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Two Spears awoke and got prepared for the day. He dressed in his buck shin leggings, shirt and moccasins. Two Spears put his black hair in their usual two braids. He grabbed two spears, two bows and two quivers of arrows before leaving his teepee.
Kiba and the rest of his family waited outside the village for Two Spears. Singing Bow and Shy Deer sat on a rock braiding each other's hair. Shy Deer put her mother's slick black hair in a long single braid down her back. Singing Bow finished tying the ends of Shy Deer's two braids.
Wind Eagle paced his long single black braid swaying as he moved. A frown crossed the young warriors face.
Kiba lay on his back and looked at the passing clouds. After another few minutes Kiba stood up and began to walk around in sight of his family. His bare feet felt good against the grass. Kiba couldn't stand wearing shoes or a shirt. All the young wolf ever wore in his human form was a pair of faded old skin leggings.
Most of the men in the village just wore pants and moccasins but some (like Kiba's father and brother) wore shirts on a daily basis. Kiba would have to wear a shirt and moccasins when another tribe was visiting. It bothered Kiba to wear the shirt and moccasins, but not half as much as when he was forced to wear a long white robe, similar to the dresses Singing Bow and Shy Deer wore at that moment, at a ceremony four weeks ago.
Two Spears finally came into sight. Wind Eagle and Kiba ran to their father. Two Spears smiled at his eldest son and pat his younger son's chin length dark brown hair. Kiba pushed his father's hand away from his head.
"Don't do that dad. I'm not a little kid anymore. I'm almost a man." declared Kiba
Two Spears laughed and shook his head.
"Of course you are no longer a small child, Kiba. You are twelve and this is your first buffalo hunt. Wind Eagle I want you to look after your little brother. He's still a little rusty with hunting and this is his first time hunting a buffalo." reminded Two Spears.
The sixteen year old warrior straitened his back as a large grin grew on the young warriors face.
"I'll watch over my brother, father. After all my spirit guide is the eagle of guidance." recalled Wind Eagle.
Kiba snorted and rolled his eyes.
"You got that totem two years ago. The eagle doesn't even match your personality. Eagles are wise and noble; you're just a hunter that attacks before he thinks. Shy Deer's spirit guide, the deer of gentleness, fits her perfectly. She is sweet, kind, intelligent and shy like the deer." exclaimed Kiba.
Shy Deer walked to her younger brother. The fourteen year old girl put a hand on Kiba's shoulder and smiled at him.
"Be kind to your brother Kiba. Wind Eagle might have his rough patches, but he is still a strong and skilled warrior. Don't forget he did take down two buffalo last year. Be patient Kiba you'll see our brother's true potential, I swear." promised Shy Deer.
Kiba smiled at his sister and walked to his father and brother. Two Spears had given the second spear, bow and quiver of arrows to Wind Eagle. The father and son mounted two painted horses and sent the horses into a slow run. Kiba easily kept pace with the horses.
The group of father and sons approached a group of thirty-some men between the ages of twelve and forty. Some men were on horseback and some on foot. All were armed with spears, bows and arrows and a couple young hunters even had an axe.
Two Spears and his sons reached the group. The group of almost forty moved across the valley to the herds of buffalo half a mile away.
The men of the native village had found a herd of buffalo. They had split into three groups, each group assigned to catch a different buffalo. A signal was given and the men began their hunt.
Kiba ran beside his brother's horse in wolf form, the claw and fang necklace his father had given him clung tight to his neck.
"What is the plan brother?" asked Kiba.
"Just follow the lead of the expert hunters. Stay away from the legs and horns of the buffalo. Distract it as much as you can. And Kiba be careful. I don't want to lose my little brother." instructed Wind Eagle.
"I'll do my best brother." promised Kiba.
The hunters had surrounded and started to attack the buffalo. Arrows and spears stuck out of the buffalos back. Most of the hunters had run out of arrows or broke their spears and had retreated from the hunt, not wanting to be in the way of the still armed hunters.
Finally the buffalo had been brought down. Everyone was congratulating Wind Eagle on making the final blow that killed the buffalo. Suddenly the buffalo arose. Wind Eagle's arrow still stuck out of its neck, but it must have not ended the hunt as was thought.
The buffalo charged at the first thing it saw and that was Wind Eagle. The other hunters ran but Wind Eagle was frozen with fear. Kiba lunged at his brother.
"Look out brother!" shouted Kiba.
Kiba knocked Wind Eagle to the ground. The white wolf then faced the buffalo.
"How dare you attack my brother? I'm going to kill you for that." growled Kiba.
Kiba bared his fangs, growled and ran towards the buffalo. The buffalo charged at Kiba. Kiba jumped onto the buffalo's back and latched down onto its throat. No matter how hard the buffalo tried to nock Kiba off its back the wolf wouldn't budge. After two more wild kicks the buffalo fell to the ground dead.
Wind Eagle stared at the dead buffalo and his little brother, now in his human form, with awe. Kiba was a little nervous when his elder brother approached him.
"I didn't mean to disobey your orders brother. You were about to be killed and I had to do something. My instinct was to attack and I just attacked. I'm sorry I disobeyed you." apologised Kiba.
A strong hand gently grasped Kiba's shoulders and embraced him in a hug.
"I'm not mad at you Kiba. You saved my life, I could never be mad at you for that. You did well today, little brother." swore Wind Eagle.
Two Spears approached both his sons. Noticing that others were watching, Wind Eagle let go of his brother and went back into his normal dull mind state. Two Spears looked at his sons then turned back to the rest of the hunters.
"The chief is never going to believe this. We best get moving. The village will need these buffalo. We all have wives and children we want to get back to. Come now, the faster we get started the faster we get back to the village." ordered Two Spears.
All the hunters gathered up their weapons and carried parts of the buffalo home.
Wives, children and elders welcomed back the hunters. Two Spears approached a man with his sons following behind him.
The man Two Spears talked to was Chief Raven Wing. Chief Raven Wing was fifty, had long gray hair in two braids, wore fancy buck skin robes and walked with a limp, making him unable to hunt buffalo.
"You say that young Fang Heart risk his own life to save his brother and killed the buffalo without getting injured. That is quite an amazing feat for someone so young and on their first buffalo hunt. More than I can say about me." muttered Raven Wing.
Everyone in the tribe knew of how a charging buffalo had killed Raven Wing's son-in-law and permanently wounded his right leg, making him walk with a limp to this day. And because of the death of Raven Wing's son in law his one and only daughter died of a broken heart. This left Raven Wing's granddaughter, Robin's Song, alone for him to raise.
"Tonight we feast in the honor of Kiba the white wolf of our tribe." declared Raven Wing.
That night the tribe sang, ate large amounts of buffalo meat, and danced around a blazing red and yellow fire. Wind Eagle was dancing with a woman a year younger than him. The woman was quite beautiful dressed in white robes and her black hair in a long single braid. Her name was Robin's Song, the granddaughter of Chief Raven Wing.
Shy Deer listened to stories told by Digging Badger with her parents, Two Spears and Singing Bow. Kiba looked around the village and smiled. How the young wolf wished times could always be like this. The tribe was well fed, there was plenty of prey to hunt and all was peaceful in the mountain valley.
This is the last chapter of Kiba's young life. Hige, Tsume, Toboe, and Blue will show up in the next chapter. Comment if you like it.