Chapter 16: Pure Hatred.
There is a thin line between love and hate,
you are over the other side with hate,
but I just want to state,
i will never be your mate.
You tore me apart,
you broke my heart,
you say you love me but don't,
you say you'll do better but I know you won't,
I am past caring what you tell me,
all i want is to be free,
I don't care what you do ,
if only you knew how much I hate you.
Your a coward, a bastard, and a short tempered dick,
you need to grow up and stop acting like such a prick.
Under stand the thin line between love and hate,
But I will never consider being your mate.
Rehema was angry again. Earlier, he had snapped at Kutisha for not being able to catch any prey. Imafu glared at him and had looked away in disgust. He will never change because he will never know compassion or understanding. Laduma too had been watching his brother closely, but wasn't inclined to do anything about it. Kutisha was very annoyed with Laduma, he was getting more and more grumpy these days.
"Tamu, why did you not catch annything?" Rehema had growled at her.
"Because, they were to quick, and you forget i'm heavily pregnant now..."
"NO EXCUSE! Your just being lazy again Tamu!"
Kutisha shook her head and simply walked away from the arguement. Why wasn't Laduma doing anything? That night Rehema violently nudged Kutisha. She opened her eye's and stared sleepily into the males raging eyes.
"Go and hunt." He commanded.
"First of all, thats not how you ask someone to do something. Secondly I will do no such thing as I'm due to give birth within the next few days so sod off Rehema..."
She yawned before putting her head back between her paws. Rehema snarled angrily.
"Do as your told..." He spat.
"You want food go and get it Rehema, i'm tired so piss off." She snapped back angrily at him.
Rehema grabbed her scruff and yanked her to her feet. Kutisha slashed her paw down Rehema's face making him let go.
"You shouldn't of done that Rehema..." She growled as they started to circle.
Then without warning, Rehema slammed into Kutisha's stomach and sliced into it with his teeth. Kutisha roared and hissed, frantically trying to get Rehema off her. Imafu opened her eyes and sat up. Laduma was no where to be seen, and Kutisha and Rehema were fighting in the middle of the cave. She stared in horror.
"Rehema don't!" She exclaimed running over.
Kutisha bit down on Rehema's back leg in retaliation until she heard something crack. Rehema fell on the floor beside her and yowled on pain. Kutisha stood up and struggled over to Imafu.
"we're leaving."
Those two words Imafu had been longing to hear. The two lionesses ran from the cave and into the night. They ran until they reached a forest a few miles away. Then Kutisha fell onto the bare earth gasping for breath. Kutisha stared at her stomach. There lay a wide open wound then she felt a different pain. She clawed the earth desperately then she suddenly felt the urge to push.
"Kutisha are you alright?" Cried Imafu as she ran over to her friend.
Kutisha shook her head and started to cough. The taste of her own blood was salty sickening as she coughed it up onto the damp earth. Her body trembled as she pushed again. She felt something leave her body. She sat up to find a dead cub in the dirt. Imafu picked it up and cradled it in her large paw. Kutisha pushed again; another dead cub. In total she gave birth to five cubs, all of which were stillborn. Kutisha's form still lay in the earth. A single tear rolled down her cheek. she gently wiped it from her cheek with her paw and gazed at it.
"What know?" Asked Imafu staring at Kutisha's dead litter.
Kutisha sat her self up and stared at her dead children. There lay 2 girls and 3 boys.
"We find Hasini" She almost whispered. "First I want to bury my cubs."
"But Kutisha, your wound, you have lost energy, stength and blood!" She said in disbelief.
"We must find him!" Kutisha snapped. "He is our only hope and the one I truly love."
"What about Rehema, and Laduma? When He finds out your gone he'll be pissed."
"I thought he loved me, but I was wrong. I FUCKING DESPISE HIM!"
"Then we should go now then!" Imafu said as she turned away from Kutisha.
They buried Kutisha's dead cubs and stared at the disturbed soil for a few moments. Then after a few moments. they turned away. As they walked deeper into the forest they heard a loud roar.
"KUTISHA!"
But he had called me Tamu, changed my name like you would a new pet and now his 'pet' had run away, from him and his son of a bitch brother! Sorry Laduma but I used to hate that I loved you, now I just hate you all together. We had nothing and now I have nothing. I hate you and now you will pay the price, one thing you haven't leart about me Laduma, is HOW CRUEL I CAN BE!
Kutisha and Imafu limped off deeper into the unknown...