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There was a bundle in his mouth. If it was alive was a question of sport. It dangled lifelessly and was damp though that was probably from his own spittle. there was a look in his golden eyes that spoke of sadness perhaps, though more likely it was hatred, anger maybe even betrayal. The salmin stinted male acctually put the bundle down gently as he called his roar sounding through out the oasis. the walls almost seemed to shake with his call "Rukiya!" he growled letting out one of those dominating roars over the oasis to convey his mood he was not in the best of minds to be diddobayed by the pink female if she wasnt here..NOW..he had a good mind to slice her upa nd feed her to the vulltures.

"RUKIYA!" he called again his whole mane bristeling standing on end black against the white and salmon of his coat. His mood really was quite disturbing.
Sanity Forbidden: Ears perked forward and a sudden frown of irritance replaced the young females previous expression. Nyekundu's call had not gone unnoticed as it sounded and echoed throughout the ruins. "Wonder what he would do if I didn't feel like coming. What a creep." Ruki grumbled, not in the best of moods herself. Why should she come? Nyek had done nothing for her lately to put her in the situation and right of mind to do whatever he asked. She refused to roll over like the other pathetic slaves, considering that encouragement never worked.

Despite this train of thought, the female sighed, standing slowly from her seated position. It wasn't as if she had anything better to do at the moment, so slowly, but surely, she began to meander in the direction from which the voice had originated. She didn't exactly make her journey speedy.. hell her pace was downright slow. However if Nyek knew anything about this girl, her even coming was an accomplishment on some level. With a quiet yawn, she finally appeared, eyes quickly finding the larger form of Nyek, although had no difficulties to soon after stare at the wet ball of fur at his paws. "You know you reall should watch your mouth, Nyek. Knowing your luck you'd roar so loud that this entire place would shake and crumble right on top of you. What a tragedy that would be," She stated lightly, obviously having no desire to be here, standing in front of what she was supposed to call her leader. She kept her mouth silent about the bundle of fur, however. Rukiya would wait for the adult to start explaining that ugly thing.
Syrius Lionwing: The males ears flattened tightlyagainst his head as he watched the little female meandre up to him. How dare she not come swiftly! One thing at a time. Taking a deep breath he licked his lips and gave a dismissive grunt "I'm sure you'd be delighted if it came down on my head" He gave a snort his tail lashing behind him "I have sad news Rukiya the queen has died" He paused licking his lips as if savouring a taste in his mouth "she disspleased me." he gave a quick smirk hiding the truth behind what had taken place over the past two weeks they had argued faught and finally in the night she had gone leaving nothing but the reason for the arguments behind.

Pawing at the bundle at his toes the tuny cub unravvled itsef from the sticky soggy mess and looked up at Rukiya with a glare.

"You are to care for this thing until it can care for itself you will be sleeping beside me in my quarters as this is," He paused and took a deep breath almost seething as he spoke the next words "the princess of this oasis you will watch and feed her until i deem it necessarry she no longer needs you. there will be rewards of course" He said this offhandedly not even looking at the cub which lay at his claws.

Little devil as she had been so aptly named looked up at rukiya and gave a tiny kitteny hiss. She knew what was going on some what how dare the big fluff put her weith such a little pink fluff thing. where was the black fluff with the milk gone?
Sanity Forbidden: "I see." Ruki stated tonelessly, allowing her eyes to drop from Nyek to once again the black fur ball. What an ugly looking thing. The expression on her face gave obvious name to her displeasement in the situation, and again she looked up. "If you killed that pig you called a mate then obviously this /thing/ is your responsibility. If you would have kept your female alive then you wouldn't need me to do the job for you. I'm sure that you will find you are quite capable, daddy. So figure it out how to raise something on your own. I'll never be sleeping with you in your chambers, either. That's a repulsive idea." She snerked, distaste coated heavily in her tone while speaking. Why would she want to take care of a piglet uglier than she thought Nyek? Ew.

With these words put firmly into place, Rukiya spared another glance at the little devil. "Besides. I'm sure this thing would prefer that her father take care of her, not some slave. Silly you." She added hastily, little to no hesitation held within her voice. Why couldn't the other lions speak to Nyek like this? It seemed so rediculous that they all roll over and act like lap dogs when they clearly were not. Disgusting.

Ruki turned on heal, knowing full well that no matter what she said, Nyek, most likely, wouldn't kill her. If he wanted her to take care of his fuzz ball that badly, most likely he wouldn't put her under much harm, considering she would need to at least be able to take care of it, which included needing to be able to move and function as usual. "I'm leaving." She commented, tail flicking lightly while she moved back towards the direction she came.

Nyekundu smirked. Why did he always like angry women? He had a nack for attracting them he supposed. Still his brow furrowed listening to her and he dove over her landing infront of the small pink female with his shoulders hulking "you will do as I say Rukiya!" His golden eyes flashed angrilly as he towered over her. "this cub is your responsibility if it dies you go with it to the grave am i understood?" He snapped barring his sharp teeth. "you know better than to turn your back onme little girl I may not have hurt you yet but dissagreeing with me when my mood is already sour is a one way ticket to hell am I understood?" His voice whispered dangerously his golden orbs flashing "you will stay in my quarters and care for this child am I understood?" he breathed out heavily. Arrogant b***h! He should just take her down a notch bite her tail off, do something, something ultimately that would upset her. Of course giving her his cub was the ultimate punishment and he knew it.

Little devil was sitting behind rukiya the whole tuime. Alot of things were going through that tiny mind of hers. She was no gfool born with her mothers brains and her father ambition already burning in ehr chest. Imagine giving her to this pink assed pink thing! Would she have to stare at it constantly? it was more pink than even the big male fluff.
Sanity Forbidden: What a stupid male.. of all the idiots she'd met, Nyek positively took the cake. Ruki stopped momentarily, however, considering that the adult now blocked her path. "A one way ticket to hell, you say? I didn't know you were funny, Nyek. I already thought that I was hell, what a bummer." She grumped, brows furrowing testily. "And no. I'm not going anywhere with it, not even to hell, it's grave, whatever. YOU wanted it, YOU can take care of it. Take some responsibility yourself, Nyekundu. You're not a child. Besides, I'm in no mood to take on anything else at the moment. Understood? " She stated mockingly, frowning all the meanwhile.

Ruki made her attempt to pass along the side of the male. This was stupid, Why did she always end up with Nyeks problems on her plate? She had to take care of Afu and now she had to take care of Afu's piglet? Was this Nyeks idea of a joke? A funny prank, perhaps? Whatever it was, the juvinile was hardly finding it amusing. "It loves you more anyway," She concluded while she continued to move. "Look at the way the ugly piglet is looking at me. It's obvious it doesn't want me taking care of it." She stole another glance at the little devil. Was it.. glaring..? Ruki stuck out her tongue at it. What a stupid child.

Nyekundu counted to ten before turning to her one more time. he was trying to keep his temper but she really was trying it. He reached over and grabbed her by the scruff of her neck dragging her back and placing her before him "you will leave when i say you can Rukiya" he stated quietly calmly his eyes roved though he was clearly in a state betwene madness and somethign entirely unknown to him. Again perhaps it was sadness. He licked his lips "Her name is Afriti'Dogo" he said quietly. "you will adress her as princess you will find and feed ehr only the finest of things hare rabbit, what ever you can get your pretty pink claws on. Now lift ehr up and follow me" His golden orbs set on her suddenly but his face was still, stoic, he wasn't allowingher to leave until she did as she was told.

once again the devil looked shocked. How dare he! Well no doubt he couldn't produce anythign of interest. He was just a great big hairy shouty thing. Yes okay the pink thing would be better than the hairy shouty thing. Squeekign to her very short little paws she wibbles, wobbled and eventually ound her footing enough to crawl right in front of rukiya. She waited here quietly stareing up once as if to say, well coem on chop chop it'scold out heer!' which was exactly what the glare said.
Sanity Forbidden: Ruki was rather glad that she had made it so far past Nyek without being restrained. Although the feeling of somewhat accomplishment was hardly long-lived, suddenly finding herself being pulled backward, only to find herself to once again standing in front of the larger male. "I can hardly wait until I'm older and you can't drag me anymore just by grabbing and pulling. I wonder what you will do then," She mumbled, shooting a quick glare towards the little brat. So. She managed to get up and move herself, did she? "Look at that Nyek. It moves all on it's own. I suppose it doesn't need me to pull it around after all." Ruki smirked quietly at this while staring with mild amusement at Afriti.

"Fine." She finally added, blinking momentarily. "I will be feeding myself before her. I will call her whatever I please and I will not be sleeping with you." She added, again back to eyeing the little devil. She could hardly wait to get the brat alone, where she could speak, act, and do whatever she pleased to the piglet.. without Nyeks supervision. Hardly being careful about it, the juvenile hastily spun Afriti around with a paw before grabbing her roughly by the neck. "Hurry u’" She added quickly, moving once again to pass the male, hardly being able to stand the disgusting taste of soggy mass in her mouth.

Nyek smirked and touched the pink femmes shoulder "this way" he whispered padding ahead of her to lead her to his own personal sleeping place. It was deep in to the old ruins , only his paw prints lined the dusty roads and it was pretty clear that this was his personal space that he braught no other here. The scent of Afu lurked around the place though. their private quarters.

A building rose before them it was partially crumbled though clearly it was in good condition to the rest f the oasis. Unlike the temple, which was his thinking place. This place was clean and smelt fresh. the ceiling was almost in tact and there were several openings leading to other places. he lead her through one of these and in to a large chamber. The chamber was full of fur. Furs that had been skinned of dozens and dozens of animals. Leopards, cheetahs, wild dogs, there was even a hyena in there, rabbits, hares, antilope, every kind of prey beast. Yet the place was fresh smelling and plush under foot. the big male padded through the 'carpeted' floor to settle on a large pile of furs that was obviously his. next to it was another plush pile, he looked at this place and waited for Rukiya to take a seat. "beasts sleeping with the slaves" he muttered with a smirk.

Rukiya had a mind to speak out against Nyek touching any part of her, even if it were merely her shoulder that he touched, however her better self decided she could manage to let it slide just this once, however. The child she carried was heavy for her to carry, although Ruki found enough strength to bounce the girl around a bit, either by swinging her head drastically from side to side, or by pickng up her pace to a light bob up and down, creating a perhaps bumpy ride for the brat. She did her best to follow, however, occasionally thinking about accidentally taking a wrong turn, or perhaps maybe dropping Nyeks daughter and running, although she also resisted these urges. She was far more interested in what was around her, than anything. She wanted to see where it was that he and Afu spent their time.

She was amazed to see so many different types of fur patterns, sizes, and colors when they finally arrived at the chambers. Hesitant as to enterting, Ruki took her time in bringing Afriti to Nyeks side. Eventually, however, she managed to reach the pile of furs before roughly throwing the little devil she carried into them. "The brat needs to dry off." She added with distaste, running her tongue immediately over her muzzle before sitting, disregarding his last comment.

The salmon tinted male raised a brow "you had better groom her then" he stated simply strethcing out his clawsand getting comfortable amongst his pile of furs. He shifted some about making a little comfortable cove amongst the fur for himself. He yawned clearly showing his lack of interest in the black and pink ball of fluff.

Afriti looked up at Ruki giving the female a glare. Gods that had been a bumpy ride! Her teeny tiny tail lashed and she half stood half rolled in to Rukiyas forequarters biting her forearm with her tiny white teeth. those teeh of course were pretty harmless being milk teeth but she dug in and held on for a good while before turning her attention to the pink femme again. the look this time said simply, don't do taht again.
Sanity Forbidden: "I'll let her sit and get moldy, then." Ruki responded to Nyek, brows furrowing as the little beast moved forward once again. It was pathetic how the brat thought it would harm Ruki's forearm if she bit into it, despite that all she honestly had were little itty bitt milk teeth, hardly sharp at all. The most damage they caused was perhaps a minor pinch feeling. How pathetic. Still though..

"Stupid brat.. stay on your fur pilel, you. Otherwise I'll feed you to that lizard I ran into the other night out by the water outside." She stated, picking the female up and once again throwing her into the pile of furs. Rather uncaring of what Afriti did, Ruki moved to the opposite side of Nyek, where, thankfully, she didn't have to stare at the black and white cub over the males larger form. So she sat, content for the time being. "I'm not sleeping here. It wreaks of Afu." She mentioned offhandedly, giving a sideways glance in Nyeks direction.

Nyekundu looked down at his grumpy looking cub then accross at Rukiya "I'm sure it will reak of you soon enough" he stated with a yawn reaching down he picked up the cub and plopped ehr next to rikuya once again "clean the cub" he stated simpl "if it dies of a cold I'l drown you int he watering hole." It was a simple enough statement before he placed his head back on his paws giving a bored yawn.

Little devil looked up at the female she had been plopped with once again. what was this? Pass the piggy? She sighed and gave a little squeeky grunt glareing at her father instead. stupid big fluffy head. She shivered a little, she was all cold and damp why wasn't anyone grooming her damnit?

"If you're so keen to keep the ugly rat alive," She began, moving once more after the cub was placed before her, "then you clean it. I need a break from carrying it here." She continued, moving for the second time to the opposite side of Nyek. He was stubborn, but he should have known by now that she's nearly as much as, if not more, stubborn as him. "It tastes disgusting too. And I wouldn't worry. It's your spawn, remember? I doubt it will die from something as easy as acold." She added, again and again referring to Afriti as an 'it' or a 'brat'. She once again settled into a sitting position.

Although she couldn't help but laugh at the funny squeak the little devil gave. "See? It obviously loves you. It wants /you/ to clean it, I bet." This was entertaining, at least. Ruki couldn't help but wonder just how long it would take for Nyek to crack under this sort of situation. Either which way, it would be free amusement.

Nyekundu seethed quietly he picked up the cub one mroe time this time shifting from his place in the comfort of his bed he sat upon rukiya, simply say on her placing the cub before her once again "clean the cub and I will move" he stated his gaze calm though he was getting flustered and frustrated.

Harg! How many times was she to be picked up today?! She squeeked again and looked at the pink female. for peasty sake someone had better groom her or there would be hell to pay!

"I told you that I'm not cleaning it!" She spat, eyes narrowing with annoyance. How many times did she need to repeat herself to get the message across..? This was rediculous. Nyek was rediculous! However before she had time to do much else before the adult sat on the girl, pushing her rather quickly into a laying position. He wasn't using all of his weight, however he used just enough to keep Ruki steady, meanwhile adding a bit of pressure to her figure, making it irritatingly difficult to breathe. "Nyek! Get off me before I sufficate!" She groped, releasting a quiet squeak while attempting to turn and claw at Nyeks tail and backside. "She looks clean enough now get off! Nyek!" She yelled, cursing quietly under her breath while attempting to wriggle out of the males grasp.

"No" he stated simply exerting a bit more pressure "clean the cub" he stated again he wouldn't be dissobayed but he wasn't aboput to move until she did as she was told. Hadn't she learned by now that she belonged to him? "clean the cub"

Afriti watched the scene with big glassy eyes. She smiled, acctuall smiled watching hat was going on. something perhaps dawned on the tny child that the big fluuf was picking on the pink fluuf for a reason, to make her do something. But what? and why did she keep getting dumped about. she was startiing to get sore!

"FINE." Ruki screamed, claws extending quickly with irritation and frustration before she rougly made a grab for the black and white cub in front of her. Knocking the brat over with a great deal of force, Ruki's tongue hesitantly arched forward untl it unmistakably reached the fur lining the cub before moving her head upward, swiping it across Afriti's back once. It was enough to make her gag, although she continued, flopping the girl every which way in order to cover the length of the cubs form. Meanwhile those claws dangerously dug, poked, and pricked at the female, a growing sinking sensation forming in the pink juviniles stomach all along. If she couldn't have a good time, then she sure as hell would ruin the fun for this little piglet as well. She'd make certain of that. By the time she was finsihed, Ruki had been wearing low on air, panting between licks from the amount of pressure being exerted across her backside.

"There." She grumbled, eventually shoving the black cub forward and away, waiting for Nyek to release her while doing so.

"Good girl" Nyek whisperesd cleaning the pink females head before releasing her. He climbed back on to his comfortable pile and stretched out his claws with a quick side glance and a smirk at the angry femme. "I hate doing that to you Ruki. I wouldn't want to see you suffocate, well not too much any way you would make a very nice throw rug" He smirked eyeing her bright pink coat "however iwould much prefare if you would simply care for the cub as I please and do as I tell you so we don't have to go through this rigmarall." His eyes flashed a dangerous smirk on his maw "wouldn't you aggree?"

Little dev was sore! Bloody hell had that female done to her? cleaned ehr sure but her skin was sore and she was bruised all over! She glared at the bright pink femme and silently promised she would get ehr back one day as she curled up in a tiny cute little ball to sleep.

"I'm sure" Nyek whispers"That you will find it far mroe comfortable here keeping the princess warm and comfortable to in the slave pen on the hard floor don't you aggree?

Ruki glared even as Nyek lifted his weight from her body and cleaned her head-- not that she needed it. "I request that you not touch me," She growled, eyes still narrowed with annoyance. Nyek was stupid, no two ways about it. He continued to speak, and until he was finished, all Ruki did was listen, perhaps to upset to say anything for the time being.

"Yea. Like hell you don't like hurting me. I'd wager anything to say that you probably enjoy it," She replied. "At least I don't roll over for you like those stupid lap dogs you call slaves. And no, so long as you sleep here I would prefer to sleep in the slave pen on the hard floor, considering that here I have to listen, see, and smell you." She could have cared less for him and his little piglet, who had meanwhile curled into a ball to sleep, and would have preferred to walk straight out if she knew for a fact that Nyek wouldn't stop her.

Nyekundu stretchedonce again but didn't lift his head to look at her he simply yawned "you will stay here because I order it rukiya now stop your griping and sleep" He stretched again before getting comfrotable in his little nest of fur. Perhaps he had gone to sleep though his ears twitched. he clearly was listening to what the female would do. She was to stay heer that was his order.

Ruki released a loud sort of sigh, settling in a laying position upon the fur flooring. "This is stupid. What a b*****d. It's impossible to sleep around someone you don't trust. Who knows what he'll do while I'm sleeping," She grumbled, clearly under the impression that Nyek had quickly fallen asleep and that she was the only one awake in the room. It took several minutes for her to find a comfortable position, and in the end she was once again standing, stealing glances this way and that, towards the floor, Nyek, Afriti, and then the opening where they had originally come. If he was sleeping.. then obviously he wouldn't notice if she left..?

Taking her steps slow and cautious, the female began in the direction of the opening. Perhaps she could find Malika, or even Riku to sleep with. At least she knew they wouldn't do anything stupid.

"Nyeks ears flickered "I told you to stay here" he stated his shoulder mucleds shifting slightly, "come here" he lifted his head and waited for her his golden eyes glistening in the dim light.
Sanity Forbidden: With a quick gasp she turned, taken by surprise at Nyeks sudden speach. She stood dumbfounded for a moment, an honest look of panick etched over her face before she dashed, turning and bolting towards the door at a sprint. "Leave me alone!" She yelped, darting out into the hallway and down the corridor, trying to remember desperately which way would take her out while she ran.

Nyekundu humphed he gopt to his claws and chased after the female. he wsn't too far behind her and he guessed she wouldn't remember which hole was the exit "stay still rukiya!" he called diving after her swiping a swift hook at her back legs to trip her up. "I told you you were to sleep here" he growled his tail lashing angrily. Why did this girl never do as she was told?



Despite her attempt to leap forward at the sound of Nyek’s dive, Ruki’s step faltered and the girl came to a crash against the ground, sliding forward across the dusty rock flooring before stopping against a solid wall. Her skid had left a long mark across dirty base leading to where her figure now rested. She staggered getting up, eyes on the larger figure chasing her while she made a second attempt to dash for another corridor, which would hopefully lead her out into safety.


Nyekundus ears tightened against his head and he roared one of those earth shattering roars as he leapt after the fleeing rukiya. He dove again using his larger speed and strength to chase her down. it was almost like chasing a rabbit. Only it was very pink and lion shaped. He loved the chase and the punishment at the end would be simply delightful. Nearing the little femme he breathed heavily upon her rear and hooked at her hind legs once again hoping to trip her and keep herdown this time. he knew his resting place well she could zig zag in and out of corridors all night.


She was lucky to even make it up for a second time and run, and when Nyek tripped her once more, Rukiya had a much harder time recovering. With a quick tumble, the juvenile found herself sprawled on her back, stomach side up, in the center of the current corridor she had been trying to dart through. He was horribly angry with her now, and she knew it from the moment the chase begun. It was a stupid move, but she had to try, either which way.

Flipping almost immediately in order to cover one of the more vulnerable areas on her body, Rukiya's eyes meanwhile stared horrified at Nyeks figure, which was moving unremarkably fast towards hers. She once again made a move to rise. Although even more shaken up than before, it took twice as long. She was out of breath, a fact from how heavily she was panting, and it was hardly likely she would manage to make another dash and actually get away before Nyek reached her. The sinking sensation in her stomach returned, although worse than before, and she began to back away, her paws clumsily bumping into one another while she moved, ears automatically flattening back against her head.

"N-n-n-nyek.. c-can't we just.. t-t-talk about t-this?" She managed to squeak, backing herself right up against a wall meanwhile.


The large male was not in the mood for talking now. He loomed over her casting away any light that wa cast in to the shadowy corridor "I told you to obey" He whispers his ears flattening against his head ads hre raised a claw and hit her accross the face with the back of his paw. "I told you to com" He padde dup to wheer she had fallen his mane bristeling standing on end as he lowered his head and lifted her by her scruff. this was a powerful move even for him but he was being fuled by his insatiable anger he flicked his head tossing her away from him only to slowly pad up to her again.

Laying his body accross her he didn't care to not lay all his weight upon her placing the whole hulking mucly bulk across her stomach he grabbed her tail turning maddened golden eyes upon the femme "if you dissobay me again"he pulls her tail a silkening crack sounding in the small hall, her tail hung with a kink in it "this will be perminant" with another snap her tail was in one peice again. he remained sitting on her expecting her to pass out from lack of breath. he would drag her back to his den. She had learned her lesson with no bones broken. She would do as she was told from hence forth!


Ruki hardly heard what it was Nyek was saying at first with the amount of panick that was suddenly coursing through her veins. In fact she had barely noticed that the male had raised a paw against her until it struck the left side of her face, paining the sore mark that had been there beforehand. With a stagger and whimper she again fell. She remained on the ground for little more than a moment or so before being lifted into the air, soon to be tossed aside like a silly little ragdoll being toyed with by a child. With a loud thud and whimper she fell, making a mild attempt to stand before being forced to the floor by a sudden, bone-crushing weight.

It didn't take very long for the effects of Nyek laying across the girl to come into play. Her breathing drew unbelievably short amidst the sound of claws scraping helplessly against the stone floor in attempt to flee.

"Nyek.. I can't breath.. please.. I can't breath.. " She yelped quietly, almost in a begging like fashion. Meanwhile her tail had been picked up and snapped, accompanied with a deafening scream, withdrawing what little air she had left before a second shriek sounded, of course as Nyek had snapped the joint in her tail once again into it's rightful place.

At this point her jaw was clentched tightly, the airways in her chest constricting and tightening with every passing second. With the aching, stinging pains in both her tail, cheek, and several locations in her body where her figure had been thrown against the floor, Rukiya found it difficult to concetrate on anything as she slipped into a state of unconciousness, her form soon falling limp under the compression of Nyekundu's weight.





The salmon tinted male smirked as she faded in to unconciousness. He physically lifted her then, at least her frotn half. her but and tail and back legs trailed the ground as he dragged her back the way they had come. perhaps eh did this on purpose to cause her further pain. He was clearly not stressing himself to drag her along.

Dragging her through the halls with her but bumping on the stone covered ground they finally came back to his chambers. Tossing her on to his bundle he padded up behind her and curled around the little femme grooming her and cleaning up her dusty fur. Dirty pink would not do after all. He smirked turning her over so her belly was up in the air and continued to groom her. she would no doubt be woken by this rigmarale his tongue was a gentle massage. He had decided she would sleep here in his chambers beside him wheer he could watch her and make her do as he pleased. there would be no more dissobedience.


With the problem that had had her pass out to begin with finally lifted, and Ruki was free to return to a normal breathing pattern, reopening her system to a new, fresh supply of oxygen. It took her a bit to come to, however between the bumpy ride through the hallways and Nyeks gentle grooming she managed to finally pull herself from an unconcious state.

At first it showed as perhaps a twitch of a paw or the roll of her head, and rather soon she was speaking, perhaps unintentionally batting at Nyeks attacking tongue. She was giggling quietly, muttering small terms such as "daddy" and "stop it, that tickles". Clearly she didn't quite fully understand which timezone and in which predicament she had managed to land herself in until her eyes finally regained function. They blinked at first, however soon they had cracked open and had begun to stare upward and around at the furry white male curled around her. Again, perhaps she didn't quite understand that this was /Nyek/, and rather not the father she missed so much. Although this was realized in due time, as her eyes eventually focused. Despite that she stared around for a few seconds, baffled and confused as to how she managed to once again find herself in Nyeks chambers, Ruki suddenly realized. She looked towards male again, who meanwhile had been swiping his tongue along her stomach.

Releasing the third shriek of the night, the pink juvenile made a quick attempt to rise and dash to the closest corner, although only made it to the edge of Nyeks large pile of furs considering that her clumsy limbs had tripped her up. It had sent her into a tumble ending with a squeak, along with a very muffled, "Please stop touching me," as she landed face planted into the 'carpet'.


Nyekundu laughed and moved a little pulling her back against his white body "you will stay where you are unless I tell you other wise" he whispers letting his claws un sheathe from their cushiony exteriors. He smirked and settled to grooming her head his claws pressed against her stomach holding tightly to her thick pink fur.

Hereleased ehr ever so slightly and stretched his back legs before curling around ehr again. "Sleep now you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow" He smirked. he had claimed her now there would be no going back and definately no more dissobedience from the pink fluff ball!



Rukiya shuddered as she was once again tugged backward, however not daring to move away for a second time. Especially since now that Nyeks claws were visible, at least. She could do without another round of beating, so unfortunately she lay once again like a ragdoll, making a sad attempt to relax as Nyeks tongue continued to run over her head and face.

After finally being released, the juvenile shot a longing glance at the entrance to the chamber, despite the fact that she remained where she was, deciding to sway away from the previous, and rather painful, events. So she settled, releasing a heavy sigh as Nyeks figure curled around hers once more, his fur brushing against hers. It sent a shiver down her spine to be knowledgable of the idea that she'd have to sleep next to this lion. However her head lowered, resting itself on the soft, cushiony furs, allowing her eyes to shut slowly but surely. It took quite a while for the girls dreamland to sneak into her mind, although once managed, she slept silently and, somewhat, peacefully, hardly knowing what would be in store for her the following day.

Rukiya mingled in the outdoors in the dry heat of the oasis, residing beside the local water hole that had gathered amidst the sandy, rugged terrain. The pink female lay plain in sight, staring at the clear waters surface. Whether she was staring at her own reflection or watching a small fish that had come to pass beneath the surface didn't seem to matter at the moment. She was bored with the same routine daily and it showed in an obvious sort of manner.

With a slow movement her paw dipped forward, disturbing the liquidy surface with hundreds of small ripples. And Ruki merely watched, gaze boring into the water as if in some.. deep concentration. However this didn't last long, as she finally pushed her entire figure towards the area, eventually slipping into the water with a mild splash. Perhaps.. she could rid the scent of Nyek from her fur this time..? On her numerous attempts she had yet to manage even this, as simple of a task it is. Someday.. someday this smell would detatch itself from her figure. If she were lucky, maybe today would be that day. Unlikely, but still. Immediately she began to roll in the shallow surface, dousing her coat with the refreshing liquid over and over again as it seeped and soaked her pink colored coat. She was sure that it would catch someone's attention, her romping around and splashing all over the place, but at the moment she hardly cared.

He could be a ghost, he had trodden every inch of this oasis, he knew it’s hiding places, it’s dangerous places, even places where bodies lay, bodies of man below the surface in a great brick surrounded tomb. The last place he had actually expected to find Rukiya seemed to be his first stop for the day. Water was required for a search.

The pale and salmon male slipped to the waters edge silently, his dark tipped paws cushioning his every movement. He lay slowly upon his belly his dark tipped toes dipping in to the water causing extra ripples which collided with the larger waves caused by Rukiyas movement in the water.

“Is this your place then?” He whispered after sitting and simply staring rather hungrily at the slender form buried beneath the crystalline waters. “Very romantic” His voice was rather drole and the simple speech was followed closely by a small gruff laugh.

Ruikya had been to distracted splashing about to even notice Nyekundu until he spoke, causing quite a bit of a jump of either shock or surprise. Either which way, she had hardly expected him to show up at this particular moment of the day. And she was very much hoping to succeed this time in getting this males scent off her fur.. and now she was about to get it right back on. How silly was that? However unexpected the situation might, be, the female halted, dripping wet while she stood, head turning slowly to face the direction of the adult. "You said it wasn't supposed to be romantic. That that was for your /queen/. And who is to say that /this/ is my place, hmn? You just sort of dropped out of no where, and why on earth would I be waiting in the spot I chose? Rediculous."

Rukiya turned on heel. There was no need for this sort of thing /now/. He couldn't have picked to do this later this evening or earlier this morning..? No. In the middle of the day. Ugh. Although without any further words, the female slipped towards the center of the waterhole. It was a bit deeper towards middle, and it was deeper than both she and Nyeks height, which would almost force anyone who traveled there to swim, rather than walk. "Here we are. How about this be my place? Let's see you try anything now, hmn?" She called, quirking a brow as she halted, paddling in one place in order to keep herself afloat. She wasn't planning on doing anything just yet. He should save it for later if he wanted a romantic setting.

Nyekundu laughed, he would play along for now, at least until his patience ran out. Without a moments hesitation he jumped in to the water with a mighty splash resurfacing and flickering his mane from his golden eyes before swimming towards the very pink female. His strokes were fast and strong, he was a very strong lion and his time in the oasis had only strengthened his resolve to get what ever he wanted after all, everything here was his by right. Like a great white shark he circled around Rukiya eyeing her constantly, his golden eyed gaze challenging her to move. “Of course, you could stay there all day or you could show me your place, I did promise after all” he continued to paddle around her showing no sign of exhaustion, this was just an extra game for him.

Ruki watched silently as Nyek moved towards her, creating even more unsettlement within the water with each, swift stroke. He circled, and the female merely followed with her eyes, only speaking after he had finished his own reply. "I just told you that this /is/ my place. Goodluck," She snerked. If he was desperate to have her then he could drag her ashore. Otherwise.. well. They would be swimming in circles all day. "/Or/ you could wait until later when I'm in a better mood for what you want." Ruki added, quirking an eyebrow while she continued to tread in one place. "So I suppose it comes down to how badly you want me," She continued, however staying completely silent, despite that her eyes were never pulled from his figure.

Nyekundu smirked. “Oh no Rukiya, I think you miss understand, NOW is when I want you and NOW I shall have you!” He launched forwards then sinking beneath the water he nipped at her ankles tugging her down as he did so before resurfacing. “The alternative of course” he whispered as he once again circled her “I could drown you, that would bring me a similar if less active enjoyment.” His golden eyes rested upon her, he was perfectly serious. No one defied him, not any more. When Afu left, the last of his compassion fled with it, any love for females he may still have possessed was long gone. Before him was a thing he wanted and he truthfully didn’t care what condition it was in so long as he got it. If he had to drown her, there were plenty more, if less attractive things for him to slake his lusts upon.

Ruki frowned at Nyeks words. Such a demanding creature he was. The girl opened her mouth to reply, however only seconds later found herself jerked downward, her open mouth allowing water to rush inward, the sudden surprise bringing in a single breath. Water flooded through her throat as she struggled to break, the sudden need for air exceedingly necessary. Within a few seconds she was released, and no less than a second later her head was thrust from the water, her limbs kicking desperately to keep her head above the surface while she coughed and sputtered in attempts to throw the liquid from her lungs. Meanwhile she gasped for breath, hardly having the ability to watch Nyek as he swam around her figure. She doubted he was bluffing about drowning her after that little.. stunt.. and she wasn't about to risk playing a game of chance with her life. Reluctantly she located the closest edge of the shoreline, hoping she'd make it there after that little event without allowing her head to pull under too many times.

Eventually, despite that it took several moments, the pink colored female finally pulled herself onto dry land, somewhat greatful to have something solid beneath her paws.

Nyek smirked, he didn’t need to say anything, he knew Rukiya valued her life greatly, others, others they had willingly died at his paws rather than do something, rather than reveal a location, a secret, anything, but Rukiya, she loved her life or what there was of it. Licking his pale lips he paddled behind her touching the ground long before she did his body moving through the pull of the water slowly but surely his gaze fixed upon the floundering figure. “Now, which way” He whispered as he came up beside her and cleaned her shoulder fur, one golden eye fixed solidly upon the very bright female whom was his choice of slave for now. “I promised I would let you choose, though do it swiftly, my patience is drawing thin” He flashed his white fangs and glanced back at the crystalline waters as he imagined standing knee deep in the waters and drowning the pink female.

Well, maybe not now, he would find, something, to drown there, to watch it squirm beneath is paws and feel the final breath as he weighed down the poor beast whom had incurred his wrath. For now though, his full attention was turned back to Rukiya, he shook himself ridding his fur of water, his mane standing on end as he waited for her to move.

Ruki pulled away as Nyek reached forward to lick at her shoulder, probably allowing him to get only one quick lick in before she moved from his reach. "Don't touch me," She stated, feeling very much like a broken record, considering the amount of times she had repeated it to this very same male. In truth the adolescent had spent very little time thinking about where she would go if she ran into Nyek again, so in turn she sat for a moment, pondering as to which direction she felt like wandering in. However after a minute or so of silence, the female briefly shook out her coat (leaving little to no caution of getting Nyek even more wet intentionally) and began forwards, planning to take Nyek as far away from this waterhole as possible. It would at least lessen the chances of her being drowned today, at least.

Perhaps.. she could lead him around in a circle for a bit, pretending that where she wanted to go was actually very far away and possibly on the complete opposite side of the oasis. So she walked, keeping up a steady pace while she meandered about, assuming Nyek would be following without question. Although it seemed that even in five to ten minutes time, Rukiya had taken them well.. no where. However she much care if Nyeks patience wore through. She would stall as long as she'd like, since welll.. it was her choice today.

They had walked for a good ten minutes in silence his gaze ahead, he knew this oasis from top to bottom, he had explored it thoroughly, it belonged to him. With a smirk he decided to test her “We are headed for the great stones?” Nyek asked padding beside her waiting for a reply, his voice very persistant in his questioning, he wanted a destination so they could get there faster. He wondered if Rukiya had ever even left the built up part of the oasis to know where the great stones where? He didn’t care he wished for a destination.

Nyeks impatience became obvious as he asked for where exactly they were headed. However he asked in a yes or no format, so that was what was given. Rukiya was stupid, she was merely buying time. "No, not for the great stones," She stated lightly, not even sending a sideways glance in the direction of the male. "I'm curious," She began, breaking the silence for a second time. "If I stopped right here in the middle of a public, open area and said this was my place, would you do anything?" Ruki questioned, halting while she spoke. She wondered if he'd put his reputation at stake, whether he cared if anyone else might be watching or not. It was curiousity, merely curiousity. She wanted to know just how far he was willing to go so she could gauge her actions depending on his response. So she stared at him intently, waiting for a hasty reply with her tail swinging idoly behind her figure.

Nyek shrugged off the reply to their destination “the only thing in this direction is the great stones” he states simply pausing as she did, his honey glazed eyes turning upon the little female. He laughed “What makes you think I won’t?” he raised a brow “you all belong to me, you are all mine” he lifts a claw pulling her head around so he could see her scar, he tapped it with a claw and smirked “this, this says you BELONG to me and no one else, I can do as I please with any of you, you are MY slaves, if others see, they will ignore you.” He paused and licks his lips “do you believe someone would help you?” He laughed “you ignore and scorn your fellow slaves, I could drown you, skin you alive, hang you from a tree for days with your legs broken until you starved to death..” he paused his nose coming down to her ear a sinister whisper hissing in to her ear “you belong to me no one will help you.”

Ruki ignored his reply about the great stones. She could care less about a large block of rock. What was so great about that anyway? Within moments she sat, a repeat of the previous situation that this stemmed from. As her head was pulled around and tapped, the female quickly stooked, jerking away rather fast in order to keep this particular adult from laying a paw on her. With a firm frown plastered across her muzzle while he spoke, Rukiya merely listened. His words were rediculous, although again, she found no difficulty in believing. "But you wouldn't, would you. There would be no point in making your slaves unusable. The only reason you still stand in power is because all of them are too stupid to stand up for what they think. But trust me as soon as that day comes when they finally realize that if they all refuse to back down.. you'll have /nothing/." She hissed, moving closer and closer to the male until she was less than a step away from him. "You're just a coward who uses the only strength he has to control anything he wants with /fear/. You're a disgrace and a /pig/." She stated firmly. Oooh how she had wanted to say that for /ages/. Her tone had gone much more serious than it had in months, perhaps to emphasize the words even more. "The mark means nothing and I hardly belong to you," She added distastefully, turning on heal before trotting in the opposite direction. She'd find some place other than those stupid great big stones.

The big male laughed and he followed after her. “Do you know I have killed things for doing far less than you do to me Rukiya, now where are we going?” he ignored her comments, it was that fire, that unbreakable nature which kept him interested in her, kept him coming back for another go, kept him willing to break the slender femmes spirit. How he longed for the day that she broke beneath his claws. “Everyone has a weakness Rukiya, you fear death more than anything so you will oblige me anything to keep your skin. others, they care for each other and will do anything to stop me or my co- horts from harming said entities.” He smirked “Of course, I will always be in control Rukiya, because fear is the base of all control, fear and knowledge, I know what they fear, what you fear and I will always be able to use that and those, those beasts out there whom obay me unconditionally, whom follow my rule without a word of question, they help me do it.” He paused, this was a speech pre made for Rukiya to see how she would react. He knew that not only power would keep him in his position, he had allies, those he could trust, he knew the land , the safe passages, everything about this oasis and it’s inhabitants, he had to, to keep his place.

He raced before her as she stormed off blocking her path his fangs barred “death rukiya, I would love to kill you just as much as I would love to take you, now tell me, where are we headed, I will not be led around like some cub by you, where are we headed?” his shoulders heaved and he blocked out the sunlight above them his golden eyes clouding over a little, he was trying to keep his cool, but she really was trying him. Had she chosen a place or not? “Tick tok, Rukiya, if you have not chosen a place, it’s back to mine”

"If you've killed others for doing less and you haven't yet killed me then obviously there's something you like and won't get rid of, so how can I take any of your little death threats seriously?" Ruki commented with narrowed eyes, daring to speak against what many here wouldn't. "I think I'll laugh at the day when you fall because of your trust in your allies and your slaves fear."

Her trot unfortunately hadn't lasted long, as the usual Nyekundu appeared in front, blocking her path for what seemed like the hundreth time. She listened, ears pulling back momentarily. "If you won't be led around like a cub then fine. We can go to wherever you had in mind since I haven't thought of anywhere to go," She stated flatly, eyes lowering momentarily while she spoke. "But you can just drag me there because I'm not going," She grumbled, eyes rising to meet his with a glare. For days now she had wanted to just.. do nothing. To take none of this crap from Nyek. She'd see what he'd do. If he beat her up too much, well.. then she couldn't do her job babysitting Afritti and then Afritti would be upset with Nyek, not to mention he'd have to make an effort to get her to do what he wanted. She didn't feel like moving anyway, she'd wasted the majority of her effort and energy on swimming beforehand.

Nyeks blazing eyes rested for a long, quiet moment upon the slender figure. Why did she constantly defy him? Her own life was clearly of most importance to her yet still she stood up to him. “Move” he states simply bushing her roughly with his nose back in the direction they were going. “Move I say” He shoves her again rougher this time. He wasn’t about to let her simply defy him and not get something out of her. “we are going to the great stones and you know I will drag you there if I have to so move” his voice lowered to a dark angry muurr his honey glazed eyes lowering to meet hers. He said no more simply pushing shoving and nudging at her slender form until she got to her paws. If she didn’t he would take her there. She must know these things by now! Why was she so damn stubborn?

Shaking his dark maned head the salmon tinted male licked his pale maw as if he was tasting her upon his lips. Perhaps that was why she was still alive? He had killed other beasts for less than the agitation she gave him. Inwardly he rolled his eyes, why was he always taunted so by these vixens? How he wanted to teach her a lesson, to take her down a peg, yet, yet no matter what he did she didn’t break? It pained him as to why.

Nyeks blazing eyes rested for a long, quiet moment upon the slender figure. Why did she constantly defy him? Her own life was clearly of most importance to her yet still she stood up to him. “Move” he states simply bushing her roughly with his nose back in the direction they were going. “Move I say” He shoves her again rougher this time. He wasn’t about to let her simply defy him and not get something out of her. “we are going to the great stones and you know I will drag you there if I have to so move” his voice lowered to a dark angry muurr his honey glazed eyes lowering to meet hers. He said no more simply pushing shoving and nudging at her slender form until she got to her paws. If she didn’t he would take her there. She must know these things by now! Why was she so damn stubborn?

Shaking his dark maned head the salmon tinted male licked his pale maw as if he was tasting her upon his lips. Perhaps that was why she was still alive? He had killed other beasts for less than the agitation she gave him. Inwardly he rolled his eyes, why was he always taunted so by these vixens? How he wanted to teach her a lesson, to take her down a peg, yet, yet no matter what he did she didn’t break? It pained him as to why.


Ruki gave a sort of.. gruntish noise as she was continuously poked at and shoved towards their destination. She reluctantly took a step here or there, although only when pushed off balance in order to regain proper stature. "I'm not moving. Don't make me repeat myself," She stated firmly, not even daring to shoot a glance back towards those hellish, golden eyes. "I said before that if you want me there you can drag me. I'm not going, Nyek. I'm sick of you and I'm sick of smelling you on my fur," She hissed, feelng a bit rebellious for the moment. Although she wondered about how if she were persistant enough, perhaps Nyek would leave her alone? Unlikely, but it was worth a try. "So if you're that desperate then you can pull me there on your own effort."

Ruki had always liked making things work for what they want. Perhaps this was Ruki's way of getting Nyek to work for her?

Nyek shook his head barring his fangs he leaned down his hot breath on the nape of her neck his golden eyes flashing in a rather menacing manner, though when he spoke his voice was hushed, calm, calculated "please come with me I wish to show you something." his voice was almost kindly, there was a hint of anger, a plectorum of aggression that was clearly being held back but he was keeping his cool, asking her to follow.

Ruki grumbled something rather.. inaudible before the girl rose. "Fine. But if you try anything, make a move, or show something stupid then I give myself license to leave," She grunted, ears quirking forward as she spoke. The only reason she may have agreed willingly to follow was perhaps because of the sudden change of tone in the males voice. It sounded as if he was attempting to keep himself under control, which was nice for once. It sounded actually.. amost /nice/. Unusual, but a nice thing to hear nevertheless. Besides. Sitting out in the middle of the oasis in the heat wouldn't do much anyhow. "Lead the way," She added lightly, waiting for him to trot off in any direction.

Nyek smiled, and it wasn't one of his sneers either it was an acctual, almost warm smile. Perhaps he had been hit on the head or something. Rolling his eyes he shook his head and padded off in the direction they had been heading. the great rocks, an unusual thing he didn't understand but had on more than one occasion gone to lay beneath and contemplate to think, to plot.

It was only a short journey before they came to a group of thick palm trees all tightly n=knitted togetehr creating a wonderful cooling shade which even the large male seemed to appreciate. of course he passed through this and in the center stood stones. They were thick wide stones with writing upon them not unlike the oasis walls. It was clear the men whom had built the long dilapidated city had erected these structures, they were strange, alien almost. Nyek padded to one and lay beneath it looking back to see if Rukiya would join him "I won't bite" he states with a smirk which speaks in reams of past events. he had bitten, clawed and beaten her in the past, for now though he was holding his cool, keeping calm and trying a different angle, he was in no mood for a fight with his favourite slave.

Humph. Had he just completely had a mood swing..? Being nice must have been a new thing for Nyek, although Rukiya could hardly come up with a decent conclusion for the sudden switch. However she found hardly the time for these previous thoughts as a brand new stream came at the sight of the larger stones as the advanced. So these were the great stones..? They looked a bit curious, with their markings and words. Although her attention was drawn for the second time by the sound of Nyeks voice, and her eyes took to staring in the adults direction.

It seemed as though he'd already made himself comfortable while she had been preoccupied with studying the rocks in front of her. "You don't bite..? Funny. You've been known to," She mentioned lightly under her breath. She wasn't neccessarily meaning for anyone but herself to hear, however it was possible that Nyek could have overheard. Still though she couldn't help but eye up the adult while she spoke and waited, wary as to what his next move may be. "..You've got to swear you won't try anything," She stated firmly. Ruki would wait for an answer before she went anywhere.

Nyeks tail lashed behind him, how was he managing to stay calm with this female? She drove him quite frankly, bananas! His ears folded back and he clicked his tongue before replying in a tone which once again was filled with his controled anger, he was trying to keep his cool "I won't touch you just come here." He clipped off a snap with the last command taking a deep breath he looked around the stone he was laying before and waited. Feining ignorance, indifference and even curiosity of what was behind the stone, perhaps it would attract her attention and bring her clser without having to say any more, he was holding back his usually untamable aggression for this female, she had better bloody well appreciate it!

Ruki cocked her head momentarily. before moving in the direction of Nyek. Perhaps it was foolish to step towards him, although for the moment he seemed.. well contained. Or contained enough, at least. "So why did you come /here/ of all places?" She inquiried, halting and sliding onto the ground beside the older male. She leaned into him, assuming automatically these days that that's what he wanted, and to be entirely honest she didn't mind it much herself. depending on the situation. "Merely wanted me to see the stones..?" Ruki questioned, considering that it seemed.. silly to drag her here for nothing.

Nyek smiled lightly, once again his sneer was not present, he looked up and at the top of the stone, about half a meter from the top there sat a stone. It was a very bright stone, made of a blush amethist. "watch that" he stated simply turning his golden eyes upon Rukiya, he curled around her, just slightly though he didn't make any move to touch her, he was content for now, though he couldn't resist a little lick to rid her muzzle of some dust though he cleared his throat and turned his own gaze upwards to the stone.

He knew that once an hour, for some reason the sun hit the sone just right, and after a few moments of stareing the sun shone through the stone and made it look as if it was on fire, a bright sparkling pink light radiating from it. "Theres a stone atop each of these pillars, and each one catches the light at a differnt time of day, this one though, it catches the light several times a day. I beleive it's fate." He paused, as if saying such things was against everything he stood for, he was in charge a ruler with an iron fist, speaking of fate and destiny, it was foolish.

The light soon faded fromt he stone and it was once again backt o being simply a blush coloured amethist. "It is beautiful though" he laughed, and licked his lips as if the word tasted bad upon his tongue. He hadcalled few things beautiful in his time,and the word was now simply something to scorn, beautiful things made life difficult, they were better used. Like Rukiya, she was beautiful and she would grow, he knew in to a creature of eternal loveliness, her spiteful tongue and unbreakable spirit, intregued him, yet he refussed to be taken in by it. she was a slave and nothing more, he wouldn't be taken for a fool again. NEVER again.

Rukiya obediently lifted her gaze until she was able to settle her eyes on the stone Nyek had mentioned. She watched it without word, randomly cocking her head and twitching her ears while she cointinued to offer a stare in it's direction. It was gorgeous, however she said nothing about any such awe.

"And I suppose you know that it catches the light several times a day because you've sat here and watched them for twenty four hours..? Forgive me but it's a bit unimpressive to find a supposed leader having nothing better to do than to sit around and stare at a rock." She commented, quirking a brow, her eyes falling once again to send a mild stare in the males direction. It was true. There was nothing sillyer than to find someone who was supposed to be respected watching -stones- rather than doing what he was supposed to do, which was lead. "And believing in fate is for fools. There's no point in living if you think something is planned for you." She grunted, giving her head a mild shake.

Nyek looked at Rukiya and laughed. "I come here to train." He stood then, bunching up his mucles he leapt, it was a very high jump even for a large lin but his claws caught the edge and he pulled himself to the top of the rock where he balanced without wobbling his mucles tenced and bulging. He stood silently atop the single stone for a long time his mane brushing around him his golden eyes glinting witht he suns bright rays. "You have to be strong to be a king" He stated simply , brushing off her talk of ignoreing fate, of ignoreing prophesy and destiny. Theyw ere things he beleived inthough not always with all his heart.

Another long moment of silence passed before he leapt to the next rock along, his jump powerful sweeping, every mucle bulging with precision. He did not stop on this rock though he kept going, flying almost accross the standing rocks. He returned at last to the first rock and dropped down with a heavy thud, his dark paws hitting the ground, his jet black mane ringing his pale features. "I don't spend my days curled upon furs as you may think."

Train? What a show off. She hardly watched as the male jumped from stone to stone, being not exactly interested in watching his 'training' tactics. "King?" She finally stated, her eyes rising once again. "King or not you're still a git. If you think about it, you must be a really.. lame King. Otherwise you wouldn't have to make anynoe /fear/ you to follow you and you wouldn't have to /kidnap/ anyone to get them to come here." She stated, amusement held in the depths of her tone. It was true, afterall. What sort of King did /that/? With a yawn she rolled onto her back. He could entertain himself by jumping on top of rocks all day, meanwhile she could stay here on her back enjoying not having to take care of Afritti.

Meanwhile as she thought, she outright ignored Nyek as he finally found his way back onto the ground. Amusing as it was to watfch him try to gain her trust and respect.. it just wasn't doing much. Ruki merely ignored his last comment. Why would she even care if he laid around all day? It would be his reputation at stake, not hers. So why worry?

Nyekundu shook his head and nudged the very pink female roughly pushing her to her foot paws, he wasn't about to be laughed at or scorned by her. "I'm keeping my head with you Rukiya but if you continue to use that spiteful tongue of yours I may have to do something drastic" he snapped his teeth at her his pearly fangs flashing in the day light.

"what exactly do you think a pride should be like hmm? All peaches and cream and little love birds roaming their little plot of land? Do you think I train and promote fear for the hell of it?" He laughed and reached out pulling her close to him without a moment of hesitation, his nose lowered to her ear and he whispered a smirk upon his pale maw "I do it so that one day I can march upon these peaceful prides and make them MINE" his eyes flashed, he was perfectly serious, it may be a pride, but one day his pride would be an army and that army would help him to have everything. It was his destiny to be king of everything, not just here.

"You're angry because you know I'm right. You wouldn't have to defend yourself if it weren't true," Ruki snerked lightly, smiling silently to herself while she was shoved to all fours, ignoring his fangs. He wouldn't, or rather /couldn't/ do that much to her. Afterall.. Afritti still needed to be cared for and Nyek still needed to be entertained now and again. Instead of thinking about what Nyek could and could not do to her, she decided to answer his second question. "A pride? A pride is somewhere where you should feel comfortable and /free/ to be. Not enslaved and not under the paw of anyone who thinks they are bigger and better than yourself. And /you/ are doing just the opposite. I can guarentee that if you go up against another larger pride who /likes/ what they're fighting for you will most certainly lose. No one will give it their all here. You'd be better off fighting by yourself." She explained, tail flicking this way and that. Her tone of course did the most of the talking, keeping a very much ,'I'm right and you're wrong' sort of air to it.

Nyek listened in silence sitting down he licked his lips "what would you do if you had power Rukiya? if you were queen what would you change?" he raised a brow, curiosity had clearly killed the cat, he wanted to know what was going on in her mind, what would she do if he handed her that power, the power of a queen?

"If I were queen..?" She repeated, quirking her head in a bit of confusion while she thought. "I'd kick you off the thrown, since you have no place being there, and then I'd probably leave. And take several others with me." She answered simply. "Which would be nice, since then I can go home, get away from you, get away from Afritti and hope she doesn't end up like you, and break a few friends out of this dump," She concluded, giving a single nod to back up her statement.


"Nyek raised a brow "friends, which friends? Your little lover Tamariku?" He smirked and laughed then getting to his foot paws "I know he plans to escape, I know where his cubs are, you could not usurp me Rukiya and i did not ask you what you would do i enquired as to how you would run a pride. Enlighten me, once upon a time you were a beast whom thought she should be at the top of the ladder! What changed? Did you break?" his eyes flashed and he laughed, he was loosing interest very swiftly now, she was broken, he thought she was full of ambition, of something he could light a fire under and watch it burn. She was not, she was just one of them. she wanted to be happy with ehr love bird, she was happy at the bottom. The big male stood slowly stretching out his limbs, his tence mucles bulging. "I thought perhaps you still had fire Rukiya, but time has broken you I see" he snorted his fangs flashing. "Get back to afritti, she will be hungry" he started to pad away slowly his head high as always, she was broken, he was almost surprised, but then, they all broke in time, they all broke or died.

Ruki's eyes fell into a glare. "If you even.. /dare/.. to touch Riku and those cubs of his you'll be sorry," The girl hissed, turning on heel to face the direction that Nyek was now walking. "Ah! I see. So you finally figure out that I have no interest in being at the top of /this/ crappy, pathetic pride and then just leave? I never said I didn't want to be at the top, I sure as hell do, but /not/, I repeat, /not/ here. I want nothing to do with this and I want nothing to do with /you/. It's not a matter of breaking, it's a matter of my not wanting to stick any effort in rising to the top in a place that I dislike so much. Why get to the top and just leave? Rediculous. Wasted effort. Don't you keep walking away I'm talking to you!" She growled, quickly scrambling after before pulling in front of him in the same sort of way he had done countless times with her.

She stood, blocking the males path. "Afritti can get her own food, she's old enough. She can get that other minion of hers to do it." She added, the frown laced across her muzzle distinctly showing across her face.

Nyekundu stopped in his path his face turned in a scowl and he roared at her, it was a sound that came straight from the proverbial belly of the beast. he said nothing simply pouncing at her and pinning her to the ground, she may have been larger now but he still held superior weight and strength to the slender Rukiya "you dare defy me" he called at last his dark golden eyes filled with hatred anger and flashing teeth. He was going to tear her to bits, how dare she speak to him thus "I will do as I like to those cubs they BELONG to me and YOU have spurned me on to do just that" He stepped off of her wrapping his fangs around her neck and tugging the scruff there roughly, he dropped her in a moment rearing over her again and searching accross her body for a good purchase, he would drag her to Tamarikus place and make her scar the cubs, he would force ehr in to it. He was mad, so very angry now, she had crossed a line and there was no going back.

Ruki could hardly do anything to help from being forced on her back against the ground, considering the size and weight difference between the two lions. Still, the snarl in her throat and growl on her lips remained. "I'll defy you all I want," She hissed, squirming mildly to relieve the pressure being enforced to keep her down. "And NOTHING belongs to you! You're just a greedy b*****d who THINKS everything belongs to him because in fact he owns NOTHING. You can't even keep your own mate here with you! What does THAT say about how much you can keep things tied down with you?" She snapped, opening her mouth to add more to her comment however was immediately cut short by a sudden zap of pain, shooting from her neck and down her back before being tugged on rather roughly. Ruki was dropped almost as quickly as Nyeks shadow once again loomed over her fallen figure.

Her eyes searched, rather quickly landing on the forelimb belonging to Nyek that stood.. rather close nearby. With a quick motion, the adolescent's head darted, wasting no time to latch her fangs into the males leg and bite down

Nyek roared and leant down once again catching the closest thing to him, Rukiyas kind leg he pulled and jerked at her, trying to break the appendage, how dare she, HOW DARE SHE! He was baffled, she stil faught him despite what he did to her, despite being beaten and forced and critasised and turned in to a slave, she still faught him? He tugged again wating for her leg to snap, waiting for blood to touch his lips, yet he didn't bite down hard enough and he knew he wasn't. She defied him yet he wasn't killing her for it? Damn him and his lust for these stubborn women!

Almost in the exact instant that Nyek had grabbed one of her own limbs Ruki had released his, perhaps in reaction to the second jolt she'd recieved in the time fram of less than a minute. "Get off! Damn you, Nyek, GET OFF!" She roared, rolling in order to move in the direction her leg was being pulled, stalling any breaking that may have occured. With claws unsheathed the adolescent scraped and scratched at the adults face, hoping to pull him from his tight grasp. Despite her efforts, the bone stretching the length of her forearm couldn't hold out, giving a sudden and distinct "CRACK". Emitting a loud shriek, Rukiya fell limp, attempting to clutch at the paining limb, meanwhile the girls eyes had squinted shut and her teeth had clentched. "Nyek get off!" She pleaded, rather muffled, but still.

Nyekundu’s breathing was heavily laboured, he was stressed angry, his golden eyes maddened. Slowly he released the younger female letting her hind leg fall limp. He slowly moved up to her curling around her, almost protectively, his breathing was still heavy and he said nothing, she had angered him to the point where he was beyond his own minute control. His face bled just a bit where she had managed to scrabble at his pale face. His paw was unscathed but he sat and groomed at the spot where she had bitten, cleaning away her spittal and straightening the pale fur where it met the dark.

For a long time silence split the air around them. His golden eyes calmed slowly and he nudged at rukiyas shoulder “stand, we’re going home” he stated simply getting to his paws, today had been nothing but a disappointment and now he would have to look after the pink madam. He didn’t particularily want her to die, though a few moments before he would have liked to have ragged her to pieces and dragged bits of her across his oasis just to prove whom was in charge here. He waited, silently, waiting for her to get to her feet, though he knew one leg would be useless for a while, blood may not have been present but the pain on the pink females face was obvious.

Ruki slowly curled after her limb was released, nudging and poking at it lightly with her nose, whimpering and mumbling quietly to herself while doing so. Despite this, she was rather glad that she had had the chance to draw blood from Nyekundu. He deserved whatever scratches he had gotten from her claws, and the thought alone was enough to satisfy her.

She had little time to contemplate the situation as Nyek rose and nudged at her shoulder for her to stand. Instead, and like always, she remained where she was. She was positive he could hardly do much more to her, considering that he needed for her to be able to at least move and take care of his daughter.

"I’m not going anywhere," She began, having some difficulty with talking through her clenched jaw," until you promise you won’t even /go near/ Riku and his cubs." It was a simple request, although she was ready to use herself as a bargain in case just asking wasn’t enough.

Nyekundu looked at Rukiya, his tail lashing a few times, how dare she demand something of HIM? He snorted though that agile brain started to work, the cogs turning swiftly. He smirked. "Perhaps I will but I have afew conditions and they all require your complience, unquestioned complience" his eyes danced menuiacally at the thought that smirk raising on his maw. Would she do anything for Riku's cubs? Perhaps she was less self centered than he thought. HA! Wel he could use that against her and still do as he pleased to those cubs. They after all, belonged to him.

"Well?" he raised a brow "do you aggree? I will tell you what I wisdh of you and you must go along, complient, no more questions, no more snaps, scratches or hisses, just you saying yessir, to what ever I ask?" he smiled, he did so love to torture this girl.

"Perhaps you will isn't going to work, Nyek. I want your absolute /word/ that you won't touch Riku, Kich-whatever her name is, and his cubs. I want your WORD." She quickly retorted as soon as she had the chance. She wasn't one to miss any possible loop holes. If she was going to agree to put herself into the bargain she was going to be sure that /nothing/ would happen outside the rules. "Which means that you don't mark them, you don't go near them, you don't try to find them." She continued, attempting to sound as normal as she could with the stinging pain shooting from her broken limb. "If can deal with giving up the four of them.. then fine. I'm yours," She ended, dropping her head slowly until her forehead was resting against the ground. Her last bit of words was hesitant. Actually bargaining herself in order to keep Nyek away from Riku and his cubs..? She didn't have a crush on that stubborn, boring Riku, did she? She shivered silently at the thought. Although.. he /had/ been the nicest to her thus far

Nyekundu laughed, it was a raucious laugh, one of amusement, of delight. "You would give your life for them?" He smiled, no, he smirked, his eyes dancing, his tongue lapped out the pink bright against his pale lips. He considered his options. He already knew Riku intended to escape. The boy was useless, a sentimental fool, the cubs he had provided the pride would no doubt be as foolish, plus the gods only knew if he had even provided the pride with a male rather than another useless breeder.

His golden eyes danced, the thought of having a completely compliant rukiya, it acctually made his hearty flutter if it was possible for a peice of stone to do so. He cuked air through his front teeth, a slight queeking echoeing from his mouth his eyes looking thoughtful lacking any emotion though inside he was laughing, pleased, gleeful. "Fine, I will take Tamariku and his female and their useless brood away from here. I already know where they are." A glimmer of a smirk alighted on his lips once again "I will be away for a while performing this task, you must care for Afritti, properly, while I am gone I will question my daughter as to her feeding. When I return you will follow my orders, you will comply to my every will and whim. Do you aggree?" his eyes danced, bliss, she would eb his, brokem, scournful, completely his.

"I'm stuck here anyway, it wouldn't make a difference. At least I can do what I'm supposed to while he can leave like he wants," Ruki muttered. All th is questioning jsut for this simple concept. How difficult was it to understand to /not/ touch or go near Riku and his cubs and in return Nyek would have her? At least /she/ didn't think it was that hard to understand. Meanwhile she listened while the adult talked. "You won't be leading them anywhere. You can't even go near them. Riku doesn't want your scent around," She sighed, her voice becoming dangerously soft. She almost felt as if she were handing all of Riku's wants and desires to Nyek on a silver platter.

"I'm sure they'll find their way back somehow. And fine. I suppose I can manage taking care of Afritti /properly/ until you get back," Ruki mumbled, her forehead still laying against the ground.

Nyek grunted. "I will call them and lead them back, of course i could just let them die in the desert if they go the wrong way would you prefare that?" He raised a brow, he doubted that Rukiya had even thought of what lay in the other direction a nights travel from here. There was nothing, he had done it once, he found nothing but sand and had travelled back under the scorching sun. "I will lead them to the jungle, I will not touch them. You have become surprisingly weak over time Rukiya" He smirked "There I thought you were heartless.

He shook his mane of dust and stretched "now stand, we're going home 'v had enough fro now, tonight I travel outwards to the jungle. i will return soon enough. Look after the princess, or I will hunt them down" he sneered "I swear it"

Ruki nodded mildly, despite the current pisition her head was in. "Fine. But if I find out that you put even one single paw on them, the deal is off," She stated cooly, trying her best to keep herself calm and collected for the time being. "And for your information, I haven't become as weak as you think," She concluded, taking a moment to force herself up as Nyek had ordered. The leg Nyek had snapped however didn't even make a move to lower to the ground, and instead the adolescent stood on three. Ruki knew full well that Nyek would probably use this bargain to keep her in line and doing exactly what he wanted her to be doing, but either which way it didn't matter. She was stuck here no matter what happened.

"Let's go," She mentioned offhandedly, slowly switching directions and beginning to meander towards the main area of the ruins.

Nyekundu smiled, padding up beside her he groomed her cheek lightly his golden eyes sparkling "good girl" he puurred padding beside her keeping the slow limping pace all the way in to the oasis. His eyes danced happily, she was his now and all he had to do was give yup some useless rabble? He would re swell the masses soon enough, this trip from the oasis would no doubt bring him new cubs to bring here. The loss of infedels, of those whom wished to escape and do nothing nmore were useless. Rukiya, she was clearly resigned to her fate and now she had aggreed to be his. Excellent.

Ruki was silent the entire way back, perhaps wallowing in the idea of having just sold herself to Nyek in order to let one of her few 'friends' here leave like he wanted. Meanwhile she was stuck here doing exactly what she was told like the good little slave she was supposed to be. It was a silly fate, but it didn't much matter anymore.

Unfortunately her mind was pulled from this and placed more importantly on how to keep Afritti happy. Again, a silly fate. My wouldn't she have fun bossing Ruki around now that she was both injured and officially counted as a 'slave'. Not to mention she had to figure out a way to get a decent meal with this leg of hers to drag around.

Slowly the pair wandered into the ruins, disappearing into the dark hallways leading to the main chambers.