:: "Coracao Selvagem" by Yoko Kanno featuring Joyce/ Wolf's Rain OST (2003-2004) ::

Coracao Selvagem

Both males slowly looked up from reading the map. "You want to do what now?"

She clapped her hands together and stuck out her lower lip.
"There's a hot spring nearby this village Tetsu and Hige scouted the other day. Can we please, please, pretty-please go?" She begged.

He shot an amber-eyed glare over at the chatting tan wolf. "You did what?" He demanded slowly, his tone calm despite the underlying growl in his throat.

The tan wolf smiled cheesily at his friend. "It was Tetsu's idea!" He declared.

The gray wolf spat out the water he was drinking, glaring daggers at the tan wolf.
"Bullshit, fat-head! You were the one who saw those girls going into the village!" He barked indignantly, continuing to glare at the pudgy wolf.

"Up to your old tricks again, are you?" The midnight-black wolf wondered patiently, jerking on her mate's collar and glaring at him.

Hige smiled sheepishly at his mate, uttering a weak laugh.

"A-heh… I love you, Buru~." He said, vainly praying he'd be let off the hook with his words.

She sighed and released his collar, cuffing him over the head. "Perverted ham."

Nikki sweatdropped and sighed as she finished polishing her dagger, straightening from sitting on a cut-down tree stump to yawn and stretch her arms.
"Before you maim Hige or castrate Tetsu, Tsume-nii, the idea of spending time in a civilized place DOES sound pretty nice right now." She declared patiently, rubbing her neck.

"Yay, I knew you were my favorite pack-sister~!" Eri squealed as she embraced her friend and hugged her tight, making her yelp slightly before she laughed.

"What the hell am I, chopped liver?" Blue demanded sorely.

"Pssh, hell no, you're too beautiful to be chopped liver!" Hige put in smoothly.

"You shush, I'm still mad at you!" She shushed him and glared pointedly at him as he shrank a little from the intensity of his mate's blue glare.

Kiba made a face at her proposal. "You're willing to risk your neck to go to a strange village and use their stupid hot spring? The both of you are crazier than I ever pegged you to be." He muttered more to himself.

"Shut it, dumbass!" Eri snapped at him, a vein making her left eye twitch annoyedly.

Nikki rolled her eyes. "That is precisely WHY I've got a big strong mate like you to cover me in case anything goes down." She pointed out, slightly teasing.

His cheeks colored pink before he scoffed and shot her a look. "Seriously, babe, don't try to suck up to me… Kind of a turn-off." He quipped.

"Before I puke my guts out from hearing all this shit, it'd be easier if we avoided the village at all costs. There's no telling how those humans would take to strangers. Especially if they support Jaguara or Darcia." Tsume spoke up calmly, ignoring the look he got from his sister and loud curse from his mate.

"Aww c'mon Tsume-nii! What if they never found out we used their hot springs? It's almost dark and most of them would be asleep by midnight…"

"That's even worse than Eri's dumbass idea to go to the village! You'd have to be a complete dumbass to not use common sense, Nikki." He interjected, glaring at her.

Nikki glared at him and then scoffed. "Fine, be a jackass."
She sat back down next to Kiba and folded her arms. "Though if y'don't end up getting laid for saying what you just said, don't come whining to me!" She warned him, huffing.

Eri blushed and then scoffed; she shot her mate a look as he also blushed and then coughed.

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Crickets chirped in the night.

Her feet padded silently as she made it to the hot spring, praying her mate or her brother hadn't noticed she had left the camp.

She hopped over the low fence separating the hot spring from the rest of the wood, landing silently on her feet and she sniffed the air to find there was no human nearby.
She mentally sighed in relief, seeing the steam rise up from the warm water she stuck a finger in to find it was still good.

Smiling a little to herself, she slipped her boots off and socks, quickly finishing taking her clothes off before she slipped into the water, doing her best to keep quiet while still keeping an ear open for the slightest noise or sign of life.

She sighed openly when noone was around, much to her relief.

"What in the name of the Moon are you doing here?" A voice demanded behind her, making her jump and duck into the water.

She poked her head up to meet the annoyed and irritable blue stare of her mate.
Her shoulders slumped as she looked at him and sighed. "Shit, you scared me. How long did it take you to find out I was gone?" She asked.

He continued to scowl. "Not long. I didn't wake anyone else up, either." He answered.

She nodded and looked up at him half-hopeful. "We're not going back yet, are we?" She wondered.

Kiba briefly eyed her wet mop of black hair that stuck to her neck and cheeks and sighed. "No, not yet." He sat on the small walkway, seeing her sigh softly in relief.

Nikki smiled up at him. "I owe you." She mused.

He returned the smile, finding she looked cuter with her hair wet.
"Big. I'm not dragging you back yet because one: Tsume would have your head as soon as he found out you left, and two: you'll catch your death out here with your hair wet." He explained.

She nodded again and smirked. "You look bored up there." She mused.

Kiba met her inviting blue stare and rolled his eyes. "Nik, don't."

Nikki whined softly and stuck out her lower lip, "Please?"

He inwardly groaned at being rendered helpless by her adorable face, sighing.
"Fine, fine." He grumbled, seeing her smile lightly and back-track a little to invite him in as he pulled his trainers and socks off, shedding his jacket and pulling his shirt over his shoulders.

She smiled fondly at seeing his bare chest, the small pool of warmth in her belly heating up more as he pulled his pants off and then slipped in with her.
Her lips met his as she kissed him, her fingers running down his chest gently.

Kiba shivered at her touch and held her, kissing deeply and hearing her groan softly at his familiar kisses. He gently pushed her away, stroking her spine out of habit. "Not that I'm complaining, but what was that kiss for?" He wondered, meeting her tender blue gaze as she shivered at his touch.

She smiled innocently. "Trying to make you feel comfortable? I know you weren't too keen on this idea in the first place." She shrugged.

Kiba stroked her cheek, kissing her forehead. "I wasn't, but I'm getting used to it." He said.

Nikki smiled again and kissed him again, gently leaning onto his chest.
He smiled again and kisses back, hugging her waist.

"I thought I heard something…"

"It sounded like it was coming from the hot springs!"

Both wolves pulled away; she grimaced and glared furtively at the small building connecting to the hot spring, cursing under her breath.
He nodded to her, wading as quietly as he could back to the walkway to gather his clothes, leading her after him by the hand as he handed her her own clothes.

She quickly pulled her jeans and panties on, looking at him as he offered his jacket to her.

She shrugged it on before they both fled quickly from the hot spring.

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They both exhaled in relief once they were far enough away from the village, their breaths coming out as soft white fog.

He laughed quietly, smirking at her.

She laughed too, returning the smirk.

He smiled lightly, "you really are crazy."

She giggled and gently pushed his chest, smirking again. "Like you're one to talk; if you didn't want to stay, you should've dragged me out."
He chuckled, "I thought about it, but I didn't after I saw that you looked so cute with your hair wet."

Blush stole across her cheeks and she smiled humbly. "Shut up and let's go, before my brother kills us." She urged, taking his hand in hers.

He smiled and kissed her softly before leading the way back to the camp at a sprint.

She was the only one he'd ever howl for, he realized.
He loved her despite her tough attitude that melted with his kisses and bites just as much as she would always be there to cover his back or keep him warm.

He wasn't sure, but it really did feel like love.

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