I do not own Wolf Children. All characters within this story belong to Mamoru Hosoda and Madhouse Studio. Please watch the original film, Wolf Children before embarking on this work of fictions.

Be aware that this story takes place one year after the film ends during the Summer Holidays following Yuki's first year at Middle School.

This Chapter is from Ame's Perspective.

I do not own the artwork used as the cover image. The author is from Deviant Art known as LaestusNix.

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Pack Love

When the morning sun poked over the mountain and peered through the trees its bright, orange glow shone through the canopy of leaves and woke young Ame. He yawned and glanced to his side to see his sister still fast asleep, resting silently. There was a certain serenity about the morning. Everything was quiet and tranquil, the birds chirped far away and the wild predators had not awoken yet.

With a wondrous smile and a morning full of opportunity he quickly hopped up and took a few short steps towards the surrounding fauna before he looked back at her slumbering sister, "I'll be back soon Yuki," he said and broke into a run.

He leapt over a log and allowed his body to change into its natural and prominent form of a wolf. His fur puffed out from his skin and his eyed turned from brown to yellow. His ears popped out from his hair and his tail flew behind him as he sped through the trees.

Ame was making a beeline for the river. He wanted to scout out the area in case any hunters happened to be nearby. He needed to be sure that it was safe enough to bring Yuki along. With a leg like hers she would no doubt be useless in the face of danger.

He sighed as he realised he was going to have to take care of her until she was well enough to head back home.

Once he reached the clearing where he had found her, he neither heard nor saw any unfamiliar sighs or sounds. Everything was as normal, if not a little quieter than usual. This was good.

He knelt down by the river's edge and dropped his head down to take a drink. Gulping heavily and swallowing large amounts of water at a time, he was thirsty this morning. Probably because he had to haul Yuki's limp body from the river to a safer location to get her away from the hunters that he had to scare away the previous day.

After he had finished drinking he pulled his head up from the fresh water and let the droplets drip from his muzzle. He took one more look around before he leapt back into the forest.

He did not run now, instead he held his nose to the ground and he sniffed the dirt, bushes and trees. He was tracking something and by the smell of it, it was a rabbit. He quickly pulled his head up and looked forward breaking into a sprint as he chased after the scent. His senses were acute due to all his training with sensei, and when the old fox passed away his hunting was better than most animal's throughout the mountainside.

He ran and ran. Not even having broke a sweat when the poor prey came into view. By the time Ame saw it he knew that the critter was already at its end. He pounced on it with vigour and sunk his teeth deep into the flesh of the quickly dead animal. Blood oozed from his mouth and softly dripped onto the ground.

Ame smiled as the carcass hung limp in his grasp. It was meaty and was once a strong animal. This was going to be for Yuki and although she may not want to eat it raw she was going to have to.

Knowing that he was caring for Yuki filled him with pride. It was like he had a pack to care for, even though this pack consisted over only Yuki and himself, it still felt like he was caring of a family of his own. He had responsibilities, but this made him feel important and mature. A feeling he hadn't felt since the day he ran away, and this made his heart glow.

Without any further hesitation he broke into a run again. This time he was heading back to Yuki. He didn't want to stay away from her for too long in case she woke up and thought he had abandoned her. When in a state like she was he couldn't afford to leave her be or put her under too much stress.

By the time he had gotten back Yuki was already awake, but it seemed as though she had only just awoken, as suggested by her rubbing her eyes and yawning.

"Morning Ame," she said to the wolf boy weakly and only half noticing the dead rabbit hanging from his bloody mouth, "Don't tell me that's for breakfast."

Ame simply dropped it in front of her and diverted from his wolf form back into his less-preferred human form, "It is," he replied ever so simply, "It happens to be a specialty of mine," Ame joked and laughed a little to himself.

"I wouldn't call raw rabbit a specialty," Yuki replied with a yawn as her body was now starting to wake up. She looked at the rabbit again and noticed the large, gaping bite wound in its side. On closer inspection is seemed that a bit of it's intestines were beginning to spill out, causing Yuki to just about puke.

"Can you at least cook it or something?" Yuki offered and held her hand over her mouth.

"Oh come on Yuki it's not that bad. I eat this every day," he said and pushed it closer to the repulsed girl, "If it helps I can cut it up for you?"

"Uhh no… Its disgusting enough as it is," she gulped and changed into her wolf form in hopes that she would be able to stomach it. Continuously staring at the lifeless rabbit before her and cautiously leaning down to it. This was going to be her first time eating a raw animal, not even as a child did she ever kill one let alone eat it.

She took in a deep breath and grabbed it with her mouth, digging her fangs into the flesh and receiving a mouthful of blood. As she bit down the carcass split into two, the bottom half flopping to the forest floor while the top half remained in Yuki's disturbed grasp. She placed her paws on the bit she held and tugged hard on it, ripping the poor critter into even small pieces.

Yuki tried not to look at the repulsing mess she was making as she began to chew on the small pieces that she had made. Once she was finished with the top half she grabbed the bottom half and tore that into smaller pieces too. This only caused more blood to splatter across her face and ground. She felt like a murderer with all this red painting the area.

It wasn't long before she had devoured her hunted meal and finished it off with a loud and unlady-like burp.

Ame laughed, "You're not going to finish the rest?" he asked pointing to the splattered organs across the ground and slowly allowing his body to grow furry.

Yuki shuddered and looked away, "I sure. I am not touching those," she replied firmly, shaking her head and revolving aback to her human state.

"More of me then," he replied and without reluctance he stooped down to gobble up the appetizing remains left behind by Yuki's poor eating skills. He looked up with blood all around his mouth, painting his lips a deep crimson, "You have to learn to eat properly Yuki."

"I don't want too," she replied and looked at him devour the remaining rabbit.

"It really wasn't that bad," he spoke once finishing off the organs and wiping away the blood around his muzzle, "I don't know what you were complaining about."

Yuki sighed deeply, "I suppose humans just aren't mean to eat like savages," she replied even with blood and pieces of meat stuck in her teeth. She was slightly annoyed that Ame forced her to eat like that and if she were given the choice she would never do it again. Although she had the feeling that he would be feeding her for the next few days.

Ame smiled and stood up, diverting to his human form once more, "Now," he said and grabbed some wild leaves from a nearby bush, "Time to take care of that wound of yours…"