Hatari, having also arrived somewhere at the foot of the mountains, began to look around. There were a few scents in the area, one which he could tell belonged to Muroki. This meant that he had either climbed the mountains from that particular area or passed through it. But there were so many mountains and Hatari didn't know for sure. He heard something behind him and, out of instinct, turned around and growled. It was Delano.
"Sheesh, you almost gave me a heart attack!" he said, dropping the aggressive approach.
"Your brother and the prince were here. I have no idea which one of these mountains they climbed, though." It looked like they were going to have to search through all the montains, and that was going to take quite a while.
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Muroki growled aggressively as the two lions charged in his direction. He's never been a big fan of violence, but it looked like he didn't have a choice. Hopefully he wouldn't have to fight them for more than a few seconds. As one of the two was about to tackle him he moved aside before slamming into the lion with his side, sendng him rolling off the pathway and all the way back down. Since he ane Kato haven't made it too high, he didn't have to worry about accidentally killing his attacker.
The 2nd lion wasn't having any of that, though, and managed to pounce at Muroki and lock his jaw on the younger lion's shoulder. Muroki managed to not yell as his legs termbled as a result of the pain, and when he felt his attacker try to force him to the ground he regained his bearings and clawed a his face as hard as he could, somehow managng to force the lion's jaw to open.
Growling in anger, his attacker tried to push him off his feet, but Muroki managed to shove him away easily. The underworld lion then raised a paw to strike him, and when Muroki tried to do the same he was unable to because of the pain in his shoulder, much to his attacker's amusement. He took to blow right to the head and fell down. His attacker was about to pounce at him and go for his throat when a sharp pain shot through his tail.
"You little brat..." he growled, looking around at Kato.
Muroki took the opportunity to bite into the lion's scruff and fong him off the mountain as well. He knew that it wouldn't take the two a long time to climb back up again.
"You're hurt..." said Kato, looking worried. The look on Muroki's face made the prince realize what he was about to say.
"What, me? No, I'm fine..." However he soon collapsed to the ground with a grunt of pain. Muroki walked over to the younger lion, placed him on his back and continued up the montain, ignoring his bleeding shoulder.