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 Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:01 pm
-Once again Ahai trudged his way back towards the place in which he called home. To that one person who had always been there, the one being in whom his mind turned when any great decision was to be made. The one who was held with fondest memories and affections, the one he worried about and respected deeply despite any teasing that seemed otherwise. Once more he trudged towards that pillar of comfort and 'home' as a crimson trail dotted his slow path.
Despite being small, Tanaka had mangled the young male quite nicely. He back leg limped as the deep cuts seeped with dark blood. Various tears and rips to his ear, shoulders, and other places left him looking just as he often did when he headed out alone and ended up letting is temper get the best of him.
However all was not the same, and all was not well. Ahai's rage and pain was silent, his eyes vacant, body expressionless as he moved along. It was all simply too much, even for the brash twin, the one that was so accustomed to emotion and outburst. He didn't even know how to react.
His body searched for his twin, nose and ears hunting for any small sign even as his eyes stared eeriely into the nothingness. Something was wrong. And he was far more hurt then he'd ever been before.-
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Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 5:43 pm
Panic had the white paws slapping the savannah ground as a large, but sleek, blue body hurtled towards the borders of the Pridelands, green eyes wilder and face more expressive than any time before. The moment Ahai had first felt the claws, his twin had been seized with a feeling of anger and fright, vauge visions sending him immediently into flight. He flew like an arrow from a bow, his direction as true as a magnet to polar North. Matsai had felt his brother's pain, had known immediently the danger and stress he was under, and had reacted without thinking.
Even now, though he had slowed to a lope, Matsai was still upset and desperate to reassure himself that his twin was alright. He -knew- Ahai needed him and he was just stressed enough to attempt violence if something or someone got in his way.
Relief flooded the male when another blue figure came into view and he picked up his pace a little, dashing up to Ahai and skidding to a halt. He said nothing, just took in the injuries, the expression, the air he had about him. Ahai would fill him in if he felt the need to.
"Ahaiyuta..." He breathed softly.
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Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:44 am
-Ahai's body gravitated towards his twin as soon as he was near enough to pick up that familar scent, to hear those frantic paws. And despite the flare of pain that tingled when he did it, his shoulder pressed against he's brother's, longing for that feeling of warmth next to him.
His statue like gaze was broken only after his name sounded, eyes staring, before finally adjusting to take in his twin, mouth curling in a look of pain as he sucked air into his lungs, an expression most foreign touching his features. Had he ever cried before? He supposed he must have as a very young cub. But now... huge massive beast that he was... his legs felt weak, his heart heavy, and as much as he'd never like to admit it.. he was now having to actually try to keep the frusterated tears at bay.
Falling onto his uninjuried haunch, he leaned ever further into his twin, silently thankful that he'd somehow escaped the Matsai's curse. For at the moment.. had he not been able to touch his brother.... well who knew.
As his body gasped for air, Ahai's eyes glazed once more offering simply a mouning and mournful lament.- "Our... father. Is dead."
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:28 am
The star-marked twin whinced in sympathetic pain as he saw the expression on his brother's face, bracing himself to take the weight of the other great body. The emotion that radiated from Ahai was enough to make him feel weak and nauseous, his stomach clenching. Something was wrong, worse than when their grandfather had been mauled, or when their sister had been stolen, and he could only wonder at what terrible news his brother had brought.
When Ahai settled down, Matsai slowly lowered himself and his brother to the ground, keeping him braced up while they rested in the grass. Both had been stressed and working hard to get to this place and both need the rest for both their bodies and minds. There was no one around, it was safe enough to show a little weakness here.
The words, when they finally came, made him whince again. He'd known it... hadn't wanted to believe it, but now he had no choice. "Yes." He sighed softly. "I know... I saw it, in my dreams. Do you remember? Feathers and blood... pain, terror, anger... I watched them tear each other apart. I... I didn't want to believe it was true..." He trailed off as he shook his head, struggling to stem the flow of words. He felt like he should appologize, like it was his fault for seeing these things and thus bringing this pain to his other half. If he could have kept the pain to himself, he would have died to keep it from Ahai.
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:30 am
-Ahai was thankful for the unquestioning compassion, something, even as brothers who obviously cared unendingly for each other, that wasn't often seen so boldly as it was now. As his body throbbed, gently his eyes began to close, trying to take the moment to calm, it was short lived however as Matsai's words sounded.
A growl escaped him before he could stop it, a flash of anger that his brother might hide or keep something like that from him. But the feeling was miniscule to the anger that surged through his body. And besides... deep down, he knew his brother meant no harm in it, not to mention the often times cloudy vagueness of visions.
It was this other anger that flared upwards, snapping out at Matsai with a sick growl that the twin most certainly did not deserve.- "NO"
"No."
"I've seen him. Dead and reborn, nothing but a child now."
"And he denies us!" -A raging roar escaped Ahai as he tried to push himself up once more, blood splattering the ground as exhersion forced another gush to the surface. He stood only a moment, wavering, stubborn in defiance, before finally his body crashed back down, fur bristling as his teeth grinded, and once again that illplaced moan escaped him.
First his mother... and now his father. The father who a life of hero worship had been spent and wasted upon. They'd been abandoned, just the two of them.- "His brother he remembers, but us. We're just b*****d children now."
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 7:04 pm
The dark blue body tensed at the growl and shout, part of him wondering if Ahai would actually strike him. He's done so before, in place, but there was not a time Matsai could remember when he had done it out of anger and a want to physically hurt him.
The tension melted away when the words flowed, directing the anger elsewhere, at the loss rather than his small vision of it. He watched calmly as he struggled to his paws then fell again, unaffected by the fresh spurt of blood. Matsai would probably be the last person in the word to tell him to take it easy or to not hurt himself further, knowing Ahai needed the pain to ground himself and his turbulent feelings. They were reflected in Matsai, but his iron control kept them on ice and hidden deep. Let his twin rage like a brush fire now, he would burn like ice to the skin.
The news of their father's rebirth and denial of them was like a physical blow and Matsai's eyes widened, his face relaxing into shock. "He's forgotten... everything?" He gasped out, dumbfounded. How could that great male be reborn, come to life again, and be completely changed from what he was? Matsai had never felt as loved by their father as Ahai had, the favorite one, but he'd been content to sit on the sides and watch the bond, knowing he had his own with his brother to take its place. But to be forgotten... it was worse almost, than being ignored in favor of Ahai.
Still, the thought of abandonment was overwhelmed with a need to be close to his brother, to cling to the only one he really considered family. His siblings were nothing to him, shadows cast by his parents, both of which were gone now. Ahai was here, would not leave, and he clung to that fact to soothe himself.
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 6:01 am
-Lament finally in the air Ahai's breath hitched, each breath sounding like a pained gasp. It was perhaps the closest to a sob the male would come to, trying to relieve the surprise, rage, and pain with the exhalations. Though his body stayed down this time, the claws of his right paw tore slowly through the dirt over and over.
Matsai's gasp, subtle show of emotion as it might have been, drew emerald eye's upward. His selfishness waned minutely and he found himself wanting to protect the brother that always seemed to look after him. How he didn't know, he wasn't good for much other then brute force. So perhaps that'd be enough?
Soft words escaping him in an exhausted sigh.- "I want to hurt him."
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 10:41 am
Matsai's expression faded into blandness again as he nodded slowly.
"He's... no longer our father." He said slowly, showing an insight that neither of them were aware of. His statement was truer than they knew. "Hurt him if you wish, but the creature you met is not the one that left us, that abandoned us for our sister. He is beneath us now." His great head shook slowly as his eyes narrowed in thought. It was a painful thing, this denial of their reborn father and cementing of the belief that their father had died for good. He would not waste emotion on something that didn't deserve it.
"So we are orphans now, but the better for it, I think. What did our parents do for us that we can not do for ourselves now? We have only each other and perhaps that is for the best. I've never needed anyone else, so I will not trouble myself with the loss of what was never there." He put up such a strong front, to ease his brother's turmoil, yet he felt it just as keenly, that loss of what he'd never truly gotten to have. "Time would be better spent tending to your wounds, Brother. Without you to do the brunt of the hunting, I fear we would soon starve." Matsai tried to insert a little humor into the situation, but felt he failed at it.
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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:12 am
-It was true... so true. That'd been just children when they'd set out on their own. Each other was all they'd ever needed. As much as he'd adored their father.. Matsai had really done more for him in the end. Perhaps all that hero worship had blinded him a little to the fact. They'd be fine.. they'd been fine so far.
The seriousness and weight of contridicting emotions made his twin's joke come off as serious for a split moment that drew Ahai's maw to a sharp frown. But just as quickly he reliezed his folly huffing with a bonified laugh.- "I certainly hope you wouldn't give up that easily brother." -Even with his 'issues' surely Matsai wasn't weak enough to let himself starve. The fact that he'd believed it for even a moment was all the more funny.-
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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:15 am
The corner of the star-marked twin's mouth twitched slightly as he shared his brother's mirth, glad to have brought a laugh from him.
"Well, I suppose I could try a little harder in that area, but I shall grieve for the lost time for contemplation and introspection." He said, putting drama into his voice as he pressed his paw to his chest, as though suddenly feeling weak from the very idea. He was hardly one to sit around thinking about the mysteries of the universe... less time to do so would almost be an improvement. It would keep his mind off... well, his mind, and his damn lack of control over his visions. His failure in that area was irking him to no end.
"But you should try to get well fast. Laying here like this, some vultures might come along, thinking you a good meal, and start pecking off your mane." He jibbed his brother. "Then you'll look like a lioness rather than a lion and I'll have to defend your honor against would-be suitors. You being so pretty and all." He hit an undamaged part of Ahai's side, teasing him in a dry sort of way.
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:24 am
-Another wry smirk touched him at the show he was given, hurt feelings fading away for the moment along with the physical pain in the wave of adreniline. His eyes narrowed nonetheless, as the tone and words of his brother shifted from laying jest upon himself to laying jest upon him, rolling his body slightly as the thought of an actual threat, hyenas, touched his mind.-
"Come now, the world would turn upside down if a woman as large and strong as me ever exsisted" -He snorted, nonetheless picturing the thought in his mind. Sure he had no interest in being without his mane, but something would have been slightly amusing.. about flaying the skin and manly parts off of unsuspecting suitors. Mouth openning in a wide yawn, as the excitement of the day began to catch up with him, he mused lightly.- "Perhaps you're the girl though Matsai, if you can't bat away a few vultures to keep your dear old brother safe."
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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:12 pm
Matsai's amusement faded a little at the thought of a female that could physically match his brother. He had a hard time seeing his brother with a female of any kind, but one that was smaller and weaker just touched him as impossible. But one that matched him... it was an unsettling thought. He might not have that sort of relationship with his brother, but he was jealous of his attentions. A female would just mess things up... which is why his guilty secret in the form of Verdad was still just that, a secret he didn't wish to start a fuss over.
He hissed at the tease that he was a female, shouldering his brother. "I've got as big a male package as you do, thank you very much... we are near identical after all." He snorted and shook out his thick mane, glad for once to have its ebony strands around his face, visually signaling to which side of the gender line he belonged.
"If you can talk like that, you must be feeling better. Think you're up to moving somewhere less exposed then, you oaf?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:26 am
-Move...? Ugh... His body was finally beginning to get comfortable in it's blissful swirl of adreniline. But Matsai was right of course like always.
With a groan of contempt at the idea, Ahai pushed himself up from the ground, wavering more than he would have liked to before he stood planted. Even in front of his brother he didn't really want to be partaken as weak.. Despite the fact that the fight was with a god and his injuries respectable, it'd nonetheless bruised his ego.
He didn't trust himself enough to bump up against his brother as he usually would, so much more used to physical verbation, so instead he huffed, watching Matsai lightly.- "Well then, find us someplace nice brother. Somewhere we can stay for the night without interuption. I'm not much in the mood for non-blood company these days."
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