Deception ~ [Rade]

Sebastian Rothul

Blood.

It flowed.

He wanted it.

The feeling of rage.

Disgraceful. The insolence.

For he knew what the other had done.

The Lioness's little cub had been up to mischief this whole time.


Only several minutes ago he had come across the person in question in the arms of one of the accursed orphans from the mansion. The mansion! How many times had he stressed the importance of steering clear from those people until he could put his plans into action, but here was someone putting one of them in bed! To say that Sebastian was furious was an understatement. He was out to kill, and he had the weapon with which to do so.

Almost two weeks ago, he and the lioness had confessed to each other that they held feelings for each other, followed by a consummation of the relationship. If the others in the camp noticed the changes between the two, they had yet to make a single peep about it. Sebastian found great joy in having her on his arm and walking the streets of the district, discussing the things from their pasts, or hesitantly asking about their future.

But she had dropped a knife that first night, and he had secreted it away, not wanting it to fall into the wrong hands. But what had he wrought with his own? Fresh blood covered the blade from where he had carved a scar to match his own, but before he could do more the fiend had managed to run away, which is why he found himself in hot pursuit.

The path he took crossed with that of the lioness, and he spared no kind words; for Kovu to have gotten away with this for that long, she must have known, must have helped him with it. So much for trust.

"Where is he?"he shouted as he brought his sprint to a stop.

"Where is Kovu?! I'm going to wear his guts for garters!

Sebastian Rothul

Even in the midst of his anger, just seeing the lioness tugged at his heartstrings, the look on her face with her eyebrows up, eyes wide and her lips slightly parted was pretty. It was rapturous and something he could appreciate among the many faces that she made. Still, expected a straight answer, if anyone would know where Kovu had run to it would be her. Though she had made it clear that she had never done anything with Kovu other than protect him, part of Sebastian still felt jealous at the attention she gave to her so-called brother.

But, his attack hadn't been driven by that had it? No, his digust ran far deeper than that. Zanita lunged at him with a scream, knocking the knife away and slamming a curled fist down on his foot. Sebastian was surprised, he hadn't thought she had it in her to react like this; the bond between her and Kovu must have been stronger than he had initially thought."What the hell do you think you're doing!?" she cried, the terror evident in her eyes."I'm trying to protect us!" he fumed."I know what I said about leaving Kovu alone, but that was before I found him fraternizing with the enemy."

"I'm not the bad guy here, he's just getting what he deserves! Why did you hit me for huh?!"The dorsal of his right foot was beginning to throb, and he knew that underneath his ratty sneakers it was likely that a bruise was forming.Closing his hand into fists, he glared at the lioness. If he had to knock some sense into her, he would. Throwing a fist in her direction he raised his voice again."I'm doing this for you!"

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Tripped -- 0.5 damage
But his swing went wide as he had misjudged the distance, his leg catching hers as she moved to avoid the hit and knocking her to the ground. Staring down at her he grimaced. "He's not one of us."

Sebastian Rothul

"No! Kovu wouldn't do anything like that!" Oh wouldn't he? What a young man wouldn't do for a pretty face fell under many categories. Sebastian hesitated a moment, sensing some similarities between himself and the boy he had just attacked. Which proved to be a mistake as she came flying at him for a second time. "I won't let you hurt him!" Her hand came into sharp contact with his eye, and he immediately felt it begin to swell. There would be a nasty bruise to deal with in the morning.

Squinting at her through his uninjured eye, he reassessed the situation. He had let his anger come before planning, and Zanita had already landed some good hits. Never blind youself to your opponents moves, he reminded himself. What they said would give him inclination to their feelings, but what they didn't say always spoke volumes.

"He wouldn't! You're lying!" "Am I?" he spit."What would I have to gain from hurting Kovu for no reason?! I wanted control of the outlanders, why risk that if something grave hadn't happened?!" Sebastian tread carefully next, edging around her and sizing her fighting stance up for the best possible opening.[

"He's been deceiving us. He was in the arms of a girl from that mansion." Bouncing on his heels, he admonished her to see reason. "Who knows how much about our camp he's spilled to them. They could be planning to attack us right now, and here you stand, attacking me!?Punctuating his sentence with another hard punch in her direction, he furrowed his brow.

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-- Miss -- 0.0 damage

The throw went wide, only catching air as Sebastian blinked in disbelief; he hadn't expected her to be quite this fast or adept. Quit squirming! How am I supposed to hit you back if you keep dodging me?! And I'll ask again, Where is he!?

Sebastian Rothul

"Don't you know it's rude to hit a lady?" Confound this young woman and her feminine wiles. She had started this when it could have been so easily avoided by telling him which direction the traitor had gone in, where was her common sense? If she continued to let herself be driven by emotion, it was going to end poorly for the both of them. Sebastian himself had already begun to rein in the emotions he had let run unchecked at the start of this very altercation.


She was attempting a delaying tactic, of that he was sure as watched a haughty smile touched her lips. "You broke your promise." Did he not just explain why it was necessary for the betterment of all the others they kept under their heels? She harshly smacked his arm away before claiming that she was going to break her promise now too. Her promise? The one not to hurt him he supposed. It was laughable to think she could inflict any lasting damage on his person. She would be dealt with, and then he would find Kovu regardless.

"I had to! Do you want to wake up one night with everyone in our gang dead? Or not wake up at all? Don't deceive yourself!" Sebastian feinted right before throwing a kick with his left leg , hoping to catch her off guard.

[attacks Zanita]
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-- Tripped -- 0.5 damage

She almost managed to dodge it, his leg catching her shin and sending her tumbling to the ground for a second time."Now while you scrabble around in the dirt, I'm going to track him down."he said with a smirk of own.

Sebastian Rothul

"Like hell you are!" Her arms shot out to grab his legs as he turned to walk away, but she was not powerful enough to knock him over, so he grinned down in time to see her jump like some kind of jungle cat and smash a bony fist into his line of vision. Pain exploded in his head and he stumbled a few steps back, clapping a hand to his face as he did so. There was wetness flowing from his nose, and every touch sent a fresh stab of sharp pain throughout his body.

By nobe, you broke by nobe you bish."he stammered whilst staring at her incredulously. Feeling for the direction in which it had moved, Sebastian gripped it, albeit it took him a moment due to the slickness of his blood, and gave it a quick tug in the right direction. There was a second smaller crack as it slid back into place and he howled in pain.

His blood continues to gush from that point, staining the front of his shirt and dripping onto the grass below."Now you have a little something from me to match that scar." Sebastian spat red fluid at her."Been a while bince anyone made be bleed. Here's a lobe tap of by own!"
[Attacks Zanita; unarmed]
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[-- Bruised Right Wrist -- 2 damage]

Much to his dismay, he only succeeded in batting her arm away.

Sebastian Rothul

"You're pathetic." She called him the pathetic one? She was the one carrying on this sad little charade of caring about about Kovu. She should have been angry at her little "brother" instead of holding him up from exacting his price. She pounced on his foot again, and he grunted slightly. "Come on you big brute," she hissed at him, moving as lithely as a cat toying with an unfortunate mouse. "You're just going to stand there and take it?" However, she was biting off more than he could chew. Didn't she know that the best offense was a best defense? Clearly, he was lulling her into a false sense of security.


"Who baid anyding about just danding around? I'm gonna kick your add!"
The saying weny that you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but Sebastian wasn't a canine, he was a lion, and at that moment he was getting seriously pissed off. Zanita should have been a pushover, not a feisty jack in the box that was capable of injuring him so much. Glaring with his good eye he moved carefully around her, testing the ground, probing for weaknesses and not wanting to swing wide again.

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-- Block -- 0.0 damage

Incredible. She must have done more damage to his face then he thought, because she managed to put up an arm to avoid the hit. I appear to hab mifdudged your skill lionedd. Not dat dat will sabe you."

Sebastian Rothul

Frowning at her as she bubbled over with mirth, he readied his stance for another hit. "I'm not the one who needs saving here," she said, her smile splitting her face in two and revealing the gleam of her teeth; and then with all the grace of a predatory mammal she pounced at him again, her fists hitting him directly in the torso and causing him to lose his footing. Sebastian chalked it up to the blood on the ground, certainly he must have slipped, for she wasn't strong enough to knock him down.

Walking over with a look that said she was quite full of herself, she placed a foot on his chest in victory."Ready to give up yet?" she said condescendingly while peering down at him. Sebastian glared before chuckling quietly to himself."You're a real piede of work, dough I can't bay I dob't enjod the biew."He grinned at her. "Dough the last tibe you were atobt of be, I thig we were habing mutd more fun."

The boy took a minute to collect himself, feeling a little woozy from the blood loss and just appreciating the sky and the attractive girl astride him. Make no mistake, he was still quite angry, but injuries have a way of clouding the mind with endorphin's and hormones."Mayde I wad jud wading for the oppatude momedt."
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-- Bruised Right Knee -- 2.5 damage

Sebastian's fist shot straight up catching her hard in her right knee. A pity he thought as he muttered and oath. He had been hoping for a more serious injury."So now wad? You gonna let be ub, or are you gonna kick be whide I'b dowb?"