A/N- Thinking

"Speaking"

'Wolf Speak' – Humans can't understand this!

Kai… But why's he sticking up for me?

But Tala thought nothing more about it, walking into his room, and shutting the door, quietly. The cub was still in the bed, just now lying on his stomach, rather than his side, staring at him with the hazel eyes. He walked up to the bed and grabbed the first aid kit he'd bought. The wolf glanced nervously between Tala and the kit, unsure what was happening. Tala perched himself on the edge of the bed, and stroked the wolf's nose.

"You," Tala said to the wolf. "Need a wash, because you stink."

The wolf glared at him then whined.

'You're not my mother.'

"Heh, don't care. I'm not having you stink up Kai and mine's room."

He froze at his words.

Kai and mine. It sounds like…Kai's mine…

"It's just stupid, Kai!" Tala heard Ian scream. "That wolf'll grow up and eat us like red riding hood's grandma! Then he'll nick all our food and give it to his wolfy friends! We'll die!"

"Stop being so melodramatic, Shrimp!" Kai replied. Tala actually had to strain his ears to hear what he said. "If we die, I'll kick Tala's ass into hell and pay Satan to carry on kicking his wolfy ass."

Tala snickered.

"What would the devil want with money?" Ian asked, but no answer, meaning Kai had walked away… or so Tala thought.

The door opened and Kai walked in. He ripped off his scarf, putting it on his dresser, then lay on his bed, face looking up at the ceiling with closed eyes and arms behind his head. Tala managed to control his eyes (They were straying all over Kai's body) and pulled back the covers on his own bed. He scooped the little cub into his arms and walked off to the bathroom, shutting the door behind him. He slid down it and sighed, trying to compose himself. He managed. Just.

The deposited the cub into the bathtub, helping it into a sitting position, and unhooked the shower (A/N- it's one of those that you hook onto a…hook… and it's connected by a long pipe. Damn my english skills), tampering with the temperature to make sure it wasn't too hot or cold. The wolf stared on with curious eyes, head slightly cocked and one ear flopping down over itself. Tala laughed.

"Stop being so damn cute." He said, with a smirk, and the wolf made a happy whining sound.

'I can't help it. I was born this way.'

Tala didn't understand her, but knew vaguely what she could mean. It was a happy whining sound, so she wasn't upset by his words, meaning they were getting on, in a way. He kneeled by the side of the bathtub and brought the showerhead over to her. She turned her eyes onto the strange object that was shooting out lukewarm water and swiped it with her paw. Droplets of water splattered onto Tala, and he laughed. What made him laugh even more was the fact that she started to drink the water.

"Hey! It's not for drinking, you little rascal!"

The wolf gave a yap. Tala smirked and moved the shower head over the cubs back and let the water cascade over it's thin fur. The water that went down the drain was a slight pinky colour, meaning the dried blood was coming off. He massaged her back, in an attempt to remove it faster and smiled as the wolf closed it's eyes, apparently enjoying it. Her fur became a pure white.

Obviously a young cub. Her fur isn't grey like normal wolves.

A thought then struck Tala.

What if she has a family somewhere, or a pack? Wolves usually live in large packs and look out for each other, so she must have one.

Then he shook his head.

Nah. If she had a pack, they would've picked her up and taken her away from the hunters. Plus her mother wouldn't have been left with the cub alone; the father would have been there.

A whine shook him from his thoughts. He looked down. The cub was looking up at him with big hazel eyes, full of concern.

"Hey. Don't worry 'bout me. I'm just thinking about stuff." He told her with a smile. "What am I gonna call you then?"

'Why the hell should I tell you, you wouldn't understand me!'

"I can't call you that." He joked and the cub cocked her head to one side. "Ok ok! I'm thinking."

The cub rolled her eyes and Tala raised an eyebrow at her, giving her a humorous look. He chuckled and hung the showerhead back up on the hook and turned it off. The cub shook herself, showering Tala with excess water.

"H-hey! I don't need a shower! I had one about 2 hours ago!" He exclaimed and the cub gave a happy yap. He shook his head and grabbed a towel, wrapping her in it and scooping her up again. He walked back into the bedroom, to find Kai still lying on his bed in the same position, but with his eyes open and following Tala across the room.

"So which one had the shower?" He asked and Tala stuck his tongue out at him, forcing him to smirk. "Just as long as you didn't go all wolfy and lick him clean, I'm fine."

"Ew, Kai! That's gross." Tala grimaced and then something dawned on him. "Damn, left the cream in the bag." He placed the wolf on the bed. "You stay here."

He left swiftly. Kai closed his eyes again and began to relax, until he felt his bed go down slightly suddenly. His muscles tensed automatically and he opened his eyes, to find the little wolf creeping up to him from the bottom of his bed.

"What?" He asked.

'Hello to you, too, mister.' She sat by Kai's stomach.

"There's no point whining at me. I can't understand you."

'Oh joy. I've just learnt something for the day.' She rolled her eyes and Kai raised an eyebrow.

"You know what? You are just like Tala." The cub cocked her head. "Well, you roll your eyes, you're sneaky and if you could talk, I bet you'd be sarcastic all the time."

'I can talk, gravel brains. It's just you humans are too stupid to understand.'

"You better not be disturbing Kai, cub." Said Tala, appearing in the room carrying a white tub in his hand. He walked over to Kai's bed and Picked up the tiny cub, smiling apologetically at Kai, who smirked back. He brought her over to his bed and sat cross-legged in the middle (A/N- it's a double bed, so's Kai's) and placed the cub in his lap. He opened the tub of cream and parted the fur of the cub's back, applying it on the small wound. It was a kind of scratch mark; obviously from those birds. "So what ya been doing today, Kai?"

"Nothing." Came the curt reply.

Tala sighed. Yep. Still the same Kai. I was wondering why he didn't disappear this morning, but I guess he got bored of training.

Oh, how he was wrong…