Fuli's Journey [Moved To AO3]

Chapter 10 ~ Tamaa the Cheetah

~Fuli's PoV~
   I was trotting along ahead of the group, scouting for trouble, when suddenly, a blur of yellow crashes into me.

   "Oh my, I am so sorry I ran into. Let me make it up to you with a date. The name's Tamaa." It says getting off of me. I stand up to see a dull yellow cheetah with small black dots. His eyes glinted with something I once saw in my younger days.

   'Oh wonderful... I had to run into the cheetah out here who's currently high on his testosterone(memory serves me right that's what the male sexual hormones are called). I shook my head.

   "Nope, I'm already taken." I reply curtly turning my back to return to my group. A sudden weight lands on my back and Tamaa's voice growls seductively in my ear.

   "Trust me darling, I'm so much better than him." He says before pinning me even more firmly. I chirp out the code sequence that we had come up with for if I ever needed help. Two seconds later, a blur of black whams into him, throwing him off me and I scramble to my paws.

   "She said she wasn't interested, you pile of elephant dung." Pretinha snapped at him and he skulked away from us.

   "You okay Fuli?" Chullun asked me. I nodded, still shaking from the shock that I was nearly raped.

   "Y... Yeah... Let's not mention this to Kion. He'll come out here and try to hunt him down for even flirting with me." I said.

   A few miles later, we were at a brook. The others were looking for a place to cross without my babies getting to wet when I heard a scream of pain. I whirl around and my heart drops.

   Tamaa was standing there, his muzzle covered in blood, and my son Haraka was dead at his paws, his spine split in half and sticking out of his back. My other cubs scattered to the grasses trembling in fear. I stood there, frozen, and then with a snarl of unbridled rage I flew him.

   I hissed in pain as he bit down hard on my ear as I clawed at his belly. We were rolling all over the clearing. I soon heard rushing pawsteps as I clawed at his eyes blinding him. My vision was in hues of red rage as I stared at my helpless opponent.

   "Fuli! Stop!" I heard muffled voices as I stalked towards the male that was blundering around. With a snarl, I pounced onto him and hit down hard on his neck. The metallic taste of blood filled my mouth as the others begged be to stop.

   He went limp and as my vision went normal, I realized I was holding Tamaa's lifeless body in my jaws. I dropped him and reeled back in shock.

   "Fuli? You okay now?" I heard Chullun say. I turn to her and she gasps at me. My emotions must be showing in my gaze.

   Hearing high-pitched wails caused me to remember why I exploded in the first place. I trod over to my son's lifeless body, scooped him into my front paws, buried my muzzled into his blood-stained pelt and began to sob.

   "Oh Fuli... No wonder you went into a rage..." Imani whispered. "A mother's love for her babies is a powerful thing, and if something harms or kills one they will not stop until the threat is vanquished." I felt Chullun drape her tail across my shoulders.

   "C'mon, we'll help you bury him Fuli." She said, before padding over to a tree. We scraped a small nest for him and I place me deceased son in it. Then, with my other cubs helping we covered him in flowers. We then picked up the remaining cubs and crossed the brook.