Chapter 2

With Kiba

Kiba quickly woke up startled yet once again. He was in his chair with the TV turned on. He flipped off the TV feeling a little confused at first, but then realizing what had happened. He looked at the time. It was about six thirty, so he hadn't slept long, but long enough to have that dream again. He sighed and got up. He wasn't employed, so he usually spent his days just walking around. He grabbed his wallet that had about a hundred dollars in it that he got from who knows where, and went through his apartment door. He walked around the small park that was about two blocks away. He found the hot dog vendor and got a hotdog. After his meal, he decided that he would walk around the part of town he didn't usually go to. He was getting tired of his same routine. He went down a street that had some flowers blooming in it. He had never seen such flowers. They smelled so good even though he wasn't a flower person. He bent down to take a closer look. He had never seen flowers like these before. They gave off a slight glow. Kiba shrugged and kept walking. After a little while, he felt the hairs on his neck stand up. He knew he was being watched, but he also knew better than to acknowledge that. He continued to walk down the street as his feeling of being watched slowly enhanced.

With Hige

Hige wasn't exactly sure why there was a new guy walking down the street. This was one of the streets that were usually ignored. There were never any new people walking around just wily nily. It was natural for Hige to stare. What was strange was, besides the fact that there was a new guy walking down the street, he seemed to actually take interest in the flowers. Most of the other people just ignored them. They were part of the scenery, not their lives. Hige thought he was the only one who actually liked them. He wondered a little bit after the guy walked off, but before he knew it, he was out the door half running half jogging to the guy. He gasped at first when the guy looked at him, but quickly recovered. The guy had black hair and piercing blue eyes that seemed to be able to stare a hole through you. He had on a black jacket with a white shirt, jeans, and some tennis shoes. "Hey, who… who are you?" Hige stuttered a bit.

"Just a stranger," was all the man said. He turned the other direction and kept walking. Hige, stunned, stared for a little before running back to his side.

"I'm Hige, what's your name?" Hige asked, hoping to get a reasonable answer. Hige couldn't put his finger on it, but he had seen this guy from somewhere. "Ki…ba…Kiba?" Hige guessed. The man stopped in his tracks. He turned around and stared at Hige. It was a strange reaction to a guess that was most likely wrong, but the man looked serious.

"Who are you?" the man asked, slightly stunned.

"Hige," Hige replied.

"How did you know my name?" the man asked. Hige was shocked. He thought he recognized this guy from somewhere, but he just guessed a name. It was a name that was familiar, but Hige could never place it with anybody. It just seemed to fit with this guy.

"I… I don't know. It… it just popped up," Hige answered the best he could. It felt like a shock went off. His body tingled. He wasn't sure why, but it did. "It was just a guess," was all Hige could manage.

The man stared right through Hige. It was as if he was searching for something, but couldn't find it. When he finally got to Hige's eyes, he stopped. "Do… do I know you? You…you seem familiar," the man stuttered. Hige, still shocked, looked at "Kiba".

"You do to," Hige managed. Kiba chuckled at this. It was strange for him to laugh at that time, but on the other hand it made perfect sense. Kiba shook his head and left, leaving Hige stunned to the extreme. Hige snapped out of his trance and stared as Kiba walked away. Hige went home, still wondering about Kiba.

With Toboe

Toboe had seen the two men outside his window. One had on a black jacket while the other wore a yellow hoodie. Toboe wanted so much to go out to talk to them for some unknown reason. He didn't have any idea who they were, but he wanted to go to them, it was like they were calling him. Just as Toboe was getting ready to go talk to the men, his foster parents called him over to talk. They always wanted him at the worst times. When he got there, his parents just wanted to make sure that he was okay. He sighed and nodded his head before running back upstairs to his bedroom. When he went to look out the window, the men were gone. Toboe just sighed again and looked at his flower pictures. They were the only thing comforting about his life. Toboe stared at his pictures for the rest of the day, until about seven pm. Around that time, he saw someone walking down the street. A tingly feeling shot through him. Even though it was dark, Toboe could still make out the figure on the street he saw through his window. Toboe could see a guy who had grey hair, but was young. He had on black leather and was just walking down the street. That was the second time that tingly feeling had gone through him. The first time was when the two men were on the street. This time, Toboe wasn't going to miss out. He quietly tip toed down stairs and out the door trying not to disturb his foster parents. After he closed the door, he ran up to the guy with grey hair. "Hey mister, what's your name?" Toboe asked.

"None of your business," the man answered. Toboe liked this guy for some reason, he wasn't sure why, but he did.

"I'm Toboe," Toboe announced to the stranger. The man grunted and looked like he was thinking for a moment.

"Bug off kid," the man said. Toboe didn't listen and kept on walking beside the man.

"Can I guess your name?" Toboe asked, not caring if the answer was no.

"Shoo runt," the man grunted, looking annoyed.

"I'm not a runt!" Toboe shouted. The man chuckled a little bit before turning around and staring at Toboe.

"I don't know what your problem is, and I really don't care, is it that bad for a guy to walk down a street!" the man shouted. Toboe stopped in his tracks.

"It's just, you seemed interesting. I got this feeling whenever I saw you, and… and I don't know," Toboe trailed off. That seemed to stop the guy in his tracks as well.

"Look runt," the man started.

"I told you, I'm not a runt!" Toboe interrupted. The man frowned, but continued.

"I think you should get back to where you live, I'm not like you," the man said, then turned and walked away.

Toboe was a little shocked at first, but quickly snapped out of it. He frowned as the man walked away, but he went home anyway.

With Tsume

Tsume walked away from the kid as the feeling he had started to fade. It was strange, but he started to have a tingly feeling right before that kid came over. He walked back to the dump of a house he called home. He ate a hamburger before going over to his so called "bed" and drifting off into that dream again.

It was dark. Tsume looked over to see a pink haired girl in a bright pink jacket and boots. There was also another girl who had dark hair, but he was there! That kid! Tsume woke up. He hadn't noticed it before, but that kid was in his dream! He ran out of his "house" and went to the street where the kid lived. He didn't want to wake up the neighborhood, so he thought about throwing a rock. He picked up a small rock and got ready to chuck it at a window, before realizing he didn't know what window was in the kid's room. He dropped the rock and went over to the door. He used his lock picking ability he picked up from one of his gang members and snuck inside. Thank goodness there wasn't an alarm. He walked through the house. He found a kitchen and a few bathrooms along with a living room before heading upstairs. He found four bedrooms, but didn't go in any of them. There was one more set of stairs. It was only a small set, but stairs nothing less. He quietly snuck up them thinking there was an attic. He got upstairs and opened a door. Surprisingly, it led to a bedroom. He had that tingly feeling again. He knew that it was that kid. He shut the door quietly and decided that he should look around first. There was a desk and a window. He noticed some other things before he looked up. There were some drawings of flowers. They looked like the one he saw that day. He stared at them for a moment before the tingly feeling in his chest grew ten times more annoying. He let out a grunt, not loud enough to wake anyone up, except for the kid. Tsume could feel the eyes staring into him. He turned around to see the kid staring at him. The kid gasped a little when Tsume looked at him, but looked a little relieved after a second. "Hey runt, what's your name again?" Tsume asked impatiently.

"Toboe, remember," the kid answered.

"How…wha… why were you in my dream?" Tsume asked.

"Wait," the kid looked like he was realizing something, "you were in my dream, too." Tsume was a little shocked by that. "What was your dream about?" Toboe asked.

"You and some other people and something about a red door and screaming," Tsume answered.

"Mine too!" Toboe quietly screamed.

"What?" Tsume replied.

"Mine's a little different, but kind of the same. I'm there with two girls and you look at me then jump down. There are two other guys who jump down, too. Then you all go up to a door, but only the guy in the yellow hoodie opens it and screams," the kid looked yet again like he was thinking, "I think I've seen those guys before!"

"The one with a black jacket and the one with a yellow hoodie?" Tsume asked.

"Yeah! They were on the street talking to each other yesterday! I was going to go out and talk to them, but by the time I did, they were gone," Toboe answered. The night drifted on as the two talked about the strange dream their shared.