[Private] Kiarasmate and Kivuli

[Baya]

Ayari was glad that Zina wasn't going to ask how she ingested the herb. In fact he wasn't going to tell her the truth regardless. When she told him she was going to die, Ayari's heart literally skipped a few beats. When she told him she was only kidding he gave her a very brutal glare. "That wasn't funny!" Ayari muttered. He then watched as Zina handed Vitani a special flower petal that would ease her pain. He was glad she was going to be alright. He didn't care for her silly comment though after Vitani ingested the petal.


When Zina walked off Ayari sighed as he looked to Vitani. "I almost had a heart attack. Zina shouldn't play jokes like that on me. Next time Vitani, don't lick any foreign substances from my face." Ayari said with a raised eyebrow. He looked to a spot at the edge of pride rock. He noticed Kivuli was sleeping there, on his side. "I'm going to sleep near Kivuli. Him and I need to talk in the morning." Ayari said quietly as he slowly made his way towards the spot, next to a large rock.

~ Meanwhile within the darkness of the pride lands ~

Shwari gazed up at the stars, as the wind made his small brown mane shift ever so slightly. His teal eyes glowed as he averted his gaze from the stars, to the moon itself. His rather large paws scraped against the soft dirt of the pride lands as he prepared to scout out the pride lands some more. "Hey! Shwari! Earth to Shwari? You forget our assignment?" Husudu, Shwari's older brother growled.

"No. I was just thinking." Shwari muttered quietly, in his soft yet threatening tone.

"What's there to think about idiot! We were given a job my Maju, and we have to go on with i-" Husudu didn't finish as Shwari placed his paw over his older brother's mouth. He then pointed to a lioness in the distance, looking around for something.

"Eh? So what? It's a lioness. We saw tons of them today." Husudu whispered. Shwari's eyes widened as he gazed at her figure, and her white pelt.

"None quite so unique." Shwari said with a slight grin. He began to make his way towards the female. Husudu did a face palm with his paw and sighed.

"Always looking for an excuse to procrastinate..." Husudu growled as he followed after his brother.

"Follow my lead." Shwari whispered to his brother as they approached the female. "My, My! What is a radient lady such as yourself doing out so late in the night?" Shwari inquired from behind the lioness.

[KiarasMate]

Unable to resist the laughter that left her muzzle from Ayari’s comment about licking him, Vitani smiled sheepishly as she replied in a caring voice.

”I’ll keep that in mind Ayari. Perhaps next time, you could warn me that you have something nasty on your muzzle, hmm?”

Listening to Ayari’s plans for the rest of the night, Vitani nodded as she started to follow him while he made his way over to where his slumbering comrade was, lowering her voice as not to disturb him as she addressed Ayari once more.

”Do you mind if I stay with you tonight Ayari? I’ll understand if you don’t want me to. I just didn’t want to be alone, you know, from what Zina said. If I feel bad in the morning, I would feel more comfortable knowing that you were close to me.”

Smiling innocently at Ayari, Vitani stood, waiting for his reply as her elegant figure seemed to be highlighted by the moons gentle glow.

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Zina hadn’t ventured too far into the foreign lands around her, when she heard a voice speaking to her from behind. Whirling around, her yellow eyes spotted two rather odd looking males, who were slowly advancing upon her. From the pale moonlight shining down upon them, both male’s pelts gave off quite a depressing grayish glow but the look in both of their eyes spoke clear as day to Zina as she slowly started to back up, ejecting her claws as she stated in an untrusting voice.

”What’s it to you both? I have permission to be out here and I’ve done nothing wrong so I have no business with you.”

Keeping herself composed, even though on the inside, she was trembling from fear from the prospects of what these two males might have in mind for her, Zina thought quickly as she slowly started to reach a fore paw into her pouch, trying to blindly find just what she was looking for as her glowing eyes stayed glued upon the males, watching their every movement and body language for any signs of what they might do next.

[Baya]

Ayari laid down on his stomach near the large rock, and nodded. "I'd feel just terrible if you were any where else." Ayari purred quietly with a small smile of his own. He noticed how beautiful she was in the moonlight and couldn't help but stare. "I think the males around here have no taste..." Ayari said with a wide grin. "I've never seen a more radiant lioness." Ayari said quietly.


~ Back Near Zina ~

"What business is it of ours?" Husudu growled as he ejected his own claws, just waiting for the female to spew out another rude comment.

"Easy Husudu. You aren't helping by being so hostile." Shwari said quietly as he looked to the female with a very convincing smile. "Excuse my brother. He doesn't have experience with lionesses at your level." Shwari said, not really thinking it through. "O-Of course I mean that of a high level." He said quickly trying to fill in that loop hole. Husudu rolled his eyes.

"Don't forget the you know what idiot!" Husudu snapped. Shwari frowned slightly. This was a very golden opportunity for him, and his brother wasn't much of a help.

"You go on, and do the you know what. I'll meet you back at the you know where, and with you know who!" Shwari said with a growl. Husudu snorted.

"Fine. If you give away the you know what, you will be in you know what!" Husudu warned as he began to walk off. When Shwari was alone with the female he sat down, trying not to seem so hostile.

"My brother and I were just...looking for something around here." Shwari said choosing his words carefully. "Based on how you were looking around, I'd say you were looking for something to? Do you need any help finding it?" Shwari asked.

[KiarasMate]

Feeling her cheeks beginning to flush from Ayari’s flattering remark, Vitani quickly hushed her old friend before he started to trigger the same feelings that had gotten her into the messy situation with the herbs previously.

”Oh stop it Ayari! Just cause I want to spend the night by your side doesn’t mean anything more than that.” Vitani stated, knowing full well that this was far from the truth but not wishing to complicate their friendship any further, she left it at that.

Laying herself so that she was in-between both Kivuli and Ayari, hoping this way that she’d be able to at least provide a bit of warmth for both males while not looking blatantly obvious that she wanted to be close to Ayari alone. Resting her head upon her fore paws as she closed her eyes, Vitani murmured softly to Ayari.

”What a day we’ve had, huh Ayari? Everything seems to bring us back to our cub days, doesn’t it? I just hope it isn’t true what they say, about history repeating itself.”

Staying quiet now, only the gentle purrs of her body being the only audible noise coming from her, Vitani relaxed as the medicine that Zina had given to her started to take full effect, causing Vitani to drift off quite rapidly as her body pressed softly against Ayari’s.

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Observing the two males with quite the curious expression now, Zina was relieved to see the older of the two males taking his leave after a bit of much debating amongst them. Still not dropping her guard completely and keeping her fore paw wrapped firmly around the clump of herbs that she had managed to locate within her pouch, Zina listened to the grey furred male’s comment, keeping a straight face as she replied in a thoughtless manner.

”If I needed help finding what I was after, I would have asked and trust me, it wouldn’t have been to the likes of you or your brother, who I assume, that other excuse for a lion, was, am I right?” Zina stated, adopting a sly smirk as she continued. ”He was either your brother, or your lover, cause only siblings and mates argue the way you two did and I’d rather not think about the ladder option.”

Sensing that this male didn’t hold as much aggression towards her as the older looking one had, Zina started to gradually relax as she asked in an intrigued fashion.

”So, you said you were looking for something as well, huh? That must mean you’re not from around here either. What business do you have in these lands?”

[Baya]

Ayari sighed, staying awake just a bit longer then Vitani. He gazed at her for a moment, then at the horizon. "Yeah. Just like our cub days..." He muttered to himself as he watched. Ayari was finding it hard to believe how much he had missed since he was away. He was starting to think what would've became of him if he had stayed when he was little. He believed it was the factor that he hadn't seen Vitani since their cubhood that attracted him to her. He thought back to one of Kivuli's few wise moments, where he had said you don't miss something until it's gone. He didn't know how much he missed Vitani, until he met up with her again. He took another look at Vitani, and nuzzled his head over hers affectionately. There was nothing that could counter act this feeling of loving bliss.


~ Back Near Zina ~

"No need to be so hostile miss. Though your wisdom, matches your beauty." Shwari said with a grin. "He is my brother. Quite easy to tell too, except I'm the better looking one. He's simply...the brute force." Shwari explained as he examined the female before him. He felt a little awkward as she slapped away his offer for help. "Why do you not want me to help you? Would my help be any different from someone within your pride? As for what I am looking for, I cannot say, or I will be butchered before sunrise. The one I am working for has eyes, and ears everywhere." Shwari whispered with a grin. "Now tell me, what can I help you find?" Shwari asked with a tilt of his head. His mane tilted as well, blocking a part of his view.

[KiarasMate]

Keeping her keen eyesight upon the grey furred male, Zina noticed that the male’s overly extravagant mane had covered one of his eyes, presenting the perfect opportunity for the crafty Shaman. Swiftly withdrawing her fore paw from the pouch around her neck, Zina subtly sprinkled the contents from within her paw upon the grass below her. Adopting a more sweet tone now as the white furred lioness seemed to shift moods almost instantly, Zina rolled onto her back, looking up at the grey furred male with a sensual smile as she stated.

”Maybe I was just looking for a bit of late night company.” Zina exclaimed, rolling her body in the grass like a lioness in heat.

To the male, it would look as though she was just inviting him to have a better look at her, but in reality, Zina was playing out a tactic that she had used on numerous occasions, whenever she knew that males posed a threat to her. The more she rolled around, the more the herbs she had dropped previously, worked their way into her soft, white pelt. Rolling onto her stomach now that she was satisfied with things, Zina looked over at the observant male with a seductive grin as she spoke in an alluring tone.

”So, you got a name, or you just like to keep your company guessing, hmm?”

Zina stayed, her belly pressing against the soft grass below as her tail swayed methodically behind her, giving short and rapid flicks of her tuft towards the grey furred male, as if to entice him to come closer. Keeping her yellow eyes fixated upon him, Zina thought to herself as she waited for the male’s reaction, the paralysis inducing odorless herbs coated thickly over her neck and back.

Come on and get what you deserve you lecherous rogue.

[Baya]

Shwari was confused as to what she was doing exactly at first, but then he found out what she was getting at. He chuckled as he shook his head. "I apologize if I gave off that vibe. You are very attractive, but not quite in that way." Shwari said as he sat down. "Let me just point out that not all late night company, is good. If it were just my brother he wouldn't want what you are suggesting either. He'd just kill you..." Shwari murmured. "Now is that really what you were looking for? I wouldn't lower my head so much to look for late night company." Shwari said quietly as he moved a bit closer towards her. A strange scent flowed into his nostrils, and his eyes narrowed.

"Oh, damn..." Shwari groaned as he fell to the ground, paralyzed.

[KiarasMate]

Hearing the grey furred male’s comment about his brother, Zina’s heart started to pound faster in her chest as she had no idea where he had gone off to. Typically, the herb mixture that she had coated upon her body, needed to be ingested in order to take full effect but from the amount she had applied to herself, it seemed as though the scentless aroma from the potent concoction was enough to render the smaller of the two males, immobilized for now at least. Zina knew that the effect wouldn’t last long though, so she took the open window of opportunity and bolted.

Like a streak of white lightning, Zina darted through The Grasslands, knowing that she had to wash the herbs off of her body before she could return to Pride Rock, or else, risk paralyzing her fellow felines with her scent. Risking the fact that the larger of the two grey furred males was still out and about, Zina made a mad dash to the nearby waterhole, not even taking time to remove her herb pouch before she plunged head first into the chilly pool with a tremendous splash. Only giving as much time as was needed to rinse her pelt clean, Zina pulled herself out of the water, her fur dripping profusely as she dashed off to Pride Rock, letting out a warning roar as best she could, in the hopes of alerting someone, hopefully not being the other grey furred male.

[Baya]

Siri's eyes snapped open as she heard a distant roar, and her ears perked up from where she was sleeping. She had decided to sleep near that watering hole that night, and she was quite glad she did when she heard that roar. Siri stood up, and began to make her way towards the source of the roar with a quick trot. Siri's eyes widened as she saw Zina frantically running from something. Siri began to run towards Zina, to intercept and question her.

[KiarasMate]

Spotting the unmistakable figure of Siri running towards her, Zina tried to explain what had happened to her, while keeping her frantic pace going, which proved to be difficult as her breath grew shorter and shorter from every word she spoke.

”Rogues…in the lands…I was looking…and two males…Ayari, where is he?”

Reaching Pride Rock in records time, Zina looked around, spotting their leader laying quite comfortably next to Vitani. Being in no mood to poke fun of this jewel of an opportunity, Zina called out to Ayari as she roughly shook him awake, much like he had done to her previously.

”Ayari, get up! There’s trouble. Two grey furred males…brothers, looking for something here…”

Coughing as she tried to catch her breath, Zina tore off the drenched pouch of herbs from around her neck, knowing that they would be all but useless now that they had been soaked from her lack of planning when she had dove into the waterhole. Snarling angrily, she flung the pouch against the nearby rock wall as she covered her head with her fore paws, sulking, not from being threatened by the two males, but from the loss of her precious supply.

During this whole ordeal, Vitani stayed soundly asleep as the medicine that she had taken, kept her senses in check as she dozed peacefully, blissfully unaware of the danger that lurked somewhere within her tranquil lands.