A/N from A.C.: I loooove writing scenes like this.

Warnings from A.C.: Hunting scene

Zexion trailed behind Axel and Saix as the two moved deeper into the forest, and he knew that the two of them were talking about him. The teen frowned, he knew that he shouldn't be eavesdropping… and on two werewolves? Was he crazy? Aw, screw it, if he didn't listen now, he would never hear any of this again.

Axel shook his head and growled lightly, "Saix, you can't expect this whole game of 'hide the human' to last very long."

"Oh? And why not?"

"Sooner or later someone is going to find it. I mean, I could smell it when it was behind the tree."

"That was only because you were close to him. My scent masks his own. Besides, Xemnas already knows about him."

Axel stopped walking, causing Zexion to stumble and step on his long tail. The wolf clenched his teeth as pain shot up and down his spine causing him to growl out what he was saying. "Xemnas knows? Are you serious?"

Saix nodded, "Completely serious, Axe. Xemnas caught me trying to sneak him in."

"Xemnas is the biggest kiss-ass in the pack, Sai. Do you honestly believe that he won't tell Seph or the Elders that you are hiding a human?"

"He said he would not."

The red-furred wolf pushed Zexion forward with a tap of a paw to get him to start walking, "You believe him?"

"Well… I take his word for it…"

"Why?"

"He has been honest in the past."

Axel stood and began to walk behind Zexion, "Listen, Sai… just because you and Xemnas have a little history, does not mean, that he'll still keep his word."

Saix let out a low growl, walking next to his friend, "Axel, I suggest you be quiet if you want to live any longer…"

The red-furred wolf just rolled his pretty green eyes, "Oh, come on…"

"I am serious, Axe, be quiet. The human does not need to know anything about my past."

"Man, you really are no fun, Sai."

The older of the two wolves let out a little 'hmph!', "I never claimed that I was fun, Axel… Perhaps you just need to learn to tolerate me and all of my 'up-tightedness' or whatever you call it."

The red-furred werewolf let out a barking laugh, "Alright! There's good ol' Saix!"

Rolling his eyes, Saix started to walk faster, "Just get moving, you two… We have deer to kill…"

"Awesome!" Axel bound forward, racing ahead of both the other wolf and the human.

Saix chased after him, occasionally looking back to make sure Zexion was following. The two hunters and the human raced through the forest until Saix caught the tantalizing scent of a herd of deer.

The blue-furred wolf ran through the trees of the forest, expertly dodging them. He darted into the clearing that the herd of deer, making sure to separate the slowest one that he saw from the rest of the herd. Smirking to himself, Saix started to speed up, getting as close as he could to the animal.

He leapt at it, successfully hooking his front claws into the deer's shoulders and catching the skin on its flank with his black claws. The deer let out a desperate, pained noise as it felt the sharp pains running through its body. Removing one set of claws from the deer's shoulder, he dug them into its neck, forcing its head to turn. The deer kicked out its back legs, trying as hard as it could to get Saix off.

Leaning in, Saix delivered the killing attack. He bit sharply into the animal's neck, a bit of blood entering his mouth and hitting his tongue. The wolf let out a low, guttural purr as the metallic taste. The deer cried out desperately as its legs gave out under it, causing it to fall to the ground and let up a cloud of dirt from the ground as it fell on its side. Saix removed his claws and fangs from his prey as he moved away from it, he tilted his head to the side, watching the life fade from its eyes.

Tossing his head back, Saix let out a victorious howl, letting Axel know that he had gotten a kill. The blue-furred wolf's ears perked up as he heard a loud howl come back within seconds, letting Saix know that Axel had gotten a kill as well.

The pack would certainly eat well tonight.