Kyo was leaning against the wall of the store with his eyes closed, but his foot kept tapping the ground. Hizumi kept watch of the house waiting for Shinya to appear again. Mao let out a low growl as he stood up from his spot on the ground.
"How long is he going to make us wait?" Mao snapped. "It's been two hours now."
"We should prepare for an ambush." Hizumi said.
"There's no way we can ambush a house full of wolves." Mao said.
"Not us you idiot. I mean if Shinya told them we were here. They could be circling us right now."
"Shinya wouldn't do that." Kyo finally spoke catching their attention.
"What makes you say that?"
"I just know." Kyo said.
Hizumi rolled his eyes mocking the other alpha under his breath and turned to look back at the house. Kyo finally opened his eyes and looked up at the sky thinking to himself. Hoping he was right in trusting Shinya and convincing everyone else to do the same. He wasn't sure what was going on with him, but he hoped he was doing the right thing.
It seemed like forever before they spotted movement by the house. A lone figure was making his way closer to them it wasn't until he got closer that they realized he was limping. Kyo's eyes opened when he smelt and he knew the others did too. The smell of blood. He moved to look at the figure getting closer and a small pain went into through his heart.
"Shinya." He gasped running out to him.
"Kyo!" Hizumi called but the alpha ignored him.
Kyo ran up to Shinya and saw his torn up clothes, and his body bloodied. "Shinya?"
The beta smiled at him before falling forward and Kyo reached to catch him as Mao and Hizumi came out to help. "S-sorry." Shinya whispered.
Kyo moved down and turned Shinya over on his back. The beta was hugging a bag tightly in his arms before raising it up in the air for them. Hizumi took it and opened it up to see medicine inside and nodded. Mao helped Kyo get Shinya up to his feet and Kyo moved in front so the beta could climb his back. Shinya didn't protest as he settled on the alpha and allowed himself to be carried as he dozed off.
Kaoru was pacing the living room as he waited for his pack members to return wondering if he should have gone with them. Ryoko and Sayuri were asleep in his room and the pack was around the living room waiting. Some were sleeping while others were struggling to stay awake. It was already past midnight and Yuichi was only getting worse. Kaoru was lost in his thoughts when he heard feet climbing his porch. He rushed to the door in time to open it up to see his three pack members and a badly beaten Shinya on Kyo's back. He let them in and the pack awoke from their entrance.
Hizumi helped get Shinya off Kyo's back and they carefully laid him on the floor. Kyo gently patted his cheeks until his eyes opened up.
"Kyo?" Shinya whispered.
"We made it back. We need to know what to give Yuichi." Kyo said.
"My bag." Shinya replied and Hizumi handed it over. Shinya rolled onto his stomach and dumped the bag out onto the floor, pushing the unnecessary items out of the way. He grabbed different bottles until he found the one he was looking for. His shaky hands grabbed a packaged syringe and he tore it open with his mouth. He took the cap off and pulled the plunger back before inserting the needle into the bottle. He injected the air then sucked out some of the liquid. Once it was filled, he took it out and recapped the needle before dropping his head with heavy breathes. His hand dropped to the floor and Kyo shook his shoulder. Shinya's eyes opened up.
"Inject this…into his bicep." With that Shinya passed out.
Kyo took the syringe and handed it off to Kaoru who took it, but he stared warily at it. Then he glanced down at Shinya's injuries. He gripped the syringe tightly in his grasp.
"Treat his injuries, but make sure he's retrained. I don't want him running off for any reason." Kaoru ordered turning to walk away.
"Kaoru, what the hell." Kyo snapped and his friend stopped.
"Tie Kyo up, too."
"What?" Kyo gasped, frozen in disbelief as his arms were forced behind his back. "Kaoru?"
"Put them in the basement and lock it. I want two guards in front of it all times." Kaoru ordered.
Kyo didn't fight as his so called friend walked away and he was forced to the back of the house by Hizumi. He opened the door and they both walked down the stairs to the bottom. Hizumi turned a light on and guided Kyo the far wall where the alpha was forced to sit as he was tied to the water pipes. Once done, Hizumi patted Kyo's shoulder and walked back up to the house, leaving him all alone.
However it wasn't too long before Subaru and Tomoya were bringing a small mattress down the stairs. They sat it next to him and more footsteps were heard as Tsurugi and Aki carried Shinya's body down very carefully. They brought him to the mattress and gentle placed him on it before pulling his hands over his head to tie them the water pipes as well. The two were left alone in silence. Shinya was wrapped in bandages enough to stop the bleeding, but that was about it. It didn't seem like any more care was done for him. Kyo brought his knees up and dropped his head on them.
Kaoru sat by Yuichi's bed with his mate. When the pack leader first came up with the syringe, he hesitated giving it to his son. He didn't know what he was giving Yuichi and for all he knew it could be poison. Misaki though, she took it and uncapped the needle and stuck it into her son's arm before he could protest. When he asked why she trusted Shinya with their son's life, she looked him in the eye and said "Because Kyo trusts him and I trust Kyo with my life, my children's lives, and with your life."
Now Kaoru was sitting by the bed rubbing Yuichi's arm waiting for any change at all in his son's condition. Misaki laid in the bed rubbing the young boy's head watching him as he slept. As the hours past, both parents dozed off and it wasn't until the sun shined on their faces that they woke back up. Misaki jumped up not realizing she had fallen asleep. She looked at her son to find him breathing softly and his cheeks not as flushed. She press her hand to his forehead and she could already feel the fever going down.
Kaoru stared at the basement door for a minute before finally going in. He walked down to the lit room and found his friend and Shinya by the side wall, both still tied up. He walked up to them and sat down. He waited until Kyo finally lifted his head to look at his friend. Kaoru smiled softly.
"Yuichi's fever went down. The medicine worked."
"Good now untie us so we can go."
"No." Kaoru said.
"Shinya was honest. Now let us go."
"No." Kaoru said again. "If I do that, you'll leave without hearing what I have to say."
Kyo kept his glare. "Well then, spit it out."
"You have a shitty attitude, a bad temper, and you hate to follow orders. You take risks and endanger others. You're shitty person, but you're also my friend and I've known you all my life. I know the real you. The Kyo who does smile every once in a while, who does care for his pack, and who would die protect to us. I know the Kyo who would never forgive me if I ever harmed anyone because I was being stupid…and I've been stupid these past few days.
"You're my friend and I should have trusted you better. You know what it's like to lose people you love even if it isn't through death. Of all the people to trust my family to, you should have been the first. What I'm getting at is that I'm sorry. I'm sorry I've been a terrible friend, I'm sorry for making all this harder on you, and I'm sorry for not trusting you. I don't want you to leave. Your place is here and if it means accepting Shinya into my pack then I will if it means you'll stay here with us."
"You're right, you have been shitty," Kyo snapped, but continued on, "but so have I. You have more than I ever will and that means I can't understand what you feel when it comes to your family. I shouldn't have acted like a child. I'm sorry, too."
"I forgive you." Kaoru said.
"Awesome, now get these damn things off of me so I can punch you with forgiveness."
Kaoru gave a small laugh as he started working on Kyo's restraints. "Let's skip that part. You'll need my help getting Shinya up the stairs."
"Fine" Kyo agreed with a sigh and looked over at Shinya who was still sleeping soundly.
Shinya woke up to blurry vision and he groaned as he slowly sat up, rubbing his head. He heard the sound of soft breathing and found Kyo sleeping next to him on the bed. Shinya's face burned noticing the alpha was also shirtless. He slowly laid back down onto his side and stared at Kyo's sleeping face. He raised his hand up and gently rubbed his finger on the alpha's lips. Kyo's mouth suddenly opened and he gently chomped on Shinya's finger. The beta let out a startled squeal and Kyo opened one of his eyes. He licked the digit in his mouth making Shinya blush a deeper shade of red.
"K-Kyo?" Shinya gasped.
The alpha climbed over Shinya's body and moved down to kiss his lips. The beta moaned into the kiss with shaky lips. Kyo pulled away and stared down at him with sharp eyes making him moan out. Kyo blushed feeling Shinya twitch underneath him and quickly got off him. The blonde coughed as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"How are you feeling?" Kyo asked.
"I'm okay." Shinya mumbled, missing the alpha's heat on top of him.
"Good. You've been out for a few days. We were getting worried."
"We?" Shinya asked.
"Yeah. Yuichi is up and running around as happy as can be. Kaoru is thankful to you. He even offered you to join his pack."
"What? But…does he know that Gin's my father." Shinya whispered.
"Yeah, I told him. I also told him that Gin's was the one who did this to you. I'm hoping I didn't lie to him."
"My father did, along with most of my pack."
"So will you join us?" Kyo asked. "I…want you to stay with me. If not, then we can leave this city together and start our own pack."
Shinya blushed. "I should probably think about it."
"Okay, sure no problem. I'll go get you some food, so just keep resting." Kyo ordered and Shinya blushed but nodded. Once Kyo was out of the room, Shinya hugged himself and giggled at the warmth in his chest.
Several months passed after that incident and Shinya became a member of the pack although he had to do quite a bit to be trusted by everyone. He was happy to help whenever they needed him to and even became bonded with Kyo. His alpha was never too far from him and everything seemed to be going great, but underneath the façade they knew it was coming down to a big fight between Gin and Kaoru. There have been several attacks on both sides, but never big enough to kill or even maim. It was mostly scare tactics from both sides, but neither were backing down.
Misaki was getting closer to her due date too so tensions were also high with the pack. Kaoru was being more cautious and added Tsukasa and Tatsurou to Misaki's guard and wasn't allowing her to leave home nor their children. Ryoko just turned ten a few months ago and Yuichi will be seven in a few days so they were planning a surprise party for him. So Asagi and Tomoya decided to run into town for Misaki to buy some decorations.
The restaurant was closed today so they didn't have to work on that and it got them out of house chores for a few hours too. They were going between stores picking out the best things for Yuichi and looking for gift ideas as well. While they were running around the sky darkened with clouds and it looked like it was about to start. Asagi forgot to grab an umbrella so they decided to go back early to beat the rain.
As they were making to the edge of town Asagi smelt someone coming up behind them. He slowed to a stop as did Tomoya and they turned to see three wolves walking up to them. Asagi quickly got in front of Tomoya, but then two more wolves came out of the alleyways to the left then their right. They were surrounded. Asagi started growling as thunder roared above them and rain started to fall.
Kaoru was on the porch with Misaki and Sayuri as well as Kyo and Shinya. Ryoko and Yuichi were playing in the rain with Zero and Tsukasa. Misaki handed Sayuri to Shinya who was able kneel down and place her on her feet. Kaoru was close, but out of her reach as the one year old stretched her arms out to him. She laughed as she took a step, then another and another. Shinya guided her at first, then let go as she walked to her father. Kaoru grabbed her and lifted her in the air praising her for walking even further today.
Misaki grabbed Shinya's shoulder and smiled. "You'd make a great dad someday."
Shinya blushed along with Kyo who looked away and Misaki laughed.
"Dad!" Ryoko screamed out and they looked out to see Asagi staggering through the gate. Tomoya was hanging limply in the alpha's arms. Tsukasa picked Ryoko and Yuichi up to run them inside as Zero and Hizumi ran to Asagi. Kaoru handed Sayuri to Misaki as Shinya and Kyo ran out as well.
Hizumi took Tomoya from Asagi and Zero helped the other alpha walk. Shinya ran up see if there were any serious injuries, but it was hard to tell with the rain. They made it up to the house and inside. They placed both on the floor of the living room and Shinya was quick to check Asagi out and found his body covered in lacerations, but nothing too serious. He started checking Tomoya next and noticed his bloody thigh and pale face. With shaky hands he placed his fingers to Tomoya's neck, but he couldn't feel anything. He ripped the omega's shirt open and pressed his ear against Tomoya's chest. Shinya slowly sat up and looked up at Kaoru.
"He's gone." Shinya whispered.
"What? Do CPR or something!" Mao snapped.
"He's not even bleeding out anymore." Shinya said. "Just by looking at his leg, I can tell his artery was damaged. He bled out long before he made it here."
"Sorry." Asagi coughed out. "I tried to…protect him."
"Quiet now. Shinya, work on Asagi. We can't lose him, too." Kaoru ordered.
"Tomo…ya" Subaru whimpered as he walked in. The other omega dropped to his knees next to his friend. He dropped his head on Tomoya's chest and cried out.
"This is the final straw." Kaoru growled.
The next morning, the pack buried Tomoya behind the house in a clearing in the woods. When they made it back to the house, Kaoru started barking out orders, organizing the pack for an attack. He had Tsukasa and Hizumi stay to protect Misaki and the kids while Zero and Tatsurou joined in the initial attack. Kyo was tying Shinya's freshly dyed blonde hair back when Kaoru approached them. He glared down at Shinya for a moment.
"Will you be able to fight your old pack? I can't have a wolf out there hesitating for any reason."
Shinya stood up to look Kaoru in the eye. "Tomoya was always good to me. I'll never forgive them for what they did to him. To you. I won't hesitate even if it's my father."
"We'll see about that." Kaoru said with a nod.
Kyo patted Shinya's back. "I'll keep you safe while we're out there. They're going to be targeting you the most."
"I know." Shinya said and turned to his mate. "I'm stronger than they think."
Kyo smirked. "Let's show them what we got."
Kaoru led the pack through the town towards the other side where Gin's pack was waiting. The other alpha knew his last attack would stir Kaoru up enough for a fight. The final fight. As Kaoru approached, he saw Gin and his pack already in their wolf forms. This was a free for all fight to the death and his pack knew that as well. Kaoru growled out as he started running and changing into his wolf form with his pack doing the same behind him. Gin led the charge for his pack.
The two packs came closer and closer until wolves collided with each other, tearing into each other's flesh. Kaoru took on Gin, slamming him into the ground first and went for an attack on his neck, but another wolf slammed into him knocking him back. Gin got up as his son went to attack again, but Shinya jumped over Kaoru and onto Ran's back biting into his neck. Gin snapped at Shinya, but Kaoru was quick to catch the other pack leader's attention.
Kyo tore into his opponent and rolled around with him until he was taken out. Kyo's ear perked at the sound of a whimper and looked up in time to see the light going out from Subaru's eyes. The omega's body went limp as the alpha wolf jerked his neck once more, killing him. The wolf dropped Subaru as Kyo charged forward to attack him next.
Kaoru fought hard against Gin, hearing and seeing members from both packs fall from the fight. Shinya whimpered out as Ran slammed him into the ground, but the beta swiped his paw up scratching the alpha's eye causing him to jump back. Shinya took his chance to take his brother down. He reached up clamping his teeth on Ran's neck and biting down hard. Ran tried to pull away, but Shinya's grip tightened and he used his weight to take the alpha down. Shinya tore in Ran's neck, tearing at the arteries knowing the alpha would bleed out in no time.
The fight continued until the numbers dwindled down on both sides. Gin stood with one wolf behind him as Kaoru stood with Shinya, Kyo, and Mao. They waited catching their breaths. Mao's legs shook as he tried to stay upright, but his vision was beginning to blur. He caught the sight of Tsurugi off to the side, his fur covered in blood. Mao whimpered out as he fell, his last thought being of seeing his best friend again.
"Mao." Kyo's voice shook. He looked around at all of his dead friends and whimpered.
Kaoru's legs were shaking as he tried to keep his mind away from the death around them. His body burned with rage towards Gin. He took a step forward but froze when he felt a pain his chest. He looked back towards the direction of his home.
"Misaki?" He whimpered.
Gin started to laugh. "I thought my son would never make it there."
Kaoru growled towards Gin and moved to attack, but another pain went through his body making change into his human form.
"Kaoru?" Kyo cried out. Kaoru screamed out in pain gripping his chest. He fell to his side, his face covered in blood and sweat as more pain assaulted his chest.
"What did you do?" Shinya snapped at his father.
Gin laughed. "Took care of Kaoru's offspring of course. Can't have those spawns running around my territory."
"No!" Kyo cried out. Kaoru cried out in pain as drool ran out of his mouth.
"Yes, everything he holds dear is dead." Gin laughed.
Shinya growled out as he charged forward and Kyo ran behind him as Gin and his last wolf ran forward as well. Shinya jumped in the air and so did Gin. The two collided as Kyo tackled the second wolf to the ground. Gin slammed Shinya into the ground and tore into his chest, but Shinya bit into his father's head, digging his teeth into the older wolf's eyes. Gin cried and tried to pull away, but Shinya wouldn't let him go. Shinya started swinging his head side to side until he heard a loud snap. Gin fell limp and Shinya let him go allowing his body to fall to the ground.
Kyo looked over from his kill to see Shinya standing in his human form looking down at his father dead on the ground. Kyo walked up to him and Shinya smiled, but the moment was short lived as Kaoru screamed out in pain. The two ran to his side and helped him up to his feet as he gasped for air.
"Mi…sa…" He choked out. Shinya and Kyo would have to come back for their fallen comrades later. They needed to get to Misaki and the kids now.