I smell T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Admittedly, Kione loved killing lions regardless and sure he’d been feeling a bit sulky about sniffing one out and not getting to fight it.  However, when he spotted the large cat and saw it was heading towards a pup the reason for fighting did change.  Kione wasn’t such a heartless ass so that he wouldn’t care for a pup’s safety.

Boundaries be damned and puppy saving and fun times were upon them!  Kione didn’t have a wolf’s bulk he was lithe and slim with legs that might as well be termed springboards.  He charged towards the lion as if he truly was the greater predator of the two.  The lion’s attention was clearly on the kid and it was getting close to the other side.  No need to get wet Kione had the gal to leap from shore, to lion’s back and to opposite end of shore with a smug grin on his face.

Always nice when showing off worked, it was quite embarrassing when it failed.  The lion had been so set on an easy meal of wolf pup that it had ignored the threat from behind, that was now staring it in the face.  Then again, the lion probably had never had any animal dare to hop on its back before.  Kione bared its fangs at the lion and got much larger fangs showed off in return.  "Hey kid," Kione offered in greeting, it was meant to be friendly but he was glaring at a lion and showing off his fangs so hopefully the pup understood.

Kione’s normal style of fighting something of this size was to tire it out and make things easier but running about might give the lion the idea it could try and hurt the pup.  Up close Kione noticed it was a pretty damn big pup but this wasn’t the time to wonder how large wolves got.  The lion sent out a half-interested testing wave of its paw.  Kione was certainly a size the lion might still consider trying to eat but it would rather just shoo Kione off and get at the pup.  Kione side-stepped the paw’s angle, sinking his teeth into the sensitive toes, at first the bite was deep but he quickly let up, grabbing just enough flesh in his teeth that when Kione shook his head a bit of the flesh separated from the lion.  Now, its attention was fully away from the pup.  Kione laughed as it charged and jumped a few strides away.  

He had the lion’s attention but he had no idea what the pup would do and wasn’t sure how far he could romp around on this pack’s land to avoid the kitty and the water was a dangerous place for the game.  Oh well, he’d figure something out.  Maybe the kid would call his parents to fight.  Maybe he already had?  


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