Sun Rise Ch. 13

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Janja tried his hardest not to look at Jasiri. He knew why this time, he was afraid, afraid of what would happen if he did. He couldn't let her know that though, the dam keeping his emotions packed away had a few cracks in it, but it still wasn't going to burst. Over the course of a couple months, she had been trying to spend more time with him, and he wasn't necessarily complaining either. Turns out that when they weren't arguing over clan territory, they got along surprisingly well. He even managed to make her laugh a bunch of times. He started to rather enjoy her presence, and that's what he was afraid of.
Janja was afraid to be around her, because he liked being around her. She got him to do things, she got him to act in a way he never had before. Whenever he was alone, he found himself drifting off and wondering what Jasiri was doing at the moment. Was she thinking about him? Is she doing well? Is she not doing well and she just isn't telling anyone? How could he help?
Suddenly his attention was brought to another hyena coming to sit down beside them. She was purple/grey like Jasiri, and had a similar shark fin stile of mane as Janja. She had a dark gray patch between her eyes that reminded Janja of Nne.
"Hi, I'm Fikiria!" She said.
Jasiri looked over at her, "Hi There! I don't think I've seen you before, what clan are you from?"
"Oh I'm from Nabii's clan. They're just about to start, and I thought I would just kinda break off and come join you guys."
Janja asked. "If you're from Nabii's clan, where is your shoulder mark? Doesn't her clan use those now?"
"Oh it's not her entire clan that wear them. I never was a fan of it anyways."
Jasiri responded, "Oh well that's interesting. Go ahead, say hi to her Janja!"
"Ugh, hi." Janja said without even looking at her.
Jasiri nudged him, "Oh come on, you can be nicer than that!"
Janja sighed, then turned to Fikiria and properly greeted her.
"Hey, I'm Janja."
"I can tell." She responded.
"So what made you decide to come over here?" Jasiri asked.
"I followed a white moth. Rumors have it that if you follow one, it will take you to where you're most needed. Those things are pretty rare around here, have you ever seen any before?"
Jasiri had thought about it. Janja couldn't quite recall ever spotting one.
Jasiri spoke up, "I want to say I have."
"Huh, well that's strange. Maybe you will one day, now that you know about the one that lives her.  You know, my brother has a friend that loves insects, she'll talk with about anything to with bugs. I quite admire it myself. She doesn't speak much though to anyone else though, so I have to have my brother relay the information on to me. I hope she can learn how to socialize better."
"Huh, that's interesting. Very in touch with your family I see. I've got a sister right over here, and an older brother that I haven't seen in a while." Jasiri responded.
Janja zoned out. A brother? Since when did Jasiri have a brother? What more about Jasiri did he now know about? He was snapped back though when Fikiria had asked him,
"So Janja, where do you live?"
Janja was caught off guard a bit, being put in the spotlight.
"Uh, up at the volcano crater."
"Oh yeah, now I recognize you! I love the volcano, it's very interesting in my opinion. Most people are afraid of it though, I don't understand that."
"Oh really now?" Jasiri asked while raising an eyebrow.
"What is it that you find interesting about the volcano?"
"I mean look at it! It's so tall and mysterious! I wonder if anyone even knows how it formed. How did it get there? Was it natural, or did someone put it there? Why is it so hot? Where from underground does all the lava and magma come from? What will our great great grand children think about it? Will they ever know the answers to these questions, or even ask these questions?"
Janja told her, "You certainly ask a lot of questions."
His face showed he was a bit annoyed.
"Oh I think it's good to ask a lot of questions. When you ask questions, people can't lie to you. It keeps you and everyone else thinking."
"Huh, I guess I never thought about that." Jasiri replied.
Janja wish he knew that earlier in his life.
"Yeah... me neither..."
Jasiri looked at him.
"Are you ok?"
She placed her paw on his back.
Just what he needed, to make her worry about him.
He perked his ears up and put on his normal sly demeanor.
"What do you mean? Of course I'm ok."
That's when he turned to look at her. He was met with her adorable face and subtle blue eyes. He jerked his head away, not wanting to look at her any longer.
"Janja, you can talk to me, I'll listen."
Why did she say that? "I'll listen"? What did that even mean? Would she really? No of course she wouldn't, no one would listen to him. Janja wouldn't even listen to himself, how could she listen to him?
"Jasiri, I'm fine. I'll be fine."
"I really hope you are Janja."
Why couldn't she just stop being nice to him! He wanted to tell her to just stop treating him like this, but at the same time he wanted to thank her for it. What was he supposed to do?
Fikiria finally ended his misery by saying something else.
"Janja, I want to recommend you something."
"What is it?"
"Have you ever heard of finding a dandelion and rubbing it on your chin?"
"Now why in God's name would I do a crazy thing like that?"
"If it rubs off on your chin, then they say it means you're in love."
"That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Janja replied.
Jasiri then laughed and said, "Janja, you're not exactly a good person to decide if something's crazy or not."
He smiled at her, for some reason no longer afraid to look at her. What was even going on with him?
"Hey now, don't have that attitude with me." He said in a joking way.
"What are you gonna do? Beat me up?" She laughed.
"I might have to get 'crazy' again as you say."
They both chuckled a little. Fikiria interrupted before they could say anything else.
"Hey now, you two can flirt in your own time."
They all laughed. Janja felt good now. For some reason, he felt oddly happy, almost like he actually wanted to be there. He relaxed a bit, ready to know how far he could go and salvage what little dignity he had left. That didn't last long however, because their attention was brought to Nabii and Sevaga, who now took up position in front of the entire crowd. They were escorted by a group of big hyenas, most likely guards. They also sported the same red marks on their shoulders.
"Her Maalum Guards." Fikiria spoke.
"What a bunch of metal heads."
With the massive ditch dug behind her, Nabii spoke up in a loud yet cheerful voice, "Excuse me everybody, may I have your attention!"
Most of the crowd didn't stop chattering. She brought her paw up to her mouth and whistled very loudly, catching everyone's attention. Two members in the front kept talking though, so Sevaga gave them an angry look and yelled, "Hey! Our Leader Nabii is speaking you fur-bains!"
They stopped as Nabii said, "Thank you Sevaga."
She looked at the crowd and said, "Alright! So hopefully you all know why I called all of you here today!"
Someone from the crowd raised their paw and said, "Is it about the canal?"
Nabii put on a delighted tone and said, "Yes! Very smart! We are here today to begin work on our canal! But first, I would like to personally thank a very special guest from the Backlands for helping us dig a canal all the way here. Tombie, would you please stand up?"
Tombie stood up as everyone gave him a round of applause.
"Would his clan please stand as well so we can see all of you?"
Tombie's clan amongst the crowd all stood up, and the cheering began once more.
"Thanks to them, we can begin phase two of our project! You guys can take your seats now if you wish."
They sat back down. A yellow bat flew over to Sevaga from over a rock ledge, and Sevaga raised his paw for the bat to hang on. He brought his ear to it as it began to whisper something to him. Nabii paid no mind to this, almost as though she already knew what it was saying.
"The next step is to break this canal off and bring the water to each of our territories if possible. A lot more work will be required to do this however, but I believe we can do this if we were to all work together."
Someone from the crowd spoke up, "So you want us to work on the canals?"
Nabii looked at him, and immediately responded.
"It's very rude to interrupt someone when they're talking sir. Yes, we are all going to work on this, it is expected of you."
"Why can't you guys just work on it?" Someone else asked.
"Comrade, wouldn't it be much more satisfying at the end of the day to marvel at your own work and accomplishments?"
"What's in it for us?" Another asked.
"Water my dear comrades, clean water fresh from the North! That's what I wish to bring you, but I can not do it alone comrades, no. I'll need your help to do it!"
The crowd began chatting again, though very quietly this time, everyone deciding what they want to do.
Jasiri looked over at Janja, "I think I'll join. My clan and I are too parched at the moment, and the watering hole is not going to be able to survive if this heat gets any worse."
Madoa replied, "That's a good idea, I think the rest of the clan would agree."
Jasiri looked over at her and said, "Hopefully. We'll still check with them though."
Janja could care less. He lived at the volcano, that place had next to no water and was burning hot all the time. He was used to those kinds of conditions by this point.
Sevaga walked up to Nabii and whispered something into her ear. She smiled and nodded. The bat flew off by this point.
Rookus spoke up, surrounded by some of her clan members.
"Hey Nabii! We would like to help out!"
Tombie stood up again and said, "My clan is still up for it!"
Jasiri stood up and said, "I haven't quite made a final decision yet, but I know I'm up for it!"
A couple more animals and group leaders joined. A couple more Jackal packs, a loner hyena or two, and some other smaller reptiles and lizards volunteered. Nabii smiled even more at the whole scene.
"Great! I'll give you all more time to think about it. If you wish to join, meet back here in about a week from now and we'll get started! For the Outlands!"
Everyone cheered back, "For the Outlands!"
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"You! I should have guessed it was you earlier!" Eye yelled at him as they were all tied down by Sly and his henchmen. She had her front paws tied behind her back, and her two back paws tied together straight out as she laid on her stomach. She was then dragged over to wall as she jerked around, trying to get free, but to no avail. Eye was then thrown up against a wall where the others were tied up similarly. Everyone, except Mshale, felt ashamed for being bested so quickly.
"I agree, to be honest I expected a bit better than that." Sly responded.
"Who is this freak?" Reirei asked.
Sly looked at her.
"I should be offended! How could you all not recognize me by this point? Sly? The brown hyena rebel who SHOULD be in charge of Rookus's clan?" He said with a growl in his voice.
Mshale spoke up, "You must have sucked then, because I've literally never heard of you before."
Sly was taken back as Reirei broke out in laughter.
"Yes you have heard of him before!" Eye yelled.
"I know, I just wanted to make him angry." Mshale said chuckling.
Sly walked over to him.
"I'd recommend that you don't do that." He said with a low gargle in his voice.
Mshale spat in his face. Sly jumped back, disgusted and wiping his face off.
"Uggh, disgusting! I can't wait to have you on your knees!" He yelled back. He then turned around and slashed Mshale across the face, giving him another get of claw marks.
"Mshale!" Eye yelled while scooting closer to him.
"GET BACK!" Sly yelled.
"No!"
Sly and a couple others then forced Eye back into her original position. Tears began to form in her eyes.
Mshale tried to comfort her. "I'll be fine Eye, this fur-brain doesn't scare me."
"Mshale stop! He'll only hurt you!"
Mshale looked at her. His one eye spoke everything to her that she needed to know. If they showed any affection to each other, Sly would only hurt them more. She stopped, and Mshale turned back to Sly.
Mshale mocked him.
"Congrats, you caught us. Question is though, what will this prove?"
"I was hoping to attract that blasted Jasiri here, but I guess she's too smart to fall for stuff like this."
"So, what's your gameplan this time?"
"Why would I tell you?" Sly asked while squinting his eyes.
One of the henchmen blurted out in a excited tone, "We're gonna sneak attack Nabii and capture her!"
Sly jumped around and shushed him.
One of Mshale's eyebrows raised.
"Sounds interesting, for what reason?"
"Stop asking questions playboy!" Sly yelled.
The henchmen from before blurted out again, "She's the leader of the Outlands, so Thimba wants to get rid of her!"
Sly along with the other henchmen slowly turned to face the deviant.
Sly told him, "When we're done here, you're joining them."
"Yes boss." He said lowering his ears.
Sly faced Mshale again. Eye asked him, "What do you ever hope to gain from this?"
"My rightful clan that's what! With Nabii out of the way, the Outlands will be defenseless! Thimba can have the others, I'm just in this to get Rookus out of the way."
Sly walked over to eye and got uncomfortably close to her.
"Then you, and that entire clan will do as I say."
She growled at him. Sly laughed maniacally as he walked over to his henchmen.
"Alright, some of you boys come with me. The rest of you stay here and make sure they don't escape."
He continued to cackle as he left with a couple of the raggedy brown hyenas.
"YOU GET BACK HERE AND UNTIE US THIS INSTANT!" Reirei yelled.
"Yeah, what she said!" Goigoi said.
"Oh no." Eye quietly spoke to herself.
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The crowd hadn't quite dispersed yet, with the clan leaders working out who would be where and doing what. Jasiri, Tombie, and Rookus, along with a couple of other creatures, volunteered to join.
"Thank you all so much for hearing out my visions guys, it truly means a lot to me!" Nabii said.
"It's no problem Nabii, some of these things have needed to get done for a while." Jasiri replied.
"This dry season will only get worse. Without the canals, some of our groups might not even get water." Rookus added in.
Tombie joined with, "My clan might not quite live in the Outlands, but we'll be glad to help in any way we can."
"So, what about comrade Reirei? Is her pack going to join?" Nabii asked.
A jackal from Reirei's pack, Tembea, commented, "She hasn't come back with Goigoi yet. We're beginning to worry!"
Mkuba walked in with, "Now that you mention it, Mshale and Sevaga have gone missing too."
"And so has Eye." Said Rookus.
Nabii said, "Sevaga has gone to attend to some other business, he should be back shortly. Mshale though, I believe I have an inkling as to where he's located."
"I'll go look for them!" Jasiri volunteered.
"No!" Nabii yelled, catching Jasiri off guard for a moment.
"I'll send some clan members to go look for them, you relax."
"Um... ok."
Rookus looked at Nabii.
"Do you know something that we don't?"
"Of course not comrade! I know just as much as any of you!"
"Ok, if you say so."
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"So what made you decide to join the movement?" Eye asked Reirei.
"Correction, I never fully joined."
"Well... you certainly aren't trying to kill anyone anymore. How come?"
Reirei looked over at Eye. She raised an eyebrow and said, "What makes you think I even changed in the first place? How do you know I'm not just putting up an act and that this is all part of my plan?"
"Because we would have caught you by now. I'm pretty sure everyone jas caught on to how you jackals work by now."
"You wanna put that to the test?"
"You can't get anything past me Reirei."
Reirei sat there and thought for a while. She looked over at Goigoi, and then up into the sky while leaning back on the wall.
"I don't know. I guess I'm just sick of it. Most of my life I spent hating the Guard, and that gave me nothing. If there's one things Jackals know how to do, it's how to get things. I wanted a change, and now I'm getting it. You guys have given me more than Scar ever could."
"That was, really nice of you to say Reirei. You're welcome." Eye responded with a smile.
Reirei looked at her. "Of course that could just be another lie."
"And she's back." Eye sighed.
One of the brown hyena henchmen looked over and yelled, "Hey shut up! You guys are hostages, act like hostages!"
Mshale smiled, and Eye immediately knew he was going to do something stupid.
"That's the thing, I don't quite know how to act like a hostage, you think you could come over here and show me?"
The henchmen stood up.
"What did you say to me?"
Mahale hung his head to one side, and his tone of voice stated that he wasn't taking the situation seriously at all.
"I'm saying I need some help in learning how to act like a hostage. Could you come over here and help me?"
The henchman slowly walked over, and got in to Mshale's personal space. He whispered so closely to Mshale's face that a little spit got on the striped hyena.
"What do you want help with?"
"This"
And Mshale lashed out, immediately jumping for the hyena's throat. He missed and got the side of the goon's neck instead. Mshale's paws got free from the vines tied around him. He brought the brown hyena down to the ground and rolled him over on to his back. Mshale put a paw on his head to keep him from striking upwards.
"Stay down!"
The other goons began to crowd around him, growling and snarling at him.
"How did you do that!?" One of them yelled.
"I've been tied down many times before in some of my shows, you think I don't know how to get out of those?"
Mshale turned to Eye. Once again the look on his face told her everything. "Untie the others!" It spoke. She slowly began shifting over to Reirei in an attempt to untie her without the others noticing. Eye leaned down and started biting on the vines that tied Reirei. Mshale looked back at the fiends, now slowly inching in on him.
"Get back! Or I'll kill him!" He yelled.
They slowed down to a halt.
"Go ahead, kill him. We don't care." One of them said.
"Do you really?"
The brown hyena under Mshale started yelling, "Please get back guys!"
"Hush!" Mshale yelled. He looked back up at the others.
"Besides, Sly wouldn't be very happy if one of his own men was found dead, would he? You don't exactly have men to spare, do you?"
The others stopped to think about it.
"Yeah that's right. You heard Sly earlier, ya don't wanna make him angry, do ya?"
They stepped back, just as Eye had freed Reirei and Goigoi. They had freed Eye in return, then both stood up, and Mshale nudged his head over to the crevice in the wall. Reirei and Goigoi ran over to it, and the hyenas began to growl.
"Agh, hey now! What would Sly think if he lost a crew member!"
They didn't stop growling.
"You wouldn't want to explain to Thimba why you lost such important man power, would you?"
They stopped, just long enough for the two jackals to squeeze through and escape. Eye began to squeeze through now.
"You're really starting to get on my nerves Mr. Stripes!" One of the brown hyenas said.
"Feeling's mutual." Mshale responded
Once Eye had gone out of sight, Mshale got off of the other hyena and made mad dash for the exit. He slammed into the crevice as he heard jaws snapping and growling snarls of viscous Assassins behind him. Luckily he squeezed through just in time, and the sharp teeth of a wall of brown hyenas missed him. He continued to shove his way though as the others fought about who should go in first. Finally a brown hyena slipped through and led the way. Mshale was faster though, and he made it out the other end. Eye was waiting for him on the other side.
"Where's the Jackals?" He asked.
"They ran ahead, come on we gotta go!"
A brown hyena flew out of the crack in the wall. Mshale ducked as Eye headbutted the attacker. Mshale got up and they both kicked up dirt they ran off so fast. More brown hyena henchmen crawled of the hole in the wall, and they gave chase.
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It had become night by this point, and the crowds were beginning to trickle off, with the group leaders having to keep track of where everyone was at and trying to keep them together. Janja was just about to try and leave when Tombie came out of no where.
"Hello Janjy!"
"Don't call me that."
"Janjy"
"I will end you."
"You tried to before and it didn't work."
Janja didn't have a rebuttal to that.
"Everything I do doesn't work..." he said lowering his head.
Tombie was shocked. Was this really Janja? Did he happen to confuse another hyena for Janja by accident?
"Janja, what makes you say that?"
Janja turned to look at his red brother.
"Are you gonna lie to me? What are you gonna tell me, that I'm not a failure? That's all I've ever accomplished in my life, becoming a failure! Look at you, you've brought so much to this community! The only thing I've ever brought was ash. The sooner we all accept that I'm a lost cause, the sooner you all can just move on."
"Janja shut up. I don't ever want to hear you talk about that stuff ever again. Listen, you don't have to-"
Before Tombie could finish, he was swindled away by a paw around his neck. He turned to see that Nabii had pulled him away. Something about her was off though, she was not escorted by her guards this time. They were no where to be seen.
"Nabii! What are you doing!"
"Comrade Tombie, I think it would be best if we just left Janja alone for a little bit."
"What do you mean? He's sad and needs our help!"
"I don't think you're getting to complete picture here. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. Right now Janja needs to be left alone to his own thoughts. Let him come to a decision on his own."
"Ok, but if he gets any worse, I'm gonna be a brother and help him!"
"Think about this, did he try to help you, ever? Besides, if I were you, I would dedicate some more time to your growing relationship."
She motioned her head over to Madoa. Before Tombie could reply, Nabii had walked away. What the heck was she talking about? What kind of game was she playing? Tombie went back over to Madoa anyways though, seeing Janja heading back over to his two friends.
Nabii had stood near a suspicious rock pile. Jasiri's attention was brought to the sight. It was almost as though Nabii was trying to lure something out, with the way she paced back and forth in front of it. No guards or anything. Normally she would have a group of bigger hyenas around her in an attempt to protect herself.
"Nabii?" Jasiri called out to her.
"Yes?"
"Are you ok? What are you doing?"
"Oh don't worry about me, I'm just sitting here, waiting for something to happen!"
Her ears perked up.
"Oh, and there it is!"
A brown and rugged looking hyena, his face covered in scars, leaped out from behind the rocky pile behind her. He leaped on to her and pinned her down. Rookus turned to notice the fowl hyena just as Reirei and the rest were chased back to the crowd by some of Sly's minions. The crowds attention was directed towards the henchmen brown hyenas surrounding the scene.
Rookus didn't know what to think. Sly was back! Of course Sly was back! But why here? And why now?
"I demand your attention, Now!" Sly yelled in a scratchy voice.
The crowd stopped to face him.
"Nobody moves, and nobody gets hurt!"
He obtained a massive grin on his face.
"Though I would prefer to do things the violent way."
"Sly, stop!" Rookus yelled.
"What are you gonna do? Attack me? If that's so, be prepared to say bye bye to your precious Nabii here!"
"Let her go!" Jasiri yelled.
"No! We're gonna take her to Thimba, he will decide her fate! Once you're pathetic little leader here is gone, the Outlands will completely collapse!"
Nabii spoke up and said.
"So you wanna do things the violent way, huh? Ok then."
She began whistling. Out from behind some surrounding rocks, her missing guards leaped out over the brown henchmen and tackled Sly to the ground. Nabii squeezed out from the dogpile and brushed herself off. Sevaga stepped out from behind a rock and looked down at the fallen Sly.
"Nice try, but we saw you coming from a mile away!" Sevaga yelled.
A yellow bat flew out from behind the rocks and landed on Sevaga's extended leg.
Sly was pinned to the ground by two larger hyenas, each with the red symbol on their shoulders. The other four guards turned to the other brown henchmen.
"Sick em." Nabii spoke.
The four guards ran off towards the the goons, scattering them across the night. Jasiri looked back at Nabii in the ensuing chaos.
"How did you know?"
"It's easy when you have some Tazama."
She held up her leg as if to signify she was referring to the bat, with the one Sevaga had flying over to her.
"And with some Maalum Guards."
The two Maalum Guards stood up with Sly, closely standing on each side of him.
Sevaga told them, "If he tries to run, kill him!"
Rookus's ears perked up.
"Don't hurt him!" She yelled.
Sevaga slightly turned his head in acknowledgment, but not completely as to face her.
"Relax comrade, that won't happen." He assured her. He then turned back to face the attempted assassin.
"If, you do exactly as I say."
The other Maalum Guards came back empty pawed, hanging there heads down in disappointment. Sevaga turned to them and said, "Do not fret, We have the leader right here. Though next time, Nabii and I will be expecting better results."
Nabii then whistled for the crowd's attention as Sly was escorted off by some of the Maalum Guard along with Sevaga.
"Now I believe you've figured out my purpose for calling you all out here tonight. It was to lure in a part of Thimba's army, and capture them! I have just eliminated Sly from Thimba's army!" She said with a cheer in her voice.
Everyone began to cheer after that.
"NA-BII!
NA-BII!
NA-BII!
NA-BII!
NA-BII!"
She had a large smile on her face, an unnaturally wide grin. Rookus didn't quite know what to make of the whole scene. Was that it? That couldn't be it! After all this time, and Sly was taken down, just like that!
Mshale and Eye joined her from behind.
"Wow." Eye spoke. She turned to Mshale.
"Did you know Nabii was planning to do that?"
"I might have had an inkling." Was his only response.
How many more secrets was her clan hiding?
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