*The rumours of Unreal*

[Lorien]

Lorien nodded as her eyes diverted back to the group. He was a strange looking character to say the least. Although she didn't know the group, besides Fire, she still felt a sense of needing to protect them. Perhaps it was because they too shared what she did, or maybe it was because they would actually accept her for who she was. Whatever it was, she didn't like the situation and definetely didn't want to see any of them hurt.

[Fire]

Fire was watching the conversation between Inari and the tiger that obviously looked like he had an attitude problem. He looked over at Lorien and thought of what to say first before speaking. "You wanna check out what's going on down there? Or you want to just stay here and observe?"

[Kirsui]

Inari frowned at Skell.
"Oh shut up already!" she snarled. "I still do not see what my age has to do with this..."
Skell chuckled, taking a step closer to the grey lioness in front of him. The lioness who looked just like any other adolescent... The lioness who was older than any other living creature Skell knew of...

The lioness who he had betrayed.

"That, dear sweet Inari..." he whispered,circling around the lioness.
"That's because I never told you in the first place why I hated you so much. After the day I realized how old you actually were... Oh yes, don't deny it! You must've noticed the change in me after you told me about tht great ability of yours..."
Inari's eyes flashed.
"It is NOT an ability!" she said, almost shouted. "It is a curse! Imagine seeing everyone dying around you, and you just stay at the same age..."

Skell laughed, preventing Inari from continuing.
"You're a fool, Inari... A bigger fool I had imagined!" the tiger said with a grin.
But his grin soon faded away.
"Come now... I need you to figure out a few things that keep bugging my mind."
"Come? With you?!" Inari shouted out with a shock, her eyes wide. "I would never do that! You know it very well!"
Skell's eyes flashed.
"As I said... You're a fool..."

Suddenly Inari saw something flash in front of her eyes. Only that what she saw was not visible to others who might have been watching. The lioness gasped and jumpped away from the spot she had been in. The next thing she saw was a dark cloud shaped like a net on the spot she had been standing on just a few seconds ago.
"Damn!" Skell said, turning his eyes to Inari. Skell's eyes were glowing slightly.
"You and your stupid abilities!"
The glow in his eyes gor brighter and suddenly a ring of ice blue flames appeared around him and Inari, blocking the two from the rest of the group.

Inari's eyes grew wide. She remembered this... It had happened before! Anubris had saved her that time...
But the cheetah was not here.

((OOC: Gotta got this to move again. ))

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Naima concentrated and listened carefully. She heard Ina's gasp and opened her eyes. Seeing a big blue ring around them. She stood up and stared hard at the ring. All of a sudden, a bolt of lighting came out of the sky and hit the ring of icy blue fire, making it dissapear. Hopefully this would give her enough to him to race up to the pair. Rok seemed to be up there already. She ran as fast as she could until she was standing next to Inari. "You alright?"

[Kirsui]

"Oh cut it off, Skell!" Inari shouted at the tiger. But this only caused Skell to take a step closer to the lioness, the gring still on his face.
Then they both heard a loud noice as the flames around them were hit by something and dissappeared.

Skell's eyes narrowed when this happened and Naima raced up to Inari. He cursed this stupid group in his mind.
'Plan B, then...' he thought. His eyes were still glowing and some clouds started to appear around his paws. Slowly, no one would even notice them before it was too late...

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Inari looked at Naima from her eye corner.
"Yea, I am fine..." she muttered, focusing then again at the tiger. There was only a little she could do with her abilities in a fight against Skell.
And she knew Skell wouldn't back away before he'd get what he wanted.

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Naima stared at Skell. "What exactly does he want from you?" She asked her quietly. "I mean I know he wants you to do something.. because of your age you're invicible or something like that.." She paused. "Oh right.. i know that because i was listening to your conversation... i have special hearing abilities." Naima quickly explained how she knew all this, and her ability.

[Lorien]

Lorien took her eyes from the group, focusing again upon Fire, the only lion she really knew around here. "I'll follow if you want to check it out." Honestly, she really wanted to check it out anyway, but she didn't want to interfere or intrude on anything. But...if anything got out of hand and looked bad for the group she was trying to join, she wanted to be there to help out as much as possible. She would probably never have a chance to meet a group like this ever again.

[Fire]

Fire nodded slowly to Lorien. "I think it would be best as well, since it's good to have at least some knowhow in the situation. And besides, that tiger doesn't exactly look like he's friendly..."

Fire then started walking carefully over to Inari and Skell, making sure that Lorien was following behind him. Then, he saw Rok and cursed inside of his mind. That is probably the 'last' person that should be here... Fire thought to himself as he hesitated in his step. What if it was none of his buisness?... What if he would just be intruding?... Then again, if Rok and Naima were involved, it was probably something that he and Lorien should get involved in. He was also wondering where Nishati was. It wasn't like her to not be where the group was, nor just around him for that matter.

[Lorien]

Lorien followed close behind Fire, staring at the strange tiger on the hill. As they got closer, she could see the red glow of his eyes and her ears flattened a bit as her head lowered. She didn't know what she was getting herself into, but it was scary. As they reached the group, she wondered if they would look at her funny since she only knew Fire really. Her ears then perked as she tried to pick up what was going on within the group, hoping to make some sense of the situation. She stayed quiet however, not wanting to draw the attention of the tiger to herself.

[Kirsui]

Inari shook her head to Naima.
"I don not know what he wants from me" she replied, ignoring the part about her age. She didn't care if the others knew about her age at the moment. Skell was more important.
Suddenly Inari's eyes widened as an image flashed in her mind.
"Naima DOWN!" she shouted out loud, tackling the other lioness and hoping she wouldn't mind. They rolled a little bit away from the spot they had been standing on.
Inari lifted her head and saw icy flames had appeared to the spot where Naima had been standing just a moment ago. She saw the plants froze solid when the flames touched them.

"Clever move, Inari..." Skell said, smirking slightly. He caught a glimpse of movement nearby, seeing two other lions join the group. Other was a male with red mane, the other was a young lioness.

Skell grinned at the lioness who obviously wished he hadn't seen her. Then suddenly Skell jumped on air, and at the same moment the clouds he had created rose under him, turning solid. The tiger landed on the cloud, standing on it and watching down to the group, focusing then to Inari once again.
"We'll meet again, My Lady" he said softly, the grin still on his face.
"After all, I do know where you are... I shouldn't have a problem following you now."

And with that the tiger made the cloud rise higher to the sky. He moved his paw a little, making the flames at the ground dissappear. Then he focused on getting away from the group.

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Inari watched silently as Skell "escaped" from the group. She then tured to Naima and stood up.
"Sorry about the tackle..." she apologised, pointing then at the frozen plants.
"I just didn't want to see you turn into ice."
She smiled faintly at Naima, seeing then Fire from her eye corner. She turned to look and saw an unknown lioness with Fire.
"Oh... Hello there" she said, smiling at Lorien. "And sorry that you had to see what happened."
She looked around the group, hoping that no one would ask about the tiger.

Of course, Inari knew that would happen. It was just a matter of time...

"I'm Inari" the grey lioness introduced herself to Lorien, hoping to play some time before someone would get the idea of questioning about Skell from her.

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Naima was shocked. Everything had just happened so quickly, one minute skell was trying to kill her, next minute he was dissapearing into the distance. She turned to Inari."Heh, it's fine.. thankyou." She said and stood up to see two more lions approaching. She padded over to them. "Hi there..." She said and smiled at the lion, before then turning her head and smiling at the lioness." Naima's the name." She added on simply.

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Nishati watched everything simply. It looked like they had everything under control. She was about to get up and help them when Skell floated away. "Well there's that problem solved.." She mumbled to herself. She then noticed that Fire and Lorien had appeared. "Good timing.." She continued to mumble unhappily to herself.

[Lorien]

Lorien came out from behind Fire as the tiger made his exit. She then smiled as Inari introduced herself, as well as Naima. She bowed her head slightly, before looking at each in turn, a smile now on her face. "I'm Lorien. It's a pleasure to meet you." She sat down and looked over at Fire, but in her side vision, she saw Nishati as well. She glanced at her, but noticed that she didn't look all too happy. She wondered why, but didn't want to ask about it. It wasn't any of her business anyway.

She looked up in the sky as the clouds seemed to part, revealing the clear sky once again. Smiling, she looked back at the group. She herself wondered what had just happened, but knew it wasn't her place to ask, being the newbie and all.

[Fire]

Fire was glad that Naima was making friends already with Lorien. Although, Nishati, when he saw him, looked very distressed and angered. He walked over to her and sat down in front of her with a smile. "What's wrong, Nishati? You seem out of sorts at the moment..."

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Nishati smiled at Fire. "I'm fine, never been better." She looked up at him. "Perfectly fine." She got up and walked past him, over to the others. "Long time, no see." She said simply and nodded her head at Lorien, who seemed to be making friends quite quickly.

[Lorien]

Lorien smiled as Nishati approached. Either she was happier or she was just hiding it, but Lorien didn't want to pry. "Nice to see you again." She looked around at the group. The only one she didn't know the name of was the other male, but she wasn't too sure that he was the friendly type. She was always cautious around males, never knowing how their tempers would fare. But she was glad to be here among others like herself. Although she was new, she felt as if she already belonged.

[Fire]

When he saw Nishati walk away from him like that in her happy mood, it worried him. No one can change moods like that without either hiding it extremely well, or there was something wrong and they didn't want to tell about it. Fire just sat there and observed everything around him. Who was this tiger?... And did it look like he would be dealing with a future problem?...

[Kirsui]

Inari didn't really know what to do at that exact moment. The arrival of Skell had made her thoughts all messed up.
What had happened to Anubris? Was her Guardian all right? Was the cheetah even alive?!

The grey lioness seemed to have fallen to her thoughts, not hearing or seeing what the group was saying or doing. The only thing she could do was to look up to the sky, to the direction where Skell had dissappeared.

"Why on this night of all nights?" she muttered to herself, not realizing she was thinking aloud.
"Why exactly on the night I send Anu away? Did Skell perhaps know..."

Inari's eyes narrowed. Yes, that would explain. Maybe Skell had been following her and Anubris for a longer time, waiting for the moment when Inari sent the cheetah away again.
The grey lioness sighed.

"Sorry everyone..." she said on a louder tone of voice, interrupting all possible chats that might have been going on. She sighed again, closing her eyes and letting her head fall a bit.
"I really didn't want you all to get dragged into this..."

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Naima smiled at Inari. "It's fine.. it wasn't your fault anyway, you couldn't prevent it." She heard Kriz say something about him being Nervous. She padded after him, and followed him to beneath a tree. "You alright Kriz..?" She asked him as she sat down before him.

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Naima smiled weakly. "It's just that you seemed a bit.. confused.. or nervous, as you mentioned." She looked away before looking back at him. "I believe his name was Skell. An old... friend... if he was that atleast. They seemed to have some sort of.." She then stopped when she realised she was about to reveal everything they had talked about in private, and thought she better not, incase Inari didn't want anyone to know. "But hey.. what would I know?" She added on, laughing nervously.

[Kirsui]

Inari took a deep breath and smiled as Naima walked over to Kriz. She wanted to explain who the tiger was, she wanted them all to understand...

Inari flattened her ears, looking away from the group. Would they understand? Even if she tried explaining? Chanses were they wouldn't, since even Inari herself didn't understand. She was confused, a little afraid maybe...
Curious definitely.
The grey lioness got on her feet, walking to Nishati and Krizin silence.

"But hey.. what would I know?"

This what the first thing Inari heard from Naima, unaware of what the two had said just a moment ago. She lied down under the tree, placing her head on her paws and staring at the night, not really seeing anything.

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Naima smlied at Kriz, slightly confused at his actions. She then noticed Inari approach them. "Hello again." She smiled sweetly and nodded at Inari. She was the first one she had met from this group.

(OOC: Eeek.. super short. -.- )

[Kirsui]

A long distance away from the group a dark cloud landed on ground from the night sky. The cloud disappeared, revealing a black tiger. Skell had a frown on his face, and his red eyes flashed dangerously as he glared around the area.

He had landed near a cave of some sort. And apparently, the tiger had spent a longer time around this cave, for marks of living could be seen easily. Skell walked inside the cave, hiding himself to the darkest corner of the cave. He laid down to the dusty cave floor, keeping an eye on the entrance.

"This could be more difficult than I thought..." he muttered to himself, clearly thinking of something very hard. He would need a new plan to get Inari, now that the grey lioness had a group to protect her instead of one cheetah.

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Inari looked up at Naima when she spoke to her.
"Hello..." she said with a faint smile, not really knowing how else she could have replied.
The grey lioness looked around the area before returning her eyes back to Naima and Kriz.
"I suppose it would be best if we tried to rest a little" she said. "I mean... It's night and all..."
She smiled faintly once again before letting out another sigh and turning to gaze around the savannah once more.

[Lorien]

Lorien didn't really know what to do. The only one she really knew was Fire, and he was speaking with Nishati. She then noticed that everyone else seemed to be settling down for the night, so she found a nearby tree and lay down underneath it. Her night's travelling had worn her out significantly, and she was soon sound asleep beneath the stars.

ooc: I think this is my shortest post in a loong time.

[Fire]

It seemed that everyone was going to sleep for the night, so Fire sat down ontop of a little hill that was not far from Lorien and closed his eyes, concentrating very hard on the event that he was about to bestow for his practice.

All of a sudden, an explosion came from his body, the sound was almost nothing to be heard except for the 'whoosh' of the fire travelling through the air, itself forming a ring of the heated light in the air above him, the ring being big. He looked up into the sky and raised both of his paws into the air, growling slightly as he shot four balls of fire into the ring and made it encompass around the ring by weaving in and out around the boundary of the ring. He then made a very bright blue ball in one paw and a bright neon green ball of fire in the other, firing them up and making them explode like fireworks into the sky, thought no sound could be heard because he made it that way. He then grinned as he gathered every speck of fire that he created into the air and then made a huge heart that had a picture of what resembled Nishati in the middle of it. He didn't realize this since his mind was distracted by the thoughts of Nishati.

But, his gaze soon fell onto the heart and he gasped. Uh-oh.. He quickly made the heart explode into the air and disappear into nothingness, sighing slightly and then sitting down next to the tree and Lorien was laying under with his head on his paws. Nishati?... No. It can't be... She and I are only friends... Right?...

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Nishtati walked over to a big tree and plonked her body down underneath it. She let out a slight sigh before gazing up into the beautiful night sky. The stars and moon shone like diamonds. She lifted one of her paws and made a quick movement in the air. The stars all changed to different colours, green, pink, yellow, purple, orange, and more. She then waved her paw about again. The moon was now multi-coloured. It looked like a rainbow had been rolled up. She smiled gently. Just then some firework like sparks flew up into the sky, after a few there was one that formed in the shape of a heart with a lioness in the middle. It looked alot like Nishati. She let out another sigh as it dissapeared, placing her head down on her paws.

[Kirsui]

Inari looked up at Kriz when he got mad at Fire using his abilities. She didn't smile, and she didn't frown. She had a completely blank expression on her face. She agreed with Kriz about abilities being stupid. But her reason was very different from why Kriz hated them.

The grey lioness turned away and placed her head back on her paws once again. Her deep red eyes scanned the area. She wanted to fall asleep, but she knew she couldn't.
No, Inari would stay awake and think.

[Fire]

Fire looked around again to see if anyone was looking at him. He then heard Kriz yell at him, sighing softly and shaking his head with a chuckle. What's the point in having powers if you can't have a little fun with them?.. He thought to himself as then made definite sure that no one was watching.

He encased his paws in glowing bright light/heat and shot it up into the sky, forming the heart again with the colour of a lioness that was Nishati in bright blue. It was the same shape as the heart before, but the image inside stood out because of the blue. He marvelled his work form below by gazing up into it while sitting down. It could be possible...

[Kirsui]

((OOC: Ok, sorry for those who might want to keep the night, but I make it next morning now... 'cos I'm bored and I want to RP something and RPs aren't moving and... xD ))



Inari's eyes fluttered open. She lifted her head quickly, looking around in shock. Had she fallen asleep? At such a time?
The grey lioness shook her head confusedly as she stumbeled on her feet.
'I shouldn't have fallen asleep...' she thought, yawning.

Inari gazed around. The sun hadn't risen yet, but the horizon was turning reddish. So it would be next morning, then... The morning after Skell's sudden appearing.

Skell...

Inari's eyes narrowed and the good mood that was about to come to her vanished faster than anyone could say "tiger". A worried expression appeared to her face, and her deep red eyes got a thoughtful look.

Oh well... Inari shrugged and sat down right where she was. She looked at the rest of the group, others seemed to be still fast asleep.
The grey lioness turned to the savannah, starting to hum a calm tone she had learned somewhere a long time ago. Humming made her relaxed, and it was also a good way to spend time when waiting for others to wake up.

[This Land]

(OOC, sorry i haven't been rping recently)

Destiny Had Stood There, the whole time, even with skell gone she just had frozen, she stayed up all through the night, just looking and watching the group was safe. She felt awful that she just stood there and didn't give a helping paw. She decided to make it up to them.

She quickly ran off over a hill when she seen Inari starting to wake up. After some time, she seen a few antelope walking towards her direction, they hadn't seen her yet or else they would of ran off. Destiny lay down on the floor, and her body blended into the colors of the ground, becoming literally invisible.

She waited for a while, as the antelope came closer and closer, and soon walking right past her. When they did, destiny stood up and slowly walked behind them.
Not making a sound. She then suddenly Pounced in between two of them with her front Legs spread open and claws bared. As she landed on the ground between them, the claws swiped straight though their neck with ease, like claws swiping through soft mud, One Paw for each of the 2 antelope made it a double kill.

They died instantly, Their heads just hanging off by a bit of flesh. she stood still in between the 2 dead antelope with a smile on her face. She Hadn't used her unique claws for a while.

She Grabbed both of the antelope by whats left of the neck with her teeth, and slowly made her way back to the group.

After a while, she soon got there and layed the antelope in front of Inari and smiled faintly.
"Breakfast Time, ill give you the first bite" she said quietly
Her smile soon faded
"Sorry about me not helping out that much, my body just froze, it felt weird, i felt helpless, i felt like there was nothing for me to do. Im Just...........
Destiny sighed deeply
"Sorry" she said sympathetically

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Nishati's eyes flew open as a leaf from the tree above hit her head. Had she fallen asleep? Obiously she had. She looked around and noticed there was no one else there. She let out a sigh and stood up, venturing into the trees. She found a smale pond like waterhole after a few minutes of walking and bent her head down, lapping up the nice, cool, water.