A/N from A.C.: Oh jeez, Nero… Do you even know what kind of shit you just walked into?

Saix looked into Nero's eyes, gold meeting with crimson, "Look, maybe you should just get your own hut. I mean, you and your brother are both grown… You each will bring home mates every once in a while."

The black-furred wolf shook his head rapidly, "No, no, no! That's not the problem here!"

"Then what is the problem?"

"It's who he was mating with!"

"Who exactly was that?"

Shadow black ears folded back, "Xemnas…"

"WHAT?" The blue-furred wolf barked out loudly and pushed the smaller male off of him. They rolled on the ground, stopping once Saix was pinning Nero to the ground. Sharp claws of one paw dug almost painfully into the smaller wolf's left shoulder, while the other paw went to the black-furred wolf's throat. "What the fuck are you talking about?"

The black wolf yelped, "Oh Gaia! Oh, please, don't kill me!" His tail was brushing frantically along the ground, kicking up dirt as it went. "I didn't know! I didn't know you'd react like this! Let me gooo!"

The larger wolf snarled, pushing his muzzle against the smaller male's, "Shut up and stop shouting, bastard. I am not going to kill you."

"You… You're not?"

"No. I am not. I need answers." Saix stepped down on Nero's tail with his left back paw to get it to stop moving.

The black wolf yelped out, "A- Answers?"

"Yes. Answers. Why was your brother with Xemnas?"

"I don't know! I don't live in Weiss' head! M- Maybe it was just a one-night stand thing! He's not Brother's type!"

The larger wolf snarled, showing sharp fangs, "You had better hope it was, runt. If your brother is in a relationship with Xemnas, you both are in for a world of hurt."

"I- I thought you and him weren't together anymore!"

"We are not. But I am warning you, right here and right now… Both of you will get hurt if Weiss stays with that bastard…"

"How would we get hurt…?"

Saix rolled his golden eyes then narrowed them into deadly slits, "You think this big 'X' in the middle of my face is a pretty birthmark? No. It is not. Xemnas tried to kill me. He tried to fucking kill me, Nero. I wanted to leave him and he tried to wipe me from the planet and send me back into the Lifestream. Do you understand me?"

Nero could feel a constriction around his heart, like a snake was trying to crush it, "K- Kill you..?"

"Yes. Kill me, he tried to kill me."

"Would he hurt Brother..?"

"Probably. I can tell you right now, I never wanted to get this damn scar or any of the other ones. If your brother stays with him, one or both of you are going to get hurt."

"I won't let them stay together. I won't let it happen, Sai."

"Good." The blue-furred wolf got up from his spot on Nero's stomach and moved to sit on the ground, "Now get out of my sight, Nero. I want to get some rest."

"Thanks for the warning, Saix…" The black wolf nodded and walked out of the hut.

Zexion spoke up from the corner of the hut, "Why are you so upset..?"

"I do not wish to see others harmed the way I was." He sighed and curled up on top of the skins and hay, head resting on his front paws, "Time for rest. Get some sleep, Zexion."

"Okay…"