{Shiori} Scattered Pieces, Silent Thoughts

[shadowspark]

Bronze-colored paws made no sound, as they carried the lithe black form through the shadows cast by the trees, and bronze-colored ears, flattened to the skull, twitched with each step, picking up all the sounds of the forest. Emerald eyes glowed with anticipation as the pup followed the rabbit trail, closing in on her prey.

Gathering her strength, Shiori lept, landing on the rabbit's back. She drove her sharp teeth into the rabbits neck, killing it instantly. Dragging her kill into the small clearing, Shio rose her head and bayed her triumph to the sky. 'YES!' she howled. 'I did it!!'

Flopping down next to her kill, Shiori began to eat, savoring the rewards of her first solitary hunt. 'I did it!' she thought happily. 'All by myself! My first kill!!'

[arbie]

Myu’s ears twitched at the cheerful howl. She bared her teeth, a low growl escaping as she watched the rabbit get away. Whoever that was would surely pay, and Myu wondered what kind of Falling Moon would howl like that. It was clearly female, so perhaps it was just a stupid pup. Either way, she’d go see what they had to be so happy about. Perhaps even steal their food if they had any. Myu turned, muttering something under her breath before quickening to a run, catching a very recent scent. Myu followed it, teeth still bared, and narrowed her eyes at Shiori when she came into view, ignoring the dead rabbit for the moment.

“what’s the Moon’s Runt cheering about now?” she sneered, circling the pup before stopping in front of Shiori, glancing at the rabbit for the first time, eyes flashing with malice. She could care less about the fact she caught the rabbit, she wasn’t her pup, and she certainly wouldn’t show any pride even if she was. Myu snorted, sitting down slowly.
“Well?” she demanded, as if she couldn’t see what was so good about her catching the rabbit.

[shadowspark]

Shiori's eyes narrowed, her intense gaze following the silver-grey wolf circling her. Her fangs bared and she crouched over her kill. 'I made my first successful kill on a solitary hunt,' the pup replied. She didn't comment on Myu's use of her deroggetory nick-name. Because, unfortunetly, the name was correct. She was a runt. But she never let that hold her back.

Shio could see the look in Myu's eyes. 'My kill is my own,' she growled, her ears back and her lip curled, showing her large fangs even more. 'You will not take it from me.' As a delta, Myu technically outranked her in the pack hierarchy, but something about the silver-grey female always rubbed her the wrong way. So, the slim pup rarely showed Myu much respect.

[[Midnight]]

The racket was enough to irritate Justyn even if only minorly. But the sound of tense voices -and familiar ones at that- and some snarling was cause for something interesting, and the Beta was bored. Why not investigate?

He knew he could hear Myu, that was for sure. Her cynical voice wasn't at all hard to pick out.
Pushing himself up from his resting place, the wolf travelled the short distance to the two females, his head held low like he was ready to take to defense at any moment.

His eyes shifted from Myu to Shiori, who was currently protecting a kill. It wasn't much of a kill at all, not like a belly-quenching moose cow, but Justyn realized that it may be Shiori's first. It wasn't hard to put two-and-two together.

"Pickin' on pups, Myu? Sounds like you're having fun," he said, obviously in a sarcastic way. He looked over at Shiori, his eyes hard, but he didn't say anything to her. Yet, anyway.

[shadowspark]

{I'm gonna wait for Arbie to reply before I do.}

[[Midnight]]

{'Tis fine}

[arbie]

Myu feigned surprise, but didn’t try too hard. She wasn’t really one to make fun of people like that, and somehow it appeared even more patronizing when it was so obviously fake.
“Oh? So that’s what that little scrap of meat is?” she taunted, but looked completely serious. When Shiori bared her teeth, Myu did the same. She noticed that hers’ were a bit big for being a pup, they were probably about the same as a young wolf. Not exactly a pup, but not exactly an adult either. A loud snarl erupted from her throat, warning Shiori. Not really about anything in particular. She won’t take it from her? She would have laughed. Myu rolled her eyes.
“I could take it from you.” she spat, but looked round at the sound of someone else coming.

She straightened up, teeth hiding behind lips again. Her body relaxed when she noticed it was just Justyn and not Duke or someone just as important. Well, no one could be as important as Duke. She never respected Justyn, and never liked the fact that he was made Beta. It wasn’t jealousy, it was just bitter confusion. Why had a wolf like Justyn been made Beta? Myu hadn’t quite worked out that it could be because Duke wanted to keep an eye on him. She had never heard of the saying ‘keep your friends close, but your enemies closer’.
‘Course, that may be because most of her enemies were now dead.

“Delightful.” she retorted frowning in his general direction before looking own at Shiori again.
“How long did it take you to catch that rabbit?” she asked, attempting to sound curious, but failing at that too. She glanced at Justyn, wondering if he’d compliment the pup in any way. Part of her was determined to find a soft, Dancing Star-like spot in Justyn somewhere. Of course she kept that deep down.

[shadowspark]

Shiori flicked her ears in respect to Justyn, but did not take her eyes off of Myu. 'You could try to take it from me. You won't succeed, but you're welcome to try,' she snarled, ignoring Myu's other taunt. 'I am not afraid of you.' Shio knew that she would probably get into trouble for this, but she also knew that the time had come to prove to the grey wolf that she could be a serious fighter if there was need.

Abstractly, Shio wondered what Rose and Duke would think of this. Would they be proud? Or would they just think that she was being a fool? 'Oh well,' the pup thought. 'Too late to change things now.'

Shiori's ears went back once more and she growled again. This time the growl had no words. Her fangs bared once again, the pup readied herself for a fight.

[[Midnight]]

Justyn remembered first seeing Shiori. She was nothing less than a scrap of defiant fur since the beginning. A strong survival instinct and a powerful personality was what you needed to be a part of Falling Moon, so perhaps that was why Duke allowed the little scrap to stay. She had both.
But more than just guts were needed to survive in Moons. Was this knowledge already inside of the agressive pup?

Interested in seeing what was going to unfold, Justyn sat back on his haunches and remained silent while Myu and Shiori bickered like nothing more than vixens. Of course, he couldn't say that he and Rose's first real conversation hadn't been anything less than angry banter... But at least that had gotten them both somewhere.

When Myu had glanced at him, Justyn caught the look and snorted, telling right away what she was thinking. Apparently the old girl still hadn't gotten the memo that Justyn had been willing to physicaly hurt anybody who stood in his way for the Beta position. And now that he was there, he'd be willing to hurt some wolves who tried to take that position away from him.

It's a good thing my secret alliance with Rose hasn't made me a complete softie, he thought to himself, snorting out loud when he did so.

[shadowspark]

{Again, let's wait for Arbie.}

[arbie]

Myu snarled very loudly at Shiori. She didn’t like how confident this pup was, and how she thought she could win in a fight against herself. What a stupid, arrogant, flea-ridden little dog. Tail twitching, she completely ignored Justyn, and lashed out at Shiori’s face, aiming to scratch the dog on the nose. If that didn’t make the thing back down, then Myu would gladly prove to her that she should.

Her ear twitched in Justyn’s direction when he snorted. Then he snorted again a bit after. Snorting herself, Myu looked round at him, frowning, clearly agitated.
“What is your problem?” she asked, looking him up and down before looking back at Shiori in case the dog attempted to ‘attack’ her when she was distracted. It was hard when Justyn was in a completely other spot than Shiori, and she wanted to see what Justyn was saying. It was a bad habit of Myu, she liked to watch others as they spoke. She didn’t know why, it was just something she did.

She bared her teeth again, claws digging into the ground. She didn’t really care if this looked odd, a grown wolf going against a pup. Myu treated everyone equally, although they were put into categories, and if this pup wanted to be treated like an adult in her eyes, then that is what would happen. For Myu, there were only two categories. Pups and adults. Pups were ignored the best they possibly could be, adults were treated like dirt. Simple.

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[shadowspark]

{Uh... Arbie, Sylvia is a Stars pup. Shiori is the Moons pup in this rp.}

Shoiri ducked Myu's first swipe, using her small size to her advantage - she not have to move all that far. She met Myu's snarl with one of her own. Her muscles were tensed to attack, but she waited to see if Justyn was going to interfere.

Shiori prepared for Myu to swipe at her again. When she did, Shio would scrape her fangs along the adult wolf's paw. Shio ran her tongue over her teeth, as her gaze followed Myu's every move. Her eyes flicked to Justyn, questioningly, for a fraction of a second, then returned to Myu.

Shiori was a little worried. Would she get in trouble if she drew blood? After all, Myu technically outranked her. 'Well,' the pup thought. 'I don't want to hurt anyone, but she did attack me first. And I will defend myself.' Shio kept her weight balanced, and changed her stance so as to be ready for whatever would happen next.

[arbie]

ooc|
Uh, Myu only attacked once o-o;;
And sorry, I'll change that!

[shadowspark]

{Oops. Umm... can we say that Myu attacked Shio twice? Paint told me that I needed to make my posts longer, and that was the only thing I could think of. Is it okay?}

[arbie]

ooc|
I'd rather you didn't powerplay =/ You could always write about the surroundings, emotions, thoughts etc.