The tiger-male was lounging around on a tree branch, eyes closed as he slept. His head being supported by the palm of his hand and tail swaying lackadaisically. Taiga Kagami didn't live with his mother or father, despite being only a teenager; no, he was capable of living on his own, he could hunt, cook, bathe and do everything necessary for living. And he was content living on his own, no one to bother him, no one telling him how to live, no one bossing him around. He was a happy, lazy, tiger boy; that's all there was to it. And no clan to report to, which was fine for him.

He didn't live too close to any other clan like the fox clan or the panther clan. He truly despised the leader of the panther clan though, Daiki Aomine, so he tried to avoid their territory all together. The fox clan leader, Ryota Kise, was energetic and could be annoying but he was indeed useful when it came to needing information or someone to challenge a game to given the playful personality the fox trait came with. So he often stopped by when he was particularly bored or when there was a festival. The fox clan festivals are well known for being colorful and fun, so many other clans came by as well to celebrate. Shintarou Midorima, leader of the rabbit clan was just someone who he didn't want to talk to all together, same for Atsushi Murasakibara, leader of the bear clan; mainly because he did nothing but eat, sleep and repeat. Seijuro Akashi, leader of the lion clan was one he avoided at all cost however. Seijuro was, how one would say, psychotic and he was quite intimidating. Even his own clan feared him, so no one questioned his rule.

"Yo! Taiga!" The large male cracked open an eye, hearing a familiar male voice.

There, just below him was his friend, Tatsuya Himuro. Himuro was from the wolf clan, but was a loner much like Kagami. Himuro was like a big brother to the large male, despite him being taller then said black haired teen. He had a fear of dogs, having had a bad run in with a few canine clans when he was a cub, but he trusted Himuro. He was the first canine that he could relax around.

"Yo, Tatsuya." The tiger male let out a yawn, exposing his canines as he jumped down from the tree.

"Sleeping as usual I see." Himuro smiled warmly at his friend.

"Well you're always off doing God knows what so the only option is to either go for a run or sleep. But with Kise's clan being the closest, one of them might decide to snoop around my home." It was true Kagami was always welcomed by the fox clan, as most clans are since they are friendly individuals, but they had a bad habit of snooping and sticking their noses where it shouldn't be.

"Alex told you about her story I take it?" Alex was another friend of Kagami and Himuro, she was from the cat clan and was quite flirtatious.

"Yeah as well as Kise, foxes are so annoying when they're curious." The taller sighed.

"But they mean well in the end though." Himuro sat by the trunk of the tree Kagami was just in.

"Yeah, but Kise is the biggest pain of them all still." The maroon-haired male scratched the back of his neck.

The smaller smiled and leaned his back against the trunk with a relaxed sigh. Kagami sat beside his best friend and looked up towards the leaves of the large tree. As much as he liked being alone he was also slightly lonely. But that's when Tatsuya or Alex came by to fix all that, one or the other stopping by unannounced. Alex would just barge in without any word when Kagami least expect it and that honestly annoyed him. Plus it wouldn't kill her to actually wear clothes for once! She would always wander around half naked so the tall male had to throw clothes at her just for her to be decent! Himuro on the other hand was semi-expected at least. He would come around during certain times, during certain months, but it still varied.

"Hey did you hear about a kid wandering across the island though?" Himuro chimed in.

"No, what's the word?" Kagami hadn't visited Kise for about a couple weeks so he was slightly behind on news.

"There is some pup wandering across the island, says he is looking for his little brother that went missing when he was young." Kagami raised an eyebrow at the story.

"Really?"

"Yeah. Feel bad for the kid honestly, but I don't understand why he is so adamant on continuing to search. But then again people say he is from the husky clan and they are known for their stubbornness." Kagami rolled his eyes, the husky clan were never really involved with the rest of the clans across the island, they prefered to be with their own.

"Give him credit for reaching out to others not of their own blood though. Must be rough, they keep to their own and seclude themselves from other clans-"

"But he is still looking for his own blood though, that's probably the only motivation." Himuro interrupted.

"If you love someone enough you're willing to do anything though. Isn't that what you said?" Kagami countered.

"That is true I did say that. But this kid is odd, I don't know the full story but it's what I know. So be on the look out." Himuro was worried when it came to Kagami, so when he heard about this husky wandering he was worried.

Huskies may have kept to themselves and are relatively peaceful, but when provoked they are astounding warriors. They aided in winning many battles and wars in the past before the Era of Peace came about. Rumors spread when the huskies relocated far away from other clans, such as they are still training to fight or that they were planning for another war to rule over the island. Of course anyone who would manage to find the clan would ask and they would deny anything, saying such rumors are ludicrous and soon as the guests leave the clan would relocate yet again, making them impossible to find.

So for a husky to leave the current spot of their clan it must be risky, what if the clan relocated? Where would he or she go? Would they just turn into a loner like Kagami and Himuro?

"Taiga!" The tiger male looked toward his friend, hearing his name, "You spaced out again!"

"Sorry. Hey I heard there was a festival tonight with the fox clan, you wanna join? Or are you heading out for another place tomorrow?" Kagami asked, changing the subject.

"Sure thing. I got nothing to do tomorrow so I can hang around for a bit." The wolf teen smiled and soon stood up, reaching a hand out to his companion, "Let's get going, it's about half an hour walk you said?"

"Yeah." The taller male gripped his friend's hand and was soon pulled up, both making their way east to visit the fox clan.