Talas slowly and cautiously eased open the door that separated his and his companions' section of the cabin to that of the others. Kai and his team had long since gone to bed; the coast was clear. He led the others out into the living room and across the cold wooden floor towards the door before opening the door to the outside. The wind whipped over his body sending chills up his spine and he could here Bryan's low growl of annoyance. Hugging his arms closely to his bare body Tala stepped aside allowing the others to leave the cabin before closing the door quietly behind them.

Tala sat on his haunches staring up at the moon before he felt Bryan nudge his shoulder lightly. Turning around he noticed Ian and Spencer, the younger of the two was obviously eager for him to lead the way. Tala sighed as his stomach growled; maybe they should learn to cook. However he was soon flying over the snow covered valley heading for the shelter of the trees and soon they were blurring past him. He loved it, the thrill of the speeds he could reach and the knowledge that out of all of them he was the fastest.

……….

Dawn was upon them, the light slowly falling over the valley as the orange burning orb of light people referred to as the sun rose up over the rim of one of the surrounding mountains. Tala snarled as they reached the back corner of the cabin, they had stayed out far to late now there was a greater chance that the others would be up already. Tala ran his hands quickly up and down his bare arms as Spencer managed to open the window to his and Ian's room; now they had to resort to climbing through windows.

Once in Tala headed straight to the bathroom closing the door behind him before stepping into the shower and the welcoming warmth of the water as it washed away the blood of last night. He turned the water off at the sound of someone knocking on the bathroom door and grabbed a towel as Bryan stuck his head around the door.

"What?" Tala asked staring at Bryan as he wrapped the towel around his waist. But Bryan just turned and headed into their bedroom; he followed.
"Have you decided on what we're going to do about Kai?" Bryan asked, sitting on the bed. Tala sighed slighting as he dug through his bag for some clothes.
"There's not much we can do; not while his other team is here,"he replied, looking over his shoulder at Bryan.

Bryan shrugged, "you could still talk to him so he'll at least realize you want him to come back with you," he stated getting up from the bed and heading for the vacant bathroom; he still smelled of death.
"Do you want him back?"
"You do, so we do, that's the way it goes," Bryan told him plainly.
"But do you…or am I risking to much of our safety just being here?" Tala insisted.

Bryan stoped, sighed and turned around to face his leader, "I want to be able to go back to the way we were before all this beyblading bullshit, when we had at least some freedom … and that includes you having Kai back… though I'm not saying I'm not going to miss it just being just the four of us. He's gone out into the woods if you want to know," Bryan finally added before disappearing into the bathroom.

……….

Tala walked along through the shade and cover of the trees as he followed his prey further down into the valley. He could feel the snow beginning to thin beneath him but he still continued to follow. SNAP. Tala quickly darted behind one of the larger trees just in time to miss Kai spotting him, he cursed at himself silently in his mind for not being more careful. He peered around the tree, Kai had continued along a small deer trail further down the valley.

…Tala's POV…

I begin to take off my clothes; I should really just go back to the cabin and maybe actually talk to him when he got back instead of trailing him. However some part of me just wants to observe him, to see after all this time what has changed and what hasn't and the only way to do so now is by transforming; the snows to thin for careless human feet. I fold up my clothes and place them by the tree trunk so I remember to get them on my way back before scanning the area for Kai.

I trot off silently down the deer trail my keen senses picking up Kai's unique sent on the breeze as it drifts in through the trees. I watch as Kai stops at the stream that runs through the valley to become a small lake towards a gap in the mountains. I slowly sneak in and out of the tree cover slowly making my way over to Kai. I want to be able to view him, smell him with my heightened senses…shit!

…Normal POV…

Kai spun around at the sound of a twig snapping and gasped as he stared into the ice blue eyes of the wolf that stood before him; it was the wolf from his dreams. He shook his head slightly but the wolf still remained, its golden-bronze fur gleaming in the sunlight that filtered in through the snow covered trees. Kai held its gaze as he slowly walked closer; he was beautiful. However, he only managed to get a meter away before it slowly backed away further into the forest. Kai sighed but shrugged off the feeling of dejection, it was a wolf, and wolves never got on to well with humans.

He headed back up along the deer trail towards the cabin and every so often he caught a flash of golden-bronze out of the corner of his eye and when he turned there it was staring at him from deep within the trees. Kai raised an eyebrow, unusual behaviour for a wolf, he kept walking wondering if it really was the wolf from his dreams, 'if so where was its pack?' Kai thought clearly remembering the three other wolfs.