impressed.

''Thanks.'' Aleu nodded. ''I kinda missed hunting ever since I returned. Thankfully your dad taught me how to hunt.''

''Looks like dad showed Tundra and Aki how to do it.'' Denahi said, noticing Kenai with the rabbit in his mouth and his siblings looking impressed.

''Do you know how to hunt now?'' Aleu asked.

''Silently, slowly and steadily.'' Denahi and Naia said.

''Good!'' Aleu said. ''Now I'll leave it to you two how to do it!''

Meanwhile...

Aki and Tundra also learned from Kenai how to hunt. Now it was their turn to catch their first preys.

''I see the rabbit down there.'' Aki whispered. ''Leave it to me, Tundra.''

''Let's see what you got, brother.'' Tundra said.

Aki slowly walked to rabbit, who was too concerned to notice the young wolf walking towards him. And soon enough, the unfortunate rabbit was caught.

''That's good.'' Tundra said impressed.

''Sure is.'' Aki said, a bit muffled due to holding a rabbit in his mouth. ''Now you, Tundra.''

For the rest of the afternoon, the pups managed to catch their first preys. By the sunset, they returned to the boat. They decided to remain with their parents until they were skilled enough to start their own pack.

As the days had passed, more and more skillful they were. They were catching them with ease, but still they were with their parents.

And that day...

Aki and Denahi were looking around for the prey to come. Tundra and Naia managed to catch them, yet they were looking for more.

''Seems like Naia enjoys hunting.'' Aki commented.

''Yeah.'' Denahi said. ''But you know how clean she wants to look.''

''She has to deal with it.'' Aki said. ''She can clean the red from herself after hunting.''

Then, they heard someone approaching. Aki and Denahi looked in that way and gasped in amazent as they saw it.

There was a brown-gray big animal with the horns on its' head. The animal was looking around to see if everything was fine.

''Could it be?'' Aki asked. ''A caribou?''

''The animals our parents hunted before they came to mom's home?'' Denahi asked. ''They sure are amazing!''

''Hang on, dad should see this!'' Aki said, slowly approaching caribou.

''Aki?'' Denahi asked. ''What're you doing?''

''I'm going to get him!'' Aki said, full of himself.

''But it's big!'' Denahi said. ''And I don't think you could handle him single-pawedly.''

''Nonsense!'' Aki said, slowly approaching caribou.

Then, a snapping was heard in distance. Aki didn't care for it, but Denahi did.

''Aki! Watch out!'' Denahi yelled, causing the caribou to run away.

''Now great!'' Aki yelled disappointedly. ''It ran away!''

Suddenly, a bigger, dark-gray wolf jumped out of the bush nearby and pinned Aki on his back. Denahi gasped in fright and went to search for his dad.

''Who do you think you are, kid?!'' The wolf growled.

''What did I do?!'' Aki asked, totally frightened.

''That caribou was mine!'' The wolf said. ''And you scared him away.''

Aki was trying to explian him what happened, but the wolf pressed him harder, making him unable to talk.

''Haron!'' Another voice yelled, as the another wolf, the light-gray one came by. ''What are you doing?!''

''This kid scared my prey!'' Haron said.

''Get off him, Haron!'' The light gray wolf commanded. ''He's just a kid!''

Aki managed to get on his paws and was released thanks to the light gray wolf who showed himself out of nowhere.

''You okay, kid?'' The light gray wolf asked.

''I'm fine, sir.'' Aki said. Then he noticed that the light gray wolf was looking significantly at him. ''Sir?''

''Oh, excuse me, kid.'' The light gray wolf apologized. ''It's just that you look like my friend Kenai.''

''Kenai?'' Aki asked. ''Kenai is my father!''

''What?!'' The light gray wolf asked in surprise. ''Kenai is your father? Then what's your name?''

''My name is Akiak, Aki for short.'' Aki introduced himself. ''And you are...?''

As the light gray wolf was about introduce himself, the pawsteps were heard and soon enough, Denahi returned, this time with Aleu, Kenai, Tundra and Naia.

''Aki? Are you okay?'' Aleu asked. ''Denahi told me what's going on!''

''I'm alright, mom!'' Aki said.

''Aleu?'' The light gray wolf asked. ''Kenai?''

Both Aleu and Kenai looked at the light gray wolf and the dark gray wolf in front of them. Their eyes widened in surprise upon seeing them.

''Kalhi?'' Kenai asked upon seeing his old friends from the former pack. ''Haron?''

''This is unbelievable!'' Kalhi exclaimed. ''It's wonderful to see you two here!''

''Same thing, my friend!'' Kenai replied. ''And what are you doing here?''

''We've been going after caribous.'' Haron said. ''They're migrating to the east.''

''That's nice.'' Aleu said. ''Where's the rest of you? I mean, the pack?''

''Hold on.'' Kalhi said. ''They're over there. Come with us!''

As they were heading to Aleu's former pack, the friends and the pups were discussing about the things happening lately.

''I see that you haven't changed, guys.'' Kenai commented.

''That's right.'' Kalhi said. ''And you know Haron, same old, same old.''

''Hey, Haron.'' Aleu said. ''I know it kinda sounds stupid, but why do you still have that nasty habit of poouncing anyone on your way?''

''You know me.'' Haron said. ''I want to make sure Niju pays for almost leaving us stranded on sea. All I want is to make him pay when I see him.''

''Haron, I'm sorry if I'm going to dissapoint you.'' Kenai said. ''But Niju is dead.''

''Niju is dead!?'' Haron asked excitedly. ''How? Tell me everything!''

''He was about to finish me off.'' Aleu remembered. ''But some of our allies and my family managed to ram him down the waterfall.''

''He deserved it!'' Haron said. ''If I was there, I'd beat the living daylights out of him!''

''Here we are!'' Kalhi said, noticing the wolves resting on the clearing.

''Hey, Kalhi!'' One of the wolves asked, noticing Kalhi and Haron back. ''What's the situation with caribous?''

''They're pretty near!'' Kalhi said. ''But look who's here!''

Then, Aleu and Kenai, among with their pups showed up. Everyone, absloutely everyone, was suprised to see their former leader again.

''Aleu? Kenai?'' Everyone asked in surprise. ''You are back!!''

''Yeah!'' Aleu and Kenai said. ''We're glad to see you too!''

''And who are the other four?'' One of the wolves asked.

''These are the pups of ours.'' Aleu said. ''The girls are Tundra and Naia and the boys are Akiak and Denahi.''

''Aki for short, mom.'' Aki said.

''Aleu, what's that blue thing on your neck?'' The other one asked.

''This is the bandana.'' Aleu said. ''My mother gave it to me after a group of hostile dogs ambushed me in the town.''

''Where are these dogs?'' Haron asked, who seemed to be ready to fight.

''Don't worry, Haron.'' Kenai said. ''They've been dealt with.''

''Good.'' Haron said.

''Aleu, Kenai!'' One another wolf asked. ''Have you considered to return to the pack?''

''You'll be disappointed, but no.'' Kenai said.

''Why?'' Some of the wolves asked.

''Have I told you that night when Aleu and Kenai left, that it was their destiny?'' Kalhi asked. The wolves nodded in agreement.

''And the pups?'' Yet another wolf asked.

''They're living with us now.'' Aleu said. ''We're teaching them to hunt, and once they are skilled enough, they'll start their own wolf pack in these woods, so they won't go either.''

''Fine.'' They said. ''We're staying here for a day or two, maybe three.''

''But how's the life near the humans?'' Haron asked.

''Well, we might show you.'' Aleu said. ''But we better stay at the edge of the woods.''

''Alright.'' Some of them said.

Later, near the edge of the woods...

''So this is how the human settlement looks like.'' Kalhi commented, seeing the town of Nome.

''But where do you

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