Alright, I, wolfwarriorkronos, present chapter 7 of my first A&O story. I hope you all enjoy. Disclaimer: I don't own A&O.

Chapter 7

After Akino washed and shook himself dry, he then decided to take a nap and avoid disturbing anyone.

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In Akino's dream, he was a little pup again, happily chasing around his big brother, his parents watching.

"You'll have to be faster than that, Akino." Akino's brother laughed as he chased him around.

"I'll get you, Kiba." Akino shouted after his brother, determined to catch him. As they ran around, their father, a full-grown gray wolf, watched as thay ran around with a smile on his face.

"Kronos, can you bring the boys in?" his mate, Accalia asked as Kronos nodded and headed outside. "Akino, Kiba, time to come in, it's getting late." Kronos called out as the two boys ran back into the den. Once inside, the two boys took a spot near the back of the cave and curled up and layed down, back to back. Kronos layed down beside his mate and their daughter, Akira.

"Daddy, when are you gonna teach us to hunt?" Akino asked, looking over to his father. "I was planning on tomorrow. I'll teach you everything I know. Sounds good?" Kronos said as the little pup smiled and nodded.

"Good, now how about a little story?" Kronos offered as the family of five all relaxed and listened in on Kronos' tale.

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Akino woke up from his dream, but that same story still played in his head.

The young wolf let out a long, relaxed yawn and headed back to the dens.

As he was on his way, he heard rustling in the bushes. He was now on alert, but he didn't react. He continued to follow the path back to the dens, but just before he got there, he was ambushed. Out of the thick bushes, a grizzly bear charged out and towards Akino. He barely had time to dodge the would be fatal attack.

'What's a bear doing in Jasper?' Akino pondered as he took off towards the dens, the grizzly hot on his tail.

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Meanwhile, Tarble, knowing that mating season is over for now, was now out and about. That was until he saw Akino being chased by a grizzly.

"What the hell?" Tabrle thought out loud as he ran up to Akino, both of them now being chased. "Care to explain why there's a grizzly chasing you?" Tarble asked, looking over to his old friend.

I have no idea, he just came out the bushes. I have an idea though, but we need Seff. I need you to go find Seff. I'll make sure big ugly here doesn't follow you." Akino said as thy split ways, the grizzly roaring and following Akino as Tarble ran the other way to look for Seff.

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Being that all three of their dens are adjacent to eachother, Tarble quickly made it to Seff's den and went inside. He saw Seff just lying around. The huge wolf le out a massive yawn, his breath so hot, steam came from his yawning maw.

"Hey Seff, I need your help." Tarble said as the golden eyes of Seff turned towards the compact canid. "Me and Akino need your help to drop a grizzly chasing him." Tarble said, recieving a perplexed look from Seff. With a heavy sigh, Seff got up and motioned to Tarble. Tarble nodded and the two ran out of the den.

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Akino was facing the grizzly, dodging massive swipes by somersaulting, ducking, or jumping over. Some of the pack members heard the roars of the bear and came out of their dens to see Akino facing a grizzly. Some gasped and some cheered Akino but all of them watched.

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Tarble and Seff followed the source of the growling and roaring and saw Akino and the grizzly.

Akino was easily enough dodging the bear's swings, but the grizzly was too thick and too strong for Akino to do any real damage. His claws just weren't long enough to get past the thick fur. As the one-sided fight lasted, Akino, even with his outstanding wolf endurance, he gradually started to wear down. His evades got slower and sloppier until he took a direct swing to his side.

The gray wolf was knocked several feet away, having the wind knocked out of him and four long, deep scars on his side, along with his shoulder becoming dislocated. Akino skidded across the ground to a hault. Akino could only watch as the grizzly went up to him, intent to kill. Once the bear was in striking distance, he raised his paw, ready to strike. Akino closed his eyes at the finishing blow, but was distracted when his name was being shouted.

"Akino!" Tarble called as Seff ran full force at the bear. He jumped and put his body behind his shoulder and rammed the bear full force, knocking the much larger mammal on its back. As the bear got up, Tarble ran and jumped in the bears face, claws hanging on. The bear tried clawing the small wolf off, but to no avail as Tarble was much smaller and much more agile, easily dodging the attempts. Seff charged again, and knocked the grizzly on its back again. Tarble jumped off of the bear before he was crushed.

Akino used his reserve strength and looked around for a strategy. He saw a ridge with a small boulder barely holding up lots of other smaller boulders and rocks.

"Tarble, distract him. Seff, move that rock of the ridge once he's in position." Akino called out to them as they nodded. Seff ran to the ridge and started climbing. The bear tried to follow, but Tarble jumped up and clawed his face making the grizzly roar in anger and pain. He then started chasing Tarble as he dodged his attacks left and right. Seff made it to the top of the ridge and was ready to push the rock. Tarble noticed and ran to the foot of the ridge. The grizzly charged full speed at the small wolf. Just before he was in striking range, Tarble smirked and ran up the wall and backflipped off of the surface, over the bear. The bear rammed the foot of the ridge, stunning him.

At that moment, Seff pushed the loose boulder as hard as he could and then a small landslide took place. The unfortunate grizzly was buried in rocks and boulders. Seff then slid down the ridge and he and Tarble went up to Akino.

Using the last of his strength, Akino shakily stood himself up. "Good work." Akino complimented. "We had a good leader." Tarble replied, making Akino smile. The rest of the united pack gathered around and congradulated the three. Just then, Akino winced and held his side.

"I feel... light... headed." Akino said as he fell uncoscious. Everyone that watched gasped before Seff went up to Akino and hoisted him above his shoulder and headed to Eve's den to get healed.

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