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Thinking about doing something is one thing, but actually doing it is another thing entirely. I raised my head to check if everyone was asleep. They all lay on the floor, steadily breathing and dead to the world. My gaze made its way to my father he looked much more peaceful in his sleep than when he's awake. His usually harsh look was softened and I couldn't help but think how mom's death changed him. His pain was so great, that he even pushed me away, so he wouldn't have to remind himself of her. I slowly got up on all fours and cautiously made my way to the mouth of the cave, reminding myself that this was for my mother. Just when I thought I was home free, I tripped on something big and furry.

"Kagome?" a sleepy and familiar voice called, "What are you doing?" I lifted my muzzle out of the pile of dirt I managed to land myself in, shook off the filth, and turned my head to face him. Figures that out of all the wolves in the pack, I had to trip over Bankotsu's older brother, Suikotsu.

"Oh, you know…Just going outside for a breather, maybe a midnight howl." Hopefully that sounded casual and not suspicious. I turned my head back to face the cave opening and picked myself up off the ground. I was a bit far from the den when Bankotsu suddenly jumped over my head and landed in front of me in a defense position.

"Move." I hissed at him. I studied his every move and fell into a defensive position of my own, a low growling sound rumbled from the back of my throat. Staring into the crystal blue eyes of my best friend's brother, I noticed how big he actually was, but with my small frame and speed, I might be actually be able to catch him off guard long enough to make my escape.

"I knew you would do this, but why are you doing it?" Bankotsu's voice came from behind. I fixed my position so that I could face both of them without exposing my back to either of them. I've beaten (RUNNER) in play fights before, but both him and his older brother? I might as well crawl over to the humans, get on my back, and ask them to kill me.

"Why are you doing this?!" Bankotsu snarled. His head was now low to the ground and he bared his teeth at me. My instincts told me to fight them for challenging me, for questioning my actions when I have freedom to do whatever I wished, but my more rational side knew that they would never intentionally harm me, they cared too much about me. They were like brothers to me, family, the only family who actually cared.

"I said that I was just going out for a brother, take a walk and relax myself." I was starting to get annoyed with their interference.

"Don't lie to me!" Bankotsu shouted out in rage, "We both know that you're going you to help that human I sniffed out earlier! Don't you know the penalty for helping the enemy?!" He was breathing hard at this point, and I had to look away from his accusing eyes.

"Calm down brother." Soothed Suikotsu he always was the one to settle the fights between us. He had gotten out of his crouch some time ago, but Bankotsu and I held our positions, idiotic pride preventing either one of us to back down.

"Calm down?!" Bankotsu tilted his head so that he could fully glare at his brother while still in his stance. "If she leaves to go into man's territory to help the enemy, she will never be able to return! It's a little something called treason, and you want me to back down?! Hell no!"

"Don't you yell at him," I began as I got out of my stance, Bankotsu slowly followed my lead, "and I know the consequences."

"He could already be dead. It's been two hours, I doubt a human would be able to survive that long from a gun wound." I envied how calm and reasonable Suikotsu always sounded. You could persuade anyone to do anything you wanted with a tone like his.

"My mother never wanted to fight, and would do whatever it took to help someone in need. So would your mother." I knew that speaking about their mother was a touché subject for them, who would want their dead mother's morals used against them, but I had to make them understand somehow. A flash of anger passed through both of their eyes, than to an understanding of what I'm trying to say.

"She wouldn't hold it against you for not going," whispered Bankotsu. With those words, the tension that filled the air earlier seemed to snap and a much more depressing and quiet feeling replaced it. Bankotsu and Suikotsu ears pressed to their skulls, openly showing their discomfort with the subject. I even felt a bit guilty for bringing it up in the first place, but it had to be done.

"You're right, she wouldn't, she's too kind-hearted for that but I don't think I'd be able to live with myself. You're right too Suikotsu that man could be dead for all I know, but I at least want to be able to tell myself that I tried." I turned my back on them and started walking towards human territory.

"You won't be able to come back!" Bankotsu cried out, trying one last attempt to get me to stay.

"We'll never see you again…" Suikotsu added in, for once, he actually sounded desperate and unsure. I stopped walking, but didn't turn around, if I did, I wouldn't be able to leave.

"I know," and I continued marching forward. The further away I got from them, the more I started questioning myself: Should I go back? Would mom really turn her back on the pack just to save a human who might already be dead? Of course, I already knew the answers, yet, I can't help but wonder what she would do. I know for a fact that I need to do this, I didn't belong with the pack, not anymore. Besides, if I were to stay any longer, I would have just broken down. The distant sound of paws thumping on the ground grabbed my attention. I crouched down, ready to pounce. I waited as the noise closer and closer, then Suikotsu and Bankotsu appeared from the bushes. I felt my eyes widen with shock as I stood up straight. They were both breathing hard and I wondered if they got lost on the way. They never were good with directions, even with their acute sense of smell.

"What are you two doing here? Go home." I ordered. The truth was, I was happy to see them, but if the pack woke up and saw them missing, along with me, they would soon figure out where we all went. I can handle not being able to return, but I don't want to ruin it for them. Or…Maybe they're here to drag me back. Either way, both actions would not have a favorable outcome.

"You didn't really think that we were going to let you get away that easily did you?" Bankotsu smirked. I bared my teeth at him, ears laid back on my head, and prepared myself mentally for a fight. I refuse to let them take me back without one. They completely ignored my warning and stepped forward a bit to face me.

"So we're going with you." Suikotsu said with a smile. I found myself unable to move for a second until I could talk.

"Wi-…Wha-..." I sighed, "…No."

"And why the hell not?!" Bankotsu yelled stubbornly.

"Because you have something here, okay! You-"

"Because we have something here?! You've got to be kidding." Bankotsu rolled his eyes as I glared at him for interrupting.

"What do we have Kagome?" Suikotsu started, "A father who doesn't come home because he's too busy guarding our territory? A leader who could care less about what happens to us because he's too depressed? He may act like he's our tough and fearless leader, but he's not. Face it Kagome, even if we did leave you to go back or dragged you home, your father would just lead us all in the wrong direction and would eventually lead us all to our death!" he finished forcefully. I wanted to protest, to say that my father was a great leader and did the best he could, I really wanted too, but I knew Suikotsu was right. My father was too depressed to lead the pack and the pack was foolish enough to let him continue being the alpha in that state. I sighed.

"You guys…" I whined.

"We're just going to follow you anyway, so you might as well save us the trouble and say yes." Bankotsu declared with a wink and Suikotsu nodded his agreement.

"Didn't you say before that humans were trash?" I asked Bankotsu mockingly. He just shrugged his shoulders in surrender and gave me a helpless look. I glanced at Suikotsu questioningly.

"Hey, I never said I didn't like humans. They are pretty cute if you think about it…in a weird way…" he claimed innocently.

"Okay, okay, you got me. Let's run then." I didn't wait for them to answer, I just ran in the direction of the injured, and hopefully still alive, human. We ran for a while as the wind blew past us and tussled our fur. Running always made me feel free, like I could do anything I wanted and no one could stop me. Although I always loved running, I could never run as fast as Bankotsu and I always suspected that I enjoyed it much more than he did. The rhythmic pound of our paws was soothing, almost like a wild lullaby. Then I saw a bright light and shadows. I stopped in my tracks and called to the guys, who had zoomed past me.

"What? You saw something?" Suikotsu asked while looking around. When he saw what I saw, he let out a surprised gasp. There was a human, surrounded by wolves from a neighboring wolf tribe and fighting them off with a burning stick that was not going to hold them back for long.

"Still want to help him?" Suikotsu asked skeptically.

"Nothing we can't handle." I told them with what I hoped sounded like confidence in my voice.

"Well, what are we standing around here for?" Bankotsu shouted, just before he cried out "Charge!" He ran toward the human and wolves. Suikotsu and I shared a look, before running to join the fight with a battle cry of our own. The human shouted warnings at us, most likely thinking that we came to kill him and fight over the scraps, but stopped his shouts once he was us take on the wolves that surrounded him. It was three against three, a fair fight.

The wolf I was up against had tangled dark brown fur and his eyes blazed with what I assumed to be pure, raw rage. He swiped at me with his claws, I ducked under them and reached out to snag his neck between my jaws. I clamped down on his neck and immediately tasted coppery flavor on my tongue, but I still didn't let go.

I applied more pressure and he started to thrash around and claw at me. I felt him go limp within my grip. I couldn't believe it, I killed someone. What if he had a family who cared for him? Or someone who would be lost without him? Someone who looked up to him? Was it alright that I had taken a life to save another? Before I could think about it anymore, my world exploded and I could smell burning fur and blood. So much blood. Something had made contact with my skull and my vision blurred, all I could see was white flashed of light and unclear shapes. I tried to stay on all fours, but even that seemed too difficult of a task.

I fell down and hit the ground, only I couldn't feel it, I could only feel the agonizing pain that clouded my mind and numbed my body. All I could think about was the pain, it was too much…Make it stop…Make it stop!

The last thing I heard was furious growling, frail snarling, and a long string of curses.

"Kagome!" I heard someone call my name. I couldn't answer, couldn't get the words out of my mouth, then I finally fell into a sweet oblivion.

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