Chapter Two- Alpha and Omega

Ryou spent the next month, enjoying his time as a human and helping Bakura get used to his enhanced senses and abilities. Truthfully, it was his nose that gave Bakura a lot of trouble. The clearer sight and sharper hearing were startling at first, but he soon got used to them and enjoyed using them. His sensitive skin and sense of taste took some time to adjust to; everything he ate tasted stronger than before and the subtleness of hot and cold were more distinctive now. His damn sense of smell was driving him crazy, though!

"Ryou, how can you stand getting all these smells at once?" he demanded after only a week of his sensitive nose.

Ryou smiled sympathetically. "I couldn't. I think I started to the week before the full moon."

Bakura moaned and flopped backwards onto his bed. He draped an arm over his face. "I have to put up with this for another week?"

"Well, either that or you could learn to filter them out. I didn't think to do that. It took my first change to get used to the smells."

Bakura removed his arm and sat up. "Filter them out? I think I can do that. I also want to thank you for helping me out this week. It was surprising to be experiencing all these enhanced senses in one week. My strength and speed hasn't increased yet."

"That'll come in the next week or two and you're welcome. I was glad to help."

Bakura then grinned in a wolfish sort of way. "I was thinking…with the two of use being our own little pack, who's the alpha wolf and who's the omega?"

Ryou blinked. "Good question. I guess we'll find out when we change."

"I look forward to that." Bakura felt that he was probably the alpha due to his strong personality. Ryou, with his kind gentle nature, was more suited to be an omega.

The next two weeks flew by and both boys were undressed, waiting for the moon to rise. Bakura had managed to filter some smells out, but he was still driven crazy by it. His speed and strength had distracted him from his nose and filtering the smells out. He was impressed with how fast and strong he had become and looked forward to the full transformation.

Ryou also looked forward to changing, mostly because he wouldn't be alone in being a wolf anymore. He further wondered if his desire for a mate would show in Bakura. Would it be this night or the third night? If he had to guess, he would say the third night, but hoped for tonight.

The moon rose and Bakura felt himself burning before fur that was more silver than white grew all over him. He glanced back and down to see a tail twitching behind him and he was standing on two paws. His back arched and he went down onto newly formed forepaws while his muzzle and pointed ears formed. He heard Ryou howl softly and he howled too before shaking himself out and turning to face Ryou.

Ryou was surprised by what he saw. Bakura was a silver-white wolf that seemed a little smaller than himself. He had the same delicate long ears and muzzle and lean body. The muscles weren't as big as Ryou's, but still impressive. It was these slightly smaller muscles that lent to Bakura's smaller size. Bakura turned in a circle to see himself better. He looked at Ryou afterwards with dark brown eyes. "I'm a little smaller than you. Why would that be?"

"Don't know. Maybe I grew a little during my two months. In that case, just give it time and we'll end up the same size. I noticed your eyes are darker than mine."

"They were briefly gold before going dark brown."

"I think our eyes will be gold tomorrow night and our roles of alpha and omega might be revealed as I don't feel anything right now. Those roles might be the only thing we'll vaguely remember because it'll be in our DNA by then."

Bakura nodded. "That seems to make sense." Bakura had to admit that Ryou seemed to be the one with ideas and theories instead of him being the one. Did that mean that Ryou was the alpha? Don't jump to conclusions. Ryou's been a werewolf longer than you and has had time to ponder such things. Anyway, we'll know in a day or two. He tilted his head back and took a deep breath. A wave of smells invaded his nose, but he was able to focus on each one in turn. He was pleased; his sense of smell was working perfectly now. It's just as Ryou said. I just had my first change and now I'm used to the smells.

"Are we going out tonight?" Bakura asked.

"Actually, I thought we'd stay in tonight and go out the other two nights. You need to get used to your new body."

Bakura nodded, thinking back to last month. Ryou only went out once last time: The second night. He has a point about getting used to my body. I won't recall anything that happens tomorrow, so now is a good time to learn.

Ryou stood in his secluded spot with Bakura beside him, watching the eastern sky for the moon to rise. Neither one had gotten undressed yet; they were waiting for the sky to completely darken. He saw Bakura shiver slightly and asked, "Nervous?"

Bakura nodded. "Nervous, but I can't wait to find out what our roles will be."

Ryou knew how Bakura felt, but was curious rather than excited. He had thought about it since last night while watching Bakura learn about his body and concluded that he could well be the alpha since he was bigger and more experienced. Bakura's emotional actions seemed closer to the behavior of an omega.

The sun was almost gone and both boys stripped to nothing. The moon rose, bathing them in white light. Bakura savored the sensation of the light shining on him as his fur began to grow. His body continued to change and he felt a primal urge pushing aside his human mind. He couldn't fight it and allowed himself to become a real wolf. He heard the loud howl of another wolf behind him and he answered with a howl of his own: It was the howl of a wolf ready to hunt, kill, and eat.

Ryou surrendered to his wolf mind immediately as he changed. He knew that Bakura would initially fight against it before he gave in and his wolf mind and instincts took over. Once his change was complete, Ryou felt the need to hunt and eat. He howled his desire for food and he was answered by another wolf's howl for the same thing. The howl and the scent told him that this was his pack brother- someone to assist him in hunting.

Ryou put his nose to the ground and then the air. He didn't smell anything enticing and decided to try somewhere else. His instincts urged him to go northward; that's where plentiful prey usually traveled. He turned in that direction and saw the tail of his pack brother moving off to the east. Where is he going? he wondered. I'm the alpha; he should be following me. He padded after the smaller wolf- his omega- to find out what caught his attention. He lifted his nose and the scent of fresh meat and warm blood wafted up to him: Food.

Or is it food? I still feel we should head north. He growled and then barked to catch his omega's attention. It worked as he halted in his tracks and turned to him. Ryou tilted his head to the north and barked a command to follow. He headed north and his ears heard the other wolf following behind him.

Ryou's nose and instincts led him to a closed butcher shop. He licked his chops as the slabs of meat that hung before him. His paws pushed against solid air that kept him from his meal and his claws scrabbled at it, but to no avail. He snarled in frustration. He saw what he desired, but couldn't get to it! Now, what?

He felt a tap on his shoulder blade and looked at his omega who angled his head, indicating that the alpha should follow him. He was intrigued: Did the omega have a plan? He nodded at the silver-white wolf who headed down the space between the buildings with Ryou behind him.

Bakura moved to the back of the shop to another locked door. He unsheathed his claws, stuck one into the knob, and jiggled it around until he heard a click. He rammed his body against the door and it opened, the doorknob and jam breaking off and clattering to the floor. He backed off and let his alpha enter first. He did so eagerly and Bakura followed.

Ryou felt his mouth watering at the sight of all the meat before him. He spied the meat he saw earlier and made a beeline for it, grabbing a string of sausages in his mouth, pulling it to the floor, and lying down to enjoy his food. Bakura, however, had grabbed a large slab of beef and was contently chewing on it.

Both wolves ran around the shop after eating their fill, checking out anything that interested them. They eventually left the shop with several slabs of beef on both of their backs and returned to where they had started to get some sleep.

Ryou blinked at the sunlight falling across his naked body. He sat up, grabbed his clothes, and pulled them on before looking around. He saw a naked Bakura curled up in a ball fast asleep and gathered in a pile nearby were slabs of meat! Where did those come from?

Did we…raid a butcher shop? I know there's one nearby, but how could we get inside? We're just ordinary wolves…aren't we? Yes, we are. Somehow, our primal instincts allowed us access to the shop.

He saw movement and looked to see Bakura open his eyes, uncurl from his position, yawn and stretch. He grinned at Ryou as he got dressed. "Wow, what a night, not that I remember it. Still, I feel great."

"Bakura, I think we robbed a store." Ryou nodded at the pile.

Bakura stared at it, stunned. "That's…impossible. We were just wolves last night. Weren't we?" His voice held a note of doubt at the end.

"I think so, but perhaps…not. Bakura, one of your nails looks jagged, broken."

Bakura held up a hand to see his index nail was indeed jagged while the others were long and pointed like Ryou's nails. "You think I might have picked the lock to the store?"

"Sounds like something you would do. I vaguely remember leading us to the store as well as one other thing."

"You're my alpha," Bakura cut in with a tone of awe. "I vaguely recall following you and getting approval for…something."

"To get in the store, no doubt. The question is what do we do with that?" He gestured to the meat.

"We take it home, of course. We'll change one more time this month and it'll be hard to cook with paws and claws."

"But, we didn't pay for it."

"Ryou," Bakura sighed. "It's still early, no one will see us hauling all this home. Furthermore, you're the alpha, the leader. Where did your leadership go?"

"Probably left me when I changed this morning."

"Well, in any case, grab some of that meat and let's go." Bakura grabbed some meat, slung it over a shoulder, and headed home with Ryou reluctantly doing the same.