Alas! Chapter 3! Sorry for the 5 day overdo, School is a nightmare and being a junior in high school doesn't change anything. (And I said 10/5 in the last for update, I meant September, I just thought September was 10 not 9th month. School's killing me.) Anyway, here ya go!

Daylight washed Kiba's face as he slowly became conscious. Opening his eyes slowly, he saw only blurs. He looked at his surroundings, finding he was lying in a corner of a huge rather empty warehouse. The ceiling stretched a good 30 feet; the floor was very cold cement.

"Look Hige! He's waking up!"

A figure of a boy wearing the same orange jacket he saw him in the first time was running towards him. The voice was of a boy not yet in full maturity.

"I'll get him some food," said the deep, slightly older voice.

Kiba's vision was slowly getting better. Brown eyes starred down at him, full of happiness. He was smiling widely, lips stretched to the corners of his face.

"Hey, I'm Toboe!"

Kiba blinked.

Hige came back with a bowl of soup. The smell came over him and hunger took over him as he realized his long fasting of what he thought was a day. They boys helped him to sit him up. They leaned his back against the wall next to him. He gingerly ate his soup, as to not drop it or burn himself with the hot filling liquid.

"Thank you both," he glanced up at him

They both nodded, smiling. Hige looked at him, "Name's Hige." He paused for a moment then watched the young man. He was quite better from before when they 'found' him. The cuts and bruises were disappearing and he seemed to be stronger. Hige never experienced pain himself; he was mostly a home dog, hungry for food, always. He was born wolf. His mother was a brown wolf as his father; they were killed by the Agents soon after his 2nd birthday. Finding a way to hide himself, he made his way into the city, seeking revenge but knowing soon after he was out numbered. He looked back and Kiba and smiled slightly, "Geez, you were a mess, sorry we hit ya."

"Yea, we thought you were one of the Agents, we managed to save your friend from near death as well. He's over there resting," Toboe added in, he pointed to a grey wolf in the middle of the floor covered with blankets. There was a window right above him, light danced along the fur of Tsume, making him glow in a way.

"We thought he was a goner until we saw him let out a breath. The Agents really got him. Cuts everywhere and deep ones, we don't know if they burned him, if they did, they are gone. It wasn't until we scared him off by throwing rocks and howling multiple times that really made them run!" Toboe jumped up. He was jumping up and down excitedly. Hige smiled and went to check on Tsume.

A sudden thought came to Toboe's mind, "what's your name?"

Kiba smirked; he'd forgotten to introduce himself to his old pack, "Kiba."

Toboe smiled and walked over to a small nest like place in the opposite corner. He picked up a small white object, a kitten. The kitten climbed along his shoulders playing with her master. Kiba stood up slowly and walked to Hige, reaching in his pocket for Cheza's leaves. He pulled out a small still lively red leaf and held it out to Hige. Hige gave him a questionable look, he saw something in Kiba's eyes though, trust. He took the leaf and ate it. Hige's world seemed to stop as he starred off into the distance. Kiba smiled as he knew what was going on.

Toboe ran over to show Kiba his kitten. He held the kitten up in his face, smiling broadly, "this is Neko! I got her a few days ago!"

She was white and her eyes were the brightest sky blue he'd ever seen. Looking closer, he realized that this kitten had a familiar look. Toboe placed her in his arms and the kitten starred at him, almost admiralty.

Hige jumped up and looked at Kiba, "what the….? KIBA!"

Toboe looked at the two of them completely confused. Kiba handed him a leaf and told him to eat it.

They were sitting in a circle, Hige, Toboe, Neko and Kiba. Tsume was still out. Toboe was having some shakes and Hige would glance at Kiba nervously. Them in their wolf forms still troubled Kiba, he wanted badly to be the form he was originally.

"I can't believe that. I can't believe what happened….," Toboe paused to catch his breath and steady himself, "do...do… you think we are to find Paradise again?"

"Cheza says that's what we are supposed to do. I have to find a way to be a wolf though, she says I'm a wolf but not in my true form." Kiba sighed and leaned back on the floor.

"I don't want to go, after all that happened, I don't want to go," Hige retorted, he had fear in his voice; something Kiba was surprised to hear.

"We don't have any Nobles chasing after us like last time. We just need to find the missing pages and the book for that matter."

They nodded, they seemed better, for he made it sound easy, but he was Kiba. Kiba was their leader no matter what.

"Where shall we start looking?" Hige surprised Toboe and Kiba. He stood up and smirked, "just like old times."

They laughed.

"Why don't we start with Darcia's Castle?"

They boys turned and looked at the grey wolf standing before them, fully healed and fully determined. The newly made X-cut on his chest showed heavily, he was just the way Kiba remembered him. They smiled, Kiba's smiled seemed to be the widest, he was glad his old companion was his old self and alive for that matter.

"Well, Kiba, should we go to Darcia's?" Toboe's small voice asked him with wide eyes. He remembers. Kiba nodded his head slowly. Neko climbed up Toboe's shoulder and mewed in approval.

And with that, the boys grabbed some food and went on their way. They stayed in human forms until they left the city, and then they were wolves. Kiba walked with them, they were in no mood for running, but the waning moon was waiting for her children of the night.