Paper Voice

A YYH Fanfic

Chapter Sixteen

Author's Note: Please forgive me I know that the last chapter was short and super cheesy, I laughed so hard at the pathetic-ness of it. The reason it was short is because I have a REALLY bad habit of procrastinating and I knew that I didn't have any idea where to go to add more to the chapter and I was afraid it would be forever before I did anything with it if I left it so I posted the crappy thing. Again sorry. But it was good for a laugh right? Anyway, this chapter's kinda… okay really crappy too, at least in the beginning if not through the rest of it as well, sorry, I'm just trying to write something to progress the story and this is what I've had in my head since chapter fifteen. I hope that it's okay enough for ya guys… anyone who actually reads this…

The next morning Katrina was outside sunning herself while Yoko and Ritsu were wandering around in the forest surrounding the cabin. The shadows around Katrina started shifting and she jumped up in surprise as Catherine materialized in front of her. "Katrina, what happened to you, where are we right now? Never mind, we need to go!" Catherine grabbed Katrina and started to drag her through the shadow portal she'd created. Katrina was about to protest when her collar shocked her and sent a jolt through Catherine as well. Catherine dropped Katrina and jumped back nursing her injured hand. "What was that?"

"That was my collar; you need to get out of here NOW!"

"No way, I'm not leaving with out you."

"You don't have a choice, if you stay He'll capture you… or worse and you can't rescue me if you're DEAD!"

Catherine was about to protest again when Katrina shakily shoved her into the portal, sensing that it's creator was in danger the portal closed and sent Catherine back to where the original portal had been created. Katrina collapsed in pain but was grateful that her friend was safe; before she closed her eyes she saw the Master storming up to her. The look on his face told her that she was in serious trouble and most definitely in for sever punishment. "How dare you try and escape!" The Master shouted as he roughly hoisted Katrina up by the scruff of her neck, "I provided you with medical attention, a mate, a kit, free range of the forest surrounding this cabin; and all I ask in return is that you live here with me. But you seem to be a glutton for punishment. I know the dogs have been dying to get a hold of you after what you did to them; I guess I'll leave it up to them to punish you." The Master carried Katrina around the cabin to the large dog pin and stopped at the fence. He whistled to the dogs that perked up at the sight of the vixen dangling just out of reach. "I will leave this vixen to you to do with as you please, short of killing her. I will be back tonight to retrieve her and she'd better be alive or you will suffer!" With that said the Master dropped Katrina into the dog pin and left.

The dogs immediately surrounded her; they were biting her ears, clawing her face, chewing on her tail, stepping on her ribs… There was no end to the pain she felt, she begged for them to stop and whished she could pass out but the pain kept her just conscious enough and every time darkness tried to claim her the dogs would bite or bark and wake her.

Katrina was bleeding and every inch of her screamed in pain by the time the Master finally came back to collect her. "Maybe that will teach you not to try and run away," He whispered gently as he scooped her up and walked to the front door of the cabin. Yoko was pacing restlessly near the door while he waited for the Master to bring Katrina in to be healed. Ritsu was sitting and watching wondering where his Mommy was and why Daddy was so restless. When the door opened and the Master walked in Yoko ran to the door growling. "Hush, Yoko, I had to teach her, she's lucky she's one of my favorites or I might have let the dogs kill her. Now back off so my slave can heal her or she just might die, and none of us want that." Yoko did as he was told and nudged Ritsu ahead of him to the bed.

"What happened to Mommy?" Ritsu asked smelling Katrina's blood.

"The dogs… Now come on, you should get to bed you can see Katrina in the morning," Yoko's tone let Ritsu know that his Daddy was concerned and angry at the same time and so he did as he was told.

Catherine landed on her but on Genkai's veranda and started cursing, Daiku ran up to her and asked, "Did you find her?"

"Of course I found her you f****** idiot! She sent me back, she's in serious danger, we need to get her out of there as fast as we can!"

Daiku was caught off guard by Catherine's langue towards him but quickly dismissed it because he understood it was her way of expressing her fear. "Come on, I can get to her but she doesn't want me to help her because she's afraid I'll get killed. So I need back up!" Catherine stormed off to find help from anybody and everybody that would go with her through her portals.

Ritsu tossed and turned in his sleep, at one point Yoko was shoved out of their bed. He was tempted to crawl back in but decided against it and quickly fell back to sleep on the floor. In the morning Ritsu woke up unable to deal with his nightmares any more and panicked when he didn't see his Mommy or Daddy anywhere, "Daddy!" Yoko sat up groggily and glared at the kit, "What do you want?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know where you were, I thought that you'd abandoned me like my real Daddy did," Ritsu said in a tiny voice. Yoko softened and climbed into the bed with Ritsu and let the kit curl up next to him and fall back asleep with a grin on his face; then Yoko lowered his head and slept until noon.

When Ritsu woke up again he carefully left the bed and went to search for his Mommy. He wondered around the main area of the cabin but he didn't see her anywhere, as he passed the door to the Master's room he caught a glimpse of orange fur. Carefully he peered into the room, and on the foot of the Master's bed was his Mommy, bandaged and stitched up but breathing and alive. Ritsu didn't want to go into the room for fear of the Master punishing him but he whispered, "Mommy?" When she didn't reply he backed his head out of the room and turned running into the Master's legs. He froze and slowly looked up into the smiling face of the Master, "Would you like to go in and see your Mother?" the Master asked. Ritsu's tail twitched almost in a wag betraying his thoughts.

The Master laughed softly and pushed the door open a little more, waving a hand to signal that it was okay for Ritsu to go in. Tentatively Ritsu put a paw into the room and when the Master didn't reprimand him he padded in and carefully leaped onto the bed near his Mommy. She whined a little in her sleep but quickly quieted down, Ritsu sniffed her and grimaced, she smelled of herbs and blood. "Mommy, are you okay," he whispered into her ear. Katrina's ear twitched and she sighed as she opened her eyes and carefully turned her head towards the little voice. "Good morning, Ritsu," she said momentarily forgetting what happened the other day until she tried to turn over and barked in pain.

"Mommy, are you okay?" Ritsu said backing up in fear of hurting her.

"I-I'll be okay, Ritsu, I just… got hurt really bad yesterday."

"Oh, Daddy said something about the dogs, did they get loose and attack you, the Master was gone almost all day. Did the dogs chase you and attack you and so the Master when looking for you and didn't find you until it was almost too late?"

Katrina didn't want to upset Ritsu so she slowly nodded her head and Ritsu growled, "Don't worry, Mommy, next time I'll protect you, I won't let those horrible dogs hurt you ever again!" Katrina smiled and slowly tried to get up when the Master came in and said that it probably wasn't the best idea for her to be up and about yet. She had to hold back a growl when she saw the Master she wanted nothing more than for the dogs to turn on him and kill him. The Master caught her look and sighed, then sat down and started petting Ritsu. Ritsu pulled away and pounced on his hand laughing.

Yoko stretched and got out of bed eager to find Katrina and make sure she was okay when he heard Ritsu laughing and Katrina's voice underneath it telling him to be careful around her. Their voices were coming from the Master's bedroom. Yoko was reluctant to enter but the Master spotted him hesitating in the doorway and called him in. Katrina smiled, glad that someone else who didn't like the Master was joining them and hopefully be able to help her keep her temper down. "Look at the happy family," the Master said as he reached to pet Yoko, who growled a warning and the Master glared at him. "I treat you fairly; if you don't want your privileges restricted then you will do as I say." So Yoko settled protectively next to Katrina and let the Master pet him while Ritsu bounced around trying to get attention.