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[Onyxdart]

.Check.

When the brown tom spoke, Checkmate turned and looked from him to Silentmaw. Then he shrugged one shoulder.

"That's as may be, but while he might get rid of me, I doubt he'd have anything as easy a time with Ninjaheart," he commented. What the heck kind of chip did this brown cat have on his shoulder? It sounded like it could possibly be the size of a small planet. Maybe Pluto.

So maybe he just needed someone to be nice to him. Or maybe that was what Checkmate did- be nice to people unless they gave him a really good reason not to be.

.Checkmate.

[Ninjaheart]

The boisterous ninja kitty looked quite confused then taken back by the sandy tom’s words. She flicked her ears a few times, blinking yellow eyes then glancing for a second at Silentmaw. Was it true? Did her friend hate her so much he wanted her away? No! Nononononononononono! She couldn’t think that! “I don’t care! He’s my friend and I’d never abandon him!” Even if Silentmaw did want her to go away she wouldn’t. A cat needed friends. Life wasn’t worth living without them. The orange cat felt sad, what happened to this tom to make him think such terrible thoughts about friends? They weren’t true! Friends weren’t like that!

[Silentmaw]

“I don’t know who you are, but you have no right saying such things.” Silentmaw wasn’t going to deny or admit anything to what the tom said. Even if his reason wasn’t out of hating others. He just didn’t want to see anyone get hurt because of him any longer. Although it was a bit too late since Ninjaheart got hurt. Checkmate was only helping him to get rid of the dog and protect the orange she-cat, yet he still got hurt no matter what.

It seemed like everyone got hurt while he was around and he didn’t want it to continue anymore. His hues glanced over at Ninjaheart when she called him a friend and would never abandoned him. It was that reason alone why he could never shake her off of his tail. She was too persistent on staying with him to the very end.

[Deathwind]

.x.Must you all be so stupid.x.

The sandy brown tom purred in amusement. “Struck a nerve, did I? Well too bad.” His observation had been correct with Silentmaw. The other tom did not like others around. Yet the stupid she-cat was naive enough to follow him to the ends of the globe.

Deathwind got to his paws and stalked a few paw steps forward to the trio. “Everyone abandons at some point in their life. It is inevitable. You can’t be every where’s where your so-called friends are to help them.” He stated directly to Ninjaheart.

There was a slight hidden meaning behind his words. Like he would attack either one of her friends while she was away to prove his vindictive point of view. Bright green hues showed that what he meant wasn't suppose to be nice.

.x.How many friends have you made and never seen again, stupid feline?.x.

[Onyxdart]

.Check.

Checkmate pinned the tom with a stare. It wasn't one that he was going to jump down his throat. It was rather more fascinated than that. He couldn't decide what to make of this passively threatening tom.

"You speak from the point of view of one who has abandoned and been abandoned," he stated simply as the tom came forward.

"In which case, you can't have had very many friends- not good ones anyway. Or you must not ave met many decent cats. Or perhaps you were so busy seeing the injustice of everyone being out to hate you that you didn't see he reasons they had to do what they did. In any case, we ave no quarrel with you, and I ask you cease this trying to start one with s when we have not provoked nor insulted you," he said. It was quite a speech for the smaller tom- he didn't usually talk that much.

Yes, he'd been abandoned before. First when he was young. He'd learned to fend for himself. Then when he was older, and they were running, him and his gang, from the city they'd called home for years. Split up into groups, his had been chased yet further by coyotes, until his friends abandoned him, and he them, admitting that apart they stood a better chance of escaping. And yes, it'd left scars- he hated change and was cautious to a fault.

"You're not the only one who has been abandoned in his life, tom. So don't for a second think you are," he added quietly.

.Checkmate.

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[Ninjaheart]

Little Ninjaheart shivered, but it wasn’t from the pain. She could hear the sand-brown tom’s words, then Checkmate’s own in retaliation, and she shivered again. No…no this was wrong this was…. “No! That’s not true!” Abandon? She had never abandoned anyone, never… “I had to leave my clan, had to leave it so I could find a way to save it! But I didn’t abandon them. My clan and my friends will always be with me in my heart! Even…even if something happens to me and I cannot make it home again, it’s not like we’ll never meet again. We’ll find each other in Starclan!” Yellow eyes burned, all her love and fire and heart and soul put into every word she said. Then, the little cat pushed herself away from the comfort of Silentmaw’s shoulder, placing each paw carefully as she stood up. Agony raced through her nerve, and she shook from the effort, but there was one pawstep forward. Another. Another. Until the orange cat stood between the tom and her two companions. “These are my friends. And I would die for them.”

[Deathwind]

.x.Either you handle the truth well or hate hearing it at all.x.

He looked at Checkmate with amusement. “So if you’ve been abandoned then you know how cruel life is and that Starclan does not watch over us like all the other followers think.” He didn’t believe in anything that Starclan meant for. They were already dead, so how could they help out anyone?

Seems like the she-cat was getting the courage to face him. How nice that she was sticking up for herself and not letting the other two do all the talking for her. “But would they die for you is the question.” He nodded towards Checkmate. “He seems too scared to stick around when things get too rough. The other tom seems like he wouldn’t want to but will do it anyway.”

His tail flickered roughly while his right ear twitched a little. Looking out for yourself was the best bet on staying alive. No one else mattered. They’d just get in your way. Make your judgment rash and unclear.

.x.Things that seem like the best usually aren’t.x.

[Silentmaw]

”That’s enough,” the black tom meowed while walking up and getting between Ninjaheart that the brown tom. If the newcomer wanted a fight he’d have to go through him first. And he wasn’t in bad shape like the other two were. Either way Deathwind was sorely out numbered and what he was talking about no one rather like to hear. Despite Silentmaw couldn’t fully agree with all that he was saying - some stuff he had to agree with though. Not that he’d admit it himself.

[Onyxdart]

.Check.

Checkmate wasn't picking a fight with this tom. He didn't really think the tom was going to attack them- he seemed smart, albeit pessimistic, and it was one and a half on one. Checkmate would have thought twice before taking on Silentmaw alone, anyway.

"Not scared- simply cautious. If I was too scared to stick around, I would have left at the first sign of that dog," he said, flicking his ear at Silentmaw as he stepped around him to continue his conversation with the tom.

"I believe in Starclan. But I don't believe they interfere with our lives as much as some give them credit for. It's not their place," he stated. He'd been about to rattle off quite a lot more than that, but to be honest, it could be stated much more simply the way he'd said it, and there was no need for further explanation. What he really wanted was just to figure this bitter tom out.

.Checkmate.

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[Ninjaheart]

Getting the courage? Ninjaheart always had the courage! The only time she ever felt fear was when her friends were in danger, there had been no fear in their encounter with the dog over herself. She had been worried they wouldn’t make it out. The little orange she-cat hissed, but it wasn’t a sound of anger, just frustration, It was like talking to a block of wood! Although a block of wood just might have more sense then this tom. “When did it start mattering if they would die for me or not? That is their own business and it doesn’t make them any less my friends!” Her tail lashed a few times, and she managed to take a few steps forward to stand by the two tom’s side. She wasn’t gonna have them protect her. She would fight by them. Fight and die if it came to that, that was just how it was.

[Deathwind]

.x.Pathetic.x.

Deathwind snorted at them. They weren’t worth his time anymore. Although the she-cat dared hissed at him, which he found amusing. “Then wouldn’t true friends want to be willing to die for each other? If not, then would you still call them good friends or cowards? I suggest you think about that, she-cat.”

With that said and done, the brown tom turned away from them and slinked off. Each had their own opinions about things and Deathwind only stated the harsh reality of things. The only side he saw of this world he was born in. He also did not care if he told them his name as it wasn’t important to them.

.x.Love only yourself, and fight only for yourself - that is how I live.x.

[Silentmaw]

Silentmaw just shook his head. This was nonsense to fight over. “We all have our own views and it seems pointless to try and make others see what we see,” he meowed lightly. As that what seems to be the case right now. Yellow-green hues watched as the sandy brown tom turned to leave. His own judgment on friends made the black tom look over that the other two. Somehow he couldn’t fully see giving his life to Checkmate, but he could for Ninjaheart - even if he never admits it out loud, she’ll know he would.

[Ninjaheart]

((Onyxluff are you gonna post or do you just want me to? ))

[Onyxdart]

Checkmate didn't say anything as the other tom turned to stalk off. He flicked one ear back, and tilted his head to the side. It was sad something had so colored that tom's point of view on life, and Checkmate would have followed him out of interest and just to plague him with something called a friend, but he didn't feel like following anyone right now. Especially if that meant he'd probably just get his head ripped off anyway.

"I think... we should go find a medicine cat, unless you think she'll be okay. I can't fix this by myself," he said, gesturing with a sideways shake of his head to his bum shoulder. If they didn't want to follow him, he wasn't going to hold it against him But unless Silentmaw knew how to fix his shoulder, he was going to have to go wander find a Medicine Cat, and a clan.

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[Silentmaw]

The black tom was just going to leave the other be. Yellow-green hues looked over at Checkmate and he shook his head. "Unfortunately, I don't." So finding a wandering Medicine cat was the best bet of helping him out. Ninjaheart too. But where to start looking is the question.

(Sorry just felt right if I posted now, Ninjaheart. ^^; )

[Ninjaheart]

The little orange cat was livid. How stupid could the tom be to think that? Friends were what made life worth living. Before she could continue he had already padded away. She sighed and laid down again, the anger that had given her strength to stand and argue fading and with it the strength to stand. She barely knew Checkmate, and yet she would still give her life in the defense of him. And for Silentmaw…she would die over and over and over again if it meant that he would live. She hoped he knew that. “I can…walk. We should go lo...ook for you.” A medicine cat. That meant a clan. But were there any clans close by that they could seek help at? Ninjaheart went through her memory, trying to think if she had passed any following Silentmaw. They had, but one of the rogue clans and another of the main clans…they shouldn’t go to either of them.

[Ninjaheart]

((...guys? You wanna keep RP'in on this thread or head elsewhere? I'm booored. Hehee. ))

[Onyxdart]

We were gonna go gallivanting off to Risingclan, I think. I'll go make us a post.