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 Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:49 pm
 The young cub bounded through the pridelands, always in motion, it seemed he never just walked. Orange eyes scanned the land around him, nose held to the air, searching for a scent.
"Totoro! We're not playing hide and seek!"
He called out for his friend, the small wolf pup that had become his companion. But now the wolf was hiding somewhere, and Shin was tired of playing hide and seek, he wanted to do something else. Maybe Totoro had gone back to the den to take a nap, he did that sometimes, something about puppies needing a lot of sleep. Well Shin didn't need to take naps, and he wanted to play!
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:15 am
She lay stretched out on the familiar flat-faced rock, her diluted green eyes gazing distractedly out into the distance. Greatness was not coming to her. Perhaps it would have been better to give it time, but No was slowly realizing that waiting for it to come on this rock would never bring it to her. But where exactly did one go looking for the purpose in life they were meant to fulfill? It seemed most of the older cubs growing into adulthood seemed more content to be parents. The black cat sucked in a sigh, and rolled over.
She did not want to be so ordinary. There was nothing wrong with ordinary. But she would not allow it. She didn’t want everyday to be the same and comfort.
But if only it was so easy as to not allow it. It crept in through the cracks and chained her down. Sometimes she even forgot about it. Totoro- The black female’s ears alighted, and she faintly scented the air. Someone was talking to her? She had been in such a daze of thought she hadn’t heard. The cub stretched backwards and eagerly hopped to a second, taller rock, and scrabbled to the top. Hoisted- she caught sight of a small black figure stalking about, calling for someone. It wasn’t her though, and she gave a slight sigh of relief.
He was a cute kid though... covered with black. Was he one of Mosi’s kids- the ones that mother had been talking about as of late? She’d never met any of them, but really- how many other black lions were in the pride that were not in the family? No skidded off the rock, and tumbled forwards.
“Hey, kid-!” No called, hopping over another stump so that she could see him bumbling. “What are you looking for?”
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 12:54 pm
Shin'Jougen was such a mix of his parents that it would have been difficult to mistake him for the child of any other. With his father's white face and belly, his mother's black pelt and orange eyes, he, like his sister, was the perfect union of their colors and patterns, such as it should be. Though perhaps he was a bit leaner than either of them, taller, but at the same time leaner than most others his age.
Dark ears flicked, catching the sound of someone nearby, his nose twitching to catch the scent. It was movement that had first caught his attention, the sound of paws against the rocks, the thud against the earth, and a moment later the sound of a voice. So perhaps it was understandable his first thought was that his friend had given up his game and finally stopped hiding.
"Totoro? Oh...it's just a girl."
The little one snorted. He was quite disappointed, having expected for a moment to find his friend, only to find that it wasn't. Bleh, girls, she had better not try to give him any girl germs.
"Who says I'm looking for anything?"
Stupid girl, pretending to be Totoro like that, why should he tell her anything.
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:10 pm
“Just a Girl?” No balked, flattening her smooth ears. “I’m not just a girl. I’m your aunt, you hooligan.” She toted, attempting to make her voice sound as grown up as possible. It almost came close to it for a child’s capabilities, perhaps, but it missed by a longshot of sounding how she wanted it to sound. She was growing, but at the moment, her eyes were closer to the height of the cub in front of her rather then the adults. It frusterated her terribly.
The black cat stretched forward, hopping to the stone, and observing the child closer. Yes- it had to be one of Mosi’s cubs. She recognized the strange orange eyes- although Mosi’s were decidably more strange. It wouldn’t be the last time she’d see eyes quite like that.
“But I only asked ‘cause you were calling around like you were missing something. Are you?” No asked, curling her tail. A reserved smile crossed about her face as she took in the slight breakup of her monotomy. She liked when she was needed for things. Well- not that the boy had even said he needed her for something...But, she was happy regardless. “I can find things pretty good.”
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:44 pm
He took a startled step backward, orange eyes looking up at the dark cub in disbelief. She was what? And had she just insulted him? She didn't even know him, how could she possibly claim to be related to him, and just what gave her the right to call him names? Nevermind that he had been thinking of of few for her himself...hmph!
"I am not a hooligan!" What was a hooligan anyways? "And you're not my aunt, you're a girl!"
He stuck his tongue out at her for emphasis, fur ruffling a bit in an attempt to make himself look bigger, not that it worked especially well. She wasn't his aunt, how could she be? Though when he thought about it, her black pelt did look familiar. Maybe she was his cousin, yes cousin, that was it, definitely not his aunt. Mothers and aunts couldn't be girls, but sisters and cousins could be, such was the logic of a cub.
But a moment later his expression softened, eyes watching her curiously as he sat back on his haunches, tail flicking in the grass.
"I was looking for my puppy, we were playing hide and seek."
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:03 pm
“I am too your aunt-!” No gaped in a blatantly childish manner. “Mosi is your mother, isn’t she?” Boy, she hoped so after this! “Well your grandpa is my brother. Actually, I’m your great aunt. I’m your mommy’s aunt.” She explained, placing a paw on her chest ceremoniously. She was the cool aunt in the family, after all.
With an eager bob, No sauntered even closer to where the duo colored child sat. “My name is No. You can call me Aunt No. Or great aunt No.” She mused. Great aunt made her feel old though. Just as long as it wasn’t ‘No Aunt’! “What is your name? Mother told us about you, but I wasn’t a good aunt and I forgot the names.” She frowned, honestly feeling badly for it. She patted his head with her paw, as that felt like the right auntly thing to do.
“You have a puppy?” She quirked in surprise. “Really? What is he like?” She didn’t have a puppy... “How’d you lose him?”
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:46 pm
The little one snorted, his ears laying back, tail flicking defiantly. Why did she keep trying to say she was his aunt? Stupid girl, didn't she know anything? Well he wasn't buying it.
"Are not! You have to be at least as big as my mama to be my aunt, and not a girl. And how'd you know who my mama is?"
He huffed, looking away in that cubbish irritation that boys often show in the presence of girls, that conflict over whether to be nice or to stoop to childish name calling. And then she touched him, instantly provoking him to squirm away from her, his tongue stuck out in disgust at the idea of girl germs touching him...ewwwwww.
Settling in safety a few steps away, Shin sat back on his haunches again, eyes fixed on No, watching her carefully.
"Not much of an aunt then are you," he stuck his tongue out again as if she had proven his point. "My name is Shin'Jougen, and I didn't lose him. We were playing hide and seek, but he probably fell asleep, he sleeps a lot."
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:51 pm
“Shin, okay.” No repeated, committing it to memory. If she was to be the cool aunt, she would have to at least have a working knowledge of their names. “I know your mommy’s name because my mommy talks about her granddaughter lots sometimes. They look alike a bit, you know.” She paused, and flattened her ear. “I look like my mommy too. Only, without the markings.” She was actually rather plain, but she had tried to not let that bother her. What did markings matter anyways? Daddy was as pure as a cloud, and it hadn’t bothered him yet.
“But, I am your aunt. Really, I’m not lying. If your mommy is my niece, so are you. Well, er- you’d be a nephew, actually, but same difference.” She dismissed with a wave of her paw.
“Sleeping?” She sighed. That wasn’t very exciting. How was she supposed to save the day if it was just to find a lazy pup? “Well...I’ll help you look for him anyways. Even if he is just sleepin’.”
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:01 pm
Dark fur ruffled, orange eyes narrowed, leaning back hard on his haunches; he would have crossed his arms if a lion could. Why did she have to keep insisting on calling herself his aunt? Girls, all she was doing was reaffirming his concept that girls were stupid and he rolled his eyes at the thought. Little did he know that someday soon he would find that it was he who had been wrong.
"Stop that! You can't be my aunt, and you can't be my mama's aunt, she's bigger than you and you'd have to be bigger than her to be her aunt. And you're a girl, so even if you were bigger you couldn't be my aunt, you're a cousin."
He nodded to emphasis his statement. He was right and that was that, she was not his aunt and he certainly was not calling her aunt No. She was his cousin and that was final.
"He's just a puppy, so he has to sleep a lot, that's what Papa said."
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Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:42 pm
The black female squinted her jade eyes and skewed her mouth. Well, what could you do with a kid like that? “Well, you can think whatever you want.” No remarked officiously, and pointed her paw at his face. “But know that Aunt No is not pleased.” She dramatically uttered, before returning to the quandary at hand.
No couldn’t confirm or deny that puppies needed a particular amountage of sleep hours, but she arched her whiskers in consideration. “So you think he’s unconscious someplace?” She rose onto her hindlegs, and peered in a meerkat like fashion. She didn’t see anything, but then again, she supposed she hadn’t expected it.
"How do you loose a sleepin puppy anyways?"
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Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:01 pm
The small cub snorted, raising one paw to bat away the dark paw that had invaded his space. Or at least he gestured to do so, he didn't want to actually touch her lest he catch her girl germs.
"Well then it's a good thing there is no 'aunt no' isn't it."
Rolling his eyes, Shin stood to his paws and took several steps away from the dark juvenile, his tail flicking, nose twitching as if searching the immediate area for the scent of the pup.
"I didn't say he was unconscious, he's taking a nap. And I told you, we were playing hide and seek."
Honestly, how many times did he have to keep telling her that. He hadn't lost Totoro, he just didn't know where he was hiding.
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:47 pm
No scoffed and rolled her eyes. Sometimes you just had to let boys go on being pig-headed, there simply was no arguing with them. He’d know soon enough that she was his aunt. And she’d be quite sure to lord that over him when there were plenty of witnesses around to assure her claim. But despite such plots- No did want to help, although the situation confused her.
“Why’d he take a nap during hide and seek?” No asked. “What if he’s just hiding really really well?”
Well, it made a perfect point to her. She paused a moment to consider it further, before nodding. Yes. It did.
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Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:21 pm
Shin nodded, smirking to himself thinking that he had won the argument, that would teach the stupid girl not to be stupid. Little did he know that he was the one that had been wrong, not that he would ever admit it, and even when he did realize the larger cub was indeed his aunt he would never call her that.
Sighing, the cub settled back on his haunches, ears folded back, his tail flicking. Boy this girl was contrary, did she have to disagree with everything, though he had to admit she could have been right, it was possible Totoro was just hiding and waiting to be found.
"I guess he could be, but he could have just curled up in his hiding place and fallen asleep. But why wouldn't he come out when I said the game was over if he wasn't sleeping?"
Hah! Let's see her come back with an argument against that.
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Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 2:37 pm
No’s fur prickled, but only for a moment as she caught sight of the almost unbearably smug look the crossed about her young nephew’s face. He did have a point, she wasn’t quite sure why he would not show if the boy had called for him. The black cat furrowed her brow and shifted, the end of her thin tail flicking capriciously.
“Maybe he didn’t hear you.” She said as-a-matter-of-factly, after not finding a very good answer to his question. “Or maybe he ran away.”
Puppies did do that, didn’t they? Well, the boy obviously had no manners so it was very possible he’d just hit the road on him. But that did slightly dishearten No. She would hate to think of him being upset over a lost pup, even if he was a wild hooligan.
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Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:31 pm
Despite No's impression of him, Shin'Jougen was in fact a kind and good-natured cub, full of energy and life, playful and an avid explorer. His fault was that he was, well a child, and as many cubs his age thought the opposite sex was gross and was not ready to believe certain things despite them being true.
The little one scrunched his nose, eyes turned to the dark cub with a trace of hurt in his eyes. Shin had found his small friend left alone in the grass one day, and though the tiny pup was timid at first, the pair had formed an instant connection and been inseparable ever since, with the exception of those times when the young pup was sleeping, Shin was far to much of an explorer to sleep all day. Needless to say, Shin was not happy at No's implication.
"Totoro wouldn't leave, he's my best friend."
His words were blurted out, as if their truth depended on his speaking them. She was wrong, Totoro would run away...would he?
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