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The Tsunami had ravaged the land he loved and had taken many of his loved ones with it. His most beloved had vanished with the wave and though he had searched he hadn't found her. He hadn't found her body either though so he held on to the hope that one day she would walk over the horizon and back in to his arms.

Much had happened since the Tsunami, the clean up operation was in full swing, the nursery was getting built up well and he had become a member of the council. He had become a council member because he knew that Khepri would have wanted it. She loved the lands just as much as he did, more perhaps, they loved it and it was their home and though it certainly wasn't the same without her in it it was still their home and he loved it.

The big dark old male looked out of the pride lands, he still went on guard duty, it was a part of his job he felt, that despite being a council member, he was still a guard and he watched the borders in his shift, just like all the other guards whom were under him. It also gave him a really good excuse to watch the borders for those who were missing. It hadn't really surprised him that lions had returned in ones and twos, in small groups or sometimes even in large numbers, flooding back home despite the disaster area it had become.

Coal black eyes smiled as he thought of time past, he and Khepri, they had been here for so long, they had seen changes, life, death and more births than he could count. Now he was alone here, though he was still blessed enough to have much of his family near by, their cubs had grown and born children of their own and even one of their grand daughters was pregnant. He thought about this too, he was to be a great grand father already? Posiedon a grand father. It made him feel very old. He smiled calmly and let a sigh roll over his lips as he returned to watching, to guarding the borders of the home they had made together and that now he was alone in.

It was a surprise to his eyes to see the blood red lioness coming down the beach. She had been gone for so long he was almost afraid she was an illusion caused by his age. Clearly he thought himself suseptable to crazyness because of his advancing age. He knew the way she moved, the way she loped was so familiar to the jet black male that he almost convinced himself that it was someone else, that it was a ghost, a figment of his imagination.

He couldn't create her scent though. He had slept by that scent for years, years they had spent together knowing one another intimately, simply happy to be together to be a pair. Her scent was so familir to him, but he coul;dn't invent it on the wind. That pale streak that flashed down his face split and he bolted from his guard post without a moments thought and dated for her. For his Khepri.

"Khepri! Khepri lass whar ya bin'?" He dives at her, like a young lion, his elderly legs finding enough energy to galavant down the sand towards his mate. He reaches her quickly, wrapping his body around hers and pulling her to his chest. "I were startin' ta think tha worst lassy. Ya bin gone fer so long. I couldnae find ya." He whispers holding on to her, breathing in her scent, she was back, his Khepri, his lady, she had come home. "I looked fer ages..I couldn't find ya.."

The big black male smiled softly, his dark eyes fixed on her. She was as beautiful to him now as the day they had met when they were young and carefree. They had grown old together but he never felt that old as long as she was beside him.

"Khepri, darlin' I'm jus' glad ya back. I wish I coulda found ya, I looked...I looved and thought.." he shakes his head and licks her face "Ah was thinkin' I would never see ya again." He sighs gruffly watching her play with his shells. "Ah got some big news.." He trails slightly, a lot of things had happened, he really didn't know where to start.

"I don' even know where to start." He chuckles keeping hold of his mate he pauses for a moment to clean and kiss her face, he wanted her to know just how much he missed her. He thought, maybe the beginning. "We're gunna be great gran' 'rents." He chuckles "think we be gettin' old lassy." He grins playfully, that was only a bit of news, he had so much to tell her but he could wait.

'Kota chuckled quietly "Aye lassy, one 'o' Poseidons lassy's, very pregnant." He smiles quietly. "I be thinkin' we're too young to be great anythings don't you?" He winks playfully and licks Khepri's nose gently.

"So much 'as 'appened." He pauses for a moment and clears his throat "Ah'm, ah'm on tha council now Khepri." He grins and puffs out his chest looking very proud of himself. he had taken the position knowing that Khepri would be proud of him for it. Knowing that she would be happy to see him on the council. "Ah'm takin' care o tha guards and tha builders Khepri lass." He grins his lop sided grin, the one he always reserved for her and sighed happily.

"Khepri, I really thoguht ya was gone fer good lassy."

'Kota chuckled quietly "He has several and a son, and Vuai 'ad a litter of lads, tha family is gettin bigger." He chuckles quietly "Course, they're all grown up an' Posiedons Daughter Afina is due to ave a litter. Ah be thinkin' we're too young to be great gran' kids, course, Poseidon's be a comin' a grandad, which be weird in itself."

"C'mon lass, we'll go an' find some 'o' tha kids. they'll be glad to see ya." He smiles softly He coudln't beleive that she was back, it had been so long, he thought she was gone forever. It made him happier than anything else to see his mate back beside him, her blood red coat fitting so well with his black.

The giant dark male smiled an apreciative smile as his mate of so many years flounced before him. He always thought of her as the most beautiful creature in the world. Her size and stature, her age, the way she smiled and spoke and the odd wink or beautiful smile. He thought of ehr as the most graceful creature in the world and he would argue with anyone, despite his very laid back nature, if anyone said other wise. She was his one true love.

"C'mon then darlin. Ah'll take ya home." he lumbered after her pressing his shoulder in to hers, holding ont o her in the only way he could or knew how, by touch. They could and would walk together for the rest of their lives, he would cling to her like a barnacle, he'd never let her go again. Losing Khepri had been like losing a limb but nothing and no one had ever dissuaded him from the fact that she might return one day.

His dreams, his hopes had come true, Khepri was beside him once again. "You'll be mighty proud o our family Khepri. Mighty proud." He whispers licking her ears as he lead the way towards the new dens, his shoulder firmly pressed against his beautiful mate