AN: hey guys and gals here is the next chapter! Also I said this in the last two chapter but I'll say it again: I do not own Wolf's Rain. Okay with that out of the way he can start the next chapter!

Onward:

"Not it" Hige said quickly followed by Kiba who also blurted out a "not it" Tsume was last saying it almost at the same time as Kiba did.

"You're the one who's going to talk to him," Hige said

"No Kiba is!"

"Nope Tsume you said it last, and besides you started talking to him so you might as well finish!"

"Why don't we just all do this?" Tsume asked with a sigh.

"How about this…you go and try to talk to him and if you can't all three of us will talk to him together." Kiba suggested calmly. Tsume only nodded.

"Okay, okay fine. I will talk to him…but give me some time so anything I say will not just be off the top of my head, but thought out and prepared. Unlike what I said earlier…" They all nodded after Tsume said this.

Tsume paused. And thought to himself. 'Wait now I will have to go into…details…not just a simple "When she's in the mood to have babies" Will due...I will have to explain….all…of that kind of stuff….including the whys and how's?...what did I get myself into?' he let out a sigh of boy this was not going to be easy.

Tsume had some time to think. It was only around midnight so he had hours till morning, even longer till he will have to talk to Toboe because the pup usually slept in on days like this when they just stay and relax for a day or two.

He would not be up until eight or nine in the morning. By then Tsume hope, he'll be ready to give this talk.

He was not sure though. However, he did know that he would be just as uncomfortable and embarrassed, as Toboe will most likely be.

Before long, it was morning and everyone was up and about including Toboe.
The pup yawned, "So what you guys talking about last night?" He asked.

The three older wolves gave each of knowing glances as Tsume stood and walked over to the pup. "Well actually pup, I wanted to talk to you about that...Um remember our little chat yesterday before dinner?...well… I think it's time we had a bit of a talk..." Tsume said trying to keep his cool, not wanting to let on to what kind of talk they were about to have or how it would be just as embarrassing to him as it will be for Toboe.

"Huh? What kinda talk?" Toboe asked looking up at the older wolf that was now bending on his knees so he could be eye level with him because at the moment they both had their human illusions up.

And Toboe was still shorted then the rest. He had yet to grow with any growth spurts or such. In either form Wolf or Human. He was always the smallest.

Tsume thought, a few times actually, that this was the kid's full height and that he would not get any taller than this. Tsume was sure he was never that small at this age.

Sure he was this small at some point and he was small at this age but him and just about anyone he could think of was taller than that. But always after that he thought that he thought some more about it and he thought that maybe Toboe was just a' late bloomer' of shorts.

Now come to think about it… he himself was a 'late bloomer', as the humans call them, he had not really started to grow until he was Toboe's age when usually they start a year or two before. And it was not until he was about fifth teen in human that he was interested any in the opposite gender, or have his mind wonder randomly to thoughts of mating.

No one ever bothered to answer his questions or sit down with him and give him 'the talk'. The grownups around him just left him alone to figure it all out on his own.

That made talking to Toboe that much more harder. Most people pull some things from what they remember from their talk, but how can you do that when you when never given one?

"An….informative…talk …you had some questions yesterday and I'm sure you have more. So I figured I'd sit you down and…talk to you about it." Tsume answered. "So let's start kid…" Tsume said glancing over to the cave where the others where.

They were far enough away to have some privacy while they talked, but close enough where the others could come join in and help explain something if it didn't go right. All Tsume would need to do was give a signal and they would come over.

"So first off let's just see how much you already know…" Tsume started pausing to look over to Toboe to see if he was paying attention, so far he was. Tsume continued. "What do you know…uh…about sex runt?" He asked.

Toboe tipped his head to the side some in confusion. Tsume sighed well if he is confused about that word then he obviously does not know anything about it. This just got a bit more complicated and awkward. Well sex is a bit more of a human term maybe if he reworded it somewhat? Tsume had only a little bit of hope about this though.

"Okay then..Well how about mating?" He asked.

"I heard that word before but don't know anything about it…"Toboe said as he gave him the same look. There went his hope. Okay so now he had to explain it all.

"Okay I can tell from that look that you haven't got a clue about it but this is why we are having this talk." Tsume stated, "Well let's start then…." Tsume sighed.

"Okay so when someone reaches a certain age...around your age…they start to…uh develop and undergo changes….uh...body changes." Tsume explained looking over to Toboe "You understand so far runt?" He asked

Toboe nodded "Mhmm yeah I understand…I have a question though…what kind of changes?" He asked staring at the older wolf waiting for an answer.

Tsume sighed for what seemed to be the hundredth time. He knew he was going to have to explain anyway but still it…uh…yeah… it is awkward for him.

"Well wolves and humans are different when it comes to this...I suppose you should know about both but, ah let's start with wolves since we are wolves. Okay now so um around your age in when someone …enters this thing called puberty that is when the changes start" Tsume started as he started to explain it all. He continued explain about the changes.

More or less it he was now talking about puberty in wolves.

Toboe started to blush. And the more he explained the more he blushed. He actually started to shift around on the ground where he sat with his legs crisscrossed.

"Around the time that starts happening they start getting attracted to members of the opposite gender…" Tsume said continuing on. He pause a moment to let it sink in and allow Toboe to ask any question he may have.

"Tsume I still have questions and stuff but can we stop now? Please just drop it and let the subject go?" Toboe asked he face almost crimson.

Tsume sighed.

"Look kid I know it's embarrassing but it's all true...it's just the facts of life, and like it or not that's how it is. You can't control what goes on inside your body and this is just a natural part of it all….part of growing up." Tsume told Toboe trying to help him feel better about it all.

"And part of growing up is knowing about this stuff."

Toboe just shifted in his seat some more still blushing beyond belief. "Well just because it true or natural or… part of growing up…doesn't make it any… less embarrassing. " Toboe said the awkward tone in his voice made his embarrassment even more evident.

"I know" Tsume said simply then after a moment went back to explaining.

"it's pretty much just innocent talking, playing and stuff. If they really like each other they may do more like groom each other or rub muzzles. Nothing bad about any of that and it's alright to feel that way…but sometimes thing go farther. …" Tsume explain he ,like before, paused to make sure Toboe understood and allow him to ask any questions he had.

This time he noticed not only was he blushing and shifting uncomfortably in his seat but also he seemed to be trying to block out what he was saying.

"Come on Toboe, don't be like that!... There's no reason to be ashamed of any of this!..." Tsume said trailing off he, was trying to get the pup to listen as, Toboe sat there blushing more and more, and continuing to shift uncomfortably in his seat.

He was still trying to block out the older wolf's words.

"Look pup, we've all be though it! Me, Kiba Hige all of us here, we all went though it! We know what it's like to have been like this." Tsume calmly said as he still tried to get the pup to listen. Looks like Toboe was not trying as hard to block him out now, that is good.

Toboe still was blushing but he stopped fidgeting and shifting all around in his seat.

Tsume sigh once again. This was hard from the get go, but it is getting harder and harder, and Toboe's actions did not help.

Sure Tsume expected him to blush in embarrassment and even fidget around a lot a he kept shifting his small body all around but blocking out his words?

That made it all that much harder. The kid needed to know this; especially about mating…they did not need him to be making teenaged mistakes of ignorance and or other things that he would regret later on in his life…. Maybe it would be easier with the others.

Tsume thought about it for a moment…first he will get Toboe ready and calm again then he will most likely give Kiba and Hige the signal to come over and join them. And that most likely then not, would probably make Toboe even more embarrassed but it would help him in the long run.

"You good now kid?" Tsume asked

Toboe gave a small weak nod.

"You think you are ready to hear more?"

Toboe shook his head. Tsume sighed that would probably gave been the hundredth and tenth one if he or anyone had been counting, he figured that Toboe would not want to hear any more.

" You know you have to….right….?" He asked

Toboe nodded.

"Even though you are not ready to hear more do you think you want to just so we can all get this over with?"

Toboe shrugged but then nodded

"Yeah…I guess so…" Toboe said in an uncomfortable sigh of his own.

Tsume nodded.

"Okay then" He said. "Hold on for a second then we'll start our talk again okay runt?" He asked Toboe just nodded.

Tsume stood up and stretched then waved he right hand a little bit. His hand was moving towards the general location of the cave, and Kiba and Hige could see the movement.

This was the signal.

Kiba and Hige stood when then saw this and slowly headed over to the other two wolves in their pack.

When Toboe noticed this he tensed up, then started to fidget around again as he moved around now even more uncomfortable then he was ever before. His face was a bright, bright crimson red as his face heated up in even more embarrassment.

"…Oh...Hey...Guys…" He said to the two older wolves as he shifted around some more.

"Hey" Kiba greeted in his usual clam demeanor.

"Hi kid" Hige said with a smile, Toboe did not notice this but it was not just a smile but it was a knowing smile.

"Hey guys…it's not going so good…you two want to try and lend in a paw or two?" Tsume said. Trying to word it so the Toboe would not notice that the other wolves seemed to know what kind of talk Tsume and him had been having.

Kiba and Hige nodded. "Sure we don't mind" Hige said, he did not seem too uncomfortable with this certain topic. He looked like he was comfortable talking about this. He was not that much…no one is but Hige was better with it than most.

AN: well there is chapter 3! Hope you enjoyed it! Please review!

Oh I have a livejournal now. I'll be not only posting the story there to but have preview of upcoming chapters and little bits and pieces of things that won't be in the story. You should check it out if you can. I bet you'll like it!
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You'll know it's me because I'll have this story up and I have a picture of Toboe up as me icon thingy.

Well that's all till next time -

Alley