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Chapter 3: Demand

Embracing Your Inner Teenage Wolf Demon

By: Jiaraya

Mates

Now, boys, all wolf demons have mates. A connection with your mate can happen at any time. Whether as child, as a teen, or at any point in life, it will happen to you. Usually a male wolf demon would meet his destined wife at parties and various social gatherings. So don't be surprised when your parents set up a ball on your birthday; they're actually doing you a favor.

Here's why: a male wolf demon, once he reaches puberty, would automatically begin searching for his special one. His instincts awaken along with your various traits of uncontrollable bouts of rage, growth of fangs, and uncontrollable shifting (see Puberty and Effects on page 32). Your body feels tense? Sometimes you feel anger for no reason as you look at your parents? That is because your inner wolf wants his mate PRONTO!

Your inner wolf demon needs his mate not only for companionship but also for procreation (Trust me, sex is better with your other half). Wolf demons are very loyal and travel in packs. Thus, they are only loyal to their significant other to the point of territorial. They will also not have any children with anyone else but their own mate. Now that's loyalty.

How do you find your mate? More importantly, how do you know that you have found her? A wolf demon has an inner demon that is awaken during puberty after lying dormant inside (see Puberty and Effects on page 32). For the inner demon to 'mark' or distinguish its mate, it will have to see her through the wolf demon's eyes. Afterwards, the whole world of the wolf demon gets complicated. A complicated psychological book on the inner demon simplified: The inner demon makes your life torturous every day after marking your mate.

Mate Symptoms

There are symptoms to when you find your mate. Everyone differs based on their personality but the basics are the same. Almost every male wolf demon shows through their actions towards their mate or towards others (which is really risky if you are the "others").

Male wolf demons would generally get very angry if another male gets close to their mates especially when said wolf demons are in puberty. The type of anger I am talking about is tear-the-person-limb-from-limb-and-make-him-eat-his-own-torn-body-parts-type angry. Thankfully, there are less occasions of anything like this happening because you hate to see your mate upset (unless your mate is a sadist then go for it). Well, if she doesn't find out, then you're lucky.

Another general symptom is that the male would develop a stalker-like personality. I am not talking about taking secret pictures, stealing your mate's clothing, or even declaring aloud your devotion; that is obsession. What I'm talking about is silent watching, instinctive awareness, and, yes, secretive stalking. Male demons are known to be prideful and, thus, this type of thing would be done in secret (which is totally needed to avoid getting arrested and ruining your chances of being with your beloved).

This general symptom is common among human males because all guys have wet dreams. However, this particular occurrence of wet dreams is different in wolf demons. Therefore, it will have a mention here. Once the inner demon has 'marked' a potential mate, it torments the wolf demon with frequent night-dreams and day-dreams. It gives its outer side enough dreams to be erected 24/7. The inner demon's message: claim her or you'll miss out!

Other symptoms:

-Her scent appeals to you.

This is how your inner demon first notices a mate. When you catch her scent, you should feel protectiveness and longing. When you look at her, your inner demon marks her.

-Uncontrollable anger towards mate's preferences of the opposite sex.

Any male is a potential threat even your own brother. A mate's best male friend is considered a major threat in the inner wolf demon's eyes. I feel sorry for the poor bastard who is that unlucky.

-The NEED to stay near her.

You want to stay by your mate nearly all the time. Whether it's from afar or close (you know you want to be close…preferably below you) you want to be able to see her.

-Awareness of her presence.

You are aware of where she is every day. Even when you are not conscience of it, you know where she is every time of the day. And when you are not, you look for her.

-You are very curious about her.

You would find out about her in any way you can. Even by illegal means.

-You hate it when she is upset for any reason.

You constantly beat yourself when you make her cry. In fact, you try any way to make her smile. If someone else made her cry, you would go to find that person and beat the hell out of him.

There are many other symptoms but those mentioned above are just some of them.

Note: A wolf demon marking a mate is the same as falling in love. A male wolf demon would slowly develop these feelings until they are binding. Even though the marking seems like a choice being taken away, it is not the case.

Rather the inner wolf demon already recognize its potential mate as its lover. The inner wolf already fell in love; to quote a cliché, "it fell in love at first sight." Because your inner wolf demon is a part of you, you already 'fell in love.' You are just taking the time to adjust to the idea.

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Jeez…really? I have a mate? We, guys, have to be tied down by one woman?

I am still bothered by what the book said about destined mates. So does that mean my father and mother were mated? But that cannot be, my father said their marriage was arranged.

I growl under my breath. I don't want an arranged marriage. I want to choose my own wife. I don't want a simpleton as my wife who cares only about jewelry and having connections.

"Teme!"

I jump and look out my car window. Naruto's face is plastered against it. I roll my eyes. Damn it; that idiot put marks on my car. I get out of the dark blue car with my backpack slung over my shoulder. I press a button on my car key to lock up the car and slip the car key in my bag. Walking besides Naruto, I give his blonde head a sharp smack with my hand.

"Oi! What was that for, Sasuke-teme?!" Naruto says scathingly while rubbing his sore head. He glare at me as I reply, "You put your dirty paws and face on the window of my car."

"For your information, bastard, I showered so I'm clean," Naruto says rolling his crystal blue eyes.

"Hn."

"Teme, that's not even a word!"

"And how would you know?"

"I checked the dictionary; it didn't list as a word."

"Hn."

"Grr…"

We continue arguing all the way to class, but I wasn't really paying attention. I think about my mate whoever she is. The book, written by a perverted old man, mention a lot of things about finding your mate. I can find her by scent; scent appeal is the first symptom.

I take deep breath. A rush of different aromas flood my senses. There are sweat, cologne (some are strong enough to make me cough), sweet (disgustingly sweet) perfume, blood (I don't want to think about it too deeply), frying oil, paper, granite, fresh paint, flowers, and many others. But no scent of my supposed mate.

Hold on…A waft of sweet scent overload my senses. My 'inner' demon perks up at the wonderful floral scent. The scent is familiar like I have always followed it…

I focus on who was coming my way. A shock of pink stood out in my line of vision.

Oh damn…I think as Sakura Haruno passes by, laughing with her friend, Ino Yamanaka. That familiar long pale-rose colored hair rustles in the air bringing a breeze filled with that intoxicating sweet scent.

Sakura is my mate.

I am lost in the revelation that I barely register Naruto shooting that Damn Look at me.

All through the first classes before lunch, I keep on thinking about Sakura and if she could be my mate. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense (and the more I feel stupid—no way will I admit that to anyone).

All those times, I got angry at any male beside her or even showing a hint of interest in her. Naruto and nii-san give me that Damn Look knowing that I already found my mate and that I was too stubborn to realize it; I know they had quite a laugh behind my back. I made excuses for stalking her by saying I was just following her.

I snarl under my breath and slam my locker door close. I turn to go to the cafeteria. The noises of clicking heels and stomping shoes usually irritate my hearing; however, I didn't register any of the noises around me despite my sensitive hearing.

Naruto was leaning against his locker when I reached him. He comes to walk beside me and gives me that Damn Look (that I now know what it means) out of the corner of his eye. Damn fox demon—I swear I saw his whisker-like scars on his face were twitching with mirth.

"What are you laughing at?" I say—more like grumble out.

He laughs. "Little Sasu-cakes is growing up. He finally found his," he lowers his voice as he says, "mate."

"Tch. I wouldn't be laughing if I'm the one who can't even ask his mate out," I raise an eyebrow at him while smirking.

He instantly shut up. "That's cold, teme."

I walk a few ahead of him as he stayed in his place sulking over his lack of courage to ask Hinata Hyuga. The dobe met the girl on his first day of freshmen year and fell in love with her. But being the idiot he is, he can't see that the pearled-eyed girl loved him from that moment on as well.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yells, his feet making loud thumps on the plain tiled floors. Irritated, I turn and watch him run towards me.

Everyone either rolls their eyes or glares as he passes by them. He smiles with apology at a brunette girl who almost fell from his tornado run. The girl looks up to glare at him, but meeting the smiling face, she is frozen. She stammers out a "Don't worry about it" and walks away a bit dazed.

I shake my head as he comes near.

"What, dobe?" I say as we walk together to the cafeteria.

"Ask her out."

"What?" I hiss—because I think that brown haired girl in black leather mini skirt and tight dark blue blouse behind us is almost leaning in to eavesdrop in our conversation.

I walk a little faster; along with Naruto's feet stomps, pitter-patters and clicks of heels quicken in pace behind me. I grit my teeth; damn, those fan girls won't leave a guy alone. Ever since Itachi left, my fan club has increased. Ugh.

Naruto notices my source of disturbance which I am thankful that today he decides not to be dense. He says in a low voice that no human can hear, "Ask your mate out, and I will ask mine."

"Hn." Naruto rolls his eyes but took the grunt as a yes. He disappears from my side—probably to look for Hinata.

I walk in the direction of the cafeteria passing lockers and classrooms. I search for Sakura with my eyes while keeping my expression blank.

Spotting pink, I hurry towards the color breaking through the crowd of students trying to go their destinations.

Once I could see her, time slows down as someone clicked the slowdown button on a TV remote.

A girl, who I know to be my unwanted fan club's president, in her bright colored clothes sticks out a pink high heel in front of Sakura's path. Too late to see because of lack of attention, Sakura is about to fall flat on her face—her books and binder fly out of her hand, her body slowly meets the floor, and her hands are raised to stop her fall.

On instinct, I catch her before she hits the floor wrapping my arms around her waist. She feels soft through her green T-shirt and jeans on; I briefly wonder how her skin would feel—is it softer? What it would be like to feel that creamy skin with my hands…uh, damn inner demon.

She squeezes her eyes tightly for a moment before she opens them. Her beautiful emerald green eyes meet mine for a second. My inner demon purrs at the revelation of her body near mine. Uncomfortable, I hear myself blankly say, "You should watch where you are going?" Red creeps up her cheeks in a blush, and while I stand there trying to figure out why my mind went blank, she pushes me away. I stumble but regain my balance.

The violet haired girl (Her name is Ami Watanabe, the fan club self-proclaimed president) who tried to trip Sakura smiled seductively towards me. I respond with a disgusted scowl. Ugh, I hate fans who try too hard and can't take a hint. That fan club with Ami as the president are like that.

I catch Sakura rolling her eyes at Ami and smirk to myself. So she agrees that this girl is a little too much.

"Uchiha-san?"

I turn to Sakura, taking in her appearance. Pale pink blushes stain her cheeks, and a smile lights up her entire face. Now, I get what that book meant when it says I would do anything for my mate's smile. Damn, it's so beautiful.

"Thank you for saving me, Uchiha-san," Sakura says, her hands full of her books and binder. She turns in the direction of the cafeteria.

Here's my chance to ask her out.

"Sakura?" I say, and Sakura stiffens. She turns slowly back wearing an expression of utmost shock and disbelief. "Yes?"

Clearly, I say (or order), "Tonight, 7 PM. I'll pick you up so wear something nice."

With that, I walk away wondering what her expression is like now.

"Is that how you ask for a date, Uchiha?" Sakura says behind me with a hint of irritation. I smirk over my shoulder at her and disappear in the crowd. I could hear her grumbling about insufferable Uchihas and her lunch time wasted.

I chuckle softly to myself ignoring the whispering of those around me, including the irate fan girls. They better not do anything to my mate because of their jealousy. I feel a growl rumbling in my chest at the thought.

I think about Sakura's cute scrunched-up face, and I resist the urge to laugh out loud. She looks like a cute kitten who thinks she's a ferocious lion.

I must find the blonde dobe, and tell him the good news. I follow the dobe's scent through the crowd of people.

This time, the idiot is actually intelligent. He figures out that I had already marked my mate, Sakura Haruno, while I was still clueless.

"Sasuke-teme!" I see the blonde idiot jumping up and down. His blue eyes turn the color of the sky without a hint of a cloud.

He runs towards me pulling along a blushing Hinata whose pearl eyes are shining happily and bit unfocused. Oh damn, she looks as if she is trying fight off a faint.

"Teme, she said yes! Can you believe it? She said YES!" the happy blonde blue-eyed male shouted for the whole hallway to hear. Hinata turns red as everyone turns towards the commotion (Naruto).

I remove my hands from my ears after the hyperactive yelled. "Alright, dobe, quit it. You're embarrassing yourself."

"Whatever, you emotionless bastard!" Then, Naruto turns Hinata towards him so suddenly that she looks up surprisingly.

Hinata gets even more surprised as Naruto kisses her on the cheek and pulls back to smile.

Thud.

I blink.

Naruto blinks.

I can even hear everyone blink.

"Hinata, are you alright?" Naruto says worriedly as he kneels beside her body. Hinata blinks her eyes as she comes out of the faint.

I shake my head. Correction of my earlier assessment: He may have some intelligence, but he is also dense.

Author's Note:

Yeah...(peeking out from behind from the corner). I'm sorry for the late chapter. (slowly coming out from hiding place, hands up) Look don't get mad, I got hit by the writer's block disease.

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Hold it! Hold up! I know you guys are angry so I made this chapter longer. Please forgive me. (puts hands together and shows very adorable puppy face) Please...

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