The Adolescent Years

Naeri followed Sengalo from a distance, stopping as she realized he was going to hunt. She had woken up shortly after him after retreating to the dip in the rock to sleep and, seeing as he was the only creature here to acknowledge her existance... And it felt kind of nice to have someone, however distantly, talk to her.

She crouched down in the grass and waited for him to come back this way, idly batting at the fang hanging from her tail. Her ears remain perked to listen for anything approaching but otherwise she was completely relaxed.

Sengalo stopped for a moment, his ears swiveling about. He thought he heard something or someone. He turned his head around to see if anyone was following him. From his distance, no one was to be seen. Sengalo sighed to himself. Whomever it was better not chase off his kill. He then turned to face the way he was heading, his head low as he stalked along. Then, he caught sight of what he was looking for. About 50 yards from where he stood, a small herd of about 15 or 20 impala were grazing, completely unaware of his presence. Sengalo crouched low the ground, analyzing how far he was and choosing out a target. He could see a female closest to where he was. Sengalo smirked to himself in content. Perfect... he thought to himself. His long claws unsheathed, Sengalo crept closer and closer to the female on silent paws. He barely breathed and his tail twitched randomly. He didn't take his eyes off her. When he was about 10 yards from where the impala stood, a low growl escaped Sengalo and he lunged forth. Not knowing what hit them, the entire herd went into a frenzy. They scattered in all directions, kicking hooves and grunting in suprise. The female took a split second too long to notice how close she was to Sengalo, but still bolted all the same. Sengalo picked up his pace after her, his heart set on not losing her. He was only a few paces behind her as they ran. Sengalo knew that this kind of antelope had speed and agility on their side. He had to try and get the impala down before she started to swerve and try to lose him. With a slight roar, Sengalo pushed hard on the ground to leap closer to his prey. An outstretched paw smacked her hard in the rump and she cam toppling to the ground with mad grunts. As she tripped, Sengalo wasted no time in sinking his claws into her sides and they rolled to the ground together. Though his head was in a whirl, Sengalo immediately dug his canine fangs into the impala's neck. The antelope kicked and grunted in pain, quickly losing energy. Sengalo gripped harder on the neck and used the killing technique Shakou had taught him. He moved his head forward and to the right and without fail, the impala's neck snapped. Sengalo dropped the now dead animal to the ground, breathing hard to catch his breath. Through the pants, a smile could be seen on his face as he stared down at his catch.

Naeri's ear twitched as she caught Sengalo's growl, and she suddenly found herself diving out of the way of a few stray impala. She watched them vanish into the plains then turned back to Sengalo, watching him kill his prey. She wasn't exactly hungry, having managed to find a rabbit the afternoon before, and still being young it was enough to tide her until the same time today. Still, she approached him a little more boldly than she felt, hoping he didn't think she was out to steal his breakfast and attack.

Sengalo looked up from his kill as he heard Naeri. He narrowed his eyes for a second, but watched calmly as she approached. "I thought I heard someone following me," he said with a slight tilt of the head. She didn't look like she was about to steal his catch or anything, but he could never be too sure.

Naeri sat a little distance from him, hoping to assure him she isn't out to steal his kill. She was too small to get far, anyways. She looked up at him then smiled lightly. "Sorry..." She looked down and fidgeted some. She hadn't exactly spoken to another lion since Tennra's death and wasn't too sure what she was supposed to say. "I saw you leaving this morning and followed..." She looked up at him again and smiled shyly, laying one of her ears flat against her head.

Sengalo arched an eyebrow at Naeri's answer. She really has nothing better to do than follow me he pondered to himself. He lowered his head to begin tearing at the carcass. He could already see vultures gathering, waiting for the second his gaurd is down. He had to eat his fill and fast. Stupid buzzards... he thought to himself as he gnawed at a femur.

Naeri looked out into the plains and blinked, wanting to ask him if he lived here but not wanting to disturb his meal. Instead of sitting and possibly making him uncomfortable she wandered off a little ways and climbed on top of a small rock, staring off into the distance. After a moment she jumped down from the rock and rolled onto her back, staring up into the sky. She began to fiddle with the feather, wondering how to spend today. Probably the way you spend every other day - stalking lions and hiding. She grunted quietly at the thought and rolled back over, looking in Sengalo's direction. She had a feeling he didn't want her around, and didn't blame him really - she didn't like the thought of someone following her. She blinked then looked away, trying to figure out if there's somewhere she had yet to explore.

Shakou was still seated on the hill watching the scene play out before him. He kept and instense glare at the lioness not loseing her from his veiw, looking over at the Sengalo only birefly to catch his respons. As Sengalo sneaked out to hunt Shakou's gaze followed him, but he still didn't lose the lioness out of site, as Sengalo managed to catch his prey the black lion gave off a small cheeky smile, "....he's well taut.." Shakou thought as he came down from the hill and slowly walked over to where Sengalo was feasting on his catch, the black lion came up beside the young male his face witch at that point unusually bared a smile. "That was really good catch... you must have been well taut.." Shakou said as he smile faded slitely to a soft grin...

Sengalo didn't say another word to the lioness as he ate. He was already halfway finished when Shakou approached. There was still a third of the meat left on the carcass. Sengalo stood to his feet and licked the blood from his lips. "I was..." he said coolly with a smirk. He looked over at Naeri, seeing that she seemed to be a bit bored.

Naeri yawned then picked her head up, hearing a strange voice. She rolled to her paws and studied the new male, tilting her head. She felt his eyes on her and now and blinked, wondering why he was so suspicious of a cub. She shrugged then flopped to the ground and sighed, still watching the two interact. Her tail flicked behind her, the fang thumping silently into the ground each time she drops it. She sighed again, torn between approaching the two males - even though the new one seemed hostile - or wandering back to the watering hole.

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Originally posted by Kovu The Lion
Kara smiled, "I don't find one thing wierd about you Scout... Your Perfect in every way imaginable" Kara said licking his cheek. "I wouldnt want one thing to change about you" , "and thanks Scout," Kara said blushing, it obviously showed her face turned from black to bright red.

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Scout licks Kara's bright red face. "You're perfect in every way too. I'm going back to play with Kiki. Come on Kara you're coming too. He playfully dragged her along until they were walking side by side to see Kiki staring at each other lovingly.

Kiki:hey scout whats up ??she said licking her fur

Scout licked her. "Nothing much little sis So Sora wanna play a game?" Scout says eager to play with his sister.

"Yeah i wanna play a game......a game of what"??

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Originally posted by Shenzi hyena
"Yeah i wanna play a game......a game of what"??

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Scout was eager to play any game she wanted to play........ "You choose a game to play" Scout said.

"er tag or hide and seek i dont mind your call"

"Hide and Seek sounds real good"Scout said. "Then do you wanna wrestle with me? Scout said hoping she'd say yes.

"er yeah sure whatever you want"

"Okay I'll be it first" Scout said turning around and covering his eyes and starting to count.

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Originally posted by Melody of Scar
Naeri yawned then picked her head up, hearing a strange voice. She rolled to her paws and studied the new male, tilting her head. She felt his eyes on her and now and blinked, wondering why he was so suspicious of a cub. She shrugged then flopped to the ground and sighed, still watching the two interact. Her tail flicked behind her, the fang thumping silently into the ground each time she drops it. She sighed again, torn between approaching the two males - even though the new one seemed hostile - or wandering back to the watering hole.

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Shakou turned from the young lioness, looking back to Sengalo as he sat down in the grass beside the half eaten carcass of the impala. The black lion studied the horizon where the sun was setting behind the moutains. "Sengalo... there something about me you need to know, it has something to do with you..." Shakou said looking at Sengalo with a faint smile uttering a deep sigh at the same time...