Silver Rescue
By Sailor Phoenix1997
A silver she-wolf walked through a dense forest as snow swirled around her. Frost clung to her thick fur as she made slow process through the winds. A small yip rang through the woods. She snapped her head up and looked around. Not far from her a small tail twitched under a mound of snow. The wolf ran over and started digging.
Under the heap of snow lay a tiny silver pup. The she-wolf looked around for a mother and sniffed the pup.
"Abandoned? What mother would abandon her pup?" The tiny pup whined. The she-wolf picked it up by the scruff of it's neck and walked to a nearby hollow tree. She ducked under it and lay the pup down. She lay next to it and started licking the frost from it's coat. The pup squirmed it's tiny body into the she-wolf's and made a sound of joy. To the pup this form was a thing of warmth and protection from the harsh cold of winter. To the she-wolf the pup was the first wolf she's come into contact with ever since she'd turned from human to a wolf. She'd stopped thinking of herself as Tskino Usagi but as the she-wolf, Ginno Okami.
Ginno Okami thought of what to name the pup until she found help. The pup was smaller than most wolf pups. And with no one else to watch over it she had to keep it.
"You're so small. And it looks like it's my job to keep you safe. So first Ginno. Ginno what though?" Okami looked out at the snow and shook her head. "I can't name you snow. But perhaps Shoko? Yes. Ginno Shoko. It suits you. My little friend." Okami returned to licking Shoko's fur of the frost. Okami's tongue felt nice and soothing to the pup.
Rei knelt before the fire in her Shrine and continued to repeat her words to read. Dark circles haunted under her eyes and she sounded groggy. A cup of coffee at beside her still steaming. The door opened and a female figure came in with two cats and a flurry of snow. The figure cclosed the door and looked at Rei. Haruka pulled off her hood and looked at the tired Senshi.
"Oi Rei when was the last time you slept?"
"About three days ago. Why?"
"Have you gotten anything since then?"
"No. Just her picking up a pup. I think it's dead or something."
"Just wondering. Why are you working so hard on finding her again?"
"I think that it really is my fault. But I tried my attacks before Venus showed up. Not a scratch. And I was yelling at Usagi before she turned."
"I can understand you yelling."
"I just wish I could change that."
"If you could you'd be Setsuna. And I bet my motorbike she's perfectly fine. Maybe a kind hunter found her in the snow and mistook her for a hunting dog and has her safe and sound."
"We can only hope."
Okami stepped out of the tree that had been her home for three days and looked around. She smelled something. And it wasn't friendly. Shoko jumped out of the opening and bounced around Okami's paws. Snow flying all over around them. Okami looked down at the pup and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck. Shoko's bright blue eyes matched Okami's perfectly. Shoko's pink tongue hung from her mouth. Okami looked over the side of the tree at a hunter. She made a low growl in the back of her throat. She turned tail and ran into the forest. The hunter turned to the disappearing flash of a silver tail and shot. Okami jumped into a snowbank and licked Shoko to keep her quiet. The hunter looked around the area. His shoe sunk into the snowbank and was barely an inch from Okami's muzzle. Okami covered Shoko's muzzle with her paw. The hunter moved away and Okami soundlessly moved from the bank. SHe set down Shoko and looked at her sternly.
"What?" The tiny pup yipped.
"I told you to stay inside. When I tell you something to do I expect you to obey. Am I understood young pup?" Shoko hung her head.
"Yes'm." Okami picked up the pup in her mouth and walked back to the tree. She dropped her cargo into the trunk and walked off. "Where are you going?"
"Hunting. Stay put. I'll be back." Shoko watched Okami disappear behind a tree and walked into the recesses of the tree, walked in a circle and lay with her muzzle in her front paws.
"OK. I'll be right here." Shoko's tail wagged in joy.
A/N: I thought it might be a good idea to give Usagi some nice points to cover the witch ones she'd earned in the first chapter. Anyway I like the idea of her taking care of a pup. Hope Shoko gets to you all. Maybe I'll even write an original story for Shoko and Okami if it gets to me enough.