Toshiya sniffed the air around him and walked up into the salon. It was packed with customers, but he noticed Tsuzuku wasn't there. He was worried.

"Toshiya." The blue haired woman smiled.

He nodded his head. "Tsuzuku isn't here today is he?"

She shook her head. "He hasn't come in two days. We're getting worried because usually lets us know when he won't be in."

Toshiya nodded. "We haven't seen him either."

"Do you think he's missing?"

"I…I hope not. Do you know anyone who came to see him?"

She hummed and her eyes grew wide. "Yeah, there was this customer, real touchy with Tsuzuku, but he liked the guy so we didn't think anything about it. Then not too long ago the guy stopped showing up. We think they broke up. We haven't seen the guy since."

"Thanks." He said before nodding and walking out. He sighed looking up at the sky. "Where the hell are you, Tsuzuku?"

Reita looked around the forest in his inner soul. He looked over at the tree to see his white wolf laying in its usual spot, but this time Kai's inner wolf was lying next it. Reita looked down at the yellow string around his hand and followed it as it disappeared into the tree line. The black wolf had a similar string around its neck that wrapped around the white wolf's neck as well. Reita walked up to them and the black wolf looked up at him. He sat in front of them and smiled. He reached his hand out, but chain shot up and gripped his wrist. Another chain shot out and grabbed his neck pulling him back. He landed on the ground and the black wolf stood up alert.

Reita was staring up right at Dogma's face. He smiled as he knelt down to look closer the blonde. The black wolf growled, but Dogma flicked his wrist and black spikes shut up from the ground. Before Reita could react shackles clasped his other limbs rendering him immobile. Dogma pressed his hand on Reita's cheek before showing a syringe in his other hand. Reita watched him move down and he felt a prick in his neck.

"What are you giving me?" Reita gasped.

"You can't fight if you go into heat."

"Please stop." Reita whimpered. "You're not my master. You're not my alpha."

"You will always belong to me."

"No!" Reita shouted pulling at his restraints. Dogma laughed as he stuck Reita with another needle then another. The blonde tugged and pulled. The black wolf bit into the spikes trying to break them, but was pushed back. Dogma laughed tugging at Reita's hair. Reita jerked his head to the side bit down onto Dogma's hand. He growled yanking his hand out and stepping back. Reita tugged at the restraints breaking them. He stood up and faced the shocked Dogma.

"I will not be controlled by you ever again!" Reita shouted.

Dogma smiled. "We'll see about that."

Reita opened his eyes and found himself back in the factory. He was sitting in his and Kai's private room. He took a shaky breath before standing up and pulling a shirt on. He looked outside the window at the lowering sun. He left the room and headed down to the foyer. The only ones there was Tora and Shinya. The rest were either out working or searching for Tsuzuku. Reita wanted to be out searching for his friend, but Kyo wouldn't allow him or Shinya to leave the factory. It was frustrating Reita to no end. He couldn't stand being in there anymore while his friend is missing.

Ryoga stood in his apartment looking at his packed bags. He's been staring at them for days now. The night he argued with Tsuzuku, he packed his things and was determined to leave. However every time he stepped out his door, he would think of the omega and stopped. He couldn't leave without apologizing to his mate. And that was the thought that had stopped for days. He was calling Tsuzuku his mate without even realizing it. He was supposed to be a lone wolf and he was fighting with his instincts to mate. He sighed giving into his heart and throwing his things to the side. He walked out of his apartment with the intention of speaking to Tsuzuku one more time.

Ryoga walked down to the salon and took a deep breath as he walked in. He looked around to see his target missing. He couldn't smell the omega either. He heard a gasp and looked up to see one of the hairdresser. She marched up to him with a scowl.

"Where is he?"

"Whoa, where's who?" Ryoga asked in shock.

"Where's Tsuzuku?"

"I don't know. I came here to talk to him. He's missing?" Ryoga asked his body suddenly filling with fear. The woman shook her head and he didn't wait to bolt out the door. He started sniffing the air around him trying to pick a scent. He fell to his hands and knees sniffing the ground not caring who gave him odd looks. He found a faint scent towards the alleyway. He moved around it sniffing the air and objects around him. He went up to the dumpster and opened it up. He ignored the garbage smell and pinpointed the peach scent he was looking for. He picked up a jacket and sniffed it. It was Tsuzuku's.

Reita paced the room as the pack had started returning home. He happily greeted his mate at the entrance and others hoping they had news of their missing member, but they came up short handed. The blonde was sad and Kai felt this. He tried comforting Reita, but the blonde was worried. Koichi felt the same. Kyo had called a meeting with alphas and they gathered in front of the foyer. As they did Koichi glared at Aoi who was sitting alone against the wall. Reita saw the pink head stomping towards the omega and ran to intercept him. He stopped Koichi in his tracks.

"Calm down." Reita said. "It's not his fault."

"Hiro said he would target the omegas if Aoi didn't go back. Hiro has to have him."

"We don't know that." Reita said gripping his arm. "We don't know anything yet."

Koichi clenched his fists and walked away.

Kyo sighed hearing that they hadn't found any clues to Tsuzuku's disappearance that was until Toshiya spoke up about this mysterious man the omega had been seeing. Hearing this Ruki and Kai's ear perked up when they remembered Reita talking about the same thing. They looked at each other and decided to remain quiet. No need risking getting their mates in trouble with something they had already figured out. Kyo stood up and an ordered them to focus their searches for the mysterious man while Yoshiki's pack would focus on searching for Tsuzuku the next day.

Ryoga snuck around quietly in the dark alley. The sun had fallen hours ago and the alpha had ventured into the other side of the city. He knew there was another pack here, but tried to avoid it after hearing the rumors around the area. He took his time marking areas so he wouldn't get lost on his way back. He slipped through a gate and smelled the air. He could faintly pick up Tsuzuku's scent. He followed the trail to an abandoned building on a desolate road. He spotted guards walking the area. He had to be careful.

Another two days passed and Kyo was growling to himself as he glared at the ceiling. He couldn't sleep a wink that night. Just the thought of having one of his omegas missing was painful enough, but actually having it happen was unbearable. However he couldn't risk losing anymore of his pack. He ordered the search to end for now. His next plan was to send a message out to Hiro and arrange a meeting. He needed to know if Hiro had his omega and how to get him back. He feared his only alternative would be to trade Aoi for him. He knew Kaoru would never allow that to happen.

He pressed his lips on Shinya's head before stepping out of the room. As he walked out he noticed everyone sleeping in the foyer. Everyone except Aoi. The omega was sitting in the hallway at the entrance. Kyo looked over to see Kaoru fast asleep on his own futon before he walked over. He sat next to Aoi startling him, but he relaxed. Kyo glanced at him.

"What are you thinking about?" Kyo asked in a hushed tone.

Aoi bit his lip and closed his eyes. "I should go back. You're in danger because of me."

Kyo was genuinely surprised that the omega finally spoke to him. He sighed. "You could go back, but it wouldn't change anything. Our packs have a dark history with each other. Something like this was bound to happen eventually whether you were here or not."

Aoi nodded his head. He opened his mouth, but closed it and looked down. Kyo saw him hesitating to speak, but he wouldn't push the omega. It was his decision whether to stay or return to Hiro and Kyo couldn't stop him.

They were startled by a loud banging on the door. Kyo quickly jumped to his feet and Aoi stood up, but was pushed back. Another round of bangs hit the door which at this point had awoken half the foyer. Kaoru opened his eyes at the noise and notice Aoi gone from his grasp. He sat up quickly to find the raven with Kyo at the entrance. Another bang sounded and the alphas stood up. Kyo looked at Aoi silently telling him to back up. He walked down the corridor to the door and released the latch. He prepared to defend himself as he opened the door, but was shocked at the sight in front of him. A taller man with blonde hair stood gasping for air. His body was covered in blood and wounds. It only took a second for Kyo to realize this man was an alpha. In his hand he held a black jacket. Tsuzuku's jacket.

The man gasped. "Please…save him."

The man's eyes closed as he fell forward, but Kyo reached out and caught his body. Byou had ran forward along with Toshiya to take the man from Kyo's arms and drag him inside.

The whole pack was awake at this point and waiting for some answers. It was about an hour before Shinya and Byou walked out one of the healing rooms on the first floor. As they stepped out Kyo walked up to his mate.

Shinya sighed. "He's resting. His body is covered in bite wounds. Nothing too serious."

"Can I wake him up?" Kyo asked.

"Even if I said no, you'll still do it." The beta mumbled. His mate ignored the comment and walked inside to find the man sleeping on the floor covered in bandages. Kaoru slipped inside as well and they walked to the sleeping man. Kyo kicked his arm making his groan and kicked him again. The man hissed waking up. He sat up rubbing his arm and glared up at the pack leader. Kyo held no remorse in his coldblooded stare.

"Where is Tsuzuku?" He asked.

"You must be Kyo. And this grouch is either Kaoru or Toshiya." He said waiting for a reaction but got none. He smirked. "You're Kaoru. Tsu talked a lot about you all."

"I won't ask again." Kyo growled sending pressure onto the wolf, but he seemed unaffected.

He stared up at Kyo. "Will you…save him?" He whispered. "I tried, but I wasn't strong enough. I couldn't save him."

Kyo and Kaoru looked at each other before they knelt down. "You know where he is?"

"I have an idea of where he's being held. On the other side of the city are some abandoned building, but only one has people in it. I managed to get inside the building, but I couldn't fight off the wolves inside."

Kyo sighed. "How do you know he was there then?"

"I smelt him." The blonde said. "My specialty is tracking and he was in there. I know he was."

"You can get us to him?" Kaoru asked.

The man shook his head. "I can."

Kyo sighed and closed his eyes. "We're not going for him."

"What?"

They turned to see Reita, Koichi, and Uruha peeking their heads in the door way. Koichi stepped forward. "What do you mean you won't go get him? He's one of your pack."

"I have my reasons" Kyo said. "I won't repeat past mistakes and charge headfirst into something. I will meet with Hiro and discuss an agreement to get him back."

"You can't!" Koichi snapped and Kyo growled.

"You're out of line."

Reita pulled Koichi back and away from the room. The blonde hair man clenched his fists. "If you won't go after him, then I'll try again on my own."

Kaoru sighed, but Kyo glared at the man. "Do as you wish, but you better make it clear that you are not one of us. I'll let you rest for a little in return for the information you provided but I want you gone by morning."

The alpha moved to get up, but was pushed down by Kaoru. "Rest first."

The two stepped out of the room to find the pack glaring, but none of them said anything. Kyo snapped ordering everyone back to sleep. Reita had snuggled up against Kai, but he couldn't sleep. It was obvious that some others couldn't either. Reita spotted Koichi getting up from his spot and sneaking to the healing room. Reita slowly pulled from Kai's arms and kissed his head. He sent a reassuring feeling into his mate before walking to join the pink haired man. Koichi took a deep breath looking at the door. He jumped when Reita gripped his shoulder.

Koichi sighed in relief seeing it was only the omega. "You scared me."

"Sorry, what are you doing?" Reita whispered.

"I'm going with him. I have to try and get Tsuzuku back."

"Koichi, you can't." Reita said softly. "Kyo said not to."

"Kyo isn't my pack leader. Besides you don't get it. Tsu and I have been through so much. He saved my life once before. I can't stand by when I know I can help." Koichi said looked at the door. He reached and opened it up. A dim light showed the form that was sitting up. The blonde looked up at them as they slipped into the room and shut the door.

They stood for a moment before sitting. "I'm Koichi, and this is Reita. If you're going after Tsuzuku, I'm going too."

"I'm, Ryoga." He said slipping his shirt on. "If we go we need a plan. My way didn't exactly work."

"I have an idea." Reita whispered standing up and he slipped out the door. They waited for minute before the blonde appeared slipping into the room. He sighed looked down as Aoi walked in, but behind him was a glaring Kaoru.

"Rei!" Koichi snapped.

"Sorry! I tried waking Aoi alone, but Kaoru saw."

"What is going on here?" The alpha whispered closing the door.

"I'm leaving." Ryoga said standing up. "I'm going to try again."

"Koichi and I are going to help him." Reita said shocking them all.

Kaoru glared at him. "You will do no such thing."

"I won't stand by any longer. I'm going to help my family. Kaoru I can take care of myself. I'm not going to sit and wait any longer while others search for him."

He let out a deep breath. "And why were you bringing Aoi into this?"

"I just wanted to see if he knew where we could get into Hiro's place easily" Reita said. "I wasn't going to take him."

Aoi looked at them all and bit his lip. He rubbed his arm. "I want to help. It's my fault Hiro took Tsuzuku. I should help get him back."

Kaoru grabbed the omega's shoulders. "What, no. You're not going back there."

"I am." Aoi whispered. "I have to."

The alpha closed his eyes. "You're not going alone."

"Kaoru?" Koichi asked.

"Someone has to look over you guys. And Kyo would flip you went out without an alpha with you."

"He's going to flip out either way." Koichi said. "Yoshiki will be even worse."

"If we're done talking." Ryoga said standing up. "Let's go get Tsuzuku."

They had to be careful slipping out of the room. Kaoru had scanned the foyer making sure everyone was sleeping before he guided them to the door. They carefully opened it and slipped outside. They looked at the snowflakes falling slowly to the ground. Ryoga lead them towards the gate and they slipped outside. Kaoru stopped in his tracks and sighed. Busted.

"Where are you guys going?"

The group jumped and turned to see Toshiya standing outside the gate. He had decided to go out on watch and Kaoru had completely forgotten. Koichi stepped forward with a scowl.

"Bringing our friend home."

Toshiya walked up and glared at Kaoru. "You're letting them do this? Kaoru are you crazy. Kyo will have your asses."

"We'll he can have them once we get Tsuzuku back." Reita said.

Toshiya shook his head. "Do you know how much pain you're going to bring to Kai by doing this?"

"We're going." Koichi said. "Go ahead and stop us if you want to. I'll never forgive you for it."

Toshiya sighed and looked at Kaoru. "It would be irresponsible of me to let you go. That's why I'm going with you." They stood wide eyed at him. "What? You guys are shocked by this? I'm surprised that Kaoru is doing something this stupid. Typically I'm the one that does this shit."

After that was settled the group headed into town. The crowd was lively as they head downtown and towards the border. Aoi took the lead sniffing around and guiding them into the territory. They slipped in and out of alleys, around buildings, and through a busy street. Aoi guided them along a street down the road to the emptier part of town. He shook as the saw the abandon building and stepped back. He looked sadly at them. Kaoru pulled him into a tight hug.

"I'm scared." He whispered.

"I'll protect you." Kaoru said.

Reita gripped Aoi's hand. "We won't let anything happen to you. We'll all go home together after this."

Aoi nodded before swallowing hard and walking down the sidewalk away from the building. They trusted him and followed close behind. They crossed the street a few blocks down and started jumping fences. They crossed some backyards before coming up to huge empty field and in front of it was the building. Aoi got on his hands and knees to crawl across the field. The group did the same until they reached a large grate. Aoi unlatched it and opened it. They all slipped inside and carefully closed it.

They walked silently in the tunnel afraid of causing an echo. They made it to the end of it and looked out to see another empty tunnel. Aoi led them to the left and down it to a grate in the ceiling.

"How are we going to get up there?" Toshiya asked.

"I'll lift you up." Kaoru said. He placed his hands together and the other alpha rolled his eyes before stepping his palms. Kaoru lifted him and the other grabbed him to hold him in the air. He worked on unclasping the grate it was opened with in seconds. He reached inside and pulled himself up. Reita was lifted next, then Aoi, followed by Koichi, then Ryoga. Toshiya and Ryoga reached down as Kaoru jumped in the air, barely catching their hands. They lifted him inside before shutting the grate.

This tube was too small for them to walk in so they had to travel in a single file line while crawling. Aoi led the way through the tunnels until they reached the end at another grate above their heads. This one they could easily climb out of. They slipped out quietly in the dark room.

"Where are we?" Koichi whispered.

"In the basement." Aoi answered. They held hands until they reached the door and pushed it open. They could hear people talking nearby. They slipped out quietly and started moving down the lit hall. As they moved closer they could hear loud music playing. They turned the corner to see the hall full of people and they tensed up, but none of them seemed to notice the group that much. Kaoru took a few sniffs and realized they were all normal people. The group relaxed and followed Aoi as he pushed through the crowd. There was a large room nearby throwing a rave which explained all the people. Reita swallowed hard and reached beside him to grab Koichi's hand. The pink haired man looked over and nodded. They were both scared.

They moved past the group and Aoi quickly turned pushing his body into Kaoru. The alpha looked up and noticed a door at the end of the hallway with two alpha's guarding it. He turned before they could recognize him. The smell of the people was helping hide their own scents, but they could still be recognized.

"What do we do?" Koichi asked. "If we go any closer, they'll recognize you guys."

Reita gasped and gripped his chest. "Oh shit."

"What?" Toshiya asked.

"Kai's awake and he's freaking out."

"Relax." Kaoru said. "They were bound notice eventually. Right now we need to concentrate on what to do."

Reita nodded. "They don't know me. I can go up and distract them and you guys knock them out or something."

"You can't be serious. No way in hell." Kaoru said. "We'll think of something else."

"No, that's good." Koichi said. "They won't know me either. We can do a little seducing and catch them off guard."

"I said no." Kaoru said.

Reita bit his lip and grabbed Koichi's hand. Before Kaoru could stop them, they walked out of the crowed.

"Shit." Toshiya snapped.

The two omegas walked up smiling to the two men who glared at them. Koichi stepped forward.

"First alphas I've seen here. Not a bad sight."

One growled. "Who are you?"

The omega kept his smile as he rubbed his finger on the alpha's chest. "My brother and I just got into town last night. We were looking for a bit of fun."

Reita stepped up and pressed his body against the other alpha. "We couldn't help but notice you guys. Why don't we disappear for a little bit? We'll rock your world."

Kaoru and Toshiya watched as they slowly started walking forward. Ryoga kept Aoi close behind him as they moved down the hall. The two alphas seemed to have all of their attention on Reita and Koichi. Kaoru watched as one gripped Reita's ass before opening the door behind them. They slipped inside and started closing the door, but Toshiya and Kaoru darted and pushed the door wide open. The two alphas were shocked, but Ryoga jumped on one wrapping his arms around his neck putting him in a choke hold. Aoi closed the door and locked it as Kaoru and Toshiya took care of the second alpha. Within minutes they had be subdued and tied up.

Aoi sighed with relief as the other two omega's high fived each other.

"I can't believe that actually worked." Toshiya mumbled. They ended their mini celebration and headed down the hallway. Ryoga took the lead at this point searching for Tsuzuku's scent. He could smell the scent of peaches nearby. He led the way down the hallway to a door and Aoi whimpered. They looked at him as he hid behind Kaoru's body.

"What is it? What's behind there?" Ryoga asked.

"Th-the cages." He whispered.

"C-cages…" Reita gasped as his body began to shake. Toshiya wrapped his arm around Reita's body to try and comfort him. Ryoga raised an eyebrow, but opened the door.

It led to an outside kennel. They were surrounded by a large fence and inside it were a bunch of cages. All of them had a person inside. Reita started to shake at the sight and his breathing shook. He dropped to his knees and hugged himself. Toshiya knelt next to him.

"Hey it's okay. We'll be out of here soon." Toshiya forced the blonde to his feet, but practically had to drag him to keep up with the group. Ryoga took a big whiff of the air and ran down the cages, making the others run after him. He slid to a stop at the front of one. He dropped to his knees and griped the cage door. Inside Tsuzuku laid completely naked and was bruised from head to toe. He bit his lip at the site of the omega's inner thighs covered in blood.

"Tsu." Ryoga whimpered. Toshiya had dragged Reita to them and let him drop back to his knees. The alpha walked over to the cage door and pulled out a small pick lock kit. The others stood guard as Toshiya worked on the lock. Reita shivered as he tried to look away from the cages, but no matter where he looked he saw the familiar site of being trapped. His eyes fell onto the cage across from Tsuzuku's and he gasped. He slowly crawled over to it and gripped the bars.

"Nao?" He whispered. The figure inside looked up.

"R-Reita?" the omega whimpered.

The blonde looked over at the others before crawling back. They heard a click and the door opened up. Ryoga practically pushed Toshiya to the side as he crawled inside. He pulled his own jacket off and wrapped it around Tsuzuku's body. They helped him pull the brunette out of the cage and wrapped his legs with Kaoru's jacket as well.

Reita swallowed hard. "We have to save Nao, too."

They all looked at him funny, then he pointed at the occupied cage. They looked at other, not knowing what to do. Nao had killed one of their own. He wasn't a member of their pack anymore. Toshiya groaned as he grabbed his lock pick kit and moved over to the locked cage.

"You'll be answering for what who've done to Takeru." Toshiya snapped. "I'm not saving you, I'm just making sure you get the punishment you deserve."

Within seconds the cage door was opened and Nao was dragged out. Toshiya held onto Nao's arm tightly as Koichi helped Reita up. They started walking to the exit when suddenly a man walked out and smiled at them. They froze.

"Well, well, well what do we have here?" He said as another alpha walked out.

"Hiro. Masashi." Kaoru growled. Aoi coward behind him and whimpered. "What did you do to Tsuzuku?"

The pack leader laughed. "Isn't it obvious? I gave him Aoi's old job." Aoi sniffled hearing those words and the group started growling as Ryoga tightened his hold on the omega. Hiro smiled. "How do you plan on escaping?"

Toshiya took a deep breath and charged forward slamming his body into the two enemies, throwing them off balance. "Run!"

Kaoru pulled Aoi and led his group past the stunned alphas as Toshiya fought to stand back up. He changed into his wolf form and took off after them and through the crowd of people down the hall. Hiro growled standing back.

"Alert everyone." He ordered watching them run down the hall.

"We don't have time to go through the tunnels!" Ryoga shouted. They ran down the hallway and turned a different direction than the way they came from. They heard a howl alerting the wolf pack they were running.

"Then how do we get out?" Kaoru yelled looking behind him. Toshiya was holding their rear as they ran from any oncoming wolves.

"My way!" Ryoga shouted. "Just stay close to me."

They followed him through the hallways, but found themselves deep into the building. Reita gasped calling to Kai on instinct. They turned down a hallway and saw a door with two wolves guarding it. Ryoga stopped and turned suddenly and they were quick to follow them. Kaoru looked back to see the two wolves giving chase. They took another left and saw another door.

"Reita! Get the door." Ryoga shouted. Reita ran ahead of them and slammed into the door as he turned the handle. He tumbled through it and fell into the snow outside. Ryoga jumped over him as Koichi stopped to help him up. Nao ran out with Kaoru pulling Aoi behind him. Toshiya jumped out and Koichi slammed the door shut. The sun was starting to rise over the horizon and was lighting up the area. They started running out in the open yard when wolves started running out from all directions. They circled the group. The six of them placed their backs together ready to defend themselves. A dark brown wolf charge right at Reita, but before any of them could react a black wolf came out of nowhere and tackled it to the ground.

"Kai?" Reita gasped. The black wolf looked right at him.

'Run!' Kai growled out.