Chapter 2:
Katsume woke up at early dawn the next morning. She looked over at her parents who were still asleep.
Her ears twitched when she heard a rustle in the grass from outside the den.
Curiously, Katsume got up, exiting the den.
She looked around her, finding nothing.
Then she heard another rustle from a distance away.
"Kaito?" Katsume whispered.
She saw a glimpse of white from the trees. It had to be Kaito. He must have gotten up early too.
Katsume thought of things they could do today.
She left the den, running out to the trees.
After a ways, she stopped, glancing around her, finding no signs of Kaito.
Had she imagined it?
Then, she heard another rustle from the brush near her.
"Kaito?" Katsume asked, "Quit playing around." She giggled.
Then, something came out of the brush that most definitely wasn't Kaito.
It was a wolf, like the one she saw a couple years ago.
Katsume gasped, turning to run, but found herself surrounded. Wolves were closing in on her from all directions.
A wolf jumped at her, but Katsume defended herself, letting her claws slash at him, making the wolf yelp and back away from her. Another from behind her spoke, 'We must hurry, before the damn mutts wake up!'
They lunged at her all at once, making her completely helpless and all she could do was scream.
Kaito was shaken awake by an ear-splitting scream. He knew that scream. 'Kat!'
"Katsume!" Rin cried as she and Sesshomaru awoke, Sesshomaru jumping up and phasing, running towards the scream, Rin followed as fast as her feet could carry her.
Kaito reached them first, watching a couple wolves grabbing onto Katsume's clothing, dragging her away as fast as they could go.
Kaito snarled, grabbing their attention.
"Kaito!" Katsume screamed.
Kaito's fur bristled at her voice, never seeming to get close enough to them.
Akira and Akito appeared beside the running wolf pack, one on each side, trying to grab one one of the wolves without harming Katsume.
A couple wolves abandoned the chase to take on those two dog demons, yet Katsume was still further and further away.
Kaito was unwillingly running out of stamina.
Suddenly, he saw Sesshomaru catching up to them, passing Kaito, trying to catch up to the wolf pack.
Kaito eventually had no choice but to slow down. His body felt pumped but tired.
Sesshomaru also had no luck, soon slowing down, although he kept trying to push on.
Kaito reached Sesshomaru's side, watching as Katsume and the wolves were going further and further away from their sight.
Rin eventually cought up with them, panting and crying. "We have to... We have to get her back... They're gonna... They're gonna kill her."
"Kaito. Take care of Rin, I'm going after them." Sesshomaru said lowly.
"No... I'm coming with you." Rin said.
"We are also." Akira said as she caught up with them, Akito at her side.
"And so am I." Kaito said faster than he thought.
Sesshomaru focused on him, sensing something on him, "Why do you care so much about Katsume?"
Kaito thought over the question, he didn't know, but...
"It's my fault. I should have heard her walking around. I should have been up before dawn, doing a perimeter check. I let my guard down. The least I can do is help save her."
"Ok, we're all going. We need to go after them! Who knows what they'll do to her!" Rin broke in.
Sesshomaru sighed before kneeling down, "Stay out of the way Rin. I can't risk losing you too."
Rin nodded, resting a hand on the hilt of her sword, "I can take them."
With that, they took off growing worried that Katsume's scent was slowly fading away.
Sesshomaru never lost it though, he could sense his daughter without even smelling, Katsume was his pup, he would always find her, no matter how far away she was.