A/N: I promise I'll get to the 'phantom feline next chapter' though I did leave slight hints. FInally, Sasuke narrates again since the Cast Aside chapters.

ItachiSilverwolf

Slightly Annoyed

By: Silverwolf

I lie still once we enter the den. My shoulder burns and so does my cheek. I watch my sister lick my ear a bit even as I decide to change back. My arms hurt along with my back, but I wasn't going to let them have my mother.

To me the feline that joined into the fight may have been more help than even he realized. Though even I know that Tazar and Talyena are not usually found on the same island much less the same territory. The white feline seemed thrilled to fight the Hatehounds. Maybe it even enjoyed the possibility of bringing them death. It actually enjoyed every bit of tangling with the hounds in my opinion.

My thoughts go to the fact I'm not dripping wet and freezing this time. That was a plus in my opinion even if there were teeth marks in my skin. I was slowly as someone peeks into the den. I hear my mother purr low. This tells me it must be the pair from that freed her from the snare.

I glance to see the same male that seem interested when my hands turned to paws in front of him. He stares at me concerned with the wounds he sees even though I'm not. Bites are something I've experienced before; besides I've been scratched by my siblings and kicked by prey so bites are just another event.

He watches me close my eyes are my sister licks along my ear and cheek. I stretch and turn to my side leaving the pair to stare at the teeth punctures along my arm. While they look worried I look for a comfortable spot along pine needles and shed fur.

The female with moves to begin examining my punctured skin. She seems concerned that I'm going to be in a lot of pain. Pain happens, it is nothing more than a part of life. Better the teeth marks than another fall down a pit though. I watch the cubs gather around me. They purr and I place my forehead near each of them. I growl as the female continues to move my arm around. She is highly concerned with the bit of tearing of my ear. I move away.

The male with her appears concerned and unsure. I place my forehead to my mother's shoulder lightly. She lick along my ear. The female continues to speak to her companion with me lounging along a bed of debris. Why do they care about the way I appear?

I hear the female that won't leave me alone call the male Itachi. Why is that name familiar to me? I tilt my head as the male reaches out towards me. His hand holds my wrist as he stares at the marks left by the Hatehounds. He smirks slightly as I try to pull away. I move into the pile of young Talyena in order to make both of them leave me be.

The pair are in awe as the thirteen cubs appear to be a bit larger to them. I yawn now realizing that the reason I know the male's name how he feels is because of my claws causing his blood to trickle before. It tasted decent. So this is my brother.

While I'll never live in his world and he may never live in mine I did give him a gift. It isn't as if he'll be in the dark over what is happening with me. I'm sure by now he know I killed our father. If he doesn't then he isn't listening to the power he was given and that isn't my fault. Unlike him I'm comfortable with being who I am, the Talyena beast.

I don't believe I'll ever understand his concern with my life. After all were not brought up together. He is a prince and I am an animal. Though our lives seem to intersect every time he wishes to get away from his own responsibility. Now he brings a female with him. In my opinion he should be her mate all ready and leave me to live my life. Who know what I might do to him, after all the story goes that the night I was born there was blood on the moon. God or no god and would rather be an animal than a lurking god.