(Y/n) = Your Name (N/n) = Nickname (H/l) = Hair Length (H/c) = Hair Color (E/c) = Eye Color

(F/c) = Favorite Color (W/n) = Wolf Name (W/fc) = Wolf Fur Color (W/ec) = Wolf Eye Color

(Left/right) = Your dominant hand and what's comfortable for you. [A/N] = Author's Note

~*(Y/n)'s Povs*~

After running a long-distance we made it to a canyon and spotted the princess and her bodyguard surrounded by the Kouga warriors.

'Oh no...' I quickly caught a glance of blood on her face, there was a huge slit down her left jawline and barely across her shoulder and down her leg where a part of her dress was ripped, She was still standing tall without any emotion of pain or barely a wince.

I cover my mouth in shock of how much blood was there on her shoulder. "Why didn't you dodge?" Said a guy who was stunned, which now confirmed my suspicion of who harmed her.

"We have no desire to fight. So that we might also discover the truth..." The princess clasps her fisted hand in front of her and bows down by the waist up, "Allow me to talk to you... Please." She pleads softly with her head down.

There was a bit of hesitation in the air until it was replaced by an angry voice. "Don't let her deceive you! That's the same trick they used yesterday." Another warrior shouted then the others join in too, "Just kill them! That's right!" Until Grandma interfered before it worsened.

"Will you stop this nonsense, fools?" She yelled out to her clan, I worriedly helped her stand with my arm around her carefully. 'Grandma...' I frown from remembering that she's still wounded badly.

Everyone turned around toward us in surprise and quickly stiffen at Baba's words. "G-Grandma!?" They make way a path and lowered their swords.

"Spare me your deplorable antics. You call yourselves Kouga warriors? Make no mistake about what it is that you really need to protect! Or what kind of battle you need to wage for it!" Grandma Baba scolded with anger, then she walked up to princess Hakuei and bowed down to her knees and hands saying, "My clan shall submit to the authority of the Kou Empire." She then stands up shakily to look her in the eye.

One of the Kouga clan warriors disagreed worriedly but yet Baba ignores and continues on, "As you can see for yourself, Your Highness... Our clan is devastated, both physically and mentally, from long years of invasions and slave-hunting. I cannot allow my family to get hurt anymore. There was a time when I was even prepared to go into battle with your country, but a certain child told me... That you, the commander of our enemy, were someone we could trust." I look over to Aladdin in wonder if he was the one who made this happen.

'For someone who is a kid, I didn't know you could have this much influence..'

After a bit of silence, the dark-haired princess spoke up, "But... That is not an ordinary wound... Was it one of my army's arrows, after all?"

"Which is more important? The life of one village chief, or the lives of all villagers? You of all people should know!" Grandma retorted back with strength but I can see she was at her limit from how she is shaking more.

'Grandma... Why?' I tear up a bit and look away from her weak form.

"Your intentions have been duly transferred to me." Hakuei nods with a little head bow and swings her right arm to her side saying, "Henceforth, in the name of the Kou Empire, and of Hakuei, I guarantee the safety of the Kouga Clan."

Most of the clan warriors were saddened by the news. "So we're surrendering to another country..."

'Shouldn't you be happy that you could find peace within another country?' "What difference does it make? Continue being hunted by slave-hunters or slain by other clans?" I said aloud toward the men with the slightest of anger.

And then Dorji interrupts, "Yeah! All we have to do is hold on to the pride in our hearts. Just like Grandma!" He asserted confidently.

When Baba made her demand on their answer all of them dropped their swords to the ground with some cowering like they were scolded by their parents.

~*Time Skip*~

We were back at the village but Baba didn't make it long soon afterward, everyone was crying and standing around the tent while a few were inside trying to bring Grandma back but sadly she was already doomed the moment she was shot.

I was sitting upon a hill a little away from the scene with my wolf, I was also crying but not as much as the clan's men and women as I wasn't with Baba personally and emotionally as much as the others.

I can hear their cries from here but I couldn't focus on it as I hear someone walking towards me, "I am truly sorry for your loss... She was a great chief with the greatest of compassion for her clan." I looked up to see princess Hakuei staring back down at me.

"Thank you, Your Highness... Though I wasn't with her for very long I learned a lot about myself..." I mumbled, and I look back to the tent. There was now a line of men and women carrying white flowers in their hands and placing them over their chief's body. The flowers were white lilies which symbolize the innocence that has been restored to the souls of the departed.

"Aren't you a warrior of this clan too?" I look back up to her question then I shake my head as I stand up and face towards her.

"Your Highness, I am nothing more than a wanderer with my wolf as a companion." I bow my head down with my hands clasped in front of me. "If you're returning back to camp, please take me with you."

"Hmm... If I allowed to take you there, would you not attack my men for the wrong they have committed?" She fretted, "I know by now what they have done but I would have to confirm it by myself." I nod in understanding.

"Then, I will stand off from your interrogation." I bow once more before hopping on my large wolf and running off alongside the Princess.

Once we made it halfway from the village to camp, Hakuei spoke up to her loyal light blue-haired guard, Seisyun Ri. His appearance is gentle, kind, and always had a smile on; and yet his gaze was devoted and vigilant as ever.

"From here on in, we'll have to safeguard the peace of this region." The princess said sternly while Seisyun nodded in agreement.

'At least you're true to your word-' I was then cut off with (W/n) halting in place and sniffed the air, "(W/n)?" (She/he) then suddenly growled up ahead of us. "Princess!" I shifted closer to her on my wolf when I saw Ryosai with an army right behind him.

Hakuei threw her arm out to the side to prevent me from moving forward. "What do you think you're doing?!" She shouted at the man with the goatee before us.

"Doing? We're going to war." He proudly grinned evilly while sitting up straighter upon his 'high' horse.

"Pull back those troops! We've negotiated with the Kouga village, and they've submitted to our authority. There's no need for violence!" She commanded.

"Then they're more spinless than I thought. Even after being subjected to slave-hunting and our sneak attack... They still caved into your negotiations?" I scowled while both the Princess and Seisyun gasped in surprise.

"So it was you all along, Ryosai!" She shouted in bitterness and let down her arm to reach for her feathered fan in her robe.

[A/N] Sorry for the cliffhanger but I wanna keep guys guessing what's gonna happen next!

Until the next chapter! :)