Part 3: The Coming Twilight

[magiccat]

Onto didn't reply to Moona's question, he knew he should have but the cub didn't need to worry himself. He then noticed Lorien stop next to him and ask what was going on. He listened as Kirsui exlained and his eyes widened as he heard the news. So this spy was carrying the vital informatian that kept them one step ahead of Feraga? Then Oreo had to follow it, she had no choice. When he'd seen her take off he had been all for lashing out at their leader for sending Oreo after a spy. But now he knew how important it was, he sighed wearily. Of course, he knew Kirsui. If there was anyway she could, she would have gone after the spy.

But I also know Oreo...she'd be right behind Kirsui. Onto shook his head to clear it and smiled weakly up at Moona.

"Excuse me?" He said, as the new lion offered his help. His hatred of this newcomer began to melt away, he smiled and nodded at what Kirsui had said.

"I wish there was something you could do but unless anyone else here can fly, nobody can really do much at all."

Finally he decided to answer Moona's question.

"A spy has been..well...spying on us. Oreo has followed her, but the spy can control winds. Since Oreo has wings that could end very nastily" He explained to the cub. Straining his eyes he tried to see his sister, but looked down in surprise when Kirsui spoke. He nodded at her words.

"I suppose so." He managed to find humour in the situation and smiled at Kirsui slightly.

"At least the sibling good at fighting and flying got the wings. Imagine if I was your only hope! We'd be in big trouble" However this made him think of Sumai and he looked at the ground for a bit. Feraga wanted revenge....who was going to stop them hurting him or his sister? He stared in shock as he finally noticed the blue feline jumping high up in the air and following his sister and the spy.

"What the heck?" He said in confusion. If this blue feline was following, then so was he. Turning to the lion, who Kirsui had called Syran, he smiled.

"Syran...I know what you can do. If you follow me, we can check that no other spy has entered our side of the border whilst we've been distracted. It's just this way" He walked slowly in the direction of the border, allowing Syran time to follow.

"Hold on Moona" He whispered "As soon as Syran catches up, the three of us will be running after Oreo." He smiled, because he knew how he could help. He had just remembered. Ice wasn't his only power.

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Oreo glared in annoyance as the feline dodged her swipe. But she was reassured as she saw she had actually lost control of the wind. Ok, so swiping made her lose concentration, what else?

It was then she realised that the blue feline was also following. Jumping high and attempting to catch up to them. She was tempted to fly back toward him and wait for his help, but the border drew closer every second. She though ever harder, what could she do. She flapped her wings, trying to draw level.

"Feraga spy! Do you not know when somebody wants you to stop!" She yelled forward. She could see the feline was in pain, Kirsui's handiwork.

Finally she got so desperate, so devoted to keeping the spy in Burja's land, that she finally burst. Her growls became fiercer and she flew forward with new enthusiasm. Decidin to try her fire powers out she flung a paw out in the direction of the creatures back.

A fierce wave of fire shot toward the creature from a spot in front of her, Oreo moved back a bit and sent one from every direction to close in around the creature.

"If you surrender, I will gladly put out these waves of fire and help you, we shall gladly heal you back at the Burja den. I can see you are in pain, do not add burning to that pain creature. It is unwise." Back at the den, they could heal her and then get some information out of the spy. She hoped this spy wasn't smart enough to let herself fall, or fly up to avoid them. Each would take more of her energy. Maybe she would be weary and give up. Or maybe she would panic and forget what she could do, losing control of the air at the same time. Oreo did want to bring her back alive. But pretty soon she would be forced to make the feline crash.

[kyto7878]

Moona looked confused after Onto explained. He didnt know why they would be fighting but he knew that Onto cared so he tried as hard at he could to turn into his beast form. Moona snarled,growled,yelped, and grunted. Until he it finally worked his fur became scraggly, his teeth grew, and his claws sharpened. Moona leaped off of Onto's back and ran up the tallest tree he could find until he was close enough to Oreo and the spy. Moona jumped up the point of the branch and landed right on top of the spy. Moona sunk his claws into the spies back. Moona couldnt control his actions at this point he was becoming a beast. Moona yelped because he was having a horrible time holding on.

[Tamber]

The blue cat continued to surge forward. Leap by leap, landing by landing. High in the air he would tuck his body into an aerodynamic form. Quickly drawing nearer the grassy earth he would brace his strong, white legs, then pound down against the ground with such force that, with the assistance of those white springs carrying him forward, he was naturally thrusted back upward. With each jump he grew faster, growing more difficult to see to a passerby. He feared the cloth on his neck would detach, that he wouldn't be able to catch up in time, that his hair looked terrible.

Drawing near the border, Timbre began leaping exceedingly high, above the low-lying clouds that partially blocked his vision of the battle above. At one point he exerted greatly and reached a point nearly level with Oreo and the spy, whom he'd located through shear luck. The spy was surrounded by balls of flames, all controlled by Oreo. So she was trapped. Good show.

However Timbre could never catch a word of the conversation, and he soon remembered that there would have to be some landing skills needed for him very soon. Struggling with gravity and his build up of forward momentum, Timbre came crashing to the ground on half-ready legs, resisting the reflex to leap back upward. He bounced once or twice, his strength failing him, and as he tried to gain stable footing he worked equally hard to skid to a stop. His multitasking was clumsy, but it got the job done, and Timbre eventually rolled to a cublike halt in the tall grasses.

Tim shook off the impact and tried to recover his breath and the feeling in his legs. After a moment the cat laughed at himself, rolling over slightly at the thought of what his landing must have looked like. With his smile still lingering he returned his gaze to the scene above. The spy was still hanging there among the flames, seemingly disoriented. For now he rose on sore limbs and stood on guard, hesitant to make a move, as it might disrupt Oreo's current control.

[neo]

Neo not knowing who's cave it was wouded into it the dark cave was filled with many sets if Neo was still a cub he would of invesegatd each of these sects one by one
"Hello anyone there"
tere was no answer Neo kept walking into the dep dark cave when suddenly he saw another lion who was infact Onto who was trying to save Moona Neo stared in shock for a moument beore shaking it off
"do you need an help"he said

[magiccat]

(OOC: Might wanna change that post Neo. May I point out that Onto isn't in the cave. Also to everybody, don't worry about Neo mentioning what Onto was doing. We agreed in PM's that Neo would come across Onto trying to rescue Moona)

Onto gazed in amazement as Moona transformed, the little cub was using his hated power to help him. His amazement and happiness quickly shattered and molded into horror as Moona climbed the highest tree. Onto couldn't see him anymore, the Liger began to panic. Not realising that he was showing he cared for this cub.

"Syran, follow me!" Onto yelled, running forward toward the trees. He jumped up and down desperately trying to spot Moona and his sister. Finally, he spotted a winged shape and sighed in relief. Oreo was okay. He whooped in triumph as he saw she was making waves of fire close in around the spy. She was probably offering assistance if it surrendered. However then, he just and just managed to spot Moona on the spy's back. Crying out in panic, he began running around helplessly. He tried calling up to his twin but it was no use. Moona was done for. He wasn't going to give up that easily though. He dug his claws into the nearest tree and tried to scramble up to the first branch. Even a normal lion would have had trouble, for a Liger it was almost impossible. Moona's saber teeth and claws would have aided him. He stamped one of his front paws in frustration.

Suddenly he was drawn from thinking up a plan by the arrival of a new lion. Asking if he needed any help, Onto checked for Syran, trying to spot the lion. He finally decided that this new lion could be of some help and so he nodded.

"There's a cub up there on the back of a feline that can fly. My sister is trying to stop the feline escaping our lands as it is a spy. But now I fear she will be too angered to stop her flames or notice the cub. The cub will surely die if I do not help. Is there any way for us to get up there?" He asked, eager to know if this lion could do anything.

"Unless you have powers, you probably can't help us" He muttered, still thinking. His ice powers were probably not helpful, nor was telekinesis, anything he moved to hit Moona off the lions back would be burnt by the flames.

[neo]

he nodded "yes"his mane coers his eyes apart frm a single strand whisch shows his Iris it turns deep red a blue flame explods aroud his paw he says
"Düºman güzü."
suddenly the lion above falls
Neo grabs it's head and put's a claw around it's ear
"I could kill him i you want"

[kyto7878]

Suddenly he noticed the lion he was on was falling. Moona's form changed back to normal and Moona dug his claws into the spies wings to hold on. Moona screamed as they were hurdaling to the ground. Once they hit the ground Moona rolled down the spies back into mud. When moona looked up at the lion who had made the spy fall he fainted directly after.

[neo]

(sorry and it's fine I'll not mack that mistake again))

"damm it"
he goes over and trys to wake the cub up
"c'mon little guy wake up"
he starts crying and shoves his claws in a tree
"I killed him I...I killed him it's always my fult my farther wa ight"
Neo walkes over to Otou
"I..I'm sorry"
he pulls back his claws
"kl..kill me I can't live with myself after that"

[Pulsar]

(Sorry about the long post guys >_<)

Inlasta looked on as her crystals continued to circle around Arjuna's electric arm. Her gaze locked on them as they repeatedly flew around in repetitive circles. The gaze was borke however, when the male asked her as to why her crystals were flying around his arm, to which the lioness shrugged lightly and spoke.

"They are sometimes drawn to energy, due to the minerals that I originally made them from..."

The two Feraga stayed where they were, neither really averting their gaze toward the male as he spoke to them about the Burja Pride and it's members.

"You guys don't seem as weak or slow as the other clan so I might have a little more fun with you guys"

Pulsar let out a quick chuckle to himself as Arjuna made a comment which was questionable as to if it was a compliment or not.

"One should never underestimate the power of ones enemies. For it's not the strength of the skills they have, but how they use those skills...."

The male paused for a second, closing his eyes and taking in a breath before continuing.

"Even the weakest of animals, with the right ability and tactic, could take down the strongest creature with the most deadly ability..... But... in saying that, sometimes, there are some abilities which could not be beaten no matter how smart one is with their own powers...."

Pulsar's thoughts drifting to their leader's fire powers. Sumai was indeed a good example of that fact, if he was so inclined he could unleash an inferno, that not even the best of skills could probably protect against. But still.... where there's a will, there's a way...

The black and white male was about to continue speaking when he heard a voice not too far off in the distance.

"Feraga spy! Do you not know when somebody wants you to stop!"

Both Inlasta and Pulsar's ears perked up as they caught the sound at the same time. Looking at each other, they knew what the other was thinking.

"Inlasta!"
The male said in a rushed voice as he jumped to his feet, the female doing the exact same only a second later.
Pulsar scanned the sky for the voice he heard, and he did recognize that voice.
<It's from that female flying Burja...>
He thought as he finally caught sight of two figures in the air.

Given what he heard and what he was looking at, there could only be one thing as to what it meant.
"I've got them in my sights"
The winged lion said as he took a jump or two backwards away from the edge of the flying platform of earth.

"What shall we do Pulsar? they are in Burja territory..."
The horned lioness replied in a worried tone of voice as she looked in the direction her partner was looking in.
"We have no choice, Mwezi's life is more important then orders...."
He replied to her.
"Bu-but Sumai will...."
"Yes... Inlasta.... I'll deal with Sumai if and when we get back to base..."
The male cut her off in a somewhat concerned tone of voice.

The situation they now found themselves in was going to get very dangerous and very bad very fast. But both of them hoped that it would be otherwise. Even then, they had to do what had to be done, they couldn't just sit idly by and let the Burja capture Mwezi, or worse... Not while she was just there, nothing more then a few yards away from them! even if it was in Burja territory..... they had to help...

"I'll assist Mwezi, Inlasta, you set up a defence at the boarder on the ground level, Don't let any Burja past down there!"
With that the male sprinted toward the edge of the platform and leaped off, his wings letting a echoing flap as they shot out, immediately catching the wind under them.
<Hold on Mwezi....>
Pulsar thought as he gave his wings another trust sending him launching forward at speed to his friend in need.

Inlasta who was left on the platform with Arjuna, waved her paw to summon her crystals back to her, the crystals who had sensed the tension of the circumstances, were all to quick to return to their master.
"You... "
The lioness began speaking but immediatly stopped as if thinking of what to say.
"You best be cautious... uhmm.. outsider...."
She continued, unsure what to say to the male.
"I have to go, I trust you'll be alright..."

With that the lioness flipped backwards off the edge of the platform, plummeting down toward the ground, picking up speed with each passing second.
The platform she had held in the sky just crumbled in the air as she released control of it. It's remains crashing down after her.
She didn't bother to look up to check if Arjuna was ok, she knew the male would have used his power to escape the fall safely, besides, she had more pressing matters.

The ground now came rushing up at Inlasta as she got closer and closer. Just as she got a few meters away from it, she did a flip in the air to bring her feet to face the ground.
As she landed the very ground under her seemed to morph downward, as if bending to her impact. The effect making the ground rise up around her as it was pushed down then out. As she landed, and the ground morphed, the sort of shock-wave it made then rushed out either side of her. A giant wall of earth and rock then shot up out of the ground either side, stretching all along the boarder.
The lioness had used her earth powers to mold the earth below her upon her landing to reduce the force of her landing to nothing, then she had used the outward moving waves of that to erect the wall along the boarder, with her at the center of it in the only gap there was within the wall.
Of corse, the walls length was limited, her powers weren't strong enough yet to create one of immense length, but hopefully it would be enough to deter any Burja trying to get into Feraga land via the ground.

The lioness brushed the hair on her head back as she recovered from the landing, a slight smile on her face as she observed what she had managed to pull off.

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Pulsar who had rushed to Mwezi's assistance had now drawn close enough to help his fellow pride member, he could easily make them both out now that he was close enough, he could see that Mwezi was injured, rather badly, enough that the cheelion was bleeding...
<Damn those Burja....>
The male cursed them in his thoughts as he drew closer.
He was about to shout at them until a blue object caught his attention as it shot up from the ground below. It was that blue animal that he had thrown out of Feraga Territory.
<What the hell is he doing here...>
Pulsar wasn't one bit pleased with the situation, this could be bad, very bad, but he had no choice, he wouldn't stand by and not help Mwezi.

He could see that his old friend was encircled by a ring of flames. Not intending on stopping, the male gave another trust of his wings sending himself forward.
Not a word was spoken from him as he drew close to both Mwezi and the Burja creature.

The male crashed through the flames that stood between him and Mwezi, his enegry shield flashing bright yellow in the spots that absorbed the impact of the flames, before returning to invisible to sight once more.
Pulsar's wings shifted against the wind, bringing him to a sort of mid air glide to a halt. At which point he was more or less beside Mwezi. As he did this he held out his two front paws and caught her in them, holding her, so that she would no longed need her wind powers to keep herself in the air.

"You shall not harm Mwezi while i'm alive!"
The male shouted at Oreo as his shield bubble flashed becoming visible for a moment or two, both the dark cheelion and himself being protected inside it while it was up. The flash of the shield was meant as a small show of force that the winged lion was prepared to protect Mwezi.
At that moment his remaining spare energy orbs began pulsating slowly.
"It's alright Mwezi... I've got you...."
He whispered into the cheelions ear.

He was going to protect Mwezi... at any cost...

[Kirsui]

((OOC: umm, Neo, are you referring to Mwezi when you said "suddenly the lion above falls"? Because if you are the bit you did there could be considered controlling another player's character. I do happen to have the right to choose if Mwezi falls or not..

In the future try avoid doing this. C: ))



"If you surrender, I will gladly put out these waves of fire and help you, we shall gladly heal you back at the Burja den."

Mwezi's draconic eyes flashed with rage at the liger's words. She turned her head at the Burja with such speed that a striking snake would have been jealous of it.
"NEVER!"
As the word left her mouth on a mixture of a loud hiss and a roar, her wind powers spiked up. Her control completely slipped, but this time instead of calming down, a blast of wind formed, fed by the rage she felt when a Burja dared to offer healing and safety to her. The wind shot directly towards the Burja, but it was a weak one and it only partly put out a small portion of the flame ring around her, and she knew the wind would never reach the liger.

The dark cheelion realized her mistake too late. She had no power to control the air any more, and she could already feel herself begin to fall as the gravity she had fought against so much took hold of her. She would die, there was no way she'd survive the fall in this condition, and the Burja would be a fool if she tried to help her... Mwezi would make sure to drag the Burja do her death as well if the liger was stupid enough to come closer.

All these thoughts went through her mind very fast, and in less than a few seconds after her control had been broken she had prepared for her death.

And as soon as she had accepted her defeat, she was caught. She was startled when strong arms wrapped around her to prevent her falling, but she had no energy left to fight off her capturer. With what ever energy she did have left she slightly turned her head in an attempt to catch a glimpse of who had caught her. But she could only see flashes of black, white and yellow.

Wait, yellow?

"You shall not harm Mwezi while i'm alive!"

A wave of relief went through her when she heard a familiar voice. She was safe now, she was sure of this. But then she would shiver as her decision to die and take the liger down with her came back to her mind. She had been ready to die, and now Pulsar's sudden appearance made her horrified of how... easily she had been ready to cease existing.

"It's alright Mwezi... I've got you...."

Her draconic eyes sought out the offending liger, and though she was exhausted she managed to grin at the Burja.
"I know..."
She managed to reply weakly to Pulsar before she let the tiredness take over. Her eyes closed, her head hung low and the grin faded from her face as a peaceful expression took its place. Sleep would come to her soon, sleep that would return her energy but would not heal her wounds.

But she had one more thing she needed to say, and so she fought the sleep a bit longer.
"S-Sumai... im...portant... nnnews..."
And then after having muttered these words out very quietly, she lost consciousness, trusting Pulsar enough to keep her safe even on the enemy lands.

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Kirsui watched as Onto took Moona with him towards the border. She shook her head, well knowing his true intentions of why he went there. She was certain he wanted to help Oreo, but without the ability of flight, how could he?

The young Burja leader sighed heavily and watched as some of the more rested Burjas released the current Den Guards from duty and took their places on the watch. There was no use in running after the spy, she could calculate enough that with the speed she had taken off she'd be close to the border already, and Kirsui didn't want to run the whole way there.

She chuckled, smiling faintly as she begun to make her way to the top of the small hill inside which the Burja Den was located. She really liked their Den. It looked like a normal hill from the distance, all this caused by the fresh green grass growing on the stone formation that the hill in reality was. A few trees here and there...... She loved it, especially so since from the top she could see to all directions. There was always at least two guards at the top of the Den, looking at two different directions and seeing further than the guards down below closer to the Den entrance.

The long haired lioness gave a slight nod at the two guards before she laid down under an old tree that grew there on the hill top. Here she could think without disturbance, and thinking indeed was what she needed to do.

[Tamber]

Timbre's gaze lingered above him, watching the happenings intently. Things were hard to make out from such a distance, but he could tell that the battle was evenly matched until the spy began to falter. Perhaps she was running low on the power she needed to stay afloat. If she fell, it would be the end, at least as it was going now.

But soon Timbre saw something that, in spite of all that was happening before him, made him grin and laugh out loud. That black body, the voluminous yellow mane, the powerful four wing attachments. Timbre's spirits were lifted immediately. And even as the lion spoke, his words indeterminable from Timbre's position, the blue cat almost fell over laughing, remembering the ridiculously amusing time he had spent with this character.

"Oh, I know how to mess with this guy good," he said to himself cunningly.

Drawing from experience, the cat came up with a plan, a plan that required some skills he was not quite masterful in, but a plan he was eager to try. First, he drew up great concentration and began creating a form before him. Lights and colors whisped around to and from various places, and as the seconds went by, a form began to take shape. The colors collected into a familiar collection of reds and blacks. They came together to create one big illusion: a large, angry, 3-dimensional, virtual lion. Pulsar's leader.

With this Timbre grinned and created bright flaming lights underneath the lion. Timbre knew not whether this creature could levitate or not, so he placed him on a faux platform of fire. With one last look, he shot the figure up with immense speed, controlling the illusions actions and movements to make him appear authentic and living.

As the pseudo-Sumai (Pseumai, perhaps, Timbre thought to himself) drew near Pulsar, Timbre took on another ability, in another unique way. He worked intricately with a plan of how the sound waves would arrange themselves, and at last, an ornery smile remaining on his mug, Tim released an immense illusory roar from the image's approximate position, making the lion's mouth gape in unison.

At last Timbre stopped the figure before Pulsar, the light perfectly reflecting the Feraga leader's appearance, the flame terrace still burning beneath him to give him an apparent rising platform. Pseumai glared into Pulsar's eyes, piercing and dominant. Timbre recreated the leader's voice in his mind and let it release from Pseumai's lips.

"Pulsar. Give me Mwezi and I will return her to base. You're to continue your mission. No questions."

Timbre had no clue of why Pulsar was out here or what sort of mission he was on, so he kept the message simple. The blue feline crouched lower into the tall grasses to assure that he wasn't spotted easily.

Pseumai drew slightly nearer the black lion on his burning cloud and held out a paw, staring dagger's into Pulsar's eyes.

"Take the order, Pulsar. Give her to me."

[neo]

Neo watched amazed he closed hiseyes for a secound and rmbered his mouther he shook his head he must consetrate
"you have powers as well"
wanting to chance the subject he said lookig worried at Monna
"how is the little guy"

[magiccat]

Oreo cursed under her breath as the Cheelion used her wind powers. She was grateful that the feline was weak or she'd have been one dead Liger. She sighed, knowing it had lost control of the air. Great, just what I wanted to present to Kirsui, a dead spy.

However as she prepared to stop the felines fall, Pulsar arrived on the scene. Oreo just about managed to contain the shocked expression on her face as Pulsar crashed through her flames. Holy mother! What am I dealing with here? Suddenly feeling very timid, Oreo watched, without speaking a word as Pulsar stopped Mwezi's fall. So that was her name? She hovered there, blinking for a minute as she took in what had just happened, then began growling under her breath. Slowly her brain caught up with the events and she let loose a loud angered roar.

"WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO DICATATE WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO?!" She yelled at Pulsar, growling in between her talking and breathing.

"Last time I looked down. We were on the Burja side of the border." She yelled again, not taking her eyes off the lion. Her tail thrashed about behind her. She noticed Mwezi close her eyes and glared harder. Now it would be an even bigger task to return the Cheelion whilst she was alive.

Her horror grew as she realised she was defenceless. Pulsar now had the upper hand but she would not back down. Not without a fight at least. So, trying her best to keep it safe from wind, several streams of fire began twisting themselves around her. Until she was surrounded by something that looked like it was a chain link fence twisted into a ball like cage. It would protect her against mild attacks. Now the ball surrounded her, she felt more confident.

However he confidence fell as another figure joined them. She hurriedly moved her protection and herself backward as Sumai joined them. She only knew it was him because of the flames, that power she knew. As he spoke to Mwezi she cursed, their was no way she could defeat Sumai, Mwezi was going to get away. She shivered as Sumai spoke and looked down, trying to spot something interesting so she didn't have to look at the general.

It was then she spotted Timbre, just a small bit of blue stood out to her in the grass. It was only because she had been looking for anything to get her away from here that she spotted him. She didn't dare fly down, she'd attract attention to him. So she stayed there, hoping Pulsar would believe this thing and give her something to laugh about.

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Onto watched in horror as Moona fell. As the lion tried to wake him up Onto's anger grew. Then he stepped back in shock as he asked Onto to kill him. The Liger shook his head.

"I don't kill people when requested." He said coldly and walked toward Moona "I kill them when they are my enemies." He said simply, not revealing he probably couldn't kill him at all.

"And yes I do have powers. Ice and Telekinesis." He said. The lions next question reminded him that Moona needed help.

Slowly Onto nudged Moona's side with his paw. He licked the little cub's forehead in an attempt to wake him up. He seemed to be unconscious.

"I think he's just fainted." Onto called to the lion. Then looked up at the sky.

"Pulsar!" He growled, just about picking out the three figures. Suddenly an earth wall began to form along the border. Onto growled, leaping to face it and snarling in defence. Carefully, he picked up Moona in his mouth and walked along the wall, looking for a gap. He spotted a feline in the only gap and glared. She must have been aiding Pulsar. Silently he turned and walked back to where he had walked from. Placing Moona down he spoke to the lion.

Well he would of, had he not noticed a new shape up in the sky. "What the..." Finally he gave up, this situation was messing with his brain and Moona was hurt. Oreo hadn't been harmed yet, she knew when to turn tail and run.

"Follow me, I''m going to introduce you to my pride" He said to the lion, in a tone that showed he was ok, unless the lion did something bad. He set off at a slow walk back to the den, ready to act should Oreo need help. Maybe Lorien or Kirsui could help Moona. Lionesses knew how to help injured ucbs right? Then he could return to help Oreo...somehow.

[neo]

Neo gazed up at Onto he was shocked to find anthour lion with powers
Neo walked up to him
"you have powers aswhile and"
he looks at Moona cersoned
"how is he little guy"
he follows him

[Pulsar]

<News?.... hmmm, what could she have learned...>
The male thought to himself as he looked back up at the winged Burja in front of him.
What ever MWezi had learned, it must have been some interesting information, enough that it earned an attack strong enough to make the cheelion bleed.
<Who did this to her....>
Pulsar thought as he let out a low growl, his teeth showing as he tried to calm down his rage.

"WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU TO DICATATE WHAT I CAN AND CANNOT DO?!"

The Burja's words didn't seem to phase the lion at all, he simply glared at her.

"Last time I looked down. We were on the Burja side of the border."

Again, her words didn't seem to have any effect on him. His look remaining.
"Is that a challenge!"
He finally replied in an aggressive voice. His energy orbs pulsating faster and brighter as he growled his response back to her.

"Even in Burja territory, you-..."
The male stopped mid sentance as something approaching him from bellow caught his eye.
<S-Sumai!?>
Pulsar's anger was quickly replaced with confusion and currisoity as well as caution, at the sight of his leader appearing here out of all place, not to mention as such a moment.
Something wasn't right about this situation... but what...
<AH.... I see......>

The winged male remained where he was, sustaining his altitude with the odd flap of his wings every now and again.
He grinned at the supposed leader of his pride that now flew in front of him via a flame platform.
"I must say, I have to give you my congratulations on this fine little trick of yours...."
Pulsar finally spoke, but his words were directed at Oreo, who he had also turned his gaze too.
"Nice try, but your pathetic tricks won't fool me...."
He continued before looking back at the Sumai in front of him.

"I'm sorry 'M'lord' "
He began in a sarcastic tone of voice.
"But i'm afraid i'll have to decline your request, because you see...."
At that moment the shield Pulsar had up flashed visibly, before shooting out in all directions like a shock-wave. As the energy field hit the Sumai copy, the energy interrupted the formation of the light, dispersing it momentarily to reveal that the Leader of the Feraga Pride was in fact nothing more then a trick of light... a fake.....
The shock-wave stopped just short of hitting Oreo, as Pulsar hadn't put too much energy into it. He did after all have to conserve energy while in the air, since there were no nearby sources from which he could draw more from.

"... I don't take orders from fakes...."
he finished as the shock-wave dissipated and a new shield flashing up around him and Mwezi.

"I must admit... you had me fooled for a moment...."
The male said as a grin appeared on his face.
"But you were flawed from the moment you tried to pull off such a trick..."
He paused for a moment.
"For one, there's no heat coming from you.... and unless that's one hell of a special flame platform, I don't see how that would be possible..."

Giving the Sumai copy a look over, he shook his head in disgust, before turning his gaze to Oreo.
"You should count yourself lucky that the situation is as it is. If I didn't have to bring my friend back to my pride, you'd be dead...."
He spoke in a cold voice.
"But that will have to wait till another time..."
He finished as he slowly began moving backwards with each flap, taking him very slowly toward the Furaga territory.

[epppe]

"Even the weakest of animals, with the right ability and tactic, could take down the strongest creature with the most deadly ability..... But... in saying that, sometimes, there are some abilities which could not be beaten no matter how smart one is with their own powers...."

Arjuna let out a small laugh to himself making sure the other two didn't really notice. He's wanted to see someone with an ability so great. Ever since he gained his arm, that's what he's been searching for, someone to have some "fun" with.

There seemed to be a long pause so Arjuna looked at the other two only to see that they got distracted by something. Not wanting to bother them, he just kept himself distracted by watching the rocks rotate around his arm still. He heard names that he hasn't heard yet and was starting to wonder what was going on. Before Arjuna could ask any questions of what was going on, he saw Pulsar sprint off the edge and fly off somewhere across the border.

Looking back at his arm, he let out a disappointed sigh when the crystals were called back. The lion didn't really pay attention to what Inlasta had to say and was starting to get bored again. When he saw the lioness flip off the edge, he wondered what he was going to do now. The fact that the platform crumbled from under him didn't phase since he continued to think of where to go. Finally deciding where to go, he teleported to the ground and then forward, finally stopping to see what the winged lion was doing.

Arjuna watched what was going on in the little fiasco while staying out of sight from the group. Wondering who the new fire lion was when it suddenly appeared, he was saddened to see it as a fake since the lion looked strong.

Things were coming to an end here so Arjuna continued to teleport all the way back to the Burja camp, Ignoring everyone on his way.Unlike last time, the place didn't seem as crowded with random animals and just seemed more relaxing. Arjuna saw the leader at the top of the den laying under a tree and decided to bother her again. Teleporting on a branch so he was laying on his back, He smiled while swinging his arm back and forth as if listening to a song.
"I'm back, the Furaga's were busy so I decided to hang out with you guys again."

[magiccat]

Oreo was really beginning to depsise the tone of this lion. His attitude was making her one mad Liger. Whenever he spoke to her, he seemed to be cocky. As if he knew he was right and no harm could come to him. She attempted to keep a straight face as he threatened her. Her eyes narrowed and she let out a low growl as he began inching toward the Feraga side of the border.

"Pulsar, are you so full of yourself that you think I won't follow you?" She asked angrily, baring her teeth. "You have crossed the border and entered our lands. Interrupted my mission and now you expect me to back down? I apologise Pulsar, but one good turn deserves another" She said, flapping forward just a tiny bit. She said her words in a calm voice.

This information could not be given to Sumai. She considered asking him why he thought she could maintain the shield and Sumai. That would draw attention to Timbre and she didn't want that. He had tried to help her, he didn't need Pulsar's "I'm-so-cool" unleashed on him. Sighing she thought of what to do. Pulsar was stronger than her. Stop it Oreo! You can do this! Kirsui is counting on you! Burja is counting on you.Oreo desperately tried to think of a solution. This was getting beyond hopeless. She just hoped Timbre would do something. In the meantime she just kept creeping forward, moving forward every time Pulsar moved back four centimetres. She just hoped he wouldn’t call her bluff.

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Onto wavered slightly as he walked and shook his head. He shouldn’t be feeling so faint. Who knew if Inlasta wanted to attack? So he turned his trot into a run, hurrying back to the Burja den.

When he reached the den he skidded to a halt in front of Lorien. “The cubs hurt. Inlasta is at the border and Pulsar is up in the air with Oreo and Mwezi” He reported quickly, pushing Moona toward her. Surely a lioness knew how to take care of it.

“You stay here” He said to the lion, before nodding his head toward Lorien. “She’ll take you to our leader” Then he turned and ran forward, back toward the border. With no cub or lion weighing him down, Onto could get on with it, with what he wasn’t sure, but something alright. He began running at speed and sighed with relief when he spotted the earth wall along the border.

Onto growled and launched himself forward so he was standing next to the wall, just next to Inlasta’s hole. He didn’t peak round but just stood there. If Inlasta crossed over or did anything wrong, he’d be ready.

[Tamber]

Soon after making Pseumai speak, Timbre made the discouraging realization that even if Pseumai fooled Pulsar, this blue cat couldn't hear the conversation from where he was, nor read Pulsar's body language. Before he had time to think of another plan, Pulsar shot bright yellow waves out and made the illusion falter. Timbre struggled to keep it stable, but he knew that this plan had failed, and he let the illusion fade away.

Strangely, though, Pulsar did not notice his attendance on the scene. Timbre remained hidden beneath the grasses and unseen by the lion. Pulsar began moving backwards with each flap of his enormous wings, but Oreo moved steadily after him at the same pace.

Timbre himself still wasn't sure of his motive here. Why was he even involving himself in this? Sure, it was exciting, but what was his goal? What could he possibly earn out of this?

Looking at the black and white lion again, Timbre chuckled to himself and found an answer. It must have been his subconscious motive all along, and perhaps it could be his incentive to help this Burga pride, who had welcomed him openly.

The goal was simple: annoy the proverbial pants off of Pulsar.

With this goal and a devilish grin, Timbre gathered power and focused it on his legs once again. He shot himself into the air like a bullet, right toward his winged 'friend'. When he got closer, he put on the breaks and came to a gentle peak in height behind the lion.

"Well hellooooo, Pulsar!"

Before the lion could turn around to see him Tim fell rapidly back to the ground. He braced himself for the landing, and once reaching the grass and dirt, shot himself back up, this time to Pulsar's left side. He peaked and spoke again before falling. "Hie-die ho!" he said with a wave, careening back to the earth.
Once again he bounced up and to Pulsar's right. "Wutcha got there?"
Down, and up, this time arching from one side of the lion over top of him to fall from the other side "That can't be Mwezi, can it?"
Down, and up, reaching out and feeling Mwezi's hair on this peak. He gasped over-enthusiastically. "It is! HAI MWEZI!"

The obnoxious blue cat continued to bound up and down, doing various distracting things about the lion, hoping it would give Oreo a chance to make a surprise move. Certainly Pulsar would shoot a beam or two Tim's way soon, so he knew he could only be a pest for so long. With one jump Timbre did a flip, and once facing Oreo and away from Pulsar, he raised his eyebrows at the liger, darting his eyes in Pulsar's direction and back at Oreo. Come on...ambush! he thought with each leap.

[Kirsui]

Kirsui could sense more than see the two guards at the hill top glance at her from time to time. She was sure they wanted to ask what she was doing there, or what she was thinking... She smiled faintly, happy that the guards knew their place and would not bother her with questions she would not and could not answer.

Truth is she had no idea what she was thinking. Her line of thoughts jumped from one subject to another, beginning from what the Feragas were planning, continuing to how Sumai would take the news Mwezi had, and then jumping to whether or not Oreo would be able to stop the fleeing spy. From here her thoughts would go back to what the Feragas were planning, and then to what she could possibly do to make the damage their attack would do.

She chuckled aloud, catching the two guards by surprise. At least she was sure of one thing.... The Feragas would attack, it was just a matter of time when and how they would do it.

"I'm back, the Furaga's were busy so I decided to hang out with you guys again."

The long haired lioness was startled at the sudden voice and with a swift movement she was on her feet with her claws extended as small whisks of blue fire begun to form around her. As soon as she saw who the speaker was though, the supposed start of a fireball died down and she retracted her claws, motioning to the two alarmed guards to go back to work as she turned to give Arjuna an angry stare.

"Did I not tell you it's unwise to teleport around randomly?"
She gave out an annoyed sigh as she laid back down, focusing her gaze on what was going on down below. So much so for thinking then... Not that she had gotten very far with her thoughts anyway.

[Lorien]

When Onto dropped the cub off in front of Lorien, her eyes went wide. Sure, she was a lioness, but she was young herself. But if he were hurt, that was a job for Satoba, their healer. She picked the cub up by the nape of his neck and walked over to the blind lion, setting Moona down gently. She also motioned for the other newcomer to follow her.

"Satoba, this little cub...Moon, I believe...is hurt. Is there something you can do to heal him?" Lorien really didn't know how Satoba's powers worked, but she figured he could do something for the little one. "I'm going to go see if there's anything I can do to help with this...fiasco."

She trotted off, feeling kind of bad for just dumping the cub off on Satoba, but there really wasn't anything that she could do for the little guy. She looked around for Kirsui and then spotted the leader on top of the den. She quickly made her way up the rockface until she was next to the leader and that one with a strange arm.

What's HE doing back here... she wondered, but quickly put the thought aside. "Kirsui, is there anything I can do to help with the spy dilemma? Onto said something about Pulsar and Inlasta..." Not that Lorien knew who these two were, but she figured they were the ones she saw on the rock platform. "I'm no good in the sky, but I have good skills of confusion on the ground. Should I go and help Onto out at the border?"
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While Asuka was not sleeping, the rest was bringing back her strength and her headache from exerting all of her powers was slowly fading. She opened her good eye, glancing back out of the den. The sun was nearly gone from the horizon, but the others were not back.

Something is going on...

Asuka slowly got to her feet, stretching her forelegs out in front of her with a slight yawn. She didn't say a word to Reicheru , but slowly made her way to the entrance of the cave. She peered out, trying to see to the border, but with only one good eye, this proved difficult. Plus, with the fading light, it made it hard to see just about anything.

She made her way out of the cave, trotting in the direction of the border. No use sprinting there for she did not know if there was anything wrong...but there was something she could sense. It probably had something to do with her telepathic powers. As she grew closer to the border, her eye widened at what she saw. Instead of open land leading into the Burja territory, she saw a wall of rock. Inlasta's doing, no doubt...

At seeing this, the tan lioness let the feet underneath her carry her faster toward the border. Something WAS going on, and she would do anything she could to help out her pridemates. She searched along the wall as she got closer for a way to get through and finally saw the horned lioness who had created it.

"Inlasta, what is going on?" Asuka asked as she drew within speaking range.

[Pulsar]

Pulsar had continued to back away slowly toward the Feraga territory. While he would have loved to entertain the flying Burja, he had to make sure what ever information Mwezi had reached Sumai. After all in a war like this, information was a key to either victory or failure.

"Pulsar, are you so full of yourself that you think I won't follow you?"

The male glared back at Oreo as she bared her teeth at him. No reply to her question came from him however.

"You have crossed the border and entered our lands. Interrupted my mission and now you expect me to back down? I apologise Pulsar, but one good turn deserves another"

Taking another flap, Pulsar inched his way backwards yet a tiny bit more.
A grin had appeared on his face after the firey Burja's last comment.
"It's not a question of how full of myself I am, but how stupid you are, as to whether or not you'd follow me into Feraga territory my hot tempered little friend."
His voice spoke in a condescending tone, knowing very well that it would annoy his enemy to hear it.

The quad-winged male was about to continue speaking until something else had distracted his attention.

"Well hellooooo, Pulsar!"

A voice rang out from behind him.
Somewhat caught off guard, Pulsar immediatly turned himself so he could look behind and see who had made the comment... But there was no one there...
<What the...>
He thought as his gaze shifted left, then right, observing nothing in either direction.
Then, as he looked up to check above him, he heard another call.

"Hie-die ho!"

Pulsar quickly shifted himself to look in the direction of the voice once again to see only blue sky.
<where is that coming fro-....>
The lion gazed downward to see Timbre shooting up toward him.
<it's that blue creature....>
He thought as a frown appeared on his face. This was just great, that last thing he needed was that meddling idiot getting involved in the situation.

"Wutcha got there?"

Timbre spoke once again as he shot up. Pulsar's reply being little more then a very slight growl.
"What the hell are you do-ing....."
Before the male could finish, Timbre had already dropped back to earth.

"That can't be Mwezi, can it?"

"What?"
The male said rather confused. Timbre's actions were totally throwing him off.
<What on earth does this guy want?!>

"It is! HAI MWEZI!"

This time as Timbre grabbed Mwezi, Pulsar let out a full length growl.
"HEY! Stop that!"
His voice spoke in a more protesting tone then an ording one.

The blue cat continued to do various things around Pulsar. Many of which were drawing the lion's attention away from Oreo. Pulsar was trying to figure out if Timbre was just being a fool or if he was a Burja, which he had protested too not long ago.
<Huh, wouldn't surprise me, lying piece of dirt....>

One or two of Timbre's jumps got very close to Pulsar's wings, throwing off his balance slightly.
The male was cursing the fact his shield wasn't physically repelling Timbre away but it was only truly effective on other powers, as far as other life-forms went they could pass through it.

"What are you doing, get away from me before I decide to hurt you!"
The male exclaimed as the cat continued to bounce all around him.
He would have done something but Timbre's close jumps were disrupting Pulsar's balance and Pulsar was still carrying Mwezi, meaning that maintaining balance was more important.
<I'd use an orb on him but I need them in case that Burja tries anything... damn....>
Pulsar cursed to himself, all he could do was continue to try and back into Feraga territory, but Timbre's jumping was obstructing the way and making a retreat near impossible.

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Inlasta who had been standing at the boarder, had been making minor fixes to the wall to make it a bit more durable, while at the same time keeping a watch to make sure no Burja was going to try get past her.

"Almost done..."
She said in a low voice aloud as she raised a paw into the air, and in near sync shards of sharp rock sprouted up along the edge of the Burja side of the wall.
"That should discourage any of them from trying to ram the wall..."

One of her crystals sang out in a high tone as if in agreement with her on the added feature to the wall.
"Oh I know Pon-pon!.... although..."
The lioness exclaimed at the start before her voice lowered.
"I'm still training with some aspects of my powers... I hope the wall is strong.... But with the Burja having powers themselves it might not do much...."
She continued as she glanced the wall over again.
<I wish there wasn't a war, I don't like fighting....>
The horned creature thought as it sighed to itself.
<But... I mean... If Pulsar's fighting in it then there must be a reason... and I trust Pulsar's judgement...>
At that moment another crystal sang out at Inlasta, to which the lioness simple giggled.
"Yes, that's right, even if his landings do suck..."

"Inlasta, what is going on?"

A voice spoke out suddenly catching the lioness off guard.
With a quick turn she braced herself to face who had spoken, her rock armor quick shifting from smooth to now having spikes jutting out from it.
"O-oh, it's you Asuka..."
She replied in a relieved and sheepish voice as the spikes on her armor slowly sunk back down.

"I.. uhmm.... we we're on patrol at the boarder like we were supposed to be doing and we ran into one or two Burja....."
The lioness sputtered out.
"It was ok though, I mean, they turned back....."
SHe continued, her head lowered as she looked at the ground.
"But then when we were thinking of coming back we seen Mwezi, she looked like she was in trouble and she was being chased...."
Pausing for a moment, Inlasta looked up at Asuka.
"I know we defied orders but Pulsar said that making sure Mwezi got back was important...."
The lioness paused again.
"I'm going to go check on him now, that I finished setting up this wall I mean...."
Yet again the black and white female paused for a brief moment.
"Asuka, do you think you could tell Sumai what's happening here at the boarder... I mean..... I-I know he'll be mad and all, but we might need his help...."

Inlasta looked in the direction that Mwezi and Pulsar were no doubt in.
"I'd do it myself but, I think they might need my help.... Unless you'd like to go?"
She asked as she looked back at Asuka.
Inlasta was unsure really, Sumai needed to be told, but at the same time Pulsar could probably use some help. So one of them would have to do one of the things.
The horned lioness felt her earth powers might be handy but she knew that Asuka was far more battle experienced when it came to fighting the Burja.

[magiccat]

Oreo chuckled slightly as Timbre began distracting Pulsar then began biting her lips to prevent laughter escaping. She had a job to do. So the ligress floated forward a tiny bit and sighed. She hoped Pulsar wouldn't noticed what she was doing.

Oreo decided to drop her defences, Pulsar was too busy anyway. Her eears twitched waiting for just the right bounce. She saw his concentration waver and grinned. She didn't have to wait much longer. She was taking far too long but the timing had to be right. She saw him move back but not able to reach Feraga territory with Timbre in his way. Right...now!

She sped forward and rammed into Pulsar, making sure he was at least jolted. She swung her paw with unsheathed claws in the direction of Pulsar's side. She could only hope it hit home as she quickly sank down, almost synchronized with Timbre. She halted a little way underneath Pulsar, preparing to soar up and ram him the next second Timbre bounced. She quickly placed her defences back up, although she had no idea how much protection fire would give her. The ligress smirked. Now who's foolish? She thought to herself

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Onto froze and stood as still as he could, this new lioness did not sound nice. A bit more intimidating than Inlasta. He tried to breathe only when he absolutely HAD to. As he heard Inlasta began to speak he bit back a growl and instead prepared himself. He stood, listening carefully. Maybe he could learn a thing or two. It'd certainly help out the war. Maybe Feraga would also lose one of their advantages.

However he had no idea if these lionesses would reveal anything of use. His head was also slightly in the cloud due to Oreo's current predicament.

[KanuTGL]

OOC: Yay... Behold my not-so-triumphant return! Neither Sumai or Satoba are to be counted out yet xP This is more a post to show that I'm still in this RP, and that it's possible to communicate with my characters, so please don't mind the not so interesting post >.>;

IC: Sumai, on top of the large Den, paced back and forth impatiently. The sun was about to set and there was no sign of any of his patrols. What were they doing? Had they ran into trouble? Was there a battle raging while he was here completely oblivious? As much as he would like to find out, he couldn't leave base nor did he want to send out more scouts to look for them. If there was a border skirmish, they certainly had trouble at their paws. And plans might be ruined... The old lion groaned to himself, unconsciously clawing the ground with his front paws leaving shallow scratch marks on the scraggly rock. He sighed and carried on pacing. Then, turning to face the Burja border for surely the 100th time (even though he couldn't see it in the distance he knew it was there), he suddenly saw a thin figure moving smoothly through the tall grass, leaving the Den. It was Asuka. Sumai was very tempted to call her back, but at the same time he was glad that someone went by their own free will. If there was indeed something going on somewhere, someone needed to let him know. Hopefully there was nothing, the fact that his scouts hadn't returned, and sundown was swiftly approaching, was somewhat alarming. "Please bring me good news, Asuka..." he mumbled to himself. And bring them back... The only thing he could do right now was wait. A very frustrating thing to do...

He started walking back and forth impatiently again, fighting a battle of his own with the different thoughts that raced through his mind. Should he go and see what was happening? What if they needed his strength? A leader should be there and fight for his pride, no? But he had no idea where they were! What if they had stumbled into Burja territory? What if Mwezi had been discovered and captured? Or killed? They would surely show no mercy, those savages... What if Pulsar and Inlasta had been shot down and taken hostage? No, they wouldn't go down without a fight. Or let themselves be captured. Sumai smiled briefly but went back to his frown only seconds later. He was getting sick of this passivity! He wanted this war to be done and over with, quickly! "I'll see to it..." he told himself. "I'll see to it... If only they would come back..."

[Tamber]

The blue cat, though his muscles were growing tired, continued to perform various antics around Pulsar. He was rather surprised at how well his scheme was working, mostly expecting that Pulsar would just fire one of his magic yellow orbs at him at one point or another. But Timbre was ecstatic to see that, for some reason, the lion was helpless, and all he could do was look around frantically and yell at him. This was all the incentive Timbre needed to continue. At what other point in his life would he ever be able to pester Pulsar with no consequences? Hoooo boy...I'm gonna enjoy this while it lasts, the cat thought.

Finally Oreo chose the perfect moment to make a move and thrust herself into the black lion. With Timbre interfering with his flight pattern and Oreo physically knocking him off balance, Pulsar had little chance of getting out of this easily. Timbre added to his distractions some obnoxious music. He made the sound waves surround Pulsar. The tune reflected Timbre's playful and joking attitude, and he even added in a repetitive effect. This was sure to drive Pulsar mad.

[Pulsar]

(Apologies for the long post, have had a few drinks *cough*severalvodkasandredbull*cough*, also, any spelling errors there might be, if any that is =P )

Pulsar had found himself in a rather awkward situation. The big cat had gone in expecting to end up in some sort of confrontation..... but this... wasn't exactly what he had expected. He had prepared himself for a fight, or a duel or something like that, not to have some obnoxious blue cat bounce around him and a nuisance of a Burja in his face.
"What the hell do you think you'll accomplish with this...."
He spoke as he watched Timbre continue to bounce around him, interfering with his ability to hastily retreat to safe territories.

It was at that moment that Oreo had lunged at him.
While he had mostly been distracted by Timbre's antics, Pulsar had still been on guard in case his Burja counterpart had tried anything shifty. Sadly even with that, Oreo's attack had caught him near completely off guard.

He turned to see her swoop in for a swing, his reactions were quick enough, but his luck wasn't so sharp. As he had gone to strafe aside from Oreo's attack, Timbre, who by sheer luck or skill, had just at that moment popped up blocking Pulsar's escape.
What was worse, the Burja's attack didn't hit Pulsar's body, instead it shredded one of his lower minor wings. The attack was enough to rip feathers out of the lions wing, even enough to render it completely useless.

The male let out a snarl as he felt the pain rush through the nerves of his wing and up his spine.
"How dare you!!..."
He roared as his teeth were brought to bare.
Ordinarily he would have laughed off such an attack, but.... The fact was, that with now only three working wings, he wouldn't be able to sustain flight with Mwezi in tow.
<How... did they know....>
The quad-winged male cursed in his thoughts, were the Burja that smart? How did they know that would hinder him so... did they know?

"gah..."
He let out a grunt as suddenly the weight of his companion kicked in. The male's flaps quickly became erratic as he tried to maintain his altitude, his injured wing doing nothing more then flinching instead of flapping.
<Damn it!.... I won't be able to make it to Feraga Territory with Mwezi... not now.....>
Letting out another grunt, Pulsar thought about the only other option he had at that moment in time....

Mwezi had to make it back to the Den, what happened to Pulsar was trivial compared to the information she might have learned.
With a mighty flap the male threw back is head.
"INLASTA!"
He let out with an echoing roar. All he could do was hope that his partner was within a close enough range to hear his call.

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At the wall, Inlasta had been staring at Asuka, waiting to see what her reply would be. That was, until Pulsar's call for help reached her.
The horned lioness's ears perked as she heard her name faintly echoing in the wind.
Such a sound could only mean one thing.
"I'm sorry Asuka I have to go!"

The lioness spoke in a voice that was more reinforced then her usual timid tone.
With a quick one eighty turn and a short leap, she landed on the ground, before a giant pillar of earth shot out, launching her in the direction of the noise.
Her crystals who had been idling around didn't seem to follow suit, instead they now moved to hover around Asuka, as if they knew that it was better not to follow their master, this time.

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Meanwhile, Pulsar had been trying his best to stay aloft, but his efforts were in vain. His altitude was dropping, slowly, but surely, and the male was cursing every inch as he descended back to earth.
"You think a lucky shot like that is enough!?"
He snarled as he looked down at Timbre and Oreo who maintained an close distance below him.
"You haven't won yet!"
His voice rang out, it's tone full off aggression.
At that moment he caught a sound off in the distance, a faint but ever growing one... the sound... of earth, moving.
<Inlasta!>
The male grinned, he could always count on her and he was glad now was no exception.

"PULSAR!"
Inlasta shouted out as she drew closer and closer, now being close enough to be able to make out Timbre, Pulsar and Oreo.

"So good of you to join us!"
The male shouted back to her.
"I have something for you!"
He continued as he looked down at Timbre and Oreo.
"INLASTA! CATCH!"
In the moment he spoke the sentence, the male let out a sudden three sixty spin with the flap of his wings and with a heavy heave he flung Mwezi through the air. He knew Mwezi would never forgive him for acting so carelessly, but it was the only way....

Inlasta who had seen the throw as she landed on the ground, once more shot off with the help of the ground beneath her. the pillar rocketing her up into the air to meet Mwezi.
"Gotcha!"
The lioness said as she contacted Mwezi in mid flight, the catch was rather rough but gentle enough to be a success.
The collision canceled out Inlasta's upward trust and more or less immediately sent her back down to the earth below.
As she landed on the ground, as before when she jumped off the platform, the earth seemed to just morph downward as it dispersed the force of the fall, although this time Inlasta didn't erect a wall with the excess force.
"I got her!"
She shouted as she looked back up at Pulsar, who with a rather determined look shouted back to her:
"Get her to Sumai at all costs! Now go!"
With that the lioness nodded and placed Mwezi on the ground at her feet.
With a quick wave of her paw a semi-sphere formed around her and Mwezi, then with a second gesture it seemed to just sink into the ground with them both inside it, simply vanishing under the earth.

<heh... they may be able to stop me, but they'll never stop Inlasta traveling underground...>
Pulsar thought to himself as a grin appeared on one side of his face. The male, now free of his passenger, was able to regain his altitude and as such now had near full maneuverability back. Unfortunately, the injured wing didn't make him 100% but he'd have enough flight capability to now sort out the Burja and that nuisance of a blue cat.

"Now...."
The male spoke in a low voice as he closed his eyes, taking a short glide to give himself a small distance between himself, Oreo and Timbre. Holding out his front paws, his remaining few orbs then suddenly split into several dozen smaller orbs.
"Let's see if we can't fulfill that death wish you two seem to have...."
His voice spoke in a shuddering blood thirsty tone as he opened his eyes and stared at Orea and Timbre with a malevolent glare.

[Tamber]

Just as their maneuver seemed to be miraculously working, Pulsar called for help and tossed Mwezi to his savior, a horned lioness. She went careening back toward the earth and landed with a circular shockwave in the ground rippling away from her in all directions.

"Let's see if we can't fulfill that death wish you two seem to have...."

Timbre had ceased his leaping to watch the scene unfold, and he now stared up at Pulsar, who flashed his yellow orbs in Tim's and the tigress's faces, his eyes daggers as they pierced Timbre's heart.

For a moment Tim looked away from the black lion to watch the horned lioness's actions. She and Mwezi were quickly engulfed by sod and grass and disappeared underneath the earth. The blue cat's vision darted back to the lion once more. He truly had no clue what to do...

...Except run...

But, being stupid and unwilling to give up, Timbre turned toward the danger and commensed in it's direction. With a small running start he began leaping ahead of him to gain speed, as he had done in pursuit of Mwezi, and he was soon a bullet shooting away from Pulsar at incredible speed. He had no clue where this Inlasta had gone or how fast she was traveling, but Timbre had to escape the orbs of Pulsar behind him, and this lioness couldn't have been headed too far from Feraga headquarters.

What am I getting myself into, he asked himself apprehensively.

[magiccat]

The full shock of the situation did't hit Oreo until she realised Pulsar was speaking again. She had failed...

The Ligress growled, angry with herself. However before she could retort Timbre shot off. Where was he going? Oreo was left to gaze dumbly up at Pulsar, unsure what to do. Finally she realised something and glared up at him again.

"Get back on your side of the border Pulsar." She commanded. Not ready to back down yet.

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Onto bit down the yell of terror as everything kicked off. He shot away from the wall and darted toward a tree. Looking up he could just make out Oreo and Pulsar. Mwezi was gone...so why hadn't Oreo left? She wasn't supposed to fight Pulsar.

He sighed and gazed up. He couldn't really do anything, except catch her when Pulsar knocked her out of the sky.

[kyto7878]

Moona all of a sudden woke up somewhere confused ina dark cave. "Where am I?" Moona was puzzled and was dizzy. He tried to get up but it seems he had sprained his hind leg and couldnt walk. He could stand but the pain would rush through his bones. Moona cried for help as loud as he could "Help Im Scared! And I cant walk!" Moona had never been afraid of the dark ever since he was born.

[epppe]

"Did I not tell you it's unwise to teleport around randomly?"

"Randomly? I always know where I'm teleporting"
Arjuna replied sarcasticaly to the angered long haired lioness. He saw the two gaurds that were not too far away and figured they had nothing special since they did nothing. Seeing the gray lioness come up the hill, he heard her star talking about he other two lions he met. He dropped down off the branch back onto his feet.

"So that's why they left, because of a spy dilemma."
Wondering whether the fight was still going, Arjuna wanted to return to the spot where the fiasco was going on.
He looked over at the way he came from before looking back at the other two.

"Maybe I can help"
Saying in a cheerful voice.
"Pulsar didn't seem to want to fight before, perhaps your buddies aggittated him enough to change his mind fpr a little duel."

[Pulsar]

Pulsar flapped his wings to maintain his altitude, a great weight had been lifted off him, both figuratively and literally.
With Mwezi in Inlasta's care he had no need to be concerned and was now capable off dealing with... other matters....

It was now time to deal with the two pests that had been hindering him all this time, they would now pay for their interference.
Glancing down Pulsar could see that the blue cat had stopped his repetitive jumping into the air. It was at that moment that the male observed Timbre dart off, but to where?
"Huh.... Coward...."
The black lion spoke to himself in a low tone as his malevolent glare faded away at the sight of one of the two fleeing the battle area.
<Wonder where he is intending on going, surely he wouldn't try following Inlasta...>
He pondered this thought for a moment, even if Timbre did follow Inlasta in order to no doubt get Mwezi back, he wouldn't get very far..... Not only had Inlasta seen him there meaning he would be flagged as a Burja or not that then for assisting them... on top of that, Sumai had also seen Timbre before and would not be pleased with a second appearance from the blue feline in Feraga territory.

"Get back on your side of the border Pulsar."

It was at that moment that an annoying voice brought Pulsar's train of thought back to reality.
He didn't reply to the comment made by the Burja, instead he simply closed his eyes for a moment.
<Even if that blue cat managed to get to the Feraga den, he'd be signing his own death...>
Looking up he then locked his view onto the more important matter at hand, the winged creature that currently graced the sky with him.

Tilting his head he half grinned back at her.
"I think not...."
He finally replied in a rather relaxed tone of voice, a stark contrast to how he was only moments ago.
"How ironic..."
The male began to speak.
"Not but only a moment ago you would have done anything to keep me here in your prides territory, when I myself wanted to leave...."
Pausing for a moment, Pulsar let out a very short chuckle as he closed his eyes and leaned his head slightly down.
"Now it seems you would give anything for me to leave, when I would most like to remain...."
His eyes shot open, flashing as the sunlight hit them.

Pulsar knew that Sumai wouldn't be happy with what he was doing.... assuming his leader ever found out that is...
"Besides..."
The quad-winged male took a flap or two forward bringing himself slightly closer to Oreo.
"I'm interested in seeing if you're capable of proving a challenge to me..."
He paused momentarily and smiled at Oreo.
"After all, you're the first winged creature asides from myself that i'm aware of, so i'm interested in seeing how you fair in a fight."

Holding one arm straight up in the air, all his orbs started to fly toward the end of his open paw, merging to form one huge glowing yellow ball.

With a grin he then flapped his wings spinning himself on the spot in the air, putting momentum into his throw.
"So.......Let's see what you've got!"
Suddenly he let go and the giant orb shot off in Oreo's direction. But as a sudden extra surprise for the Burja, the orb then split seconds after being let go of. The result sending several small orbs at Oreo.