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Oh, the months that Shetani had been pregnant had certainly not been a damn walk in the park for him. Oh no. He'd had to hunt, had to cater to her every stinking whim, and he was sure that most of the things she had made him do she could have done herself. Oh, he knew she liked to torture him and he was sure she had done her best job of making life hell for him. Sure, getting fat wasn't exactly fun he was sure, but that didn't mean she needed to take it all out on him. It took two to play their game and the ninny was acting like he did it all by himself. It made his tail lash right now just to bloody think about it. She'd invaded his space, taken it as her own, and thought it gave her the right to be moody with him whenever she felt like it. He'd have given her a piece of his mind if he hadn't felt so damn guilty - and frightened of her father, to boot.

"Oh, I can come in now? Aren't you gracious, letting me into my own cave," he muttered under his breath, probably not loud enough that she'd actually hear him. He moved to pick up the fat rabbit carcass, pulling it into the den with him as he went. Hell, at least he was nice enough to think about whether or not she'd be hungry after the whole ordeal. He could have just left the brat to freaking starve.

He set it down, peering at the little blobs of fur that had curled up at her side. He took a seat, not too close, but not too far. His head tilted as he eyed them, jaw set a little tightly. Well, there was no denying the little twerps - they were obviously his. He let his tail flicker behind him, leaning slightly to look at the things closer. "Well, there's only three. Not too bad, I guess." Hell, he'd have been happy if there'd only been one. Well, as long as he was thinking about what would make him happy, he might as well just admit he'd be happy if they never were at all.

Oh for the love of.... Shetani looked up as the one face she'd---well, she'd missed, for starters, and dreaded for another. The girl tensed a little, and then relaxed. Well it was done now.. there was no reason to deny it. The girl lowered her head to he meal and tore off a few mouthfuls, getting them down her starving gullet as she considered how to handle this.

"'allo dadday," Shetani said eventually, smiling up at her beloved father. "Oi'd ben missin' ye. Were 'ave ye ben?"

Dark red eyes narrowed down as he watched the on going within the cave. For a moment it DID indeed look like the male was going to 'trample' into the cave and reach over his daughter for the male behind her. However, instead, he paused, closed his eyes and took a deep breath in, only to release it softly, "You," he rumbled at the male before turning around and stepping out of the cave, into the vegetation, "Out," as he left the entrance and padded down, he roared one last word, "NOW!" the birds that perched around the neighbouring trees spread their wings and threw themselves into a panicked flight at the thundering word, unsure if they were in any sort of danger from the large, black lion.

If anything, it was clear the male was not pleased; Moo wasn't really even bothering to hide it from the world around him. What was left to be seen was whether or not he was going to kill the male, or spare him. It was hard to tell, really.

If anything, the smaller male's stampering words only caused him to frown further, "Follow me," that said, he turned around and padded away from the cave opening. On one hand, he could simply be leading the boy for a simple walk, intent on talking to him... on the other hand, he might be leading him away from the cave so that the cubs and their tired mother could not hear the screams of pain that would ensue. Again, it was hard to tell what Moo had in mind, for his expression was grim and he did not look all too happy about the current events.

As he padded, it was clear that he expected the other male to follow, for he never once turned around to make sure that Niruzu was tagging along. After a long moment of silence, during which Moo did nothing other than glower and pad, he finally growled, "You. Boy, what are you going to do about this? What are you going to do now?" the words were and the intonation of his voice made it clear that Nizuru's own future depended on his answer, (or rather how much of a future he'd have anyhow).

His answer promptly proved to be a double edged sword, for while it was no doubt what Moo wanted to hear, it was not worded in a way he found appropriate. The large male stopped walking and turned around to face Niruzu with a long, warning growl. His jaws opened and snapped shut a mere inch away from the smaller male's face, and it was clear that had he wanted to, Moo could have bitten the other male without much of a problem; he'd moved fast, blindingly so for such a large figure. All the time he'd spent fighting rogues for fun had proved handy and he was in good shape. Good enough shape that Niruzu would have stood absolutely no chance, "First off, don't call them 'runts', you bloody Runt. You want to take care of them, you're doing it correctly, and politely. Those 'runts' don't need to suffer for your obvious lack of control- BOTH your bloody lacks of control! If it weren't because I NEED you alive and healthy to take responsibility for your actions, I would make damned sure you'd never be able to bloody well HAVE another cub in your life."

Every word spoken carried a warning of what would and could happen if Niruzu so much as stepped over the line while Moo was around, "Not only are you going to care for those cubs, but you're going to teach them well and you're going to take care of my daughter as if you really do love her. I don't care if you do, or you don't. You will. And you'll do so politely. At least while I'm around!" he then drew back from the small male and glared at a nearby rock. Oh, he was wise enough to know it took 'two to tango', and he would be having a chat with his daughter soon enough too, "Blasted kids," he grumbled, "Can't seem to keep their parts to themselves. Pooping out cubs all over the place. Bloody hell."

"All of them, you bloody idiot!" he growled at the other male, "They're all your bloody responsibility now! You will love them all, or god damn it, /I/ will make you love them, you got that?" he paused just long enough to point a paw rather accusingly over at Niruzu, but no sooner had he stopped yelling that he brought the paw up to rub at the bridge of his nose, wincing somewhat, as if he could feel a huge headache coming around, "I don't care what you think, or what she thinks. Those brats will grow up happy, or I'll make you wish they were NEVER born, or YOU were never born, for that matter."

The words were growled with threat. Then the large male pointed off towards the distance, "Now go make yourself ******** useful and get back to your family. Or go find something to hunt. Either or. Just get out of my sight before I decide those kids will do just fine fatherless!" it was clear he was not bluffing either, and that he was very much considering stepping in to take charge unless the other male were to shut his mouth and run for it. The sooner the better.

This was all technicaly his fault though. He'd been so lax with Shetani's upbringing that the girl had grown up thinking she could get whatever she wanted.