Min awoke in her den the sun was already set.  She yawned, after the loss of her family she saw no reason to see the light of day.  She had lost her small pup, in a raid, and had no interest in losing anyone else in her clan...she knew this was unlikely.

Misu was at camp hunting, he had succeeded in catching several pidgey but felt he was coming to close to the border, making him turn and sprint back.

(( Hi, sorry for the uber late post, I had to sleep at some point XD ))

Ghost narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Skull. He didn't like his second-in-command giving him orders. However, he just dropped it. He understood why the pokemon's parents wouldn't want Skull around their children. Plus, this would give him an oppertunity to get away from Rose....
"Fine, I'll go," he said, walking away to meet up with the group.

"Hey!" Rose shouted after him, "what about that cut?!"

Ghost didn't look back but simply waved goodbye with his paw.

Rose sighed. "Why does he always do that to me?" he asked Skull with a worried look on his face. 

"Your welcome Zillah." dusk said kindly and trotted back to sit and eat with Feyth. The light breeze ruffled her bloodied fur as she thoght of the last battle:

Feyth stops and looks about, all was calm and then something scratched her fur. She spins around and glances at me. I get into a fighting stance, it happens again and my face grows hot with blood. My eyes search for the enemy, there he is, Skull, the second-in-command for the other Clan. I stop and wait for him to attack, but when he doesn't, I attack another member. I feel blood rushing down my throat and I know this nemy is dead. I smile and lick the blood off my lips. Feyth jumps in the frey. I see her weave in and out, attacking here and there. I am proud.

The flashback ended and she was back in the camp with Feyth next to her,...

((Double sorry, for late post, though not uber late!))

"Because he feels that to keep people believing in him he can't show weakness to anything like a cut. Would he seem much like a leader if he came to you every time he had a cut?" Skull asked after sitting down to lick a little blood off his paw from the last battle.

(( Grr! >P ))

"Leader or not, he's my brother and I'll stalk him back to the Territories just for a bruise," Rose huffed, crossing his arms. He knew he shouldn't show such sentiment for Ghost but he didn't care. Even if it looked strange for the twins to be as close as they were, it was their job to look after each other no matter what. 

He blinked when he noticed the blood on Skull's paw. "Do you need me to check that for you?" he asked.

((Sorry Zombie! *Feels hated*))

"If the enemies see you two, you guys won't make it past the border." Skull said and smirked. He then noticed his gaze and said, "No thanks. It's not my blood anyway. A foolish Growlithe tried to take me down."

(( Lol, actually I was just annoyed cuz I thought you were mocking my 'uber lateness' XD ))

Rose pulled back his ears, slightly annoyed. Just because he was a Healer, preferring not to fight, and gave Ghost the affection that any brother would, didn't make him weak. He had still grown up in one of the harshest places in the Pokemon World. He could take care if himself. 

"We'll be fine," he said, flinching slightly at the way Skull talked about his opponent. No doubt he had killed it. Rose hated the fact that everyone thought that they had to kill to make their point. 

((I wasn't trying to! I don't think so anyway...XD))

Skull looked up and smirked, "Oh, so you are going? I thought you were joking. Have fun in the Territories." He loved making people think, squirm, or fear. It was his many talkents.

Rose twitched slightly. Jokes about the Territories never blew over well with the Lucario twins. It had been a tough time for them both and it was a touchy subject to both of them. 

"We're staying," he said simply, a slight edge to his tone. He looked away from Skull, wondering if he should just go back to his den and mindlessly reorganize his herbs.

(( I. NEED. SLEEP! ಠ_ಠ  I've been up all night so Good Night/Morning! ))

((Aww. Good Night/Morning!))

Skull nodded and said, "Good." Then got up and walked off. He wished they were going back to the Territories, so he could take over. He wasn't afraid of fighting like the others. His clan could've been winning in this war if he was leading.

Zillah didnt glance at Whithy, she just glared out to the canyon.  "You show lots of promise for such a young youth." she stated expressionlessly.  Having a flashback of the battle.

Zillah pounced gracefully over the rocky outcrops.  Snarls echoed through the canyon as Zillah growled ferociously watching the blood being shed.  She turned her head and saw several warriors running to her, battle crys wrang in her ears.  She smiled darkly and met her opponents head on.  Dodging their attacks quickly and then rebounding with a fatal strike.  Killing many.  Many fighters tried to defeat her, never succeeding... she let out a long hiss as more opponents fell.

Zillah clenched her jaw.  Remembering all those she murdered...

The battle had ceased as quickly as it started, Zillah wandered about the canyon, searching for any survivors amoung the dead.  The canyon smelled of rust from the blood of the terrible battle.  As she turned and saw a Seni Arcanine breathing faintly.  She gave a low growl and kicked the arcanine, several of her claws becoming inlodged in its side.  The arcanine looked at her, "Please, my p-pups.  I must return to them." she breathed faintly.  Zillah's lip curled wickedly, she put a paw on the Seni's neck, "I give no mercy." she anwsered coldly, shattering the bones of the mother.

Zillah winced at the thought, without the mother, the pups died.  How many did that one kill take? 3, 4, maybe even 5?