Big

Aura stared at the sky as she got out of the school gates. Looking around she made sure with a quick glance that she could use the 'I looked but didn't see you there' excuse. With that glance she darted for the field and tore through it at sprint, all but diving into the tree line beyond. She looked back and grinned at her escape, as she began to wander through the area, sniffing around. "You're sure there was a card around here?" She asked. Kero nodded and fluttered into the air. Hovering over her, he glowed a moment, before pointing a stubby paw to the east. She began to walk, following Kero's directions.

Soon she saw the card. "Don't worry, Big is an easy card to catch, aloof and all, doesn't really mind either way. Just go on up to her and I don't think there'll be any fight." Kero said confidently. Aura strode over to where Big sat on a log, staring into the distance before turning to face the captor.

"Hello." She said. Aura waved back. Kero fluttered into the air as Aura quickly sealed Big into a card. "There you go," Aura let the card out and wandered into the woods.

"So then, not counting Silent, I have one more card to catch now?" She asked Kero. He nodded and looked back. "Hey, where ya' going? Home is that way." He pointed northeast. Aura gave him a look where her eyelids were half down and her mouth was in a low set smile scowl. It was one you could call the 'You- just- said-something-real-dumb-and-if-you-stop-for-a-moment-and-think-you'll-relize-it' look.

Kero blinked and smiled in realization. "Oh yeah, going to hunt before you go, right?" He asked. She nodded and dropped onto all four, growing out her fur and stretching into her tiger form. Kero flew overhead as Aura loped through the trees. The took a path up to a good hunting ground, and Aura soon dropped into a crouch as she stalked a plump hare. Kero saw the prey she had, and dropped down at it, spooking it to run to Aura. She shot out of the grass and napped at it, missing and catching a foreleg. She almost let go to yelp as it's other paws began to kick, and claw her nose. She shook the hare back and forth, letting the stunned animal go a moment so she could dispatch it with a bit to the throat.

Kero winced as he saw her bleeding nose. "Ouch. That's why we usually hunt smaller rabbits then?" He asked as she began to clean her nose with her paw. She nodded and winced at the stinging. Kero began to build a fire, and soon the large hare was cooking. Kero curled up on Auras head, and she had returned to her humanoid form. The two sat watching the meat cook over the fire.

"Done." Aura said as she plucked Kero off her head. She tore off the limbs for him, and began munching the rest herself.

After eating, Aura began to wander the woods, not caring in the least if she was 'home' on time or not. She galloped through the trees, finding her pack on the way. They went on their way to the main hunting ground, and talked along the way, padding along the area of their territory where the woods bordered the mountain cliffs.

"So, some human thinks they can keep you as a doggypet? What sort of moron thought that?" Dev-valth asked, smirking. Aura grinned playfully.

"Someone who hasn't ever tried to take a wolf from the wild, I think she'll crack and put me back by the end of the week. I can be quite annoying when I want to be. The human doesn't have a chance." She said to the brown. Rethl-dis, a black pup from the survivors of the litter, sniffed the air. "When do we eat, I want to go eat soon!" He whined. Do'vup licked his chops too, sniffing the air hopefully. "No smell of chow to me." He whined. Aura sighed. Sometimes some wolves just drove her crazy. Though (in her opinion) there were fewer of them, just like humans, some wolves never grew up. Mi'jum growled at Mo'jun lightly. "If you want to eat then you have to learn to hunt better and better. Both of you." She said curtly. The others laughed and padded along, now alerted to their own grumbling bellies.

"Kero, fly up and look for deer, will you?" She told him. He, zoned out, blinked back into reality. Hovering in the air far above their heads, he looked around the stretch of woods nearby. Then blinked and dove back down. "Aura, there's another card coming!" He said. Aura perked her ears. "Another, what an easy day today. Which one?"

"The last elemental card. Water."

"Wait, what? Water?" She asked. Kero nodded. She lashed her tail. 'Water, and a stronger, elemental too…' She thought fearfully.

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