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When the stranger-cub lowered herself, Kiuma relaxed enough to snort and settle back on her own haunches. Now that she was here, the stranger wouldn't stand a chance if she chose to get rough. "Me and Uumi are the protectors of the Pridelands. Its our job to be angry. Who are you supposed to be, .... Stranger?" She hissed on the last word, puffing out her chest and lifting her lips in a sneer. She already didn't like the other cub, but it took very little to earn Kiuma's dislike. In fact, all it took was an instance that involved her twin that didn't involve her. If she wasn't there, who would watch Uumikaji's back? Help him out if he needed it?

The soft pat of a bug in the dirt drew her attention and her gaze flicked to where it had landed. A little line appeared between her brows. That wasn't a flying beetle... How could it have gotten high enough to make a sound when it landed? Her eyes drifted upwards, the line deepening when she saw a bit of brighter red through the grass.

Glancing back at the conversing cubs upon hearing the beetle land, Danzi noticed the little red female look at the bug, then in his direction. He blinked, ducking down a bit, hoping to not be investigated, at least. He noticed the beetle, crawling away, and silently cursed it for crawling on him in the first place.

((I suddenly have this mental image of all four of the Prideland cubs present suddenly piling on Danzi in some form of 'attack' to drive him either out or toward Pride Rock to 'turn him in' to Muffy xd ;;; ))

((Heh, how cute of her whee ; But I meant if there was, like, a majority vote or something. Unless Kiuma has the authoritiveness amid them...? oO; ))

Uumi glared at Syenia, still standing. "Is everyone in your family as obnoxious as you?" She wasn't obnoxious, more or less annoying. And too smart for her own damn good. He'd get smarter. And out do her. One day. He looked away, toward what his twin was looking to. He raised a brow and took a sharp breath. What the hell was she looking at beetles for?

Suddenly he began to talk, he scrunched up a little, head bowed. Damn, the breath must have brought in too much dust or something. His whole body shook with the disgusting coughing, and when it died down he stayed bowed. He hated those stupid, worthless coughing fits.

((You guys seem to forget, Muffy would rather be playing with cubbies then working. XD And besides that was the grand plannnnnn. If they have the numbers for intimidation, they'll likely never have to fight anyway.

There is one little error on the front page, but it's no biggy really. :3 ))

-As the other slunk away, Kami took the moment to reveal herself from her hiding spot. Trotting over to the resting frame of her mother. She was still hurt from the events of the day.. scaring and running off that poor other cub.. and the large slew of creatures around weren't going to make it better. Nuzzling up against her mommy gently, she closed her eyes, trying to lull herself into a nap, and push away the barrage of thoughts that tried to engulf her.-

-Had he not been out and wandering he wouldn't have heard the scream. It was the sounds of a hunt of course.. but it was strange that the lioness wouldn't have told him about it before they went? Carefully creeping his way up, trying to keep his golden pelt hid within the grasses, he followed the sounds of death, expecting to find the hunt group, and offer them help if needed.

However what he did see.. the single silver lioness.. widened his eyes. Since he'd last seen her, she'd grown, no longer the small cub, but now a beautiful adolescent, coat thick and shining, muscles developing beautifully. So much like her late parents.. but that thought was quickly tossed aside. How could she have done something so careless.. so stupid? To think in that one swift move she may have actually wiped out the last remains of her old tribe.

The sign of blood, and her obvious exhaustion brought him from the grasses, where a stern, fatherly growl touched his voice.- "Eat something.. now"

-He wasn't quite sure what she had in mind to do with the large beast she'd taken down but for now a subtle promise of sorts remained in his mind. He wasn't just going to let a princess die by herself out here in the savannah. After all, what if it were one of his?-

Listening to the cubs, Danzi's brow wrinkled at the sound of the red male's coughing. It certainly sounded bad, that was for sure. At that moment, he spied a honey-gold cub with paler gold and white markings on him. Tilting his head, the adolescent blinked, sniffing the wind. He smelled a bit like Bakhti, come to think of it. And he thought he saw that kind of marking splatter on Mahiri's legs, too. His green eyes turning upward, Danzi watched his black mane blow into his face a bit. The winds changed... And as if that weren't enough, another beetle was crawling on his paw again. This time he swatted it off with the back of his other paw, sending it flying in the same direction as the first. Funny how a beetle could skip like that when going fast enough...

Whiskers twitching, Mchele sniffed at the beetle, which was trying to make it's slow bid at freedom. Or at least a bit of peace from all the lions that were hassling it. It smelt... like nothing very interesting but it was moving, which made it rather fascinating for the small cub.

Every so often his ear would flick back, checking the sounds of the other three cubs that he knew were there and for any sounds of his sister following. But the adolesent and the other cub that was stalking him went unnoticed.

Suddenly there was another 'pith' sound and another beetle bounced onto the ground about a foot away from the first. Mchele jumped and darted over to inspect this one too. What were these things doing? Falling from the sky?!

A young juvenile lion dashed her way right inside the border of the prideland, silently. The unfamiliar scents filled her, as she inhaled. Quietly, she wandered towards the main part of pride, her tail flickering about with curiousity. Her coat blended into the grass, as her blue ringed tail somewhat stood out. Her blue piercing eyes peered ahead, staring.