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The next morning the air was chillier than usual the pups were now very much alone, Asura was already awake when Onai saw him looking about under the fence; he darted out in an instant.

“Asura!” shouted Onai he chased after him seeing were he was going, the brown pup they met yesterday was now awake he also decided to follow them rather be alone. Asura was climbing back up the small slop and running back to the forest, the brown pup had caught up with Onai “where’s he going?” he asked curiously

Onai shrugged, then they both carried on running Asura had now got back inside the forest, Onai looked at the forest “Fire! The forest is on fire and Asura is in there!”

They were now at the edge both pacing up and down the edge trying to see him the blaze of the fire was now intense.

“Where is he I don’t see him!” said Onai worriedly

The other pup smelt the air “well I don’t see him but I can smell him, ill go in and get him!”

“No are you crazy you’ll be killed?”

“Do you want to save your friend or not?” Onai stepped aside, just when the pup was going to run in, “wait what’s your name?” Onai asked

“Hayate!” he shouted as he darted into the forest

“Do be careful Hayate I don’t want to loose another friend!”

            Onai was left by himself wondering if his friends were all right, if his family were still alive and how the hell did this fire start. At that moment there was Hayate who wasn’t far away calling Onai for help.

Onai jumped in following Hayate’s voice, he had Asura he was dragging him along the ground by his leg.

“Onai you’re stronger than me carry him on your back!”

“I’m stronger than your how did you work that one out?” but doing as he asked he crawled under Asura and stood up with him lying across his back.

They were walking back through the forest, (this part wasn’t on fire) following Hayate’s nose.

“Well its not that your stronger than me were probably about the same but I did all the running and finding!” he laughed

Onai finally found a smile after these events but still he was in sorrow on the inside, his family were gone they were all alone no one to protect them, but he had Asura and Hayate now and they all in the same boat and all were in it together.

            They made it back to the village.

“Why have come back here?” asked Onai, Hayate looked down “I didn’t want to either I don’t like the humans but where else is there!”

“Well we’ll stay here another night and find somewhere else to go!”

Hayate looked wearier at that decision there homes were burnt down there was nowhere else to go.

            It was dark now Asura still hadn’t woken up but they were now cold and hungry, they had found a better place to sleep a small wooden building, they didn’t know if it was still being used but it was warmer than outside.

Asura moved, both pups looked at him open his eyes “oh Asura your all right!”

“Onai is that you!” Onai puzzled with what he had just said “err of course its me, why do I look different?”

“No I can’t see!” Asura wined

“What how did that happen?” asked Onai in disbelief

Asura shook his head “In the fire!”

At that moment the buildings door opened and a little girl with big blue eye and light brown hair was stood there.

Onai snarled stepping over Asura

“Who’s there what’s going on Onai?” asked Asura desperately

“A human!” replied Hayate

Asura’s eyes grew wider as he grew scared his eyes were a pale blue and where his pupils once were a darker blue was now in its place.

The girl shouted, “daddy come here look!” in an excited voice

Another human appeared around the door much taller than the girl,

“Where did they come from, don’t worry were not going to hurt you!” said the man looking at Onai protecting Asura, growling fiercely.

Hayate just sat there he didn’t know what to do; the man came in the hut and picked up Hayate.

Hayate started biting at the mans thumb, it was hurting him but it didn’t look like he minded he couldn’t blame them really. He carried Hayate up to the house and put him in front of the fire to warm him up, the man went back to see his daughter trying to stroke Onai, “no don’t he might bite you, something is wrong with his brother!”

“Brother!” thought Onai

The man put his hand out in front of Onai, he just looked at its tilting his head he stepped forward to see what the hand was doing, with the other hand the man stroked him on the head between his ears, eeeep what’s happening why did that feel so good?  The man then picked up Onai and the girl gently picked up Asura carrying them both back to house, Hayate had found his way to the window he was stood with his paws against the pane trying to see what was happing then he saw Onai and Asura coming this way, he climbed down and ran to the door, it opened the mans walked in Hayate wasn’t very big none of them were he was up to the mans ankle, the man put Onai down! “See your ok your with your brother again!”

The man took Asura out of his daughter’s hands and carried him over to the table he put him on the top and looked at him, “hmmm?” he said “stay here with them Sakura I’m going to go get Adam!”

Onai, Hayate and Asura had no idea what was going on, the little girl had found a liking for the puppies already with their unique markings she ran out of the room and came back with a round thing.

She dropped it on the floor Hayate prodded it with his paw Onai had walked up to the table legs and he saw Asura’s sad expression on his face as he was looking down.

The door opened again the man came in with another he had a little bag with him.

They both went up to Asura, the Dad picked up Onai and began stroking him, Onai looked at him with his huge crystal blue eyes and saw he had a sad expression on his face he looked at Asura again, he began to worry.

Hayate had stopped playing with the girl when the other man came in he was also now looking at Asura while in the girls warms arms.

“Ill check them all!” said Adam as he put his bag down on the table and knelt down to the table’s height “James where did you find them?”

“Sakura found them in our shed! Are they all right?”

“I’m not sure what’s happened but I can understand why this one was protecting his brother!” pointing at Onai “he’s just recently gone blind as in this morning!”

“What how could that have happened?”

“I’m not sure, poor little guy he’s only just opened his eyes to see the world and that has been taken away from him!” Adam took Onai out of James’ hands and began examining him; he put him down on the table then went and examined Hayate “there all ok pretty healthy, they just need some food by the looks of it!”

Adam walked out of the door and came back in after a few minutes with some strange looking things, he walked into the kitchen James followed him.

Sakura went up to the rest of the pups that were stood on the small table she stroked Asura gently.

But he still wore sadness on his face; neither Onai nor Hayate could do anything but be there for him.

The doctor came back in the room with a plate with a pile of dog food on it, Onai jumped towards the doctor and bit him hard on the arm, Adam shook him off he didn’t understand “hey what’s with all the hostility, James I need to speak to you!” he stood up leaving the plate he rubbed his arm, Onai had pierced the skin with his teeth, they went back into the kitchen Onai followed them curiously putting his paws on the door and listening.

“James you don’t understand there dangerous there not dogs their wolves, Sakura wont be safe around them!”

“I understand that but they need me, I have a feeling there here because of those hunters!”

“Hunters I thought they had gone!”

“Yes but those poor things are here because they were chased from there home their families might not be alive, they’ll die without our help!”

“But a wolf cant be a dog they have different instincts they could kills us!”

“That’s probably why he was like that with you, your so negative, I know there not dogs and one day they will have to go back out in that world!”

“If they do they’ll die out there too they need the instincts of a wolf not a dog trainer you cant teach them to hunt and survive!”

The door opened James knelt down and picked up Onai who was looking up at them he started biting at his thumb again, James stroked him “I’m sorry!” he whispered in Onai’s ear.

That night they were left in the living room with a load of pillows and blankets Hayate was fast asleep, Onai was sat on the window sill looking out at the stars, Asura couldn’t sleep he just lay there, Onai called to him, Asura followed his voice but bumped into a sofa, Onai climbed down onto the sofa to help him up he showed Asura the way to the window sill. They both sat up looking towards the sky.

“Its funny I can see the stars, they’re the same here as at home!” Onai thought what Asura just said seeing it in a different light he smiled at Asura.