Nickname- Rogue / Mosquito
(background- his name was orginally Scattered Scars and he had met a girl (Split Ravine) and fell inlove and they found a kingless pride and Lakota took control of it with her by his side but everyone was wiped out and his girl ended up dying saving CloudyDay He changed his name and forced himself to move on. He later on finds the cub and raises it as his own)
A small male and a lioness joined the pride today. The lioness, Iani, was out cold and the small male, Lakota, was dragging her across the difficult terrain. As they approached the pride a hush went out among them and they all turned to stare. Lakota, blood dripping down his forehead and his sides heaving with numerous cuts and scabs, lifted his head and returned the stares. He panted for a moment and once he gained his voice he growled at them,
"Dont just stand there! Wheres the fairies? Shes dying she needs help!"
The lions murmur before one finally spoke up,
"The fairies are gone!"
Lakota snarled at them, he knew the fairies lived here. He knew they could heal them. This lioness was out of her mind. He couldnt think straight, being deprived of water made him lash out. He shoved himself at her, his claws catching a tuff of her fur before something else slammed against his side sending him tommeling over.
He slowly woke up, his body sore but still intact. With great effort he opened his eyes and took in his new surroundings. He was in a soft patch of grass, a small crystal clean stream trickling down the massive mountains. He was still in the jungle but it seemed less dangerous now.
He moved and instantly noticed that all his wounds were bandaged. Maybe the fairies did live here after all. He quietly padded over to the water and it felt like heaven against his scratchy throat.
"Why the fuck would you attack a lioness?"
The sudden voice made him jump and he quickly spinned around, face to face with a pink male roughly his same size. He growled and his ears pinned back,
"I would never hurt a lioness! What are you talking about?"
And only after the words left his mouth, he remembered lashing out. He stopped and lowered his head, feeling ashamed he would attack a lion for no reason other than anger.
The male scoffed then scurried off and a bright yellow lioness stepped into the light,
"Dont feel bad. Shes already forgiven you. Finn is just jealous you were able to save Iani."
Lakota quickly looked up,
"Iani- is she-?"
"Shes fine thanks to you. She explained what happened. You're a brave lion. Taking on a bunch of hunters- thats impressive for an adol."
Lakota cringed and scoffed
"Im no adol! Im 3 years old! I am a full male."
The lioness smirked and bowed her head a little "My apologies. We dont see short males often. Finn is the exact same way."
She then turned and left. Lakota usually would have tried to defend his height but he was too exhausted. He laid his head down and drifted off to sleep.
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"Please! You smell like a fish. And look like one too! Fucking beta fish moron!"
Finn snarled and his claws extended and Lakota knew he got the pink male good. Finn jumped on him and they rolled around, each snapping at each others neck.
"Yeah?! Well you look like a muddy pig! Or some kind of mosquito! Just a dumb rogue!"
Finn sucked at insults but it still pissed Lakota off. Lakota slammed Finn off of him and pinned him to the ground.
"Oh really! Well maybe I am a dumb rogue!" He growled, baring his fangs and for the first time real fear flashed across Finns face and he stopped fighting back. Lakota snarled and quickly put his fangs on Finn's neck. If he followed through it could have been a deadly blow. But he was expecting Finn to fight back.
Lakota stood there awkwardly and slowly closed his maw. He growled,
"Fish you better fight back. I aint fighting some defenseless moron that cant even block a bite."
But Finn still didnt move. Lakota jumped a little when he felt something wrap around his leg and he glanced behind him and Finn's tail was wrapped loosely around his back leg. Lakota looked back at Finn, very confused,
"What are you-"
Before he could say anything Finn slammed against him, sending the suprised lion stumbling back and Finn quickly got up and ran off.
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Weeks go by, Finn avoiding Lakota and not talking to him. Lakota tried multiple times to enrage him or fight but Finn wouldnt budge. Soon Lakota started to feel hurt which was weird. They were enemies. Not friends. But for some reason Finn ignoring him started to really bother him. But fine. Two can play that game.
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Finn slowly stood, he had said good bye to everyone else and he was ready to leave. Going back to his travels. It tore Lakota apart but he pretended not to care.
Finn didnt even say bye to Lakota. Which bothered him even more. Not one sassy comment or insult.
Lakota growled, something was wrong. And he wasnt going to live the rest of his life not knowing. So he decided to find him before he got too far and question him.
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Lakota caught his scent pretty quickly, he never lied when he said Finn smelled. Now it wasnt a bad smell. But it was definitely Finn's smell. Lakota followed it but after a while he started to pick up on a different scent. Elephants.
Lakota snarled and bolted down the path, at this point he was guessing. He had no time to stop and smell. He saw a crushed tree and effortlessly leaped over it. He quickly stopped when he reached the massive monsters. There had to be six of them. They stomped around something in the middle, throwing their dangerous tusks towards the terrified thing.
Lakota squinted and he instantly recognized the pink little blur. These elephants were going to crush him if he didnt do something. Lakota quickly roared and they adverted their attention to him. They didnt waste any time, they immediately splitted, keeping their young disgusting spawn encircled.
Lakota saw one was still after Finn and he ran past the others. The one attacking Finn quickly turned to deal with Lakota. Its roar shaking the ground as it swung its trunk at him. Lakota skidded back but it was too late. It ran forward and he didnt have any time to move again. But before it could end him a shriek cut through the air and the elephant quickly turned and stomped off.
Finn ran to Lakota and licked his ear, making sure he was alright. Lakota wasnt used to this kinda affection from Finn but he wasnt against it. Lakota nuzzled Finn before turning to see what had made the elephants run.
A group of lions were running after a smaller adult elephant. Around 30 lionesses, all snipping it and clawing at its long dangerous legs. The elephant herd was running off, trying to avoid Lakota's angry pride.
Lakota blinked then quickly grabbed Finn by his ruff and took off, carrying him like a little cub. He ran to the borders of the territory and gently put him down. Finn looked guilty, he shifted his paws nervously and avoided looking at Lakota but Lakota had enough. Lakota slapped Finn across the face.
"Whats wrong with you?! You avoid me- then you just fucking leave! Running into an angry elephant herd! Are you trying to get yourself killed??"
Finn suddenly growled back and his fur stood on edge,
"Oh shut up! I know you know!"
"That you're some kind of idiot? Yeah I know that."
"No!" Finn got in Lakotas face, baring his fangs, "Stop acting like you dont know I like you! You know I have a crush on you!"
Lakota froze and Finn paused and started to panick.
"Wait- wait you didnt know-?"
Lakota couldnt move.
"Lakota- Say something.. please.." Finn nervously started to back away, his ears beginning to lower.
Lakota blinks a few times before he slowly opens his mouth
"You... like me?"
Finn silently nods
"..but why? I've never been nice to you- we've fought since the day I got here!"
Finn slowly looks back up at Lakota "You arent.. mad?"
"Why would I be mad?? I mean.. I guess you're kinda cute."
Finn turned a darker shade of pink and Lakota starts to laugh. Lakota slowly moves over and curls up around Finn, his tail wrapping around his,
"If you stay for a bit we could try it out."
Finn quickly nods and Lakota laughs a little before laying his head on Finns back.
You hear from another pride mate that π²Lakotaπ² was telling them that he could beat you in a fight. Oh really? You'd like to see him try.
