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 Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:59 pm
Amaterasu had wandered out of the Pridelands on this night, on the hunt for some good food to bring back home. It had been a while since she had been out on a night-time hunt, but it felt good to be out and about again. The pups were old enough to know to stay put in the den if they were to wake up and see that mommy's gone. They'd know she was hunting. She had been stalking this particular individual for a while. It was a very young gazelle, seperated from the herd and lost in whatever fray had split it from there. Her pups would be delighted at the fresh meat.
She stalked it silently, waiting for the oppertune moment.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:19 pm
Sukari walked up a hill, at the top of which she could tell was a plateau. She worked her muscles going up the steep, loose incline. As she moved, rocks and dirt fell down the face of the hill. She didn't seem to care.
She made one last silken movement to make it up the hill. She was right, the top of it made a plateau, and went down a couple hundred yards away. Little did she know the Prideland boundaries were not far beyond that, but she was still in the roguelands. She wouldn't have cared if she had been in the Pridelands anyway, she rarely was one to care about border lines.
Movement broke her attention; a white streak raced arcoss the plateau, and hid in the grass. Sukari heard the sound a prey beast makes as it dies, and decided to go steal whatever was there, and harass the hunter that had just made its kill. She smiled a crooked grin.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:25 pm
Amaterasu panted as she removed her mouth from around the neck of the now-dead gazelle. She hated the kill, but it was a necessary evil. It was either the gazelle, or her and her pups, and Ammy would die for Taka and Ukabe.
She raised the gazelle and started for home. It would be slow going, though, dragging the carcass. She really wanted her pups to get a feel for what a real meal is like, rather than just chunks of meat. She remained unaware of the lionness nearby.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 2:31 pm
Sukari dipped down. This might be the perfect opportunity not only to score a meal, but to gain a minion too. She snuck off along the side of the plateau, skirted the maned wolf, and ended up in the tall grass near the side of Ammy. She dashed suddenly in front of Ammy, snarling. Sukari's eyes narrowed as she took a swipe at the maned wolf.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:28 pm
Stunned, Amaterasu positioned the carcass in a place where it would take the hit and let it go. It went flying off to the side surprisingly far. Amaterasu took a step or two back and growled, "What do you want?" This was the first real trouble she'd ever gotten into, and it struck fear into her. She knew however, that if she was to even stand a chance, she'd have to cover it up the best she could. She held her face firm, but the rest of her began to tremble slightly.
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Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:32 pm
No matter what the maned wolf did, it wouldn't be enough to hide the tell-tale signs of fear that oozed all over her. Sukari smirked slyly, and circled around the wolf. "I want your kill... And I want you," Sukari said. A wolf-napping was in mind. A canine would be the perfect familiar for her. Easy to enslave and loyal to the death. Sukari wouldn't stop until she had a canine-slave.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:22 pm
Amaterasu positioned her meal in the place where Sukari's slash would have gotten her and jumped back, releasing the gazelle. It flew a long way and flopped in the grass. Such power! Amaterasu thought turning back to face the lionness, who had paid no attention to the kill as Ammy had expected. She couldn't cover it any longer. Her ears dipped back a slight bit and her tail came up against her body, all of these reactions were involuntary. "Well, sorry. You can't have me. You'd have to kill me first," Amaterasu said defensively. I'm in big trouble, she thought to herself as she said the bold words. She let herself slip into a vision of what would happen next, but all she could see were silhouettes moving too fast to make sense out of. This vision made her drop her guard, she had grown too accustomed to lions.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:34 pm
Sukari took the opportunity. As the maned wolf zoned out, Sukari lunged, snagging Amaterasu and pinning her. "Oh, but you are coming with me..." Sukari chuckled. This one's going to be the one, Sukari thought to herself. She wouldn't have to search anymore.
((Since I own them both, I'm assuming god-moding is ok. XD))
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:43 pm
Amaterasu was rudely torn from her vision, both types. Not only did her seer powers stop, but her real eyesight went black for a moment too. When her vision returned, she went for Sukari's leg, in hopes that it would at least cause the lionness to un-pin her, and it worked. Sukari angrily pulled her paw back, dragging Amaterasu's fangs across the lionness' flesh. The cuts were deep, Ammy was certain there'd be a scar. She took the opportunity to skuttle out from under the lionness and put distance between them.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:55 pm
Sukari snarled angrily at this pain. How dare that little rat? The wolf's teeth had left two horizontal gashes on each side of that leg. But now that Maned wolf had nothing to protect itself... With her first blow, the carcass had been her sheild. She'd have to act fast, before the wolf got too far. She reached Ammy and, this time, Sukari swung harder with her dominant paw, aiming at the wolf's ribs.
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:04 pm
Amaterasu yelped at the blow, and was, as the carcass had been, sent flying a little way. The strike had hit her in the ribs, as Sukari had planned. She got up to her feet quickly after the deep blow, snarling. She was unafraid now, knowing that she had no other choice than to fight. Not to mention the adrenaline flowing through her. Still, she knew she had no chance of killing this lionness, only running. And she couldn't outrun Sukari. She thought quickly back to the brief vision, and remembered seeing sand fly at one of the fighters. Ammy got a sly look, only quickly, and scooped sand at Sukari's face with her paw. After, she turned and ran as fast as her legs would carry her, ran home, leaving her kill and her lesson, only to bring home a new one.
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:57 pm
Sukari snarled as the sand hit her square in the face. She had managed to close her eyes quick enough to not be blinded by the sharp grains, but some managed to work its way in through her corners. She wiped angrily at it, but to no avail, and by the time she managed to open her eyes, the wolf was gone. She roared out of rage until she realized it did nothing.
"At least I got the kill," Sukari said angrily, as she smoothly walked over to the gazelle and beat it, ignoring her injury. When she was finally content, she ripped into it. It made a fine meal indeed.
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