CH. 6

"So… do we start looking for the pages and book here?" Toboe looked up at the four of them. He had the white kitten Neko in his arms. The kitten was rescued along with the pack. Toboe found Neko with him when they woke up in the morning. He had fed the kitten milk and some sausages before they left.

The city buildings reflected light of the noon sun. The sandy buildings stood tall. They had and oval structure the top of them was rounded, they were made from what looked like to be clay. Streets and sidewalk bridges connected different parts of the buildings together from the last. Hanging gardens formed from the gutters of the sides of the buildings, making the plants a beautiful green waterfall from the sides. Trees were all on the ground, even some desert cactuses too. This was like a small world of paradise.

"Hmmm…," Tsume looked around. People were playing in the deserted streets, mostly children; they threw water at each other, laughing. Not a single car was spotted; the city was small for the use of cars. It was just a tiny oasis in the vast, dry desert. Tsume grunted, "This place looks familiar…"

"This city is the only one for miles, it was in ruins a long time ago, and the humans built it up. This city is The Lost City," Cyan informed.

Hige gulped and grabbed his un-collared neck. He remember his betrayal to his pack when they came to this city; Jagura's ancient city of zombie hell.

"Well, so much for Darcia's castle, I think we went too far," Tsume grunted.

"No, we just came from the opposite direction," Toboe replied. The all looked up at the sun then. Indeed, they started their journey from far North whereas before it was the South. In any case they just have to continue to Darcia's castle.

"Any places that might hold old books?" Kiba looked to Cyan; he glanced around hoping for some sign…anything.

"I can take you to bookstores and our library," Cyan replied. She began walking a ways, looking back to them. They nodded and followed. Kiba still glanced around; he felt something was here, somewhere.

They circled through the winding streets of the main floors. Vendors lined up on the sides, they were selling miscellaneous things, from antiques to food. People crowded the streets to buy or sell valuable items. The mothers with children gathered food for dinner and the husbands or young lovers lined for some jewelry for their beloveds.

Kiba kept a close eye out for any signs of books. His eyes searched past the clothes of the townspeople. Tsume helped him by looking on the other side. The group decided to move to a more open area for a plan of action and for fresh air from the smell of disgusting dirty humans.

"How about we split up?" Hige glanced up from the ground as he thought, "Me and Cyan will go check the stores while the three of you are here to find the book."

Kiba looked to Tsume then to Hige, "alright, but keep to the task and don't mess around."

Hige smiled and he glanced to Cyan. She smiled and led him to the stores above the town square. Toboe rolled his eyes as he watched the two of them leave. Neko mewed and climbed up onto his shoulder and perched. Kiba and Tsume sighed as well.

"You better hope those two are coming back," Tsume smirked. He folded his arms and leaned back against the wall.

"If he doesn't, we can always find him. I'm not worried about Hige; I'm just worried about Blue… I mean Cyan," Kiba smiled.

"Hey, let's get to searching, guys. I have a feeling it's around here," Toboe looked up at them and stroked little Neko's head. They nodded and walked through the crowd.

Occasionally there would be a couple of stalls with old books, but none of which they were looking for. After an hour they sat down in a small square. People were passing them by and kids were throwing a few pennies into the fountain that lay in the middle of the square. Palm trees covered the area, providing shade for the tired people that sat on the benches for a rest. They looked at each other, thinking.

"There's the one last street we didn't search, if we don't find anything, we'll have to hunt down Hige and Cyan and leave," Kiba sighed and watched as Toboe held Neko to the water fountain's edge so the kitten could lap at the cool refreshing water.

Tsume nodded, "alright Kiba. Have you figured out how to turn into a wolf yet?"

Kiba shook his head; his black hair fell over his sea eyes in response.

Tsume nodded and kept his mouth shut, not to push the subject.

"Hey Guys! Do you smell that?" Toboe jumped up in excitement. Kiba and Tsume stood up. Tsume's head hung back as he sniffed the air. Kiba watched curiously.

"What is it?"

"Smells like wolves and food…"Tsume grunted, "there must be others here, I'm not surprised."

Toboe laughed and ran off, Neko jumped up on his shoulder. Toboe made his way into the other street they didn't check before. He rushed into the crowd. Tsume and Kiba yelled for him to come back, but Toboe didn't listen. They ran out after him.

Pushing past people they moved against the crowd trying to find the pup. They searched without any luck.

"Kiba, let's stop for a while and find higher ground!"

Kiba stopped and looked around, people zoomed past them. Tsume climbed on a few boxes lying against an old building and looked around. Kiba looked up at him and waited for an answer.

"There!" Tsume pointed aways to an alleyway. Toboe was talking to a middle aged man dressed in some ragged clothing, "he's one…."

Tsume jumped down and ran, Kiba followed him. They ran to Toboe. He was smiling holding something in his hand. The old black wolf nodded and he walked away back to his stand.

Toboe lead them into the alley, beaming, "He gave me a folded piece of fabric like paper," he held up one of the missing pages. There was a picture on it with strange symbols. There were five wolves on it and three humans. A white wolf was leading following a grey, then a fat brown one, then a brown pup. Humans were standing beside in a corner. Kiba gasped, he reached out and touched the picture of the white wolf, chills rolled down his spine.

Tsume's eyebrows rose, "the missing pages fore told us?"

Toboe smiled, "we're famous…"

They walked down the alleyway.

Tsume grunted, "all we need now is the book and the rest of the pages… how many pages are there?"

Kiba shrugged, "Cheza didn't say…"

Neko mewed. Tsume and Toboe stopped, they sniffed the air. Their eyes widen slightly.

"What is it?" Kiba asked.

"Blood…."

A group of wolves walked out from the shadows. Each glaring, baring their pearly white fangs. Toboe hid Neko up into a small spot invisible to the wolves. Kiba, Tsume, and Toboe glared back. Toboe and Tsume, growling.

Laughter erupted from the streets and their world went blank.

Sorry everyone! I have writer's block and realized that I haven't updated this in a LONG time. Does it always seem that I end with them passing out? I'm sorry for the late update. School is wasting my precious time; I might not update this for another month. I'll try my best for at least 2 week updates.