After that flashback I finally pulled my self back into horrible reality. If only that incident had been an illusion, maybe a dream, even a hallucination- better to go insane than to be cursed and controlled by a demon- my life would be much simpler. Sadly though, it was all real. I have proof every month when the sky goes black and is void of all light including the stars. Almost as if the universe is leering at me saying 'There's no hope for you tonight; it's out of your hands. Your worthless, helpless, and you always will be.' But still I fought on and I can control her now, to an extent. I feel distant from the rest of the world, an outcast. Even more so now that my clan has been destroyed. I will have to rebuild it on my own; it's the responsibility of the chief's children if they survive and at some point soon that will have to become my priority. I cringe at the thought but it's not what I'm worried about at the moment. Sighing at the weight currently resting on my shoulders I pivot around suddenly at the alarming rustling in the undergrowth. Swerving back to the way I was originally facing I haughtily say "So you've finally decided to apologize to me?"

"Now why would I do that?" an unfamiliar, taunting sound breaks the serenity of the woods. His voice is sinister yet coercing as if it were a snake's cunning and deception in a human being. Stunned, I spin to where the voice is coming from. Although I didn't know him by the tone I now recognize him as one of the ninja who had annihilated my village.

"What do you want from me? And why did you destroy my home?"

"Lord Orochimaru had never intended to snuff out your clan but we couldn't find what we were looking for and since we were in the area..." he shrugs his shoulders nonchalantly.

"What could you possibly have been searching so desperately for within my clan? Most of the world didn't even acknowledge our existence."

"Which is precisely why no one exterminated it sooner." he says with a smug grin on his taunting face.

Struggling to push down the wolf's urge to leap at him and tear out his throat I calmly say, " And why is that exactly? We had nothing that any other clan wouldn't!" Once again tears threaten to spill over onto my cheeks.

"Actually we were after a monster that has evaded capture and abuse by the great nations, unlike the tailed beasts, the Dark Spirit Wolf. Legend has it that it was last seen entering the borders surrounding the Hitomatome clan stronghold. It's the reason your skills revolved around wolves and their instincts and strengths. But in the end we couldn't find it; it had been hidden from us."

Shivering I made a decision-may have been a smart one-not to tell him that I thought him and this Orochimaru guy were really looking for me and not the spirit itself. Somehow though, I had a feeling he already knew too much.

"...And I believe you are just the person we've been searching for, my dear." he says looking calculatingly in my direction.

'I knew it. Okay Tsuki, stay calm; pretend you don't know anything.' "What makes you think that?" 'Well yeah that sure as hell was subtle!' My voice is quivering with all of the emotions running rampant through my mind, body, and ookami: anger at him for destroying the entirety of my clan save for me, sadness because I know that if he takes me there is no chance my clan will ever be rebuilt-I'm the last one, fear at the possibilities of what this man can and will do to me, and uncertainty of whether I should flee like the coward I'm being or stand my ground and avenge my clan in the process. Thankfully the strongest of these is my hatred and anger at his blatant disregard of the lives of my clan, my pack!- End Part 1

Ok I know it was horrible of me to do that but honestly I haven't updated in so long and I'm still feeling this chapter out so...it's gonna be a 2-part one. On another note I also wanted to end this short to say that I am in desperate need of a Beta Reader. I'm not exactly sure how it works and all but I'm sure some of you will so if you're interested in helping this hopeless writer out by taking the long, grueling, utterly depressing job of editing MY writing just PM me with the subject 'Beta'. Ok I think that's it so sorry about the short chapter but school's almost over just 1 1/2 more weeks so I will be working a lot harder to make sure this story doesn't disappoint which I have failed at thus far.