Chapter 1

Hinata opened the door to her little cabin to find that it was a beautiful day to be outside. The ground had a fresh layer of snow covering it along with all the trees in the forest that she has been living in for most of her life.

Coming out the door behind her was a dog with floppy ears, fur a light purple color, and the size of a small pony.

"Lilac! Wait for me!" giggled Hinata, running after her.

They were headed out to a trail they often walked when the sky was clear and just asking for someone to accompany it no matter the season. Once finding the trail through all the snow, Hinata slowed into a comfortable walking pace pulling her winter coat tighter around herself while watching her dog jump through the piles of snow.

After walking for about twenty minutes, the cold was starting to get to Hinata. Shivering again she looked up from watching her sink into the snow to tell her dog that she thought it was time they start heading back only to find no dog, only a trail of paw prints leading to the bushes.

"Lilac?" whispered Hinata. A few seconds later she heard a rustling noise followed by Lilac's head coming out of the same bushes.

"Lilac, what are you doing?" said Hinata, taking a few steps towards the dog. Lilac barked and went back into the bushes. "Lilac! Where are you going?" said Hinata, running to the bushes. When she didn't get an answer she decided that she was just going to have to find out for herself.

Hinata was just about out of the bushes when she heard barking up ahead. Thinking that her dog was in trouble Hinata picked up her pace.

"Lilac!" yelled Hinata as she came out of the bushes and into a clearing. Lilac was indeed there but she wasn't paying attention to Hinata, instead she had her back to her, barking at a spot in the bushes on the opposite side of the clearing. Those bushes, for some reason, seem to be…panting?

"Lilac" whispered Hinata, "come here." Hearing her name called, Lilac ran over to Hinata and looked up at her. "What is it? What are you barking at?" asked Hinata. Lilac just barked at her.

Hinata looked back at the panting bushes. "Who's there? Show yourself." After a few seconds there was a rustling noise followed by a dog slowly making its way out, unsure if it was safe. "It's okay. I won't hurt you" said Hinata in a gentle voice. "I want to help you."

The dog looked at her for second and then stepped to the side turning to face the bushes and gave a soft bark. Looking back at the bushes, Hinata wondered what exactly the dog was barking at. It took a few seconds but soon the rustling started up again and out stepped a brown wolf the size of a full grown bear.

Hinata gasped when the wolf completely exited the bushes. His long brown fur was matted and in some places was a darker shade then the rest and looked to be stiff to the touch. He was holding up the hind leg closest to her making him limp. It was bent a way that she knew couldn't be natural. She could almost see the bone poking its way through the skin, the fur around it was a dark brown color, almost black and she could see the blood dripping from it on to the snow below.

Looking at the wolf's face, she saw that his eyes, though half lidded, showed he was in a lot of pain, even to the point of passing out. He was breathing in fast pants, tired from exerting the little energy he had just to walk.

"Oh Kami" whispered Hinata, bringing a hand to her lips in utter disbelief. How in the world did such a large wolf end up in such a condition? She began to tear up from just seeing the wolf in such pain…it was something she had never thought she would ever see.

Looking back at the white dog she saw that it was staring at the wolf with eyes full of worry. The dog seemed to care greatly for the large wolf standing next to him. As if feeling her stare, he turned to her with eyes that seemed to say 'Please….help him.'

Hinata slowly made her way toward the wolf, Lilac at her side. Even in his tired state his ears still turned in her direction shortly followed by the rest of his head. She stopped two feet from the wolf and slowly raised her hand, bringing it up to his nose as if to let him smell her. When he did nothing, she brought her hand up to cup the side of his face and slowly began to pet him.

'You shouldn't help me' said a weak voice inside her head. Hinata's eyes widened and she stopped petting him. 'Where…?' she looked at the wolf and noticed that he was looking at her with a tired gaze. 'Did he…?'

Interrupting her thought the voice spoke again 'I don't want…you…to get…hurt.' Fatigue was catching up with the wolf. 'He must have lost too much blood.' thought Hinata. Completely ignoring the wolf's warning, Hinata went straight to work.

"I need you to slowly lie down as carefully as you can." said Hinata, looking the wolf in the eye. Not having the energy to argue the wolf slowly made his way to lie down on his side, opposite his broken leg.

Hinata had let go of his face when he started to lie down and had moved to stand to the side to give him room, she didn't want to get crushed if he happened to fall in her direction.

Once he had lain down, Hinata first went to his leg. Lilac had walked over to the other dog to keep him company and to get out of her masters way. She knew that her master would do everything she could to help anyone who asked, even a giant wolf and his dog.

The wolf had been having a hard time staying conscious while Hinata had been working on him. She had straightened out his leg, making him whimper in pain and had started scooping up snow, cover his leg with it. She was hoping the coldness of the snow would be enough to stop the bleeding.

When she finished with that, she walked over and kneeled down by his head. He was too tired to lift his head so he settled with just looking at her from the ground.

"The rest of your wounds don't seem to be bleeding so they can wait until we get to the cabin," Hinata said, looking the wolf in the eyes. His breathing had slowed to long haggard breaths. "The only thing is I don't think you will be able to walk there, not with the little energy you have," said Hinata with a sad face, "and I don't think we can carry you, even with all of us working together."

Hinata was starting to lose hope. Even though she had just fixed up his leg to the best of her ability, which wasn't much since didn't have what she needed. She didn't exactly expect to find an injured wolf on her winter walk this morning. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to get him the help he needed. She was worried that he was going to die.

so how do you like 3rd story? i have more but its not enough for a complete chapter so i cant post chapter 2 quite yet but its coming along. so far ive written more then half of this story on my old kindle...moms got the fire...but i found this little note thing and ive been typing it all as a note...a really really long note...i didnt even know it was that long until i actually started typing it...but please review and tell me wat u think ^^