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This story takes place some time after Balto 3: Wings of Change. Kodi develops feelings of love for an unlikely someone. How will his parents feel about this one? Thanks to GreyKitty, LakosWolf, and DrewTheWolf for help! Parts of the story written by DrewTheWolf.


"I suppose secrets should always remain buried," He sat on the edge of town on the cold Alaskan night. Tundra snow barrelling down. The town of Nome wasn't always like this. Happier times had been seen: Balto's great feat, a miracle which had saved the town; the birth of his children. But this? No...never. But it had happened, to them. It could have happened to anyone...but they were chosen and now the burdens had been endured and because of one night of truth, an entire story had unfolded and ended in this?

Two months earlier, one of Nome's mail teams was entering the town, late for the first time, this week. They were usually late at least once a week, but lately they have been tardy almost every other day, and Mr. Simpson was on the verge of losing his job. Stress would strike him harshly with the thoughts of him not being able to support himself and what would happen to his dogs after he got rid of them. He brushed aside as often as he could so that he could concentrate more on delivering the mail and supplies on time.

Kodi pushed himself harder on this mail run. If he weren't connected to the other dog's, he would've passed the lead dog, his best friend, Kirby. He knew about Mr. Simpson possibly losing his job and he didnt't want that to happen, so he tried his best to keep the other dogs motivated, but pep talk never seemed to work for this "enthusiastic" bunch.

"Kodi! Slow down!" cried Dusty, the only girl huskie on the team, from behind.

"Oops, sorry, Dust," Kodi apologized in between breaths. Kodi's family kept bugging him about if he and Dusty were going to be a couple. Truth to be told, he wasn't very interested in looking for a girl. But he always told his father that he was just too shy to talk to her, just to make him happy. Besides, everyone knew that Dusty and Ralph liked each other best.

"Quit daydreamin', Kodi!" shouted Kirby, tugging on the harness. "Don't worry, for once, will ya? We'll make it to Nome in time!"

Kodi smiled in responce, keeping a good speed going. Good ol' Kirby. If there was one thing the two had in common, it was that they had confidence in themselves. Kodi envied Kirby for his carelessness. Kirby was always carefree and was never stressed out over anything. Kodi hoped that he wouldn't worry as much as he did, and grew to be like him And Kirby was right, like he often (but not too often) was: the team made it to Nome on time with the mail, for once.

The team trotted to a halt in front of the post office and shook the access snow from their fur. Mr. Simpson unloaded the sled and after, unhooked the dogs from their harnesses to let them roam the town, as they often did. Hank, and Kano stayed behind to be fed, while Dusty and Ralph ran off to the beach together. Kirby caught up with them soon after. Kodi wandered around town trying to relax, when his father approached him from the front.

"Hey, son," Balto smiled. "How's it going?"

"It's going fine, Dad," Kodi sighed. "For now, anyway,"

"How're things working with Dusty?" he asked, joining his son in the stroll.

"Eh..." Kodi shifted. "Fine." he lied.

"You tell her you like her yet?"

"No,"

"Well, you should do that really soon," Balto said as they neared the beach. "That's what I did when I was your age."

"Sure, Dad," Kodi smiled and rolled his eyes. "Look, I'm gonna join these guys soon. I'll talk to you later. Tell Mom and Saba I said hi,"

"Ok, bye," Balto said, taking his leave. Kodi's father visited him whenever he could, nowadays. Since all of his siblings, aside from Saba, were gone living their own lives elsewhere, Nome wasn't as eventful. And whenever Balto wasn't with Jenna, he was extremely lonely. Maybe havning grandpuppies to take care of would make him less lonely and that was why he was urging Kodi to make a move with Dusty. Too bad for Balto that it was a move Kodi planned on never making. It was a possibility when he first joined the team, when he first met Dusty, but he was always shy around girls, so he never really talked to her alone. It was too late now, though, because she was with Ralph. And that was fine with Kodi. He was in no hurry.

In all of his daydreaming, Kodi didn't notice right away that he was staring at his friends running on the beach. He wasn't watching Dusty, he found himself watching Kirby. He figured he must have really envied him if he was studying how he ran. Kirby noticed Kodi staring and Kodi automatically froze. He gulped when Kirby approached him from the beach. Why was he feeling nervous around him? It'd been happening alot lately...maybe he was afraid of him?

"Hey, Kodi!" Kirby greeted, shaking the snow from his fur onto Kodi, who chuckled. "What are you doin' daydreamin' again? Are ya gonna come down and race or what?" He turned around and started running, urging Kodi to follow.

"You bet!" Kodi barked, wagging his tail and following Kirby. Kodi found himself chasing Kirby to catch up to him. The bigger dog would zig and zag through the snow to evade his persuer. It went on like that for a few minutes. No one around seemed to be paying attention, especially Kodi with his surroundings. He ended up slipping on some ice and sliding across it. Kirby stopped in his tracks when he heard Kodi cry out and ended up being plowed into.




WILL BE CONTINUED ONCE THE FANFIC MOD RETURNS (hopefully)

I already know who's going to be Kodi's lover... after seeing the preview picture. I gotta ask... why? Looks a bit strange after seeing many fics with Kodi being paired up with Dusty or an OC. Going for something new then...?

I take it that this is the Kodi fic you told me about. The one you said some people might get angry at you because of the way you were going to make out Kodi in this. Well, it deffinatly wasn't what i was expecting. I'll say that.
When i read that first part i was thinking maybe Kodi is going to have a bit of a thing for his sister, Aleu.

Heh, ive never thought of Kodi in 'that' way so I guess this is a bit interesting, if not wierd.
I'm deffinatley going to be one of your first readers when you finish it. Can't wait.

Ninetailsuk --> I basically got tired of the Dusty/Kodi pairing everyone was doing because the two had nothing going on between them in Balto 3, like what the director said. And I'm also tired of reading all of these incest fanfics (not that they weren't interesting, they were just getting old) And I've never written a fic like this before, so it's about time people seen something different.



balto678 --> I'm glad you're interested! I'm familiar with how you write, so you should find it even more interesting

Thank you! I'm glad you like it so far But FINALLY! Someone sees it my way about Kodi and Dusty! Hahaha

Hmm, interesting Dark Wolf. . . .
I know (now) that Kodi and Dusty didn't really have anything shown that proves they like each other. But really there wasn't much about the Dusty Ralph thing either. So it could go either way. I guess. Just the same, im writing a Kodi/Dusty fic. I like the two put together. ^.^

But a Kodi/Kirby fic. Deffinatly unexpected. Im planning on doing more Kodi/? fics. Pairing him up with different characters. Weather its characters from the movies (thinking about Aleu. . .) or characters i'd make up for the fic. Woah! Just got a wierd idea. Kodi/Jenna
How bout Kodi/Steele

Wierd. . . .

balto 678 --> Wow Youre really getting into this Kodi/? thing Kodi and Aleu would be crazy. But Kodi and Jenna would be craziER! GO for that one!

I just wrote a paragraph of it. Lol, the idea was so strange i wanted to try it. Heh, i may put the Kodi/Dusty one on hold for awhile. Lol

Yeah do that, the "classics" are gonna hafta step aside for the new for now I'm all for reading this one your writing presently

By that do you mean the Kodi/Dusty or the Kodi/Jenna? Just to clear things up.

Do the Kodi/Jenna one. It'll be great, trust me

Thanks for reading, everyone

Finally I have been waiting for a fic like this for a long time, something new and original, also the whole concept for the story has been something I wanted to read for a long time. So keep up the good work, Ill defenetely be reading as this story progresses.

Also you want a crazy Idea for a Fanfic try a Balto/Steele one haha I want to see someone actually pull that off.