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Settled underneath a tree near the lion's den, Yaten felt a bit odd sharing room in the den which was why he was out here. Sitting there with his tail curled around his body, chocolate eyes were gazed forward while he was lost in thought. Poor Siltim, he could tell that the cub's mother was way overprotective of him and that accounted for Siltim's rebellious behavior with the stampede. An ear flicked as his sixth sense was telling him that someone was coming. Broken out of his daydream, chocolate eyes gazed around but spotted nothing out of the ordinary. But there, was a fleck of gold in a sea of green. Grinning mentally, he stay still while he waited to see what Ma'isah was up to.

Rolling over to his side, Yaten dodged Ma'isah's tackle and flicked his tail at her tiny body. Laughing, chocolate eyes shone with a lit of happiness, "Hello to you, Ma'isah! How are you doing?" Sitting himself up, he looked at the little green cub before flicking his eyes towards the den where Siltim and his family was. Would he get to come out?

Laughing at Ma'isah, Yaten flicked his tail before curling it around Ma'isah's little body and bring her close. "Your mom loves all of you equally, like all moms do. It's just your mom is too overprotective of your brother because he's small. I've seen it happen many times, it's a natural thing for mother's to worry about their smallest baby." He raised his paw and ruffled Ma'isah's head before he spotted Na'ilah coming out of the den without Siltim by her side. What was this?

Strolling through the den and towards her eldest child and the cheetah, Na'ilah couldn't help but smile. It was odd that her children's best friend was a cheetah and not a lion, but she would accept that. What she wouldn't accept was her children running off without telling her where they were going. Especially Siltim. Her runt of the litter who she worried over constantly, and then felt slightly guilty afterwards. Mika'il had told her that was the reason why Siltim was so unpredictable was because of her smothering, but she didn't want to believe it. Coming up to her daughter and the cheetah, "Hello Ma'isah, Yaten." Turning to the cheetah, "You can take Ma'isah out wherever she wants, but Siltim will not be going today. He's serving out his punishment with me."

The ebony cheetah kept quiet as he nodded to Na'ilah. This was one battle he would stay out of at the moment. It wasn't his place and he knew it.

Lime green eyes stared at her daughter as Na'ilah replied in a soft voice, "The two of you left to wander off, yes. But, he isn't supposed to leave without letting me know of where he is off to, I worry! He can live one day without you around, Ma'isah. Go off and have fun." A soft sigh escaped from the green lioness as she looked to the silent cheetah.

Getting up, Yaten gently nudged Ma'isah to follow him, "Come on, Ma'isah. It wouldn't do any good to argue with your mom right now. Just let this one go, there are other things we can spend our time doing."

As Na'ilah turned to walk back to the den, she called out over her shoulder, "A rock doesn't make a bruise like that, Ma'isah, a hoof does." Her daughter would get a talk from her as well, for lying.

Shaking his head, Yaten looked to Ma'isah. "If I know your brother, he won't be in there for long. Don't be so angry, your mom is just trying to do what she thinks is best. She's just new to motherhood. You'll see when you have cubs one day." Looking around and raising an eyebrow, "Uncle Yaten?" He let out a chuckle, "How about the watering hole?"

Shaking his head, Yaten couldn't help but smile. When will these little lion cubs realize that cheetahs are about two times as fast as an adult lion. Not wanting to dampen her spirits any, the ebony cheetah loped after the cub at a steady pace, "I'm going to get you, Ma'isah! You'll never beat this cheetah!" He knew the watering hole was up ahead, and that meant tons of fun in the water!

Laughing at the cub, Yaten replied, "Did I tell you that we cheetahs were fast? And I'm not even running as fast as I can." He loped over to Ma'isah and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck and picked her up. "Want to fly now, Little Green Monster?" He teased before dashing off into a full run to the watering hole.