A/N: Been a long time huh? Well to save you the trouble f rereading the whole story you can either look up the chapter names or this summary at the end of my thank you's to those who reviewed. And Kiba's winning again…where are you Tsume fans? BTW, happy holidays!
Devi Of The Wolves: I'm so sorry I haven't gotten a chance to read your new story, I'm more or less in writing mode than reading. Anyways…Kiba's plan is now in action and some Kiba/Lynx moments are in this chapter. Hmm…if all dogs go to heaven, all cats are the gatekeepers of the underworld…would all wolves go to paradise? Wow…no one likes Cheza that much huh? Well she'll be in this fic…for a while. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ::ahem:: Sorry there, no co-author to talk to makes this one a tad crazy…n.n and of course I wuv you, you're a reviewer and my very first WR one and you've reviewed all my chapters and for that, I'm sorry 'bout the late update. You get a virtual Kiba plushie for staying with me. ::tosses Kiba away:: I have my Amon. ::hugs Amon::
Amon: ::ack!:: I thought I was only your muse for WHR fics.
AOTD: Well I love you. ::continues to choke/suffocate/hug Amon with all the love she has for the sexy, tall, dark and handsome lead hunter of the STN-J.::
Fearthedark10: Wouldn't you much rather have Kiba save you then give you mouth to mouth over his arm on you? Uhhhh…just read the chapter and you'll get what I mean…change of plans, read next chapter to get what I'm saying. But my relationship with ITYK is like that…we argue and argue and blackmail and prank and fight and we're the best of friends. n.n Hope you like the chapter and I think I'll have a few alternate endings, I also post at different sites and each one ends differently. MUAHAHAHAHA…::ack::
WOLFDREAMS: Tsume and Kiba…where'd all the Tsume fans go? Kiba's catching up again. Votes are still going until four chapters after the introduction of the other wolf. ::winks:: Who knows, it may not even be Kiba or Tsume that our young heroine ends up with.
Shade: Well once again another vote for Kiba…I wonder if anime spiral will vote differently. Kiba is now winning…well for now until I answer more reviews. :P Hmm…good questions, no one's asked me that yet but it's an important part of the story and no one's picking it up so I'm doing it again but longer…and with Kiba. But wouldn't you much rather want Lynx to end up with Tsume so that way you can have Kiba all to yourself? ::tosses Kiba plushie:: have fun, he's cute huh? My co-author got it for me cause I updated…and I get scared when watching a scary movie and tend to choke and or grab and squeeze the life out of something.
MyNameIs Rini: Sailor Moon Rini? N E ways, someone's thinking right…Hmm…Amon! Where are you! Amon? Amon! ::searches for her beloved Amon::
KougasAngel: High school…evil! ::takes pic of HS and stabs it:: All high schools must be hunted. Sorry, still in WHR mode…Happy B-Day to me…sweet sixteen! WHR DVDs are mine at last…and thus you get more updates. F high school…I'm writing a new story in which HS must be destroyed. n.n
Rufus008: I get it…you hate Kiba so you want him to suffer by the hands of Lynx. More so than Tsume cause he's Amon but in WR. Yep yep, I get it.
Amon: ::swirly eyes:: I don't want to go to work with the mean authoress, I wanna stay home and bake cookies with you mommy.
AOTD: Awww Amon! I'll bake cookies with you at work! Randomness kicks ass.
Summary: Kiba and the rest of the pack stumbles upon a wolf graveyard where they first encounter the enigma Lynx. They all start out on the wrong foot, mostly with the now black wolf Tsume fighting with her. When she wakes up, Kiba asks her to join the pack where she'd be safer. Once again, another ego clash with Tsume makes the young silver wolf run away and nearly die in the blizzard. Tsume and Kiba goes after her, Kiba is the one who finds her. Kiba, Lynx and Tsume gets into a fight with one of Jagara's troops as well as one of her wolves. Who's Zero? Why does Lynx smell like Lunar Flowers? Why does she know all the nobles as well as a few other things?
Last chapter: Lynx dreams and remembers about the origin of her name…and maybe her home and family. Some small Kiba and Lynx moments and also, the little young doesn't seem to like the cold very much now does she? Onto the story.
The pack moved on with the occasional Toboe-fell-into-deep-snow-must-save-him and Blue and Hige shamelessly flirting away. This time it was Tsume leading the pack while Lynx was in her own little world. She sighed. In human form, the snow was all the way up to her knees but in wolf, she was able to stay on top the snow.
Lynx shivered as the wind blew, it was cold. Most of the time whenever she joined a pack temporary, she'd have friends she could huddle up with. But in this pack…she didn't want to. It really was a mismatched pack. Two 'leaders' with huge egos and without a strong mate or female head, a wolf who didn't like to kill and could barely keep his snout over the snow, the joker of the pack being the only one with a mate but most of all…there was only one female…not counting herself that is.
Lynx looked up to the sky, wondering where all the birds had gone. Winter…it killed everything for a while, fire destroys the weak in order for the strong to show and lead the way. Kiba…Hige…Tsume…they all…felt so familiar.
Dammit it was cold! Lynx stomped her feet in a childish manner, mostly in anger because of her earlier wounds, she lost blood but Tsume and Kiba lost more and they were fine. She hated herself right now for being so weak.
Lynx felt something hit the back of her head. She growled…it was cold and wet and sliding down her back. It only fueled her anger. She turned, fangs bared at the one who dared to challenge the great Lynx.
"THAT'S IT KIBA! YOU'RE DEAD!!!" She shouted in fury before charging into the smirking Kiba. She easily knocked him down and over the hill…rolling down really fast and getting more and more of the white powder into her glittering silver fur.
When they finally came to a stop, Kiba had the younger she-wolf pinned down. She was struggling against him…she hated to admit it but it felt good. Kiba's body was so warm…the warmth she had wanted and now had. After a while, Lynx stopped her fruitless struggle, knowing that her true power laid in her speed and agility, not in brute force like Tsume and Kiba's power.
Kiba felt Lynx's body go limp under his. He stared down at her…her midnight colored eyes were hidden behind her closed eyelids. He worried. This was not part of the plan. What if she was…no, she was probably just cold. She had been shivering ever since they had left the cave…and for good reason too, her coat wasn't as thick or long as the others were. Hell, even Blue had a winter coat and she was only part through half wolf while on the other hand, here was Lynx, a full blooded wolf and with a summer coat…though it did feel nice…and soft.
He bent his head down to get closer to her, inhaling her sweet scent. She really did smell like Cheza…but not like Cheza. Did that make sense? Any other wolf would probably understand what he meant…Kiba inhaled again, feeling more of a high. He slowly let his body drop onto Lynx's…her scent was intoxicating. Like a drug, he needed more and more, he inhaled again and again, trying to feel that high he felt the first time he sniffed her. His body relaxed, Kiba felt like this was paradise.
The others would be looking for them, he should really try and get back to his pack. Reluctantly, the white wolf stood on his feet and away from the silver wolf…only to be tripped and buried under the evilness of the cold, white snow.
Lynx stood away from him, clutching her sides and doubled over in laugher. She saw the older wolf try and shake off the wet snow off of his pure white snow. She looked up the hill to see yet another smirking and overconfident wolf aka Tsume, on the brink of laughing himself from Lynx's little counter-prank. Blue smiled, her eyes glittered in amusement as she tried to hide her delight from the rest of the pack. They needed a good laugh, Lynx thought to herself. She saw the rust colored wolf laughing while covering his mouth, trying to hold back his fits of giggles whilst the orange, bulky wolf wasn't even making an attempt to try and cover up his laughter.
::crack::
Lynx's ears perked up as well as Tsume, and Blue's. Ever so slowly, the silver haired midnight blue eyed girl looked down on the snow covered 'ground' she was standing on.
::crack::
Lynx lifted her paws up as the icy cold water reached it. Her eyes widened…she was standing on a lake! A frozen over with thin ice lake…and it was Kiba's fault. She glared at the snow buried wolf just as he shook the last remaining wetness from his pure white snow, unaware of the danger she was in.
"Kiba!" She squeaked. Kiba turned his eyes towards the girl. She was pale…much more than usual. He took a few steps towards her despite her presage and her frantic look. "Kiba help me! I…can't swim." She lifted her boots up with difficulty, the water was slowly becoming ice once again and if it froze, she'd be stuck there.
Kiba looked down, finally realizing that they were indeed in danger. When he rolled down the hill with Lynx, he forced her down hard to show his dominance over her. But now…she was also in danger because of that. Not too far away he noticed the black cars of Jagara's troops coming back. Great, just great. Tsume carefully slid down beside Kiba, for once they had an understanding. They had to save the she-wolf.
"EEP!" She yelped as she jumped up, the freezing cold water hand frozen in between her little unprotected wolf toes. (A/N: CUTE! Well…kinda) However amusing it was, her landing wasn't all that graceful as she slipped on the ice, claws dug into the frozen water.
"LYNX!" Both wolves shouted as the ice island flipped over with Lynx on the other side.
Not caring about their safely anymore, both wolves slipped, slid and gently crawled over to the spot the silver wolf had disappeared under…horror and dismay registered on their faces as the ice island had once again become whole, trapping the female wolf on the other side. They saw her though the clearness of the ice, clawing her way up towards them as they did the same, her eyes pleading for help.
She was running out of oxygen with every second that passed, her fur coat was thin and she would probably still die if they saved her. She opened her mouth by mistake, her body thinking it could obtain more of the vital air that she was deprived but was dismayed when her body was greeted by more water gushing into her than more air. Her eyes began to close…her body felt heavy. Tsume shouted something to her on the lines of hang on…or something like that, she never was very good at reading lips. Kiba rammed against the clear barrier that separated her from her friends.
No…it wasn't suppose to end this way…No, it wasn't suppose to be this way. Her body began to float downwards into the depths and darkness of the lake. The fates were cruel...once she had found a nice pack that she was willing to stay with she was torn away from them. Her body felt numb…her senses dulled. No…this wasn't right. Lynx fought to stay awake and slowly made her way up towards her saviors once again, she worked too hard to survive just to die in some lake.
Lynx tried, she fought…and she was losing. Her heart began to slow…her eye lids weighted a ton. She wanted to live, to see where Kiba and the others were going, to see what path they would take in life. She had to live…she had to see for herself…she promised.
Lynx reached a paw out, touching something solid, using the last of her strength to smile, to try and hopefully reinsure the other wolves that it wasn't their fault…she'd see them again…in paradise when they made it there too.
