HEY! I don't own DGM or Warriors I only own Saiken, and Silken. This chapter is only a bit sad but also full of kitty love X3 So enjoy!

Chapter 7

Saiken

It had been a few months since the twins got captured by the twoleg, yet they were still being treated like outcasts. "Come on! Please!" I heard Devittopaw cry desperately as I walked to get something to eat. I saw Devit facing Toraido and Maashima, with Jasdero cowering behind his brother. "Let me take some prey! For Jasdero..." He pleaded. I growled in frustration of the two older males, I had befriended Jasdevipaw during these past months and me and the twins have grown closer.

Angrily, I stepped in between Toraido, Maashima and the twins. "Back the hell off," I spat to the much older cats, defending my two friends, "they've already hunted for the clan today, according to father they have the right to take their share." I growled at Toraido and Maashima.

"We don't feed kitty pets." Toraido smirked at Devittopaw who flinched.

"They aren't kitty pets, and they have Millenniumstar's permission," I countered. The two older cats scoffed and walked away. I smirked triumphantly and stepped back so the twins could take their share of prey, sitting on my haunches and licking my paw. Devitto looked at the pile then sighed in disappointment, taking a mouse and bringing it to Jasderopaw. "Take whatever you guys want," I purred plucking out a vole and dropping it in front of the two of them, nuzzling my cheek against their own.

"Thanks." Devit said softly, smiling slightly.

"They're not gonna argue too much with me. So it's nothing," I purred, kissing them both on the cheek. Jasdero sniffed softly, licking his stitches. "It'll be alright," I said softly in reassurance.

"Dero wants things to back to how they were..." he whimpered.

"Thing's will get better," I said softly.

"But it's been months..." Jasdero said.

"It will get better." I repeated. "Like I said before, it might take a while but things will get better." Devittopaw nuzzled against his brother.

"Let's just eat, alright Dero?" He asked gently. The blonde nodded slowly. I picked out a mouse for myself and began eating it beside the twins, laying down on my belly. Devitto helped his brother eat his half of the vole

"You know you can get another vole if you want, nobody will stop you," I said feeling the flavors of the mouse bathe my tongue. They shook their heads.

"We always eat like this." Devit said.

"You're gonna be hungry though," I said worriedly, the last thing they needed was malnutrition.

"No, it's okay. We've always eaten like this, we're used to it." Devit explained.

"Ever since we were kits! hee!" Jasdero giggled softly. I smiled at them.

"Well, as long as you don't get malnutrition," I sighed. They only nodded and began eating. I was half way done with my mouse. It was very tender and tasted new. It was newleaf by now. Jasdero was the one to finish first.

"Dero's full." He said, nuzzling against his brother. I finished my mouse soon after, gulping down the last scrap. Then Devit finished. I saw Roaddream, who had become a Noah a few moons ago, come into camp, she was apparently expecting Toraido's kits, she wasn't all that big yet but Sherylpelt was still furious that Toraido had touched his precious kit in that way,

I thought it was a bit strange that the father was Toraido, but I kept that to myself, she didn't seem to like being expectant of kits and was irritable most of the time unlike her normal, happy go lucky self.

I remembered that the twins still didn't know about this news because the others never let them hear camp gossip.

"Do you guys know that Roaddream is gonna have Toraidofeather's kits?" I asked, pretty sure they didn't know. Their heads shot up.

"What?" Devittopaw asked in surprise.

"Why didn't Dero and Devi know this?" Dero asked.

"Well, almost everybody found out about this almost a moon ago, I however found out about this earlier today," I shrugged. "But, she is, you can probably tell how pissed Sherylpelt was when he found out." I mused with a smirk. The twins both laughed.

"He's way too obsessed with her." Devit snorted.

"Remember how a moon ago, Toraido was seriously injured and almost died?" I asked, remembering Sherylpelt was the cause of that. They nodded. "Sherylpelt was the one who did that to him." I laughed.

"Woah..." They said in unison. I nodded.

"Maybe she'll treat them better than we were treated..." Devit muttered to his brother who nodded sadly.

"Hmm?" I asked tilting my head. They jolted in surprise.

"N-nothing." Devit stammered, his brother giggling nervously.

"I'm not deaf…" I frowned.

"Nothing, it doesn't matter." He murmured again.

"Doesn't sound like nothing," I replied stubbornly. They only looked away, something that resembled misery in their eyes. "C'mon guys, don't you trust me?" I asked with a sigh.

"It's not something Dero and Devi like talking about." Dero muttered.

"Ok, then if you don't want to talk about it you don't have to tell me," I said, though I was still very curious. They nodded slowly, obviously still wallowing in some sort of misery. I pressed myself against the two of them, kissing their cheeks tenderly. They blushed slightly, looking away slightly. I smirked and kissed their cheeks again, I had never done this publicly and I knew mother would highly disapprove of this. Dero muttered something in his twins ear, to which Devit sighed. I tilted my head, but decided not to ask.

"You really want to know?" Devit asked softly.

"If you both feel you're ready to share," I said "I won't push you." I said softly.

"It's okay. We'll tell you if you want to know." Devittopaw muttered. I nodded. "Jasdevi was abandoned when he was 4 moons old." Devit started.

"So you don't know your parents?" I asked softly.

"Oh, we know who they are." The ravenette scowled.

"Mother and father abused Jasdevi..." Dero whimpered.

"That's awful," I gasped.

"Jasdevi had to survive all on his own before we even existed. He was captured by a twoleg also." Jasdero continued. I nodded listening. "Jasdevi was a kittypet before he became part of the Noahclan."

"The twoleg didn't treat him well either..." Devittopaw said. "He was used in something called a circus." I grimaced, I knew a bit about those, they sounded awful. "Then, after a few moons,"

"He split into Dero and Devi! hee hee!" Then, they both paused, glancing around as if checking no one was listening.

"That must have been awful, being in a circus," I muttered. They nodded.

"They made Jasdevi do tricks or he got beaten..." Jasdero whimpered.

"I heard one of the tricks is jumping through a hoop of fire, did they make him do that?" I asked, all cats hated fire, it was a natural fear.

"Dero got beaten a lot for being scared to do it..." the blonde said. I frowned and nuzzled him, kissing his cheek in reassurance.

"We escaped though." Devit said triumphantly. "Back into the forest." His triumphant look vanished. "It was hard to find food because we didn't know how to hunt... we barely made it."

"We're used to not eating for weeks." Jasdero giggled softly.

"That doesn't mean you have to starve yourselves," I said softly.

"We don't." Devit said. "We just get full after a little bit of food." I sighed.

"Alright," I said, though I knew they weren't getting as much nutrition as they should so they were weaker than most of the cats here.

"Anyway, after... however long it was... we weren't actually found by Millenniumstar first..." Devit muttered.

"Someone else abused you guys?" I sighed softly, wishing I could have taken their place back then.

"Sort of..." He trailed off.

"Well what happened?" I asked keeping my voice quiet.

"We didn't really belong to any clan... so... Spiritclan took us in first..." Jasdero said softly.

"Really?" I asked with the tilt of my head. They nodded.

"Did they infect you with innocence?" I asked.

"They tried to see if we were compatible with innocence so they injected some in us..." Devit explained.

"Oh…" I said softly, looking at my paws.

"Than Millenniumstar came," Jasdero grinned slightly.

"He told us that we belonged in the Noahclan... so he took us from the exorcists." Devitto finished.

I nodded, unsure of what I could say to them. Now that they said this, I remembered my father coming back to the camp with two abused looking kits when I was very young. I realized it was them, I remembered trying to play with them multiple times, but they only had rejected me. I remembered the ravenette always glaring at me and telling me to go away while his brother cowered in fear behind him. While I always whimpered, and crestfallenly walk away, there hadn't been a kit my age besides those two, so I had never had anyone to play with. I had developed a sort of mom complex because I would always be with her, cause I had no one else to be with. It seemed she was always annoyed with my presence too. I remembered watching the twins sulking in a secluded corner of camp, always wondering why they always insisted on being alone and refused to talk with anyone.

Doing the only thing that I could physically do right now, I nuzzled them gently, as if telling them that they were alright now. Jasdero nuzzled me back gratefully, licking my cheek. I smiled and nuzzled the two of them.

"Let's do something fun," I said softly to get their minds off of their miserable past.

"Like what?" Devit asked.

"Hide'n Seek," I suggested, I had played it once with Road.

"What's that?" Dero asked curiously.

"It's a game that can be played with two or more cats, one cat is the seeker, the rest are hiders, the hiders have to find a hiding spot and the seeker has to count to ten then the seeker looks for the hider or hiders. If the seeker gives up then the hiders win, or if the seeker finds one of the hiders then the hider that is found has to help search for the other ones if there are any," I explained. They grinned and nodded.

"Want me to count?" I offered. They nodded again, standing. "A few rules first, stay within the territory, avoid foxes, badgers and anything that has to do with twolegs," I said.

"Okay." they agreed in unison. I smiled and closed my eyes, beginning to count.

"One, two, three," I started,then hearing them scramble away. I stifled a giggle as I continued to count. "Four, five, six" I wondered if they would some how manage to disguise their scents. "Seven, eight, nine, ten! Ready or not, here I come!" I opened my eyes, the sun hurting my vision a bit then I raised my muzzle to the air and breathed in their scents. I moved in the direction of their scents to find them. Tracking them to the best of my abilities into the woods, I just hoped they'd keep themselves out of trouble. Suddenly, their scents went in two directions, Devit's in one, Dero's in the other. I didn't know which to go to. Probably Devi's to give poor Dero more confidence, but maybe Dero would get lonely? I decided to find Jasdero first, seeing as he got scared when he was alone for two long. Devit would be worried of Dero, so it would be better that the timid tom was safe with me. I followed the blonde cat's scent quickly. Tracking him to a rocky outcrop. He was easy to find, due to his bright colored pelt.

He was hidden in the shadows of the rocks. He was already seemingly nervous of being alone. Shuffling nervously under the rocks. I smiled and peeked in "Hi Dero-kun," I purred. He jumped slightly, squeaking in shock then relaxed when he saw who it was. I kissed his cheek gently in reassurance with a smile.

"H-hi Saiken." He stammered. I giggled.

"Thought I'd let you be lonely over here did you?" I purred in amusement, kissing his forehead. He giggled softly, shaking his head. "Hey wanna surprise Devi?" I asked with a small smirk.

"How?" He asked curiously.

"Sneak up on him," I mused. He nodded enthusiastically. I giggled and guided him from his crevice and back to where they had separated where Devit's scent was strong. We followed his scent to a group of bushes. We stayed hidden so Devit didn't see us from his hiding spot and we smelled the bushes, searching for the strongest. Jasdero nudged me, gesturing to a spot in the bushes.

I narrowed my eyes peering in the spot, it was a very good hiding spot, it took me a while until I finally saw a pair of golden eyes, looking around. Jasdero looked at me, waiting for my command.

I flicked my tail, meaning for us to slowly move in and flank each side. He nodded, doing as I said. With a smirk, we both prepared to jump, bunching up our muscles preparing to leap.

I gave the signal and we leaped, both of us landing on Devitto's back. "DEVI!" Jasdero cried happily.

"HOLY SHIT!" Devitto cried out. Jasderopaw giggled hysterically at his twin's reaction. As did I rubbing my cheek against Devits with a purr. "What the fuck Dero?!" He shouted.

"Chill out Devi-kun," I purred. "Just trying to have some fun."

"Devi's reaction was funny! hee hee" Jasderopaw giggled, nuzzling against his brother. Devitto grumbled and rolled his eyes, but returned his brothers nuzzle and my own. The blonde giggled again, licking his twin's cheek. I giggled nuzzling against the two of them.

"I'm getting you two back for that." Devit smirked.

"I'll look out for that," I replied.

"Dero will be careful. hee!" Dero grinned.

"But the fun of it is when you're not careful." Devitto pouted.

"But Dero doesn't like getting scared." Jasdero pouted identically. Devit smirked.

"Don't worry Dero, I'll try to protect you from the big Devi," I mused. Both twins laughed in amusement.

"Can I get up now?" Devit asked with a groan.

"No. You're warm and comfy," both Jasdero and I said in unison, then laughing.

"Devi's warm. Devi's warm." Jasdero repeated softly, giggling.

"It's new leaf, of course it's warm," Devit mused as he continued to lay squashed beneath me and Dero.

"Devi's pelt is soft too." The blonde mused playfully.

"Ya, it is," I said considerably, stretching out on him with a purr.

"Okay. You two are starting to suffocate me." Devit groaned. "Off."

"Hey! I'm not that heavy!" I pouted.

"Oh I beg to differ." He laughed. I puffed.

"In that case, I think I'll stay here," I teased.

"Meh..." He whined, trying to push me off.

"Hey! Most guys I know enjoy being in close quarters with a female." I purred.

"Yeah, but you're crushing me." He pouted.

"Well I'm not the one on your lungs, I'm only lower." I said.

"Dero's on my chest... and I think he fell asleep..." He grinned in amusement at his brother, who had indeed somehow fallen asleep. I giggled at the sleeping tom, resting my head on Devi. Devitto nuzzled his brother. I got off of Devitto and curled up beside him. "Been awhile since Jasdero's fallen asleep outside a den..." Devit sighed. "Then again, that's how we used to sleep."

"Well, I guess that means he feels safe enough," I said softly. The ravenette shrugged.

"I guess." He replied. I sighed and nuzzled closer, relishing both his and Jasdero's warmth. "Hey, Saiken, can I asked you something?" Devit piped up, careful not to wake Jasdero.

"Ya?" I said with the tilt of my head.

"What do you think about running away?" I looked at him in surprise, but then I thought for a moment, we wouldn't need to worry about other cats being cruel… And we wouldn't be judged… I thought.

"I wouldn't mind it, if you guys were to run away, sure as hell I'd come whether you liked it or not," I replied. He grinned.

"That's what I was hoping you'd say." He purred.

"You guys running?" I asked.

"We've been thinking about it ever since our capture." Devit admitted.

"Then I'm coming," I said softly. He grinned, licking my cheek. I smiled and nuzzled closer.

"We didn't want to leave without you." He said.

"Really?" I asked, my heart seeming to glow happily. He nodded.

"Of course." I grinned at him and nuzzled my cheek against his. He nuzzled me back. "So, what do you say? Wanna run away?" Devit asked.

"Yes. I'd love to," I purred.

"Wonderful." He smiled.

"When are we leaving?" I asked.

"We... haven't actually worked out the details yet." Devit admitted awkwardly.

"Maybe tomorrow night," I suggested.

"Maybe" He mused.

"Should we wake Jasdero?" I asked. He shook his head.

"Nah, let him sleep."

"Alright," I yawned tiredly. He curled up next to me, closing his eyes. I did the same, but I curled up closer to him. I felt the twins warmth seep through my fur, this bush was comfy, and private. I felt myself smile. I wondered how it would feel to be free of the clan and live on our own. Just us. No one to tell us what to do or judge us. I felt, that it would be safe… I'd be with them. We'd be able to take care of ourselves and we could avoid the clans fairly easily. I smiled and nuzzled against Devit and Dero. The blonde cuddled against me in his sleep, murmuring softly. I soon fell asleep, against them.

...

I awoke feeling the twin's still on either side of me, sleeping soundly. I smiled and curled up closer, closing my eyes once more. I was so used to their warmth, I enjoyed it. I didn't think I'd ever be able to sleep without someone beside me. I hated sleeping alone in the first place. So their being here… Was very comforting.

I nuzzled much closer with a grin. Devitto woke with a yawn, opening his eyes slowly. I opened one of my eyes.

"G'morning…" I murmured.

"Hey." He yawned, smiling.

"Did you sleep well?" I asked. He nodded, stretching. "That's good…" I yawned. A small sleepy groan caught our attention and we looked over. Jasdero's large eyes opened and he gave a small yawn. "Mornin Dero," I said softly.

"Hi..." He murmured sleepily.

"Dero guess what," Devit yawned happily.

"What?" he asked.

"Saiken's coming," Devit said with a grin. Jasderopaw grinned happily. I smiled at the two of them nuzzling them both.

"Saiken's coming! Saiken's coming!" he giggled enthusiastically.

"We need to decide on when we're going," Devit commented. Jasdero and I both nodded.

"Can we go tonight?" Jasdero asked, I could sense he wanted to get as far away from the other Noah as possible as quickly as possible.

"Maybe, but where do we go?" Devit asked.

"Well, do you see those mountains far off?" I said, peering into the distance at the purple and blue mountains in the distance. They nodded. "We could go there," I suggested.

"Sure!" Devit grinned. I smiled at them. "Sounds like a plan then." He laughed. I grinned at the two of them, I knew we could be happy there. Suddenly, the two of them fell silent, as if listening to something.

"What's wrong?" I asked, my voice lowering to a whisper.

"Jasdevi has a question! hee!" Dero giggled.

"Ya?" I asked with the tilt of my head.

"He wants to know if you've ever thought about having kits." Devit smirked widely.

"Really?" I asked in surprise, then admitted "well… actually… Ya…" I said in embarrassment. The twins grinned at each other.

"Jasdevi's happy." Jasderopaw said.

"You guys thought about it too?" I asked almost timidly. They nodded. "I guess I'm not the only one then." I mused. They laughed.

"Dero's hungry." the blonde said suddenly.

"Wanna hunt?" I suggested.

"Yes!" They said in unison.

"Then, we should probably go back to the camp." Devit said. "Millenniumstar is probably worried about you."

"If we have to…" I groaned. They both stood and shook themselves slightly. I stood up as well stretching the muscles in my back.

"Let's go catch something." Devit grinned. I nodded and trotted silently into the forest, weary of where I put my paws. The twins followed, looking around. I raised my muzzle to the air and parted my jaws, tasting the air for prey. Jasdero nudged me lightly, looking somewhere to the right. I turned my head into that direction and narrowed my eyes, scanning the surrounding area for prey. A sparrow caught my attention. Slowly, I crept towards it, keeping my body low to the ground and avoiding anything that could scare it away. I stepped closer and closer, keeping downwind until I leapt quickly. Landing on top of the unsuspecting prey.

I bent over and swiftly, breaking it's neck, feeling bones crunch between my teeth, the delicious scent of prey wafted into my nostrils. The twins walked up on either side me, grinning. I stood straighter, lapping delicious, sweet blood from my teeth.

"Sweet, there's enough for all three of us." Devit smirked. I nodded, releasing the limp prey from my claws and stepping aside so the twins could eat the plump, delicious bird. I knew it wasn't their favorite, but it would do. Devitto split the sparrow into three shares, shredding Dero's. I sat down and started my share, purring as the flavor spread through my jaws. The blonde ate with gusto. And Devit ate more like a savage, then again what was there to be suspected. They're two halves of one cat with two different personalities. Jasdevi must be very bipolar at times. But what didn't it matter. I liked all three of them. No scratch that. I loved all three of them just the way they were. Jasdero finished first, sitting and licking blood from his lips. I licked my own lips with satisfaction as the last piece of my share of the sparrow slid down my throat. Jasdero began grooming himself while we waiting for Devit. I just lay down on my stomach crossing my paws, my tail flickering from side to side. After a while, Devit finished, licking his lips.

I stretched out my paws, digging my claws into the soil, feeling it beneath my blades. "Alright, let's go back." The ravenette said, stretching.

"Alright," I yawned, looking into the sky to see it was sundown. We'd be leaving soon tonight. Jasdero giggled in agreement. "Well, at least we got to sleep before we head out tonight." I said. They nodded. "Oh and when we leave, we should disguise our scents so they can't track us." I suggested as I lead them back to camp.

"Good idea." Devit nodded.

"That's how I found the two of you during hide and seek," I mused, as I trotted towards camp.

"Oh..." the twins looked down, embarrassed. I chuckled and kissed their cheeks.

"You're new to the game, you didn't know," I purred. They shrugged, becoming unusually timid the moment we entered camp. I ignored the looks the twins were given and guided them to the apprentice den, we were the only apprentices, though we were as old as Road, so we could be warriors, but the rest of the clan was unapproving of the twins and my decision to stick with them so that was the only reason we weren't warriors.

Jasdero curled up in his and Devit's nest, hiding his face. They always became depressed when they were inside the camp, especially when they were in the apprentice den, where they were reminded of their fear of never being warriors. I followed them and curled up around them with a purr. I never let them sleep alone, not that they ever seemed to mind anyways. Father had tried to make me a warrior, but I had refused the offer because he said the twins weren't becoming warriors as well. I hadn't told them of this, I didn't want to upset them anymore than they already were, so I have been keeping it to myself for a moon.

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey, please join here beneath outcast rock for a clan meeting!" Millenniumstar's voice boomed from the clearing. I looked at the twins, wondering what this could possibly be about. The twins stood reluctantly, the three of us making our way to outcast rock. We sat at the base. I stayed closer to the twins, nuzzling against them as we watched the rest of the clan gather. They avoided the three of us. Jasderopaw squeaked in pain as Toraido stepped on his tail.

"Oops." He smirked. I snarled at the older male, baring my teeth and hissing. When Toraido disappeared into the crowd, I looked at Jasdero and rubbed my cheek against his and kissed it gently. His tail was wrapped around his legs as he sniffed. I felt guilt creep over me, he didn't need this, they didn't need this. They didn't deserve this. It hadn't been their fault that they got captured by a twoleg. I wrapped my tail around the two of them protectively, licking a tear from Jasdero's cheek and gently nuzzling his muzzle with my nose. Suddenly, everyone fell silent and I knew that Millenniumstar was about to start speaking.

"Saikenpaw, step forward." I was shocked, was he seriously giving me a warrior ceremony after I rejected it? I refused to step forward shaking my head defiantly. "I, Millenniumstar, leader of Noahclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn."

"Saikenpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?" I shook my head unlike how I was supposed to say I do "Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Saikenpaw, from this moment you will be known as Saikenflight. StarClan honors your Bravery and empathy, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Noahclan." I felt my jaw drop in disbelief. How dare he do this? I had a suspicion he was only doing it to separate me and the twins. I looked over at the twins who had hung their heads, their golden eyes dull and lifeless. They were the only apprentices left now… I heard my new name being chanted, I tried to block it out of my head, shaking it vigorously. Devit stood, trembling and pulled Jasdero away, both of them walking away back to the apprentice den. I wanted to run after them and talk to them, I wanted to still run away with them. I didn't want them to be alone. I pushed through the crowd of cats catching up to them.

"G-guys!" I started. They didn't look back but continued walking. "Guys?" I said more softly. They walked into the apprentice den, no giving any indication that they'd heard me. "Guys, please listen," I pleaded following them into the apprentice den.

"Leave us alone." Devit snarled. "Go be with the other warriors or something."

"I didn't want to be a warrior though! I didn't ask for this!" I said desperately. The ravenette just turned away.

"Whatever," He muttered, curling up around his silently crying twin. "at least you became one. We'll never become warriors. So good for fucking you then."

"I'm not looking for a friggin praise!" I snapped "I didn't want to be a warrior without you guys! Millenniumstar tried to make me one a moon ago but I refused! I want to be with you guys! Can't you see that?!" I cried out.

"Well, you're just daddy's little girl aren't you?" He muttered angrily, not looking at me. "Just leave us alone."

"Why the hell are you doing this? Get it through your head! I didn't and don't want to be a warrior!" I said. Neither of them replied, though I could hear Jasdero crying softly. "You know what then? Fine! But hear this, I just wanted to be with you guys. Nothing more. Nothing less… I'm still the same cat I was." I hissed feeling my heartache and tears slide down my cheeks. I turned and walked out of the apprentice den, pausing outside when I heard Jasdero's voice.

"D-Devi... wh-why aren't w-we a-aloud to be ha-happy?" He sniffed. I felt my heart break even more. All I wanted was them to be happy. My father just had to ruin that too. I shook my head slowly. He wasn't any father of mine. And this wasn't any clan of mine.

"Because everybody hates us. Everybody…" Devitto hissed bitterly. "We can't trust anyone... just each other..." He added.

"J-just D-Devi..." Jasderopaw hiccupped. I closed my eyes, shaking my head, and walking through the camp, everyone was retreating to the warriors den. I however wasn't I was going to sleep alone in the woods, I didn't want to sleep with anyone besides Jasdevi or the twins. And if I couldn't sleep next to them, I wasn't going to sleep next to anybody. I reluctantly walked into the warrior's den and went to a secluded corner away from everyone else. I knew I wasn't going to be able to sleep at all tonight. I wasn't used to sleeping alone. I had always slept with someone, whether it was my mother, Jasdevi, or the twins. I felt fat tears roll down my cheek.

….

I must have cried myself to sleep because I woke up some point in the middle of the night. I felt panicked for a moment, realizing the twins weren't with me, then I remembered… I was a warrior now… I was alone… The twins were mad at me… I felt grief claw at my heart, a pang of loneliness creeping up on me. I stood up, shaking my pelt to get rid of excess moss.

Then I walked from the den careful not to step or awaken any cats. Then I walked from the den, making my way through the clan camp. I looked around making sure nobody followed me, and I crept into the woods, deciding to take a walk. That was when a familiar scent drew into my nose. The twins… I thought.

Immediately I found some wet ferns to disguise my scent. I rolled around in it and raised my muzzle and breathed in the twins scent. Though it seemed very faded, as if they tried to disguise their scents. I felt myself follow the scent, being as silent as possible. I crept through the woods peering around, looking for Jasdero's bright pelt knowing I'd find them both easiest that way.

I hid about in some brush, and looked around until I found a very familiar blonde pelt. I heard small quiet sobs. "Dero quiet down." Devit's voice whispered harshly.

"S-sorry Devi..." Dero sniffed. I crept up behind them.

"You two should really disguise your scents better," I commented in an almost silent whisper. They jumped, Jasderopaw hiding behind Devitto. "What, did you really think I was gonna let you two roam out here without me?" I sighed giving them a raised eyebrow "because last time I checked I was in on this plan too." I saw Jasdero smile, seemingly relieved I still wanted to come. "And nomatter what any of you two say, I am not gonna leave you." I said stubbornly. Devit still seemed stubborn to talk to me, obviously still ticked off. "Sulk all you want you're not rid of me," I purred.

"Yeah, whatever." He grumbled, looking away. I puffed knowing he wasn't going to lighten up for a while and I might have to do something to earn his trust again but at least Jasdero wasn't holding a grudge.

"I just want to be Saiken no paw no flight, just Saiken," I sighed knowing Devit would most likely use my warrior name to taunt me or whatever. He just shrugged, glaring at the ground.

"Hee hee Saiken's coming." Jasdero grinned. "Saiken's come-"

"Shut up Dero!" Devit snapped angrily, making the blonde cower and tear up again. He seemed to notice his mistake at once. "D-Dero I didn't mean..." His voice trailed off when his twin started sobbing. I sighed and gently nuzzled Jasdero kissing his cheek gently. Devit lowered his head and, to my great surprise, tears started dripping down his own cheeks.

Dero's sobs turned to only sniffled and he calmed down enough so that I could go comfort Devi.

"I don't need your pity." He snapped through his tears.

"This isn't pity Devitto..." I murmured nuzzling against him and licking tears from his cheeks. "Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on, even someone as tough and strong as you." I said softly, making my voice soothing. To my shock, he leaned against me, burying his nose into my fur.

"I've failed..." He sobbed.

"No you haven't... You're under a lot o stress, trying to defend Jasdero and trying to look strong by keeping your feelings bundled inside of you," I muttered feeling it would be better not to bring up the whole warrior thing.

"I-I just wanted t-to protect him... to give him a home... to make him happy..." Devit's sobs became louder. "And I couldn't do that! I've failed him and all I can do is shout at him... I-I don't deserve to be his brother..."

"You've done so many good things for him, when he was sick, you stayed with him the whole time keeping him warm and trying to make sure he ate and drank. You've defended him against full grown cats and have made sure he could eat by shredding his meat, and you never feel bad for yourself, you always think about Jasdero and how to make him happy, you are an amazing brother to Jasdero, a much better one then you think." I said a bit firmly. "I always envied how he had someone as devoted to him as you for a brother." I admitted. Jasdero walked timidly up to his brother and nuzzled against him.

"Devi isn't a bad brother." He murmured. "Dero... Dero loves Devi." Devitto smiled ever so slightly.

"And where we're going, we'll be happy, there will be nobody to judge any of us..." I reassured him.

"Really?" The twins asked hopefully.

"Yes, no twolegs, no clans. Just us and prey," I purred reassuringly. They both smiled happily. "Now let's go before the whole clan shows up, but first of all we need to make sure the clan can't track us." I said.

"How?" Dero asked.

"There's an abandoned fox den not too far away from here and it's on course so we could roll around in there so we smell like fox, the clans will avoid us if we smell like it," I explained. The nodded.

"Alright." They said in unison. I smiled at them.

"Oh, and keep to dry spots so they can't see our paw prints." I added before trotting towards the fox den, keeping to dry spaces. They followed closely, walking on either side of me.

I felt my heart flutter happily but I ignored the happiness and focused on making sure we weren't being followed. The twins were looking around warily, the angler light on Dero's head giving off a little bit of light, but not enough to give us away. Finally the scent of fox reached my nose, I peered around looking through the darkness for the den but to no avail it was too dark.

"Dero, can you shine your light around?" I asked peering through the never ending darkness as if something was to jump out and attack. He nodded and walked in front of me, his light brightening the forest slightly. I looked around where he shined light until I found the black abyss. "There it is, thanks Dero," I purred.

"We should sleep here so the scent stays on our pelts longer." Devitto said as he investigated the hole. I had to admit, that was a very good idea.

"Ya, we should, that's a great idea Devi," I praised. He straightened up proudly as Jasdero giggled quietly. I smiled at them and together, the three of us crept into the den, Devit still looked pretty proud of himself. I lay down with a yawn, seeing the sun begin to rise, the twins curled up on either side of me with sleepy smiles. We all fell asleep in minutes, exhausted. Their warmth comforted me and made me feel safe and loved.

...

I woke up, the warmth was gone, the scent of fox was still fresh in my nose. I looked up feeling anxious where was my warmth? Where were the twins? Had they only been pretending to forgive me last night? Did they leave without me? No... Just hunting... They didn't leave me... They are just hunting... I thought refusing to believe they left.

A noise caused me to turn my head I felt fearful. Alone, I wasn't sure what this was until I saw a light coming from further down the tunnel, I let out a sigh of relief when Jasdero and Devitto came into view. I stood up and trotted towards them it was then I realized these weren't the twins, they weren't clan cats either, they were two rogues.

I stopped in my tracks, feeling my hackles raise. Both of them were toms but they were not the twins. One was a dark grey, darker stripes that seemed jagged and cascaded down his sides with cold ice blue eyes. He had scars along his back, sides and face.

The second wasn't even blond, this one was missing an eye, he was a dark chestnut brown with a white chest and belly, he had ragged fur and a scar over his missing eye, his one colored eye was a dark green, almost black.

I felt myself whimper, and back up slowly. I bared my teeth and hissed. This only caused the dark one to chuckle.

"Fiesty aren't you," he purred. I made myself stop in my tracks. They weren't warriors, they wouldn't be able to fight back as well as a trained cat would, but I was out numbered.

I saw muscles ripple beneath their pelts, they were certainly stronger then me too, I felt my heart pounding, I was in trouble and there was nobody to back me up.

Fear struck me when they smirked savagely, their eyes boring into my soul with that life devouring gaze. I backed up feeling the cold soil against my paws.

As I backed up they stepped forwards.

"Hey Saiken, we brought pr-" I heard the voice of Devit start but he trailed off when he saw the two toms. Relief washed over me, the twins were back, a feeling of security flooded into me as if the dam holding all relief and security was crushed releasing those feelings inside of me.

"Beautiful name for a beautiful she cat..." The darker one purred to his brown companion who nodded enthusiastically. I gulped not wanting to remove my gaze in fear that they might attack.

I felt two warm pelts brush against my side and gently push me behind them, I was thankful that Jasdero and Devit were there. I felt my hackles lower, but their hackles were raised high, I don't think I've ever seen the two of them this mad. They glared at the two toms, claws drawn. I nuzzled against them gratefully.

"Back off." Devit hissed at the toms.

"Why should we?" The chocolate brown tom hissed.

"Cause if you don't," Devitto started.

"Dero and Devi will have to kill. hee hee" Jasdero finished, giving an insane giggle.

"Pff, like two little mice like you will be able to do anything," the dark grey tom snorted.

"Mice?" The twins hissed in unison. "We'll fuck both of you up." I caught a nervous glint in the brown toms eye, he had less of an advantage as his companion seeing he had lack of peripheral vision due to his missing eye.

"Ya, like what are a couple of freaks gonna do to shake us up?" The grey one chuckled, extending long, terrifying claws. The twin's eyes widened at the word 'freaks', insane grins stretching both of their maws.

"You shouldn't have done that, now we're really gonna kill you." they said and suddenly smoke filled the area. I coughed feeling it burn my lungs and nostrils, the hell did they do? Were they morphing or something? Or did they somehow light a fire? I was confused, and the smoke hurt. But before I knew it, I heard blood curdling shrieks fill the air, the sound of claws tearing through flesh came to my ears, I shrank back against the wall, anxiously trying to peer through the screen of smoke. The smoke faded slowly and I saw Jasdevi standing in a pool of blood, his pelt covered in the crimson liquid. I could see nothing of the two toms, only shredded fur, flesh and organs littered the floor, I blinked in shock and surprise. The two toned tom shook himself, sighing. "They should've listened." He muttered. I nodded in agreement, looking at the bloody mess around the den.

"You alright?" I asked softly, now worried if some of that blood was his own. He looked up and grinned.

"I'm fine," He said, walking out of the puddle.

"You sure?" I asked worriedly, looking him over. He nodded, beginning to groom himself. I let out a sigh of relief and helped him clean blood from his fur. After a minute or two his pelt was spotless and it was clear that there were no wounds on him. I kissed his cheek gently thankful that he was safe.

"We told them that we would kill them. They should've listened." He sighed.

"Mhm…" I agreed. "We should go before others come from the commotion," I advised.

"Yeah, let's go." He agreed.

I gingerly walked from the den, it was almost nightfall again I raised my muzzle to make sure the coast was clear, when I smelt nothing but fox and fresh air, well besides the scent of the blood, I walked on towards the mountains, making sure to keep to dry patches. Jasdevi followed me, looking around.

"Shit..." He muttered suddenly.

"What's wrong?" I asked, turning to face him.

"We caught prey and we didn't get to eat it." He said.

"Shit, I thought it was something more serious… Like the Earl or something…" I sighed, my fresh panic fading.

"It is serious... I'm hungry." Jasdevi whined.

"Alright, we're not far at all, we can turn back," I sighed, turning around and heading towards the den. "Also next time you guys leave, wake me and tell me first, I almost had a heart attack," I sighed.

"Can do." Jasdevi grinned.

"Good," I said and stepped back through the entrance to the abandoned fox den there I saw prey sitting inside the den on the ground, there was a large rabbit sitting there waiting to be eaten. "Woah. That's impressive." I mused. Jasdevi trotted in next to me licking his lips and puffing his chest out proudly.

"Yes it is!" He said triumphantly. I laughed, kissing his cheek. He grinned and crouched down plucking the rabbit and dropping it in between us. I grinned, the smell filling my nostrils. I waited for him to start eating before I did.

As soon as he sank his teeth into the rabbit carcass, I joined him, grinning happily as the tender flavor of rabbit filled me. Jasdevi ate hungrily, grinning.

When we finished, I licked my lips from blood and excess rabbit and stood up with a stretch. I waited for Jasdevi to finish before saying "can we go now?" He nodded, licking the blood from his lips. I walked from the den, listening and smelling the scents of my surroundings, making sure we weren't followed. Then keeping to dry patches and trotting towards the mountains once more. I heard Jasdevi's pawsteps behind me, stepping in the same places I was stepping. We walked in silence, the bird songs being the only sounds. We only stayed silent so we wouldn't be spotted. But I did really want to talk, but I knew I needed to be sure we weren't going to become ambushed. Plus, the silence was sort of peaceful. We trotted along the trail, through the darkness. "So… Are we gonna travel at night like this?" I asked.

"It's better. Cause we won't get spotted as easily." Jasdevi replied.

"Kay, I was thinking the same thing," I said keeping my eyes on the trail.

"Great minds think alike." He purred. I smiled at him. "Especially a beautiful mind such as your own." I felt myself blush.

"Th-thank you," I purred bashfully, not quite sure what I could say that didn't sound stupid. He chuckled, licking my forehead. I felt a purr rumble in my throat.

"How much farther to the mountains?" He asked.

"At most it'll take a week or two," I said estimating the distance. He groaned softly.

"Well, on the bright side, you're stuck with me," I smirked.

"Touche." He grinned. I smiled, my tail brushing under his chin gently. "Let's hope we don't run into anymore trouble." He said.

"That'd be nice," I chuckled, "we might have to cross a thunderpath or two…" I murmured as I investigated further into the distance.

"Well, as long as we don't have to get our paws too dirty." Jasdevi shrugged.

"Ya, I wouldn't mind as long as I don't get monster sludge on them," I groaned, wrinkling my nose.

"Monster sludge?" Jasdevi asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You know, that stuff thats sticky that leaks from the monsters, it's really smelly and almost impossible to get off," I explained.

"Oh yeah, that stuff." Jasdevi shuddered.

"I remember I got that stuff on my paws one day…. Ugh… couldn't get it off for a moon…" I shuddered in memory of the smell of the putrid chemical that had clung to my paws for ages.

"I used to have that stuff poured on me as a punishment..." Jasdevi murmured. "It's flammable."

"Starclan… That's awful…" I murmured, rubbing my cheek against his, trying to cheer him up. He shrugged.

"It's okay. That circus was stupid anyway." I nodded kissing his cheek gently and nuzzling against him.

"Well, it's over now, no more circus," I purred soothingly. He nodded, nuzzling me back. I smirked deciding to change the subject. "So, yesterday, you asked if I ever thought about kits… Why?" I asked.

"Cause... um... I wanted to start a family with you..." He muttered, blushing.

"Really?" I asked most softly. He nodded. I smiled and nuzzled against him with a purr. "I'd be glad to." His smiled widened and he nuzzled me back. I purred, rubbing myself against his side. I slowed down to a walk so I could just walk next to him, with our pelts pressed against each other.

"Wanna find some place to stay and rest for a bit?" Jasdevi offered.

"Nah, lets keep going. We'll be able to get there faster that way," I said. He nodded and continued following me. I knew we'd be happy and safe in the mountains…