A/N: Because I love you guys, and because my friend Erin is the way she is, I'll try to make this a long chapter. Or at least that's how I plan for it to go. Let's hope things work out, if not then i'm sorry, but at least I will have updated. Be sure to show the love and review.

-Hikaru-

When my Beta came running into the den saying some of our packmates were being attacked I ran off in the direction he'd told me. I found Lyon and Teuvi unconcious on the ground and followed the tracks through the woods towards the cliff only to see the last person I expected to see.

"Hikaru?"

She asked surprised and I couldn't believe she was actually here.

"C-Cecelia!?"

I asked in disbelief.

"Well damn, you were the last person I expected to see but I'm glad it was you and not another crazy ass demon trying to eat me."

She said as she rest her hands on her hisp and smiled at me.

"I should be the one saying that."

I said and she smiled wider.

"How'd you even get here?"

I asked as she walked over to me and stopped infront of me.

"Turns out Tami's a Sorceress."

She said with a shrug and I smiled down at her before pulling her into a hug.

"I missed you Cece."

I said softly as I buried my nose in her hair as she hugged me back.

"I missed you too Hika."

She said and I pulled back to really look at her.

She'd gotten taller and her hair was longer, now past her waist. But there was somethign else too. There was something different about her aura. It seemed, stronger.

"Well come on, its getting late and you really don't want to be caught out here after dark."

I said and heard her scoff.

"Hika, I don't think I'd want to be caught anywhere in this place. I"m just thankful I know how to use my miko abilities and can kick some ass or I wouldn't be standing here talking to you."

She said and I finally noticed what about her aura was different. The last time I'd seen her her aura had a faint feel of a powerful priestess to it and now it was rather hard to ignore.

"True, so then why don't you come stay with me tonight? You'll be warm, fed, and safe."

I said, stressing the word 'safe' and she smiled.

"Lead the way. I just hope we don't run into anymore demons."

She said and I smiled at her as I started walking back towards the den me and my pack lived in.

"I don't think that'll be a problem, I'm pretty well known around here."

I said and glanced back to see her looking at me confused.

'Just wait til she meets the pack. That's going to be interesting.'

I thought as I helped Cece through the forest.

-Zapphirra-

I stared in shock at the cave in the side of the moutnain. When Hikaru said I could stay with him I had not expected this, but then I remembered Hikaru having told me about the pack he led in the Demonic Province and guessed it made sense.

"So this is where the Southern wolf pack of the Demonic Province lives?"

I asked curiously and Hikaru turned to look at me with a smirk.

"Just wait til you go inside."

He said before disappearing through the mouth of the cave. I stared after him for a few seconds, debating whether or not I wanted to follow him before deciding what the hell and following him. I'd get to see real live wolves and if any of those fuckers tried anything I could either kick their asses or simply sick Hikaru on them. Either way, I was untouchable.

As I followed Hikaru further and further into the cave I kept seeing more and more wolves as well as people dressed in furs similar to the two demons who had attacked me in the forest before Hikaru showed up. It was when I passed by an older person that I realized I'd attacked members of Hikaru's pack, but in my defense they attacked me first.

"You hungry Cece?"

Hikaru asked, bringing me out of my thoughts. I looked up at him to see him standing in a bed of straw that surprisingly looked really comfortable and I opened my mouth to say something when my stomach growled making him laugh.

"I'll take that as a yes. Shii, is there any fresh kill left?"

Hikaru asked one of the numerous demons in the cave and they nodded before running off somewhere.

"Well don't just stand there Cece, come over here."

Hikaru said as he beckoned me with a hand. I rolled my eyes at him before moving to join him on the straw. It was really comfy.

"Here you go Alpha Hikaru."

The demon from before said as he handed Hikaru some meat. I blinked in surprise at what they had called him before turning to see him put the meat on a stick and place it over a fire to cook for me.

"Alpha Hikaru?"

I asked with a smile and Hikaru blushed and scratched the back of his head.

"I did tell you I was the leader of the Southern wolf pack here in the Demonic Republic."

He said and my smile widened.

"So, what have you been up to since...well, you know?"

I asked, wanting to know what he's been up to, but not really being able to say the words 'since you guys left through that freaky ass portal without so much as a goodbye', so I just hoped he'd know what I was talking about.

I heard him clear his throat before he reached to rotate the meat so it wouldn't burn before he answered my question.

"Well, I came back and my Beta, Shawn, was really happy. As were the others. His mate is pregnant with their firstborn."

He said and I could hear the pride in his voice.

"I settled the dispute that had formed between my pack and the Eastern pack since I had been gone for so long. They thought they could take advantage of my absence, but Shawn had done well in keeping them at bay and when I got back he, Shii, Toga, Kogi, and I went and settled things between them peacefully."

He said and I couldn't help but smile at him. He had been such a goofball back in my dimension that it would have been hard to imagine him as a leader, but seeing him now. Sitting with his shoulders back, but lax, eyes scanning the cave every few seconds to make sure things were okay, wearing his pack's furs, it was hard to see him as anything other than just that. A leader.

"What about you?"

He suddenly asked, turning to look at me as he handed me the piece of now cooked meat. I took it from him, trying not to frown as I remembered how I'd spent the past two months.

"I was in shock for the majority of the time after you guys left, but I had eventually gotten over it and realized there was nothing I could do and just continued on with my life."

I said truthfully as I bit into the meat given to me. The sad look on Hikaru's face didn't go unnoticed by me and I mentally sighed.

What had he expected though? That I would have been happy? They left without saying goodbye, then Raiden left after he...

I shook my head to clear it before taking another bite of meat and chewing it.

"I was in the middle of doing laundry a couple of days ago when it started raining. It then turned into a thunderstorm and..."

-Hikaru-

I listened as Cece told me about her hiding away in her room during the storm, then crying and finally letting out her emotions. She'd long since finished her piece of meat, but was fiddling with the end of the stick as she continued.

"The truth was Hikaru, I didn't want you guys to go. You made me feel as if I belonged, like I wasn't so much of an outcast in my own world anymore. I hadn't felt that way since I lost my sister."

She said and at my confused look she told me of how she and her sister Talia had been playing on a lake when the ice cracked and she fell through. How she got sick and they eventually lost her. How she had acted that one time made so much more sense now and the fact that she said we had made her feel accepted again. She felt that she wasn't accepted since she blamed herself for her sister's death, and since she wasn't a normal human. I felt really bad for leaving, but we couldn't have stayed.

"Don't take this the wrong way Cece, but why are you here exactly?"

I asked the question that had been bugging me for a while now. I heard her sigh and watched as she tossed the stick into the fire.

"Raiden was the last to go through the portal."

She said and I looked at her confused, not really understanding how that had anything to do with my question.

"Over the time you guys stayed with me I realized I'd grown to like him, a lot. I came here to see you guys, but also him. I have to find him and tell him something really important."

She said and I stared at her in shock.

"And what's that?"

I asked, though I had an idea. I could smell a small part of Raiden's scent mixed in with Cece's. Not like that of a mate or people who had slept together, just more than a friend's scent would mix.

"That I love him."

A/N: Okay, my original plan was to make this a long chapter, but once I got here i decided it would be a nice place to end it. Sorry guys, but at least I updated. The next chapter will be longer, that I swear to you.