Wow, reality hit me and I noticed that this story is like half way over! Kinda sad... But I'm thinking about writing a sequel :)

Disclaimer: I dont own Wolf's Rain. But I do own Rexy!

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Chap 16. A Dream of an Oasis

We trudged through the snow, in wolf form, not knowing which way to go. None of us could find Kiba's scent and we were getting worried.

"We cant find him any where..." Toboe whined. "Do you think he's..."

"He could be..." Hige whispered. Even though it was a possibility no body wanted to say it, but somebody had to.

"Dead." I growled.

"Rexy..." Toboe whispered looking down. We changed to human form and were resting before we figured out what to do next.

"What to we do next?" I asked no one in particular pulling my knees up to my chin.

"I dont know." Hige said. "I guess we just give up on paradise. I never wanted to go anyway." I couldn't believe he just said that. Hige was my friend and something was wrong with him I could tell.

"You dont mean that..." I whispered still not daring to look at any of them.

"I found a scent." Toboe said, I snapped my head around to Toboe.

"Is it him?" I asked hopefully.

"No..." Toboe said. I sighed looking away again, the only thing that could make me happy now was to have Kiba back with me... I mean us! Have Kiba back with us...

"Look it's the old man." Toboe said looking over the ledge. I growled getting up and walking over to see for myself.

"Good ridden." Hige growled when he saw Quent lying there almost lifeless in the snow.

"Oh come on, you dont mean that." Toboe said. "He means a lot... to Blue."

"And Blue was lost to." Toboe whined.

"Why, you!" Hige growled grabbing Toboe by the shirt, he was about to throw a punch but I grabbed his arm before he met his target.

"Everybody deserves love Hige." I said, my face blank. He growled.

"Fine but dont come crying to me when that human wakes up and shoots you." Hige growled walking off.

"We're going to look for Kiba some more." Tsume said following Hige.

"Come on Toboe." I whispered.

"Rexy, is it all right if I stay here a bit?" Toboe asked.

"Sure, just be careful and leave before he wakes up." I sighed. "Man Toboe, someday those humans will be the death of you." I laughed starting to walk towards Hige and Tsume up ahead.

"You're just saying that!" Toboe called up to me.

"Call it what you will!" I called back. I caught up to the others.

"Where's Toboe?" Tsume asked.

"He wanted to stay there for a bit." I shrugged.

"And you just let him!" Tsume growled but before I could reply there was the high pitched noise of a noble's ship.

"It's a noble." I said covering my ears.

"Jaguara!" Hige growled. We leaned against the mountain wall that was besides us until the ship passed. Shortly after we heard a terrified howl.

"Toboe!" I said.

"I know that howl any where!" Hige said. We ran onto the spot and got there almost instantly. There were two men that were on top of horses, one was holding a bow and arrow aiming it at Toboe. Tsume and Hige ran toward them knocking them off the horses. I ran to Toboe.

"Are you all right?" I asked alarmed.

"Yea..." Toboe panted out of breath.

"Who are you!" Tsume growled at the human beneath him. "Are you with the nobles!?"

"What? Nobles?" The man said.

"Why is Jaguara collecting wolves?" Tsume asked. "What does she want with us?"

"Wolves, uh?" The human said, he then started to chuckle.

"What's so funny!" I snarled.

"You guys should have said you were wolves." He said. Tsume got off the human letting him up.

"The elder is going to have my hid, for this." He muttered, getting atop his horse.

"Follow us for the answers, wolves." He said. We didn't like the idea but we followed.

"Us, of the Mon tribe believe in wolves." He said. "I suppose you're looking for paradise."

"You suppose correctly." I answered. "But we're looking for a pack member of ours."

"Yea we were separated!" Toboe said. We eventually arrived at a little area that had teepees and other hut like things that I guessed they lived in. We walked up to a dog that was lying on the ground with herbs on it, I looked closer to see it had wounds.

"Those people that attacked, I dont know if they were poachers or what but they attacked all the dogs." The man said.

"Jaguara." Hige growled. "They must be attacking things that even looks like a wolf."

"Attack first ask questions later..." I mumbled.

"Eek." We heard a voice come from behind us. We turned around to see an old man.

"Elder." Eek said.

"I must speak with the wolves." The elder said. He led us to a tent, so we entered and sat down around a fire.

"Back long ago." The elder began, ugh I could tell this was going to be long. "Wolves were created from paradise. They battled a great evil vilantly, and humanity was created from them." The elder said a whole lot more stuff and more detailed but all my mind got was that.

"When the wolves go in search of paradise." The elder continued. "The world will come to an end, and when the wolves reach it the world will be encased in ice. The world will then start over, from scratch..."

"So by searching for paradise." I said. "We are causing the world to end."

"Who's idea was it to search for it?" The elder asked. "Was it you?"

"Who me?" Toboe asked. "No."

"Was it you?" He asked again.

"No." Hige and me said in unison.

"You then?" He turned to Tsume.

"No." Tsume answered. "We were separated from him." I stood up with that said.

"This isint getting anything done." I said heading for the door.

"Where in the heck do you think you're going?!" Hige asked.

"I'm going to look for Kiba some more." I said walking out. I soon felt a hand on my shoulder, so I turned around to see Hige.

"You're not getting rid of us that easily!" He laughed.

"Good so lets go." I said.

"Do you know where you're leading us?" Tsume asked annoyed.

"No I do not." I said confidently.

"Let's ask Eek." Toboe said. It didn't take us long to locate him.

"Hey, Eek." I said walking up to him.

"We're looking for our pack member." Tsume said. "Do you have any idea where he could be? We can't find his scent."

"He might be in the desert over these hills and ridges." Eek said. "But be careful, there is a large patch of grass that grows in the middle of the desert. And they say that those who rest under it, will be lost forever in the garden of eternity." Eternity is a big word, just like forever. Both are very powerful words to me…

"The garden of eternity?" Tsume asked.

"It's a place where no one feels any pain or sorrow." Eek said. "They say those who go there are happy all the time."

"Is it paradise?" I asked.

"Who knows." Eek said. "No body who goes there ever comes back." I shuttered at the thought of never seeing Kiba again.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay here with us?" Eek asked.

"Yea we're sure." Tsume said. We turned and started to walk towards the mountainous ledges when I noticed that Toboe wasn't following us, so I turned around.

"Come on Toboe." I said. Tsume and Hige stopped and turned around.

"I'm not going with you." Toboe said with his head down. "I'm staying here…"

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