The White Flame

Ep 2 - The Gray Pack

(No One's POV) 

"Hey, wake up" whispered a familiar voice. 
Edwards' ears twitched gently as the sound started to awake him. As he opened his eyes he was met with the apathetic face of Kasai who had been taking care of him after the death of his mother.
"Come on kiddo, it's time to get up already", Kasai yawned, sounding tired himself, "You know we've gotta go hunting this morning or you're gonna be hungry". 
Edward groaned as he started to drift off again. 
"Really?…Why do you put me through this every morning Edward?", Kasai grumbled in displeasure, "Guess you leave me no choice". Edward still didn't budge. He lay in the burrow falling back to sleep which became a great annoyance for Kasai since Edward knew of the plans this set for this morning. Kasai left the opening of the burrow and walked about 4 metres away from the lazy wolf until a sudden bolt of pain struck the both of them. "Oww!, what did you do that for", Edward cried out getting up from his warm spot in the little den, "You do this every time!" 
"Well you wouldn't get up lazy butt", Kasai giggled, "For Okami's sake Edward, I've been looking after you for 2 years now and you still need me to get you up in the morning. Surely you've grown up enough by now".
Edward looked at him apologetically. Kasai shook his head at him but laughed, he couldn't stay mad at him. Afterall he's been practically raising him since he was 5 months old, teaching how to hunt, how to find water, how to fight and to use and control Kasai's shared power. Edward really didn't have anyone else since there was no father figure around and Kasai was forcefully connected to him via this weird looking, and also painful, cord strapping them both together like a dog on a leash. 
"Come on kiddo" Kasai sighed as he started to walk into the forest, gesturing for Ed to come along. 

Both the wolves walked through the forest sniffing out the familiar scents that they have learnt through the years. There was a sweet scent of the berries that grew, the mossy and pastoral smell of the trees and the wild combinations of the animals which hid amongst the greenery. Of course their prey wouldn't make this easy for them. 
"I was just thinking Edward", Kasai whispered, "you don't really need me to help you with this so how about I let you take the lead today". With that Kasai disappeared from Edwards sight truly to let him know that he wasn't taking no for an answer. 

Edwards POV

Kasai sometimes did this to me to let me have some privacy. Kasai was kind of like a genie sometimes, it makes me laugh when I think about that but it was nice to have some alone time to be fair. Surely Kasai didn't really sign up to become kinda like a father to me but it's just by chance he did. If I had never met Kasai in the first place I probably would be dead right now. In some way I owe him everything and I truly look up to him in a way but I doubt I'll ever tell him that. I'm way too shy for that and I don't know everything about him yet. I'm too scared to ask him that too, I don't wanna pry in his life or anything though from what I've learnt so far about Kasai is that he's a ghost, he can wield a weird flame power and that he has shown me 3 different forms of himself, a ghost like one where no one can see him but me, his mortal form where everything and everyone can see him but as a physical wolf like me, but white of course, and the genie type one where he disappears completely. I still giggle at that thought, I mean, he has mentioned that he can live inside that weird stone that's in me 'like some kind of pokemon'...whatever a pokemon is, I'll have to ask him later. 

I remembered my training. Everything Kasai had taught me came back to me in an instant. I start to recognise and sort through all the familiar scents of this forest until I was able to focus on one. The smell of a herd of antelope about a mile out. I steady and softened my paws and lowered myself so my body was quiet and to not stir up any of the animals. A frightened bird could flap and squark, a scared toad might rustle leaves and rabbits can thump around. This forest must stay quiet whilst I do this. Antelope are timid creatures and any sudden sounds will make them run off so I must stay silent and alert until I get to their location.