Me: well,now my three newest fics are all at chappie three,and so with that,I'll update this, then Aquatic Opal, and then War Against Demons. ill try to update these as fast as i can,but with a minimum day today,I get more time to update.
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Chapter 4 The Fight
The training went well for the pack, for now they're all getting better at attacking, defense, and escaping in a clever way that only Bakura knew of until now. And as the training turned into practicing, Yami would also have them excersize once in a while. The leader would have the pack race around hills, from start to finish it was always Bakura when the leader wasn't running.
Yami had told his pack everything that he knew of about the other pack on the other side of the mountains. He told them their weaknesses, their strenghts, and the many secret paths that go through the harsh mountains. As the pack got stronger, it was getting close to the mating season, and this year was both Marik's and Ryou's first year to actually have their first litter.
Even though Yugi is Yami's mate, the smaller fox demon isn't old enough to have kits(a fox way of saying babies). And both leaders are happy about that, for Yami has to first teach Yugi to do and what not to do, and the smaller would be tought that with just one look he knows that the other wants. And since Yugi is younger and not yet ready for to have kits, then the two would get to know one another better, and more time to learn how to keep the pack together and share a strong bond.
Soon it was spring time. The winter snow melted and giving new water to the flowing rivers and into the lakes. It was here on this day, that Malik and Bakura mewled and barked in happiness. For today was the day when the kits and pups were born. Malik is a father of three healthy kits, and Bakura is the father of five pups. The two were so happy that they jumped up and down, Bakura letting out a howl of celebration.
Joey on the other hand, could feel only envy towards the two new fathers. Seto hasn't come back yet, but the dog demon still keeps his hopes that the other would return. Yami too is worried that his cousin hasn't returned, but he pushed the thought away as he got up to check on the new arrivals.
Yami chose to head towards Bakura's den, since the leader knows that Ryou wouldn't bite his head off for trying to come in. Peeking his head into the den with a questioning look, Ryou nodded in permission. And so the leader came in, and looked at the five new wolf pups, Ryou suckling them as they made small puppy sounds.
Four of them are white, and two grey like Bakura's pelt, one who was slightly bigger than the others. Sniffing each pup carefully, Yami identified three girls and two boys, smiling happily, the leader couldn't help but feel happy for these small, yet beautiful pups.
"Have you decided any names for them?" Yami couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, this female," Ryou said, referring to the smallest white female pup. "Is Akina(1). Then the other white female is Moro(2), and the grey female is Ruri(3)."
"And the boys?" Yami wondered.
"The grey one is Akefia(4), and the white male is Ryuu(5)." Ryou answered in hapiness.
"Ryuu? Sounds like your own name." Yami pointed out.
"Bakura came up with that one, he says that Ryuu means dragon or something." Ryou beamed.
"Well, you have beautiful pups, and once they're old enough, I'll assign mentors for them if you want." Yami suggested.
"Sure I don't mind." Ryou said before he added, "And thank you."
"Your welcome." Yami replied before he left the den and towards Marik's. As Yami left, Yugi took his place going inside his friend's den. With one ear pointed back, Yami heard a squeal of happiness from Yugi. The black fox smiled, even though Yugi is smart and young, he still acts like a kit.
Outside of Marik's den, Yami peered in slightly until he heard "You can come in." from the cat demon inside. Walking inside cautiously, the leader inspected the three kits. All three mewling cutely as they suckled, Yami was surprised that cat demon kits were actually smaller in birth than the wolf demon pups.
Sniffing each one carefully, Yami identified on girl and two boys. This is going to get tough with these kits Yami could tell, but happy that the pack is getting bigger.
"Have you found any names?" Yami asked.
"The girl is Isis, the smaller male Edan, and I can't think of what to call the bigger of the three." Marik answered, looking at the said big kit.
Yami thought for a moment.
"How about Asad? It means lion, so why not Asad?" Yami suggested.
"Asad...yeah! That sounds great, thanks Yami." Marik beamed in happiness, smiling at his leader.
"No prob, I'm glad to help." Yami smiled back, heading out of the den, hearing Marik purr in excitement. Once again Yugi switched places with his mate, and again Yami smiled when he heard the cute squeal from the small fox.
While Yami was waiting for his mate, Bakura came up to him, looking over the tails.
"Yami, you grew another tail, last time I checked you had nine tails. Now I see ten." Bakura said, pointing his nose to the now ten tails on his leader.
"A fox grows a tail every year. So now I'm ten years old, ten is the limit to how many tails I can have." Yami explained.
"Then Yugi was a year old when we came into the pack right?" Bakura asked, looking back to the memories of Yugi having only one tail.
"Yep, now he has two, for he's two years old." Yami said.
"How old can a fox be for to be ready to have kits?" Bakura asked.
"To at least four years old.." Yami answered.
"Four years?" Bakura echoed.
"Yep, so in two more years he'll be old enough to have kits." Yami said.
"Then why don't you mate with somone else so you won't have to wait that long?" asked a familiar voice. Both fox and wolf turned their heads to see big, thin Seto with parts of his fur matted into clumps.
"Whew, looks like Mother Nature wasn't kind to you during the winter." Bakura said, when he realized it was Seto.
"Are you still going on about me choosing Yugi over you?" Yami growled lightly.
"So it is true that great minds think alike." Seto growled.
"Seto I told you not to come back until you understand my situation of choosing Yugi instead of you." Yami growled, standing up on all fours, his ten tails seperating and pointed up in the air, trying to intimidate the wolf to go away.
Instead of backing up, Seto stepped forward. "I will not tolerate you to have Yugi by your side!"
"Seto I said leave!" Yami shouted, growling deep in his throat to prove his point.
"Then I guess you leave me with no choice!" Seto snapped, leaping at the other. Instantly the two began to fight, Yami trying to fight for defense as Seto did the attacking.
The growling and snarling cought the attentionn of the rest of the pack, Malik and Bakura instantly guarding their dens in case the two fighting end up in one of the dens and accidently kill the newborns. Yugi stood shocked at his mate and Seto as they continued fighting.
Seto tried to attack Yami's throat as the fox twisted and turned to get out of the way. When Seto bit the other, Yami would yelp and quickly turn his head to bite back even harder. The two fought with all they got, growling and snarling at each other. Seto had an advantage, he's bigger than Yami, but the fox demon had an advantage of his own, and that is speed.
The black fox began run in circles around Seto, biting any one of the wolf's legs when Yami had the chance. One time the fox bit the tail as the other howled in pain. Seto waited patiently, counting the timing of Yami appearing in front of him and how long it took to reappear again. Once Seto got the timing memorized in his head, he waited until Yami ran past his face again.
Seto quickly leaped at the other, biting the back of Yami's neck and pulling him to the grownd. Yami let out a yelp of pain, his body became still as the black fox quickly thought up a plan. When an idea hit him, Yami put the rest of his power on his back legs, waiting for the final blow. When he heard Seto open his jaws to bite, he waited until he felt the instant the teeth touched his neck is when Yami quickly turned his body, his back legs hitting Seto's head.
Not expecting the sudden change of events, Seto howled in pain, getting off of the black fox. Finally given the moment, Yami quickly got back up and started biting the wolf again. This time Seto quickly turned his head and bit Yami's left back leg, yelping as the fox tried to pull away. Seto bit down harder before he pulled away, leaving Yami's leg bleeding and limping.
With his advantage taken out, it seemed more like Seto would win. With an injured leg, Yami just stood there, trying his best to think up another plan to get Seto to stop. Seeing there was no way for him to stop the other with attacks, Yami used words.
"Kill me if you want, but know this, I will never let this pack suffer because of the likes of you! And since you're too stubborn of your own good, let me explain why I chose Yugi as my mate." Yami growled, hoping that the other would at least have the courtesy to stop and listen. The leader let out a mental sigh of relief when Seto stopped dead.
"You and I both were tought how to be leader, what to do and what not to do. But you were raised by Aknudin, while I was halfway tought by my father, the rest I figured out on my own. If we were to be leaders of this pack, we'll be argueing like this every single minute of every single day! I put the pack's needs before my own, even if I love you we can't even be together, or else we'll end up like this." Yami gestured to his injured leg and went on.
"I chose Yugi because I not only love him but its because its the right thing to do. Look at him, he's only two years old, and he can be tought everything that I know how to keep this pack together without a fight. Think what might happen if we were to lead the pack, we'd be starving, more fighting, there'd be enough violence that we'd might kill one another by accident." Yami growled as Seto put his ears back, the wolf whimpering.
Slowly Seto backed away until he reached a shady spot, laying down. After a few minutes of watching his cousin to make sure he wouldn't do anything sneaky, Yami turned around, limping his way to Asa. Yami whimpered at his brother, Asa knew what to do with the other's injury. Since Ryou is busy with pups, Asa would be the healer.
Asa licked his brother's cheek and left to get his herbs. Yami laid on his side next to his brother's den. As the leader waited for his brother, Yugi came to his mate's side, licking Yami's head and cheek lovingly, trying to comfort the other. Soon when the licking was done, Yami gestured Joey to come over.
"What do ya want me ter do?" Joey asked, knowing that Yami has a task for him.
"Stay with Seto, comfort him, if he tries to bite you use defense against him. And help him with hunting, we don't want him to starve to death." Yami said.
"But he's in love with you! I can't-" Joey complained.
"You stay with him or I'll have no choice but to make him an outcast. I need him in this pack, but if I have to I'll make him an outcast." Yami interrupted, his growling voice convinced Joey enough courage so he turned and walked cautiously towards Seto.
Yami watched the two for a while, seeing that Seto growled and tried to snap at Joey, but the dog growled and barked slightly at the other. Seeing hat he's outmatched in weight and strenght, Seto stopped snapping at the dog and let the other sniff him over for injuries. After seeing Seto calm down, Yami turned his attention to his brother who's just about finishing up his touches on healing the leader's leg.
After Asa was done with his brother's leg, Joey came up for to get herbs for Seto's scratches. Asa went back in his den and came back out with a mouthful of herbs, giving them to Joey and told him to chew up the herbs and rub the chewed up herbs over the scratches. After being told what to do, Joey picked up the herbs gently and headed back to Seto.
Yami examined the rest of the pack, seeing that Bakura and Malik got over the protection of guarding their dens, and left to hunt. Joey moments later left as well to help the other two to hunt, Asa joining in on the hunt. Yami and Yugi stayed to help guard the two dens that hold the newborns while Seto took a nap in the shade.
About an hour later, Malik, Bakura, Joey, and Asa returned with fresh kill. Malik carried two rabbits. One was for his mate, the other for Ryou as Bakura and Asa worked on an elk calf, pulling it together to the middle of the surrounded dens. Joey in the meanwhile carried Seto's favorite fresh kill, a small deer that's about a few weeks old.
When Asa and Bakura was done pulling the elk calf, Bakura took the other rabbit and headed to his den to give it to Ryou. Malik doing the same thing with the rabbit that he caught and giving it to a hungry Marik. Meanwhile Yami and Yugi got up to share a meal on the elk calf with Bakura, Malik, and Joey as Seto gulped down the young deer.
After the hunters had their fill on the elk calf, they laid down for a good nap. Soon a coyote demon came to scavange a few bites from the calf. The pack let it have a few bites, but the coyote smirked at finding a dog demon mixed in with a pack of wolves, cats, and foxes.
"An what's so funny?" Joey growled.
"I wonder, why would there be a dog here with wolves, foxes, and cats?" the coyote asked.
"What ya say?" Joey snapped, standing up.
"Just a simple question." the coyote answered as Joey growled.
"You've got a lot of nerve for a coyote to stand up to demons who are bigger than you." Bakura pointed out as another coyote appeared, heavy with unborn pups as the female took a few bites from the calf.
"Nerve is what I got to stay alive when there are bigger demons around, especially with the pack on the other side of those mountains." the male coyote explained.
"Wouldn't be time for your mate to give birth?" Yami asked.
"We're trying to look for a good place for a den. So far we haven't found one." the female answered. Asa, Yugi, and Seto looked at their leader, knowing exactly what Yami is trying to do.
"We have an extra den on the other side." Yugi said, Yami giving his mate a quick smile, thanking the other for understanding.
"Are you sure you wouldn't come to us and kill the pups?" the female growled.
"Don't worry, we have our own troubles with pups and kits. We'd be too busy for taking care of our own." Asa answered.
"Not to mention you'll get bigger meals." Yugi added.
"Okay, we'll take the den." the female said.
"Wait, what if its a trap?" the male asked.
"At the moment I don't care, I just want to get these pups born and over with. It's getting hard to walk around with heavy pups in your stomach all the time." the female hissed(yes coyote's hiss,growl, yelp, and howl).
"Fine, we'll take it." the male said, finally agreeing with his mate.
"What are your names?" Yugi asked.
"I'm Valon, my mate is Mai." the male answered.
"Ok, Valon, Mai, I'll show you the extra den." Yami said, gesturing the coyote's to follow. When he showed them the den, and the couple were satisfied, Yami came back to take a nap. Yugi moved to his side and together they slept in a nice, peaceful nap.
Me: well i hope u guys like this. and yes, i have Mai's lover as Valon. I don't see anyone else to fill in for Joey for I'm having a puppyshipping.
1) Akina means Spring Flower in Japanese
2) Moro i don't know what the name means but its from Princess Mononoke, San's wolf mother
3) Ruri means emerald, u'll see why I chose the name a little later one when the pups are older
4) Yes I'm using Bakura's Japanese past name
5) Ryuu does mean Dragon, and if u know of Tsubasa Chronicles, then u'll recognize the name from a character who can easily become friends with Syaoran
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