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 Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:23 am
Mioyo padded into the den quietly, having learnt to listen to Asikiri rapidly after her daughter was missing--again.
Seeing the lioness sleeping, in the state she was in-- and assured it was worse then it looked-- Mioyo grimaced, grooming he daughter's ear. Primitus had mentioned Kabichi was weakened, but Mioyo worried how much. What had been done.
Slowly, the lioness finished, and noted her daughter moving.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:25 am
Kabichi tensed; the first thing she saw waking up was red, and black.
She opened her mouth to growl when she saw it was a female, and rose slowly, shaking to support herself. The cub buried in her side growled, snuggling into her haunches to sleep further as Kabichi sat, studying the new face.
It felt familiar, but she couldn't place why. The beaten lioness leaned forward, sniffing at her, and the older backed away.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:28 am
Her daughter didn't know her.
Mioyo felt her blood run cold. Her daughter was a shell of her former self, beaten into submission and then tortured.
How had she escaped?
Mioyo grunted, and groomed her daughter carefully.
What was important was, she was alive, and Mioyo would see to it the lions responsible paid.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:35 am
Kabichi didn't know why the lioness was grooming, but she liked it, and calmed immensely. She slowly purred, broken and weak as it was, which resulted in more grooming.
Something about this lioness felt safe and warm.
Kabichi purred, stretching before starting to try returning the gesture quietly, before getting stopped with a nudge and a smile. The female understood, and calmed.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:37 am
Mioyo sighed, studying her daughter.
She'd have to teach her to fight. If Kohrisu was alive to see it, he'd probably kill her, but it needed to be done.
She'd start slowly, for now, but then advance difficulty. The lioness smiled, pawing her gently.
"It is good to see you again, my daughter."
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:38 am
Kabichi blinked. This lioness was her mother?
Her nose twitched, getting enough of a scent to confirm it, and the lioness smiled a bit, pawing back.
"You're my... Mama?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:46 am
Mioyo nodded, and moved, grooming the lioness gently.
"Yes, I am."
She rumbled, weaving and cuddling her daughter gently. She needed time to heal; and Mioyo would ensure it occured. Luckily Melhor was hunting; and he always brought plenty now.
Kabichi and Shin had raised him and his brother well, though she often worried for Taichi.
Mioyo lightly wrapped a paw around the younger lioness, rumbling in her chest and grooming gently.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:51 am
Kabichi settled slowly, letting her mother work, laying back down and nosing at Upenzi. She SHOULD return the cub, but the leopardess cub seemed attached.
The female smiled, a bit dopely, and groomed her gently, the cub purring in her sleep.
Upenzi was kinda cute....
If but a bit whacked out.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:54 am
Mioyo watched Kabichi with Upenzi, and smiled, glancing outside. Vaskezu could help with her, clearly, but for now, the odd little leopard was fine.
Mioyo smiled, nuzzling the cub, getting a tiny growl in reply before a big lick silenced her, and the massive lioness curled up with both, watching the den entrance.
How had her daughter gotten stolen? How had she escaped?
Mioyo sighed, and licked both daughter and cub again.
It wouldn't happen again. Not again.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:57 am
That was the point Melhor returned, pulling a gazelle, then stopped, sniffing the air, and turning.
His mom. He saw his mom.
The lion squealed, letting go and barrelled into her, despite now being much larger, and rumbled until a set of tiny claws embedded themselves into his pelt with a snarl.
Melhor jumped back, eying a very pissed off Upenzi, then groomed Kabichi's head.
"Mama! Mamaaa!"
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:59 am
Kabichi squealed, moving away from the lion and jumped behind Mioyo, who chuckled softly, nuzzling her grandson in greeting. Kabichi peeped out.
He was a friend?
Her nose twitched, and he was familiar, but... Not quite.
Her brain couldn't compute the similarity, especially since he'd grown. Mioyo seemed to note this, but said nothing.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:01 am
Melhor blinked, not understanding his mother's terrified response, and whimpered, moving closer. Kabichi dodged away, shaking in fear, and Melhor flattened his ears into his growing mane, worried.
Something was wrong. Why was his momma so lean? So beaten?
"Momma? What happened momma?"
The teen tried making sense of it.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:06 am
Kabichi looked up at Mioyo sighed.
"She's hurt, Melhor. That's all I know. Do me a favor, and find your brother, let him know, okay?"
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:14 am
Melhor nodded, looking to his mother sadly before tearing out to find his brother at top speed.
Still, he worried. Was his mother going to be OK....?
The male grimaced, trying not to cry, and increased speed, roaring.
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Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:20 am
Kabichi looked up as the male left, slowly trying to get up. Mioyo allowed it, and the female lioness soon perched near the gazelle, eating ravenously.
She left some, however, for the others, and soon padded back, nosing Upenzi over. The cub didn't object, but obeyed. Unlike the others, she didn't mind Kabichi so much. Maybe it was how beaten the female was; but Upenzi ate slowly, and gratefully.
Kabichi smiled, grooming the cub until she felt sleepy again.
Ever so slowly, the lioness padded back into a corner, and laid down, soon sleeping once more, not even aware when Upenzi cuddled up again.
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