Maki crouched low in the tall grasses of the Savannah, she preferred hunting in the tall grass because it hid her bright pelt. Her green eyes were trained on a herd of zebra, specifically on the one that was straggling in the back of the group. It couldn’t have been that old, it was smaller than the rest of the herd, and it had a gimpy leg. That was the zebra she’d bring down.

Silently she stalked forwards, her body tense and ready to spring at any moment, which was good for her because the wind suddenly changed direction blowing her scent right to the herd. Cursing under her breath the lioness sprang from her hiding spot chasing after the zebras as fast as she could. The adults were getting away easily, but the youngin’ with the gimpy leg was falling behind, lucky for her.

Throwing her energy into a last burst of speed she caught up with the young disable zebra and threw herself at it, bringing it down easily. Her momentum carried her forwards and in a fit of squeals and kicks the two tumbled to a stop, ending up with Maki’s jaws biting into the zebra’s neck. It didn’t take long for the zebra’s kicks to slow and the life to drain from it’s eyes.

Once Maki was certain the zebra was dead she let it go, standing over her kill protectively, she didn’t want a scavenger to try and steal it from her. Green eyes were wary as she dipped her head and began to rip at the zebra carcass, trying to eat quickly.

Unfortunately for the green lioness a scavenger is just what came up on her and her meal. The orange and blue hyena had left her…mate’s? She wasn’t really sure what Sinzia and her were, they spent so much time together they seemed like mates, but he hadn’t mentioned them staying together and neither had she. Anyways, she had left Sinzia’s side during one of his naps and decided to go scavenging. She didn’t have the energy to hunt so stealing a kill sounded perfect.

She was moving across the Savannah at a quick pace, keeping an eye out for any fresh, or not so fresh kills. It didn’t take her long to spot the lime green lioness standing over a zebra. Perfect Auri laughed to herself as she approached the lion and her kill, a grin on her maw. She stopped not to far away from the lioness, deciding to try and take the easy approach first. ”Hey there, mind handing over your meal?” She laughed a grin on her maw.

Maki’s head snapped up at the sound of another, turning quickly she frowned at the hyena. Scavenger. She shifted her weight from paw to paw trying to figure out what she would do. Usually she would just run off, but she was hungry, very hungry. Her weight shifted from paw to paw mirroring her indecision on whether to run or defend her kill. At last she can to a decision and she glared at the hyena. ”No, no I don’t think I will.” She stepped forwards so that the zebra’s body was lying in between her front and back paws.

When the lioness decided to go the hard way Auri laughed a grin on her maw. ”I guess I’ll just have to make you then.” She laughed again but this time it made her sound crazy, a mixture of yips and laughter. She moved towards the lioness and her kill, teeth bared.

Maki started to get nervous the second time the hyena started laughing. It was an eerie sound and one she never wanted to hear again. She bared her own teeth unsure if she was really ready for this fight. She unsheathed her claws, half of her wanting to turn tail and run.

When Auri got close she grinned and snapped close to the lioness’ body. There was a satisfied grin on her face when the green lioness turned tail and ran away. ”Like I thought.” Chuckling she bent her head and began to tear at the zebra’s flesh.
Maki had run at the first sign of confrontation, she couldn’t help it. She wasn’t a fighter at all, she was really a push over. Luckily for her, her traveling companion wasn’t a push over. It didn’t take her long to run back to Nifu and she stopped next to the sleeping lion, nudging him with her paw. ”Nifu wake up!” Even in her stressed state her voice was still soft and barely louder than a whisper.

Nifu groaned as he felt a paw prodding into his side. Opening one eye sleepily he looked up at Maki. ”What is it, woman?” His voice was gruff and it was obvious that he just wanted to go back to sleep. ”A hyena stole my kill,” The female’s voice swam through his head and he sighed, looked like he wasn’t going to get to sleep in today. ”Alright, alright.” With a sigh he slowly pushed himself to his feet, giving himself a good shake to wake himself up. ”Lead the way.”

Maki sighed waiting for Nifu to get up, he was so slow sometimes! Once he was finally up she nodded. ”This way,” She headed back towards the hyena who had stolen her meal. She usually wouldn’t go running to Nifu, but she was seriously hungry. It didn’t take long for them to reach the zebra and the hyena was still there, devouring the zebra carcass.

When they reached their destination Nifu immediately saw the hyena in question. She was bright orange after all. His eyes narrowed as he watched her for a moment, now how to go about getting rid of her. Maybe she’d scare off easily. He took a breath readying himself before he opened his maw and let forth a mighty roar. As it died away his maw shut slowly and he blinked. Well. He hadn’t done that in a while. He watched the hyena waiting for her reaction.

Auri had finished off the back legs of the zebra and was making her way to the stomach and front legs when she was startled by a lion’s roar. Her ears perked up and she lifted her head. Oh, so the green lioness had brought back up. Looking from the bulky blue lion to the half eaten zebra she debated if it was really worth the trouble. It didn’t take her long to figure out that it wasn’t and laughing she turned loping off. Sinzia was waiting for her anyways.

Nifu snorted nodding. ”And good riddance. Now I’m going back to sleep.” And without further ado the old lion flopped on the ground and promptly fell back asleep.

Maki grinned leaning down to nuzzle Nifu’s head. ”Thank you Nifu.” She quickly went to the zebra carcass, ripping the meat off the bones and trying to eat what was left as quickly as possible. She had already had her meal stolen once after all.