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Once Kinja felt that Makadari was well away from the thicket she heaved a sigh of relief. "Well, at least nothing was said about the other cub. Which reminds me, Kiu, I have to go get her, could you watch the cubs?" She smiled at him, knowing he would love to watch his little ones.

She slipped out the tiny exit she had squeezed through earlier and hurried off to get Jasi. She kept looking behind her and checking the air for any hint that Makadari might be following her. She didn't want to lead him to the cub. There was no way she herself could fight the lion, even if he was getting old in age and she didn't want the little cub, Jasi to be taken.

Kimeti yawned and looked at his father after his mother left. even though he was getting tired he wanted time with his father. "Let's play." He spoke brightly as he lept to all four paws, looking at his father expectantly.

Kijinga looked around. the sign of her grandfather was gone, and so was her mother. she sighed quickly as she took a few steps away from her siblings. something differ'd her from the rest. she looked at them, then turned away. curling around her body was her tail, as the tip of the fur lay infront of her face

Kijinga lifted her head. she looked out into the empty area as she raised from her small little area. she shook off any dust that had attached it's self to her. she then sniffed around, she knew that going off alone again would bring consequences. yet it was so boreing here. nothing to do, no one to talk to. her head shook as she wandered towards the edge of the thicket. her nose touched the tree's around it, then her head poked out of it. she looked into the area around her as her eyes stared with curiousity. it was so big, and empty! she had to go explore it ugh...but mom said no....i could get in so much more trouble.... a sigh exited her maw as she popped back into the open thicket. she stared out into the tree line, wondering what lay beyond what she saw.

Kinja slowed to a halt by the bit of vegetation that she had hidden Jasi in. She called out to the little cub. "It's safe to come out now." Just to make certian that everything WAS alright she took one last glance around.

"Now, we'll have to find your friends. Apparently they got away from Makadari so they should be safe somewhere."

Tael growled softly and pounced at the centipede. she was hungry, the centipede looked tastey, and best of all, Gou couldn't stop her! The bug would probably be in her belly long before her caretaker showed up, and Tael was happy for that. She whapped the bug down onto the ground and looked at it happily, glad that she finally caught the flitty thing. Just before she popped it into her mouth, she noticed a red thing coming closer and closer. Another person out here? Gou said there wouldn't be anybody here but us! Grinning, she stuffed the centipede in her mouth and started walking towards the growing red dot, happy that Gou wasn't around to stop her from making another friend.

((xD Dun dun DUN!))

Slowly, the outline of the orange dot came into focus. What it was made the smirk on Waka's face grow even longer. A lion cub. This was turning out to be quite amusing indeed...

Replacing the smirk with a rather fake grin, Waka came to a halt once Tael was quite close. "Hello, my dear. Are you lost?" The words were bittersweet, sounding as if Waka had just eaten a bad thing. Her eyes flitted around. With a cub, another, usually older, lion was bound to be around. Seeing nothing, Waka focused her gaze back upon the cub. "What are you doing in this dreadful hot desert?" The grin widened.

Waka would not have used such "kind" words with an adult lion, but this was a sweet, innocent, darling cub...The perfect candidate for a Firekin slave! All thoughts of killing were out of Waka's mind, but other dark thoughts had entered in their place.

Waka's eyes followed the bouncing cub. Wow, this was one reminder why Waka never had cubs..."Who is Gou?" Waka snapped at the cub, her expression morphing into the usual "stone-faced" look.

With another quick sweep of the surrounding desert, Waka concluded that this Gou, whoever she was, was not around. "Well, it doesn't seem like this Gou is around. Why don't I take you back to my home? A cub can parish quickly in this hot desert air, and I'm sure Gou wouldn't like that." The grin was replaced, and so was the "cheery" tone of voice.

"And don't worry about Gou! She knows where to pick you up at! If she was fooli-...I mean, if she was smart enough to come through the desert, then she will be smart enough to know where my dwelling is!" The happiness emitting from Waka was enough to make her gag. But cubs were so much more gullible when you acted...nice.

Hmm, this cub was really trying her patience. She was about to point where she was just going to snatch the cub up and run. "Yes, I'm sure. Do I look like I would lie? And besides, you have already broke Gou's rule. You wandered away from her." She tried to put on a rather hurt expression, but her features just would not twist into that type of trash.

"Did she now? Heh. Imagine that. I don't know why. She's probably prejudice against my people! Why that..." Pretending to get angry, and then calm down once again, Waka flashed a rather stretched smile at the cub. "Did I say there was some fresh meat at the den? I would be more than happy to provide you with a piece."