DISCLAIMER: I do not own Wolf's Rain, only the idea for this story.
Chapter 14
With Hige
Tsume seemed to tense up more every passing second. Hige knew that he remembered. If Tsume didn't remember, he wouldn't be acting that way, but he was. Just as soon as he got there, Tsume disappeared, and snow started to fall.
"Snow? I thought it was summer," Hige was utterly confused.
"S…snow?" Toboe sobbed. Within seconds, the entire ground was covered with at least four inches of snow. It looked like a field of flowers, lunar flowers. The lifeless body on the ground seemed like just a lump of snow instead of Kiba's corpse. A loud crack shook the building and a shield came into view.
"What the…?" Hige could see the force field. It was like a mix of colors, like a tie-dye rainbow. Cracks started to form until the entire thing shattered like glass. They didn't know what was going on, but something told them to get out. They raced out, and just in time. The building crumbled down until it looked like a heap of junk. There wasn't even a way in after it fell apart. "Hey, where'd the runt go?" Hige asked. Toboe was gone, only trails of footprints were in his spot.
With Tsume
Tsume was mad and angry and even a little scared. Kiba was gone. He was the one who kept this pack together. He was the one who started the journey to Paradise. Without him, nothing was keeping them together. He was kind of like the glue that held them together. Now that glue was gone. Tsume suddenly heard a twig snack.
"I can hear you Toboe. Go back to the lab," Tsume knew that Toboe was following him. He had know since he left.
"I… uh… I can't. The building is destroyed," Toboe spoke up for the first time.
"What happened?" Tsume asked. He turned around to look at Toboe.
"The force field was apparently holding it up, but it broke. BOOM!" Toboe explained with emphasis at the end. An awkward silence passed between the two until Tsume spoke.
"What happened to Kiba?" Tsume couldn't hold it back any longer. He had to know.
"That guy, the one who took you… he choked Kiba… to death," Toboe hesitantly explained. Tsume could hear the tear drop off of his cheek.
"The grey doggie!" a new voice exclaimed.
"What the?" Tsume didn't know what, but something, or someone, had grabbed onto his leg. He looked down and saw two golden eyes staring up at him. A head of gold and chestnut covered her head. A pink jacket with a purple and blue striped shirt underneath covered her torso. Tiny pair of blue jeans and pink tennis shoes were on her lower half. It was that girl. It was Melody.
With Toboe
Toboe didn't know what to think when that little girl grabbed onto Tsume. At first, he was tempted to laugh, but then decided that Tsume would be mad, so he kept quiet. Unfortunately, after a minute of watching it, Toboe burst out into laughter.
"Get her off of me," Tsume complained. He shook his leg, but she didn't come off until she caught sight of Toboe.
"(gasp!) It's another doggie!" she exclaimed and ran over to Toboe, who was a little confused. As soon as the girl touched him, images came flooding back into his mind. He fell to his knees, but within a second, Toboe was gone, in his place was a red wolf. Toboe shook his head. He suddenly felt a little queasy.
"Tsume, what happened? Tsume!" Toboe perked up as soon as he knew he remembered. He remembered everything.
"Hey runt, you ready?" Tsume asked with a small smirk.
"Ready for what?" Toboe was a little confused.
"For Paradise?" Tsume smiled.
With Kiba
Where am I? Who am I? What am I?
Human, wolf, human, wolf. Endless.
Who are you?
Who am I? What am I?
Quit with the riddles and answer my questions!
Swarming in and out of you mind, questions, questions!
Stop! Answer me!
Kiba, Kiba. It's me.
You, who are you?
Search, continue the search. Go on.
The search for what?
Paradise!
Paradise?
Search, search, search for Paradise! Haha!
Kiba, wake up. They're waiting.
Who's waiting?
Kiba!
Kiba!
Kiba!
Kiba, don't forget. Follow instinct. Follow the scent. Follow your memories.
Kiba felt cold. Kiba could barely stand up because it felt like every ounce of strength or energy was drained out of him, but when he did finally stand up, he could see them.
With Cheza
This one has ended. This one must now pass on. This one must continue on the cycle. This one has ended, withered. This one must find a new place. This one must find Melody.
Extremely short chapter, I know, but the next chapter will be longer!
P.S For Kiba's P.O.V, the bolded voice is like the indian that raise Kiba, the italics voice is the owl, and the bolded italics is them both saying it at the same time. I just wanted to clarify that.