Kolvus the wolf put a hand to his aching head. What had happened? Groaning as he tired to pick himself off the ground, the wolf took mental note of his surroundings. The "camp," if you would call it that, which was once a small collection of huts and tents in a somewhat large forest clearing with a running river nearby. Was now something akin to a ghost town. One of the huts had been smashed in, what had been a tent before was now torn in several places and in a tree branch. Anything else was either destroyed or it broken beyond repair.

Picking up a pair of fallen twin hook swords, Kolvus couldn't stiff a frustrated growl from escaping his lips. Planting himself on the river bank, the wolf took off his mask, bent down, and took a long drink from the water. Feeling the refreshing cold liquid pour down his dry throat was nothing sort of relaxing. Taking a good a look at himself in the water's reflection, Kolvus groaned, he had once been a normal gray wolf, but now his left cheek had a bloody smear and he had a black eye to boot. Fortunately, he had no time to grovel on his looks, hearing a moan from one of the destroyed huts, Kolvus put his mask back on and moved to where the sound had originated.

"Hey?" Koluvs called out to whoever was inside the thing that was once called a hut. "Anyone there?"

A female voice answered him,"Hello? Someone help me, I can't move."

Taking a step inside the ruined building, Kolvus saw the owner of the voice, a female snow leopard. Liu, if he remembered correctly. She was trapped under some wooden rubble that had looked collapsed on her.

"Kolvus!" Liu gave a sigh of relief,"Oh thank the maker."

"What happened?" Kolvus asked.

Liu answered swiftly,"When the fighting started I ducked in here for cover." She began to push the wooden off of her, "Hurry, get these things off me!"

Kolvus grabbed one of the ends and shifted the plank off of Liu,"Fighting? We were attacked?" He asked as he offered a paw to Liu, who gladly accepted.

As Kolvus pulled the snow leopard up, Liu expression raised a brow."You mean don't remember do you?"

The wolf simply shook his head.

Liu's paw went to her chin "Oh boy..."

"What?"

She motioned him to come outside with her.

"I don't need to tell you that we're bandits, the genshi clan, right?" Liu asked as they walked

"Nope" Kolvus answered easily.

"Do you remember anything at all?"

"I remember being punched, does that help?" Kolvus remarked sarcastically.

Liu scowled but nevertheless, continued."We had just manged to capture some wandering travelers," She pointed to a few broken cages. "We were planning on selling them, but one of them must have escaped somehow. Because a few days, Tigress of the furious five appeared with a detachment of rhino guards."

"Wait," Kolvus said,"Why would she need the rhinos? Isn't she the strongest of the five?"

"I don't think she needed them in that sense, I think they were there to to round up everybody and take them to jail." Liu explained with a shrug,"Although that doesn't explain why we weren't taken."

Kolvus didn't either, although if he had to guess...

"We got lucky." Kolvus said, stumbling across the answer, "You were inside the hut when it collapsed, they must've thought anyone inside died, or nobody was in there."

"That seems somewhat careless." Liu commented.

It was Kolvus' turn to scowl,"I don't know why, but for some reason they missed you."

Liu nodded, although she didn't seem entirely convinced, "What about you? How come they didn't find you?"

Kolvus shook his head in frustration,"Look, I don't know why I didn't get caught. But as far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter." He said flatly.

"But it does matter!" Liu argued,"Why didn't they find you?"

"I DON' T KNOW!" Kolvus yelled from anger,causing Liu to take two steps back out of fear."Look." He said, regaining control of his feelings,"I don't know why I was captured, but at this point, it doesn't matter."

Liu nodded at his point,"Argeed, but we may want to leave." She looked at his swords,"You know how to use those?"

Kolvus grinned under his mask,happy that they changed topics,"As well as the next guy." he said with a shrug. Then eyed her up and down,"What about you? What can you do?"

Liu picked up a fallen bambo staff, then with a dazzling display of skill, tossing it into the air, Liu spun on a heel, turning in a complete three sixty, Liu caught it with ease, then suddenly whipped around with the staff extended. Within a instant, Liu had it brushed against Kolvu's neck."As well as the next guy." She said with a slight sparkle in her eyes. As well as mimicking Kolvus' own words.

Just then, however, a flock of crows suddenly flew from a nearby tree. Implying two things, either the guards were back, or somebody else was coming, and honestly, neither Kolvus nor Liu wanted to find out who was coming.

Nodding to each other, both the wolf and leopard took off in a sprint to the northern mountains.

A/N: Hey there folks, name's Wandering Outlaw, although you can just call me outlaw for short. You know, I have to say, I kinda made this on a whim and I think I didn't put enough effort into it. Oh well.

Oh, and if you're wondering where Kolvus came from, I based him off the ninja wolves in the Kung fu panda video game, which strikes me as weird, because ninja were Japanese, not Chinese. In any-case however, if you haven't played a game, you can try to find a walk-though of it somewhere online. Like a let's play video, or something.

If you do have the game, then you have an idea of what I'm talking about.

Anywho, I taken enough of your time. I hope you enjoyed this fic and please, review. They help me with what I should write and such.

Goodbye and may whatever deity you worship help you among your road. And if you don't have one, then good luck in your life!