Saga stood next to Teru in the middle of the foyer as Kai and Reita sat cross-legged across from each other. They held each other's hands as they kept their eyes shut. Saga stepped forward and snapped his finger in front of them before looking back at Teru.

"They're in Reita's soul. Now all we can do is wait and see."

Reita opened his eyes to find himself on the hill underneath the leafless oak tree. He looked out at the forest surrounding him before turning around. Kai stood there and next to him was a black wolf. A thorny red vine was wrapped around Kai's neck. Reita followed it down to find it was also wrapped around the wolf's neck. They were connected. Reita also noticed a red string wrapped loosely around his mate's wrist. Reita looked down at his own wrist to find it wrapped loosely around it too. Kai smiled and reached his hand out towards him. Reita smiled back as he moved closer and grabbed his mate's hand. He looked down at the black wolf that was staring up at him. He reached over and petted its head. It leaned into the touch and Kai placed his head against Reita's. They felt the string on their wrist grow a little tighter.

Reita looked over at the oak tree to find a white wolf lying there with chains connecting it to the roots. He broke away from Kai and started walking to the wolf. To his other half. Kai followed close behind. Reita reached down to pet the wolf, but chains shot from the ground and wrapped around his limbs. He was brought down to his knees as the chains tightened around his body. Kai moved to go to his mate, but his own inner wolf was pulling him back. He looked down at his wolf form and it was staring straight at the white wolf.

Reita struggled to lift his hand and to reach out. The wolf slowly opened its eyes to look him. Kai walked to them and knelt by Reita to show that he was still there. The black wolf sat to Reita's other side. Reita continue to reach, but more chains shot up from the ground and wrapped around his wrist.

"Please…" Reita gasped. "I want to be one with you again. I want to be whole."

The white wolf lifted its head into the air. It sniffed at Reita's hand. A deep laughed startled them all. Reita looked up to see a nasty black oil bubbling up from the ground. It quickly took a human form and soon features started to appear. Kai began to growl. The man's body and face became clearer.

"No…" Reita whimpered.

"Akira," The man smiled, "you belong to me. Come back to me Akira. Come back and fight like a good boy."

"No!"

"Reita." Kai gasped. "Ignore him. He's not really here."

"No?" The man frowned. "Akira, you know better than to defy my orders."

"Stop it!" Reita cried out. He looked over to see his wolf sinking back into the ground. "Come back!"

"Reita! Remember what Saga said! There is darkness in your soul. He is the darkness. You can't let him take you over or you'll lose your inner wolf." Kai shouted. "Reita listen to me."

Reita gripped his own head. "I don't want this! I don't want you near me, master!"

The man scowled as his body began to melt down. "I will never leave your soul. Never forget that I control you."

The black wolf growled as it charged out at the man, but he disappeared before the wolf could attack. Reita looked over that the half buried wolf. Reita pushed his arm out and reached for it again. He gasped as pushed through the chains holding him down. One came loose and fell to the ground. Reita placed the tip of his finger on the wolf's snout. He watched as its eye slowly closed and its body turned into leaves that blew into the wind. The chains around his body broke apart and turned into ashes.

Reita and Kai opened their eyes at the same time. They were staring at each other for a moment before looking over at Teru and Saga. The two were playing a card game on the floor next to them. Kai cleared his throat catching their attention. They jumped to their feet and smiled at them.

"Well this time was a lot better. I can already tell." Saga said happily. "You didn't have a negative reaction coming out of it."

Reita smiled with a faint blush. "Thanks to Kai. He kept my mind on track."

Teru gave a big smile. "This is great. You two just have to do this every day. I'm sure you're be able to get your connection back soon."

"Every once in a while you'll need to try it alone though." Saga added.

Reita nodded and squeezed Kai's hand. His mate smiled at him.

Uruha opened his eyes and saw Ruki's sleeping face next to him. The alpha was breathing deeply. Uruha licked his lips before kissing his lover's cheek. Ruki stirred awake only to find himself being flipped over onto his back. Uruha startle him and reached behind himself to start stroking Ruki's member. He moaned at the touch, but his body was strained more than usual. He lifted his hand and petted Uruha's face. The honey blonde pushed himself down on the semi-hard cock and licked his lips.

"Uru…" Ruki moaned.

Uruha smiled as he started moving up and down. He leaned down to kiss Ruki's lips. Then he moved to whisper in his ear. "Give it to me."

Shinya threw his head back in his chair and stared up at the ceiling of the clinic breakroom. A knock came at the door and Shinya looked over to see Kyo standing there. His lover walked in and patted his head before sitting down in the chair beside him. They sat in silence for a few minutes.

"Kyo—" Shinya started, but was cut off.

"Let's go out tonight." Kyo said. "Just the two of us."

"O-okay." Shinya said. "What's with this all of sudden?"

Kyo shrugged his shoulders and stood up. "We haven't gone out on a date in long time. I'll meet you at home, then we'll head out. Think of somewhere you want to go."

Shinya nodded and watched as his lover left as quietly as he had entered. He smiled softly to himself and warmth filled his chest. A knock came at the door again, but this time it was Shou.

"Your next patient is ready in room four."

Tora sat in the dark room looking at his old friend. Nao was busy glaring at the wall refusing to look at him. Tora sighed and stood up to walk over to his friend. He patted Nao's head.

"Are you ever going to talk to me?" He asked.

"Get out." Nao snapped. Tora dropped to his knees and pulled Nao into a hug. "Stop it! Leave me alone!"

"No! I won't leave you again!" Tora shouted. He placed his head on Nao's shoulder. "I talked to Yoshiki about this before we even came here. I asked him, if you were ready, if we could take you with us this time. I want you with us, Nao."

"Liar." Nao whispered. "Stop lying to me!"

"I'm not lying Nao! I want you to come with us, with me." Tora whimpered. "I want you with me. I've missed you so much. So please listen to me. If you want to come with me this time you have to apologize to Reita and Kai. You have to move on from him before you can come with us."

"I…" Nao whimpered. "I'll think about it. Just leave me alone."

Tora waited a minute before releasing his friend and leaving the room. Nao placed his head against a wall and closed his eyes. A single tear rolled down his cheek.

Kaoru watched as Hide rewrapped Aoi's ankle and placed a bag of ice on it. "Give it another day or two before you start walking around on it."

Aoi nodded his head and they watched as Hide left the room. Aoi smiled at Kaoru who looked at him with a blank face. After a couple of minutes he sighed.

"I know you can speak." He said. "So talk to me."

Aoi twiddled his thumbs before smiling at Kaoru again. The alpha shook his head and stood up making the raven flinch. Kaoru walked over to him and knelt beside him. He noticed Aoi shaking as he moved closer.

"Are you okay?" He asked softly which threw Aoi off. He looked at Kaoru with wide eyes before grabbing his hand. Aoi led it to his chest and Kaoru felt his heart beating fast.

"Scared." Aoi whispered.

"Why?"

Aoi closed his eyes. "Not supposed to talk."

Kaoru's eyes grew in surprise. "What do mean? Of course you're allowed to talk."

Aoi shook his head. "I'm punished for talking."

Kaoru felt his insides boil with rage. Things were starting to clear up now and he was not liking the direction this was heading. "No one will hurt you here. I'll protect you."

Aoi looked away. "No one can protect me from him."

"Who?"

"My master."

A pain hit Kaoru's chest like a train. "You no longer have a master. You're free from him now. You're a part of our pack which means you're family. Family means we protect each other."

"I…" Aoi hesitated. "I won't be 'used' here?"

Kaoru didn't want to know what was meant by used. "No, you won't be…used. Nobody will hurt you here."

"K-Kaoru?"

"Hmm?"

"Thank you." He whispered.

Reita smiled as he picked up a ball of snow and threw it at Kai. They were chasing each other around and throwing snow at each other. Kai tackled Reita to the ground and started kissing his face. Reita grabbed a hand full of snow and smacked it into Kai's head making him yelp. Reita pushed himself from underneath him and he started running again. Kai chased him outside the factory compound. He caught up to the blonde and held his hand as they started walking down the road. They headed into town and went to small ramen shop. They sat down and ordered themselves a bowl of food. They held hands under the table and Reita laid his head on Kai's shoulder as they waited. Reita swallowed hard. Just the thought of food made him nauseas, but he didn't want Kai to worry so he stayed quiet about it.

Kyo walked into the foyer with IV behind him to find everyone home for the evening. He was greeted by his pack and by some of Yoshiki's pack. He walked forward towards his room where he found his mate looking in the mirror. He was wearing plain blue jeans and a black long sleeve shirt. His hair was brushed and had been flat ironed. Kyo smiled and walked closer to his lover.

"You look beautiful." He whispered, making Shinya jump. The blonde turned and smiled.

"Thank you."

"Let me change and we can head out."

After Kyo switched out from his sweaty clothes to some clean jeans and a white shirt they walked out. Kyo placed Yoshiki in charge as they walked out of the door. They got to the entrance when they spotted Kai and Reita coming back in. Kai smiled as he led his mate in. Kyo ignored them and grabbed Shinya's hand.

"What do you want to do?" He asked.

Shinya smiled. "Let's go downtown."

Kyo nodded at the request and hailed a taxi that was passing by. The entire drive there, they stayed quiet, but kept holding hands. Kyo was staring out the window as Shinya was staring at him.

After they got out of the cab, they walked to a street vendor for some food. They walked quietly down the sidewalk eating takoyaki. Shinya smiled as he placed one of his takoyaki in front of Kyo's mouth. The alpha took the food into his lips and licked Shinya's fingers in the process. Shinya giggled as they continued on. After they finished eating they tossed their trash and Shinya spotted a familiar bridge. He grabbed Kyo's hand dragged him towards it. Kyo gave a soft smile as they made their way to the bridge. The blonde let go of his hand and jogged up to the middle of the bridge and looked over the edge at the frozen river below. Kyo walked up beside him and looked down at the ice.

"This is where we went on our first date when we moved here." Shinya whispered.

"I remember." Kyo said softly. "This is also where we decided on her name."

The blonde closed his eyes and clenched his fists. "It's where you gave me my first baby gift."

"Where you almost pushed me into the river for groping you on the train."

"Where we did it for the first time in public."

"This is where I thought about killing myself." Kyo said seriously. Shinya looked at him with a surprised look.

"Kyo…"

He smiled again. He grabbed Shinya's hand and moved to kiss his lover. The blonde closed his eyes and hugged him.

After spending about an hour on the bridge, the two of them finally started walking around town. They wanted to get away from their sad memories. They visited a few shops and explored new stores that just opened up. They walked into an adult store and started looking around. Shinya grabbed a whip and snuck up to Kyo. He smacked his lover's butt with it and ran away. Kyo chased after him grabbing a whip of his own and getting revenge. They grabbed toys off the wall and would hit each other with them.

Shinya grabbed a few outfits and placed them in front of Kyo's body making him scowl. Shinya snickered before grabbing a fishnet outfit and holding it in front of himself. Kyo's gave him a perverted smile and held up a dildo. They busted out laughing and put the stuff up then left before they got banned from the store. It was fun acting like teenagers again. They headed inside a few more places and messed around before hauling ass out without getting anything. After a while they grew bored with their own antics and started for home.

It wasn't long before they were heading inside their home. They walked in quietly as to not wake anyone up, but found everyone was still wide awake. Yoshiki seemed to have a small group on the edge of their seats as he told them a story. Kamijo seemed to be performing some play act with Teru in front of another group. They were laughing as Kamijo pointed at Teru and said 'it was you!' Another group was sitting around Byou and Tsuzuku as they talked about some hairstyles and clothing design ideas.

Yoshiki noticed their entrance and waved his hand in the air. "Welcome home!"

Everyone turned and started waving as they walked in closer. Kyo walked up next his friend and smiled. "What crazy story are you telling them this time?"

"The time when we thought it was a good to dress up like girls and try to get into that adult club. Remember?"

"No idea what you're talking about."

"Oh." Shinya said. "The one where that old man grabbed Kyo's ass and he beat the crap out of him for it? Then you guys had to run away for like an hour because he was a yakuza and was chasing you guys down."

"That's it!" Yoshiki shouted.

"Shut up, Shinya." Kyo groaned through his teeth and everyone laugh. He rolled his eyes and turned away from them. He spotted Ruki stepping outside his room and locking the door before leaning against it. He was shirtless again. The smell of sex caught everyone's attention and a lot of eyes were on him. He didn't seem to notice though. He stumbled to the staircase making a few people laugh.

"Hey, Ruki. Is Uruha too much for you to handle?" Byou shouted. He always picked on Ruki during Uruha's heat week. The comment was ignored by the brunette. Ruki carefully took a couple of steps down before his foot missed one and he tumbled down the stairs.

"Ruki!" Many of the wolves shouted. Shinya, Kyo, and Byou all ran to him. Yoshiki spread his pressure to keep everyone quiet.

Shinya knelt down with Byou and lifted Ruki's head. He had a small cut on his chin, but nothing else seemed physically wrong with him, until Shinya noticed the lack of sweat. Byou patted Ruki's cheek.

"Hey, Ruki can you hear me?"

The brunette groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurry, but he was able to focus in on the figures above him. "Hey…what's up?"

"What's up? Dude you fell down the stairs." Byou said.

"Oh…"

"When's the last time you had something to drink?" Shinya asked. Ruki hummed and shrugged his shoulders. "Byou, he's probably dehydrated. Go get him some water."

The alpha nodded his head and rushed out of the room. Kyo shook his head. "Ruki, you're supposed to take care of yourself too you know."

"I know." He whispered. "Got carried away."

A few of the others snickered earning a glare from Kyo.

"It's late." Yoshiki announced. "Why don't we all start hitting the sack?"

Kyo looked back at Ruki as everyone started to disperse. "Are you going make it?"

Ruki smirked. "I always manage somehow don't I?"

Kyo shook his head and Byou came back with a couple of bottles of water and handed one down to Shinya.

After he downed both bottles he sat up against the wall. Everyone had started lying down and it became quiet very fast. Ruki opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

"He's calling me again." He said a slowly stood up.

"Take it easy." Byou said. "He can wait a little longer."

"No, he really can't. I'll be fine don't worry." He said. They watched as he headed back up the stairs. He unlocked the door and stepped inside only to be attacked by his mate's lips.