[EVENT] War Games (Closed)

[Kimaria]

They seemed to be going for Tswana but they would find that she did not stand alone. At her side was Roho, fierce and strong and determined to see this through. Her paw came up to swat at Soleil, attempting to put her off and distract her long enough that her pale-pelted comrade could get away.

Unfortunately, a moment after her attempted attack, someone collided into her and she was knocked sprawling across the ground. She bounced back again to turn and face the one who had struck her, noting the pink-marked one standing over her.

With a roar she shoved up with the flat of her skull, attempting to ram it against the chin of her competitor.

Close by, Azar gave a roar of anger as Badieh collided with him. Thankfully he'd maintained his defensive posture and the only affect was losing a little traction, sand sliding between his claws as he absorbed the collision.  

[Andranis]

Seeing her paternal aunt involved, Soleil felt a new surge of confidence as she jumped to tackle. Even if she missed, it was no matter. They had their goal, and there were plenty of them to perform it. The question she had to ask, though, was if Hraga was going to get involved. Or, rather, how soon? She swiped a paw, keeping her claws back, as she tried to take down her 'foes'. A grin lit up her face as her paw connected, though she knew this wasn't quite enough yet. Someone else was likely going to take her out. Her attention was so focused, she didn't pay Hraga any mind quite yet.

She suddenly let out a surprised sound, twisting at the feeling of a paw on her... Only to watch Roho get knocked over by someone.  

[DragonsRage24]

Mwako'Damu rushed forward after all the others, he knew perhaps he would not take down the first, but, his strength could at least give his team the upper paw. He put his head down, braced his shoulders and rushed forward aiming his power at the nearest foe, taking all he knew and learned into this one move that would help the next gain the first victory in this group of opponents.  

[wooga Paes]

she saw an opening. One of the Hongshan, the one with the strange, pinkish color, had been pushed a bit further away from her companions. With a smirk, Kalama rushed back in, squeezing between her foes to get at Tswana's side. The other lioness writhed and attempted to retaliate, but ultimately the firekin won.

She didn't have time to sing her victory, though, lest the remaining two knock her out. So she whipped around, attempting to shove Azar off balance (it failed) before hurrying away.

Sjari was doing his best to keep up with the fighting, but it was a little hard. The other firekin were much stronger, and there seemed to be a lot of pushing and shoving to get to the enemy. He wasn't even feeling that into it, since two out of three targets were Hongshan.

One out of two, now. He frowned as Tswana was downed, then promptly abandoned on the floor. Fearing she might get trampled, he hurried in. In a real battle he wouldn't try to save the enemy, but this was a game! So while Tswana seemed quite dedicated to playing dead [if one ignored her growling when people got close], he grabbed onto the scruff of her neck and pulled her away.

"What are you doing?" She hissed, proving to heavy to drag more than a couple steps. Especially when she swatted at Sjari's face.

"Helf me get you ouf," He mumbled through her fur. He felt her groan more than heard it, amid all the growling. But she relented, and used her hind paws to propel herself away from the thick of the battle, as Sjari continued to pull on her scruff. Once he felt she was far enough not to get stampeded, Sjari left he, and went back to the last two.  

[Kimaria]

"No." Roho exclaimed so loudly that her lungs hurt. Seeing Tswana go down so suddenly had come at a surprise and a flash of memory seared across her open eyes as she struggled to concentrate on what was going on around her.

Mwako'damu's charge hit Azar in the chest and the huge red lion reared up on his hind legs to absorb the blow, wrapping his forelegs around his foe and twisting in an attempt to knock the male off of his paws and send him sprawling to the ground. Roho's shout had alerted him to the fact that there were only two of them left now.

Only two.

With a roar of rage, he freed himself from the other male and leapt over to where Roho stood, shoving up along side her. She almost turned on him, panting as she watched Sjari drag Tswana to safety.

She would thank him later.

"We need to get to higher ground." Azar growled, throwing out a heavy paw in defence.  

[DragonsRage24]

As Badieh smacked into Azar, she was dismayed by how little 'damage' she had done, even if this was a game. He was a large and forceful opponent, but she knew tricks, tricks her family gave her that would prove prosperous in the pits of battle. She snarled at him and watched as one of the group was felled, and she grinned. She peered to Azar while moving herself back, creating some distance but keeping a sharp eye.

Your mine her eyes said to him with a smirk, but not yet and she moved to go for the other female, to rub her strength down as well.

All while this occurred Ryujin stood close by to Naar, refusing to remove himself from where she would be. He couldn't protect his sister as she had been with the other group, but he' be damned if he couldn't protect Naar. He'd dare one of the others to come close, he'd show them what hidden strength truly was.  

[Andranis]

Seeing something she interpreted as panic, Soleil's face lit with a grin as she went after Roho. So her uncle wanted to go to higher ground? She'd follow! The blood-red lioness jumped on the big Hongshan lioness' back, trying to not fall off while not using claws. It was a challenge of balance, especially when the target was moving under her. She ended up falling anyway, but did her best to save the fall from becoming a hard landing. Despite landing on her paws, she tumbled anyway, but she'd at least found herself able to try and shove Roho with the move.  

[Mimsey]

This was so amazingly cool, Hraga thought as Azar shouted his threat to them all. A final stand! Against so many! For a brief moment, he wondered if it would have been even more exciting to be on the other side! Losing was one thing, but being insanely epic was another. Hraga was still very much an idealist. The prospect of glory was a thrilling one.

As much as it tempted him to simply rush in and go for Azar, the lion rounded his troops to keep an eye on the situation. Azar was still expecting reinforcements. They had to capture team 2 fast before they put themselves in a dangerous position.

"You heard him," Hraga called out. "We need to end this now. Don't draw it out!"  

[wooga Paes]

((YAY))

She wasn't really feeling satisfied just having gotten out on of the enemies. Kalama liked winning, just to know that she had won. She didn't even care too much about the recognition that may follow, though it was certainly a nice bonus.

So she went in again, this time trying to get at Roho. Now he and Azar were closer together, and she briefly wondered what it was like to be so completely overwhelmed. As she raised a paw to swat at the remaining Hongshan's face.  

[Andranis]

Confident Roho was being distracted by Kalama, and very thankful that she had so much close family around for this, Soleil went again to tackle Roho. This time she felt her body connect to the other lioness' body, and then... She felt the ground under her, and somehow Roho laying on her, and then the pressure was gone. She gave a snort, then lay there, catching her breath as elation filled her. Now Keahilani owed her his dinner for tonight, too!  

[Kimaria]

Being overwhelmed.

Roho knew that feeling. Knew it just as all the other Hongshan members knew it. And, for a horrible moment, the Firekin in team one became Nergui. Bloodthirsty and merciless and terrible. Her throat closed up as the memories came to skew her vision, her sides heaving in the beginnings of panic. Her paws slipped but, thankfully, Azar was there, dragging her back away from the oncoming horde.

Together, they began to back away, to try and find height amongst the rocks and gain an advantage - slim as the chances of that were.

And then Soleil was back and she snarled in part terror, part anger. She twisted, and tried to move sideways - only to find herself against Azar. The corporal turned with a ferocious snarl, the threat of death flashing in his eyes as he moved to defend his last standing comrade. But then the Firekin lost her balance and was gone.

"Come on." He grunted, giving Roho a shove with his shoulder. "We need to get out of here."

And then Kalama's paw came down on the Hongshan's face and she reeled, her whole body poised to lunge forwards. Azar'bijan saw the mistake coming before it happened.

The Hongshan female lurched forwards to try and get Kalama to back away and Soleil's attack came as a surprise. Roho went down amongst the masses and Azar lost sight of her as he continued to back away, trying to get into a better position to press the attack even when it was clearly so futile.

His paw came up again, swatting heavy-handedly at those who dared come close.  

[DragonsRage24]

Mwako'Damu was flung to the ground and he snarled in response. He kicked his legs up and out to thrust at Azar's underbelly and quickly rolled and moved his back away from the great red male. Mwako'Damu stood his ground, snarling, silver eyes kept on Azar's form.

There was no where else to go but here, so Mwako lunged for Azar again..

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"I'm going to kill you if we miss it!"

"Just keep running! Go! Don't wait for me!" Ka called to his sister as she then rushed ahead of him. Ka had more muscle than Kai, but she had more speed. She let her legs carry her swiftly over the ground and she heards snarls, roars and the essense of battle coming forth.

As she got closer she watched as the ground began to raise up over another part, and she turned and Ka nodded as she lurched forward. They needed to make it. She roared as she ran and Ka's roar quickly followed hers.

More were coming to Hraga's team.  

[wooga Paes]

Man, it was such a shame Kalama hadn't been in position to capitalize on Roho's mistake. The firekin backed away the the Hongshan lurched forwards, meaning to dive back and go for her once again. But Soleil surprised her, as well, by taking down the other female.

She growled, irritated. It was almost like someone had stolen her kill! Well, at least she could say the down had only been possible because of her provocation. She dodged around Soleil and Roho as Azar moved back, trying to ram him with a shoulder, hoping to knock him off balance.

This time it was a bit harder to get to his Hongshan companion, but fortunately Azar was still backing away, moving the brunt of the attackers away from Roho. Still, the black male hurried over to stand beside his strange-eyed 'sister'. "It's almost done," He Sjari quietly, doubting she could hear. His main focus now was just being a barrier. He might have tried to do the same as he'd done with Tswana, but Roho seemed more on edge and wild, and he didn't want to startle her.  

[DragonsRage24]

One more left, only one, and Badieh turned her gaze onto the large red male. She looked to Sjari briefly, then to Azar, not to take his eyes off him. She heard the roars in the distance coming closer, and she smirked.

"It's over, Azar," and she leapt for him paws outstretched.

As Badieh leaped forward a dark mass descended from above, Kai's body came down towards Azar as Ka had come up on his flank.

They were swarming him now, rushing him back into the corner, Ka grinned as he came up towards him with his sister in tow, looking to Ryujin briefly with a smirk watching him protect the orangey female.

As the three went for him, backing him into the corner, Mwako'Damu looked to Badieh who seemed to give him a half nod, and as Mwako'Damu rushed forward he then dropped to the ground, swiping his body sideways out towards Azar's legs to take his weight out from under him, Badieh, Ka and Kai surrounding him as Mwako moved.

Ryujin smiled as a silence seemed to stall everyone's movements for a moment, their war was over.

 

[Kimaria]

Roho, panting, glanced up at Sjari gratefully. She could not speak because she did not have the breath to do so, but the fur along her shoulders had smoothed. She was better.

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So many lions. Eyes all on him.

He gave another roar and jolted forwards in a fake lunge, hoping to get them to back away. Whether it worked or not, however, really didn't matter. Not with fresh reinforcements arriving...overwhelming.

The fur on his shoulder prickled upwards as he sensed someone leaping for him and he half-turned to see Kai and Ka descending on him. He span, moving his bulk out of harm's way until his hind-quarters were pressed against the stone - blocking his escape. There was no time to climb now, not with them all swarming so close. One step to go up and they'd simply drag him down.

This was it then, the end.

He fought valiantly, throwing his weight around in an attempt to keep them at bay. But he was tiring now and with his men (or...women) felled, it truly was lost. He slapped a paw outwards, aimed at Badieh and then Mwako struck.

Balanced only on three legs at the time - one fore paw outstretched mid-attack - the attacking Mwako swept him straight off of his paws. He landed heavily on his side, the breath snatched from his lungs and then, when he opened his eyes he saw stars.

The mighty Azar'bijan had been vanquished.