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A/N: Hello, to all! Here is the new chapter to Blue Wolf, and just asking... Have any of you seen a picture of a raccoon kissing a squirrel?

Edited: 4/18/16

10 Years Later

In the forests of Crimea, 17 year-old Ike and his father, Greil, were sparring with each other using wooden swords. All the while, Khimari was in wolf form observing the fight under the cozy shade of a tree.

It has been ten years since he and Ike met, and since the incident happened, which left Ike without a mother. Khimari still remembers what happened that day, as does Greil, but he was told by the latter not to tell Ike until he was "deemed" ready, and Mist was simply too young to remember anything. After that day, Khimari eventually became a part of the family, coming along with Greil and his children, even though he never could shake off the thought of finding his long-lost mother one day, as well as Greil becoming sort of a father figure to him. He also helped out with the Greil Mercenaries, and although he was very much qualified, Greil refused to let him on the front lines, always saying he "wasn't ready."

Back to the spar, Greil was easily holding Ike at bay with a series of parries and dodges, though his prowess was showed when he took every advantage given to him by Ike. Ike's sword style, from what Khimari could tell, involved brute strength and overpowering his opponent along with better than average, but still rather slow speed and recovery time. Eventually, the two clashed again, with the result of this being Ike thrown on the ground by Greil with a strong push that knocked him off balance.

"Had enough, Ike?" Greil challenged, pointing his sword in front of Ike's face. Not one to give in, Ike steadily returned to his feet and continued the assault on his father. This time around; however, Ike was getting desperate, and it showed as Ike was doing very sloppy blows with all of his might in every single one. A little after Ike and Greil began round two of their spar, he heard someone coming, and turned his head to see Mist running down the hill.

"Ike! Father!" Mist called. This succeeded in seizing Greil's attention, as the older man lowered his sword and turned his head to face his daughter. To Ike, however, it was an opportunity to strike. With a fierce battle cry, Ike rushed forward with an overhead strike, poised to finally defeat his father in combat…

…Only for Greil to easily sidestep the attack, the force of the intended strike knocking Ike off balance. Before Ike could regain his footing, Greil sent a vicious strike to his back, knocking him out and leaving him sprawled across the forest floor. Mist and Khimari couldn't help but wince at the loud "thwack" of the wooden trainee sword being slammed into Ike's back, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy as his body smacked the ground with a thump, unconscious.

"Ike!" Mist shouted in worry, running over to her unconscious brother, while Khimari just padded along with her at a slower pace. After making a heavy sigh, Khimari untransformed out of his wolf form and picked up the unresponsive Ike with a pained grunt. He may have been a Laguz, but with the amount Ike eats, which sadly rivaled his own appetite considering that he IS and actual beast Laguz, meant he was hard to carry. While Khimari was going by the bank where Mist collects flowers to set the knocked out Ike down, said flower collector was busy chastising her father about knocking Ike unconscious… again…

"You need to learn not to be so rough on Ike, father! He probably already has brain damage from how many times you've knocked him out!" Mist admonished Greil. Ever the headstrong one, during the entire rant he walked over to the place Ike was knocked out and picked up the trainee sword at the end of the rant.

"He needs to learn, and going easy on him all the time isn't going to help him become a mercenary," Greil responded, before tossing the wooden sword at Khimari, who caught it with practiced ease. "And now it's your turn to learn."

Khimari never was comfortable with using Beorc weapons, as all Laguz were, but somehow Greil had convinced to at least learn the beginnings of swordplay, even if only used as a last-resort. Now he was nowhere as good as Greil, and Ike would usually beat him in most of their fights with the sword, unless he was fast enough to avoid his strikes or if Ike just had an off day.

Immediately, Greil rushed at Khimari with a side strike, and he did all he could to just barely dodge it. By reflex he put his sword up to block the side strike and pushed it down before thrusting straight at Greil's stomach. The older man simply sidestepped and tried another side strike to be dodged by Khimari yet again. This continued on for a few moments, with Khimari being chased down by Greil while trying to find an opening to capitalize on. He had managed to get one or two strikes in, but they did pretty much nothing to the hulking beast that was Greil.

Eventually, Khimari somersaulted away from Greil to avoid another strike that would have knocked him out the same way Ike was. He took the brief reprieve to fix his sword stance to a way that would allow him to use all of his speed, while Greil thought it was a good time for taunting.

"I thought wolves were predators, not the mice. Looks like there not all they're made out to be," he taunted, trying to use the same tactic he had on Ike. It seemed to work as Khimari rushed in for an attack, seemingly blinded by anger, and raised his sword for an overhead strike. Greil prepared to block, only to be surprised when Khimari feinted to the right side and struck him in the side with his trainee sword in his left hand.

Considering Khimari was more dominant with his right hand, it didn't do much to faze Greil, but it still had the desired effect. Greil was thrown off by the evasive action and had to take the defensive, and Khimari struck.

He used everything he had in his arsenal, and it still seems like Greil barely broke a sweat, but that's more than Khimari's ever made him do before, so he felt a lot better than usual. Khimari kept on the offensive, using fast feints, and ducks to his advantage against Greil's giant size. Eventually, it seemed like he could actually pull through, however Greil wasn't having any of it.

When Khimari dove in for another counterstrike, Greil took a step back and spun around, leaving no options left for the Laguz except for blocking the strike with his sword, which he did. The mercenary leader's strength was simply ridiculous, because as soon as the swords met, Khimari was pushed back several inches and almost fell on his back from the sheer force. The wolf refused to give in, and pushed back with everything he had. It was amazing, especially when he actually started to push Greil back, even if very slowly.

…Then the sword broke in half from the pressure, leaving Khimari with a stump of a sword. Seeing as he already lost, he just sighed and dropped the stump on the ground, as Greil gave one of his infamous smirks. "Looks like you overdid it, eh?" he said rhetorically. Khimari didn't have a rebuttal to that so he just settled for a soft growl and a glare towards the other man. Greil simply laughed at the poor intimidation attempt, and turned his attention to Mist, who was picking flowers next to Ike. She was singing that song that her mother used to sing, and all of them loved it, especially Khimari.

"Go get some extra swords," Greil told him, gesturing to Ike, who was starting to awaken. "Get Boyd too, and tell him we're doing some training." Knowing what he meant, Khimari nodded before transforming and racing off into the forest. Everything to him was a blur of sight and smell as he raced through the forest to the mercenary base where all of them lived and did business. Before long, he reached the camp and went to the inventory room. He got the wooden swords in his hands before going to look for Boyd. He had no idea where the axe user would be, so he went to ask Oscar, who was his older brother.

"Oscar, do you know where Boyd is?" Khimari asked, stepping into the kitchen where the former was starting to cook dinner as it was a good while after noon, and would take some time to get ready.

"Try the field outside, the one on the other side. If he listened to Titania this time, he should be doing practice swings," the green head said. Khimari gave his thanks and went around to the other side of the base to see Boyd slacking off a bit, his practice axe stuck in a tree as he leaned against the same tree.

"Boyd!" Khimari yelled, startling Boyd who pulled out his axe and swung it to prove something.

"Titania, I was practicing I sw-" he stopped when he saw Khimari standing over there, laughing his face off with his tail swishing happily in agreement. Boyd's shock turned to anger as his face settled into a scowl, rushing up to the blue wolf. "What are you doing here, you're supposed to be training, like me!" he boasted.

"Suuuree…" Khimari sarcastically replied, at which point Boyd looked away. "Anyways, Sir Greil wants you to train with Ike, now." Boyd just shrugged and hefted his axe on his arm.

"Ok, but don't be mad when I beat you." Khimari just rolled his eyes, knowing that he could beat Boyd anytime he wanted.

"I'll try," was all he said.

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Before long, the two made it back to the forest to see Ike up and about, while Mist and Greil waited on the sidelines. Khimari threw the extra sword to Greil, who in turn threw it to Ike. "Ike, Boyd will be your opponent now," Greil instructed.

"What!? I have to go against some trainee?" Boyd shouted, which showed he didn't entirely hear what Khimari told him. Greil just shook his head at the boy's antics.

"Yes you do. Or is a trainee too much for a full-fledged mercenary to handle?" Greil said. His reverse-psychology worked, as Boyd grabbed his axe and ran into the clearing, standing across from Ike.

"Pff, as if!" he said, fully ready due to Greil's taunts. He readied himself into a battle position. "Well, don't just stand there, let's get started!"

"Hold on a sec, I'm coming!" Ike said, rushing for Boyd. A few seconds later, the two boys clashed, wood sword against axe. The two were at a stalemate before Ike gave Boyd a nice whack to the stomach, causing him to backpedal and separate to catch his breath.

"Come on Ike!" Mist cheered, happy to see her brother not getting knocked out for once, and winning, too. "Boyd's got nothing! Take him out!" Mist's way of cheering certainly didn't help Boyd out in the confidence department.

"Got nothing? I have nothing. I mean…" Boyd tried to respond, but failing miserably, earning giggles and smirks on the sidelines as the three watched Ike and Boyd fought it out. Boyd did manage to give Ike a pretty bad wound to the arm, but in the end, Ike was the better person. One good knock over the head and Boyd was on his knee grabbing his head, axe fallen on the ground. Seeing as the battle was over, Mist and Khimari went their way to give congratulations to Ike for beating Boyd.

"Great job, brother, you showed him who is boss!" Mist said.

"Boyd, what happened to that fire of yours?" Khimari asked the defeated Boyd, who responded by quickly getting back on his feet and hefting his axe over his shoulder, brimming with energy despite losing quite badly.

"What do you mean? That was a warm-up, and now I'm ready for anything!" the green-head countered. That was when Greil decided to enter the conversation as Mist was busy giving Ike a vulnerary to use to fix his bruises up.

"Really? Then you wouldn't mind another match would you?" he asked. Boyd, being the stubborn one, agreed very quickly, almost instantly in fact. "Alright, then. Khimari!" the beast Laguz turned his head at the call. "Ike's not having all the fun, it's your turn," Greil said. Khimari just nodded and told Boyd "whenever he's ready."

He had to wait a second for Boyd to use the vulnerary, but after he was done, he gave it back to Mist and got in a fighting position. "Alright, beast boy, get ready!" he taunted. That was when he noticed that Khimari didn't have a weapon to fight with. "Hey, where's your weapon? You're not fighting me with your hands, are you?"

The Laguz laughed in response, before giving his answer, "Close enough." Before Boyd could ask what that meant, a soft blue light surrounded Khimari for a second before he was replaced by a blue wolf, some places light blue and others a darker shade of blue.

Boyd underestimated Khimari and paid for it. "Ha, a big dog? Wanna play fetch?" he taunted again. He would soon regret that as Khimari shot toward him at a speed that could only Titania and Greil could currently even hope to match. Boyd hastily put his axe up, barely blocking Khimari's first paw swipe, which was very strong to the point where Boyd was pushed back a bit.

The green-head then tried to retaliate with a quick axe swipe from point-blank range, but the blue wolf simply jumped back before head butting Boyd in the stomach, sending him back a few feet onto his knee. He got up very fast to see Khimari right in front of him, and simply raised his axe to absorb the blow like last time. What he didn't expect was a big pain coming from his shoulder that made him turn around and grab his wounded shoulder. When he turned around and saw nothing, he had no chance to face his opponent before being pushed to the ground by Khimari.

Boyd was lying on his back, holding his stomach as his axe fell on the ground a few feet away from him. Seeing as Khimari was the victor, no one was really surprised, because only Titania and Greil could beat the wolf while transformed, and even they had a hard time. Boyd, however, has not seen ever seen a Laguz in battle, and learned the hard way that it was definitely frightening. Reverting back to his human form, Khimari lifted Boyd up to the point where he could stand on his feet by himself with the support of a tree to prevent him from barfing.

"Boyd, that's a teachable lesson. Never underestimate you're opponent, no matter who fluffy they are," Greil said, directing the last part at Khimari, who scoffed and crossed his arm.

"Hey, being fluffy is a good thing," he defended.

"Yeah, if good is being Mist's part time pillow!" Ike interjected, getting indignant cries from the wolf and said sister, which made everyone burst into laughter.

After the laugh fest at the expense of the two medallion keepers, Boyd came up to see what would happen. "So, boss, what now?" Greil was about to say that they would return to base, but caught a light in Ike's eye and gave a smirk. Seems the boy still had fire in him. Of course, it was his boy after all, so he wouldn't expect anything less.

"What do you say Ike, ready for round two?" Greil challenged. Ike stood his ground, head raised high.

"Anytime." With that, the final showdown happened, father vs. son. This was Ike's true test, and Greil just needed to see how much he has improved. The first part was beating Boyd, so the second part should be… a bit more subtle.

The two took their stances while the rest retreated to the sidelines to watch the match. They stared each other down for a good long minute, before Greil led the first charge. "Get ready Ike, here I come!" he said as he rushed to his son. He immediately started with a wide swipe at Ike's mid section, which was blocked by Ike, before the blue-haired trainee fell back to give his own blow, which connected with Greil's arm.

This slowed the man down a little bit, but he was still dominant, matching blow with blow with Ike before they were clashed in a stalemate. "Give it your all!" Greil yelled to encourage Ike, and he delivered. Ike was slowly gaining an advantage on Greil, and it was something that felt different to the teenager. It felt… too easy. Especially when he managed to land a would-be fatal strike to his father, causing him to slowly fall and lean on his sword. A few seconds, Greil got back up, with everyone surrounding the father and son.

"Congrats, Ike, you won!" Mist cried out happily, much to the chagrin of Khimari's ears, while he just gave an approving nod. Ike, wasn't sold on something, though.

"Father… Were you holding back?" When Ike asked that question, all of the conversation that was happening ceased, and all eyes were on Greil. He gave a smirk, but one of pride.

"If you could tell, that means you're improving. And by the look of your practice, you're ready to join the front lines," he looked at Khimari. "The wolf too."

They were both overjoyed, but had to look calm for the sake of the moment. "Really? You think we're ready to be mercenaries?" Ike asked quietly.

"You're serious, aren't you?" Khimari asked. Greil responded with a command.

"Up bright and early tomorrow, got it?"

"Yes… Commander," the two said.

A/N: Here you go people! I know it was cheesy at the end, but I needed to update this before tomorrow, which is Sunday. So, you haters, DEAL WITH IT! And here are the stats for Khimari. (Note: The bold is for when transformed)

Beast (Wolf) Laguz: Lv. 4

Affinity: Wind

HP: 40

Attack: 7-13

Skill: 7-12

Magic: 1-3

Speed: 12-20

Luck: 10

Con: 9-22

Weight: 8

Def: 5-13

Res: 3-5

Move: 7-9

Abilities, Scrolls, whatever you wanna call it. :P

Formshift

Wrath

Miracle

Paragon

Signing off,

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