Shigure laughs, and the two of them walk out of the room. Mato stares after them with a sad, yet relieved look on her face.
*So papa came here! That explains why I've never been able to find him.* She looks up at the ceiling, and howls. The howl is one of pain, loss and sorrow. A tear falls down her face as she closes her eyes. *I miss you, papa!* She says in a childlike voice. After a good hour of howling, she hears the door open, and turns to see Dashin standing against the wall with a pissed off look on his face.
"Would you stop that constant HOWLING! How are you howling with a muzzle on anyway?" He asks, looking at the muzzle with puzzlement in his eyes. Mato gives him a death glare, and sticks her nose in the air. She turns her back to him, and sits down. "Fine then, be an ass! See if I care." He walks up to her, and takes the muzzle off. He then turns around...which is his worst mistake... Just when he was about to walk away, Mato jumps on him, growling in his face. He stares at her straight in the eyes, excepting her challenge. "You really think that, that trick is going to work on me? I've broken more wolves than I can count! You're nothing like them!" He grabs her ear that he had bitten, and twists it until she yelps from the pain. She gets off him. He sits up. "You will eventually yield!"
He smiles as he lets go of her ear. She backs up with her head down, and watches as he stands up. He walks over to her...on account that she had back up about fifteen feet from him... As he tries to pet her, she nips his hand. He smacks her, and grabs her ear.
"No nipping!" He says in a very stern voice as he lets go of her ear. This time when he goes to pet her, she lets him. He smiles as he stands back up on his feet. He turns away from her, and smiles. "I think this room is good for you. I'm going to leave you here for the time being." He walks out of the room, and shuts the door behind him, locking it. Mato just stands there with a stunned look on her face.
*I'm such an idiot! Why did I let him touch me!* She lays down, and slowly falls asleep.
That morning, Mato wakes up to someone petting her, and growls.
*NO ONE touches me!* She goes to bite the hand that is leisurely touching her, but stops when she feels a familiar pain coming from her ear. She slowly closes her mouth. As she does, the pain slowly goes away.
"Touchy in the morning, are we?" Dashin asks. Mato just looks at him, and growls. He laughs. "Today we're going to learn how to control your temper." Mato looks at him, and shows her teeth in a sneer. He stands up, motioning for her to come towards him. "Come on." He puts a collar on her neck as soon as she gets within his reach, and unhooks her chain leash from the harness. She goes to run, but when the collar presses to her neck, it starts burning.
*SILVER!* She growls, but goes still instantly despite her irritation. She looks up at Dashin with murderous intent in her eyes. He only smiles, and laughs as he starts to walk towards the door.
"Come." She walks behind him out the door, cursing her bad luck that seems to be surfacing a lot lately.
*God damn collar...* She mumbles in her mind. She suddenly stops, and turns around, growling. Dashin looks at her.
"Stop growling, and come on. Don't worry about him." She looks at him, and bares her teeth. He smirks yet again at her random mood swings. "You're just full of surprises, aren't you?" He starts laughing.
A while passes. They had made it out to a caged area. Dashin opens the door to it, and pushes Mato into it with his foot. He then goes in himself, and shuts the door before Mato could run out.