Chapter 13

Akashi wasted no time, he gave Akira to Momoi and instructed her to care for his son and stay there. Mitobe shifted into a black wolf, ready to lead the way.

The rest of the clan followed Akashi is the wolf as they ran.

Vampires were not as fast as werewolves, so Mitobe had to slow down a few times to not loose them.

They soon came upon a scene of trucks loading wolves into the back.

Akashi watched for a second as two humans lifted up a black wolf, Izuki, and put a muzzle on him. Izuki seemed out of it, like he was drugged or something. The humans tied his paws together and picked him up to put him in the back of a pick-up truck. Akashi was furious, his eyes glowed and he stormed out.

The humans saw him and shot him on sight with their silver bullets, but they had no effect on him. He grabbed a man at random, or as it seemed and lifted him up by his throat. "You are the leader. Make them stop." He hissed, his fangs elongating as he tightened his hold on the man's neck.

The man gasped and nodded. "Please. I'll do… Just…"

"Now!" Akashi yelled and was shot again a few more times. His body forced out the bullets as the wounds healed. "Make them stop." He repeated. "I may spare your life if I feel gracious. But I grow thirsty repeating myself."

The man signaled with his hand for them to stop.

"See. That was not so hard. Now, I want them to release every wolf they have. Every wolf." Akashi repeated to clarify. "And you will tell me where a certain wolf is. He has blue fur and is a bit on the small side." As they talked, the rogue hunters began to unload the wolves.

"truck… back seat."

Akashi smirked, "Thank you for your cooperation." He threw the human against the tree, hoping he broke something, but not staying to see. He ran to the truck and opened the door, inside was Kuroko, human and naked. His shoulder was bleeding, and his hands and feet were bound. His eyes were half closed; it was obvious that whatever was in the other wolves was in Kuroko as well. He snapped the bindings and carried Kuroko. "Is everyone accounted for?" Akashi asked.

"Yeah!" Takao answered, after counting.

"Let's go, and be gentle not to jolt them too much." Akashi ordered and carried Kuroko home, running with him. Kuroko was so light and it scared him to see him so out like that. He ran alongside Midorima. "How are they basically drugged?"

"Wolfsbane. It's like poison, but their bodies are fighting it."

"That's good."

"The problem is, along with the silver bullets each of them has, they all have flakes of silver running in their blood which is affecting their healing. The combination of wolfsbane and silver makes their healing worse than a human's. I will try to help the other tonight, but Kagami is my main concern, he could die from that much blood loss."

"Well, run faster." Akashi said, pulling ahead of Midorima.

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Midorima and Takao saw to the healing of the wolves.

Akashi took Kuroko upstairs to heal in peace. Akashi cleaned a pair of tweezers and pulled the pullet out of the wound. He then carefully stitched it up, as Takao had showed him years ago. Akashi gently covered Kuroko's naked body and touched his forehead. He was burning with fever.

Kise walked in with some water for Kuroko.

"Kuroko has a fever."

"So do all the wolves downstairs, Midorima says it is just their body fighting the wolfsbane.

Akashi gently wrapped Kuroko's shoulder so air could not get to it at the moment and let Kuroko sleep as he watched over him.

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Kuroko weakly opened his eyes.

Akashi looked up from playing a game of shogi by himself and smiled. "How are you?"

"Mmmm." Kuroko moaned and closed his eyes.

"Still groggy?"

"Mmm-hmm."

"Can you drink something for me?"

"Yeah…" Kuroko said.

Akashi gently supported Kuroko and gently gave his mate some water.

Water dribbled down Kuroko's chin and Akashi quickly caught it. He set the water back and let Kuroko lay back down.

"A-kira…" Kuroko mumbled.

"I am going to go get him. He needs to be with his mommy."

Kuroko nodded very softly.

Akashi kissed Kuroko's cheek and walked downstairs, stealing his baby son from Momoi. He returned and sat his son beside his mother.

Kuroko looked over at Akira and smiled.

Akashi laid down with his family. "I love you.'

Kuroko nodded, wanting to say it back and more. Akashi saved him again, he wanted to express his gratitude, but it never could come.

"Rest. You need to heal up."

Kuroko smiled and closed his eyes, falling asleep as Akira fell asleep with his mommy as well.