A Lioness in Human Skin

Chapter 7

AN: I AM SO AWKWARD

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She stared at the chaos, debating on jumping in. She liked a fight. Fight was her calling after all.

The female was running around like a hyena, punching anything that got near her. The red haired human was sitting under the table sipping from a white object, and the other two humans were running from the female.

After a moments though, she decided against it. It looked much too fun for a real fight. It looked almost.... Like they should not be disturbed. Shrugging it off, she trotted to the door.

She wanted to see her dad.

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She curled up to her father, running her bare skin. "Father, I miss my fur..." She touched her bare neck, growling. "I hardly feel like a lion anymore." She felt bare. Very bare despite the cloths the human female put on her. She tugged the short green shorts down, but it rose right back up. She had some weird white cloth than buttoned up on her midsection. She struggled to take it off, not wanting such human cloths on her. The animals would make an uproar if they seen her like this.

It was even more humiliating to be seen without her pride, her claws and her mane. She was no more than a human now.

But... Was that not what she wanted to test? She huffed and struggled to take of the strange human cloth. She would rather be naked than look human.

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Itachi slipped outside, leaving his little brother with the raging girl. He could deal with the pinkett, since the girl had a raging hard-on for him. Oh, perhaps it wasn't the appropriate term. She was infatuated with his little brother.

Much better.

His eyes trailed across the yard, spotting the lion girl fiddling with the buttons of Sakura's blouse. One by one the buttons dropped down, making his eyebrow raise. What was she doing? Was she planning on running around naked?

The girl nuzzled the lions mane next to her, making his eyes widen in slight realization. They stripped her so fast of what she was born into. Of course she wouldn't be adapted yet. She was raised by a lion after all.

With that thought in mind, he strolled to where they had disposed of her items.

Despite her being so animalistic, he would never let such a find go. Being a behaviorist, this was a match made in heaven! If he was able to teach her English, they would have the biggest breakthrough in history.

She could even translate animal to him! His lips lifted up words in a slight grin. There was no way he was letting her go, even if it meant entrapping her.

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"The human leader..." Her father rumbled, making her look up. In the leader human's arms was her animal skins. She jumped up, her eyes lighting up. She pranced up to him, watching him as he dropped the heavy skins onto the ground. She dove into them and started dressing herself. The heavy fur on her body felt comforting, reminding her of the hunt. She loved the hunt. Tricking an animal into her clutches, feeling their life drain out in her hands. Indeed she missed it. Then again, she wanted to learn more of the humans. It was a contradicting feeling. Humans or the wild. She wanted to learn more of the humans. She had time.

"This must be yours as well..." She looked up at the human, in his hands was her pride. It was her mane and claws. She yipped in excitement, her hands shooting for them.

"No." The leader pulled back his hands, making her fur rise. Well, her imaginary fur. "In order to receive the rest of this, I want you to make an agreement with me." She tilted her head. What was he saying? She had a grasp of the human words female and Sakura, but nothing else. He let out a sigh. "Speak." He motioned to his lips. She stared at them for a moment, before realizing.

She pointed to her lips, "Speak." His eyes lit up for a moment.

"Good." He pat her head. Good must be the human appraising word.

"Good." She pointed to her pride. But the human shook his head.

"Must." He motioned with his hand around the camp. "Here." He pointed to the sky, namely to the flaming ball that told it was day. "Tomorrow." She stared at him, her nose scrunching up. That was a lot for her to remember, thank goodness she was always rather quick to pick up things. If she didn't, she would be dead by now.

"Must come tomorrow." She pointed around the human territory, then to the sky. Why did they want her to come? She herself was rather curios of the humans, but why did they want her back?

She looked to her father. He nodded. "Humans must want to learn. Learning is what many come for." She tilted her head. Many humans? Where there many others? There was so much to learn. And she loved knowledge.

She looked back to the human leader, and nodded. His lips pulled upwards, making her blink. He suddenly looked much different than a moment before. It was a pleasant look, it made her want to see him do it again. She herself did it many times before, but she didn't know it was a human thing.

She tilted her lips, copying him.

"Smile." He pointed to his lips again. She blinked, her lips stopping the odd action.

"Speak." She said, pointing to her hips. She didn't get it. Were lips Smile or Speak?

He shook his head again. Now she was beginning to realize it was a bad motion, for a mistake. "Speak." He motioned like something was coming out of his mouth. She tilted her head. "Smile" He put the fingers on the side of his lips then tilted them up. "Smile."

It clicked. Smiling was the lips movement. Speaking was the language.

"Speaking tomorrow." She pointed to her lips then to the sky. The leader nodded.

"Tomorrow." He stood and walked away, leaving her mane on claws on the ground.

How odd, humans... She watched as he stalked away, his form graceful, much like her dad.

She liked him. She looked to her father, her lips pulling up in a smile.

"I like the human's, Father." She picked up her pride and clung to him for a moment. "Humans are entertaining."

Her father remained silent as they made their way out of the camp.