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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:27 pm
Her stomach ached as she rolled over in the den. She had dragged in some grasses and such to make a softer place for herself, she didn't know why she did it, just instinct, she didn't want to cross her own instinct. But now, something was happening, she felt kicks more often, a large shooting pain through her body and she whimpered.
They were coming.
Kaede was frantic in her mind, she didn't know what to do. Where was Goma? Where was her mom and dad? Where was anyone! She whimpered and rolled over, she was panting, felt hot, "Goma....where are you...Goma?" she called outside. Was it very hot again, or was it just her. She winced, it hurt.
They were coming.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:43 pm
Goma was watching outside of the den, sitting on his paws pulling heat in into his dark, black fur. His chakram gleaming in the sunlight. It was strange that nothing had gone on all day. But what was he suppose to be doing? About this time he would be hunting...wait, no, Kaede had stopped eating so he did not see the need to take another life in vain. Kaede had been acting weird lately. Their journey to visit her father, but that just didn't happen.
Then his name and a cry snapped him.
"Kaede!"
He shouted as he tripped off the top of the rock build den, luckily landing on his feet, after all he was a lion, and darted inside of the den. His emerald eyes looked around frantically toward the collapsed female on the ground. He rushed to her side and crept down close. Goma licked her lovingly and comfortingly.
"Kaede, Kaede, what is going on? What's wrong?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:56 pm
Her green hues raised up to see his form rush in quickly. She sighed content now, he had been close by all along. She knew he would be. She winced and snuggled up next to him, "It hurts...they're coming" she said softly, nuzzling her head beneath his chin. She grit her teeth and whimpered and cried, she never felt such a pain in her life.
Something was coming, something soon, she growled and cried and soon felt something wet under her tail, the pain was gone, but her stomach ached slightly. She pulled the ....thing from under her tail, something came over her, and she cleaned the mass off. If was fuzzy and the color of Goma! Her first puppy!
"Your...daughter..." she said tiredly, but she had no time from when placing the pup at her belly when another wave of pain came over her. She grit her teeth, tried not to cry this time, but it hurt, hurt so bad, it was a bit easier then the first pup, and soon a golden pelted pup like herself was her her forepaws as she cleaned it off. It was painted with red and had the symbol of Goma upon its shoulders. She smiled, nuzzled Goma and placed "Another daughter..." at her side.
Rather unexpectedly, another pup came, she just sighed deeply. burying her face against Goma's shoulder, then cleaned her off. "Another little girl..." she was beginning to get tired though, and she hurt quite a lot.
So far the three little girls looked like the both of them, but after another wave of pain, a red bundle of fur was brought into the world...red. SO strange. "Another girl Goma..." she looked to him and smiled, "Seems we have a few daughters..." But she also wanted a son. She placed her red pelted daughter next to her sisters.
The next too came with ease. Barely put up a fight to be born into the world. Another two daughters, ones golden, almost a twin to the earlier golden girl, and a deep chocolate brown girl.
"Six little pups, all girls...our family Goma...our little lion cubs..." she smiled and beamed with joy. She had a family, she hoped her dad and mom would be proud. Before she could celebrate, another pain came, another?! Another!? She winced and growled and snuggled up against Goma while curling herself around her bundles of fur, and another, the last, the dark blue pelt with gold was seen. She cleaned the pup off, her eyes went wide, a smile upon her maw,
"He's your son..." she put him with the rest then leaned back against Goma. She was tired, and the pups needed to feed, thats all she knew. Though she knew it would feel awkward, she was just glad Goma was here with her.
Kaede, had a family of her own now.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:03 pm
Tiaret's limbs pushed out helplessly in front of her as she tried to resist the call of the cold to bring her out into the world. It was so cruel to want to freeze a little one such as her to death!
However, she soon found warmth as she was placed amongst several other moving bodies, nosing at them harmlessly to investigate, before letting out a slight yip of instinct.
Continuing to nose her surroundings, the golden pup soon found something to silence her whining. It smelt like food! Definately something she approved of. Latching to this source of nourishment, her tiny paws pressed against her mother's stomach as she fed.
She could handle this!
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:08 pm
Goma kept his eyes on Kaede during this entire ordeal, his body moved around her back and lied himself down propping up her head onto his back. He watched her eyes, quickly glanced to the pup that was being born for a brief moment and then back to her. She seemed so strong....so much stronger than he was.
His eyes looked down to the seven cubs, six girls and a single boy. He smiled down to them and nuzzled up her cheek.
"Oh, Kaede....they are so precious and ours. Who would have thought."
He smiled and watched them squirm and wiggle.
Crap...do they have to name them too or was that for some time later? Wait, wait! Do they get to pick their own names!?
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:12 pm
"Yes...so precious," as the lighter golden pup began to feed, it was an awkward feeling, her cheeks flushed a bit, for she felt embarrassed. But it was part of life, she couldn't deny that, she smiled, it was a content and happy moment for them both.
"Names...they all need names..." she said pondering over the pups. SO many of them! She hoped Goma would not mind her going first in picking a name, surely this would be some fun before she fell asleep later. She nuzzled the lighter golden girl and smiled, "Tiaret... she'll get so strong Goma...just like us. She'll become a perfect lioness...."
She peered at Goma, smiled and nudged him, silently telling him he could choose next.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:14 pm
So cold! She whimpered and softly growled a protest as she was met with cold air. Soon though, she felt something warm go over her body, ridding herself from cold icky wet stuff, then she felt the moving wriggling forms of something else. But they were fuzzy! She squeaked and nestled herself next to her siblings. Nudged at her mother's stomach, then began to feed...
Mhmmmm...foood...
The red pelted pup was quite content with food, and her family.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:18 pm
Goma looked over them and put his paw on a black pup that caused it to yelp and sort of bite back at him causing the older jackal-lion to pull his paw away. Rather vicious isn't he.....
"Seems like he will give us some problems...maybe the girls can calm him down. Let's name him....Pambuako or something? He looks like one doesn't he?"
Alright, Goma was new to this and the name just came to mind with this one. It was strange, but he felt like a 'dawn' or maybe it was 'dusk' or even 'twilight', this jackal held all of those, both the foreboding light and the ever consuming darkness. He chuckled and looked down to the girl with his shoulder mark.
"Can I name this one Chakram, Kaede? Look, look, she has my marking too! Actually, the only one. She will look so pretty too. Maybe, she will be like me!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:09 pm
Chakram was confused. Before she had been warm, hadn't needed to do anything, just listen and wait. Wait for what, she had no idea, it hadn't concerned her. Now it did. The world out here was so big and so empty, she was wet and cold, her body feeling heavy as she tried to move. The water had gone, the water she could swim in and all that remained was heavy air that pinned her little paws to the ground.
She let out a little yip of displeasure at being cast out of her cosy spot only to fall quiet again at the familiar voices she heard around her, voices that reminded her of the warm place and which drained away the fear and worry just by their tones. One was her mother and one was her father, ideas she was yet to learn, for now all that mattered was that they were there and she was safe.
Opening eyes still blind and blue, not yet the green they would be, she seemed to try to search for Goma as he spoke, somehow feeling that the word he spoke, all sharp edges and janglyness was her own. Chakram. It was pretty but beyond her short attention span for now.
There were other fuzzy creatures to kick, chew and nestle alongside, other little explorers of this brave new world. She wriggled towards them and towards the happiness that only a satisfying drink can bring to a hungry pup tummy.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:22 pm
The first-born pup was quiet when she emerged from the womb, only squeaking once the cold air of the world hit her warm, damp body. She wriggled closer to a warm body, where more and more warmth seemed to grow. Her eyes were still shut, but my touch and instict she made her way next to her mother and sibilings. She nuzzled a bit for a bit of nourishment, but she quickly withdrew to curl up next to her mother. It was so tiring, all this breathing and moving and eating. Sleep just sounded so much better...until a kick from a sister perhaps kept her up. Instead, she just stayed where she was, taking little bits of her mother's milk as she continued to keep herself squished between the bodies that were her family.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:59 pm
Kaede watched as they wriggled, their family. So wonderful! The colors she just couldn't get over, mixes of them both, stunning colors. They would grow up to be the most beautiful lionesses and lion the world had ever seen. "Yes...those are wonderful," she craned her nexk down to give a lick to her sons head to ease him for he seemed disturbed, she did the same to Chakram and Tiaret.
Her green orbs fell upon her first born, such a beautiful shade of her father, "Jasisi...short, yet so sweet, don't you think?" she said raising her eyes to Goma's, smiling, then peering down at the darkest 'cub' of the litter. Quite dark, like a deep brown almost black, so interesting. But unique.
"So dark from the others, yet so sweet looking, she shall be Cioccolata..." the name rolled off of her tongue so sweet like the most divine sweet taste she ever had. Yes, her daughter, tiny and sweet.
"What of the others Goma?" she asked, wagging her tail a bit, then making sure to give each of her 'cubs' a loving lick now and then.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:07 pm
Goma licked her head over and over. He was just so happy about these...these, cubs! His tail was wagging uncontrollably behind her and his 'purr' echoed through him. He could just....well, maybe that thought should be left for another time. He looked her one last time and looked down to the remaining two without names.
"This one's Dahabu'chaka." he said pointing to the lighter female and then his paw fell to the darker one. "And Isilo.....Ilangabi? Isilo'Ilangabi, that's her name."
He chuckled as he held her close, watching their family squabble around their mother's belly. So cute, small, tiny, sharing nice colors from each of them. He found the red female quite cute, wonder how she obtained his hair color....
Pambuako kicked and flailed his little legs to get around and just push the other ones away. He wanted something to drink too! He wanted something to drink. He yelped and moved about the sworm of cubs. He cried out again when he rolled off the pile and from his siblings. Sisters...
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:12 pm
Sp tiny and done feeding she squeaked and Isilo'Ilangabi wriggled around trying to move towards the other voice. A soothing voice, the voice of her father she would learn to know as she would begin to grow. She waggled her tiny tail and squeaked in what she believed was the direction of the soothing voice. She wished to be nearer to it.
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Kaede smiled and picked up her red pelted daughter and gently placed her between Goma's paws, she pushed his paws around their daughter to keep her warm, she didn't want th tiny thing to get ill. "Seems like she wants her daddy."
Her eyes then went to her wandering son, she picked him up gently in her mouth and placed him by her belly, a bit away from his sisters but close enough that he would be warm. She nuzzled him towards her tummy so he could feed. He needed to eta and be healthy.
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:18 pm
Pam gave a pathetic growl and sort of pushed his sister, still weak, his paw gave under him into a fall. Another yip. He seemed to have given up as he curled up and just remained still except his raise-fall body. He fell asleep.
Goma hold his daughter close and nuzzled her more. "So adorable, Kaede. All of them...and you. So...this is why you have been acting strange. Heh, and here I thought you were just getting fat from overeating." he chuckled and nuzzled her. Not the smartest guy when it came to words. He licked his daughter over and over before laying his head down beside her. He smiled back to Kaede and then to Isilo. Turning over, he placed Kaede's head onto his belly and Isilo between him and her.
"This day...could not get any better..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:19 pm
The small dark pup blinked under closed lids from the light. The world was certainly an uncomfortable place to enter. It was cold and made her small body tingle. Cioccolata wanted to be warm again. With a soft "mew" the small female wiggled along the ground until her nose pressed against something that warmed her little muzzle. Her little tail wagged behind her in reflex as she stumbled closer to her mother to yawn and nuzzle against her side. She could barely hear the squirming pile next to her but staying curled in her spot seemed much more attractive.
Their voices grew louder as her little ears grew more accustomed to the world. It was an odd shock to the small brown pup causing her to mew again and press harder against her mother's side.
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