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We lived peacefully for another four years. I told my brother and sister about humans and that they should avoid them. I did not tell them of Demons or of my marks. Before my fur grew back to hide the marks, they were obviously curious. But it only took one snarl to convince them to leave the subject alone.
As our twentieth year of life was coming up, I had been giving thought on how to celebrate. Celebration of birthdays is not a usual wolf custom, but everyone could use a little cheering up. After all the challenges we faced, it would be nice to have a family celebration. I had found a giant bone from some long dead creature at the bottom of the Shishigami's lake, and I knew Naku loved to play with bones. I was going to give the shells to my sister, and I knew she would be happy to see them again.
While our life was fairly safe, both Saria and Naku needed something to do. Saria, always a little bit energetic, needed to run around frequently. As for Naku…every night when he thought I could not see him, he would go to the honorary mound that was dedicated to Kikyu and cry. He just couldn't get over his loss. On one particular sunny day I noticed a fox digging at the place where I had hidden Saria's shells. I snuck off without either of them noticing. It had just unearthed them when I came over to it and growled. Without any fear the fox looked at me and smiled before dashing away. It was troubling. The foxes and the wolves had never gotten along very well, and foxes are very clever. If he was digging there he had a reason for it. Taking the shells in my mouth once more until I found another spot to bury them, I rested on a rock, basking on the top of our cave, enjoying the heat. Saria took up her usual position, curled up between my two front feet, and promptly fell asleep. I allowed Naku to take short walks by himself. I could tell that he sometimes just needed to be alone. Still, I had already lost one brother and was not about to loose my only other one. I was always listening for trouble. On that day I could hear Naku sprinting through the brush. He bounded over to me, panting and yipping with excitement. ((Moro!)) Saria jumped out of surprise. I raised my head gave him an angry growl. I did not like it when he woke Saria up. But he was too exited to care. ((Humans! Look!)) he barked, and ran back off into the bushes. ((Naku!)) But he was already gone. This was not good.
I ran off after him, with Saria right by my side. He was fast, but I was faster. Unfortunately, that did not help me, as he had a such a head start that beat me to a clearing, which was his destination. When we reached the clearing I skidded to a halt. In the middle of the clearing was a group of about twenty funny little creatures that stood on two legs. Where these the so-called humans? They didn't look so tough. But then I saw a fox. They were hanging him from a tree, with ropes tied to his legs. They had a big knife and it looked like they were going to skin him alive.
While foxes and wolves may not get along well, no creature of the forest would watch as one would be skinned alive. Killing someone was one thing, but torturing them…That was another. Naku took off, charging the humans. Afraid for him, I took off after him. This would be interesting.
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