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Safiya Okami stopped abruptly in mid-step, tilting her head slightly. The ground below her delicate paws rumbled like a herd of wild oxen stampeding through the forest. An unearthly howl echoed through the vast space of the woods. Realizing what it was she screwed her nose up it disgust and snorted.
"Humph, men"she huffed, rolling her eyes before carrying on her trail.
"Wow did you hear that Saf? Sounds like an awfully powerful wolf is in the area, perhaps we should check it out, you never know it could be a male looking for love" A small poncle said jumping annoyingly on Safiya's snout and comically raising his miniature eyebrows. Safiya shook her head to rid herself of the pest. She hated that silly nickname, it sounded so stupid but the bug like creature insisted on abbreviating her name.
She prowled forward; her head hung low and every step made her shoulder blades alternatively protrude from her back. She subconsciously smelled the air, her ears twitched at every sound within the forest, not that she was listening, it was just a habit she had.
Safiya was a lycanthrope*, although she much preferred her wolf form rather than her 'human' form. She felt vulnerable and clumsy while on two legs so she spent most her days as a wolf, and a gorgeous one at that. Her fur was always well kept, fluffy and spotless. Okami took pride in her looks unlike some of the filthy wolves she had come across on her travels. Her coat was brilliant white and some would even say it had a heavenly glow to it, but being so colourless, meant that even the tiniest speck of dirt would be magnified, tenfold.
Safiya had travelled at least a mile since the territorial warning from the male when she caught whiff of a wolf pack drawing close to where she was. She stood tall, her front legs were straight while her back legs were bent slightly, her back was slanted and her tail swung lowly. She pinpointed the direction of oncoming demons and her ears were positioned to gather every noise they were making. By what she could tell there were two wolf demons and eleven wolves.
"What is it did you sense something?" The tiny warrior heard the rustle of the bushes and jumped onto the floor.
"Let me at em Saf I'll take em, they shall tremble before my might" The little solider drew his pin-sized sword. Safiya didn't want to take any chances, she quickly picked the agitated poncle up with her mouth and scampered under a nearby bush,
"Hakkaku wait *pant* up!"
"Come on I think it was this way"
"Can't we rest for a little while?"
"But Kouga will get mad if we get too far behind, it will hafta be short"
The wolf demons and wolves sat down right by the bush were Safiya was lying, she was praying that they didn't smell her; she wasn't up for a confrontation. Unfortunately a darkly brown coloured wolf sniffed the area and caught the scent of the hidden female. He began sniffing franticly around the bush.
"What is it?" Ginta asked "Have you found something?"
"I hope it's edible" Hakkaku said with the agreement of his rumbling stomach
The wolf stopped when he came snout to snout with the white wolf. She gave a slight warning snarl and her upper lip quivered. He took the hint and backed off. He whimpered to the other wolves and the demons that there wasn't anything there. Ginta and Hakkaku sighed and their stomachs growled in disappointment.
"Come on we gotta get moving"
"Right"
And with that they all ran off towards the direction of the howl beforehand. Safiya spat out the now frustrated sprite and crawled out from under the bush.
"WHATS THE BIG IDEA! I COUDA WIPED THE FLOOR WITH EM... AND NOW IM COVERED IN DOG SLOBBER!" Hotaru*fumed. All of a suddenly his mood had changed from being pissed off to hysterically laughing; Safiya was confused as the small bug pointed at her. She looked at herself in surprised then in annoyance , small round spiky 'things' had embedded themselves into her fur. She cursed to herself, out of all the bushes she went and hid under the bramble bush, Hotaru was still wetting himself on the ground holding his stomach.
"That's what you get for being a coward"
It would her take hours to get them all out grrrrrrrrrrrr.
Kouga had returned from the hunt with a large dead female elk. He thought it funny how different areas presented different prey. Here in the boreal forests there were moose and elk whereas up in the mountains there were boar and ibex. He skinned the elk and ripped apart most of the limbs. Kouga ate one of its legs within seconds; it had been too long since he last ate. Normally he would have waited for the others to catch up before he tucked in because it's courteous and it showed dominance as he would eat first but he was just too hungry. He licked he bloodied lips and began to chew on the bone after he had stripped it of its flesh. He tossed the half eaten bone away and made his way to the carcass when he heard the laboured breaths of his underlings. Kouga emerged from the waterfall to greet his comrades
"Bout time you showed up I was startin to worry" he said sarcastically
The pack were too tired to answer, they all stood there panting
"Come on iv already hunted, and found us a place to sleep" With the mention of food the pack darted for the kill, until a pissed off Kouga jumped in front of them
"AY!"He yelled "I don't care how hungry you are you mutts don't ever disrespect me like that again" he snarled and gave a warning snap at Ginta. Ginta hid behind Hakkaku "Were really sorry Kouga it won't happen again."
"See to it that it doesn't" Kouga slowly walked into the cave standing tall with his chest out and his tail up to show dominance. Only when he had sat down by the kill did the rest of the pack make a move towards the cavern. Ginta nuzzled the back of Hakkaku's back he hated being the omega* of the pack, he would have to do a lot of sucking up to Kouga later for 'his' outburst. The wolves sat opposite the demon leader and waited for his signal to eat. He grabbed a handful of meat and feasted on it before giving the starving canines permission to feed. The ravenous wolves jumped onto the bloodied mass snarling at one another to back off, biting and snapping. Kouga stared at the array of teeth, slobber and blood that was attacking his kill. He was glad that he didn't have to fight anymore.
All too quickly the elk carcass had been reduced to nothing more than broken bones. The pack was still hungry but thanked Kouga for the meal. All the wolves except for one cleaned each other of blood and anything else that would dirty their fur. Ginta however saw an opportunity to get into Kouga's good books. He sat next to his leader and nuzzled his chest in way of submission. He looked up at saw Kouga roll his eyes "Oh no what do I do now?" Ginta took a bold move and licked some of the blood off of Kouga's face. Seeing that he didn't hit him Ginta continued. He licked under his chin and down his neck. The alpha gave an acceptance growl and Ginta moved away to sit with the other animals. They began to lick him clean and he giggled.
"That tickles ^.^"
Safiya had just pulled the last bramble from her milky fur. Her skin was sore and sensitive due to the constant tugging. She whimpered a little before she finally stood.
"You okay furball?" Hotaru asked his companion. Safiya replied with a nod and let the little sprite climb up onto her back
"Good, because I'm staving"
Safiya rolled her eyes before darting of into the forest in search of a river or small burrow.
Hakkaku gave a yawn showing his fierce canines and incredibly long tongue while he stretched his body. The other wolves followed suit extending their bodies and sticking their bums in the air.
"Why don't you get some rest?"
"But Kouga what about the night patrol?" Hakkaku inquired
"Don't worry bout it I'll do it, besides I took a nap waiting for you slow pokes to get here."
"Well if you insist."
With that Kouga headed to the entrance of the cave.
"What was that about" Ginta inquired
"Kouga never normally offers to do patrol duty of a night," he began to giggle with excitement and Hakkaku looked at him with confusion.
" Maybe Kouga is finally starting to understand our feelings and limitations." His cute little face dimpled at the thought
Hakkaku placed his hand on his chin, "Perhaps... I suppose we'll just hafta wait and see."
Mean while, Kouga sat perched upon a moss covered rock sniffing the area. He snarled at the cold midnight air, letting it pass through his sharp, blood stained teeth before it rested upon his highly developed tongue. The senses within his mouth allowed him to 'taste' the breeze and pick up any unusual occurrences. Smelling alone retrieves so much information from the area whereas 'tasting' allows wolves to single out and concentrate on specific 'scents' such a scent markings, rogue wolves, pregnant bitches and fertile bitches. This talent gave wolves knowledge of the canines in the surrounding area, which was very useful for Kouga at this time as he knew there was a lone bitch in heat close by. He licked his lips a leap off the cliff into the unforgiving forest below.
* Lycanthrope- Transformation of a wolf into a human (wolf demon) or vice versa
* Hotaru-Firefly
*Omega- The lowest pack member