*Prides Of The Savannah*

[Pulsar]

(posted by Kirsui)



Legacy frowned slightly at Katakasha's reply. Surely, he knew what he had told her to do! How dared she...?
"How nice from you to refresh my memory like that, Kata..."
Legacy said this on a calm voice, yet it was clear that he was unhappy. Pulsar chuckled to himself when he glanced at his brother, turning then his attention to the black lioness.

"As much as I'd want to stay here and listen to you two continue your ah... discussion..." Pulsar said. "I think I'll just leave you two alone."
"You are not going anywhere!" Legacy said, glaring at his brother.
Pulsar laughed.
"Or what? You're gonna to kill me?" he questioned. "I doubt it..."
Pulsar grinned at Legacy and looked at Kata. He bowed his head mockingly at the lioness.
"It was nice to meet you, Kata..." he said.

Suddenly Pulsar pounced on the black lioness, tackling her down to the ground. A large dust cloud rose to the air and Legacy could not see what was happening. When the dust cloud faded away, he saw Katakasha, alone.
Pulsar had escaped.
"Get up there and tell me what you saw!" Legacy snapped at Kata, waiting for her to reply.

[Kirsui]

Pulsar caught Kata by surpsise. She hadn't had time to do anything and the next thing she knew was herself lying at the ground in the middle of a fading dust cloud, and no sign of Pulsar.

"Get up there and tell me what you saw!"

The black lioness frowned at Legacy's words. Her eyes flashed as she got up to her feet and walked towards Legacy. She frowned, from two reasons. Once, because Pulsar had escaped. Two, because of Legacy's tone.
'Calm down!' Kata told herself.

"What I saw..." the black lioness started and sat down.
"No one knows you're alive, yet anyway. I'm not sure if that... brother of yours will tell anyone."

Kata looked amusedly at Legacy, but the amusement faded away quickly.
"I checked on the Jahinas. Gargoroth seems to be taking the lead. Oh, and I saw two unknown lionesses with him. The other one had quite an attitude and she attacked me."

Kata chuckled.
"Not much of a fighter.. I would've killed her if a panther hadn't stepped in and saved her dear neck. The other lioness was not very interesting, though she apparently knew her ways around here..."

Kata paused momentarily.
"I checked on the Otanas too" she continued. "They all have apparently drifted off to a daydream that the peace is now possible. Fools, if you're asking me... Oh, and I saw your daughter too. She was staying with the Otanas, but was spending time outside, alone."
She shurgged.
"It might be that she just needed some mental support from them, who knows..."

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Tef looked at Cova in silence. The lioness had sat down, seeming less hostile than if she had been standing. Tef senced hesitation from the lioness' words.
'She is a Jahina all right...' Tef thought. But she also noticed how the lioness hadn't answered if she was new to the pride or not.
Propably she was. Otherwise Tef would have remembered her...

"have you come to seek a member out?"

Tef flattened her ears. It was her time to hesitate now. What should she reply. What was she actually doing here? She wished she had known..
"Errr, no... I'm just.. Passing through... I guess..."
What kind of a reply was that?
"I'm just.. I don't exactly know myself why I'm here right now."

The liopardess sighed and looked away from Cova. Maybe she should just leave...
But no. Instead, she turned to face Cova again.
"I'm Tefnut, daughter of L-"
She stopped, realizing she had almost mentioned Legacy. She bit her lip, wishing she had never come back to this area in the first place.

[Cova]

Cova frowned slightly as this liopardess looked almost ashamed when asked what she was doing in Jahina territory's. Cova thought quite quickly her motives were perhaps hidden from her but didn't press the issue and instead let her face contort back to a look of puzzlement when "Tefnut" as she called herself said about her being a daughter of someone.

"Erm..well Tefnut..my name is Cova..."

All this said very slowly as the worried expression that the liopardess gave off made her ear twitch as it normally did when she was curious. For once she couldn't leave it.

"Sorry..but..did you say you were daughter off...."

Her voice trailing away in an attempt for Tefnut to finish it off for her.

[Pulsar]

(again posted by Kirsui)


Legacy's eyes narrowed when he heard the last words Kata said.
"That would be no wonder" he commented annoyedly and sat down. "Not after what you did to her..."
Legacy hadn't forgiven the mental pain Kata had done to his daughter, but just as the black lioness had pointed out, it was propably best this way.
Except...
"I need to move to another place now" he informed. "Pulsar knows where I am, and I do not want to stay here until I am fully recovered. Keep an eye out for Pulsar, follow carefully what he is doing. You will report to me when we next meet."
Legacy rose to his feet.
"Until then, do try to keep yourself alive."
Legacy smirked slightly to the black lioness and then walked away from the clearing, dissappearing between the trees.

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Pulsar got out of the jungle again. He wondered who that black lioness, Kata, was. It made him worried, that Legacy had such a creature under his control.
Pulsar shrugged and loked around. Apoparently he had gotten out of the jungle near the place where he had seen that grey lioness before. Maybe if he met her again, he could propably do some research of the situation on this area.

Pulsar shook his yellow mane. He was aware of the clear similarity to Legacy. Well, he couldn't help that. He started walking again, heading away from the jungle, walking now on the savannah.




((OOC: the grey lioness Pulsar's referring to is Kiala. Also, he's at the Otana lands atm, just to let ya all know. ^^))

[Kirsui]

Katakasha remained still, watching the spot where Legacy had dissappeared into the jungle. The black lioness held her head high.
"What ever..." she muttered and walked to another direction from where Legacy had went. Basically, she didn't really need to do anything. Following Pulsar, well... She would need to find the male first.
"Yea right.."
Kata laughed to herself.
"I'll just... Roam around and maybe accidentally bump into him. Yes.. That'll be just fine."
She grinned to herself. This would be so easy! And now that Legacy was out of the way, she could do what ever she wanted!
"Almost, Kata.." she spoke as she walked forward.
"Almost..."

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Tefnut smiled slightly at Cova when the lioness introduced herself. However, her smile faded away quickly as the lioness wanted to hear what she was about to say.
"I'm daughter of Pilvi."

This was not what she had almost said at first. True, her mother had been called Pilvi. But she had meant to tell her father's name, not mothers...
Tef's expression and pose were calm, but her eyes had turned to a darker shade of colour, reflecting the worried feelings she kept inside herself.She hoped that Cova hadn't noticed the difference in what she had been about to say. If the lioness had, then she'd have to tell her, tell who her father was and then propably get out of the area as fast as she could.

[Lorien]

Kiala watched as Fire and Kisima looked as though they were going to go off for a walk. She smiled slightly, happy that the cub had bonded so well with someone...something she really never had.

A walk. That sounded like a good idea, even though last time she had tried that out, she had run into Jahina lands. This time, she would make sure that she wouldn't make that mistake again, though she was curious to see Gargoroth again...to see if he had really changed. She got up and nodded to Femi, letting out a soft "See you later," as she passed out of the little den.

She stretched a bit when her fur felt the warm sun beat down against her. She then began walking, slowly at first. She decided that she wouldn't go toward the jungle...it seemed to be a bit too dangerous there. She looked around a bit, seeing if she could see any sign of Tefnut. Even though she really didn't know all that was going on with the liopardess, she was still a bit worried about her.
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Gargoroth watched Cova as she went out to greet the wanderer. He waited a while, not really wanting to move much at the moment. Then, when he had given them some time to speak, given Cova some time to figure out who she was, he began to make his way over to the two.

(OOC: I don't exactly remember if Gargoroth knows who Tefnut is or if they've met...and I don't really feel like going through the whole RP hehe. Do you know, Kir?)

[Cova]

Cova nodded slowly as Tef said she was daughter of Pivil..She knew Piliv did not start with the letter L so something was up. But she smiled and said.

"Ahh i see.."

Seeing the look Tef gave over her shoulder made her think a friend of hers was coming. Looking over her shoulder to see the advancing figure of Gargoroth upon the two. She did not herself know of Pivil but perhaps he might, she would ask in time but for now didn't think it that important. She quickly looked back to Tef and sighed.

"Well miss Tefnut, it seems you two might know each other.. you must excuse me"

She said as she backed up and turned to head towards Gargoroth and nodded as she passed, stopping in her tracks on briefly to say.

"Tefnut?.....heh anyway ill leave you both be..ill be in the cave.."

Now passing by to pad her way into the cave and sit in the cave entrance to watch and ponder the conversation she had just had.

((OOC> sorry for the fast exit but gota put my chars into "storage" for the week ^^))

[Pulsar]

(post by Kirsui, again... xD)



Pulsar walked calmly. He kept an eye out and listened, makig sure he wasn't followed. Knowing Legacy, it wouldn't have been a surprise if Pulsar's older brother actually had sent that lioness follow him.
Pulsar grinned. Atleast at the moment he could not hear or see anyone on his tracks.

He shook his mane again, his yellow mane sparkling slightly at sunlight. The morning sun was warm, he could already feel the heat on his black body. The yellow maned lion smiled, enjoying the warmth.
But only shortly when he saw a figure not very far away from him. He stopped on his tracks, examining the figure of a lioness. She looked familiar. Pulsar's eyes narrowed. Indeed, it was clear he had seen this lioness before.

Pulsar sat down when he recognized the lioness. It was that grey lioness from last night, the same one that had seen him before he had went inside the jungle. Now that he had foind Legacy, maybe he could ask this lioness a bit more about the situation over here. He smiled, looking calm as he waited for the lioness to notice him.


((OOC: grey lioness is Kiala, just if someone wondered. xD))

[Kirsui]

Tefnut froze when she realized Gargoroth had finally started coming towards her. To make things worse, Cova said she'd leave them alone and dissappeared then inside the Den. Tef stared at Gargoroth as he came closer, the liopardess' eyes wide. She bit her lip, ready extend her claws if Gargoroth appeared hostile.

Tef decided not to start speaking to him. She'd keep her mouth shut, and only speak if spoken to. She forced a calm expression on her face and tried to look relaxed. It was hard, though. At the same time she would've wanted to just run away. But then again, she was also curious, wanting to hear what Gargoroth had to say. Or see what he was about to do.

[Fire]

"Hmph! All right, you little devil! Let's go!" He said with a big grin and then started walking around with the little cub on his head, not being much of a problem since she was light on him. As he continued to walk, he began to pick up speed and then soon, he was in a constant run. "All right! All aboard for the Lion Express!" He laughs happily as he had Kisima on his head, hoping that she was gripping to him as he was running around.

[Lorien]

Kiala walked a bit without realizing that she wasn't alone. It wasn't until she was within close distance to the large male that she looked up and caught the yellow mane in her eyes. She stopped suddenly, an almost frightened look on her face. She recognized him as the same lion she had met the previous night...but she had been different then. Her sudden boost of confidence was now gone, her timid nature falling back securely into place. She took a step back a bit, not knowing if he was hostile or not...despite whatever she knew of him already. She was ready to bolt if need be...but kept a close eye on all of his moves. It was in this that she realized that he looked strangely familiar...and that the fear she now felt was the same she had felt when she was held captive by Legacy...Could this be related?
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Gargoroth nodded to Cova as she passed, and then brought his eyes back to the liopardess before him. A sly sort of grin came to his face as he finally reached her and sat himself down upon his muscular haunches. "Well, well, well...we finally meet." He looked down at the female, wondering if her calm expression was just an act. "The daughter of...the late...Legacy. I am Gargoroth." He then bowed his head low to the ground. "It's a pleasure to finally make your aquaintance." Lifting his head, he looked down on her to see what sort of reply the younger one might make.

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Kisima gripped onto Fires head and giggled as he started running around. "hehehe, where should we go then, Mr lion express driver?" The little black cubs purple tuft flew about in the wind, her tail flickering happily behind her.

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Lefu didn't reply to her question so Kamaria presumed he was a little exhausted. "I'll carry you for the time being then. The white lioness bent down and picked up the cute cub ans placed up on her back.

"Make sure you don't fall Lefu." She said calmly in her soft tone of voice as she started to trot slowly through the jungle.

[Fire]

"We could go the regular route... Buuuuut... I'll take to places that I don't rarely ever so anyone else!" Fire said with the biggest smile on his face. It had been a while since he had played with a cub. The thing that made him the happiest was when he heard her giggle as he took her around. To make the cub happy made him happy inside.

As they slowed down on the trip, he was panting a little, but still keeping that smile as he pushed past a couple of brushes to come to a waterfall that had a pool of fresh, clean water. A little bed of leaves was near the pool of water and a little bit of sun was casting over the leaves. The rest was shaded well. "How do you like it?"

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Kisima watched her surroundings, that were a blur, as she rode atop of fires back. After a short while they reached their destination. The cubs mouth dropped open as far as ones could as she looked around at the waterfall.

"How do you like it?" Fire asked her. "I love it! It's so.. so.. prettyfull!" Kisima exclaimed as she jumped down off his back and ran over to the waters edge, dipping her paw in as a fish swam past.

[Pulsar]

(post by Kirsui)


Pulsar lifted an eyebrow at the grey lioness' behaviour. Was she afraid of him? Her step backwards suggested so, but Pulsar was not sure of it. It could have also been because of the similarity on looks that he shared with his older brother.
"Err.. Hello there... Again" Pulsar greeted the lioness and nodded his head to show some respect to her.
"I apologise that I am trespassing on your pride's lands once again."
Pulsar skratched his head, thinking of a way to speak what he had in mind.
"Ah, but where are my manners!" he said with a slight smile.
"I am called Pulsar."
The yellow maned lion nodded bowed slightly to the grey lioness after introducing himself. Then he rose up again to his previous sitting position, clearly waiting for Kiala to speak something.

[Kirsui]

Tef's eyes narrowed at Gargoroth's words. He was clearly waiting for a reply from her. Why hadn't she just left earlier? It had been a lot easier..
'Stop it, Tef!' she thought to herself. 'You're stronger than that...'
"Pleasure is all mine, Gargoroth..." Tefnut spoke on a calm voice, but did not return the bow.
"You see, I have heard about you... Mostly from my father when he was still alive..."
A slight shiver went down her spine as she spoke the last part. But she did not turn her green eyes away from Gargoroth.
"I assume the Jahina knows that Legacy is dead" she continued on a tone like she'd been chatting about weather.
"So do tell me... Who will continue leading the pride?"

[Fire]

"Heh heh. You remind me of myself as a cub." He was now talking like he was an old lion. But, at the same time, it was true. Kisima was an energetic, always playful little cub. He walked over to where the sun beat down on the leaves and rested on them while he watched Kisima to make sure that she didn't get into trouble. "Betcha can't catch a fish, Kisima" He half-talked/half-shouted to her as he watched the fish swim away from Kisima.

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The cubs purple hair tuft flew infront of her eyes. She couldn't see properly. Kisima tried blowing upwards to blow her tuft off her face. But she didn't succeed. She started to get a little angry and shoved her paw into the water and pulled it back out, smoothing her tuft back up and off her face. The black furred cub looked down at her reflection in the water. She almost had a comb-over. Ki giggled slightly. Then Fire's voice came to her ears.

"Betcha can't catch a fish, Kisima" A frown then placed itself on her face. She turned around and looked at Fire.

"I bet I can!!"

Kisima exclaimed competitively as she turned around and flung her self in the water.

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Kamaria had been walking for a while now. She had been daydreaming most of it aswell. She thought she heard a voice or two nearby, but thought nothing of it. She probably wasn't the only one wandering these parts. It might even have been Lefu's sister. The teal panthioness turned her head to look at Lefu. But the cub was now gone from her back. And she hadn't even noticed it?

"Lefu?"

Her voice spoke softly. The voice she heard was most probably the cubs sister, and he recognised the voice and ran off to his family. Kamaria smiled at the thought. Well, now that he was gone, she was alone once more. Her company had left. Then all of a sudden the teal panthioness heard more voices ahead.

"Betcha can't catch a fish, Kisima"

"I bet I can!!"

It seemed to be a male and a female... the female sounded, most likely, like a cub. Kamaria continued walking in the same direction, approaching the voices. They were getting closer and closer by the second. Then the teal panthionesses body came out from the bushes, in clear view for the pair infront of her to see.

[Lorien]

Kiala still felt terrified. Here again, she had gotten herself into a situation she didn't like because she had gone off alone. At least this time...she didn't have to worry about being interogated by Legacy again. The past events had taken her mind from that day, and she nevre wanted to experience that ever again.

She stood there, frozen, her eyes never leaving the male, claws now extracting just in case. "I'm...Kiala." She didn't bow her head. She wondered why the male was here, again, in Otana territory. Her ears flattened as her untrusting nature got the better of her. Although he spoke and looked fair, she knew that it could mean nothing. Thoughts of what he might want raced through her head and she took another step back. She didn't say anything more to him and wondered if he would to her.
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Gargoroth nodded and then looked back at her, his piercing orange eyes baring into her. "Yes, the pride knows of his death." He sighed a bit, as he brough a paw up, examining his claws as he spoke. "Yet, who is to claim his leadership position...who knows?" Putting his paw down, he then grinned at the liopardess. "Though the return of his offspring would surely rally the pride. You ARE the heiress, after all, I would suppose." He sighed slightly, looking back to the den of the Jahina. "Though I had much wanted to take the position myself...but seeing as how you're here..." He trailed off as his eyes returned to Tefnut. He didn't speak anymore, just left his last words linger on the air.

[Pulsar]

(post by Kirsui again)



"Kiala... It's a nice name."
Pulsar noticed how Kiala took another step back and let out a sigh. He didn't stand up. It was better to be as friendly as he could now, seeing how scared the lioness was. He closed his eyes, taking a deep breath.
"Tell me... Am I badly wrong if I say that you think I look like someone you know?" he asked, opening his eyes again.
"If you do think so, then who is it that I'm so look alike?"
He shut his mouth and lifted an eyebrow, a curious expression on his face. Would Kiala answer to his questions? He wasn't so sure, but it was worth to try.

[Kirsui]

Tef's eyes narrowed. So Gargoroth wanted to take the lead on Jahina, now she knew it for sure. But the last part of what he had said was worrying her a little.
"Like they'd take me as their leader..." she snapped, her green eyes flashing.
"Would you?" she questioned. "Would you take a half breed as your leader? A half breed that is daughter of Legacy too?"
She shook her head.
"I greatly doubt that" Tef continued, sighing slightly.

"I have never been a leader type, Gargoroth..." she spoke quietly. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she examined the expression on Gargoroth's face. She couldn't read his expressions, that was sure. But she could always try...
"You see, I spent most of the time in my early cubhood with my mother. Most of my nature came from her."
She chuckled slightly.
"Then she died... In a way that you don't need to know, in a way that I myself heard only recently. I was no more allowed to move around by myself. It was always either with my father, or inside the caves."

She chuckled.
"If I had not been a loner before that time, I surely became one after my mother's death. I soon found a small tunnel that lead out of the Jahina caves. It was well hidden, and I was surprised that no one knew about it back then. It was my way to this certain kind of freedom, and I secretly used to roam in the jungle, using that tunnel. When I was old enough, I used that same tunnel and left the pride."

The liopardess closed her eyes momentarily and let her head drop a little. She remained like that momentarily, knowing well that Gargoroth could attack her without herself noticing that. It was a risk, and she was ready to take it.
"See? I left them" she said with a voice that was almost a whisper.
"I left them, well knowing that I could have taken the lead of the pride once. But I never wanted that..."

[Fire]

Fire laughed heartily as he watched the lion cub jump into the water and attempt at catching a fish. What harm could it possibly do? The worst was that she could learn a few fishing tricks. And he was always in a close proximity in her area so he could always help her when she needs it. It was amusing to see her jump and splash around trying to catch the fish that were in the water. This couldn't get any better than this...

Fire perked his head up as he heard the faint rustling of bushes. He thought nothing of it at first and resumed watching Kisima while sunbathing on the rustled leaves. But, he then saw something what appeared to be teal coming out of the bush, this definitely perking his curiosity. He then saw a teal lioness? emerging from the bushes and his jaw dropped as he saw her. Wow... Who.. is she?

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Kamaria looked around at the area. It was beautiful. Especially the waterfall and the sun beaming down on the pile of leaves, on which a lion was laying. He seemed to be staring at her.

"Umm.. sorry. I'm not interupting anything am I?"

The panthioness asked, her voice soft and flowing. She then turned to look at the cub.

"I'm guessing you're Kisima?"

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The little cub hadn't noticed the panthioness as she was too busy trying to catch a fish, to proove her point to Fire. Then she head her name come up in a sentance, which an unfamiliar voice spoke.

"I'm guessing you're Kisima?"

The black furred cubs head swung around instantly.

"Who are you?" She asked as she took a step back in the water. She then felt something under her foot and turned around to see it was a fish.

"YAY!!! i told you i could!" Kisima yelled out excitedly as she bent down and picked it up, carrying it over to Fire and dumping it infront of him. She sat there staring up at him with a big grin.

"I told ya."

[Fire]

She was unlike anything Fire had ever seen before. She had panther traits on her, yet he could also see lioness. Which made a combination of something that was something to marvel at. Fire started walking over to her and when he started talking, it's as if he had rocks in his mouth. He had a hard tme starting himself since he was always fumbling his words. But, thanks to Kisima, all he could do was smile at her and then widened his eyes as he saw the fish being plopped down near him. "Hey, hey! Good job!" He felt a little more confidence in his speaking and then introduced myself. "Name's Fire... Yourself?"

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Kamaria laughed sweetly at the cute cub, Kisima, who had caught a fish and was amazed over it, dropping it infront of the lion who then introduced himself as Fire, while she was yelling about in excitement.

"Heh, the name's Kamaria. Nice catch by the way, biggest fish i've ever seen!"

Okay, so she was lieing.... maybe just the slightest. But it was good to encourage the youngin.

[Fire]

"Heh heh. Sure is." Fire nods in agreement, probably doing the same thing that Kamaria was hinting as well with the little white lie. He turned his attention back to Kamaria.

"So.. Where ya from?... I don't think you're from here cause if you were, i'd have known you a 'lot' sooner." He winked at Kamaria.

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Kamaria chuckled at what Fire said. She wasn't quite sure of the answer herself.

"Well..umm i'm actually not too sure myself. I've never actually stayed in one place. I travel everywhere, hoping to find someone to settle down with. But i've never actually found anyone... at all."

Not once did she mention she was also looking for her mother... who was a bird.

[Fire]

"Oh.. Well.. Here, I live with a pride that has others in it. I don't have a brother or a sister, but Kisima came into the pride and, well..." He looked over to Kisima where she was playing around. "I kinda taken to being somewhat of a brother/father to her. She is awfully cute and even though she can be a handful, she's always very nice to everyone else."

He nods with a warm smile as he looks at Kisima, then back to Kamaria. "Would you like to come join us, Kamaria? I'm sure Kisima wouldn't mind and I would like you to join us." He was smiling every moment as he said this.

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Kamaria grinned at Fire.

"That would be lovely, thankyou. I hope the other members of your pride won't mind."

The teal panthioness replied as she looked down at Kisima, how was now sneaking up on a grasshopper that was resting on a rock near the waters edge.

[Fire]

"They're over there discussing some things." He nods and then scoots over on the pile of brush to allow a warm spot for Kamaria to sit down. Her teal fur certainly was something to gaze at since it stood out from everything else around him. He waited for her to sit down before speaking. "What's a lioness... err... panther.. uhh.. lioness?... doing out here?" He chuckled lightly to himself as he was mixing his words up. What was she, exactly?