[Open] Enemy From Within

[MaxMike01]

"The only reason I did was because when I met her..." He stopped there and nuzzled the sleeping lioness. "I knew we would have a great future in the Pride Lands."

[Applejack]

She smiled, looking at Haij. "It was the complete opposite with myself and Hakara. I was ready to claw his whiskers off, because he spoiled my hunt."

[KingKovu44]

Hakara laughed out loud as he joined in. "I've never had a lioness talk to me like that before," he said with a proud smile.

[Applejack]

She smiled a sweet smile. "I'm a pretty kitty, but I can get angry." She smirked and cuffed his head lovingly, licking him once.

[KingKovu44]

Hakara laughed and smiled. "Remember: there is no emotion, there is peace. It's a phrase taught to me by my mother in order to help calm myself," he said.

[Applejack]

Vitani chuckled, shaking her head softly. "If there is no emotion, how do I explain the love I feel for you?"

[KingKovu44]

Hakara shook his head. "We say that as a means of banishing the negative emotion. As my mother said, emotions are natural. However, we must control the negative ones such as anger, fear, hate and aggression," he said.

[Applejack]

Purring amusedly, Vitani chuckled. "Agression was my top quality," she said. "Its what made me who I am! If I don't have that, what do I have?"

[KingKovu44]

Hakara smiled and walked around her. "You're an amazing lioness, Vitani. You don't need intense aggression," he stated.

[Applejack]

"While I may be amazing," she said smoothly, "I still need my agression for hunting, and for protecting you and our.." she stopped, looking away. "Our interests and future."