11:50 a.m
-click/flash, click/flash-
The only sound that was filling the atelier was the shutters of the camera. The wolf-princess was currently working on draping the thin layer of silk fabric in her hand onto her half body-size 6- professional female dress form. The pinkette allowed her finger to glide along the dress form as she smooth's out the wrinkles and unwanted folds of the fabric. When pleased with the draping she formed with her finger and movement of the fabric. Amu takes a silk pin and stabs it into the dress form to allow it to stay in place. Amu was so engrossed in her work that she did not notice Ikuto closing in on her to take a close up picture it was not until she heard the…
-click-
She comes out of her state of concentration; the pinkette looked up to see Ikuto was only inches away from her face. She felt her cheek starting to flush red but she forced her emotions back.
-ring, ring-
Amu's ears prick up upon hearing her phone ring at the end of the table. Ikuto sidesteps away allowing the she-wolf to pass by and answer her phone; Amu looked at the screen to see that it was Angel.
"Yes," Amu answered.
"We have a problem." Amu's expression hardens a bit as she turned to have her back facing Ikuto as her tone lowered.
"Che problema è? (What is the problem?)" Amu asked in Italian.
"There is a Rouge in our territory."
"Sappiamo il nome del Rogue? (Do we know the name of the Rogue?)"
"Simon Moriyamike." When hearing the Rogue's name Amu gave out a frustrated sigh.
"Portatelo in...E 'uno dei Rogues nella mia lista. (Bring him in...He is one of the Rogues in my list.)"
"Understood."
-click-
Amu pinched the bridge of her nose as she turned around to have her body facing where Ikuto was, only to have Ikuto standing right in front of her. Amu's breath hitched as she was caught off guard by the bluenette. She took a step back to get some distance between the two. "Did something happen?" The bluenette asked.
"Ah…" the pinkette struggled for words as she looked into those deep indigo blue eyes; she mentally shook her head pulling out of her trance. "In some sense yes it seems an appointment has been moved forward. I'm sorry Ikuto but I am going to have to cut our meeting short for today." The wolf princess said as she walked around Ikuto and places her phone in her back pants pocket.
"Oh, that's alright then, I completely understand." Ikuto said as he walked over towards his things.
"I am truly sorry about this." Amu said again as she took out her phone and glanced at the time; one minute to twelve. She looked back up and sees Ikuto ready with his stuff. She felt a tug on her chest when she saw him ready to leave; biting her tongue she stopped herself from begging him not to leave.
"Amu it's okay it happens." He said with a smile; reassuring the pinkette wolf princess. What he didn't know was with that reassuring smile all her doubt, all her worry vanished. Returning his smile Amu walked towards the door in her atelier.
"I'll walk you to the door." She said as she gestured him out the room. The two walked towards the door; just as the pinkette reached the door her nose lifted into the air –out of habit-.
"Wait at the foot of the gate." Amu mentally said as she used the mental bond between her and her pack mates; Lycan packs have a mental bond with one another that no one else share's outside of the pack.
"Understood." Angel was the one to respond; despite not being the current or –quite possibly not be – the next Beta; Angel is the most dominat of her wolves right now.
"Make sure to stay hidden. I do not wish for Tsukiyomi Ikuto to see unnecessary things." The she-wolf lastly said before cutting off the mental bond between her and her beta.
"I'll have Angel send you an email on tomorrow's agenda." Amu said as she grabs hold of the door knob.
"Oh, that's alright she sent me this month's agenda," Ikuto said as he stood across from the pinkette. "Though I have a request of; so I'll send her an email on that matter." Amu knew she had no time to hear out his request so she simply nodded with a smile.
"Alright them, I'll let her know to expect it." The she-wolf said as she opened the door and allowed him to walk out. There she stood staring at the bluenette walking towards his car. She waited outside until she saw him driving out of her gate. Once she saw he was out of sight and out of range from her land, her soft tender expression hardens.
"Bring him in." Amu said as she opened the mental bond again. With no hesitation the car came driving through the gate of NightHaven. With her arms crossed across her chest so calmly the pinkette patiently waited for the car to come to a stop, her stance looked so relaxed and yet it held so much power. One by one her wolves filed out of the car; Angel motioned two of the wolves to fetch the rogue out of the car, to be more exact out of the back truck. Angel walked towards the pinkette with Naomi right at her heels; when in front of the she-wolf the two slightly bowed exposing their necks. Amu's expression never changed as she nodded – acknowledging the two-.
"What was he doing when you spotted him?" Amu asked as she shifted her gaze to the struggling wolf.
"He was mugging and close to raping a woman." Angel answered.
"I'm sure if we had let him be he would have killed her as well." Naomi added, gaining only a sigh from her pink headed Alpha. Muffled grunts and growls started to grow closer as the two wolves Angel sent to get Simon Moriyamike out came right in front of their future Alpha. Amu gave a hard stare at the Rogue wolf instantly shutting him up only leaving him to glare at the pinkette.
"Take Mr. Moriyamike to the cellar…and cage him." Angel gave a silent nod as she guided the two wolves to the cellar. Amu stayed at the doorway looking out at her open field that slowly merged into the beautiful forest she was growing to love.
"Amu…" Snapping out of her daze the pinkette tilted her head slightly over her shoulder; Angel along with Naomi stood there waiting on her. "We're waiting on you my dear Wolf Princess." The pinkette let out a dry laugh as she turned her body to head into the house.
"I think your growing to a custom of calling me that Beta." A small smirk danced its way onto Angel's lips as both she-wolves followed their future Alpha.
Le Désir d'un Loup
Ikuto was driving out of NightHaven heading back into the small city; while he was driving his mind started to wonder to the phone conversation the pink headed designer had.
"Portatelo in...E 'uno dei Rogues nella mia lista."
Rogue? And what list was she talking about, Ikuto thought. The bluenette was not fluent in the beautiful Italian language but he could pick up on a few words. Ikuto gave out a sigh. "I should have payed attention in Italian class." Indigo eyes stared out into the open road in front of them.
"Maybe Utau might know if I ask her." The bluenette thought out loud to himself but quickly shook the thought out of his head. "Knowing my beloved sister she would probably jump of a plane before translating anything for me. He let out a sigh.
"I'll just ask Amu tomorrow...tell her it was out curiosity." Ikuto nodded with satisfaction with his excuse. "Yeah let's go with that." He smiled; the view of the city building was slowly coming into view. Open road slowly become into streets; the nature world slowly yet rapidly became into small, medium, tall building; the world of civilization. As Ikuto was entering the world the world of civilization within seconds he was already receiving an incoming call; the bluenette owned a dark gray SOUL KIA. Glancing over at the small screen; displaying the number and name of the caller.
Tsukasa Amakawa
(xxx) xxx-xxxx
Without moving so much as a hand Ikuto simply pushed one button on his steering wheel. "What is it Tsukasa?" Ikuto asked as he answered the call.
"Ikuto just where are you. You were supposed to be here early morning for the briefing of this month." Tsukasa said in a rather calm voice; Tsukasa is a rather gentle man who never loses his calm and always has a small smile drawn upon his lips. He has light brown sand hair that was long and has lavender color eyes.
"Oh shit, was that today?" The bluenette responded as a sigh came out of the car speakers. "Sorry Tsukasa I completely forgot."
"Yes I can see that…Where were you then?" Tsukasa asked.
"I went over to Amu's house to start on my coverage on her." Ikuto answered only to gain a silent respond. A minute passed by but to the bluenette it felt like hours.
"I see, are you done for the day then?" Tsukasa finally asked.
"Yes, our meeting was cut short, one of her appointments was moved up," Ikuto said with a slight disappointment in his voice. "It must have been a private matter if I was not allowed to be there."
"Yes, well I think it's for the best for now," Tsukasa added. "At least you got something to start with right."
"Yeah I did."
"Great, just head back to the office and start writing." Tsukasa said.
"Alright, I should be in, in about ten to fifteen minutes."
"I'll see you then." With that said Tsukasa ended the call; as Tsukasa ended the call with Ikuto he ran his hand through his hair with frustration. Looking down at his desk; there laid a fire that was laid opened. On the right corner of the paper was a picture of the future Alpha of the Hokkaido Pack. Tsukasa placed his hands on either side of the open file as he stared down at the information of the oink-headed Alpha to be.
"I don't know whether if this was a blessing or a curse to be the informer to the Lycan race. Tsukasa gave out a dry chuckle as he pushed himself away from the desk.
"If someone would have told me Lycans, Vampires, and other supernatural races existed fifteen years ago I would have not believed them."
"You know that's a complete and utter lie Tsukasa." Tsukasa turned his head towards the voice; there he saw a tall beautiful slim woman with blonde hair tied up into high twin tails and her eyes were an exact match to his, standing next to her was a man who was a head taller than the woman he had rusty brunette hair –it was short and spiked up- with emerald green eyes.
"Utau, Kukai it's nice to see you both again." Tsukasa said with his usual smile.
"Let's cut the bullshit greetings and straight to the point my dear human informer."
"You're human as well Utau." Tsukasa added.
"True but that's not the case here now is it." Tsukasa gave out a chuckle.
"I suppose not," Tsukasa stood behind his chair as he glanced over towards the handsome lad. "Kukai, a drink?" Tsukasa offered as the two sat down on the chairs in front of the man's desk.
"I would love some," Kukai said with his ear to ear grin.
"B type blood right." The brunette nodded. Tsukasa walked over to a hidden fridge that was in his office –that contained almost every blood type in the world-. Taking a wine glass the Tsukasa took the B type blood pint nag and poured it into the glass; walking back with a half full glass Tsukasa handed it to the brunette vampire. Tsukasa finally took his seat behind his desk as he looked up at the two people who had intruded into his office with a gentle smile. " So what is it that I can help you with."
"Why is my brother doing a "Coverage" on my boss/friend and the future Alpha of the Hokkaido Pack?"
"Your brother is simply doing a business coverage not life coverage my dear." Tsukasa stated.
"That does not answer my question." Utau pressured on; Tsukasa gave out a sigh as he leaned on his desk.
"My dear girl you know as well as I, that I do not assign anything to Ikuto; he is a well gifted writer that seeks out what he desires." Utau's stare slightly wavered at Tsukasa's words. "And well he saw a picture of her on my desk and asked about her. I never would have though he would have wanted to cover her."
"Wait he saw a picture of the she-wolf?" Kukai asked as he raised an eyebrow. "How?"
"Her file had come into my hands a month before she moved over here to Seiyo. I was looking over her file when he came bursting into my office; I quickly hid the file but not well enough. Her picture was visible enough that he caught sight of it." Tsukasa took a pause letting the information sink into his guest minds. "Be glad that he didn't grab the file entirely before I did or else he would have known about…this." Tsukasa gestured with his eyes towards Kukai.
"And you didn't deny him the paper." Utau stated.
"You know I couldn't." Utau let out a frustrated sigh; Tsukasa was right he couldn't deny Ikuto that; he would have gotten curious as to why and done something about it anyway. Despite having preventing their meeting Ikuto still found a way to meet the heir of the Hokkaido Pack.
"Tell me Utau," Tsukasa spoke out snapping her out of her train of thought. "Why are you trying so hard to prevent Ikuto from getting involved with the supernatural world? Our parents are well tied into this world, as are you…and yet you disallow your older brother to be in it."
"He does not need to know about this world."
"And if he is destined to be a soul mate of a race of this world." Tsukasa gestured towards Kukai and her. "You and Kukai are an example." Utau's face flushed red as Tsukasa smiled brightly.
"My love life has nothing to do with his." Utau protested as she looked away trying to hide her flushed cheeks.
"On the contrary my dear," Tsukasa gave out a chuckle with Kukai simply grinning at the statement. "Let your brother follow his path just as you have followed yours." With a reluctant pout Utau gave out a sigh.
"Fine," Turning her gaze back at Tsukasa. "I'll leave my brother alone…for now."
"Do keep this in mind Utau," Tsukasa said as he leaned against his chair. "You do not want to make an enemy of anyone in this world…especially a Lycan; a Lycan Alpha at that."
Le Désir d'un Loup
"Ah!"
-clink…clink…clink…clink-
The heels clinked in a slow paced step as the ear piercing scream was yelled out of pain. Heavy panting was filling the cellar as the wolves stood in front of the Rogue waiting on orders from their Alpha. "P-P-P-P-PLEASE STOP!" Simon Moriyamike begged as he looked up to the dominat female who was now standing in front of him. His face was splattered with his own blood, bruised, swollen, and his spirit broken.
"Stop?" The pink-headed she-wolf asked mockingly. She slowly walked forward until she was simply an inch away from the broken wolf's face. Simon Moriyamike looked up with fear written all over his face, as Amu stared down at him. She flashed him a wicked smile showing her perfectly straight white teeth; when suddenly Amu took Moriyamike's neck in her hand. "Tell me Mr. Moriyamike would you have stopped if the woman you were about to rape and kill told you the same thing you're telling me right now?" Moriyamike's eyes widen in horror as he struggled to breathe; Amu gave a dark laugh.
"No of course not! You would have laughed in her face just like I did to you." Amu pushed him back making his back hit harshly against the cage's steel bars." Amu turned around and headed for the stairs that led up to her peaceful house.
"Rhythm, Daichi hold him down." Angel ordered the two male wolves, as she along with Naomi followed the pinkette upstairs. When reaching upstairs they found Amu filling a wine glass with water.
"What will we do with the Rogue?" Angel asked as she crossed her arms across her chest and leaned against the wall; Naomi remains standing as she waited for the pinkette to speak.
"What do you presume we do dear Beta?" Amu asked as she looked down at the glass filled with water.
"We should place a punishment to show that there will be consequences. Along with that it sends a message to the rest of the Rogues out there." Angel said as she stared at the ground.
"Gamma, what sort of punishment should we inflict on Simon Moriyamike?" Naomi was shocked that Amu turned to her on this; Angel is usually the one she seeks out when these sorts of situations are brought about.
"I suggest we defang him, not only leaving him defenseless against other wolves when he phases but it sends a loud and clear message to other Rogues." Naomi answered leaving the two upper ranked she-wolves in front of her wordless. Both she-wolves let out a soft chuckle; Amu looked at Naomi with a grin.
"My dear Gamma I did not know you held such a wonderful creative ideas." Naomi slightly blushed at Angel's comment.
"Very well then we'll go with our dear Gamma's punishment." The pinkette said as she opened the kitchen drawers and pulled out a pair of rusty pliers. "Use this to pull them out; have Iru or Yoru do it."
"あなたはそれは、それが行われなければならないように (As you will it. It shall be done.)"