Love is War Chapter One

Dante Pov- “Today is the day Everyone, The day when we beat those Wolves.” I yelled staring down at the members of my gang from my leaders chair; sitting on the stage of the old abandoned studio that we used as our hide out. We are the Neko gang, one of the most popular and strongest gangs in the entire city. The town is divided up between Neko’s and wolves; both are mortal enemies and are always at war with each other but there are also those people who think that the two can make peace. It’s a small number but there are Wolves and Neko’s who think it is okay to get married and have kids together mixing our blood together. I for one find those people foolish… wolves and Neko’s can never get along.

“Dante are you sure we are ready for the fight?” My right hand man and Best friend Joan asked standing at my side. I looked up at my best friend looking over his sand like brown hair and his blue eyes, I tried dating him once and it lasted a long while but in the end it was best just to stay friends. “You don’t think we’re ready” I asked watching him and he shook his head “I think we are but I just wanted to make sure you will be okay with seeing Terya again.” A low hiss came from the back of my throat after hearing his name. Terya was the leader of the wolf gang we were off to fight tonight and he is one of the biggest thorns in my side. He’s greedy, cocky, and is a complete ass when it comes to fighting with us. He had dark red hair that brought out his amazing blue eyes….His very sexy blue eyes. I mentally slapped myself and shook my head clearing my thoughts. I refuse to think that any wolf is attractive… even if he was. “Dante…” Joan asked hesitantly and I just shook my head and stood up “Never mind Terya; let’s get going.” The gang cheered and we all headed out going to our bikes. Last time we went to fight the wolf gang we ended up losing because they outnumbered us. There are more wolves then Neko’s and that is one of the reasons why Neko’s are so against mixed breeding. We need to stick together to make more Neko’s to fight against the wolves. It’s just like being gay is wrong among Neko’s. We need to breed and if you’re gay you can’t do that so it’s ‘off limits’ that doesn't stop Neko’s from being with other men but we just can’t marry them. Joan sped up on his bike so he was next to me and he looked at me “Dante I don’t know about this; I think we need more time to prepare. They still outnumber us by five guys.”  “Well then we will fight with the strength of five guys to match them.” Joan frowned and looked ahead “What about Terya’s twin brother Deri?" I frowned remembering Terya's twin brother Deri who was even more trouble then he was. "I'm not concerned by him" I lied trying to sound convincing but from the look on Joan's face I wasn't doing a good job at it. We got to the town square and the wolves were already lined up on their bikes and Terya was front and center with his brother standing next to him like always. "Ready to get your asses beat?" Deri asked smirking at Joan. Joan just glared at him; his catlike pupils turning into slits. I got off my bike and looked at Terya meeting his eyes. He looked back at me and smiled. It was a sweet smile but I knew it wasn't as it appeared. Terya was good at tricking people by acting nice but really he was devil in disguise. "You should have stayed home Dante." He said pulling a pocket knife out of his pocket.I pulled my gun out from my back pocket "Hey Terya haven't you ever heard that saying 'Don't bring a knife to a gun fight?'" He smirked and held the blade up in my direction. "This knife has beat your gun before; or have you already forgotten our last fight? You lost horribly." I glared and set the gun before pointing it in Terya's direction. "It won't happen again i assure you." He smirked and ran at me holding the blade tightly in his hand. I put my hand on the trigger and went to pull it but as i tried to do so both mine and Terya's phones started ringing making us both stop in our tracks. "Damn it" Terya said pulling his phone out of his pocket and looking at the screen. I lowered my gun before pulling out my phone seeing who text-ed me. It was my father yelling at me for being late for one of our famous fancy parties. "It seems I have other things i need to do" Terya said putting his phone and knife back into his pocket. He looked back at his gang "We will retreat for now, my brother and I have somewhere we need to be." Joan glared "You can't just leave in the middle of battle!" I held up my hand to silence him "I need to get going as well. I have family business." I looked at Terya meeting his eyes again "We will finish this soon" he smiled and winked at me "Looking forward to beating you." He turned and walked over to his bike followed by his brother and then the rest of the gang. I watched them all drive away before I turned to look at my gang "I'm really sorry guys." They mumbled amoung each other and got back on there bikes and Joan shook his head putting his hand on my shoulder "Retreating is no way to win over your gang, you just became the leader two months ago you could be easily replaced." I frowned and nodded "I know but they don't understand how hard it is to run a gang on the down low." Joan shook his head "If they knew who your parents were and what your lifestyle was like they would kick you out of the band faster then you can say 'team death match'." I frowned knowing he was right. I was a member of one of the richest families in town the Fuji family. They owned almost every house in town and have evicted half of the town so all gang members have a huge grudge against them. I am apart of this gang because they are my real family. My parents hate me most of the time and tolerate me at best. They keep me around only to make them look good with the other rich families. There are a lot of rich children that I have to get along with in order to have them get there parents to work with mine. It is a difficult job but I am good at it so I try my best. Tonight was one of those parties, a masquerade ball and I was so obsessed with the battle tonight that I completely forgot about it. "I wish you could come with me to this party, I hate spending all of my time with crazy rich kids." Joan laughed and shook his head walking over to his bike. "You couldn't pay me enough to go to one of those parties." I pouted and walked to my bike "So mean, it's the least you could do for your ex boyfriend." He got on his bike smiling "Ex boyfriend is the key word. Maybe you will meet a hot boy at this party." I rolled my eyes getting on my bike and starting the engine. "I can't flirt with guys around my parents the last thing I need is for them to know I am gay." He shrugged and started his bike "I will hold the fort down at the hide out, try to have some fun."

At home I changed into my tux before sitting at my mirror and stripping the green out of my hair. When I was with my gang I liked looking the way I wanted. Black and green hair, a nose ring, and three rings going up both my ears. But when i was at home I had to be the perfect son so that means plain black hair and no piercings, whats worse is I will have to flirt with spoiled rich girls that don't work a day in there lives and they get everything they want by simply saying the words 'daddy'. There was a knock on my door pulling me out of my thought and I looked at it "Come in." My dad walked in holding the mask that went with my tux. "Where were you?" I just shrugged standing up "Sorry I was out." He handed me the mask with a serious face. "I need you to do something very special tonight." I frowned "What girl do I need to get close to tonight?" They always had me flirt with daughters of people they wanted to work with. "This is different. I need you to charm a boy tonight." I got wide eyed shocked "Excuse me?" "We are trying to get on good terms with the Caine family and one of their twins is openly gay. Use that to our advantage and flirt with him, get him to like you and that will get his parents to like us." I frowned not liking using a guy this way. It is rare to find openly gay people in this lifestyle and playing with their feelings is just wrong. Still it is an order from my father so I can't say no. "Wait a moment father, isn't the Caine family wolves?" He nodded "It will do good for us to blend together for business." I wrinkled my nose "I don't think wolves and Neko's should be working together let alone flirting. I hate wolves" Especially Terya he was the worst of all. "You will be done with him soon enough. Just pretend to like him till his parents make a deal with us." I frowned but nodded "yes father." He nodded before walking out leaving me alone.

Terya Pov- I sat in my room looking in the mirror fixing my hair for the Ball tonight. I was supposed to be beating Dante and taking his territory but instead I was here getting all prettied up to go to a Neko party. Deri walked up behind me and grabbed some of my hair before grabbing my brush starting to brush my hair for me smiling. "I can't believe we forgot about this party." I nodded sighing "This sucks I don't want to waist my time with spoiled rich kids I have to bring victory to my gang." Deri put the brush down and kissed the top of my head "The gang understands the position we are in." I looked at my reflection in the mirror frowning, thinking about when I told my gang I was part of one of the richest Wolf families in the city. At first they were all pissed the I had lied to them but then they saw how my social status could help them. They are my family and I will use my parents power to help them. I stood up fixing my tux before grabbing my mask and putting it on. "Maybe you will be like Cinderella tonight and find a good man" Deri said smiling at me. I laughed slightly and shook my head "I highly doubt that will happen. I wish you were coming with me to this party." Deri wasn't coming with me because our parents only liked to bring one kid at a time and for some reason that i wont ever understand, they chose me tonight. "I'll head back to the hide out after you leave and talk to the gang about the next time we should attack Dante's gang." I frowned thinking about that green haired idiot. If I didn't get called away we could have won his territory tonight, he was outnumbered and now that we have to wait to attack that gives them time to regain their numbers. Still it is hard to find Neko's who want to join a gang. Most Neko's are wiped out and it makes it hard for them to win many battles. Neko's never won before Dante took over but ever since he did it has been harder for us to win. "Yeah make sure you do that." I hugged him and kissed his cheek before going downstairs to meet up with my parents.
When we got to the mansion I was over whelmed by how big the building was. Since there are such few Neko's they were rarely rich but this family seemed even richer then us. I'm sure it had to do with evicting half the town. "Make sure to relax and have fun okay?" My mother asked touching my cheek smiling. I glanced at her frowning "Easier said then done." About a week ago I came out to my parents about being gay. The reason I know I'm gay is because lately I have been getting flustered every time Dante is around. When I first met him I thought he was gorgeous with nice shiny black and green hair and beautiful purple eyes. He was handsome that's for sure but his first impression ruined it all. He was so rude to me because I was a wolf and he talked down to me like I wasn't a person. That hurt me so I decided he was my number one enemy. Anyway, now that the world knew that I liked men it has been very strange at these parties. I get all kinds of looks; pity, disgust, confusion, and sometimes I get looks from guys who seem interested in me but are to chicken to do anything about it so they stay locked in their closets. "People will judge but only you can give them the power to bother you." My father said getting out of the limo. He helped my mom out of the limo before I got out and followed them inside.
  Once inside I walked straight to the food table thinking it was easier to stay over there then to meet all of these people. Everyone is wearing masks which means that no one knows who each other are. That means if one of these losers wanted to hit on me and be secretive about it it would be tonight. I grabbed a strawberry out of a bowl of fruit and ate it before turning to walk back to my parents running face first into someone's chest. Strong hands grabbed my shoulders steadying me. "I'm so sorry are you okay?" blinking I looked up at the man I ran into and felt my face get hot. He was gorgeous with straight silky black hair and stunning purple eyes. He had cat ears meaning he was a Neko. Wow purple eyes must be a Neko trait. "No um, it was my fault I should have been looking where I was going." The black haired boy smiled a stunning smile that showed off his cat fangs "Wow... your eyes are gorgeous." I felt my face get hotter "You like my eyes?" He nodded still smiling "You are one of the Caine boys right?" I nodded and opened my mouth to tell him my name but for some reason something told me I shouldn't tell him my name. He smiled and grabbed my hand "I would ask you to dance but I'm not much of a dancer; would you like to join me for a walk in the gardens?" I looked around for my parents but they were no where to be found so I just looked back at the dark haired stranger and nodded "Yes I would like that." He smiled more and lead me outside not letting go of my hand. My hand felt warm inside his and they seemed to fit perfectly as if they were made to fit together like a puzzle. "You have very warm hands Caine." He said calling me by my last name since he didn't know my first. "yeah well Wolves are naturally warm." I glanced up at him "Neko's don't normally like my kind." I felt his body tense for a minute but then he relaxed and looked at me smiling "Mixed breeding doesn't matter to me." That statement made my heart skip a beat. It was so hard to find people who weren't against mixed breeding, This guy is really to good to be true...even so I just might take a chance on him.

Dante Pov- Something seriously weird is happening to me. I saw a red headed wolf like my father described and went up to him being charming and flirting like I was told. I never expected to feel this way though. He was beautiful with bright red hair and stunning blue eyes. If I didn't know any better I would think it was Terya. There's no way it was him though because this boy was completely different. Terya was a cocky, greedy, bastard who always knew how to push my buttons and make me angry to no end. but this boy was shy, awkward, and his hands were so soft that i never wanted to let it go. The warmth of his skin was also very soothing and it made the feeling i had when touching him intensify. I need to get a grip on myself he is a wolf and I am against mixed breeding. I am just helping out my parents and that's it I'm not going to get involved with this wolf. Even if he was dead gorgeous and adorable. "Mixed breeding really doesn't bother you?" He asked in reaction to my last statement about mixed breeding. I thought about lying again but stopped and looked at him "Well i can't say that I have always been fond of it... but who knows; I just might have found a reason to like it." He looked into my eyes; his blue orbs full of shock and awe. I didn't mean to say something like that; it kind of just came out without my thinking about it. It was said though so now I have to follow it through. Music started playing from the ball room and I looked at him getting a slightly tighter grip on his hand "Care to dance?" His rosy cheeks darkened almost the same shade of his hair and he nodded. I smiled and put my free hand on his waist pulling him closer so that his body was pressed to mine. He swallowed hard before nervously putting his free hand on my shoulder. "I must warn you that I'm not much of a dancer." I smiled "i don't dance much either so it's ok."  We started moving to the music and slowly the red head relaxed and laid his head on my chest listening to the music. I was about a head taller then him so I laid my chin on his head as we danced. "How come I have never seen you at these parties before?" He asked closing his eyes. I smiled slightly "This is my parents party. I tend to stay out of the way at the other ones." He nodded against my chest "I do the same, I don't like parties that much." I pressed my face on the top of his head taking in his scent. I always assumed wolves would smell like wet dog but he smelled of vanilla and honey. "I don't like parties either; looks like we are in the same boat." He smiled and looked up at me looking into my eyes once again "I guess we are." The moon came out from behind the clouds and shone down on us making his beautiful blue eyes gleam in the light. It was a beautiful sight to behold and I couldn't stop myself from moving my hand from his waist to his cheek and lean in kissing him briefly. His lips were soft and tasted like strawberries; my favorite fruit. He let go of my hand and shoulder and wrapped his arms around my shoulders running his fingers into my hair kissing me back. I pulled him closer and kissed him firmly on the lips. He tensed for a moment until my tongue hit his lips and he let me enter. I didn't waist anytime, my tongue explored his mouth and he must of enjoyed it because a small moan escaped his mouth and he just pulled me closer making my tongue go deeper down his throat. We pulled apart gasping to catch our breaths and his eyes were slightly darker with lust. "Wow" I said softly thinking about the kiss we just shared. It felt like fireworks, there was an intense spark that made every bone in my body tingle with want. The red headed wolf moved his hands out of my hair and slid them down to the rim of my mask as if he wanted to take it off and see who I was. I wanted to know who he was too so I put my hands on his mask. He leaned in and pressed his lips to mine kissing me softly and as I kissed him back we each pulled off the masks getting rid of the beerier hiding our identities. Our lips parted gently and we both backed up slightly looking into each others eyes. At that moment both of our bodies tensed; seeing each others faces. "T... Terya!" I yelled shocked. Terya quickly dropped his hands and backed away quickly glaring at me; his eyes the usual greedy blue I was used to. "What the hell are you doing here Dante?" "Like I said before I live here and my parents are throwing this party. What are you doing here?" He frowned and glanced away not answering. "You are part of the Caine family. What would your gang think if they knew the truth?" I asked thinking he was in the same boat as me and I could use that to my advantage. "My gang already knows about my family. What about you? what does your gang think about your family?" I flinched and looked away avoiding eye contact. even without looking at him I could tell he was smirking. His smirk always pierced my skin. "They don't know do they? They would hate you if they did especially if they knew who your parents are." I looked at him and glared "Don't you dare say anything to them you damn mutt!" Terya looked at me slowly loosing the smirk before just shaking his head. "I won't say anything." I blinked confused "You won't?" He shook his head no again "I want to forget this night even happened." He put my mask into my hand before walking passed me going back inside. For some reason my mind was screaming at me to go after him, to stop him from leaving and hold him close but I couldn't. He was my enemy and a wolf.... We were rivals and that's the way it will stay."