Sorry the update took awhile but a few things came up. Anyway, I've made another decision. Hiei will also have a love interest later in the story. Now it will be a while until I introduce her but eventually I will. Now here's where you all come in. Should Hiei's girlfriend be a demon, a hanyou (half human, half demon), or a human? That's for you to decide for me. As said before Kuwabara will also have a love interest in later chapters. I decided to reward him for making me roll on the ground laughing because he did something completely stupid, no surprise there. It will be a few more chapters until we join the others but be patient. Now lets get my favorite wolf and ice maiden closer.

Chapter 8

Welcome Home Riku

Yukina was still waiting for Maya to come back from giving Riku back his coat. She let out a sigh and looked around the room again. Her eyes came to focus on a picture sitting on the counter. She walked over to it and picked it up. On the picture were a younger looking Riku, Rogato, and Maya. Riku looked to be about 13 in the photo. He was on the right with his back to his siblings and arms crossed over his chest and smiling. It reminded Yukina of how Hiei looked in most photos of the group minus the smile. In the middle was Maya with her hands behind her and a sweet smile on her face. On the left Rogato was also facing right and held his right hand up with a victory sign. Yukina looked at it a little longer before setting it back down. She realized she and Riku had something in common. They both had twin brothers. Her face saddened at the thought of where her brother could be.

"I'm back" came a voice from the door. In came Maya. "Now lets get you something to wear. We're about the same height so it shouldn't be to hard to find you something" she said smiling. "Do you want a kimono or something more casual?" she asked. "A kimono if it wouldn't be to much trouble" Yukina replied. "Alright I'll see what I can get you" Maya replied rummaging through her closet. "Hey Maya?" Yukina asked. "Yea" the wolf replied from the closet. "Is that weapon on the wall yours?" she asked looking at the curved edge spear. "Yep, daddy wants us to be skilled in combat in case the Dark Moon pack should decide to attack" she replied. "Are they really that bad?" "Their beyond bad. Our pack has formed an alliance with the neighboring packs against them. The Dark Moons number around 200 strong" she said still in the closet. I hope the others are okay where they are Yukina thought. "Ah ha perfect!" Maya squealed from the closet. She came out holing an aqua-green kimono with white snowflakes along the left side. "I don't usually wear this until Christmas but since you're an ice demoness I figured it would be perfect on you" she said handing it to her. Yukina admired it in her hands. The snowflakes had a sparkle effect to them. "It's beautiful, where'd you get this" she said astonished. "Believe it or not, my mom made it" "Your kidding" Nope and that's genuine dragon hide, just like what Riku's been wearing" she replied smiling. "Now you put it on and make yourself comfortable while I go help my mom with dinner" Maya said putting on a navy-blue kimono with stars and a crescent moon on it. "Hey Maya?" "Yes?" "Where's some underwear I can borrow" she said blushing. "Oh, top draw on the right" she replied pointing at the dresser. Yukina nodded as Maya left closing the door behind her. She got dressed and headed out the door. But once she was out she ran into something hard.

Back with Riku

Riku was walking down the hallway with two towels in hand. One for his hair the other for everything else. When he passed by his sister's room he could hear the faint sound of talking. He didn't bother trying to listen in on what they were talking about because the room was sound proof. He shrugged and went to the bathroom.

When he was in, and closed the door, he took off his outfit. He was glad to finally be rid of the cloths because he'd worn them for eight months straight. He went to the shower not the bathtub. All he wanted was a quick wash, not a long bath. The tub was more for relaxing. He turned on the water and sighed as the steamy water hit him. He grabbed some nearby soap and started scrubbing. This was the first real clean up he'd had in months. Lakes and rivers could never compare to the feeling of hot water falling on your body.  When he'd finished with that he moved on to hi s long hair. After 5 minutes he got out and dried himself. He wrapped one of the towels around his waist and left the bathroom still drying his hair with the other towel.

I wonder what mom's making for dinner he thought It'll be something special for my return. He was so caught up in thought he didn't see or hear the door to the left open and someone come out. He bumped into that someone.

"Oh sorry, I wasn't looking where I was…" Yukina stopped what she was saying when she realized who she bumped into. In front of her was a half-naked Riku wearing a towel around his waist and another slung around his neck. A few drops of water went down his chest from his still wet hair. She just stood where she was staring with her mouth open a little. Riku was in a similar state at the moment. He looked at Yukina wearing one of his sister's kimonos. His breath caught in his thought. My god she's beautiful he thought. He also just stared at her.

"Ahem" came a voice in the hall. Riku awoke from his trance and looked to his right to see Maya standing there with both arms crossed in front of her with a grin on her face. She had come to tell them dinner was ready and saw her brother and Yukina staring at each other.

Riku and Yukina both looked at the ground blushing. Maya giggled. "Well I came to tell you dinners ready" she said turning around and heading toward the dining room. "I gotta get dressed" Riku said heading for his room. Yukina stayed where she was still blushing. I can't believe she saw us staring like that she thought. She sighed and headed in the direction Maya went.

Riku by now had reached his room and opened the door. Riku's room had red walls with various shelves on each. On the shelves were various weapons, from throwing stars and axes to pistols and automatic rifles. The only place there weren't any shelves was over three draws. His bed had red sheets over it. Riku opened the top draw and slipped on a pair of boxers. Out of the second one, he pulled out a black muscle shirt and from the third he pulled out a pair of black pants. A black muscle shirt, black pants, and his red trench coat was the only outfit her wore. Apart from his coat and boots he had five articles of the same shirt and pants. He put them on and made his way to dinner.

Along the way Yukina came to mind. She has one of the sweetest scents I've ever smelled. Funny, why didn't I notice that before he thought. The whole time he'd been traveling with her he could never pick up her scent easily. Even when she used him as a pillow he never really noticed her scent. It should have been the only thing his nose picked up with her so close. He shrugged it off for later as he entered the kitchen.

Yukina and Maya were talking near the dining room entrance, his mother was pulling out a batch of his favorite bread rolls, his father was admiring there scent not to far off, and Rogato was also near the entrance waiting impatiently for diner. Riku shook his head at his brother.

Out of the two of them, Riku was the more mature one. Rogato was more outgoing and carefree with his life. Riku was more of the silent and serious type. He was surprised at himself for socializing with Yukina so much. Riku was also a little smarter than Rogato. The reason was because of Riku's future responsibility as pack leader when his father died. He'd spend most of his free time training or learning the ropes of pack leadership. Rogato didn't have such a burden.

Yukina saw Riku enter. "Is that the same outfit he was wearing earlier?" she asked Maya. "That's the only outfit he wears" she replied rolling her eyes. "Does he have anything else?" "Well he does have a black t-shirt for formal occasions" Maya replied. Yukina couldn't help but sweetdrop. "Dinners done now" Hitomi said heading into the dining room, Kovu not far behind. "Finally" Rogato said walking into the kitchen. "Shall we?" Maya said making her way to the room. Yukina followed but stopped when she felt a hand on her right shoulder. She turned around to see Riku. He leaned his head toward her ear. "Don't eat until my dad starts, the pack leader always starts a meal. Oh and we don't really talk during dinner. The time for that is after dinner" he whispered. Yukina nodded and they headed into the room.

The dining room was a large room with Japanese art painted on the walls. It mainly depicted forest animals, mainly wolves, in the mountains. In the center of the room was an 8-foot wide round table with six seats around it. On the table were plates and bowls with rice, steak, bread rolls, shrimp, or salad, and sauce. Rogato was already seated and you could see him drooling. Maya took the seat next to him. Yukina took the next set. Riku took the one across from Rogato. Hitomi sat to the right of Kovu. The order from right to left was Kovu, Rogato, Maya, Yukina, Riku, and Hitomi. "Lets begin" Kovu said taking a bite out of one of the rolls. Everyone followed suit. Yukina got rice, shrimp, and salad. The others had a little of everything, mainly meat and very little salad.

Riku and Rogato both at their meals Sayan style. They held their plates to their faces and shove food in with the forks. Riku would shove a few scoops in, chew then swallow. Rogato was practically shoveling food into his mouth. Yukina was surprised he didn't choke. The other three ate like normal people did. Maya reached for the hot sauce but Rogato grabbed it and emptied it onto his food. "Hey I wanted some" Maya said glaring. "What, I'm hungry" Rogato said with food in his mouth. "You could at least have the decency not to talk with your mouth full" Riku said after he swallowed. Rogato wasn't paying attention.

The meal went on silently except for the sound of gorging down food from Rogato. That is until all that was left was one roll. Rogato and Maya reached for it at the same time. "MINE!" they said in unison glaring at each other. "Here we go again" Kovu said sighing. The temperature in the room seemed to drop as the two wolves glared at each other. Riku calmly watched them as Yukina scooted her chair closer to him. "You always get the last one, this ones mine" she said. "Hell no" Rogato replied. "THAT'S IT!!!' Maya said lunging at him. They fell to the ground growling at each other as they wrestled over who got the last roll. Riku calmly picked up the roll and took a bite out of it. The two wolves on the ground looked up in shock as Riku finished it. "If you two want to spend the rest of dinner wrestling, then I won't let it go to waist" he said licking his fingers. "Perfect as always mother" "Thank you son" Hitomi replied getting up. "Rogato, your turn to do the dishes" "Aw but mom…" "No buts" "Fine" he said. Hitomi and Kovu went to bed saying they wanted a full story on what Riku's been up to next morning. Riku, Maya, and Yukina went to the living room while Rogato did the dishes.

Riku sat on a leather chair while Maya and Yukina shared the couch. "Is dinner always like that?" Yukina asked. "Unfortunately, yes" Riku replied. "So what's going on tomorrow?" Yukina said. "Well there's going to be a party to welcome back Riku at the village fire" Maya replied. "Well I think I'll go to bed now" Riku said getting up and heading for his room. "Goodnight" he said not looking back. "Goodnight" the two girls said in unison. "I think we should hit the sack to" Maya said yawning revealing fangs. Yukina nodded and followed her as they went to Maya's room. Luckily for Yukina, Maya's bed was big enough for both of them. Maya slipped on a sleeping gown and Yukina put on a pair of pajama shorts with red flowers on it and a matching top. They slipped into bed and fell asleep.

Well, seems wolf demons and Sayans do share something in common. Next chapter Yukina's first day with the Night Wind pack and the party. Review please.