[Closed] Little Stranger (Taraji Chapter 1)

[SinChei]

Daxis looked kovu deep in his eyes and knew he had to be very careful with his next answer. Daxis looked away and opened his muzzle for a short and low answer.
What... if i can't promise it?.... He wasn't really sure about it so he wanted to ask him at first what would happen if he couldn't promise that he would never hurt someone again

[KingKivuli]

After a good few minutes tickling, Kivuli finally settled down and stood over Mila's angelic frame. He slowly lowered his muscular body onto hers, before grabbing her and rolling on his back, allowing the young lioness to look down on him. Kivuli took his paw and brought their muzzles together till their noses were touching. They lay there for a good ten minutes, just staring into each others powerful absorbing eyes

Eventually Kivuli lent up and gave her a loving nuzzle before whispering in her ear I think its time we ate. Im as hungry as you Kivuli let out a small chuckle as he gently lifted Mila off him. Once he stood up he made his way to the carcass and ripped off one of the legs, bringing it to Mila and laying it at her feet There's a saying: Age before beauty. However I think I can make an acception for you This was Kivuli weird and wackey way to tell Mila she could eat first

[NightmareMoon]

Mila laughed as the lion pounced her and rolled her over. It was such a nice moment, that Kivuli's attention was more then enough to keep the lioness content. An eternity passed by in a split second and soon Kivuli was getting up from Mila's embrace to eat. He said a few words which confused the lioness at first, until she had a few seconds to digest the words. Thinking about how awkward that sounded, but not keeping her mind on it for too long, the lioness just smiled and gladly accepted his offer of letting her eat first. Her hunger was an intense hunger.

Not really caring about eating etiquette and manners, the lioness swiftly dove in to her meal. She gladly ate what was presented to her by Kivuli, and was very grateful for it as well. She did nothing but eat like a maniac, all while waiting for Kivuli to do something as well.

[Lodrill]

"I wish we could darling." Rahina sighed. She really missed the times back in the jungle but... it also was nice to have older lionesses around to ask for advice as well as someone for the hunts that would really help and not make it harder.
All this came for the prize of having less privacy for sure but... with a cub... Rahina felt more safe with a pride around. Not that she did not trust Kopa to fend of any enemy they might encounter but if such a big group of rogues like in the jungle would show themself after she gave birth to a cub it would be very difficult to run or fight. Every medal has two sides... Rahina was aware that everything has a good and a bad side.

Rahina looked into the troubled face of Kopa and had to chuckle. "Well darling our live will change anyway or not? With a cub around it is much more reasuring with a pride, don't you think so? Not that I don't want our jungle back. You know I grew up there and it is my home... well... as for this other matter..." Rahina stopped and thought about the right words. She was a bit confused by this news. Kopa would become King some day? "... Do you really think that you have to take the kingdom if you don't want to? I mean the current King also took his days off and let Kovu rule instead of him, or not?
Even if this means a lot of responsibility I bet you would do just great. I mean you ruled our Kingdon in the jungle!" It was not completely the truth due Rahina had been more of the ruler in the jungle. She had taken care of Kopa and loved him from the first moment they met and the other way around but it had been her territory and her land that she allowed him to be in. But if Kopa would take over this kingdom he would have the right to send her away if he wanted. "... just promise me that if you will become the king that you will not leave me or have others beside me." Rahina said this with a chuckling voice. She knew that Kopa would not do that and Kopa knew that even if he would dare it would not be for his best due Rahinas claws would make him regret it. Kopa knew the best what a fightress Rahina was. But Rahina bet it was neither fear nor her strength in fighting that Kopa would never betray her but rather the same fact for what Rahina would never betray Kopa. They loved each other to no end or better: They were born to be together!

[KiarasMate]

Kopa thought long and hard about what his beloved lioness was saying. She made a lot of valid points and the more he thought about what she had said, the more he felt foolish for even bringing up the notion of returning back to their home. Even though it would be wonderful to have their oasis home back once again, it was merely a dream and probably would never happen at this point. Managing a smile, Kopa replied in a thoughtful tone as he leaned in to nuzzle Rahina lovingly.

”You see, that’s why I need you around Hina. You’re definitely the brains of this operation. I wasn’t even thinking about our cub. I’m just so used to it only being us two. I really need to learn that we’re not going to be the only two that I need to look after. I wholeheartedly agree with you my precious. Maybe pride life will be beneficial for us after all.”

Falling silent once more as he continued to take in everything that Rahina was telling him in regards to the talk that he and Simba had had, Kopa twitched his ears in a confused manner as his precious mate had stated about him leaving her for someone else if he should become king. Even though it was said in a joking fashion, Kopa still spoke up quickly to reassure Rahina that she was, and always would be, the only lioness for him.

”I would never leave you Hina, no matter what. If I do become king, you will always be the only lioness by my side, even if Simba doesn’t allow you to become my queen. I refuse to be with anyone else. You are my world my precious and nothing will ever change that.”

Pressing his muzzle softly against his lover’s, Kopa kissed Rahina tenderly before he stood up and stretched out his frame briefly before glancing back over at his mate with an affectionate stare, speaking to her in a caring voice.

”Well, now that we’ve had a filling meal, shall we head back to our den my precious or do you need more time to digest your food? How are you feeling after that meal?” Kopa inquired, lightly placing a fore paw atop his mate’s rounded belly as if to imply that he was not only asking about how she felt, but also about the status of his soon to be son or daughter.

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About an hours time had passed since Zina and Shani had disappeared into the white furred Shaman’s chosen den. Panting profusely and having her fur looking quite disoriented from their previous actions, Zina playfully shoved Shani off of her as she rolled onto her back, rubbing her body against the den floor in a vein attempt to quell the tingling sensation inside of her that was slowly beginning to dissipate. Having had her way with her old acquaintance and feeling rather satisfied in the process, the white furred lioness slowly picked herself up from the den floor, giving her snow white pelt a thorough shake before glancing over at her company and addressing him in a pleasant voice.

”Well, that was most unexpected now, wasn’t it Shani? I guess you aren’t half bad after all. I’ve had better, but that’s beside the point, now isn’t it?”

Smirking mischievously at Shani, Zina casually made her way past the euphoric looking male, her messy looking hind quarters being a clear indication of the fun that the pair had shared together. Making her way outside and starting towards the nearby waterhole, Zina called back over her shoulder as she walked.

”Going to wash up a bit. It was fun Shani but I don’t wish to have your stench all over my body for the rest of the day. The last thing I need is a constant reminder of you.”

Laughing uproariously from her own comment as she just couldn’t resist firing back a few sarcastic remarks towards her lover, as was her typical nature, Zina savored her afterglow as much as possible as she reached the edge of the pristine waterhole, carefully easing herself into the shallows as she went about cleaning out her fur of any traces of Shani’s presence, still looking quite pleased with herself that she had so easily manipulated the gullible male into doing her bidding even though she had thoroughly enjoyed herself thanks to Shani’s ministrations although she would never admit to this fact.

[Lodrill]

Rahina perked her ears as Kopa told her about Simba not approving her as queen. "Oh, he said something like that?" she whispered her question into his ear. "He does not want me to be your mate?" Rahina felt a bit uneasy about this. She really liked Nala and as far as she saw it they were on good terms with each other. She had not spoken much with Simba and did not know why he should dislike her but this may become a problematic thing for the future.

Rahina nudged Kopas paw on her belly. "It is sleeping. And I feel completely fine. Thank you for your concern darling. I guess we should head back to our den. Maybe have a small drink at the waterhole on our way back?" Rahina smiled and raised to her paws. Her eyes fell upon Kiara who lay in a far away corner. Rahina lowered her head to bid her farwell from the princess and to thank her for her consideration and then turned around to the main entrance. "I think I have to catch up with Vitani later and talk with her. I think she wanted to talk about todays hunt." Rahina looked over her shoulder to her mate who was just about to get up.

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Taraji snuggled her back against the stroking paw of Kovu. She felt the tension in the air and did not say anything. She did not like this athmosphere. Also Kovu seemed so different from before.

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Laini winced back a bit as Kopa told her off that Simba had talked to Kopa already. But as she already figured out Kovu would not judge her fair. Simba had talked with this Kopa Kovu said? But Laini did not hear anything about a judgement and he had been directly next to the cubs. But he wanted to punish her for not being there. Laini felt even more that Kovu would never judge her fair. He was an outsider alright.

As Kovu turned back to Daxis and did not seem to want anything from her Laini just withdrew a bit more backwards into the shadows. She wanted this meeting with Kovu to be over as soon as possible.

[KiarasMate]

”No my precious, that matter never came up in the conversation.” Kopa stated quickly, trying to rearticulate his previous statement. ”I was just saying that if I do have to become king, which I’m not too sure of yet, and if I had to be appointed a mate, which I believe is customary, then I would only want to be with you Hina. I’m just as lost about this whole situation as you are though, so let’s just worry about this at a later time, okay? We both have bigger things we should be focusing on.”

Gently caressing his fore paw along his mate’s belly as if to indicate what he was hinting at, Kopa nodded to Rahina as he watched her rise to her paws. Even in her pregnant condition, she still looked absolutely stunning and captivated his gaze almost instantly as he watched her politely gesturing to Kiara, who was still enjoying her meal in peace. Hearing his lover’s comment about having to speak with Vitani, Kopa once more, nodded in an understanding fashion before he responded in a caring voice.

”I understand Hina. If you’d like, you can go find her now. You can meet me back at our den once your done, or if you would like to do that later, that’s fine too. A nice drink at the waterhole with you sounds like the perfect way to top off a pleasant meal.”

Leaving the choice of the matter up to his beloved lioness, Kopa merely stood, waiting for her reply as his tail swayed slowly behind her, his eyes still fixated upon her gorgeous figure. Making his way over to where Rahina stood, Kopa couldn’t resist but to give her a very loving nuzzle as he playfully nipped at one of her ears. He didn’t know what it was about her but something about being in his mate’s presence always seemed to bring out his inner cub like behavior. Maybe it was just all the care free time they had spent together in their oasis home or perhaps it was just the unbreakable bond that had formed between the two. Whatever the case may have been, Kopa found it impossible to take his eyes off his mate as he waited patiently for her to make her decision.

[Mike]

Kovu let out his most exasperated sigh yet. "Well then you can't stay here! I don't think I can make it any more clear. If you're going to go around attacking cubs then that's the end of it, there's nothing left to discuss. If you can't function as part of a pride then you're not welcome in it either." Containing himself slightly, Kovu carried on with forced patience. "Pride life is a give and take situation. You respect the pride and they'll care for you. But you have not been respecting the pride, so unless you convince me, here and now, that you've changed, the pride will no longer welcome you."

Kovu looked to Laini for any contributions more than an inaudible mumble, but he was once again frustrated as she simply shied away, trying to pretend that he wasn't even in the den. This irked his pride, but aside from a twitch of his tail he did not react to the snub.

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Somewhat out of breath himself, but at the same time exhilarated, Shani took Zina's remark with his indulgent grin. As he was about to fire off a parting shot of his own though, Zina made her way out of the den without a backwards glance. He wondered how much of her he'd be seeing in the coming days. After all, Shani had gone into the situation knowing that Zina had ages worth of pent up emotions raging, and there was no telling if she'd be the same lioness at all after her release. He watched her parting and moved to the entrance of the den to observe with interest as she began to bathe.

After a few moments Shani felt the interruption of a different male impulse; he was hungry. Turning his back on Zina for the time being, Shani began his trip to Pride Rock where there would hopefully be a kill waiting for him. With a remarkably light step he set out.

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Vitani had just reached the entrance of Pride Rock to see Kopa and Rahina still sharing a moment together, though they were now up and seemed about ready to move out. Not wanting to delay them, Vitani made room for them with a casual greeting while she headed to Kiara's position not far from the kill. She noted Kovu's conspicuous absence from Kiara's rather aimless demeanor, and a frown crept on to her face. She wondered how things were going with Daxis.

"You two just leaving then?" She asked, stopping a moment for courtesy's sake. "I haven't had my share yet so I guess I'll see you later." Vitani nodded pleasantly, and waited for a response, expecting the couple to leave, having finished their meal together.

[Lodrill]

Rahina held in her steps as Vitani came in. She listened to her words and nooded. "Well I am sorry that I was so absent-minded before." Rahina smiled innocent and nooded to Kopa. "If you want I may accompany you at your meal to talk or you can just get me later at our den. I think my mate will understand. Actually I already told him that I will join you up later." Rahina giggeled. Like she surfaced the cubbish side of Kopa he also revealed the cub in her a lot of times.
Rahina was only complete when she was with Kopa.

Waiting for Vitanis answer her tail ran over Kopas flank as if she wanted to tell him that she would just talk a bit longer.

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Taraji did not really understand all this serious talk of Kovu so her mind trailed off. But he clearly did concentrate on those in front if him and his voice did not sound as nice as it used to be. Taraji snuggled against Kovus paw as if to remind him of her. She ran her small body back and forth with the full length along his fore leg and paw but she still was to shy of the strangers in the den to go around and in front of Kovu. Every time she reached the spot between Kovus legs she eyed up to his face before she continued.

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Laini in her dark corner was watching Taraji continously. It calmed her down a bit to look at the cub instead of Kovu. She nearly forgot about him and lay down to just look at the tries of the small cub to get Kovus attention. This cub was very alike herself when she was small. Laini ever had been a bit shy but not as much as she was today. Since the outlanders came to pride rock her live in the pride was a living hell. That had been the reason why she had moved to the den in the outback of the pridelands. Well this reason and because she was from the lowest rank. If her mother would not have died it would have been different for sure but Laini ever was reminded from her mothers dead body covered in blood when ever she looked at an outlander.

It was not that she did hate them for it but more she feared them. She still was pretty young too. She did not have her first heat yet. So loosing her mother so early with the following events of the outlanders comming to the pridelands... also that she pulled back from any pride member because of this and never had any lioness to talk about or be with like she was with her mother had made her a very frightened lioness who just had learned to avoid any other.
The only lion so far she did not avoid had been Daxis. Well he was still a cub in her eyes and that might had been the reason. And because she felt responsible for him leaving the prideland once. Laini still did not know why she did that back then. But with the things progressing like they were at the pridelands with the outlanders even taking over the rulership it became more and more clear for Laini that she soon would set out on a journey to search for a new pride.
She had never been close to Simba. If someone had accompanied her it was Seraphina or - in the latest days - Nala. Seraphina had been the only lioness that came close to her mother in Lainis eyes. Seraphina had been the one lioness who cared for her since her mothers death and the only member of the pride in whose presence Laini was not tense.

[SinChei]

Daxis knew Kovu would say somethng like this and wasn't really shocked but he was still scared. Laini steppe back and now he felt more alone in front of kovu. Searching for the right words and now slightley shivering Daxis opened his muzzle and spoke low. Ok i promise... excuse this silly question. Daxis could imagine that this wasn't his punishment this was just one thing kovu had to make sure. Also daxis wasn't sure he could keep his promise. The red maned cub started to hackle low because of Kovu and Laini who stepped back from him and Kovu. He was so scared about everything and the most about the punishment he would gain. His legs became groggy but daxis wanted to lay down anyways and did it.