Steel Fang
Chapter Two
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Hakutou cracked his eyes open in the moonlit night. He looked down and heard the reassuring sounds of his mate's breathing. Two weeks had passed since Kouga's dramatic birth. She had survived, like he'd told her, but she was now a cripple. She couldn't walk. She was defenseless.
He heard her chuckle.
"Stop staring at me, you're making me nervous..." she whispered sliding her head from his shoulder. She cradled the child in her arms.
"Oh look," her voice was barely audible, its strength lost. "He's already growing the fur." She gently grabbed his small wrist. "Guess that's what happens... when they come out late." She laughed again softly. "He'll be strong when he grows up."
"Stop talking like that!"
She turned to Hakutou, tears edging his eyes. "You talk like you're about to die! You're not! You survived!"
"But I can't use my legs... this is our only pup, our only child, our heir! He has to survive! Mother told me I wouldn't be able to give you an heir, she warned me! I proved her wrong, but right at the same time! She said I would die giving birth to a child... she was-"
"Wrong," he blurted out, wrapping his arms around her neck. "She was wrong! You will live!!"
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Two, small, ice blue eyes watched the young fawn walking by. He couldn't catch an adult, he'd get hurt doing that! His small, brown tail swished behind him in anticipation and excitement. He crouched back a moment before leaping forward. The fawn cried out in distress as the demon landed on him, sinking his tiny fangs into its neck, paralyzing it.
"Good job, Kouga!"
A man arose from the forest, clapping. Hakutou chuckled when Kouga lifted his cheery face, his two fangs hanging out adorably.
"I done good, Chichiue?"
"Hai, you did good. Wonderful! Your mother'll be proud!!"
Kouga laughed with a goofy smile on his face.
"You can hunt so well, like me," he teased. Kouga frowned a moment as his father walked towards him. Kouga lifted his small arms up waving them wildly.
"Up!" he yelled hopping lightly on his feet. "Up up!"
Hakutou chuckled as he scooped his son into his arms and threw him over his shoulders. Kouga easily escaped the obvious trick and grabbed his father's neck before swinging his legs over them, placing himself on his shoulder.
"Chichiue, I no scream that time!" he said proudly. "Kouga not scared like Haha!"
"Hai, you're Hahaue gets scared when I do that," he lowered his voice to a whisper, "so don't tell her I did it!"
"Okay!" Kouga whispered back loudly. "Kouga promes... pro... promise... promise-eses not to tell!"
"Good boy!"
Kouga smiled again, glad his father was proud of him. Suddenly he heard a low howl. His head spun from side to side. He frowned and dropped his head onto his fathers.
"Chi... Kouga want to go see Haue... Kouga want to make her feeling better. Can we go see and make feel better?"
Hakutou chuckled again. "Hai, hai."
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A/N: SHORT, I know... but it'll get better! (and longer!) ^.~
Chapter Two
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Hakutou cracked his eyes open in the moonlit night. He looked down and heard the reassuring sounds of his mate's breathing. Two weeks had passed since Kouga's dramatic birth. She had survived, like he'd told her, but she was now a cripple. She couldn't walk. She was defenseless.
He heard her chuckle.
"Stop staring at me, you're making me nervous..." she whispered sliding her head from his shoulder. She cradled the child in her arms.
"Oh look," her voice was barely audible, its strength lost. "He's already growing the fur." She gently grabbed his small wrist. "Guess that's what happens... when they come out late." She laughed again softly. "He'll be strong when he grows up."
"Stop talking like that!"
She turned to Hakutou, tears edging his eyes. "You talk like you're about to die! You're not! You survived!"
"But I can't use my legs... this is our only pup, our only child, our heir! He has to survive! Mother told me I wouldn't be able to give you an heir, she warned me! I proved her wrong, but right at the same time! She said I would die giving birth to a child... she was-"
"Wrong," he blurted out, wrapping his arms around her neck. "She was wrong! You will live!!"
*
Two, small, ice blue eyes watched the young fawn walking by. He couldn't catch an adult, he'd get hurt doing that! His small, brown tail swished behind him in anticipation and excitement. He crouched back a moment before leaping forward. The fawn cried out in distress as the demon landed on him, sinking his tiny fangs into its neck, paralyzing it.
"Good job, Kouga!"
A man arose from the forest, clapping. Hakutou chuckled when Kouga lifted his cheery face, his two fangs hanging out adorably.
"I done good, Chichiue?"
"Hai, you did good. Wonderful! Your mother'll be proud!!"
Kouga laughed with a goofy smile on his face.
"You can hunt so well, like me," he teased. Kouga frowned a moment as his father walked towards him. Kouga lifted his small arms up waving them wildly.
"Up!" he yelled hopping lightly on his feet. "Up up!"
Hakutou chuckled as he scooped his son into his arms and threw him over his shoulders. Kouga easily escaped the obvious trick and grabbed his father's neck before swinging his legs over them, placing himself on his shoulder.
"Chichiue, I no scream that time!" he said proudly. "Kouga not scared like Haha!"
"Hai, you're Hahaue gets scared when I do that," he lowered his voice to a whisper, "so don't tell her I did it!"
"Okay!" Kouga whispered back loudly. "Kouga promes... pro... promise... promise-eses not to tell!"
"Good boy!"
Kouga smiled again, glad his father was proud of him. Suddenly he heard a low howl. His head spun from side to side. He frowned and dropped his head onto his fathers.
"Chi... Kouga want to go see Haue... Kouga want to make her feeling better. Can we go see and make feel better?"
Hakutou chuckled again. "Hai, hai."
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A/N: SHORT, I know... but it'll get better! (and longer!) ^.~