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.A/N: You guys –ROCK-!!!! Because you indulged me with 12 reviews in 2 days…I’m indulging you with another chapter ASAP. Here it is…you guys are sooooo hard core ~_^
.Chapter 11: A New Pack
You find the pack bedding down for the night about five miles from the temple, not nearly far enough for your tastes and yet, it’ll do. You hunted on your way, releasing some of the rage that now just barely tingles through your fingertips. Despite how much you wanted to, you couldn’t hold it, and as you approach the pack, carrying the doe in your arms as a peace offering, you wonder if you’ll ever feel that desperate high again. It was almost…beautiful.
The Alpha male approaches you, in a wolf pack there is only one of each—male and female, growling softly. It’s a warning, not a real threat, and so you stop, laying your kill off to the side, and prostrating yourself before him, exposing your neck. Submissive pose. He sniffs you a moment, woofing for his mate, and then they each nip the exposed flesh at the back of your neck in acceptance.
You can’t help but grin as you sit up, and stroke them each in turn. They recognized you. Soon the wolves are gathered around the kill, taking just their share, making sure both their young and old have enough to eat. ‘This,’ you think, ‘is how things are meant to be. Community.’ Kami-sama once told you—"There is no wolf if there is no pack. We are all one." She is right. It’s a sign that you’ve spent too much time among humans that you’d forgotten.
The Alpha female offers you a portion of the meat, which you gracefully decline with a soft yip. She gives your share to several playful little cubs, who tumble with each other between bites. You can feel your eyes tear slightly in instant fondness. You’ll have your own set soon enough…about two months left. You rub your hand over your distended belly, sighing contently.
When the excitement of your arrival has settled, the pack begins again to turn in. The Alphas urge you into the center of their group where the mothers, pups, and elderly are kept safe. They let you know that they will protect you for as long as you desire to stay with them. It clenches like a fist around your heart. Joyful pain.
That night you sleep, pressed against the warm fur, and comforting heartbeats of others. This is love, more than anything you’ve seen in your entire life. You wonder, as you drift off to sleep, if you’ll ever leave.
*~*~*~*
Your feet hit the ground, connecting for less than an instant before propelling you forward soundlessly. You can feel the flow of the earth as you drive yourself onward. The air is filled with the delicious smell of fear, its almost like citrus, a quick prick of flavor on the tip of your tongue. Your mouth literally waters.
The pack has been pursuing this deer for about ten minutes at an easy lope, stalking the buck until just a few moments ago. Something startled it into a run, and now as you look to your left and right, you can see other pack members, lead by the Alphas, moving in a semi-circular patters. The wings are racing furthest ahead to cut off his escape, while the rest close in for the kill.
The simple science of it is so perfect that you feel yourself giddy. Like a runner’s high for hunting.
You know the instant the buck is surrounded, the wolves that ran ahead snarl and bark, and you can hear the hesitant sound of the deer pawing he ground. His agitation makes the fear in the air sizzle. Delicious.
Crouched low, you creep forward, feeling the tension vibrating along your skin becoming an almost audible hum in your ears. You’re almost upon the beast now, eyes narrowed to slits, fixated somewhere on his soft belly. The flesh there will be so tender, warm, and just the thought of the kill has you shivering pleasantly. Silently, you dissolve into wolf form, crouching lower into the bushes, watching the unsuspecting buck back towards you and the rest of the pack.
The Alpha male is on your right, and you dart glances his way, waiting for the call to action. He wiggles slightly lower, then springs forward, sinking his teeth into the startled buck’s back leg. You don’t hesitate to move forward, taking a bite at that soft belly, before darting back away in time to avoid a kick. This is the way the pack moves, darting in and out, planting wounds to take the beast down, and getting out of harms way, while another member rushes in.
It sounds cruel and slow, but in fact the whole ordeal only takes a few seconds. In less than a minute, the Alpha female has latched onto the deer’s neck, and whatever life was left to the beast is gone. This is the swift easy death of the pack.
It isn’t until you are feeding with the pack, taking no more than your own share, that a familiar scent trickles across your nose. Careful not to disturb the pack, you trot off into the bushes, resuming human shape, and collecting your clothes from where they lay, folded beneath a bush. Your eyes scan the forest cautiously, wondering where he might be.
"I told you to stay out of the woods," he says, and you turn to find him leaning against a nearby tree. His arms are crossed over his chest, one foot propped up behind, eyes downcast so you can see the dark lines of his eyelashes against his cheeks. He’s always been beautiful, but never so much as he is at this moment. You want to reach out and touch his cheek, just to have those bright red eyes meet yours.
"I’m a grown up," you tell him softly. It should have held bite, or perhaps venom, but it doesn’t. You’re simply too intrigued by the demon before you. He came out here to find you…how long has he been watching?
"You’re carrying my child," he snaps, and those eyes flash angrily at you.
"They’re mine too, Hiei. I am more aware of them than you are." Sliding your hand over your tummy for emphasis you frown. "I’ll come back to the temple soon. You should go."
Hiei takes a step forward, encircling your wrist in his hand, "You’re coming with me."
"I’m staying," you retort, giving your arm a jerk. He holds fast, but doesn’t fight the action. A realization hits you. "And you won’t force me to leave, because you could hurt the pups." You watch his face as it darkens and imagine you can almost hear the debate inside his head. He wants to take you back by force, it’s what he knows, but he’s not such a fool as to think he could accomplish this without possibly hurting your "precious cargo". He’s stuck.
"You are a stubborn, stupid woman," he says at last, letting you go.
"Stay with me."
After a moment of startled silence after your abrupt subject change, he demands, "What are you talking about?"
"Stay with me and the pack tonight, and I’ll come home with you tomorrow." You have no idea where this bravdo is coming from, but it feels right. Maybe it’s the smell of this pack on the air, or the previous night’s burst of rage that has long since faded, but at this moment you are even more sure than ever that you must use the voice you have. No matter what Kurama said, you still want to be Alpha, and now you have a new reason. You can’t be Alpha just for yourself, you want to be Alpha for your pack, before you have no pack to be Alpha to.
Hiei is glaring at you, though underneath his usual malice you can see him considering. How badly would it hurt his pride to stay this one night? At last he nods his head. "We’ll leave at dawn." You agree, knowing it’s the best you’ll get from him for now.
Then at last, you give into the urge to reach out and touch him. The delicious warmth of his skin under your fingertips lasts only a moment as he steps quickly away, and out of reach. The same part of you that wants to be Alpha screams at you to reach out again, grab his face in both palms and just kiss him silly. But this morning had been one of few kisses shared between the two of you. It was an intimacy rarely allowed. You thought it would breed unnecessary attachment. Unfortunately, the kissing ban hadn’t kept you safe from that little problem.
Still, the same old you reared her submissive head, and you kept your hands, and your kisses, to yourself.
*~*~*~*
"I won’t bow to an amimal," Hiei growls venemously, and you’re stuck shaking your head and wondering what sort of crazy demon you’ve got as the father of your pups. Honestly, it’s not that big of a deal. Even the Alphas of your pack deferred to the real wolf pack Alphas when they needed asylum. It’s mostly symbolic anyhow.
"It just means you aren’t a threat to the pack," you protest.
"They are dogs," Hiei growls, and instant before realization slams into him between the eyebrows.
Like a breath over burning embers, the rage is back, warming your skin and heating your blood. "Is that what you think, Hiei?" you demand. "What if your children are born with wolf bodies? Will you call them dogs?" The word sloughs off your tongue like something vile.
How dare he insult his own children. They would be half wolf whether he liked it or not, and damnit you are a wolf. Good enough to fuck, but not good enough…just not enough. Your hand is flying through the air before the idea fully forms in your mind. The feeling of your hand connecting with his cheek precedes the loud –smack- sound by less than an instant. The two of you freeze as your arm falls limply back to your side.
Angry red eyes meet angrier yellow ones, and for an instant you picture him reading your mind, searching for answers he was too proud to ask himself. Why do you care? Mostly, why do you do the things you do? You realize that all this time it has been Hiei who was confused. The thought is enough to subdue your rage, sending it slithering away to the darkness it crawled out of.
"I allowed you to strike me," Hiei says after a moment. "Never do it again." With that said, he turns to the pack Alphas, who have been watching you both with bristled fur and barred teeth.
You actually fear he might try to strike them down. "Hiei…"
"Be quiet, woman. Or isn’t this what you wanted?" He gives you an unfriendly look before returning his attention to the wolves, and dropping to his knees. Your breath catches in your throat as you stare in blatant disbelief. As he exposes his necks, you grip your hands anxiously, but at last the Alphas calm down, and nip lightly, before turning their attention to other business.
You hover by him as he stands and brushes himself off, giddy at the thought that he’d actually done something you asked him too. Granted you’d had to slap him, but still, he’d done it. "Thank you, Hiei," you whisper.
"Don’t thank me, woman." He looks right into your eyes as he adds, "I did this for you. You’ll have to do something for me now."
For whole moments you can’t breathe. He’s right you know. You just can’t help but fear whatever it is he may ask of you.
*~*~*~*
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