Hi everyone. In this chapter, Sora finally finds Kairi's good luck charm. But will he get it back easily? Read and find out.
When they got to the den, all of the wolves were still staring at Sora, watching his every move. Sora felt a little uneasy.
This isn't going to be easy. He thought.
The wolves cleared a path for Alue, Balto, Kavik, Sora, Boris, Muk, and Luk. Vike and the pups were already inside. The pups ran up to them.
"Do you guys wanna play?" they asked.
"Yeah, of course." Balto said.
"Why wouldn't I wanna play with my great nieces and nephews?" Kavik said smiling.
"Muk and I love playing games." Luk said. "We'll show our favorite."
"Sure." Sora said, smiling at them.
Vike was about to growl at Sora. But Alue gave him a look, which made him stop.
"Okay, let's go." said Nook: The black and white male pup with gold eyes.
"Wait! Let me get the pretty leaf, first." said Kaylee: The sliver and light gray female pup with golden-blue eyes.
"Hey! It's my turn to play with it!" said Fie: The dark gray and white female pup with golden-green eyes.
"No it's not! It's my turn!" said Sapphire: The light gray female pup with sapphire eyes.
"Geese, why do you, girls, fight with that stupid thing?" said Juni: The full black male pup with blue eyes.
The pups started fighting on who gets to play with "the leaf". Everyone looked eachother, puzzled. Alue broke it up.
"That's enough, you five." She said firmly. "It is indeed, Fie's turn to play with it."
"Ohhhhhh." Kaylee said, let down.
Fie, happily, went and got "the pretty leaf". Sora's eyes widen on what it was. It's Kairi's good luck charm.
"Hey! That's mine!" He said.
Sora made a grab for it. But Kaylee grabbed from Fie, before him.
"No it's not!" She said. "Mama said we can keep it. So it's ours."
"You don't understand." Sora said. "That is indeed mine, and I need it back."
"But I don't want to give it back." Kaylee said. "I like it. It is the prettiest leaf I've ever seen."
Alue went up to them.
"Kaylee, that's not nice-"
"No, that's okay, Alue." Sora said.
He bent down to Kaylee.
"I know that's really pretty." Sora said to Kaylee, in a calm voice. "Someone very special gave me that. So that makes it even more pretty."
Kaylee is thinking Sora's trying to trick her into giving it to him.
"But if I take it from you." Sora continued. "I'll feel bad because I you really like it. So, I'll make you a deal. If I find something that's prettier than that, I'll give it to you an exchange for that."
Kaylee thought for a moment.
"You promise to give me something prettier?" She asked.
"I promise." Sora said.
"Okay. But I wanna keep this 'till you find something that's prettier."
"Sure." Sora said.
Balto couldn't believe what Sora said he was gonna do. He knew Sora was a good and kind human. But to actually search for something prettier for his granddaughter, made him think of Sora as a…as a…
Balto couldn't think of a word. Only "good" and "kind" would come into his head.
"Well, since that's settled, let's go play." Sora said.
The pups jumped happily, and ran outside. Sora and the others followed. They all played different kinds of games. Muk and Luk then showed them their favorite game. They would jump over somebody, and that somebody would jump over them. Sora jumped over Muk and Luk, and the pups jumped over them. The next game they played was tag. The pups would chase eachother then they would chase Balto, Sora, and Kavik. Nook, Juni, and Fie got Kavik.
"Tag, you're it!" They said.
It didn't long for Kavik to catch them.
"Tag, you're it!" He said.
"Hey, you cheated!" They said. "You should at least give us a head start because you're big."
Kavik chuckled.
"All right, I'll give you a ten second head start." He said.
The three pups took off.
"1-2-10!"
Kavik ran after and caught them again.
"Hey, you cheated again!" Nook said.
Kavik just laughed. The pups then tackled him. The other two did the same. Sora and the others went to them.
"Hey, hey, cut that out." Kavik said, happily. "I'm ticklish."
"Oh you are…" Sora and the pups said, making devilish grins.
Sora started moving his fingers then him and the pups walked slowly towards Kavik.
"Oh no…" Kavik said. "You wouldn't…"
"Oh…would we." Sora and the pups said. "CHARGE!"
They jumped on Kavik and started tickling him. Kavik was laughing like crazy. Balto and Boris shook their heads.
"Some things never change." Balto said.
"Nope." Boris said.
Alue and Vike walked up to Balto. Alue giggled.
"It's just old times, huh Papa?" She asked.
Balto nodded.
"So, Alue…how is like…being…leader of a wolf pack?" He asked.
"Oh…"
Alue blushed.
"We'd prefer the word 'clan', Sir Balto." Vike said. "'Pack' sounds too barbaric."
(A/N: For those who haven't notice, none of the wolves in the story say "pack". Just "clan.")
"Oh…sorry about that," Balto said.
Vike just shook his head, meaning its okay."
"Well," Alue said. "At first, I was a little scared. I didn't know how to hunt caribou. But Vike helped me. He taught the tricks how to catch one. Vike and I would be the first to take down the caribou before the rest of the clan."
"And things got more serious, after that?" Boris said, eyeing the wolf couple.
Alue's cheeks were getting redder.
"Yeah, we slowly got closer together, and before we knew it, we were in love." She said.
Vike started licking Alue's cheek. Soon, they nuzzled eachother. Balto and Boris smirked. Alue and Vike stopped, realizing that they were being watched.
"Anyways Papa, how is it back home and how's mom?"
Balto told her that Jenna is just fine. How Kodi joined the dog-sled mail team and he is now lead-dog. He even told Alue that Boris has a girlfriend named Stella.
"Whoa, Uncle Boris, how come you didn't tell me sooner?" Alue asked, smirking.
"Well…you never asked me sooner." Boris said.
Everyone laughed. Balto continued telling Alue his story. He told her that he met a human pilot named Duke, and how he saved his life after his bush plane crashed. He even told her that Duke allowed him to ride in his bush plane.
"I would ride with Duke, everyday, seeing the beautiful scenery from above."
Balto made a chuckle.
"I ride in that bush plane so much, that your mother was mad at me for a while."
Alue chuckled.
"I had to promise her that I'd ride with Duke only once a month." Balto said.
"Did it work?" Alue asked.
"Yep." Balto said.
"Okay, okay, I can't breath."
Balto, Alue, Boris, and Vike turned around. They almost forgot that Sora and the pups were tickling Kavik half to death. Everybody stopped. Kavik was now gasping for breath.
"Sorry Kavik," Sora said. "No hard feelings?"
Kavik looked at him.
"No…not at all." He said.
Kavik then pushed Sora down to ground. He was holding Sora down.
"Hey kids." Kavik said. "Still have some energy to tickle some more?"
The pups jumped excitedly.
"Yeah!" They said.
"Well, it's time to tickle Sora." Kavik said.
"Oh no…" Sora said.
The pups then started tickling Sora. Kavik grinned at him. Alue went to the pups.
"Okay, that's enough." She said. "It's getting dark. So that means it's time for shut-eye."
"Ohhhhh." The pups wined. "But mama…"
"No buts," Alue said. "Bedtime is bedtime."
The pups got off of Sora and walked towards the den. They were having so much fun with him and the others. The sun was indeed setting, and Sora was feeling tired, himself. He walked to the den, along with Balto, Kavik, Boris, Muk and Luk. The den was big enough for them all to sleep in. Alue and Vike sleep in the middle, and the wolves sleep around them. Sora and the others manage to find comfortable spots.
"Good night, guys." Sora said.
"Good night, Sora." Balto, Kavik, Boris, Muk, Luk, and pups said.
Then they all went to sleep.
Far off from the wolf's den…
Asza has discovered that Sora couldn't get the ice crystal from wolf leader. She was trying to figure out why.
"Could it be that it's in another wolf pack?" She asked herself. "No. It couldn't be. Queen Lavendra told me that's it's in this one. But why couldn't the Keyblade Master get it?"
Asza kept thinking. Then it finally hit her.
"That wolf must be the Sacred Wolf that Queen Lavendra told me about." She said. "Perhaps the wolf needs a true reason to release the ice crystal."
Asza then made a sinister grin.
"But that wouldn't be a problem." She said. "I know a good reason for the wolf. Even the Keyblade Master and his animal friends would think it's a good reason."
Asza made a laugh and disappeared.
End of chapter. Okay, I know I've been lacking the action. But in the next chapter and so on. I promise you Sora and the gang are gonna be fighting some Heartless.