Chapter 23: Reasons for staying
Slowly, Vayin stood up and walked off to find Sukina, sleeping under a tree.
"Hey, wake up; I have to talk to you." The lion tried to wake his foster sister, but she kept on sleeping.
"Sukina, wake up!"
Vayin shouted as he poked her and she opened her eyes.
"What, I'm tired."
"We need to talk, now. I want to talk to you about Minu, about going back to the pride lands."
Sukina sat up slowly, yawning and looking at her older foster brother.
"So, you want me to go back to, huh?"
"You have to go back, for your pride, for your mom and sister."
"I can't, at least not right now, I have to help take care of..."
The young lioness stopped, if anyone thought Vayin was to overprotective of his adoptive sister, he was even more so over his elder sister Marla.
"Take care of what, come on Sukina... you need to go home."
"Not right now!" The young lioness shouted, getting quickly to her paws, "maybe one day but not now."
She ran off, leaving Vayin standing with a look of bewilderment on his face.
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"Mom? We neee...."
Both Minu and Kanami stopped and looked at Heira, her eyes were closed and her face and body were covered in blood.
"Mom? Mom? What happened, wake up!"
Kanami ran over, gently tugging on Heira's ear so she'd wake up.
"Mom? M...?"
Kanami broke down and began sobbing as Minu stared in awe at his foster mother, the lioness that had taken him in and raised him.
"K...Kanami..."
Heira's voice was weak, but the lioness addressed raised her head.
"Wh..Wh..."
"Lionesses, six of them tried to take the wilderbeast I had killed."
Heira sighed as she closed her eyes, "I tried to fight them, but I lost."
"Who would do that?"
Kanami asked as Minu growled deep in his throat, "the Out Landers."
"Did one of them have a chunk missing in one of her ears?"
Questioned Minu, knowing full well what she was capitol of.
"Yes."
"Zira," Minu growled, his eyes blazing with anger.
"Look Minu, Minu, go for help, I'll stay with her."
Minu took a look at Heira's blood stained fur and the many cuts and wounds along her side and face before he took off running.
"Goodbye... Mother."
Minu shouted as tears filled his eyes and he ran for help.
:::End Of Chapter 23:::
A/N: I hope you like this chapter Amber!!!! I didn't have time to post it until now, if you don't like it then tell me and I'll change it..
Please all, RR and tell us what you think!!! I'm so sorry for the long time with no updates from me; I've been really busy getting ready to start school (next week!!)
But once it all calms down, I'll be back to updating everything more often!!!!
Can't wait for the next update!!