Who's the Alpha, Now?

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Jekai growled as he shoved passed Yuuka, shooting her a glare and bristling softly as he ran up the the front of the other pups, head held high. As he came to the front, Jekai stopped and turned to face them all. Clearing his throat, he spoke up assertively, "Well, as you all know, It's been a day without food. As your leader," Jekai paused a moment to glare at Yuuka, swearing that he saw that pup roll her eyes. "Ahem-- as your leader, I believe that I should inform you all that I've caught a deer's scent."

From behind some of the other pups, Taurin sighed. "But I can't hunt down a deer!" With this, Jekai only straightened up more. "Well YOU can't alone. But if we work together, I bet we could take down an entire herd!" His puppy-ish fantasies came out slightly as he coughed and flattened his ears, "Well not a herd, but we can still get one deer."

Holding up his tail a little more dominate than before, Jekai regarded his puppy-pack-mates and couldn't help but let a small smile creep through his rigid exterior. As his eyes fell upon Yuuka -the only girl of the pack-, his eyes dropped away quickly. Again, he cleared his throat, a slightly different tone in his voice as he spoke once more, "Well um... Who's hungry?" he announced, hoping to raise some of their spirits.

Hopping down from where he stood, he began to ignorantly walk down the trail of which he scented the deer from. Hoping and more so believing, that they would follow his lead, Jekai let out a short, excited howl to announce the beginning of a hunt.

Taurin gave a submissive, silly grin at Yuuka, and nudged Phyrrus before trotting clumsily behind his brother, tongue lolling out and with a twinkle of hunger in his eyes. As the two brothers ran and tumbled through the frosted plains, Jekai grinned as he looked over his shoulder, with a challenging look at Yuuka:

"Who's the Alpha, Now?"

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Her lips curled back in a snarl, Yuuka snapped at Jekai, clipping his flank after he shoved her nearly off her small paws. It was not meant to cause harm, just a warning. But she was angered. Any other female of her delicate structure would've tumbled over at the shove, probably, maybe. But when you lived with boys, you had to be tough. Weakness meant a total loss of ego, and boy did Yuuka have a big ego.

Hence the constant bickering between her and Jekai. Both constantly were at each other's throat in a fight for dominance, for who would lead the 'pack'. It was a lousy excuse of a pack, just a grup of juvenille loners, travelling together. Maybe when they grew up... maybe, then... But then, Jekai would have to be mature enough to let her lead them. Clearly, she was much more fit than he.

Yuuka licked her chops and rested her haunches on the ground, glaring at Jekai with a bored expression.
"Well, as you all know, it's been a day without food. As your leader.."

A loud snarl errupted from Yuuka's throat in protest as he glared at her, and the triumphant smile on his face only making it worse, Yuuka rolled her eyes. She'd wait.. and tehn wipethat smug smile of his face.

"Ahem-- as your leader, I believe that I should inform you all that I've caught a deer's scent."

Yuuka scoffed and rolled her eyes again, muttering under her breath, "Unbelievable...". She snickerd as Taurin whined about it and Jackie tried to convicne him otherwise. Yuuka toned him out for a while.

She only snapped back when she saw Taurin happily walk over to his brother's side. She snarled, glaring at him with the utmost hate. She loved Jackie as a brother, but at these times... she just wanted to lead, not him! He sucked!

Yuuka junged, hurlnig herself upon Jekai. The two tumbled onto the ground and she rolled off, but pranced by with her tail high at alpha-position, a swish of the tip signalling to her blood-brother and family-brothers to follow her lead along the elk scent. But just as Jekai was getting up she slightly turned her head to him and barked in a smooth, calm and teasing tone, "I am."

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The snowy-stained pup walked with dignity, at the head of the gang, eyes closed and head held high. Don't get too comfy came his instinct; it was quickly shooed away though, as Jekai began to think of the meal they'd soon hunt down. His mouth watered a little and his eyes glazed in fantasy. Then suddenly:

"WHACK!"

That was the sound as Yuuka's body collided roughly with his! They tumbled around on the pathway, and Jekai felt his head hit the stump of a tree as they lost momentum. He lay there for a moment, on his back with his legs dangling in the air and dazed at the suddenness of it all. From above him, Yuuka rolled off and trotted victoriously to take his former place as lead.

The pup rolled back onto his feet after a couple seconds, with a look of envy and anger. The nerve of that girl! But the puppy-light inside him lightened while his ego darkened, and held a little playful spark in his eyes.

As Jekai walked along, head low to the ground, mumbling quietly of his soon-to-be moment of revenge, he plotted to jump on her. Just as he lowered his stomach to the ground and slithered ever-so close, the moment he was about to pounce dissipated quickly. Jekai stopped, the playfulness in his eyes gone. It was no sooner that a prickling feeling ran up his spine, causing him to bristle and stop right in his tracks. As he did so, Taurin, whom was trotting behind and chatting animatedly with Phyrrus, suddenly bumped into his flanks. Falling onto his rump, Taurin whined and shook his head; about to make an outburst at his older twin, he stopped abruptly, noticing the intense and worried gaze his brother held. "Why did you stop?" he asked cautiously. But Jekai took no notice.

Then suddenly, a wicked scent flew into range, and Jekai's alertness picked it up possibly faster than the others. "W-W..." he stammered, eyes widening in horror as he recognized the scent. But he didn't say the name of the animal, didn't get enough time. The scent had suddenly alerted that it was no more that five-feet away, and Jekai noticed the golden eyes attached to the bulky figure of a beast, just hidden in the shadows. By now, all the pups had smelt it; Jekai didn't know if Yuuka or Phyrrus had ever seen one, but he and Taurin exchanged frightened, knowing looks.

Just as a snarl rippled through the air, Jekai cried out as the creature pounced out at the group of pups, "WOLVERINE!"

[☾LUNA!☽]

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[☾LUNA!☽]

A smile played with the corners of the vibrant, young wolf’s jaws as he watched the bickering between his family. While only Yuuka was directly related to him, he considered Jekai and Taurin his brothers. They had practically grown together, since the day they met playing in the mountains. Back then, he and his sister were just six weeks, and Jekai, Taurin and their sister were not much younger. Their sister… Like he and his sister lost their mother, the two brothers lost their sister. Originally, the three pups were trying to help the siblings find their lost mother, but now the tables had turned and, after the failed attempt to reunite them with their parent, Taurin and Jekai’s sister went missing and now it was his and his sister’s turn to help find her.

His attention was pulled from the past as another, more serious fight between Yuuka and Jekai. After Jekai had finished his speech, Yuuka had lunged onto him, and the two tumbled towards a tree. The reddish wolf winced as Jekai smashed into the tree. He couldn’t help but smirk a bit, especially when he caught Taurin’s glance. Yuuka raised her tail high and pranced ahead, soon followed by him and Taurin. Jekai moped along behind them, defeated. Suddenly, Jekai stopped in his tracks. Taurin turned, looking at him with a concerned and confused expression.

”Why did you stop?”

Jekai’s eye widened dramatically, stammering, ”W-W…”
Concern, by now, had struck all of the wolves. Yuuka’s eyes were filled with worry, though she was trying to hide it.

”Phyrrus, what’s going on…?”

The reddish juvenile folded his ears back and sort of shrugged, ”I-I don’t know… I think Jekai senses something wrong, an-“

”WOLVERINE!” Jekai’s stutter faltered and he alas the word came out. The hair on the back of Phyrrus’ neck stood on end. He knew not what the creature was, but he knew for a fact it was a threat. The big, furry, dark brown beast with white markings burst from the bushes, snarling, and bounding straight for them. Phyrrus’ first instincts were to run, but—no, he was in a pack and he couldn’t abandon his family. He stumbled a few steps away but waited hesitantly until the rest of the pups began to run before he, too, dashed off. The creature kept at their heels, and fear brought liquid to Phyrrus’ eyes. His sister was bounded ahead of the rest of them. He knew very well that she was very fast, but when she got a full dose of adrenaline, she was way fast. Normally, he could keep up with her, but not now…

Yuuka’s head swiveled around to see if the creature was gaining. She sighed some in relief to see it wasn’t anywhere near her, but the breathe caught in her throat as she saw how far ahead she was getting… and how close the creature was getting to the boys. She turned on heel and began to dash back, heading straight towards the blood-thirsty wolverine. She didn’t know what she was doing – this was practically suicide. But the courage and rage began to build up inside of her, until she finally lunged into the air, extending her front legs, paws spread out and claws aims at the beast, whilst her fangs were ready to sink themselves into flesh – similar to the way she had previously lunged at Jekai.
She latched on to the wolverine, her fangs grasping its lower neck and shoulder. The wolverine stopped and began to bat at her, but she continuously strengthened her grip, smacking him with her clawed paws. She shot a glance and Phyrrus, who had begun to step forward to aid her, and he reluctantly put his paw back, his ears folding against his head. She wanted to beat this animal.

So she could be Alpha.

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Taurin's blood pumped harder than ever. He'd run for fun, often stopping to catch his breath, but now there was no time to stop; he was running for his life.

Sparing a glance to his left, Taurin's honey-eyes caught onto that of the Wolverine's. He knew he was the slowest of them all; the fattest of them all, and surely the most filling-meal. Unable to hold his fright, Taurin began to bark wildly, eyes wide as he realized the feeling of the predator's breath on his flanks. He urged his muscles to move faster, but alas it was against his physical demeanor.

His vision took on another target, as he noticed Jekai far ahead, Phyrrus more ahead, and Yuuka at the very front, speeding forward as time went; thus leaving Taurin at the back, panting helplessly and desperately moving his fat-ass body through the forest, slowing down more and more.

As more adrenaline pumped through his body, Taurin felt the breath of the animal increasing in density, and he shot a glance over his shoulders to check if whether or not the creature was stopping. No; instead, the creature was merely beginning to drool. It's mad, lusting eyes met the wolf-pup's meaty-body; it's expression matching that of a man --straight from the desert-- who was given a jug of water. The Wolverine gave a greedy lick at his chops, and dug his talon-like claws into the dirt, then flinging himself into the air, legs wide and ready to take hold of it's prey.

At that very moment, something changed.

Ancient, sap-like blood stuck to the insides of Taurin's veins; it was the instinct of a Wolf.
And that instinct was NOT going to let this wolf back down.

Taurin ran faster. His muscles ached and felt like they were ripping apart from having to move so fast, and hold so much weight. His eyes were widened, with fright and with the will to survive. Everything was happening so fast. Taurin panted roughly, his lungs about to burst, and that was the very moment the Wolverine became not but a couple centimeters above the wolf. And instantly, the shadow that was above disappeared.

Yuuka had rammed into the creature, taking it's neck-fat into her mouth. The creature, on the ground, batted at her to little avail. Taurin couldn't stop running, but alas, Jekai came into his vision, flashing right before his eyes and running past him towards Yuuka. Taurin watched his brother stop in his tracks, noticing the determined glare that the she-wolf held. Jekai growled softly under his breath and seemed to keep a respectful distance from the scene, watching with angered-eyes. And yet, Taurin couldn't help but notice the twinkle of something else... could it be... concern?

And Jekai watched on and snarled; he made a realization, followed by an oath: For the time being...
Yuuka was Alpha.


Oh,
But not for long.