The Pride Lands (Zeke, NM, kovu42, morri908)

[NightmareMoon]

"Okay. Follow me." Mila said. She began to walk towards the cave, silently and quickly.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the cave, to see Bakari in the back. "Bakari.." Mila said. "I found someone that I would like you to meet. This is Taisaku. I wish for him to stay with us."

[kovu42]

Bakari's ears perked up at the sound of Mila's voice. "Taisaku, eh?" he asked as he stood up and stared down the newcomer. Poor guy looks horribly tired, he thought to himself. "OK, we should probably introduce him to Zeke, but he has to come to us I am not going out to look for him. Anyways, what brings you out here, Taisaku?"

[NightmareMoon]

Mila said nothing as she walked over to Bakari and laid down close to him. She felt like she could trust him with the news that she had just received, and wanted to tell him. But first, she decided to let the two lions finish introducing themselves to one another, and maybe have a conversation. She was going to wait until she was alone with Bakari to tell him.

[morri908]

Taisaku sits down a few yards from Bakari and says, "Well, I recently left a pride, me and the leader didn't agree on very many things, so in order to keep from causing any mass conflict, and possibly my death, I left. I wandered through a desert for the past 3 days, finally, I found some grass and assumed there was food and water, but didn't find any, so I just laid down, trying to keep from using any of my remaining energy. Then I awoke to a lioness asking me if I was ok, and here we are." Taisaku laid down, being exhausted from all the walking, and the fact he hadn't eaten in days

[kovu42]

"Well, that's a fine tale. We'll probably get a hunt going later, I know Mila's not feeling all that well. It all depends on when Zeke will show up again." Bakari studied the younger lion some more, his mind questioning why he would willingly walk away from a perfectly good tribe. Even if there were disagreements with the leader. I guess I wouldn't really know, Bakari thought, half scolding himself for being suspicious of the newbie.

[Zeke]

After his refreshing little dip, Zeke began to head back to the little cave. His emotions were reset and he was feeling refreshed and ready to see his friends again. As he neared the cave, he heard conversation and a voice he didnt recognize. He sped up his pace and raced to the rocks and entered the small cavern. In front of him stood a rouge lion of whom he knew nothing of. "Who is this?" He snarled as he crouched low and advanced on him.

[morri908]

He thought to himself I knew this would happen, I knew better then to follow her here, I knew they wouldn't want me here, but might as well try to make amends "Hello, I'm Taisaku, I'm not here to hurt anyone. In fact, I kinda owe Mila my life, if it wasn't for her, I could be dead"

[Zeke]

Zeke shifted his eyes over to Mila. "Mila, is this true? Did you find him?" Zeke was still very tense. There was something about the newcomer that was unsettling and he couldn't put his paw on it.

[NightmareMoon]

Mila looked down towards the ground. Zeke's stare made her feel... awkward. "Yes." Was all that she said. She didn't want to anger him.

[Zeke]

He looked back over at Taisaku. "And what are you doing alone? You have no sign of conflict, you shouldn't be alone." Zeke creeped up to the rouge and stared deep into his eyes. Zeke could still not point out what was weird about this new lion, he just couldn't bring himself to trust him.