Joe 'Po' Navark gave me some assistance for this fic and this is inspired by PieLover314's 'Drunken Master' stories. But this one's much more serious than funny and I think this is something that's totally different from any other KFP fics I've done. I hope ya like it! Warning; this may include language, drugs, drinking and weird content. Enjoy!

Division of Feelings

by: Terrell James

Chapter 1: A Lion Cub's Path

A long time ago...somewhere in the Eastern Region of the Valley of Peace, a male tiger; mid-20's; 152 pounds, 5'5 and crimson red eyes comforts his wife; a lioness; early 20's; 130 pounds, 5'4 and orange eyes; after giving birth to her newborn baby boy; a little tigon (combination between a male tiger and a female lioness), light orange fur with black stripes and azure hazel eyes and both parents were overjoyed with their first son that they can't put it into words.

"Rasta...we've finally got a son." the lioness said, softly.

Rasta, the male tiger smiled at both of them and he said, "Jia...this is the best day of our lives."

Both of them kissed each other in the lips and as they took a glance at their son, they knew that their lives would change forever and Rasta asked, "What kind of name we should give him?"

Jia licked her son's forehead and said, "I think we should name him after his father."

Rasta seemed a little bit unsure about that...even though he would love to. 20 seconds after some deep thinking, he gasped softly and said, "How about I name him after my uncle...Nuka?"

Jia smiled at that and she fell in love with the name very instantly and said, "That's a good name."

They both looked up at the newborn cub as he blinked his eyes after seeing both of his parents for the first time and Jia said, "Nuka Isaac Xiu."

Just the look at Nuka's eyes meant that they're gonna be a family forever and nothing would be able to tear this family apart.

4 years later...

Jia and Rasta had a humongous argument over Jia's uncertainty of people objecting to the fact that a tiger should be married to a lioness and thought that she agreed with them, but Rasta definitely disagrees with that concept and said that people have a right to love who they want even if it's from a different species.

"Can't you understand?! I hear people talking about us saying that we should never have been together in the first place!" Jia shouted.

"That's because they're afraid! We don't always have to take in what people say about us because we know it's not that true!" Rasta shouted.

"You're still not listening to me! Think of how it'll affect us!" Jia exclaimed.

Rasta couldn't believe that she was still discussing about this and how her views of interspecies will convince people to look at it in a negative way and he said, "Jia...who cares what people think?"

"I do! And I thought that you would be on the same page!" Jia added.

They were unaware that all of the fighting and arguing began to bother Nuka as he placed his head under his pillow, hoping to block all the yelling out.

"I can't let Nuka be treated harshly because of how he is." Jia said.

"Well, neither do I! But he should be proud of who he is anyway and if the others don't like it, that's their problem. Why should it be ours?" asked Rasta.

Jia felt like this wasn't gonna go anywhere because she feels as if Rasta isn't listening and planning to get her point across and she looked at Rasta in the eye and said, "Rasta...I don't think we should've ever gotten married."

"Don't say it, Jia. Please don't say it." Rasta whispered.

"I want a divorce."

That was the nail that hit the coffin when Jia blurted out the 'D' word and Rasta was devastated that she would agree with what people would say and he said, "You can't do that. Think of how it'll affect Nuka."

"I'm sorry."

"We're a family, Jia." Rasta added, tearfully.

Rasta tried to hold her for a hug, but she pushed him away and just ran away from the house, crying. As Rasta got himself up, he felt completely devastated and hurt that his mate would just do sometihing like that. He lets out a big sigh and as he was about to head up the stairs, he sees Nuka hiding himself on the wall and he comes up and when he sw the tears in Nuka's eyes, he couldn't help but feel completely saddened by the fact that he's gonna grow up without a mother.

"Where's mama?" asked Nuka, tearfully.

Rasta lets out a deep sigh and he picks him up and pats him on the back and didn't tell him where she was going and instead just puts him back to his bed and he patted him on the forehead after that and as he left, he whispered, "Good night, son."

The next day...

Rasta goes outside to find his wife and he's hoping that he can work things out and forget what other people think and that they've got a son to raise, willing to give their marriage another shot. The weather started to get really bad out there and he wants to hurry up and find Jia before the storm hits.

The storm grew much worse as he was trying to find his beloved Jia, calling her name so many times. Very desperate to find her and hope that she's alive...but as soon as he reached one of the trees, he saw her red and pink scarf on the ground and when he smelled the scent, he knew it was her scent, meaning that she must be near. He had searched every single tree until he felt her foot hit his head and what met his eyes was shocking to him.

"Jia..."

He had found her, but he saw her hanging on the tree branch with a rope tied around her neck, her body not moving. Rasta was in complete disbelief that she'd kill herself and he wanted to find an aswer as to why she'd do this to herself.

As he looked at her, tears began to stream down his face and then...he sees a note written by her by her shoulder and as he read the note, it reads;

'Rasta...I'm sorry it has come to this, but I can't live my life knowing that we might be judged by people who won't take our love seriously. Please understand that this is how it has to be and I know that the divorce I had thrown out bothered you. You'll have to go on without me and make sure Nuka knows that I love him very much. I'm sorry, but I do not love you the same way I used to when I first saw you. I never meant to hurt you and you were the best thing that ever happened to me...but it's over. I'm a lioness and you're a tiger. We're not meant to be together and we never will be. Goodbye, my sweet tiger. Jia.'

Rasta broke down crying after he saw the searing yet apologetic words written by her and it was the reason she had committed suicide and he held her paw and said, "Jia, my sweet..."

'How will I tell this to Nuka? How will this affect him?' Rasta thought.

Later that day, Rasta walks over to Nuka's room where he found him sleeping and as soon as he woke up, Nuka looks at him and tells his dad, "I had a nightmare, dad. I dreamt that...my mom's not coming back."

Unfortunately for both of them, that nightmare has come true. Rasta didn't want to tell him that his mother was dead because it was too soon to learn about death and he said, "Son...about your mom...she's really not coming back."

Nuka's eyes were filled with tears after he heard what his father said to him and he said, "No...no, it's not true!"

"Son..."

"Where's mom?!" Nuka sobbed.

"SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK!" Rasta shouted, with tears in his eyes.

Nuka still couldn't believe that she's gone and he just broke down crying on his father's chest and asked, "Why did she run away from us?"

Rasta lets out a big sigh and said, "I wish I knew, son."

Years had passed since Rasta's wife 'ran away' from the family and the affect of this whole ordeal made a huge impact on Nuka the most because not only does he have to deal with the feelings that his mother abandoned him but to cope with the fact that other kids are picking on him because he's half lion/half tiger.

"Look, it's the half-freak!"

"Stay away from the lion/tiger freak!"

"I thought all lions don't have stripes!"

"What kind of animal are you?"

"You don't belong here!"

"We don't need you!"

"You're a half-freak!"

Nuka would get so angry and very hurt over this ordeal to a point where he felt like he wanted to fight these people as he began picking fights with them to get them off his chest. Rasta could see that the 8-year old cub became very violent and would also get angry all the time and he held a huge amount of bitter resentment towards his father for marrying another lioness; his stepmom; late 20's; orange-red eyes 132 pounds and 5'2.

Of course, his stepmom had kids from a previous marriage, but Nuka doesn't really get along with most of them because he felt like he was being ignored by the kids and it took a serious toll on him.

Another 4 years had passed and Nuka was 12 years old, privately coping with every single issue by turning to drugs; whether it was crystal meth or heroin and he went for it really hard and heavy like it was a simple way of helping himself cope with all the drama he's put up with.

When Rasta caught him smoking, the one thing stirred on his mind was panic and fear and he asked, "Where'd you get these drugs from?"

"Friends."

Rasta couldn't believe his own son would turn himself into drugs and he said, "I will not allow it."

"Since when do you care about me anyway? All you care about is this imposter trying to be my mom." Nuka said, coldly.

"Hey! Mischa is your stepmon and I will not have you disrespect her in front of me!" Rasta shouted.

"She's not my mom! Nor she ever will be!" Nuka shouted.

Rasta could see that he's angry at his father for splitting up with his mother and Nuka said, "I wish you and that mother-wannabe would divorce each other, then I would care even less."

"Nuka..."

"Just get away from me, dad!" Nuka shouted, as he walked away from him.

The big concern that Rasta has with Nuka is that he's drawn into the streetfighting lifestyle that he detests very much. As he saw Nuka wearing all black and grey, he asked, "Where are you going?"

"Out."

"Out where?" asked Mischa.

"None of your business. Just out with some friends." Nuka rudely replied.

"Watch how you're talking to Mischa like that!" Rasta exclaimed.

"Oh, sure! Take her side like you always do!"

Nuka storms out of the door and as he heads to the outskirts of the Valley, he comes across a gang of streetfighters; five tigers and eight wolves coming in to join the fun.

"Hey, Nuka! How's it hanging, my man?" asked one tiger, 21 years old, wearing a full-body piercing.

"Just thought I'd come by and see what's going on tonight." Nuka added.

Another tiger, 18 years of age, multiple tattoos around his body looks at Nuka, laughing goofily and said, "We're about to go kick some major ass tonight! Another streetfighting elite from the Souther region of the Valley of Peace has come to battle us. If we score big tonight, we're gonna win some money!"

"I like the money!" Nuka said.

Soon enough, they had made it to the streetfighting event and they called out Nuka first and he saw a 17-year old antelope coming in to fight his oppening and the antelope asked, "Aren't you too young to be streetfighting?"

"Aren't you too big to be an ass?" asked Nuka.

The crowd roars with a lot of 'ooooh's and cheers and that obviously set the antelope off as he went forward and fought him off, but Nuka's fighting skills proved to hit center stage as he took out every single opponent that comes his way and the rest of the gang went forward with their own opponents and beat the snot out of every single one of them.

After the fight, they all celebrated by going to a local bar, where they were gonna drink the night away and for Nuka, it felt like he found a place he belonged where he can be accepted as a whole.

Nuka came home one night after having one too many drinks and when he came to his room, he got super-loaded and fell down to the ground...totally unaware that his father grew increasingly worried about what he's doing and how all of this is affecting him.

"What have they done to my son?" Rasta asked.

Present

Nuka, now 15, opens the window to his room and snuck out of the house to engage in some streetfighting and as he came out of there, he makes his way to the gang's house and he had to do a secret knock to get inside and one member asked, "Who is it?"

"Nuka."

"Password?"

"I'm gonna kick your ass if you don't open this door."

"Yep, that's you."

The door finally opens and he sees the 21-year old gang leader and said, "My man, what's going down?"

They gave each other some high-fives and replied, "Just wanted to get out of the house and do some streetfighting, man. Gotta get that money!"

"We were all waiting for ya. Then after that, we're heading back to our place...doing whatever the heck we always do; bust heads, chuggin' some booze, hit up some girls...because mating season starts a little early."

All the boys began whooping and cheering for this and Nuka was very excited for all of this and said, "Let's hit it!"

Whatcha think? Hope it went well!