A/N: This is an original story written by myself and any likeness or similarities to any other characters or stories are completely by accident. This story contains homosexuality so if you do not like that type of thing please don't read. I'd like any constructive criticism offered to me thank you and please don't flag or anything.

Finally found a beta. So this is a rewrite chapter. Hope you still enjoy. Please review, I return the favors.

Chapter One

Naki whimpered slightly as Cohnan, or Cono as he called him, playfully bit his ear. The wolf prince had shown up at Naki's door around the time the sun peeked its bright head over the treetops, and now they played lazily in an open field that stretched up into the mountains. Cono tugged and purred in Naki's ear at the same time, which made him squeal with laughter.

He whimpered at his energetic friend and every time he attempted to close his eyes a shock of lavender would assault him. He cracked his eyes open to glance up at the slightly larger male. Upside down eyes, crinkled with laughter,stared back at him.

"Cono, quit it. I'm trying to take a nap, go play with Liathan or Vio," Naki whined.

Cono rolled, taking Naki with him. His pale lavender for was a huge contrast to Naki's silver."No, they are both too big, and with the change coming they are becoming real perverts. I want to play with you; at least you won't try to hump me."

Naki laughed at the comment. Liathan and Vio were both young males that had just recently reached the age where they were considered adults among the ranking males. Not only that, but they were also sons of a noble wolf and followed the Old Law.

The Old Law stated that, when a Noble male mated, it didn't matter what gender their mate was so long as they reproduced to preserve the pack and, since Cono was one of the few males with the dual reproductive system, they were all over him.

Naki mused, "I may not try to hump you, but that's not stopping you from humping me."

Cono licked Naki's cheek affectionately. "But I can't help it! You've gotten so pretty; you're delicious."

Naki laughed, "Cut it out, Cono. Males aren't supposed to be pretty. We are supposed to be sleek and strong and majestic. Besides, you know I'm not obligated to follow the Old Law, because Rafeio is already taking a male with the dual reproductive system as his mate."

"Yeah, but you've already got too many males after that hot tail of yours, and now that you are sixteen, you're of mating age so a lot more will be knocking at your door come next month, all of them asking your father for a chance to fight for you."

That dragged Naki's cheerful mood down to a more somber one. He wanted to find a mate that he loved and that loved him back, like Rafeio had, but instead he, like everyone else, was forced to follow the Old Law and take part in the Mating Ritual.

In the Mating Ritual, one had the right to fight for the hand of the mate they wanted, especially if they were of noble blood. However, as long as they were a strong male or female, they received the opportunity to appeal to the mate they wanted. Often enough, the one who is desired has nothing to do with the choice and it's up to the King Wolf as well as the Head of the Family to decide. Luckily, one had to be at least eighteen to actually engage in sexual activities as a mate in their pack. Even so, one could still be claimed and marked at the age of sixteen.

Naki shuddered at the thought of being marked by any one of the older males in their pack. They were all so wild and much bigger than he, and in a wolf pack dominance was everything. Anyone who tried to claim him would also want to gain dominance in any way they could, even by force. What was worse, once he submitted, he would forever be that person's she-bitch, and if he denied them or questioned their authority they had the right as his dominant mate to punish him as they saw fit. Naki growled out right; he found the Old Laws so stupid!

"Well I don't want any of them," Naki affirmed, finally answering Cono's comment.

Before Cono could reply, they were distracted by the sight of the lush expanse of grass parting in two. Naki caught the smell of blood, sweat, and arousal and could tell that Conan did too because, out of protection, he rolled back on top of him.

"Liathan and Vio," Naki stated and Cono nodded.

Sure enough, two shadows came into view and halted in front of them, both males panting from a fresh kill and excitement.

"Hey guys," Vio, the calmer, sweeter one of the two, greeted. He shifted into a human state and towered over the two in wolf form. Standing with his lean arms folded behind his head,his dark green eyes seemed to smile with amusement.

Liathan,who was a mirror image of his twin, however, groaned, "Why are you humping him when you can have me anytime you want?"

Cono smirked, "Cocky bastard."

Vio chuckled, but the scent radiating off of him said he found Naki and Cono's position arousing too.

"Get off," Naki moaned and Cono slid to the side. Naki stretched in his half man-half wolf form, his ears laying flat against his silver hair, his claws shorting,and his tail covering a portion of his naked body.

"Do not do that!" Vio and Liathan barked in unison.

Naki yawned, glancing at the guys with his metallic eyes his canine teeth shining in the light, and ignored them as usual. On all fours in this human state, he must've look like a tease to the larger males.

Liathan just suddenly pounced, grabbing Naki by the waist, and turning into his wolf form as he did so.

"What are you doing, Liathan!" Naki complained to the teal ball of fur assaulting him.

Liathan rolled them over, Naki in his vice grip. "You are the one who tempted me, stretching like that, showing your ass. You practically begged me to come at you."

"You pervert," Cono said, nipping at Liathan's tail.

Liathan growled playfully and nipped at Naki's neck, purring in satisfaction when Naki yelped. Cono joined in too, nipping at Naki's sensitive ears, and Naki whimpered at being double teamed. Then Vio joined in, snapping lightly at Naki's tail before diving underneath it to lick places his tongue had no business going.

Naki whimpered, not knowing whether to yelp from Liathan abusing his neck, squeal from Cono licking his ears, or purr from Vio licking pleasure spots. "Let off, you guys. You are always teaming up on me. It's not fair!"

They all three snickered but paid him no attention. If this had been a mating circle, all three of them would have easily been able to take him down and have their way with him. Fortunately, this yeartheir hormones were not driving them wild with the urge to mate but next year...

"Hey guys, what're you up to?" A voice interrupted their fun and Vio, Liathan, and Cono all hopped off of Naki, changing back to half form.

Naki got up too, blushing, but wagging his tail at his brother Rafeio. Rafeio looked sort of irritated with the boys. Liathan, Vio, and Cono were all looking at the ground guiltily in front of the older, dominating male wolf. Even in his half form, Rafeio was fearsome and in control, gaining all the young males' full attention.

"Hey Raf, what are you doing up here?" Naki asked his brother nonchalantly.

"I'd ask you four the same thing."

Liathan spoke up, not taking his eyes from the ground. He knew better than to look a dominating male in the eyes without anything but respect. "Well sir, we were just playing around, sir."

Cono and Vio nodded simultaneously, agreeing with Liathan.

"Is that true, poochi?"

Naki blushed, at the use of Rafeio's nickname for him in front of his friends. "Yeah Raf, we were only playing around, that's all, honest." Naki was the only one who spoke to the fourth ranking male of their pack of two hundred like that, and Rafeio permitted it since he loved his little brother immensely.

"Well, play a different game next time." Rafeio looked to make sure all of them understood that they were getting older and that those types of games led to something totally different. "You should definitely understand," he said to Cono, the young prince. "And you—" He turned his attention to Naki. "—put some clothes on, the hunting party just took down an Ogre Antler and there's plenty to eat."

Vio and Liathan howled and took off at full speed. They knew it was first come, first serve when it came to a group kill and that the early birds got the best part of the meat. Naki and Cohnan both asked silent permission to go eat and, when they got it, they sprinted after the other two.

Rafeio headed after them, sniffing the air and smelling the whiff of desire that lingered. "I'll have to watch those three around poochi," he mumbled to himself and took off after them.

The carcass of the huge animal lay in the middle of the eating field. A wolf could tell by the deadly wounds on the animal that all four of the ranking males had hunted, including the king, and, by the more amateur bites, that the younger males got to pitch in too. Guard wolves lined the field just in case enemy wolves attacked for the kill they had recently made. The king made sure that his sons were protected.

"We wanted to go too," both Naki and Cono whined together at Leoin, Cohnan's second oldest brother, the one Rafeio was smitten with.

Leoin lounged lazily on a silk pelt, its color, reminiscent of fresh snow, matching his pelt. "You boys know you're still too young, and besides, that thing was way too dangerous for you two. No right minded male would let little pups like you anywhere near that thing during a hunt."

Both Naki and Cono protested that they weren't pups anymore but Leoin just nipped at them playfully and sent them scurrying. "See!" He called after them, "Still little pups."

"He is such a meanie," Cono whined and Naki laughed. "I like it when he's around Rafeio. He's not all condescending, he's more like smitten lovesick and shy and crap."

Naki laughed at his best friend. "Don't you have a way with words…"

They scrambled over to where the pack was having at the carcass and hunted for an opening.

When they couldn't find one, Cono whined, "Man we're gonna get the icky meat!"

Naki laughed and dashed for the other end of the carcass. If there was one good thing about being small, lean, and lithe it was the speed and agility that came with it. He found a spot where two females crouched low, tearing at the meat and, with a little dash to set him off, he jumped, flying right over them to land right on top of the carcass.

Cono howled and wagged his tail, "Yeah! Woo-hoo! Get us a good one! Like a leg!"

Naki nodded and went straight for one of the huge legs that the females were tearing at, avoiding their snaps and growls as he severed it from the rest of the beast.

"Nakiyo!" One the females growled. It was Fayla, one of his classmates. Oh, he was going to get hell for stealing the meat she wanted, but he took it anyway.

"Naki!" Sega, the oldest of the three princes and third in command of the pack, had spotted him being a thief. "Give it back."

Naki smiled a lopsided smile at Sega, who Naki found utterly delicious. The thirty-two-year-old wolf was still young compared to his ninety-year-old father, and yet he still had the same amount of respect. Both the pack leaders had a great amount of respect in spite of their young age as most pack leaders stood in their hundreds. Their wolf kind, the Shashivi, lived a great amount of time.

"If you can't keep it, you can't eat it," Cono yelled out to his big brother, who got distracted and didn't notice Naki's escape.

It wasn't until he heard the females cursing at Cono and Naki that Sega noticed. "Naki! Cono! Get your asses back here now!"

The two howled a howl of rebellion and took off to their secret place. They knew they'd get hell when they came back but, hey, just another day in the life of a wolf.

TBC

A/N: Well that was my prologue, hope you enjoyed, all critique is welcome.

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