FireCacodemon: Welcome back to Lone Wolf, glad that there are people who are interested in this story.

Yoshiki: We wouldn't have written the next chapter if it weren't for you guys.

FireCacodemon: Team GrisGris owns Corpse Party, not me sadly.

Yoshiki: Don't you have something to say?

FireCacodemon: Oh yeah...

Lone Wolf will be going into three different stories. This story is set before Heavenly Host and will probably end before or the end of the Cultural Festival. This'll lead onto Heavenly Host and I'll write the aftermath of Heavenly Host before I'll stop writing Yoshiki as a wolf. If you want me to do anything else involving Yoshiki as a wolf, PM me and I'll work something out.

FireCacodemon: That's all. *smiles.*

Yoshiki: Now that's out of the way, onto the chapter!

Chapter 3

I gently remove the top off my lunch, wolves...prefer their food to be raw and un-cooked...It wouldn't exactly go well having a raw-meat meal in a school filed with cooked meals. If I get a place of my own, I'll have a large freezer to make sure that I can enjoy the raw meat without the fear of getting infected by anything. Frozen at very low temperatures will prevent bacteria and parasites from getting into me. Something I don't want to happen.

The aroma of the food was amazing. I did make it...it needed to be good. It was made it without Satoshi's help...really. I couldn't help but smile as my senses where going into overdrive with this food. Ayumi looked over at my food before she smiled.

"It smells delicious," Ayumi commented at my food. I couldn't help but smile at her compliment.

"I haven't exactly been honest..." I admitted to everyone.

"Don't take this personally, but I knew that you weren't being completely honest," Ayumi told me. Of course she would be able to detect a lie, with her sister being a psychic. Satoshi, Naomi along with everyone else looked at me confused.

"Why?" Satoshi asked me. I sighed.

"Well...I am 17 years old but my parents didn't move to America, I left home as my parents couldn't really cope with me. I have a job, which helps me prepare food for myself. Through the job, I have my own place to crash but I do often hang out around outside."

"Wow, sounds like you had it harsh," Satoshi commented.

"It hasn't been that harsh," I commented to him. To be honest, I'm glad I'm on my own mainly because you learn so much on your own. If I was still with my parents, I wouldn't have learnt everything I know now.

"But...you're on your own," Seiko said.

"I prefer it that way..." I replied without hesitation.

"Anyway, let's just sit down and enjoy lunch," Ayumi said before anything else could be asked or anything else.

Lunch ran smoothly, no problems surfaced. I felt my wolf side slightly disgusted by the food I was eating but...it needed to be done. If you think being human is easy...it isn't. How do you all cope? Guess you're probably telling me how easy it is and how difficult it must be being a wolf? Remember, I can smell your emotions. Ayumi turned to face me.

"So, what made you move to Kisaragi Academy during the school year?" I froze. How was I going to reply to that? Come on Kishinuma...think. Got it!

"I was kicked out from that school for my bad behaviour." I took a bit out of my lunch. I could only hope that Ayumi bought it...she already detected my lies before. Did she detect this lie too?

"What did you do?" I heard Seiko asking. I sighed inside, more questions.

"I sent them to hospital after a brawl."

"Kishinuma...you did what?!" Satoshi cried out.

"Sent someone to hospital..." I repeated myself. In reality, I never went to school but I was caught in a brawl...that part was true.

"What did they do?" Naomi asked.

"In all honesty, they attacked me first...self defence," I muttered. This year...wasn't going to be the best.

"I thought this was lunch?" Ayumi asked the group.

"Yeah," Naomi said with a smile on her face. Lunch continued...in silence.

Lone Wolf – Chapter 3

There's only one lesson remaining. That lesson I have to sit next to Ayumi, due to Satoshi sitting next to someone else. I hesitantly sat next to Ayumi; nervous due to the fact that she might know I'm lying...I've been partially lying through my teeth through the whole day. She must have felt my discomfort.

"Something wrong Kishinuma?" Her voice was low as the teacher was talking and writing on the board.

"Nothing's wrong Shinozaki," I replied to her.

"You seem jumpy."

"You know...don't you?" I asked nervous.

"That you've been lying?" She replied. I nodded.

"Yes, I know you've been lying. I just need to figure out why."

"If I tell you the reason...you'll want nothing to do with me."

"That's a little harsh."

"I'm only being honest."

"Kishinuma, then you better tell," Ayumi said before she put her hand up to answer the question that the teacher had asked. She left me to my thoughts. What if I just drop out of here? If I do tell them that I'm a wolf, they are probably going to leave me. The stereotype of wolves is that we're evil or cruel...thank you fairy tales. Cold blooded killers...that's not true. There are wolves like that but there are also wolves which aren't like that. I only get into the stereotype wolf when badly hurt or offended. This is why I said someone to hospital instead of their death. Sure, I've killed...for food and to protect myself. I don't normally go around killing people or other animals.

The teacher handed out the school work which we got on with. There wasn't really anything else to say...mainly that I missed most of the lesson as I was worried for my own safety. Lone wolves do that. I gently tapped Ayumi's shoulder trying to get her attention.

"Shinozaki...you wouldn't mind going over what we need to do?" I asked innocently.

"Weren't you listening?" She asked me confused.

"I was locked in my thoughts," I said before I looked down at the work.

"Thinking about what?"

"What I might do in the future. I mean, if you found out my secret...I'll leave."

"What? Why?"

"You'll know why once my secret escapes."

"Here, let me help you with the work." I listened carefully as Ayumi explained it to me. It didn't take long for me to understand.

"Thanks," I smiled at her before I continued the work set. I felt her smile before we both continued with the work.

The school bell rang. Pain throbbed in my ears as I cringed. The bell was going to drive me crazy as it kept ringing, and ringing, and ringing. I grabbed my rubber and threw it at the bell. Direct hit and the bell fell silent. Throwing a rubber wasn't the reason why the bell stopped ringing but it made me feel better.

"Kishinuma, stay behind after class," I heard the teacher say.

"Yes sir," I blankly replied to him. This probably wasn't going to be the first time that this was going to happen.

"Shinohara, you wouldn't mind cleaning the board?" The teacher asked Seiko.

"No problem sir!" She cried out happily.

"I'll catch you later then Seiko," Naomi told Seiko, she nodded. Naomi walked out the classroom before the teacher turned to face me. I could hear Seiko softly humming in the background...I'm annoyed by the bell, I'm going to get into trouble and Seiko's humming...what more could go wrong?

"Kishinuma...Was there any real reason to throw your eraser at the school bell?" The teacher scolded me.

"Why do you think I was kicked out my other school?" I growled. Seiko stopped humming as this was starting to get out of control.

"Don't talk back to me Kishinuma."

"Sorry sir," I apologised. I was really getting annoyed from the teacher and my wolf was getting annoyed to. I could feel the wolf clawing at me trying to take control. I looked over my shoulder to see Seiko picking up my rubber, she slowly came over to me and handed back my rubber.

"There you go Kishinuma," She smiled. She handed me the rubber before she carried on what she was doing before. I pocketed the rubber before I looked back at the teacher.

"Thank you Shinohara."

"As it is your first day, I'll let you off," The teacher told me. I nodded before he walked back to his deck and got himself ready. I went back to my bag and started sorting out the bag. I looked up at the teacher before he left the room, me and Seiko still there. I sighed as he shut the door.

"What the hell is his problem?" I asked Seiko. I turned to look at her seeing if I was going to get a response I might as well let her know I'm listening. She shrugged.

"Who knows?" She smiled slightly.

"Can we get rid of that bell?" I asked.

"Without the bell, we struggled to get to class...which is why the bell was placed there in the first place," Seiko informed me. I growled as I looked away from her. She started giggling. I wasn't sure if I should stay mad at something which I have no control over due to me not being in the school. I gave a small smile before I turned to face her.

"What are you doing anyway?" I asked.

"Cleaning the board..." She told me. I face palmed forgetting a very simple instruction.

"Are you walking home alone?" I asked Seiko.

"Yeah, I'm walking home alone. I'm not expecting Naomi to be waiting for me."

"I see...you wouldn't mind if I walked you home...do you?" I asked. A smile appeared on her face. She nodded.

"I don't mind. I'll see you outside," She said before she giggled and skipped towards me. She ruffled up my hair before she skipped outside the class room. I sighed as I looked behind me, my long blond furred tail was showing, I slowly reached up to my head and felt my wolf ears. It's been a while since they've appeared in my human form. I looked down at my hands to find that my fingernails were sharp. I didn't need to test them and I knew why I was in a half-transformation. Neither side were in total control...the same way I was born. I went into my pocket and pulled out a wallet. I carefully opened the wallet and took out a baby picture of me.

The picture was taken when I was three weeks old, my fingers looked sharp. I was smiling so you could see the wolf-like fangs clearly. I gently used my tongue to feel my teeth, the canine fangs were there. I smiled a little before I went back to my picture. My child grey eyes looked up at the camera...looking up at me. I must have been really excited judging by my smile. A true smile, unlike the one I'm use to showing to people. My tail was near my left side which means that I was wagging my tail. The memories of my parents came into my mind, dropping my mood. I heard someone coming, probably Seiko wondering what's taking me so long. I managed to quickly 'loose' my tail, ears and 'claws' along with putting the picture back in my wallet and putting it away, all before I picked up my bag. I had a feeling that I was forgetting something...but couldn't remember what. I simply shrugged it off as I slung my bag on my back and headed to find Seiko. She didn't take long to find.

"Shinohara, I'm ready," I told her. She looked at me before she frowned at me. Okay? I'm missing something? "Is there something wrong?"

"You need to smile more Kishinuma. Not that fake smile which you keep putting on," She said. I cringed. How did she know?

"What?" I asked confused.

"Well...you've been lost in thought and while we're all hanging out...you gave us a fake smile."

"Sorry...I don't think I understand," I said to her, I knew what she was on about. How did she know though?

"Smile more."

"I do smi-" I was cut off by her hand in my face.

"Proper smile," She told me.

"I only smile when there's something amusing or I feel happy," I froze.

"So...when does the fake smile come out?" Seiko asked.

"It starts off fake...probably overtime, it'll change into a real smile once I adapt to you and the rest of the group," I sighed after finishing my sentence. I am being honest. It'll change after I get comfortable. I soon drifted off into my own mind before I was soon punched on my arm. I cringed from the sudden contact. I remembered what I needed to change again. My canine fangs were still there. I could only hope that Seiko didn't notice them. I looked away from Seiko as my teeth returned to human teeth. I looked at Seiko to see if she's noticed, she didn't seem to have noticed. That's a relief.

"Let's go!" Seiko suddenly cried out. I nodded in agreement.

Lone Wolf – Chapter 3

I unlocked the door to my apartment, I placed me bag in the hallway before I walked over to my kitchen and opened the freezer to remove the beef that I had inside. I sighed in relief knowing that both sides of me were going to be happy. Frozen to make it parasite free and then with it being raw, I can let my wolf side happily eat as well. Something that both me and my wolf side enjoy, raw meat...I can feel my wolf side already trying to take over to sink its fangs into the beef.

I walked out the kitchen and walked towards the sofa. Hanging out with Seiko wasn't that bad. She's just energetic. It actually felt nice hanging out with someone for a change. I guess that's more based on the fact that I've adapted more to being more human? If that's true...it's going to be hard to explain to the others. I can imagine myself going up to the group going. "Hey, look. I'm a wolf." That's going to go so well with everyone. I'm going to be pushed out of the group and then probably excluded from school and then I'll leave the city knowing that I don't really belong anywhere. Oh well, if that happens...then it happens. I move on, I've been doing that for a while. Constantly moving, looking for a place to settle down. No, I'm not telling them. I'm not leaving town this time.

I walked back to the kitchen to check the beef. It was still cold but it wasn't frozen anymore from the looks. I pulled out a knife and drove it thought the beef to make sure that it could go all the way through. It stopped a pretty soon. I sighed, longer to wait before I can have it. I looked at the clock. It was four in the afternoon. I smiled before I walked out the kitchen, left the kitchen and decided to go out for a while. I quickly put a protective curtain over the beef. To stop anything from touching it as it defrosted. I left the place and waited for time to pass.

Lone Wolf – Chapter 3

I returned home about 3 hours later, stomach growled at me. I walked into my home before I went to the kitchen. After removing the protective curtain from the beef I grabbed the knife nearby and drove it through the beef. Still not defrosted, I sighed before I went into the cupboard and pulled out some paper. It listed how long it would take to defrost. About 1-2 days. I was grateful that I already had something defrosting. I carefully opened the fridge and removed some pork which was happily sitting in there after defrosting 3 days ago. I grabbed a plate and placed the pork into a bowl. I put the bowl into the living room before I closed the blinds on the apartment. I wouldn't want anyone looking into what I was about to do. The bowl was placed on the floor before I let my wolf take over.

The ears, fangs, tail and claws came first before anything else. I was in my original form. No, my wolf was taking over. My eyes soon changed from human to wolf, I went on all fours as my hands and feet changed to paws. My legs and arms changed into a wolf's arms and legs. My face morphed into that of a wolf before my fur came. Thankfully my clothes aren't affected by my change...when I get my school uniform...not too sure what I'm going to about that. I mean, if my wolf form takes over...due to the school clothes being made from a different material than my normal clothes. The school uniform will probably get ripped unlike the clothes I was wearing before.

I couldn't help but want to howl as the wolf took over. I sniffed the air before I looked at the meat before I felt myself salivate. I ran over to the pork that I had prepaid before and started devouring the pork. I loved to tear the pork apart...I loved to do that with any meat. Seeing as it was getting darker outside. I knew that this was going to be the last thing I do before I settle down to get some sleep. The bones left in the meat always made me happy...more my wolf side than human side but it can't really be helped.

The night came by before I wandered upstairs into my bedroom. I looked up at my bed before I noticed that my 'wolf' bed was still there. I immediately hopped into the wolf bed before I settled down, the bone from the previous meal lay abandoned as I settled down for some sleep. Thoughts were swimming through my mind. The events from today, the walk with Seiko...everything...just seems to be a dream. A dream that's easy to shatter with a simple truth. Do I want to risk that truth from coming out? My first school...I've survived one day but can I survive the school year? Next year? Ayumi Shinozaki...her sister's a psychic. I'll have to try my best to avoid her. If I'm keeping this side of me a secret, then I'll have to avoid Ayumi as much as possible. I don't mind Ayumi...I'll just need to be more careful. Thinking about what could happen isn't going to help me get some sleep. That's something I'll have to do on my own. I yawned before I drifted off into a deep sleep.

FireCacodemon: Aren't you paranoid?

Yoshiki: Wouldn't you?

FireCacodemon: Maybe...

Yoshiki: Let's just answer these reviews so we can do something else.

FireCacodemon: Got it. ArktonDartorix - Heavenly Host would have been more interesting if Yoshiki was a wolf. Thanks for the review.

Yoshiki: Notabum - First, last name is Kishinuma. Second, I'm not going to be a thug...Just because I'm a wolf doesn't mean that I'm automatically going to be a thug.

FireCacodemon: Relax, I'm in control of what's going to happen in the story.

Yoshiki: ...

FireCacodemon: Anyway...I'mInYourCarEdward - Yes Yoshiki was a kitchen wolf.

Yoshiki: The main reason why I cooked the food was to look human...if I ate raw meat, it'll look weird by everyone else.

FireCacodemon: Hope you enjoyed the next chapter.

Yoshiki: We better get going...

FireCacodemon: Okay. See you readers next chapter.