment but then she looked anxious. Slowly she turned to the last of the pack that she hadn't addressed yet with a nervous yet hopeful look on her face. "…Mahina?" the she-wolf was startled at first and she found herself at a loss for words.

"Cheza" the female breathed out reaching out and taking the maiden's hands "I would have it no other way" she smiled giving Cheza's hands a gentle squeeze 'where ever it is you decide to go' she thought 'I will always be by your side' as if she had gotten the message Cheza's eye brightened and the young maiden squeeze her hands as well allowing a smile to grace her face.

"This one would like to go back" Cheza announced tearing her eyes from Mahina's and looking around at everyone "to say goodbye"

"You guys look for somewhere we can hide out until things calm down" Mahina instructed "Kiba and I will go back to the Hanabito with Cheza"

"Huh? Kiba gets to go with you and I get stuck with Mr. Grumpy and the runt?" Hige groaned out the two wolves under subject glared at the chubby male while the younger of the two grumbled that he's 'not a runt' under his breath. These went unnoticed by Hige as he continued on with his rant while Mahina fixed him with an arched brow "how come Kiba always gets to go with you Mahi?" Mahina tried not to snort out a laugh at this question, he was joking right?...the amber wolf and slender female stared at one another for a moment more….oh…he wasn't joking…

"Hige" Mahina released Cheza's hands and turned to face Hige with her hands on her hips "the last time I teamed up with you I ended up in a cage"

"Hey that was one time!" Hige pouted but Mahina snorted rolling her eyes "and you know it wasn't like they were going to kill us anyway" he added casually rubbing the back of his neck as if that whole ordeal had been nothing to him. How could so carelessly brush what had happen to them off like that? "You heard them yourself, they were going to make us a breeding pair, that doesn't sound too bad"

"How does that not sound bad!" Mahina bellowed her fair skin immediately turning to a shade of red that matched her crimson eyes at the very thought of mating with…with Hige her face heated up even more and Mahina immediately turned away crossing her arms "Being stuck in a place like that with you of all wolves"

"H-hey" Hige tried his best to pout but he was too busy laughing at Mahina's expense to do so successfully. To his eyes Mahina was looking more like a typical wolf than a female Kiba, she was embarrassed at the thought of mating. Whether it was because of him or the very idea of it Hige didn't know but the whole matter was laughable to him "why'd you say it like that?" he chuckled out "oh I get it you would rather it be someone else wouldn't you?"

"Wha-…Hige!" Mahina snarled out running at the chubby wolf but he easy side stepped her and stood behind Toboe making the pup a living shield "cut it out!"

"Would you rather breed with the runt here?"

"Hige!" Mahina shrieked in disbelief while Toboe looked between the two curiously.

"But I don't even know what that means?" the youngest of the pack spoke up hoping that one of them would explain it to him. Mahina's already red face deepened in its shade until it was a burning scarlet color and Hige looked at Toboe in disbelief.

"You really don't know anything do you runt?" he spoke and then grinned "alright I'll tell you!"

"Hige!" Mahina snarled out reaching across Toboe to grip the chubby wolf's neck with a tight grip. Whatever it was Hige was going to say next only came out as a strangled sound as he gripped Mahina's hand with his own.

"Relax Mahi I was just kidding-ack!" Hige choked out but Mahina wouldn't let go while poor Toboe tried to calm the female from his place squished between the two "Okay okay! You can have your alone time with-ACK!"

"Quiet joking around!" Mahina tighten her grip

"M-Mahina! Stop!" Toboe tried to jump in casting a worried look towards Hige "Hige's turning blue!"

"Then I'll make sure he turns purple!"

"Mahi!" Toboe yelped, Mahina would have indeed continued to choke the life out of the chubby wolf of the pack. She really did intend to keep her tight grip until his face went from blue to purple even as Toboe begged her to let go. Toboe was failing in getting her to let go so there was no way anyone else could get her to stop but something did. It was a sound, a very light one at that but it was hard to miss.

It was a laugh

It started out faint but grew within minutes of starting until it gained everyone's attention. Even Hige, who was busy trying to keep himself from passing out, turned his head in the direction of the laugh and so did Mahina. A large and getting larger smile grace the flower maiden's lips and she was laughing. Even though her eyes could not see the scene playing out before her she certainly knew what was going on and it sent the maiden into a fit of laughs and giggles and her amusement came off of her in waves so strong Toboe's cheeks went red from the bit of it he pick up on. It was too much for Mahina to handle, she chuckled as well releasing Hige's neck to the amber wolf's relief.

"This one…" Cheza giggled out "this one is glad to stay with all of you…" the air around the pack was much lighter now and any tension was easily forgotten "Everyone…this one cannot wait to find paradise"

It was hard keeping watch for Cheza while the Hanabito was fading like she was. Ever since Mahina had let in the flowers emotions she could sense the Hanabito's very life force fading. It was like staring at a slowly dimming ember and though one thought it was going to keep glowing on and on it was getting dimmer and dimmer. Mahina could hardly manage to sit through this one she couldn't imagine how the Hanabito was able to sit through feeling all of the others fade like this over and over again. It soon became too much to take and Mahina had to move away from the tree but even as she stood so far away she could still feel the Hanabito's energy as it pulsed again and again and again but it was different now…with each pulse it was steadily becoming weaker, Mahina was no fool…she knew what this meant. As if sense her distress Kiba pushed off the tree trunk he had been leaning against and slowly approached Mahina stopping when he stood beside her. The pair glanced at one another before Mahina quickly turned her gaze to the ground.

"…She's fading fast" she told the white wolf "…Cheza will stay with her until the end, it won't take long now"

"You can feel all of that from Cheza?" Mahina didn't have to look up to know Kiba was staring at her, his gaze was burning holes into her as they spoke. At first she didn't want to tell him the truth but when the silence settled in and Mahina chance looking Kiba's way she could tell that she would eventually have to tell the white wolf the truth. Slowly, she lowered her gaze again and shook her head.

"I can feel it from the Hanabito" she confessed bringing a hand to her chest until she clenched the fabric of her blouse, the pulse was getting even fainter now…yes she would be gone very soon. Kiba didn't say anything in response to this confession but when Mahina's crimson eyes met his Azure gaze she could see the unspoken question he wanted to ask "it's like feeling your heart slowly stop beating in your chest" she explained closing her eyes and letting the fading creatures emotion come to her like Cheza's did so easily "she's accepted her fate…she knows she doesn't have much time left but still…there a sorrow coming from her…a sullen peace…" she would have explained more but all of a sudden the pulse became too faint to find. Mahina fell into silence and focused on the fainting energy of the Hanabito, she reached for as if she were reaching into complete darkness her fingers brushed faintly against the fading flowers energy and in the darkness hands touched. Behind Mahina's closed eyes she saw a beautiful creature bathed in all white, her hair was wondrously long and she glowed with such a bright light that the she-wolf couldn't see her face. Still of anything Mahina could make out of this lovely creatures face it was a forming smile.

'I am glad…to have met you…I will pray for your safety'

This voice…it belong to the Hanabito. She looked so young and beautiful as if the clock had turned back for her. She grasped tightly onto Mahina's hand giving it a gentle squeeze. Above the Hanabito a speck of light broke the darkness slowly growing until it shined down on the both of them and Mahina's ears were graced with the song she recalled Cheza singing last night. However it wasn't just one voice singing, no it was millions of them chorusing together in a beautiful harmony.

'Voices?' the she-wolf gaze up at the Hanabito with wide curious eyes, the flower was being drawn in by the light and soon she grew too high for Mahina to keep her grasp on her hand.

'The flowers' the Hanabito explained 'they're singing….they're always…singing' long, slender arms reached out from the light and circled the Hanabito in a welcoming embrace, she allowed the light to consume her as her voice faded from Mahina 'but people…never seem to notice…' with those last words the light disappeared and left Mahina alone, she no longer felt the Hanabito. Mahina opened her eyes and took in a shaky breath, why did it feel like part of her heart had died along with her?

"…She has faded….she's gone" just as Mahina let the words leave her the door to the hidden house in the tree opened and Cheza stepped out. There was a pause between the three as both Mahina and Kiba turned around to watch what the flower maiden would do next. Cheza did nothing at first, she simply stood in the doorway with her blind gaze to the ground, Mahina was the first to approach walking half way until she was just three or so feet away from Cheza. "…" they stood like this for another pause "…Cheza…" that was all Cheza needed, she closed the rest of the space between the two of them and wrapped her delicate arms around Mahina's waist burying her face into Mahina's chest. Almost immediately the she-wolf's blouse was damp from Cheza's tears and for a second, as the she-wolf placed a hand on Cheza's head and wrapped an arm around her shoulders pulling her close, Mahina too let tears shed. Two large tears ran from her crimson eyes and Mahina let them fall, for once she wanted to cry for the loss of something, for the loss of the Hanabito who'd lived so long being alone.

"Mahina…" Cheza held onto Mahina tighter pressing her face even deeper into the she-wolf's blouse and Mahina in turn held the maiden even tighter.

"I know Cheza…I know" She breathed running a hand over Cheza's head "at least you could be there for her in the end…at least she didn't die alone…" Cheza nodded her head to this.

"This one is ready"

That was all the two wolves needed to hear from Cheza was that she was ready, their journey to paradise truly started right then.

An: so here, at the end of the chapter, I'm going to start putting in a little underinfo for you readers. This first one I wanted to tell you guys a little about Mahina.

Mahina is a Newfoundland wolf.

Newfoundland wolves are a subspecies of grey wolf once found on the islands of Newfoundland off the east coast of Canada they're said to be very large white wolves with black strips along their spines and are, unfortunately, said to be extinct. Areas in Newfoundland that were the common habitat of these wolves are now filled by Coyotes. Roughly around 1983 European settlers saw them as nothing but savage cattle killing animals and it was that added on to the declining numbers in the Caribou population that sealed their fate. Settlers set out a bounty on these wolves and began hunting them down in an attempt to destroy the islands population.

The last wild Newfoundland wolf is recorded to have been shot down in 1911 but the official date of their extinction is dated at 1930.

In her wolf form Mahina has blue or liquid platinum eyes. This is a rare happening when it comes to actual Wolves. Most pups are born with blue eyes that eventually change colors within eight to sixteen weeks of age. It's rare for a wolf to have their eyes change after this point and even rare for a mature wolf to have blue eyes. Mahina is one of these cases and though she isn't an old wolf she isn't young like Toboe is, Mahina is still a teenager if anything.