Itami walked slowly back to her hideout, her hands buried deep in her pockets, while she kept her tired eyes looking down at the well trodden track she walked on.

"Itami!"

Itami stopped and ripped her hands out of her pockets, turning round she saw nothing, no one around here knew her name. Her heart quicken as she prepared for an attack. She was in a large alleyway, well lit and three exits.

"Hey calm down its only me." A tall male human walked towards her from a darkened doorway "You remember me don't ya?"

Itami smiled when she saw it was Tod, he was her only human friend in this forsaken city."Tod, last I heard you had been locked up." He was a thief like her only on a smaller scale but unlike her, he had been caught more times than not."Wow, I thought you were gone for good this time, how'd you get out?"

Tod grinned. "My manly ways of persuasion." He put his hands behind his head and smiled at her. His green eyes and sandy coloured hair made him not bad looking but he could be a real pain in the ass if his 'team' was around. He wouldn't leave her alone and always tried to touch her, not in a bad way but just hugs and hand holding but she gave him a few death glares and he stopped. "Works getting tough huh?"

Itami nodded. "No kidding."

"I've got another run tomorrow, it wont be easy." Tod say quietly, more to himself then Itami.

Itami shook her head. "Just be careful okay?" Tod nodded.

"You too, Tsume is really being careless this time." the concern in his eyes was obvious.

"When is Tsume's work not careless." Itami smiled and walked on ahead."Good luck for tomorrow." she stood outside her front door and watched as Tod smiled and walked away. He was a nice guy,she liked him not in that way but it was plain to see he liked her in that way. Maybe if she wanted to stay and live the human life, he was a option. He often said he wanted to settle down with someone and have kids. Itami laughed at herself as she walked inside, herself a mother? No. "If there is one thing you'll never be Itami is human." she said bitterly to herself.

The job with Tsume was a disaster. They lost Gehl, only a pup but he was a hard nut, she was surprised he had lasted this long. Tsume tried to save him but once the kid saw what he was he freaked and fell. Tsume took it hard though he acted like he didn't give a toss. The kid idolised him, Itami sighed and looked over at Tsume. A few members of the team had backed out, apparently the law was coming down hot and heavy on all the crime gangs and Tsume's gang was in the top five. She stood and walked away. She felt two golden eyes burn into her skin as she left. Although they were the same Itami and Tsume never spoke to each other. They never needed to, they had a silent understanding and mutual respect for each other.

"You done well last night." Tsume said dryly.

Itami didn't turn around but she smiled and said."I know." he needed her in the group now more than ever since the others left.

She walked through the streets in the sunlight, revealing in its quiet. She didn't care where the humans had gone she was glad they were just gone.

"Hey wolf."

Itami looked down and saw a straggly cat looking up at her, "What?" She growled.

"Look."

Itami followed the cat's gaze into the open road where heavily armoured cars were loading caught criminals into the back. She gasped when she saw Tod pinned to the ground, she fought back at the instinct to run and rip the soldiers off of her friend. Tod looked up and their eyes met for a brief moment before he was bundled into the vehicle.

"Looks like one of your own kind got caught too." The cat said solemnly.

Itami looked at another vehicle and saw what the cat was talking about, a male same age as her with dark hair and pale eyes being lined up with other criminals she had to admit he wasn't bad looking she looked more closer and saw a white wolf beneath the illusion. The wolf looked over and stared wide eyed at her. Itami gave back the same expression. The only wolves she had seen in this city were Tsume and some other podgy wolf. Her train of thought was broken when the cat spoke again.

"Word is he arrived a few days back, got into a fight with Tsume and has been wandering round with the hefty one ever since." The cat raised its hackles and hissed as Tsume walked towards them. It darted off and Itami was left with tall dark and arrogant.

"Its bad enough you make friends with humans but now cats? Your worse than I thought." Tsume said coolly, gold eyes looking straight through her.

"We can't all be as superior as you, my liege " Itami snarled and stalked off.

Later that night-

Itami was woken from her sleep by a noble ship. She hated that sound to be honest it scared her. She pulled on her jacket and walked outside, she climbed up onto the roof and looked up to the sky for some comfort, nothing. No moon not even a sense it was there. The ground was still and quiet. Shivers crawled across Itami's spine. Something was wrong. She sat down and pulled her legs close to her. In a few minutes she was asleep, she was dreaming. There was a noble and the white wolf she saw earlier in the day, the noble was holding something..no someone. He yanked her up by the neck and she screamed. Itami opened her eyes, but forced them shut again a sickening white light shone in front of her, slowly she opened her eyes, the light was gone but in its place was the noble, standing there just looking at her.

"Wolf."

Itami stood, trembling. How did he know what she was?. Though through her fear she growled at the noble only for him to laugh, "Such bravery." A yellow eye flashed from his mask and Itami collapsed to the ground unable to control her body, terrified she whimpered. The noble watched her for a few moments, each second made her feel sick and useless. She was vulnerable and couldn't protect herself. The light reappeared and the noble was gone. She blacked out.

"Hey, wake up."

Itami moaned and shifted, she ached all over. Memories of last night flooded back to her and she jumped up with a start. "Where am I?" She growled and clutched her head, it throbbed making her eyesight fade in and out, from the smell of the place and its darkness she could tell it was the sewers.

"Kiba she's awake!" A male voice shouted.

Itami looked at him, it was the podgy wolf that had spoken. She looked around to see who he was taking too.

"Hige I told you to leave her alon-" The other wolf cut himself off and stared wide eyed at Itami as he had done the first time he had seen her.

"It's rude to stare." Itami pointed out even though she was staring at him. Kiba shook himself out of his daze and looked at the she wolf in front of him.

"How do you feel?"

"Bad, but ill live." Itami said finally breaking away from his icy blue eyes.

"No offence but you looked like death itself when we found you." Hige said calmly, sitting on a lump of concrete perturbing from the wall.

"Gee thanks." Itami said sarcastically but with a smile. "What did that guy do to me?" she asked, the yellow eye branded into her mind.

"We don't know but you've been out for half a day." Kiba said sitting down onto the cold concrete.

Itami crossed her arms. "Why did you help me?"

Kiba looked at her with unreadable expression before answering. "It was..uh..instinct."

Itami thought about it then shrugged. "Instinct or not you helped me out, so thanks."

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