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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:51 pm
 A dark male cheetah roamed the plains aware of his surroundings but not heading anywhere in particular. He was between hunts begining to grown hungry but the situation was not desperate. As he paced along he kept a look out for potential prey. So far everything was just that tad bit too large for even a big male like himself. He'd come across something soon enough. He was confident of that. Shun was out flying across the the grass like a rocket. She had seen bigger prey animals but what seemed like at one that was stumbling. Sure It was dangerous sure, but at this point she was so far angry with everything. So hurt that doing something this crazy wasn't anything short of recklace. With the first chance she got- her body flung in to the air and at the staggering Zabu ( a large horned african bull ) she latched on from such a hard landing. Nearly attaching to its neck and causing the bull to fall in to the ground. Struggling, those large horns went every which way. Her vision was too blurred by this point and she let one paw start stabbing, letting go and stabbing again. Reaching in to its face without even sight of where she was stabbing her talons in to. One Zebu turned- and started to buck as though it was soon to charge at her. She- didn't much care or notice.. Arabica came up short at the strange sight. At first he thought it was a desparate young lion, but he quickly realized it was a cheetah, a female. What was she thinking? he wondered and before he knew what he was thinking he was picking up speed and heading in the direction of the hunt that had all the signs of turning into a battle. His focus quickly turned to another part of the herd, a healthy one that looked ready to charge. Crazed she may be, but lets see if we can give her a fighting chance, the male decided and raced forward to intercept. When the one zebu started to charge- he didn't have any thought that another cheetah would be there. Not in the least. Shun was just in a desperate rage of pain. From all the times she stayed neutral for once she showed real emotion. A crazy one for holding back all those feelings.. All the times she was emotionless.. and it wasn't for food- this was definately not for food. Something just snapped in her head and she growled loudly til the collision of bodies came and flung her off the Zebu, tossing and rolling..
Damn too slow, Arabica growled. The zebu that she'd been on was in bad shape now so he continued to focus on the one that had charged. Just had to distract it from the fallen female. She might be crazy but no one deserved to die under angry hooves and horns. He leapt reaching to snag a leg of the healthy animal while it was distracted from the collision. He succeeded in raking the leg drawing blood and its attention. Come on big boy, he snarled in challenge leaping back trying to draw it away. His memory went back to his cubhood and his mother doing the same to protect him and his siblings, he grinned a little at that before focusing fully on the challenge at hand. The zebu was caught off guard, and with the collision, he had tripped over his mate because of the cheetah grasping his leg and stumbled a little as he shook his leg then bashed his forehead downward to the cheetah. Of course, with the horns pointed out- the only weapon was his forehead, until he started swinging his head around. Trying to get the cheetah off. Rearing finally and bucking.
Shun's body didn't move or waver.
But likewise, the zebu got back up and started to try and drag himself towards the girl intending fully on stomping on her for her deeds.
Arabica almost paid for his distraction with his life. He managed to get out of the way of the swinging head but was still grazed by one of the horns. He shuddered from the close call and snarled his frustration. Stubborn beast was going for the female again. Was she ok? she hadn't moved. Determined to keep going with what he started he moved between the struggling animal and its target. "Any help would be welcome in saving your life," he snarled at her. "If you're able, get up and do something, even if only getting yourself away." When heard the bull snort, she awakened.. and she couldn't quite make out words from her bleeding head.. She lifted herself up and looking as though all the strength was zapped from her.. Likewise she pushed on in an exhausted way. Tear stains and all.. as she used the last of her energy to throw herself on the active bull and literately bite in to his face.. STILL ALIVE. She was knocking on death's door hard core. As she had almost nothiung left in her and started to bash her claws in to the face just as she had the female... The herd by now ran.. and once she striked his eyes- he threw her off of him once more, catching a piece of her side within his horn as he bucking. Taking her with him.
SHe tried to wiggle free as he bashed her in to the ground. Blinded now he headbutted what he thought was her but half the time he headbutted in to his now dying mate and heard her screams..
It was a messly turn of events that was for sure. Another cry of the bull and he smashed Shun in to the ground once more before bucking and once thoughs hooves rose in to the air.. She thought she was a goner.. And looked up at the image half blurred and cried out in to a scream.. If this was her end.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 5:57 pm
Her reaction was completely unexpected. Great I've been risking my life for a mad woman. He thought leaping out of the way trying to ignore the pain of his own injury. Arabica cursed his frustration, dodging in and out at the bull's legs even as the female clawed away like a mad-thing with the last of her energy. He was pushed aside when it began to buck. He regained his paws and was almost at a loss as to what to do as the blind bull continued to rage.
There was only one thing left to try now if he wasn't going to just leave her to die. With his own energy failing it was all he could do to reach her before those hooves came down on her. He grabbed her and pulled praying to whatever god might be listening that it'd be enough and they wouldn't both end up trampled.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:50 pm
A scream came out of her, and when she reacted- he was already pulling her out of the way.. And once the bull stomped. The ground was all he hit as she was tossed out of the way and with that she picked up the pace and finally got out of the way of danger.. For the most part. Flopping on the ground.. Crying.. She didn't care..
The bull started to run.. every witch direction in rage but then he started going further from them. Then she started slamming her paw in to the ground. Continuing to destroy herself on the inside.. Screaming until the bull came their way but kinda went to the other side just barely missing them.
Arabica sat and panted focused, almost meditating, on getting his energy back. He cautiously looked at the cheetah and then at the bull, ready to move should he come too close. "I don't know what's going on with you. Why a pretty young cheetah wants to go kill herself is beyond me. Look I'm going to try to put that crazy thing out of its misery. If you want me to do the same for you, you better have a damn good reason."
After the close call Arabica got to his feet and readied himself to run as the thing circled back. He aimed to take out a leg and get the thing on the ground. Whether it was luck or it was finally tiring out, the creature fell to the ground as Arabica sunk his claws in sweeping out the leg. He heard the unmistakable crack of bone as he moved away.
He looked back and was surprised by the angle the animal had fallen. He'd expected a broken leg but apparently it had broken its neck. "What an amazing thing. That saves me some work." Arabica still went through the motions to be sure of it. There didn't need to be any more suffering. Turning selfish for the moment the male cheetah dug in for a meal to replenish his spent energy. He chose his feeding spot carefully and managed to remove a leg which he brought back to the female he had ... rescued? Well if she wants to keep going, she'll need some food. Otherwise I can drown my sorrows by stuffing myself.
The whole time the male left to kill what she had injured, she was sulking.. Until her tears dried out and her eyes had a film around them that made her eyes shine more than they should.. All those tears.. When she heard the meat fall to the ground, she sniffled and rubbed her arm in to her snout and looked up at him- and the meat.. Then looked away. Her whole chest piece felt like it was caving in and it was so hard to breath. Everything hurt. Her ears fanned back and she closed her eyes. She could die here and now. That's how she felt. Her crush- the first male she fell in love with... told her that he was in love with their mother. They had been cubhood sweethearts and Shun could never be with him.. Ever. He loved their mother too much so everything she had imagened. All the sweet times- he looked at her more like a daughter.. Than a potiential mate.
Her heart broke in so many pieces..
One last tear ran down her face and it stung enough for her to look uncomfortable as she rubbed her paw against it. Sniffling and trying to hold herself together but she was breaking- clearly.
Arabica watched her wondering what could have hurt a young cheetah so much to put her in such a state. But it seemed like she was still trying to pull herself together. "Looks like you're a fighter, whatever is eating at you." He nudged the food closer to her. "Come on what can be so bad to through your life away? You're young with so much to live for. Take a bite of what you fought to take down."
She couldn't move, that was for sure. Move to far away from where she was at now. A side of her was punctured but she still hadn't felt a thing. Til when she moved to finally eat after a long starring contest with the other cheetah. His words move her- but the punctured wound made moving difficult. Lifting her body up and she leaned almost back down hissing. "Ow.."
The pain.. but like he said. She was a fighter.. and leaned down enough to take a bite out of the leg and tare it off a piece.. Swallowing it down hard. But she coughed almost right after making her discomfort greater. "Damnit!" She yelled.. and smashed her paw in to the ground again.
"...You didn't have to come in." The cheetah took a moment to lay her body down, but her forebody stayed up. "You could've gotten hurt. Should've walked away." Looking at him. Now trying to hold the last of her dignity and character.
Arabica flinched feeling her pain. "I didn't have anything else to do and I was thinking of hunting anyway. I couldn't leave a lovely lady cheetah alone like that. No matter how crazy it seemed you were." The look he gave her was admiring. "Look we're both hurt, and you're probably going to need some help for a bit. Maybe we can travel together for a bit, until you heal of course."
She went silent and looked down.. Then trying to take another piece of meat but it hurt to much to move closer and not seem like she was taking the whole thing for herself. Even though clearly their were two dead Zebu behind them. Despite that tiny factor she did have manners..
"Help?" He was gunna help her? ... Her mother and.....now new step father conditioned them to 'fear' the outside world. But with Koran ( whom is now.. step father ) he used to tell her stories about his adventures. Who he met- so many stories that filled her thoughts with good creatures.. but he mainly explained in detail how many bad creatures their were. If she were ever to leave to the outside on her own adventure to be wary of anyone. Even thoughs whom seem 'nice'.
He saved her.. From a lot more than he knew. If he saved her and now will to help then. Her upper body lowered then. Letting her muscles rest until he asked to travel with him. "Wait- what?" A complete stranger she just met- and now he was asking to travel with her?! A sheltered cheetah for all her life... and the chance at an adventure- and to not bare the sight of 'HIM' and his mother together..
Looking down at her paws. Her twin... The only one who understood and took care of her... But- even the sight was too much to bare with her heart aching as it did. The only answer in her mind was. "Ok."
She hadn't adventured away from mother or Koran. Ever. She was the down to earth but safe cub. Whom didn't care too much about safety more than she did being at mother's side and making sure all three of her brothers didn't do anything stupid. She was the smarter one of the group, incapable of making a rash decision and now that she was at her lowest. She did make that decision.. and that decision would change her sheltered home life.. to something so much more.
She was also told over and over again- the story about her father just dumping her mother with cubs. Again, the smarter cookie of the bunch.
"As long as you don't cross your boundaries with me." Looking at him with a haughty attitude then finally pushed up to take another piece of meat. And her adventure began... with two unlikely cheetahs meet and two dead Zebu later this adventure seemed promising!
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A dark male cheetah roamed the plains aware of his surroundings but not heading anywhere in particular. He was between hunts begining to grown hungry but the situation was not desperate. As he paced along he kept a look out for potential prey. So far everything was just that tad bit too large for even a big male like himself. He'd come across something soon enough. He was confident of that.
Shun was out flying across the the grass like a rocket. She had seen bigger prey animals but what seemed like at one that was stumbling. Sure It was dangerous sure, but at this point she was so far angry with everything. So hurt that doing something this crazy wasn't anything short of recklace. With the first chance she got- her body flung in to the air and at the staggering Zabu ( a large horned african bull ) she latched on from such a hard landing. Nearly attaching to its neck and causing the bull to fall in to the ground. Struggling, those large horns went every which way. Her vision was too blurred by this point and she let one paw start stabbing, letting go and stabbing again. Reaching in to its face without even sight of where she was stabbing her talons in to. One Zebu turned- and started to buck as though it was soon to charge at her. She- didn't much care or notice..
