Part 1 - Let the journey begin... [Finished]

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''Did you? Really?'' Tando asked and looked at her.
''I thought you had forgotten me'' Tando said and looked down in the ground, unsure of what he had just said.

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Oshiani sat there as Aramile and Shetani talked. She looked down at the waterhole to the lonely lioness. ''I'll be back Sheek..'' Oshiani said and smiled. She got up and padded down to the waterhole and bowed down next to the lioness and had a drink. She sat and down and looked at this lioness.
''You from around here? Oshiani said and smiled kindly.

[RavenMaster]

"Forgotten you? Phht. Heck no. I was thinking about you all the time."
She said.
"I wondered why I didn't get you to come with me went I went to wander off again all the time I was out there. Woulda been much more fun."

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''Yea... the old days.. Our first hunt.. remember that one?'' Tando said and smiled at the thought.
''I remember I was the worse hunter ever, and you kinda teached me all I know'' Tando added and walked over to Shetani. ''You have no idea what it means to me that you're here again.. with me.. and the others of course'' Tando said shyly.

[RavenMaster]

"I remember. But your a good hunter now. You just needed some practice."
She said.
"I'm sure I have some idea. But hey, what does it matter? I'm here now and I won't run off again."

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''Promise?''
Tando said and looked at her with his head bowed down and with a bright smile showing his teeth.
''You better do''
Tando said and nudged her lightly.

[RavenMaster]

"Whatcha goin' ta do if I don't?"
She nipped his ear.
"I'm kidding. Of course, I promise."

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Tando nudged her down on her chest and layed on her.
''Then I'm never going to move from here''
Tando said and kept her down with a playfully smile.
''I dont want to lose you a second time Tani.. Really I dont''
Tando added and layed his head on her chest.

[RavenMaster]

"And you won't, not if I can help it."
She assured him.

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Oshiani left the silent lioness at the waterhole and padded over to Tando and Shetani.
''So you guys no each other aye?!?'' She sat down and smiled.
''Hope i'm not interupting.'' She said.

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Tando stroked Shetani and smiled, his stomach was on the edge of exploding.
He rolled over on his back, laying his head on her stomach and looks up into the stars.
''If you leave, I'll follow you''

[RavenMaster]

Shetani grinned and sat up.
"Good."
She looked over at Oshiani.
"Yeah, we met a while ago."

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''Yea... quite a while ago''
Tando said and blinked at Shetani. Tando could sense something about Shetani he just couldn't describe, it was a feeling he had never had before when they were together, it was like his stomach was filled with thousand butterflies and hundreds of angels were singing when she were speaking or hugging him.
''Then we got separated and found eachother again... luckily'' Tando said and blinked at her again.

[RavenMaster]

"Luckily, we found eachother again."
She grinned, nuzzling up to him.
"For good if at all possible."

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Tando nearly exploded when he feeled Shetani's head rubbing his side, he just couldn't stop returning the nuzzle.. so he did... ''Couldn't agree more'' Tando said and kept nuzzling her.
What was this getting into?.. So many thoughts ran through Tandos head, maybe it was only a friendly nuzzle.. maybe a loving one.. But god he wished it would never end.

[RavenMaster]

Shetani seemed perfectly content there beside him, wondering what he was thinking. She didn't feel the need to move from where she was, and was just smiling.

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''Where did that come from from Tani?'' Tando asked, referring to the nuzzle, he wanted to be sure if it just was a friendly or a loving nuzzle that she came with.

[RavenMaster]

"Whatcha mean?"
She asked, her green eyes looking up into his.
"Kinda a vague question."

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''Hmhm, just wanted to be sure''
Tando said and nuzzled her again.
''That if it came from your heart.. or elsewhere''
He added and gave her a lick.

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''I'll leave you two alone then.'' Oshiani winked at them, smiled and walked of back to Sheek.

[KanuTGL]

Dabiku's notched left ear turned back to listen to what that male lion had to say. When he was done, she turned around to answer him, but he was already gone, leaving, with some other lioness... She frowned at them and turned back to the waters. "What a nice fellow..." she thought. "Talking to me one second, abandoning me for some bozi the next..." "Pfft..." she mumbled to herself and was about to take another drink of water when she heard someone else that seemed to speak to her. The pale golden lioness held back a sigh and wondered for a second wether to reply or not.

Apparently, that second was too long for that lioness to wait, and when Dabiku finally turned around to say something, the other had already turned to speak to someone else. The scarred one growled quietly and restisted the temptation to tell them all how nice they were...

Now the couple who had left a few seconds ago returned, looking like the worst turturdoves(sp?) she had ever seen. Dabiku frowned once more and did all her best to stay quiet and not spit one of those piercing comments she usually had stored at the back of her head... Maybe this wasn't gonna be such a good day after all...

In the end, the golden lioness couldn't stand it any longer and turned around to look at the group gathered just a few feet from her back. She took a few steps against the spot and nodded graciously in front of them. "Why, it seems like you're all having a good time. Enjoying yourselves..." Her voice filled with sarcasm... She turned to look at the couple and smiled, but not that friendly grin they might have wanted... Her mouth might have been smiling, but her eyes were shooting fires. "Good luck you two. May your days be merry and bright." she said, in a way that could only mean that she meant the complete opposite.

When she was done chatting, she simply turned her back to the group and padded off, heading for the distant mountains where the sun was still on its way up.

Who could've guessed that behind that cold and careless fasade, was an incredibly hurt creature?

OOC: Dabiku is aaangry o.O Sorry 'bout that

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Tando was totally shocked, he never meant it that way. ''What the... Hey.. Er.. Dabiku! Wait up!'' Tando said and without a word, set off for Dabiku in the distance. Tando had been running a while, trying to catch up with Dabiku.
''Hey! I.. I'm sorry.. My bad manners doesn't really suit me.. I don't think I can make it all cool again by apologizing.. er... can I?'' Tando said and looked at her with doggy eyes.

[KanuTGL]

Dabiku heard someone coming after her and stopped. Now what did they want? She turned around to see that first male lion, he who had spoken to her at first. Hadn't she caught the name Tando? She raised an eyebrow and looked at him with a rather blank expression, not wanting to show what she really felt.

She had nothing against being alone, not at all. She enjoyed it actually, but she didn't mind someone to talk to every now and then. Though when she spoke, she expected the other to reply and not just turn their back on her, especially when the other person had started the conversation. And two lions just putting her aside after speaking to her in the matter of just a few minutes was just too much... Dabiku's bad temper had really got a grip on her this time...

"You think you'll set things right, just like that? Really?" were the words that first came to her mind and she opened her mouth to say them, but then shut it again. That would've been a bad idea... Instead, she just sighed and rolled her eyes. "Alright, alright... I accept your apology..." she said, looking away, then turned back to the lion in front of her, and looked him straigt in the face, adding "But don't think things are plain cool just because of that." Her voice was hiding a warning... And with good reason, Dabiku was not a lioness you'd want as an enemy.

The scarred one then turned to walk back to the others. Oddly, she felt for having some company today...

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Tando raised an eyebrow and looked at Dabiku as she were heading towards the others. Tando looked down into the ground and sighed deeply, even an apologize weren't good enough for her apparently. ''I guess that was a REAL bad idea'' Tando said to himself as he brushed away some fallen grass in front of him, that the lioness had put down when she put her angry footsteps on them. One second you feel like you're in heaven, the next one you feel like you want to jump into a big hole, but this lioness really did take it harsh, she did however just walk past us without saying a single word at all.

Tando slowly raised his head and looked towards the lioness, who almost was at the others. ''What a day'' Tando said and began walking towards the group.

[This Land]

"So everybody, now that we are all Aquainted, what do we do from here"
Sheek said as he sat down and waited for a reply
"We cant really stay here all day"

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While they stood there in the circle Oshiani walked over and stood next to Dabiku.
''Hey sorry bout before it just didn't look like you were gonna answer me and you wanted to be left alone. I would have stayed and talked otherwise.'' Oshiani whispered to Dabiku. She smiled at her then looked at Sheek. ''Well I did mention before that if you were hungry there was a group of zebras up on the hill.'' Oshiani said and smiled.

[This Land]

Sheek smiled at Oshiani and Dabiku
"Im not Hungry" he luaghed
"So what are your two stories Ladies"

[RavenMaster]

Shetani followed Tando, and listened rather then talked. She preferred it that way, especially if lions and lionesses she had just met were present. She liked to listen a lot better then she liked to talk.

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''Well i ran away from my pride when i was a cub. They treated me like filth, i was their slave. I hated it! So... i ran away and have been looking for some new friends or maybe even a new pride. And here i am today. It's a short story, but that's it. What about you Dab?'' Oshiani smiled and sheek and turned to face Dabiku with her last words.

[KanuTGL]

Dabiku sat down close enough to the new group and watched them. When someone's whisper reached her ear, she bounced up as if she expected an attacker and landed on four paws, claws extended and ears flattened to the back of her head. Then she saw who the whisper belonged to and returned to the more relaxed pose she had had before. All of this happened in a matter of two seconds or so, and one could get an idea of how unfamiliar she was with this whole situation.

When the other lioness was done with her little "excuse", as Dabiku understood it, she raised an eyebrow and replied, not sounding as annoyed as before "Alright, if you say so..." But the golden lioness wasn't all ready to forgive just yet... One thing she was really good at was remembering things of long past, and she'd never forgat an insult, even if she could forgive. After some time...

She listened to the others' meaningless chat for a bit and was about to lie down and close her eyes for a moment when one of the male lions turned to her and the one named Oshiani. She was surprised to hear someone that apparently spoke to her, and for a mili second wondered if he'd do the same thing as the others had done this morning. She smiled a bit at his question, she turned to look back at him and replied "My story? Are you sure you wanna hear it?" she said, but with a happier tone hidden in that, quite low pitched for a female, voice now. And she was still smiling, that was indeed something odd!