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Suzaku wasn't really aware of the change, she was, but didn't pay it any mind. If Whisper had known her as a pup she would truely be shocked then. The transition for Suzaku was a natural one, however, given that she was the representation of Phoenix, the god of the South. She'd never told anyone this.

"A pack isn't built by rank, but by the relationships of those involved." She thought again back to her brothers, the anger chipping away to make room for the hurt, and now nostaligia instead. If things had just stayed that simple...

She gazed at the older female with sombering, but warm emeralds again.

"A pack built on a foundation of bonds and trust would be a strong one, and ranks would form themselves."

She knew this from experience. It was just unfortunate that she'd been seperated from her brothers before she'd been able to find her place in their pack. Genbu and Seiryuu would more likely than not become alphas, both if not one or the other. Byakko, well, Suzaku wasn't sure what role Byakko would grow into, when trying to fit them into traditional ranks, but he'd make a fine advisor and teacher, of sorts. She used to fancy herself as an advisor to their alpha brothers as well, but it seemed that wasn't meant to happen.

"Very well, I know another that would possibly be interested as well. I'll speak to him as well." She smiled, happy to see this plan coming together for the benifit of Whisper and the others. "Seneca, what do you think?"

Sleepy amber eyes fluttered open as the purple wolf named Keefe awoke from his slumber. For once in quite a while he had taken a nap during the day and now he was feeling rather refreshed and awake. He stood slowly, stretching his tight muscles as he rose from the ground. Keefe's ears fell back to his skull as he let out a long, toothy yawn. He blinked a few times, looking about contently, tail letting out a single wag. He wondered how Nafeeza was faring, hopefully she could handle things back in the pack. The dark wolf fidgeted around a bit, being quite worried that he had left her all alone... At least she had Kahlaria to go to if something was to happen and Feanaro would be around, he could always trust the cheif.

His dark head rose to the sky, taking a whiff of the air. There was a faint scent of others nearby; he recognized some of them such as Fute, Whisper, and that redish femme from before, he couldn't remember the name. With a huff he started moving towards them, perhaps he'd chat or something, if he didn't scare them all off or whatnot. His pace slowed a bit as he neared the small gathering, almost coming to a halt as he stuck his head through a bush and came upon the wolves. The rest of him followed and he gave a quiet nod in hello.

Fute-- well, that timing was rather beneficial.

Suzaku smiled at Fute, he was adorable, and polite. Her rear appendage twitched a bit as her tail wagging became more enthused.

"It's a pleasure, Fute. I'm Suzaku,"

Whisper wagged her tail as Fute suddenly appeared and introduced himself to the rest of the group. That pup always was friendly and open in every way, unlike herself. Though they seemed to balance each other out in a weird way sometimes, so she didn't really mind. Plus, it was good to see someone happy and positive and able to make friends with his easy-going personality. When he had finished with his introduction and settled beside her, she gently rasped her tongue over his forehead like she always did.

"Well, Fute, Suzaku here," she spoke softly as she motioned with her head towards the adolescent female, "was thinking of having a group of friends start a pack. It's a good idea, I think. You would have loads of friends if we went with it. What do you think?" the young adult asked. She didn't even notice when Keefe approached in silence.

Helaku, on the other hand, had fully noticed the other male. His fur rose in alarm as the purple wolf appeared in complete silence. He hadn't shown any signs of agression yet, but one could never be to cautious. In one swift yet cautious move the yellow-furred wolf made his way in between Whisp and his adoptive sister, closer to Suza so as not to make the green female uncomfortable. She seemed like the shy type in the first place.

"Greetings," Laku said politely to the newcomer. Hopefully this wolf came with good intentions.

"Suzaku, aye? Killer name ya got there." He takes a moment to bat at the dirt with his paws, letting a little dust cloud form into the air then slowly fade before he looked back up, only to notice Keefe standing at the side. "Heya again there!" came a happy voice towards the older male.

Whenever Whisper spoke of Suza's thoughts about forming a pack amongst friends, Fute's eyes light up with excitement. He lifts his head high and perks his ears up stiffly, listening closely to every word of the idea as it repeats over a few times within his mind before he releases enough energy to answer calmly. "I think that sounds like an idea too killer for words! I'd LOVE that!" A yelp of glee escapes from his maw accidentally as a bright smile plays across his muzzle.

He then remembers of the female pup's introducing herself to him and he gives her a huge smile. "Seneca, ey? That, that's a very cool name." This female seemed different from the previous one he'd met. Yes, she was nothing like Kenya. She seemed more eager and playful. He liked this quality in others, and thusly took immediate liking to this girl as well. She also had an emaculate coat of fur in the most stunning array of color variations he'd ever spotted. "I like your coat of fur. It's very shiny and, beautiful." His nose wrinkles and his eyes sparkle as he bats a playful paw or two at the lass. This girl was definately gonna make an awesome new friend, and he'd be just as good a friend to her, nomatter what the cost.

((I'm lost as to the posting order right now, so this is a winged post, hoping I'm not going early or late. xd ))

Seneca's eyes widened. She had never had the pleasure of meeting another pup, and therefore never had a real playmate. At his compliment, though, she seemed to look at him in a different light.

"Thank you," she answered with a bright and easy smile, "..very much." Usually, she'd only speak when spoken too, but the male seemed very intelligent, and she needed to show him that she was also. She took a step back, almost surprised that he would have started a game. Her energy was so bundled up that she was just about to burst. Her eyes narrowed and her front half dropped to the ground as her back end stood way in the air. Her tail was wagging quite fast and she was accepting of play. She blew air through her nostrils and let her claws grab some earth. Just as she threw around playful gestures, Seneca realized that this was the first male she had ever come in contact with. She knew that she had just met a great friend.

((That works for me! ^^))

Now, as phoenix watched the little cheetah-pup move about from face to face, she admired the markings he bore. He was a handsome fellow, and as she'd already noted, well mannered. So, five so far, and they all seemed to get along well, this was excellent, just wonderful! If things continued to go this well then it should be a happy ending for the better half of them.

Suzaku smiled and let Whisper explain, Fute was her friend after all, so it seemed only natural to let her fill him in. It was nice to see that the idea was being so well accepted so far, too, she hadn't pitched many ideas with much sucess before coming to these woods.

Suzaku noticed when Helaku made his move to stand between the two females, a bit closer to her, and she realized another had entered the scene.

As she recognized the dark pelt coming through the brush she relaxed. She'd already met Keefe briefly once, and though her attention did divert his way for a moment long enough to softly wuff a greeting, she then replied to Fute, and then to the rest in general. "Thank you, Fute. This should shape up rather well, I think that everyone will get along nicely."

I've found that life is moving by at an almost alarming rate these days. Ever since I ran into Byakko things have been a blur... I'm confused, I'm hurt, and for a while I didn't know what would become of things.

I've worked to form something very strongly in the likeness of a pack. So far it's mostly only wolves my age, but there are a few adults, like Whisper, and Talia, and Ronan. It is meant to be a gathering of those in these woods that are without a pack that they feel they can call home, those that do not wish to be seperated from their loved ones as I have. I don't know, I don't wish to lead a pack alone, since puphood I fashioned myself to lead a pack as a council, as one of four leaders with my brothers, but it seems that those days are coming to a hault. Will we ever be the same again?

No, that's not the right question, the right question is will we ever be able to mend things again. I don't feel that I can take being turned away from a third time. I'm needed here right now, I do intend to see this pack get to it's paws before I resume my search again. I need the time to collect my thoughts, and I don't wish to be seperated from Seneca just yet.

I'm not sure where my brothers are right now, Byakko, Genbu, Seiryuu, but I hope to see them again and finally put whatever this misundestanding is to rest.

Life was peaceful at the moment. Thanks to Ronan she'd been able to get much more rest and was beginning to show signs of it again. Her legs were once again getting to be slightly lanky as she was growing into adulthood now. However, her diet consisted only of rabbit and fish, she was certainly smaller in size to show for it.

She'd stopped by the river for a drink, near the edge of her current pack's residence. They'd be moving to find territory soon, near the mountains to the west. As her rough pallet lapped up the refreshing water of the spring, her thoughts wandered to her brothers not for the first or the last time. She missed them terribly, but for some reason they didn't want to be around her. She hadn't worked up the courage to search for them again yet.

A little grey squirrel zipped between the she-wolfs legs, moving so fast that it actually zipped across the waters surface in a bound and then beelined for the forest. But something ominous as coming, it was just a thundering roar pounding towards Suzaku. You could barely hear the footsteps as a wolf pounded through the forest on the other side of the river. But quickly a wolf did come into view, Reicher, the adult male who as soon as he left the forest was racing through the water and nearly jumped all the way across it. It appeared he was chasing the scent of the squirrel, for he didn't see the female wolf infront of him as he bounded onwards.

Infact, Reicher crashed right into her in a head on collision. His head smacked across hers in a resounding SMASH. The wolf fell backwards into the river after the headbutt, finding that his skull ached enormously and was relieved to fall into the water.

Suzaku gave a horrible start as the squirrel shot past like a bullet underneath her. The approaching danger was lost on her, however, until he burst out of the bushes that was. She knew this wolf, she'd had a terrifying encounter with him once as a pup, he'd towered over her then, and it didn't seem to have gotten any better now. The fact that he was hovering in the air for a moment before coming back down towards Earth just made his visage all the more frightening.

She didn't have time to think on this more, however, as before she could hope to react they had collided like a barreling bolder against a tree. The phoenix yelped in pain and toppled backwards with a firey ache racing through her head. Just a second after the impact Suzaku fell limp to the ground.

That couldn't be good.

Reicher dipped his burning head in the cool water, but he couldn't help but feel that having his head hit was familiar in some way. Shaking his wet head off and raising it from the water, he spied the unconsious wolf. So that's what had hurt his head so much! Twitching his nose and looking her over, he decided that while he recognized her, he didn't remember why. Shrugging his shoulders, and remembering that there was indeed a squirrel still on the loose looking to get it's a** kicked Reicher stepped up out of the water and carefully walked around the limp wolf before darting off into the forest.

To be Continued...?