wolf." Arashi then nodded, then headed for the direction of the male wolf.

Assault and the other hunters went in their stalking positions. Perfect buck. Weak on all sides. Assault thought. He then sent a signal to the others, and they charged for the caribou. The buck wheeled in terror, and galloped towards the wastelands. "Get him!" Assault ordered, and they all ran towards the buck.

"There he is." Arashi said to herself. She laid eyes on the male wolf, and charged onto him. The male was unaware, which was lucky for Arashi, who just jumped onto the male's back and sank her sharp fangs into his neck. The male howled in pain, and pinned Arashi against a tree. Arashi with her strength, got up from the hard throw. She slashed her sharp claws everywere on his fur, which gave him scars. But after all this fight, Arashi looked into the painful eyes of the male. But instead feeling anger on him, she suprisingly felt love. it was the same for this male. "H-hey.." The male said gently. "Hi.. I-i'm so sorry for attacking you.." Arashi apologized. "Heh, no problem. You got some strength for a female." The male complemented her. "The name's Axel." He told her. "Mine's Arashi" She said to him. They both giggled to eachother, then walked off. Will he be my true mate..? Arashi wondered.

The buck was limping now, and was finished off with a harsh bite on the neck. It slowly fell to the ground. "Oh yeah.." Chairo said, all exitied. "Come on, guys. Lets bring this buck back to the camp." Assault told them.

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Back at camp, Kumotta was lying on his side, eating berries. Murasaki was scratching the den walls with her claw. Sage just sat there, hungry. Her stomach growled. "Whats taking them so long?" She complained, rubbing her belly. "You know, the caribou his heavy to carry back here." Murasaki told her.

Sage looked at Kumotta. "Umm, you remind of that time you stuffed Arashi with berries." She commented. "Yea, Kumotta, save some room for the caribou." Murasaki added. Kumotta didn't listen. Besides, he didn't really like caribou.

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The hunters were back from the succesful hunt.

"I get first dibs on the caribou!" Sage shouted as she bounded towards the carcass. Assault looked up from pulling the carcass. He shot her a stern stare. "Sage, omegas are supposed to eat last." He told her firmly. Sage backed away, tail between her legs and submissivly slinked off.

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In the Alpha den...

"Guys, I got to tell you something important." Assault told the hunters in a serious tone. They instantly reconized the serious voice, and turned straight to Assault. "Arashi... is missing." He said. "The last time I saw was when I told her to attack the stranger wolf, and after that I never smelt her." Chairo got up to speak what he had to say. "She isn't exactly lost, I would say, because i smelt her scent." He explained. "Sadly, though, shes hanging out with the male.. the scent told me that she might become mates with the male." He went on. Satire stopped in mid-chewing the bone of the carcass, and chocked spitting it out. "Eh say wha??" She said in suprise. "Yea, eh say wha. We have to find her at moonhigh." Chairo told her. The others nodded. They finished eating their carcass, left on a search party.

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They followed Arashi's scent to were she was, but it was very faint. The only scent they could really smell was a caribou herd. But above all- a very dangerus scent surrounded them.

The birds high in the trees started to call out to everyone about the dangerus scent as they flew off. The hunter (who the wolves called a murder) kept making eardrum breaking bams.

Assault stopped in midwalk, and stood there as still as a sturdy tree. He lifted his nose into the air. "A murder.." He told them. "Lets get a move on!!" He yelled. Then, all the wolves ran at speed.

"The murder!! He is closing in on us!!" He told him. He kept running faster and faster, but he failed. A bullet skinned him on his back leg, and blood oozed out. It was stinging more than a bee sting or anything else. He started to go slower, than he fell to the ground. He was panting so hard, he felt dizzy. "ASSAULT!" Satire screamed. She ran over, and so  did the others.

"Chairo and Sakira, go find Arashi. Crimson, Cyrus and I will stay with Assault." Satire told everyone. Chairo and Sakira nodded and sprinted off.

Chairo was leading to were Arashi was with Sakira following behind. "We are getting close!" Chairo exclaimed. Then he bounded past the hunting ground, ignoring the caribou. He was at the other side, when he heard Sakira yipe, and she thuded to the ground. "Sakira!!" He shouted, and ran towards her.

Chairo nudged Sakira's shoulder softly. "Wake up. Sakira, wake up." He said softly. But before saying anything else, he smelt something from before. The Murder. "Sakira!! Please! No fun and games!! WAKE UP!" He yelled, as he smelt the Murders closing in on them. There were tons on horses, with dogs too.

Just run. Don't fight, run. Just run. Chairo thought, then ran while dragging Sakira as fast as he could.

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While he was running, he smelt Arashi's scent closer. So he stopped to rest, but guarding Sakira from the the Murders. But he smelt them, closer than ever. Now I fight. He told himself.

With the Murder's gun aimed at him, Chairo jumped up and sank his claws into the Murder's chest. The Murder screamed in pain. He sank in his teeth harder, moving slowly up to the neck, blood coming out like a waterfall. He was lucky to have almost killed him. Or was he?

Another Murder came up, with three Dobermans next to him. Oh, so you think this is harder for me? He thought, then he charged towards the Doberman, with teeth bared, and he bit the Doberman's neck hard. He felt the Doberman's strength slowly loose it's grip on his shoulders. The Doberman fell to the ground, silent. He was dead. When the other two Dobermans saw this, they ran away in terror. Cowards! He thought.

The Murder had his gun aimed at Chairo chest. Chairo bared his teeth, and jumped onto the Murder and knocked the gun out of his hands. Then Chairo bit the Murder's chest, and he slowly sank to the ground. He was dead too. All the Murders ran off.

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Back at the hunting ground trails...

Assault was recovering from the injury, but his leg still couldn't move. Chairo would be the one that put herbs on the cut. Crimson, Cyrus and Satire would guard Assault.

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Chairo walked on and on, carrying Sakira. He was confused that before he smelt Arashi's scent, now it was more fainter. So Chairo tried howling to Arashi, but nothing worked.

                           *WILL SAKIRA'S INJURY GET BETTER?*

                            *WILL CHAIRO FIND ARASHI BEFORE ITS TOO LATE?*

                                          Stay tuned for Dawn Sage 2!