Chapter 2

Betrayed.

It was the first feeling Snek got. He sat in on the whole thing, he heard the S Class tear a strip off of Amai for all that he did, and they cringed when the learned that he tried to eat Snek when he was in Garou's body. Still, he was devastated with the news. The punishment wasn't going to be called by Sitch, but thanks to the suggestion of Silverfang, the M Class got to decide on the sentence!

There was a moment of hope and revenge in Snek's mind as he watched Garou glared down Amai Mask, name off all his offences he has caused to not just Snek, but the whole family. Garou could have said the word in stripping his rank, one word would have ended his hero career once and for all.

But he refused.

He insisted Amai remain in A Class, as he considers the punishment. "Garou… he tried to EAT ME!" Snek protested.

Garou offered little to no comfort on the matter. Instead, he stated that the soothsayer gave her final prediction before she was killed. Snek knows what Garou said was untrue, but still, that was it. That was all Amai got? He wouldn't be punished for his crime and was allow to walk a free man?

It pissed him right off. Snek felt as if someone stepped on him and were scrapping him off the bottom of a shoe. What happened to him, meant nothing to Garou or the others. He stormed out of the room, pissed off to say the least, but made certain he left a short while after Amai did. Snek stormed down the hall, hissing all the way bitterly to what transpired. "GGGGAAAAAHHHH!" he roared out in frustration. He was going to strike the wall when he heard.

"Snek!" slowly, he turned and saw Hunter approach him calmly. "Take it easy man, it's not what it seems."

"Hunter… kid… I have trusted your old man for a while, this… this is the first time I have ever been stabbed in the back by him! What the hell!" he demanded.

"Snek, listen to me. You know I have been busting my ass to get my way to S Class right?" Snek nodded. "Then ask yourself this, why didn't I take the promotion?"

He froze to the news. "You… you didn't take it? But… that's what you wanted isn't it?"

"It is, but there is a reason why I am holding off." His hand reached over and touched Snek's shoulder gently. "You trust my dad, keep trusting him. We got your back, like hell we would let that asshole get away with trying to eat you!" he then smile. "Besides, did you really think we forgot your birthday tomorrow?"

Snek's eyes lit up. "You remembered?"

"We all remembered, so come on. Let's go home, let's get the soon to be birthday boy ready for bed and tomorrow, I am certain you will wake up far more refreshed than today. Please?"

With a sigh, Snek nodded his head and rejoined the others. Garou was only smiling to him. "I know you're pissed…"

"I've been told to wait and see, yeah, yeah I get it. Fine, I'll do just that then!" he said in a sarcastic tone.

The family went home for the day. Snek tried to keep himself full with meals here and there, but nothing was filling. "Can't I just get a monster, even a small one?" he asked at dinnertime. "This ain't doing anything for me."

"No" said Garou. "Have an early bed, try and sleeping off that hunger pain of yours,"

With a sigh, Snek decided to go to bed early. He sprawled himself across the floor yet sighed. He had no idea what Garou was planning. He just wished he would be able to get something to eat sooner than later.