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She loved her Wolf-chan.
There was no doubt about that, she had cared for the animal for almost a week and in that week, both animal and human had bonded in more ways than one. Sakura had taken it upon herself that he was as comfortable as possible, anything she thought he might need she brought to him. Blankets, food, water, candy, toys, books. It was like she lived down there with him.
The animal was her first friend ever, second to Mr. Bun of course, but still. She had made him a make-shift bed with a bunch of old sheets and a few pillows that they no longer used and somehow dragged down a large rug to place in-front of him were she would sit and read books or draw pictures. The wolf only looked on as she would draw and would give her a long lick on her cheek when there was a picture he liked.
A praise of sorts.
She would giggle and give him a big smile that he found strange yet pleasing. She no longer minded his licks or nudges, so comfortable she was with the large animal that at times she would even sleep on his soft fur and he would cover her tiny form with his tail to keep her warm. He was like a gentle giant.
Today was the last day of the week and they were going to see if his paw had gotten better.
Little sakura had woken up early and had left food packed the other night so that she wouldn't have to make him wait much. She quickly put on her winter pants, her boots, a hello kitty shirt with a sweater, and grabbed her super cute kitty hat that had pointy ears. She raced down the stairs, flew by the kitchen to grab the bag of food, and was out the backdoor. Her big grin in place, she had a surprise for him and she couldn't wait to show him.
Throwing open the basement doors she called out to him going down the stairs, "WOLFY-CHAN! GOOD MORNING!" said wolfy-chan lifted his head from the ground and watched as the tiny human made her way to him. He would be forever grateful to this human, he thought, hadn't it been for her he would have suffered pain and most likely would have gotten really sick from the storm that had hit the city by surprise. The fact that she also fed him and treated his wound was something he would never be able to let go of. He was in her debt.
He calmly waited for her come down the stairs, he had a blanket over his large body since the weather had grown colder than when he had first arrived at the girl's house.
She raced to her large friend and gave him a hug, pressing her cheek on his fur, which she loved. She took a few steps back, "I have a surprise wolf-chan, look look" she showed him the big bag and when she unzipped it she showed him a large piece of meat wrapped in plastic, "I got it for you! I made uncle buy for me the other day" she giggled, "He was easy to trick." she said.
Taking out the meat she first put newspaper so that he would dirty the floor and placed the large piece on it, "There you go wolf-chan eat up!" she smiled then went to check out some books she had scattered around. The wolf looked at the girl then at the food in-front of him, he hadn't eaten raw meat since getting here and it looked really good. He made a low sound drawing the attention of the little girl back to him, turning she blinked her big chibi eyes, "what'da matter wolfy, you don't like it?" she walked back to him and looked at the meat, "maybe the redder one would have been better?" she tilted her head to the side, the kitty ears moving with her. The wolf moved its paw up then down as if patting the ground next to him, she sat on her knees and looked up at him, her bright green eyes blinking at him.
He then began to lick her face while she giggled getting closer to him, his long tail came and curled around her and kept her pressed against him, it was almost as he was giving her a hug of his own.
He ate the meat and she went back to mess with the books and other stuff that was lying around, about half an hour later she decided it was time to test out his leg, "Ok wolf-chan I think we can test out your leg k?" she said moving the things out-of-the-way, "Ok give it a try." The large animal slowly began to stand and then slowly placed his injured paw on the ground, little by little putting weight on it soon he had all his weight on his four legs, sakura seeing he didn't show any discomfort cheered, "yoorah! Its fixed!" she jumped around happy for him. The wolf tested out his legs shifting his weight from leg to leg and agreed, there was no pain and the wound itself had closed.
Because he was not a normal wolf he had better healing abilities then that of a normal wolf or any animal really. The tiny human's eyes were bright and filled with happiness at his recovery, she then raced up the stairs and looked around then went and peeked inside her home making sure no one was around to see him, then went back down stairs and whispered, "Wolf-chan come on, now before mommy sees us." She waved at him to follow him, he slowly began to walk just to make sure he didn't fall again from sudden pain, and walked up the stairs and right behind the girl.
Once they reached inside of the woods she ran fast and yelled back, "come on wolf-chan! Test it out!" The wolf watched her run and let her get a good distance before he took off after her. In seconds he was next to her and going faster and faster, the wind blowing past him and he felt free.
Sakura had stopped and watched him run with a smile on her face. She had done a pretty good job, she thought, he was better and happy running around.
The wolf stomped the ground with his front legs and didn't feel a thing other than the ground slightly shaking under his paws. Sakura's eyes grew wide at the strength he had, "You're really strong wolf-chan" she called out, said wolf looked back at her form standing in the shade of the trees. He walked back slowly to her not wanting to scare her, she rubbed his head and he made a strange sound, it was like a purring mixed with growl. Scary.
He was amused at the cat-like ears her hat had and with his teeth he lightly tugged on them, did human grow ears like this? He wondered.
Sakura took a step back, "Wolfy you're going to rip them, No pulling k?" she reached up and made sure that the ears where still on the soft hat. The wind blew hard and rough, the sky was covered with clouds all blocking the sun and as such made the woods look a little darker. The wind slightly pushed her frame and the large creature stood in-front of her to block the air, she walked into stand between his front legs, feeling his fur warm her up. She smiled up at him, "Thanks wolf-chan." he made a disagreeing sound and she laughed, "sorry but I don't know your name so I have to call you that "
They stood there for a few minutes when she spoke again, "well now that you're ok, you can go home" she said looking at the sky.
He hadn't even thought about that but yes it seemed that now he could get home without much problem. His family and the idiots he called friends were without doubt worried, a week without any type of sign that he was ok, they had to have sent people looking for him.
She stepped away from his legs and turned to face him, "Well wolf-chan It was nice to meet you, really. But i guess your mommy and daddy must be missing you so should hurry back home."
To him she looked sad as she spoke. Sakura was now used to waking up and going down to play and take care of him but now that he was leaving, she couldn't help but want for him to stay but it wasn't fair to his family that he was sure to have somewhere. He also didn't want to leave, his time with her had been strange yet pleasant, but he couldn't worry his family anymore.
He leaned down and licked her cheek and rubbing his head on her before standing and walking away. Sakura felt really sad but waved goodbye anyways. He looked back and saw her wave at him before he took off into deeper into the woods.
Sakura let out a sigh and walked back home, she went back down to the basement and little by little she took her books back inside the house. The blankets she folded them as best as she could and left them there, the toys were also brought back to her room. It was about noon when she had finally finished, her sadness had left her feeling slower and depressed at the lost of a friend.
She was sitting in the warm living room when Sayuri looked at her daughter and saw the sad look in her eyes, she quickly went over and hugged her little angel.
"Honey, what's wrong, why so sad?" Sayuri picked her up and placed her on her lap running her fingers in her pink hair. Sakura let out a sigh and shook her head, "Nothing mommy." Sayuri didn't know what was wrong she had looked so happy this morning and filled with energy, "Sweety, come now tell mommy what's bothering you, did you fall down?" She shook her head, "hmmm...does something hurt?" another shake of her head.
Sayuri grew worried, her baby didn't feel good and she didn't know what was the cause of such sadness. "Mommy?" sayuri looked down at her, "yes baby?"
Sakura looked up at her mother hugging Mr. Bun, "why do you feel sad when a friend leaves?" she asked, "Well saku-chan you get sad because that person is no longer there with you, so you feel a little lonely" The child nodded her head, "Sakura what happened?" her mother tried again, this time though sakura answered her mother, "My friend left." she said.
Sayuri blinked, "what friend sakura?" sakura played with her bunny's ears, "I was taking care of him but he had to leave" she explained, sayuri played along she hadn't heard of this before thinking that sakura went outside to play on her playground.
"What happened to him?" she asked.
"he had a boo boo, but now that he got better he had to leave back to his mommy" sakura didn't say anything more and her mother knew it was time to close the subject,
"well saku-chan you know, you'll get more friends, lots more. So don't you worry soon you'll start school and you'll meet a tons of people." Her mother told her and sakura felt better at the news, she wouldn't be lonely and soon she would have more friends, nodding at her mother she jumped of her lap," Hmm. Mommy lets put some music please!" Sayuri felt much better now that her little girl was smiling again She walked to the stereo they had and played some music. They twirled around in the living room hand-in-hand and singing along, both smiling.
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Two weeks later while sakura was playing the swings she heard a noise like branches breaking and leaves crunching. As she kept going back and forth she squinted trying to get a better look and then from the leaves stepped out her wolf. Gasping and wide eyes she stopped rocking herself and just stared at him.
She got off from her seat while he sat on his hind legs proudly, "wolf...chan?" The wolf moved its head once, her eyes almost shined with happiness and she ran towards the animal and buried her face in his fur. The animal's tail came around and curled against her still tiny form, she hadn't changed at all from when he left, he thought that at least she would have been taller but no she wasnt.
"wolf-chan what'cha doing here?" she questioned him, he only leaned down and graced her with a long lick. Not having been used to it for some time she squeaked, "Ewwww wolf-chaaaaan" she wiped her face with the sleeve of her shirt and pouted at him, he looked up and saw her house. Knowing that if they were seen it would cause a scene he grabbed the neck of her shirt with his jaws and picked her up like a mother lion would with her pups. She let out a higher squeak, "Eeeepppp, wolf-chan what'cha doing? Put me down pleeaaaseeee!" The animal ignored her cries and continued to walk deep into the wood and didn't stop until they were a good distance from her house. He laid down near a huge tree and let go of the shirt, "wolf-chan! what did you do that for! I can walk ya know" she pouted and crossed her arms.
He made a low growl sound and leaned back on the tree, sakura took the chance and snuggled with him letting out a small giggle, "Didn't think you would come back wolf-chan! But I'm happy that you did" He made an agreeing sound.
This went on for some time he would visit every 3 to 4 days and they would go into the woods and she would bring her red ball to play with or at times she felt like doing something crazy and wanted to climb trees and he would help her up and watch her from the ground. She would bring snacks to share with him and she was happy he could see it. But sadly all things must come to an end...
Her father had arrived home early and was playing with his pup rolling around on the living room floor, "come here you!" he reached over to grab her and little sakura rolled away,
"hahaha you can't catch me daddy!" she laughed and crawled away from him, Haru felt proud at his pup she picked up on things at lighting speed and little by little her wolf instincts were coming out, he could felt it as Alpha of his pack and as a father. Unlike other kids that would use their knees to crawl away, sakura used her feet and hands to jump away and avoid her father's hands.
He reached for her again this time much faster and her sharp eyes catching the movement moved away in time grinning at her father. Haru nodded approving at the way she moved, if she kept going at this rate he would introduce her to the clan and show her how to transform into her wolf form.
It would make their family proud to know that the Heir was quicker than other children of the clan better, faster, stronger, smarter. His inner wolf roared with pride at his offspring as well as for both his girls, his wife for giving him such a child and his daughter that glowed with the Haruno spirit.
"Alright you two, lets not get carried away and watch out for the tables, please!" called Sayuri walking down the stairs.
Sakura picking up on her mother's footsteps answered, "Don't worry mama, we wont break anything!" That was true until moments later something was heard shattering, coming to the living room she saw a vase in pieces, she crossed her arms and raised a brow at them, sakura had her eyes wide and pointed at her father, "He did it!" Haru looked at her with wide eyes and she only looked back at him.
Haru looked away nervously and rubbed his neck, "I'll go...clean it" sayuri nodded at him, of course he was cleaning up the mess, she looked back at her daughter who looked laughed weakly, "ha..haha..ehhh..." Sayuri rolled her eyes and went to pick her up, "chuu mama I'm hungry!" Her mother pinched her cheeks, "ok then let's go eat"
Haru finished cleaning up the broken vase and plucked sakura from her mother's arms and threw her up in the air.
"wheeeeeeee...again again...wheeeeeee" Haru kept throwing her up until sayuri grew worried, "Haru...Haru! stop that you're going to drop her."
"Relax sasa, I wont drop her. Besides she's having fun..see" he pointed to her smiling. Sakura nodded agreeing with her father, "Papa I'm hungry"
The table was set and they where half way through their meal when Haru gave them some news,
"Sayuri, Saku-chan, I have news to share with you." they nodded, "The company that has decided that a change in scenery and as such has decided to bring in new workers to help out with the marketing, they also said that the employees that have worked for them for some time are to train the newbies." He paused decided to skip the details that even he didn't understand, "the point is that they are moving the whole thing to central konoha and want me to train the newbies."
Sayuri looked disturbed at the news while little sakura just nodded and kept on eating her noodles with next to her. She never understood these things, so why bother now.
"well that's kinda bad, "she paused," the way from central all the way over there and back would back time. You come back so late." she said looking right at him, she didn't like where this was going.
Sakura once again nodded not understanding but whatever her mother was saying she would agree with.
"Has your boss thought about that Haru-kun?" he shook his head.
"And I suppose that with a new position, you'll get longer hours of work, yes?" he nodded.
"So you won't be able to be with us much, will you?" she narrowed her eyes, sakura had been chewing her noodles looking back and forth at her parents.
She didn't give time to answer as she kept going, "The I guess that you would have to wake up earlier than usual." Haru shook his head and cute chibi sakura copied him looking her mother.
"No? what then?" she dared him. Haru looked uncomfortable, "The head of everything said that we would have to mo_" he was stopped when Sayuri slammed her hands on the table making sakura jump at the noise, she stopped eating and with big eyes she looked at her mother, "NO! absolutely NOT! You hear me Haru!" little sakura nodded her head along with Mr bun.
Sayuri stood and left the table and went upstairs slamming the door.
Sakura swallowed her noodles and looked at her bunny nodding her head at it as if it was talking to her, Haru was looking down when he saw his pup nodding her head, he put his elbow on the table and leaned his cheek on his hand, "what's the matter berry?" He said blinking, sakura looked at her father with sauce on her cheek, "Mr Bun says that mommy is scary" her father let a small smile show,
"Then he's right." she giggled, " Ne papa why is mama mad?" she asked. Haru let out a sigh, "we are moving sakura, My job has been moved." he explained.
Sakura stopped eating and looked straight at her father, "Moving?..."
Haru saw her turning sad, why couldn't he do anything that made his family happy?
"I'm very sorry sakura." she nodded and excused herself, "I'm not hungry anymore." her father nodded.
She left the kitchen and went out to her swing set. Thinking about how she was going to leave her wolf-chan and most likely not see him again. It made her sad enough that tears rolled down her face. Inside Haru was going up the stairs to try to calm is mate down, but that was easier said than done.
Time had passed and still his wife could not be pleased no matter what he offered her, she had wanted this place so much and now she had to leave it? Leave the nice home she had built for her daughter? The very idea sounded insane to her. As it would to any mother wolf, she had yelled at him and told him that he could go and leave if he wished but she was staying right here with her little sakura. Haru had a hard time trying to talk, knowing he was asking too much of her but he had other reasons as well for wanting leave. Which he would explain if she would just listen for a moment.
Sakura had walked into the dark woods and had sat on the roots of a tree waiting for the wolf to tell him the news, and he arrived almost minutes later.
He saw her sad face and knew she had cried for her cheeks were still wet. She looked up and ran to him. The animal was surprised at her sudden hug and felt that something was wrong.
"wolf-chan I'm sorry , I'm sorry" she said. The wolf tilted his head to the side, why was she so sad, this tiny human that should be smiling all the time.
They sat on the floor and she began to tell him about her fathers job and how they had to leave, the wolf had grown still and felt as if he had eaten something rotten.
She was leaving him and couldn't so a thing about it. It made him mad knowing he couldn't do anything either to make her stay.
"I'm sorry wolf" no chan was added nor had she called him 'wolfy', she was truly upset about this and her tears were proof of that, he wonder why her father couldn't just take some other job and let them stay here. What was the problem? He nudge on her small back, he had never seen her cry before and seeing it now made his stomach twist and turn. It displeased him greatly.
She gave a sad small and patted his fur, there's was nothing they could do. Neither did anything but live in the moment and gaze up the sky that glittered with stars.
The her father called out to her,
"Sakura! Come inside please." the wolf stiffen at the sound but he saw that sakura wasn't obeying him.
"Sakura please, you'll catch a cold!" he waited but his daughter didn't appear.
He tried calling her with his different nicknames for her, "Berry If I could do anything to change this, I would!" inside the house he heard sayuri yell, " OF COURSE YOU CAN CHANGE THIS!"
"Darling come to daddy, you'll make him sad" but he heard nothing, it was obvious that she wasn't pleased with him at all if she ignored him.
"Sakura I'm sorry I really am. You know I want nothing more than for you and your mother to be happy!" Haru was in distress when none of his girls said anything. As an Alpha of his pack knew how do deal with just about anything but when it came to his girls, he seemed to fail to make them happy. It showed him that he still had lots to learn.
Sakura had turned away from the direction of her house getting closer to him, the wolf knew she wanted nothing to do with her father at the time so he gently covered her with his larger form and licked her, wanting to soothe away her sadness and tears, a wound that could not be seen, he wanted to heal it as best as he could. "I don't wanna go" she whispered to him.
The wolf felt a great sadness and pain go through him at her words, to him it sound like she was asking him for help, to save from this sudden change in her tiny world that was only beginning. She hid her face in his neck and gripped his fur, it was unfair of her father to do this to her. To ask them to just up and leave a place they had grown to love, he was asking for her to leave her wolf, someone who had played with her and kept her company when she felt alone.
She wished to hide forever in these woods just with her wolf but knew that if she didn't return soon, her father would come out and search for her, and possible find him.
Getting up and wiping away her tears she stood, "I'll see you later wolf." He walked as she ran to her house and walk inside ignoring her father who was trying to apologize once again. The wolf turned and ran, his chest feeling heavy and bitter.
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Unfortunately for them they couldn't meet each other the next day as sakura had said, for they were already packing away their things into boxes. The day was spend putting things away for Haru wanted to leave as soon as possible he still hadn't given his other reasons and it made Sayuri burn inside. Sakura was too very depressed and couldn't do anything other than very slowly put her toys away in boxes.
The pair was unable to see each other again for a week. One night sakura had sneaked out when she saw him standing in her yard, the moonlight shining on his fur with fog at his feet. She had sprinted out of bed and had made her way outside to throw herself at him and give him a hug. She had told him she couldn't stay out long for her father was still awake but told him to meet her three days later, she was leaving on the third day and wanted to give him something.
The next few days were filled with silence in her home, her parents didn't speak nor did they sit close to each other. The air was tense and sakura prefered not to be near anyone of them so she stuck herself in her room and listened to music singing along with the lyrics she liked.
Finally the last day had come. Their things had been moved to their new house and all was left were their clothes.
Sakura raced into the woods with her backpack on her and soon saw her wolf sitting by their tree, they or more like he had craved into the bark a cross making this their own meeting place.
"Wolf-chan I don't have much time but I wanted to see you and give you something," from her backpack she took out a stuffed animal, a black bunny she had bought, "I bought tis for you, I hope you like it." she said The wolf looked at the thing and took it in his mouth before putting it on the ground and sniffing it, it had the same smell as she did so to make sure he sniffed her then the toy again,
"I guess it...smells weird?...hehe" she laughed weakly, "I'ma miss you wolf-chan, so take care k?" she said.
"SAKURA! LETS GO" called her mother, sakura looked back and gave the wolf a small smile,
"Bye bye wolf-chan" she gave him one last hug and ran back to her mother.
The wolf watched her ran until he could see her no more and turned to the thing at his feet, he took a sniff again, picked it up and took it with him back home.
As a few moments later the rain began to pour down.
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