I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. Only the bounty hunter and the bought werewolves are mine. I posted another Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's story on my website as the content was much too mature for this site. If you are interested, visit miscstories and click on the story titled Identity Crisis.

Chapter One- Considerations

The rock sailed through the air and hit the jet-black wolf on the forehead, making him yelp in pain. He backed up, avoiding another rock. "That's it!" a woman yelled. "Get out of here, monster. Go back where you came from!"

The wolf turned and ran, growling softly to himself. I wasn't going to hurt anyone, he thought. That's not who I am. I'm not like some werewolves who deliberately cause trouble and chase people just for the thrill of it. He dashed down an abandoned subway entrance and through a tunnel, his forehead throbbing from where the rock struck. He trotted down the tunnel and then slowed to a walk as the throbbing increased. At last, he reached the makeshift house where he and his friends lived. A boy with long reddish hair came out smiling but it vanished and was replaced with alarm.

"Yusei!" he cried, rushing forward as the wolf turned into a teenage boy with spiky black and yellow hair. He sank to his knees and his blue eyes slid shut as he passed out from his injury. The boy attempted to heave Yusei up the ramp, but his size made it difficult. "Hey, Crow! I need some help. Yusei's hurt."

A teenager with spiked orange hair emerged with a concerned expression. He hurried over and together they got Yusei onto his bed and the boy, Rally, ran for the first-aid kit to tend to the lump on the forehead. "It's obvious what happened," Crow said. "Some human assaulted him."

"Well, of course," Rally said. "Only the strongest or dumbest werewolves would try to hurt him."

"Funny; strong and dumb usually go hand-in-hand."

Rally chuckled until a groan came from his patient. "Yusei!" he exclaimed in relief as blue eyes cracked open.

"Uh, Rally? Crow?" He tried to sit up, but Crow pushed him back down.

"Stay down. That's a nasty hit you took. I'm guessing a human did that."

Yusei laid back. "Yeah. She called me a monster and to go back where I came from."

Crow growled. "We live here just as they do. It's not like we came from the city or hell for that matter."

Yusei silently agreed. For as long as anyone could remember, humans and werewolves lived in Satellite side-by-side in a tense relationship. Some werewolves kept to themselves, others worked jobs next to humans, and others still tormented humans causing them to lash out at any werewolf they met. Yusei, Crow, and Rally formed a pack, just the three of them. Yusei tended to roam the city in human form, but even then he was recognized as a werewolf by the mark on his cheek. All werewolves were born with some kind of mark, though some bore more marks, like Crow did. It was the mark that prompted Yusei to take wolf form which any werewolf could take anytime they wanted. The full moon, however, turned all werewolves into two-legged monsters. All humans hid indoors while the werewolves ran around, some causing damage, others fighting each other. Yusei had fought Rally once and it was only until morning that he recalled the fight. Naturally, Rally forgave him as he thought as a wolf and didn't know friend from foe. Rally tended to stay home and only took wolf form to run in the tunnels.

Crow, however, tended to help human kids who were homeless and lived in a run-down house. The kids liked Crow and he took wolf form to either give rides or sleep with them huddled close to him to draw warmth from his fur. Crow was fond of them and hoped they could improve relations between humans and werewolves.

The city across the water was vastly different. While the humans feared and hated the werewolves in Satellite, the city's humans feared and respected the vampires they lived alongside. The vampires were the elite members of society and were identified at birth by the fangs that were longer than normal incisors and the pale skin. Despite their undead state, they could walk in sunlight. Their human form and enhanced abilities granted them their high social status. Blood banks existed in plentiful numbers for the vampires' use. It was also known that some vampires would pay someone to bring him or her a werewolf to be a pet or a slave as vampires saw werewolves as mangy, stupid dogs. Those who were captured were never seen again. It was a fate that Yusei hoped to never experience. He didn't like the idea of being forced to be a pet or slave.

Yusei sighed as he slipped into sleep. His injury would heal quicker while he slept in human form and it was late anyway. He would wake in the morning fully healed and maybe try to acquire some food. There were a few humans who didn't hate his kind. One such man was simply called Blister who had been recommended to Yusei by a werewolf acquaintance called Tanner. He knew Blister would provide food. Most humans who gave his kind food were ridiculed and assaulted until they stopped giving food. But Blister and a few like him, ran a restaurant that catered to both humans and werewolves, the latter not known to the former. Yeah, I'll see Blister in the morning, he thought before truly falling asleep.

Jack smirked at the submissive wolf that laid by Akiza's side. The wolf made a wonderful pet; a she according to Akiza. She laid docile and silent, the gold eyes focused on either her snout or the carpet, Jack wasn't sure which one. He watched the laughing chattering humans mingling with the vampires as he sipped blood from a glass. "Wonderful party, Akiza," he commented. "I am curious, though. Where do you put your pet when she becomes a monster?"

"I have a secure steel room to hold her. No matter how hard she rams, it won't break."

"I see and the collar?"

"It stretches so it's not damaged between wolf and monster. Why the questions, Jack? Thinking of buying a pet wolf yourself?"

"I've been thinking about it for some time and I believe I am ready to purchase a pet of my own."

"Your timing is impeccable, Jack. It so happens that a bounty hunter will be at the stadium tomorrow night with werewolves he had captured."

"Excellent. Then, I will go there and buy a werewolf from him."

"No," breathed the wolf, the word barely heard by the vampires.

Akiza scowled as her hand flew down and smacked the wolf on the back of her head- hard. "Silence!" she hissed. "You are not to speak unless ordered and only wolf sounds too! Understand?"

The wolf gave a soft bark and then was silent again. Akiza nodded in approval. "I may need to discipline her tomorrow or have one of my servants do it," she told Jack so that only he heard. "She will be reminded that she is my pet and that I am her master. She is expected to obey my every command."

Jack nodded. Everyone knew the werewolves could change between human and wolf whenever they wanted. It was only on the full moon did they change involuntarily and became vicious monsters. They could speak like everyone else, aside from the full moon when they spoke as wolves. Some vampire saw the full moon transformations as a threat to humans and sought to diminish it by controlling werewolves as slaves and pets. The thing was most werewolves were experts in hiding and only a few were occasionally caught and bought. But, I will buy one myself tomorrow night. I will ask Mina how the construction of the safe room is coming along.

"They're working on it," Mina reported, sounding a bit worried.

"You're afraid I'll be angry," he said, sniffing the air.

"You are right," she conceded.

"Don't be. The full moon is three weeks away and the room is actually coming along nicely. I hope to have my pet tomorrow and you will be in charge of training it to obey me faithfully."

Mina smiled. "Thank you, Jack. I would be honored to train your pet."

"Good. I know you will do the job as efficiently as you do your other duties." Jack went to his room to put together what he hoped would be an acceptable sum to buy his werewolf pet.