[Closed to Kopalover ~Again~]

[Baya]

Baya watched with a bored expression as Vitani went out for the hunt. To his great joy, she had scared alot of the gazelles into running, making this more then a hunt but also a chase. Baya smirked as he stood and ran past Vitani after given the order to go get something. His ears flexed back, and his claws were extended. This was nothing like hunting rabbits in the desert. The prey was far larger and could do alot more damage to him if he didn't kill it quickly.

He ran alongside one of the gazelle, an older one by the looks of it. His fangs were bared, and his claws were much extended at this point. He snarled as he finally jumped at the gazelle, biting into it's shoulder. He brought it down with a bit of a struggle, and it was flailing about. He placed his paw on its head and bit down on its neck, snapping it with a gruesome crack. The circle of life was complete.

Baya placed his head under the gazelles body, and grunted as he pushed it onto his own back. Dragging it across the floor would just mess up the meat. He began to move slowly after Vitani, panting from the run. His muzzle was covered in the dried blood, a satisfied grin also painted across it.

"Good enough?" Baya asked her in a gruesome way.

//

Zira pondered it for a moment. If the desert could make such a beast out of the other one, perhaps sending Kovu there wasn't a bad idea. She looked to Kovu, and finally figured he would only die out there. Here, he has supervision and protection. Out there, he was on his own and the risk was far too great. "I don't think the desert can provide the training that I can. Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but were you not trained by the other one, hm? I'm sure you would not be here if not for him." Zira pointed out with a sinister grin. "In fact, we could kill you right now, if we had no use of you." Zira said as she laid down in her spot.

[Kopalover]

Vitani smiled, "Very well done. I can tell you usually don't hunt large animals. After all, the desert is only filled with rouges. Strong one, like yourself." Looking at Baya with an impressed expression. "Let's head back, the easy way. So the food doesn't fall into the water and get spoiled." Dragging her kill across the lands as Baya carried his on his lean back.

"Why you would spare our Pride? I mean, a lion like you doesn't give out chances like this and sorry to be such a judge at character." Mumbling with the carcass in her mouth. A few cracks of bones in the gazelles body could be heard, the animals bones were breaking as it hit rocks and trees. Personally, Vitani didn't care for the sound of the cracks, she was used to them. As she could tell Baya was also.

~~

Tupa growled, "He's going to learn nothing from being strong here. He adapted to here. Come on, he can't be that important to you if all your using him for is to get the Kingdom! And in that week, you'll be able to care for your OTHER children. Oh did you forget about them? Yeah, they are there too. You're just to obsessed with gaining a stupid crown, to care for your own children." Glaring to Nuka, she was (in a way) helping him out. To get the love he's been living towards. "I'll be outside, call me of you need me." Trotting away, mad but she had to get used to not only following Baya's rules, but someone else's rules as-well.

[Baya]

"Keep an eye on that one Nuka. I don't like her tone. If she starts stepping out of line...kill her." Zira ordered with an unimpressed face. She didn't like being broken down like that. Her means were not just, but her ends would make up for it! Nuka and Vitani and Kovu would thank her for this much later, when they are fruitful in the pridelands. And Scar would be satisfied with revenge!

//


Baya did not speak for awhile until after Vitani asked her question. He looked at her with a grin. "What's to gain, but battle for battle's sake? I've worked with other prides before. Rarely do I leave them alive after I get what I need. Though I could not kill your pride. It is far beyond me to take on many fighters at once." Baya said with a smirk. "Though the fight would be glorious!" He added with a cackle.

By the time the two got to the den, it was night fall and most of the lionesses were asleep. Though, at the whiff of food, they all awoke. Hungrily they stared at the two gazelle that Vitani and Baya brought and set on the floor of the den. Zira looked at the grade of kill the two had brought with an impressed expression. "Hmm. Quite the kill you two have brought about. Now move aside..." Zira growled. Baya was debating whether he should challenge Zira for the first bit of food, but thought better against it as he walked off with an expression less face. He sat outside the den beside Tupa, who lied down.

"There is food inside, if you don't know. Go eat." Baya murmured as he laid down.

[Kopalover]

Vitani did the same, and dragged her food to beside Baya's. "There, eat well." Grabbing the leg of the gazelle she took down and walking behind a wall to eat alone, as she always did. She ripped of small chunks , to savour the meat. Usually they go a few days without eating, so this will make her less hungry when hunts are unsuccessful.

She lay, eating her fill as she thought about Baya. Now why didn't he kill me when he totally had the chance? Asking herself the question while chewing slowly, and watching the termites crawl through the holes they used as doors. Though he may seem a killer, he probably has a soft side, everyone does.

~~

Tupa looked over and noticed Zira watching her like a dog. "I'll be back." Running towards the pile and growling, lionesses moves out of the way and let her in. Snatching a fairly large piece and running back to Baya. "This time I want you to eat. Go get some." Looking at him straight in the eyes as she could hear Zira growling loudly her way.

Sitting and leaning her head down to grab large pieces so she didn't have to lean down so much. Kovu was also watching her like a hawk, she smiled and got back to her meal. He didn't look like the type to go off and kill a strong king without being killed himself. Now, Nuka on the other hand. Older, and probably tougher could probably take down a king if he got the proper training.

[Baya]

Baya didn't even so much as look at Vitani as she spoke, and made not much of a response to Tupa either. What he wanted more than anything right now, even battle, was sleep. He could win a battle without food or water, but deprived of sleep he'd be an easy picking for battle. "Don't get yourself in trouble Tupa. I'm going to sleep." Baya murmured as he slowly drifted off to sleep.

Nuka meanwhile was watching Tupa, a bit surprised that she already scared the others into giving her a chance to eat. He could see that his mother was irritated, but him doing anything about Tupa would probably make him look worse. Probably because he wasn't much of a fighter, he hated to admit. Eventually, he gulped and walked towards Tupa, hoping to take control of her stay here. If he could do that, there would be no need to kill her and no threat of her killing anyone in the pride.

"Now listen here! My mother is not please with you at all. You'll die if you keep ticking her off..." Nuka warned Tupa.

[Btw, a picture of adult Baya is up on the character page, if you want a better idea of how he looks!]

[Kopalover]

Tupa laughed, and turned to Nuka. "Now YOU listen here. Your mother needs to learn some manners, and she needs to learn how to take care of her OTHER children. That stupid Kovu won't be able to take down a king, he's weak." Glaring to Kovu, then quickly turning back to Nuka.

"You have been taken from your spot, and replaced by a runt. Get him back, he needs to be the youngest again." Looking dead straight into Nuka's eyes. "I will train you. You'll finally be able to impress your mother, which is why you are here talking to me now." Glaring to Zira, but from the side of her eyes to make it seem like she wasn't. "Let me help you, like Baya helped me." Putting a paw on his shoulder.

"No strings attached, just you getting bulky and me getting to finally train someone." Laughing quietly, then straightening up. "What do you say?" Holding out a paw. Anyone around could feel the tension as Nuka tried making up his mind.

~~

Vitani finished and walked outside, then ducked behind a rock and watched Tupa and Nuka talk. Though she couldn't hear anything, something devious was going on. Wanting to find out, but not wanting to interrupt. She decided that waiting until after would be good. Shrugging, she went to sit beside her mother. "Hi." Saying silently as the rest of the pride finished gobbling up her and Baya's kills.

EDIT : I saw, he's quite the charmer :3. I made Tupa offer this so then Nuka can grow bulky and they can slowly fall in love. :3

[Baya]

Nuka looked at Tupa with a raised eyebrow, wondering for a moment if this was some sort of trick. Then again, it might just be worth the gamble because not only did she understand him, but she was offering to help him. Something like that was extremely hard to find in the outlands, so Nuka reluctantly placed his paw atop of hers and pushing it down into the dirt. "Fine. As long as I'm stronger than the termite by the end of it, I'll give you a chance." Nuka said with small grin. "But if this is some sort of trick..."

"It isn't a trick. Now would you both shut up, or go somewhere else?" Baya groaned from where he laid down.

"Why don't you want to sleep inside?" Nuka whispered to Tupa. "I mean, if you are going to train me, it would be kind of stupid for me not to offer you a proper spot to sleep." Nuka said as he moved aside to let her into the den. If his mother asked, he'd just say she demanded a spot to sleep in. Given the circumstances, she'd probably get his spot even she really did demand it, so it worked out.

//

Zira looked to her daughter with tired eyes. "Vitani, why are you still up?" Zira's shrewd motherly instincts made her say. "Go sleep. Tomorrow, we got to start scouting the pridelands and planning..." Zira growled. She looked at the entrance of the den as Tupa and Nuka walked into it. Tupa laid down in Nuka's spot, and this made Zira just a tad bit suspicious of her son's intentions with this lioness.

"Nuka, why is she in here?" Zira hissed, glaring at her sad excuse of a son.

"I-I figured we could watch her better in here mother. You never know what she might do out there, but in here we can all keep an eye on her!" Nuka whispered, with a bit of a nervous cackle. Zira thought for a moment. Not a bad idea. Though then, she'd have to get Baya to come inside as well. She looked to Vitani and smirked.

"Go ask our other friend to get in here. Feed him a lie, and lure him to your spot. We need to watch over them." Zira ordered Vitani.

[Kopalover]

Tupa was blown over by the offer. "Okay, but I don't want your mother, or any other lioness attacking me in my slumber." Raising an eyebrow, then laying down as he left. Closing one eye and sly-fully keeping the other eye open so she can watch Zira and her minions as she slowly drifted off.

Indeed, they were amusing as they tried fighting one another and then falling down. Smacking their dusty faces against the ground with a loud thump. Chuckling, she realized they won't mean any harm. Closing the other eye and re-positioning. Very slowly falling asleep to the laughing and talking of the lionesses and lions surrounding her.

~~

Vitani nodded then ran to the door, and walked when she went outside. So she would seem casual then up to Baya she went. "Baya, would you like to sleep inside? We don't mind, plus; if the Prideland's guards see you. They'll report that we have another recruit and maybe they'll know who you are from stories." Saying a little lie, hoping he would just agree instead of being stubborn.

[Baya]

Baya opened an eye, slightly aggravated that he had to be woken up so many times in the past hour. His emerald eyes turned to Vitani, feeling as if she was trying to get him under her watch. Then again, he didn't really care. The only thing he feared was being attacked in his sleep, but that was also very likely outside the den too. If they wanted him dead, they would've just killed him by now. Baya finally decided there was no harm in following after Vitani.

He stood without a word, and stretched with a growl. He then made his way into the den, looking back to see if Vitani was following him or trying anything funny. Sure enough, she was doing the following instead of crouching for some sort of sneak attack. The lionesses all stared at Baya as he walked into the den, and fell down on his side with a thud, his mane kicking up some dust and sand. He was near Vitani's spot, but not quite on it as he didn't want to get too physically close to her. Something about her just confounded him to isolation.

[He doesn't know he loves her. He thinks she has cooties :3]

//

Nuka sighed as he laid down on his side finally, not super close to Tupa but within the same radius in his spot and began to close his eyes. "When all this training and war is over...I hope mother is proud of me." Nuka murmured, not meeting Tupa's eyes. Oh how he wished it could be so!

[Kopalover]

It became morning and Vitani awoke as soon as she felt the warm sun pad against her back through the large holes in the termite mounds they inhabited. Purple-blue eyes opening quickly, and scanning her surroundings then getting up and stretching to go for a morning hunt for herself. Exiting the den, she looked back again and shook her head then ran into the Pridelands before any of the stuck-up royals woke up.

The sun wasn't quite as hot in the Pridelands, but cooler. Similarly, the air wasn't so chalky instead it was moist. Blue covered the sky, and didn't have a tint of red like the Outlands did. No wonder the animals would rather live here, it;s beautiful and one day she'll be a Princess here.

Spotting an Okapi with a limp leg and skinny body near a small body of glistening blue water. Simply, she just walked over behind it and jumped on it and snapped the Okapi's neck quickly. It seemed relieved, and happy it's life was finally ending. It brought her joy, it could now be happy dead and not dying slowly in pain alive.

Noticing the Pridelands awakening from the sounds of roars from Priderock, quickly she dragged her kill to the bushes and ate in silence.

~~

Tupa awoke hearing Vitani's footsteps and kicked Nuka. "Wake up, we have training to do." Whispering into his ear and walking out of the mounds. Closely behind and still dragging from being rudely awoken was Nuka. He groaned and she slapped him hard enough to turn his head. "You deffinitly aren't going to kill a strong king with that attitude." Noticing he was slouching, she hit his back and made it straight.

"It makes you look smaller and less-confident. Back straight, shoulders back and muzzle up." Moving parts of his body to make him look bigger and more confident. "Now you stay like this, all the time. It helps to be straight when being addressed or addressing another. Easier on your back too." Nodding then looking at the sun, then back at Nuka. "Now, rules first. First, never back talk, groan or any other put-downs to what I say. Or my paw will meet your face once again like it did earlier, but harder." Finishing and pacing in front of him. Making sure he was still positioned properly.