Zypher: And hello everyone. Welcome to the next chapter of Darkwolf. I have been putting a lot of stories off but I think I have put this one off the longest and I know you all have been waiting for an update for quite a while. I thank you all for reviewing and I hope you will enjoy this chapter.

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Darkwolf

Chapter 8

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When she heard a knock at the door, Diamond placed her book down and went downstairs to see who is was coming this late at night. When she opened the door, she was in for a surprise. "Oh Bakura, what brings you here?" she asked before spotting another form in his arms and seeing the silver-white in his fur, she knew who it was.

"So, Ryou finally told you he loves you?" she questioned and he nodded. /"Luckily I caught him wandering outside in the park tonight. He almost got himself caught by Dartz and if I wasn't there to save him, he would've been taken to Pegasus and I don't even want to go what could've happened to him."/ Bakura said with a low snarl.

She nodded and let him inside. "Are you planning on staying or are you heading home?" She asked once more as she led him up to Ryou's room. /"I'm staying. Knowing that low down Dartz, he might have stuck around to see if I left Ryou alone and by now, he might go and tell Pegasus that he's a Shadow Beast and I'm not leaving you both vulnerable to an attack from him. Crimson will kill me if I let you get hurt when I could've been around to help."/ he explained and she nodded.

"Well, here's his room, place him in bed and I'll bring an extra blanket for you if you need one." Bakura nodded and opened the door quietly walking inside and placed Ryou on the bed. He sat down on the floor next to his bed, running a claw through his fur. 'I never thought I would feel so happy now that you are by my side. Chances are I would never be this satisfied with just any supernatural beast. I'm glad to have found you.' he thought and looked up when he heard Diamond come back in with a thick comforter. She handed it to him and bid him a good night before leaving. He lied the comforter down on the floor and rested himself on it, looking up to Ryou once more before falling asleep.

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Pegasus was walking around, trying to find Ryou's scent. Dartz came back not too long ago, informing him that Ryou was an innocent human that he was going to bring to him so he can have a bearer but because of Bakura's interference, he wasn't able to. But he was rewarded with even better news, since he didn't truly left the site, he was able to witness Ryou becoming a Shadow Beast and Pegasus knew that Shadow Beasts can be just as strong as werewolves and wanted the boy for himself.

Finally catching onto the scent Dartz told him was around the boy, he followed it back to his home and tried to find a way how he could sneak in without alerting anyone. 'There has to be an open window somewhere.' he thought as he tried each window. Once he found one that was opened slightly, he forced it the rest of the way open and slipped inside.

He followed the scent up to Ryou's room and opened the door quietly. 'Finally, I'll at least have some strong pups to raise and those hunters won't be able to kill them off so easily like before.' he thought as he started for Ryou but blinded with getting Ryou and having strong pups, didn't see that Bakura was there as well and he was awake, snarling.

He stood up and glared down at the wolf. /"What are you doing here?"/ he demanded.

/"To get the boy, what else. Now hand him over."/

Bakura only gave a barking laugh. /"And what makes you think I'll just hand over my mate like that? You have some nerve showing your face here."/

Pegasus growled as he became a more humanoid form of his werewolf transformation so he can try standing up to Bakura. /"I'm not leaving without him. It's only so rare that I would find a submissive Shadow Beast and I know that Shadow Beasts are strong, even as pups, and to have a litter of half shadow beasts pups will keep them alive and be able to defend themselves from any hunter."/ Pegasus said.

Bakura growled and attacked him, throwing him down to the ground and clawed at his chest. /"You will not take him from me! He is mine and I will never let you come near him!"/ Bakura snarled and Pegasus did his best to try and throw him off and slashed him across his face, making him howl in pain and back off. Pegasus tried to go after Ryou while he out of the way but didn't get far for Bakura threw him out the way once more and snarled, blood dripping down his face and matted his black fur down.

/"Stay away."/ he growled, looking back to him to make sure he didn't wake up from all the noise.

He only shifted lightly and whimpered softly like a newborn pup and he smiled softly before becoming wary of Pegasus. He stood up once more and prepared to lunge at him again but before he could make an attack, Bakura lunged for him and grabbed him by his neck.

He started to crush his windpipe and he yelped, trying to get away. /"I will let you go if you leave now and never come back at all. I would rather kill you but I rather leave that for Aqua since you did try to go after his mate in the first place."/ Bakura hissed.

/"Fine! Fine! Just release me now!"/ He cried and Bakura let him go. /"Now leave and never return or else I'll make sure your remains are left for the crows."/ he snarled, fur bristling and Pegasus left quickly, promising to himself to never try to go after Ryou again, fearing for his life. 'Better stick with the other child. I shouldn't have underestimated Bakura's strength.' Pegasus thought as he ran through the city, not minding the burning pain from the claw marks on his chest.

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Yami yawned from his post and looked to Aqua. /"Hey, Aqua, do you think there some good mortals out there that we can have for a midnight snack? I'm starting to feel really tired and something to keep me full should keep me awake for a while since I know you'll sleep like a rock so it's best not to try taking shifts so we can get some rest."/ Yami said.

Aqua pouted before nodding. /"Sure I'll look for something. Just stay awake long enough and I'll get back as quick as I can. If something filling doesn't keep you awake, I'll let you sleep and I'll keep an eye on Yugi for the rest of the night."/ Aqua said. He nodded and Aqua soon left out and went to look for someone for a meal.

Yami sighed and lied down on the floor. 'All I need to do is stay up long enough until Aqua finds a meal. He's a swift hunter.' he thought as he watched the window to make sure no one was trying to slip inside. His eyelids were starting to droop and he yawned again.

'There's no harm in taking a short nap. Aqua will wake me up when he gets back and I'll still be alert for any intruders.' he thought as he lied his head down on his crossed paws and fell asleep quite quickly.

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Pegasus was traveling the streets still, thinking about how he could find the boy. 'Aqua has to still be around here if his friends are still hanging around. But where, where would he and the boy be?' he thought. He soon came across the Game Shop and sniffed around, catching the scent of Yami and another that wasn't Aqua. 'And I think I just found him.' he thought with a smirk.

He looked for an open window and saw one the led to Yugi's bedroom and climbed up the quickly. He saw Yami asleep and smirked. 'I couldn't have a better chance than this. Aqua's gone and Yami's asleep, leaving the boy unprotected.' he thought as he slipped inside and stayed quiet as he made his way over to Yugi.

He sniffed him and also smelled out the scent of his pups. He growled lightly. 'Those will have to go.' he thought as he was about to pick up Yugi and leave. He didn't far as leaving out the window when Aqua came back with a man in his jaws and growled, dropping his load.

/"Pegasus, I suggest you let him down right now or I'll tear you a new breathing hole."/ he snarled as he jumped down from the window. He growled. /"Never. I lost one that I could've gotten today and I won't lose him. I am so close to getting what I want and I'm not letting you ruin that for me."/ Pegasus snarled. Aqua bared his teeth in a snarl and stepped up to him, becoming human. "Let him go or else I will emasculate you personally." Aqua hissed. Pegasus growled once more placed Yugi down on his bed.

/"Fine, how about this, we battle and whoever wins gets the boy."/ he suggested. "I'm not making Yugi a prize but to show you that you will never get him, I accept." Pegasus grinned.

/"Good. Since I don't want to wake Yami and have him interfere, we'll do the battle outside."/ he said as he walked over to the window. "Whatever." he said, pushing him out and jumped out the window as well.

He landed and watched as Pegasus got up off the ground. /"Good for nothing mongrel. I'll tear you to shreds!"/ Pegasus snarled. Aqua became his own werewolf form and snorted. /"Let's just see."/ he growled before they both charged into battle.

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Jou believed that his wounds were healed enough and got up, walking over to Kaiser and woke him up as well. "Come on, its best we head home now. I think that Seto and Ruby have more important things to worry about than us." Jou whispered. He sighed and nodded as he got up.

"Are you sure we should leave? We might worry them and make them think that someone took us while their sleeping." Kaiser murmured. "I don't really think they will even worry about us. They did enough for us and we should be getting back home." Jou said.

Kaiser nodded and they soon left out the warehouse. Seto woke up and looked around. He looked to where Jou and Kaiser were supposed to be and seeing them not there made him wonder and started to worry. He really didn't want anything else to happen to Jou and he knew Ruby doesn't want to same happening to Kaiser.

'Maybe they're the ones we're looking for but of course, we will have to tell them so before we have to leave after getting rid of Pegasus.' he thought as he stood up and left out the warehouse, spreading his wings and flying off, hoping to find Jou and Kaiser.

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Pegasus fell to the ground, bloodied and weak. Aqua was looking fine and panting slightly. /"You lose. Now get before I finish the job. You're lucky I don't feel like finishing you off right now because I rather make sure our pups are born before I come after you."/ Pegasus stood up and wobbled slightly.

/"That's if I don't get to him before he does. He may have a few weeks to wait before the pups are born but soon, just like tonight, I will get him and take care of those pups and have my own within him. You were lucky you even got back on time before I could leave with him but if you make a slip up like this again, you can trust that I will have him."/ Pegasus hissed before limping off.

Aqua growled before climbing back into the window and woke Yami up. He looked around before sitting up quickly. /"Holy...I fell asleep didn't I? Yugi didn't get taken did he?"/ he asked frantically, looking back to the bed and sighed in relief to see him still there.

/"No but he was almost taken by Pegasus but I got back in time to stop him. But we can't have this happen again, knowing how slick he is."/ Aqua murmured. Yami looked down. /"It was my fault, I couldn't stay up long enough to make sure he wasn't taken."/ he whispered.

/"Don't blame yourself. Like you said, you were tired and couldn't help but fall asleep. Pegasus is just sneaky like that so he would've snuck past you quietly enough to not even wake you up since you are a light sleeper."/ he spoke. Yami nodded and looked back to him. /"I think it may be time we head somewhere else. Is Keara still around?"/

Aqua looked back to him. /"I don't know but since Pegasus is still roaming around here in the city, she'll arrive soon but for now, its best we get somewhere else. I know of a place that right outside of Domino that Pegasus wouldn't think about checking. Why don't you go and tell the others if you can find them where we're heading and ask them to continue to keep an eye on Pegasus until she gets here."/ Aqua said and he nodded.

/"Let's eat first and then we can leave."/ he said and Yami nodded as they started to feast on the man he brought back before leaving out, Aqua taking Yugi with him to the secluded area outside of Domino and Yami going to look for Bakura, Crimson, Seto or Ruby.

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Yugi woke up when they were getting close to the edge of town. He looked up to Aqua curiously. /"Aqua, where are we going?"/ he asked. /"We're leaving the city for a while. Pegasus was close to taking you tonight and I don't want to risk the chance of losing you again."/ he replied and he nodded.

/"Are you sure Pegasus won't find us outside of Domino?"/ Yugi asked again. /"I'm sure of it. He won't realize we're gone unless he tries to come back to the shop to try again with capturing you but he won't get far since the others will stay around until a friend of ours makes her way here. It shouldn't be too long but we'll stay hidden until the pups are born."/ Aqua said as they reached the end of Domino and he headed into a nearby forest.

He soon reached a secluded area of the forest with a small river passing through and let Yugi down. /"Now, get some more rest. I'll head somewhere tomorrow morning to get something to last us for a few weeks, eight at the most until the pups are born and we'll head back so we can take care of Pegasus for good and we can live our lives peacefully."/ Aqua said and he nodded as he lied down on the forest floor and looked over to him. He smiled and moved to lie down beside him and Yugi cuddled up next to him, falling back into slumber peacefully.

He watched him quietly before giving him a gentle lick on his muzzle before going to sleep as well.

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Zypher: And that's all for now. Hoped you enjoyed this chapter a lot and will leave a nice review. See you all soon.