LoL, sorry Koichi, it struck me as a feminine name, I don't know that much about the Japanese, though I want to, lol. Don't worry, I have a feeling you'll be very satisfied with my ending. Grr, last chapter is centered for some reason, that annoys me but I can't change it right now. Time for the next chapter! Recap: after Raika hurts Chaula, she goes home to cry, and she tells Bass what happens. Raika comes home to apologize and Bass attacks him in his rage before he permits Raika to talk to her. Raika goes to Chaula and reveals to her why he said what he did and apologizes, and then they leave the house, but Hokori watches them from a distance. Just what is Hokori plotting? Where are Chaula and raika going?

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"So, I am thinking we should gather the pack and test the other forms of the program." Chaula speculated.

"How about we try it in our true forms?"

"What? Raika, we don't even know what would happen if you crossfused in your creature form one it's own, let alone in conjunction with the "Call of the Wild", you might end up turning into a deformed reindeer or something." Chaula said.

"Raika, the de-formed reindeer, had a very freaky pose!" Hana, Tana, and Leo sang (to the tune of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer) as they come up to them. Chaula, Protias, and Searchman burst into laughter as a vein in Raika's head bulged.

"Ok, one, I am a white-tailed deer, not a reindeer, and two, you need to GET A LIFE!" He yelled at them as they continued laughing. By the time they stopped, they were red in the face and a couple of them were tearing from the laughter.

"Ok, in all seriousness though, I think Chaula is right. I think we should test reguar crossfusion with our animal forms first before we go anywhere with it." Tana said.

"Yes, thank you. Anyway, so, we should go to the Underground and---"

"Raika!" A voice called out. They looked behind them and a blonde girl with pale, pupil-less eyes ran up to them.

"Pride!" Raika said, surprised. Chaula gasped as she beheld the princess of Brightland. She was beautiful, with her fur coat and innocent smile, she could get any guy she wanted.

'No wonder Raika likes her, no way I can compete with that. Oh well, at least I'll have Hokori.' She thought. "Hello, I'm Chaula." She said as she held out a hand to Pride and smiled. They shook hands and exchanged friendly looks.

"What are you doing here?" Raika asked her.

"Well, I am taking a vacation, and I thought I would come see you and some old friends of mine." She explained.

"Oh, uh…" Raika was at a loss for words.

"I see, you are worried about the Lycanthropes here aren't you?" Raika was shocked that Pride knew about the Lycanthropes and upon seeing his shock Pride explained it to him. "Brightland has Pro-Lycanthrope policies as well, I should know, I made them."

"So are you---?"

"No, I am not a Lycanthrope, but some really good friends of mine are, so I want them to feel safe when they come to visit me." She smiled. Raika smiled back at her kindness.

'She did it for her friends? Even though Lycanthropes are dangerous, she is still willing to tolerate them for a few of her friends.' He beamed to himself. Chaula saw his smile toward Pride and her heart ached inside, she couldn't take seeing Raika with another girl, but she would because of how much he means to her. They enjoyed a light conversation when Hokori found them, and he approached the group, making Chaula, Tana, and Hana melt beneath his gaze. Raika glared but kept himself under control, fearing he would do something to hurt Chaula again.

"Hello Chaula." Hokori said with added charm. Chaula giggled and smiled.

"Hi Hokori, what are you doing here?" She asked.

"I just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out with me for awhile, I was wanting to go for a run and I had hoped you would want to join me." He asked her. Chaula was overjoyed by his request and had internally cheered. She looked around at her friends and her smile faltered when she saw Raika. His eyes seemed to be asking her Don't do it and she was worried that he might try to stop her.

"I would love to, when do we meet?" She asked, so far, Raika had not done anything to try and stop her.

"Right now if you like." Hokori offered, giving a warm and sincere smile. Raika still had no objections.

"Ok, I'll be more than happy to come! I'll see you guys later." Chaula said as she recalled Protias back into her PET. She and Hokori went into wolf form and took off towards the forest. Raika looked worriedly at the forest before turning to Searchman, who was still perched on his shoulder. Searchman nodded and flew off from his shoulder in the direction the two wolves went and Raika breathed slowly, hoping Chaula was safe.

"Aww, she's so lucky! I wish a hot guy would ask me out." Hana complained. Raika smirked at his friend.

"Well, we'll see you around Raika, we've got some hunting to do." Tana said as she and her brother and Hana walked into the forest. Raika nodded at them and turned to Pride.

"So, um, would you like me to show you around?" He offered awkwardly. She smiled and nodded at him.

"Sure, that would be great." She responded and she followed Raika around as he showed her around the city. After they were done spending time with each other, Raika noticed how dark it got.

"Want to stay at our house Princess? It's not much but---"

"That's ok Raika, I would love to." And with that they went home. Upon walking inside, Raika noticed Chaula sprawled out on the couch smiling in content as she closed her eyes.

"Did you have a nice run?" He asked her, nervous. She nodded weakly and looked at him.

"It was wonderful Raika! Hokori let me set the pace and we stopped every time I needed a break. He is such a wonderful guy!" She bragged, Raika scowled at her, even though she didn't notice, and he walked past her.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it. Listen, the Princess needs a place to stay for a while so I offered her one of our spare rooms, do you mind?" He asked her.

'Yes I mind!' Was what she wanted to say but instead said "Ok" and watched Raika go up the stairs to show Pride her room. She couldn't help but feel a pang of jealousy toward the girl but if she made Raika happy, in the end, that's all Chaula really wanted.

The End.

Hahaha, Just kidding, a few more chapters to go, I would never do that to you guys, too many unanswered questions, but even an authoress gets to play a joke every now and again on her readers. Another filler, how lovely. Read and Review