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I love you.

I shall gt an intro up, 'ventually, then. xD]]

[[...

OH DEAR GOD I LOVE YOU SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

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Yes, that's ok with me. :3]]

((Mistake)

Sneak.... Sneak.... Pounce....
"RAWR!!!!!"

A large siberian tiger roared in the face of a lady clad in green with a beige safari hate. The seemingly fearless lady folded her arms and shook her head, causing the fearsome tigress to let out a whimper and sit down in front of the woman. The woman smiled, a grin reaching from ear to ear, as she tossed the tigress fish and meat, making a joyous mew come from the great cat's maw. The tigress caught every single piece and gulped it down her large throat, savoring every taste of the succulent meal. She looked up at the feeding lady and lowered her head, begging for more.

"No, that's enough for today." The woman laughed, reaching over to pat the tigress's head. She whimpered again, lowering her bottom lip to pout and the woman sighed, tossing her another piece of salmon. "Naomi, you are going to get fat if you keep getting more." Naomi tossed her great head, little drips of water coming from her ears from an earlier bath. The woman laughed again and climbed out of the habitat, locking the gate behind her.

Naomi laughed once more and then dropped the act, trotting unhappily back to her cavern where she had lived for her entire life. She gazed around the cavern, her eyes spotting the small tire swing that she had once played on as a young cub. She lifted a paw and gazed at the claws and the largeness of it. Not even her head would fit through the tire swing now. Her hazel eyes peered out at the setting sun and she watched as the last visitors of the zoo wandered out of site, throguh the gates and out of the zoo, the gate closing behind them.

"Could I really do it..." Naomi said to herself, her eyes closing in thought. "Could I really leave Amy and Carol... Bob.... James... All of them?" She thought of her friends she had made at the zoo and every moment she had spent with them. Even the time she had gotten shots was a good memory. And every memory had Amy in it. The brunette lady who had rescued her from a hunter when she was only a cub. Amy had taken her in and, even now, was still caring for her.

Naomi wrapped her paws around her head as she lay down, wondering what she was to do. She had always been happy in the zoo, but now, she was having second thoughts. She wondered if there was life outside this zoo. Maybe she could find her parents, the brother she vaguely remembered. She could find out what real trees smelled like and what non-fake grass felt like under her rough paws. She could swim in water and expierience the rush of hunting. It was Decided...

Tomorrow she would Escape.

Tomorrow...

[[Gah, so sorry. I had school, and left late. Typing up a reply now~

EDIT- Also, none compare to the black Assassin. NONE.]]

Lakra sat alone on the rocky outcrop, his icy blue gaze flitting lazily out onto the forest below him. He had fought with his father again; supposed to be a normal sign a young cub was growing up, but his father was old and was frightened of fighting. His older brothers, born the year before him, had already left. He alone inhabited the den with his mother, and he rarely saw his father. He knew there was something his family weren't telling him, though.

He had vague- very vague- memories of another cub, as young as him. His mother said it was a memory of one of his brothers, but he knew better. This tiger had been a girl. One day, he'd find her. He was determined that day would come soon. As he heard his mother calling him back, he loped lazily down the steep incline to the den, where he found his mother waiting alone, his father no where to be found.

''Mother, I'm very much past the age at which a tiger would normally leave. You know that, right?'' He spoke softly, although he planned to leave no matter what she said.
''I know, my little Lakra. It's just... I need to tell you something first. You... had a sister, once. I left you two alone to hunt, though, and she wandered out. I think she was killed and eaten, but I never found any bones...'' Her eyes, so much like Lakra's icy blue ones, were staring intently into his.
''Mother... you... Lied to me. All this time...'' He shook his hed, before turning to the entrance of the den.
''Goodbye, Lakra. Where do you plan to go?''
''Where ever my paws and my instinct take me.'' He leaped from the den, then, landing on the forest floor several feet away. The den was, afterall, situated near the very base of the mountain.

He closed his eyes, breathed deeply, and took one last look at his home before heading off into the night.

After being fed in the morning, Naomi trotted over to the fence and poked her nose, sniffing. The zoo hadn't opened yet which meant less security, but she was still going to have to get through the gate guard. She pushed through the carelessly left open gate from the intern who had just started working and ran past Amy who was coming to greet her. She leaped over the gate without looking back, escaping through the back way and into the forest beyond.

Naomi didn't glance back, but she heard the running footsteps of humans following her. As she ran, she sniffed the air and slowed a bit, smelling Amy at the head of the followers. Amy would understand, but no. She had to keep going or they would catch her. She had to find her home, her family, everything. She needed to know the truth...

Lakra had been running all night, and was now a little weary. He smelled another tiger, though, and stood stock still. It smelled familiar... like a drea half remembered. He followed his nose, to see a young female tiger running past him. His eyes widened, as he saw the humans chasing her, and he ran ahead of her wordlessly, guiding her.

He ran on, over the forest floor covered in decomposing autumn leaves, over fallen trunks and roots of ancient twisted trees. Finally, he came to a rocky entrance, and slid inside =, trying to calm his erratic breathing. It wouldn't be her... what were the chances of it?