Kaze's secrets are becoming more and more known mwahahahaha!
Disclaimer: still no owny. I doubt Stephanie-san will let me have Jake even though Bella left him in the dust for a sparkling vamp (how DARE she!)
Inside the kitchen Kaze and Shino are chopping veggies. Shino starts to laugh at a joke she said then nicks his finger with the knife.
"Ite!" Shino mutters then jerks his finger back.
"Uh oh… here let me see that." Kaze says, taking his hand. She licks the wound on Shino's finger and it heals instantly. "There! All better."
"Hey… is that…? That's blood!" Sam shouts running into the kitchen followed by the rest of the wolves.
Kiara sighs. "There's nothing to worry about." She says, leaning her head back on Sasuke's chest and closing her eyes.
The wolves peer into the kitchen to see Shino and Kaze put the veggies into the ramen they are cooking then look up.
"Is there something wrong?" Kaze asks, looking up at them from the noodles she's pulling.
"…We smelled blood…?" Jake says looking around, his face utterly confused. "But there's no blood."
"Must have been you're imagination." Shino says, putting more veggies into the pot.
"Oi Kaze-sama, there's no celery right?" Kiara asks, getting on her tippy toes and peering into the pot.
"Of course not! Celery's nasty!" Kaze says as she continues to pull the noodles.
"Onions? Leaks?" Kiara presses, dipping a spoon into the pot. Kaze smacks her hand with a wooden spoon making Kiara drop her spoon. "Ite! I was just going to see if it tasted good!"
"No taste testing!" Kaze fusses, wagging the spoon at Kiara who pouts. "And no, there's no onions or leaks."
"Ok good." Kiara says, waving her now red hand back and forth. "That really hurt."
"Get over it." Kaze grumps.
"I know I smelled blood. What'd you do?" Sam demands, his tone angry and suspicious.
"Back to that again?" Kaze grumbles.
Kiara sighs and shakes her head then looks back at him. "I told you, there's nothing to worry about, Kaze-sama doesn't drink blood!"
Sam's eyes narrow in a sharp glare before he growls and stomps back into the living room closely followed by the rest of the wolves. Kiara stays in the kitchen and turns back to Kaze and Shino.
"He cut his finger didn't he?" Kiara whispers.
"Hai. One lick was enough." Kaze whispers back to where only Kiara can hear.
Kiara nods then leans against the counter with her elbows resting on the counter's surface. "I figured. We gotta be careful around them, their sense of smell is keener than I thought."
"Me too." Kaze says nodding in agreement. "I figured they'd be the same as the ones that only look partially wolf-like."
Kiara shrugs. "Meh, to be honest I figured that their sense of smell would be the same as a human in their human form, unlike me."
"Haha would make sense huh? But seeing as your sense of smell is sharper than a normal wolf's I highly doubt they can be as accurate as you." Kaze laughs softly.
Kiara chuckles pretty much silently then her face becomes serious again. "But we still gotta be careful. I don't want them finding out too fast."
"Understood." Kaze whispers. "You better get back in there before they become more suspicious."
"Alright, alright!" Kiara grumbles, walking back into the living room. She plops down on the couch next to Sasuke and spots Sai drawing. "Oi, Sai, what'cha drawing."
"Nothing." Sai mumbles, quickly flipping from the picture of her and Sasuke from earlier to a blank page.
Kiara raises an eyebrow then bends over. "Oh really? You looked very intent on that drawing. What is it?"
"It's nothing, not very good anyway." Sai says, now drawing some land scene.
"Yeah right. You're an awesome artist. Now what'd you draw?"
"Nothing. Kia why are you bothering him?" Sasuke asks.
Kiara stands up and puts her hands on her hips. She looks over her shoulder and Sasuke and gives him a suspicious look. "You're in on it."
Sasuke jerks guiltily and he shakes his head. "N-Nuh uh."
"Uh huh… you're face screams 'guilty' not only that but you hardly ever defend Sai." Kiara says, sitting into Sasuke's lap facing him. She begins to trace her finger along his chest making Sasuke blush and shiver. "What. Did. He. Draw?"
Th-This isn't gonna end well… for either of us… Sai and Sasuke think at once.
"N-Nothing… C-C'mon Kia…" Sasuke stutters.
"Kiara! What are you doing to Sausy?" Kaze yells from the kitchen. Kiara's tail frizzes and she stiffens with guilt.
"U-Um… interrogating?" Kiara says sheepishly.
Kaze pokes her head out of the kitchen and gives Kiara a look. "What? Why are you doing that?"
"Sai was drawing something then when I asked about it he started acting funny." Kiara explains, pointing at Sai as he sneaks away.
"Oh! Could it be the picture he drew of you in Sasuke's lap?" Kaze says, smirking at Sasuke's horrified look.
Kiara blushes then glares at Sai. "He did what?"
"U-Uh… w-well… " Sai stutters fearfully.
Kiara's ears go back and she begins to snarl. She leaps at Sai but Kaze grabs the back of her dress stopping her.
"Let me at 'im Kaze-sama!" Kiara growls angrily. Sai flinches and he begins to run.
"No! He's your teammate you can't kill your own teammate!" Kaze says holding firmly on the back of Kiara's dress. Sai and Sasuke sag in relief as Kiara looks up at Kaze her face pleading but Kaze shakes her head.
"Awww…" Kiara pouts, crossing her arms.
"Dinner's done goofs. C'mon into the dinning room." Kaze says, dragging Kiara into the dinning room.
The group sits down at the bowls of ramen placed on the large table. Kaze sits down between Shino and Kiara at the head of the table and starts eating her bowl of ramen. The wolves start to dig in except Sam who is watching Kaze intently.
"How do you eat with these things?" Seth grumbles, fumbling with his chopsticks.
Kiara laughs then leans over the table to help him out. "You hold them like this. No, No! Your fingers go here, here and here. Wait… you're thumb doesn't go there! It goes here. There you go! Now try!"
"Ah ha! Got it! Thanks Kiara." Seth says, smiling at her.
"You're welcome." Kiara says, sitting back down in her chair.
"Hey this is good…" Quil says, having given up with his chopsticks and is now using a fork.
"Thanks," Kaze says, still eating.
"You should eat, Sam-san." Kiara says, looking at him. "It's rude to stare."
Sam glares at Kiara for a second before he too starts to eat, but he watches Kaze out of the corner of his eye. She's eating? But she's a bloodsucker…
The rest of dinner goes by smoothly except for the fact that the wolves ate quite a bit of food. Once they had finally finished eating, the wolves head next door to sleep. Kiara heads up to bed closely followed by the others.
In the early hours of the morning Kiara is jolted awake by eerie sounds out side. She sits up, sweating and breathing hard in fear. Her wolfen ears are twitching as she listens intently. Then an involuntary shiver courses through Kiara's body. She leaps out of bed and heads to Kaze's room at a dead run. She starts sliding towards Kaze's door but her momentum is such that it drives her past Kaze's door. She mutters under her breath then goes back to the door and slams it open, effectively waking Kaze. Kaze sits straight up in bed and her angry look quickly becomes fearful when she senses Kiara's own fear.
"Kia, what's wrong? What'd you hear?" Kaze whispers, flicking on her light as she walks over to Kiara.
Another shiver goes through Kiara, making goose bumps rise on her arms and legs. Kiara places her arms around her waist and shakes her head. Her ears are back and her tail is between her legs.
"I-I don't know. But I don't' like it." Kiara whispers. "Kaze something bad is here."
Suddenly Kaze stiffens and she looks towards her window, which faces the forest behind the house.
"I-I think I know what you mean…" Kaze whispers, her face becoming paler than it usually is. Kiara whines and buries her face into Kaze's shoulder, her body shaking fiercely in fear. Kaze wraps her arms around Kiara and mutters a curse under her breath. Then she pulls Kiara away and gives her a stern look. "I need you to get Sasuke, Shino and Sai out of here then I need you to go get the pack ok?"
Kiara gives Kaze an unsure look. Then her face becomes determined and she nods. "H-Hai."
"Good. Do that while I get some things."
"Where do you wanna meet?" Kiara whispers.
Kaze's look becomes thoughtful. "The meadow we train in. Tell the wolves to phase."
"H-Hai. I will, be safe Kaze-sama." Kiara says.
"I will. See you soon." Kaze says placing a hand on Kiara head before Kiara goes to the other rooms in the house where the boys sleep.
Kaze begins to rip through her room, gathering anything she thinks will help them face the danger that has her and Kiara both frightened. Once satisfied with the assortment of weapons, scrolls and other things, Kaze runs out the front door, not even bothering to put on any of the weights she usually wears. She gets to the remote training field she and Kiara trains in so that no one else gets hurt, she finds Kiara and a pack of seven large wolves already there. Kiara's still in her human/wolf form with Sasuke, Sai and Shino standing between her and the wolves obviously in an effort to protect them from whatever this is. Kaze sighs in relief and quickly closes the distance between her and them.
"Did you find everything Kaze-sama?" Kiara asks, her face still showing the worry that consumes both of them.
"I did. Here," Kaze says handing Kiara a sheathed katana. "I think you may need this."
Kiara smiles sadly as she takes the katana. "I get the feeling I'll be a wolf most of the time."
"Haha you may be right, your senses are keener than mine in that area." Kaze says warily.
"What's going on?" Sasuke asks.
"Something's wrong. It gave me goose bumps…" Kiara whispers, hugging herself as she shivers once again. "I can't pinpoint it but it's bad… dangerous too."
"I see…if both of you are scared…" Shino whispers, shaking his head slowly. "Then it's really bad."
"Did the pack sense it?" Sai asks softly.
Jacob looks at him and shakes his head, answering his question. Sai's eyebrows pull together in confusion as he looks back at Kiara.
"I'm confused." He states plainly.
"My senses are keener than theirs." Kiara says, putting her hands to her head. Her whole body is shaking in violent tremors. She squeezes her eyes shut and sinks to the ground. Sasuke crouches beside her and wraps his arms around her in an effort to comfort her. "B-But with this feeling I-I'm g-getting… th-they'll f-feel i-it soon."
An eerie howl pierces the air. Kiara jumps and hides her face in Sasuke's chest as she begins to shake even harder. Kaze pales and also begins to shake. Jacob and the pack start to whimper and shift restlessly, their faces showing concern. Sai is even showing terror on his usually emotionless face.
"Wh-what was that?" he stutters.
"It's a werewolf…" Kiara stutters, tears starting to roll down her face. "But a kind… that is very dangerous…"
Another howl splits the calm night, this time only closer. Kiara has placed her hands over her wolf ears in an effort to prevent the sound from entering her head. Kaze's face has become a grimace, her hands armed with a couple of kunai.