You're probably surprised about my early update, but I have time to work on the story, so I've been writing and planning what's going to come ahead. And now you have it and probably more to come. Here is the new chapter, which could very much be my favorite. But First:
Reldor: Lol, and you haven't seen the worst of it yet!
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Now, go ahead and read. Rated T for some reasons that appear along the story, including those in this chapter. Let's get to know a little about Jive.
Just My Luck
The odds are not in my favor today. -Katniss, "The Hunger Games"
His new body was uncomfortable, and weird. It was very different from how he felt comfortable with. And cold. It was cold without a mane around his neck. But somehow, even though everything, he was at least happy with the fact that females a very light in their paws and weight much less, providing even more speed. This gave Tilce a hard time since every time that he tried to run from the avenging Jive, he got trapped or bitten at the tip of his tail since the female pursued him so close. They'd spent at least an hour, Tilce running, Riga laughing, and Jive, (or Deca), getting revenge on the jokes they made about him. But now he was heading to the social spot of the lionesses, where Kovu passed by everyday, ready to finish with his part of the plan while Tilce did his.
Now Jive had to act like a female, not knowing what to do, so he just walked past the lionesses with a curt 'hello' and a few nods, he was free to go and no one suspected nothing. It was a fair start, even though some lionesses started murmuring between themselves, eyeing him. A shiver went down his spine. Without his mane in this body he felt naked, and specially with the looks he was given.
He laid not far from the rest of the lionesses, close enough not to seem weird, but far enough to evade one of them trying to make conversation. Waiting, he just stayed there watching out for Kovu and his morning stroll.
He looked across the waterhole that was not far from him/her and looked at his reflection, examining Deca's features, or his features. It made him think about himself and his life up to now.
Deca had startling big light-brown eyes, and very light brown hair to match at the tip of her tail and around her eyes. Her coat was a very light cream one, and her body was slim, with the same characteristic squared muzzle and pink nose. Cute.
The sun was burning hot, so he padded over and took a drink. He sat and looked down at his reflection for a moment. "Who is that girl I see… staring straight… back at me? Why is my reflection someone I don't know? Somehow I cannot hide… who I am, though I've tried." He told himself.
He didn't mean it exactly because of he was now Deca. But he meant it because his whole life had been like this.
He wasn't Zira's son. He was just a miserable cub she found at the edge of dying in starvation, desperate to live. And now, after letting her take him in, he felt he owed her his life. He was raised with brothers and a mother. But he was treated as omega, meaning always last, and a play toy for the others, who joked and bothered him and he, who never spoke up of defended himself, had let himself for it since if not Zira would kick him out, or chastise him in one of her cold, painful punishments. She always claimed he had everything although the pup was internally miserable.
She always used to say: "what else could you want?" And it was love. He'd never been taught love by any chance, and Zira wasn't a role model. Now he just stayed because of how he felt in dept with her, but really… He'd never wanted to stay there. He wanted to live another type of life and not play the villain or be the one to be abused. And he was doing this whole crazy revenge operation as the last thing he'll do for her. After she accomplishes whatever she wants, he won't be needed and will be free to go. That is what he had planned. Now-
"-I'll be back by noon." Kovu said as he passed by with Simba. Good-bye to his train of thought.
"Alright." Simba said before starting to run in the opposite direction to Pride Rock.
Gulping and taking a few breaths, Jive made up his mind. Time for action.
Kovu started walking away, and Jive had to react rapidly. He quickly padded over before the lion could say 'hello'.
"Kovu!" Ouch! Thought Jive. He was still not accustomed to his cheery voice.
Kovu turned. "Um, hi, Deca." So much excitement.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Reluctantly, he moved over to Kovu, face to face, smiling. I'm about to puke…
Kovu took a step back hastily. "I'm about to go on a… patrol." He looked at her weirdly.
Jive moved forward and placed a paw to his chest, going up and down. Please, kill me! "Koby munchkin!" She giggled. "You're so cute!"
"Uh, I gotta go."
"Awww! Koby! Stay pwease?" She pouted making big eyes. Make it a quick death! Jive wanted to die internally, but the cheery, happy façade didn't falter a bit as he spoke.
"No. I have to go." He said harshly before turning.
Jive quickly grabbed his tail. Kovu turned his head to her, surprised. "Pwease!" Deca begged while Jive tried not to gag at his own words.
"My name is Kovu, not 'Koby'." He pulled his tail away but Jive grabbed it again. Fall for it already, damn it!
"I know…" She tried her best to sound seductive while giggling.
"Please leave my tail alone." He said expressionless. Deca faked hurt.
"Koby! What's wrong with you?" She asked. Jive gulped before starting to rub himself against Kovu, who jumped in the air.
"What are you doing!"
"Comforting you?" She rolled her eyes.
"Leave me alone!" He looked at her frightened.
"But Koby!" She pleaded. Kovu was surprised there was no one near to see this assault. Kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, kill me, NOW!
"No!" He tugged his tail back again.
He rubbed against him once more, remembering what Zira said. Mate with him if you have to!
"Stway pwease!" She begged. Then she proceeded to stand in front of Kovu, who now looked at her afraid. "Am I in heat?" She asked, trying to sound innocent. "Check?" I am not capable of calling myself a male anymore.
"What?" Kovu, in one motion, was already a few feet away.
"I thought that maybe you would like to secretly mate with me. I would never lose my cub…"
"Leave my mate out of this! And I'll never cheat on her!" He roared.
Jive was now annoyed.
"Koby! Pwease! I need you!"
"But I don't! Leave me alone!"
"Koby. Stay." This time there was no hint of girlishness in the voice. Deca/Jive had become serious. Kovu simply gulped. I'm tired of this.
"I have to go." He turned rapidly, ready to run before being tackled and looking up to see a very malicious smile. "Let go!"
"No! You love me and no one else!" Deca shouted. Kovu was scared now.
"Let me go!" He shouted, trying to wriggle free from her paws that held him in a very tight hug.
"No!" At some point, Kovu managed to wriggle himself free, but she grabbed his tail and he was again on the ground with her hovering over him.
"You won't go away, got that?" She growled.
"What do you want?" He asked, eyes wide, and scared.
"You love me!" O, Kings of above, do me a favor and give me death.
"I don't!" He tried to free himself once more. She was a pretty strong female. The irony… Okay, I'll go to my last resource.
"You do, and you love me more than her 'cause you want to mate with me, and you will, because you love me and you want a cub with me, and you'll dump her, and then she'll die because of loneliness, and we'll laugh at her and on her deathbed we'll write 'forever alone' and we'll laugh and mate in that same place for her to see you never loved her because you always loved me, because I am your only and true true love and you will prefer to have a sick old lioness over her and that she's stupid because it's very hard to loose a cub and because she lost it, when it was your child she was carrying, and because now you love me more we'll spend the rest of our lives together forever!" She said out of breath. Kovu watched Jive with wide, scared, frightened, eyes, the words 'crazy' written all over his expression. "And now…" she said. "You'll kiss me!"
I, Jive, swear for the love of everything that's good, that I , on this day, if my lips shall touch his, will commit suicide on this same day. It will be for the faith of my own well-being and that somewhere, even in hell, it'll be better than this.
Kovu's eyes flickered rapidly, processing thinking, trying to save himself.
Soon enough, he started hearing the laugh of Kiara and Tilce, coming closer more and more. It was hard to miss they were going to come over. And the lionesses were also near to help him, however they hadn't noticed the tight situation he was in now.
The world is against me. Odds are not in my favor today.
Maybe, just maybe…. That's it. Just as Deca leaned in, closing their space, closer and closer to kiss him….
"RAPE!"
The sound echoed all around. Lionesses turned and Kiara hurried over to see a Kovu on the verge of tears and with Deca hovering over him, looking wide-eyed.
"Help! She's going to rape me! Help!" He cried. "Kings, please!"
"Kovu! What's wrong?" Kiara approached them, just as a very startled and embarrassed Jive, moved away to let him stand.
Kovu stood rapidly and hurried over to Kiara half hiding himself behind her, who just looked between the lions confused as Tilce came from next to her and shot a look at Jive. Kovu saw the exchange, but quickly dismissed this as he was so freaked out.
"She is crazy! And a rapist!" He shouted.
Deca shook her head and made to walk over to Kiara, but Kovu stepped in front of her protectively and growled.
"Get away, you rapist!"
"I'm not a rapist!"
"Violator!"
"Am not!"
"Rapist! Crazy rapist!"
Kiara stepped in between Deca and the wild eyed Kovu. "What's this about?"
"She tried to rape me!"
"Shut up." Deca growled. "Your mate hit his head with a rock very hard, and when he woke up, he tried to tackle me saying that I am a rapist. Of course I defended myself and pinned him, which is why I was on top of him when you arrived!" She said this to Kiara but was shouting it all at Kovu. "I'm not a rapist!"
"You are!"
"Kovu, she s probably right-"
"You're side stepping with the rapist?" His voice raise an octave, stepping away from Kiara to look at her directly.
"No!" Kiara looked very tired. "But Deca is nowhere near being or becoming one, so her story makes sense!"
"You bought that? She tried to rape your mate!" He hollered.
"I am no rapist!"
"You are!"
"Kovu," Kiara interrupted, "let's go back to Pride Rock. I think you had enough sun for a day. It's not letting you think straight." She said in a soothing, calming tone.
"I'm not imagining things! I know what almost happened to me! I can very well remember a life-threatening experience!"
"Kovu, please…" Kiara said softly.
"Fine…" he paused for a moment. "I'll go back. But don't let the rapist come." He said, turning around to stomp in the direction of Pride Rock. Kiara sighed.
"I'm sorry, Deca, if he offended you-"
"It's okay, don't worry. I'll stay around here a while. Maybe a little swim will do me some good." Jive said, trying his best to smile sweetly.
"I'll accompany you," said Tilce, who'd remained like a ghost during the whole debate and had only shared that quick staring contest with Deca for a moment.
"I'll make sure she's safe and sound." He added.
Kiara nodded. "Okay then, I'll leave you two.." She said softly, tired of all of this. Rapidly, she cached up to Kovu who'd been waiting for her and they both started their journey back.
Once, Kovu turned to see Tilce and Deca discussing and for a moment the façade faltered and he saw Jive, but then he shook his head, squeezing his eyes shut and when he opened them again, there was the rapist again. Maybe he was truly imagining things…
"What was that about?" Tilce shouted as soon as Kiara and Kovu were out of ear-shot.
"The idiot didn't buy anything!" Jive said angrily.
"You don't say?" Tilce said sarcastically, making a dumb face. But Jive shook his head, ignoring it. "We have to idealize something else. And what was that about 'rapist'?"
"Don't ask." Jive said darkly before his cover faded completely, revealing a very mad and angered Jive, as he started stomping back to Zira's den, where she probably was going to yell at him for the same reasons Tilce did.
I hate my life.
Like it? Post a review! Tell me your favorite part. Like the HG's quote? Goes for all the Hunger Games fans, and because I found it suited Jive perfectly. I think I'll say this was my favorite chapter up to now. So, I decided to see if you noticed something in my writing.
Trivia:
1. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE PART WHERE JIVE TALKS TO HIMSELF ("Who is that girl I see…") ? SOUNDS FAMILIAR, RIGHT? CAN YOU GUESS WHERE IT COMES FROM?
*HINT* DISNEY MOVIE.
2. ANYONE WHO NOTICED SOMETHING ABOUT THE 'YOU DON'T SAY'? IF YOU READ 9GAG THEN YOU KNOW. GOES FOR ALL 9GAGERS.
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