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Towel Dry
Chapter 4
Hikaru is carrying a charcoal Nike duffel bag of clothes as a lion cub is walking at her side. A collar bell is around his neck. This morning, it was very rainy and by this afternoon, the shining sun peeks out from the clouds providing a beautiful rainbow.
There is a rustling bush leaves ahead of them that alerts the lion cub as he starts in a posthaste pace through the bushes. Rustling the leaves in his wake. As going through the bushes and he is gone.
"Simba," Hikaru calls out in worry as she chases after her lion cub through the meadows depth.
A red swift fox runs with a lion cub in hot pursuit, similar to a game of playing tag. The two sprint past Aguma, the hunter with a riffle. Aguma has a sly smile that appears on his lips as he follows his newly found targets deeper into the meadow.
A dead end…
The swift fox turns around only to be confronted by the lion cub. The two exchange each their own threatening growls and snarls as they both show their pointed fangs intending to intimidate the other.
Aguma appears and points his riffle at them intending to kill them, just as he is about to pull the trigger to let a bullet loose. The swift fox manages to leap into the safety of the bushes. Rustle. Rustling the bush leaves in the process.
"Simba!" Hikaru screams, leaping in between the aiming riffle as she hugs the lion cub in her arms. Her backside is facing the hunter, Aguma.
Aguma releases a deep growl from his throat. "Move, girl." He demands, lightly nudging and swinging his arms in a threating gesture.
A tearful Hikaru turns her head to face him. She heard him release a gasp. Hikaru firmly hugs the lion cub in a more secure grasp against her chest. "Please, I beg of you. Please spare his life." She pleads with tears trailing down her cheeks. "I beg of you."
"No." Aguma answers bluntly in response to her plea.
An upset Hikaru grabs some twigs in her right hand and tosses them at Aguma in fury of his insensitivity of her plea. Just as the sticks are about to touch Aguma, a red swift fox jumps right in front of him.
"Bao?" Aguma said in great disbelief at the man on the ground in front of him. His childhood friend is rubbing his own sore head in irritation of having to endure sticks thrown at him. "Is that really you, Bao?"
Bao lifts his head to glance at Aguma and lightly grins at him. He tilts his head to scowl at a tearful Hikaru hugging the lion cub. "What is the big idea of throwing sticks at Aguma?" He scolds angrily. "My name is Bao. I am Aguma's most loyal thrall. I won't allow you to harm Aguma."
Hikaru swiftly opens her lavender eyes to gaze on a sitting Bao in front of her. She is bewildered that she has come across yet another shape-shifter. This time it is Bao the red swift fox. "Todd."
Bao releases a deep growl in his throat. "My name is not 'Todd'. It is 'Bao'."
Aguma raises his midnight purple eyes on Hikaru. "Bao, we will retreat for today."
"As you wish, Aguma." Bao nods his head in agreement. The two guys leave the meadow together without another word to Hikaru.
Hikaru lightly squeezes the lion cub in her arms once more. "I'm so happy that you are safe, Simba." She whispers into the feline's ear. The lion cub's ear tilt upwards, in alert as he silently listens to Hikaru's soft muffled sobs of relief, as his feline fur coat regaining its wetness from her moist tears.
AN: This is the fourth instalment. Just one more chapter to go. Chapter 5 is the last chapter for Towel Dry. It will have some fluffy between Hikaru & Kyoya. So look forward to it. As soon as I'm done. I'll post it up for all those wonderful people out there. Please check out Kingdom's Oathkeeper's stories as they are wonderfully and thoughtfully written. I hope you all enjoy this instalment. Please R&R. If you didn't get a chance. Please R&R for my V-Day special: 'My cute Plush Valentine'.
Ekosi.
Ai-chan.