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 Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:00 pm
The moss-colored mother-to-be sighed in contentment. She was finally going to have that family she had dreamed about all this time, and she was to have it with the sweetest and most adorable wolf on the face of the earth: her lovely mate, Damu.
By now, Tai was noticably larger and rounder in the middle. It was obvious that she was pregnant, expecting puppies some time soon. She only wondered why Kaede hadn't noticed anything lately, or at least hadn't said anything if she had noticed. Perhaps it was because she merely thought she was eating a lot and gaining weight, which was probably what she should believe at this point. How would she handle it, the fact that she is adopted?
Trying not to think of such an unstable topic, she moved on to different things, like how the puppies were going to be and what they might possibly look like. Of course, that was an even more unstable topic considering the variation genes could produce, so Taima merely rolled onto her side in front of the den.
Damu was supposedly taking Kaede out hunting or some such, and she breifly wondered when they would be back. But then the exhaustion of carrying little wolves in her belly finally kicked in, and she closed her eyes for a short nap.
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:23 pm
Bloodstained and quite tired as the morning proved to be quite successful, Damu held tight to the neck of a small fawn who fell victim by luck within the jaws of the white and black swirled male. Taima's appitite had increased voraciously and, as her loving mate, he sought to do all he could to keep the soon mother-to-be content and happy. Besides, no one liked a cranky wolf.
Dragging the prize catch along, Damu glanced over towards Kaede as they came within several feet of the den. "Kaede," he called out with a slightly muffled voice as his jaws still clung around the fawn. "Where did you go?"
Emerald orbs scanned round about for the small pup, seeking to find her. The last time he saw her was when she was chasing a butterfly around mocking how to hunt just like her good ol' dad.
But he couldn't find her.
"Kaede...sweety," he wuffed as his tail thumped behind him with a concern. "Where are you?" Black ears flickered as he dropped the deer and began pacing round about, frantic as thought whirled within his head.
"Did I loose her?"
"I swear she was here a minute ago!"
"Taima's gonna kill me!"
Muttering to himself as he whined softly, Damu roamed about searching for his lost daughter.
"Kaede..."
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 6:30 pm
Crouching down low not making a sound, Kaede's tail swayed back and forth in a calm motion as she stalked her prey. Ears flat against her skull as if trying to sink into her surroundings slowly she crept forward, trying to not make a single sound.
One....two....three!
Kaede burst out from a bush and tried to grasp onto Damu's tail with her tiny teeth and missed, tumbling into his back legs and falling to teh ground with a thump. She glared at his tail thinking "next time you won't be so lucky".
"I'm right here daddy!" Kaede said outwardly standing up adn shaking herself before padding in front of Damu, "I was trying to catch you..." or his tail rather. Then she noticed how much food he was carrying, surely Kaede didn't eat THAT much...Taima was getting...how to say...rounder...maybe she was hungrier, that had to be it,
"Daddy...why is mommy so hungry?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 7:51 pm
The slight ruckus that her small family was making was enough to wake up the female. Of course, the heat and the squirming puppies inside of her also helped to rouse up the sleeping wolf.
Groaning slightly in pain, she lifted her head slightly to get a glimpse of her surroundings. Still at the den. Of course, where else would she be? Shaking her head a little to clear it, her ears flicked this way and that as her bright green orbs continued to roll around from bush to bush, trying to make sense of anything and everything. Finally she realized that there was noise nearby, and it made her tail thump against the ground.
"Damu? Kaede? Are you two back so soon?" she grinned, slowly raising to her paws. Man, it was growing increasingly harder to lift herself up with all of this extra weight!
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Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:49 pm
As a small tug pulled his tail but, either slippery or with a mind of its own, his tail slid out from grip, Damu perked his ears upwards and glanced down only to find the small female in front of him.
A wash of relief doused over him as he smiled warmly and leaned down to nuzzle her. "Catch me? Well you did a good job," he chuckled with a deep rumble as he leaned down and nuzzled her. When the inquisitive nature of Kaede bubbled forth, Damu hesitated but rolled on with an answer.
"Well, Kaede, mommy's- well, she needs alot of food right now and a bit of its for us too. And-"
Just before he could go onto explain, Damu tilted his head and caught sound of Taima calling out to them. Grinning, the white and black swirled male glanced towards his daughter. "Come on, love. Let's surprise mommy!"
Taking up the fawn in mouth, Damu began padding towards the mouth of the den. Emerald eyes narrowed to where the mossy-black female resided and, chuckling low though muffled with his maw occupied, the male laid down the deer in front of her.
"Morning, Taima." He nuzzled with a rumble emitting from his chest. Manuvering his head forwards and pressing his nose against hers, he smiled. "How are you?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:21 am
Kaede smiled and pounced after Damu's tail as he walked forward, alas she still couldn't grab onto his tail...tricky little thing. Her tail wagging kaede still didn't understand why Taima had to eat so much recently. And Damu seemed to try and get off the subject.
"Mommy!" Kaede squeaked as she ran forward adn nuzzled her and smiled, "Hows mommy?" Kaede asked innocently when she noticed something...Taima seemed bigger around her tummy.
So why did she have to eat more?
It seemed like Taima was more then satisfied with food, why did she need more? "Daddy see what you did!" Kaede spoke outwardly, referring to Taima as she scooted over and poked at Taima's tummy with her nose. Not actually realizing in reality what Damu had EXACTLY done,
"You gave mommy too much food already!"
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:03 am
Taima smiled as her mate and her daughter came closer. She first nuzzled her mate, grumbling happily as she did so. "I'm a bit tired," she replied softly, looking at her daughter as she poked her bulging belly. Folding her ears back slightly, she hoped that the puppies inside of her wouldn't do anything. But it seemed her prayer wasn't answered or was simply ignored, for she felt the little beings inside of her move about and kick in response to the poke from Kaede.
Wincing slightly, the mother-to-be tried to shake it off by laughing nervously.
"Nono, it's alright Kaede. Daddy is only doing what I ask. I've just been really hungry lately, and that's why I'm a little bigger," she lied, feeling bad as she did so. But she couldn't tell the truth, that Damu had gotten her pregnant! Her daughter was still too young to learn such things.
Glancing at her mate, she made a sort of look that cried for help. How could they tell Kaede that she was getting brothers and sisters without actually telling her how it happened?
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 6:55 pm
Chuckling softly as he delicately whisped his muzzle about her, the white and black swirled male smiled warmly. "But food will make you feel a bit more relaxed then, hm?"
His brows quirked with a meager perplexion as he watched Kaede poke and investigate Taima's large belly. He couldn't help but heistate and stifle a laugh as the pup seemed to become more and more curious, somewhat hot on the trail in attempting to discover what exactly was going on and the logic behind why Damu was constantly bringing his loving mate more food than either any of the three of them could even stomach in one sitting.
Glancing over as Taima peered up towards him with those big, softened green orbs, Damu knew that somehow and about now was the time to,hopefully, peacefully explain the logic behind the mass quantities of food and why Taima's belly was- well, growing larger.
Biting his lower lip as a soft sigh escaped from his maw, Damu flickered his ears as he put a paw around his daughter, Kaede.
"Kaede," he softly spoke with a gentle and soothing tone. "I think it's time we let you in on a little secret; a wonderful and special secret that we've been waiting to tell you."
Still harboring a warm, broad smile, Damu nuzzled her gently.
"Do you want to know the secret?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:08 pm
Kaede's eyes seemed to light up and her ears flicked to the side for a moment, "A secret?" her little tail wagged behind her and she apwed at the ground, "Whats the secret..."
Her mind began racing with ideas of what the secret could be...maybe a secret code...or, a secret hunting thingy....or maybe...
"Daddy, are you going to tell me how mommy ate the bunny?" she asked seriously, almost giggling. She pointed to Taima's belly, "It moved when I poked it...how did you get mommy to eat a bunny WHOLE and still alive...I think its upset adn sad its stuck in mommy's tummy daddy..." she said seriously.
Oh the wonders of pups and their minds...
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Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:35 pm
Taima couldn't do much but lay there and have this nevous smile on her face. She knew that she and her mate had to tell Kaede what was happening to her mother, but she didn't know how to to so without telling her how it happened. Kaede would surely ask a bunch of questions. She was, after all, a curious little pup.
Yet when her daughter asked her how she managed to eat a live bunny whole, Tai couldn't help but giggle slightly and shake her head. "Darling, I didn't eat a live bunny. The movement is..."
She stopped mid-sentence, not really knowing what to say after that. At a loss, she glanced over towards Damu. Maybe he had an idea of how to handle this?
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:21 pm
The white and black male seemed to blink several times while a broad, unbearable grin swept across his maw. A bunny? Oh my, well this was going to be a bit of a challenge explaining the concept of bearing puppies to the ever curious, wonderous pup. Chuckling softly, Damu shook his head.
"Love, mommy didn't eat a live bunny like she said," he remarked as he sat upon his haunches and thumped his tail behind him in a casual, nonchalant manner. Glancing towards his mate, the male sheepishly smiled as he peered down towards the inquisitive Kaede.
"You see, when a mommy and daddy love each other, their love is what creates a baby wolf. And, right now, there are baby wolves that are inside mommy that will soon be your brothers and sisters."
For now, Damu could only bite his lower lip and let his calm, emerald orbs settle upon the black and red hued pup as he silently prayed that somehow, by miracle or simple comprehension, Kaede would understand this. He never signed up to be the mediator and explain where baby wolves came from and- who signed him up?
Damu certainly never signed up for this job.
Althought Taima was in no state to really put forth the energy, the white and black swirled male had no choice.
He'd do it.
"Do you understand, Kaede?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:30 pm
Kaede's ears twitched to teh side as she tried to understand what Damu how said...but how did love make a baby wolf? That she didn't understand, and Taima was going to have baby wolves, Kaede's ears fell back a little, she thought that they loved her...why did they need baby wolves if they loved her?
"But daddy...I thought love was a thing you feel, so how can an emotion thingy you feel make baby wolves, and then put them in mommy's tummy? If you and mommy made baby wolves, why did they need to be put in her tummy?" now she was even more confused.
If love made baby wolves, why put them in Taima's tummy where it'd be dark, why not just have them run around as soon as possible?
"Did you and mommy put me in mommy's tummy before?" she asked curiously. But if they did...where were her brothers and sisters from when she was born...this whole love thing was confusing her so much.
Kaede still didn't understand why Damu and Taima needed more baby wolves...didn't they love her enough? Wasn't she enough for them...maybe...maybe they didn't love her anymore.
At that thought her ears fell totally flat against her skull and a slight whimper escaped her throat,"Do mommy and daddy not love me anymore?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:59 pm
Taima merely nodded when her white and black mate explained to Kaede that there were puppies inside of her belly, and not a live rabbit. Yet their daughter didn't seem to understand it too well, and she found her ears falling back. She was quite nervous about this whole thing. She didn't want to upset Kaede or anything, but she didn't know exactly what to do.
"It's very complicated, Kaede," she said softly, looking down at her daughter. "You'll learn the details when you are older. But for now, just know that you are getting baby brothers and sisters, yeah?" Hopefully that would be enough to curb her curiousity. Yet then the little female asked if she had been put in Tai's belly before. Finding no other way, she simply nodded slowly.
"Yes, you were in my belly. And sometimes mommies and daddies have random numbers of puppies. Sometimes they have one, sometimes six or seven! That's the only reason you were born alone. It just makes you special." Yes, special, that was the word, right? "But Daddy and I thought that you'd like to have someone to play with, and that's why we made more puppies... so that you could be happy."
Okay, now she was merely rambling and confusing herself. Sighing, she shook her head then rested it on her paws. This wasn't going too well.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:56 pm
Damu's ears flickered as his tail swayed behind him, paws shifting as he found the situation to be a bit- well, tumultious in a sense. Kaede seemed to be finding it hard to understand why he and Taima wanted more puppies. It wasn't because they were disatisfied with the small female. Oh no! How could they be! It was more that the couple also wanted to have more puppies and, as a benifit, more siblings that Kaede could play with and interact with.
The present situation made him tense and feel uncomfortable. Like Taima, Damu did not want Kaede to feel abandoned or unloved. He just wanted her to understand that there were going to be more members of the family and that, no matter what, they would still lover her.
Leaning over, the white and black male nuzzled Kaede with upmost tenderness as he rumbled softly, a soothing sound as he licked her.
"No matter what happens Kaede, mommy and daddy will always love you and nothing will ever change that. You'll still be our little girl," he commented with a small chuckle as he rustled his muzzle against her and blew softly upon her in a tickling motion.
Lifting up his head as he peered towards his mate, Damu smiled warmly towars Taima as he nodded his head. He only hoped the words he spoke would ring true within the ears of the pup but, thought for now it seemed rather uncertain, the white and black swilred male could only hope that Kaede would not hate them.
Peering back towards their daughter, he smiled. "Do you want to feel your brothers and sisters move?" Padding slowly over towards his resting mate, Damu placed his nose upon his mates belly and glanced towards Kaede.
"It's like saying "Hello" but in a different way. It lets them know that you're out here, waiting for them or, in your case, that you're their older sister."
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 6:42 pm
Kaede's mind was racing with questions and images and depictions of things that might have happened, seeing Damu putting Kaede in Taima's tummy made her laugh in her mind, but she didn't openly express it.
They said she'd know when she was older...did everyone have that said to them? Maybe they were just trying to protect her...but from what exactly Kaede did not know or understand. Her mind was too young and too fragile, she didn't know this, but it was obvious Damu and Taima did.
Kaede looked up and watched Damu walk over to Taima, her mother...such a pretty image in her vision, mommy and daddy together...but soon there would be more...she sighed. Perhaps it was for the best, so she wasn't alone...she just hoped they would still love her, and not kick her to the side when her new siblings arrived.
When Damu said she'd always be their little girl, an innocent and sad expression was in her eyes, "Promise?" she squeaked in a whisper. The last thing she wanted was to be kicked to the curb, she loved her daddy adn mommy so much, and wanted to stay with them forever.
She truly loved them...
They were her parents...
Kaede padded over to Taima and nuzzled her and licked her on the cheek and smiled, tail wagging slightly now, "Don't worry mommy...I'll take care of you AND be a big sister," then she turned to Damu and smiled, "And I'll be strong like you daddy..."
Then Kaede poked at Taima's tummy gently with her nose, feeling something kick back and blinked and smiled. She was going to be a big sister.
She just hoped the pups would like her...
Turning around and laying down next to Taima Kaede yawned and snuggled up against her, laying her head on one of Taima's forelegs and snuggled up close. She closed her eyes and wrapped her tiny tail around Damu's closest paw to her and smiled, sleep slowly catching her.
This was her mommy,
This was her daddy,
This, was Kaede's family.
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