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The scent of the forest was all around him as he stalked through it looking for something to eat. His stomach growled and clenched reminding him every minute that he hadn't had a decent meal in a while. Ground squirrels just did not cover a stallion of his size.
Shuffling his massive wings, the wind changed direction and the smell of fresh blood came to him upon it. "Oooh... That smells heavenly..." The words had a dark hint to them as he took in the scents. Carefully he picked his way forward, not wanting to alert anyone to his presence.
After a time he came to what could be considered a clearing but was still dense with forest, and there lay a dead elk its neck twisted at an impossible angle and the creature who had brought it down, a massive dark stallion with great wings almost bigger than he was. Quickly he walked out of the trees and looked at him, sleeping there upon the ground. 'Too easy....' He thought.

Asphodel was not expecting the stallion to jolt awake so quickly. Inwardly cursing he jumped back, his cat like heritage allowing him to be extremely agile in his movements. Carefully he eyed the larger stallion whose wings were currently outspread in a menacing manner, and said "Oh come now. Surely you couldn't eat all of that?!" There was an incredulity in his voice when the words finally came. Sadly Asphodel was quite young and still not fully grown, so he knew he could not fight this stallion for the animal. Glowing yellow eyes shifting, and large ears on a swivel for danger, he waited to see what the other would do.

The mere mention of brothers had Del's ears working overtime listening for any movement. He did not want to be ambushed by more of these massive stallions, and though the elk did look tempting he wasn't about to incur that wrath of these 'others'. Sighing he said, "I wasn't aware that I was trespassing..." His voice almost cracked, but he kept it steady. He was still getting used to his 'adult voice'. He lowered his eyes to the ground to avoid looking directly into Hiei's eyes. He lifted a paw then lowered it, flexing the retractable claws, watching as they dug into the dirt. His eyes moved across the ground to Hiei, and saw that he too had paws. 'Small world...' He thought. "I meant no offense."

Del couldn't help but jump backward again as the other stallion took a more aggressive stance and began moving forward. His youth began to show as he started fidgeting this way and that, obviously not used to being the prey in a situation. Finally he got his feet working and at the final snap of words about lost patience he was gone, nothing but tracks left behind him.
Today had taught him a very valuable lesson and one he would not repeat. He should never trespass on land belonging to individuals such as the one he had met today. The sound of his feet pounding upon the ground was a staccato beat of failure to his ears. He had never been so thoroughly shamed... There were tears at the edge of his vision though he wasn't sure if it was from the speed he was running or from the actual shame of it all. Nonetheless he was not coming back here.
Ground squirrels never sounded so good!