Azurehowl, With A Slight Twist

Meeting The Followers of Kumiko

A few months after Krypton, Kaitou, Lunar, Ruuza and Mira get majority of the pack and Clan leaders of Delv Ihoo on their side, Flora and Terros' pups are rambunctious and thriving.

Lunar, Kaitou and Ruuza often pitch in to help Flora and Terro with the pups, giving their grandparents a much-needed break.

Krypton and Mira also help out quite a lot, Krypton wanting to make up for all the hurt he caused Terro, and Mira just because she loves taking care of pups.

Sator helps out as well, telling the pups stories about his family, and about their niece and nephews when they were pups.

Matt and Kala help out all the time, from helping wrangle the pups, helping Terro and Flora with their leadership duties, cleaning out their den, or getting extra food.

Argon and Flower help out as well, Flower loving spending time with the pups. All in all, life is good.

Lunar and Kaitou have also been training with Ruuza to help her be able to control her new powers, as well as training each other in new combat techniques that Kaitou has learned from his packmates.

Sator often sits in on these training sessions and offers advice. He's grown so much closer to the family, and he feels like he can finally start to heal mentally.

And the medics of the BlazingWood pack help him with his bad leg, trying new mixtures of medicines and different gentle exercises to help stretch the skin, increase strength in the leg and even reprogram the nerves.

One night, Kane sends Kaitou a message, asking if they are okay to meet up at any point. He's waited so long just to make sure that the pups are all okay and that Ruuza and Lunar are fully healed.

Kaitou relays the message to his family, and they decide to meet up with the Followers of Kumiko the next morning. This meeting has been put off for too long.

Argon and Flower agree to watch over the pups whilst the others are at the meeting.

Lunar is rather excited to meet the rest of the pups who helped his brother in the time they were separated.

Ruuza is excited to see the pups who have been able to evade detection for so long, and were even part of her original village.

Matt and Kala really want to meet the pups who helped their younger son over the time he was with them.

Krypton, Mira, Terro and Flora are excited to meet the Followers of Kumiko and get to know each of them individually. And Flora is also excited to see Micaiha again. She grew quite close to the young she-wolf during those early days of her pups' lives.

The day of the meeting, the group heads to the desert, where the Followers of Kumiko are based.

Kane is standing at the entrance to their den, a smile on his face at the sight of them.

"Hello guys. It's nice to see you all again. Please, come in. I've told the other pups about you, but don't be too surprised if some of them are a bit hostile.

We haven't exactly had many positive experiences with outsiders over the last several years."

Kaitou nods along with his former leaders' words. Terro smiles softly.

"That's perfectly okay Kane. If any of us were in your place, we would feel the same."

Kane smiles at Terro before leading the group inside. He takes them to the meeting place, where the other leaders are already waiting.

Micaiha grins happily at the sight of Flora.

"Hey Flora! How are the pups? Are they all healthy?"

Flora smiles at the young she-wolf and answers her questions with a similar eagerness.