So yeah I am mostly writing SM fanfics and I have two on-going stories there which I am planning to finish but I needed a bit of something else at the moment (: so now depending on my mood I am either working on this story or my on-going SM one (: Please note that I am not native English speaker but I tried my best (: I would appreciate feedbacks for this story as well ;)

Chapter one

Cold…

It seemed like the storm didn't want to end ever. It was hard to breathe, it was hard to focus, it was even hard to keep one's eyes open because of the wind blowing the ice cold snow around with such a strength it was a wonder the small group could stand let alone walk!

Snorting in annoyance the huge, grey wolf with deep and hard green eyes shook his head yet again to throw the snow off of it. For the thousandth time… Not that it helped as in the next moment his head was covered by snow again. Throwing a glance behind him he snorted again half-frustrated.

"Hey Kiba, stop!" He shouted into the nothing in front of him. In this storm the snow white wolf was invisible but he knew the other wolf was there a few feet ahead of them. He was not disappointed when a pair of light green eyes flashed at him in the endless white. Those eyes being the only visibly color in the endless snow ahead of them.

"The kid can't keep up with the walk." He stared into Kiba's eyes for a few moments in silence.

"Plus we have no idea how far away the next city is." Another voice joined the conversation. Its owner, a brown wolf with yellow eyes stopped next to the grey wolf, his face sore and tired from the long walk in the storm.

"Exceptionally Hige is right. And it is no use anyway… The snow is blinding our eyes so we can't see it, it is in our nose so we can't smell it…" The grey wolf stated again as Hige made an annoyed face about his comment.

"I am fine!" Finally the last member of the small pack joined the three elder wolves. He was smaller and weaker than the others. He was barely older than a pup and still he was trying his very best putting on a brave face. His voice was betraying him however. His whole body was shaking from the cold and his legs were shaking from exhausting.

"The kid here is saying he is dying from cold." The grey wolf said rolling his eyes for a moment before glancing again up to the green eyes a few feet ahead of them.

"Tsume!" The youngest wolf protested but his voice sounded way too weak.

Kiba throw a glance at his small pack. It really was useless to walk any farther. He and Tsume could maybe keep up for a few more hours in the storm but Hige and Toboe surely not.

"Let's go and try to find a cave!" Kiba shouted back at the small group making his way back to them not missing the relief in the eyes of Hige and Toboe. Tsume was – of course – emotionless.

"I saw one… on the right. Half an hour ago." Toboe admitted blushing slightly about the fact he was looking for some kind of dent even before the pack decided to stop.

"As if you could walk half an hour more." Tsume snorted yet again stepping a bit closer to the young wolf to give him a bit of his body warm. He would have never admitted it, but deep down he cared for that brat.

"Actually… There was a dent. We passed it like 10 minutes ago. Follow me." Hige said ignoring Tsume's raised eyebrow as he run ahead while the others slowly followed his lead. True to his words in a few minutes they found a cave not too high up on the hills.

"At least we have some sort of luck… Surprising as it is…" Tsume said taking a step closer to the hills.

"Hey! Not luck! It was me and my great memory and observation skills!" Hige snapped at him, hurt evident in his voice as he half supported the weight of Toboe. The poor pup was barely able to stand.

"Whatever you say." Tsume murmured before all 4 wolves stopped dead in track. Even Toboe lifted his tired head when a desperate howl could be heard from the opposite direction.

"What the fuck?" Hige noted in surprise.

"That was a wolf!" Toboe said his eyes going wide as he tried to stand straight.

"Really now? I thought it was a bird." Tsume said dismissingly but his ears were perked up at attention trying to track the source of the sound.

Kiba stood completely still, his head turned to the direction the sound came from. And it came again a bite more hopeless this time.

"We have to help her!" Toboe said surprising everyone and breaking the heavy silence.

"Her?" Hige asked staring at the youngest in disbelieve.

"Couldn't you hear? It was a female voice!" Toboe nodded eagerly and surely he would have jumped only if he had the energy.

"Whatever is was, we need to get into the safety of the cave first." Kiba said finally his tensed body relaxing a bit as he made his way to the cave.

"But Kiba!" Toboe protested but in his weak state couldn't go against the light pushing coming from Hige as he pushed the young wolf towards the cave gently but firmly.

"You want to leave a female out there in this weather? She is gonna die for sure." Tsume asked Kiba while he joined the white wolf making its way to the safety of the cave.

"First let's get the pack into safety then we can start to wonder about others. Female or not." Kiba answered firmly his eyes focusing on the cave ahead of them as they stopped at the entrance waiting for Hige to help Toboe into the safety of the dent. Right when Hige and Toboe was about to enter the cave the howl came again joined by a second one surprising all four of them as they froze again.

"Fuck me. It is two of them!" Tsume snorted in annoyance but every single muscle of his body was on alert.

Kiba stared in the direction the howls came from even though it was impossible to see anything in the storm. Setting his jaw in a stubborn line he finally made one step forward away from the cave.

"Tsume stay with Hige and Toboe." He said before running out into the storm not even waiting for the answer.

"Yes, yes you go and play hero...Fool." Tsume rolled his eyes urging the other two wolves into the cave; his ears however were turned backwards trying to catch any sounds from the disappearing wolf or from the two strangers.

Running across the storm was anything but pleasant, not talking about the fact he couldn't hear, see or smell anything. Even the howls stopped causing a slight annoyance for the white wolf. This was a crazy idea anyway. He had his priorities and those were to find Cheza, Paradise and to take care of his new-formed pack. He stopped abruptly about to turn around and head back to the cave when an almost non-existing whimper caught his ears. It was faint but came definitively from nearby.

Shaking the snow off of his head Kiba slowly made his way towards the faint sound only to find a mess of dark brown fur sitting a few feet ahead of him. The other wolf didn't seem to hear him as she sat in the snow with bowed head. It was strange how she did not notice his presence but Kiba had no time to think about it long. They needed to hurry if they didn1t want to freeze to death.

„Are you hurt?" Kiba asked quietly and as friendly as he could, his ears lead a bit backwards to show no aggressively but he was standing proud and tall.

The wolf jumped up facing him, her scared brown eyes wide with surprise. They stood like that for a moment, the strange female obviously stunned and surprised seeing another of her kind while Kiba waited patiently for a replay. When the female didn't seem to move Kiba took a step closer.

„My pack found safety in a nearby cave. Come I will escort you there." He said firmly nodding towards the direction he came from. They had no time for this and if he wanted to help this female they needed to move… right away.

„My sister... I have to find my sister first!" The quiet answer came finally causing Kiba to frown again. He looked around but saw nothing just the snow around them. The storm made it impossible to see farther than a few feet.

„Where is she?" He asked finally turning back to the small and obviously half-frozen she-wolf.

„I have lost her. It is all my fault! We got separated in the storm and I can't find her anymore! I tried to call for her. She answered once but nothing since then." She whispered her voice trembling if from the cold or from the worry Kiba couldn't tell. He guessed from both. „Please... I can't leave her out here." She tried again when she saw the big white wolf hesitating.

Kiba quickly thought about his options. Looking any farther around out in the storm could cause the female's death in her half-frozen state for sure and even his as well if he did not pay attention.

„Please..." The wolf tried again.

Kiba sighed in defense. No matter how hard the decision was they had to leave the other one out here.

„Be happy he found you! That is already a wonder in itself." A third voice came suddenly from behind. The she-wolf throw an alert glance behind to see a big grey wolf standing only a few feet away from them. His green eyes were narrowed on her as he stood like a statue in the storm.

„He is a member of my pack, no need to worry." Kiba explained shortly. This whole talking was starting to get annoying. They needed to get into the safety of the cave! After that they can talk as much as they wanted. „Come this storm won't be over any time soon." He said trying to gently but firmly push the wolf towards Tsube.

„No! My sister! Please! Please!" she said alarmed yet again her weak body trying its best to fight back the gently push. Kiba stopped thinking about his options again now that Tsube was also here. The other male just like he was reading his mind stared at him in disbelieve and snorted.

„Don't try to fuck up because of a female out there. We saved one from two is good enough." He said earning a tired but angry glare from the stranger.

„Escort her to the cave. I can look around one more time shortly. I will catch up with you before you get to the cave." Kiba said and yet again, without waiting for any kind of answer turned on his heels and run away.

Tsume rolled his eyes annoyed while the female was looking after the disappearing figure of the white wolf gratefully.

"Stupid fool wants to die today it seems." Tsume murmured before not so gently started to push the she-wolf towards the cave. She yelped a bit but allowed Tsume to show the way.

Kiba sniffed the air one more time in vain. He could smell cold and snow. His nose was still useless... as were his eyes and ears. Sighing after 5 minutes of searching he turned around to run back to the cave when something caught his eyes. Dark red fur under a heap of snow.

At full attention he made his way towards the miserable heap. There below a tree laid a petit wolf. But she was not moving. Stepping one more step closer he slightly sniffed the fur of the back of her head. If she was dead there was nothing left to do for him. The scent that entered his nose shocked him for a moment causing him to lean back from the mess of fur. It was... strange… special in a way… Nothing he had ever smelt before. Sweet and fresh like the deep water of a river. A quiet himper coming from the mess of fur caught Kiba's attention all of a sudden. Leaning over the head Kiba could see unfocused blue eyes staring up at him.

„Are you okay?" Kiba whispered the second time that day.

„M...My... My sister." The weak voice whispered back ignoring his question.

„It is all right I will take you to safety." Kiba said deciding to ignore her question as she obviously was too far gone to understand him. Pulling the weak from of the she-wolf on his back he made his way back to the cave as quickly as he could all the way being careful not to cause any unnecessary pain to the barely breathing female.

Tsume growled annoyed yet again. The walk towards the cave was unbelievable slow with the female limping only very slowly next to him. It was annoying the hell out of him. Why he decided to come after Kiba was in itself a wonder to him. That white demon could take care of himself just fine without him anyway. Sighing in defeat he knew exactly why he came. No matter what a bastard he was, he was a wolf. Wolf instincts told him to protect his kind in danger especially if they were females. There were so few of them on this mad world.

„You really want to spend the whole storm outside? It would be a waste of time to come looking for you if you decide to freeze yourself outside anyway." He snapped at the small brown female.

The she-wolf glared at him one more time but never the less tried to walk somewhat faster. The limping making it harder for her to move fast.

Tsume annoyed as he was stopped for her to catch up with him only to prick up his ears in attention suddenly.

„What is it?" the female asked alarmed seeing his tense body.

„Can't you hear?" Tsume snapped back only to frown at her confused expression. „Your ears are truly frozen I guess." He said turning his attention back to the way the sound was coming from. As expected slowly the silhouette of one white wolf could have been seen with a mess of blood red on his back.

„Akira!" The female next to Tsume shouted jumping to run forward before hissing and limping on 3 feet again.

„I assume Snowie there found your sister." Tsume said watching as Kiba made his way closer to them.

„Akira! Akira can you hear me?!" The dark brown wolf buried her face into the red of her sister's fur the moment Kiba stopped next to them. Her answer was a quiet whimper.

„We better get into the cave so you can rest and your wounds can heal." Kiba said making his way towards the cave again with one worried sister limping next to him and Tsume following from behind in silence frowning in annoyance like always.

„They are back!" Toboe shouted as finally the other member of his pack appeared at the entrance of the cave.

„Yeah don't pee yourself from the happiness kid." Tsume said as at least he entered the cave as well.

„I see you found the females?" Hige said staring at the stranger standing next to Kiba who was slowly placing a red furred she-wolf on the floor.

„Obviously. Happy to see you are not blind." Tsume snorted one more time, walking into the dept of the cave sitting down and seemingly nonchalantly watching the small group.

„Never mind him and his gloomy mood. I am happy Kiba found you! My name is Hige, and you are?" Hige said smiling slightly at the brown female who was sitting next to the unconscious red one, her worried eyes never leaving the other female.

„Stop it Hige, she is not up for flirting at the moment. In case you can't see that." Tsume snorted one more time.

„I am Melody. And she is my younger sister Akira." The female answered her eyes fixed on the red wolf laying next to her completely ignoring Tsume's comment.

„It is nice to meet you! The pup here is Toboe and you have already met Tsube and Kiba." Hige said before his eyes drifted to her injury on Melody's front leg.

„What happened to you both?" Toboe asked innocently coming closer to check out on the red wolf laying on the ground. „Is she badly hurt?" He asked worriedly.

„I don't know. There was a wound on her left side when we got separated." Melody explained weakly trying to push Akira to her other side.

„You need your wounds checked and healed and you need to warm up first before you can help her." Tsume said unmoving from his spot.

„Let me check it for you!" Hige offered immediately while Toboe sniffed around the red wolf finally managing to turn her around.

„It is not as bad as it looks like. But you really need to warm up and rest." Hige said sniffing the wound and starting to lick it clean while Melody exhaustedly laid down on her stomach. Her worried eyes laying on her sister all the while. "What about Akira?" She asked.

„I can't really see if it is blood or her fur..." Toboe whimpered as he tried to sniff around the fur on Akira's side one more time only to step back in surprise as Kiba leaned over to sniff the fur himself.

„It seems like a wound made by a trap." Kiba said after a while glancing up at Melody frowning. Melody downcasted her eyes as now every single eyes were focusing on her waiting for an answer. But what could she say?

„What the fuck happened with you?" Tsume asked with narrowed eyes.