Ajihad watched the confrontation with mild interest. He felt pity for Tara. He couldn't imagine his mom not coming to find him. He imagined that Chaos wouldn't be happy with her. She had been complaining and not doing much, and now she hadn't even gone to find her daughter, when she was supposed to hunt. He kept an eye on Tara just in case someone needed to step in.

Amara started to wake up. She felt someone next to her. Opening her eyes she smiled when she saw Ajihad. "Hey, how did it go" she asked. She looked over when she heard Tara and sighed. "The poor cub" she said. "Nagasi didn't even bother trying to find her or hunt." She sighed and shook her head. "Please tell me our cubs won't have that issue" she said as she looked at him, a bit of worry in her blue eyes.

The lioness sighed and stared downwards. “I’m sorry I’m a horrible mother... I-I try my best and there’s no excuse for my actions but I-“ the lioness trailed off as silent tears streamed down her face.

Ajihad updated her on what he had done, "Well I haven't seen the hunters, but I was able to retrieve Tara. Tara was with some nomads: a lion, and a lioness. The lioness threatened to hurt me, but she let me take Tara. I feel sorry for Tara. Her mother never came for her," he looked out at Nagasi and Tara.

Amara sighed. "The poor cub. I wonder what Chaos will say about this" she said. Her blue eyes looked at Ajihad as she nuzzled him. She looked at her stomach and wondered how much longer she would have to wait to meet their Cubs. She started to groom Ajihad. The lioness seemed to almost purr as she kept grooming him.

Tara/ Chaos Pride

Tara still didn't look at her mother as she stood up. "You didn't even try to fight Chaos to look for me did you" she asked as she glanced at her mother. Her eyes looked sad.

Kira/ Chaos Pride

Kira kept low. She knew she messed up hunting. She slowly stood up, wincing with her shoulder. She growled in pain as she looked at the others. *At least there is something for the others to eat* she thought. She figured she wouldn't be allowed to eat since she had failed at helping with the hunt.

The lioness looked up at her daughter. "Tara... it makes you so unhappy when I fight against Chaos and Indigo." She paused and sucked in a breath. "So I didn't I won't..."

Ivy/Chaos Pride, lioness 1

(If nobody minds, we will time skip to the part where we brought food to our den.)

Ivy felt exhausted after carrying the antelope. It may seem light, but if to carry for a long time, it is tiring. She glanced at the new lioness (Kira). Ivy felt pitiful towards her. She looks like an an agile lioness, suitable for hunting. But perhaps she was going through some injury? Ivy shrugged mentally and padded away from the antelope after she finished carrying it. She doesn't know the rules of this pride too much, so she won't risk eating straight away.

'Nyasi?', she called out and padded towards the place where she left her son.

Her heart warmed when she saw him with Indigo. It calmed her that if something happened to her, Nyasi would still be accepted at least by somebody. She padded towards Indigo.

'Thank you', Ivy smiled at the dominant lioness and picked up Nyasi. She carried him to the bush and started to groom him.

'How was your day sweetie?', she asked as she checked his slightly injured paw. It seemed way better. Maybe Indigo has licked over it? Oh, may she live a happy life!

'Not bad', Nyasi replied brightly, 'Indigo is so nice, but it is a pity she had a broken leg. We could've played a game with each other or something'.

'But you are injured too', Ivy reminded him.

'Oh yeah', laughed Nyasi, 'Totally forgot!'

The cub smelled at the air.

'When could we eat?', he asked eagerly.

'Not yet', Ivy replied quietly and groomed his small head.

Jasiri/Chaos Pride, lion 2

Jasiri slowly woke up. Then his eyes shot open. Oh no! Has he overslept???

The lion stood up quickly, which made his head dizzy, and looked around. Damn it! It seemed all the lions were returning from a hunt. Why has nobody woke him up???

How embarrassing, just when Chaos allowed him to stay in the pride, Jasiri failed to prove himself. He shook his fur and padded away from the camp. He better hunt so at least he too kind of participated in the hunt.

He padded on, and with no success found no prey. He has spotted some mongooses running about, but they were disgusting in taste.

Once the entrance to the dens were in sight, he left the antelope he was helping to carry. He went to go check on Indigo. He noticed out of the corner of his eye Jasiri was leaving camp. Chaos sat at the entrance to his den, "Ajihad! Please come here." he called. He watched as Ajihad apprehensively trotted over to Chaos, "Yes?" "Did you retrieve the cub?" he asked. "Yes sir," Ajihad nodded. "Good. Did Nagasi help you?" "No sir," he replied. His eyes began searching for Nagasi. "Nagasi what do you have to say for yourself. You didn't hunt, and you didn't get your cub. I would have let you go get your cub, but it sounds like you didn't do anything."

Tara walked a bit away from Nagasi and Chaos, allowing them to talk. She walked over to Amara and laid next to her. She gave a small sigh as she felt Amara watching her. The young cub glanced around the camp before she wondered what Nagasi would say to Chaos.