Chapter 2

Diego quickly went up to his mate with a worried expression on his face. "Shira are you okay," he asked. Shira sniffles and says, "Yeah I..I..I'm fine," as she tries to wipe her tears which wouldn't stop running down her cheeks. Diego didn't buy it, he's been with Shira way too long to not see that something was seriously wrong. Sabers are tough mammals that wouldn't cry unless something really bad happened. "Shira, don't hold out on me... okay? I don't like seeing you like this. I've never seen you cry before so I know that something is really wrong. I'm always going be here for you Shira because I lov..." Diego started to think about what he was saying. (I was about to admit my feelings to Shira and ruin everything. How would she respond? She already calls me soft almost everyday even though I hates it. This would no doubt make things worse) Diego thought. So in an effort to save himself from humiliation, he tried to finish the sentence differently but before he could say one word, Shira collapsed.

"SHIRA!," Diego yelled as he tried to lift her up with his head. A small puddle of blood began to form underneath her. Diego's eyes widened with fear because he has never experienced this type of thing before. The tigress who stole his heart, lies in front of him, unconscious and he doesn't even know why. Diego lays next to his mate and desperately tries to find where the blood is coming from. He thinks if he stops the bleeding, maybe she will wake up. Then he could find out what's going on. Using his paws, Diego lifts underneath Shira trying to find the wound. He is quick to notice a small gash towards Shira's rib cage. Diego begins to lick the wound trying to either stop the bleeding or at least slow it down. After about a few minutes the bleeding stopped and Shiras eyes began slowly open.

Diego lifts her up and places her on his back. He knows that the scent of the blood puddle will draw many predators, so he searches for a new cave for them to stay in. With luck, he finds another cave not to far away from the old one. Which means he doesn't have to carry his wounded mate for long. This new cave was a little bigger than the old one but other than that, there really was no difference. But even if there was, Diego wouldn't care. He was more focused on Shira than anything else. As they enter the cave, Diego sets Shira softly on the ground. Shira slowly opens her eyes and looks at her wound, which to her surprise wasn't bleeding anymore. "Diego?" She quietly said in a soft tone. "Did you...," before Shira could say anything else Diego nuzzled her cheek. He rubbed his nose ever so gently against the side of her face. The gray and dark gray saber began to purr lightly as she nuzzles him back. This gets Diego to start purring as well. Both of the sabers began to purr louder and louder as they both rubbed their soft and smooth noses against the others cheek. Shira has never been so happy to see Diego by her side and Diego felt the same about her.

After they finished nuzzling each other, Shira slowly lifted herself into a sitting position and looked Diego straight in his eyes. Diego got lost in the beautiful saber's bright blue, crystal eyes. His trance was broken when Shira finally spoke. "Diego I'm sorry," she says lightly. Diego quickly responds, "You have nothing to be sorry for... I'm still confused on what all happened here. "I made a big mistake." Shira's voice slowly grew to normal. "I messed up bad and now it may involve you too. I tried to change his mind but he got really mad!" The tigress began to tear up again but Diego comes up to her and licks her tears away. He had many questions to ask her like who got mad, what mistake did she make, how did she get hurt, and why is she sorry. But given her current state, the worse thing he could do was rush all those questions on her at once. "Shira its okay. You should rest, I'll go find us some food and we can talk about this later alright?" "Thank you Diego, for everything" she said as she licks Diego's cheek and lies down. Diego gives her a light smile and walks toward the entrance of their new cave. He then leaves to search for food.

Shira begins to lick her wound, which even though is clean still hurts really bad. While doing that she begins to think about Diego and everything that they've been through. (I never thought I'd meet a saber as sweet as Diego. All the ones that I'm used to don't show any kind of respect towards females. I always thought that I'd live alone and die alone. I was in so desperate for company that I joined a pirate crew thinking that would solve all my problems. But I still had that empty feeling and in my heart I knew that this wasn't any better. When I saw Diego on that ice berg, I thought that he was just another dickhead saber that would treat females like trash. But when I saw how much he cared for his friends and for me when he offered me water, even though I was a prisoner, I knew he was different from other sabers. Even if his pride won't let him admit it, he's a big softie. I'm glad he's my softie.) She stops licking her wound because it starts to feel better. Thinking about the wound caused her to think about everything happened this morning.

Diego enters the cave a couple minutes later with a full grown, male deer carcass being dragged by its neck. Diego looks at Shira looking for her to be impressed but instead he sees her frozen still shaken up about what happened to her. He walks over to her and drops the deer near her. The smell of the deer carcass snaps Shira out of her thoughts. She looks at the deer and then looks at Diego. "Shira, look I can tell by the way your acting something really bad has happened to you. I've never seen you shaken up like this. After your done eating if your ready to talk we can, but right now you should eat and relax. "Thanks Diego, but I can't keep this to myself any longer. I have to tell you what happened. Now."

I will try to post a new Chapter every day. Please continue to read and review. Id love to get ur feedback on these chapters and use them in my next ones. What do you think happened to Shira? Who got mad? You'll find out in the next Chapter!