Kagome woke to the sound of Kouga howling. Although it woke her up every day at dawn, she had to admit, the wolf always kept things running smoothly with Ayame. When Souta came up to her still
sleeping form, he began to lick her cold cheek.
"Souta… Cut it out. Five more minutes," Kagome mumbled at her dog.
Unfortunately for her, Souta didn't stop until she was up on her feet. Tired as she was, and she was really tired, the crisp air felt good on her skin. She didn't have a fever, but sleeping a few yards
away from a small fire with a fur pelt and a few wolves sleeping around you, and it's bound to get hot. Looking over towards Kouga, the alpha-male of the pack, she unconsciously bit her lip. She had
been with the pack since she was eight, and no other female was as pregnant for as long as Ayame has been. The pups due date had been two days ago and Ayame was becoming very slow and stiff.
Kouga's been trying everything to help her and his pups. Kagome herself had even started to hunt with a bow and arrow, to make things less tense. Much as she disliked the birthing of the pups, the
pups themselves she loved to death. Ami and Lita were two of the wolves she had taken care of since they were pups. Their mom and siblings had died during the birth and they had been so weak, it
was a miracle they had survived. Their dad was killed by poachers, days before they were born. To them, although she smelled slightly different from the pack, looked different, and walked on two legs
instead of four, she was "mother." Souta was a half-breed. She knew he was half wolf, but she didn't know the other half of his heritage.
Anyways, Kagome walked over to the fire and piled some snow on the fire. Yes, snow in Japan. For the past few decades, Japan has shifted to where it was: hot in the north, warm in the center, and
freezing to the south. The pack generally strayed to the south, but not too far south, since neither the pups, elder betas, or Kagome could really stand that weather for long. Where they stayed, there
was always at least a good few inches of snow. Although Kagome had a wolf fur pelt, it was from the previous alpha male he had died of a poisoned arrow, the pups along with Souta, Ami, and Lita
stayed by her to keep her warm throughout the days. It was a sweet gesture and it kept them all nice and toasty.
However, Kagome was going hunting with the pack while Ayame stayed with the pups and their moms.* Grabbing her bow and the arrows, she ran to catch up with Kouga. Kouga was like her dad, in
a certain sense. He was the one to have found her and taught her to hunt like a wolf. Still, Kagome preferred clean kills versus bloody messes. Kouga affectionately butted his head against Kagome's
leg, and she reached down to rub his head and ear. The entire pack was hoping the prey wouldn't cause a scene, no one wanted to be away for long in case something happened to Ayame.
Kouga whined when after fifteen minutes, they hadn't found even a rabbit. Strapping her bow on her back, Kagome got down on her hands and knees, inspecting the snow. There! Not even a foot from
her was light prints in the snow. Giving a yip to tell Kouga she found something, Kagome stood up and notched an arrow to her bow. Taking fluid and light steps, she walked around a hill of snow and
ice, Kouga and Yuki by her side. As twelve snow rabbits came into view, Kagome shot her arrow just as Kana, Ren, Nana, and Rai pounced on two rabbits each. Loading another arrow, she let it fly at
the fattest one. Kouga and Yuki pounced on the last two, being careful as they strangled their prey.
Kagome walked up to the two rabbits she had killed and pulled out the arrows. The arrows she had were limited since they were miles away from the safe house. They wouldn't be going back for
another two months, so she couldn't afford to lose a single one. The blood that had started to cake on the arrowhead, she would wash with snow and dry by the fire before putting them in her pack.
Kouga came up to her and licked her hand, his way of telling her she did well. However, Kagome wasn't stupid, she had seen Kouga's uncle die of starvation, just last year. She knew Kouga was eating
as little as he could get away with… The pack was beginning to starve! There was a village maybe nine hundred yards to the east. Maybe they sold- Kagome didn't get to finish that thought, because
from camp there was a cry of pain. This cry meant two things: Intruders or Ayame was giving birth! Kouga, dropped the two rabbits he had in his mouth.
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