2 I am where?

I don't know when I woke up, I just know I was a genius when I decided to pick a tree with some thick branches and a healthy amount of leaves. The sun was out, it was morning so I was being very obvious with that, but it wasn't what woke me up.

I woke up on my own, without the sun declaring itself my mortal enemy. (Best. Sleep. EVER!) I was still a wolf, and I couldn't speak, so shouting in my mind was a good alternative.

I moved my body, and stretched. Took a few minutes to just really wake up, and went off to the pond for some morning water. I ate all the squirrel I had yesterday, so I'd need to get something else to eat. I didn't have money with me, so I kind of had too. (Well I could always steal), that was something I could do, but then the hassle of that annoyed me so I'd rather avoid that.

After drinking from the pond, and taking a bath, where I found out that yes I really did look like Muzaka, but also a younger version of him. That was cool, though I shrugged it off a bit later. I repeated last nights process, and sniffed for some food.

I got lucky when I smelled something delicious, and ran off after it. I could even see its tracks, so I knew my prey was something way bigger then a squirrel.

I ran for a bit, not really sure how long and I was too lazy to make a guess, and found it. Slowing down and quietly stalked my prey, I saw it. (Is that a fucking boar?! Where the actual fuck am I if there are boars in the woods?) Even though I was mildly confused, I kept stalking it.

I had to make sure not to snap a stray branch, and kept my eyes peeled for an opening. The boar was sniffing around, just trotting and doing boar things, and I waited. Then it happened. The boar had lowered its head into a small berry bush, and I knew this was it. I tensed my legs, and prepared to leap.

When I knew my body was ready, I released and pounced towards the boar. My jump didn't alert it, and as I sailed towards the boar, it raised its head at the last moment. (Too late sucker!) I landed on top of the boar, dug my claws into its side and brought my jaws down onto its neck. My teeth tore into its skin, and I clamped them down a bit harder, and snapped its neck in seconds.

The boar only got a squeal of surprise out before it died. I dismounted from the boar, and licked my lips when I saw how good my breakfast would be. I didn't even mind the blood, it actually tasted a little good too.

I looked at the boar, and shifted back. From there, I butchered the thing, and took what I wanted from it. I wasn't overly hungry, so after taking half of its meat, and just left the rest of it for anything else that came for it, I left. Though I had to wrap my food in leaves, but I didn't mind it.

I got ready and made a campfire. I made 3 skewers of Boar meat, and cooked them over the flame. The smell was amazing, more then when I went to barbecue places. I was drooling and I didn't care. Why would I? Whose going to rat me out? The birds? I laughed at the idea of a bird just spilling my secrets to whoever would listen.

After I was finished with my breakfast, I got up, and decided it was time to find out where the hell I was. I shifted back to my wolf form, and ran through the forest. I looked for any tracks of or scents of people, or any signs that might lead my the right way.

I ran for maybe... A half hour? Maybe more? But I eventually found a trail. A hiking trail, but a trail nonetheless.

I followed it and I found civilization! I looked around, and I came to a very annoying realization. (I'm in fucking Japan! Great, cause that narrows it down a lot!) I groaned at that and I just kept looking. Despite my annoyance and sarcasm, it sort of did. I couldn't really remember a lot of zombie apocalypse anime, so I could probably figure it out if I ran into something that would jog my memory.

I kept looking around, and I was getting even more annoyed now. Why you may ask? I didn't fucking know japanese! I needed a library, but I had no idea where to go for one. Running across rooftops and not knowing the language made finding out where the hell I was going was really getting on my nerves.

Running across rooftops? Duh. I can't just go out in my human form cause I looked like a fucking barbarian. I didn't know the language either, so if some weird guy that looks like he came off the set of of a 15th century movie that doesn't know the language, I'd probably get the cops called on me! So me in my infinite wisdom... Me and my E- wisdom, decided to jump onto the closest roof, and go from there.

I kept going, looking around, listening to whatever conversations I could, and just kept searching for a library. Atleast I knew the place would have computers, I saw people with the same kind of phones that my earth used to have, instead of the flip phones from anime, so I didn't have to worry about Nokia phones or Dial-Up. At some point after noon, I could atleast recognize when the sun was at and just over noon, I found a library!

(... Now what?) I didn't think it through. The fuck was I going to do? Walk right in with either of my forms, just go grab a book and sit down? (Man... I'm a fucking idiot.) I just sat on a roof, shifted back, and held my head in my hands. The library was a 3 story building, and I could see a camera at the front door. Depending on when the apocalypse would start, I could just walk right in and not care about anything else.

But I still didn't know when that was!

I could do that shit now, but the apocalypse could start a month or even a year later! I needed to know exactly where I was first.

I just sat on the roof, thinking about my next play, and I stayed there for maybe another half hour, before I came to a solution. "I'll just break in at night. The roof should be easy to get into, and no one should be there after its closed. Alright. Now what do I do?"

One question solved and another just takes its place, cause why wouldn't it? I just groaned at this dumb shit. I decided to memorize where the place was, and shifted back to my wolf form. (I'll just deal with it later.)

I ran across the rooftops again, and tried to figure out the layout of the place I'd found myself in. I wasn't really having any luck on that department, but oh well. An hour or two of me doing that, and I decided to just fuck off back to forest. The sun was getting annoying, and I wanted to get back to the shade.

{20 minutes later}

Maybe a half hour of running straight back, I made it back. I was going to go work on my sense requirements, maybe even test out what a 'major wound' was, but then I stopped. I was in the city, so I figured out what people smelled like, and I was smelling people. Not a lot, 2 at most, and I got curious.

What? Curiosity killed the cat? Too bad, I'm a fucking wolf.

I followed the scents, and realized they were going up another trail I hadn't looked at. I ran towards the scents, and made sure to stick far enough that I wouldn't be spotted unless I wanted to be seen.

The trail looked simple, a dirt path that seemed to be for beginners, and went through a safe part of the forest. I kept going, and 10 minutes later, found the source of the scent trails. Though I heard them before I saw them.

"Rikaaaa help meee!" I couldn't understand it, though I recognized whining when I heard it. The voice sounded like a woman, but that was all I was getting without actually seeing the speaker. I heard a laugh though, so whatever mysterious lady #1 said, it was funny.

"Oh come on Shizuka. I'm carrying double what you are, hell, I'm carrying damn near everything else. You can manage a little baggage. Not like being top heavy is new to you." Still had no idea the fuck I was hearing, but oh well. I came up on the women, since I could tell the response came from another woman, and saw them. And holy hell were they HOT.

There was a blond fucking milkmaid looking woman, and I damn near tripped when I saw the size of her tits. (The fuck does this woman eat?! Whole fucking cows?!) I had no idea how the fuck was as tall as she was. She had to be almost my old height, I was a good 6 foot now, and she had those things? Fucking how? I wasn't even paying much mind to the comfy turtleneck and very fitting jeans she was in, I was just confused about how her bust was possible. (Am I in a fucking Hentai or something?)

And then there was the other woman. And hot damn was she my type. Maybe 5'6, a nice tan that reminded me of maybe a darker shade then mine, purple hair like she was fucking Yoruichi or something, and a nice manageable bust. She wore a nice open top with a sports bra underneath, cargo pants and even had a choker on. This woman was checking all of my boxes.

"But its so muchhhh. Just a little bit? Pleaseeeee?" I heard the unnaturally busty woman again, and I shook myself out of my thoughts. There was something nipping at the back of my mind, but I couldn't get what. I decided to follow them, and see what I could find out.

"You've gotta carry that atleast Shizuka, you can't be a twig all of your life." Seeing the other woman shake her head and hearing her respond, the milkmaid just seemed to deflate.

"But I'm not a twig. We passed a bunch of twigs on the way here, I look nothing like them." That response seemed to make the tanned woman laugh, and now I really wanted to know what they were talking about.

"You know what I meant Shizuka. Now keep on moving, our campsite isn't that far away." The response seemed to placate the milkmaid, and she perked up and started walking a little bit faster. I just kept following them, and listened in as they spoke. I couldn't make things out, but I managed to make out their names after 10 minutes of conversation.

'Shizuka' and 'Rika', yeah, I was getting something from this. No idea what, but I was getting something. They made it to a small clearing, and I watched the Rika woman set up tents. The milkmaid, I liked thinking of her as that instead of her name, sat on a stump, and just talked with her friend. I watched them for a bit, then I got hungry and ran off to get something to eat.

I looked for some scents, and hunted down a snake, cause sure, there was a snake in my woods. I didn't really know how to deal with snakes, so I just dragged the thing around, looking for someplace to shift back and butcher it, but then I heard a twig snap.

I stopped, and turned towards the sound. Lo and behold, the Rika woman was looking at me, crossbow, cause sure why not, in hand. And we were just staring each other. I blinked at her, she blinked back, and slowly raised her crossbow. I raised an unamused brow at that. If falling from the fucking sky didn't kill me, then a crossbow was manageable.

"The hell?" I don't think she expected the unamused brow, and the way she said that response just made me snort. She didn't exactly seem to like that. "No way in hell I'm being laughed at by a dog!" I had a spur of the moment idea, which came from me using years of being an asshole and context clues, and went through with it.

I dropped the snake in my mouth, looked at her, and smirked at her. Seeing her eye twitch and the crossbow in her hand come up a bit faster, I turned and ran. But not before audibly chortling as well as a wolf could.

"Get back here you fleabag! Let me shoot you!" That just made me laugh harder. I ran through the bushes, and along the trails, and just laughed at the shouting woman I left behind... Then I realized I left my snake behind too... (Gods I'm so stupid.)

I stopped running, and looked for something else to eat. I ended up hunting down a rabbit, decided not to question it, and looked for a place to shift back and butcher it. Though after a minute or so of searching, I ended up smelling something good, and followed the scent. It led me back to the women's camp, and I just stared at the fire.

(That's my snake!) And it was. The Rika woman was holding 2 skewers of snake meat, and cooking them over the fire. The milkmaid was humming a tune, without a care in the world. Though I was mostly annoyed. So in my annoyance, I walked into the camp, and just looked at the Rika woman. She noticed my approach, with the rabbit still in my jaws, and I saw her reach for her crossbow.

"A dog! Oh my god Rika, look!" I wasn't ready for the milkmaid to come over and smother me though. I dropped my rabbit and yelped in surprise. I mean, why wouldn't it? Who sees a wolf, carrying a bloodied rabbit, and just decided to cuddle it? The fuck?!

And she was actually cuddling me. She avoided my mouth, cause you know, it was bloody, but she started to rub my back and scratch my ears... And I was done for. It was like getting a deep tissue massage from a fucking angel, and I melted into it. (Lucky fuckers. Dogs get this shit for free? Well now I do too!)

"Shizuka... Get away from the wolf. Slowly... Please." I heard her, still not sure what she said, but I could get the gist of it. Though it didn't look like she was convincing the milkmaid.

"But Rikaaaa! Look at him! He's gorgeous, and have you SEEN his eyes? They're so pretty!" Still no clue what they said, but I just focused on the divine feeling of having my ears scratched. Did I probably look like a puppy? Of course. Did I give a fuck? Oh hell no. This was divine and I was going to accept the free petting for all it was worth.

"Shizuka... That is a dangerous animal. It could HURT you!" I saw the Rika woman shift, and try to raise her crossbow, but I still didn't care, I'd either heal from it, or just avoid it. Besides, her friend was right next to me, she wouldn't risk it. And speaking of her friend, she didn't even seem to move despite the crossbow being aimed at us.

"But he's not doing anything. Look at him, he's a pretty baby! He's a big doggie isn't that right boy?" I only knew she was talking to me cause she stopped petting and turned to look at me for the last part of whatever she said. I just barked in response, and nudged her hands to get back to the petting. She made this happy sound, and went right back too it. "See! He's a big ol doggie."

I felt like she was saying something I should be offended at, but I let it slide. I saw the Rika woman look conflicted though. She kept glancing at me, then the milkmaid, then back at me. "How the fuck do I put up with you?" I heard her mutter, but again, didn't really care. I was at heaven's gates, and I was loving it. I saw her put down the crossbow, and move the skewers out of the fire. "Atleast he came with his own food."

Whatever she said seemed to give the milkmaid pause, and look at the rabbit by our feet. She let out this sad whine, and looked at it. "Poor bunny... Should we bury it?" I had no idea what she said, but I felt like it was something stupid. The way the Rika woman was looking at her was the whole reason behind that thought.

"... No. We are not burying the free food. Besides, rabbit meat is nice. Way better then snake meat." The Rika woman...

(I'll just start calling her Rika from now on.) Shook her head and took a bite of her snake skewer. She handed the other to the milkmaid, and they started to eat. The milkmaid scratched my ears with her free hand, and even took a bit of meat from her skewer and gave it to me.

"Say ahhhh." I raised a brow at her, and opened my mouth. Context clues helped with figuring out what she said. and made a low grumble come from my throat, as she cooed and fed me the snake meat. I ate it, and hummed at the taste. It was a little chewy. All in all, it was fine. "Isn't he adorable Rika!?"

"... I... Hah... I guess. Now hand me that rabbit, I'll throw it in the cooler for later." My milkmaid reached down and grabbed the rabbit, and she passed it to Rika. I watched her get up, make sure she had me in her view the whole time, and went to the tent. I heard something get clicked open, and then closed a second later. She came back out, and watched me for a bit. It was a few seconds later that I saw something click in her eyes.

"Wait a minute, it's you! You're the fleabag that laughed at me!" My milkmaid stopped petting me, and we both looked to Rika. I could tell my milkmaid was confused, so I just looked at Rika with her.

"What? What do you mean Rika?" My milkmaid went back to petting me, and I zoned out.

"I found that mutt earlier, and he laughed at me when I was trying to shoot him!" My milkmaid made a sound, I was too busy eating up heaven to care to identify it, and then I heard her talk again.

"Rika! No shooting the pretty wolf!" Again, I felt like I should be offended at something, but oh well.

"Ugh. The mutt's just lucky you like him. I would've shot him by now." My milkmaid whined again, and they broke into conversation. Though at some point, I ended up zoning out long enough to fall asleep. The milkmaid was a great petting machine.

{Shizuka's POV}

"Ohmygod! Rikaaaa look! He's sleeping!" The little guy, even though he was normal height for a wolf, started snoozing in my lap and it was adorable! I needed my phone, but if I moved too much, I might wake him up... "Rikaaaaa, picture! Pleaseeee." She was my only hope. If she didn't take a picture of this, then I might never get this chance again.

I saw Rika look between me and the little guy, and she sighed. I had no idea why, didn't she realize how cute this whole thing was?

{Rika's POV}

I should've just shot him when I had the chance. How the hell did this trip go south so fast? It was just supposed to be me and Shizuka, chilling out here in the woods, and this little bastard comes out of nowhere! Why was there a wolf in these woods in the first place?! The biggest thing in here should've been deer, so where the fuck did this Gray Wolf come from? And why was it smart enough to laugh at me?

I knew the asshole laughed at me, I wasn't crazy. The look in his eyes and the way he reacted to me was enough to tell he knew what he was doing. Was he just old enough to figure it out? Those scars looked old, so he had to have some years on him. (Ugh, I'll think about it later. I guess I'll just indulge Shizuka for now... Though it does look kind of cute... Hmm...)

There was an idea here. The wolf let his guard down enough to sleep in Shizuka's lap, hasn't really been aggressive to us, and he seems well behaved enough... (I'll give it some time. We'll be here for another 2 days, might as well see what he does from here. I'll just make sure to put him down somewhere Shizuka doesn't see if he gets aggressive.)

With that idea set, I took my phone out and got some pictures for Shizuka. I sent them over to her, and her ringtone went off on full blast... (Didn't I remind her to put it on silent?)

She panicked, and the wolf I had a plan for started to wake back up.

{Maccillian's POV}

The moment I heard the explosion of sound go off by my ear, I yelped and almost jumped back. I looked around for the offending noise, and saw that it was coming from my milkmaids pocket. Even before she brought it out, I realized it was her phone. I just groaned when I figured it out, and laid my head back in her lap. I whined, demanding for the petting, and she gave into my demands.

I idly thought about what their reactions would be if I just shifted back, but I could find that out some other time. (Though I'll need to wait for when they're asleep to go practice my skills and workout.) Muzaka was built, sure, but I wanted to have atleast some differences between us. I wanted my body to really be my own.

Shaking off those thoughts, I stayed in my milkmaids lap, and just zoned out of whatever conversation they were having. I still didn't know japanese, but I could atleast figure out names if they said em enough. Why names specifically? Well I was pretty sure my milkmaid was trying to name me, but I didn't mind. I even ended up falling back asleep after a few more minutes.

{Shizuka's POV}

"Ohmygod! He did it again! Rika look!" I was worried he'd run away after hearing my phone go off, but when he just came back to my lap, I almost squealed. He was just this precious little thing, and I was loving him.

"Yeah, I see that. Make sure your phone's on silent this time though. Wouldn't want to wake him up again now would we?" That reminder made me pout at her. It wasn't my fault I forgot, she only said it once. Her smile made me pout even harder.

{Maccillian's POV 8 hours later}

I woke up, feeling like I had way better rest then I did last night, and looked around. I was still in the camp, but my head was on the stump my nursemaid was at, that was when I noticed I was the only one out. I used my nose, and picked up their scents in their tents.

With that knowledge, I checked the sky, and saw the moon was pretty much out. I was out for a few hours, and I was sure they were asleep, so it was time for me to do my own thing. I quietly trotted out of the camp, and used my nose. Rika and my nursemaid's scents seemed to go a certain direction a while ago, so I went to see where it was.

I followed the scent trails, and came across a stream. It was wide enough and even deep enough for a few people to bathe in, so I figured that's what they did. I was a bit thirsty, so going over to the stream, and taking a sip to quench my thirst. With that done, I looked for something to eat, and found a trail of atleast 3 animals. I hadn't smelled 2 of them before, so I looked for tracks to figure out what they were.

A few seconds of doing that, and I found some. And would you look at that. (Looks like I'm hunting Bambi for tonight.) I ran off towards the deer trails, and stuck to their scents until I found em. A few minutes of chasing, and I found a male and female deer side by side, grazing in a clearing. I stalked the trees and bushes, looking for an opening. They kept grazing unaware of my presence, then a little later, I found my chance.

The pair looked up when a bird cawed on the opposite side of the clearing, and I leapt. I extended my claws towards the male, while I aimed my jaws at the female's neck. They both turned to me, and that phrase 'a deer in headlights' went through my mind. They both saw me appear next to them, and that was all they knew.

My jaws clamped down on the neck of the female deer, and my claws tore a DEEP gash into the male. The female was dead in moments, and the male was too caught off guard and injured to sprint away. I saw him try, sure, but I moved over to him and tore into his hind leg. He collapsed, and I bit down onto his throat, killing him... Then I had a thought.

(How am I going to carry them both? I'd have to shift back to do that.., Eh, I'll just shift back into my wolf form when I get close enough.) That decided, I shifted back to my human form, and took off my coat. I had time, a clearing, and the opportunity. It was time to work out and set a training regime for myself. "Hmm... Maybe I should do one for my wolf form too. Just imagining someone recording a wolf doing sit-ups is too funny to pass up."

For 2 hours, I tested my body, and made sure I knew what it could and couldn't do. I even figured out the distinction of what made a wound 'major', though it hurt like a bitch. I tried to do a flip, landed on my arm the wrong way, and snapped it. The bone came out and everything. Though it didn't hurt THAT much, which I chalked up to being a Werewolf.

I set the bone back in, and made sure my arm was bending the right way again as I watched as it heal. 10 minutes later, and it was good as new. Though I did get a bit hungry after it was done, which made me realize it would work off of stamina. Welp, atleast I was 2/200 in my upgrade quest.

The rest of the night passed by without much happening, and I grabbed my haul by the legs and dragged them back to the camp. The sun would be up in a few hours, so I wanted some sleep, even though I had more then enough, I wanted more.

When I got close enough to camp, I shifted back to my wolf form, and left the deer away from the tents. They were in the camp, just not right outside their tents like a dead bird some cats leave for their owners. With that done, I walked over to the tent of my milkmaid, and laid down outside of it. It was time to sleep.

{Rika's POV that morning}

"Ughhh, fucking mornings." I was never a morning person, even with all the times I was pretty much drilled into waking up at 6:45AM on the dot. I dragged myself out of my sleeping bag, and stretched. Hearing my bones pop helped speed up my readiness to get up and move.

When I was finally able to stand, I wiped the crap outta my eyes, and opened my tent. Then stopped when I saw a couple of deed deer in our camp and a sleeping wolf outside of Shizuka's tent. My brain took a second to realize the shit I was seeing was real, and I cursed. "It's too early for this shit." I saw the wolf's ears twitch, but he didn't wake up.

I ran my hand through my hair, and sighed. I had no idea how long the bodies were out here, but there was probably some good meat left. I went back into my tent, looked for some wire and my knife, and made sure the thing was clean. No way was I going to butcher some meat and find out my knife made it inedible. When I made real sure it was clean, I walked out of my tent, and went over to the deer corpses.

They both died to neck wounds, the female probably died instantly, so her body was the one I started with. I made an incision on her neck, and worked to cut her open. She had already bled a lot from having her neck bitten into and broken, but I'd still have to drain her. With her neck opened, I dragged her away to a tree, and strung her up with some of the wire I brought. She could bleed the rest of her blood out, and I'd work on the male as she was.

Speaking of the male, that fucker had this massive gash on his side, and I was pretty sure he bled out the majority of his blood from that wound and having his throat bitten into. It just made me think on the wolf.

He had a few chances to act against us, but he hasn't. Granted, I set up some wire in mine and Shizuka's tents, so he'd end up hurt if he tried, but the wires were intact. We slept great, got free food in the morning, and he seemed attached to Shizuka. I had an idea about him, but I'd see if he was worth it. So far, he was doing good, but I'd judge him myself.

After hanging the male up, I went to the stream to clean my knife, and made my way back to camp. When I got in, I saw the wolf twitch, and then open an eye in my direction. We looked at each other, and I decided to go through with my 1st test.

I walked over to him, and saw him watch me as I did. I got up to him, and knelt down. I brought my hand to just before his snout, and waited. We looked at each other the whole time, and I waited. He looked at me, and it felt like time was slowing down as he sniffed my hand. It was a tense situation, but the tension disappeared as he licked it. The feeling of his tongue on my fingers was a little odd, but I was fine with it.

I brought my other hand underneath his chin, and scratched. From the way his tail started swinging and the hum that came from his throat, I guessed he liked it. I liked the feel of his fur, and I guess he was kind of cute. But I grinned when I remembered yesterday. "Not looking so smug now are ya?" I saw him look at me, and raise a brow again. I think he knew I said something smart, just not what, but the way he rolled his eyes at me made me know I was right. He was smart. Way smarter then an animal should be. (Trained as a cub maybe? I don't remember if there was a program that focused on in-porting and raising wolf cubs as k9 units, but maybe it happened.)

With the confirmation that he was smart, he passed the 1st test. 2 more and he'd be golden... Well he kind of already passed the 2nd one by not tripping my wires, so it was just the last one he needed to pass.

Though that could wait. For now, I'd need to get rid of the wire inside Shizuka's tent before she woke up and hurt herself on it. The wolf, we hadn't settled on a name since I wasn't sure he'd be here in the morning, just watched me as I went over to her tent, and he looked a little annoyed that I stopped petting him. I snorted at that thought, and went about taking down the wire.

When I finished, I turned back to see him stretching, kind of like a cat, and padding his paws against the ground. It was cute. Maybe not the yawn where he showed off his fangs, but it was whatever.

From there, I started the morning with the wolf. I grabbed the rabbit from yesterday, and let it thaw out so I could skin and butcher it later for breakfast. The deer would be lunch and maybe dinner. With that done, I turned to the wolf and used my head to gesture towards the stream. He nodded, and we walked towards it. It was interesting. He seemed to know we were going to the stream, and I found out why when I saw the trail of either dried blood or crushed grass.

"So that's how you found them." I said that mostly to myself, but I heard a grunt of confirmation when I saw the wolf was looking at me. (Context clues? It'd make sense since I know he doesn't understand everything we say.) I filed that away for later. I started cleaning my knife, and watched as he took a dip in the water. He went in, submerged his body, and rolled around a bit before he came back out a few minutes later.

He shook himself off, and I laughed at it. Watching a wolf roll around in water like it was a fish was hilarious. I only got brought out of it when he came over and brushed his head up against me. It took me a bit to realize what he was doing, but I eventually figured out what he did. He was using me to dry off even after he shook! "You petty fuck." The way he looked up at me, with 'innocent' eyes, made me wish to smack him. I just settled on clicking my tongue and ruffling his fur. He made a sound that almost came close to being a scoff, and I just stopped and looked at him. He blinked at me, then went to the innocent look. (Smart bastard.)

The rest of our morning went from there. We went back to camp, he ran back and fourth, probably antagonizing me for being slow about it, and Shizuka woke up a half hour later. She woke up groggy, way worse then I do, and took 1 look at the camp, ignored the deer and rabbit, and went over to the wolf and latched onto him.

"Doggy. Soft." Ah, she was still out of it. She had her head on the wolf's back and was just hugging him like a pillow. The wolf himself just let out this confused and amused huff, and looked at me.

"Don't look at me. You're the one with the fur here fleabag." He huffed at me, and I smirked. I'm pretty sure he ignored my smirk, and just let Shizuka cuddle with him. He even rolled over, and let her lay her head on his chest. It gave me another look at those scars of his, which made me wonder what the fuck he fought to leave his midsection as scarred as it was. (Bear maybe? But are there even any bears in this forest?) That thought aside, he was doing great for my 3rd test. He accommodated Shizuka, and let her be comfortable instead of trying to get out. That showed a familiarity with people, and made me buy into my trained as a cub theory.

All I needed now was to make sure, and I'd go through with my plan for him. Hmm... Time will tell and all that. Let's see if he deserves my bestfriend. Even if he doesn't, I won't put him down atleast.

{Maccillian's POV 1 day later}

Man, this was so worth it. Sure, I had to put my plan to break into the library on hold, but I could always do it later. My milkmaid and Rika were nice.

Rika was interesting. She realized I was smart, made some snarky remarks at me, I was pretty sure she did but again, didn't japanese. Atleast I got to annoy her back.

My milkmaid was all cuddles and pets, and she fed me too, so she was pretty much my favorite person in this world.

I had my head in my milkmaids lap, she was running her hand through my fur and scratching my ears just like yesterday and the day before, and I enjoyed it. Yesterday wasn't really special, it was just the women talking, me in heaven, and them doing some relaxing.

I was busy in my thoughts, but then I saw Rika get up, and come over to me. She knelled down to me, and just looked me in my eyes. From that, I knew this was important. She kept looking at me, and then brought her phone. I was curious, so I looked at what she had open, and blinked when I saw what it was.

She had a tab open and was looking at dog collars. Was she..? "Which one do you want wolf?" Yup. Even if I didn't know all of it, I recognized 'wolf' and with her having that tab out for me, I figured out what she was asking. Though I had to think about it.

(Do I want to live with her?) I wouldn't exactly mind it. Rika and my milkmaid were the only people I knew in this world. Though I was pretty sure they both had jobs, so if I was at home, I could use the internet and learn about things from there. I didn't want my milkmaid or Rika to die in the apocalypse, so I made my decision. (I'll live with her.)

With that settled, I looked at the collars, and thought about it. I saw a collar with 2 spikes on the sides, and I liked it. I brought my paw up to it, and pointed at that collar. She looked at the one I picked, and nodded. Then I got squeezed by my milkmaid, and had the wind knocked out of my sails.

"You're coming with us Silver?! Oh YESYESYESYES! Thank you Rika!" That was also a thing. My milkmaid and Rika named me 'Silver' at some point, and I didn't really mind it. Though I had no idea why my milkmaid was so excited.

(Do they live together or something?) If they did, then I definitely didn't mind agreeing to this.

Rika and my milkmaid talked some more, though I was zoned out since I was put into nirvana from my milkmaids petting. Rika even joined in for a bit and it was pure bliss. I hardly cared about how much of a dog I was acting like. Despite having 2 very gorgeous women putting their hands on me, I didn't care. I was going to live however I wanted too. So if I wanted to be pet into bliss, then I would be. It wasn't like anyone could or would stop me.

The rest of the day went on, and a few hours later, around 2pm maybe, Rika started packing up. She stuffed hers and Shizuka's tent into their bags, and after 15 minutes of making sure everything was there, and the fire was out, the women started to walk the trail. Well, Rika walked, my milkmaid whined.

"Rikaaa, are we there yet?" I heard Rika sigh, and I was pretty sure I knew what my milkmaid said.

"No Shizuka. We've walked for a minute, why would we be there so soon?" Rika seemed calm in her response, but for as much as I adored my milkmaids affections, I knew I couldn't survive a constant 'are we there yet' session. So I did a thing. I stopped walking, and barked at my milkmaid. Both of them looked at me, and I saw my milkmaid blink and tilt her head.

"What is it Silver? Are you itchy? Does it hurt anywhere?" All I heard was my name, but I didn't mind. I motioned to my back, and saw her blink. Then she understood a beat later.

"YES!" She rushed towards me, and climbed my back faster then I thought humanly possible. She wrapped her legs around my body, and she hugged my head. "Who's a good Silver? Who's a good Silver?" I understood what she was doing, and let out an amused bark. That made her hug me tighter and rub her cheeks against my head. It was a nice feeling.

I saw Rika look at us, and just shrug her shoulders. "Eh, I'll just keep walking. I'll ride him eventually... Hmm... There's a joke there but I'll be the only one that gets it. Ugh..." When I saw she started to walk ahead, I just followed her and walked besides her. My milkmaid sat upright after a bit, and the women talked about something, I just had no clue what.

After a few more minutes of walking, we made it out of the forest and onto a more public area. There were people everywhere, and clearly the apocalypse hadn't started yet, since no one was dead or running around all over the place. There were people staring at us, my milkmaid was riding a wolf after all, so it'd be weird if people hadn't stared at the scene.

The women talked and ignored the gazes or whispers, and we went towards a car... I say car, but the damn thing was an armored Humvee! And I recognized the damn thing! When I did, I had a fucking brain blast, and realized where I was. Highschool of the Dead... An ecchi anime in the zombie apocalypse... I was never more happy that I watched and read the series then at that moment. It also made me realize who my milkmaid and Rika were.

My milkmaid, Shizuka, was a school nurse that survives and stays in the protagonists group. Then there was Rika. A badass and in the top 5 snipers list. I couldn't remember if it was worldwide or strictly japan, but either of them was still amazing.

So not only did I know where I was, but I knew someone from the main cast and a badass side character. Yeah, I was definitely not regretting this. "Silver, come on in boy!" I zoned back into my milkmaid calling for me, and patting the backseat, she was sitting shotgun, and I hopped in. I got comfortable in the backseat, though I changed my mind and moved closer to the front, and got ready for Rika to drive.

"You sure you wanna be there Silver? My girl might be a little much for your first time." She looked just a little concerned, but I just barked to whatever she said. I'd be fine. She even took that as an answer, and started to drive. My milkmaid played with my ears, and I just relaxed.

I had a plan now. An actual plan. I'd probably be left alone at their home for a good few times, and I'd be able to use their laptops, or whatever computers they had, to learn japanese. The sooner I knew what everyone around me was saying, the better. Other then that, I'd have to make sure I was there for Shizuka on Z-day. I remembered and saw just how airheaded this woman was, and I was not going to base her survival on anime or manga knowledge. Hell, she almost dies episode 1 and was almost raped in the manga for crying out loud! Nothing was going to hurt her.

Rika would survive cause I knew and I saw how capable she was. Both in the anime and in real life. Though I might need to shift back and remind my milkmaid to call her earlier, which depending on the situation we find ourselves in reality, might not be the reveal that I'm a Werewolf. If shit hits the fan as fast as it did in the anime, I'm going to tear everything that comes my way apart.

And so, with my plan set, and feeling resolved to make sure my milkmaid didn't die, I relaxed in the car, and waited to reach their home.