Leo pounces on top of Kopa, "Gotcha too!" he laughs playfully.
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Leo pounces on top of Kopa, "Gotcha too!" he laughs playfully.
"Ouch!" screams Leana. She rolls on top of Kopa playfully.
Leo gets up, "Get off then Leana." he says pulling her tail.
"My name's Leo." says Leo to his new friend.
Pre-Post:"My name is Kenyi and it's nice to meet you, though I'm going to go outside for a bit of a stroll." Kenyi said in a gentle voice.
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Kenyi smiled as his son went to his new friend, he dragged the still fresh meat into a corner so that it would not be in anybody's way when they came inside.
"Kry, I'm going to be out for a bit. The food is in the corner when you come back." Kenyi shouted.
Kenyi slowly made his way outside of the den, noticing that the sun had already made it's way to the other side of the world and that only the illuminious lunar moon and the twinkling stars dwelled across the nighttime sky. Padding out to a small area of grass, he quietly lied on his back, pawing up at the sky as he wondered about many things.
Kenyi sighed. "There's so many things I want...and yet I try so hard to achieve...but I gain nothing in the end and in return. I guess...I shouldn't ask for much..."
Kenyi continued to lie there searching for his answers amongst the glistening silent stars and milky clouds floating gently by.
"I mean...I know I'm probably too young, grandpa but...I don't know...sometimes, I feel alone...being on this journey alone, even when I have Kry...I still feel alone...nobody understands me only you grandpa." he directly his thoughts and feelings toward the purple-blackness above.
Leo jumps on top of Kopa, he plays with his ear and tail playfully.Quote:
Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
"Nice to meet you." Kopa playfully paws at Leo, pouncing back on him, forcing him onto his back. Then Kiros places his paws onto Leo's shoulders. "ROAR!" Kiros roars in a cubby voice, laughing.
"Are you ok?" Simba pads outside the den to Kenyi, "Do you feel well? Is everything ok? You seem a little upset mabye?" he asks, "Quiet night isn't it... a little cold too... why don't you come inside?" he smiles politely, "It's up to you though."
Meanwhile Namabi puts his paw on his face, looking after he takes his paw off that it's covered in blood.
Kry begins to tickle Kiros and pounce on him, tugging on his ear playfully.
"grrr, hehe I gotcha Kiros!!!" Kry laughed.
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"yeah it is cold. I was just talking to my grandpa about a few things..." Kenyi sighed, but tried to a keep a decent smile for Simba.
Kenyi padded back into the cavern of dens and smiled at Kimani as he made his way into his den.
"Thanks for the help again. I'm alright thanks. I should think it will be dry by tomorrow." Namabi smiles to Asha and lays down with Lunara.Quote:
Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
Asha licks Namabi's face clean of blood again, "The cut is a bit nasty..." she sighs sadly after cleaning him, "It should get better nicely though... I'll give you some berries if you want?" she politely offers.
"Who cut your face?" asks Lunara concerned.
"You missed it all. Nevermind, I'll tell you more tomorrow." replies Namabi licking her face lovingly.
"Should we see if the cubs want to come to sleep now?" asks Lunara nuzzling Namabi.
"Sure thing." replies Namabi licking the blood off his paw.
"Leo, Leana, come on now, it's bed time." shouts Lunara.
Leo sighs, "Sorry Kopa, we've gotta go. We can play again!" he says smiling at his new friend.
"Aww, we was having fun there too." Leo pouts, so does Leana.
"You can play tomorrow." says Lunara giving their cubs baths.
"Yeah, well...he's a great king and I talk to him a lot because he's the only one that can truly understand me, even though he doesn't respond." Kenyi sighs and pads away slowly.
"Well, I'm off to bed now."
Kenyi looks at Kimani before padding off. "Heh, I'm no hero lady, just doin' my job." (insert texan accent, jk:p) Kenyi smiles lightly at the lioness and pads into his den.
"Kry!!! It's bedtime son." Kenyi shouted
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"I'll alright, coming Dad!!!" shouted Kry.
"Hey Kiros, I'll see ya tommorow k?" Kry pounced on Kiros one more time before heading off with his father.
Kenyi and Kry both snuggle close into a warm corner, purring softly to each other as they fell sound asleep, Kenyi holding Kry tight beside him.
"Thanks." Namabi smiles to Asha before closing his eyes to go to sleep.Quote:
Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
Simba smiles over at Namabi and Lunara. Meanwhile, Asha pads over to the back of the den, and retrieves some purple berries which she keeps in organized piles. "Here you go." she smiles, passing six to Namabi, which she squashes with a paw, and rubs the juice on Namabi's wound. "That will stop infection." she smiles, before sleeping again with her own cubs, curling around them to keep them warm.
Katai licks Asha on the cheek before going back to sleep again.
"Dad..." Kry pokes Kenyi.
"yes?"
"how long are we going to stay here?" Kry whispers.
"I don't know...Simba said we could stay here as long as we could but I know that I can't, and you of all people know that because I'm on a journey remember?" Kenyi yawned his eyes still closed.
"I know..."
"We'll stay for a while longer, just until Namabi and his group leave, we'll leave shortly after that."
"Where will we go?"
"I don't know...but anywhere but southeast."
"what's there?" Kry asked curiously.
"my home, but I'm not aiming for there just yet, Kry."
"Oh...how about somewhere farther north?"
"sounds good to me Kry, but I don't think the rest are leaving anytime soon." Kenyi said in a drowsy voice.
"Oh alright, or how about somewhere west?"
"how about if we get some sleep and you can ask me questions all day?" Kenyi suggested.
"Hehe, ok Dad." Kry hugged his father one last time before dozing off to sleep.
Finally, Kenyi and Kry fell asleep.
"Night guys." says Katai purring to Asha. He slowly closes his eyes and goes to sleep making sure their new cubs are ok.
Morning comes and Namabi wakes up. He wants someone to look at his wound closely, he wants to hear what it's like.
"Hey there, Simba. How is my cut?" he asks.
"Does it look bad?" he asks.
"Yeah. That's good." replies Namabi smiling.
Namabi smiles and lays back down.
Katai wakes up.
Kryken was the first to wake up in the early morning, trying to squeeze his way out of his father's tight grasp from last night.
"Dad...your big arms are...in...the...your...ch-choking me...ack!!! DAD wake up!!!" Kryken shouted.
Kenyi echoed a large yawn mixed with a slight roar as he stretched.
"What is it, Kry? You look a bit pale." Kenyi said worriedly.
"T-that's because your...c-ch-ch-"
"huh?"
"Your choking me Dad!!!"
"Oh...my god, I'm so sorry Kry." Kenyi finally released Kry from his grasp as Kry returned to his normal condition as he panted heavily.
"Dad, what's wrong with you?"
"Sorry...heh, I guess I'm just afraid of losing you..."
"I can see that, heh..." Kry rolled his eyes.
"well...good mornin' son."
"good morning Dad." Kry grinned.
"I'm going to go get us something to eat, k?"
"What about that Impala you killed yesterday?"
Kenyi pointed to the flies surrounding the day old kill.
"Trust me, you do not want to eat that, after a day old...it's goes straight out the window son, wouldn't want to get sick."
"yuck..." said Kry.
"ditto."
Kenyi and Kry walked out of the den to greet Simba and Namabi with a simple nod as they both walked outside. The sunlight had already reached the top of Pride Rock as it focused towards Kry and Kenyi. As they walked out further, Kenyi basked in the ambiance of the surrounding nature and light. Filling every inhale intake with the fresh scent of the morning, Kenyi scanned around the lands.
"Dad...what's that?"
"what's what Kry?"
"what's that?" Kry pointed to the large print created by Kenyi.
"oh, why that's a pawprint."
"wow...it's sort of bigger than mine."
"well, not too large."
"who made it?"
Kenyi grinned. "me, hehe."
"hehe, that's kool Dad."
Kry pounced on Kenyi many times as they both laughed and enjoyed the company of each other.
Katai wakes up and takes a walk outside, he loved to take the morning breeze.
"Morning." Katai nuzzles her.
"I'm fine thanks. How's the cubs?" he grins.
Kenyi allowed Kryken to play with a grasshopper to keep him occupied as he padded close to the lioness.
"Good Mornin' to ya." Kenyi nodded. "It's nice to meet you too. I didn't catch your name, what was it again?" Kenyi asked curiously, smiling politely.
"Ah right. What you want to do today then?" asks Katai.
"Yeah, I'm tired too. Did you have a good nights sleep?" he asks.
Katai purrs and nuzzles her.
Kenyi smiles at Kimani
"Well, I'd better tend to my son now. It was nice meeting you Kimani." Kenyi grins friendly and walks over to Kry.
"Hey Dad." Kry smiled at Kenyi as he quickly focused his attention back at the grasshopper he was trying to catch.
"Hehe, wanna know how to catch it?"
"how?"
"this'll be a good pouncing lesson for Kry." He thought
"Well, first you get down...real low...and you approach it carefully...trying not to make a single...sound. Watch your Dad do it."
Kenyi crouched real low, he was an expert at pouncing. He stealthfully became in contact with the grasshopper as he suddenly pounces the grasshopper, catching it inside of his two paws.
"Heh, there. Now you try Kry."
"Alright, let me try." Kry got down real low and focused only on the grasshopper, nearing closer...and closer...until he suddenly caught the grasshopper as well.
"Nicely done, Kry." Kenyi commented grinning.
"Thanks Dad, I'm a real pro at this aren't I?"
Kenyi laughed. "Yes, you sure are son." He rubs his son's head and slowly pads to a waterhole to get a morning drink.
Kry follows his father as they both get a drink at the clear waterhole in the distance.
(Oh boy, I missed a lot!! I am reading it all though!!!)
Pre-Post....
Roku approched the young cubs, Kenyi and Kopa. "Heya you guys! I bet you can't catch my tail!" Roku dangals her fluffy tail over the cubs, tempting them to wiggle their little behinds as they prepare to pounce
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Roku ponders about a night hunt, overhearing her friends. She eagerly speaks up "Of course, I will join you all! Who wouldn't want to go on a night hunt? But I suppose you are right Simba. We have a lot of Cubbies to look after and it will be lighter in the morning."
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Roku approches the sad Kenyi "Kenyi....I understand why you are sad. I am not like any one else here. All of my family is so far away. I don't know if I'll ever see them again. You miss your grandfather like I miss my home. So many questions and not enough answers....In many ways we are similar. I must be strong, I must not be weak, for if I did, I don't know what would hapen to me...." Roku drifts off, her eyes entranced by the stars "I just want to do things right, but sometimes it just confuses me more."
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"Good morning, everyone!" says Roku "Thank you for that Impala last night, Kenyi. It was tasty, although I don't think it is right now, after a day!" Roku watches Kenyi and Kry with the grasshoppers, chuckling "Who would think someday that grasshopper will be an Impala? Kry will be a great hunter when he grows up!"
Katai looks over to their cubs, "Sweet little things aren't they?" he smiles lovingly.
"Should we see if anyone would cub-sit them whilst we're gone?" purrs Katai.
Roku stands up "I will!!"
"Thanks." Katai smiles to Roku.Quote:
Originally posted by Roku
Roku stands up "I will!!"
"Just for a walk outside." replies Katai padding over to the entrance.
Roku watches the babies as they curl up in her soft fur, faling asleep "Awww...I think they're just gonna sleep for now. You both go enjoy yourselves." Roku moves her tail over the cubs like a blanket, as they get warm and fall asleep curled up next to her.
g'night!
Karia and Jaini start to suckle.
Katai lays down for a minute and watches Asha feed their four cubs. He smiles lovingly at her and the cubs.
(Ok. :ayecapn: )
Katai nuzzles all four cubs and Asha.
"Hey thanks Roku and Simba." Kry grinned.
"Hehe Kry sure will, Roku. But for now, he's my kool son." Kenyi purrs, nuzzling Kry as Kry nuzzles back lovingly.
Kenyi looks at Roku, Kimani and Simba and thinks for a second.
"Hmmm..."
"Hey Dad!!!"
"yeah, Kry?"
"I was wondering...if I could hang out with the Lion King for the whole day."
"yeah you may Kry, and it's Simba."
"Well...Simba is the Lion King, vice-versa you know."
"I never would of guessed." Kenyi smiles at Kry.
"Well, I'll be heading off now, Dad k?"
"Sure." Kenyi turns to Simba. "It seems my son wants to stay with you for the rest of the day, I hope you don't mind and I trust in you that you will watch over him and make sure that he stays extremely close. I'll be somewhere else by myself today."
"yeah, okay Dad! I think he gets it. Can we go now?"
"K." Kenyi smiled. "I'm just going to go head off on my own for the day, Kry."
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Kenyi slowly bid his son farewell for the day, nuzzling him once as he slowly walked in the opposite direction looking for peace and quiet.
"Does...Kry like Simba more then he loves me?" Kenyi thought to himself. "It wouldn't matter if he did anyways...Simba is after all a hero...I'm just a fake." Kenyi shook his head at what he was thinking and slowly cantered towards some trees and bushes.
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"yeah, so let's go somewhere kool Simba!!" Kry smiled at Simba and pounced him down playfully. "Come on, let's go somewhere, pleeease."
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He made his way into a forest...silence and tranquility filled the area as the lion struggled across the thick bushes and sticks and twigs that brushed and scraped against his growing mane and light brown fur.
"This place is...thick..." Kenyi whispered as he made finally broke through the maze, as he saw a clear central area in the forest, a nice area with a lot of space. A dirt trail led far east and another took a path south. "Quietness..."
In every place he had traveled, had somewhere quiet with a bit of solitude. Kenyi padded to what seem as a clear waterhole as he took in a few licks, "The water here tastes really good...and...wow, really fresh. I wonder why doesn't everybody ever come in here for a drink." Kenyi thought as he took in a few more licks before lying under an oak tree closing his eyes imagining...thinking...and wondering about his family back at home...the only place he could really call "home"."Home" Kenyi said. Though, Kenyi had to admit...the position he was in now seemed almost too great not near home but at least close. The natural smell of pine and oak trees filled the vast opening of space, the fresh waterhole and the soft tender grass that grew beneath his furry feet tickled it every once in a while if he decided to move too much.
Kenyi also thought about his grandfather...who died during his last breath and final struggle to save what was left of Kumani. "I miss you so much grandpa." Kenyi whispered in his mind. He had only been a cub when he saw it happen, but decided to not linger too much into the past. His grandpa...
Kenyi sighed again. "I am...alone again...but now...I feel more lonlier than I was before...with each passing day...with every and each coming day...I still look to the sky for new hope that arises for me. I still look...I'm a...wanderer...a nomad...a traveler in a journey throug a vast desert of swirling sand, looking for an oasis to quench my dry thirst." Kenyi was...a nomad, a traveler searching for an oasis, figuratively of course. He know he'd have to depart once again from where he was, empty-handed...or should he say "empty-hearted." So once again, Kenyi shoved his lonely feelings and emptiness into a box in his mind, locking it...forever shutting it close. He had gotten this far without anyone, and if he did need anyone he had Kryken by his side, he knew his son would always be there for him as he would be there for his son. As long as he had Kryken...
Feeling confident that now his mind has all been emptied out, feelings of everything that would make him uncomfortable;drained. He now had nothing to feel but the green soft grass that lifted his body, but even his body could not feel that. Either ways...putting things aside only caused problems in the near future, and that he was well-aware of that, but as best as he could he fought the intenseness of it all. Though, even if he tried to shove things away from his heart and feelings or left them there, sadly made no difference at all, was this him feeling miserable? He couldn't answer that question and didn't want to think so, not even in his most desperate moments could he really answer if he was or not.
Lights from the tops of the tropical trees gazed down at Kenyi as he fell sound asleep, fortunately the only good thing about sleeping is that you forget everything and fall into a non-existent trance of either light or darkness, at least that's how he defined dreams in his sole perspective.
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OOC: I'm going to bed... =/
Katai yawns and looks down to their cubs. "Still asleep I see." he grins.Quote:
Originally posted by SimbaTheLion
(Goodnight Kenyi :hugs: =) ...)
In the morning, Asha wakes up and nuzzles her mate and sleeping cubs, their dappled fur gleaming. "Cute." she grins.
"...and then they'll be nagging us all the time." laughs Katai nuzzling her and the cubs.