DISCLAIMER: I own Yeyinde, Hannah, Kec'than, Ti'ka'il, the Ki-ki, and the Tharian slave-girl, That's it! Everything else belongs to respective owners.

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Hannah woke suddenly, blinking. She was curled up on Yeyinde's lap, cradled by his arm. She looked up at him and smiled. She hadn't realized that she had fallen asleep against him. She slowly slid off of his lap, turning around to kiss his lower mandible.

Yeyinde looked at her as she kissed his mandible, the other one reaching forward to gently stroke her cheek. Looking down at the controls in front of him he told her, "We will arrive in twenty of your minutes." He set in the landing commands, then looked at her. "You seem nervous," he told her, picking up on her scent, which carried a slightly thicker sweat smell.

Laughing slightly, she nodded, "A bit, I suppose." She tried to calm herself with a deep breath. "What if I do something wrong? What if I say something wrong?" She asked, her eyes closed, still attempting to calm herself. Feeling his hand on her back, she took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Do not worry, Little Warrior, I will be by your side always," was his quiet promise. Giving Hannah a slight nudge to her chair, he watched as she sat and strapped herself in. He was quiet proud of her, she's come so far, and done so much to be by his side. He had gained much respect for her since the day he had first met her. His mind wandered back to that day. She had seemed so small, so insignificant to him. She had been nothing in his eyes, just part of a cattle race, used to breed the ultimate prey, or to train young bloods. So tiny, so weak. He'd almost paid her no heed. But something had caught his eye, something had stopped him. Her eyes, the look in her eyes, it stop him in his tracks. It had made him want to know more, to know her. He wanted to know what put that look in her eyes. Suddenly finding himself lost in memories, he blinked rapidly for a second and looked down at the controls. Everything was set properly still. He started to enter the landing routine into the ships autopiloting system. Once he was done, he leaned back, keeping his left hand near the emergency stabilizers, just in case.

After strapping herself into her seat, Hannah watched the planet in front of them as it grew larger and larger. She braced herself for entry with a deep breath, clinging to the straps that went over her shoulders. The ride was rough, but not as bad as usual. Once the ship had settled onto the ground and shifted slightly until becoming steady, Hannah hit the release on her straps and stood up. She darted to the hatch, putting on her two daggers. She waited patiently until Yeyinde joined her.

"In a rush, Hannah?" He asked, turning his chair around to face her. He chuckled and stood up. "A moment ago you were nervous about this, now it seems that you can't wait." He got his own armor on, and checked that his wrist blades worked properly as always, then he joined her.

Watching him put on what armor he hadn't already had on, she shrugged, "guess I want to get to it, before I get too scared to." She almost said chicken out, but figured he wouldn't understand the phrase. For a brief second her mind contemplated different types of situations of the sort she might face in the future. Pulling her attention back to Yeyinde, she watched him punch in the code to open the hatch. She'd need to remember that. Closing her eyes she repeated it in her mind, setting it to memory. Then she followed Yeyinde out, looking around the new planet. It looked tropical, and the weather was much warmer than the previous planet. She grinned and momentarily wanted to name them the same way that planets were named in Stargate, but she figured no one else would appreciate that. Seeing Yeyinde walking off, she trotted after him.

Noticing Hannah following him, Yeyinde laughed to himself. At least she was behaving well. It would be important once they returned to their home. While it would be unlikely that they would ever return to the Homeworld, they would probably return to one of the clan's Jag'd'ja Atoll's. The larger station-like ships that belonged to the entire clan. It couldn't be much longer, the ship needed to be refueled and repaired soon. He'd speak to Ti'ka'il about that.

Hannah caught up to Yeyinde and slid her hand into his. She hardly even noticed anymore how much his hands dwarfed her own. Turning her head away from the trail in front of them, she gawked at the scenery. She could see small things moving up in the branches, and a soft "Ki ki ki" sounds coming from that direction. "Love, what are those?" She asked, pointing up towards the creatures.

Yeyinde felt something swell in his chest as she called him 'love', though he didn't mention it. Looking in the direction. "Those? I do not think they even have a name in our language. I suppose we have hardly taken time to notice them." He gave her a shrug but stopped to let her look at them further. "I could catch one for you, if you'd like to look at it closer?" He asked her, turning and bending slightly to look at her face.

Watching him she asked him cautiously, "Alive?" When he nodded she smiled, "Oh! Could you?" Her hands clasped before her, and her face lit up.

Bending to touch her face against his cheek, Yeyinde told her softly, "I would do anything for you, Hannah." He held her close for a moment, then looked up at the large tree's above them. Seeing a branch that he figured could hold his weight, he leapt for it. Catching it, he swung his massive body up onto it and lay still for a moment. The creatures had scattered at his sudden intrusion into their world. He made a soft clicking noise much like the ones they had been making earlier. Slowling a purpled colored one, stuck its short nose out from behind one of the leaves that was as large as Hannah's head. It's head, legs, and tail were covered in a soft short hair, while it's body, the very tip of it's tail, small circlets around its ankles, and the very top of it's head were covered in longer puffy hair. It had short ears with long flowing fur coming from the very tips. The creatures eyes were pure black. A dainty purple paw stepped out from behind the leaf. This was a very young one, Yeyinde noticed. Slowly a body emerged, and the hind quarters. Yeyinde's right arm tensed, then suddenly flew out and snatched the creature up. It gave a wail then struggled a bit. Leaping down Yeyinde held it out so Hannah could see it.

The creature's little claws were working futilely at Yeyinde's hand, but Hannah bit back a squeal of delight. It was the cutest thing she'd ever seen. After a bit the creatur calmed down and sat, flicking it's tail in aggitation. Hannah held her hand out in front of it, and let it sniff her finger. Though she heard Yeyinde growl, disliking her action, she ignored it. The little purple thing gave a few short "ki's" and licked her finger. "Let me hold it, I think it likes me." She said, reaching both hands out. Yeyinde reluctantly let her take it from him.

He watched in surprise as the little thing curled up in her arms and looked up at her, making a soft trilling purr. He looked at Hannah's face, and saw her quite happy with the creature, so he was happy as well. "I believe that they eat insects that they catch." He told her. "If you think you can teach it not to deficate all over in my ship, why don't you keep it?" Many of the human's he had seen had pets, and they often seemed happy when they had their pets with them. Figuring that Hannah would like pets as well, he thought that the little critter would be a good pet for her, they were usually harmless. The bright smile on Hannah's face confirmed that she liked the idea as well.

"Oh! Yeyinde! Really? I can keep it?" Her bright eyes shone up at him with excitement. When he nodded to her, she couldn't help but squeal quietly. She hugged the little fuzzy creature to her. "Thank you!" She motioned Yeyinde to her with her free hand, and kissed his cheek when he bent to her.

Chuckling, Yeyinde looked down at the creature. It was sniffing intently at Hannah's hair. "As long as it doesn't make a mess in the ship," He reminded her before turning away and continuing to walk down a barely visible trail.

Hannah followed, humming and stroking her new pet. It trilled happily. The little thing fit perfectly in the crook of her arm, and seemed quite happy to be there. After a couple of minutes of walking, Hannah watched as it fell into a peaceful sleep. She wondered why it had taken to her so suddenly. Did she smell good? Could it sense her gender, and think she was her mother? This one was smaller than the ones she'd seen up in the trees at first, so it was probably younger than them. She continued to pet it softly. It's fur was extremely soft, like a rabbits, with slightly courser hairs where it's hair was longer. Looking at it, she started to wonder about it's gender.

"Ti'ka'il is also particularly fond of animals. She should know a bit more about them than I do. She comes here often as well to teach the pups to hunt in the wild once they're old enough." Yeyinde told her as they walked.

Hannah nodded, "I'll have to ask her about them." The creature in her arm snored softly, causing Hannah to giggle. It was so cute and sweet, she was instantly in love with the little thing. "If it's going to be a pet, it needs a name." She said, looking down at it, following Yeyinde out of the corner of her eye.

"Well, what do you want to call it? Mi'l'dja?" He asked, turning to look over his shoulder at her with an amused look in his eyes.

Hannah scrunched up her nose, "Lemme guess, that's a stereotypical name for a pet? Like naming a dog Fido or Spot?" She asked him with a grin.

"Well, it is that, though I wouldn't know anything about names for a ...dog." Yeyinde informed her with a yaut'ja smile.

Hannah laughed softly and shook her head, "No no, he or she needs a name that isn't so ordinary. It's just too... I dont know, interesting I suppose?" She looked down at the purple thing laying on her arm. "Hmmm I'm thinking Mirad?...or no...Maev?...hm...no not quite right..." She pondered for a bit longer. "Kiri? Ki...that's the sound they make...Ki-ki?" She looked up at Yeyinde, "Yeah! Ki-ki! I like it. What do you think?"

Glancing back at her and the little thing he nodded, "Sounds appropriate." He pointed up ahead, "Ti'ka'il's ship is right up here." The ship was slowly becoming visible through the flora.

Hannah paused and took a deep breath, nibbling on her bottom lip for a moment, she was feeling nervous again. She relaxed when Yeyinde placed his hand on her shoulder.

"Walk beside me, and relax," He instructed her. Leading her forward with his hand still on her shoulder, he brought them into the clearing.

Ti'ka'il was standing by her small ship, holding an infant pup, and watching two older pups wrestling on the ground. The infant she held was hers, and the oldest pup, Vor'nde was Yeyinde's. The other was hers as well. She was quite proud to see her pup overpowering his older cousin. At the sound of other's approaching she turned to look, seeing Yeyinde leading Hannah forward. "Yeyinde! Hannah!" She hailed them raising her hand to them.

Yeyinde raised his as well, and lead Hannah over to her. He noticed one of his pups scuffling with Ti'ka'il's. He hoped Hannah was ready to meet some of his offspring. She seemed to be adjusting well to her new life. "Ti'ka'il, I hope that the gods have seen well to you and yours." He came forward and embraced his sister with one arm, from her side, since she held the infant pup.

"Papa!" The oldest pup shouted, followed by the younger shouting "Uncle!" They both rushed over. Yeyinde knelt down onto one knee and embraced them both.

"Vor'nde, my son, have you been minding your aunt?" He asked, patting the pups head.

The pup nodded, "yes sir!" Though is cousin shook his head behind the older pups back.

Hannah stood and faced Ti'ka'il, "I would like to thank you, now that we get to meet face to face. If not for you, I might not have been around anymore." bowing her upper body respectfully towards Ti'ka'il. She was glad to see a smile on the extremely tall female's face. "Also, I'd like to ask, do you know anything about this?" She motioned to Ki-ki in her arms. "I named it Ki-ki, Yeyinde is letting me keep it," was her explaination.

"Well, they don't actually have a name for the species, but that's a little male. It will get about as tall as your knees, and it eats fruit and bugs, hm...and they bond to others very strongly. It seems to have bonded to you already." She smiled and gave a slight shrug, "That's all I know." Turning to face the others, "Vor'nde come here. I want you to meet someone. Your father has been rude to not introduce her!" She added ruefully, "may you never pick up his horrible social skills." She added a wink to Hannah, which earned her a slight giggle.

The pup ran over, "Ooh! Is this her? Is this papa's new female?" He asked, looking up at Hannah. The pup reached up to her stomach, so he still had to look up at her. "Hello, I'm Vor'nde! And I'm going to be the greatest hunter in the 'verse!"

Hannah laughed softly, "Hello Vor'nde. I think that's quite possible." She smiled, "And yes, I am your father's new female." She said, going along with his wording. "My name is Hannah."

Yeyinde walked up behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders. He was glad to see that this part of his family was accepting her. It was a relief to him, and he hoped that it would continue this way as she met more of his family, though he didn't have much faith in that hope. "It is late, how about we find something to eat?" He asked, hearing one of the pups stomachs suddenly growl.

Hannah laughed softly, "That sounds like a wonderful idea, I'm hungry too!" She smiled at Ti'ka'il's pup, since it was his stomach that had objected to its state of emptiness.

Yeyinde gave Hannah's shoulders a sqeeze, "lets head back to our ship, since that's where your food is, Little Warrior."

Ti'ka'il's eyes sparkled, Dtou'di'sain'ja? She said the nickname in yaut'ja, Very appropriate.

Giving her a smile, Yeyinde chuckled, "Would you like to join us after you get the pups to sleep?" He asked. She accepted his offer and the pups bade Yeyinde and Hannah goodnight. After that, Yeyinde lead Hannah back to their ship. Once they were nearing it, Yeyinde still walking with his hand on her shoulder in the twilight, he spoke to her. "You know, you are more than my female. You are my lover," He paused for a moment. "I would very much like to be able to say, that you are my mate as well. If you will have me."

Hannah looked up at him in surprise, "Mate? Like...?" She wondered if he meant lifemate.

"Yes, my lifemate," He told her, confirming her thoughts. He stopped walking as the reached the hatch of his ship. "I would like to bind myself to you, and only you." His fingers trailed down her cheek and neck, resting again on her shoulder. "If you would take me, of course."

Hannah looked up at him, still a bit shocked by it. "Yeyinde...I-"

Until next time kiddies!