Rewritten version.
Chapter 4: Who the hell is Elect?
POV: Ayame
When the sun rose I rose. This is a habit I picked up when I was growing up. Every day I would have woken up before any other pack member just to see if Kouga was coming over the side of the mountain. I scoffed. So much for that idea.
Either way, I woke up and walked outside the cave. I started thinking about Elect as I stretched in the growing light. I wasn't surprised about him yelling at me, I really wasn't. The only thing I am surprised about is that he did it so late. But that wasn't of any concern to me really. My pack disagreed completely on Elect being my mate-to-be and quite frankly I agree with them Take in account Elect's past I certainty do not want to be---
"Ayame!" I turned to see my friend Suki, a completely white wolf save for the grey going straight done her muzzle and on her paws, run up to me.
"Hey Suki!" I knelt down so I could pet Suki. She is one of the few wolves who still have the ability to talk. Like my grandfather her kind of wolf goes back to the beginning of the wolf when nature granted all animals speech. It went fine for a few thousand years until the demon breed started erupting. And I'm not talking about demons like me; I'm talking about the big ass demons that kill blindly and without thought. Nature started taking away speech and animals soon adapted by creating their own sounds. The Howl was the sound of the wolf being wolves were the closest thing to nature and when they lost their speech the only thing they could do was cry—or howl— to the nature around them. Thus creating the present wolf. Now it's a miracle Suki can talk because both her parents did not. The Wolf Shaman said it was a recessive gene that skipped her mother—since it came from her mother's side— and went on to Suki. Most likely none of Suki's pups will talk unless she mates with another talking wolf. "Suki, have you seen Elect around?"
Suki's ears went up and she removed her head away from my hand. "Elect? No and I don't want to see him. But I did hear from the other wolves that he went on a way to early hunt."
"Oh…" I stood. "Did he say anything to them?"
"Actually, yes. He said that he'd catch something for you and not to talk to Kouga if he comes around."
"Why not?"
The white wolf lowered her head into her shoulders in some sort of shrug. "I don't know. It's defiantly not because he's overprotective of you."
At that moment one of the wolf demons in my pack that works as a lookout until dawn came running up. "Ayame, Kouga is coming up the mountain."
I swear I had a shocked look on my face. "Really?"
The wolf demon nodded his head. "He's alone."
Suki shook her head. "Does the wolf have supersonic hearing or something? Just the mere mention of his name and poof! Here he comes up the mountain."
The wolf demon touched my arm gently. "What should I do about him?"
I thought about that for a moment. It wouldn't hurt if he came up here and I really don't care what Elect says. I can talk to Kouga if I want to. "Do nothing. Let him come up. Obviously if he's coming all the way up here he has something important to discuss." I mentally cheered. More and more everyday I'm becoming more leader-like.
The demon bowed his head and moved away. When he did there was Kouga only about 15 feet away and closing.
POV: Kouga
I seriously wanted to know who this wolf demon is. I really got interested when the pack returned from hunting last night.
Flashback:
I was laying on my animals skins when the pack entered through the cave entrance. They had a successful hunt from the looks of it. Ginta and Hakkaku came up to me then, carrying a full dear in their hands.
"We got this for you Kouga!" Ginta and Hakkaku said together. They placed down the deer in front of me.
"Thanks you two." I said unenthusiastically. To tell you the truth I was just being nagged at because of the wolf and sadly Ayame as well. I didn't even know the wolf's name and he's already a pain in my ass. At first I thought I was going to be all 'Thank you my fellow brother. Thank you for removing a pain in the ass for me' but sadly…no. Now he's a pain in my ass along with Ayame. I sighed.
"What's wrong Kouga?" Hakkaku asked.
Ginta bended down and picked up the deer meat. "I don't think it's the food."
I rolled my eyes. "It's not the food."
"Is it mutt-face?" Ginta asked as he dropped the meat.
Damn it! I yelled in my head. I forgot all about Kagome and that mutt-face! I scratched my head and changed my position on the skins to a cross-legged position. "It's Ayame." I said boredly. I just knew that if I didn't tell them they would be onto me about it until the day I die.
Suddenly the two erupted in complains about Ayame. They were actually my complains being replayed from them. They actually didn't mind Ayame. In fact they ask some of the wolves from her pack if she's alright sometimes. I interrupted them in mid complain. "Well I should say it's not Ayame it's more like her..." For some reason I couldn't drag out the words. "Mate-to-be." I finally said.
The look on their face changed to at first shocked, then confused, and then mad, then back to confused. "What?" They both said together.
I sighed once more. "Her mate-to-be is a dick."
The silence dragged on while Hakkaku and Ginta thought. I just started at the deer in front of me, wondering on if I was actually going to eat it or not.
"Well…" Hakkaku dragged out. "What's his name?"
"I don't know."
"Pack?" Ginta asked.
"I don't know."
"Age?" Hakkaku asked.
"I don't know."
"Background?" Ginta asked.
"I don't know!" I yelled out. The rest of the pack fell silent for the slightest of time before they went back to what they were doing before. "I don't know." I said this time more calmly and quietly.
"Well I would find out." Hakkaku added. Ginta only nodded. I sighed for the third time. One more look at the meat in front of me. I stared at it for a while until I reached out and pulled it towards me.
End:
I walked up to Ayame and her wolf. "Ayame."
"What do you want Kouga?" She said with a little bite to it.
"I want to know about this other wolf demon." I glanced a look down at the wolf. Her eyes looked into mines. They were sad and almost pleading. I ignored it and drew my attention back to Ayame.
"Well…" she drew an intake of breath and released it in a big huff. "His name is Elect and he's a pretty strong wolf demon."
At least I got a name to go with that ugly face. "Can you tell me anything else?"
She stood and stared at me for a while. "No. Not at the moment."
"What? Why the hell not?"
"I just can't. I need to meet up with Elect and I'm already running a bit behind."
I narrowed my eyes at her. She stood there, her eyes looking into mines. "Fine. But just know that I do expect more information from you about this guy."
"I'll remember that. Good-bye Kouga." She turned and started up into a sprint towards the woods. The wolf stayed in place for a bit but then turned and ran after Ayame. I watched as the wolf disappeared down the mountain. I waited for a while before I too followed them.
POV: Narrator
Kouga walked a good pace behind Ayame. He made sure to keep down wind for he didn't want her to catch his scent. He kept on walking until he reached a clearing. In that clearing was Ayame and Elect. He hid behind a tree and then he looked out from behind the tree. He watched as Elect stood before her, talking to her. Her back was turned to him so Kouga couldn't see her facial expressions. He then heard what he was saying when he raised his voice at her.
"Ayame, what are you doing here?"
"Elect, this is my territory. I can be out here without your permission." In fact I would propose that you ask my permission before you step foot out of my mountain. Her thoughts added.
He remained silent for a moment. He looked up and down her. He then sighed. "Fine." He said roughly. "I just caught a whole shit load of food. Help me bring it back to the pack."
Kouga noticed that Ayame had mixed emotions. He could tell by the look on her face. It was not only confused and tired but also a bit scared. He watched silently as Elect and Ayame disappeared behind the bushes for only a little bit. Once they came out they each dragged two very huge wild cattle. Kouga couldn't believe his eyes. To bring even one down you need a whole pack, but this Elect wolf brought down four. It doesn't matter how long or how much strength Elect used, all that mattered is that fact that he brought down the wild cattle all by himself. Kouga knew he did it my himself because 1- there were no other wolves around and 2- the pack was just starting to wake up when he went to talk to Ayame. Once he thought that the two were a fair distance away he continued following them only to be stopped by Suki.
The white wolf looked up at him. Her head turned slightly to the right and her ears perked up. Releasing a small bark Kouga understood what the wolf wanted from him. "I am just following Ayame to make sure she's ok." He told the truth, no point in lying when animals knew when you lie. Suki turned her head to the left and then straightened it. She blinked and got up on her hind legs, placing her front paws on his chest. Releasing another bark her tongue dangled out of her mouth. She then barked 3 times.
"Suki?" He asked. "You're name's Suki?"
Suki barked again this time getting back down on her fours. Suki may be able to talk but she wasn't about to just talk to Kouga, she knows she can trust him, but might as well play it safe. It's just nature.
"Can you not tell Ayame about this?" He asked Suki. The wolf barked and nodded her head. Kouga thought that was strange but quickly ignored it. "I have to go hunt, would you mind keeping an eye on her for me?" Just because Ayame is annoying to Kouga doesn't mean that he can't worry about her. It's just caring. Suki nodded again and ran after Ayame. Kouga soon turned and ran towards his cave.
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The sun is high in the air and all of the wolf packs have just completed their hunts for now at least. Kouga decided it was time to check back up on Ayame. He quickly made his way towards the mountain in which her pack lived on. He made little time as he went up the side of the mountain.
He saw Ayame immediately. She was sitting on the edge of the cliff, her legs off the side. That Suki wolf was besides her getting her ears scratch. Kouga thought that the wolf was more dog than wolf. He walked over to the two. "Hey."
Ayame turned at the waist to look at him. "Hey." She said absently. Suki got up and barked a greeting.
"Hey Suki." Kouga greeted back.
Ayame looked shocked. "How do you know Suki?"
Kouga mentally slapped himself. "I…uh… saw her when she was hunting. I remembered her from earlier this morning and I uh… talked to her." Yeah. That's sounds alright.
Ayame looked skeptical at first but shrugged it off. She stood and patted the dirt off her. "So what do you want now?"
"I just want to more about Elect."
"… I uh… can't do that."
"Still? Oh come on Ayame. You're killing me here."
"Still Kouga, I can't."
"Why the hell not?"
"I just can't. He told me not to speak to you."
"… He told you not to talk to me?" Kouga was just shocked and angry at the same time. "Who the hell is Elect?" He almost yelled. "Who the hell does this guy think for telling you who you can and can't talk to?"
Ayame shrugged. "He's Elect. He's his own person."
"Well fuck him. Ayame just give me information about this guy."
"I-I just can't." She grabbed her left arm with her left hand.
"Why not?"
"Well…"
Years ago:
(An: Does not include Ayame nor Kouga.)
"Why the hell did you tell him whore?!" A man yelled at a girl.
"I couldn't take it no more! You treat me like shit!" The girl yelled back.
"And that is what you are! Shit!" The man started walking towards the girl.
"Wha…what are you---AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"
The scream echoed throughout the woods.
Present:
Ayame shook her head and tears rose to her eyes. "I just can't!" She ran past him. "I'm sorry!" She yelled to him.
"Ayame!" He was about to run after her when Suki stopped him. She barked at him, telling him that she'll handle it but right now Ayame needs time alone. Kouga reluctantly agreed with the white wolf before him. Whoever Elect is he's causing Ayame to act differently and Kouga is going to find out why if it's the last thing he does.
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