Route 66

The five of them were traveling for days straight before stopping at a town to the south. The white wolf wasn't too happy with the idea of stopping now that he caught a whiff of the lunar flower, but the newest member made a big fuss about stopping. Of course being a female in an all male group has it's ups and downs.

Tsume crossed his arms sitting on a pile of scrapped cars. His eyes were closed but his face was far from relaxed.

"Please tell me why are we stopping?" He asked, his brow visibly twitching.

Kiba stood on another pile looking out into the distance. He was just as irritated as the grey wolf, but he didn't feel like talking. Luckily, Toboe was there to keep the tension from being too high. The kid sat with his legs crossed close to Tsume.

"She said there was something here that we'll need," Toboe leaned back slightly.

Tsume just snorted, "Just who the hell is she anyways?"

"What a dump," she murmured walking swiftly through the streets. Her long red scarf seemed to float behind her as she turned a corner down an alley. Somehow they had an affinity for her, that usually led her to trouble. She sniffed the air to find something, and she did.

Her heart rate increased. Her stride quickened. Before she knew it she was sprinting down the alleys and ended up at the back of some shady building.

'It's here,' she thought bringing herself back to a walking pace. Just before she turned the last corner she stopped.

"C'mon baby," a guy spoke with a voice that could make any woman feel as if she was covered in slime.

She peeked around the corner to see that three men surrounded a young wolf with charred brown fur, but to the humans she looked like a young busty girl with almond hair.

"Humph," Yoru folded her arms, "You're in my way, I need to meet with someone."

"No need to be like that," the guy wearing a black skull cap advanced towards her.

Yoru had no time a little patients with them and delivered a swift left to the guy in the hat. The other two launched at her but she danced around their out-stretched hands and kicked one of the guys in the gut. She was about to turn around and finish the last man standing but a sharp pain shot up her left leg.

With her guard being down, the last man that was still up locked her arms behind her back. The man in the black skull cap stood up with a bloody knife in his hand. She was stabbed somewhere on her lower left leg but she would have to worry about that later.

"By the time we're done with you," the man behind Yoru whispered, "You'll be begging for death."

The woman came flying around the corner and punched the guy holding Yoru in the back. Yoru wasted no time and shoved the guy in front of her into the brick building and delivered a right blow to his chest. She turned seeing that the last guy was on the ground. Yoru grabbed the woman in black and ran off down the alley, she didn't pull her far though.

Yoru finally had a moment as looked over the woman that helped her out. She was dressed in a black dress jacket that stopped high enough on her thighs, just inches after the coat ends her boots started, going back up the collar of her coat flared out instead of laying down, and short black hair framed her face. Her tan skin was greatly contrasted by beautifully bright blue eyes.

Yoru noted the red scarf that was around her neck. The alley they were in was small surrounded by tall stone building. There were only two ways in or out but she didn't bother to block either of the exits.

"What's you're name?" Yoru asked.

The woman folded her arms, "I should be asking you that question."

After a moment of silence Yoru decided to tell her as much of the truth as she felt like.

"I know what you are looking for," Yoru started. "And someone is looking for you. If you travel with me, you'll have everything you've been searching for, and more."

The woman in black wasn't convinced and she started to walk past Yoru.

"You're looking for Cheza, aren't you Blue?" Yoru looked over her shoulder. "I also know that you're a half breed."

Even though Blue didn't flinch her eyes were wide with shock. Cautiously she turned around to get a better look at the pup that was standing before her. Shock slowly turned to confusion and anger.

Yoru narrowed her eyes, "I have no intention of fighting you."

"That's not it," Blue growled. "Where is she? What did you do to her?"

"She was taken by a noble." Yoru sighed. "I can get you to her."

"Humph, why should I trust you?" Blue asked snarling.

"Good things happen when I'm around," She said half jokingly looking off. "Isn't that right Hige?"

Yoru turned forward to see the bulky wolf smile nervously as he came from around the corner. He walked cautiously towards them still smiling. 'He looks happier than ever,' Yoru thought and turned her back to the stone wall.

"I thought I'd find you here." Hige said stopping in front of her.

"I'll leave you two," Yoru said walking past Blue. "You should consider my offer. If I can't get you to come, maybe he can."

Hige tilted his head, "What's her problem and where is she trying to get you to go?"

Blue fixed her eyes on Hige's and asked, "You're with her?"

"Well, we do travel together." He scratched the back of his head. "She can be such a pain in the ass though."

Blue held her gaze and silently thought on what Yoru had told her. It couldn't be a trap, and if it was, she was willing to fight.

"I'm Hige by the way." He said putting on a big smile.

Blue couldn't put a paw on it yet but she felt something in his smile. "My name is Blue."

The moon was high before Hige finally rejoined the rest of the somehow managed to convince Blue to join them in their journey. She didn't bother to mention her real reason she followed him. Frankly she felt that it wasn't anyone's business.

Toboe ran up to Hige with a worried look, "Have you seen Yoru?"

"You mean she didn't come back here?"

Toboe shook his head, "I'm going to go find her." He took off towards the city.

Hige looked at Blue and shrugged, "He does that a lot."

Hige and Blue climbed the scrap metal while Toboe followed his nose right to Yoru. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found her sitting on a ledge of one of the buildings in the town. He didn't smell any blood either, another good sign.

He noticed how her hair held a shine in the moonlight. He made his way to the ledge and took a seat next to her. Yoru looked to her side and smiled. Usually she would try to hold a stoic look but whenever she was around him she felt happy.

"Now that all the pieces are in place," She started looking out, "We can find our way."

Toboe nodded, "Our way to paradise."

This made Yoru narrow her eyes. She didn't care about finding paradise, her dreams were leading her back to her home. Back to the 'pack' that brutally beat her, leaving her to die. She knew which way she needed to go thanks to her dreams. She needed the pieces to be in the right place so she could take her home back.

Toboe looked down and saw her hand was clenched tight. He placed his hand on her shoulder causing her to snap back to reality. She let her hand open up and likced the blood from her palm.

"We should head back to the others." Toboe stood up and held his hand out to her.

She looked up at him and smiled. "I'll race ya," she said letting herself slide off the ledge.

"Hey!" Toboe jumped down and chased after her. "Wait up!"

Yoru was hoping that Kiba wouldn't be objecting to her idea. She had a feeling that he would continue south until he found something. He was a stubborn wolf, but maybe there was something she could do to alter their course.

'Stupid dreams,' She hissed inwardly as she reached the campsite.

Toboe was only steps infront of her. Kiba was laying on his back, Tsume found something he could sit against, Hige was sitting up next to Blue who was laying on her side. They looked as if they were sleep but any animal could tell that they were still on high alert.

Yoru found a sport and curled up for the night. It would take all her strength to keep her from going a couple of rounds with the white wolf. She wasn't sure if he would ask a lot of questions or if he would simply say yes. 'No' was not an option at this point, not if he wanted to see the flower maiden again. Without another thought Yoru let herself drift to sleep.
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I was feeling generous so I posted up another chapter. If you have any questions or you just want to make a review, please feel free to do so. I'll try to be better about updating my stories as often as I can. I'm on a roll so far and I've been writing almost non stop. I'm working on other stories and coming up with ideas for original stories, hopefully they turn out well. Until next time guys!