Summary: He'd forever remember this night; caught up in a war that would either cost him his life, or his humanity. He just had to decide which was more important. [AkuRoku]

I've been wanting to write a supernatural story without falling into the 'cliche' or the newest storyline, 'Twilight'. I've read the books, but the popluarity of it bothers me since most people I've seen only like it for the movie. Movie wasn't that great, though it wasn't the worst. I still prefer Harry Potter.

Note: Kinda small little crossovers. I needed more characters, so I added some from other fandoms. :D

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He swore he had died; he remembered being attacked, by what he wasn't sure, and he remembered agonizing pain as whatever or whoever ripped out his throat. And he thought he was dead, but then he felt something. More pain. But through that, he felt someone touching his face.

"He got you good." It was a man. He sounded young, and gental. "Don't worry, the poison won't kill you, friend. Might make you wish it was, but the pain'll stop soon."

He couldn't talk back to reply. He wanted to ask what was going on, what poison was he talking about? He wanted to do something, so he reached out and grabbed the man's shirt.

"Try not to move too much. It'll only make it hurt worse." The man's hand removed itself from his face and he heard a weird, splitting noise. Then something metallic hit his nose and his mouth watered. "I'll try to help as much as I can, okay? This might repulse you, but since it's been three days, I think you should be okay."

Three days? Had he been 'dead' for that long? He felt an arm being wrapped around his shoulders and suddenly, he was sitting up. Something was pressed to his lips and he felt warm liquid. Automatically, he sucked at it, realizing that the older man had held out his wrist.

Blood. He was drinking blood. What was he? A Vampire? He didn't know, but he did know that blood had never tasted so good. He bit the offered appendage and began drinking greedily.

"If it bothers you, try not to think about it." the man whispered. "You get used to it after awhile." A pause. "Oh, right. Never introduced myself. Name's Zack. Zack Fair. I'd ask you what your name is, but...I think you're a little preoccupied."

Pulling back slightly, and licking away any blood he had missed, he muttered hoarsely, "Axel....My name's Axel."

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It took years, decades of training from Zack, but Axel mastered what he had become; a werewolf. A Lycan. A monster. He was different though, and Zack explained to him that for that reason, he would be hunted by other Lycans and demons alike. Even humans.

The Lycan that had bitten Axel hadn't been a full werewolf. The man had been part something else, and that affected Axel when the man bit him. Upon hearing this, Axel had raged on for days, not eating and simply destroying things.

Zack managed to calm him down though, and soon enough they were traveling, looking for a place to stay. The older Lycan decided his old pack would be the best choice since no one would hurt Axel for what he was, and they were to be trusted.

It only took a week of being in Zack's pack before Axel became Alpha. It wasn't hard, Axel easily over-powered the man named Squall, having size on his side. Squall merely huffed and lower his nose in respect, allowing Axel to have control.

Hunters came soon after; the pack faught them off to protect their new leader. Sometimes if it got too bad, Axel would fight with them and they wouldn't have to worry about hunting for awhile.

But it changed with one boy.

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Zack yawned widely, rubbing his pointed human ears as he crawled to the fire pit. He'd been out last night, hunting, and he had smelled something that made him wake up. He wasn't surprised to see Axel out here either, the red wolf seemed to be aware of everything.

"What is it?" Zack asked, sitting beside his once-student.

Axel scowled. "Humans...a group of them. I also smell blood, it seems like one of them is hurt..."

"Should we go get them?" the black haired Lycan raised an eyebrow when the other's face darkened even more. "What's wrong?"

"I recognize the blood....it's one of ours."

The blue eyes male gaped at him, standing up. "Y-you mean...they're the ones who set those traps out there?? Is it Namine?!"

Axel stood as well. "...Get Cloud and Squall. It's their cub, I'd think they'd want to be there."

"Sure that's a good idea? They'll rip those humans to shreds, and they might get in the way." Zack warned, but winced slightly at the look he got. "Alright, I'll get them....But I won't like it."

Axel smiled, though it was small. Feeling rather proud of himself, Zack went into the small hole that led to the den, covering his nose at some of the rooms. It was a cave, but they had made into more of a human structure, with rooms and doors. There was a slope, leading to a fountain of water so they didn't have to venture out for it. Axel had even made another spring as a bath, using his unique abilities to warm the water.

"Cloud? Squall?" Zack paused a minute before going into their room. He wasn't surprised or embarrassed to see them curled up together under a blanket, obviously naked. "Hey, c'mon. Axel needs you."

"What is it?" Squall asked, sitting up. "Isn't it too early to be up?"

Zack frowned, getting both of the other male's attentions. "...Axel thinks it's Namine."

Immediately, they got up and slipped pants on, not bothering with their shirts. Zack felt a small dose of jealousy at seeing the marks on Cloud's body, having been with the blond for a courting but he had left in the middle of it to chase after the man that had betrayed them. He'd come back to find Squall had replaced him...at everything.

"Where is she? Is she hurt?" Cloud demanded, following Zack out of the den.

Zack hesitated. "There's blood...but we don't know what they're doing to her."

Axel grinned at them as they arrived. "I smell other animals...so they might either be a family or poachers...But the bleeding has stopped, so that must mean they're taking care of her."

"What are we doing?" Squall asked, looking around the surrounding woods.

"We'll sneak up on them and see what they're doing. But," Axel's eyes narrowed, barring his teeth. "do something stupid, and I'll make you regret it."

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"Ooh, guys. I think she's hurt." Sora muttered sadly as he gently stroked the young puppy's fur. "Looks like she got caught in a trap."

Roxas and Riku both looked up, frowning. The tallest had been looking through their bag to see if they had anything they could wrap the young dog's paw up, but it was all at the bottom.

"Here, let me see her." Roxas said, slowly taking the yellow-furred dog away from his friend. "She's probably scared. I wonder where her parents are."

The young pup had oddly bright blue eyes, standing out against her pale yellow fur. Her right paw was bloody, but thanks to a ripped piece of shirt of Sora's, the bleeding had stopped. She limped though, and they wanted to make sure it wasn't broken.

"Are you sure it's a dog?" Riku asked, finally find what he had been looking for. "I've never seen a dog with a face like that before."

"She can't be a wolf, she's too small." Sora argued. "And her color's wrong to be a fox."

Roxas hissed at both of them. "You're scaring her, calm down."

Sora opened his mouth to say most likely something insulting but stopped and laughed. "Aw, Roxas! I didn't peg you for the family type."

Roxas eyed him wearily. "What do you mean?"
"He means that you look like you're cradling a baby." Riku answered, smirking.

The blond blushed. He hugged the puppy closer, petting her fur and scratching behind her ears. He made sure that he didn't touch her paw as Riku walked over to bandage it. 'Some camping trip this turned out to be,' he thought dryly. Then again, he wasn't really a naturly, tree person. That was Sora.

He jumped when she began crying. "Riku, you're pushing too hard!"
"Then you do it!" Riku snapped. "I'm being as careful as I can!"

Again, the little puppy cried out, but something answered back. They all jumped and stiffened when they heard growling and then something ran at them from the woods.

It was...a wolf. Only it was much too big to be a wolf. It easily towered over Roxas, gold fur gleaming and it's blue eyes angry. Another one was right behind it, this one a dark brown and steel-grey eyes with a scar between them.

"Cloud! Squall! Stop!"

Both wolves stopped, but they snarled at the three human boys. Roxas backed up, clutching the little puppy protectively. 'W-what are they? Parents?' Suddenly, the puppy became heavier, and Roxas nearly died when in his arms was suddenly a small girl. She had blond hair that fell into her big blue eyes and wearing a white dress.

"Mama! Papa!" she smiled, reaching for them. The bandage was still wrapped around her hand.

The large yellow wolf also turned into a person, right before their eyes. Roxas heard Sora yelp, and Riku hushed him. The man was average height, blue eyes glowing as he stared down at Roxas. He had spiky blond hair, reminding Roxas of his own. Gulping, he put the young girl down.

She ran to him, nuzzling his neck and crying. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to get lost a-and I didn't see the metal..."

"Sh, it's okay." the blond man whispered, hugging her tightly. "It's not your fault. I'm just glad you're alright."

"W-what's going on?" Sora whispered, eyes wide. "How did they suddenly become people??"

Having suddenly remembered they were there, the man glared at them. "...Should we kill them?"

Roxas gaped at him, eyes wide. "W-we didn't hurt her though! We were trying to help her, a-and we're leaving anyway."

The brown wolf growled. "Cloud, if we kill them...there will be others looking for them."

'Cloud' nodded. "What does Axel think we should do?"

"Hell if I know, he's probably angry we didn't listen to him."

"Hey," Riku stepped next to Roxas, somehow looking calm. "look, we didn't hurt her...and we'll leave and never tell anyone about you guys, okay? It's not like anyone would believe us..."

Cloud scowled. "Can we trust that?"

It wasn't Squall that answered though, it was Axel. "I don't care." Cloud blinked, surprised. "You can do what you want with them...but I want that blond."

"Are you nuts?!" Zack had joined in too. "Axel, he's a human! Others will come looking for him and then we'll have to leave the area for who knows how long! Some of the others are finally going to have cubs, we can't move them!"

"Then we kill whoever comes here. He's mine."

Cloud sighed, looking over at Squall. "Okay...we'll get him." Sensing that Axel was gone, he whispered out loud to his mate, "You don't think...Axel wants him as a mate do you?"

"Obviously. You only get possessive when the connection starts." Squall answered. "You start home, I'll get the boy."

Cloud nodded, turning back into his wolf form and carrying Namine in his mouth. He ran off, Zack catching up with him not soon after. "This isn't right...the boy can't connect back, Axel's forcing this on him."

"That may be, but the only reason Axel can connect is because this was forced onto him. Axel's not fully one of us, we have to give him leisure."

"Not when it threatens us."

Zack chuckled. "Please, Axel's taken better care of us that any of the previous Alphas. Even me."

"...Alright. I'll let it go."

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Axel paced back at the den, clenching and unclenching his fists. He had never felt like this before...He kept repeating that image of the boy with Namine in his arms over and over...And he kept thinking, what if that was my cub? My mate? and he had to have the boy.

"I've already scared him...I can't do that again." Axel whispered, not even getting of his room when he heard and smelt Cloud, Namine and Zack return. "What's taking Squall so long?
"Axel?" Zack peeked inside the Alpha's room, frowning. "Are you okay?"

Axel nodded. "Yeah...Why is this happening to me, Zack? Why now?"

The black haired Lycan grinned. "Ax, it was going to have to happen. Every wolf needs a companion, yours just happened to be a human. It's not unheard of."

"But I hate humans!" Axel argued, pupils narrowing as his anger raised. "I hate them so much it makes me sick! Why does he have to be a human, Zack?!"

Zack's face softened. "Not all humans are bad, Axel. Just the ones you knew."

Axel muttering something under his breath, going back to pacing. "...Make sure Squall brings him here, okay?"

"I will."
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So, here it is. Seems kinda fast-paced to me, but oh well. I had planned on a one-shot thingy it would be too long. So, think of this as a short story. =D Okay?? Okay. Let me know what you think! And hopefully I'll have the guts to write a lemon!

R&R