Chapter Seven- Mating Time

Jack and Yusei continued to share every aspect of their human lives during the week and Yusei shared more werewolf aspects. They did take trips to the human side, one was pawning the silver jewelry. They always returned home at least by sunset. Jack sighed as he curled up on the eve before the Mating Moon, feeling he knew Yusei better than anyone in the pack and a connection to the beta that he had never felt before. Must be the Mating Moon. Yusei was right in waiting and tomorrow night will be glorious.

Jack slept in the next day as did the pack. Some would be spending all night looking during the moons while others would couple and house hunt. Jack and Yusei were one of the latter and he looked forward to their first coupling as he had been wanting to do since last week.

Jack roused himself out of bed around noon and, as he went to his vanity, he gaped at his reflection. He had his wolf ears already! Does this happen every Mating Moon or ever full moon? He brushed his hair as best he could before dressing and heading down to join the unit. He arrived to see that the others also had wolf ears. He sat down and looked at his beta. "Is this normal?" he asked, fingering an ear.

"Normal during the full moon," Yusei replied. "The pack usually stays in our territory during this time of the month."

Jack nodded, thinking back. He never saw wolves during the full moon or the days in-between. This is why: We sport wolf ears. Well, this isn't bad. Yusei actually looks cute this way.

The excitement grew as the afternoon wore on and Jack could smell Yusei's scent getting stronger. He wondered how it would affect him once night fell. Goodwin came by to collect the twins and led them down the street with other kids to pick up the other little ones. The quartet stood on their porch as the sun went down and they instantly changed. Akiza and Blister left the porch and set off down the street to hopefully sniff out his or her mate.

Jack turned to Yusei to see him sniffing in his direction and panting. "Yusei?" he asked, having not seen the beta act like this.

"Jack," Yusei panted with desperation. "Your scent is driving me crazy. I want to mate. Surely you feel it too."

Jack inhaled deeply and Yusei's scent flooded his nose. It was incredibly strong and his desire to mate blazed to life. He began to pant as he locked eyes with Yusei. "I do feel it," he said softly and desperation started to lace his voice. "Oh, Yusei. Let us mate." He laid down and spread his legs. He felt a burning through his body and he wanted his mate inside him to ease the burning. Yusei wasted no time in getting onto Jack and thrusting into his mate. Their howls of joy joined with the other joyful howls of mating couples.

Akiza sniffed the ground and then the air. She smelled only the wolf scents everyone had. She heard the joyful howls of couples mating and whined sadly. She wanted to be one of those happy couples and didn't want to wait until next year. But, I may have to.

The loud howl of a female sounded and her nose twitched as a different smell reached her. Her tail swished and she panted at the smell. Her mate was near! This was her year! She ran toward it, giving a howl of her own. She weaved through the crowd of searching wolves, the scent growing stronger and exciting her. She followed the scent to the left and it led her to a black female with pale blue eyes. Akiza recognized her as Misty who had been bitten when Akiza was just a pup on the verge of becoming a teenager. Misty's tail swished as Akiza came closer.

"So, you are my mate, Akiza," Misty said. "Lovely. You and I will have beautiful pups. Naturally, you will carry them as I am a beta."

Akiza swished her tail furiously. "I had hoped I would as I've been feeling motherly instincts stirring within me for a couple of weeks now."

"Then, let us get to it." Misty and Akiza nuzzled one another before the latter laid down, eager to conceive and have pups of her own. Their joyful howls joined the others.

Blister heard the howls taper off as couples fell asleep. He saw mated wolves lying asleep in the streets, house porches, and even alleyways. He hadn't found his mate this night, but he wasn't too concerned. There were still two more nights and the days in between. The unmated will be out searching tomorrow and the night after that. He reached home and saw Yusei and Jack fast asleep, facing each other. He shook his head in amusement as he headed inside. His beta would want to mate the next two nights and of course, Jack would want to as well. He hadn't experienced it, but he had seen and heard described that the mating desire was quite strong and impossible to resist. I do hope I experience it; if not this year then next year because it sounds exciting.

Jack blinked his eyes open and they focused on Yusei's sleeping human face. He smiled and felt warm at having a mate as well as having made love. He slowly reached over and scratched behind one of Yusei's ears. The beta unconsciously whined in pleasure before he awoke and smiled at Jack. "Good morning, my love," he said softly.

"My love," Jack repeated. "I like that."

"You'll hear it a lot over the years," Yusei said. "We are officially mates and we have two more nights of mating before we begin looking for our new home."

"I wonder if the others are mated," Jack said as they stood and headed in.

"Akiza must have as she's not here," Blister spoke up as he came out of the kitchen with a spatula. "I don't know if she'll come back until after the moons and begin to pack up."

"No luck last night, Blister?" Jack asked.

"That's right. I'm not too concerned. The number of unmated wolves will be smaller and increases my chances. I sense my mate's out there. I just haven't sniffed her or him out yet."

Yusei nodded. "That's the spirit, Blister. You'll find your match."

"Of course, beta. Now, who wants some smoked sausages?"

Akiza smiled as she held Misty's hand while they looked for a home. Their initial mating had been glorious and she looked forward to the next two nights of passion. And within a few days to a week, I will be pregnant with pups. I wonder how I will act next month as I will be a simple pregnant wolf.

Misty then stopped before a house that gave her good vibes. "Here is our home, my dear. Like all the houses, it is already furnished save for personal items."

"Perfect." Akiza let herself be led inside and they laid on the queen-sized bed to rest up for that night's mating.

Blister howled to the night as he left the house. Yusei and Jack decided to make love in The Den as no one else would be home. Blister felt the house could be full of wolves and the pair wouldn't care as they were once again in the grip of the Mating Moon. He padded down the street, sniffing out for the wolves not yet mated. He locked onto the group and was about to head for it when a scent reached him and his head snapped around. He turned to it and tracked it to a brown wolf whose normal scent was instantly recognized and Blister laughed.

"Arrow! I never dreamed we would be mates," he said.

"Likewise, my friend, but I'm not complaining." Arrow nuzzled Blister and grinned a wolf's grin. "Looks like I will be carrying our pups.'

"Good, 'cause I've got a business to run as you know."

"Well, let's get down to the business of having a family." Arrow laid down and Blister climbed onto him.

Epilogue

The three pairs made love for the duration of the moon. Yusei and Jack picked up Leo and Luna before the four packed up and moved to a new home not far from their old one. Arrow moved in with his mate and Akiza and Misty moved into the house they had claimed.

Arrow, Jack, and Akiza learned they were pregnant a week after the moon as were others and Goodwin howled happily at the next generation of werewolves and wifewolves.

Several weeks later, Akiza gave birth to four pups, three girls and one boy. Jack had three, two boys and a girl. Arrow had only one, a girl. News of the births all over the territory filtered to Goodwin who was proud of what he heard. A whole new generation of purebloods had been born and he looked forward to the next Mating Moon and see who would find their destined match, but over the next few weeks, he would visit the new pups and determine what their statuses would be. Perhaps, he would find an alpha that would succeed him one day in the future.

The End

When I had finished writing this, I had an inspiration to do a sequel that tells the story of Yusei being bitten. So, next time, I will present the sequel.