A/N: yea, we do NOT own any Wolf's Rain characters, but we DO own Sora, Emma, and Ginza, and the two male wolves from the Zoo.

Disclaimer: We are crazy, now, without further Adieu. ON WITH THE STORY!!!
(Shelby- "Cliffhangers; It's a love-hate relationship")

in their wolf-ish way, it's more of an insult to be a "dog" rather than the whole 'bitch' thing we do...THANKS.

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"HAH! I win!!" Sora yelled in excitement, jumping onto Hige's bed.
"Whatever..." Hige mumbled, sulking.
"IN YOUR FACE!!!!" Sora yelled, pointing at Hige and striking a victorious pose.
"Shut up!!" he growled at Sora, baring his teeth.
"Oh, Hige, c'mon." said Emma, "Have some fun. It's just a game."
Hige just grumbled and glared at the T.V.
"You're no fun." said Emma, pouting.
Hige growled at her, "Just run back to Kiba now... pup..." he spat at her getting up and leaving his room; heading towards the back door.
Emma immediately got up and ran after him, knocking him on the floor, "Shut up!"
He growled loudly at her, snapping his teeth at her, "Make me!" he barked.
She turned into her wolf form and pinned him down, "You're an ass."
He turned into his wolf form and rolled them over, pinning her down, "And you're a bitch."
"Fuck you...!" she shouted, biting his neck.
"Gladly!" he barked, biting into her shoulder fiercely.
She growled loudly and tightened her grip on his neck.
He bit harder into her shoulder, rolling them over and over in the living room. She cringed, causing her to bite harder. Hige growled and bit her even harder, making her bleed a little bit.
"Hey! What are you two doing?!" Sora yelled as he walked down the hall, watching them roll around in the living room, "You guys getting it on or something?" he asked.
Hige immediately stopped, pulling away from Emma, "No we aren't!" he yelled, blushing.
Emma turned back into her human form, holding her shoulder. She then stood up and walked down the hall and into the bathroom; she shut the door and locked it.
Hige was surprised she didn't yell at Sora, "I...think I bit her too hard..." Hige said as he turned back to his human form, blood at the edge of his mouth.
Sora sighed and went to the door of the bathroom, "Emma? Can you let me in? It's Sora..." He said, gently knocking on the door.
She reached over and unlocked the door, then opened the cabinet and looked for some gauze.
Sora came inside, locking the door behind him, "Are you bleeding?" he asked, handing the roll to her.
"Not much." She answered, "Can you help me with this?" she asked, taking her arm slowly out of the sleeve.
"Of course." He said, dabbing her arm with some antibiotics, and then wrapped it with the gauze.
She winced at the antibiotics, "Sorry about all that."
"No need to be sorry. I'm sorry for not stopping you two before it got this far." Sora said, finishing her shoulder.
"It's not that bad." She said, "Trust me, I've had worse."
Sora smiled at her, "I bet Hige is gonna feel bad." He said, looking at her in the mirror.
"I doubt it." she sighed, sitting on the edge of the bathtub.
"You never know, he's probably never made you bleed before. And most likely your little 'boy toy' will beat the shit outta him." he said, laughing.
She smiled faintly, "He hasn't...and you're right, he probably will." she said, "That's why I don't want to tell him...too bad this is so obvious..." she added, then continued mumbling to herself, "..and I can't just tell him I went home, either; he'd get even more upset..."
"Why? What's so bad about home?" he asked, curious.
"Oh, n-n-nothing." she replied.
"Okay." He sighed, opening the door," You ready to come out now?" he asked her.
"I can tell you later." she said, "And no. Not yet."
Sora just shrugged and went out to the living room, "You done being a jack-ass yet?" he asked Hige as he sat on the couch.
Hige looked up at him, "...Is she okay?" he asked, actually feeling bad.
She got up to shut and lock the door again.
"Well, is bleeding considered okay?" asked Sora.
Hige looked down, then he got up and went to the bathroom door, forgetting what he was going to say.
"What are you doing?" Kiba's voice suddenly came from the back door, "...Why is there blood on the floor?" he asked, going to the blood marks and sniffing them, "It's Emma's..." He growled, going over to him, "What did you do?!"
"We were just messing around!" Hige said, trying to play it off.
"Then why is she bleeding?!" he aske,d then turned to the bathroom door, "Emma?"
Emma quickly got up and unlocked the door, pulling Kiba in and then shutting it again.
Kiba blinked then looked at her shoulder, "Hige did that?" he asked, looking furiated.
She nodded, pulling her sleeve back up.
Kiba started growling, "And how did this start?..."
She quoted Hige, " 'Bitch.' " she mumbled, continuing to go back and forth, " 'Fuck you.' 'Gladly.'...and it escalated from there."
Kiba growled, "He said that?! " he almost yelled, turning towards the door, "Hige!!"
She grabbed his jacket, "Don't."
"Why? He made you bleed Emma." He said sternly.
"I don't need you to stick up for me..." she sighed.
Kiba turned around and pulled her sleeve down, "Let me see it..." he said.
She sat as he unwrapped it, finding no purpose in trying to stop him.
He growled loudly when he saw the mark on her shoulder, "He marked you..." he said, his anger quickly rising.
"What do you mean...?" she asked, looking at him.
"He marked you Emma!!" he yelled at her, "He owns you now!!" he yelled and ran to the door, breaking it open, "HIGE!!!" he bellowed.
"Shit..." Hige mumbled then suddenly ran for the door.
"He...what?..." she mumbled, left utterly dumbfounded.
She hadn't grown up as a wolf, so she didn't know completely what Kiba meant; but it didn't sound good. He owned her? What did that mean...?
Kiba turned wolf and jumped at Hige, pinning him on the ground, "How dare you?!!!" he barked.
Hige turned wolf and snapped his teeth at him, "I didn't mean to! we were fighting and it just happened!" he growled up at Kiba.
"YOU DIDNT MEAN TO?!" Kiba growled in malice, a few seconds away from seriously hurting Hige.
Emma quickly shook her head and ran into the living room, "Kiba, don't!" she shouted, trying to pull him off of Hige.
"I was going to mark you!" he suddenly yelled at Emma, without even thinking, his eyes going wide.
She let go of him, but was otherwise frozen where she stood. Kiba froze as well; his eyeslocked with her's. Emma tried desperately to think of something to say, but couldn't manage to straighten her thoughts into a sentence. She let her eyes fall from Kiba's, to Hige's and down to the floor.
"Emma...I.." Hige started, but he knew it wasnt going to do anything.
"It..." she started, taking in a deep breathe, "It can't be helped...can it?" she asked, still not sure of how being 'marked' worked.
"Emma...you don't know what marking is...do you?" Kiba asked slowly.
She sighed, "I...well...no."
"Do you know what mates are?...or courting?" he asked, hoping she would know at least one of the two.
"...Mates." she answered, starting to feel a little uneasy.
Kiba sighed, "Because Hige marked you...you are now, technically his mate...you will officially be his mate if you mark him back..." he said, turning human and backing away from Hige and sitting down, looking at the floor.
A brief look of disgust crossed her face and then she crawled over to Kiba, reasting her head on his knee.
"I wanted to mark you..." he whispered down at her, a glint of saddness in his eyes.
She moved over and put her forehead close to his, "Well..." she sighed, hoping this would come out right, "I don't need a mark...to tell me I'm yours."
Kiba smiled, his eyes lighting up, "Really?" he asked, still whispering.
"Of course." she said, kissing him on the cheek.
He kissed her on her cheek, smiling still.
"Hey, hey!! Get a room!!!!" Sora yelled from the couch.
Emma jumped, "Oh my god! Don't do that!" she exclaimed, covering her face.
"Did I scare you?" he laughed.
Kiba rolled his eyes, "Come on Emma." He said as he got up, helping her up.
"Hmm...?" she mumbled, letting him pull her up.
He took her to his room, glaring at Sora as he walked by.
Sora smirked at them, "Don't get too loud you two!" he yelled after them.
"Shut up!" shouted Emma, laughing.
Kiba smiled and closed the door behind them, "Is he staying with us now?" Kiba asked Emma, talking about Sora.
"No; just hanging out." she replied, "Why?"
"He's actually pretty cool." he admitted.
"I thought so, too." She said, "And he says he's related to Miyavi; so that was a plus."
Kiba sat down on his bed, looking up at Emma, "He really fits in."
She laid next to him, "I think so too..." she sighed, then heard a noise come from the room next to his, "What was that...?"
Kiba blinked, "That's Toboe's room..." he said.
"They better not be..." she started, "But I think they...are..."
"They are what?" He asked, throughly confused.
"Oh god...they are..." she mumbled, sounding slightly discusted, "No way am I explaining that."
Kiba was confused now, "Explain what?"
"I talked to Toboe about how he felt about Tsume..." she said, shuddering, "My guess is that Tsume felt the same."
It suddenly hit Kiba, his eyes widening, "They...they are..."
"Yeah." she said.

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"Tsume...n-not so loud...The others will...ah!"
Tsume kissed Toboe's shoulder as he pushed ardently into Toboe, groaning lightly, "Toboe..."
"Ohh Tsu--Ah!" Toboe moaned, his fists balled up in the covers of the bed.
Tsume kissed down Toboe's spine, loving the noises his partner made.
Toboe moaned as Tsume thrusted harder into him, "God…" Toboe whimpered, the overwhelming pleasure coursing through him, making his body shiver.
Tsume pulled back until the very tip and then pushed back in all the way to the hilt, hitting that spot inside that made Toboe quiver and cry out his pleasure so ardently.
Toboe seriously thought that he was seeing stars, "A-ah! Yes!" He almost screamed, pushing back now that Tsume was pulling back out, "No...", He lustfully moaned, pushing his hips back at Tsume needingly.
"Toboe..." Tsume groaned as his hands tightened on Toboe's waist.

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Emma was now sitting on the couch, "I...I don't think I can ever look at him the same way..." she sighed, staring at the tv, "Sweet, innocent little Toboe...gone."
Sora could barely keep the air in his lungs he was laughing so hard, "God, they are so loud in there!" Sora laughed, holding his stomach.
"What's the point of a door...?" she asked, starting to laugh a little herself.
"At least Toboe isnt a screamer!" Sora laughed, trying to catch his breath.
"You have a point." she agreed, "How long do you think they'll keep at it?"
"Well, is the guy Toboe with butch? Or really strong?" Sora asked, knowing from experience.
"I guess..." she answered, "He's sort of the...quiet tough guy type."
"Ahhhh...then it's gonna take sometihng close to two hours...on and off. And the rests take about 15 minutes." Sora said like he just read it from a book, looking over at Emma.
"Well, well." she said skeptically, raising an eyebrow.
"I've been around." He said, shrugging and smiling.
"Nice." she said, half-sacastic.
Sora just smiled at her, "Admit it, you think its hot." he said convincingly.
Emma opened her mouth to disagree, but paused, "...Maybe."
Sora just laughed, "Maybe I'll let you watch one or two times." he smiled at her, winking.
"I'm not that kinky...!" she said, mock-insulted.
"Riiiight." he said, raising an eyebrow.
"I-I'm not!"
"Sure." he laughed.
"New subject, please." she sighed.
"Okay okay. So, how about you and that absolutely delicious white wolf you had wrapped around your finger, hmm?" he asked.
She thought about it, suddenly remembering what she said, blushing wildly, "Well...there's not not much to say yet..." she answered, covering her face again.
"Yet?" He asked, raising an eyebrow at her again, "And I thought you two would start hittin' it once you got in that room." He chuckled.
"No way." She replied, looking at him like he was crazy, "Not that I wouldn't...Just not now."
Sora laughed, "How long are you gonna keep that poor guy waiting?" he asked.
"I only met him like...not even a week ago, now that I think about it!" she exlciamed, "Oh my god!"
Sora just laughed, "A week?!" he exclaimed.
"Less than a week!" she eclaimed again, "I'm crazy!"
Sora laughed still, "Wow..." he said, shaking his head.
"What?!" she asked, standing up and tunring to him.
"Only that long?" he asked her.
"Yeah..." she sighed, sinking back into the couch, "I'm crazy..."
"No you're not, silly!" he laughed, play-punching her arm, "You're in love." he said, smiling.
She looked over at him, "You...You think...?" she asked.
He nodded, raising an eyebrow at her, "Deeply" he said.
She sighed, a smile creeping onto her face, "I guess so." she said, blushing a little.
He giggled, "You should see your face now."
"Oh shut up." she said, jokingly.
He smiled up at her, "Go talk to him already" he said, pushing her towards Kiba's room.
"Oh hey..." she said slyly, turning around, "Do you have anyone right now?" she asked.
He raised an eyebrow, "Not at the moment, why do you ask?" he replied.
"Oh, that won't do." she said, sitting by him again, "We'll have to fix that."

i "How?" /i he asked, looking at her.

i "Go out somewhere." /i she said, smiling at him, "I'm going to bed. You can stay here, I guess."

Shelby:D