[PRP] Run away Princesses

[Yin-Bug]

"Ow!"

The sound was loud and high pitched, the small lioness had landed on her rump after climbing over a difficult tree. She stood up and flicked her hair out of her eyes and then looked around. Oh she hoped no one heard her. She stood up and then started to push her way through the dense trees and shrubs of the pride. She was trying to get out. She wanted to leave.

It wasn't anything really too horrible. She loved her parents and her siblings and they weren't the reason at all. There was a VERY big reason for her trying to leave though. She was in line to be queen and even though she loved her pride and her family she wasn't sure if she was ready for that. She had a sack tied around her side she was carrying it to take with her, a bunch of jewelery that she could remember her pride with. If only she could get through this jungle faster. Normally smaller creatures could make their way through this quicker, however Ney'ite was moving a little bit on the slower side.She was still getting used to how to maneuver through these jungles.

At least she wouldn't have to worry about getting through these when she was in the roguelands! And she wouldn't have to worry about everyone looking to her being queen she wouldn't have to worry about a lot of things and that made her feel a lot better. Yeah! She wouldn't have anything to worry about. She would miss her family but! She couldn't think like that, No! She had to go!She was getting closer and closer.  

[Tanakako]

Toruk had been out on one of his 'undisclosed' missions into the roguelands, trying to track down a rumor of a dangerous band of warriors who were supposed to have settled close to the Iknimaya's forest. Thankfully he had found only a few lone rogues, most of whom had fled at the sight of the highly-decorated and rather large and heavily scared blue male.

Now, back in his beloved forest, Toruk moved swift and silent through the dense foliage, and yet he was dawdling, enjoying the day and this small space of time he had to relax before he had to report back to his King. Scaling a low branch easily he bounded across a narrow 'gully' formed by the criss-crossed trunks of fallen giants, before bounding back down to the ground, paws almost entirely silent. The sudden voice off to one side sounded loud to the jungle-trained warrior and instantly he turned and headed towards it. The sound had been young and this was an area way beyond where children were allowed to roam.

Locating the cub wasn't difficult, for she made as much noise as a young elephant to Toruk's keen hearing, scrambling through the undergrowth clearly without any idea how to properly maneuver through their heavily overgrown home. Huffing softly the warrior slipped through the undergrowth, stalking the child for a few moments before circling round in front of her and settling himself square in her path in a small patch of open ground. Tail curling behind him he waited for her to reach him, pale eyes focused, expression stern.  

[Yin-Bug]

Ney'ite knew that there was a chance of attracting some attention toward her but yet at the same time she was also hoping that no one was going to come around. she didn't want anyone to come around and see her here. She didn't want anyone find her. She knew if anyone in her pride was going to come and find her that she was going to be in a lot of trouble, not because some one was going to get mad at her but because she felt that some one might make her change her mind and might make her turn around to do something different. Because of that she couldn't stand the idea of running into some one.

She was keeping her eyes on her paws thinking about everything that was coming her way. she was trying to keep an eye on ehr paws so she didn't run into something while she was walking. She was kind of glad that she wasn't going to have to learn how to get through this large vines and trees of this pride. She she was paying close attention until she hit something , hard.

She flinched before tumbling back on her haunches.She looked down at herself making sure that she was okay before then grunting and frowning. "You are not supposed to be here." She growled for a moment standing up and shaking the dirt out of her fur. She paused for a moment before looking back up at him once again. "Today I had to run into some one today!" She snarled quietly shaking her head before looking at the male once again and then grumbling. "Why are you out here?" Ney'ite wasn't scared away by many things, other then really the whole becoming a queen thing. She often wasn't put off by things and even though Tsamsiyu was rather large and intimidating, Ney'ite had seen him many times before working with her mother.  

[Tanakako]

He didn't warn her as she kept walking, not looking where she was going, so when she ran head-first into his chest he didn't move, her tiny body hardly enough to make him even rock back on his paws. At her growled words he didn't smile as he usually would have, instead, he focused his disapproving stare on her.

"On the contrary, it is you who should not be out here."

Eyeing her bag he knew he could guess fairly accurately why she was this far away from the pride and just what she was trying to do. He understood that she may be nervous about her future role, but did she really think she would be left to flounder without help? Snorting at the thought he watched her intently.

"Trying to run away hu." He commented, more of a statement than a question.
 

[Yin-Bug]

Ney'ite looked up at the male with an annoyed face. In her book, at the moment, he was the worse lion in the world! He interrupted her plans! She really couldn't go anywhere like this. She knew that she was going to have to go back home now and it made her really angry! She looked up at him and her chest was puffed out she didn't like him at all. She had seen the large male around before and she knew that she had worked with him before and she didn't mind him before but now she hated him!

She grumbled as she stood up straight and paced in front of him. "You ruined everything!" She sighed before she heard his next question. Her ears perked as she stood staring at him. "Well I would have if you didn't interupt me!" She shook her head again before marching up to him and looking up at him. "You better not tell my parents!"  

[Tanakako]

Arching a brow at her chest-puffed stance and outraged exclamation, as if he was in the wrong and not her, he simply stared down at her until she fell silent.

"Oh? Why shouldn't I?" Arching one brow he watched her for a long moment. "You are planning on abandoning your family, and your pride." His look was disapproving as he regarded her. Inwardly, he could understand her fears, as he did not believe she was the type to desert for selfish reasons. After all he had been coaching her in a few lessons about the outside world.
 

[Yin-Bug]

Ney'ite didn't know what to say to the lion about what he was saying. It frustrated her so much. She just wanted to growl at him and hit him or something. She knew that she wasn't going to do something like that but it still frustrated her. She stared at the lioness before flicking her hair out of her eyes as she stared up at her. She stomped her paws on the ground as she stared up at him. Why couldn't he just let her go? She didn't know what to say, she didn't know what to say at all. It was kind of frustrating she didn't understand why the male just couldn't let her go by. She was so frustrated.

She looked up at the male and then made a face before shaking her head at the male. She didn't want to be stopped in her mind she had a plan but it seemed like she wasn't going to be able to pull it off. she paused for a moment before speaking. "I'm not abandoning them!" She growled to him shaking her head. She moved closer to him and then growled once again. "Move out of my way!" She comannded to him. She had a feeling that it wasn't going to work but she thought that it was at least worth the try that was for sure.  

[Tanakako]

If she was trying to bore him into leaving she may as well give up, for he was a lion of infinite patience, one who had been through war and had come out the other side. No young cub could ever hope to trick or otherwise twist their own way out of him. So, he let her growl and hiss her frustration, sitting quietly and impassively the whole time. Only once she actually demanded he move did he return his gaze to her.

"And what will you do once you are out there? How are you going to feed yourself, where will you find shelter? How will you fight off the wild males or defend yourself from their females?" His voice was level and bland, as if he did not really care what she did. Yet he watched her as he spoke, waiting for some lick of sense to reach her. There was no question of her actually leaving, but it would be much simpler and more beneficial in the long run if she realised that leaving was not the answer to her troubles.. as it would prevent any future escape attempts.
 

[Yin-Bug]

Tanakako

As Ney listened to the male, there was no surprising no matter how stubborn she was she had no experience out side of the pride. She woudln't know what she was doing. she wouldn't know what to do with herself. For a moment those thoughts made her eyes and mind flare with anger. She coudln't believe it, she spent all of her life here and in the end she was stuck here because she couldn't go anywhere because she didn't know what to do with herself outside of the pride. That was the most frustrating idea ever to her. She was angry but she knew that she just couldn't leave. She just couldn't walk away from this.

She glared up at the male and then huffed. "Fine!" She got it and she was making it clear. "I can't do it, but why couldn't you have just let me go and find that out myself?" She huffed to the older male, still very clearly angry at what was going on, but at the moment she was more angry at the fact that she couldn't do anything then she was at the fact that he was stopping her. But he wasn't going to let him know. Because at this point she was starting to plan another way out. She could figure it out. But he stood in herw ay, she didn't want to make it seem like she was just going to let this die. She was going to make it seem like she was mad at him.  

[Tanakako]

He had to squash the urge to grin at the anger in her glare. She was spirited, that was plain to see, and he had every faith that one day, she would use that spirit to guide her people. But for the time being he let her spit and glare, let he just be the cub she was. There was no shame in youth, it was a glorious and far too short lived thing. Only when she spun away from him, still radiating that discontent, did he finally let his expression soften and a smile touch his mass fleetingly.

"Because I am a grumpy old man who thinks he knows more than you." He replied, eyes sparkling with amusement as he watched her rear. He knew he wouldn't have let her go even on a self-discovery trip, it was far too dangerous for one as young and as truly inexperienced as her, they could not risk the loss, and it wasn't because she was heir, she was a child of the People and each and every one was too precious to squander.

Suddenly he had an idea. "How about you show this old man what a fool he is eh? If you can best me in sparring, I'll let you go."
 

[Yin-Bug]

Tanakako

Ney was upset and getting more upset. She couldn't believe she couldn't get away with it. He had a few points but she decided on what she was going to do. She was going to get ready so she could go out. She knew that she could manage it some day it was just for now she was going to ahve to wait and get stronger and better at taking care of herself before she could go. But the thing was that she knew that she could do it. She was excited to be able to do it at some point in her life. She wasn't aware yet that in her future she would't leave, although part of her heart kind of just reminded her that she wouldn't go anywhere. On the other hand she loved her family, she loved them so much, because of that she probably in the end was going to go anywhere. For now though the idea was in her stubborn mind.

She flicked her hair out of her eyes and then started to trot away from the lion that was until she heard the male speak once again. She paused and then turned toward him once again. "I can beat you." She said then sticking her head up in the hair and shaking her head. "I know I can beat you, I have no reason to show you." She commented smiply taking her head and starting to trot the other way.  

[Tanakako]

He watched her move off, her small body fair hummed with righteous anger. One day he would remind her of this, when she was full grown and a queen. Maybe he would even mention it on her wedding day. After all, wasn't that the role of the older generation, to embarrass the youngsters with tales of their misspent youth? He hoped he lived long enough to see her rule, she would be glorious, he just knew it.

When she looked back he simply returned her stare, his own expression once more serious, even if he couldn't keep the sparkle out of his golden eyes. "Of course..." he replied as she trotted off, barely preventing the warm laugh from spilling from his chest. Yes... she would be a strong and confident leader one day.