Ok sorry I haven't updated in awhile! School is a pain, plus I didn't like how the first version of this chapter turned out so I redone it.

Chap 19. Pieces of a Shooting Star

We ran across the snow in wolf form, running as fast as we could. Well, nowadays we're always running. No one really spoke, they were all in their own minds wondering what was to come next at Jaguara's keep. I just hope every thing goes right when we get there, but with our luck, odds are that nothing goes right. I shook off the feeling and kept running. I then heard Toboe gasp about some thing.

"What is it?" I asked glancing over in his direction. He was looking up at the night sky, so I followed his gaze and looked up.

"Look at all the shooting stars!" He said.

"I've never seen so many..." I growled seeing all the stars flying away from my vision.

"Do falling stars actually fall?" Toboe asked. "You know down here on earth?" Uh, I never really thought of it.

"I don't know." I answered. "Maybe…" We finally made it to a hill and, now in human, form we walked up it. Toboe, Hige, and I gasped at what we saw. It was water but it was covered in ice, but instead of being firm the ice seamed to move around as it floated.

"Are we supposed to cross that?" Toboe asked.

"Yes, it's on the other side." Kiba answered. "Lets go." One by one we jumped of the hill and carefully started to make our way across the ocean of floating ice. When Toboe jumped of the hill he slipped and almost fell into the water, luckily only his paw went in.

"Wow! That's cold!" Toboe whined.

"Just be careful runt." Tsume growled.

"Yea." I nodded. "Don't fall in."

"I-I know that." Toboe said getting up, he then ran up ahead of us. "Come on guys! This cold's great!"

"What the heck is he talking about?" Hige asked. "It's freezing!" A cold breeze blew, as if to agree with Hige.

"He is such a pup." Tsume growled.

"Toboe wait up!" I called running after him. We changed to wolf form and continued onward. "Dont go off by your self."

"Oh why?" Hige asked sarcastically. "Is the ice going to eat him?" I rolled my wolf eyes and kept walking. "Plus you're the one who's about to walk off a cliff..." At that I whipped my head around to see a deep trench in front of us. I let out a yelp and jumped back a step, which made Hige laugh.

"Hey that was serious!" I growled changing to human form. "I could have fallen in!"

"Oh yeah well-" Hige began to say, but was interrupted by Tsume.

"Will you two quit arguing and jump already." I turned around back to the trench to see Tsume and Kiba waiting.

"Of course." I said taking a few steps back, I then broke out into a run. When I got to the ledge a leaped across easily.

"See it's not so tough." I said. Hige also made it across with ease.

"Come on runt!" Hige called to Toboe who was still on the other side.

"I was getting ready to all right!" He called back. He then started running towards the trench, sure running and jumping is the easy part, but making it across in one piece and landing now that's the hard part. Toboe landed on the other side with us, but he stumbled a few steps before finally he tripped.

"Are you still in one piece runt?" Tsume asked.

"W-Well of course I am!" Toboe said getting up. He turned to look at what he had tripped over. It was a pile of bones.

"Are these bird bones?" He asked picking one up.

"Looks like it." I said.

"Theres not a scrape of meat on these." Hige sighed disappointedly. He looked up at the sky. "Come on birds lets see some flapping..." We ran on in wolf form across the ice, the farther we ran it seemed like Toboe was falling farther and farther behind. We came to a small ledge and stopped at the sight we saw.

"Wow." I whispered.

"And still no meat..." Hige whined. Toboe caught up and gasped at what was in front of us.

"Its like a graveyard for bones." Tsume said.

"What happened to you?!" Hige asked Toboe. I looked over at him, he had blood drickling down his left arm.

"Uh, oh this." He said, pulling his arm behind him. "I must have bumped into something that's all."

"Do you want to rest here for awhile?" Kiba asked him.

"No guys really I'm fine. Lets go!" He said running off.

"Who knows what the smell of fresh blood will attract." Kiba said.

"Well whatever shows up, I guess we can just eat it..." Tsume said. We changed to wolf form and started running again. I had a very bad feeling... Soon enough Toboe fell behind again. I turned around to see where he was, he was farther away then what I thought

"Guys..." I said changing to human form. I turned around and so did the others.

"He's slowing us down..." Tsume growled angrily. Toboe stumbled and jumped over ice floats and separated pieces of ice. Just when he was almost caught up, he collapsed and landed with a hard thud. I looked over at him sadly, poor Toboe... He began getting up, and once he was standing the ice began to shake.

"What the heck is that!" I snarled. Ice flew up in the air making Toboe soaked in water, I prided my eyes open to see what it was, there stood a monstrous walrus. Our jaws dropped, and I thought that my eyes where about to pop out of my head. It let out a bellowing roar. Kiba and Tsume launched themselves at it, now in wolf form, they sunk their fangs into its blubbery flesh.

"Toboe get over here!" Hige called over to him. Toboe ran towards us, and frozen with fear when he got there. The walrus tried to get Tsume and Kiba off, Tsume was locked on good, but Kiba was knocked off and flung into an ice wall. Hige ran towards the beast and locked onto its back. Since it couldn't get them off it turned it's attention to Kiba, the walrus went for the kill but luckily Kiba caught a hold onto one of the walrus' tusks. Kiba yelled out when the tusk sank into his leg. I shook my head.

"HEY!" I yelled changing to wolf form, I ran towards the walrus I aimed for it's jugular. Go for the kill a voice told me. I launched up into the air, dodging the tusks, and sank my fangs into its throat. Then realization hit me... I forgot about the blubbery flesh, my bite did little damage and if I let go I was done for, I was to close to the tusks. What do I do, What do I do!?

Hold on... a voice told me, so I will... I clamped onto the walrus as hard as my jaws aloud me.

"RAAAA!!!" I heard Toboe shout I looked over at him to see him, in wolf form charge. He leapt up and clamped hold of the walrus' eye. Of course! The only thing that wasn't protected. The walrus screeched, releasing it's hold on Kiba and dived back into the water. Tsume, Hige, and I let our grips go and floated back to the surface.

"Are you guys okay?!" Kiba asked running over to us.

"Yeah but..." I began to say.

"Where's Toboe!?" Tsume growled. We all hopped out of the water and onto the ice. We looked out into the water. The walrus jumped out with Toboe still attached to it's eye. It jumped through glaciers trying to get Toboe off, but it only ended up hurting it's self. They both went under the water, and neither resurfaced...

"T-Toboe..." I said looking at what just happened.

"That pup is crazy..." Tsume said.

"This sucks, this really sucks..." Hige whispered, but then he yelled "Toboe!" We heard splashing from behind us so we turned around. The walrus, now blind in both eyes, had ice sticking out of him everywhere. It flung Toboe off, who landed easily the walrus then, collapsed. We ran over to Toboe, who had a shocked face.

"Wow!" I said.

"Where the heck did that come from?" Tsume said.

"I-I dont know, something just snapped..." He whispered.

"You have got to be kidding..." The walrus said. We all gasped because we had thought that it was dead already. "I have never been defeated before, even when I was the last one here protecting this place. In this world it is kill or be killed... but I will not die a victim... I will save you..." It was then silent, as it's eyes clouded over, and I knew that it was dead now... The silence was broken by Hige's stomach growling, he took a step towards the walrus but was stopped by Kiba.

"He's your kill..." Kiba said to Toboe. "You eat first..." Toboe grinned and, turning to wolf form, trotted up to the walrus. He began to dig in and, after a few minutes, we ate to. It was night when we finished, I looked up into the sky to see the shooting stars.

"May we have a save journey at Jaguara's Keep..." I said to myself. We ran across the ice towards whatever lay ahead...