Clan cats lived... {Open}

[Aloka]

Savvy

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I Wanna Go Crazy[/right]

Wide, very furry paws touched the green and brown ground of the forest. The mud squished under the white paws of the snow leopard and the tail of the mighty beast gently brushed across the ground, making it look somewhat brown instead of glorious white. Yet, the beast did not care. He was too occupied with thoughts to care about the way his tail and paws looked. His body was full of nicks and scrapes from battle so mud would not kill him, heck it might even help him. He had been told that mud was good from your skin. A chuckled escaped his jaws and he shook his head gently. He was thinking the thoughts of females now.

The tom got to the cave that he called home and sat there, the dust at the entrance gently stirring in the air. A small sneeze escaped him before he stood up and turned to face the forest. Birds flew about, singing the songs that belonged to them. Prey ran, living their pathetic lives that were meant to end. Clan cats lived... "Clan cats." He growled, hating the thought that Clan cats lived within the rainforest that he called home. His ancestors had been here first, they had no right to come take most of it and call it their's. Now he, along with the other wild cats, lived in a corner of their

[/u] forest. "It is our forest." He said quietly. he had an urge to go pick on some clan cats but he wouldn't. He would leave them to live their lives of nothing. He was everything in this forest.

Savvy was a guardian of this group. They were no clan, they were the wild cats and he was guardian and hunter for them. Although Rhapsody seemed to hate him because he was not a jaguar, puma, or tiger, he didn't care. He was Savvy. A smirk spread on his face and he sat down, the dust stirring once more. He listened to the sounds of the forest closely before pinpointing one sound. It was familiar and he stood up, awaiting the source of the sound to stand out of the trees. He wondered if he should greet the leader and he decided he should. "Hello Rhapsody." He knew he would be lucky to get a response back, the she-cat hated him. Her hating him was something that amused him. Cats didn't hate him, they feared him, but this she-cat was different than others. She was unique. Very unique.

He moved out of her way so she could enter the cave easily and then he sat, somewhat watching the forest and cave at the same time. He was good at multitasking but he didn't try too much in fear that he would miss something vital. The sound stopped and he looked towards the forest, wondering where Rhapsody was now. Instinct made him stand up, move, and then sit with his back to a wall so she could not get him from behind. It was then that he felt safe and was calm enough to focus his thoughts on everything.
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To say Rhapsody wasn't in a bad mood was wrong. Though she wasn't necessarily furious, she wasn't happy. Her run in with the clan cats hadn't bothered as much, but it irked her that they could not see her view. All they cared for was themselves, the greedy little pests.

Had they decided to move, perhaps leave the forest entirely, she would have been gleeful, something she wasn't always use to feeling. Besides, it couldn't be that hard. All they needed was a different place besides the Amazon, then they could pick their cubs up and any elders who were willing to leave and go. It couldn't be that hard--it just couldn't.

She broke through the thick Amazon overgrowth, sighting the cave and one of the Guardians in her... what was it that they were? They were just a common race with the same enemy, thus becoming allies, but what were they really? A gang, bullies, heartless killers? Perhaps in the eyes of the clan cats. They didn't even seem like a Clan--they were too loose than that. In a way, they were just a group of wild cats with one common enemy.

"Hello Rhapsody," the leopard, Savvy, said. He knew she disliked him because of his breed, but she didn't understand why he would keep his back towards the wall in a subtle defensive way. Sure, it could have been just her over-thinking things, but it was almost as if he were always on alert. Didn't he relax once in his life?

"Hello Savvy." She nodded at him, her tail swishing back and forth slowly as she stalked into the cave. Once in a comfortable amount inside the dark cave, she sat back on her haunches, a long sigh echoing through her. "Have you ever wanted to strangle something into understanding you?" Knowing him, it'd be a yes.

[Aloka]

Savvy
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you ever tried.

She walked by, actually stalked by, something obviously bothering her. Savvy didn't bother asking for he knew it was probably the Clan cats. They bothered her and him alike. Then he heard the question she imposed. "Have you ever wanted to strangle something into understanding you?" His first thought was yes but he didn't say what he thought all the time so he looked at Rhapsody, his blueish green eyes meeting her yellow ones and asked her a question in return. "The better questions are, why do you ask me this when you know my answer? And who/what made you this angry?" Every cat, clan or wild, knew what his answer would be so why she asked it was beyond him.

He pricked his ears towards the forest and then turned his head quickly. He had heard something move within it, not a bird or cat but something else. He stood up and looked closer but saw nothing there that posed an immediate threat. His fur on his shoulders was raised and his lips drawn back in a snarl but there was nothing. His lips returned to cover his teeth, his fur rested, and he turned, his body beginning to relax one more. He could hear his heartbeat within his ears and he closed his eyes to try and assist it in slowing before opening them once more.

He walked into the cave, the cool and damp shade making himi feel more at home, before he lie down in his spot. His home had been one of snow and ice but then it all changed one day. He was never sure how or why it changed but the heat was not something he enjoyed. He prefered the snow, the icy breeze rippling in his fur. He felt like sighing but he didn't and instead returned his attention to Rhapsody. She was suited for jungle life. He was not. Savvy hoped it would rain soon so he could sit in it and enjoy the coolness of it upon his fur and skin. The thought made his skin tingle and he smiled slightly before wiping the smile off his face and sitting up. "I'm acting like a kit!"

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Rhapsody's tail flicked, her mood still sour but dying down. First it had been a simple subordination problem and soon that had morphed into a fierce argument with idiotic cats. The Amazon wasn't large enough to hold them and their ever-growing population. They needed to move.

Rhapsody's amber eyes glanced toward Savvy. He was particularly easy to spot in the Amazon, what with his pale coat and black spots. "The better questions are, why do you ask me this when you know my answer? And who/what made you this angry?"

"Perhaps I wanted to hear it from yourself," she offered, leaving her answer open ended before answering his next question somewhat sarcastically, "Our enemy, the dirt on our feet, the food we eat, would you like more?"

If she were honest with herself, she couldn't wait till their group grew larger. Until then, she couldn't put any of their intent into action for it would be a waste. It was best to hit hard and successfully than soft and unsuccessfully. Thankfully, she could be patient.

[Aloka]

Savvy

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Savvy knew what she meant and it felt the same thing within him. He wanted to rule the rainforest with only the wild cats. He wanted the clan cats to be nothing, to be mere slaves to what the wild cats wanted. He smirked at that thought and wondered what Rhapsody would believe. Would she think he was crazy or would she understand where he was coming from? Instead of fight within his mind he decided to express his thoughts to her and see what would come of it. After all, there was 3 Wild cats now and surely more to come so how hard could it be to fight those little Clan cats?

"Rhapsody. Do you believe we should attack the Clan cats?" He stopped, his voice echoing in the cave slightly before he continued. "We would not have to attack them all. Maybe we could attack one Clan and not kill any, just wound. We would leave them with a message to tell the other cats and then they could fear us once more." He said it with excitement in his voice. He stood up, the excitement filling him even more. "Then we would not have to be here in this one little area. We could expand the territory. We could rule the rainforest like our ancestors did!" He felt his heart begin to go faster and faster as he thought about it. He paced and looked to his leader, wondering what her thought was.

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[A B S T R A C T]

Rhapsody listened to the pale tom next to her in contained interest. What he suggested made sense; it was better to scare than kill. She herself wasn't a bloodthirsty beast--she only did what she did for the good of her kin. Everything had a place for it, everything had a purpose. The path the clan cats were on was not their place to be. Though she wasn't sure which place it would be, all Rhapsody knew was that it wasn't in the Amazon.

She watched as he paced and spoke when he looked for her opinion. "Your idea is one I find interesting, to say the least. I myself would prefer less death and this would be a way of getting them to move," she rumbled out hazily, "But there are flaws in your idea. How do you know the other clans won't retaliate instead of quake in fear? As much as I hate to admit it, three of us cannot take out the power of four clans combined. There is power in numbers, Savvy."

What she said was true, however much she disliked it. Even though her kind were stronger and larger than the clan cats, it was best to head in swift and overpowered than swift and underpowered. After all, Rhapsody had no intent to have her band of allies wiped out after one attack from a poor idea.