Caught Off Guard

Ch.5

New Arrivals

Lupe- Here's the next chapter as promised to you all. I hope you enjoy it! Please review!

Kouga jumped up leaving the warmth and getting a blast of cold air as he ran from the small den. A good portion of the pack had returned to the den they stood in a semicircle facing there leader. Ginta and Hakkaku stood behind two young demons that were tied at their ankles and wrists. They were on their knees with there chests pinned to their legs. Both heads down but something stuck out more than anything else about the two; they both wore the same furs that Tala had been wearing when she was first found.

Ginta and Hakkaku walked over to their rather confused leader. "What's going on here?" Kouga asked looking at the two strange demons on the floor.

"One of our night guards caught them prowling around not far from the den and had us come get um," Hakkaku stated, "Put up one heck of a fight too." Ginta laughed along with a few other pack members. "Since they refuse to tell us what they were doing we thought you'd like to handle it," Hakkaku finished smirking. The crowd laughed again, they could only imagine what their leader would do to the trouble-makers.

Kouga nodded and walked in front of the newcomers. They stared at his feet as if to burn holes through them. Then the whole pack fell silent. Kouga sat cross-legged before them and waited. Kouga was just about to begin questioning the two when finally the red-headed demon on his right lifted his head staring him straight in the eyes. The demon had startling emerald green eyes that were laced with hatred. His eyes showed no kindness at all but held the same hatred that Tala's eyes had the first time he saw her. His hair was tied back at the base of his neck while two strands were left free to frame his slender face. His skin was evenly tanned from constant time in the sun, but a single white scar ran from his left eyebrow straight down to his jaw.

Kouga locked his icy blue orbs with the bone chilling green ones, "What is it you want here?" The red head merely smirked lowering his head once more. Kouga stared at his head determined to get an answer out of one of the two, "Well?" He heard one of them snicker.

"I am not authorized to give you that information," the red-head said softly almost a whisper. His voice was cold, like he was enjoying watching a small animal squirm as it died, just hearing it once gave Kouga chills. Kouga growled ready to slap the incompetent demon. Much of Kouga's pack watched as the newcomer seemed to sign his own death wish and whispered excitedly about what their leader might do. Ginta and Hakkaku started yelling at the two.

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO?" Hakkaku yelled. The red head looked up and shook his head smirking.

"As a matter of fact I don't," he said using an even colder tone. Hakkaku's eyes went wide and his mouth went agape. Now Ginta decided to speak.

"YOU FOOL! YOU'RE TALKING TO THE LEADER OF THE EASTERN WOLF TRIBE! YOU SHOULD LEARN YOUR PLACE YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO SPEAK TO HIM LIKE THAT!" Ginta yelled his face turning an interesting shade of magenta. The red head grunted and rolled his eyes. Then he locked them with Hakkaku's. Hakkaku yelped like a snake had just bit him and ran to the back wall, behind the rest of the pack. Ginta watched in horror as the redhead now turned to him. He too ran to the back wall and cowered beside his comrade.

The red head let out a victorious, "HA!" and re-lowered his head. The other demon had sandy blonde hair and had remained quiet till this point, looked up with large hazel eyes.

"By any chance have you seen a girl with raven hair and was wearing black fire rat fur and red tinted armor? She seems to have passed through this area," the sandy blonde's eyes were much different than that of his pack mate's. His eyes were large and friendly looking. His hair was a sandy blonde that was neatly cut except a section starting at the top of his forehead and went down to his jaw, framing the right side of his face. He was a picture of pure innocence. Although he looked roughly 18 in human years he wore the look of a young child who just did something really great.

Kouga nodded and cocked an eyebrow," What's your name?" The blonde gave a large toothy grin.

"My name's Makaio and this here is Kuri," Makaio gestured to the growling redhead. Kuri gave a "Humph" and rolled his eyes. Kouga smirked.

"Well Makaio, I'm Kouga. You said you're looking for a girl wearing fire rat fur?" Kouga questioned. Makaio nodded and gave another grin. "So by any chance is her name Tala?" Kouga looked at the blonde's childish face, it was lighted up like a Christmas tree. Makaio's jaw had dropped and his eyes went wide. He raised his head so far up you could see the muscles in his neck as he nodded at a rapid pace.

"Yes, yes, yes! Tala is our pack leader!" Makaio said quickly as he nodded, "Ya hear that Kuri? They've seen Tala!" Kuri shrugged and gave another "Humph". Kouga smiled at Makaio's bubbly personality. Well, at least I know she has someone looking for her. He thought. Ginta came over and tapped Kouga on the shoulder.

"Hey, uh, Kouga?" Ginta asked. Kouga turned. "Can me and Hakkaku talk to you for a second?" Kouga nodded. "Over there?" Ginta asked again indicating a spot away from the rest of the pack. Kouga shrugged.

"Sure I don't see why not," Kouga said walking over to the corner, "Now tell me what's going on." Ginta and Hakkaku looked at each other.

"Well, uh, you see…," Ginta started slowly. Then Hakkaku cut in.

"Can you not see there's something not right with those two?" Hakkaku asked his voice tense. Kouga shrugged and looked back at where Makaio and Kuri were. Makaio looked like he was doing his best to dance around while still bound by the ropes and Kuri was bright red, now matching his hair, with embarrassment. Kouga stifled a laugh.

"I know they seem a little weird but they are looking for Tala, right? This is kinda what we've been hoping for, to find someone who maybe can tell us what happened to her." Kouga said crossing his arms. Ginta and Hakkaku looked uneasily at the ground and nodded. "Tell ya what, I won't tell them anymore about Tala until I hear from her what happened, ok?" Ginta nodded the worry fading from his features. Kouga turned and walked back over to the pack, where Makaio was attempting to whistle, making the pack nearly burst with laughter.

Later that night most of the pack had gone to do there various duties and Kouga had returned to his den. Kouga had told two random pack members to simply keep an eye on the two and make sure they didn't try to run and ordered their ankles and wrists untied. So there they lay on a simple pallet of brown fur assumed to be sound asleep by the two guards that stood beside them.

My weird reason for this is at the bottom of the page. (Two quotes are Makaio and one is Kuri, ok? Ok.)

"Well that Kouga's not to bright now is he?"

'Apparently not he was completely fooled by your "happy little child" stunt'

"Let's just hope he doesn't get in the way of our plans."

'He shouldn't be a problem. Just look what happened to Tala.'

Lupe- Well there ya are one new chappie. Please review. : happy dance:

Reason- Ok the whole thing with Kuri and Makaio is a telepathy thing, ok. Let me explain, some people believe wolf demon's are born in litters right? Well I'm one of those people. Put it this way Kuri, Makaio and another character not yet introduced are brothers. So basically like some people believe twins can communicate with telepathy that's exactly what's going on here, ok? Well thanks for listening to a poor authors ramblings. : hands out plushies to reviewers: Bye!