A/N-Hello readers! School is OUT! Despite this, chapters will be less frequent. I have softball, and the computer I was posting on was the school's. I'm still trying to figure out how to post chapters on my phone (I have everything figured out but the copy and pasting thing... UGG!). That is why this chapter is so late. Not that I really had a set posting time... ONE GOOD THING! I might be getting a computer at home that I can post on. I hope. Anywho, R&R please, and enjoy the lastest chapter!
Chapter Nine
Kana's POV
For several hours we tracked a group of large animals. Over the years, I had forgotten what they were called, but I did remember that they were the Pack's favorite prey. After they had settled down to sleep is when we made our attack. Quietly, Argon and the pack took the back, while my group and Aya took the main entrance.
"How many are we getting?" Kuwabara asked me quietly.
"Shh!" both Aya and I said at the same time. We both understood how much was at stake, even though I had not seen the amount of pups that were born this year. I knew that if Aya had taken Argon out to hunt that the situation was either dire or he needed exercise, but judging by the weight loss on all of their bodies, I was guessing the former.
Suddenly, the signal came. Argon and the pack had started their assault, forcing the animals in our direction. Aya and I took the lead, jumping from the trees above the entrance to the grove clearing. The rest of the group followed us.
"As many as you can!" I yelled to Kuwabara as the animals tried to slow. It was no use to keep the silence now. The surprise attack was launched, and I had already take down three of the beasts. I hope that I would not have to be the one that had to carry them.
"But leave three! One male, one female, and one young," came a yell from Aya. "That way they can repopulate."
"That many have already escaped," called Kurama.
"Then kill as many as you can. The pack is starving," Aya said, her transformation into a wolf almost complete. Her face elongated into a grey muzzle. Arms and legs became skinnier and furry. A howl escaped her mouth, showing sharp teeth. She rushed forward, digging them into the necks of passing beasts.
Soon, a carcass filled clearing laid ahead of us. Over 20 beasts had been killed, possibly enough for thirty days. Possibly. Wolves picked up a beast and slowly started walking towards the cave that they called home. Luckily, it was only about half of a mile to the cave. Behind me, I pulled two beasts by the legs. The path beaten down by the wolves was narrow, but provided adequate space for us to pass through.
"Your pack has really grown," I commented when we arrived to the cave. And I was not lying. Over the years that I had been gone, the pack had grown by over twenty times it's original size. Almost ten litters of pups were play fighting, their new teeth ready to eat the beasts that we had brought back. Another two or three litters were younger and still nursing, curled beside their mother's warm belly. The adults perked up when the smell of blood and warm meat entered.
The first to eat were the pups. Next came the elderly or weak. After them came the main pack of wolves, where most of the meat was spent. Finally, one beast was thrown to the group, Argon, Aya, and me. Aya and Argon created a small fire outside the cave for us to cook the meat, though they tore off pieces and ate their meat raw.
"So why are you here?" Aya asked me as the meat cooked, filling the air with it's scent.
"You know that demon that's been taking out travelers?" I asked.
"Do I ever!" Aya huffed, her face soon filled with sorrow. "Took out over fifty wolves on a hunt. Some of them were pups learning."
"His name is Raken. You can say I've been hired by someone to track him down," I replied.
The wolf demoness perked up, her ears twitching. "Is there anyway I can help? At all?"
"Just be careful."