Hinata's long amber colored ears twitch on top of his head from the cold wind that just brushed against them. He looks over at Yamaguchi who's gathered some bark and sees the concerned frown on his face. They both know what that cold gust of wind means.

Winter is coming early.

"I think we should head back Hinata. We're not getting much here...and it's dangerous." Yamaguchi glances over his shoulder nervously.

"Yeah...the humans have cut so many trees down." Hinata gives the other rabbit a nod before they take off running towards their home. At full speed it doesn't take them long, the two rushing into the burrow.

"Big brother!" Natsu, the youngest rabbit, beams with big eyes. She runs to Hinata and hugs him around his waist. Hinata smiles at her and lifts her up, spinning her, getting her to giggle.

"You two are back! I was beginning to worry." Suga, the unspoken leader of the group, smiles. Suga is like their parent. He's the oldest and raised most of them. He takes what Yamaguchi gathered and frowns. "This is all you could collect?"

"The humans have cut most of the forest down...there's barely anything to gather." Yamaguchi rubs his arm, the nervous twitch of his big brown ears hasn't left.

"Yuck all you got was nasty bark!" Natsu sticks out her tongue when she sees Suga placing the food in a corner of the room.

"It's all we could find. I don't like bark either but you can't just eat berries all your life!"

"You're one to talk Hinata." Nishinoya says with a grins. He's coming up from the deeper parts of the burrow. "You try to eat all the berries when we get them!"

"I do not!" Hinata denies with a huff, his cheeks pink.

"Yes you do big brother!" Natsu accuses, grabbing Hinata's cotton tail and pulling.

"Ow! Don't hurt me!-"

"Natsu stop hurting your brother. And Hinata stop lying." Suga says firmly. He looks at Nishinoya. "How are things?"

"Good! No moles or badgers today trying to steal our burrow." Nishinoya gives them a thumbs up. If they were trying to attack, Hinata knows Nishinoya would scare them off. He's known as the guardian.

"That's good." Suga sighs in relief. Those gray eyes have looked uneasy since They've come back though. "...I want to see the condition of the woods myself. I'm going to go out for a moment. Hinata would you check on Yachi for me? She's in our bedroom."

"Whoa Suga are you sure you want to be going out there alone?" Nishinoya takes a step forward. He can be goofy sometimes but he really is a protector. Nishinoya is the smallest rabbit for his age but he's pretty strong when he needs to be.

"You can come with me." Suga smiles before looking at Hinata and Yamaguchi. "I'm sure you two can hold down the burrow while we're gone yes?"

"Yeah!" Hinata beams.

"Just come back quickly. There's not many places to hide anymore from the humans." Yamaguchi says cautiously.

"We'll be back." Suga gives them one last glance before they leave.

"Let's go check on Yachi." Hinata looks over at Yamaguchi and then down at his sister.

"She's been having more panic attacks than usual." Yamaguchi's ears flatten.

"It's the winter coming. It's always been bad...and winter's when..." Hinata trails off. Winter is when a lot of their family members have died. They've lost so many. Now it's just down to them, the children of the rabbits that once thrived.

"Yeah...h-her mother." Yamaguchi swallows. "Honestly when the winter comes, my chest gets tight too...i want to hide in this burrow and never come out."

"But if you do that you'll die! We have to go out for food." Hinata frowns at that talk. Yachi and Yamaguchi are their most nervous rabbits. Suga said something about they're prone to heart-attacks...He told him once that if a rabbit gets scared enough they can die from a big heart attack! It makes Hinata worried whenever he hears either of them talk about chest pain.

Hinata turns and grabs Yamaguchi by the face, holding his cheeks in his hands. As he expected, his pupils are dilated and his ears are flatten. He looks like he wants to run but there's no where to run too. They can't run from the cold or what's happened.

"We're going to be fine. We've made it this far! Just take a deep breath...in and out." Hinata starts to guide Yamaguchi just like Suga taught him to do. He watches as Yamaguchi takes a deep, slow breath. Slowly but surely he starts to calm down. He touches Hinata's hands and nuzzles it.

"Thanks..."

"Any time. Don't freak yourself out so much! It's not good for your heart!" Hinata lets go of his face. He notices his sister isn't by his side anymore. She most likely ran ahead.

"It's hard not to in these conditions."

They make their way into the bedroom. Yachi is curled up under some jackets that the rabbits have stolen from humans who had left them to be taken. She had come out when Natsu approached her to talk but when she saw the two males she quickly covered her face again.

"Are you okay Yachi?" Hinata frowns at this, walking till he's right next to his sister.

"Not really...I-I feel kind of strange." Yachi stays under the jackets.

"Are you having chest pain?" Yamaguchi crouches down to be at her level, those eyes holding concern for her.

"No...it's just...um..." Yachi sighs. "Is Suga here? I think I need to talk to him about this..."

"Suga went out to see the forest...The one we usually go to has been torn down by the humans." Hinata hugs himself, feeling the coat he's wearing. Why do the humans make such useful things? Only to destroy everything else?

"The forest has been destroyed?!" Yachi screams, coming out of the jackets horrified. "How will we get enough for the winter!"

"We gathered some bark today." Yamaguchi offers but he's starting to look pale too.

"At this rate we'll go instinct..." Yachi bites her finger nails.

"We'll come up with something!" Hinata grips his fist, smiling at the two rabbits that look like they're about to cry. "We're not dead yet!" Those amber eyes are so bright that the two rabbits take hope in them. They calm down. Hinata's nose wiggles when he picks up a faint scent. Hinata smiles. "Suga and Nishinoya are back!"

Everyone gets up to greet them, even Yachi leaves the safety of her jackets to see them. Hinata's smile is wiped off his face when he sees the grim look on Suga. He's never seen him look so serious.

"That forest won't give us enough for the winter and it's a huge risk just to go there. The humans can easily spot us." Suga says, looking at everyone slowly.

"Then what are we going to do? Without food we'll all die." Yachi trembles. Natsu's eyes water and she hugs Hinata's leg.

"There has to be other things we can do! That couldn't be the only forest right? What about that one near the lake!" Hinata's eyes light up in realization. Suga doesn't brighten from this, his frown gets deeper.

"Yes...there is that forest. I'm sure that forest has enough food to last us two winters."

"What? That's great!" Hinata jumps, Yachi and Yamaguchi smiling too. Nishinoya surprises them from speaking.

"That forest is filled with wolves though and other creatures that would love to eat us."

"That's true. It's very dangerous. Any rabbit would be a fool to venture in there yet...it may be our only chance of survival through this winter." Suga lets that set in.

"W-W-Wolves." Both Yachi and Yamaguchi are panicking.

"That being said." Suga presses on though he looks sick. "We need brave rabbits to go into that forest to bring back food-"

"Any rabbit that goes in there will be killed!" Yamaguchi's eyes widen in horror.

"Not necessarily!" Suga yells, Yamaguchi shutting his mouth. "It's not as dangerous if you stay on the outer edges of the forest. There's bound to be food in that area so...that's what we'll do. If we don't do anything, we will starve to death."

Yamaguchi swallows, his gaze averting. Hinata looks down at his small sister. She's hugging his leg so tightly, her little frame shaking. She's so skinny. She doesn't have enough fat on her and with her small size she would be the first to die in a food shortage.

"...I'll go into the forest." Hinata states. Everyone looks at him in shock. Even Suga looks like he wasn't expecting it. There's a flash in his eyes of concern, like he wants to fight it, but it dulls. Someone needs to go.

"You shouldn't go alone." Suga says. He opens his mouth about to offer himself-

"I'll go with Shouyou!" Nishinoya wraps his arm around Hinata's shoulder. "If he's going in that forest...I'm not letting him go alone. Together we'll get a bunch of food!"

"Nishinoya..." Hinata's eyes widen at the bright smile he gets from his friend. He feels like crying for some reason. The shorter male is so cool.

"Alright." Suga smiles gently. "Then I shall go with you too-"

"N-No i'll go." Everyone looks at Yamaguchi. Their ears perk up, making sure they're not hearing him wrong. He looks at Suga with determination even though he's shaking. "I'm not very strong. I don't want to be left to protect the burrow. I can hold much of the food. I'll be more useful there than here."

"...If you're sure." When Yamaguchi doesn't back out, Suga takes a shaky breath. He puts on a brave smile. "Then Hinata, Nishinoya and Yamaguchi will all go out to the forest tomorrow. You three eat well tonight and get some rest!" Suga turns away from them, keeping his hands on his hips.

"You can't be s-serious Suga..." Yachi trembles, looking over at the three males who hold fire in their eyes.

"Big brother I don't want you to go! Are you going to get hurt?' Natsu looks at him with those big watery eyes.

"Nope!I'm going to be fine! And i'm going to bring back a bunch of yummy foods!" Hinata frowns when this doesn't seem to make her smile. Hinata smirks. "You know there's some berries left...i think i'm going to eat them all before I go!" He says cheerfully before running towards the food in slow motion.

"No! Those berries are for everyone big brother!" Natsu squeals and runs after him. Hinata is just happy he's gotten her to smile again. Yamaguchi and Nishinoya smile at seeing the two before they join them to get their fill. Hinata was joking about eating all the berries but everyone wouldn't put it past him.

"Suga..." Yachi walks over to Suga who still hasn't moved from his spot. Her ears flatten. "You can't really think about sending them out there...isn't there something else we can do?-"

"Yachi...don't you think i've thought about everything else?" Suga turns towards her. The smile that once there isn't anymore. Tears fall down his face. Suga would never let the three see this weakness. "I don't want to send them out. It makes me ill just thinking about it. But we will die. There's no other way."

Yachi can't stand to see those tears. Suga is like her brother. They were raised by the same mother.

"...Then there's no other way." Yachi grabs his hands, giving them a squeeze. "I'm worried like you are but...they're all amazing! And I know if they take too long to come back...you'll go after them."

"Yes..." Suga wipes his eyes with one of his hands. He sniffles before he calms down. You wouldn't even know he had been crying. "It's going to be fine..." Suga squeezes her hand. Yachi wonders if he's trying to assure her or himself.

Yachi lowers her gaze. "You know...i'm sure this isn't the best time but I need to talk to you."

"Is something wrong?" Suga straightens up, studying her. Yachi's cheeks get pink and she nods.

"It has something to do with the winter coming and..." Yachi leans in. Suga listens with furrowed eyebrows of concern but once she gets to the end, the older man is slightly red himself.

"I-I see. Well it makes sense. You are of age and times are bleak..."

"Do you...Do you think I should mate?" Yachi asks quietly.

Suga looks very troubled by this. He closes his eyes and thinks for a long time before he opens them. "...Yachi that is up to you."

"But if I don't, and something were to happen to you guys...then we would become instinct."

"I'm sure they're other rabbits out there..."

"What if there isn't? And how would I even find them...I think I should have babies...there's strength in numbers and...the urge is strong."

"We could keep our family going..." Suga is starting to see what Yachi is saying. He looks at her. "Who would you want to mate with?" He looks nervous when she looks at him.

"Don't worry. I couldn't mate with you...you're like my brother." She shakes her head.

"That leaves you with three choices...i'm sure they would all mate with you. They all care about you and really all male rabbits want to do is make people pregnant. They're that age now."

"I d-don't know if I could pick." She blushes darkly. "I was w-wondering if you could do it?"

"Me?" Suga thinks for a moment. "Well...we want the best mate. I think it should be Yamaguchi. He's the tallest one out of us and he's very gentle. I've seen the way he looks at you sometimes too...there's attraction. Hinata may look at you like a sister. Nishinoya is well...Nishinoya."

"...Y-Yeah I've been feeling it with Yamaguchi..." Yachi looks like she's about to pass out. "I-I can't ask him though. I'm too nervous."

"I'll talk to him. This is a big deal. You're doing something really important Yachi..."

"I want to do something for you all. I'm the only one who can give us babies so...I want to." Yachi is flushed but she nods her head with that determination. Suga pulls her In for a hug.

"You're all grown up now...Mom would be proud."

Yachi hugs him tightly. She won't break down. Those words made her so happy.

"Wait here, I'll go get Yamaguchi so we can all discuss this." Suga leaves Yachi there. Her ears stay flatten on her head. This is going to be awkward. Suga comes back with Yamaguchi looking confused. He glances between the two.

"Did I do something wrong?" He questions.

"No. We wanted to discuss with you something very important..." Yachi can't look at Yamaguchi as Suga explains everything they just talked about. She listens to Suga as he tries to calm Yamaguchi down...this talk has probably upset him. He's such a nervous guy-

"Yachi...i'll do it." Yachi's eyes widen when she feels Yamaguchi grab her arm. She turns to face him, seeing how red he is. "I want to...I think it's important. I'm glad you picked me." He flushes more. He's too cute. Yachi feels this over whelming urge in her and she grabs the boy, kissing him on the lips. As soon as this occurs, the room gets so much hotter.

"Okay well...I'll leave you two at it then." Suga is quick to hop out of there.

Sura makes sure no one sees the act Yamaguchi and Yachi partake in. He'll explain it later. Curse his good hearing though. He knows what those breathy sounds are from, and the sighs and the moans.

It seems he picked the right choice. Though a very shy boy, Yamaguchi had no problems with getting Yachi pregnant. There was an attraction after all.

"What is that?" Hinata questions. "Are Yamaguchi and Yachi okay?"

"They're fine. Lets just all go to sleep." Suga falls on Hinata and Nishinoya, hugging them both and unknowingly trapping them.

"I'm not tired!" Hinata whines loudly...his whining is louder than what they're doing.

"I don't want to sleep." Hinata keeps complaining. Nishinoya joins in. Suga doesn't let them go but he's grateful for once for they're annoying yelling.

He glances over to see Natsu curled up and already sleeping. He smiles.

It will be nice having some more young ones around.

"You're still awake Hinata?" Hinata's ears twitch at the voice and he turns his head to look over at Nishinoya. He's laying close beside him.

"Yeah. I can't really sleep."

"Is it because of tomorrow?" Nishinoya asks. His expression strangely serious for him.

"Maybe. It's not that I'm scared I just...It's kind of exciting isn't it? The three of us going on a mini adventure. I've always been curious about those woods..."

"I think you're scared too. You look kind of pale." Hinata averts his gaze. "It's alright to be scared. I'm kind of afraid too. Wolves are dangerous creatures." Nishinoya's eyes gleam. "but you're right. It is an adventure. We're going to get a bunch of food before those wolfs know what hit them!"

"Right!" Hinata perks back up, gripping his fist. He looks at Nishinoya curiously. "...Do you know much about wolves? I know they're dangerous but...what are they like-"

"Wolves are rabid killers." Hinata and Nishinoya tense when Suga suddenly sits up from being curled up in the corner. Those gray eyes shine in the dark. "They travel in packs and kill anything in sight. If you run into a wolf tomorrow...run. Don't try to fight them. You can out run them. Don't try talking to them either. Wolves will try to trick you with false words."

"You know a lot about wolves Suga." Hinata frowns, feeling a shiver of fear. He's never seen Suga look so serious. Wolves must be deadly. But if Suga says they can out run them then Hinata doesn't have anything to worry about. He's fast. Very fast.

"Before you two were born, we were attacked by a group of wolves. It was a slaughter. The ones who were able to run survived but..." Suga grips his fist. "...A wolf had tricked one of our kind. He lured him in with sweet words and actions...once the wolf found out about the rest of us...well you know how the story goes from there."

"Wolves can't be trusted."Nishinoya's ears go back.

"That's so low. Acting like our friend...then doing something like that...When ever the word 'wolf' was spoken my mother would get so scared..." Hinata frowns thinking about his dead mother. She was shot by a human and stolen. Hinata's stomach twists but he won't get sick. Not this time. "I never really got to talk about wolves or understand why..."

"Most wanted to forget that night. I want to forget it but I can't." Suga's words hang heavily in the air.

"...Hey Suga? Where's Yamaguchi and Yachi? They're still not here." Hinata asks, wanting to break this tenseness.

"Hm? Oh they're resting in the other room. I wouldn't bother them." Suga looks over at Nishinoya and Hinata. He gives them a firm look. "You two should be asleep right now."

"Eh I know but it's hard." Hinata starts to roll around. "I'm full of energy! I'm going to grab so many berries for Natsu...She won't know what to do with herself!"

"I"m glad to see you so energetic about this but you need to sleep." Suga gets up and moves over so he's laying in between Nishinoya and Hinata. On reflex Hinata curls in towards Suga, hugging his arm and enjoying the familiar warmth. Suga gives Hinata's ear a lick, grooming him before he does the same to Nishinoya. The nice treatment is making him feel a little tired...

Hinata falls asleep, dreaming of jumping his highest to get an apple off of the highest branch of a tree.

"Where were you last night guys?" Hinata asks when he wants into the main area of their burrow and sees Yamaguchi and Yachi in the corner. The boy is looking over her with concern, Yachi is flushing and rubbing her stomach. They're both smiling at each other though. When Hinata came in they both got a dark red.

"J-Just here!" Yamaguchi squeaks.

"We didn't d-do anything weird!" Yachi adds.

"Why are you two so red?" Nishinoya asks the question Hinata was about to. He just woke up as well. "It smells kind of weird in here."

"Weird?" Hinata sniffs. "Yeah it does-"

"Okay I need to explain this to you before you give them a heart attack." Suga steps in when he sees how red the two look. They're breathing too quickly too. He doesn't want to throw the jumpy rabbits into heart attack over something so small.

"Yamaguchi mated with Yachi last night. Yachi is going to have children."

Hinata and Nishinoya stare with wide eyes, their lips slightly parted. Natsu is the only one jumping up and down.

"Yay! I get to have friends!" She giggles.

"Whoa! I didn't even know you two liked each other!" Hinata gasps, pointing a finger at the two. "You did it last night?! Yachi why didn't you tell me you liked Yamaguchi-"

"I-I just decided that I wanted to have children. When I thought about who I would want...I thought of Yamaguchi." She explains with a flush.

"Oh my gosh you're going to be a father!" Nishinoya grabs Yamaguchi, pulling him down so he can ruffle his hair. "So that's what all those sounds were-"

"Stop!" Yamaguchi and Yachi groan.

Hinata still looks shocked. Yachi smiles at him. "...If I have a boy...I think I want to name him Hinata-"

"R-Really?" Hinata's eyes widen.

"You are my best friend! You all are close to me...so I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I was embarrassed...I've been wanting to mate for some time now." She blushes at saying this. "...I think it happened naturally because of all the numbers we've lost."

"It's a brave thing Yachi is doing." Suga walks up to her and smiles. He looks at everyone else. "I'll be helping her with her pregnancy so you don't have to worry about that." He looks at Yamaguchi and smiles. "I'll teach you anything you want to know."

"O-Okay." Yamaguchi rubs his arm.

"But now that you know that Yachi will be having a baby, that means we need even more food for her. The trip you three are going to take today is very important. You must take it seriously." Suga walks towards them. He's keeping his face straight. " I want you three to run and then run out. No sight seeing. Be on high alert. As the two are collecting one stand guard. If you run into wolves, as I discussed with you last night, you run out as fast as you can. Always run away from the forest and not deeper into it."

"Right!" The three brave rabbits shout.

"No worries. I'll make sure everyone gets home." Nishinoya points at himself.

"Big brother..." She walks up to her brother with those big eyes. "Are you leaving now?"

"Yes. I'm going to bring you back a bunch of yummy things to eat!" Hinata smiles, picking up his sister before spinning her. She giggles, her hears that were flatten perk back up. "Be good for Suga and Yachi!"

"I will!" She squeals as she placed down. She runs over to Yachi and hugs her leg.

"We'll head out now while it's early. A lot of our predators hunt at night so it's for the best." Nishinoya looks at Yamaguchi and then at Hinata.

"That's true. Go out now and be safe." Suga bites his lip.

"Wooo! Lets get some food!" Hinata cheers, running out of the burrow.

"W-Wait Hinata! Don't just run out like that!" Yamaguchi squeaks, running after him. "It's dangerous!"

"Haha! That's the spirit Shouyou! Food!" Nishinoya roars as he runs after them.

Suga and Yachi are left watching the three leave. They both give the young one a smile when she looks at them but...

Both of their chests feel tight.

"Wow! This forest is pretty big." Hinata's eyes widen as they walk into this woods that's always been forbidden for him since he was younger. His mouth waters when he spots a bush with some berries right away. "Jackpot! Yamaguchi lend me your arms!" Hinata rushes over to the bush and starts to pick the blue berries.

"R-Right." Yamaguchi is trembling, his ears perked up as he makes his walk to Hinata cautiously.

"It's okay Yamaguchi. I'll stand guard. You two focus on getting as much food as you can." Nishinoya says. They nod at each other. Yamaguchi gets to work with Hinata, picking the berries. Nishinoya stands off to the side, his ears perked up and his nose wiggling as he sniffs.

"We shouldn't just get berries Hinata. We need other foods as well." Yamaguchi says when Hinata pushes a whole bunch of the berries he just collected into his hands. The timid rabbit was smart enough to bring a jacket so he puts the berries into the pockets. Hinata is only wearing some human shorts he stole, his amber puffy tail sticking out of the top.

He's much faster that way.

" Fine. We'll take this." Hinata starts picking out some grass,and weeds. He goes a little deeper into the forest and beams when he sees some flowers. He's quick to pick them up and hand them to Yamaguchi. "This forest is loaded with foods!"

"Yeah we're getting a lot." Yamaguchi smiles. He seems more comfortable now that they've started.

"There's no signs of danger as far as I can tell too." Nishinoya grins. "Looks like we're going to make out good!" His grin gets sly as he looks over at Yamaguchi who is more focused on what ever Hinata hands to him. "So who was your first time?"

"H-Huh?!" Yamaguchi drops the grass Hinata just gave him, whipping his head over at the shorter rabbit who is laughing at his flushed face.

"Are you excited to be a father?" Hinata chimes in, looking at Yamaguchi with those bright amber orbs.

"I-I think so-"

"What you going to name them?" Nishinoya shouts.

"H-How should I know? It just happened-"

"Yachi said she would name one after me!" Hinata cheers.

"I want one of them to be named after me too!" Nishinoya pouts.

"There might not be more than one...and it's up to Yachi-"

"No fair!" Nishinoya glares when Hinata sticks his tongue out at him. He grins when he looks at Yamaguchi again. "So are you and Yachi mates now?"

"I-I'm not sure. We haven't really talked about it...last night sort of happened. It was total instinct...i thought I wouldn't know what I was doing but I did." Yamaguchi rubs his arm. "i'll ask her about that later. Right now it's more important to get food for our babies."

"That's true! After all Yachi is going to need a lot more for-" Nishinoya says with this big smile.

There's a 'wish' sound. Nishinoya cries out in pain, falling on the ground. Blood splats everywhere.

"Nishinoya!" Hinata and Yamaguchi scream, both running over towards him.

"N-No! Get away from me! They'll shoot again." Nishinoya glares at the two, holding his hand over his shoulder that's bleeding greatly. He shoves Yamaguchi away just as there's another 'wish' sound. This time Nishinoya is shot in the leg.

"Ha! I got you now Rabbit. You won't be able to run." They hear a man's voice.

"G-Get away you two!" Nishinoya yells, trying to get up. "Damn! What are humans doing in this forest? I thought it was wolves we had to worry about!" He looks pale, his eyes are going out of focus.

Hinata hears that human is walking closer. They need to do something or they're all dead.

"Yamaguchi get Nishinoya back home!" Hinata swallows as he runs into the human's line of vision and starts to jump up and down. "Hey! You big jerk! Look at me!"

"huh? Another rabbit? Looks like it's my lucky day-" The human grins, pointing his gun towards Hinata. Hinata takes off running, leading the human's attention away from Yamaguchi and Nishinoya.

"N-No Hinata!" He hears Yamaguchi yell but he doesn't listen. He turns around to make sure the human is still interested in him-

There's a 'wish' sound. Hinata feels a sting on his cheek...then warmth. His eyes get dilated and his breathing comes out in puffs. He gets on all fours and in his panic he runs as fast as he can. He can hear the 'wish' sounds and each one makes his heart jump with fear.

If he gets shot he's done for. Keep running. Faster. Faster.

"I ain't going that far..." He hears the human mumble far away but Hinata keeps running. When he doesn't hear any of the 'wish' sounds he turns his head to look back-

Hinata yelps when he falls down a cliff. He rolls down it, groaning when he falls on his stomach. "Ow..." Hinata starts to get up only to cry out when he puts pressure on his ankle. "N-No." Hinata sits up so he can look at his foot. It looks red around his ankle and it stings. This is bad. Hinata's ears perk up, listening for the human...

He doesn't hear anything. He must have lost him. Hinata glances up the hill. It's not so bad. Maybe he can crawl back up. Hinata just hopes that Yamaguchi was able to get Nishinoya out and back home. He was shot twice...Hinata grips his fist. Hopefully Suga can help him...they have medical supplies because from the humans they've stolen from but...will it be enough?

Hinata gets out his stomach and starts to crawl towards the cliff again. If his foot wasn't hurt he could jump up there no problem. Hinata starts to crawl up, only to cry out when the dirt loosens, causing him to slide back down.

"Not good...maybe I can just try to jump anyway. I need to get back to everyone." He's worried about Nishinoya. Hinata stands up without putting pressure on his foot. He quickly puts his foot down and bends to jump-

He cries out in pain and falls on his side, holding his ankle. That hurt. There's no way he can jump...what if he broke it?

Hinata sits up, glaring at the dirt, digging his sharp nails into it. Those hunters...why do they do this? They've almost killed them all off. Everything was going fine till they showed up. They were getting so much food...Wolves weren't the concern at all it was the humans-

Hinata's ears perk up when he hears something. He whips his head over in the direction he heard it. What is that? Something moving towards him...is it a human? It could be. But they're moving to be fast to be human-

Hinata's eyes widen when a boy comes out of the forest...no. He takes in the black ears on the top of his head and the long black tail that waves. He sees his sharp teeth when he yawns. Those blue eyes are the eyes of a predator.

"You're a wolf!" Hinata shouts, pointing at the said wolf.

"That's obvious stupid rabbit."

"Hey I'm not stupid!" Hinata glares at him.

"If you're not stupid then what are you doing here?"The boy narrows his eyes at Hinata. "This is my area. Any rabbit with sense wouldn't come here."

I have the worse luck! First humans and now I run into a wolf with a hurt leg! Suga told me to run but I can't... Hinata tries to force himself up again. He grinds his teeth, looking up at the cliff.

"I said what are you doing there!" Hinata's eyes widen when the wolf is right on him. He grabs him by the neck and slams him against the cliff. Those blue eyes burn into Hinata's. He's baring his sharp teeth at him. "Rabbits don't belong in this forest so what are you doing here?" His voice is sinister.

Hinata swallows thickly, his ears go back, his heart is hammering in his chest. He just starts spilling out words. "I came in here because I was looking for food!" Hinata yells.

"There's plenty of other areas to look for food-"

"The humans destroyed our forest. There's nothing left of it. I came here to get food for the winter...if we didn't come here we would have starved!"

The wolf stares him down intensely. Hinata flinches when he touches his cheek, it stings. There's some blood on his finger that he sticks in his mouth. "You've been injured. What did it to you?"

"Humans came and started to shoot at me...while I was running from them I fell down this cliff."

"I knew I smelled humans." The wolf snarls, letting Hinata go. Hinata gasps and slides down the cliff to sit on his butt. "I will tell the others..." He sticks his hands into his pockets...Hinata noticed this right away when he saw the wolf, he's dressed completely in human clothing. He must have been stealing from the humans too.

Hinata's eyes widen when the wolf starts to walk away. Is he going to let him go? The wolf stops walking before turning around slowly to face Hinata. He still has his finger in his mouth. He pulls it out slowly, those blue eyes getting darker.

"W-What is it?" The hair on Hinata's ears stick up when the wolf walks towards him again. "You wanna f-fight?" Hinata holds out his hands but he ends up flinching when the wolf gets right on him. He crotches down so they're face to face.

Hinata closes his eyes when the wolf gets too close. He can't run. He can't fight a wolf. Hinata tenses when he feels the wolfs tongue on his cheek. The wolf pulls away.

Hinata opens one eye to peek at him. The wolf is licking his lips. "You taste good stupid rabbit. I smelled something sweet and it lead me to you." The wolf stands up, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"My name isn't stupid rabbit! It's Hinata!" Hinata growls, getting fed up with this wolf's attitude.

"I don't care what your name is." The wolf turns on his heel and starts to walk away. Hinata grips his fist and blurts out

"You stupid wolf jerk!"

"What?" The wolf turns around, his face dangerous. Hinata tenses up he stands his ground.

"I told you my name so you should tell me yours!" He yells out of his fear. He blinks after he says that...why does he want to know this wolf's name? He's really annoying!

The wolf stares at him for a long moment before he glares at him. "Just shut up. You're a rabbit. You're weak. You're my food." He stares down at him for a long time before he starts to walk off. "I would get out of this forest quickly. If I was able to smell you, so will others. In this forest, only the strong survive."

"Wait..." Hinata's glare falls when he sees the wolf about to run deeper into the forest. "You're not going to eat me?" Hinata points at himself.

The wolf doesn't look back at him. "I just ate. Consider yourself lucky. Get out of this forest and don't' return." Then he's gone.

Hinata stares after him a moment with wide eyes before he glares. "Who does that guy think he is? So what if I'm a rabbit...i can be strong. If I didn't get hurt I could have shown him..."

"Hinata!" Hinata's eyes widen at that voice. He turns around, his chest tightening."Suga! Suga i'm down here!" Hinata yells as loud as he can.

"Hinata thank goodness!" Suga suddenly appears on top of the cliff. He sighs in releif when he sees Hinata's big amber eyes staring up at him. "Are you hurt?"

"My ankle is a bit hurt." Hinata watches Suga jump down to him. With his help he's able to stand up. Suga picks him up like a baby.

"Don't worry, i'm going to get you out of this." Suga closes his eyes before he jumps as high as he can. He's able to lift them both over the cliff. Once he does that he takes off running at full speed, holding Hinata close to him.

"Is Nishinoya okay?" Hinata looks up at Suga, the older male looks pale.

"He's badly injured. I left him with Yachi. She's working on him now." Suga is so fast. Soon Hinata sees they're out of the forest and they're back into their burrow.

"Big brother! Are you okay?" Natsu cries when Hinata is laid down on a pile of jackets.

"Yamaguchi could you please take her into our bedroom?" Suga looks at Yamaguchi seriously.

"Y-Yes." Yamaguchi picks Natsu up. He's staring at Hinata in awe, in relief. "..." he walks away with his sister who's fighting with him.

"Tell me Hinata, are you hurt anywhere else?" Suga stares Hinata.

"No...Just my ankle." Hinata frowns when he sees Nishinoya laying in the corner. His eyes are closed and he looks so pale.

"Okay..." Suga hits Hinata over the head.

"Ow! What was that for-" Hinata grabs his head with teary eyes.

"For being reckless! Yamaguchi told me what you did! I thought you were dead!" Suga screams. Hinata shuts up when he sees the tears in his eyes. He takes a deep breath. "Wait here. I will work on Nishinoya first...then I will tend to you."

Hinata sits there quietly as Suga walks over to Yachi. He closes his eyes and hugs his knees to his chest when he hears Suga say something about having to dig out the bullets.

Hinata thought he was doing was right. If he hadn't did what he did...Nishinoya might not be here right now and yet...he understands those tears. Yamaguchi's eyes were puffy too.

They thought he was dead. Because he went deeper into the forest, because he took on a human by himself.

Hinata covers his ears when he hears the sound of flesh ripping and the smell of blood. Please be okay. Please be okay. Please be okay. Nishinoya is like a brother to him. He grew up with him. Please be okay.

Hinata doesn't know how long he just hugs his knees to his chest before he looks back at Suga. Nishinoya is laying in a pile of jackets, his eyes are still closed. His wounds have been patched up. Right now it looks like Suga is setting up an IV for fluids...he hangs the bag on a branch coming out of the burrow.

How Hinata knows it's an IV is beyond him...but Suga always says-

"Thank you my past me!" Suga puts his hands together. Suga always told him that he believes that they use to have past lives as humans. It makes sense. Hinata doesn't even see much difference between the humans and themselves except for their teeth and ears. They can also understand the humans...it's just the humans that can't understand them.

Suga thinks they have been cursed somehow. He thinks something happened in their past lives that's made them like this now.

Hinata doesn't know if he believes all of it but it would explain weird stuff like how Suga knows how to put an IV in even though he's never read about it in his life. He also knew all the medical things without ever being taught.

"It's a good thing we robbed that ambulance..." Suga gets up and walks towards Hinata with a first aid kit. Yachi has long since run away from the scene. She's probably with Yamaguchi right now.

"Is he going to be okay?" Hinata's ears flatten, glancing over at Nishinoya who looks so pale.

"I think so...we'll see in the morning. He needs rest." Suga sits down in front of him. He starts getting his stuff out. "Let me see your foot." Hinata sticks his foot out, wincing when Suga touches it.

"Oh yeah that looks swollen."

As Suga works to wrap his foot up, Hinata swallows. "I'm sorry I worried you."

Suga doesn't respond for a moment. "...I know. You did what you thought was best I just...I'm just so relieved you're okay. I thought for sure that human or some wolf would have got to you before I could."

Hinata's eyes flash when he said wolf. He can't help to remember that annoying one with the glare permanently on his face.

"...If a wolf did find me, would it be possible that it wouldn't eat me?" Hinata asks.

"No. that's not possible." Suga shakes his head. "If I wolf found you before I did...you would be dead."

"But...But what if he just ate?" Hinata frowns. He did meet a wolf and it didn't kill him.

"The wolf would still kill you. They are ruthless creatures." Suga shakes his head. "Just be happy you didn't run into one...I'm so glad you didn't." Suga's eyes light up just a bit in relief. Hinata bites his tongue. If he tells him he did run into one would Suga freak out? He would.

But Hinata wants to tell him a wolf spared him today. That wolf was annoying but he didn't eat him. Maybe it was because he was full? But he could have just killed him anyway.

"There all finished. You should go and talk to everyone now. I'll stay with Nishinoya." Suga gets up once he's wrapped his ankle up well. Hinata stands up and limps over to the bed room. He smiles sheepishly when Yamaguchi and Yachi look up at him with frowns.

"Hi there..."

"You really scared me." Yamaguchi says softly.

"Me too." Yachi averts her gaze.

"Big brother is okay though?"Natsu runs to him. He smiles and ruffles her hair.

"I'm fine! I told you I would be! Did you see all the berries I collected?"

"Yeah! Yamaguchi threw a bunch down!"

"I'm sorry I was reckless. I just wanted to save Nishinoya." Hinata says as he limps towards the couple.

"I know. I just thought you were a goner." Yamaguchi sighs. "That forest is too dangerous...I almost lost you both."

"Maybe the food you've gathered is enough!" Yachi says with a hopeful smile. She looks pretty shaken up.

"No it's not." Hinata says. He knows it's true. What they gathered isn't enough for Yachi and her babies. It's not enough for them during the winter. "We'll have to go back soon."

"B-But..." Yachi swallows.

"...we have to think of a new strategy..." Yamaguchi trembles. "I don't know if I can go back there..."

"Yamaguchi..." Hinata frowns at how shaken up he is. It was a terrifying experience. Nishinoya could have been killed. Hinata could have been killed.

"Hinata you should rest. You're injured. Please lay down." Yachi stands up, running over to him to help Hinata lay down on the jackets. His sister jumps on him and wraps her arms around him. Yamaguchi stays where he is. He's staring off at the wall, his eyes shaking.

Hinata wraps his arms around His sister and snuggles with her. He's so tried. He feels like he could just fall asleep right now...He's aware that Yachi walks over to Yamaguchi...to comfort him probably.

Hinata lets his eyes slip shut. The exhaustion getting to him.

Those piercing blue eyes and sharp teeth haunt his dreams that night.

Here it is! Review and tell me what you think please.

Till next time.