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San sat in her secret cave sharpening her dagger. The cave walls were eliminated by the light of a small fire San made. The wolf-girl stopped sharpening her dagger and looked at the cave sealing.
She remembered how she found the cave a few moons ago. San had needed to get away from her family when she stumbled upon the cave. Now San came to the cave whenever she needed a quiet place to think and get her mind strait.
Feng and Xin looked through the forest calling out to San. San heard her brother's call. She grabbed her spear and dagger and exited the cave. The wolf-girl ran behind her brothers until they were fifty feet from the cave.
"Feng, Xin I am over here." called San.
Feng and Xin turned around and looked out of their sister.
"San we must go. Mother and father have been looking for us." deeply said Feng.
San climbed onto Feng's back. Feng began to run with Xin following behind.
Moro grew impatient of waiting for her pups to arrive. Ookami sensed his mate's anxiety.
"Moro, be calm. The pups will get here. Just have patience." assured Ookami.
"I have plenty of patience, Ookami. The pups are just becoming more forgetful, especially San. They are eight, old enough to hunt, fight and go to war." replied Moro.
Ookami got what his mate was hinting at.
"You worry about them. This is no different than any of the other training sessions the pups have gone through before. There is nothing to worry about Moro." promised Ookami.
"How can you be so sure, Ookami? The pups will be fighting against us for the first time. And our law states that we can't hold anything back, unless they are near death. They will be injured and it will be by our own paw." stated Moro.
Ookami nuzzled his mate. Moro allowed herself to nuzzled him back and give a small smile.
Feng, Xin and San came into sight of their parents. Ookami approached his sons and daughter.
"Today your training is put to the test. You will be fighting against your mother and I. Feng and Xin will attack me at the same time. San you will train with your mother." explained Ookami.
In the traditions of the forest sons were trained by their fathers and daughters by their mothers. Feng and Xin followed their father to a different clearing. San and Moro faced each other.
Moro dropped into a fighting crouch. San held her spear in her right hand and her dagger in her left.
Moro lunged at her daughter. San fell to the ground ducking under her large mother. The wolf-girl stood and counter attacked at her mother.
Mother and daughter clashed for well over two hours. Light wounds covered both Moro and San's bodies. Finally Moro declared the training over.
"That is enough training for today. You did well San. You will make a fin pack leader someday." declared Moro.
San smiled at her mother. Ookami and his sons walked into the clearing. Ookami and Feng were covered in deep scratches, but Xin had absolutely no marks what's so ever. San approached her eldest brother.
"What happened to you, Feng?" asked San.
Feng sighed and his ears dropped in embarrassment.
"Let's just say never go up against a wolf that can heal his own injuries ten times faster than normal. Xin only got a few small scrapes, but they healed a little after the battle ended." sighed Feng.
San climbed onto her brother's back, being careful not to touch any of his serious wounds. Ookami and Moro ran home their pups following.
Once the Wolf Tribe got back to their den, Moro had San put healing herbs on her parents, brother and her own wounds. Xin gave out a light laugh.
"What's so funny, Xin?" grumbled Feng.
Xin looked at his older identical twin.
"It's just that you are always complaining about me not being smart and attacking without a plan. Well I proved that strength and determination are just as good as being smart and a master planner." insisted Xin.
Feng growled. The two brothers got into another fight about brains and brown. San got between her brothers slashing her dagger to silence them.
"That's enough out of the both of you. I've had it up to the mountain tops with your arguing. Being smart and having strength are both equally important. Without intelligence we would be dumb like the humans and without strength we would be as weak as humans. So stop this senseless arguing before I cut both of your throats." threatened San.
Feng and Xin both closed their mouths and remained silent for the rest of the day. San walked away from her brothers and sat near her mother. Moro looked at her daughter, a look of pride in her eyes.
"You handled that rather well San. I knew I made the right choice choosing you to become the next leader of the Wolf Tribe." assured Moro.
San smiled at her mother. Night soon came and the wolves fell into a deep sleep. San dreamed of the day she would become pack leader and that dream grew closer each and every day of San's life.
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