[Closed] Little Stranger (Taraji Chapter 1)

[SinChei]

Daxis was still bored and was almost falling asleep. A fewsmall stones layed under his back and it hurts a bit but he was to lazy and bored to move in this moment. He finally closed his eyes as he noticed a Lainis moist nose. Daxis rolled on his belly and stretched his back because of the stones which hurt a bit. He listened her low voice and got happier. His red hairs, white paws were the only things which tell on daxis with a shning refelctions of the sunrays. His ice blue eyes glistened and daxis glared at her.
He didnt notice the two other lions ad replied her loudly.
"Yeahhhhhh that would be awesome.I am so bored and hungry. Maybe we find another cub in the den or.. or.. at the waterhole.
Or maybe we can go to the border of the pridelands they said there are starngers that would be an adventure wouldnt it."
He noticed he spoke a bit to fast and annoying so he stopped it and closed his muzzle while in her eyes.

[KiarasMate]

Almost being bowled over by his mate, Kopa smiled happily as he returned her loving ministrations with his own affectionate nuzzles and licks, happy in the fact that Rahina seemed to be a bit more energetic now. Perking his ears up, Kopa nodded in response to his precious mate’s inquiry as he replied in a loving voice.

”Well, I was near by Hina, just in case you needed to get me, but yes, I did get a nice view of the land from the top there. It was quite breathtaking really, but it still isn’t no where near as breathtaking as you are my precious. Did everything go okay? What did Nala say about your condition? Are you fine Hina? I saw her running out of the den shortly before you came out, so I figured things were either finished here, or she was going to get something for you.”

Purring softly, Kopa continued to nuzzle Rahina to show just how much he missed her, even for the short while they had been apart for. Kopa himself, wasn’t used to being separated from his beloved lioness for very long and due to the past experiences that the two had endured, it never settled quite well with him whenever they had to part ways for more than a few minutes. This was just his nature however and despite this fact, Kopa felt overjoyed to be back by his mate’s side as he planted a soft kiss over her delicate ebony muzzle lips, waiting for a reply from the only lioness that made him happy in the world.

[Lodrill]

Laini smiled softly and nudge Daxis again before she turned towards the mainden. A cub in the den.... it was a funny idea. Maybe she would have to explain Daxis some day where cubs came from.

"Well then lets look for something for you to eat first." Laini went a big circle around Kopa and Rahina and entered the main den. She spotted the meat in one corner. Fortunately no other lion or lioness was around the food at the moment. She went towards the dead gazelles on the ground. and looked back to the entrance if Daxis had followed her.

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Rahina chuckled to light up the tense of Kopa. "I am fine. No worries okay? But Nala asked me to be part of the hunting party so I will meet with her early tomorrow morning. If we want to stay here I guess we should do our part too." Rahina hoped that Kopa would see her will to go on a hunt as a sign that she was completely fine. She purred and snuggled her head against Kopas. The sun started to set in the distance. "Should we do a late walk around this place and then return home or what do you want to do?" Rahina was sure that if they would not run she would be able to handle even a longer walk.

[KiarasMate]

Smiling from the good news his mate had revealed to him, Kopa relaxed as the worry over his mate started to subside. He trusted Nala, as well as Rahina’s word and if she said that everything was okay, than in Kopa’s mind, that was the way things were. Purring softly, Kopa heard Rahina’s question, causing him to think for a moment before he replied.

”Wanna watch the sunset from the top here?” Kopa stated, giving a nod to the promontory of Pride Rock. ”If you’re going to be joining The Hunting Party here Hina, I’d like you to save your strength for then. Besides, it’ll be nice to sit with you and you can see how beautiful these lands are.”

Gently nuzzling his precious mate, Kopa made his way back to where he was seated before, a couple of paws length away from the edge of the majestic structure, leaving enough room for his mate to join him, speaking to her as she arrived next to him.

”You see how the sun seems to highlight every little detail of the lands below my precious? It’s just so amazing and to think that we might be accepted into this pride and be able to call these lands our own, it’s just, well, I don’t know how to put it really”

Gently wrapping one of his fore legs around his beloved lioness, hugging her close as the pair enjoyed the dipping sun, which slowly retreated into the horizon, accenting the love stricken couple atop Pride Rock. Closing his eyes briefly, Kopa leaned in close, kissing Rahina’s soft cheek tenderly as he murmured.

”I love you Hina and I’m really going to miss you while you’re out hunting. You promise me that you’ll be very careful, okay my precious? I’ll probably go crazy just worrying about you but if you’re going to be with others, I suppose there’s nothing I really should worry about. You know I care deeply about you though Hina and if anything happens to you, I’ll never forgive myself for letting you go.”

[SinChei]

Daxis was still looking at the two lovers and followed her without looking his way. After he turned his head as far as he could he noticed a hard and painfull confrontation with the stone wall of the entrance of pride rock. The wall hit his back of the head hard and he shook his head many times while going to Laini. He spoke low while still shaking his head.
"Ouch that hurts stupid wall"
With his last words he kicked against the wall inside and held his paw he kicked with.
"Ouch ouch stupid wall"

[Lodrill]

Rahina lay down and snuggled her back against Kopa's belly while she purred happily. "You worry to much darling!" she whispered and took Nalas advise by grabbing Kopas paws with her own and fold them around her chest. She held them deep entangled with her own paws so that he could not go and explore her belly. Then she licked his cheek by twisting her head and looked out onto the lands.

"This is a nice land. Even if there are a bit to less trees if you ask me but..." Rahina sighed and looked across the horizont. Something cought her attention. A small animal was moving at the edge of the horizont. It was hard to even see because it only moved a few meters at a time and it was very small. Rahina tried to figure out what it might be. A prey? A hyena or one of these small dessert foxes that sometimes even came into her jungle?

"Look there, what kind of animal do you think it that?" Rahina asked Kopa nodding into the direction of the small that was easy to spot now because it collapsed on a rock and the sun was still a bit above the horizont. "It looks like it just collapsed..." this animal had got Rahinas curiosity. It was one highligh in the else very boring looking land. At least boring compared to their former home the jungle.

[hr][/hr]

Laini smiled a bit at the clumsy entering of Daxis. "You should look in the same direction you are running." she said with her silent soft voice. "Come here now. Do you want to eat here before we go to the waterhole or should we take something along?" Laini felt safe at the moment. The other lions were not yet hovering around here and also it would probably be safer to eat here than going around with the food.

[KiarasMate]

Curling his paw toes around his mate’s, lightly caressing over her soft paw pads, Kopa chuckled lightheartedly at Rahina’s comment, replying in a sincere tone.

”Well, when it comes to you my precious, I have to worry. You’re my everything Hina and without you, I’d have nothing.”

Leaning his weight softly against his beloved lioness, Kopa’s ears perked to catch what she was saying to him now, following her gaze towards the distant creature on the horizon. Kopa had seen many new animals since they had came to The Pride Lands and while he didn’t know every technical name for them, he tried his best to respond to his mate’s question.

”Good question Hina. Doesn’t look familiar to me, but we’re quite a ways off so it’s hard to tell really.” Turning his head slightly to look down at his precious lioness, Kopa smiled as he continued. ”Why? Are you thinking of hunting it or something my precious? There will be plenty of time for you to do that tomorrow it would seem.”

Licking gently in between Rahina’s adorable ears, Kopa purred quietly as he resumed gazing at the fading sun, speaking softly to his beloved mate as his tail snaked its way around Rahina’s, entangling the two lovers further together.

”One day, we’ll get our oasis home back Hina and life will be perfect again. Even though things are nice here and we have the protection of others, I still miss just being with you and having our own lands. It’s just hard to adjust to change, you know? Well, I guess we should just be thankful that things are going well for us after everything that happened.”

Sighing thoughtfully, Kopa stayed quiet now, letting the gentle breeze that passed him and his mate, to lightly ruffle his fur as the day seemed to be coming to a close.

[Mike]

"Maybe tomorrow little one" Kovu said watching the cub doze off with a loving smile.

"Whiew! Kovu sighed softly with wide, exhilarated eyes when Taraji had fallen asleep. "We made it through that one eh Kiara? I bet your mom never taught you how to deal with that. Did you ever get that talk from Nala? What was it like?"

Kovu was in a slightly playful mood, though naturally with Taraji between them he knew that it wouldn't develop into anything physical, so he asked this rather sensitive question instead, in a lazily cheeky way. He was like a small cubby having his first girls-talk between boys on a night spent out of the hearing distance of the adults.

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"Huh," Shani said impassively. "I don't see how you're going to be able to arrange that by yourself, but I'd be the first in line to see such a match-up. I don't see how Simba would be able to keep claiming power if you won. I don't mind telling you that I don't consider my best days to be behind me either. I imagine we could do great things together."

Shani spoke without a trace of intensity or suggestion. It seemed that he was just making conversation. Building on this image, he glanced around, observing how far the sun had moved as they lingered together. It was now approaching dusk, but Shani made no move to return to Pride Rock or report to Simba. their conversation could drag on a little longer if Kivuli wished.

[KiarasMate]

Shifting her body so that she could be as close to Kovu as possible, without squishing their slumbering daughter in between their large frames, Kiara blushed heavily from what her mate was asking her. Never being the type to shy away from a question however, the golden furred princess giggled playfully as she retorted in an amused voice.

”You really wanna know Honey? Well, you know how I was as a cub I think, always energetic and curious. Well, let’s just say my curiosity got the better of me one night. Hearing strange noises coming from one side of the main den, which woke me up… Trying to keep herself from laughing openly as her cheeks felt as though they were on fire, Kiara continued. ”Well, let’s just say I got a first paw look at how cubs are made, courtesy of my parents. Needless to say, the typical speech followed there after. I hope I don’t have to explain that to you now, do I Honey?” Kiara stated, looking up at Kovu with an adorable, innocent stare. ”What about you, hmm? Or do I even want to know how your mom taught you about the birds and the bees?”

Finding their conversation quite intriguing, Kiara found herself snuggling closer to her precious mate, enjoying the little intimate moment that they were being allowed, if only verbally. Purring soothingly, Kiara reached a fore paw over, lightly placing it atop her mate’s, running her delicate paw toes along his much larger paw as she waited for a response from him.

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The light was beginning to fade when Nala finally returned back to the main den, carrying a small pouch of herbs that she had retrieved from Rafiki. Realizing that she had taken longer than expected, the cream colored queen went right to work, attending to Mila’s wounds first, as the younger lioness’ injuries seemed to take priority within Nala’s mind, most likely due to the fact that Mila was as close to being her own daughter as one could possibly get. Having dealt with the prescribed herbs on several different occasions, Nala knew how to apply them, although often times, they would hurt when being applied to fresh wounds, but this sensation was short lived, as the miraculous healing attributes that the herbs held was worth the minor discomfort. Leaning down, Nala spoke quietly to Mila, unsure if the young lioness was awake or not.

”Mila Hun, I’m going to put some medicine on your cuts. Just keep still okay? It might sting a bit but I promise that they’ll help.”

Keeping her claws retracted, Nala dipped her fore paw into the pouch provided by the wise shaman, layering some of the strong smelling herbs onto her paw toes as she moved it over Mila’s visible injuries, lightly rubbing the pungent medicine over each and every laceration, trying to use as much care as possible.

[Mike]

Kovu madly stifled his own laughter. What a perfectly naughty tale! And he had no doubt that it was entirely true. Kiara was indeed a supremely inquisitive and restless lioness. He amused himself for a moment wondering what that scene must have been like, and how long cubby Kiara might have stood there, shocked, before her parents noticed. When his turn came, he had no problems talking about his early life experiences, despite the fact that they were from a harsher and more desperate part of his past.

"It was mostly experience for me." Kovu started, then corrected himself with a grin, hearing what that might sound like to his beloved mate. "Not active experience, watching I mean. You can imagine that Zira wasn't exactly cuddly about it. It's not like I went around looking for it, but the outlanders were, uh, less than secretive about it. They tended to treat it very businesslike though. It was sometimes Nuka, though he never seemed to get the most attractive lionesses... somehow." Kovu laughed fondly at the memory of his scrawny older brother. "Ahh, poor Nuka." he sighed, thinking of his brothers' many comical exploits. "Aside from that there were the wanderers that rarely strayed into our lands. I remember maybe three wanderers, not including Kivuli who left before I really grew up, who visited, and two of them made it tough to sleep."

"You know I suggest that we try to give Taraji a rather better introduction to the adult world than we were given." Kovu said after a while. "I mean sure, we turned out okay, but I can't say it was easy to deal with."