(A/N: so yeah this is the first chapter. Plz review to tell me what you think! Its based of a role-play called Breaking Chains. MihaelK33hl owns the site and also has a fic but it revolves around two other chars and the main fight against Darcia. I do not own Wolf's Rain. Edit: I changed the part mentioning Blue's pups slightly to fit certain parts of the story line better.)


Chapter 1:

The slender white she-wolf stood at the edge of the territory. There were scent markers but it was of the same two wolves so it wasn't exactly a pack that lived here. But it didn't matter. She already knew where the was. Her paws itched to step forward and she felt a tug at her heart, a pull at her soul. After so many moons she understood- Paradise was calling to her. And it was about time that she listened to that call.

One step in, two, three, four steps. She was home. The winds changed and she could scent two wolves down the valley in a clearing. It was the same two wolves that had left the scent markers. A male and a female. Could it be that the others had found their way to Paradise before her? Or maybe her mother had been wrong and some had remained and not all had fled from Darcia. Or…it could be outsiders. Wolves not at all related to the wolves that found Paradise and their white-furred Alpha that had opened it.

Many moons ago, before she had been born, five wolves had set out to find Paradise. The first, Kiba, was a white male who had been looking for it his entire life. He met Hige, a tan-brown he-wolf, who decided to join him. They soon met Toboe, a young brown he-wolf and the youngest of the group, and Tsume, a big muscular gray with a scar on his chest. Tsume and Toboe also joined them on their quest. There were many obstacles in their path- the biggest of them being humans. Not long after they began their journey, Hige met Blue- a black wolf dog- and Kiba allowed her to join them. Little by little they were becoming a pack. They had another companion as well, a flower maiden named Cheza. Tsume and Toboe each met she-wolves that joined the little "pack" and fell in love as time went on. After moons of searching- they found Paradise. Kiba opened it but as he did, Cheza disintegrated into seeds that would later blossom into Lunar flowers. He was filled with grief and none could console him…except the silver and white she-wolf that had encountered them just before they entered Paradise.

Rikka had been a loner, just like Shay(Tsume's mate) and Casey(Toboe's mate) and she was the only one who understood Kiba's loss. In time, Kiba realized that his feelings for Cheza wasn't true love. And during that time he had slowly fallen for Rikka instead. Kiba assumed the role of the Alpha Male, and Tsume became his Beta. But there was still one more obstacle- Darcia. The massive black wolf wanted Paradise for himself and felt that he needed to kill all the other wolves in Paradise to do so. His attacks were frequent and vicious. Even so, the wolves of Paradise maintained a semi-normal life. Shay and Tsume had two gray pups, twins- a male and a female. Hige and Blue also had their own pups barely a moon after and Rikka became pregnant around the same time, although some of Blue's pups didn't survive the harsh winter.

However, fate was not kind to the wolves of Paradise. As the wolves suffered more injuries, Kiba sent Rikka away to protect her and the unborn pups and Blue and Shay hid hers. In one terrible night and a vicious battle, Tsume, Toboe, Hige, Blue, and Kiba were all murdered by Darcia. Shay fled with her pups but in the confusion, one was left behind in Paradise. Casey had also been separated and went out to find Rikka to tell her of the packs fate only to learn along the way that she was expecting pups. As for Blue's pups, no one quite knows what happened to them…

These thoughts swirled around in the white she-wolf's mind. Her fiery amber eyes looked out into the distant horizon. Many wolves knew the fate of the Paradise pack but few knew what happened to the 2nd Generation, let alone their whereabouts. She was one of those few. And after so many moons of wandering and searching, with some unseen force guiding her and another force beckoning to her, she was finally here.

She could practically see the entire territory of Paradise from her vantage point. There was a valley below her with a clearing. There was a vast forest and a glistening crystal lake. She could see snow-capped mountains in the distance and another mountain closer, near the entrance, that looked like it was encased in ice. There was also a large meadow, filled with the white lunar flowers. And past Paradise's territory, there was a rocky canyon where she could scent many wolves.

She padded forward and headed towards the clearing where she could scent the first two wolves. It was sunset and she had been traveling all day, she was tired and hungry but at least that annoying pull was gone. The trees cast dark shadows around her. It was completely silent save for the sounds of the night and the lapping of the water from the lake. She pricked her ears and halted as two wolves slunk out of the undergrowth and halted her path.

The first was a large, muscular gray he-wolf with green eyes and a lighter gray underbelly. His eyes were slightly narrowed but he didn't look completely on the defensive. In fact, when he saw her, it looked like curiosity sparked in his eyes. Maybe even a little surprise. The other was a smaller black she-wolf with ice-blue eyes. There was a distance between her and the he-wolf, as though they didn't quite get along.

The gray wolf blinked at her. "Who are you," he said with a slight snarl in his voice.

The white she-wolf blinked, not intimidated at all. "I could be asking you the same thing," she said coolly.

"Well you're on our territory."

She rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "No, really? I would have never guessed seeing as your scents are the same as those of the scent markers." Her eyes narrowed slightly as the gray wolf sighed in slight frustration.

Seeing that she wasn't going to budge, the gray wolf said, "I'm Tsuki. And this is Ravyn. My father was Tsume."

The white she-wolf glanced at Ravyn. "And who were her parents?" she asked curiously. So some of the 2nd Generation did get here!

"Darcia." He said curtly.

The white she-wolf stiffened and her lip curled back into a snarl. "The murderer's daughter?!" Her hackles raised slightly.

Tsuki stepped forward, blocking her from Ravyn. "Who are you," he asked again, more firmly this time.

The white she-wolf lowered her hackles and her fur flattened. Her fiery-amber gaze met Tsuki's as she answered simply, "I am Raikou."

His eyes widened and he took a slight step back. "K-Kiba's daughter?!"

Raikou snorted. "No, I'm the other Raikou." Then she added more seriously, "Yes, I'm Kiba's daughter. No reason to be so surprised. I was bound to show up at some point. What I want to know is why the murderer's daughter is here." She glared at Ravyn.

Ravyn lifted her head. "I'm not like my father. I got sick of being in his pack in the Canyon- its all about killing and torture. I'm not like that and I want to live a different life than him. So I left his pack and came here. Of course, Tsuki doesn't trust me and it seems that neither will you," she said the final sentence bitterly.

"Why should we. Your father killed our parents!" Raikou snarled.

"But I had nothing to do with it all. I wasn't even born yet!" Ravyn snarled back.

Tsuki sighed and stepped between them. "Look, lets just get back to camp." He looked at Raikou as he added, "Its in a clearing not far from here."

"I know where it is, I saw it from the entrance." She pushed past Tsuki and headed for the camp. She stepped out of the undergrowth into a clearing surrounded by bushes, bracken and rocks. On the edge of the clearing, there was a grassy area that faded into sand where it met the edge of the lake. There was a large boulder with a slightly smaller boulder next to it. Raikou padded over to the largest boulder. There was an entrance to an underground den beneath a section of the boulder that had a slight over-hang. She lunged up onto it. There was sand across the top as no one had been on it in a long time, but she could see faint paw prints worn into the rock.

And in the center of the boulder, there were four large paw prints where it was obvious that someone had stood probably ever day to watch over the clearing. With the vantage point from the boulder, one could see across the entire clearing and would be one of the first to scent anything in the winds. Curiously, she placed her paws into the prints. They slid in and fit almost perfectly- the prints were slightly larger, no doubt a males.

"That was where Kiba always stood when he announced things to the pack…" a quiet voice said.

Raikou twisted around to see that Tsuki had silently lunged up onto the second boulder. She blinked at him. "How do you know?"

"I was nearly 5 moons old by the time they were killed so I remember some things."

"Oh…" Raikou looked away and saw that Ravyn had slipped into her den, obviously going to sleep for the night. She had barely noticed when darkness had fallen over Paradise, and the stars and the crescent moon had taken the place of the sun to watch over the wolves. She lied down on the boulder and rested her head on her paws. The wolves had fallen silent, lost in their own thoughts, their own memories, their own pain. But mostly they were lost in their own sorrow, their own loneliness and the longing for something they couldn't quite place.

Suggested Read Connected to this fic:

Breaking Chains by MihaelK33hl- follows Tsuki's POV along with the POV of another OC who will get involved with Darcia's Army

When You're Gone by Rachelle Amber Logan- follows the POV's of Toboe's mate and daughter