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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 2:24:32 GMT -5
How do I explain what it is I feel for you...? Is it a desire to protect the one who took me in...or has it become more than that?
Chasm and Kestrel had separated once they had escorted Kanji to RisingClan's camp. She'd been informed of an attempted kidnapping and had gone to investigate, leaving Chasm alone with Kanji. He'd shown her where to find a meal and a sleeping place, then he'd taken up his post at the camp entrance, awaiting Kestrel's return. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 2:29:38 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
Kestrel trotted along the slightly worn path, looking disheartened but only slightly so. She had lost a good warrior, but Hiddenwrath would be fine; that tom would protect her, that Kestrel knew just by looking at him.
What else he would do was their business alone.
Looking up, Kestrel brightened visibly; even enough to grant Chasm one of her half-smiles.
"Hello, Chasm," she purred, slowing to a stop before him.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 2:33:37 GMT -5
Will there be a day when I can always be with you?
Chasm stood and went to his leader, looking into her eyes worriedly. She seemed slightly upset and she didn't have the same unwavering look she'd had when she'd left. He gave her ear a gentle lick, then pulled back to look at her, his gray eyes soft.
"What troubles you, Kestrel?" he asked. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 2:41:36 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
Kestrel shook her head slightly, much of the customary sharpness in her eyes returning.
"Hiddenwrath is gone," she sighed. "We're down one good warrior. She's alive and well, but she'll never be a RisingClanner again."
She chuckled a bit, the faintest of faint half-smiles playing across her pretty face. "Love, Chasm. Hiddenwrath has found love, and that cat will never join a Clan, never follow another cat. My eyes and Brightgate's are sharp; we could see this simply by his attitude. He ran with the BoneClanners in the beginning, but fight to save her in the end, so I suppose they have my blessing. Little as it matters to the tom." She shook her head again, chuckling this time.
Then she turned and met Chasm's gaze directly, her eyes keen and subtly concerned. "Chasm, is there anything you wanted to talk about?"
After all, he had bee waiting for her...But then again, she thought fondly, he is Chasm.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 2:49:24 GMT -5
Your eyes give you away every time...
The news of this tom intrigued Chasm, oddly enough. It seemed bizarre that a tom with seemingly no allegiance to anyone would take a mate, but he decided it was not his job to get involved with something that was none of his business.
"It's perfectly alright to feel sad about the loss of your warrior..." Chasm said gently. "I understand your need to move on...we do have larger matters at hand, but you are entitled to your emotions..."
He sat down and considered her question, then. Was there anything he wished to say. Yes...
"I sort of...don't know how to ask this..." he replied, stumbling over his words in the usual fashion. "What I mean to say is...what did you...mean by that lick you gave me earlier?" "I mean...why did you do it?" There was no other way to put it...now it was her turn to come up with something. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 2:53:54 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
This was not exactly the kind of problem Kestrel had been expecting.
She stared for a long moment, unsure of how to answer.
Finally, Kestrel's sharp gaze softened, and she flicked Chasm with her tail. "What do you think?" she meowed, tossing the question right back at him. "Honestly?"
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 3:00:36 GMT -5
All this pressure is going to get to me someday...
Chasm was completely speechless. He swung his tail back and forth, trying to come up with an answer, but everything sounded wrong. No matter how he worded it...it sounded too direct, too ambitious...
Looking down at his black paws, he finally mumbled his answer.
"I guess I thought it meant that you...cared for me...as more than just a warrior..." He gulped down a wave of anxiety, awaiting her response. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 3:08:29 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
Kestrel watched Chasm with slanted, sharp eyes as he answered; there was something in those mismatched eyes that was different for him. That note was never in her gaze for any other cat.
She smiled; not the half-smile for friends or cats she was sympatheric to, or for jokes, but the full smile that made her seem just a little bit more pretty than she happened to be.
She stepped forward and rasped her tongue across the other cheek this time.
"Ok," she murmured softly. She wouldn't have worded it as he had, but he had spoken the truth. In truth, she had her in inhibitors; she, like him, had difficulty with deeper emotions. She wasn't as impared, but hindered.
So all she said was 'ok,' but as an old friend of hers often pointed out, it's not what you say, but how you say it, what you do, and what your eyes say.
And her eyes said he had hit upon the truth.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 16:48:09 GMT -5
What does my future hold...?
Chasm melted for the second time in less than a day. The gentle pressure of her warm tongue sent shivers down his spine. He decided that this time, he had to do something, before she could get away again...
Raising each ebony paw as if they weighed a ton each, he strode forward and pressed his face to hers. Rubbing his muzzle along hers, he purred loudly, a rumbling from deep in his throat. Then he licked the top of her head and stepped back, studying her with his swirling gray eyes.
"This time, I'm not going to let you have all the fun..." he teased, smiling cutely. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 16:59:25 GMT -5
[ It would be kinda funny if Kestrel manages to knock Chasm over and pin him down at the same time Hiddenwrath pins Anarchy xP ]
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
"Oh really?"
She mewed slyly, bouncing back. In a sudden flurry of movement, Kestrel leaped at Chasm, momentum hopefully granting her the strength to knock Chasm down and pin him.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 18:07:26 GMT -5
With war on the horizon...how can we choose now...?
Chasm was no pushover. His strong shoulders braced for her "attack" and as she hit him, he turned the force around on her. Shoving her back, they flipped end over end and rolled backwards. After several moments of tumbling, they landed sprawled across each other, neither one "on top."
"Well that was graceful!" Chasm gasped, laughing hysterically. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 18:47:46 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
Kestrel laughed, managing to climb to her paws. "Of course," she meowed haughtily, but she was only teasing.
Glancing at Chasm, she said, "I suppose this is one place you never expected to be when you showed up on my lands am I right?"
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 19:27:09 GMT -5
I can be happy being stuck with you...
Chasm smiled at her, his gray eyes narrowed in pleasure. Although her question didn't quite make sense...
"Do you mean...with you?" he asked, confused. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 24, 2007 22:24:51 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
Kestrel frowned; not a displeased frown but merely a thoughtful one. "Is that what you'd call it? I suppose so."
Then her expression softened again. Her mismatched gaze glowed delicately with warmth.
"What did you expect when you came here?" she asked curiously.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 24, 2007 23:16:21 GMT -5
Help me tame the beast inside...bring me through this...
To be honest, Chasm didn't really know. He'd expected far less than she'd given and he was amazed with the amount of progress he'd made in such a short while.
"I can't really say...its not like I expected much, to be frank...I thought I would be chased off the border..." he said slowly. Realizing how offensive that sounded, he backpedalled. "Not to say I thought that you or your clan would do such a thing!" "I just never expected to be so welcomed and...certainly not...loved..." His eyes went to his paws again, feeling incredibly sheepish. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 25, 2007 2:26:14 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
"Well, I'm glad you chose us. RisingClan. Me." She purred, stepping closer to Chasm. She felt almost self-concious, a rare if not unheard-of occurance for the confident she-cat. But she was not learned in the ways of expression stronger emotion; friends and allies were one thing...she defended and cared for Soulless on instinct, for Kestrel was female and therefore naturally sympathetic toward kits -the fact that she felt for Soulless what she would have felt for her own kits if she had any didn't consiously cross her mind-, but acting on instinct was slightly nervous-making for Kestrel. She was used to using her head as well as her intuition, but relying solely on one was a vaguely dizzying experience.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Feb 25, 2007 18:41:40 GMT -5
We'll see each other through this nightmare...
The night-pelted tom raised his head again. Black fur splashed with silver wings moved in soft waves as muscles tensed and relaxed. He brought his face close to Kestrel's, leaning his brow against hers. A quiet, calming purr sounded in his chest.
"I am so glad to have you with me..." he murmured. "I do not know how I would go on after the war without a shoulder to lean on..." "Do not fret dear one, we shall pull through and become stronger in the end..." At least, thats what Chasm wanted to believe. |
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Post by Kestrel on Feb 25, 2007 19:34:55 GMT -5
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
"I'm aware of that," Kestrel said bravely. She must have been war-born, but she could never know for sure; surely a cat like her could not be raised in times of peace?
"And I know what I am doing. There will be death, maybe even mine, but I know what it is I am doing, starting this war."
She closed her eyes, allowing his voice and nearness to soothe her.
Soon the Meadow would be a war-torn place, but for the moment she was at peace.
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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Post by Shadow Spirit on Mar 31, 2007 22:42:16 GMT -5
My heart yearns for peace...but my paws burn for blood...
Chasm didn't want to draw his head away, but he knew that they couldn't keep this up forever. They couldn't act like the war was just a bad dream...things had to be done. As reluctantly as if someone had told him to set his tail on fire, he pulled his brow from Kestrel's.
"Kest...we have to prepare...as much as I'd like to forget that this is even happening...you know as well as I do that we have to prepare the Clan..." he said tensely, a deep regret in his eyes. |
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Post by Kestrel on Mar 31, 2007 23:52:33 GMT -5
[ I love how she leaves him with no choice. o.o xD ]
zetsubou kara no hajimari te ni shlta kara ;;
"We are prepared," Kestrel said. "As prepared as one can ever be for war."
But her eyes flashed, and even as she spoke her multi-plane mind was gathering lists...yes, there was much to do yet. Her Clan was ready, but there was always something more that could be done.
"We will need a deputy." Kestrel looked at Chasm very directly.
Is this the right choice, I wonder? Has he not struggled under heavy enough a burden? Kestrel throught grimly.
But when she spoke, she spoke very firmly, leaving no choice at all. "You will be my deputy, Chasm."
;; arukitsuzukeyou
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