Loud clanking woke Akira from his slumber. His body shifted along with the other items in the bed of the truck. He could hear the wind hitting the brown tarp that covered the bed. The window to the cab opened up and the driver popped his head out.

"This is it pal. End of the line."

The dirty blonde nodded and grabbed his backpack. He made sure his jacket was zipped before jumping out. He walked around to the window and gave his thanks before the truck continued straight ahead. He looked at the sign that pointed to the right at the curving road.

"Just a couple of more miles." He muttered to himself. He raised his jacket over his face and started walking.

The later it got the colder it became. Winter was here and it was only a matter of days before it started snowing. As Akira made it to the top of a hill the busy city came into view. Ravenstone City. It took him another hour and for the sun to fully set to get into the city. It was pretty lively. Normal humans all around, neon lights, clubs, full restaurants and so on. Akira lifted the strap off his nose to take in the scents until he caught the ones he was looking for. He started walking, following the scents as best as he could. They were all around and hard to follow but he moved deeper into the city. He covered his nose once a headache came on and started to move on. He went to turn a corner when he literally bumped into someone. He was slightly taller than Akira, his hair was brown with blonde highlights like a honey blonde color. He was wearing a purple shirt, black pants, and a black long coat with silver studs on it. They both stared at each other for a moment then the guy smiled.

"I knew I smelt a new pup around here." The man leaned in closer. "You stink like oil and trash. Almost didn't catch your scent. So what are you doing here, pup?"

Akira glared at him. "Don't call me pup."

"No need to get defensive." A shorter male walked up behind the taller man, making Akira jump. His hair was brown, shoulder length, and curly. He was wearing all black, even his jacket and shoes. "We get a lot of strays through here. We like to know whose coming through and why."

An alpha. This shrimp was an alpha and it was making Akira go on high alert. The two noticed this so the taller stepped forward making the blonde step back.

"It's okay my name is Uruha. My mate here is Ruki. We didn't mean to startle you. You're in our territory and we need to know why."

Akira stepped back, but he sensed another presence behind him. He turned quickly to see and man with shoulder length brunette hair glaring at him. The blonde was becoming overwhelmed from hunger, stress, and now two alpha males forcing there pressure on him. His eyes closed and he fell forward.

"Woah!" The brunette shouted, catching him in his arms. Feeling the pup's heat in his arms made his heart beat faster.

"Kai! You scared him." Uruha said walking to the blonde. He looked at Akira's red face and placed a hand on his forehead. "He's burning up."

"Leave him." Ruki ordered. Uruha gave a small whine. He didn't want to disobey his mate, but his inner wolf felt an attachment to the puppy in front of him.

"Ru, he'll die out here." Uruha whimpered and got a glare from Ruki. He looked up at Kai who raised a brow at him. "Kai…please."

"Uruha, enough. We're leaving him. Kyo would have a fit is we brought a stray home." On cue Akira let out a weak whine. Uruha looked at his mate with a pout. Ruki's heart melted and he groaned out at the sky. He gave Uruha a stern look. "Fine, but you're carrying him."

Kai helped the blonde onto the omega's back and they started walking back home.

The three of them approached the 'abandoned' factory and walked through the gate. As they entered the main doorway warmth surrounded them. They walked further in until they made it to the main foyer. Some of their pack was in their wolf forms while others were in their human forms. Most of them were snarling at the new scent, but a loud growl made them stop in their tracks. Their pack leader was walking towards them with glaring eyes.

"What the hell is this?" He asked.

Uruha swallowed hard and looked down, but Ruki stepped in front of his mate on instinct. "We found him. He has a fever."

"So, what that makes it okay to bring him here?" Kyo growled.

"H-he could die out there." Uruha whimpered.

"He doesn't belong here. Take him back from where ever you found him."

"Kyo," Kai spoke. "Would he staying one night really hurt? He doesn't even have shoes"

"Then he should change his form. Get. Him. Out. Now." The leader ordered and turned to walk away. Akira let out a soft whimper and it echoed through the factory. Kyo stopped for a second, but kept going back to his seat. Ruki nodded to Uruha and they started walking back to the entrance, but Kai stomped up to Kyo.

"Would it really hurt for him to stay for one night?" Kai let a small growl out. He doesn't want to challenge his leader, but he wanted Kyo to listen to him. "He's a sick pup. Are really going to let him die out there? Because the Kyo I know wouldn't let that happen even if he was a mutt. We were all once strays and loners. What makes him any different from us?"

Kyo let a low growl as he stood back up. He glared at Kai as he walked past him and towards Uruha and Ruki. He signaled Ruki to move and he looked at the pup on Uruha's back. He placed his hand on the blonde's forehand. He let out a deep sigh.
"He eats from your portions until he leaves." Kyo said and Uruha smiled.

"Thank you!"

Kyo just walked away as Ruki walked back to him.

Kai followed the two up the stairs to the overhang where there were extra rooms. They went to one that had a burgundy curtain covering the doorway. They laid him down inside on a black futon. Kai grabbed a blanket from a shelf off to the side and brought it to cover the blonde up. Uruha unzipped the jacket to get him out, but gasped. The two alphas looked over and went wide eyed at the pup's condition. His body was covered in bruises, healing bite marks and scars. A metal collar was around his neck. Uruha carefully removed the jacket all the way to see his entire body covered in wounds. His right arm had torn and dirty bandages wrapped on it, same with his lower left leg. The wound on his neck was wet and had puss coming out. Kai stepped out onto the overhang.

"Kyo, you and Shinya need to get up here now!" Kai yelled out before stepping back into the room. He knelt next to the unconscious body and rubbed the blonde head. His chest filled with heat and a sudden anger filled his body. "Poor thing."

They heard footsteps and looked up to see Kyo, his mate Shinya, and another alpha, Toshiya. Kyo's eye were wide from the sight. Shinya quickly grabbed the supplies he needed form a nearby room and got to work on cleaning the blonde's wounds. Toshiya knelt next to pup and looked at the collar. He twisted it to find a name tag.

"His name is Akira." Toshiya said and continued turning it until he saw the lock on it. "This shouldn't be too hard to get off. Shackles look like they could be the same lock. I can get them off no problem."

Kyo nodded. "Shinya?"

The golden blonde glanced up before wiping the wound on Akira's arm. "His arm and neck are infected. It's probably why he has a fever. His other injuries will need to be tended to, but they don't look too bad. A lot of them are almost healed. He should be fine."

"How long before he wakes up?"

Shinya shrugged his shoulders. "Could be hours, could be days. Depends on how bad his fever is."

"Inform me when he wakes up."

'It's warm' was the first thing Akira thought when he awoke. The next thing he noticed was the overwhelming scents invading his nose. He let out a whimper as he grabbed his nose to stop the onslaught of smells.

"Are you okay?" Uruha came into his view.

"Noseband. Where's my noseband?" He mumbled.

The brunette quickly grabbed the cloth he had thrown to the side earlier and handed it over. The blonde quickly tied it on and took a few short breathes before relaxing a little.

"Hypersensitivity to smell." A new voice. This one had golden blonde hair and he was wearing a red and black coat with black faux leather pants. "Are you on any drugs?"

"Shinya!" The brunette snapped and turned his attention to the newcomer. "Don't mind him, Akira."

The blonde flinched at his name. "Don't…don't call me that."

Uruha gave him a sad expression and nodded his head. "Okay. What would you like to be called then?"

"Just…not that." He whispered.

"Okay, no problem we'll figure that out later. My name is Uruha, this is Shinya. You have a small fever and you've been asleep for half the night. We've been tending to you."

"I'll go get Kyo." The golden blonde whispered and got up to leave.

"Kyo?" Akira asked.

"He's our pack leader." Uruha answered. "He has a lot of questions for you. Do you think you'll be okay to answer them right now? We don't want to overwhelm you again. There will be a few alphas in here. I'll be staying here so you don't have to worry about being alone."

Akira nodded and within minutes just like he had said a few alphas walked through the curtain along with Shinya. He could already feel the strain of the dominancy surrounding him.

Uruha announced. "This is our pack leader Kyo. Some of our alphas; Toshiya, Melody, and if you remember you met Kai and my mate, Ruki, earlier."

He dropped his head and shoulders showing his submissiveness. Kyo sat directly in front of him, Ruki sat by Uruha, Shinya sat behind Kyo, Kai sat on the other side of Akira, and Toshiya and Melody remained at the door as to not crowd the pup too much.

"So," When Kyo spoke Akira involuntarily flinched. The pack leader softened his voice. "Answer honestly. If you feel it's too much, you have my permission to say so. We'll stop and let you gather yourself. If we have to we can restart tomorrow. Is that clear?"

Akira nodded. Toshiya growled causing both omegas to flinch. "Show respect and answer him properly."

"Toshiya silence. He and I will be the only ones speaking." Kyo snapped causing Akira to let out a small whimper. Uruha was shaking from alpha pressure around him. Ruki pulled his mate's head into his lap and started petting it to calm him. Uruha melted from the touch.

"Sir." Toshiya bowed his head.

"Now, Akira" The leader went back to his softer voice, but the blonde whimpered at his name. Kyo looked at Uruha who spoke softly

"He doesn't want to be called that."

Kyo sighed. "Akira, would you like me to rename you?"

The blonde glanced up for second, then looked back down. Kyo closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "How does…Reita sound?"

The blonde nodded his head and whispered. "Thank you."

"You're an omega correct?" Kyo started his round of questions.

"Yes."

"Tell me, why did you come here?"

The blonde swallowed hard. The pressure had lifted a little bit so he was able to answer a bit more steadily. "I was told it was safe here. That the pack here… your pack might help me."

"Why do you need help? Why do you need safety?"

"I…I've…my old pack leader was abusive and controlling of his pack omegas. He took some of us and shackled us… chained us up. The collar was to control our wolf transformations better. I… he placed us in cage fights. That's the only time he took our collars off so we could change forms. Sometimes I wasn't able to change so he would inject something in me. It made me turn into my wolf form…I can't explain it." He took a few shaky breathes.

Kyo cocked his head. "Are you able to continue?"

"I…may I have…" He became silent. Toshiya was biting his tongue so he wouldn't snap at the pup's disrespectful mumbling.

"What?" Kyo asked softly.

"May I have a little bit of water?"

"Shinya, go get him some." Kyo ordered and the golden blonde moved quickly. "Can you keep going?"

Reita nodded. "The fights were mainly to entertain normal humans, but sometimes a neighboring pack may watch. They pitted omegas against each other, sometimes we had to fight an alpha. If I won, I got to eat. If not then I miss my only meal. I was kept in a windowless room and in a cage like the other omegas."

Shinya walked back in with two bottles of water and sat them next to blonde before kneeling behind Kyo once more. Reita licked his lips as he looked at the bottles, waiting. It took the pack leader a minute to notice why. "Reita, go ahead and drink as much as you need."

"Thank you." He muttered. He grabbed a bottle and started chugging it down. It only took him a few seconds to finish it off. He opened the second bottle, but only sipped on it a couple of times before he started speaking again. "Um…the rooms were windowless. He kept us in them so we couldn't tell what day it was or if it was even daytime. It was to help keep us disoriented which gave him more power. He gave us injections…they were heat suppressors and pheromone hiders…I think once a month or at least it felt like it.

"He forced me to fight…so many times…I…was so hungry and tired. I couldn't handle another fight and he knew it too. He was forcing me anyways. Then…I got lucky. A girl who worked there helped me escape. I ran into a forest pack. They told me about this place and let me go. I rode in the back of the truck until I got here."

The alphas remained silent as Reita fidgeted in his spot.

"How long have you been receiving the heat suppressants and pheromone hiders? When was your last heat cycle supposed to be?"

"I'm not really sure." Reita mumbled scratching at his right wrist shackle. "I…haven't gone through any of my cycles. My pack leader started injecting me when I had hit puberty. My last injection was a day before my escape, which was last week I think. Sorry, my perception of time is really off."

"That's alright." Kyo assured him. "One more question, and we'll be done for the night. You can go to sleep afterwards. When you decided to come here, were you planning on staying long term or just a few days?"

"I… honestly I didn't even think I would make it. When I did I became scared that I would be chased out, attacked, or caught and given back to my previous pack. I want to stay, but if I can't I'll leave. I don't want to burden you."

Kyo stood up. "To be a member of this pack you have to pull you own weight. Simple rules: you work, you eat. You don't work, you don't eat. Exceptions to the rule is when you're sick or hurt. You being an omega, during your heat week you'll be fully taken care of by other omegas and protected from the alphas until you find a mate. You'll jump jobs until you find one suited to your skills. We take care of each other and we protect each other. Do you have any questions?"

"Um…" Reita mumbled, rubbing hands. "May I ask two questions?"

"Of course. Go ahead."

"Could someone help me…get my restraints off?"

"I can do that in the morning." Toshiya volunteered. "If you can wait."

Reita nodded which earned a low growl making him shrink in on himself.

"Toshiya." Melody snapped glaring at him, but continue to speak. "Miyavi will assist you in getting those things off of Reita."

"What was your second question?" Kyo asked the pup.

Reita blushed a little. "I…I don't…I wasn't taught how to act in a pack. I don't know how I'm supposed to respond or greet or anything. I…could someone please teach me?"

Kyo sighed. "I was afraid of this. Ruki, would you mind having Uruha be Reita's guide for a few days. Teach him what he needs to know."

Ruki patted his mate's head as he sat back up. "Uruha will do it. Shall I as well to keep guard of them?"

"No. I will inform the pack of the situation and the consequences should they try to torment either one of them. Uruha, you will need report to me every night of his progress for the next week."

"Yes sir." Both Uruha and Ruki said in unison. A loud grumble filled the room and they all looked at Reita who was looking down.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"You should have said if you were hungry. We would have brought you some food." Kai said.

"I'm sorry."

Kyo sighed and thought to himself. 'This isn't good. Hopefully, we can help him with his state of mind.' He spoke. "Reita, you were…trained, not taught how to act. While learning how to properly interact with the pack you're going to make mistakes. That's okay. Don't apologize for little things like being thirsty or hungry. These are natural functions of our bodies. Uruha will teach you everything you need to know. This next week might be a little rough, but if we need to, we can give you an extra week before putting you to work. It depends on your overall progress. Is that clear?"

Reita nodded his head.

"Good. You're going to eat something. Do you think you'll have the energy to take a bath or do you want to wait until morning?"

"May I wait until my collar is off?" his voice was small.

Kyo thought for a moment. "I guess it's pretty obvious for you to want to clean those spots. You may wait until then. Uruha, I'm placing him in your care from this moment on. Everyone else you're dismissed."

With that they all left the room except for Kai, Uruha and Ruki. Reita let out a deep breath as he started falling over, but Kai caught him for the second time that night. On instinct Kai wrapped his arms protectively around him.

Uruha patted his back. "You did great. I know it was tough handling the pressure of all those dominant knuckleheads, huh?"

"Uru…"Ruki warned.

"I'm just saying you guys don't seem to get that we omegas are greatly affected by the pressures you alphas emit. If a bunch of you crowd one of us it basically drains our energy and overwhelms us."

"We do get it Uruha. Trust me, we know." Ruki said and kissed his mate's forehead. "I'll go get him some food. Get him comfortable."

Kai waited for him to leave before sitting the pup back up. "Hey, you think you can manage stay awake long enough to eat?"

"Yes." He mumbled, feeling his chest become warm.

"Do you want some more clothes to sleep in, or will you be okay?" Uruha asked.

"I'm okay with what I have."

"Alright, I'll be sleeping in here with you tonight. Ruki may or may not sleep in here too. If not he'll more than likely sleep outside the door. Are you comfortable with this?"

Reita whimpered. "I… whatever you think is best."

"You're a member of this pack now. You matter. You're feelings matter." Kai said rubbing the blonde's back. "If you don't want Ruki around say so."

Reita bit his lip and looked down. Uruha sighed. "I'll have Ruki sleep outside and I'll stay in here."

Reita nodded in response.

As Kyo and the others walked down the staircase he ordered his alphas to gather the pack into the main foyer for an announcement in five minutes. He walked to the side with Shinya close behind before stopping to speak with him.

"Shinya, what is his physical condition?"

Shinya took a deep breath. "Old and new wounds from cage fights. He's hypersensitive to smell, touch and alpha pressure. These are mostly likely side effects of the drug he was given to force his wolf form out. Hopefully they will go away in time and he'll be able to handle being around multiple alphas without passing out."

"Was he straining himself to answer my questions?"

"I believe so. It might be wise to have him speak with Saga or maybe even Teru from Yoshiki's pack. They do have similar experiences so they could relate to him. Give him advice?"

Kyo shook his head. "I'll consider it."

"Kyo," Melody had approached them. "Everyone is ready."

"Very well." Kyo spoke and they walked to the opened area where the pack members were patiently waiting. He climbed onto the center piece that was shaped like melting metal statue. "Listen up. As many of you have noticed we have a new guest here. His name is Reita. He's a new member of our pack. He's a special case and needs help with certain things. For the next week or two he'll be learning how to interact with our pack. Do not punish him or snap at him if he does anything incorrectly. Uruha is in charge of him. If he is not around and Reita makes a mistake, correct it gently and inform Uruha. To all alphas, you are not to group around him. No more than three of you are allowed within five feet of him. He's recovering from abuse and too much alpha pressure will hurt him. He is suffering from hypersensitivity right now. As we all know, this can be dangerous to his health so be careful around him. He is considered injured and sick so he will be given a fair amount of food and water until he's able to work for it. Am I clear?"

"Yes, sir." They said at the same time

"Good. Another thing. If I find out that any of you purposely hurt him, pressure him, or anything to disrupt his recovery. You will be punished. Understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"You're dismissed."