Hullo, dearest reader! My, my! After a couple of decades, I've finally updated! Such a miracle! xD Hahaha! Anyway, chapie 3 is up, and please R&R!

"...ke...p..."

I heard a muffled voice as I slept, feeling something rubbing my head. I tried to swat it away lazily, since I wanted to sleep more, but then, I realized that I was in my wolf form, and that I hit my own snout as I tried to swat the thing that was rubbing my head.

"...W...ke...up...!"

The muffled voice was getting clearer, and I was slowly coming to my senses. But I still wanted to sleep, so I tried my best to ignore the voice and concentrate on sleeping.

That was one of the most horrible mistakes I've ever done.

"Wake the hell up!"

Before I could even react, I felt pain jolt across my whole body, coming from one spot on my back. Someone purposely did a flying kick behind me, and I was in so much pain and shock that I subconsciously morphed back to my human form.

"Gwaaahh!" I yelled, not moving from my current position. "It... hurts... Damnit..."

"Serves you right." I heard a familiar female voice.

I didn't want to move, so I just stayed lying on the carpet, trying to wait for the pain to fade.

Serves me right for what? Sleeping?, I thought, my eyes watering.

"Come on now, Toboe," Aika ordered, kneeling in front of me. "Stand up. Breakfast's ready."

I just groaned in response, slowly sitting myself up. I rubbed my painful back, and stretched in the process.

"Huaaa... You know, you didn't have to hit my back just to wake me up." I told Aika, who was still in her pajamas. "I could suffer from back pain for the rest of my life."

"Well, you have no idea how many times I've tried to wake you up." she said nonchalantly, dusting her hands like she dirtied her hands. "I've rolled you across the floor, pinched your nose, dragged you around, and I even tried to do wrestling moves on you - And you were still in your wolf form! But you only managed to groan till then. And that's when I kicked you."

"Oh." was the only thing I could say. People in my tribe said I was a heavy sleeper, but I didn't know I was that a heavy sleeper.

I winced at the pain on my back, making me rub it again. I stretched slowly as I felt my long scarf loosen, and then I heard my own stomach growling. I laughed in embarrassment as I faced Aika, who was rolling her eyes as she gestured her hands towards the open door. I morphed to my wolf form and headed towards the kitchen, with Aika trailing behind me.

I guessed they never had a pet dog before, since they didn't feed me with dog food for breakfast, like last night. They probably just coincidentally had one then. I excitedly sat on the floor with 'my' dog bowl in front of me, sticking my tongue out and beating my tail around madly. Aika rolled her eyes at me, while her father placed two pancakes on my bowl. I tilted my head to the side, like a dog would do when confused. Which, in fact, I was.

"Sorry 'bout your breakfast, pup," he apologized, petting my head as he did. "We didn't have any dog food left, so you get to eat pancakes today."

I just barked happily, telling him that it was okay. He smiled, and then made his way back to his seat. I started munching on my human food, whilst glancing at Aika now and then.

"So, Aika dear," her mom suddenly started a conversation. "what are you going to call him? He's a male, isn't he?"

She nonchalantly pointed me with her spoon, while I looked over at Aika, who was obviously faking thoughts. I growled inaudibly as I stared at Aika, who was grinning slightly.

"Yeah, he's a male." Aika replied, her index finger under her chin. "So, what should I call him?"

Don't you dare, Aika. Don't you dare., I thought, silently finishing my breakfast. If I ever get stuck with a stupid dog name, I'll use my scarf to strangle you to death.

There was an awkward silence following that, until Aika broke into a grin as she glanced over at me.

"Heh, I guess I'll just call him Toboe then." she confirmed, a playful grin plastered on her face.

I sighed in relief, and then did a quick glare at Aika, as if saying, You had me worried over nothing. After that, breakfast was eaten with silence. And, the thing is, Aika didn't even tell me she had school today.

"What? You're going to school?" I shockingly asked, unable to see anything because of the blindfold I was wearing. "What do you mean by that?"

We were both inside Aika's room, and the two of us just finished our baths (Oh gawd, the water was so cold, it burned), with me already dressed and Aika still wearing her towel. Hence, the blindfolding. I suggested I wait outside until she was done dressing, but she said she wouldn't let me out of her sight 'cause she thought I might get in trouble around the house. Oh, and yeah, I'm in human form. I couldn't use my sense of sight then, but I could still use my sense of smell and hearing.

"Do I have to explain to you what a school is, Toboe?" I heard Aika exclaim in annoyance. "It's a place where you learn and study. You should definitely go there, with your current intellect and all."

"Hey! I'm not stupid!" I snapped, and then suddenly heard a zipper closing up. "And I know what a school is, Aika! What I meant was, you're seriously going to leave me here? In your house? With your parents?"

"Toboe, father is a collector, have you forgotten? He's usually not home. And mother works, too, so she comes home in the evening. Anyway, I won't be leaving you here. Who knows what you would do to this house when you're all alone?"

"Then, where am I going? To a dogsitter's house?"

"Sigh, are you really that stupid, Toboe? You're coming with me to school."

I paused, a bit startled at what she just said. I could hear her footsteps getting closer towards me, muffled by the carpet on the floor I was sitting on. I suddenly felt her take off the blindfold across my eyes, making me flutter my eyes open. I rubbed them with my fists, and then looked up to see Aika in her school uniform, her brown hair down by her mid-back and still a bit soaked.

"You can wander off the school if you want to when I'm in class, but just make sure you come back when it's lunch time and dismissal time, which are around twelve noon and four in the afternoon respectively." she ordered, making her way to the mirror as she grabbed a comb. "And don't let yourself get caught by the school staff. It'll be a problem if you were spotted lurking in the school grounds."

"Yes, ma'am." I playfully saluted as I straightened my back.

Aika then continued to comb her hair, with me sighing from boredom. I rubbed the red shirt I was wearing, which was apparently Aika's, but it fitted me just fine. After she combed her hair, we went out of her room with me in my wolf form, with her all prepared for school. As we left the house, after Aika said and waved goodbye to her parents, I went back to human again.

"So, mistress Aika," I said in a sophisticated-like tone. "where is thy school?"

"Shut up, Toboe," the wolf girl responded, continuing to walk towards she-knows-where. "And don't talk like that. It doesn't fit you."

I just grinned back at her, fixing the grayish scarf around my neck. I ran a hand through my hair, which was combed before, but now a bit messy. I wanted to just let my silver hair be messy after I took a bath back at Aika's house, but the said girl wouldn't allow it, and forcefully combed it for me. Well, I just couldn't resist it and just let myself mess it up. As Aika knew where she was going, I decided to do little detours during our walk towards her school, trying to familiarize myself with the surroundings. She had already scolded me a couple of times already; but oh well, I'd be what you'd call a 'disobedient dog.'

"Toboe! Don't you dare chase that cat!" she once yelled at me as I found myself face-to-face with a stray cat. My instincts kicked in, and I growled at the hissing feline as I crouched down on fours. I was about to pounce at the said cat, when Aika slapped the back of my head to snap me out of my instincts. The cat ran away immediately, and Aika scolded me for three good minutes like she was reprimanding a misbehaving dog.

For the next twenty minutes, I've been going into trouble while Aika tried to keep me out of trouble, until finally, we reached the wolf girl's school. It wasn't anything fancy, but it was pretty big, and I could see numerous students, male and female, loitering in the school grounds. It seemed that class hadn't started yet, making Aika sigh in relief. We both stood in front of the gates of the school, and I examined the outfits of the other students around.

The girls, like Aika's, had a white blouse with a gray collar and gray tie, along with gray outlines on the edge of the sleeves. They also had gray skirts and black shoes. The boys had a polo with a gray tie, along with gray pants and black shoes. I didn't realize that I was narrowing my eyes while examining the people around, until Aika snap me out of my thoughts.

"Toboe, what's wrong?" she asked. "Why are you narrowing your eyes?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing," I quickly replied, rubbing the back of my head sheepishly. "Go on! School's about to start. I'll be fine."

Aika eyed me suspiciously, but then shrugged me off, telling me one more time to come back here around noon for lunch. I just told her that I will, and that she was such a nag. I earned another punch on the shoulder. I waved goodbye at her with a smile as she made her way inside, holding up a hand as a goodbye. After she was out of sight, I then continued to walk the sidewalk, a bit uncomfortable of the few stares that were directed to me from the other students in the school. As I covered a good distance away from school, I decided to explore the entire town, considering that it was the main reason I came here after all. And while I would do that, I'd think about my mysterious dream, too.

Well, it was just a dream after all, I started to think, leaping on top of a wall, and then climbed up to the roof of some house. It couldn't be real, or anything.

I got to the top, and then started scanning around, trying to spot possible places where that Lost Precious could be. I then leaped to the next nearest house roof, and continued till I got to another unfamiliar area. I started scanning again.

But what if it was a Lost Precious? Was it possible?, I thought. To control someone's dreams... Probably...

I sighed in frustration and then leaped to another roof once again, making my way through the houses as I stopped on another unfamiliar area. There was a different school around, and it seemed like the students were in the middle of class. My mischievous side kicked in, and I decided to infiltrate the school grounds. Well, I was still looking for the Lost Precious, right? It might be around this school... Who knows?

I managed to climb up the school gates and duck for cover in case some guards were patrolling the area, slowly making my way inside one of the buildings. I slipped inside the hallway, and when I deemed there was no one around, I then casually walked through the hall, careful not to make any noise. I started looking around. I checked every single door in every floor, mindfully avoiding the classrooms that were occupied. I was about to turn to a corner, when I suddenly spotted a sign that showed an arrow pointing to the right, saying, 'Cafeteria'. As if on cue, my stomach growled, so I made my way to the said cafeteria.

I peeked inside the cafeteria room, and then saw that it was practically empty, except for the cafeteria lady working by the counter. I smirked, and then quietly slipped inside without a sound. I tiptoed my way inside, careful to be out of the cafeteria lady's vision. My eyes caught a newly cooked hamburger by the counter, making me grin widely. Hey, I've stolen lots of food before; a burger wouldn't hurt, right? Unfortunately, the cafeteria lady was working by the counter, but she wouldn't be much of a problem. I then crawled my way towards the side of the counter, peeking a bit to the side to see if the cafeteria lady was preoccupied with her work. She was, so I slowly reached my hand up, feeling my way towards the burger. I suddenly felt the plate it was placed on and was about to grab it, when the school bell suddenly blared, almost making me jump from surprise.

What the hell!, I thought, retreating my hand and quietly scrambling away from the counter. I crawled towards the nearest window, opened it, and leaped outside, leaving the cafeteria lady to wonder who opened the said window. I landed on the grassy ground, and then darted away from the window, making my way towards the other side of the building. As I ran, I saw the students come out of their rooms, simultaneously going towards the same direction. I glanced at one of the school clocks hanging by the wall, and saw that it was already around twelve noon.

Oh, shoot., I immediately thought, climbing up the wall to get outside the campus. Aika's going to kill me.

I leaped from the top of the wall and landed on the ground, startling the passers-by around. I ignored them, and then tried to find my way back to Aika's school. I darted away, and then leaped on a different wall, and then to the roof of some house. I looked around, and from far away, I could see the familiar structure of the wolf girl's school. I hurriedly leaped my way towards the said school through the roofs of the houses, ignoring the civilians that saw me.

By the time I was already around the vicinity of the school, I could already see Aika impatiently waiting for me by the school gates. As soon as she noticed me running towards her, she immediately gave me one of her usual death glares, making me grin sheepishly. I panted after I stopped in front of her, grouching down as I rested my hands on my knees.

"You're late." she pointed out. I gave a nervous laugh in response. She sighed, and then turned around towards the school. "Come on. It's lunch time, so visitors are allowed inside the school."

"Yes, ma'am!" I playfully saluted, following my said mistress inside the school building.

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