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Jaden continued circling around, trying to glance at Joska only a few times. Maybe if the male didn't know how important Joska was to him, he would be more willing to leave Joska and try and attack him. He saw him hide his face behind his paws and wondered if the orange male had hurt him in some way. The thought angered him and he growled louder, digging his claws into the slightly wet earth, preparing to charge. He stopped, however, when he heard Joska's small voice and was about to tell him not to move, but it was too late. He could only stare as Joska crossed the short distance between them and he was glad the male didn't try anything. "Joska!" he called, placing a paw in front of him protectively. "You shouldn't have left like that." he said, trying to sound firm although it was mostly worry that filled his voice. He shot a wary glance at the orange male, then back to Joska. It didn't look like they were enemies. Maybe the other had helped Joska from the rain, instead? That seemed to be the case. "Hello," he said, sitting down himself. "I'm sorry about my previous actions. It was wrong for me to assume you would hurt my pup." he hoped the male would forgive him, since he himself would have been angered for being accused of the crime. "My name is Jaden, by the way." he added, trying to smooth down his fur. He didn't want to look rude, although he supposed he already had been.

Efreet lifted his hind paw and scratched his ear and face with it. "Efreet." he replied. "Its nothing to worry about." he mumbled, staring at the pup and his father. "I just kept him safe from anything that'd eat a helix pup...and from getting more lost." He explained.

Suddenly, he had the oddest urge to slip away. Let the pup forget him. If the pup lingered too long, he would find himself in the same position as that north pup. "Anyway. Its good that he's back with you." he turned away, padding towards the forest. "And be careful You have a warrior pup on your paws. The fastest vole-catcher and tracker his age that I've met."

Joska's heart (and ego) swelled as Jaden mentioned how proud he was of him. He made his father proud! He really was going to be a warrior! That, more than anything, was all the pup wanted. He felt bad for worrying his mother, but wouldn't she be proud, too?

Suddenly he wanted to return home. He wanted to tell Lunar just what he did while he was away in hopes that she would be happy, too.

His ears pricked and he had a silly grin on his face... Until Efreet announced his leaving. The pup liked the bright orange male and hastily padded after his father. He wanted to beg the adult to stay, but something made him feel like it would of been neither the time or place, he had already been a pawful for long enough.

Jaden smiled. "I'll get to it." he said, chuckling. He was ready for the challenge of looking for prey in the rain. "Just stay here for a bit, if you don't mind." he said, starting to leave the protection of the... the... ((Wow, I forgot. What are they under? -will pretend it is a tree for now-)) tree. He shot another glance at Joska, his step faltering. Was it really alright to leave him with Efreet? He shook his head to clear the thoughts. It would be. Efreet had already proved himself and he didn't look like he was lying. He ran out into the pouring rain, already knowing scent would be useless. He ran to the stream, his mind registering the fact that, hey, if the prey there are already in water, rain wouldn't affect them. The water had raised but it was still shallow enough for Jaden to stick his head, shoulders, and part of his back out. Using the tricks Lunar had taught him, he caught a few fish, unsure of how hungry the male was. He shook the water out of his fur when he started on his way back out of habit. When he reached them, he plopped the fish down by the orange male and nudged them closer. "After you eat, I know this relatively dry place around the den." he said. He would have offered the male to come into the den itself but Lunar was very protective of her pups and he didn't think she'd let a stranger in anytime soon.

((Awesome 8D -guessed right-))

He took the fish and bit its head off, then skinned it with his teeth and suckled the flesh, snorting and growling until he had finished. He finished it and dropped the bones.

Once he was done, he stood up. "It would be appreciated." he said to Jaden, lowering his head and ears submissivly. He looked to Joska.

"Not home, but close to it." he said. "After that, I'll be on my way. I'm not as awesome as you think, pup."

The growing pup was tired, so tired in fact that Jaden probably noticed a complete change in behavior. ally Joska wiggled and whined. He always wanted to do everything himself, and although he wanted to be big and brave before their strange guest, he was too tired to do anything but dangle in Jaden's maw.

Fortunately, they were almost back.