"I assume you had a good winter?" Asikari asked, pretending to be
polite and posh.
"Are you kidding? I hate winter! It's cold and ugly and boring!" Kifani complained with a look of disgust. "There's no one to play with, and we have to stay inside the cave all the time! It totally sucks!"
"I don't think so," he said, getting up and pacing back and forth just because he knew it bothered her when he did so. "Winter's cool. Sure it's a little cold, but there's plenty to do, and plenty to play with. Plus, I don't have to deal with you."
"Oh, shut up," she said, frowning at the ground.
"What? No attack? Are you feeling okay?" He leaned down and looked closely at her. "Maybe we should take you to see the shaman."
She stood up, and glared at him, proving that she was taller than him and a tiny bit older as well. "I'm just fine, thank you. A little tired, but still fine. And I'd appreciate it if you did NOT show off. You're not cool, you know."
He stared back at her bravely. "And you are, Miss Unique?"
"Precisely. Now if you'll excuse, me, it's getting dark and I think I'm going to go to sleep." She began to turn away, but stopped briefly to add, "And if you bother me, you'll pay."
"Humph...fine," he said coldly, watching her walk away. "I'll go have REAL fun with Mashihara." He smiled evilly at her, but she wasn't looking and, as far as he knew, she wasn't listening either. "Well, you're so nice." He trotted off in the opposite direction to go find Mashihara.
"So, Ahali, how was your winter?" Ahali's friend, Hidaya asked.
"Oh, alright, I suppose," she replied subtly, "But really, I'm a little tired out."
"Kifani?" Hidaya asked.
"How did you know?" Ahali said sarcastically. "She just can't seem to stay still for too long and when there's no one to play with her, she's even worse. I truly wish she'd just..."
"Just what?" Hidaya provoked.
"I don't know...grow up, maybe?"
Hidaya smiled. "Don't we all wish that of our cubs? I would do anything to make Asikari more like the mature, guardian lion he's supposed to be. He's even worse than Kifani!"
"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Ahali said, smiling. "You haven't seen her when she's REALLY bored."
"Well you haven't seen Asikari when he's being ignored by everyone, which is sometimes quite likely. I'm afraid Mashihara is getting quite annoyed with his childish ways. It's nice of her to put up with him though. It certainly keeps him out of MY fur."
Both Ahali and Hidaya laughed. "They're quite well-behaved when they're together, though," Ahali said, trying to smother her laughter.
"No," Hidaya corrected. "They're just out of the way when they're together."
The two lionesses burst into even more laughter and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't silence themselves.
"How goes things on the other side of the plains?" Hodari, leader of the Moto Pride.
"Quite well, I believe. There isn't many problems that I can see," Jamili said proudly. "How about your side?"
"Same. There have been a few reports of humans, but none close to us. We should be fine." He frowned. "You may want to be careful, though. I think they were closer to your lands."
Jamili chuckled. "Last time you told me that, we got all worked up and it turned out they were at least a hundred miles away from our den. Humans don't know of our home. Nothing to worry about."
"I admire your ability to laugh at such things. If it were me, I would be quite paranoid," Hidori said. "Very well, then. Do not worry about it, if you are so sure."
"Oh, I am," he said.
"Are you kidding? I hate winter! It's cold and ugly and boring!" Kifani complained with a look of disgust. "There's no one to play with, and we have to stay inside the cave all the time! It totally sucks!"
"I don't think so," he said, getting up and pacing back and forth just because he knew it bothered her when he did so. "Winter's cool. Sure it's a little cold, but there's plenty to do, and plenty to play with. Plus, I don't have to deal with you."
"Oh, shut up," she said, frowning at the ground.
"What? No attack? Are you feeling okay?" He leaned down and looked closely at her. "Maybe we should take you to see the shaman."
She stood up, and glared at him, proving that she was taller than him and a tiny bit older as well. "I'm just fine, thank you. A little tired, but still fine. And I'd appreciate it if you did NOT show off. You're not cool, you know."
He stared back at her bravely. "And you are, Miss Unique?"
"Precisely. Now if you'll excuse, me, it's getting dark and I think I'm going to go to sleep." She began to turn away, but stopped briefly to add, "And if you bother me, you'll pay."
"Humph...fine," he said coldly, watching her walk away. "I'll go have REAL fun with Mashihara." He smiled evilly at her, but she wasn't looking and, as far as he knew, she wasn't listening either. "Well, you're so nice." He trotted off in the opposite direction to go find Mashihara.
"So, Ahali, how was your winter?" Ahali's friend, Hidaya asked.
"Oh, alright, I suppose," she replied subtly, "But really, I'm a little tired out."
"Kifani?" Hidaya asked.
"How did you know?" Ahali said sarcastically. "She just can't seem to stay still for too long and when there's no one to play with her, she's even worse. I truly wish she'd just..."
"Just what?" Hidaya provoked.
"I don't know...grow up, maybe?"
Hidaya smiled. "Don't we all wish that of our cubs? I would do anything to make Asikari more like the mature, guardian lion he's supposed to be. He's even worse than Kifani!"
"Oh, I wouldn't say that," Ahali said, smiling. "You haven't seen her when she's REALLY bored."
"Well you haven't seen Asikari when he's being ignored by everyone, which is sometimes quite likely. I'm afraid Mashihara is getting quite annoyed with his childish ways. It's nice of her to put up with him though. It certainly keeps him out of MY fur."
Both Ahali and Hidaya laughed. "They're quite well-behaved when they're together, though," Ahali said, trying to smother her laughter.
"No," Hidaya corrected. "They're just out of the way when they're together."
The two lionesses burst into even more laughter and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't silence themselves.
"How goes things on the other side of the plains?" Hodari, leader of the Moto Pride.
"Quite well, I believe. There isn't many problems that I can see," Jamili said proudly. "How about your side?"
"Same. There have been a few reports of humans, but none close to us. We should be fine." He frowned. "You may want to be careful, though. I think they were closer to your lands."
Jamili chuckled. "Last time you told me that, we got all worked up and it turned out they were at least a hundred miles away from our den. Humans don't know of our home. Nothing to worry about."
"I admire your ability to laugh at such things. If it were me, I would be quite paranoid," Hidori said. "Very well, then. Do not worry about it, if you are so sure."
"Oh, I am," he said.