A Secret Life

Chapter 11 Ryuu's Offer

After all was said and done Graywolf left the hospital with the children in tow of her.  She had decided that it was time to get them all something to eat.  As she walked she could still feel pain in her body from before but she tried to ignore it till she bumped into someone falling on her backside. 

"Oh, I'm so...  Oh, Ryuu, it's you."  Graywolf said lamely.  Ryuu looked down at her figure and saw the pain she had for just moving.  "What happened to you?"  He asked her bluntly.  "Just the usual.  Got in a fight with my wolf brother he broke something.  I had to have surgery and ofcourse a tiger boy gashed up my back.  Typical life of Graywolf."  She tried to laugh it off as she stood up.  He grabbed her hand and pulled her up.

As Graywolf stared into his strange cloudy eyes she felt something familiar.  She snapped her head to the children behind her.  "Rozalita, I didn't know you could do that.  You shouldn't do that without the permission of the person unless they are trying to hurt you.  It's rude"  The young child looked to her in surprise.  "How did you?"  "She's one too."  Zayne said slowly tilting his head to the side slightly.  They both shared a look then returned their attention to Ryuu and Graywolf.

Ryuu and Graywolf looked at the two kids.  Graywolf only smiled while Ryuu looked confused.  "What's going on?"  "They are telepaths like me."  She told him turning to smile at his confusion.  "Alright kids let's go."  She said coming to her senses and realizing that she was still in the grip of the cocky boy.  She grabbed Zaynther and picked him up wincing as she did. 

The boy rolled his eyes and grabbed Zaynther from her arms.  "Hey!  What are you doing?"  "Come on we got a long walk ahead of us."  He was going in the opposite direction of her home but she followed anyway.  She was curious as to where he was taking them. 

After about an hr. Zayne was on Jamie's back along with Rozalita and Ryuu had picked Graywolf up arguing that she was in pain and to get over it.  She huffed in annoyance but allowed him to carry her.  To anyone in her old world it would be so strange for a bunch of kids to have the responsibilities that they have here. 

As he continued to carry her he looked over to find that the two kids had fallen asleep.  He smiled till he felt a head hit his shoulder.  That is when he realized that Graywolf had fallen asleep in his arms.  He didn't really like the girl but she needed his help and he was going to help her even if she was annoying. 

She was only ten years old and she held a lot of power in herself.  She was a voice loud enough that the pack had to listen to her, an example for her team, and now she was a mother of two kids that she didn't even really know just because she saved one of them from an attack.  He admired her sometimes for her bravery.  She was thrown into this world without a choice or actual warning.  But she faced it with her head held high.  She needs this break so now he was going to take her home and allow her to rest and focus on the kids without dealing with her trainer or other teammates.

As they arrived at his families home he walked in telling each person he saw that if they woke her or the children he was gonna knock them out.  Ofcourse he only asked for his uncle and aunt to keep it down.  His aunt Princess set up a spare room for the children as Ryuu set Graywolf down in his bed since he usually fell asleep in the living room. 

After they were down for the night Ryuu grabbed the phone and called up Hikashi to let him know where Graywolf and the children were.  Once that was done he could hear Graywolf in his room withering in pain.  He walked over to her and did the only thing he could think of.  He crawled into the bed like his aunt would do and rubbed her back to calm her down.  Thankfully it worked and she was sleeping peacefully now.  

In the morning they were getting ready for school and Ryuu's aunt stopped him as the others walked out the door.  When he caught up with them the walk was silent.  As they arrived at the school Ryuu pulled Graywolf to the side to speak to her in privet.  "Hey, so Aunt Princess has a question for you."  "Ummm okay?"  Graywolf said a little confused at what seemed to be a nervous Ryuu in front of her.  "So, she really liked having you guys at the house and she is very interested in having you at the house full time along with the kids.  So I think you should move in for her.  You have too.  Please."  

Graywolf couldn't believe her ears, Ryuu was actually begging her to move in with him.  "I don't know Ryuu."  "Just think about it and give me your answer at the end of the day.  Okay?"  She just nodded her head and walked to her first class.  Her day was going pretty good.  Normal classes and normal conversations. 

Then fifth period hit and she got called out of the class room.  As she was walking down the hall she started to get a bad feeling.  Graywolf knew better then to ignore these bad feelings so she quickly looked around for someone she knew.  As the young girl was looking around she spotted someone.  "Ryuu."  She whispered.  He looked over to her and sighed.  She annoyed him a lot.  They actually never really got along, but something in the way she was looking at him made him want to go to her.  He slipped out of the class and grabbed her arm pulling her away from the door.  

"What is it Graywolf?"  "I got called in to the office and I have a really bad feeling about this.  Pleeeeeaaaaase come with me."  She started to pout for emphasis.  He watched her for a moment and rolled his eyes.  "Fiiiiine.  You better be glad that I am just in that class cause my teacher was out."  He said to her harshly.  The ten year old only smiled knowing that she had gotten her way and they walked side by side to the office.  

When they arrived Graywolf started to feel physically sick.  She knew that what ever was behind this door was very bad for her.  Suddenly she did something that surprised them both, she grabbed Ryuu's hand and held on tightly as she walked through the door.  They both looked to see two women.  One they knew to be Lady Nadina and the other they had no idea who she was.  "Ryuu?  Can we help you with something?"  Nadina asked him.  "He stays.  I asked him to come with me.  I got a bad feeling about this."  Graywolf said holding her head high.

All three of them looked to her as if she had two heads.  No one really gives orders to Nadina so they did not understand the situation.  "What did I get called up here for?"  Nadina looked over to Graywolf apologetically.  The blond was about to speak when the other woman piped up.  "It's about the children that have been living with you.  You are too young to be a mother.  You're only ten years old, how can you possibly raise these children?"  The stranger said to her in a harsh tone.  

Nither Graywolf or Ryuu liked this woman.  "I am perfectly capable of raising these kids.  They have already been accepted into the pack so you can't take them.  You would be breaking pack law if you did."  "I don't care about your pack those children belong in the home with the others."  "Oh the home that they ran away from because they were being treated so poorly."  The woman went to strike Graywolf when Ryuu grabbed her arm.  "You will not hit this girl.  Not while I breathe."  Everyone in the room was shocked and two of which were confused.  The principle knew that Ryuu and Graywolf didn't get along and Graywolf ofcourse did not know what came over him.  "How dare you."  The woman shrieked.  "If she had help would you leave her be?"

"Her pack and team do not count as help."  The other woman said triumphantly.  "I don't mean her pack or her team, I mean me and my family.  Graywolf was given a proposition this morning about weather she wanted to live with me and my family.  My aunt asked me to pass that message to her.  So, I will ask again.  If she had help would you leave her be?"  Nadina smiled at Ryuu.  "If she lives with your family then we would have no choice but to leave her be."  Ryuu then turned to Graywolf.  

"Looks like I need an awnser now Graywolf.  Do you accept?"  He said making her look at him.  She hated being put in these situations but I guess now she had no choice.  "I guess I'll be living with you then."  He cracked a small smile that only she could see then hid it again while looking at the two women before him.  "I guess this little meeting is over then.  Good day."  As they left they could hear the other woman screaming about how it was ridiculous to let her raise them since she was just a child herself and that taking the word of one boy was completely absurd.

The bell rung and they headed to their next class which they had together as they walked in they took their seats with a few whispers of what was going on.  "So what happened?"  Karuna asked.  "I'll let you know after school."  Graywolf whispered back to her and she opened her book for the lesson.