Story of Shirakawa

Chapter 2: The Unexpected Meeting

Once Hiretsukan had gone back inside the cave to sleep, Jetta took the chance to sneak off, hoping the next sentry didn't notice him.

'Jetta?' A familiar, warm voice came from behind the pup. Jetta turned his head quickly, making a quiet whoosh sound. Although, the darkness surrounded him, he could see was the gleaming green eyes of Yasashii.

He's next on sentry duty, Jetta thought to himself. But, with Yasashii, I can't leave. He won't let me! I shouldn't have woken Hiretsukan up… I could have gone then! Jetta was suddenly angry with himself.

'Jetta?' Yasashii asked again. 'Is that you?'

Jetta groaned very quietly. 'Yeah, Yasashii. It's me.'

'Well… What're you doing out here? Shouldn't you be inside?'

'Heh… Probably." The pup replied childishly. "But… It's just that…' Jetta was lost for words.

'What? It's just that what?' Yasashii continued walking towards the pup.

'L-look at the moon! What does it mean?' Jetta looked up at the starless sky again. He wished his muzzle was long enough that his nose could touch the moon.

'Uhh…' Yasashii, unlike Hiretsukan, knew what it meant. Trouble… No, worse. 'Ku-ro-a-ne-i' Yasashii sounded every character out separately. Jetta looked at the older wolf curiously.

'Yasashii?' Jetta asked, not noticing that Yasashii had vanished. One of his duties as sentry was to warn the Alpha of something like this. Boy, was Valkiria going to be mad!


Finally waking up, still in pain from the dreadful memories, Kuroanei fell off the rock. He landed with a gentle thud on the snow covered ground.

The pupil-less wolf grunted quietly, slid his front paws under his body and stood up slowly. He shook the snow out of his fur.

Although he knew the moon was a warning against something he was going to do, and he knew he shouldn't do it – what ever the something was – he couldn't help it. The night sky told him what he was going to do, and he couldn't help but obey.

With half-numb paws, Kuroanei snuck back to where his ex-pack lived. He would get revenge on them there. He would get back at his younger sister who had thrown him out in the snow. And he would get it tonight.


A violent shiver ran through Valkiria's body, waking her. She couldn't sit up, because Perisuu was curled up against her, and Kouga's head and front paws were pressed down on her lower back and tail. She lifted her head up as high as she could with out moving her pups. Just then, Yasashii came running into the pack's home, jumping over Akairikka, Chii and Sunao on his way, before skidding to a silent halt in front of Valkiria.

'Lady Valkiria!' Yasashii said in unnecessarily and almost unnerving loud whisper. 'I have reason to believe that your older brother, Kuroanei, is coming here. Tonight.'

Valkiria just looked at the white wolf, silently, in disbelief. But… Why? What does he have to come back for? He has nothing. His mate doesn't wish to hear of him again, and neither does his pup. Surely he doesn't have business with me? No…

Her thoughts were interrupted by the small golden pup that was snuggling into her, moving.

'M-mama? What's wrong?' Perisuu asked sleepily. 'A-and… Where is Jetta? I feel cold without him.' It was only now that Yasashii noticed the pup's odd way of talking, very rarely using conjoined words.

Valkiria only noticed Jetta was missing when Kouga chirped in, just as tired-sounding as his younger sister, 'I bet Uncle Kuroanei got him.' The pup flashed his teeth, which gleamed in the pale light.

Perisuu gasped and flinched at the same time. 'Kouga!' Valkiria scolded him quietly 'Don't scare your little sister like that!'

Kouga looked at his mother, snarling inside his head.

A frighteningly familiar scream ripped through the air, lasting only two or seconds, but it woke everybody in the pack up.


Cackling his infamous hyena-cackle, Kuroanei quickly approached the home of his ex-pack. His laugh stopped momentarily when he saw one of his sister's pups, Jetta, wondering outside the cave. Alone.

'Jetta…' He whispered in a hoarse and slightly insane voice.

The pup jumped. 'U-uncle… Kuroanei… W-why are you h-here?' Jetta asked, trying not to stutter.

An almost silent cackle came from between the adult wolf's teeth. The pup's knees buckled, and he couldn't move. He gasped as Kuroanei stalked closer. Closer.

With a very slow movement, Kuroanei snatched Jetta up with his powerful jaws. Jetta screamed a blood curdling scream. His uncle's fangs punctured his fur, his skin and his muscle.

The last thing Jetta saw was his mother, brother, sister, Chii and Yasashii rushing out of the cave. Then his vision faded into complete blackness.

'Ma…ma…' He managed to say with his voice cutting in and out. Kuroanei let the pup go with a strong toss of his head.

'Jetta!!' Valkiria, Chii and Yasashii all yelled, quite loudly, at the same time, in perfect unison.