'IM TIRED!' moaned Christeen as they walked though the Sangala jungle. 'And I'm hot and smelly and itchy and surrounded by mondo sized mosquitoes that would bite just as soon as look at you!' 'Shut uuuup!' Alex her companion moaned ' I could bet every single thing in the world I'm just as tired of you screaming as you are of the heat!' 'God why did I ever agree to show her the jungle.' Alex muttered to himself as he rubbed the sides of his nose with one hand like what you do when you have a headache. Then they heard a noise. 'What-was-that.' Christeen said slowly. 'I don't know it just kinda sounded like a rustle in the leaves. Maybe it was just a bird or the wind.'

But Alex knew better he was only saying that so she wouldn't blast his eardrums onto the next planet with screams that only the deafest person in the world could ignore. The noise was more likely a tiger or a lion but they knew to keep their distance from him they had seen many a animal fall unconscious with his great agility and strength not that he ever killed an animal, no he only attacked if they attacked first. They were just walking along again when they heard a 'AAAAAAAAH!' coming from above them. They looked up to see a girl no older than 12 clothed in lion skin and around her neck the mane of a male lion.

In fact if they had not been in such good light they would have passed her only thinking it was another lion and a male one at that. She landed in front of them growling as if not permitting them to go any further. Alex slowly started to speak. 'Who are you?' he asked hesitantly. The girl straightened up and said mockingly 'Oh look it can speak how interesting. But will it attack like all the others.' Alex gave out a sigh of relief she would not attack as long as he wouldn't and he was about to speak again when Christeen as usual interrupted with a stream of questions. 'Who are you? Where do you come from? How old are you? And most of all what is that ridiculous thing you are wearing?' Alex sighing now she had probably gone and provoked her again well that was Christeen for you.

The girl sighed as well and said ' Yes. You are quite correct I have not introduced myself I am Taiko of the Webishito clan I am ten and this 'thing I am wearing' as you put it is exactly what it seems lion skin and the ruff is a mane only worn by the most expert hunter of the tribe.' Christeen scoffed 'Ha! How you be an expert hunter if you're only ten!' Well that had done it the girl bristled all over and the ruff around her neck seemed to stand on end she had definitely been insulted. 'It's extremely hard to become a good hunter but to be the best you must take a test a speed and skill that is that most difficult thing in your life.' Her words were short and clipped and that illusion of her ruff standing on end still had not subsided. 'I suppose you wouldn't like to try it out Madam Priss.' Her mocking words stuck and stung and it was Christeen's turn to bristle.

'Shut up. Shut up!' She screamed getting louder by the second. 'Oh boy.' thought Alex 'Maybe I can slink away unnoticed. Yeah that's it' But just as Alex started to 'slink away' Taiko had a sudden change of mind she grabbed them both and pulled them into the trees. She started leaping along the branches ignore Christeen's infamous ear drum shattering screams when suddenly... ________________________________________________________________________Oooo oooooooooooooooooooh! Cliffhanger! YAY! How'd ya like it! Now as a celebration of my new story everyone must review I will not post again until I get 15 reviews! Just so I know I have enough followers! And if you do your name will be on my thank you A/N's! YAY! So REVIEW REVIEW!

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