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Weeks had passed, turning into monthes, all of which were painful perhaps delightful memories of Yakuti's time with her mate Kijivu'Kipopo. The packs weren't a problem anymore, in fact, for the dog with sapphire eyes, nothing was a problem. There was only oppurtunities and the biggest was to come yet, for Yuka was pregnant. And not only was she pregnant, but she was nearing her time.

She couldn't stand such odd feelings, they racked at her and caused convulsions of the weirdest sort. Luckily for her, it was all over after an hour, but unfortunately for her, she could barely move. A dog as small as her barely managed such a fantastic feat and got out alive. After birthing nine beautiful puppies, she had to allow herself a small rest. It was all she could do to keep from passing out completely.

Lying in Kiji's cave, with her body curled around the nine of their puppies, Yuka was trying her hardest to lick them clean for surely they wouldn't clean themselves. It was her first step to becoming motherly.

((Every family member should post within the next three days, after that I'll be doing a time skip at which time the pups are allowed to 'wander'. Seeing as they're still really only newborns, please keep in mind... they shouldn't be going far from Yuka and Kiji. So if you start a new RP with someone outside the family please just remember you need to be within eyesight of Yuka and Kiji. *Less then a mile away at max.*))

The cloud colored new mother was weak, weak beyond all reasoning, but despite that she called out in a clear voice for Kiji to come and see his pups. Their pups. All of them. He'd be so proud, and as she cleaned them off one by one, she slowly was closing her eyes. She'd fall asleep soon, unable to stay awake any longer. It was all she could do not to pass out for the newborns certainly needed an alert mother if they were to ever survive in the hot African sun and terrain.

Of course, his happiness would prevent him from seeing her weakness. So she resolved to hide it until she passed out completely. Her ears flicked back as she nuzzled her mate sweetly. She was so happy he was there for her and for all their pups. "Yes.... yes they're all ours Kiji..." Leaning forward gently, so she wouldn't disturb the pups or jostle the ones that were sleeping, she licked the tears away. Leaning back so she could be comfortable she eyed each of her pups, making sure they were okay and could feed if they wished. "Names... they need... names..."

Picking one pup, she poked it with her nose sweetly in a motherly manner and said, "...... this one looks like a swamp, doesn't he Kiji?" She smiled at her mate.

The said puppy, with eyes closed, wriggled and whimpered in the tiniest puppy voice. A whine escaped it's tiny body and it turned to feed off Yuka, being tiny and hungry. Man it had a hard life.

The small white female, one of the last to be born, whined pitifully on the ground as teh cold winds hit her baby fur. Even though to a normal savanna the weather was fine, to a newborn pup, it wasn't. Making small squeaking noises, the female pup made a move blindly towards her mother's side, incidently moving the wrong way. She squealed, wanting to go back to the warm place! Why was it so cold now?

Kiji laughed a little at the puppies. Leaning over them, he picked up a tiny black female with a white stripe down her back, down her forehead and encircling her muzzle. As he laid her down in front of himself, he noticed that her little front paws were also white dipped. "Nyeupe'tepe." He said quietly, licking his tiny daughter gently down the stripe on her back and then laughing again, obviously pleased with the lovely pups so far.

The tiny black pup made a little squeak, not quite as loud as her sister, but still enough to be noticed. Not feeling the need to crowd at her mother's belly like the others, the little female curled up against her father's warm chest-fur and squeaked again and poked out her tongue a little, brushing it over his leg fur and then snuggling against him again, wanting to rest.

Such a ball of fur seemed unimportant in the grand world known as Africa. The puppy know as Tsehai whimpered and rolled. Her life had just begun, but it started off at a slow pace like all the others. She pushed her miniscule head against her mother's belly and started to suckle.

The pup known as Kivuli'ausi squinted as his eyes adjusted to the world around him, an explosion of sights and smells overwhelming him. Slowly crawling towards his father, the pup nuzzled against him, alongside his sister.

Yakuti's eyes strayed to the runt and she looked nervous. The mental promise boomed in her head and made her weaker. She was slowly loosing conciousness, drifting in and out consecutively, but trying not to. Her ears flicked back and her tail curled about her back legs as she was stretched out. Yuka licked them each again, letting them eat. Kiji's thinking was entirely correct, they all needed to eat and Yuka could certainly feed each and every one of them properly. So tiny and yet so full of life, the sapphire-eyed dog of the clouds was amazed. Yet still... she was drifting and with one smile to Kiji, she passed out.

Shei, being the puppy who was butted over, whined in his very tiny needy voice and tried to find a spot against his mother to feed from. Finally, he found one and suckled contendedly. However, when Yuka passed out, he seemed to connect and whined (although not in any way giving up his spot or stopping).