Ok New CHapter! Sorry it took so long!

Chapter 4

~Beggining~

Yokozawa took a shaky breath as he wearily cracked his eyes open. He was lying in a room he didn't recognize and was strangely warm. Sitting up he noticed that he was wearing a pair of loose pants and that he was bandaged around his waist. His blue eyes glanced around the room for any clues of where he was, or what had happened but there was nothing. Rubbing his head he tried to remember what happened but his mind came up blank.

He was about to stand when suddenly a shoji screen opened and in walked a small child with short light brown hair and wearing a pright pink kimono. She was probably no older than eight or nine by the look of her. He froze as her big brown eyes found him and she smiled a bright happy smile. "Daddy Daddy!" She called out the door, "He's awake Daddy!"

Somewhere on the other side of the screen was a crash and a low groan. The little girl giggled as she crossed over to the futon and sets her self down beside it. She looked up at Yokozawa with big innocent eye's and gave him another smile, "You were asleep for a long time!" She said, " Daddy thought you were in a coma, but I knew you'd wake up!" Yokozawa stared down at the little girl as if he'd never seen one before. A few seconds later a tall man walked into the room carrying a large tray loaded with what he knew was food.

This man was taller than Yokozawa, with eye's and hair to match the young childs. He was handsome enough and his body language was relaxed but edged as though he expected Yokozawa to attack. Yokozawa decided almost immediately that he liked the man.

"I'm glad to see your alive," The new commer said smiling semi-warmly, "I hope my daughter hasn't been pestering you."

"What's your name mister?" the girl asked cocking her head cutely to the side.

"Hiyori, don't be rude." The man said giving his daughter a look before crossing the distance between tham and placing the tray of food beside the him. "Please eat." As he moved away Yokozawa scented faint traces of Sakura on the man. A pleasing scent.

"Yokozawa glanced at the food, albet a tad suspiciously. He smelled no poisen, but one could never be too careful. Picking up the plate Yokozawa took a tenitive bite of the food. It was surprisingly good, for a human. Nodding his thanks to the man he began to slowly eat before gulping down a cup of tea. As he ate the man watched him. His eye's intensely watching every move Yokozawa made. It was only when he finished did the man speak.

"So who are you?" he asked. "It's not every day we find a man lying naked in the forest."

Yokozawa glanced cooly at the man before him, estimating his chances of escaping. If he tried mostlikely he'd hav to kill the man, and that would prove troublesome, and a waste, so he decided to answer the man. "My name is Yokozawa Takafumi." He answered, "Im a traveler from Edo. I was mugged on my way to a nearby village."

"I see." the man replied, "You should be more careful."

Yokozawa gazed cooly at the man, "I will."

Standing up the man looked to his daughter, "Hiyori, it's time for your lessons."

The girl groaned, "But dad!" She whined giving her father a pleading look.

"No buts. Leave Mr. Yokozawa to his rest." He said and began walking away. The child reluctantly obeyed saying good bye to the stranger. Walking past her father she disappeared out the screen door. The man was about to follow when Yokozawa stopped him, "You haven't given your name." The glaced back and smirked. "Kirishima Zen." He said before stepping out and disappearing.

~End~

Onodera felt his blood go cold. He began back peddeling and he frose as his back hit the wall. "I'm seeing things, I have to be!" he said aloud shaking his head to clear it. "This can't be happening."

"I assure you, you're not." The wolf spoke, though it never opened it's mouth. "This is happening."

"W-What are you?" he asked staring at the wolf "How can you speak, or well how can I...understand you?"

At first the wolf didn't reply it just stood there, then it heaved a sigh. "I would have thought it was obvious. I'm a werewolf. Even a child could have figured that one out."

"Hey! I'm sorry but I don't run into werewolves very often!" Onodera snapped defensively, "You happen to be my first!"

A glint entered the wolf's eye , "I'm glad to hear that...and smell it." he replied snickering.

Ritsu blushed as he caught the wolfs hint. "P-Pervert!" He yelled jumping to his feet.

"What its a good thing to be a virgin," the wolf replied sitting down. "It means no one else has attempted to claim what is mi-" The wolf didn't get a chance to finish before the boken leg of a chair slammed into the center of his forehead. Growling he yelled "What was that for!" Only to discover ritsu gone. Turning he caught the final glimpse of Ritsu running out the front door. "Ah so it's a chase you want? Fine by me." With that the wolf took off at the sppeed of light.

Ritsu was running as hard as he could down the path. Cold wind whipped past his face and the thin material of his clothes did nothing to protect him from the wet cold. His eyes stung. 'This isn't happening!' He repeated in his head over and over again.

"Onodera!" a voice called from somewhere around him. A twig snapped behind him and Ritsu felt a rush of fear as he realized the wolf was gaining. 'Shit. Shit. SHIT!' he thought as he ran faster. Ritsu felt adrenaline rush through him and it allowed him more speed, but it did little good against the silently approaching wolf.

Suddenly he spied a break in the tree's up ahead and it gave ritsu hope. He was almost home! Running as fast as he could Ritsu was a foot from the opening, a foot from what he hoped was freedom, just a foot when his foot snagged a half burried tree branch and he plummeted into the snow. With in seconds the wolf was on him pinning his half frozen libs to the ground.

"That was fun Ritsu-kin but the game is up," the wolf breathed nto his ear. Then it looked up, "Do you recognise this place?"

Ritsu looked up and felt his heart plummet, he thought he had been home free but apparently at some point he had steered of the path and was now in a cleaing somewhere in the middle of the forest.

"This is were we first met. Right over there." The wolf said nudging Ritsu's face. "You were much younger then. Still a child."

An image flashed in Ritsu's head, of a raven haired man with dog ears appearing before him. He remembered the man's strong arms, and the wind rushing past him. He remembered the man's warmth, but most of all he remembered the man's warm lips on his. That man was the same man who had just turned into a wolf. The same man who had claimed him to be his mate. The man currently in a wolfs form pinning him into the wet snow.

"Do you understand now?" The wolf replied transfoming into his human self. "I saved your life that day, and chose to have you as my mate. THAT is why you can hear my voice, and That is why no matter what you do or where you go, I will find you. You belong to me."

"I don't belong to anyone!" Ritsu growled out. He wanted to push the wolf man off and continue running, but since he had started running the cold had slowly started sinking into his limbs making them go numb. He barely had the stength to speak. That's why he found it as quite a shock when the weight above him shifted and he was flipped over onto his back and pinned once again by the wolf man.

Golden brown eye's stared down at him intently. "Who says you have a say?" and with that he leaned down and captured the half frozen boy's lips. Ritsu couldn't lift his arms to push the man away. His body felt like lead. All he could do was feel the warmth vibrating from abve him and slowly penetrating his mouth, but soon that began to fade. "Ritsu? Oi Ritsu! RITSU!" Slowly Ritsu's eye's slipped closed. He barely registered being lifted up and being brought against a warm chest which he quickly cuddled into. "Hang on Ritsu." he heard the wolf man's voice. He felt a chill but ignored it. It was slowly getting warmer. He vaguely felt something peeling off of him but was voiced no complaints when he was suddenly surrounded by warmth.

Unable to hold onto consciousness any longer, Ritsu relaxed his body completely into the warmth and with in seconds he was asleep.

OK CHapter done! Wow I totally fail at updating stories now a days! Though I didn't really know what to do for this chapter soooo I hope I did good! R&R Please! 3