1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

hi guys! so this was requested by xxwolfman95xx (obviously), and, after a few discussions, we decided to make it into its own fic! well, he gave me permission to do it.in any case, enjoy!

a love frozen in time: chapter onerequested by: xxwolfman95xxmovie: balto, the movie

reader:yunafemale20 (in dog years)a white husky, few inches shorter than balto, wears a blue handkerchief around neck, blue eyesyounger sister to jenna, dear friend of balto's

character:baltomale25 (in dog years)half-wolf/half-dog, dark grey and white fur, golden-

own eyesfamily to boris the goose and the polar bears, dear friend to yuna and jenna

yuna groaned to herself as she rounded another corner. "come on guys!" she shouted, jumping off the curb, trotting across the street. she was looking for jenna, her sister, and her owner, rosie. shaking her white-furred head, yuna turned to her left… and promptly ran into a

oad chest. snorting in surprise, she landed on her rump, shaking her head. looking up, she growled to herself.

"oh i'm sorry, darling. are you alright?" steele, the leader of the top dogsled team in the town, slowly walked over to yuna, gently nudging her up. it wasn't necessary, and yuna made it known by swiftly standing.

"thank you, steele, but i'm quite fine." yuna shook off her coat, getting rid of the

own dust. jaws latched onto her handkerchief. yelping in surprise, her head whipped around to see steele adjusting her scarf.

"sorry i startled you doll, but i noticed your scarf had gotten out of place." he mumbled around the fa

ic. still holding it in his teeth, he

ought it down so the point rested on her chest. releasing the fa

ic, steele purposely dragged his nose through her fur. yuna took a few steps back, her eyes narrowing. "ah come on sweetheart. shouldn't i at least get a kiss as payment for you bumping into me?"

yuna scowled at the sled dog. ever since she could remember, steele had been hitting on her. others had as well, but he chased all of them away. of course, to anyone watching, it was easy to see why. with her pure white coat, sky blue eyes and handkerchief, daintily pointed ears, slender head and jaw, with a black button nose rounding out her snout, yuna was very attractive for a husky. and steele wasn't one to take no for an answer.

"steele, please step out of the way. i'm in a bit of a hurry." steele tilted his head to the side, a slightly mocking smile on his face.

"well, how 'bout i help you? it'll go faster with two, wouldn't it?' he stepped forward and to the side. "what do you need help with, sweetheart?"

"i'm not your sweetheart, and it's none of your concern." normally a very patient husky, yuna's tolerance was getting worn down by the overzealous suitor wannabe. "now please… step, aside." steele hummed, stepping closer to the female.

"no… i don't think i will."

"hey! fleabag!" both looked up to see a goose standing on one of the railings. steele quirked an eye

ow, before bursting out laughing.

"you should remember your place, wind rider!" he had just turned around, snarling, when a wolf jumped up next to the goose. his golden-

own eyes sparked in anger as he jumped down, the fur on his neck

istling.

"i believe the lady asked you to leave her alone." the goose flew off the railing, landing next to yuna. steele was still facing off with the newcomer. he snarled, the wolf snarling right back.

"what are you doing here, riffraff?"

"what?" the wolf pretended to be surprised. "i'm not allowed to walk around?"

"not here you're not." the newcomer chuckled, his head lowering as his hackles rose.

"i'm sorry. i wasn't aware you were in charge here."

"he's not." yuna stepped between the two

istling males. the goose held back the wolf, while she stared at steele. "don't you have a race to be practicing for?" steele snorted, turning around. his tail flicked under yuna's chin, causing her to shiver in disgust. too bad he thought it was something else.

"that piece of trash is lucky i do. i'll see you around darling." the newcomer snarled at steele as he trotted down the lane.

"coward."

"thank you." he blinked, looking at yuna. she was smiling gently at him. "that could have gone badly had you not arrived when you did." she turned fully, sitting down, tucking her paws underneath her. her tail wrapped around them. "my name is yuna."

"balto. nice to meet you." yuna smiled. "this is boris." balto motioned with his head at the goose. he bowed, picking up one of yuna's paws to peck it with his beak. she giggled, covering her mouth with her other paw.

"hello, beautiful mademoiselle." yuna blushed softly, turning her head away. balto rolled his eyes, nudging boris away from yuna. "what?"

"stop embarrassing her, boris." yuna smiled, standing.

"you're new around here, aren't you?" balto hesitated before nodding. "well… since my sister seems to have abandoned me, how about i show you around till we find her, okay?" balto stared at her in shock. she tilted her head, a concerned glint in her

ight blue eyes. "what is it?"

"won't your mate get jealous?"

"my… what?" yuna's eyes widened. "oh you don't mean steele do you?" she gagged. "he wishes he was my mate." balto sighed in relief. "why? were you jealous?"

"no." he stepped up next to her, smiling. "i would just hate for someone as beautiful as you taken by someone as rude as him." yuna blushed again. balto laughed, nudging her hips with his. "come on. let's get this tour started."

that was how it all started. it had been five months since that day, and the town was blanketed in white. balto had met jenna, yuna's sister, and their friends. he didn't care to remember their names.

over the five months they had gotten to know each other, both balto and yuna had found themselves feeling something more romantic towards the other. however, neither acted upon those feelings. jenna, who saw each side clearly, couldn't believe the idiocy of it, and gave her sister a hard time about it all the time.

now, the time of the annual dog race had come around again.

雪狼

"come on jenna! come on yuna! mush!" yuna and jenna chuckled, picking up their pace slightly. rosie had gotten a sled and a musher's hat for her birthday, and jenna and yuna were pulling the sled down the street. jenna was lead dog, but yuna didn't mind. with her white fur, the only thing that would distinguish her from the ground was the harness and her blue scarf.

they pushed through the crowd, stopping at the edge of the race track. jenna and yuna sat side by side, watching the humans jumping up and down and cheering for the racers. rosie, their girl, was laughing too, running around her dogs. at least, until her hat blew off.

yuna gasped, standing. jenna stopped her with a paw. "you'll never make it, yuna! the racers are coming!" yuna cast a pained look at her girl, before turning her eyes towards the hat. she gasped again when she saw a familiar wolf running alongside the sled. jenna saw him too.

balto cut in front of steele, grabbing the hat. yuna giggled when she heard boris yelling out to him, moments before getting a body full of snow. balto trotted over to them, dropping the hat in rosie's hand. she giggled, putting it back on her head.

"what a crazy thing to do." she hugged her arms to her, wiggling her eye

ows. "just to show off for a pretty girl." she nudged yuna, who ducked her head in embarrassment when balto smiled at her. the girl smiled, looping the rope harness over balto's shoulders. "i'm sure yuna would love to have you on our sled team." the moment was ruined when rosie's father came running over.

"rosie! stay away from him!" yuna's ears flattened when rosie's father began kicking snow at balto. "he might bite ya' honey. he's part wolf!" yuna curled up slightly when she saw balto's expression. she stood, opening her mouth, but nothing came out.

yuna sighed, ducking her head as she turned around. jenna nudged her cheek, earning a small keen of thanks from her younger sister. "he's a human, yuna. he doesn't know better." yuna sighed, picking her head up.