GiroNatsu in this chapter! Yay, next chapter will feature Erik/Christine :D
The Light riders gathered again in the Dark cave, discussing what they should do with Natsumi. They all agreed that changing her would be hard, but releasing her back to the Dark riders would also not be an option.
Benvolio huffed, "Maybe we shall just kill her..." he shrugged, "I mean, the Dark Riders had killed so many people, it won't be bad if we killed one, right?"
Erik shook his head, "no, Benvolio, I don't agree on killing, even if she's a dark rider ally, it is just not right to kill."
Lenox whimpered, he agreed with Erik's opinion, but he had no clue how they should deal with her, "Then what shall we do? Keeping her in that den can't last forever."
"Let me talk to her." A voice rang behind the five as they turned, and saw Giroro standing at the entrance of the cave.
"Are you sure?" Erik asked, walking toward him, "Natsumi hates you, and she is quite dangerous."
"I am the one that brings her here." Giroro sighed, "so I should take full responsibility of her."
Erik glanced to the other Light riders. Hadhi and Yap didn't care either way as they backed away, they didn't agree on taking Natsumi or Christine into the kingdom at the first place, and felt like it wasn't their problems. Benvolio shrugged, he didn't think Giroro could change Natsumi's perspective, but thought maybe it's worth a try. Lenox, however, was quite supportive of letting Giroro try. Out of all the Light riders, he disliked violence the most, and would do anything to achieve peace in his power.
"Let him try." Lenox said, "there's a chance that it will work."
Erik nodded, "Alright." He turned toward Giroro, "we will leave Natsumi to you."
Dororo yelped upon hearing Giroro's decision, "Are you crazy?" he asked, "you're the one that defeated her, and possibly someone she would hate the most." Dororo exclaimed.
Giroro smirked slightly, he was glad that Dororo would be worry about him, "Don't worry, I will be fine. She won't be able to fight me down."
"But..." Dororo whimpered, pinning his ears back.
"Let him do what he wants to do." Koyuki said, who was standing beside them at this time as she nuzzled Dororo.
Dororo sighed, "Fine. Just be careful, I don't want to lose my friend."
"You won't." Giroro reassured him, and nudging him slightly before heading off.
"Now do you want to play?" Koyuki smirked, wanted to ease Dororo's mind by distracting him as she suddenly pinned him down to the ground in a playful manner.
Dororo yelped out, "Hey!" He said, rolling out of his way, "you cheat."
Koyuki grinned and jumped toward him as the two began playing on the soft grass.
Giroro huffed, approaching the den Natsumi was at, the lions that were guarding her recognized him as they stepped aside, letting him through. Giroro took a deep breath, slowly, pushing the door open with his two front paws, he entered the den, glancing around. Giroro didn't know why he had taken this trouble to himself as he knew by heart that it definitely won't be easy for him to change Natsumi's thought about lions. But he wanted to try, he could still feel that strange sensation whenever he heard Natsumi's name, and he wanted desperately for her to be on their sides.
Giroro was in his thought too long as he didn't notice Natsumi coming closer to him, she suddenly snarled, raising her paw and slashed him across his stomach. Giroro gasped in pain, falling to the ground, bleeding from where she had strike.
"What are you doing here?" Natsumi hissed, standing over him.
Giroro groaned, but rolled out of his way, making Natsumi yelped and fell to the ground. He huffed, getting back on his paws as he glared to the female wolf pup, "I am just here to talk."
"I have nothing to talk to you!" Natsumi snarled as she stood back on, glaring furiously to him before she turned to the wall of the den, huffing.
Giroro shrugged, sitting down, licking his wound while staring at her back. He had to admit that she's beautiful in her own way, having the light, bright silver fur and slightly muscular body. her long tail dragging down to the ground.
Natsumi growled slightly, turning back toward him, "What are you staring at?"
Giroro yelped, turning away from her, feeling embarrassed, but hid the emotions immediately as he mumbled, "I'm waiting for you to be willing to talk."
Natsumi thought for a moment, knowing that he possibly wouldn't have left her alone until she gave in, so she huffed, held her head high, "What do you want to talk about?" she demanded.
Giroro chuckled a bit, he had never met any female like her, despite being captured, she was still acting like a queen instead of a prisoner, "why do you want to join the Dark Riders?" he started.
"Because they're strong." Natsumi said, shrugging, "and I can get power from them." she decided to hide the fact that her lover and her brother were killed by the Light riders, at least to her knowledge.
Giroro frowned, raising a brow, he suspected it wasn't the whole truth, but decided not to argue with her. "What's your family like?" He asked, after pondering for a while, and decided to start with something easier to begin with.
Natsumi was surprised, she honestly think that he would lecture her about how great the Light riders were, and how cruel or murderous the Dark Riders were, though it still didn't make her like him more. "Better than yours, what?" she said coldly.
Giroro sighed, it is going to be hard, and he could sense that she was wishing him to leave soon. Giroro grumbled slightly, stood up abruptly, "I think it is enough for today," he shrugged, "I will visit you tomorrow."
Natsumi huffed, murmured to herself, "I guess it's good to have someone to talk to."
Giroro smirked a bit, catching her phrase as he left the den, it was a start.
Meanwhile, the Dark riders were discussing their own business, mainly about what they should do now that Christine and Natsumi were in Peacemaker kingdom.
Hufuer growled, "I don't think we shall go save them, those stupid Light Riders will definitely turn them into a traitor." He said.
Fleck chuckled lightly, "I want to get rid of that lion cub anyway." He shrugged. It was his plan to choose Christine into the platoon so that he could use the Light Riders' hand to get rid of her. As the leader of Dark Riders, he hated lions the most, and wanted to eventually force the Cats kingdom to have different species as their rulers. Killing off Christine or making her into a traitor was the first step of his plan.
Kuamini huffed, "What shall we do though? we will need two more people to replace them."
"Let's just choose someone who is the strongest to replace them." Annabeth suggested, "someone who will not bend under Light riders, and who will actually be able to kill off their pathetic platoon."
Hufuer nodded, "Pity that Natsumi was captured as well," he huffed, "I thought that girl was stronger, guess I'm wrong, and we don't need weaklings in us."
Fleck chuckled, "Then it's decided," he glanced toward Xiure, who was quite all the time, "Do you have any opinions?" He asked.
Xiure shrugged, "I don't care either way, you can decide."
Fleck nodded, and soon enough, the five had sorted out on the two people that will replace Christine and Natsumi, they were Hatua, a leopard cub, and Nasri, and Australian Shepherd pup.
Fleck chuckled, glancing at the new platoon, it was perfect, he thought, and they will soon be able to attack again. Be aware, Light riders. Fleck grinned.
Light Riders:
Erik-white lion cub; also the prince of Peacemakers; Power: Electric
Benvolio-regular tiger cub; Power: Fire
Lenox-black leopard cub; Power: plasma, Chinese Kung Fu, controlling the death
Hadhi-hyena cub; Power: Wind, creating tornadoes, etc.
Yap-white tiger cub; Power: Ice
Peacemakers (Allies with the Light Riders)
Garoro-General; wolf
Garuru- wolf pup, son of Garoro
Giroro- wolf pup, son of Garoro
Dororo-wolf pup; adopted by Garoro
Koyuki- wolf pup
Keroro-cheetah Cub
Tamama-cheetah Cub; lover of Keroro
Fuyuki- wolf pup; son of Aki
Dark Riders:
Fleck- Hyena cub; Power: black sand, nightmare
Annabeth- African Wild Dog pup; Power: poison, sleeping shard
Hufuer- wolfdog pup; Power: dirt, thorns
Kuamini- Adult hyena; Power: ice
Xiure- Regular tiger cub; Power: water, tsunami
Dogs (Allies with the Dark Riders)
Aki-General of Dogs; wolf
Natsumi- wolf pup; Daughter of Aki
Rockune-Border Collie Pup; one of the platoon members
Boone- German Shepherd pup; one of the platoon members
Nasri-Australian Shepherd pup; one of the platoon members
Cats (Allies with the Dark Riders)
Alice-queen of the Cats; Lioness
Christine-lioness cub; princess of the Cats.
Hika-Bengal kitten; one of the platoon members
Hatua-Leopard cub; one of the platoon members
