Disclaimer: I do not own ThunderCats.
"Lion-O! Get back here!"
Prince Lion-O ran as fast as he could away from his brother, who was hot on his tracks.
"Lion-O, you are not allowed to come here anymore!" Tygra yelled as he gave chase after Lion-O. "Just because I'm no longer a guard here doesn't mean you can come back here any time you want!"
It had been years since the tiger last stood guard here at the cleric's headquarters. As much as he wanted to stay, he must find his brother and bring him back to the palace before their father grew even more furious.
Lion-O had his own reasons of being here. He hadn't been here for a while, ever since pressures of acting crown prince forced him down. Now was the chance to finally be here again.
As the crown prince was making a sharp turn, he could hear two feminine voices talking.
"You had a vision about me? How exciting!"
"Don't be too excited yet. My visions are still vague. All I saw was that you were kissing someone who said he loves you."
"But still, I'm intrigued! What kind of cat is he? A panther, Jaguar?"
"I'm not sure. I only saw his arms. They were sort of a red or orange hue. Kinda like a t-"
"LEOPY!"
The beautiful leopardess turned, her long black hair flowing, shining blue in the light, crystal blue eyes widening.
"Lion-O?"
The young, robust lion grabbed the leopardess's wrist and pulled her along for the ride.
"Have fun!" Her cheetah friend bid.
"Cheetara!" Leopera cried.
"Thank you, Cheetara!" Lion-O called.
Cheetara only smiled as she watched the pair disappeared beyond the halls.
"LION-O!"
A muscular male tiger dashed around the corner to the hallway, his orange fur highlighting the red of his eyes.
"LION-O, I'M GONNA KI-"
But then the tiger skidded to a halt just before the stunning cheetah. His angry red eyes switched to humble brown, and his furious face turned to an expression of embarrassment. The only red left was the rosy blush stretched across his face.
"Hello, Tygra." Cheetara greeted coolly, her smile playing teasingly. "It's been a while."
For a moment, the hot-headed prince was quiet. He slowly recovered his ability to speak.
"Have you seen my brother?"
Cheetara smirked, pretending to think. "The crown prince?"
"Yes."
"A year ago, at the harvest moon festival." She quipped with a giggle.
Tygra almost melted at the sound of her playful voice, but he quickly hardened upon remembering his mission.
"As much I like to keep talking with you, I have to retrieve my goofball of a brother."
He moved but Cheetara blocked his way and laid a hand on his chest. She could feel his rock-hard abs underneath the blue tunic.
"I must protest. Leopera is like a sister to me."
"And Lion-O is a brother to me. Which is why I need to find him. He shouldn't spend all his time with that crazy so-called seer from the slums."
"She's absolutely not crazy and has hasn't lived in the slums for quite some years."
"She's an orphan who appeared out of thin air. There is no telling of where her roots lie."
"Says the tiger who fell from the sky."
She couldn't believe it. He was so handsome and charming but so disgustingly prejudiced as well.
"Look, I don't want to argue with you. I just need to find my brother. Goodbye."
Tygra stepped around her, most likely hunt down the star-crossed 'friends' and tear them apart again.
"No!"
Cheetara tries to push him back, but he's too strong. She had to stop him somehow. Her sister's happiness depended on it. She knew Tygra was a good person, he just hid it under a guise of arrogance.
"Cheetara, let g-"
She grabbed his face, pulled with all her strength, and kissed him. The action stunned him. But then he closed his eyes and kissed her back, roping his arms around her waist.
With a sudden burst of strength fuelled by passion, she pushed him against the wall. In response, he flipped them around, pressing her against the wall and adding more force into the kiss. One of Cheetara's long legs brushed against his hip, prompting him to pick her up the waist, her legs hooking over his wide hips.
But then he dropped her and turn her around, pressing his hard front against her soft behind, and slipped his hands inside her dress through the exposed sides, palming her breasts. She gasped, planting her hands on the wall. Then one of her hands came down to tug at his belt, his hand bunches up the long skirt of her dress. He suddenly spun her around again, picking her up, settling her long legs around his hips, pants falling and thrust his hips forward.
Cheetara gasped. Tygra silenced her with a kiss. Their lips and their bodies stayed together throughout the waves of ecstasy their lovemaking brought, the empty hall filled with echoes of gasping and groaning and skin slapping.
Lucky for them, no one walked in on them.
"You slept with him?"
Cheetara looked up from her scroll. She and Leopera were in the cleric's library, Cheetara was reading a scroll on a couch while Leopera was looking for one on the shelves.
"In board daylight? Where can anyone walk on you?"
"It was the only way to keep him from going after you and Lion-O." Cheetara answered.
"So...it worked?"
Cheetara blushed and brought her eyes back to her reading.
"At least you got to spend time with Lion-O." She mentioned.
Leopera beamed with bliss. "I am ever so grateful for your sacrifices. I haven't seen him much for many months. I miss him."
She grabbed a scroll. But she couldn't pull it out. The scroll suddenly yanked back, and a hand grabbed her wrist.
"And I miss you."
The hand let go, slipping back behind the bookshelf. A mere second later, a certain lion stepped out, immediately hugging Leopera.
"Lion-O?" Leopera gasped.
"Lion-O?" Cheetara said as she stood up.
"LION-O!" A yell shattered the already broken silence in the library.
Cheetara's eyes almost rolled to the back of her head. "For Gods' sake, again?"
"Cheetara, I really need you to distract Tygra again. You're the only person who can hold his attention. Ok, thank you, bye!" Lion-O spoke as quickly as he left, dragging Leopera along just as Tygra emerged from the mountains of bookshelves.
"LION-O, WHERE ARE Y-" Tygra roared until Cheetara placed a finger on his lips, silencing him.
"Shh…You must be quiet." She told him, giving him another playful smirk. "This is a library after all."
Tygra grasped her finger, her whole dainty hand caged in his own larger and rougher hand and yanked it off his frowning lips.
"I won't be weak like last time. You will not seduce me again."
Hooking the rest of her fingers around his hand, Cheetara hoisted his gaze down further, smirking teasingly at his flustered glower.
"But isn't our time together better than chasing after your brother?"
"Let go, Cheetara." He growled.
Knowing very well he would push her aside, she pushed him first, right into a chair.
"Cheetara! You-"
The cheetah swiftly sat on his lap and kissed him, wrapping her arms around his head to deepen the kiss, effectively distracting him completely. Despite his determination, he immediately succumbed to the love and passion. With his mind not on his previous task, he roped his arms around her waist, pulling her in. His hands hiked up dress her hands undone his pants. Once the fabrics were gone, Tygra's strong pelvis slammed into Cheetara, his cock sliding in. The tiger quickly silenced her shout with his mouth, cupping her ass in his hands, and savagely thrusted again and again, the beautiful cheetah bouncing on his lap.
"Tygra…" She whispered before she kissed him again, hungry for his taste, his love, his essence.
For him.
"You slept with him again?" Leopera gasped just as her staff clashed with Cheetara's.
The two young females were sparring, giving the leopardess a chance to have a conservation with her friend in privacy.
"You owe me big for this." Cheetara gently demanded.
"What do you want in return?" Leopera asked.
"You make me the maid of honour for your wedding and godmother of your first child."
Leopera got so flustered, she lost her focus, thus allowing Cheetara to knock her down and quickly win the spar.
"COME BACK, YOU TWO!"
When Tygra chased after Lion-O again, it was through a thick forest. The crown prince practically abducted Leopera from her mediation, carrying her off bridal style from his angry brother.
"STOP THIS IN- OOF!"
Something slammed into him, sending him colliding against a tree.
A beautiful, slender something with long blonde hair he could run his fingers through.
"You again?" Tygra snarled.
Cheetara only smirked at him. "I was supposed to meditate with my sister, but she was kidnapped by a prince."
"Then why are you here and not chasing after your sister and my brother?"
"Because I prefer to spend time with you, my prince."
She purred, leaning in, getting closer to his scowl.
The things I do for my sister…
But without warning, Tygra's big hands grabbed the sides of her face and jerked her in, smashing their lips together, taking her off caught.
And then he spun around and slammed her against a tree. Now he was the one leaning in, literally firing his eyes into her soul.
"You drive me crazy." Was all he growled before he kissed her, hungry for her taste.
His hands hurriedly hilted up her skirt and hoisted her legs over his waist as he made quick to unbuckle his pants. Yet when Cheetara stripped her top, he stopped. And groped her bare breasts, making her groan and ran her fingers through his hair. Then Cheetara removed her hands and placed them on the tree's bark, and gently pushed her weight off the surface, causing Tygra to stagger back whilst carrying her and stumbled down.
"We lost him!" Lion-O rejoiced, holding his dear friend in his arms and spun her around, laughing alongside her shrieks of joy.
"But what if he finds us?" Leopera asked, a little dizzy from the spinning.
"Don't worry. Cheetara is taking care of him."
Tygra growled, digging his head in the dirt. His hands gripped Cheetara's moving hips as she rocked slow and steady into him, squeezing him for all he was worth. The sounds of their lovemaking echoed throughout the forest. Loud groans bounced off trees. There was no need to muffle their moans, no need to hide how good the sex was. Tygra's hand slithered up Cheetara's hip up her torso to her breast. She moaned wildly, throwing her head back as she rode him with a mad pace. And then, without warning, he flipped her, pinning her flat against the ground. Now he was the one riding her, only his pace was faster and harder. He hitched her legs higher, settled under his arms, for a better angle to drive her into insanity.
"Oh, gods…" She panted.
"Not so cocky now, huh?" He breathed tauntingly.
She managed to flash him a smirk. "You're right. I should leave the cockiness to you."
He gave her a grin and then attacked her neck with kisses, thrusting furiously now. She cried out after each hard thrust, digging her claws into his bare back, drawing blood.
"Take me harder, my prince…"
His pace got harder on her command. When one thrust hit her in the right place, her claws took a sharp dive back his bare, hot red blood leaking from underneath his bright orange coat.
"Oh, Tygra! Tygra! That's it!"
"Ch-Cheetara..." He grunted lowly, nearly reaching the climax. "I-Its time…"
His hips pumped into her one last time before unbelievable rapture overcame each of them, breaking down their hard and strong fronts.
Tygra threw his head back and released a mighty roar that echoed throughout the forest while Cheetara gasped sharply and dug her claws in deeper into his back, her back arching off the ground.
They both released heavy gasps as they relaxed, with Tygra dropping on top of her, a literal dead weight. His mouth also dropped on top of her lips, his tongue worming in and the exhausted lovers ended up kissing wildly.
"Blech!"
Cheetara emptied the gross contents of her stomach into the toilet. Leopera stood outside the bathroom of their shared bedroom.
"…You're pregnant?" Leopera asked in a careful tone.
Cheetara slumped on the floor, letting go of the toilet. She sighed with exhaustion and wiped the bile from her mouth.
"The medic confirms so." She explained.
Because she was so weak, Leopera helped her up and brought her over to her bed.
"What did Jaga say?" Leopera asked again.
"He said 'congratulations' and offered to be my child's godfather." Cheetara answered as she settled on her back and shut her eyes.
"I'm so sorry I didn't foresee this." Leopera apologised, overwhelmed with guilt.
With her eyes still closed, Cheetara reached out and grabbed the leopardess's hand.
"Your predictions do not work like that. But I must speak to Tygra."
"Should we go to the palace?"
"No need. Our lovers will come to us."
Their lovers weren't too far away. Just in the next hallway.
But for a change, Tygra wasn't trying to drag his little brother away. Instead, the tiger was pussyfooting along with his baby brother.
"I must admit, this is the longest we ever spent together without fighting" Lion-O quipped teasingly.
"The only reason I'm indulging in your little shenanigans now is so I can see Cheetara." Tygra retorted, eyes carefully scanning the hallway for any soul who dared to catch them.
And Cheetara.
Oh, how he longed for her touch and taste.
Her bedroom door was in his sights. Then Leopera stepped out. She barely made it halfway down the aisle when Lion-O ran out from his hiding spot and embraced her, surprising her with a sweet kiss.
"L-Lion-O!" Leopera uttered.
Lion-O just grinned, grasping her hands with tender care. "Come with me. I have something to share with you."
"What is it?"
"I'll show you!"
He pulled her along to the exit. Hallway there, Leopera and Tygra crossed their shared paths and shared a gaze.
"Is she there?" Tygra asked, although he understood the fact that wherever that where there was Leopera, Cheetara stood nearby. He just needed the confirmation.
Leopera nodded. "She is."
Tygra turned away to find his female.
"Tygra."
Then he stopped and turned back to Leopera who beckoned him.
"Be gentle with her." Was all she said before she was gone with Lion-O.
Tygra was puzzled for a moment, but then he scoffed.
Cheetara? Gentle?
She likes it rough.
He slipped into his lover's bedroom, where he found her sitting on her bed, her head downcast, so her long hair curtained her face.
"Leopera? You're back already?"
She looked back, only to be surprised at what she saw.
"Tygra?"
The tiger smirked while strolling towards her, and then sat down beside her. He leaned in, still smirking, and then took hold of her chin.
"Hey you."
And then he pulled her chin in, silencing her with a kiss. She squeaked of surprise into his mouth. This was unanticipated of him. For the first time, he seduced her. For the last few weeks, it was the other way around.
In a matter of moments, he had her on her hands and knees on her own bed while he jackhammered into her from behind.
And not once did Cheetara had the urge the urge to throw up.
He moved at a brutally fast pace, his powerful thrusts causing ripples in her svelte body, her full breasts rocketing off her chest by each slam of his hips. The humble room was filled with the sounds of sweaty skin slapping, Cheetara's soft mews and Tygra's husky grunts.
His clawed hands gripped her shapely hips so hard, leaving tender bruises on her flesh. She mewled from underneath, gripping the bedsheets.
Soon, he positioned one of his hard hands to press on her back to keep her down and in place whilst he ravished her.
Until he finally noticed that she wasn't fighting him for dominance like she usually does.
"You are awfully docile today." He rasped in her ear in a hot breath, not even stopping his pumping for a spilt second.
"You caught me in a vulnerable state." She turned her head and used what little strength she had to pull a tired smirk. "How low of you."
He chuckled. "There's my girl."
As if he was newly invigorated by magic, his hips moved more erratically and his strength overpower her once again, pushing her down so her cheek was smothered against the mattress.
But her sassiness was renewed as well.
Without giving him any warning, her arm looped around his neck and yanked him down, making him yelp. She cradled his head close to lick the side of his face. She smirked at his stunned expression.
In retaliation, he grabbed her hair and yanked, hosting her up against his chest and seized her breasts, continuing to fuck her like crazy. He kept pouncing and she screamed, both of them feeling their climax getting closer and closer…
She screeched, he roared. His dead weight of a body forced her down along with him, flopping on the sheets and pillows, limp limbs intertwined. He shifted off her, planting on his side. His arm looped around her waist and pulled her in closer, where her slender back met his hard chest and his lips dotted lazily on her neck.
Although she was giggling in bliss, Cheetara knew she had to burst this bubble of pleasure with a sharp truth.
"Tygra…"
"Hm?" He murmured, half-listening with his mouth on her neck.
"I need to confess something…I'm…I'm…I'm pregnant."
He stilled. His kissing stopped.
She sat up and stared at him, anxious for any reaction.
But he just laid there, stunned.
"…you're…pregnant?" He asked in a whispered riddled with shock.
She hesitated to answer. "Yes."
Tygra didn't said a word for so long, Cheetara was afraid he might explode at any minute.
But then he took her hand, pulling her in closer, stared hard into her gaze, and finally said two words in a firm voice.
"Marry me."
For a moment, she was the speechless one.
Her first action was to pull her hand away from Tygra's grip.
"I cannot. I will not."
"Cheetara, be reasonable."
"I am reasonable! You are not! I told you I'm pregnant and your first reaction is to propose?"
"It's a natural response!"
"It's a ridiculous response! I refuse to marry you just because I'm pregnant! I rather be shamed in public than be miserable in a loveless marriage!"
"Cheetara, just listen to me, dammit!"
Tygra grabbed her hand again, pulled her in close again, stared at her again, only harder this time.
"I've been thinking about this ever since we fucked in the hall. I know you only seduced me so I wouldn't break up Lion-O and Leopera, but I don't care. I would never make the first move as I was dead set in the ways my father taught me. But you changed me, and I love you for that."
Cheetara didn't say a word. She couldn't think of anything to say. She was silenced by his intense gaze, his passionate speech…
…and the bold gold ring with a gleaming ruby in his hand.
"I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have more children together. I want us to spend many years together. I need you in my life."
Cheetara opened and closed her mouth like a fish. It took several moments for her to form a sentence. Although she knew the answer as soon as he asked.
"…Yes. Yes, I will marry you."
"Good girl." He smirked as he slipped the ring onto her finger.
She tried to scowl, but he pulled her in and kissed her annoyance away.
"I love you." He whispered in her ear as he held her in his arms.
It was that moment Cheetara realised their position.
His arms holding her. Him telling her he loves her.
Leopera's vision came true.
Cheetara smiled and rested her chin on his big shoulder.
Lion-O had dragged Leopera to their special spot. Upon a hill on the outskirts of Thundera, where they watch the city shine against the sunset. Leopera never got tired of marvelling this scene.
"It's so beautiful." She observed.
"Yes, you are." Lion-O answered.
She glanced to him, noticing that he was staring at her, not at the sunset, and so she giggled. After a moment of silence, she also noticed that he was staring at her with more love she ever seen on his face.
"What are you thinking?" She questioned him, her voice purring teasingly, one of her slender black brows raised.
He teased back with a raise of one of his ruby-coated eyebrows and a cocky smirk that could rival his older brother.
"I'm thinking…" He was saying as he looped a hand behind his back. A minute of suspense passed when his hand appeared, with a small box in his palm.
Leopera stared blankly at the male she loved with all her heart. He just smiled and held the box out to her, opening it up with his other hand. Inside the box was a beautiful silver ring with a sparkling sapphire nestled on black velvet.
"Will you marry me?"
She gasped, pressing a hand to her chest, overwhelmed by a flood of emotions brought on by his proposal. Slowly, a big grin stretched across her beautiful face, and she offered her hand to him.
"Yes. Yes, I will!"
He grinned back and slipped the ring onto her finger. Then he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her so deeply, her took her breath away. After a while, the lovers eventually broke apart for much needed air and stared into each other's blue eyes. Leopera was so happy, she threw her arms around him and hugged him tight. Lion-O hugged her back, digging his face in her soft hair and breathing in her sweet fragrance.
Leopera never felt so happy before. She was the happiest she had ever been in years. She thanked the gods the day she met him for the first time. Her first friend. Her prince. Her king. It was him who gave her a new life. He was the only one was giving her any attention when she was starving on the streets, the only one who gave her any kindness. He delivered her to the clerics and begged Jaga to take her in. Because of that, she was introduced to Cheetara who became her best friend and sister.
Suddenly Leopera gasped again, this time in shock. She pulled away from her fiancé, riddled with fear.
"But what of your father? He never liked me. He'll never approve!"
Lion-O smiled reassuringly at his working fiancée and kissed her forehead.
"You worry too much. I'll fight for you. I always have."
Leopera hugged him tight, tighter this time. She didn't doubt his love for her or his willingness to fight his father for her.
She just worried how Claudus would react.
"BOYS!"
The roar could be heard beyond the borders of Thundera.
For the first time in his life as a father, King Claudus was furious at both of his sons.
The old lion king turned as the doors flew open. He was relieved to finally see his wayward sons, both being dragged into the throne room by guards, but that did not sooth his anger.
"Boys! Where have the two of you been? I have the whole guard assembly searching for the pair of you! Lion-O, this I expected of you, but Tygra? I cannot believe you! And the servants found bills from the royal jeweller in your rooms! I demand an answer!"
The princes shrug the guards' hands off them, composed themselves, and approached Claudus with big smiles.
"Father, I have news." Lion-O said.
"I have news, father." Tygra also said.
Claudus frowned and crossed his arms over his crest, impatiently waiting for whatever excuse his sons were going to sprout when they spoke at the same time, two voices in perfect unison.
"I'm engaged!"
Both princes turned to each other once one realised what the other had said.
"What?"
While the brothers were shocked at one another, Claudus's anger was replaced with joy and delight. He threw his head back and roared with utter happiness.
"Marvellous! A double wedding! Two princesses! Grandchildren! C'mere, lads!"
He engulfed his sons in a bone-crushing hug. When he eventually let go, his sons were breathing heavily.
"Tell me! Who are the lucky ladies?"
"Lady Cheetara from the clerics." Tygra gasped.
"Lady Leopera from the clerics as well." Lion-O coughed.
Claudus turned to his youngest son.
"Leopera? Your little friend? That so-called seer?"
"She is a seer, father! She is never arrogant about her ability!"
"Haven't I told you several times to stay away from her?"
"Actually, she has stayed away. I pursued her."
"Lion-O!"
"Father, Lady Leopera is more than a worthy bride for Lion-O."
The lions turned their heads to the tiger prince, surprised at what he just said.
Did Tygra just defended Leopera? Who he deemed as a crazy so-called seer from the slums?
"Tygra-"
"Listen to me, father. Leopera loves Lion-O. She looks at him the same way mother looked at you and Lion-O looks at her the way you did to mother. She doesn't love him for power or wealth. She loves him for…well, him."
"But even so, can a timid little leopard cope with being Queen? There's more to the role than just being pretty and polite."
"Leopera would make an excellent Queen. She's strong, adaptable, kind, and beautiful I must admit. You won't find any other female better. My bride can back me up on this."
Claudus frowned, but he seemed to accept Tygra's words. Lion-O had his eyes wide open, his face holding a big grin of gratitude. Tygra winked at him.
"Are these women capable to carry out the demanding roles of being princesses?" Claudus demanded.
Both princes nodded.
"More than anything." Lion-O answered.
The older lion stared long and hard at his sons. But all he could see was that his sons were serious and apparently made peace with each other after years of the worst case of sibling rivalry. (Worse than their great-grandfather and his triplet siblings.)
He made his decision. "You both have my blessing to marry them."
The princes grinned. Claudus tried to be stern and stoic, but eventually he tore up.
"My boys!"
He reached out and hugged them tight again.
"Thank you, father. But can you please…let go?" Lion-O wheezed out.
"Can't…breathe…" Tygra was on the verge of passing out.
"Oh!"
Realising his mistake, Claudus released his sons. The two adult princes were on their knees, gasping for air.
"My little cubs are becoming men. If only your mother could be here to see this…She would be so proud. As am I."
Lion-O swung an arm under Tygra's and helped him up.
"Thank you, Tygra." The young lion thanked his brother.
"The thanks are mine." The tiger said back. "If you hadn't asked Cheetara to distract me, I never would see the error of my ways."
"I'm well. I'm just happy to find the time to propose to Leopera."
"Excuse me, I had the idea to propose first. You decided to follow my lead."
"I proposed first!"
"No, I did!"
Claudus rolled his eyes. His boys would never change, even after getting engaged. He gripped a hand on each Prince to keep them from fighting.
"Boys, boys! It's doesn't matter whose idea was it or who proposed first. All that matters is that you're getting married to two lovely ladies."
"At least I'm the only one having a child first so far." Tygra confessed, determined to have the last word.
"What?" Lion-O and Claudus said together, shocked.
Tygra's eyes flew open, his eyebrows shooting up as he realised the big secret he just spilled.
"Oh whiskers. Cheetahs is gonna kill me."