A Moonlit Serenade

[Meerful]

Pawafter paw, limp after limp, Niche walked his way through the dense forest of the loner's terra. His inheritance of all his mother's bad traits weighed him down, but lifted him up. He liked being disabled, it was fun. Why? Well, he got stronger because he learned how to handle being half deaf, one eyed, three legged, and without a properly working nose. Of course, he couldn't hear as well, so he pretty much dtched the sense and learned to hear through touch. Easy. Stopping, he used the skill to feel for any prey.

"Nothing" He whispered, trying to be quiet as possible just in case he was wrong. Wind blew through the tress and whistled past his ears. Niche twitched them a bit, then blinked his good eye, and began stalking forward agian, looking back at Sakura. She was a pretty cat, and when he says pretty, he means it. Niche is a little biased, and so it takes alot to impress him. Staring at her just a bit more than he should, he smiled at her, then waited to see if se heard or caught the scent of anything he missed.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura strained to hear. She was half deaf, and half blind. But that not only weakened her, but strengthened her. Being half blind, her one good ear could hear better, and being half deaf, her one good eye could see better. Her sense of smell was great. She followed Niche quietly. Suddenly she heard a crack behind her. She turned around and stalked forward. Inch by inch the scent of mouse grew stronger. She bunched her muscles together, then lunged forward and landed in a bush. She heard the sickening crack as she landed on the mouse, killing it with a fatal blow. She purred walking out of the bush with the mouse.

[Meerful]

Niche shrugged. "Well, I guess that works too, but I'm in the mood for marmot" He said, thinking about the short stocky creatures that were probably just getting out fo hibernation. He loved to mess with them sometimes, just to provoke them since they'd be irritable from their long sleep coming to an end. His mouth watered, they were delicious too. "Have you ever seen one?" He asked, looking at the sky. Wow, while tey were with Bone, it sure had gotten late. The full moon shone brightly, pouring down in between the rustling leaves.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"No, never heard of it. I'm not from around here" Sakura mewed. She set the mouse down and covered some dirt over it to save it for later and hide it. She felt the cool breeze flow around her, making her pelt slightly bristle. She never liked the cold.
"Can you show me?" Sakura mewed.

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Niche nodded, turning away from her, and tasted the air with his tongue like a snake or lizard would. Well, that must make me look pretty weird He thought to himself, holding back a small laugh. Again, he pressed himself to the ground and felt for signs of life. A few steps forward, and then he felt it. A marmot? Maybe... Niche carefully placed his pawsteps, until he saw the reddish brown pelt of the stocky animal. Yes! He thought, moving in closer. See, Niche had become so good at stalking, he could get so close to an animal he could touch it. That's exactly what he did, but instead of reaching a paw forward... He sprang. The animal jerked it's head up, but it was dead before it ever knew what was coming.

Niche proudly presented his catch in front of Sakura. He gestured towards it, seeing if she might be hungry. "Go ahead, since it is your first tiem trying one of these, trust me, they're delicious." He meowed to her, his eye glinting, his breath coming out in a quick gasp. Hunting always made him excited, especially since this was his first tiem hunting for a she cat.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"Nice" Sakura purred. She looked at Niche's catch. It was a stocky animal with red fur. It did look pretty apetizing. She nervously took a bite. Her eyes widened. It was delicious!

"Wow!" She mewed. And she thought mice were good. After her first bite she passed it to Niche.

"You eat some too" She mewed "You caught. I'll save the mouse for Bone"

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Niche shook his head. "No, it's your first one, savor it while it lasts. They're tricky animals." He murmered, then walked away and came back a minute later with a small chaffinch.
"I can eat this" He mewed, taking a bite and waited for Sakura to eat the marmot.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura smiled. She ate the marmot hungrily. Wow, she'd never even seen one in the past moons she's been in this forest.
"So" She mewed "Do you have family here?"

((She doesn't know he's Meer's son yet))

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Niche licked his lips. "Yep. My mom, me sisters, and a few cousins. I hate my dad, so let's not talk about him." Niche mewed, taking another bite out of the bird he caught.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"Fine with me" Sakura mewed. She took another bite out of the marmot and was finished. She yawned. Sakura hadn't realized how late it was. The stars shined brightly in the sky overhead.

((Bad post, I know... writer's block))

[Meerful]

Niche nodded. Then he decided to start a conversation. "My sister's names are Fragment, Steps Soft, and Turtle." He mewed. "My aunt's name is Shard, and my cousin's name is Drizzlekit. Oh, and my mom's name is Meer"

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Sakura nodded, then stopped when he said Meer.

"I've met your mother before" She mewed. She studied Niche closer.

"You look a lot like her" She added "What do your sisters look like?" Sakura would talk about her family, but there wasn't really much to describe. Besides, she was interested.

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Niche shrugged. "Turtle looks like our dad, unfortunatly, Fragment looks like a normal dark tabby I guess well, with the weirdest markings, and Steps Soft is gray and white." Niche commented. Then he was curious. "You met my mom?" He asked.

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"Yeah, on my first day in the forest. It was pretty long ago." Sakura mewed "She was pregnant with you then" Sakura yawned again, tired.

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Niche nodded. "That's a weird concept to wrap around" He siad, trying to picture it.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura yawned again. Then nodded.

"Why aren't you with them?" Sakura mewed "Your family I mean"

[Meerful]

Niche sighed. "Fragment left with our father, Turtle is missing, and Steps Soft is plotting to kill our father, not on my list, and Meer is just... Depressed, and I don't want to make it worse" He mewed.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"I doubt you would make it worse" Sakura mewed "You're a really great cat." She gave Niche a quickl lick on the ear, then blushed.

((GTG Bye))

[Meerful]

Niche rolled his eye, and blushed a bit too. "Sure sure"

///bye///

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"I mean it" Sakura mewed. She looked away, blushing lightly. She hadn't really had a conversation with anyone since the first day here. It was... nice. Her one good ear twitched at the sound of rustling behind them. The wind had rustled the leaves. She shivered.

[Meerful]

Niche grinned, flaunting his perfect teeth. "Well, I suppose I ought ot even the score?" He asked, raising an eyebrow, then drew his tongue over his mouth. "You're beautiful" Niche told her, not blushing a bit. He loved to flirt, only this time it was a bit more serious. He really liked Sakura.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura smiled. She struggled to keep herself from blushing.

"Someone likes to flirt" She teased. Sakura playfully batted him on the head.

"Well you can talk, but can you fight?" She growled playfully.

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Niche shrugged. "Well, I don't know, maybe we should try and figure that out." He challenged back, letting his long claws, gift from his mom, extend to their full length. They were incredibly sharp, but he had no intention of hurting Sakura.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura smiled. This would be fun. Unsheathing her claws she crouched low, waiting for Niche to make the first move. Sakura wasn't too experienced with fighting, but she could try again. In fact, she hadn't fought in who knows how long.

[Meerful]

Niche let his tongue stick out the corner of his mouth. Habit. Getting close to the forest floor, he prepared to spring, but once he jumped, he sheathed his claws, his perfect aim almost ensurign he'd land on her back, but who knew?

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

Sakura felt Niche bowl her over, but that was exactly what she wanted. As soon as she landed she kicked with her hindlegs at Niche's belly, ready to fling him off.

[Meerful]

Niche leaned forward, and half his body was kicked upwards, but he was quicker, and rolled over, bringing Sakura with him. Now he was under her, smiling.

"Think faster" He advised, grinning crookedly.

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

"Oh I will" Sakura mewed. She jumped off Niche.

"Again" She mewed, determined. Sakura was slightly competeitive.

[Meerful]

Niche shook his head. "I don't think I could do that again." He mewed. Niche only had a bit of self control before he got too rough and ended up hurting someone. His mind flashed to a time when he gave his sister Turtle a not so beautiful scar over her eye. It seemed so long ago.

//Yeah, that post was on a dif site, so don'tget confused!//

[Cinder.and.Flightfall]

((Ok))

"Ok" Sakura mewed. She was curious why Niche didn't want to continue.

"But why not? It's just a harmless play-fight" She mewed. She laid down and licked her paw, waiting for an answer.