One night in a wooded area laid a young she-wolf and her older brother. The young she-wolf's name is, Riley her brother's name is Crad. The two ran from so many humans that they became nervous around everyone and everything. Crad watch over his sister and made sure she stayed close. "Riley let's go, I want to get moving. Will you hurry up?" Crad said. "But brother, I'm tired and my paws hurt. Can't we sleep here?" Riley said. "No we have to go now; those humans will have figured out that we're here. Come on just a little further," Crad said. Riley was a silver haired wolf with greenish amber eyes. Crad was white with medium gray on his belly and chest, looked almost blue. They walked and walked until Riley collapsed, "Brother, I'm too tired to go on." Crad turned and picked up his sister up off the ground and walked a bit further. "You two look tired, my pack is just up ahead, come with me," an older female said. "Thank you, my sister and I appreciate this," Crad said with his sister in his mouth. "No problem, my mate will be most kind to the both of you and my son will love to play with your cub," the female said.

"My sister," Crad said. Upon arriving at the pack Riley looked around and saw the many wolves licking their lips, "Brother, I'm scared; they're looking at us funny." "Don't worry they won't harm you, Smoke, Tsume, come here please," the female called. Two gray wolves walked out of a cave and came up to the light gray female. "What is it dear? Who are they?" a dark gray male asked. "I came across these two travelers and said they can stay here as long as they need. Would that be problem with you?" the female asked. "No that's fine, Tsume show the young female around," the dark gray male said to his two color gray son. "Yea yea whatever, come on," Tsume said. Riley looked at her brother who nodded, "Go ahead, you'll be fine, just stay with Tsume," Crad said.

Walking around Riley followed Tsume around the pack two older males laughed and came up to her, "Well, lookie here fresh meat. She looks good enough to eat, what do you think Killer?" a black male asked. "No we'll wait until she older, she'd make a great mate," Killer said. "Back off Killer Shadow, my mother and father are letting them stay to rest not for you to plan for the future, got it," Tsume growled. "Oh sure, we understand. Sorry to have troubled you," Killer said rudely. Tsume and Riley walked off and continued on, "Thank you, Tsume. Sorry I have to put you through this." "Don't worry about it, it's fine. Now let's go play in my favorite place," Tsume said. "O.K let's go…" Riley trailed off. Tsume looked at Riley and tilted his head, "Riley, what's wrong?" "I don't know it's like there's something out there, my brother says the feeling I feel is fear, towards humans," Riley said.

A few days later, Tsume walked up to Riley and stood a few inches taller then her, Riley turned her head and licked Tsume on the cheek, "Thank you, Tsume." "EVERYONE RUN!!" Tsume's mother howled. Tsume looked at Riley who coward down, and they saw her brother running up, "Riley, go with Tsume and find somewhere safe to hide, Hurry." "Crad, what are you going to do?" Riley asked. "I'm going to fight the humans, the way I should have before," Crad said. "NO, I don't want to lose you too, CRAD!!!" Riley cried after her brother which fell on def ear. Tsume pulled Riley by the scruff of her neck. Riley fallowed Tsume to a place what they could hide, "Stay here, I'll be right back." "Tsume, NO don't leave me. What if something happens to you?" Riley asked the air.

Riley laid in the same spot and heard movement in the bushes to her right, "Tsume, brother?" "Hey here's the pup," a human said. "Grab her, she'll be a great pet," another human said. "No, a fighter," a man said. "NO!! TSUME!!! CRAD!!!! HELP!!!!!" Riley cried. Crad ran and saw his sister in a human's arm trying to free herself, "RILEY!!" Crad ran at the human and jumped at them, the man pulled a gun and shot Crad in the chest, "NOOOOO!!!!" Riley bit the man's arm and he dropped Riley and she ran up to her brother, "Crad? Crad please don't leave me, Crad." "Riley be strong, can you do that for me?" Crad asked. "Yes, but I want you with me. Please, stay," Riley said lapping up the blood that stained her brother's chest. "Riley go, run get away from here, find Tsume and run. You'll be fine," Crad said standing. The man shot Crad again and again, Crad dropped and that was the last thing the white male did, "Grab the pup and let's go."

Tsume ran in the direction Riley was and Killer stepped in her way, "Killer move, I have to get to Riley she's in trouble." "Now why would I let you go, you deserve the same fate. Now stay and fight Tsume," Killer said. "No, I have to get to her, I promised to protect her," Tsume said. "Why promise something that you can't keep, now you'll pay for running from a fight, that cost you your pack," Killer said running up to the two color gray wolf and tore at Tsume's chest.

Riley was taken and put in with a man that had a black dog, "Thank you boys she'll do fine," the man said. "Good we had to pull her way from a male she was with," the human that took her said. "Male?" the second man asked. "Yea her father or something," the guy said. 'My brother,' she growled.

Riley was train for years to be a blood thirsty killer, she fought in dog fights and lost a few in the beginning, but learning from that she fought and won everything else that was thrown at her. "Good girl, eat you need you strength for tomorrow," the man said. When the man threw the meat in Riley tore at it like an animal and ate like a savage. The next day Riley was put in with a big dog, she was half it size. "You're dead where you stand dog," the dog said. "Shut up and fight," Riley said. "A female huh?" the dog said. The two started fighting and the male dog tried to get on the female, "Get off me, you bastard!" Riley growled turning in a non-dog like way and went for the male's throat. Ripping the dog's throat out she stood over him and started eating the dog's stomach.

Riley was so hungry that anything would be fine "Come here!" her human called. Riley turned and walked up to him, but with her head down ears back and tail straight out. She walked into her cage and laid down with her back to the human's. "You think her pups would go for good money?" a man asked. "That's if she let a male near her, but if there were pups then yes, I'm sure they would," her human said. The two left and Riley move to her side and looked out the small window and saw the moon, 'I wish I can leave, I want to go home.' Riley fell asleep; she was woken up by a human banging a stick on the bars of the cage. She growled in annoyance but looked up anyway. "Wake up girl, I have a male waiting for you out in the ring, he'll give you pups," the man said. Opening the cage, Riley stood and walked out to the ring, her human wasn't there and there was only the man and the male dog. 'My chance to get out of here,' Riley thought.

As the man opened the gate to the ring Riley stepped in and the male sat with his head up like a rich stuck up snob, she walked fully in and the male stood, "You're the female they're giving me? How disappointing. Though I guess you'll do," the male said. "You think I'll let you be the father of my pups, yea right come near me and you'll regret it," Riley said. The male walked up to Riley's back side and she kept an eye on the male and when he got close enough she turned and nipped at the male's paws, she would not let him near her back side and looked at the opened gate. She leaped at the male and bit his paws, then she ran at the opened gate. She stopped and looked at the man and ran out of the shed, she was out, free. She ran around the town she was in and looked for an way out. Finally she got to a town exit and ran as far as she can, away from the human infested place. She ran into a wooded area and kept running, she stopped and looked up. The moon was in front of her and she walked into the moonlight, she felt free and alive. No more humans, fights, and bits of food that never satisfied her hunger, she was free and she liked it.

"So tell us about this friend of yours, Tsume," a male voice came. Riley looked around, the fur on the back of her neck stood on end and she waited for the voices to get closer. "Why should I she probably doesn't remember me, we only met in your pup-hood and then she was gone. Humans took her. She was silver with greenish amber eyes," Tsume said. This new Riley wasn't very silvery and she was covered in scars, most weren't noticeable, the one that was noticeable started from her forehead and ran to the tip of her nose. Her fur was dull and she trusted no one. Out of the bushes four males came out and looked at Riley. She back away and Tsume recognized her by her eyes. "Riley?" he said. The female growled and backed away. Hige walked up to her from behind and she turned and bit his side hard, moving away from the four she eyed them all with caution. "Riley, what's wrong with you?" Tsume asked stepping forward. Riley growled and snapped her teeth, "She couldn't have gotten far, some of you go that way and the rest of you come with me." Riley heard the humans and took off running so she can get far away from the four males and the humans all together.

"RILEY WAIT!!!" Tsume called. Not waiting for anything she kept running and found a cave and went in. Knowing one group won't find her, she knew she was safer. "Can't find her sir. She's gone," a man said. "Damn it, what were you thinking Chris?" her master Asked. "I thought it would be something if she mated with the best male fighter we had, but she attacked him and ran passed me," Chris said. "Why was the gate opened in the first place?" the man said. Riley waited until the men were gone before she relaxed, she laid in a spot in the back and tried to sleep, "I smell her Tsume she's in there," a young male voice came to Riley's ears. She sat up and her butt against the wall, if anyone was smart they'd see she was ready to fight, and she'd do that just to keep anything away.

"Riley? Are you in here?" Tsume's voice came. Growling, she stayed were she was, "Stay away male, I don't know how you know my name, but I sure as in hell I ain't letting you near me so stay back." "Riley it's Tsume we met a long time ago and I was with you when things went bad in my pack. I know how you feel being taken away and having everything taken from you," Tsume said. "You know nothing, you never had to fight for your next meal, never had to fight when in heat, keeping males off you so you don't end up with pups. Keeping an eye and ear open for anything that could hurt you while you're in a cage. Don't tell me you know what I'm going through when you know nothing," Riley said with a hiss. Tsume stepped up carefully, "Riley, I'm sorry, you're right I don't know what you're going through, but I was talking about your brother, Crad? He died and I know how that feels, my whole pack was taken from me, or I was taken from my pack. Either way we're going through hell right now."

"How do you know about my brother,?" Riley asked. "Come out so we can talk," Tsume said. "No, you know some other Riley if you think I'm her. Just talk from there," Riley said. "I want to see you in the light, if you'd let me," Tsume said. Tsume back out and Riley took cautious steps out of the cave and saw the four males and two females. The females all gasped and looked at each other, "Look at her, she's scarred up, and looks kind of scrawny. She doesn't look to well." the other three males looked at Riley with sorrow and Tsume didn't give her any sympathy. "Like what you see? If you want I can give all of you the same look. I don't need any sympathy from anyone," Riley growled.

Tsume looked at her, "You're the Riley I know, what happened?" "I fought for a living," Riley said with a wolfish grin. "Fights? Why would you fight?" a tan female asked. "Why? So I could eat, you win fights; you get food. You loose, you don't eat, and the fights happen once every two or three months, no food in between. I'm scrawny because I didn't win in my first ten fight and they were four to five months apart," Riley said. Tsume looked at her and then to the pack, "Riley? You must be hungry?" "No not really, but I am thirsty I'm going now. Good bye," Riley said and walked off. "You really shouldn't be out on your own, it's dangerous," a white male said. "Nothing could be more dangerous fighting males while you're in heat. I'll be fine," Riley said trotting away.

"Tsume someone should go after her, she won't last out here, if she's been with humans since pup-hood," the white male said. "Kiba I know, but she doesn't trust anyone, and with in time she'll be fine, besides if I know her she'll follow us," Tsume said. Riley walked up to a stream and lapped up water, keeping her ears open she'd hear and smell anyone coming. Stepping into the stream she let the water take the soil and other grimy stuff off of her, dipping her head in the water the filth washed off and she felt better. Walking out she shook the water off and looked up at the moon and saw that there was a rock with the moonlight on it, she jumped over the stream water and landed on the rock the light felt good on her. She looked into the water and saw the wolf she was, then it turned into the wolf she is now, "I'm not the same, I'm uglier now then I was, my silver coat is still dull and all these scars aren't helping any." "You may not be the same wolf on the outside but in, you're still my baby sister. In which I love so very much, so what if you're not that helpless pup anymore, now you're a strong wolf that doesn't need the protection she needed before. You've grown a lot, Riley, I know it was too soon for you to grow up, but now you can do anything," Crad's voice came to her ears.

"Crad I miss you, I just can't trust anyone or anything, Tsume remembers me, but I don't him and I don't think I can any time soon. Crad why did you have to go?" Riley said. "My time came, may have been too soon, but it's what happened, Riley stay with Tsume and his friends, it's dangerous for a lone wolf, especially a female wolf," Crad said. "Bye little sister," he said. "Bye big brother. I love you," Riley said. Riley walked back to the cave and saw the four males and the two females looked at her, "I'm sleeping in the cave I found, night." Tsume stood and looked at the female, "Riley take some food with you, you maybe hungry later." Riley turned to have meat land in front of her, "Thanks, I think." Riley took the meat and walked into the cave with it, she put the meat by the wall and laid in the far back corner. She fell asleep and had the usual nightmare, "Get him or no food tonight," a man shouted. Riley was in the ring with one of the biggest male dogs she saw in her young life, still a pup she was forced to fight the dog. "GET HIM!!!" the man shouted again. Riley woke in a 'cold sweat' when she looked around the two females were in the cave with her, 'I can't stay here, not with these wolves. I have my problems that I can't fight, and also my demons. They would be better off without me. Crad why do you want me with them again?' Riley thought.

Riley walked out of the cave and passed the three sleeping males she didn't notice that one was gone, she continued to walk away when she felt someone behind her, "Leave me alone. Why do you care some much of what happens to me? We barley knew each other. Let alone cared about each other." "Riley, I promised I'd protect you, I promised your brother. I'm not letting him down even if it means I have to follow you to where ever you go," Tsume said. "I don't need anyone to protect me, for years I had to protect myself or I would have been killed. I can protect myself, later," Riley said as she walked away. Tsume followed her and Riley felt it, "Tsume leave me alone!" "Why?" he asked. "I don't trust you! I don't trust anyone not even myself," Riley said then ran off.

Tsume was frozen and watched the silver female run off, he couldn't move. 'I don't trust you! I don't trust you,' what Riley said repeated in his head. He ran after her and found her in the moonlight, "Crad help! Someone help!!" Riley sat down and looked down and her reflection, and with her paw she hit at the water and looked away, "I trust no one. Not even myself." "Riley? You can trust me," Tsume said. "No, I can't, I can't trust anyone, even myself. Look at me would you trust anyone that looked like this?" Riley said. Tsume sat at the edge of the river bank and looked at Riley, "I could, can I tell you something, and you promise not to tell anyone?" "I guess," Riley answered, tilting her head. "I don't trust anyone either, I can't even trust those that I feel somewhat comfortable around. I'm having trouble trusting you right now, like you are me," Tsume said. "Sorry," Riley said lowering her head. "Don't be, how bout we trust only each other and go on from there," Tsume said. "I guess we could, but how can I tell this isn't a trick, any trust I give ends up being ripped away, everyone I trust betrays me in the end," Riley said. "Well I'll be one less of those that you have to worry about. Riley you can trust me like you did when we met, I never met anyone that trusted so easily," Tsume said.

Riley walked up to the gray male and looked into his amber eyes, "Thanks, it'll take me some time to trust you openly, don't hold it against me." Tsume stepped back and nodded; Riley went and passed Tsume heading back to the cave. She stayed away from the females and laid in her corner, sensing Tsume walking in she looked up at him as he laid near her yet giving the space they needed. Riley laid her head between her paws and fell asleep, Tsume watched her before he went to sleep. After that Riley had yet another nightmare, "Get that mutt," the man shouted. Riley ran at the male and was thrown back against the gate, she stood and targeted the throat and went for it. After killing the dog she raised her head and howled in victory. Riley woke again and looked around; she saw that the sun shone into the cave and on to Tsume, who looked very handsome. She stood and quietly walked out and right into Hige, she growled and walked passed him. "What did I do?" Hige asked.

Tsume woke up and walked out of the cave and saw Riley sitting under a tree, she was in the sun and her coat shone brilliantly he thought that he was just going crazy, but when he looked at her again he was gazing at her not the female she thought she was. "Riley come with me, let's go hunting," he said. Riley looked up at Tsume and nodded, "Alright." The two walked into the bushes and followed a tail of a couple of deer. Tsume looked at the female next to him and watched her as she watched the birds look around for their mates; she never looked at Tsume though she knew he was looking at her. She had a flashback of when she first started fighting; Riley looked at the man she saw as her new master and pressed herself against the back bars. "Come on it's time to work for food, let's go," the man said. She walked with the man at his feet and followed him to the gate, 'Why do I have to fight? I hate fighting.' The man opened the gate and pushed the pup in and the dog that was already in there attack her with no warning, Riley was beaten and was left with a scar on her paw. The man took her out and cleaned out the wound, "You need to protect yourself, other wise you won't live and also be known as a weak female. Let's show these males that you can't mess with a girl." After that Riley's fought with many males and killed them all. She was a fighting machine and no one could beat her. The next fight was with a huge male and Riley was in first time heat and she was in no mood to be messed with. "Damn male stay off me!" she growled.

Riley shook her head and walked ahead of Tsume, she didn't want to fight in the first place, but the man said she had to in order to live to see the next day. She had no friends and with Tsume behind her she felt more nervous, she waited for the male to get to her side and walk next to her, "You O.K?" Tsume asked. "Yea, just thinking of the first fights I had, they weren't that bad, but I was still a pup when I had my very first fight, a dog bigger then me," Riley said. They caught two deer and walked back to the cave where the pack was still sleeping, all except Kiba and Hige. Riley laid the deer down and walked away, she walked to the stream that she came to the other day; it had some effect on her, "Crad I'm trying, but it's hard. Can you give me something that'll help with this task?" 'Riley you can do anything just stick with Tsume and thing will go just fine,' Crad said in Riley's head. "Like that's any help," Riley said to herself.

She walked back to the others and looked at the two tone gray wolf, "Tsume can I, talk to you?" the male looked up from the meat he was eating, "Yea come on." Grabbing a leg he followed Riley to the stream and sat in front of her, "What's up?" "Crad, he told me to stay with you and things will be fine, but with the others I'm just not so sure," Riley said. Tsume pushed some meat to Riley and she ate it like any other wolf would eat. Though getting blood and other stuff on her muzzle, "Well your brother was smart and knew what was the right thing to do, so you should listen to him. Don't worry about the others they give you any problems tell me. Like I did with Killer and his freak I'll set them straight." Riley looked up at the two tone gray male and felt the same as when she was a pup, a little. Tsume lent forward and lick her muzzle she pulled back and looked at the male. She didn't know what to do, 'Stick with Tsume and everything will be fine.' Riley walked up next to Tsume and sat next to him, "Can I stay with you Tsume. The way my brother said?" "Riley I want you to stay with me, thing will be better if you do. Trust will come back, eat you need you strength," Tsume said.

She ate the meat and not much after she was too full to eat anymore. Tsume was laying watching Riley as she ate; she smelt the humans she ran from and two male dogs. She turned and ran back to the cave and flew passed the other and straight to the back of the cave. Tsume ran in after her, "What's wrong?" "Those humans are out there. They want me back," Riley said. "You have a human disguise right?" he asked her. "A what?" she asked him. Tsume pulled his disguise on and Riley backed away, "What the hell is that?" "Riley you can fool anyone with this they won't know you're a wolf walking around the humans," Tsume said. Riley closed her eyes and felt her body change from wolf to a two legged human. She looked at Tsume who had a gentle look. "Come on, those humans won't suspect a thing, as long as you stay with me you'll be fine," Tsume said taking Riley's hand. The two walked out and Riley stayed at Tsume's side, "You still have that scar, you better be careful that man will think that the wolf is the cause of that," a female said. Riley looked at her and growled, "What was that?" Tsume sat near Toboe who was in his human form. Everyone was now in their human disguises and sat around. Riley's master walked up and saw the group of teens, "Any of you seen my dog. She's silver with greenish amber eyes." "No we just got here this morning, taking my girlfriend out on her first camping trip," Tsume said gesturing to Riley.

She looked at Tsume and turned to the man she narrowed her eyes at the gun in his hand, "Are you going to kill her with that?" "No, just a tranquilizer so I can take her back without worry," the man said. "Why would you need that if she your dog?" Hige asked. "She a fighter, I don't want her to get hurt or anyone else getting hurt. The trust I have in her isn't anything any ones given me. So you can say I care a lot about her," the man said. "If that's the case then maybe you should let her go, and be free. If you love someone that much it's always a good thing to let them go, I'm learning that the hard way," Riley said. "What do you mean?" "I lost my older brother a few years back and I'm still trying to let him go, I always thought that he died because of me. Trying to stop monsters from getting to me, we were tired and he fought. I'm trying to forgive myself and in the process saying good-bye to him. Luckily for me I have Tsume," Riley said. "Claw? Who would name there son Claw?" the man asked. Tsume shrugged and looked at Riley, who was looking down. She stood and walked away. Tsume got up and went after her, "Let's go boys. She'll be fine out here, with those fights she can protect herself." Riley sat at the stream and looked at her reflection, "Tsume, sorry I spoke too much. How do you let some one go when you love them so much, it impossible." Tsume sat next to Riley and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, "You just have to, it maybe hard and it will hurt like hell, but, you'll feel better once you do."

"I know that, I just don't know how," Riley said. "No one really knows how to let someone go, but doing what he said, like follow your heart, that can have the effect," Tsume said. Riley looked at the man and lent into him, "Tsume let's get going!" "Come on, if those girls give you a headache try not to kill them," Tsume said. The two walked back and the headed away from the town Riley had just come from, without looking back; she walked next to Tsume and the town was gone. Riley felt a weight being lifted and knew the life of fighting was over, she can now start anew and be happier. Tsume watched Riley stand straight, "Fighting is a thing of the past now." "Yea, life is going to get better. I just know it," Riley said.