The hefty, brown and white pied horned badger cat, named Akazeala, flattened her wide, narrow outstretched paws on the smooth, rusty, grass covered granite terrain. Her milky amber embraced eyes shifted in displeasure as she looked at her haunched, protruding ribs and thin stomach line. She made a struggling squeak as lust for prey cringed in her belly, her growing cub slacking increasingly in her lining. She fretted with the knowledge that a future to be pride leader would be wasted, and her abusive mate Azuri would kill her in grief, whom had he lost a large amount of hope in her. She already lost enough trust with the top pride rank, Sasamuri, when she, engulfed by horror and shock, made no attempt to save his mate from being stabbed by a smoothed, long, pointy rock from a armoured, bony, two-legged beast. To make matters worse, his mate, Ganeena, was the mother of the bloodthirsty, and now abusive, Azuri.
" Its completely my fault he's even worse then before! " She admitted harshly to the echoing cave walls. " Why did I let her die? Why? "
" Hello Akazeala. "
She jumped as she saw two dawn silked eyes peering in the shadows.
" Azuri? How did you know I was here? And why are you here? " She gritted her teeth, heart palpating against her chest as she realized she was cornered against stiff rock. Her cub kicked her loose, thin, belly, a sparking pain engulfing her womb.
" Why do you think I'm here? "
She came to quick horror, heart beating out of her muscled chest.~~~~ He is going to kill me! ~~~~ She thought in her wide, outspread head, white and cream dappled ears slapping to her large skull, orange dewy eyes glistening.
She made a loud erupting noise of fear as she was whacked down by a paw. She looked up, seeing a small, young, dusky horned badger felid pushing on her cheek, long claws keeping firm grip.
Well done, Zuki. " Azuri sneered at Akazeala. He then washed the other feline's head, glancing at her swollen belly.
Akazeala gritted her teeth in rage and hurt. " You left me for a scrawny lone bag of griffon dung? " She snarled.
" Yes, I did. Must you have a problem, murderer? " He smirked, acting smart. She exploded in rage, launching her long, blackened claws across Zuki's face. The loner yipped in horror as she slid into the rock, smacking her head against it. Blood erupted from a gash in her narrowed, spotted head, as she rolled on her side, unconscious in pain. Azuri looked at the now enraged, horned felid, eyes widening in mock indignation. " Must you challenge her for me? You know she's better. What you did just now proves you're a murde- "
He was cut off as she whipped into him, latching her sharp, yellowed teeth in his eye, gums peeling back. He howled and squeaked in horror as she ruptured his eye, peeling off skin around it, and off his rough, gritty nose.
He staggered backwards, scarlet liquid pulsing down his mauled face. " I can't believe you, Azuri. I was always there for you. I loved you. Its not my fault your mother died. Would you of wanted me to die aswell? The great old king Heekami died from a single stab. Those things are deadly to us. Don't you understand? " She growled in defense of herself. " I always knew you would do this, Azuri. Im taking our cub with myself. I'm leaving the pride. "
She growled, snapping at him. She watched in satisfaction as he reared on his haunches in defeat, his wound shimmering in the moonlight. He was partially blind, Both eyes damaged, one completely. She burst away, proud in herself for showing him love isn't one to toy with. Especially her.
" Zuri..? "
The scrawny, but well fed female looked at him in disgust. " I'm leaving you as well, Azuri. I almost died, and you did nothing. You nearly let that pregnant female die, by hallucinating me. What if that's me next? You never told me you did this to her. You're disgusting. " The femin felid spat, rearing away from him, climbing out of the cave with her talon-like retracting claws, belly swinging.
Azuri sat there, alone, the sky blackening his damaged, mauled face. He sat there, defeated, His milky, black covering melting into the shadows, slowly...
Horned badger cats are bigger then tigers (( Not too big )), and females have a speckled, brown, pied coat, while males have pure black with two white patches down their belly. They have a long narrow snout like a badger, and small house-cat like eyes. They have long feet like a badger as well, but their claws retract in like a cat, The males are brown black at birth with a white head. As they grow they get their signature look. Females look the same all their life. Males and females have a stub for a tail. Females are usually wanted for their dappled, beautiful fur, in order to make gowns and lovely furniture. Males are wanted for their long, gristly horns, as they are as rough as rock and perfect for spears and other merchandise.