There's an old FMA reference in here. I wonder if any of you are big enough FMA fans to know what it is?
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Tygra picked up his whip and snapped it expertly before tucking it under his arm and taking a fighting pose. "Are you ready?"
Leanne got her own fighting stance and smirked, "Oh, heck yes." Tygra mirrored her smirk and ran at her, Leanne jumped out of the way before he could knock her down and up into the air. Tygra dashed out of the way before Leanne could land on him, and came at her, whip ready. Leanne lifted up her hand, not knowing that her eyes flashed white for a moment, and the ground rumbled beneath Tygra's feet. He let out a yelp when a pillar of earth shot up from the ground, bringing him up with it, then quickly coming back down, stopping just before it sunk back into the ground to break her fall, then it disappeared. Tygra looked at Leanne with wide eyes.
"When did you learn to do that?" He asked, having never seen her use that element before. He pushed himself into a sitting position.
"A little while ago." Leanne said, coming over and offering her hand to him, "I remembered the stuff that Jaga told me to do to control the other elements, so I figured I should work on that, too." Tygra took her hand and Leanne pulled her up.
"It's impressive." Tygra said, he suddenly hissed in pain and put his hand to his side.
"What is it?" Leanne asked, concerned she might have hurt him. Tygra waved her off.
"No, it's nothing." He said, straightening up. Leanne grinned slyly, finding this an opportune moment to mess with him.
"Aw, did the wittle Tygie-wygie get a boo-boo?" She cooed mockingly, pinching his cheek a little before she released it. Tygra glared at her and swatted her hand away.
"Ha-ha, you're hilarious." He said sarcastically as he walked back to where Panthro was trying to fix a small glitch in the Thunder Tank.
"I like to think so." Leanne replied with a grin.
"I thought so, too." Lion-O said with a smirk. Tygra glared at him.
"Oh, like you could beat her." He said.
"I know I can't, that's why I don't challenge her." Lion-O said, pointing out what Tygra had done that morning. Tygra scoffed and walked away.
"Oh, come on, Tygra." Leanne said, moving in front of him, "We're just teasing. No need to take it personally."
"Whatever." Tygra said, sitting down on a nearby log. Leanne chuckled lightly at the sight of him, knowing his pride had been wounded. She sat beside him.
"Oh, lighten up." She said, "It was just a little fight. You don't have to get so worked up over it."
"It was a fight with you." Tygra said, "I lost to you."
"And you thought you would win?" Leanne asked him, quirking her eyebrow in disbelief, "Dude, I can control the elements, and you have a whip that makes you invisible, which doesn't work too well on me, if you'll remember."
"And a gun." Tygra said.
Leanne scoffed, "Yeah, like you would use that on an innocent girl."
"You are hardly innocent." Tygra said, Leanne scowled at him.
"I am too!" She said, punching his shoulder.
"Ow!" Tygra rubbed the spot that she had hit.
"I am an innocent little angel." Leanne said, giving him an innocent look. Tygra raised a doubting eyebrow at her and opened his mouth to speak, but was stopped when Leanne glared at him, "And if you say otherwise, you're gonna get a lot worse than a punch to the shoulder." Tygra shut his mouth, saying nothing.
Panthro had fixed the tank, but by the time he was done, it was already getting dark, so they decided to make camp. Leanne and Lion-O offered to go and get firewood before it got too dark. The area they were in was heavily forested, so it wouldn't be any problem to find any wood for the fire.
Leanne bent down and picked up a few stray sticks, not knowing that Lion-O was glancing at her behind when she did, and looked away when she stood up straight.
"You know what I find amazing?" Leanne said, looking over at him.
"Hmm?" Lion-O asked.
"That, in all the time I've been here," Leanne began, "I've never once gotten sick, or had some kind of allergic reaction from something I ate, or something I touched."
"Well, that's because we told you what plants are poisonous and which ones aren't." Lion-O said, Leanne nodded.
"I know, and I'm glad you did." Leanne said, "I'm still amazed that I haven't caught some local sickness and gotten horribly ill from it." She looked away thoughtfully for a minute, "Then again, I never really got sick at home, either." She looked back at Lion-O, "I have a strong immune system, you know."
"Yeah?" Lion-O said, "Well, I'm not surprised. A lot of things about you are strong." Leanne cocked her head to the side.
"What do you mean?" She asked as she walked beside him through the forest.
"Well, you're getting good at fighting," Lion-O began, "So you're getting strong in that sense. Then there's just who you are." Lion-O looked at her, "I mean, after what happened when you were a kid?" Leanne's expression paled a little as she remembered the reason for the cross-shaped scar on her back, "To be able to come out of that emotionally okay is just incredible."
"…I'm not okay." Leanne said quietly, Lion-O looked at her.
"You're not?" He asked, Leanne shook her head.
"Not exactly…" She looked away, "I… I have this thing… that I'm afraid of."
"What?" Lion-O asked.
"You'll think it's stupid." Leanne said.
"No I won't." Lion-O assured, Leanne looked up at him, "I promise."
"…I can't stand the sight of blood." Leanne said softly, looking down at the ground.
"Blood?" Lion-O asked.
"It's not that bad when I, like, cut my finger or something," Leanne explained, "But… when I go to the movies, and see this really gory scene… I start having a panic attack and hyperventilating and stuff." She laughed bitterly, "Pretty stupid, huh?"
"It's not stupid." Lion-O said, Leanne looked up at him, "It's a perfectly legitimate fear, I mean, considering everything you've gone through." Lion-O smiled at her, and Leanne smiled back, "I still think you're pretty strong."
"…Thank you, Lion-O." Leanne said softly, she blushed lightly as she said, "And…what else do you think of me?" Lion-O blushed slightly
"What else?" He echoed, Leanne nodded, looking up at him expectantly. "Um…What else…" His eyes darted away from hers as he tried to think, "Uh…" He turned to her, "I think we got enough firewood for tonight, don't you?" Leanne looked at him oddly.
"I guess…" She said.
"Then let's head back." Lion-O started heading back to camp. Leanne followed behind him.
"You didn't answer my question." Leanne said as they kept walking.
"What question?" Lion-O asked, playing dumb.
"What else do you think of me?" Leanne asked him, "Anything at all. Even the bad stuff."
"There's no bad stuff." Lion-O said quickly, "Not about you. As for the other stuff…" Leanne looked at him expectantly, anxious to hear his answer, "Well… Um…" He stopped walking and turned to her, seeing her expectant face, "It's…" He sighed, "Leanne, I'm not sure what to say." Leanne's face fell.
"Oh." She said disappointedly.
"Sorry." Lion-O said, he turned back around and started walking back to camp, Leanne following behind him, a sad expression on her face.
Lion-O doesn't think anything more of me… She thought to herself. Her eyes caught sight of something and she looked at a small flower bud not too far away. Her incurable curiosity getting the better of her, Leanne went over to the flower and poked it. She jumped back when the flower opened and a puff of yellow pollen came out in her face. She coughed, waving the stuff away, and stood back up, following Lion-O again.
Cheetara pulled out the fish she had finished cooking on the open fire. She handed it to WilyKat, who dug into it, and she handed another one to his sister, who went at it just as he did. Cheetara looked over at Leanne, and frowned when she saw she had barely touched the food she had been given. There was something off about her, and not just because she wasn't sitting beside Lion-O like usual. This time, she was sitting by Panthro, with Snarf on her other side. Panthro noticed her gaze on Leanne, and looked over, frowning when he noticed the same things she had.
"Lee, are you okay?" He asked her, Leanne looked up at him.
"Yeah, fine." She said, "Why?" Lion-O looked over at her when her wellbeing was called into question.
"Well, you've barely touched your food." Cheetara said, Leanne looked down at her cooked fish, then back up at her.
"I just don't have much of an appetite right now." She said, giving them her best fake smile, "I'm fine. Really."
"You're not sick, are you?" Tygra asked, putting his hand to her forehead.
"No, I'm fine." Leanne insisted, moving his hand away, "I'm not sick, I'm just not hungry." She handed her fish to Panthro and got up, "I'm just going to go to bed." Lion-O looked after worriedly and got up, following her over to where she had put her sleeping bag. She didn't do anything to acknowledge his presence, she simply continued to get her sleeping bag ready. He knelt down beside her, and he was surprised that she didn't say anything to him at all. She didn't even meet his eyes.
"I said I was fine." She said in a low voice as she worked. At least she spoke to me… Lion-O thought.
"You're sure not acting like it." Lion-O said, Leanne didn't reply, she simply moved into the sleeping bag.
"Goodnight, Lion-O." She said stiffly, turning so her back was to him.
"No, not goodnight." Lion-O said, he put his hand on her shoulder and turned her to face him in the sleeping bag, "Tell me what's wrong."
"Nothing's wrong." Leanne said, "I'm just not hungry, and I'm tired."
"Leanne." Lion-O said firmly, making her look up at him, "What's wrong?"
"Okay, you want to know what's wrong?" Leanne asked him testily, moving so she was resting on her elbows, "You don't think anything of me." Lion-O looked at her incredulously.
"That's not true!" He said.
"Then why didn't you say so?" Leanne said, she turned over, her back facing him again. Lion-O was stunned in silence for a moment, he stayed by her side a little longer, his mouth opening and closing like a fish as he tried to figure out what to say to her. After a while, he saw that even if he did speak, she wouldn't listen to him, and got up, heading back over to the fire.
"Lover's quarrel." Tygra said before he took a bite off of his fish.
"Just shut up." Lion-O said, going back to eating his own food. Everyone was surprised to hear how cold he sounded to Tygra, granted it wasn't the first time, but it hadn't been used in a long time. Lion-O looked over at Panthro, "Are you taking the first watch for tonight?"
"Yeah." He replied, "You want to watch when I'm done?"
"Yeah." Lion-O said.
Leanne shivered underneath her sleeping bag. Why had it suddenly gotten so cold? It felt like she was camping out in the middle of winter. She tried to warm herself up by bringing the sleeping bag closer around her, but it didn't do much good, she still felt cold. Then, a second later, she felt like she was on fire, and she tried to get some air by sitting up in her sleeping bag. She groaned softly and rubbed her tired eyes. She couldn't get to sleep because of the cold, now it was too warm. She shivered when it was suddenly cold again, the chill running down her spine.
Panthro, who was still on watch, noticed how she sat up, rubbing her eyes. He came over to her and saw that she was sweating and shivering. Her cheeks were flushed, and she had slightly labored breathing.
"Lee, are you alright?" He whispered as he came up beside her.
"It's so cold out." Leanne whispered back. Panthro looked at her curiously. It wasn't cold at all. It was just as warm and as comfortable as it had been when they had camped out last time. He put his hand to her forehead, and was surprised at how warm it was.
"You have a fever." Panthro said. Leanne put her hand to her forehead, then put her hand to Panthro's forehead, feeling the difference in temperature.
"Maybe I can sleep it off?" Leanne suggested, "I'm pretty sure I'm not sick." She didn't feel sick, anyway.
"Well…" Panthro seemed a little hesitant about it, but the fever might just be nothing. After all, he had no idea of the regular bodily functions of a human body, so it was possible that her normal body temperature was higher than a ThunderCat's body temperature. He nodded and stood up, "I guess. I'll get you an extra blanket if you want it." Leanne nodded, smiling up at him in thanks. He smiled back and went to go get it as Leanne settled back into the sleeping bag, shivering as the cold chill came again. Panthro covered her sleeping bag with the blanket, and she whispered out a soft 'thank you' before he went back to his watch.
The next morning…
Lion-O looked worriedly over at Leanne, seeing how she was still in her sleeping bag. Normally, she was one of the first of them to wake up. Now, it seemed she was too tired to try. In fact, everyone else was already awake and ready to go. They were just waiting on Leanne to get up.
"How long is she going to sleep?" Tygra asked irritably, looking over at her sleeping bag as he leaned against the tank. He got up and started walking over to her, "We need to hurry up and find the next stone." He knelt down next to her sleeping bag, and reached out to shake her shoulder. She groaned when he did, and turned to him. Tygra was surprised to see her eyes were very red, and she was unusually pale.
"What?" She asked, her voice croaking out of her throat.
"Leanne, are you okay?" He asked, he put his hand to her forehead.
"I feel terrible…" Leanne mumbled, Tygra hummed thoughtfully and got up, heading back to the tank. Cheetara looked at him curiously as he went through one of the bags, coming up with some medicinal herbs.
"What are you going to do with those?" She asked him as he came out.
"I'm giving them to Leanne." Tygra said, "I think she's sick."
"I thought she might be." Panthro said, "She got up in the middle of the night, complaining that she was cold."
"It was perfectly fine last night." Lion-O said.
"I know, that's what worried me." Panthro said, "It felt like she had a fever, but she said she could sleep it off." Tygra walked over to the sleeping bag and held out one of the herbs.
"Eat this." He ordered.
"What for?" Leanne asked.
"It's medicine." Tygra said, "It should make you a little better." Leanne opened her mouth and bit on the herbal leaf he had offered her. She grimaced at the bitter taste as she started to chew it, and she swallowed it with a groan.
"That's nasty." She said.
"Okay, get up. Come on." Leanne pushed herself into a sitting position and he draped her arm over his shoulders so she could lean on him. They walked to the tank and Tygra sat her down on one of the seats.
"We'll head to the nearest town." Cheetara said as she and the others walked in, "We'll find a doctor and get the right medicine." Everyone agreed.
"But what about the stone?" Leanne asked, her voice was hoarse and she coughed.
"The stone can wait a little longer." Lion-O said, he came up and sat beside her, "Right now, you need some medical attention." Leanne nodded, although she seemed a bit reluctant about it.
"All right, open your mouth." The doctor, a long-necked stork woman with a pair of spectacles resting on the top of her beak, said. Leanne did so, sticking out her tongue as the doctor rested a large stick on her tongue, looking into her throat. She hummed thoughtfully, then had Leanne close her mouth. She used a feathery hand to move some of the skin around her eye socket and inspected her red eyes, humming again. She moved her hands down to Leanne's wrist and grasped it, checking her pulse, and used her other feather hand to put a thermometer in her mouth. She hummed when she was finished with the pulse-taking, and checked the thermometer. She hummed again and put it away.
"So… How bad is it?" Lion-O asked, sitting in the small doctor's hut with Leanne as she sat on a small bed. The doctor turned to them with a smile on her long beak.
"It doesn't seem to be very bad at all." She assured, "It's just an allergic reaction to pollen puffer."
"What?" Leanne asked, never having heard of a pollen puffer.
"It's a small, flower-like plant that releases its pollen into the air by having it puff out." The doctor explained, her feathery hands demonstrating by changing from fists to open palms at the word puff. "They're pretty common around these parts. Have you ever come into contact with one before?" Leanne shook her head, "I thought so. Now, the medicine for it is very simple." She looked along a shelf and pulled out a small jar full of a strange, purple and green plant. She reached in and pulled out a small vine, which was dripping from being in some kind of substance inside the jar. Leanne grimaced at the sight of it, thinking it looked like a tentacle. The doctor held it out to her, "Just chop this up and put it in a stew, and you should be better within the next few hours." Leanne held out her hands for the sticky plant and shuddered when it dropped into her palm.
"Gross…" She groaned, looking at it.
"It may be gross, but it's the only cure you need for it." The doctor said, "You should be thankful your reaction wasn't more severe. I've seen animals come in here with faces all puffed up, and throats so swollen they could barely breathe." Leanne nodded, and the doctor quirked her head to the side curiously, "What are you, by the way?"
"I'm human." Leanne said, not noticing how the doctor's eyes flashed in recognition. She hopped down from the small bed and handed the vine to Lion-O, "Here, you carry it." Lion-O took the vine, grimacing at the substance it was covered in, "Let's just go." They walked out of the hut, and the doctor hummed thoughtfully.
"Is your species on the verge of extinction?" The doctor asked, Leanne stopped at the doorway.
"What?" She asked, turning around to face the stork.
"Well, it's that I met another man who was human." The stork woman said, Leanne and Lion-O's eyes widened, "His name is Firsar. If you're looking to continue your species, you can go talk to him. He lives just down the way." Leanne looked at the vine in Lion-O's hands and snatched it up.
"Hey, Doc, what would happen if I ate this raw?" She asked, the doctor hummed thoughtfully again (Lion-O was starting to wonder if this was a bad habit of hers).
"Well, I don't think anything bad would happen." The doctor said, "It would just taste terrible." Leanne nodded and started eating the vine raw, grimacing at the bitter and sour taste of it. She kept chewing on it as they walked out, where the others were waiting. Leanne, still eating the vine, came up to them.
"Am naw fee on'ee 'uman on Fird Earf!" She said excitedly, spraying some of the sticky substance on the vine at the faces as she spoke.
"What?" Tygra asked, unable to understand her with a full mouth as he wiped away some of the stuff from his face.
" 'Ang on." Leanne quickly chewed what was left of the bad-tasting plant and swallowed it with a grimace. "Ick…" She shook her head to try and dissipate the bad taste in her mouth, "Okay," She looked at the others with an excited smile, "I'm not the only human on Third Earth!"
"What?" Cheetara asked, shocked to hear this news.
"The doctor in there said so!" Leanne said, pointing to the hut she had just come out of. "She said there was another human living here! In this village!"
"Hold on." Lion-O said, putting his hand on her shoulder to stop her from getting excited, "We don't even know if this other person really is human. It could just be a mistake."
"How could it be a mistake?" Leanne asked him, "Before I came here, nobody on Third Earth had even heard of humans!"
"She has a point, Lion-O." Cheetara said, "It might just be possible that if she came here, so could another human."
"Or it could be just as possible that it could be a scam." Panthro said, "Maybe someone heard about Leanne's species and thought they could make a few shillings off it somehow." Leanne frowned.
"Or it could be the real deal!" She said.
"Aren't you supposed to be sick and unable to do this kind of stuff?" Tygra asked.
"I'm all better." Leanne said dismissively, "I just had to eat some nasty plant thing." She looked over at the others, "This is the first chance I've ever had of finding another human here. I don't want to lose that chance." She looked at Lion-O pleadingly. He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.
"I… suppose this is worth looking into." He said, Leanne raised her arms up high with a "Yay!"
Leanne, Lion-O, and Tygra walked through the village, while Cheetara and Panthro had stayed behind at the Thunder Tank to tell the WilyKittens what had happened and to look out for them while Leanne and the others investigated this other human. They were going by the directions given to them by some of the locals, which were not completely sure of where the human lived. One of them said to go past the village's fountain, and that it was the grey house on the right. Another had said to stop at the market place and take a pathway through an alley, and that it would be the white hut on the other side. Another villager said that the home of the human resided at the edge of town, just before a huge grassy field.
Exasperated with these unsure answers, they tried asking someone else. A vendor at the local marketplace.
"Firsar?" The lemur-like man asked, "Well, if I remember correctly, his house is just down the way." He leaned out over his counter and pointed down the street, "What you want to do is go all the way through the marketplace, take a left at the blacksmith's, then just keep going until you see a brown hut. You should find him there." Leanne sighed.
"Thanks…" She mumbled, Tygra sighed exasperatedly.
"At this rate, we have a better chance of finding all three stones at once." Tygra said, "Look, I say we just forget about it and move on."
"We are not going to forget about it!" Leanne snapped at him, "If there's another human on this planet, we're finding him!"
"But nobody even knows where this Firsar guy lives!" Tygra snapped back.
"You seek Firsar?"
Everyone looked to see a man hidden by a cloak he wore around his body. "Why do you seek Firsar?"
"Do you know where he lives?" Leanne asked him.
"Of course I know where he lives." The man replied, "But you have yet to answer my question."
"These people say Firsar is another human." Leanne said, "If he is, I want to meet him."
"You are human?" The man asked, looking her up and down.
"Yes." Leanne said, "My name is Leanne Redoric."
"I wouldn't count on finding him nearby." The man said, "Firsar travels many places at many different times. It's hard to say if he's here or not."
"But do you know if he's here at all?" Leanne asked him. The man nodded.
"Yes, this is always where he stays." The man said, "Why do you need to see him?"
"Because, I want to find out how he got here." Leanne said, "Maybe he came in a way that was similar to mine, or maybe he knows a way back." The man was silent for a moment, seeming to think it over.
"I see your predicament." The man replied, "I know where he lives, and he is here now."
"Oh, great," Lion-O groaned, "More useless directions."
"I will not be giving you directions." The man said, "I know Firsar quite well. I can take you directly to his home." Leanne smiled at the man. "Follow me." He turned around and started walking back the way they had come.
"Isn't… Firsar's house that way?" Tygra asked, since almost all of the directions they had been given told them to go in that general direction.
"No." The man said, looking over his cloaked shoulder at them, "Firsar's house is on the other side of town, just past city hall." Leanne and the two ThunderCats shared exasperated and exhausted looks. The man noticed this and smirked, "The people in this town are a bit… fuzzy… when it comes to directions."
"Yeah, no kidding." Leanne agreed as she and the two brothers followed him.
Leanne followed behind the man as they walked through the village, Lion-O and Tygra just behind her. Tygra glanced over at his brother, and saw that his eyes only rested on Leanne, more specifically, the part of her face that was visible as she looked around the town. His eyes were slightly glazed over as he gazed at her.
"So, what happened?" Tygra asked him, making Lion-O snap out of his reverie.
"What?" Lion-O turned to him.
"Between you and Leanne," Tygra specified, "What happened?"
"Oh, yeah…" Lion-O turned his gaze back to Leanne and shrugged, "I don't know. We were just talking about things, and… I don't know."
"What were you talking about?" Tygra asked.
"Well…" Lion-O was unsure of what to say, since they had been speaking about Leanne's past, "Different things. Eventually, it got to this point where she asked me what I thought of her… and… I couldn't think of anything to say."
"You didn't tell her that did you?" Tygra asked. Lion-O shrugged guiltily.
"Yeah…" Tygra shook his head with a sigh.
"Lion-O, when I girl asks you that," He began, "It's the last thing they want to hear."
"I know, I know!" Lion-O said, "But she took it the wrong way. It wasn't that I didn't think anything of her at all. It's just… There are so many things I think about her, and I wasn't sure how to put it all into words." He looked over at his brother, "Does that make sense?"
Tygra sighed again, "By Thundera, you're an idiot." He looked at him, "Make sure you explain that next time. No wonder she's so mad at you."
"At least she's not mad enough to leave again." Lion-O said.
"Yeah, but that's not much better." Tygra said, "You know, you're a lot worse at this than I thought."
"At what?" Lion-O asked.
"Admitting that you like her." Tygra said bluntly, Lion-O blushed.
"O-Of course I like her!" Lion-O said quickly, making sure Leanne wouldn't hear him, "If I didn't like her, she wouldn't be here!"
"That's not what I meant, and you know it." Tygra said, Lion-O's blush deepened and he slumped his shoulders, "At this rate, you're better off finding another girl." He smirked, "And I wouldn't worry about Leanne, either. I'll take good care of her." Lion-O's head snapped up to him.
"What did you say?" He asked him.
"You heard me." Tygra said, still wearing that smirk, "If you don't hurry up and talk to her, I think I'll just take her for myself." Lion-O gaped at his brother as he left his side and went up to Leanne, starting a conversation that Lion-O couldn't hear. His insides boiled in jealousy as he saw Leanne smile at him. The smile that he wanted to see for him. The smile that should be for him. The smile that showed genuine happiness and interest in what he was saying. Her perfect smile. Tygra had no right to see it, he had no right to steal that smile from him. Tygra smirked and glanced back at Lion-O when he said something that made Leanne laugh. He wore a look that silently said, What are you gonna do about it?
Lion-O glared back at him, Challenge accepted.
The man brought them to a small hut that resided a little ways outside of the village's city hall, just where he had said it would be. He gestured to the doorway.
"He's just inside." He said, he turned and started walking away, "Have fun." Leanne waved goodbye to the man and walked up to the door, rapping her knuckles against the aged wood. She was surprised when a slit in the door opened and a pair of bright green eyes looked down at her.
"Yes? What is it? What you want?" The person asked, his voice slightly accented as he quickly spoke.
"Um…" Leanne was surprised by his sudden urgency for an answer.
"Speak up!" The person snapped, "Mistah Firsar have very busy schedule to keep! Why you here? What you want?"
"I-I'd like to see Firsar." Leanne said.
"No one see Mistah Firsar today." The person said, "Mistah Firsar very busy! He see no one!"
"But it's important!" Leanne said quickly.
"No!" The person snapped, he quickly shut the opening on the door. Leanne frowned angrily and knocked on the door, a bit harsher than she had before. The slit opened up and those same green eyes glared at her, "I told you! Mistah Firsar see no one today!"
"We're not leaving until we see him!" Leanne snapped.
"No!" The person snapped, shutting the slit again. Leanne, even more angered than before, pounded on the door with her fist. The slit opened again, and the green eyes were ablaze with anger, "I told you no!"
"I'm human, too!" Leanne shouted at him, "I want to see Firsar! And if you don't open this door, I'll break it down!" The blazing of their eyes stopped and they looked at Leanne quizzically.
"You human, too…?" He repeated quietly.
"Yes, and my friends and I would like to meet Firsar." Leanne said, gesturing to Tygra and Lion-O beside her, "So let us in!"
"…Be right back. Wait here, please." He shut the slit, much less harsher than before, and Leanne could hear his footsteps walking away from the door. She crossed her arms over her chest, looking at the door, hearing muffled voices speaking inside. One of the voices snapped something incoherent to the other, and the person's voice said something back in a shaky reply. She heard his footsteps coming back to the door and he opened the slit again, "Okay, Mistah Firsar say he see you tomorrow. But just you! No ThunderCats."
"Why can't I bring my friends?" Leanne asked.
"Um…" The person glanced back at something, then looked back at her, "Mistah Firsar embarrassed about his appearance. Doesn't want to shame himself in front of them." The three of them shared unsure glances.
"Okay, I guess…" Leanne said slowly, "Then, what time should I come tomorrow?"
"Um…" The person glanced back again, then looked back at her, "Noon. You come at noon."
"Noon it is." Leanne said. She turned around and Tygra and Lion-O walked with her. The slit on the door shut, and the person looked back to a figure behind them.
"It is done." He said to them. The figure smirked.
"Good." The figure said, his voice deep.
"Tomorrow?!" Panthro exclaimed, looking at the three of them, "We can't wait any longer! The first stone is only a day's trip away! And if we don't hurry, Mumm-Ra could have it before us!"
"Panthro, this is the first chance I've ever had of finding another human here!" Leanne countered, "This is important to me! Maybe, if I talk to him, I can figure out a way home, and once I do, I'll never bother you guys with this again!"
"I have to agree with Panthro." Cheetara said from where she was beside Panthro, "This guy just wants you, alone? I find that a little suspicious."
"He's probably just self-conscious! A lot of humans are like that!" Leanne said.
"So are a lot of other animals, but that doesn't make a difference here." Cheetara said firmly. Leanne frowned at her.
"I think it's cool!" WilyKat said, coming up beside Leanne, WilyKit coming up on her other side, "Another human on Third Earth sounds awesome!"
"Maybe this Firsar guy has the same powers as Leanne!" WilyKit said, "I bet we can recruit him to help us!"
Leanne smiled down at the twins, then looked back at the others, "They're on my side." She said, she looked over at Tygra, "What do you think?"
Tygra shrugged, "Honestly? I agree with Panthro, it might be a scam. I don't like it." Leanne groaned, "Look, if it makes you feel any better, we'll take a vote." He looked at the others, "All in favor of moving on to find the stone?" Cheetara, Panthro, and Tygra all lifted up their hands. Leanne only scowled at them. "All in favor of staying one more day for Leanne to meet this Firsar guy?" Leanne, WilyKit, and WilyKat raised their hands.
"It's tied." Leanne said unhappily.
Panthro looked over at Lion-O, "Looks like you're our tie breaker."
"Me?" Lion-O asked, pointing to himself.
"What do you think we should do, Lion-O?" Cheetara asked, "Stay here, or move on?" Lion-O looked at Cheetara, Panthro, and Tygra, then glanced at Leanne. He felt his heart soften at the sight of her silver eyes silently pleading with him, begging him to let her stay. He sighed.
"It's just one day." He said, reaching up behind him and rubbing the back of his neck, "I think we can afford one more night. We'll be prepared to leave once her visit is over." Leanne smiled brightly at him. Smiling that genuinely happy smile he wanted to see. She ran over and hugged him, reaching up on her tiptoes so she could wrap her arms around his neck, one of her feet up in the air.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said happily, holding him tight. Lion-O blushed at the sudden closeness he had to Leanne, and was about to return the embrace when she jumped away, "I'm going to get firewood for dinner tonight. Want to come with me, Tygra?" Lion-O's heart fell when she asked for his brother by name. Tygra went over to Leanne.
"Sure. Let's go." He and Leanne started walking side-by-side to the forest to get wood for tonight. Tygra looked over his shoulder and smirked at Lion-O, who growled lowly in his throat, glaring at him.
The next morning, Leanne was the first to wake up, because she was so excited to meet Firsar, this other human that offered information to find her way home, if she was so lucky. Once she was dressed and prepared for the day, she started making breakfast for everyone, so she could keep her hands busy. The WilyKittens got up the minute they smelled the food cooking and helped her to prepare the food they wanted the way they liked it. Everyone slowly got up and ate the breakfast she had made, it wasn't a gourmet meal, but it was good enough for them to eat. Afterwards, everyone went about packing their things in preparation to leave once Leanne's visit was done.
As everyone did different jobs, Lion-O couldn't help but notice how Leanne seemed to… well… glow. Not glow as in, literally, glowing, but she seemed to be glowing with happiness. There was just some certain thing about her that made her stand out that day. He liked to see it, the only problem was that that glowing wasn't for him. It was for Firsar, and for her own way home. The thought of her leaving always depressed him a little, it had ever since she had first brought it up.
Before he knew it, noon had come, and Leanne set off for the village to see Firsar on her own. As she started walking away from camp, Lion-O ran after her.
"Leanne, hang on!" She stopped and turned to him as he came up to her, "There's something I need to say." Leanne crossed her arms, looking at him expectantly. She was still a little bit peeved about yesterday, he could tell. "I think there was a misunderstanding about when you asked me what I thought of you."
"I should hope so." Leanne replied.
"What I said that I couldn't think of anything didn't mean what you thought it meant." Lion-O said, "What I meant was…" He felt his face flushing as he tried to piece the words together, "I meant… Leanne… You're…" Leanne frowned as he couldn't seem to piece his words together.
"I don't speak gibberish." Leanne said, she turned to leave.
"No, wait!" Lion-O reached out and grabbed her wrist. She turned back at him with wide eyes, "Leanne… please, just listen." Leanne pulled her hand from his grasp, but turned to him, showing that she was willing to listen, "Look… I think you're… incredible. One of the most amazing people I've ever met." Leanne's harsh look softened as he spoke, "You're so smart, and so… well…" His blush deepened, "You're very beautiful." Leanne blushed a little, "And you've adapted so well to this new world that you're stuck in, and…" He sighed, "I just… I want you to know that I think the world of you. And it would be impossible for me to think anything else." Leanne blushed shyly, and found she couldn't meet Lion-O's eyes. It didn't matter to him, because he was too embarrassed to meet her eyes either.
"…Thank you, Lion-O." Leanne said, "I… That's very sweet, and… I'm glad you think that about me." Her cheeks still flushed, she turned around, "I'll be back in a couple hours." She walked away, heading for Firsar's home.
Leanne knocked at Firsar's door as she had the other day, and again, the slit on the door was opened by the same person as before.
"I'm here to—"
"You here to see Firsar. I know." The person said, interrupting her, "He waiting for you, come in." He closed the slit on the door, and Leanne was surprised to hear a large bolt unlocking on the other side of the door, as well as a separate lock, before it opened. Leanne stepped, a bit apprehensively, into the house. The door shut behind her, and the man did the bolt and the other lock again. As she looked him up and down, she saw that he was a duck man, in a way. He had a big, flat bill on his face, with bright green eyes, and white feathers covering him from his head, where a strange pair of black feathers resided, all the way down to his big, webbed, yellow feet. When he walked over to a nearby door that led to another room, his feet made a fwap-fwap sound with each step. He stood in front of the door and held out a feathered hand. "Give me necklace."
"Excuse me?!" Leanne said, grasping at the Jewel of Omens around her neck.
"Mistah Firsar afraid of jewelry." The duck said, "If he see you with it, he have fit."
"How can someone be afraid of jewelry?" Leanne asked him, not believing him. The duck man only shrugged.
"Don't know, don't care." He held his hand out more, "Give."
"No way!" Leanne said, taking a step back.
"If you don't give, you can't see Mistah Firsar." The duck man said, Leanne frowned and looked down at the necklace. She looked back up at him.
"You promise not to let it out of your sight?" She asked him, the duck man nodded, "Swear you won't! This is very important!"
"I won't." The duck man swore. He held out his hand again, and Leanne reluctantly removed the Jewel of Omens from where it was. She dangled the necklace above his hand, and he was about to grab it, when she swiped it away.
"How do I know you're not lying?" She asked him.
"You just have to trust me!" The duck man snapped, "Now hand it over!"
"I can't just hide it in my pocket or something?" Leanne asked, "I can't let you just have this thing and trust you to keep it safe!"
"Oh, he'll keep it safe." A voice said from behind her, making Leanne freeze up, "But you won't be." She was about to turn around and face this stranger, but something hit the back of her head, and suddenly, the world seemed to fade, and she fell to the ground, starting to black out. Just before her sight faded her, she saw the feet of the duck man on the floor, and the feet of another man.
"Nicely done, my friend…" The other person said. It was the only thing Leanne heard before losing consciousness.
A few hours later, Leanne awoke, still in the hut, and her head was pounding. She groaned and tried to reach up to massage her temples to try and rid herself of the headache, but found she couldn't. She looked down at where her hands were, and saw that they were bound behind her in metal cuffs. She tried to pull her hands out of them, but it was a futile attempt. She started to get up to find help, but only succeeded in tripping and falling on the floor face-first. She looked down at her feet and saw that they were bound to a big, heavy, metal ball, and that she had tripped over it.
"Well, look who's finally awake." Leanne's head snapped up and she saw the duck man from before, as well as an unfamiliar bear man who was sitting in a chair, looking down at her with a smirk.
"Who are you?" Leanne growled out, glaring at her captors.
"Ooh, so demanding. I guess I should answer." The bear man said mockingly, "If you must know, young lady, my name is Gaizkia, and this is Ahiru." He pointed to the smirking duck man behind her. He leaned down, his smirk showing all of his sharp teeth, "We're slave traders." Leanne's eyes widened and she struggled in her bonds, the bear laughed heartily, "Good luck trying to get yourself out! Those chains are infused with pure Thundrelium, one of the most powerful substances on the planet. You couldn't break through those chains if you had supernatural strength!" Leanne's eyes flashed as she remembered her ability to control fire, and how easily the metal would melt under it if she used it like a blow torch. She smirked.
"I may not be strong," She said, getting up into a sitting position, "But I know how to do something better." She took in a deep breath, prepared for fire to flow from her cheeks, but when she breathed out, she was surprised to see only breath come out in return. The bear and the duck looked down at her quizzically.
"Was that supposed to scare us?" Gaizkia asked. Leanne started to panic, suddenly realizing why she couldn't use fire.
"The Jewel…!" She frantically looked around for the Jewel of Omens, but finding it nowhere in sight until Gaizkia smirked again.
"Do you mean this?" He asked, holding up the Jewel of Omens by its chain in his claw. Leanne's eyes widened when she saw it in his hands, dangling there. He looked over it, "It's a very nice piece of jewelry. Should fetch a high price on the market." He looked at her leeringly, "As should you."
"Give it back!" Leanne growled, she was about to charge at him, but realized she was still bound, and didn't succeed in anything but falling on her face again. The bear and ducked both laughed at her expense, and she glared up at them from where she was on the floor, "That's the Jewel of Omens, you idiots! You have no clue what kind of power you're dealing with! Give it back to me!"
"The Jewel of Omens, you say…?" Gaizkia asked, rubbing his furry, brown chin, "I think I've heard of that before…"
"I have, sir!" Ahiru said, "With that kind of power, this jewel is worth ten times what we thought it was!" The bear man smirked.
"What good news." He said, "Thanks for telling us, girl." Gaizkia stood up from his chair, "Ahiru, keep her bound to the wall while I call for some buyers." Ahiru saluted him.
"Yes, sir!" he said, his accent making it sound like 'yessa!' He went over to Leanne, and picked her up, still keeping her feet bound as he chained her wrists to a metal holder on the wall. "You bee good girl, now."
"Screw you!" Leanne growled at him, kicking his knee. Ahiru hissed, speaking in a language she didn't understand, but could only assume it was all various curses, as he hopped on his uninjured leg, holding his other. His green eyes glared down at her.
"You gonna pay for that!" He said angrily. Leanne glared back at him, ready for whatever he was going to bring at her.
Lion-O looked up worriedly when he saw that sunset was approaching, and Leanne had yet to come back.
"What could be taking her so long…?" Lion-O asked, looking out at where the town was.
"Maybe they're just having a long conversation." WilyKat said, trying to comfort Lion-O.
"Or maybe something bad has happened." Tygra said, coming up beside Lion-O. He turned his blue eyes to his brother, who looked back at him, "This was a bad idea from the beginning. We need to go and get her." Lion-O paused, thinking.
"…Let's give it a little longer." He said after a moment, "If Leanne's not in any danger, she'll be back before the sun sets."
"Lion-O!" Tygra snapped at him.
"Leanne can look after herself, Tygra." Lion-O said firmly, "She's able to handle whatever comes her way. I'm sure of it."
God, I'm tired. Leanne thought to herself as she moved her hands around in the cuffs. I almost wish I was back in the other stuff. At least that way I'd be able to lie down. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she saw Ahiru coming into the room, going over to a box where Gaizkia had put the Jewel of Omens. She looked at him oddly as he opened up the box, pulling out the necklace and gazing at it with greedy eyes.
"What are you doing?" Leanne asked him. Ahiru didn't answer as he stuck the necklace in his pocket and pulled out a small, red, glass orb and a tiny, yellow chain. He picked up the box and walked over to her, dropping the box at her side with a loud clatter, and shattering the glass orb just beside it. Then he dropped to the floor, cursing wildly in a language she didn't know as he held his leg. Within moments, Gaizkia came running in.
"What happened?" He demanded.
"I so sorry, Gaizkia." Ahiru said, "I was moving the necklace to the safe so it could be protected from thieves, but the girl," He sent a pointed glare to Leanne, "Tripped me." He rolled to the side, showing the remains of the glass orb and the small chain, "She broke the necklace." Gaizkia glared at Leanne and growled lowly in his throat.
"You little bitch!" He grabbed her by the front of her clothing and held up a clawed hand, "I'll kill you!"
"Wait, wait, I didn't break it!" Leanne said quickly, "He stole it, and made it look like I broke it!"
"She lies!" Ahiru said quickly.
"Ahiru would never double-cross me like that!" Gaizkia said, raising his claw up high.
"Check his pockets if you don't believe me!" Leanne said, Gaizkia's claw stopped. He looked over at Ahiru, who jumped at the sight of his attention being turned to him.
"Wha— You're not going to believe some prisoner over me, are you?" He demanded. Gaizkia stood up, his body towering over Ahiru's.
"Show me everything in your pockets." He ordered, his voice low. When Ahiru didn't move, Gaizkia snarled and grabbed him by his ankles and held him upside-down, shaking him, all the while he was saying something in that other language again. It only took a second for the Jewel of Omens to fall from his pockets and onto the floor. Once it had, Gaizkia dropped the duck aside and reached for it, growling angrily. "You did have it! You dirty traitor!"
"You always take the bigger cut!" Ahiru said, "Why do I have to get stuck with the small pickings while you rake it in?"
Leanne could tell this wasn't going to end well.
All of the ThunderCats walked through the village, the sun just dipping below the horizon in the distance.
"Where did you say Firsar's house was?" WilyKit asked as they walked away from the village and to the small hut.
"It's right here." Lion-O said, gesturing to the house. His blood ran cold when he heard a loud, shrill scream broke through the air. He pulled out his sword and everyone ran towards the hut. When the door wouldn't open for them, Lion-O broke through the door, shouting, "Leanne!" When he came inside, he was surprised at what he saw.
Two animals, a bear and a duck, lay dead on the floor, the duck's hand grasping a knife, and the bear's claws out. Both of them were covered in their own blood. Lion-O looked over at Leanne, and saw that her silver eyes were wide, her entire body shaking in fear as she looked at the two bodies, eyes streaming tears down her cheeks, her own body covered in their blood. Lion-O went over to her, and the moment his hand touched her skin, she jumped, and started flailing.
"No! No! No!" She started screaming, trying to get away from him, "Get away!"
"Leanne!" Lion-O said, reaching out and putting his hands on her shoulders, trying to calm her, "Leanne, it's me! It's Lion-O!" At his name, Leanne seemed to calm down, but she still shook, and she still shed tears, "It's me. No one will hurt you. You're okay." Leanne looked up at him, and Lion-O's heart clenched painfully when he saw how scared she looked. She reminded him of a small child, or some kind of delicate porcelain doll that would break into a thousand pieces if he didn't hold her together.
"Lion-O…" Her voice came out half-spoken, half-sobbed. Immediately, Lion-O held her close, and she cried into his shoulder. He reached up and used his sword, which was now smaller, to release her from the cuffs on the wall. Once her hands were free, she reached for him, tightly gripping at his clothes, still crying. Lion-O reached up, gently stroking her black hair and whispering words of comfort as she sobbed, completely forgetting about the others who were with him. Reaching down, he hooked his arms beneath the bend of her legs and behind her back and lifted her up. She clung to him tightly, squeezing her eyes shut so she wouldn't have to see the blood around her. The other ThunderCats watched with wide eyes as Lion-O carried her out of the hut and back to camp bridal style. As they walked, no one said a word. The ThunderCats didn't say anything because they sensed this was not the time to speak, and Lion-O didn't say anything to Leanne other than different murmurs to try and comfort her. Leanne didn't say anything because she was too afraid to open her eyes, she kept remembering that night. The night she had the cross carved into her back. Every now and then, the memory would become too real and she would whimper as her body remembered the pain of the knife in her back. Lion-O kept her close to him the entire time, and when she would let out that whimpering noise, he would rub her shoulder as best he could with the hand on her back.
When they all arrived at camp, Lion-O headed straight for a nearby river, only turning around once to ask Cheetara to get some spare clothes for Leanne to wear. She got some of Leanne's spare clothes and handed them to Lion-O, who thanked her. Leanne, very carefully, took the clothes and got rid of the ones stained in blood. When she was done, Lion-O had her come over to the river and began gently washing her face of any blood that was on it. The entire time, Leanne quivered fearfully.
"Leanne?" Lion-O asked softly after a moment, seeing as how she wasn't as terrified as before. She looked up at him, and again, he saw that porcelain doll look in her eyes, "Are you okay?"
"…I will be." Leanne said quietly, "You know… I-It might take a bit for me to… get over that, so…"
"I know." Lion-O said, gently cleaning her face of the last of the blood, "Are you okay enough now to tell me what happened?" Leanne nodded.
"Well… For starters, there was no Firsar." Leanne said, "There never was. It was just a trick to lure people in. They knocked me unconscious, and when I woke up, I had chains on my hands and on my feet."
"Why couldn't you free yourself?" Lion-O asked, his hand gently rubbing off some part of the blood from her cheek.
"I had been stupid enough to take off the Jewel of Omens." Leanne said, "And before I could put it back, they had knocked me out. They told me they were going to sell it and me to the highest bidder." She groaned, putting her hand to her forehead, "I feel like such an idiot…"
"Don't start that." Lion-O said firmly, Leanne looked up at him, "You're not an idiot, a lot of people could have been tricked that way."
"I know, I'm not blaming myself…" Leanne said, she reached up and tucked some of her dark hair behind her ear, "Anyway, after a while, one of them took the Jewel of Omens from where they had hid it. I told the other guy, and they started shouting at each other, then it turned to punching, and then one of them pulled out a knife and…" She took a shaky breath in, and Lion-O put his hand on her shoulder, "Well… I think you can guess what happened from there."
"Yeah." Lion-O said, he pulled his hand away, but Leanne reached out and took it in her own, holding onto it. Lion-O made no protest against it. "Well, you're all cleaned off." Leanne nodded, "We're staying one more night before we go after the stone. Are you sure you're going to be okay?" Leanne nodded again.
"I… I might have a nightmare or something, but I'll be okay…" She said, she stood up and Lion-O stood up with her.
"Do you want me to sleep beside you?" Lion-O asked, Leanne looked up at him, and gave him a soft smile. It was a genuine smile, but Lion-O didn't like it. It showed that she was grateful to him for offering, but the smile held so much fear and apprehension in it. It wasn't like her to make that smile. He hated it on her lovely face.
"You don't have to." She said softly.
"I want to." Lion-O said, Leanne looked up at him, that smile he hated disappearing. She just looked slightly surprised at his words. Lion-O couldn't help but notice that, what with now that they were both standing, and with Leanne still holding his hand, how close they were to each other. His eyes traveled briefly from her silver ones down to her lips, as her eyes did to him. Slowly, carefully, they both began to lean in. Lion-O could hear his heart pounding in his ears as he got closer, Leanne's lips coming closer to his own. Was this really happening? Was he really going to kiss Leanne? Was he dreaming? He knew he wasn't dreaming. This was real. It was really happening. He and Leanne were going to kiss. Every part of Leanne became hyper aware of Lion-O as she leaned into him. She could hear his soft breath, and she saw the way his lips parted slightly in anticipation. She felt his hand, warm and comforting, still wrapped around her own hand. She leaned in closer, her heart beating fast as she kept getting closer to him.
But, this moment was interrupted when Snarf came barreling through the bushes towards them. They immediately jumped apart, their hands releasing their hold on the other's, as he ran up to Leanne, jumping up at her feet into her arms.
"Hey Snarf." She greeted with a smile. Snarf mewed worriedly, and gently nuzzled her shoulder, "Don't worry, I'm fine." She smiled at Lion-O, "I'll see you at camp." She walked back to the campsite, Snarf resting in her arms, and Lion-O sighed, running his hand through his red hair.
That evening, Leanne ate her dinner, and chatted with the others, acting as if everything was perfectly normal and she hadn't gone through that traumatic experience. No one said anything about it, not wanting to upset her again. Once dinner was through, and everyone had said their goodnights, Leanne went to her sleeping bag and got comfortable. Lion-O watched her worriedly until he was sure that she was asleep, her chest rising and falling softly with each breath. He didn't go to sleep right away, though. He made sure to keep his senses alert, should Leanne awake in the middle of the night from a nightmare.
About two hours after everyone had gone to bed, Leanne jumped up, completely awake, breathing slightly labored, and in a cold sweat. Lion-O saw her get up from her sleeping bag, and head to the river. He got up and followed her to find that she was washing her face in the cold water.
"Leanne?" She looked up at him, not afraid of him, but surprised that he was there, "Are you all right?"
She nodded, "For the most part…" She dipped her hands in the water again and covered her face in it, "I told you I might have nightmares, and I did." Lion-O came over and knelt beside her as she leaned back from the river. She gave a small laugh, "You know, sometimes, when I was younger, and I woke up from those nightmares, I would scream, even though I had no reason to, just so my mother would come rushing in and… well, hold me. I just wanted some comfort after something like that, and I was too tired to try and leave my bed." Lion-O went over to her, and Leanne was surprised when he wrapped his arms around her, and cradled her to his body. She blushed a dark shade of red.
"You said you wanted to be held, right?" Lion-O asked quietly, his own face flushing, "Did she do it like this?"
"Y-Yeah…" Leanne mumbled, she leaned into Lion-O. Without realizing it, she took in his scent, which reminded her of the outdoors, and the tiniest bit of oil because he messed with around with various pieces of technology when he got the chance. She smiled to herself and inconspicuously pressed her ear against his chest, and heard how fast his heart was beating. She let a soft laugh escape her lips at the sound of it.
"Leanne…" The way Lion-O spoke her name made her look up at him. When her eyes locked with his, she found that she couldn't turn away from him. "…I…I think I might kiss you…" His cheeks were red when he said this, and so were hers, "Would you stop me if I did?"
Leanne kept her silver eyes on his, she heard her heart pounding in her ears. Tentatively, she reached out and rested her hand on Lion-O's chest, feeling his heart. She was amazed when her heart seemed to match with his. She knew her answer, "…No, I wouldn't."
Lion-O leaned in, and pressed his lips to hers. Leanne was surprised that there was no fur on his lips, it only seemed to be bare skin. She could feel the warmth of them, and felt warmed herself. She leaned in, kissing him back. Lion-O felt his heart soar when she returned the kiss. Leanne's lips felt so soft against his own, and he could, just barely, hear her heart pounding away, or maybe that was his own. He wasn't sure anymore, all he cared about was that right now, at this very moment, he was sharing a kiss with Leanne. He reached up and placed his hand at her neck, his fingers brushing her jaw. The kiss was everything the other had hoped it to be. Although there were no fireworks behind their closed eyes, and there was no angelic music playing in the distance, it was perfect. It seemed that their lips fit the others seamlessly. It was the most blissful moment of either of their lives.
Lion-O pulled away from her slowly, his blue eyes meeting her slightly glazed silver ones. The glazing went away as he face flushed more than it had before, and she smiled shyly at him. He smiled back.
"Feel better?" He asked. Leanne nodded.
"Yeah… Let's… go back to camp." She stood up, and Lion-O followed her. He linked his fingers through hers, and she held onto his hand as they went back to the campsite.
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Also, if anyone is interested, I posted a one-shot of a ThunderCats/Lion King crossover, just because I love the characters in it. X3
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