A few days had pasted since Taro had hunted down his first meal, all on his own. By now Taro had caught many different kinds of animals from larger rabbits to deer. He was becoming more skilled, and was always happy to share his game to his friends.

And of course, everyone was proud... except one jealous wolf of the pack, a wolf named Boss. Boss was another strange-kind of wolf like the others, his fur was mostly tan but he had a black mussle and a black tail. Boss would often be found laying down under the shade of a huge rock in Crystal Haven, the name of the mountain's small clearing. While laying down there, he often starred at Taro... quietly glowing at him, but not loud enough for anyone to hear him.

Boss despised Taro, because a long time ago... when Boss was friends with Roberto the Crystal Haven king, Roberto promised Boss that he'll one day be the new king. But Roberto made that promise before he had met Kana, and later had a few puppies togather.. and eventally decided that Taro was fit enough to be the future king. Boss was shocked and outragged, that he grew coldly and fierce at Robeto, Kana, Taro and most of the other wolves in pack. That only caused Roberto to treat Boss coldly toward him too, treating Boss the way he's treating the others. However Boss was never banished from the pack.

Boss had planned ahead through, he was secertly a leader in another pack. So just in case he was banished from this pack, the main one he was in, he would have another pack to go to. He coutiued to lay there, his mind deep in thought. He looked up and saw Taro rough-playing with the others again. "Child's play, Taro is growing older almost everyday... he should be studying how to keep things in order, in his soon-to-be territory. I had studied long and hard.. but it never came to good use, when Taro was born."

Robeto was keeping a steady eye on the members of the pack, he watched the west and east while Kana watched the north and south. Roberto noticed Boss, laying down in the shade, in the same usual spot he layed everyday. Boss, even through was slightly being treated as grass, was still a guard of the pack, patroling the mountain heights for anything. Roberto looked a a mountain's edge, eyeing the wolfs who patroled. "Boss should be up there..." Roberto thought to himself. He gotten up and walked toward Boss.

Boss noticed Roberto coming toward him. "What now?" he growled angrily at Roberto. "Save your barks when you need it." Roberto replied, coldly to him as usual. "Why arn't you helping our wolf patrol in the mountains? I gave that job to you since you first joined your pack, and ever since I've annouced my son, Taro's royality, you've been laying there lazily."

"This is your first time to notice that?" Boss asked, he turned his head away from Roberto. "I've noticed many times, but thought that you need rest, alot of rest to make it alot of years' worth. I do believe you've fully recovered by anything by now." Roberto replied. "Hah, as if I'd care about a patrol team." Boss said, chuckling. "What?" Roberto asked.

"You've angered me alot of times, espically our pack, the queen and my children. And now you're quitting the patrol?" "Yes." Boss replied. "But why?" Roberto asked. "Why are you quitting the patrol? Also, why having you been acting detestive to the others?"

Boss slowly gotten up, his face looked buring mad again. "If you want to know so much, then I'll tell you. You promised me that I would be the next future king, but until Taro was born you forgot about our deal. I was so angry that I ended up acting coldly to the others, then you started to treat me like crap. DO YOU SEE WHY I'M ANGRY NOW! I HATE YOU AND YOUR SON!" Boss yelled, as the mountain echoed his voice for awhile. The rest of the pack heard him and turned their heads to Roberto and Boss.

Several wolves gasped, espically Roberto. He couldn't believe what Boss said, but he believed it. "Go." Roberto sternly said. "This is the last straw that I let you speak like that, you are banished from Crystal Haven." Boss walked his way to one of the few exists. "I don't care, I will go... can't stand this place." Boss said to himself as he walked out, still filled with much anger. The pack watched on as he walked off, Roberto and Taro couldn't keep their eyes off of him. Roberto sighed and walked back to the clearing's center. Taro was still surprised after what he heard Boss said. "He hated me, just because I'm going to be the future king?"

Roberto sat next to Kana and sat down, Roberto was still looking out rated. "Roberto?" Kana asked worried. "...I can't believe what Boss said, hating our pack.. just because, I decided for Taro to become king." "Was there a reason why you and Boss made that deal?" Kana asked, Roberto had never told her about the past of him and Boss before. "No... Boss was my friend, and suggested it... I guess I kinda agreed." Roberto sighed, laying down sulking.

Boss was still walking out of the mountains, returning to a forest where his other pack resides waiting for him. Unlike Roberto, Boss had not calmed down. The whole scene was still spinning around his head, the more he thought of it.. the more outragged he became. And finally, he snapped it. Stopping in his tracks, he thought again. "...I must get revenge... my pack is strong enough... Roberto... Taro... I SHALL BE THE NEW KING!" Boss runs off, faster as he heads toward his forest.

Night soon fell, and since the wolves have been awake at daytime mostly, they've all been tired for awhile. Many of the wolves were sleeping, except half of the patrol wolves. Taro was sleeping in his usual bloody, patch of grass.. from all the meat he's been eatting there. Roberto and Kana were fast asleep aswell. Maxwell and Pashmina was awake, watching over sweet Penelope. Oxnard asleep, dreaming of tasty meat and Snoozer was strangly awake. Taro wasn't completely fast asleep through, his ears twitched as he listened with his eyes closed. It was a safe night, or so it seemed.

Above them, hidden in an unguarded mountain cliff was Boss, and his pack of black wolves and timber wolves. All watching everyone below. Half of the black wolves were quietly growling and were ready to pounce, they haven't ate in awhile.. and were longing for fresh meat. The timber wolves however were patient, waiting for their pack leader's commands. "At last..." Boss said, smiling sinisterly. "They are completely unaware of us." "Master, when can we spring into action? I'm starving!" one black wolf asked. "...Soon." Boss said, he waited for the right moment. "...Kill them, now."

The black wolves and timber wolves barked loudly and rushing down the not-so-steep hills they started to attack. The Crystal Haven wolves were startled, and knew what they were outnumbered.. as there was more than fifty of them, but they had no choice but to fight back. The howlers and screams quickly woke up most of the wolves who decided to help. Unforuntly, the timber wolves and black wolves were stronger... Boss sat at the top, watching them. His face stayed emotionless as his pack kicked, biten and even scratched the other pack, alot of the wolves quickly died.. even the black and timber wolves. Boss was espically pleased when he saw a timber wolf bite into a young puppy's arm and ripped it off.

Taro, Kana, Roberto and Taro's friends countiued to fight, even through they were sadden by the sight of their dying pack. Even the timber wolves and and black wolves, they felt sorry for when they died. While biting and kicking back the attackers, Roberto and Taro noticed a wolf high in the cliffs starring at them. And suddenly, they knew the cause of the attack. "BOSS!" Roberto shouted as him. Roberto dodged most of the wolves and ran up the mountain, Taro responded by following him.

Rushing up the slippery rocks to the top, Roberto slipped alot. But he didn't care, he was too outragged to think about slipping off. As he pushed himself up, Boss started at him. The rocks were a little too hard to climb and too slippery for Taro, it was going to take awhile for him. The rest of the rivalry wolves were too busy to fight to help tjeir master, besides... they knew he didn't need any help.

Roberto slowly walked up to Boss, but still a little farther away from him. Their eyes were both locked on eachother. Taro couldn't help but stop his struggling to climb to watch his father and Boss. "...We meet again, Roberto." Boss said. "Boss, is this your doing? Sending a large pack of wolves at us?" Roberto snapped at him. "Yes, I was secerly part of two packs, yours and my very own." Boss snickered as he gotten up from his sitting postion. Roberto had a disgusted face, it was true... Boss had planned this all along, just because Roberto didn't kept his promise. "...I can't believe you're that selfish, just to have a spot on the royal wolf line." Was all Roberto could say. Both Roberto and Boss started to circle around eachother, still keeping their eyes locked on eachother.

"So what? I would never do this if you hadn't made that promise to me in the first place." Boss replied, his teeth shown as he growled. "That promise was made very early before I meet Kana." Roberto said, the circle went a little faster. Taro couldn't help but hang onto the cliffs, he felt that he shouldn't interrupt them. "A promise is a promise, and is never meant to be broken. I heard that when you taught pups how to be social. And you went ahead and broken it." Boss argued back. Roberto had now snapped it, this was the last straw. The screaming of pain made his blood boil even warmer and now, he had to put a stop to Boss... to stop this fighting. Roberto dashed at Boss, quicker then a wink.

Boss was quick however from his life-long training of being part of the wolf patrol, quickly he pounced at Roberto biting into his mussle. That sent them both tubbling into a rock. Roberto felt the most pain, he is an old wolf. Roberto raised his feet to kick Boss off, but Boss's grip on his mussle was greater... causing the teeth to skid off the mussle making bigger cuts as Boss flew off. "Aurgh!" Roberto screamed as the pain, the rest of the wolves heard it and stopped to watch. Hamtaro's look was frightend at the sight of blood, flying everywhere as Boss and Roberto countiued to battle... biting, kicking, pouncing and swipping at eachother. And unforuntly, Boss looked like he was winning.

Boss and Roberto suddenly stopped to take a quick gander at eachother once more. Roberto was breathing tiredlessly, but he was determined to win... for his pack and territory. "Feeling tired?" Boss joked, he chuckled to himself lightly. "NEVER!" Roberto shouted at him. "I will never give up to defend my pack from any source of danger!" Boss frowned with a disgusted look on his face. "Oh how touching." he said, coldly. Roberto was quickly talking quick few gasps of air before he countiued. Knowing that the time is right, Boss ran up to Roberto and clawed at him... which sent Roberto backwards...

"NO!" Taro shouted as Boss gave one more quick swip at Roberto. He gasped when he felt the end of the cliff. He lost his balance and fell down the tall cliff. While rolling down the cliff's walls which brutely scraped his body, drawing more blood his body fell smack on a boulder as he countiued to roll down, causing the boulder to come loose and roll after Roberto.

"FATHER!" Taro screamed. Tears swelled up in his eyes as he noticed his father's paw, slightly outside the boulder with blood leaking out of it. Every other single wolf, even the rival wolf pack gasped in disbelieve. "...Nooooo..." Penelope quietly said to herself. Now Taro was outragged, more than outragged. He growled deeply in his throat as he scramble up the rocky path. The only thing in his mind was to kill Boss. "Oh look, another soon-to-be-victom." Boss taunted, he was tired after the last fight... but the next wolf on his list, is going to be Taro. "Boss, how could you?" Taro shouted at him. "Taro was once your friend, and don't you have another pack? Being their leader is fine, you didn't had to kill my father."

"You are the prince of all wolfdom, being a leader of pack dosen't make me king of that pack, it just makes me the leader." Boss replied. "You still have much to learn, but it's shame that you'll never learn them... for I am about to kill you before you become the next king." Taro and Boss growled, Taro's question was answered... and now, the second battle was about to begin...

Taro ran up to Boss, he wasn't as fast as his father... but he didn't care, he had to seek revenge. Unforuntly, his slower speed allowed Boss to quickly turn around to kick Taro with his powerful front legs, sending him flying into that same rock. "Graah..." Taro grunted as he felt his head smash into the rock. The world started to spin around him as he grew weaker and weaker... and he fainted. There was a long silence. Boss walked up in front of him and looked down, doing nothing but starring. "...Not now, it's dishonest to attack when he's unexpecting like this." Boss muttered. "I will see you again, soon... and I'll kill you the next time."

Boss walked back to the front of the cliff. "Let's return home, I've decided to countiue my fight for the throne at a later time." Boss called to his comrades. And as quickly as they had came, they all left soundly. And then sounds of grieving and mourning were heard, loud.