2 Months before the war.

Wolf stood alone in a large alleyway. He could smell the moisture in the air, yes, soon it would rain. He held his hand out to try and feel a rain drop. When suddenly he heard footsteps, approaching from the other side of the alley, a brown coyote emerged out of the shadows. He approached Wolf menacingly, a led pipe in his left hand and a balled up fist as his other. The coyote stopped inches away from his face, Wolf could feel his warm breath breathing on his face. Wolf crossed his arms and opened his mouth to speak.

"So you think you can do what you did and get away with it Dom?" Wolf spoke keeping his voice level for the moment.

"And who are you supposed to be huh, some tough guy that has a problem with how I run my business?" The coyote spat out while fluffing out his fur to make him look bigger than he actually was.

"Tanya is a close friend of my sisters; as far as I'm concerned you hurt part of my family. I don't like it when dipstick punks like you mess with my family."

A couple of street punks stepped out of the corner standing next to the coyote. They were obviously hired thugs.

"Classical bully aren't you Dom? Never handle anything without at least a couple friends to back you up." Wolf remarked with a snort.

"Unlike you I don't have to handle everything myself." The coyote said while backing up and pushing the two hired thugs toward Wolf.

"And neither does my little brother." Wolf heard a familiar voice from behind.

He looked over his shoulder to see his older brother approaching the soon to be battleground. Wolf let a smile spread on his face as his brother stood beside him cracking his knuckles.

"So what brings you to this neck of the woods big bro?" Wolf inquired.

"Well I couldn't let you have all the fun, now could I?" His brother returned the smile.

"So which one do you want to beat down?" Wolf asked while staring at the two thugs.

"Eh, I'll take the one on the right."

"Sounds fine to me,"

And with that the battle was on. Wolf had a small scuffle with his opponent. After a couple of punches and a few scratches the two fighters backed away from each other. Wolf could hear the much fiercer fighting between his brother and the other thug. He dare not take a look however, lest he put down his guard. The thug was breathing heavy now; Wolf had clipped him just above the eye, and gave him a good couple thumps to the chest. Wolf himself had a sore lip, funny how he hadn't noticed it until now.

The thug made one strong punch in Wolf's direction. Wolf quickly ducked underneath and swung as hard as possible, breaking the thug's nose when his fist connected. The man fell backwards gripping his nose and practically shouting in pain as he rolled on the ground. He looked back to see how his brother Josh was holding up. He had of course taken on the bigger of the two thugs. After a second brief tussle Josh had dispatched his enemy and was standing next to Wolf again.

"Had to show me up didn't you?" Wolf joked.

"What, you mean me fighting the big guy? You just don't look ready enough for someone his size." Josh jeered while poking him in the ribs.

"Yeah whatever, now we have to deal with Dom. Hey where'd the little punk go?" Wolf looked around trying to spot the little rat.

"He must have taken off during the fight," Josh saw the aggravated look on his brother's face. "Don't worry about it, he won't bother us again."

"He better not if he knows what's good for him," Wolf remarked menacingly. "So what should we do now?"

"Well it's getting late, suppose we should get back home before Rose starts to freak out again." Josh said while he stretched his left arm.

Josh ran over to a small two story apartment building and began to climb it. He scaled his way to the top with amazing strength and precision.

"Um what are you doing, if you don't mind me asking?" Wolf inquired as his brother reached the top of the building and pulled himself up.

"We'll get around a lot faster if we climb the roofs." Josh replied.

"Oh common, you know I don't like heights." Wolf complained in a whiny voice.

"Just get up here you big baby."

Swallowing the lump in his throat and reluctantly placing one foot after another, Wolf eventually made it to the top. He scrambled onto the rooftop and sat down, waiting for his heart to regain control of itself.

"See it isn't too bad up here. It's actually quite a nice view if you take a look." Josh stood next to the edge of the building, gazing out at the city, like he was in one of those super hero movies.

Wolf walked up next to him all the while completely avoiding looking down. In the distance and through the mist the lights of the city that never sleeps began to blink on one by one. Despite the factories billowing out smoke like dragons mustering up fire in their throats. Although Wolf knew that was a ridiculous simile, after all there was no such thing as dragons.

"Well, we better head home." Josh clapped Wolf on the back. "It's going to rain soon anyway." Josh turned to leave.

"I think I'll meet up with you later bro." Wolf said while gazing out at an open window that was a good three rooftops length away from where he was standing now.

"Oh come on, let Tanya get a full nights sleep." Josh said, knowing exactly what his brother was planning to do with his afternoon.

"There'll be plenty of time for that afterwards." Wolf began to jump across the rooftops moving for Tanya's open window, his fear of heights forgotten. He looked back to see his brother crossing his arms and shaking his head.

"I'm not waiting for you!" Josh called out.

"Then don't!" Wolf shouted back.

Wolf jumped into the window, the bedroom dimly lit by a small lamp on a nightstand. A female leopardess threw her arms around him and shoved her tongue in his mouth. After a few seconds she broke free.

"Well, I was wondering when you would pay me a visit Wolf. Did you take care of you know who?" The leopardess asked.

"Yeah he shouldn't be bothering you anymore Tanya." He held onto her with both hands and began kissing her neck. He smiled as he heard her giggle.

"He he, hey that tickles." She protested, although making no move to stop him.

She pulled him down onto the bed. They began to make out as they pulled off their clothes. Tanya let out a gasp as Wolf made a move to a rather sensitive area.

"Oh, a little anxious aren't we?" She said seductively.

Wolf smiled, "Oh yeah I am."