A young Purrloin curled up atop of a tire that had been made into a swing underneath a mighty old oak tree. She laid there in a ball until she heard some grass rustle nearby. She
peeked open a lazy green eye and saw a scruffy Zorua walking up to her. The fox sat
down and watched the Purrloin sleep for a good while before he broke the silence.
"What are you doing?" Zorua asked.
"Nothing, now go away you mutt."
"Hey! I'm not a dog! I'm a fox!"
" Dog, fox, you're still a mutt to me. Now go away, I'm trying to sleep"
"Hmph! At least we canines are still better than you flea infested cats! It's in the middle of
the day and all you lazy felines can do is lay around!" He snapped. Her green eyes glared at Zorua.
" Excuse me? Cats are graceful and majestic. You're the ones who need flea and tick shampoo...
Mutt. You'd know that if you dogs didn't always bury your noses in each other's butts!"
"WHAT?! I'LL SHOW YOU! WE'RE TEN TIMES MORE GRACEFUL!"
With a menacing growl Zorua pounced up at
the swing to tackle Purrloin who jumped out of the way and quickly climbed the tree that held
the swing. She sat on the branched and looked down upon Zorua.
"You're not as graceful since you're just a mutt" Purrloin teased. "Besides, How do you plan to climb this tree?" She added with a condescending smirk. Zorua had enough of these insults.
Purrloin peeked over the branch to see what the mutt was up to. He gave the tree a couple practice climbs by jumping up against it while his claws scratched
against the bark. With some persistence he found that he could run up against the tree if he dug his claws enough into the tree.
Zorua tilted his head up and grinned up at Purrloin. Her eyes widened when she realized that he was capable of
climbing the tree. He raised his rear and bent his forelegs before leaping up against the old
oak. She didn't bother to watch him perform this amazing feat, her graceful body ran across the
thin branch while the clicking sound of Zorua's claws scratching against the tree grew closer at
a frantic pace.
Purrloin stood on the edge of the branch.
"Heh, this is what you get...for insulting dogs..." Zorua muttered from behind. Purrloin turned
around and saw him walking up to her slowly, each paw hesitating to move forward while his eyes
watched the precarious path below warily.
"So you can climb a tree, doesn't mean you're graceful" She replied with pompous eyes. His eyes
angrily glared at her before he inched closer, his body wobbling as he struggled to maintain
balace.
"I'm going to teach you to behave yourself you stupid cat... " Purrloin sat up and watched his
slow and clumsy pace. She kept her composure and sat up in a dignified pose, she wasn't going to
show any weakness to this dirty fox... and she was damn sure not going to show weakness to her
fears. She saw the two knots of rope that held the tire up. Zorua's body wobbled with every step. Purrloin waited
until he was over the rope that held the tire swing below. At that
moment she chuckled and flashed a mischievous smile at him before she jumped up with all her
grace and landed on the edge of the thin limb. Her body easily slipped off but she held onto the
branch to add weight and make it shake as much as she can.
"W-Waaah!" Zorua couldn't keep his
balance, that surprising tactic did the trick and made him lose balance and made him fall over.
As he fell the rope had coiled around his neck and snapped it the second it bounced from his weight.
Purloined watched Zorua hanging mere inches above the ground, dead. Purrloin giggled.
"That's what you get." She said, smiling.