*Prides Of The Savannah*

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"Grr..." Kis said playfully as she turned her head when Fire pounced on her tail. "I'll get you!!!" She exclaimed getting ready to run as soon as Fire let go of her tail.

[Fire]

Fire turned away chuckling and then crashed through the bushes, having a big grin on his face as he knew he could Kisima no matter what. But, it was fun to give her a fighting chance in catching him by slowing down just a bit and pretending fall down on things. He was trying to find a hiding place for himself so that Kisima couldn't find him. It was hard for him to find a spot since there weren't many places that a big lion like himself could hide. He was sitting down to catch his breath and finding a place, making sure that Kisima wasn't on his trail.

[Lorien]

Kiala, still crying in the dark corner, lifted her head. Why was all of this happening? Why did it have to end that way? She stood, the sobs still choking her in her throat. When she finally found a friend, it was over before she knew what was happening. It made her wish that she had never come to the pride in the first place, made her wish that she was still on her own, with no feelings for anyone else.

Kiala decided that the worst thing for her to do is completely shut down because of this. Besides, it didn't do anything to help the matter. Turning toward the cave entrance, she racked her brain for something that she could do.

A walk.

That's really what she really needed at this moment in time. She needed to clear her head, to try and come to a realization at what was going on around her, and to try and get a good grasp on things. With Legacy gone, would the war end? She wondered to herself as she padded slowly out of the cave, her eyes adverted on the ground for a reason. She wasn't going to look on the scene again, not ever. She didn't think that her body could handle it for one thing, the greif was too near. She would walk through the jungle, away from everyone else, clearing her mind. She made her slow way toward that area, thinking to herself of the past, the present...and what was to come in the future.

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Kisima laughed and looked around. "Now where has he got to??" She asked herself as she walked around slowly, ready to pounce on Fire if he happened to suddenly show up. She looked behing a tree and was about to sit down under the tall slinky tree and give up. When she saw Fire sitting somewhat away, catching his breath. She crept up behind him slowly and pounced on his tail. "Tag! you're it!!" She said as she ran off, looking for a place to hide. As she was running, she was looking behind her to see if Fire was far behind her or not. And because she wasn't looking where she was going, she soon ran into something. She looked up and saw a couple of rocks. There was enough room for her to get into the rocks and use it like a small cave. She crawled into the entrance of the cavelike mound of rocks. There was actually quite alot of room in there for a cub. She turned around and lay down, peeping her nose out of the hole. She looked around for any sight of Fire creeping towards her. She was ready to retreat into the cave if she saw any sight of him.

[Fire]

Fire jumped in the air when he felt a tiny paw touch his tail, turning around with a sly grin and a chuckle. "I'm gonna get you, you little rascal!"

Seeing as how going in the direction Kisima was going was the most obvious place to start, Fire darted in the path that Kisima was running through, following somewhat of her paw prints until they reached a rock wall and a little cave at the top. The footprints stopped right there at the wall and Fire perked an ear in confusion. There was no way that the cub could climb the wall that quickly.. could there?.. Why does playing tag with a cub end up being so darn hard?... He chuckled amusingly to himself and then decided to try and look into the cave. Peering into it a little, he could only see darkness, not knowing that the playful little cub was inside of it right under his nose.. literally..

[Kirsui]

Tef streched her neck and slowly pushed herself up from the ground. She tried to put some weight on her hurt paw, but quickly lifted in back up.
No.. She couldn't walk properly.

With a sigh, Tef started walking towards the direction where she knew she would find water. She knew there was a waterhole at the savannah near the jungle. She only would have to walk there. So, she limbed through the jungle, keeping her eyes at the ground.

At last, after several breaks, Tef came out of the jungle. She took a quick look around, not seeing anything interesting. So, she just headed towards the waterhole, looking at the ground and stopping from time to time to rest her paw.

When she finally reached the waterhole, she just lowered herself to take a drink. Then she sat down, staring at her reflection.
It was then when she finally remembered again what had caused Fire to go away momentarily. Her eyes widened slightly. She flattened her ears and her eyes turned darker.
"What has happened?" she muttered.
"Are they both dead or...?"
Tef laid down, placing her head on her paws. She stared at the waterhole, listening how slight gust of wind made the grass sway around.

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Katakasha came out of the jungle. She stopped momentarily to take a good look around the area. nearby there was a waterhole, and by the waterhole she saw Tefnut.

Her eyes narrowed. She didn't feel like going to talk to the liopardess. Not after the meeting with Legacy. Not that she would have been afraid of the male lion, she just didn't want to jump onhis nose.
Yet...

So, Kata turned and walked to the opposite direction from the waterhole and Tef. She followed the tree line, glancing back from time to time to make sure that Tef hadn't seen her.

And finally, when Kata couldn't see the waterhole anymore, she stopped.
"Why isn't anything interesting going on?" she muttered to herself.
"Life is so boring... Everyone has calmed down! No fights anywhere!"

Of course, Kata was wrong. She hadn't seen the fight between Legacy and Mino. And as long as she didn't know about it, she would feel like the area was boring.
"The war needs some heating..." she said, grinning slightly at the thought.
"Oh yes... I need to do something about this wa-"

Kata stopped speaking. She had noticed a figure at the ground near her. To her, it seemed like a sleeping lion or something. Maybe a lion who was spying on her!
With a frown on her face, she walked towards the figure. But she soon noticed how wrong she had been!

In amazement, Kata stared at the lion. She knew only one lion with black fur and purple mane.
"Well, well, well..." she muttered, walking around the lion.
"I never thought I'd see you like that, Legacy."
Kata stopped walking and lowered her head to take a closer look. Legacy had some bad looking wounds, propably from a fight. To her, it seemed that the male was either unconscious or dead.

However, with closer examination she noticed something that made her grin again.
"Ah... That's it..."
Kata looked around and saw no one. Her grin grew wider. Then she lowered herself a little, lifting Legacy to her back. Even though she was small, and Legacy much bigger than she was, it was no problem to Kata to carry him on her back. And like that, she walked inside the jungle again, entering the Jahina territory and taking Legacy with her.


((OOC: Sowwy, it's long... I sort of felt like making a long post... >< ))

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Kisima watched as Fire approached the hole. Slowly she crept backwards. As he stood there pearing into the hole she let out a little giggle, hoping that he wouldn't hear her.

( kirsui make s a long post, and i post a sentance or two.. xD )

[Fire]

"Oh well... It was just a thought..." He said to himself before turning around and readying himself to jump down. But, the noise that made him turn around was the giggle of a little cub, his eares perking to make sure he could catch anymore that he could pick up. He was glad now that his hearing was really good. Comes in handy when playing a good game of hide-and-seek. Going back to the little cave, he concentrated his eyes and focused into the cave, hoping he could see the cheerful natured cub. "Come on out, Kisima.. I know you're in there..." He didn't really know, he was hoping that she would fall for it and come out.

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Kisima giggled again when Fire peered into the cave. She moved closer to him and stuck a paw out, pawing at him, while growling playfully. She then stuck the paw back into the cave, waiting to see what he would do.

[Fire]

Fire's eyes widened as he felt something paw at his nose, pulling away abruptly and sneezing a powerful sneeze. He raised an ear in curiosity and then grinned as he figured out what that little something was. "Come on out, Kisima... I got you... Those little paws gave ya away.."

[Kirsui]

Katakasha had been walking for a long time. Legacy was heavy, and it finally started to feel in her legs.
"Only a bit more..." she muttered to herself, growling slightly at every step she took.

She was deep in the Jahina territory, deep inside the jungle. No one from Otana would ever come here if they valued their lives, and Kata knew that. On the other hand, no Jahina ever came here either, since they thought Otanas would stay away from here anyway.

Then Kata walked through some bushes and came to a small clearing. There was a stream flowing through it, and on the opposite side of the clearing from Kata there was a cave.
A grin appeared to the lioness' face.
"Here we are..." she said and walked inside the cave. She placed Legacy down inside the cave, near the entrance so that she could see him from outside. Then she herself walked to the stream and took a drink. The water was fresh and cool, it made Kata feel refreshed.
Then the black lioness walked under one of the trees and laid down, watching closely at the cave.

[Pulsar]

Inside the cave, Legacy moved slightly. He started to wake up again, taking a deep breath before his eyes opened. He blinked them momentarily, trying to focus on something. He looked around and saw he was inside a cave.

Legacy lifted an eyebrow. How was it possible for him to be inside a cave when he had fought Mino at the savannah? He had collapsed down there, and he did not remember crawling his way inside a cave or anything.

He tried standing up, but noticed he was too tired to do so. He remembered, Mino had wounded him before he had died.
I must have lost blood...
That was what he thought while gazing around curiously.
It was then when he noticed he was watched. Outside the cave, under a tree there laid Katakasha, watching him closely with her light purple eyes.

She? he thought. Did she take me here...?
Aloud he said something else, not showing his slight amazement to the black lioness.
"Nice to see you again, Katakasha..."
He knew it sounded rather stupid, but he couldn't really help it. It was up to her if she wanted to talk with him or not.

[Kirsui]

Katakasha had been wathcing silently as Legacy woke up. She hadn't said a word to him as long as he was looking around the cave, not even when he had spotted her outside under the tree. She just laid there, relaxed, waiting for him to make his move.

"Nice to see you again, Katakasha..."

A grin appeared to the black lioness' muzzle when Legacy spoke these words.
"Nice? Is it so..." she muttered to herself. "No wonder when you were lying out there.. Almost dead, I could say..."
She then tilted her head slightly at Legacy.
"You had a fight, huh?" she asked, ending with a chuckle. "Did you kill the weakling? Or did he leave you lying out there like that, thinking you maybe were dead...?"

Kata paused for a moment, then streching herself before she stood up.
"Ah, it doesn't matter... I can listen that story another time..."
She grinned a bit more.
"I suppose you wouldn't mind a bite of something" she said, lifting an eyebrow.
"I'll go to catch a zebra... Or a gazele, perhaps. No one should be able to find you here, if they're not part of your own pride, that is... We're on Jahina territory."

She turned and walked inside the jungle, not waiting for a reply from Legacy. A grin appeared again to her face. Legacy had told her to keep away from Jahina lands, and yet she still was now there...
Kata shook her head amused. Now, she'd only have to get that food. She headed back to the Otana territory, to hide the fact that she had taken Legacy from the savannah and carried him to the Jahina lands.



((OOC: I feel weird... RPing with myself by using 2 different accounts... ))

[Fire]

The cave that Kisima were playing at was in the land of the Otana, the lushness of it making Fire smile. Not only that, but the fact that Kisima was trying to hide herself as much as she could was amusing in itself. Her giggle was so nice to his since he really hadn't had a chance to play with little ones that were as playful as Kisima was.

He caught out of the corner of his eye movement that was very little, yet he turned his head anyway to check what it was. The shock of seeing Kata's mane in his viscinity was unbearable, especially when the life of Kisima was at stake. With worried eyes, he looked at Kisima and whispered at her to make sure that Kata couldn't hear. He knew that there was no way she could of, but he never knew with the events that involved the unnaturally-strengthed lioness. "Kisima.. I'm not playing around anymore... Please stay here and hide... I don't want you to get hurt.. and if someone tries to grab you.. Scream as loud as you can, okay?..."

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Kisima got worried when she heard what Fire said. "Why? What's wrong?" She whispered back, moving as far back into the corner of the small cave as she could.

(sorry for short post)

[Fire]

"Like I said before, I don't want you to get hurt... Now stay here because there's something out there that might hurt you..." He had hoped that Kata wouldn't spot the two of them, but there was a little fear that Kata already had with her uncanny ability of showing up when you least want or expect her.

Fire was looking for a place to hide, and fast. He didn'tr want conflict after the incident before with Mino and Legacy.

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"Umm.. okay.." She said scared, wishing that Fire could fit inside the cave aswell, so that she wasn't alone. She couldn't see much from where she was she moved forward a couple of steps and saw a lioness in the distance. "Is that the thing that was going to hurt me?" She thought to herself, still scared.

[Kirsui]

Katakasha had been walking deep in her thoughts, staring at the ground in front of her and not looking around as she usually did. She was now at the Otana lands, and soon she could head back towards the savannah.
A grin came to her face as she thought about the two prides. They all had to think Legacy was dead.
Yet she still would want to be sure of that. No one needed to know. Yet...

Then she suddenly stopped walking, her other front paw hanging in the air. Her head turned left, the movement was very quick and it caused her mane sway slightly.
I heard...
And then she saw it. A flash of red between the trees. Her grin came back.
"Hello, Fire..." she spoke on a loud tone of voice so that the other lion could hear her.

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Kisima saw the lion approach. She then stopped walking. "Phew..." Kis thought to herself. But then she heard the lion's words. "Hello Fire.." she forward a little bit, watching to see what happened.

[Fire]

The hair on the back of Fire's neck stood on end in fear that he had heard Kata's voice ring through his ears. Seeing as how there was no point in trying to hide, he gathered his breath and turned around to face Kata, a stern look on his face. "Hello Kata... I didn't expect you in these part of the lands... I don't want any trouble..."

(Sorry for short post... >.>)

[Kirsui]

A frown appeared to the black lioness' face.
"It is Katakasha to you, brat" she said with a cold tone of voice.
"And what I'm doing here is none of your business. Expect to see me here or not, I couldn't care less of what you think."

Then a smirk appeared to her face.
"Poor Fire... All alone in the jungle... Without his brother to help him."
She chuckled, her eyes flashed slightly.
"Maybe I just should end your life right now... And take care of your brother later. And then, maybe some of your friends... And mabe that liopardess. What was her name again... Tefnut?"

Kata laughed momentarily. Her voice was high and the tone of the laugh was evil.

"I could aswell do that!" she said after she finished laughing. A devilish grin appearing to her face.
"Especially now that Legacy is out of the way!"
She kept grinning, knowing that she propably was the only one knowing that Legacy was actually still alive.
"If I were you, I'd be worried of Tefnut... Does she know already that her dear father is out of the picture? If not, then I shall make sure she will know that, just before I will rip her into pieces..."

[Fire]

Fire smirked a little as Katakasha called him brat since she was the one acting like one at the moment. But, when Kata mentioned of his brother, it perked his curiosity a little. How did she know that Akida was gone?... She must be quicker than he thought.. And then Kata mentioned Tefnut. That struck a chord within his heart and his voice become deep with growls. The laugh that she gave out made his body shiver with an odd feeling. And the fact that Kata knew Legacy was dead made him think a little. If Kata told him that he was dead, then Mino definitely was... and Legacy was out of the picture.

"If you even so as speak or go near her... I will make sure that you will never do so again... You're not normal, Kata... But you're not invincible.." Fire wasn't too sure about Kata about being invincible, but he kept a grin on his face. "And we will see... who is ripped to pieces..."

[Kirsui]

Kata's grin grew a little.
"Oh yes... We will see..."
She was confident of herself, and what she was capable of. These threats Fire said were not worrying her. She had heard similar things before, many times.
The grin on the black lioness' face faded a little.
"I suppose you have better things to do than talking to me..." she started. "And I certainly have better things to do than talking to you."
She nodded slightly.
"To the next time we see, then..." she said, the grin appearing once more before she continued to walk. The black lioness headed towards the savannah.

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Tef let out a sigh. She lifted her head momentarily, looking around the savannah. Then she returned her gxe to the waterhole, placing her head down to her paws again.
It was peacefull. Everything was unusually calm.
After a few more moments, Tef felt how her eyelids became heavier. She blinked momentarily, but it didn't help. She realized how exhausted she was, and let her eyes close. Taking a deep breath she slowly started to drift off to sleep.

[Fire]

Fire never let his eyes off of Kata as he watched her walk away, having a growl rumbling quietly from him. Glares were given as she walked away as well. "'Till next time...."

He remembered that Kisima was still hiding in the little cave, rushing over to it and peeking inside. "Kismia.. It's okay.. She's gone, now..." He said friendly and quietly

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Kisima had been frozen in fear at the back of the cave the whole time. When she heard what Fire said she rushed out of the cave and clung to his leg. She still didn't say anything. Just sat there with her paws wrapped around his leg.

[Kirsui]

((OOC: My deepest apologies, for this reply shall be very long... ))




Katakasha came out of the jungle, once again.The discussion with Fire was still in her mind. A slight grin was playing on her muzzle as she walked along to the grasslands.
She had a plan. A good plan to get herself into the war between Jahina and Otana and heat the situation up. But her plan still needed some thinking, she had to solve a few problems.
The black lioness chuckled.
"I might aswell start it now..." she muttered to herself, gazing around the area.

She walked over an hill and came to a waterhole. Her eyes flashed and the grin on her face grew a little.
"Still here..."
She walked closer to a creature she had seen lay near the water. It was Tefnut, ofcourse. She hadn't moved a bit from the last time Kata had seen her here.

The black lioness walked beside Tef and took a drink from the water. The liopardess was fast asleep. Kata lifted her left paw just in front of her light purple eyes, moving her toes a little and examining her sharp claws. She then looked at Tef from her eyecorner, and an evil smile came to her face.
Then, with a sudden move Kata slammed her paw at the ground, missing Tef's head with just a few inches.

Tef woke up, startled by the sudden voice. She gasped in shock when she saw the black paw just in front of her face. She jump up and backed a little, staring scaredly at Katakasha.
"You!" Tef muttered, flattening her ears.
Kata just grinned.
"Oh, did I wake you up...?" the black lioness asked, still having the evil smile on her face.
"Sorry abou' tha..."

Tef's eyes narrowed and she extended her claws.
"What do you want?" the liopardess questioned suspiciously.
"Me?" Kata asked, taking a surprised look. "Oh, nothing... Not much anyway..."
Then the black lioness grinned.
"Did you hear about the fight?" she asked from Tef.
"The... fight?" Tef started, taking a few more steps away from Kata.
The black lioness laughed.
"You must have heard!" she said, grinning evilly at Tef.
"After all, your dear friend was envolved in it... Mino, I think his name was..."

Tef stopped backing away, paralyzed by how Kata had said the word 'was'.
And Kata noticed it.
"Oh? You haven't heard?!" the black lioness asked, laughing a little bit more.
"Your dear friend, Mino... He's dead! And guess what?"
Kata grinned and took a step closer to Tef.
"Your daddy was the one who killed him..."
Tef's eyes widened.
"Oh wait!" Kata said, preventing Tef from speaking. "There's more. You see, your daddy is dead too!"

And after that Kata bursted to a laugh. Her voice was again high, and the tone of the laugh was devilish.
"So remember, Tefnut..." the lioness whispered with a silky voice, taking one more step closer to Tef so that she was standing right in front of the liopardess.
"Your daddy won't be here to save you anymore..." Kata said. Her purple eyes locked with Tef's green ones, and the two females just stared at eachother momentarily.
"See you around, Tefnut..." Kata said, turning to walk away. "We will meet again, and this time you daddy won't be there to save you..."
After saying this, Kata just walked away, going over the hill and dissappearing behind it.
We'll see how she reacts to that... Kata thought, heading to find something to hunt.

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Tef stared in shock as Kata dissappeared behind the hill. She kept staring blankly in front of her, her mouth a bit open.
Then she blinked her eyes and shook her head.
"No..."
Tef felt like her heart had just been torn into pieces. She looked around helplessly, her breathing became faster. Then she saw herself from the waterhole.
"No... No, NO!"
Tef fell down to the ground, burying her head in her paws. her mom had been gone for a long time, only because of this stupid war. And now, her father was gone too. Her whole family had dissapppeared, just like that.
Tef curled up on a ball, putting her paws on her head as she started sobbing.

[Fire]

When Kisima clung to his leg, he wrapped his paw around her body to hold her closer to his leg, leaning his head down to give her a warm nuzzle. "It's okay, Kisima.. She's gone, now..." He said in a soft voice in hopes that it'll make her feel better.

"Kisima... You know that friend I have that you met before?..." He said in a soft voice, picking her up by the scruff of her neck and placing her on his back so that she could take comfort in his thick and red mane. "Let's go see her... I think she might need some support." He says while walking along the path that he knew where Tef would be.

Fire knew Kata's main objecive would be to head straight for Tefnut and tell her the news that Fire had hoped he could sustain for as long as he could. His plan was now backfiring as now someone that he thought would never tell her is now.. well.. doing exactly just that. Soon, he heard crying coming from a direction that was faint to his ears now, but got louder as he kept walking in the direction that he was going with the small cub in his mane.

As he entered the small waterhole where he saw Tef curled in a ball, he was facing her back so it was likely that Tef did not see him come in. Sitting down not far from her, he spoke in a gentle and quiet so only Tef and Kisima could hear it, barely...

"Tef..."

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Kisima didn't say anything as Fire lifted her onto his back. She snuggled up in his mane and looked around. He then mentioned his friend. "Yes! Teffy.." She said, remembering her clearly. When the approached her she jumped off Fire's back down to Tefnut. "What's wrong Teffy?" She asked quietly as she cuddled up next to her.

[Kirsui]

Tef's ears moved slightly, otherwise she didn't seem to react to Fire's and Kisima's words.
Not at first.
Tef took her paws away from her head and looked at Fire. Her cheeks were soaking wet from crying, and her green eyes had turned darker.
"Th-hey're... D-d-dd-dead..." she said, sobbing. It was hard to catch any words from the sobbing voice she made.
The look on Tef's eyes was miserable.
"Wh... Why didn't you... tell me...?"
Tef placed her head between her paws.
"Why didn't you tell...?"

[Fire]

It almost made Fire cry himself when he saw the matted cheeks from hurt tears and her eyes darker than they usually were. "Because Tef... I wanted you to enjoy your moment of peace within yourself before I told you that your father was dead. You've got to understand, Tef.. You looked so peaceful after everything had cooled down for the moment. And I couldn't let you be crushed by your father's death for I thought that... you had no hope in continuing on with life... But, Kata wasn't the one that I told would be the first to tell you... And I wish I now before because Kata isn't the one that I wanted you to hear it from..."

Fire slowly now made his way over so that he was within nuzzling distance from her, giving one soft nuzzle to her head while having his eyes closed.