Chapter 2

The Dome

Thanks for reading I am not quite sure where this story is going I am making it up as I go with only a few ideas so thanks for reading please enjoy please R&R and for the record they do remember the past life. I don't really like this chapter I am unsure really how it came out but please enjoy anyway. I went back to school today! All well wasn't that bad I guess. But I got the books I wanted for Christmas! YAY! Yes I know this chapter is kind of bad. I really wasn't sure what to do with it. But I made it long as a sorry for taking so long to update.

The pack entered the town with the illusion of being human making it look like Toboe was holding the baby in his arms. They walked slowly and carefully unsure of whom they could trust.

"There is defiantly something wrong here." Tsume said the town was in extreme poverty. People laid on the street the buildings were worn and rugged and unusable. Families huddled together in alleys struggling to keep warm. "And I thought my town was bad." Tsume said. Either no one saw the pack or they just didn't care. Normally they attracted all kinds of attention four outsiders suspiciously out of place but this time no one seemed to care.

They walked through the town for a little while.

"Come on let's find a place to drop the kid and go." Hige said looking around.

"I don't like it here, it's too sad, to run down we can't leave her here." Toboe said.

"We all agreed to dump IT at the first town we found now we are here." Tsume said.

"We can't!" Toboe pleaded.

"Let's look around more maybe things will get better." Kiba suggested and they walked until they found a small family of two adults and two children a boy and a girl resting in a beat up ally. The children were playing with a branch they all looked starving and tired.

"Hey don't mean to disturb but do you happen to have enough room in your family to take in this child we found?" Tsume said quickly.

"Tsume," Toboe growled angrily.

"No I am sorry with money and the economy how it is we can barely take care of ourselves." The woman said.

"It's all because of that stupid noble!" the little boy spat angrily waving his stick in the air.

"Shush Joey don't go talking like that." the mother said "it's dangerous to talk like that." Kiba bent down to the child.
"What do you mean about the noble? Is this somehow his fault?" the little girl looked at Kiba and said quietly.

"The noble, Aaron, has been taking money from the city for himself. That's why daddy doesn't get paid so much and this happened." She said motioning to the ally around them.

"Liz, quite." Her father ushered. "That hasn't been proven.

"But everyone knows it's true!" the boy shouted.

"I think it is best you leave." The father told the pack sternly blaming them for starting up their children. The pack slowly walked away when a black air craft flew overhead.

"What do you guys think? Think we should pay the noble of this city a visit?" Kiba suggested. The other nodded in agreement and they began walking towards the keep. Toboe shifted his grip on the baby.

"Can't you leave that thing here?" Tsume asked.

"No it needs protection." Toboe called back. Suddenly the baby began to cry and they didn't know what to do. "I think it's hungry."

"Well what do you want us to do about it?" Hige asked.

"Can't it eat crushed mushy stuff?"

"Where are we going to get that?" Kiba asked.

*SPLAT!*

"Tsume?" they asked.

"Here, I was saving this apple but if it will shut that kid up take it." he said pulling his hand out of a pile of fresh applesauce he had made by slamming the apple between his hands. They stared at him for a moment before Toboe eagerly took the goo and gave it to the child. And soon it was gone and the child was smiling around at everyone happily again.

"Thank god it stopped." Tsume said, and they began walking towards the keep again.

"You can't take it with us." Kiba told Toboe. "It's dangerous."

"I will protect it." Toboe said confidently, as they entered through a broken window into the keep. The hallways were long and quite not a thing moved they were dull and poorly lit which led the pack to wonder if they were in the right place.

Bang, bang.

A sound faintly echoed through the elaborate palace.

"What was that?" Kiba asked and Hige sniffed the air.

"No…it couldn't be." And he took off running down the hallways following his nose."

"Hige come back!" Kiba yelled after him but it was useless.

"HIGE!" Toboe screamed through clenched teeth.

"Porky, no!" Tsume cried out.

"What got into him?" Toboe asked as Hige rounded the corner out of sight.

"I have no clue." Tsume answered. "But we better bring him back before he gets into trouble." and they took off running after him towards the continuous banging sounds that got loader and loader.

"What is that?" Tsume asked and then the sound seemed to stop. They turned the final corner and found Hige beside a cage and inside were a Wolf with dark blue/black fur that they instantly recognized as Blue, a female wolf Hige had fallen in love with. Blue had fought alongside them in their last adventure and was a great addition to their pack. She seemed excited about seeing them.

"I promise we are going to get you out of here." Hige promised and turned back to the rest of the pack. "Come on guys you have to help me free her." Toboe put the baby down gently and ran up with the rest of the pack who began ramming into the cage until they pushed it over leaving blue free.

"Thanks for the help." She said coolly. Hige stared at her admiringly.

"Blue what are you doing here?"

"Aaron's soldier managed to single me out as a wolf not a dog they hunted me down and after a few months they captured me."

"I am going to rip that noble to shreds I promise!" Hige growled. Blue stifled a laugh. "Hey Blue after this we are going to look for paradise again do you want to come with us again?" Hige asked hopefully."

"I don't think so I have other things to do." Blue said teasingly.

"Oh…" Hige sounded disappointed and Blue laughed again.

"I was just kidding of course I will come." Hige smiled, his ears popped straight up and his tail began to wag as be started enthusiastically jumping around. Blue smiled at him a moment before tackling him and the two rolled across the floor happy to have finally found each other. Eventually they stopped and turned back to the pack. Blue excitedly looked at them one by one and stopped at Toboe.

"Toboe what's that?" Blue asked a little confused.

"Um, this." Toboe gently rested the child on the ground.

"Toboe picked up a stray." Tsume answered as Toboe lifted the cover from her revealing the small baby.

"We couldn't just leave her." Toboe said quietly remembering the cold harsh weather were they found her. Blue examined her and the girl smiled and laughed. A smile tugged at Blue's lips but she turned away.

"It's cute, I guess."

"Come on we should hurry." Kiba answered and they ran down the hallway Toboe carrying the girl. The hallways seemed long and endless and they took what seemed like countless turns they found themselves in a large ball room. The ceiling was high and large glass windows covered the far wall of the dome shaped room, a large chandelier hung from the highest spot in the room.

"So the wolves have returned." A voice echoed. There was someone standing on the other side of the room, they were dressed in black and had a purple cloak draped around their shoulders. The pack growled and tensed into fighting positions. Toboe gently put the child down.

"We don't want to fight you," Kiba growled. "Just return the money and items you took from the town." The Noble snickered.

"Why would I listen to a thrown together pack of strays?" The pack growled again. "Come and get Me." the woman growled as she drew a thin 1 hand sword and the pack charged. Fur and blood flew as the pack was knocked back then would charge again. Tsume managed to bight her arm while Blue jumped from the air and kicked the woman hard on the head. Finally Hige got a good scratch leaving her bleeding and Kiba managed to pull the sword away. Toboe couldn't stop himself from glancing at the bundle of blankets.

"Toboe come on!" Hige yelled snapping Toboe out of his daze.

"Oh right," he muttered and he rammed into the noble she stumbled back and rammed into a small desk in the corner. Papers fell as did an oil lamp and before they knew it what started off as a small spark turned into a huge fire running through the curtains. Aaron pulled away from the pack and while holding her hurt arm and favoring her left leg she limped out of the room. Kiba was bleeding from a slash in his side and was limping towards the windows.

"Come on guys hurry up." he called back. The pack chased after him.

*Crash*

They went through the windows. First Kiba then Blue then Hige then Tsume but Toboe stopped and looked back.

"What are you waiting for jump!" they called but Toboe ran back to the middle of the room. The fire was blazing and the smoke was thick but he managed to wrap up the coughing baby and race back to the window and burst out before they were hurt. They continued their run for a few miles desperate to get away from the burning mansion. They finally stopped running and stood there a moment panting for breath.

"You went back for it?" Tsume asked Toboe.

"I couldn't exactly leave it to die." Toboe cut in. Tsume didn't reply he just shrugged and turned away.

"I guess we will have to drop IT off at the next town."

"You can stop calling the baby an IT."

"Fine, Thing." Toboe rolled his eyes and they all began walking again after a few moments of awkward silence.

"So what's its name?" blue asked to break the tension.

"It doesn't have a name; maybe we should give it one." Toboe suggested.

"No," Tsume said flatly. Toboe and blue looked at him questioningly and he continued. "You name IT and you get attached to IT."

"Well I think we should name IT." Toboe said.

"Yea," Blue agreed. "We can't very well keep calling it, IT."

"How about thing?" Tsume asked.

"Ha ha very funny." Blue said sarcastically. Toboe put the baby down and pulled away the cloth to look at her face as she smiled up at them.

"You shouldn't" Tsume warned.

"Too bad, we are naming it." Blue said. Tsume shrugged and sat down on top of a nearby boulder.

"How about Chan?" Toboe asked. Blue shook her head.

"No how about Mei?" Blue recommended. Toboe shook his head.

"Lee?"

"Cho?" Blue sighed.

"This is harder than I thought." Toboe said.

"That's because you are doing it all wrong." Hige burst in. "you need to name the kid something cool like….like…..THE KILLINATOR!"

Everyone stared at Hige open mouthed even Tsume. Toboe turned back to Blue.

"Cho sounds nice."

"Yea." Blue agreed as Hige went to chibi sulk on the side. Toboe sighed.

"But it doesn't seem to fit her." they both stared at the child for a moment watching her smile at them and it hit Toboe like a ton of bricks.

"Emiko!" Toboe shouted.

"What?" Blue asked.

"Emiko, it means smiling child." Blue smiled.

"It's perfect." Blue said excitedly. Toboe leaned over Emiko.

"Do you hear that Emi? You have a name!" Emi giggled and Toboe rapped her up in blankets again, and they started moving. By nightfall they were at the gates of the next town.

"This place is perfect to drop the thing off at." Tsume said looking at the dome. "Not to poor, nothing demonic about it, the place actually seems happy and well off." Toboe put Emiko on the ground sadly.

"Do we have to?"

"Yes," Kiba answered. "It's what's best." Blue and Toboe looked sadly at the wiggling bundle before them.

"Can't we take a vote on it?" Toboe asked.

"I vote no," Tsume said.

"Sorry Toboe," Kiba answered.

"Look Toboe I know how you feel but you're out numbered this kid will only bring trouble, it's stupid to keep something we can't take care of." Hige comforted.

"I think it would be nice to keep it." Blue broke in and Toboe smiled at the slim chance of hope.

"I told you that you would get attached." Tsume sighed, "But you are still out numbered the pup is a bad idea."

"How dare you!" Hige said defensively. "Emi would be a great addition to the pack. I say Blue is right we should keep It I mean Emi." Tsume sighed as Hige made goodly eyes at Blue.

"Whatever just doesn't expect me to baby sit?" Tsume said as he turned away. Toboe smiled at Kiba.

"Does this mean we can keep her?" Kiba nodded reluctantly.

"Yes." Blue called out and she and Toboe wagged their tails.

"What about me? I made the deciding vote?" Hige broke in.

"You also voted to name her KILLINATOR." Blue joked. Hige blushed and she laughed. "But you did let us keep her." and she licked him on the cheek and he began to wag his tail as happy as the other two.

"So it's decided." Kiba said. "It looks like Emiko is a member of the pack." Toboe looked down at the smiling child.

"Did you hear that Emi? Welcome to the pack."