Previously, on Kouji and the wolf girl…

Mamori got stabbed by Kouji, but only because she attacked him first, although she did not mean to attack him yet. Kouji put her in his closet underneath the steps. He opened the door for Dan…

Chapter 7

When heartache becomes true courage!

Part 1

"What do you want?" Kouji said in a calm cool tone.

Mamori opened her eyes. No light shone inside except for underneath the doorway making her fur on half her face glow. The blood on her shoulder was stopped by her fur, acting as a bandage to stop the bleeding. She put her front paw underneath her and layed on her stomach. She put her ears forward and listened intently.

"We were wondering if you still wanted to go number off some wolves" He said as he stood in the doorway with people behind him. Kouji was a bit shocked they knew where he lived. "Come on kid, you know you want to" He said as he came in. Kouji backed up to the back of the wall in the kitchen. "If you don't, we understand." He said in a weird tone. "We understand we have to kill you" He said in an angry tone coming towards Kouji!

Mamori heard this and banged her good shoulder on the door hard! The man started to walk by the door. She growled furiously and on the third hit burst the door open! She attacked Dan, biting him down on the shoulder! They crashed onto the ground, Mamori bared her fangs fiercely barking at Dan, white in her eyes showing as her ears were erected forward, tail up high, fur puffed up. Dan punched her and they tumbled towards the doorway falling into the snow.

Blood was flying into the snow as Dan cut the wolf numerous times, and she tore at his arms and shoulder. Finally, he got her right in the same place as Kouji, making the wound bigger. She fell limp on Dan, he grabbed her and threw her off of him. She tumbled in the snow and finally at the end of it slid a few feet. She looked as if she was dead.

Kouji's eyes widened as he ran out the doorway and out towards Mamori. Two of the men grabbed Kouji before he could go anywhere. Kouji kicked the guy in the shin and punched him in the stomach, using highly advanced martial arts on them. He was about to run, but Dan came behind him and hit his neck! Kouji's eyes widened once more, before closing as he fell to his knees and finally onto his side in the snow that was still all white. He couldn't move. All he could do was watch as they surrounded Mamori and pick her up, putting her into a cage in their truck they had driven up here.

One of the men came over and kicked Kouji in the stomach, making Kouji get winded. He bended down by him, it was Dan. "The next time you see this wolf, she'll be hanging on the wall of my house." The man laughed evilly as he turned around and disappeared. "M…Mamor…i" Kouji closed his eyes, falling unconscious.

After about five minutes, Kouji seen Zoe, Takuya, J.p. and Kouichi had spotted him, Zoe screamed out his name and ran over to him, everyone else following.

Meanwhile…

Mamori woke up inside the cage. She looked around and seen Nagachi and John on the outside. They looked down at her. "You know this was a setup by him…" Nagachi said no matter how it sounded to her. Mamori looked down at the ground.

"He stabbed me, I knew he did…if he just…If I just…" She put her ears down, a tear coming down her face. Nagachi and John looked at each other, then back at Mamori.

"When we get you out, we'll help you recover your strength, when you are well enough, you will lead him into the forest and we all will attack him." John said.

"He does not deserve to live, and you know that Mamori, he will keep endangering you and our pack." Darkrai said coming up behind his kin. Mamori closed her eyes. She felt a knot in her throat as she thought about Kouji and how she would lead him to his death. She doesn't want to kill Kouji. She knew she had to betray her pack in order to save him. She said nothing.

Darkrai cared deeply for Mamori, but never liked to show it unless he had to. He opened his mouth revealing large fangs, he put his mouth around the bars and growled, bending them. John grabbed the other one and pulled. The bars were bended far enough for Mamori to get out. They took their human forms all of them and started to run, but Mamori couldn't go any faster than a few miles per hour.

"Geez, hurry up Mamori! Nevermind let me!" Darkrai said as he picked her up.

"Hey!" Mamori said, as he picked her up and shifter her onto his back. Mamori was too exhausted to talk and just took the ride.

They ran out the doors and disappeared from this death hole for wolves. When they got close to a hill they heard a man yell at the top of his lungs angrily, sounding more like a monster howling when it's breakfast got loose. The three boys looked at each other, then laughed.

Mamori smiled a bit, letting out a small breathe of laughter. They now showed their wolf forms and ran on through the forest, returning to their pack once again with Mamori safe in their paws.

They ran through the snowy grounds, white snow glistening around their paws as they kicked it up behind them. The snow was soft and fluffy. It felt good as snow sprinkled into their glossy fur, making it glisten as their hot bodies made it turn to water. They had their mouths open, tongues hanging out, enjoying the now daybreak. They were getting close to home, by dusk, Mamori would be a lot better, as unusually, she healed faster in twilights (the moon healed her fast too, but twilight is also a good time. It does not fully heal her, but she is still able to heal quickly, oh yea and if you haven't figured it out yet, she can choose to show her real form and choose not to).

It was dusk when Kouji finally woke up. He was in his bed.

"Was…all that even real? Is Mamori…naw she can't be a wolf…it's…impossible…" Kouji said finally making a decision for himself, but still unsure as he jumped up and ran down stairs. He saw everything the way it usually was. He ran over to the door underneath his stairway, and swung it open, nothing but his box. He looked in every corner, no sign of blood or snow touched the grounds of his house except for his own. He sighed and knew it was all a dream.

He looked glanced around the room in the living room, finally taking a seat on the couch when he saw a note on the coffee table in fancy girlish writing, it was in Zoes handwriting. He tore it open and started to read it.

Dear Kouji,

We would have wanted to stay to make sure you were ok, but we had to go back home as our passes are soon going to expire. If you wish to come back home, a pass is inside your dresser drawer.

Sincerely,

Your friends

Kouji read the note over and over. He looked up and thought about Mamori and his research paper for a long time, when suddenly he heard a howl outside his door, shaking him from his thoughts. He got up and went downstairs. He opened his door and looked outside. He put his shoes on quickly and swiftly. He ran outside and turned to the back of his house to see Mamori.

She was scarred up, unusually, although she was happy to see Kouji, but had a saddened face too.

She walked down the hill, the snow silently squishing underneath her feet. Instead of regular human foot prints, which were never noticed before, wolf prints were coming down the hill behind her, in the soft white snow. The blood in front of Koujis house had been covered up by her pack members, making it seem like it really was a dream to Kouji.

Mamori came down the hill, the soul in her eyes that use to be so cheerful, was now almost completely gone. She was really hating herself.

"Are you alright Mamori?" Kouji asked in a calm tone. He still had his cool attitude, buckling him down away from the real attitude he wanted to show, happiness.

Mamori nodded and turned around. "Follow me. I want to show you something." She said in a calm sort of tone. Kouji blinked and followed her. He still did not notice her foot prints.

They walked through the forest for a long time, before they came to a small clearing circled by trees. The clearing was not very big, only about a twenty foot radius. Mamori told Kouji to stop. He did, watching Mamori as she did something very weird. She let out a howl! Kouji seen a blur of white fur appear around her body, he then knew his dream was not fake, it was real. His eyes grew wide in fear as wolves surrounded him.

"Good job Mamori, we'll take it from here…" Darkrai's voice said.

Nagachi, John, and three other wolves circled Kouji, giving him no way out. Kouji's blood was pumping, fear engulfing his body just as the bear did. His pupils small with fear as he fell backwards, the wolves eyes glowing a yellowish color, each of them baring their fangs at him, claws outstretched with their tails swishing from side to side as they came closer to him. He could tell they were very uneasy having to wait, just to take a bite out of him. Darkrai didn't show his fangs though. Instead a grin appeared on his face, showing a bit of his fangs at him.

"Now we'll show you what we do to people who hurt our pack mates"

Kouji was breathing hard. He looked at Mamori. "I'm sorry…I don't want to hurt you Kouji…" Mamori said in her mind. She was in her wolf form, standing outside the circle. Her heart was beating as she watched Kouji fearing for his life. Mamori didn't know what to do!