(done on AIM)

vampirekittenzoe: Mbaya had left the sandy cave that was supposed to be her home. She had recently taken to wondering the borders, she had a clear perspective of her future, and nothing would stop her. However perhaps she would meet that irritating dark cub, again she would show him. The runt. She felt anger raise up inside her with a boiling sensation in the pit of her stomach, but it seemed to be something else too. Perhaps excitment for her future journeys? She shrugged it off, stepping over the grass and padding away from pride rock, her hazel eyes set on the horizon. It was midday, and the heat did little to conceal the time, as it was the hottest it would be all day, the dusty sun beating Mbayas sandy-coloured pelt.

Kimaria33: Hakan was on his usual post, acting the protective sentry for his family in the den not so far away. His mother had been tired recently especially having to hunt for herself and for her three growing cubs. It made Hakan feel somewhat helpless in the fact that he had not the skills to hunt. He still awaited for his first one and it was something he looked forward to greatly.

Shifting on his rock he turned his eyes in the direction of the waterhole where he had been taking swimming lessons everyday. Such an exercise had made him more muscular than perhaps one of his age should have been, yet it was probably his recent training with Mrost that had helped the most.

Slowly but surely Hakan was turning into a young warrior.

It was at this point that a familiar scent caught at him from somewhere towards his left - in the direction of pridelands - and with a low snarl he leapt from his rock and crept forwards through the grass.

That female had gone too far now! Venturing into rogue lands was a dangerous thing for a pridelander to do!

vampirekittenzoe: Knowing full well she had wandered into lands she was unfamiliar with, the female kept her confidence, her gaze narrowing as her nostrils captured a scent. She swore to herself. Not that bloody runt again, thinking he was some kind of warrior. She lowered her body to the ground, adopting a haphazardous stalking position, unusually muscular limbs propelling her foward. Snarling, she noticed his dark form amougnst the grass and straightened her body. Swearing at the blue-eyed male, her tail wound its way about her hind legs in an irritated fashion. "What the hell are you doing here?" The last she had seen of his and his brother was in the Pridelands, and thought the pair would have fled by now. Giving him a dark look from beyond her beautiful chocolate mask, she flexed her claws. No doubt this little "warrior" would want a rematch?

Kimaria33: As she straightened he did the same, puffing out his broadening chest with pride. His dark coat gleamed under the sun and as he flexed his shoulders young and strong muscles rippled beneath that fine pelt. Just because he was a deemed a warrior did not mean that he did not take care of his appearance. With a hiss that caused his whiskers to flinch back he took a menacing step towards her. It seemed they had both grown since their last encounter, though he was sure his training with the War God would not go unnoticed in this more powerful form.

"This is my realm." He snarled, tail flicking wildly behind him. Something about this girl just got his hackles right up! Perhaps it was because they were both so similar. "So get lost little pridelander, go play with daddy like a good little girl." His voice was full of spite.

vampirekittenzoe: She looked a little taken aback, perhaps it was because she wasnt the only one that had grown recently, or because he had more confidence. Whatever it was, she dismissed it, continuing to direct her glare straight into his eyes. "I can go wherever the hell I want!" Her voice was a little raised, but whether that was in anger or emphasis was unknown. She revealed her pointed ivory teeth in a snarl. "What you gonna do If I dont move?"

Kimaria33: "Oh really?" Hakan sneered as he took another step forwards, ebony claws scratching grooves in the ground. "So you decided to disobey daddy? Oh he will be dissapointed." He laughed, throwing back his head to rid his eyes of the irritating tuft of mane. "If you don't move I'll make you, got that wimp?" Oh how he liked to throw his weight around.

vampirekittenzoe: "Excuse me" She said, her tone becoming sharper, voice still trying to regain its usual silky properties. Her tail moved about, contorting itself into many seemingly knotted shapes in her kidden frustration. "Will I have to remind you of the winner of the last fight?" She said simply, a smug grin finding its way onto her ivory maw. "I don't have a father." Recently she had taken to ignoring most of her family, apart from the fun she got out of terrorising Malaika. "I live alone, I can fend for myself. " She stepped closer. "And" She sneered. "I'll prove it." Her claws scraped the ground as she moved her paws, embedding them slightly into the dust.

Kimaria33: Hakan found himself disgusted with what she was saying and lowered himself slightly to the ground. He would never be beaten by her or anyone again. If that happened his family would be threatened and that just would not do. Yet for someone as loyal to their family as Hakan he found he hated this female more for saying such things about hers. "You should think yourself lucky for having a family." He growled. "One day I'll kill them all and you'll wish you hadn't been so evil to them." He would never really do such a thing but he wanted to see what sort of a reaction she got. "Our first fight is in the past, I've moved on from it and so should you or else you'll never grow stronger. Cub fights are mere play to me now."

vampirekittenzoe: The females eyes narrowed futher, until they were mere slits. "Do you think I care about them?" She shuddered at the thought of her happy and perfect family. "I'll see to their death before you do." She spat, imagining how perfect the death of her sister would be. Yes, torture until death. She smiled at the twisted thought. "What, still ashamed to say you were beaten by a girl?" She crouched lower, belly brushing the ground as she stalked foward. "You'll see what I become, I'll do anything to get what I want and I'll kill for pleasure. Starting with you." She jumped foward a few paces, letting out a vicious snarl, however Mbaya only aimed to intimidate him, and landed to his side, a glare still upon her face.

Kimaria33: Anger spurned Hakan into holding his ground, body rigid as stone as she crouched. "You make me sick." He spat, "being beaten by a girl is nothing to be ashamed about, for is it not the females who hunt?" He growled, having come to realise that his mother was strong enough to beat upon most males that came her way. "I am ashamed that such a beast like you was not killed at birth." His fangs clipped together and as she pounced towards him he remained standing motionless. He had learnt to watch body movement from his training with Mrost and found himself pleased with this fact. "Seems your aim is off today sweetheart."

vampirekittenzoe: "Don't sweetheart me!" She yelled, anger blazing in her eyes. "I hate you. And I'll put an end to your insignificant life." Her teeth were still beared, and she supressed the urge to press them against his neck, she'd have her fun first. At his hunting remark, she remained silent, for she was rather usless at hunting, and clumsy. "There are demons in every lifetime, It is only right that those who are strongest survive." Her muscles moved as she padded closer to Hakan, looking his sraight it the eye, which rose that same boiling sensation in her stomach, mixed with something else, unknown at this time. "Why are you so content on proving your worth?"

Kimaria33: "I've already proved my worth to a being far more powerful than you could ever be." He replied simply, the anger slowly slipping away as he thought to the pride he had felt when Mrost had accepted him as one of his chosen. "Yah wouldn't understand the ways of a true warrior, not like me." He smiled almost sickly-sweet and flicked his ears back to press a paw against his chest.

"I have the promises of becoming one of the world's greatest warriors, and soon sweeheart." He emphasised the nickname, "no one will be able to stand in my way, not you or your pathetic pride." Oh poor Hakan, if only he knew that he too was of pridelander blood.

vampirekittenzoe: Mbaya was truly angry now, and it showed. Her body trembled, and her figure neared his, the urge to kill rising as she heard his stupid nickname for her once more. Sweetheart. She was anything but sweet! "My pride?" She would have stumbled, could she afford to look stupid, but she held her clumsy footing as she circled him. "I am going to be leaving, I hate that pride."

She snarled loudly. "I'll show you, that I too will become one of the best warriors, and then we shall see whose blood will run thin upon the earth. The blood of the weak. Your filthy blood."

Kimaria33: He sniffed and gave a small shrug, watching her circle him with cool calculated orbs. Her words helped gather his anger but for the first time ever he managed to push it away. He was beginning to learn to control it, not let himself become blinded by the rage he had when he was a cub. It seemed his training was working.

"You and me both. That pride will face death by my jaws one day, just you wait and see." His tail flicked and lowered himself a little. "Let us see then who becomes the better warrior, let us see whose blood is first to fall." He growled, "One day we shall face each other again in combat and one of us will meet death." And on that final word he pounced at her, a snarl ripping free from his throat.

vampirekittenzoe: "It seems strange that you linger on its borders if you despise it so." The same could be said for her, but she was having fun tormenting those within the pride.

She fell as he pounced her, as he had grown more heavy now, and she was pinning down by his weight. However she became somewhat limp, her mouth unable to find words, gaze meeting his blue eyes. Mbaya was confused for a moment, but didn't squirm, nor retaliate.

Kimaria33: It was here as he lingered above her, his paws pressed against her somewhat warm and soft fur that he had meant to answer her question in the typical Hakan sort of way. Yet as she fell still beneath his hold and turned her face up to meet his gaze he felt something quiver within him.

His heart lurched in his chest and suddenly he found himself unable to think of the words he had desired to speak. Instead he reared up off her and turned his back to the fiery female. "Well then if yah hate this place so much yah better get going. Next time we meet I won't hesitate to kill you."

But why...why couldn't he hurt her when she had been lying there so vulnerable? The question haunted him.

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