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.Chapter 4: One Day�
You make your way slowly back towards the pack, only to see the non-Alpha members gathered together, watching something down the slope of the hill with keen interest. In the back, a young girl you know well named Mitsu, spots you and runs to greet you. Her yellow eyes are wide with excitement, and her dark gray ears are twitching rapidly from you to the scene beyond. You wonder what she could be listening for.

"Wow __________(your name)! Can you believe what an amazing fighter your fire demon is? I've never seen anything like it! Five challengers down already!" She giggles, taking you by the hand and dragging you through the crowd in time to see a sixth fighter fall. He�s cradling an injured arm, and limping badly as Kami calls the fight. His ears press flat against his skull, and he bars his fangs before skulking off through the crowd.

The loser is a wolf you've known your whole life, he was a friendyouryour parents before they died. Why was he fighting Hiei? You ask Mitsu and she gives you a look like 'duh' before answering.

"They're fighting for you. Anyone who thinks him unworthy of you can challenge, and if Hiei defeats them all, the pack will name him Alpha and accept him." Her eyes glaze over with an almost eerie admiration. "Where did you find a mate like that?" A couple other young wolves have gathered around to listen. What could you tell them? 'He's just a lover.' 'We're not really together.' 'Bug off!' The last one was starting to sound pretty reasonable when, to your utter dismay, Rai steps forward to make challenge.

Rai is your brother's best friend, and the number one contender to be your mate. He's been pursuing you since you hit womanhood, and hasn't relaxed one day since then. He's tall, with a slender but sturdy build and hair as black as charcoal tied back in a ponytail at the nape of his neck. He can flash that dashing grin at any young wolf and she'd come running. Right now he's flashing it up at you. You sort of want to heave again, and it's not morning sickness.

"Kami-sama," he bellows, loudly enough that even the outsiders can hear. "I want to challenge this man for _________(your name), and I want her here to watch."

Kami looks up at the spectators and spots you instantly. She waves you down, and you come, your stomach sinking to your toes as you walk. You can feel eyes all over you, the Alphas in front, glaring in indignation at inviting a submissive into the circle, the submissives behind in envy of your privilege. In the end, however, your eyes are locked on Hiei. He watches you approach the circle, eyes dark with bloodlust, as thick crimson drops slide from his unsheathed katana. Distantly you wonder if anyone died tonight, but you can't muster the energy to feel worried, not with those eyes running over your body. You know what he's thinking.

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.Memory:

"You smell like blood." katakatana hung loosely from his hand, unsheathed and stained. It looked black under the night sky. The smell of blood was heavy like copper- you could feel it slide slowly across your tongue and collect in the back- bitter. His eyes were dark and his chest rose and fell deeply.

"My sword saw the inside of many demons tonight," he told you in what was meant to be a bland tone, but something was making it husky. Your whole body reacted instantly, throbbing in time with your rising heartbeat. He looked so dangerous.

You were in the woods surrounding your pack's camp. You�d felt his presence even in your sleep, and it called you here. Your breath rasped dangerously loud, and if the two of you didn't steal away quickly, you doubted either of you would have the strength of will to get free of the pack's senses. You didn't want to return in the morning, only to have your entire "family" discussing your actions the previous night. But here he clo cloak unfastened and draped across his free arm, looking so delicious that your mouth literally watered, and you were pretty sure that for the moment, you couldn't care less.

While you were trying to summon strength to your suddenly weak legs, Hiei wrapped his arm around you, and slung you over his shoulder. Next you knew, you were launched into the trees, and branches were sliding past almost too quickly for your eyes to follow. When you stopped, your head swam with the suddenness, and when it cleared, you were looking at a vacant cave. Hiei growled softly as he lowered you to the ground, and you realized, he never let go of his katana�

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You can't hold the memory long, because Rai is speaking again, his voice dramatically loud, even though you are only a short distance away. He holds out his hand to you, but rather than take it (which would be an acceptance of his feelings for you) you kneel and glare at his feet. 'When I am Alpha,' you think, 'I will never have to kneel again.'

"Rise, ___________(your name)," he says, and you can hear the irritation in his voice. Had he really expected you to take his hand? When you stand, your eyes find your brother, looking furious himself, and pointedly you ignore him.wantwant you to watch me kill him," Rai says, this time soft enough for your ears only. "And then you'll understand. I won't tolerate anyone else touching you. You're mine." The voice is fierce, an almost silent bark that shakes you down to your core. He steps back and turns to face Hiei. "It's only a matter of time."

You glare death in your brother's direction, and step back, away from the fighters. Hiei is no longer paying you any attention. His eyes are all for Rai, and that look in his eyes�you've never seen him look that angry. You wonder what might have made him look that way. Part of you wants him to kill Rai, and the other part, a very tiny part, actually feels badly about it.

Kami is slinking around the ring until she stands beside you. "Begin," she says clearly, and the two fighters fall into a crouch. Then she turns to you. "Rai's death is not the solution to your problem."

You know she's right, and for just an instant you hate her for it.

Rai flexes his claws and grins. "It'll be fun killing you fire demon," he taunts. "I'll use your blood to decorate my wedding tent." You swallow the growl that rises in your throat.

Hiei shakes his head. "I won't waste insults on you. You probably wouldn't understand them anyway."

Rai howls and darts in, swiping a wide arc with his claws. But Hiei isn't there. You spot him almost instantly, behind Rai, ready to bring down a deathblow. Unfortunately your brother sees him too, and throws himself in the way. Hiei hesitates, recognizing the wolf, but you know that won't stop him, and then you rush in, throwing your arms about your brother, hugging him desperately.

"Stop!" you cry, and to your surprise he does.

"Baka onna, what are you doing getting in my way?"

"He's my brother!" Your brother is rigid in your embrace, cold, but you don't care.

"I am Alpha," Okami tells you softly, and you know what he means. It's an issue of pride- for an Alpha to be saved by a submissive is a blow to one�s honor. But you couldn't just let Hiei kill him!

"You're my brother," you reply, and bury your face in his shirt so that no one can see the few runaway tears. You can't remember the last time you felt so scared.

Kami's voice rises above the uproar. "I declare Hiei to be the winner of this fight. The pack recognizes him as Alpha." All the wolves fall silent a moment, and you steal a glance up at your brother. The anger is leaking away, and at last he puts a hand on your head.

"Forgiven." You hug him just a little tighter, and it is he who starts the howl, and soon the entire pack joins in.

You quit the howl early to smile at Hiei, but he isn't smiling. He looks like he did just after the previous fight, and yolay lay your fingers across your tummy. His eyes drop, and that strange calculating look is in his there again. You can't figure it out, but you don't like it. Okami pulls you close, resting his chin atop your head, and you know without turning, he saw the look too.

Kami quiets the pack again and says, "You are free to go if you wish, Hiei. We have pack business to discuss now." Hiei crosses his arms over his chest and sneers.

"What? No prize? Not one of your fighters was worth my time." He glares around the circle, and several wolves cringe slightly. "I'll stay."

Personally you wish he'd leave. It would ease your mind tremendously to be free of his intensity for a while. Not that you don't want to explore the hunger he showed you, but you want nothing to do with that other look, and you can't help but feel you'll be understanding it sooner than you like. The fact that he�s staying now, instead of parting ways cleanly is almost a promise of just that.

Kami shakes her head and says, "Then onto pack business. _________(your name) we have to assign you a surrogate."

Lucky for you your brother had his arms around you, because at that moment your legs gave out, and his embrace was all that kept you from falling. Hiei raises an eyebrow curiously, taking a moment to throw a disapproving look your way. But you don�t care, you can�t care. A surrogate! 'No!' you think. 'Not after all this!'

"Why not just mate me then?!" you cry aloud, without meaning to. "A surrogate?!"

Kami nods. "Your brother is your Alpha. The choice is his."

Okami's arms tighten protectively around you, but you can't feel anything. You're whole body is numb. Your mind is filled with static. After all this�only to be given over to a surrogate? A surrogate is worse than being mated. You want to protest, but you can't think. Rai is looking at you smugly, and even the prospect of him being named your surrogate is not enough to breach the fog.

"Explain a surrogate to me," Hiei says, looking past you to Kami. She looks startled, as if she hadn't expected him to care enough to ask. Seeing Kami-sama startled brought you back to yourself just a little, and you listened to her explanation, watching Hiei�s face the entire time.

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