A/N: I couldn't think of one of three ideas I liked the best so in this I'll be posting all three versions.
The six adults watched the array of kids and wolf cubs playing and frolicking in the field, far from prying human eyes. The mountain air wafted over them, shaking the grass and tickling the children's legs. Their parents watched them morph and play around, feeling safe and relaxed in having found comradery.
"What are the chances that all of us would end up on this mountain at the same time with wolf children?" Makoto sighed and flopped back onto the picnic rug, a relieved smile on his face.
"Yes, it truly is remarkable." Kyouko gave a likewise relieved exhale, her steady purple eyes watching her daughters roughhouse in wolf form. She had even let her lilac hair down, letting it fall around her waist and flow in the chilly highland wind.
Chiaki's face was lit up in a gentle smile as she passed around drinks and snacks. "I feel so relieved knowing there are others out there with the same situation as me." Her head snapped around at the sound of her son yelping, eyes sharp and body tensing in case she needs to spring up, but relaxed when she was he merely barking playfully at his older sister.
"Ah, that's right!" Hajime tapped his palm with his fist, eyes darting to the other five assembled, "we haven't told each other much about our partners or how we ended up here."
Byakuya gave a light scowl, his usual moodiness not lifting. "If you're so eager, you can go first." He grumbled, taking a slow bite of the sandwich.
"E-eh?" Hajime gave a nod, taken a little surprise by the other man's bluntness. "Well, I met my wife, Shiro, when I was in high school. She was tall, graceful and so mysterious; she immediately turned heads. I feel in love with her but she would keep trying to brush me off. Eventually, she agreed to date me, albeit reluctantly." He gave a small laugh, though it looked a little pained at the bygone memories. "After a while she revealed that she was a wolf and that she had tried to turn me down because of it. Of course," he gestured to the oldest child, a black haired girl shifting quickly in between wolf and human, scrambling about in a loose dress that barely stayed on through the rapid transformations. "Kuro is proof enough that I didn't mind. But, ah… Shiro died not long after giving birth to her. We came up to the mountains because Kuro used to have a lot of difficulty controlling her form and it was often too dangerous to go outside." Hajime stared at the orange juice in hand, grip tightening on it.
Chiaki reached out an arm to pat him on the shoulder, her gorgeous pink eyes sorrowful. She lowered her hand after a moment and sipped her drink. "I met my mate two years before Yuri was born. He was a gamer that I started talking to in the line for a game's launch, and we hit it off. We exchanged numbers and we dated not long after that. One day, Yuri came along," she raised her gaze to the girl with pale hair like her mother, playing with her little brother with equally as fair hair. "Then Kaze arrived just a year later. For a while, everything was ok. We had jobs, earned money, played games and had a wonderful time. Then… my mate got really… sick from all the pollution in the city." A quick hand darted up to swipe away a few tears. "We came up to the mountains since the air was cleaner."
Kyoko extended a hand to rub circles on the other woman's back. "Ja, then I suppose I shall go next." She took a sip of her tea and waited until she was sure Chiaki had regained her composure, before continuing. "I met my husband when I started university. We were enrolled in the same course and we often were partnered up for work so our relationship was inevitable and we shortly became inseparable. Instead of a ring, he gave me his secret and we were married soon after. Gin and Kin, twins, were born just a little over three years ago." She flickered a smile, eyes tracking the movements of the two human-form girls, before it simmered to her usual reserved stare. "Unfortunately, something drove their father out into the rain that night, perhaps a desire to find proper food for his newborn pups. I was able to track him down, but I wasn't quick enough to save him… We came up here because I don't have the capacity to properly care for wolf-children in a city, where too many could see what they really are." she took a long sip of her drink, eyes sliding shut as she revelled in her memories.
The two mothers looked expectantly at the other three fathers, waiting for their own reveal of their pasts. Byakuya tched and glanced to where his son was tentatively being persuaded to join in a game of tag with the other boy and girl wolf kids. "She was my assistant and we eventually grew close. My family wouldn't have allowed us to marry so we kept our relationship a secret." He said bluntly. "She trusted me with her secret and I accepted her." He took a long swig of his coffee, eyes darkening with supressed melancholy. "We had Ryuu but… well," she gave a harsh chuckle, "maybe the wolf in her was driven insane by the idea of being kept at a pet and sent her racing off into the property woods during a hunting party." His eyes came to look at the surrounding mountains. "I had to lie and say Ryuu's mother left us and that I wanted to keep him away from the main household while he's young. He's better off out here than corralled in the main household estate."
They all blinked, surprised at the gruff show of subtle affection from the usually snappish man. Huh. It just came to show how little they all knew each other…
There was moment of silence before Nagito piped up. "I came to these mountains because it's where I meet Kibou's* and Hikari's mother." He gave a chuckle and glanced around the meadow. "I had gotten lost while hiking, back in the summer of my last year of high school, and she met me while in wolf form. She took pity on me and helped me find my way back to civilisation. I desired meeting her again so I'd return every day to meet her, for an entire month, before she let herself be seen again. She eventually showed that she could transform and we established a relationship. She came back with me to the city at the end of the summer." He laughed merrily, as though he wasn't reminiscing the time before his lover's death. "We stayed together for years afterwards, up until fairly recently. She was from the mountains, more wolf than human, and the city ended up being the end of her." They sat in awkward silence, unsure how to respond at his cheerfulness over such a sombre subject. To each their own, they supposed.
"Makoto-san," Chiaki shifted her eyes to the light brunette father, "you haven't spoken yet."
"Oh! Oh, right, right." The young man in question quickly pushed himself into a sitting position. "Uh, mine is pretty boring, in comparison to everyone's, really. I met Hana at uni and after dating for a while, she showed me should could turn into a wolf. We had Hajisai and Kumori not long after," he nodded his head towards where the girl and the younger boy were playing with the other wolf children. "Hana died on the day Kumori was born and Hajisai only barely remembers her. I had left to go get food for them, but the moment I came back and realised she was gone, I heard the sound of a car skidding and hitting something and, well…" he gave a shaky sigh.
They sat in silence, food and drink untouched as the only sound to permeate the air was the rustle of the wind in the grass and the children's laughter mixed with cubs yapping. Then suddenly, the six parents twisted their heads around when the chorus of ten voices mixed together to create the song of a wolf pack, canine and human vocal cords joining together.
The assembled parents of the supernatural children could agree, regardless of their different starts in life, they had come onto the same path and they were determined to walk it to the very end with their unusual offspring.
A/N: The children's names translation in order of appearance: Black, Lily, Wind, Gold, Silver, Dragon, Hope, Light, Hydrangea and Cloud. I tried to keep the general theme that the original children's names were (Snow and Rain). I'm considering making this version of the AU a multi-chapter one… it opens up a bunch of opportunities with the idea of a pack of wolf children all spending time together. The possible friendships and how the children take their own path in life… it sounds like fun!
But for now, expect some alternate versions with parent!Naegi with wolf!kirigiri and wolf!togami and another with parent!Hinata, wolf!nanami and wolf!komaeda
*you can't tell me Komaeda wouldn't do this