A bone to pick (open)

[thunder]

Thunder opened her eyes as it charged her. It tore at her side as she bit into its shoulder. They both leaped away and Thunder circled the mountain lion. Both were glaring and snarling. It was made clear that they weren't here to simply kill the other.


They both charged tearing flesh again pinning,countering,and circling again. It was madness as they fought. Of course there is always a reason for this sort of madness. This time it was revenge. it started over the lions sense of greed as it attempted to kill Thunder and eat both her and her prey. It nearly took out her eye and left numerous injuries, Thunder actually took out an eye and left injuries. Both could always recognize each-other. There is more to it then that such as the killing of friends and stealing of prey but those things are for another time.

The cycle repeated as they fought. Claws flashing and fangs showing they would charge and pin, circle and counter, tear and bite. Eventually they came to a stalemate. Thunder was pinned but had her claws at the lion's throught. The cat had claws around its throught but had the wolf pinned with a massive paw on her chest. Both somehow managed to grin in a twisted insane way wile glaring at the other with raging vengeful fire in their eyes.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal sprints towards the two combatants, his eyes sparking with fury and hatred."How DARE it hurt my Drappa!" he thinks as his maw opens in a feral snarl, malice dripping from his posture as he throws himself against the wild cat will a howl of "Frosta tag voh!", hoping that Thunder's claws tear the thing's neck open, leaving her alive and relatively unharmed.

[thunder]

Thunder's eyes widened as her claws tore into the cats neck and the cats final act was to send her flying into a tree. She was shocked that somehow Graal and not the cat was the one to breack the stalemate. The cat had also been thrown into a shock as it was pushed off and it tried to keep Thunder moving with it using its massive paw to push her. This action had sent Thunder into the tree she currently lay beneath.

There was blood everywhere and it could very well be an equal amount between the two original fighters. As she stood she suddenly decided to figure out her condition. Her fur was mostly stained a purple color from the blood of both herself and the cat. She had numerous small scratches and several long and deep bites and gashes. One of which was on her side the other four were placed on different places.

Graal... she was unsure why he was angry. She didn't quite understand it, he was her friend and she was injured but this kind of fury was different then simply helping. she decided to not ponder it any further as she examined the aftermath. Blood was everywhere, twigs were scattered and broken, the ground was shredded and torn, young trees were snapped, flowers trampled, and her enemy dead.

She sent a glare at the dead body before dipping her head to Graal. She was pushing pain away and ignoring it as she walked over to her friend. Obviously the spray of blood had gotten some on him. She simply stood there licking the blood off his shoulder knowing it would come off quickly.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal growls low in his throat, a warning growl as he shrugs Thunder off and pads towards the cat. "Make sure it's dead." he thinks to himself through a red haze. He opens his speckled maw and bites down hard on the lion's neck, jerking it to one side with a muffled snap before letting it go.Having done this, he finally turns towards Thunder, anger still apparent on his face.
"That was a stupid move Thunder, why didn't you call!?" he snarls, whole body shaking.
"You could have died!"

[thunder]

She stops and simply stands there. She wasn't facing him, if she was he would have seen what she was feeling right now through her eyes. She was an actor and she had many masks to play if she had to. She slowly turned her head to look at the shaking Graal. This mask was the most obvious. Her posture held no emotion nor her eyes or face.

She walked past him to the creek which was out of his range of sight and hearing. "Si. I was being an idiota. So I could have but what always happens is a stalemate and we walk away." it was directed to him but not for his ears. he needed time to calm and so did she. She saw the deep blue creack and grinned. It wasn't really a grin with emotion just there to be there. She jumped into the icy water and winced. He couldn't see her unless he tried really hard. She floated along the current before climbing into a hidden cave at the side.

She padded on the soft muddy ground before laying down curled around herself. Her tail was curled around herself. Right now she didn't care about her injuries but rather that she had made her friend mad. her eyes were squeezed closed anas she sat in the farthest and darkest corner of the room. She could only wish that her friends nose wouldn't lead him the short distance she had floated. The water would carry her scent down the creek but if you looked for the fresher scent you would find it beneath the ground. She was fairly certain he would if he had tracked her all this way without a howl.

[cptkickercutleg]

He couldn't think, blind rage and worry was coursing through him "What would have happened if I hadn't been here?" he thinks, then shakes his head, images of her belly torn open, the cat eating her-
"STOP!"
His mind screams, vision blurred with red mist, breath rushing through his lungs, in and out he pants, wretching with the thought of her death.
A loud "THUNK" resounds around the forest as he slams his head into a nearby tree. "Well, that's a little better" he mutters, sighing, his body going weak as the panic leaves his body exhausted.
"Oh Thunder..." he whines, "Why didn't you call?"
He stands, shaking his head, ridding himself of the dizziness and pain, then looks around.
"Thunder?" he asks, head whipping around, searching for a glimpse, a scent, a footprint, anything!
He spots a trickle of blood, leading towards the creek, "Did she run?" he inspects the spot closely, there are footprints there, not deep, but not shallow, "She walked... Is she hurt?" he raises his head, breathing deeply to try and scent her, then follows the trail closer to the creek.

"Thunder, where are you!?" he growls, frustrated and anxious. He lets out a low worried whine, looking around for her.

[thunder]

Thunder heard the wine from her short distance down but paid no attention to it. Her own fear had turned to hatred.She was angry at the cat, very angry. "That bastardo of a lione! How many amichi is he going to steal from me!" With how loud she said it Graal would have heard if not for the rushing water. Having vented she calmed and shook herself beginning to groom.

Finished with her task sh looked around the cave and found the herbs she needed to treat the wounds. She winced at the sting she felt before finishing. That way it wont become infected and will heal quicker. She thought before padding down to the water for a drink. It rushed past her in varying shades of blue like her fur. She stood and stretched taking quick note of the little scratches.

The only way to this cave was through the water and she wasn't exactly sure how Graal would take to that. Graal. Graal. Graal. Anger, upset, unhappy, Graal. The emotionless mack returned as she laid down on the damp earth of the cave.

( Now that everyone is mostly back to there scenes the interaction should be a bit more peaceful. I think. I don't know about Graal.)

[cptkickercutleg]

(( Tried to post on my ipod, it didn't go through, thank god I saved it to a notes file ^_^ Posting from college now ))

Graal clenches his eyes shut, guilt pulsing through his very bones. "Was it me? Did I drive her away? Was it my fault?" Thoughts of condemnation pass through him as he sinks to the soft, muddy ground, uncaring if he-
He takes a deeper breath, smelling the soft earth.
Sighing a breath of relief, all evil thoughts banished from his minds, he stands straight.
"Not far." he tells himself, walking closer to the creek, looking around for some sign, her smell flooding his nose, meaning she was definitely nearby.
Standing just over her cave, his hackles raise, the smell of her blood was fresh on the air.
"Is she more hurt than I thought? Is she okay?"

[thunder]

She went to sleep on the floor of the cave. Her treatment didn't stop bleeding, it simply promoted healing and prevented infection. It wasn't like she could have held herself awake much longer. She slept only to regain energy. Her eyes were closed and her breathing was silent, the only way Graal could tell was with his nose. She was in a little ball similar to the one you see with cats just bigger.

If she were awake she would have heard Graal on top of her cave. She had already smelled him though. But when you're asleep it doesn't really matter.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal paces the spot, tail wagging nervously. The smell fades the further he goes either way he goes, which means she's somewhere along that small length, but no further.
He pauses to think.
"Thunder?" He calls, puzzled.
He leaps to the other bank, long legs stretching to cover the short distance, then turns, looking closely along the side until he finds Thunder's cave. "Of course." he thought, body relaxing as he steps down, padding softly towards the cave. When they had first met, Thunder had led him to a small cave to recover from his fatigue, cold and starvation, she seemed to know where all the caves are in this land, so it should not have been a surprise that she chose to hide in one now.

As he steps into the cave, the scent of blood assaults his nose, the bitter smell almost like the smell of the hot steel that humans used against his pack so long ago. "Thunder? Are you okay?" he asks, a note of panic in his voice.

[thunder]

"Lo domire, Tu vai." she grumbled, forgetting to speak the common language in this land. It actually wasn't even a reply to a his question, if translated it would be along the lines of I'm sleeping, you go away. She squeezed into a tighter ball and resumed the light sleep she had been in.

She didn't even bother to see whom had awoken her before turning away and sleeping again. Her ears were pointed back towards Graal to find out whether or not her request would be accepted, or at least that was what it appeared to be as she fell back asleep.

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal cocks his head, for the words meant something in his tongue as well.
"Lost dominion, their way?" he mutters, trying not to disturb Thunder. "No matter, it probably means nothing to her." he thinks, looking over at Thunder, her cuts bleeding less now, but several patches were still being stained purple by the deeper gashes from that damn lion.
He drops his head and tail, padding quietly towards Thunder, arriving at her side with nary a click of his paws.
"Thunder, you're hurt..." he growls, apolagetic in tone. "I didn't mean to scare you..."
Leaning over her, he goes to lick one of the bloodstains on her midnight blue fur clean, paying extra attention to the area around the wound and being careful not to hurt her.

[thunder]

Her ears twitch at his first words and she snorts at his perception of it. "Si. E lo have already treated it." she said this time remembering to speak this language at the end of the sentence as she awakened fully.

She sat up and yawned quietly.But then she remembered what Graal thought of her words earlier and collapsed on the floor of the cave laughing. Eventually she gets over it and lays her head on the ground looking a Graal. "Really, Graal, Reaaly?" the humor in her voice was clear and showed that it was towards his translation and not the last thing he said. She prevented herself from laughing again wile thinking what a silly volpe to make such an odd translation!

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal cocks his head, a slow grin spreading across his stained muzzle.
"Vos es das? You find it funny?" he asks, "It means to me, something that was lost to me long ago..." he shakes his head, "So, what does it mean to you, Drappa?" he asks, smiling.
He lays his head gently on the floor, ears back as he looks up at Thunder. "Do you forgive me?"

[thunder]

"It means to me 'I'm sleeping you go away.' and what would I have against you?" she asked staring into his eyes confused. "You had your reasons for being angry and I can see them. All you did was end a long battle that began long ago. You've always had the ability to look at half of what happened when we first met." she said solemnly. She then decided to amuse herself by staring at him cross-eyed. She stopped to blink a few times. She looked at him with a playful glare "Are you messing with me?" she asked before taking the bitter smelling herb called dock and shoved it in his face. She leaped out into the creak and blended perfectly she swam against the current and got back to her meeting place. She then ran into the rainforest making it clear it was to mess with him. She climbed her way up a tree and sat there well above jumping distance.