Chapter 12
In the later hours, the night has risen into blind darkness as lots of heavy clouds covered most of the sky like green grass and trees, and beautiful flowers coving over the entire jungle. No bright moon light will lighten up the black shadows underneath the tree branches with billions of big, long leaves, or on the tree tops. Even the black shadows crawled through the within the crusty There was no howling wind echoing across the jungle, blowing the long grass and tall flowers side by side in the fields. Every creature in the jungle laid in their homes sleeping safe and sound, all except the wolves upon Council Rock.
The pack howled gently up to dark sky, mostly up to the great, white moon but none of it tonight. They were howling in a low tone for emergencies because laying helplessly sleeping was a young, tired wolf, Grey with his older siblings, Akru and Luri looking after him in a deep worried for him. Their older brother Sura at the top of Council Rock, there was Raksha above the adult wolves and with Bagheera in their meeting. Bagheera was describing about what happened earlier then the pack started arguing about the situation, suggested whether to fight back and wait.
"If this is a great thread to us and the jungle, I suggested that we start the fight first before they attack us" one of the wolves' advised Raksha.
"I will not encourage ourselves or the whole pack to start a jungle war" Raksha answered directly right back, "Breaking one of the laws of the jungle to attack man is like becoming a red dhole."
"But we can't let them go off, unknowing when they are going to attack us first, Raksha" another wolf added.
"They are trying to cut through corners, once they have cut through to the centre, then we will attack them to protect our jungle" Sura answered the question quickly again.
"Raksha, I've seen what they can do, and I think they can come much quicker than you expected" Bagheera noted about Buldeo and his mates.
"He's right, they will release the red flower to kill us all" the first wolf suggested, "They will destroy us all."
During their long argue, a sound of rushing footsteps started becoming more louder and closer. The pack and Bagheera turned their heads around and first only saw the pack of black shadows covering all over the hard ground floor, the sides of the jungle trees and bushes. Till they imaged a tall, strange figure rushing fast towards them, couldn't still see what it was fully. By the closest it was coming to the more they can see it more clearly when it was finally out from the dark shadows underneath the trees. It was Mowgli running fast with Rikki holding on Mowgli's shoulder, earlier after his escape from the cage Mowgli first picked up his blade and slide it down it's cover by his side.
"Mowgli?" Raksha whispered happy, Sura was blissed to see his young brother again, but detected something wrong from the look on his face.
"What happened?" Bagheera asked, "And where's Baloo?"
"Buldeo has him, and Kitty, and the family" Mowgli answered while trying to catch his breath, "He's going to executed them tonight because of me. We have to save them?"
"We can't just risk our lives for the man family, Raksha we will get ourselves killed" the second wolf advice.
"Um, excuse me!" Rikki irrupted, standing by on one of Mowgli's shoulders, "If it so happened that without one of those humans your leader wouldn't even be here by now. Well, depends if you're that old to remember."
"Rikki!" Mowgli whispered angrily to Rikki for speaking with a rude attitude, as that wolf and a few others growled in a low, vexed tone.
"Enough!" Raksha thankfully ended and added, "We will not risk ourselves directly, but the mongoose is right, one did save my life before." Rikki smiled gristly when he heard Raksha but then faded when he noticed Mowgli and the others had still had down mad look towards him. Raksha continued, "But we need to plan this right here and right now, no comments. Mowgli?"
Mowgli was still and cold when he noticed that Raksha looked up to him waiting for his response, hoping for something, even if it wasn't a plan but something to be spoken out. He had something as an idea up in his mind, but it wasn't fully planned, at that moment all he could think about was Baloo, Kitty and his family trapped and waiting to settle upon their punishments. He looked down and slowly took some more fresh, night air to breath in, thinking clearly for what he should answer. Mowgli looked right back up as he swallowed silently his anxious feeling in his hard throat, and answered, "I've got a plan. But only I do it alone."
Mowgli knew that it was too risky for any of the wolves to go in the village and rescue the family. Raksha nodded as she agrees with her son and respected his decision, and so the other wolves as a pity feeling for the man-cub having to go through another horrible situation and the fact they were arguing for themselves. The meeting was over, and everything was decided, they all left walking back to their own caves with their families. Mowgli was walking towards his old cave which was his first home, hoping to see Grey up and loosen from the sleepiness. By the right his ear he heard large footsteps walking by beside him, Mowgli looked to the side slightly and saw Bagheera walking by and the black panther didn't look up see the man-cub eye-to-eye.
"I'm coming with you" Bagheera started.
"No, you not" Mowgli answered quickly as he did a slight feeling that Bagheera was going to this up, he explained shortly, "If they see you, then they are going to kill you."
"Well, you're going alone that's for sure" Bagheera ordered.
"I won't, I got Rikki" Mowgli looked up on his right shoulder with Rikki sitting on top of it.
"And besides I think they're going to try to kill you more than him" Rikki advice to Bagheera.
"I'm sorry, explain?" Bagheera asked.
Rikki was up and ready to explain, "Oh, Buldeo lied to everyone that Mowgli is a magical creature who can transformed himself into a panther like you."
"That is the most ridiculous lie I have ever heard from a dangerous man" Bagheera replied with such a shock from hearing such an awful, obvious lie, "Where did he get that from?"
His eyes soon began troubled and then Mowgli quickly realised before during the fight earlier, after Baloo attacked those men who held Kitty. Bagheera was rushing up to attack Buldeo from where Mowgli was standing, Buldeo probably thought that the black was actually him. Mowgli grew more rage for Buldeo making up such a stupid story, so he could get the family locked up in the stable like an animal in a cage, just so to get back at him. They reached up to the cave and Mowgli's eyes were focus on sleepy Grey, he slowly kneed low and softly stork on Grey's head, feeling his breathing close to Mowgli's bare feet. Mowgli was getting his guilt again about thinking if Grey was badly hurt from earlier, but the way Grey is sleeping so calmly it made Mowgli feel calmer himself too. The others around Mowgli left little, relieved smiles on their faces seeing the small, but strong bond relationship the young wolf and the man-cub have between them. Mowgli raised up while his eyes still focused on Grey, he turned his head to face Bagheera for a small nodded telling the black panther that right now is the best to go back to the man-village. They silently walked out from the cave till they were at the edge of Council Rock. Then Mowgli jumped onto Bagheera's back laying forward and low while holding tight to Bagheera's fur, knowing the fast and thriller speed the ride is on a panther. Bagheera began the run as Mowgli could feel every large step the panther makes and push it against the hard ground, while Rikki jumped up from Mowgli's shoulder to back of his neck watching above on Mowgli's head. Back at the Council Rock, Akru and Luri out look out from the cave and watched as their young brother with the panther and mongoose rushed off disappeared into the black shadows of the jungle. They both looked at each other and they had the same look in their eyes, deeply troubled and worried for their family and the jungle, and desperately wanted to help.
The night still held the dark shadows around the jungle, even inside the man-village as the villagers kept themselves and their families inside their houses away from the trouble caused by Buldeo. They all felt deeply guilty for not standing up for Sanjay and his family, but the fear of Buldoe took over for they didn't wanted the same upon their families. Buldoe and his friends were at the centre of the village, setting a huge bomb fire releasing its burning flames up into the thin air. Before leaving for their night hurt, Buldeo called some other mates he knew that they would like to hurt for a black panther or more in the jungle. They were gambling on a small card games with some food and wine by their side, and by the stables two of the men were guiding the front door. Unknowing to the villagers, up hiding underneath the dark shadows in the tree branches were Mowgli, Bagheera and Rikki. Bagheera and Rikki was scanning around the village checking if I's safe to go. Mowgli's eyes caught the sight the large bomb fire, it reminded him of the first time and the first to ever see the sight of men. Mowgli could feel the same nervous feeling again from the first time, the beautiful, deadly colours of the red flower brighten in the centre of Mowgli's eyes. Gazing into the sun-set flames like he was staring into Kaa's hypnotic eyes, after blinking a few times Mowgli focused back to the main mission.
"They're trapped in the stables" Rikki pointed out, "The problem is Buldeo has the keys."
"Maybe, but there's a small window at the back, I could just jump through and get them out" Mowgli planned his first idea, spotted a small window high up at the same level of the tree branches.
"No offence man-cub, but how actually could you get them out from that small window high up" Rikki commented.
"And Mowgli, there're two men by the front, I highly doubt that they wouldn't believe you if you get inside" Bagheera advice.
Getting Mowgli more thinking about this plan and added, "We need a distraction."
Mowgli turned his head slowing looking down upon Rikki as he turned his head up facing Mowgli unknowing that the man-cub meant him, he whispered loud "What?! Me?!"
"Come on Rikki" Mowgli encourage Rikki, "Do it for Shanti."
"But why me?!" Rikki repeated his question in a dramatic way, "Sure I'm small and cute and all, but why not him" he pointed to Bagheera, "once they see, they'll just jump up straight away and go for him."
"And with their guns" Bagheera finished in a serious tone of his voice.
"Please Rikki, just one time" Mowgli begged.
Rikki paused for a second to think, then he grew a small, cheeky grin on his face, "Would you tell me the exact locations where the birds laid their eggs?"
"Alright" Mowgli agree.
"Yes!" Rikki cheered for himself, he climbed down the tree and run slowly towards the stables.
"What's with the eggs?" Bagheera asked Mowgli in a whisper.
"He wants some for a meal sometimes" Mowgli answered.
Rikki crawled around the side of the stables silently, he slowly stopped at the edge of the building pecking around the corner. He spotted the two men hanging from the front door, playing a small gambling card game with money betting in while drinking wine. Rikki needed to get the men away from the front door, but he knew that if he tried to vex them then they'll just tried to kick Rikki away. Rikki slowly crawled around the corner and walked towards slowly out from the black shadows. When he was close enough to the men, a suddenly but cute sound squeaked out from his mouth, unexpected that the men were adored seeing a small creature so jumping and cheerful. Their picked some fruit seeds at the tip of their fingers to make the mongoose jumped for it, then Rikki was doing some short tricks of his own. Soon, Rikki was jumping away but the men got up and walked closer to the mongoose, they couldn't get enough of the entertainment the mongoose is giving to them. Leading the two men walking away from the front giving Mowgli a chance to get into the stables. Mowgli climb around the tree branches till he gets to the one which is closer to the small window at the back of the stables. Tiptoeing on the long, strong branch as Mowgli slide slowly and softly laying his feet on the window side. He scanned around the room checking I the family is here, Mowgli could first hear some breathing within the dark shadows; the sleepy horses, a loud one from huge creature, and a few low ones. Mowgli recognise that the loud snoring was cover from a huge creature which was strongly tighten.
Around the corners deep in the shadows laid asleep with marks and bruises scared in their skins, were the family lying beside each other, too tired to stand, too weak to fight. Sanjay and Meshua were lying beside each other with little Shanti asleep in between them. Sahana was sleeping alone and so Kitty but she was trying to hold her eyes open and wait for hope to come to rescue. However, Kitty's eye was blinking a lot and her eyelids were too heavy to hold up, slowly giving up and let her sleepiness take over. Suddenly, the heavy clouds covering the sparkly sky started to break and let a few lights of the stars shine through upon the still Erath, then parts of the moon's great white light travel down. The light shined on Kitty's face through the window but not all over her face because something was in the way of the moon light. Kitty flickered up her and blinked a few times to get her eyes open and aware she could see something handing from the window. Soon, Kitty recognising what it was, it was someone with hope she has been waiting for, the jungle boy, Mowgli. Kitty could Mowgli smiling down upon her as the light was shining parts of his face and she smiled back thankfully. Mowgli jumped off the window and gently landed on the ground, checked his surroundings, he rushed towards Kitty and took out his blade to cut through the tight ropes around Kitty's wrist behind her back.
"You alright?" Mowgli whispered.
"Yeah, I nearly lost hope" Kitty answered, "What happened to you?"
"Let's just say I got into a little bit of trouble from being trapped in a cage" Mowgli quickly cut the rope and released Kitty. Without knowing Kitty got up and hugged Mowgli quickly, then Mowgli hugged back with his hands smoothly on her back, telling her that she's fine, everything will be fine. Kitty was blissed that Mowgli arrived, when she was about to lose hope that Mowgli might not was like losing the light to see through the darknees. They were really happy to see each other again after what happened earlier, Mowgli felt really guilty and sorry for placing Kitty and the family took into this bad situation. They stopped hugging, but their eyes kept on gazing at each other, hands still holding around each other as holding on to hope. They decided to quickly rush off to help the others; Mowgli first tried to release Sahana while Kitty tried to get her to wake up by finding some clean water and help Sahana drink it. Sahana flickered her eyes and she first caught Mowgli's face, she couldn't believe it at first but when her eyes were wide open then she knew that what she's seeing is true.
"Mowgli?" Sahana tried to speak, while she was trying to suck down some water down her dry throat.
"It's fine, I'm here" Mowgli calmed her and helped her to get back on her feet.
Then Mowgli and Kitty moved on the help the others in the other corner, Kitty tried to get Shanti up and Mowgli cut through the ropes around her wrists fast. After, Kitty laid Shanti on a wooden box to sit down and drink some clean water. Shanti was beginning to wake up from her sleepiness, "Kitty? How are you free?"
"A miracle has just arrived" Kitty smiled as her eyes pointed towards Mowgli where he's cutting through the ropes around Sanjay's and Meshua's wrist.
"Mowgli?" Snajay and Meshua asked with their low voices.
"I'm going to get you guys out" Mowgli whispered.
After Sanjay and Meshua are free they walked fast to check their daughter, Shanti to see if she's alright. Then the loud, heavy snoring was heard again reminding Mowgli of the huge creature in the other corner. Mowgli rushed to the other side and without any light of fire of the sky light from outside could lighten the shape and colour of the creature, but Mowgli already knew who it was, a big, strong, brave bear, Baloo. Mowgli used his small blade to cut the ropes which is tighten Baloo, once he has done that he ran to the front to face Baloo hoping that Baloo could wake up when Mowgli shaken his head. When nothing happened, no responses, Mowgli looked around to see if there's anything that could wake up Baloo. Close beside them was a pile of yellow mangos in a small wooden box, Mowgli quickly picked one up and slowing swerve it around Baloo's nose so maybe Baloo could pick it the smell and it would probably wake him up. At that thankful second, Baloo's nose began twitching around side to side, and then his eyes stated to flickered. He first sees the background with the right side was all cover with the black shadows and the other was a bit brighten up by the sky light coming through the window, he was mostly focus on the main thing right in front of him. Mowgli's and Baloo's eyes meet, Mowgli bended his head towards the bear and their foreheads torch and connected, telling him that he's sorry. Mowgli squeezed his eyes shut tightening a knot of all of his guilt, self-pity, selfishness inside of him and he won't let his friend see it through his eyes. Picked up in his ears, Mowgli heard a small growl coming from outside through the window. Mowgli lifted his head up, his eyes stares through the small window and they caught a shape a creature with black fur jumped from one side of a side to another branch closer to the window. Mowgli realised that it was Bagheera by the window, Mowgli rushed up jumped on a large wooden box to lift himself close by the window.
"Mowgli?" Bagheera whispered as he could see half of Mowgli's face by the window.
Mowgli finally reached his head over the edge of the window so he and Bagheera can talk face to face, "They fine. Everyone is fine, and Baloo. Is there anyone around here?"
"Not a sight of man or any other creature around" Bagheera answered.
Mowgli jumped back on the ground, everyone was gathered around each other, Mowgli walked into the centre and started, "We got to get out of here, you have to follow through and bring a few horses. Is anyone hurt before we go?"
"My ankle" Shanti said, she slowly pulled up the end of her skirt and revealed a nasty mark with red cuts around her whole right ankle. "I'm fine, it's just cuts and scratches" Shanti strongly said but she could the painfully rush of little blood flowing out from those cuts and scratches.
Sahana kneed down beside Shanti, she dabbed her hands in the clean water and washed them before she could wash them around Shanti's sure ankle. Next, Sahana ripped off hard a strip of long fabric from her light blue scarf part of her dress. Sahana used the ripped fabric piece and tie it around Shanti gently but tighten so it can hold back little of blood. Shanti bitten her bottom lip from feeling the painful squeeze from the fabric wrapping around her sure ankle, her eyes were almost filled up with water and coming out with cold tears. Mowgli secretly squeezed his fingers into a fist and growled with his hard teeth pushed against each other. He just couldn't believe that Buldeo and his friend have this, especially to Shanti, she was only an innocent child. Mowgli tried to hold back anger for tonight, he quietly walked towards the front door, slowly opened it a little and pecked out to check if it's clear for the to escape. Mowgli tried to open the door, but it was locked up from the outside, even his small blade to cut down the lock was useless, or how hard and strong Mowgli tried to pull the handle. Mowgli need to be outside to unlock the door, he walked up fast and jumped on the big, wooden box to take another huge jump up to the window.
"Wait here" Mowgli whispered to Kitty and the family, as he slides through the window leaped off to the ground.
With every second count he couldn't make any little mistakes that would get him or the family back into more serious trouble. Mowgli rushed around the stables, but then he tiptoe step by step when he was at the front; with his ears out to hear, his nose to sniff out anything suspicious, eyes wide open to look for trouble. He tied to open the door from the outside, but it was still useless, no matter how hard or strong Mowgli tried to push the door. Mowgli had an idea but with hope that no one around will hear it, he took a few steps back from the door then ran up using with all his strength to bang the door open. Thankfully, it worked Kitty was the first to step out and followed Mowgli as she turned her heads looking from the left to the right. Sanjay got up and carried Shanti on his back because of her ankle hurts her too much for Shanti to walk, beside them were Meshua and Sahana before she closed the door behind them. Mowgli leaded them to the edge of the man-village and they walked into the jungle, the family had a scared feeling about the deadly animals in the jungle, unknowing to them that were already protected by a panther.
They stopped whenever Mowgli decides to stop if it's far away from the man-village, and once they do they all sat down laying against the side of trees, Mowgli said, "Wait here, I'll be back soon."
Mowgli was about to rushed back until Kitty loudly whispered, "Wait! Why are you going to back?"
"To get the horses so you and the family can travel to Khanhiwara" Mowgli answered then quickly turned around to start off running back.
"No, I going to stay" Kitty replied quickly which really caught Mowgli's attention.
"No, Kitty, you have to go, I got plan for the village" Mowgli said.
"Is this sort of your plans, where it's the first part of the plan and you just come up with the rest at the end?" Kitty asked with her hands placed on the sides for her waist and a serious look on her face.
Mowgli paused for a longer second to actually think about how to answer that question, he finally answered, "No… Yeah, but it will get rid of Buldeo."
"And what about the other villagers, don't they need to escape from this terrible situation?" Kitty asked.
"I've got a plan, and yes I thought it through" Mowgli explained shortly, Kitty had a worried, angry look like she had when they were arguing before. Mowgli slowly explained again, "I've got an idea, it includes the will."
"Why?" Kitty asked.
Mowgli answered, "Now Buldeo is my uncle, meaning the Sahana is bi-biology my ami."
Kitty eyes were shocked with her eyebrows raised, "Does she know?"
"Probably, I haven't fully told her yet" Mowgli said, "But the point is, if what Buldeo has now belongs to me I can use it to give them and the other villagers a place somewhere in Kahanhiwara."
"Why and how exactly?" Kitty was starting to be really confused about this.
"The main plan is tomorrow, but you guys have to leave to be safe, please" Mowgli begged Kitty.
Kitty didn't want to leave Mowgli in the jungle to fight alone, she could see deep within his eyes that of how desperate Mowgli cares for her, the family both from the village and the jungle. Kitty had no idea on how to response, but she knew what to do for the right reasons, so Kitty nodded. Then quick as it may, Mowgli rushed off back towards the village leaving Kitty with a regrettable feeling of letting him go.
Mowgli was running back fast towards back to the man-village, as hereached up to the edge of the village, suddenly he heard of those two men coming back with more drinks. Rikki was jumping off away finished with the entertainment show he was preforming, the two sat down at the front door not aware that the lock was broken.
Rikki moved up to meet with Mowgli and Bagheera, Rikki asked, "Well, how did it go?"
"Fine, everything fine" Mowgli answered.
"Look, sorry but, I can't keep up with the entertainment" Rikki added.
"Oh, shame I kind of like your dancing there" Bagheera commented and Mowgli laughed a little.
"Right back in again" Mowgli said to himself.
"Be careful, man-cub" Bagheera said.
Mowgli quickly climbed up the tree, crawled on the tree branch, and slide through the small window. Once he was inside, Baloo was already starting to get up and walk, Mowgli rushed by the Baloo's side and support him by holding on his side. Baloo was beginning to yawn but very loud, Mowgli tried to stop him yawning by his hands wrapped around his mouth.
"Baloo, Baloo listen" Mowgli listen, "You got to stop yawning."
"Oh, bare necessities…" Baloo tried to sing while yawning.
"No, no, not that" Mowgli begged.
"Oi!" one of the men yelled to the other, Mowgli's whole body was still as the trees while holding on around Baloo's mouth tight. "There was something over there! Come on!"
Mowgli looked confused from what was there distracting the tow men, he knew that Bagheera were risked himself in that way and Rikki was tired, but it didn't matter now since the men are gone away from the stables. Mowgli tried to lead Baloo out from the large gates of the stables, but Baloo was sliding down side to side. Mowgli slowly open the gates to check around outside then quickly open them to get them both out. They rushed towards the jungle as Baloo started being himself again, he was beginning to walk properly.
Bagheera jumped down the tree branches and saw them walking fast towards him, "Baloo, are you alright?"
Baloo answered slowly, "Yeah, yeah I'm cool. How long was I asleep?"
"About half a day" Rikki answered his guest.
"Ah, that's life for me" Baloo nodded with a small smile.
While Baloo was getting his head sorted out as Mowgli didn't care because he was happy enough to see that Baloo is alive. Mowgli remembered that of the horses, so he ran back at the front gates of the stables, he placed saddles on the backs of three horses with saddle bags to put some food and water in. Before leaving with the horses, Mowgli caught in the corner of his eye of letters laying on a small table in the very edge of the room. He picked up and tried to read and realised one is about the will and the other is the DNA test to Buldeo. Mowgli soon caught the idea that the letters would be useful for the family to use the money to get a place in Khanhiwara. He placed the letters into one of the saddle bags, and finally, he opened the gate slowly and brought the three horses out, but they were in the mood for a run. Mowgli tried to the pushed them by his hands on their necks, or patting them hard on the side, he even tried to do an eerily growl to scare them, but nothing works. Out from behind, other growls were more louder and scarier which spooked out the horses to make them run off with Mowgli holding tight on the reins dragging him along. Mowgli looked behind him quickly while running between the horses, he saw his two wolf siblings running up from the side, it was his wolf siblings, Luri and Akru.
"What are you guys doing here?" Mowgli asked loudly.
"To help out, what do you think to dash around with these usual creatures!" Arku answered.
Mowgli finally reached up with the horses and he slow down the horses at the same speed with him, while the young wolves kept on the horses running up straight in any direction that Mowgli wants. Kitty and the family were resting down laying against the jungle trees while waiting for Mowgli to arrive. Soon, Kitty heard the sounds of tapping footsteps, she raised up and stared out into the jungle from where the sound was coming from. She first imaged three hours running up towards them and Mowgli in the middle to the right with them, Kitty smiled seeing that he was alright. The family raised up surprisingly to see how Mowgli the horses without anyone noticing him.
Sanjay helped Meshua and Shanti to get on the first horse, then he walked over Mowgli slowly and laid his right hand on Mowgli's right shoulder, "Good luck Mowgli."
They both smiled at each other, to Mowgli Sanjay was the man-like father that he had never had before. Sanjay look upon Mowgli holding the shivering anxious feeling of letting Mowgli go if he gets into deeper trouble. Sanjay turned around and walked over to the second horse and climb onto it's back, right after Sahana walked up to Mowgli, but he noticed that she didn't had a strong face to hold back her tears.
She kneed down infront of him, she begged in a low and sad tone, "Please come us."
"I need to do something with Buldeo otherwise he'll come back for you" Mowgli replied.
Sahana understood that he needs to stay in the jungle because he was his home, she was placing on a supportive smile but she eyes were too weak to not let him out from her sight. Unexpected, Sahana rushed in to hugged him tight and Mowgli hugged her back, he could feel a few, cold tears dropping down from her checks on his back side of his right shoulders. Slowly moving back away and she placed her soft hand upon his check and smiled tearfully, "I promised to come back, be safe."
"I promised" Mowgli whispered as Sahana kissed on his head.
Sahana walked over to the third horse to climb on while Kitty walked over to Mowgli and at that moment they were both quiet and speechless. Mowgli started, "I see you soon."
"Yeah, good luck" Kitty replied.
Mowgli felt really cold as he didn't know what to say as a goodbye, he was about to say something else but then Kitty irrorated which was a relieved because Mowgli had nothing to say.
"Oh, and Mowgli" Kitty said, unexpected Kitty moved forward closer to him and kissed him on the lips, soon Mowgli was beginning to kiss her back. With Kitty's hands resting on his shoulders and Mowgli's hands were out wide from so he wouldn't stop her. After, she moved back and noticed that Mowgli's face was still from the way he was kissing her and that made Kitty giggled. "That's is for not trying to get yourself killed again" Kitty ended as she walks back to the family.
Kitty jumped on the third horse with Sahana at the back, Snajay started the ride first, then Meshua and Shanti, and finally Kitty and Sahana. Mowgli watched as Kitty ride away and after he could no can no longer see her in sight, Mowgli torched his lips with the tip of his fingers, he could still feel the Kitty's kiss and he slowly grew a nice, bliss smile. He turned around with the same smile and by the corner of his eyes he caught the sight of Baloo, Bagheera, Luri and Akru gazing at the happy man-cub from the tree branches.
"Looking good, kid, looking good" Baloo laughed.
"What?" Mowgli asked Bagheera, but the panther only responses with a cheeky grin on his face and laughed a little, "Don't tell me that you haven't had this before?"
"Not in that face, at least?" Baloo replied as he, Bagheera and the young wolves laughed again but a bit louder. Mowgli rolled his eyes ignoring Bagheera's vexing comments, Bagheera jumped down from the tree branch and Mowgli jumped on his back to ride.
"So, what's has been happening while I was sleeping the whole day" Baloo asked.
"Yeah Mowgli, what was your plan for tomorrow?" Luri asked, "We never caught up on that."
"I'll tell you tonight with the pack" Mowgli explained.
Back at the village, Buldeo was drinking lots of wine with his friends by the bomb fire. He felt like to have a little fun to humiliate the family about them doing witchcraft for keeping care of a jungle sorceries. He stands up and walked over with his rifle, he shouted to his friends with an eerily grin, "Get up! Let see how those witchcrafts are going!"
They all raised up cheerfully and followed Buldeo towards the stables, the two men there stand p and aside to let Buldoe passed through. Riswan by Buldeo's side and took the keys to unlock the doors, but once he pressed the key through the keyhole the door unexpectedly was moving wide. Buldeo pushed through the way and pulled up his rifle upwards straight into the dark shadows inside the stables.
"Come Sanjay! Wherever you are!" He shot many times inside the stables, but silence was the only answered he got.
Buldoe dashed through the door looking around the room and saw no one resting around the floor, and by the side of the room the huge bear has disappeared. He caught something missing, on a small table earlier he placed the letters about the will and the DNA test. His breathing was getting louder, harder, and angrier, as his fist tighten his fingers within the palm of his hands and slammed one down on the table. Riswan walked in silently behind as Buldeo turned around with a face filled with rage and humiliation.
"Find that boy, dead or alive I don't care" Buldeo creepy whispered to Riswan but his voice became louder by the second. He walked out the stables and shouted to his friends and a few villagers by to listen, "Call all the men here to with us, if not then leave as cowards. Someone just hunt this brat and shot him!"
All the men told their families to stay in their houses and by tomorrow they will be leaving if they don't wish to hunt down the jungle boy. The eerie look within Buldeo's eyes give the fear shivering the bodies of the villagers. As Mowgli's first step of the plan is going as well as long as no one in the village who is innocent and has done nothing to him, the family, or the jungle. Until tomorrow, then the real thing begins…
Hey guys, sorry if I have token so long to write this, but now it's here, hope you guys will like it.
