Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:44:47 +0100 From: Ryan Subject: The Wolfish Stalker Chapter 06 Hi there guys, another chapter for you to read. This one took like three weeks to write mostly due to me trying to figure out all the ins and outs of the wolves in the story. The next one "shouldn't" take as long as this one did because as I said before I know pretty much what I'm doing. I just changed some of the details around for this chapter. Anyway I hope you all enjoy this one and if you have any comments, questions or concerns then please feel free to write to kasaihowler@gmail.com. Mike kept on running through the forest heading for an unknown destination. He did not care where it came out just as long as he could get away from the three wolves in the forest, or four if he counted the black one. He did not truthfully know which one scared him now. Derek, and his two companions or the devil who had tried to attack and rape him before. Mike's chest hurt, his heart was throbbing and his feet felt ready to fall off. He had been running now for over fifteen minutes and he wasn't even sure if he was running in a straight line or zigzag. It didn't matter to him though. Mike fell over a small branch protruding from ground and tripped and landed on the ground. His shirt ended up all muck and his running pants, forget about it. They would never get clean ever again. Mike got up after a few seconds but his muscles felt so weak. After running all day, getting scared half to death and then running at light speed through the forest had left his body running on empty. He did not even have his bottle of water anymore and he did not think there was even a small lake nearby. That didn't matter however and soon enough he was off running again. Mike listened out for any breathing in the forest around him. His speed changed from faster to slower to faster again shifting at various intervals. He kept his concentration on where he was going but his fear of hearing the footsteps or the panting, or even the snarls of a moving wolf kept him aware. Mike did not stop until he reached exit of the forest. Around 45 minutes later after departing the area he finally arrived on the outside of the forest. When he looked around he seen that it had gotten darker since he had went in and even since he had noticed. He stopped for around five minutes to catch his breath and sit down at the side of the road. This part of the forest seemed to have led him out to next to the road. It looked like the one that Derek had taken them up when they had went for the trip in the car. Mike scoffed at himself for even thinking that Derek was that good with direction. No wonder he knew the forest so well. He probably spent all his time in there. Mike got to his feet and cast his boyfriend situation out of his head and concentrated on getting home. He knew the road to take and he knew it would not take too long to get home. He started on his way and before long he was on his way. As Mike travelled on the road, his whole body trembled. What had he seen, he did not want to think about it but his mind was never far from going back to that encounter. Finally Mike got into the street that led to his house. He slowly walked into the house as soon as he got to it. He seen that the door was still locked, which meant that his parents were still out. Strange for that to happen so late. Maybe they went out for a while together. It did not matter at least they would not be asking questions about the mess of him, or why he looked like he had been scared half to death. Mike went up the stairs after depositing his clothes into the washing machine and then putting it on for a load of washing. He slowly made his way to the shower where he could try and calm his thoughts. However nothing could change the fact that his life had now changed in a way forever. The silver wolf tore yet another smaller tree down with his large silver gleaming teeth. It landed with a large crash and sent dirt flying into the air. The other two wolves watched it come down as they moved out the way of it. The smaller wolf of the group sat on its haunches and then made a whining noise. As it did it slowly began to revert back to something else. The smaller wolf began to stand up on its hind legs and the hair began to revert into its body. It's hair stayed as it's normal shape and then the human features began to show again. Smaller, rounded ears, human eyes, a normal mouth and nose as well as a human body shape. When the transformation was finished there stood the shape of Dimetri. His eye color had turned back from green as a wolf to gray again. Dimetri pulled out a pair of large shorts from the bag a little bit away from the clearing. He had ones for all of them. The larger of the three wolves shifted also, the large gray wolf shifted back to a human. This time it shifted into Bobby. He adjusted his eyes back from their brown shape to his usual green. He too put on a pair of shorts and then sat next to Dimetri. "Come on Derek, shift back nothing is going to bring him back until we tell him everything" said Dimetri to his older friend. Derek looked at Dimetri with his blue wolf eyes and then snarled at him. However other than that Derek sat down and then looked at the ground with a sniff in his nose. He felt cold and sad inside despite his much higher body temperature. How could he have let this happen. His own boyfriend had ran away from him, looked at him like he was a monster and then even asked him What are you? The words kept on ringing in his head until he let out a loud howl into the darkening sky. When he was done he let the sadness run itself through itself until he felt his body begin to change back to its other shape. When he was done Derek sat on the ground being watched by his two best friends in the whole world. He got to his feet slowly and then got a pair of shorts from Dimetri, one of his size. He then sat down on a log and put his head into his hands. "I am going to kill that fucker the next time we meet, he has cost me my boyfriend" he said as he punched the tree next to him and left a large dent in it. Both Dimetri and Bobby looked at each other. However as much as Derek wanted to blame the black wolf he couldn't do it altogether. He had a good few days to tell Mike, he should have done it before asking him out. He didn't, and that was his own fault. Dimetri definitely knew this but he didn't voice it to Derek, he was beating himself up enough for this. Instead he pointed out something else. "Who is that fucker?" asked Dimetri to Bobby more but included Derek in it also. Nobody answered right away as Bobby sat with his thumb digging into the log they were sitting on. However he then said "I don't know, I couldn't detect his scent so if he is human, like I think he is then I can't tell which human he is!" he finished on a sour note. At this Derek got up and then looked at both his pack mates before looking at the sky. "There can't be too many of the wolves in town. We are too little as we speak for someone to come barging into our territory" said Derek as he began thinking about what they knew about their own species. There weren't a lot of wolves to speak of and this attack was unusual. Most wolves were peaceful. "Well regardless, we need to keep our eyes peeled and our noses to the ground. We have his scent and if a human matches it, we kill him" said Bobby as he made a motion of cracking someone's neck. Normally Dimetri would have stopped Bobby from saying stuff like that but in this occasion he didn't say anything especially with how Derek was feeling. He was their pack leader after all, stronger than Dimetri and faster than Bobby it made him the perfect choice. "I agree, I will kill that little fucker before he hurts Mike. I don't even know if he wants to know me anymore but I'll be damned if I'm going to let him get raped by this son of a bitch" he said with such venom in his words which meant that he would if he could. Bobby stretched and then said "I don't know about you guys but I'm starving" and then got to his feet and awaited their transformation back into wolves. They would need the speed of four legs to get back to town fast enough. Soon enough Bobby shifted back into his furry self. Dimetri followed likewise and then Derek brought up the rear. Once they were all shifted into wolves they began running through the woods. It was quite easy for wolves to know where they were going. Their scent and clockwork like senses gave them almost like an inbuilt compass. It was quite handy especially if they travelled outside their own territory. Derek was not sure what was going to happen for the rest of the week at school but he knew that he could not let Mike get away from him. Somehow he had to make his boyfriend listen to him. He had to make him understand that he didn't mean to harm him in any way and that he was only protecting him. He just hoped that he would understand. However as Tuesday came and went Mike was nowhere to be seen at school. Derek had looked out for him all day today and had even been put out at dodge ball third. Something that had never happened, it left everyone speechless. He had looked out for him in the lunch hall but still nothing. He didn't see him eating with his friend Kyle and when Derek had asked Kyle about Mike's whereabouts Kyle had answered that he didn't know. Derek didn't think that Kyle would lie to him like that. His girlfriend Amanda on the other hand looked at him like he had the plague though which was strange for a girl that could wear that size of earrings. When school was over for the day Derek had an overwhelming urge to visit Mike at his home to see if he was there. He decided against it however, if Mike was going through something he would need at least a few days to a week before Derek could visit him. If Derek visited too soon he would destroy any chance of friendship, or by a bigger stretch a continued relationship. Derek was not wanting that to happen more than anything in the world. Derek made his way home with Dimetri while the two of them talked. Bobby was going boxing with his Father that night but he wished Derek luck and to call him if anything happened with their black wolf friend. Derek had agreed with that, it was a very strong wolf considering that it took three wolves to frighten him away. It was lucky that it did not have a pack nearby to help. "So what's going through your mind mate?" asked Dimetri to his best friend. Derek did not answer right away, he might as well have had his head up his ass for all the things he had said today. "I don't know man, Mikey boy is like.....I don't know I have never felt like this with anyone and it feels like now it's been taken away" he said as he picked up a leaf and crushed it in his fingers. He could have probably crushed a log with his bare arms with his mood but that might have looked a little out of place with humans close by. "I know how you feel mate, he is a nice enough guy and you smile quite a lot when you think about him" said Dimetri as he felt Derek's pain. He then continued by nudging Derek a little on the arm to try and cheer him up. "I still can't believe you thought I was into him!" he said while smiling in his goofy smile. Derek did not budge on the joke and his face remained as gloomy as it had since Monday. "Well you have to admit how it looked to me. I honestly thought you wanted him?" said Derek. At this Dimetri let out with a bark of laughter at the thought. "Hey mate, I'm on the level with this one. I don't have that kind of interest in him. Best thing he does for me is shows me how to work a computer" he added through a burst of laughter. Derek let out a small smile but let it fade before saying "Well man, I need to get home and see what my Dad thinks of the wolf sighting" he finished. He began walking from the split from Dimetri as his house was the opposite way. "Yeah mate, you go do that. And don't worry too much we'll fix Mike up soon you'll see I mean who doesn't want a furry bath mat?" he asked Derek sarcastically as a last ditch attempt to cheer him up. It worked in part as Derek let out another smile, bigger than last time. He didn't laugh however as that would be too much happiness for how he felt. "See you tomorrow man?" he said as he walked up the street. He wondered what he was going to about the whole thing. What a mess, and one that he needed to clean up fast. Derek went to school for the next three days straight and still no Mike. It was not only Derek who had noticed, the teachers seemed to notice when he stopped answering everything in class, the bullies especially Kevin noticed when their favourite target for dodge ball wasn't there and more than anything even Kyle had come across and asked if Derek had seen him. It had not escaped Derek's notice that Kyle had used an almost accusing voice with him. Mike must not have told him yet about the two of them. It did not bother him as Mike had said he didn't want to broadcast it yet but it didn't make things any easier when Mike was not there to break them up. Derek simply walked away from Kyle, he hoped that Mike had not jumped off a cliff somewhere. It would not have been the first time that someone had committed suicide from learning about the wolves. It was something that he could not think he could handle if it happened to Mike. However at the same time he was sure that it would not happen to Mike, he was a lot more rational and sensible than most people. That was it, if Mike was not in by Friday tomorrow then he was going to his house to find out what was wrong with him and to hopefully to snap him out of it. Of course he might not be able to but it was something he had to take a chance on. Derek had football practice tonight so he couldn't go then but tomorrow he was free and he intended to use the time well enough. Friday came and went and as Derek thought Mike did not appear at school. He kind of knew that he wouldn't but he had hoped that things would sort themselves out. It was time he got into it. As the final bell of the day rang for the school Derek quickly packed his books into his bag and began to rush past everyone in the school to get to the front door. He got more than a few "Excuse me?" and a couple of "Fuck you asshole!" from passersby. Derek ignored them all, even Mr. Edwards their football coach. He finally got out the school and began to run home. He decided to take a short cut through the forest and did not wait for either Dimetri or Bobby. He had told them during the lunch break what he intended to do and they understood that he had to do it alone. He bolted through the forest faster than any human possibly could thanks to his enhanced muscle strength. It allowed Wolves' bones to withstand a lot more, meaning they could run faster and put more pressure into it without feeling pain or anything of the sort. It was useful for getting around also. Derek finally reached his house which was located quite close to the school, much more so than Mike's was but at the same time it was a little further away from town. When Derek arrived back he found his father out working on the car, the same one that Derek had gotten a loan of. "Dad, how's things going?" asked Derek to his Father. Derek's father bumped his head on the car as he came up from the front of the car. He held his head for a few seconds before looking at Derek. "Your home quite early son, I thought you would be hanging around with your friends" he said as he wiped his hands on a small piece of rag. Derek didn't say anything at first but looked at the ground without moving for a minute or so. It was in that time that his Father caught on. He sighed quite loudly which brought Derek back. "I still can't believe that this kid knows our family's secret. Are you sure he won't tell anyone about it?" he asked Derek. Derek looked slightly angry and then said "I don't fucking know do I? He hasn't appeared at school!" and then began to walk past his Father. Derek's Dad grabbed his shoulder and then said to him "I'm sorry son, I didn't mean it that way. It's just been so long since a human has known about this secret. We just don't want the whole world to know about it". As he finished Derek was about to say something but his Father interrupted before he did and continued. "At the same time, you saved his life Derek. That is an admirable thing to do and I would have done the same thing. If you weren't there he might be dead by now and that would have looked bad for everyone" he said before letting Derek go. "Go son and try to help this kid" he said as he began to work on the car again. Derek smiled a little and then said "Thanks Dad, and I'll try" and then vanished into the house to get changed. He knew that it was likely he would have to change again through the course of the day so he elected for a pair of shorts and a simply shirt. That way he wouldn't ruin his best clothes. That was one of the worst parts of being a shifter, the whole ruining their clothes really did get old very quickly but at the same time it was an unavoidable part sometimes. Derek quickly made his way out of the house from his room and this time went the opposite way so his Dad would not seen him. He made his way into the forest again as he was going to take the shortest route to his boyfriend's house. As he made his way in he began to run faster and faster. He was running so fast now that it would almost be run to shift fully into his wolf self and run like the wind as most wolves could. He couldn't do that however he had to do this as the form that Mike had seen before, the one he liked. Around ten minutes later Derek let out a small pant as he came out of the forest in the street of Mike's house. Derek had to remember which door it was since he had only been there a few times but soon enough he laid eyes on it. Derek then took a deep breath and made his way up the stair and rang the door bell. A couple of minutes later someone opened the door, he remembered that it was Mike's Mum. She opened the door slightly and then seeing it was Derek she said "Hi there can I help you?" Mike tossed in his bed again for the fourth time in the last hour. He stared at the dark ceiling as he lay facing up to the roof. He held up his phone and flicked through the photos he had took over the last two weeks of school. He had himself and Kyle in a few of them. Even a few with himself, Amanda and Kyle which were a lot rarer. There was a few of the day out with the guys. He felt extremely happy on that day. That was until the attack had happened. He rolled over again and put his head under the pillow as if it would let him hide from the world. How could this have happened. He played the events over and over in his head. From the moment he had first seen the wolf and almost been raped by it to the moment when Derek had revealed himself. Mike remembered how many times over the last five days he had searched for things on the internet about what Derek might be. He had searched tirelessly but only came to find things about werewolves in books and movies. None of it was helpful and except from the occasional video on YouTube which looked slightly real he had nothing else to go on. At this time he was at a dead end. He got up out of his bed and then stretched. He looked once again at the picture of his grandparents that Derek and Dimetri had stared at. It made him wonder what had piqued their interest in it. They were alive way before any of them were born and Mike had only met them a few times when he was young. He replaced the picture and then went into the bathroom and took a couple of painkillers. He had been off school for the last week as he had said to his Mom that he was ill. It had been a lie the first day but since Tuesday he had gotten worse, he seemed to be warm at the head all the time and his face always seemed to feel swollen as well as his hands. Mike could not think as to what it could be but figured he must have caught something on the forest from all the time being in there. The timing did fit he had to admit to himself. Mike went and sat on his bed again and then felt himself slowly lie down. He lay down for a while longer. It was so long that his computer had time to go onto the screen saved. The Matrix logo and design. The same thoughts kept on running through his head about the past week. What was he going to do? The thought of going outside terrified him, although he was much calmer about it than the day it happened. He thought he had taken it much better than most people would have if they had found out. He stared over at his mounting home work that Kyle had been bringing him. He had seen his best friend twice over that period but Kyle had not stayed because he felt like Mike had wanted to be alone. This was true but he appreciated Kyle coming to see if he was OK. This was not a problem that he could ever understand. Humans who could become animals. It was something unnatural to the world. Mike could not stay in his room for the rest of his life. He already felt drained and wanting to leave the house but he could not bring himself to face what he knew what outside. He had never been a coward from much before. Mostly bullies since he was scrawny as hell but this was much different. Kevin's gang scared him but that was in a human way. He was a bully, when he left high school he would more than likely never see him again but Derek on the other hand, Derek was something super natural. Mike leapt up from the bed and then went and ran into the toilet. He washed his hands and then went back to his room. However when Mike turned from shutting the door his heart skipped a dozen or so it felt beats as he beheld the thing that had been giving him nightmares over the last five days. "Hey Mikey, it's....." said the voice of Derek sitting on his computer chair. Mike just stood and looked at him before he slowly began to open the door again. However before he could get it fully open he felt it being shut again, by Derek who had leapt off the chair and intended to stop him. As soon as he did this Mike leapt away from Derek as if he was carrying the plague. Derek did nothing to stop him. It was only to be expected from him. Derek didn't follow him but looked into Mike's eyes. He looked scared of him and this more than anything hurt the jock. They were going out with each other. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt the one he cared about. Especially after everything he had been through already with getting bullied. He had to do something about this, today and he was not going to let Mike leave before that. "Mikey, please...just listen to me?" said Derek as he held up both his hands to show Mike he wasn't going to harm him and then simply said "You look pale, hope you haven't stopped eating?" he said as both a joke and a question. Mike narrowed his eyes in disbelief and then sat down on his bed, a second later Derek sat on the chair again. Neither boy said anything for a few minutes as they simply observed each other. Mike looked a little more sick than Derek remembered. However Derek looked as he normally did. "How have you been Mikey, I have been worried about.....?" asked Derek before Mike interjected rather violently as he got off the bed and then knocked over his lamp. "How have I been Derek? What kind of question is that to ask? How do you think?" he shouted to Derek as he felt his temper rising. What kind of question was that to ask him? Mike shook with anger at Derek ever showing his face to him. "I....Mike, you have to calm down while I try to....explain what you need to know about me" he said to Mike trying to talk to him man to man. "Mike, what you seen the other day.....it was me. It was still me, no matter what I looked like or what shape I took. It was still me and I still feel the same way about you" said Derek to Mike trying to get him to understand everything and how his feelings had not changed. Mike looked at Derek, seemingly for the first time since he had came into the room without the hatred. "What are you?" he asked to Derek wanting to know exactly what his boyfriend was. Derek looked at Mike and straightened his face and then looked Mike eyes to eyes. "Mike....I'm a Moon-Born" he began by saying. Mike cocked his head slightly to the side and then gave him a questioning look. "I am a human with the ability to shape shift my body to that of a wolf, you see Moon-Born are a rare breed that are named after our birth being that of a full moon" he said to Mike. Mike stopped him and was about to ask a question but Derek put his hand gently over his mouth which made Mike feel like a child. Derek then continued when Mike finally stopped trying to ask something. "You see certain people are born with a repressed gene in their families which is passed down from parent to child. And when certain people are born on the day of a full moon. Odds are they will become Moon-Born, a wolf" he said as he went on to explain more. "We aren't like wolves from movies or anything. We don't stand on two legs or anything or go around and hunt and kill people. We look like normal wolves except for the size difference we have to normal wolves" he said. At this he stopped to allow Mike to speak, for the first time he was able to ask Derek a question without a snapping or uncertain voice. "You are a human wolf then, for lack of a better word. OK then tell me this then. Who were the wolves you were with the other day. The dark brown, the dark gray and the....black one?" he asked to Derek. Derek growled slightly as he heard the black wolf being mentioned. Mike noticed this and also noticed that it made Derek angry to hear it. "The two other wolves....the gray one is Bobby, and the shorter brown one.....that's Dimetri" he said as he seen Mike react to the Brown one. "The black one I don't know who that son of a bitch is. I can't get a scene off of him and without it I don't know" he said as he waited to a reply from Mike. Mike was shocked to hear that not only had Derek saved him but Dimetri also. Dimetri had saved him when he had been foolish enough to go into the forest the second time. He had even given him a ride home. It had been an exhilarating experience. "So the brown one was Dimetri, he has a nice color to him. Bobby too. But you....I....I guess you have the nicest color" he said as he put his hand over to Derek. Derek took his hand in his slightly larger one and then said "Well, they will be glad to hear it" he said as he shifted over to the bed to sit next to Mike. "What does it feel like....you know...being a four legged canine" asked Mike to Derek as he felt his warm hand. Derek looked up to the roof and then said "Well, I'm not an animal, at least not in that sense. You see my mind is still the same no matter which form I take, which means that I can understand everything you say. However in saying that my whole awareness totally changes when I'm a human to when I'm a wolf" he said as Mike listened quite intently. "As a wolf I can hear, smell and see things ten times more clear than I am as a human. When I'm a wolf I have instincts that are far beyond anything I have as a human also. You see Moon-Born are also stronger and faster of body and keener of mind also which makes us different to normal humans" he said trying to go over everything that he knew to Mike. Mike heard this and was amazed when he did. It explained certain things he already knew about Derek, like why he was so naturally gifted with sports. Then again wouldn't that be cheating. "As wolves our human forms change also slightly. For one thing we have much higher body temperatures than most people even sick ones" he said as he put his hand to Mike's head. To Mike his hand felt warm even against Mike's warm skin itself. "Plus, because of our high body temperature Moon-Born, that is I myself I can't get any kind of human sickness or disease" he said to Mike once again. Mike's eyes widened at this news again. The more he learned about Derek and his race the more amazed he became. He really was more than he appeared to be and now that he knew more he felt himself becoming less afraid of what Derek was. "But that wolf, the black one what did it want with me. I had never even seen it before and it wanted to.....to rape me" he said as he shuddered at the memory of the first time his wolf....no Derek had saved him. He didn't even know it at the time that Derek had been watching him. It was how he knew so much. Derek almost put his hand through the bed at this mention. He said to Mike "Trust me, I will never let that thing hurt you. I have heard....that when a Moon-Born rapes someone. Male or female they become bonded for life. They become mated in a sense, it is almost like rape" he said as he put his eyebrows up. "But much worse, because when a Moon-Born rapes a victim they can't be away from the Moon-Born for very long otherwise they will die" he said as the look of Mike's face made Derek furious. Mike put Derek's hand closed to his own and then said "I couldn't imagine being bonded to a.....Moon-Born like that. It would be a fate worse than death" he said. As he did Derek looked at the ground disappointed in what Derek had said since he was also a Moon-Born. However he had it hidden as Mike looked at him. They both sat in silence for a few moments longer before Mike had said "Why didn't you tell me?" Derek looked quite stung by this and then said "I'm sorry Mikey boy, I really wanted to tell you but I didn't know how you would take it. You're doing it better than I thought you would" he said as he pulled Mike closer to him. Mike smiled slightly and then said "I need a bit of time to get used to it but I think I'll be OK. This is a lot of take in for most people" he said as he breathed deeply. Derek nodded and then felt Mike shake near him. He was still slightly afraid. "I promise I would never hurt you Mikey, you have to believe that?" he said as he knew that he had to get Mike to at least understand. This might be his only chance to do so. "Mikey, can....can you come with me tomorrow?" he asked Mike. Derek's request caught him off guard slightly. It was going to be the first time he had left the house all week. On one hand he had to do it sometime, and this might be his chance to overcome his fear. "I.....I'll....Yeah, I'll come and see you tomorrow but what for?" he asked as he considered what he should do. Derek smiled him that sly evil looking smile and then said "You'll have to wait and find out but I promise it'll be worth it" he said to Mike as he got up off the bed and then pulled something from the side of the room and then gave it to Mike. In the box was a pair of gloves, black leather fingerless gloves. Mike looked at them with a strange expression on his face. He clearly did not expect this and that was what Derek had wanted. He came back on to the bed and then said to Mike. "Come tomorrow to meet Dimetri, Bobby and me and I'll explain everything" he said as Mike put them into the drawer and then looked at Derek trying to get something out of his eyes. Mike then nodded and then said "Fine then I'll be there but you better explain" he said as he made a threatening face toward Derek. Derek nodded and then lay down on the bed next to Mike. "I will don't worry, but I promise you I'll never leave you unprotected again" he said as he took Mike's head onto his chest. The two of them sat like this for a few minutes not really doing anything but it was then that Mike felt Derek's chest vibrate slightly faster despite the fact that he was not going anything. Was it something to do with him being.....Moon-Born. He still could not get used to that foreign word. Finally Derek got up from the bed where he sat with Mike and stretched. Mike got up also and then silently took in everything he seen with Derek. He seemed different than before, and not because he had found out he was a different race. It was more like he understood him properly now. "See something you like?" asked Derek again as he winked at Mike and then grabbed his jeans where his cock was. Mike smiled back at him and then said "Yeah, I guess you could say that" and then made his way over to Derek and kissed him again. He wouldn't have done so for fear of spreading what he had to Derek but since he had told him he could not get sick he might as well take advantage. They kissed for a few minutes with Derek listening for anyone coming in. "I'll go and let you get some rest Mikey, I will see you for longer tomorrow" said Derek as he let go of Mike rather reluctantly. He knew he wanted to spend more time with him. In fact he wanted to ravage him like he did the other day but he knew there were more important things like that. Mike needed some rest for tomorrow because Derek had something very important to teach. "Come to my house tomorrow Mikey, I forgot you haven't been to my place" he said as he began to write down the address on a bit of paper that Mike had on his computer desk. He then handed it to Mike who studied it. "So you live quite close to the forest also, that's why you were always in there when I went to meet with.....well you I suppose" he said referring to the times he went for comfort with the silver wolf only to find out that it and his boyfriend were the same being. He had felt comfort with him when he didn't even know it was him. It was very strange in Mike's head he wasn't even going to try and put it into words. Derek nodded at Mike and then smiled at him with his evil sly smile. "Yeah my family lives close to the forest, we go out on runs there all the time. As Moon-Born we love running and playing more than anything, It's also one of the reasons that we eat more too. Because of our healing factor and constant shifting we always need more energy" he said. For Mike this also explained the reason that Bobby, and Dimetri and Derek didn't get fat. How could they when they could run for miles without getting tired. "Ok I'll come to yours and see what you have in store, you sure you can't tell me more" asked Mike as he looked at the leather gloves with some doubt. He had no idea what Derek had planned but it would be interesting to see at the very least. Derek then kissed Mike again before saying "Get some rest, believe me you'll need it for tomorrow" and with that he headed toward the door. However before he opened it Derek's face went a little darker as though he had stepped on a nail. He then turned back and looked face to face with Mike. Mike studied his features for a few seconds, even when worried or angry he was still fucking hot. "What's wrong" asked Mike to his boyfriend. He wasn't really worried as more concerned about what Derek was thinking. "Well, when you come to my house tomorrow. You'll meet my Mum and Dad. My Dad and Mum aren't Moon-Born but they do know about everyone who is, including Bobby and Dimetri, both of their parents as well as mine are friends" he said making sure Mike knew who to look out for and who else knew about them. Mike took in the information quite well, but he didn't say anything for a minute which got Derek a little concerned. "Mikey, are you OK?" he asked. "Well that's strange enough to know Derek, I'm fine just...... I'm just.....well more overwhelmed with what you are. I mean how does it happen, I mean can anybody be one?" Mike asked to Derek rather curious. Derek shook his head at the question about becoming Moon-Born. It was not something that just anyone could have. "Nope Mikey, as I said you usually have to be born with it. For a human to become one a Moon-Born had to bite this person in a special place, although nobody is sure where this place is or what it does" he said to Mike hoping he wasn't getting any ideas. "How come you want to know?" he teased him slightly as if trying to get him to confess that he was curious about the subject. "I was just curious is all!" he said in one very fast sentence. He thought he knew what Derek was hinting at though. "No, I don't think I would want to become a wolf even if I could become one. It looks like too much hard work" he said in as he yawned slightly while trying to hide it from Derek. "Though I admit not being able to get sick must be nice" he thought as he went to the bathroom and looked at his face. His wasn't as swollen as when Derek had first arrived but anyone looking could tell that he was red and sore looking. "Don't worry about it Mikey, you'll get better soon it's only a bit of swollen....ness" he said not knowing the plural for the word. Mike kissed Derek one more kiss and then said "I am going to get some sleep for a while, and so that I'm ready for tomorrow" he said hoping that he was better enough to go outside. "Count on it Mikey, I'll come get you in the car if I have to" said Derek to Mike as he kissed Mike this time forcing his tongue into Mike's mouth. Both of them enjoyed this for a few moments before breaking it off. Mike took Derek down to the door and past his Mum before she came up with any witty comments about him being out and about. She didn't yet know about he and Derek but he would tell them when the time came and he felt it was right. "OK I'll see you tomorrow Derek, I promise" he said as he stood by the door waiting for Derek to cross it. Derek couldn't help but look around to the pictures that surrounded the hallways. It always felt like a living person was looking at him. As he walked by it Derek picked up the picture with Mike's grandparents, Johanna and Noah Ryanson. Derek studied it for a few seconds before putting it down. Mike looked at him with his eyebrow raised, and then gave Derek a questioning look. Derek however just shrugged his shoulder and then said "They remind me of someone, I just can't put my finger on it" and then proceeded to cross the threshold of the door frame. "I'll see you tomorrow Mikey huh?" Derek asked to Mike, although it wasn't really much of a question, more a comment. Derek stepped out the door and then went down the garden and out of the gate before he turned and looked at Mike still at the door. Mike was still looking at him. When Derek looked back he waved slightly. "See you tomorrow" said Mike as he shut the door and then looked at the window at Derek leaving. Derek walked a little down the road thinking through everything that happened that week. Mike wasn't well but he would get better soon enough and what's better is that he was going to come to Derek's house tomorrow. He didn't tell him why which was probably the best thing. Mike knew the pack's secret now and he was confident that he could trust him with it. He was the first human in over 200 years to learn the secret. This not including anyone married to or related to someone who was a Moon-Born. Derek stopped by an opening that led into the forest. He quickly got his clothes off out of sight of any potential onlookers. When he was done he put his clothes into a bag and put them onto a special bag on his back. They had designed the bags for use in emergencies when they needed to shift quickly but didn't want their clothes ruined, which seemed to happen a lot as Dimetri and Bobby found out when the black wolf had attacked. He needed to find out who that fucker was, or else they wouldn't be able to let Mike out their sight. Dimetri had saved him and Derek had saved him once but the fucker kept on coming back. Derek felt the familiar shimmer over his body of it changing from man to beast, he landed on the ground his large silver colored self. He let his paws feel the dirt under his feet, his mind changed to become more predatory over the land, his nose took a sniff of the late evening air. As he let out a breath he began running into the forest. After he was in a respectable distance he let out a large howl into the sky that reverberated over the forest and the landscape. This was to let anyone around know that he was here. Around two minutes later he heard two other sets of paw sounds striking the earth around him. Considering that Derek was running nearly 80 miles per hour this was no small feat. As he looked to the side he saw that both Dimetri's Dark brown form and Bobby's large gray form. Both of them soon enough got into formation next to him. Out of anyone they could count on them more than anyone. The fucker who was on their land would either get out or be killed. He was beyond the realm of reason when it came to Mike or any of their families. They ran for over an hour around the forest, consistently keeping up the pace they had set. It always made Derek feel better when he did it made him feel alive on the inside. Finally Bobby and Dimetri left him still in their Moon-Born state, they didn't leave too far away which meant they could frequently go running together. They didn't talk in this state but their instincts were so strong that they could run together without even a word. Packs could usually have great instincts but theirs were some of the best. Derek came out of the tree line that was next to his home. He made sure that nobody could see his animal self and then feeling the shimmer of his body turning back he slowly made his way to his feet and put on his clothes and shoes. He finished putting on his last shoe and then made his way to his back gate. Derek's house wasn't as big as Mike's but it was nice enough. It had two floors, three bedrooms, one bathroom and a garden. Just what everyone needed. He opened the back gate and then went inside the house up the small stairs. He sniffed through his nose and noticed the lingering smell that told him that his father was in but his mother had recently gone out. "Dad?" he called out but he didn't hear anything from the house. His human senses weren't as keen as his animal ones so he could tell that his dad was around but not exactly where he was. He then went out the front door and looked. Sure enough his Father was fixing the Ferrari. His father seemed to like fixing things outside his usual job. He worked at a small garage in town and it paid a pretty good income for the family but his Mother also worked. "Derek?" his dad asked as he got up off the ground and cleaned his hand slightly. His father looked a lot like Derek in some ways, except older than him. He was pure muscle like Derek but had lost a little of his hair. He hoped that was something he wouldn't inherit. Daniel Bradshaw was 6'2 with the same brown eyes that Derek had. His hairstyle was nearly the same except that he had a bit less. Overall he was still in good shape. "Hey Kid, what were you up to?" asked Daniel as he walked into the house following Derek. He could tell that there was something wrong with his son. Derek sat down in the kitchen and then pulled out a can of cola from the fridge and then offered his father one. Daniel nodded and then Derek threw it to him. "What's up Derek?" asked Daniel again. Derek drunk once before he sat down on the kitchen counter and then closed his eyes remembering the events of the week. "It's my.....friend Mikey from the school" he said as he looked outside the window to see the night sky. "I went to see him today" said Derek. Daniel's eyes opened wider and he concentrated harder taking the can away from his mouth. "Is he alright?" asked Daniel. Derek stopped him and then said "Yeah, a little ill and a bit swollen but yeah" said Derek as he took another sip from the can. "And....." said Daniel as he looked quite eager to see the end of the story. "Well I went to his house and his mum let me in. He was in bad shape but I managed to shake him out of it and get him back to his old self. He won't tell anyone I know that but I am going to bring him over tomorrow and show him the ways for him to defend himself" said Derek to his Dad. At this he got off the counter and then went to the cupboard and pulled out a packet of nacho chips. "So you're going to show him everything, why?" said Daniel as he looked at Derek trying to figure him out. He looked for a few seconds later and then sighed and then said "Ohhhh!" in a way that let Derek know he figured out the connection. "I'm going to show him everything because this black wolf is going to keep on attacking him. He has done it three times so far, Dimetri saved him before and I did also. I can't be there for him all the time Dad" said Derek. He knew why his dad asked but he didn't know if he should tell him or not. But why not it's not like he was ashamed of Mike or anything he was the best thing to happen to him in ages. "Are you sure there's nothing.....more than that?" asked Daniel Derek closed his eyes and then admitted it, "Yeah Dad there is something else, you see me and Mikey, were a thing" said Mike as he let out a large breath. It wasn't every day that you admitted to your dad you were going out with another guy. Daniel looked surprisingly calm at the revelation. He then approached Derek and then said "Well done son, as long as your happy. I mean you handle some amount of responsibility. A lot more than I do" said Daniel as he shook his son's hand. "Your mum and I would like to meet him if he makes you this happy. Least now I know why you have been such a crabby bitch this week" he said as he smiled slightly. Derek did also and then said "Yeah, I know he does mean a lot to me and I want to protect him". Derek then said "I have to get some things ready for tomorrow, I'll see you later" said Derek as he left the room to find the object he would need for tomorrow. It was going to be interesting to say the least. The following morning Derek had awoken early. He was already outside on his motorbike looking at the handle bars waiting for Mike to come to his house. He had showed him where it was on his phone to he would know which one was his, and he had told him the address. Mike was smart he wouldn't get lost. Dimetri had come to help out with the lesson but with it being Saturday Bobby had boxing practice he needed to attend that day. "He probably got a bit lost mate, don't worry about it" said Dimetri to Derek as he sat down on the stairs leading up to the house. Dimetri was worried about Derek, he had been for the whole week but he had seemed better today. Derek got off the bike and then looked up the road. Dimetri did also and to his relief and evidently to Derek's also they seen Mike carrying a bag over his shoulder. It was obvious that he still looked ill but not as badly as yesterday. Derek began walking toward him while Dimetri waited back. "Mikey, your late man" said Derek as he smiled quite wickedly at Mike. It made Mike slightly nervous about approaching his boyfriend. Mike began walking alongside Derek and then said "Yeah, I don't come to this part of town a lot so I got lost a bit. It's a nice place" he said looking around and then toward Derek's house. It wasn't as big as Mike's but his family must do well enough. "Well what are you going to do to me?" asked Mike as he made a mock voice of being terrified. Derek rolled his eyes and then speaking in a hushed tone he said "Well, Dimetri and I figured that if you're going to have to defend yourself one time then you have to know your enemies strengths and weaknesses" said Derek. They finally reached the house a minute later where Dimetri continued. "Listen Mate, and listen good. Moon-Born are faster, stronger and more agile than most humans and can kill any human in a matter of seconds. This black wolf of yours seems to have taken a liking and until we find out who it is, you need to be able to defend yourself" said Dimetri in a rather serious tone unlike what he normally used. Mike noticed this and was going to make a joke but thought better of it. "OK Dimetri, so where do these things fit in" said Mike as he pulled out the leather gloves from his pocket. He looked at them and then put them on with Derek's help. Dimetri then pulled out a long rod looking thing that was wrapped in a white sheet. It was long, about three feet. Dimetri was trying his best so that he could not touch what was underneath. He threw it to Mike who caught it with his hands, he took the white sheet off of it and then expecting something astounding he was a little disappointed to see a kendo stick in his hands. That must have been what the gloves were for. Mike looked at either of them for an explanation. "You see, we have given you that kendo stick, or a shinai as they are sometimes called because of the material it's made of" said Derek. He then looked at it and then to a tree across from them in a neighbour's garden. Mike looked puzzled by this but let Derek continue. "Moon-Born, we are powerful creatures but we aren't invincible. Our one greatest weakness is the wood, bamboo" said Derek as he hinted to the stick. "Whenever we touch bamboo, our body burns almost as if we had touched fire and it's much stronger on a Moon-Born in full wolf shift" said Derek. Mike looked at the stick in disbelief, in his hands was the best weapon he could use against a Moon-Born, or more specifically, One in particular. "I see why you would give me this but I'm not sure I'm comfortable with using it" he said as he held it a bit away from his body. Derek came over to him and avoiding the stick he said "You have to use it Mikey, I don't want to think what that fucker might do for you but despite my protection and the pack's I can't be with you 24/7 and this is the best protection I can give you outside that" he said. Mike still looked a little uncomfortable with this but Dimetri dropped down and then picked up another stick from the ground, One almost the same size. "Come on Mikey, we'll get you in fighting form" he said as he held it at the ready. Mike wasn't sure what to do but he held his stick up at the same distance and almost the same angle. He wasn't sure how this was going to end but he hoped he could master it. Mike was clearly not used to using a sword, or in this case a stick. Dimetri was very powerful despite not normally using his human form to fight. Mike held his own most of the time but he had been clubbed and had a few bruises on him. Mike never actually hit Dimetri's skin, he did try not to because he didn't want to hurt him. By the time it was dark Dimetri had left and Derek and Mike had been left alone. Mike had done really well with this training throughout the day and Dimetri had even been impressed. If he continued training he could even take it up professionally. "How you feeling now?" asked Derek as he sat on the back step with Mike. The both of them simply sat next to each other in silence. It was the nicest thing Mike had done all week. Mike looked at Derek and then smiled like a child who found his favourite toy. "I feel much better now I know all of you and what is going on, I don't feel so in the dark and I have my wolf" he said as he put his hand on Derek's warm chest. Derek took his hand in his own and hugged Derek. His parents were out so Mike would not be so self conscious of himself. "So, you going back to school then?" asked Derek to Mike. He knew Mike had decided to but he wanted Mike to say it. "Yeah, I am I have to. I can't keep letting poor Kyle bring my homework to me" said Mike as he imagined the look on Kyle's face on Monday when he came back. He put his head on Derek's chest and then felt the heat coming from his body. He strangely didn't feel his ears cold anymore. "Yeah, I seen him a few times during the week I don't know why he always looks at me like that. It's like he hates me for some reason" said Derek. He didn't want to say it about Mike's friend and perhaps he had said a little too much. "I haven't told him about us yet, I will soon though don't worry about it" said Mike, he couldn't keep putting it off for long soon enough the whole school would know. It was getting obvious by now to some people the way they sat at lunch and spent time together outside of school. It went beyond friendship. This for some reason made Mike smile. "I'm not pressuring you Mikey, you have to do it when you feel right not because people look at me funny" said Derek. At this Mike burst out laughing, it was such an un-Derek like thing to say. "Hey a laugh, guess you are feeling better" said Derek as he slid his arm around Mike. Mike simply nodded to this. "Hey guess what I remembered this week, it's someone's birthday next month" said Derek in a mocking voice. At this Mike put his hand to his face and then said "How did you know I'm pretty sure I didn't tell you. Who do I have to kill?" he asked. Mike was pretty sure nobody would have told him but he was pretty self conscious about his birthday but then again he would be the same age as Derek. "Facebook man, it told Dimetri and he told me" said Derek making the mocking evil smile he sometimes did. It sent a shiver up Mike's spine. "Well I had an idea, what about I rent the small truck from my dad's garage and then we can go away for the weekend somewhere?" said Derek proposing it to Mike trying to get him to say yes. Mike was shocked that he would suggest it, it sounded a lot like a romantic getaway. "I....Ummm" he said as he thought about it a bit more. "Yeah sure why not, it might actually be fun" said Mike as he considered leaving the town for the weekend. It might be fun as he had not been on holiday for a few years now with studying. Derek nodded and then said "Well it's sorted, I'll arrange everything and all you'll need to do is get your things together" he said and then kissed Mike for a bit enjoying the feeling of his boyfriend's dick. He made moaning sounds in Derek's grasp. Mike enjoyed it also until they broke the contact. Mike then smiled at Derek while still holding him and then said "I'm looking forward to this now".