I'M SO SORRY FOR NOT UPDATED FOR SO LONG! I've just been lazy…guilty…;( So I'll try to make this chapter longer to make up for lost time… Plus I've been helping my mother in the garden...

Enjoy and please review!

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Toshiro woke up and yawned as the sun shined through the hole in Anica's den. His back felt the cold wall of the den behind him yet his stomach was quite warm. He opened one eye to glance at the source of warmth. He saw Momo's small frame curled up against his abdomen. He saw that she was resting peacefully, so decided against waking her up or pushing her away. Besides, she looked like she was having a nice dream and was comfortable. Toshiro felt all of his wounds now healed properly and sighed in relief. Now he could make the journey back to his family knowing he could protect himself. He started drifting back to sleep, but then…DING!

'DAMN IT! I forgot Hinamori's coming with me! CRAP! Well…can't change anything now…' He remembered and fell asleep.

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Anica woke up and looked around. She yawned and stretched her long body. She, remembering that Toshiro and Momo were staying with her, quietly tip-toed to the corner and peeked at the sleeping couple. She smiled and quietly walked out of her den to get them all something to eat when they wake up. She sneaked around for prey and spotted a baby deer in the middle of a meadow. She looked around for the herd or at least the mother. She didn't see or smell anything. Anica grinned and charged after the baby animal. The deer heard her and tried to run away, but the large female wolf pounced it and bit its neck. She deer struggled, but was no match for the strong wolf.

The baby deer eventually gave into fate and went limp in Anica's sharp fangs. She grinned at her catch and carried the small animal to the front of her den. She decided that this was for Toshiro, so she had to find something for herself and Momo. She knew Momo didn't like eating fellow animals, but this was for her own good. Anica went looking around and spotted a large raccoon on the ground sleeping.

'Well…at least the little thing gets a quiet end…' She thought.

Anica walked over to the sleeping raccoon and bit it hard. The bite was hard enough to kill the small Carnivore without it even waking up. She carried the raccoon to the front of her den again and went looking for more prey. She spotted a possum and wanted to prey on it, but a large (even bigger than her), black wolf killed it. She sweat dropped,

'Great, there goes my breakfast…'

She sighed and didn't even realize the black wolf had heard her. As she turned to find more prey, she was knocked down by a large weight on her. She felt the wind knocked out of her as she hit the ground painfully. She tried to roll to her side, but her captor was too heavy. Who ever it was leaned his head to her ear,

''Were you spying on me?''

She huffed a bit, trying to get her lungs filled with oxygen,

''I-I…wa-was j-just…looking…f-for prey…'' She breathed out.

She heard the wolf chuckle (she figured out who attacked her),

''So you picked me as prey?''

Anica soo wanted to glare at the male wolf,

''N-NO! T-THE THING YOU CAUGHT!'' she yelled out and began to pant.

The large wolf stepped off of her and walked in front of her. Anica panted and stayed laid down to regain her strength. She finally opened her eyes and examined the male wolf in front of her. He had brownish black fur, icy blue eyes, a long wild tail and he was certainly bigger than her. She felt tired and didn't know if she was gonna be able to hunt for one last animal. He looked at her panting form and asked,

''You alright?''

A vein popped on her head. Who the hell was this guy? He stole her prey, jumped on her, knocked the wind out of her, accused her or spying on him and now was asking her if she was alright? She jumped up, got up in the male wolf's face and glared at him,

''NO! I'm NOT alright! You just stole my prey, knocked the wind out of me, accused me of things I never did and now you're asking me if I'm alright when clearly it's your fault I was panting IN THE FIRST PLACE!'' She yelled at him.

The wolf looked taken aback by her sudden outburst, but simply smirked,

''Technically, it wasn't YOUR prey, it didn't have your name on it.''

''ARHG!'' Anica screamed and quickly turned around, intentionally hitting the black wolf right in the face with her large tail. He groaned, glared at her and took a few strands of her tail fur in his teeth and ripped them out. She yelped and turned around, knocking him off of his feet by hitting his front legs with her back leg. The fight eventually turned into a tackling game. They kept tackling each other until they were exhausted. Anica looked at her opponent and began laughing. Her laughing fit caused the large male wolf to start laughing too. After laughing out the experience and recovering their strength, the got and the male wolf started,

''Alright, I'm sorry for harming you, accusing you of things, plucking your tail fur and tackling you.''

Anica smiled,

''Ok, and I'm sorry for yelling at you, knocking you off of your feet and tackling you…''

''Apology exepted.''

''Likewise''

''By the way, I never got to know your name.''

''Oh, right, It's Anica Sincera. Your name?''

''Jason Rylan.''

''I haven't seen you around here and I know everyone around this forest.''

''Yeah, I came here not too long ago and I'm just settling in. You're a local animal?''

''Sure am. I've been living here since I was a pup.''

''I see. Well, I have get going, but hopefully I'll see you around.''

He said, picking his prey and walking away.

''Sure.''

Anica started walking away too. She had to admit it to herself, Jason was pretty handsome. She soon saw a large turkey near an oak tree. She took aim and pounced the bird, biting down on its neck hard. She took the half dead bird to her den and heard noises coming from her den.

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Momo groaned a bit as the suns bright light hit her face. She turned around to shield herself from the light, but felt something soft against her nose. She opened her eyes and saw…white. Nothing but white fur. She quickly understood what was going on and jumped from the bed. She saw Hitsugaya waking up and yawning.

''Uh…Good morning, Hitsugaya-san.'' She greeted him.

''Morning Hinamori.'' Toshiro grunted back.

''So, are we leaving today?'' Momo asked enthusiastically.

''You STILL want to come with me?'' Toshiro grunted at her.

''Of course! I'm really exited!'' Momo smiled brightly.

''There's nothing to be exited about. It's just an errand, I might as well not come back.'' Toshiro closed his eyes.

When he opened them, he saw Momo with tears in her eyes and shaking with a few sobs. Toshiro couldn't help but feel guilty about saddening the smaller female wolf. He groaned and sighed,

''I was only kidding. I told you I'd come back and I will.'' He reassured her.

She smiled a bit and brushed away the tears in her eyes. He sighed, relieved to see her lighten up finally. He could not understand why he didn't like to see the smaller wolf cry or be hurt. He got up and stretched his body.

At that moment Anica came into the den and smiled,

''Morning Toshiro, Peachy! If you're hungry, I got some hunting done this morning and my catch is outside.''

Toshiro nodded and walked outside, followed by Momo. Anica came out too and saw that Toshiro was eating the baby deer and Momo was pouting at her.

''What?'' Anica asked, totally confused.

''You know I don't like eating fellow forest animals.''

Anica frowned,

''Momo, you're never gonna grow eating like that. You're a meat eater, meaning you're supposed to eat meat. Honestly, you really anger me this way.''

''But Anica!'' Momo whined.

''Momo'' Anica growled in a threatening voice.

Momo looked at her scared and hid behing Toshiro. Toshiro and Anica sighed and Momo, reluctantly, started eating the raccoon.

After finishing their meal, Toshiro told Anica where they were heading and that they will be back soon. Anica smiled, gave Momo a loving hug and waved them goodbye.

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The young wolves were walking through the forest and Momo was trailing behind Toshiro. She was thinking about the trip and what they might encounter. After walking from the forest, across the large road (after Toshiro checked to see if any cars were coming of course), they made it to the next forest. Momo's legs were killing her, but she knew, if she would complain, he'd just tell her to go back home. She kept her whines in, but after a while of walking…hiss…BITE!

''AAAHH!'' Momo screamed as a snake bit her. She shook the damn reptile off, but after a while began feeling dizzy. Toshiro ran over to her,

''HINAMORI! What happened?'' He urgently asked her.

''A-A snake bit m-me'' Momo dizzily replied.

''What kind of snake?''

''I-I think a-a Copperhead.''

''DAMN IT! That's a poisonous snake! What the hell do we do now?''

''It's o-ok. Anica taught m-me medical antidotes for specific snake bites.''

''Well then, what do you need to make the antidote?''

After getting everything they needed for the antidote, Momo mixed the herbs together and poured water into the bowl-shaped rock. After a while, she collapsed out of dizziness.

''HINAMORI!'' Toshiro rushed over to her.

''I-I'll be o-ok. Just f-finish mixing the a-antidote.''

He quickly began mixing the antidote. After mixing it perfectly, he pushed the bowl to her mouth and lifted her head up with his paw.

''Drink'' he instructed her, holding (or more like tilting) the bowl to her mouth.

She opened it and drank the content of the bowl. After finishing it, she gagged a bit in disgust,

''BLEH! Now I-I remember w-why I h-hated to d-drink These m-mixtures. They t-taste TERRIBLE!'' She stuck her tongue out.

He chuckled a bit and looked at the sky. It was already dark. He looked around and spotted a cave near by. He took Momo scurf in his teeth carefully and carried her to the cave. He laid her down gently on the ground and went looking for some moss and grass to make into a bed. After a few minutes, he came back with lots of moss. He made it all into a bed and make sure it was a good resting place for an injured wolf. He took Momo's scurf in his teeth again carefully and gently placed her down on the moss bed. He lied down a bit further from her and as he was about to go to sleep, Momo called him,

''H-Hitsugaya-san, c-could you p-please sleep n-next to m-me again?'' She asked, weakly.

''Why?'' He asked.

''I-It's j-j-just so c-cold…'' She shivered and curled her body into a small ball.

He realized that the effects of the antidote were kicking in and the night was a bit cold and it was starting to rain already as well. He got up, walked to her, lied down next to her and curled around her putting his tail above her rear and his paw over her. After a few moments, she stopped shivering. He sighed in relief and they both drifted to sleep.

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Well…I'm finally done. It's freakin' 5am and my eyes are as dry as the Sahara desert. I'm really tired, but wanted to finish.

I really hope you liked it and please review! :)