Love and Anger- Part 2

(Continuation of Love and Anger- Part 1)

Orph watches as well, "I told him she'd like it." He's happy for the otters, not yet thinking about how their relationship could effect him.

Kentar chuckles a bit and nods. "Aye...well. At least she didn't break his heart"

Orph nods, 'Yeah. Wait what?" He's new to this kind of thing.

Kentar looks down and tilts his head. "Wait what, what?" he asks.

Orph laughs a bit. "You said something and I didn't understand what you were talking about, that's what," he tries to explain.

Kentar ohs. "I said that she didn't break his heart. If she had have said she didn't like him, that would have really hurt his feelings"

Orph shrugs, "Oh. Well yeah I guess so, but he'd get over it."

Kentar nods and hehs. "Maybe...but I don't think he would have...not easily anyways"

Orph still doesn't quite get it, though his idea of like, hate and love are somewhat different than the norm. "If you say so. I think this is one of those things I have t be older t understand."

Kentar nods. "Yeah...it is...don't worry, you'll understand soon" he smiles a bit.

Orph shrugs again, "I know he likes her and she likes him and that's good. I like them both and you but that's different. Still don't see why it'd be so hard t get over it if she'd said no though."

Kentar watches them then sighs, this being something he doesn't want to talk about. "Love...is a very strange thing" he says.

Aikuen places the necklace into her paw, and closes it, placing it in his, "Yes i did... I wanted too!" As he holds her paw, the nervousness begins to creep back up on him, but he mentally slams it, and says, "Fleminnahelium..." Well maybe he didn't slam it and gives an awkward smile again.

Orph blinks at this revalation, "Wait, wait, wait. Aikuen /loves/ Fira?!"

Kentar looks down. "Uh...Yeah..." he says. "That's what he means by 'I really like you'" the stoat says.

Orph says, "If that's what he meant he should have said what he meant instead. I thought they liked each other and maybe they'd get married one day. I don't know if I like this anymore it's too confusing."

Kentar blinks a few dozen times before chuckling. "You'll understand it more when you're older."

Orph isn't too sure of that and stares out at the water and wanting to watch the otters anymore.

Kentar sighs and looks down. "Its hard to get over for a reason. When someone you love dies, that space they filled in your life remains empty" he mutters quietly.

Fira's eyes kinda drift onto the paws, it's nice too. Her smile grows a bit as she thinks. Ok, so he's a bit older and the fighting and possible stabbings in sleep is a little concerning but she actually does like him and it's just sort of hitting her...it's swiftly distracted by 'Fleminnahelium' though...she looks confused...trying to match up lip movements to something that makes sense but she's got nothing "I...don't think I caught that?"

Orph suddenly strikes at the stoat hard, "I'm not stupid I know that!" He glares at Kentar.

Kentar ows and lets out a loud yelp. "You, stop that! Don't be hitting me. Wasn't even talking to you, for crying out loud," he growls loudly, standing up and moving towards another part of the beach, /away/ from the ratling.

Aikuen sees that she didn't, you know, freak out to his made up word of nervousness, and it just all melts away. He laughs lightly and says, "Sorry... I was trying to say that... Fira, I want to thank you... for being here... with me..." He sniffs a bit, looks away shaking his head. He looks back and you can see that he eyes have gone all watery. He thinks to himself, 'Ack, stupid emotions... keep it together... you big sap... ah, screw it'. He wipes away a tear, with his free paw.

Orph watches the stoat leave not caring to much that he drove him away. He turns back to face the sea hugging his knees to his chest sulking.

Kentar was obviously annoyed again with that rat. He just makes a mental note to talk to Aikuen about him later. He sits down on the sand and looks towards Aikuen and Fira, smiling a bit.

Orph presses his face against his knees then folds and squishes his ears down against his head with his paws in an old coping technique. /Stupid stoat dredging up painful memories/, he thinks bitterly to himself. Maybe they'll leave him alone and maybe just maybe he'll be able to finally forget and /not/ have beasts dragging it all back up to the surface again. Not likely but maybe.

Fira is more inclined to assume she misread so she's still not entirely sure what he said. Still, never mind. She seems a little amused at his words but softens again when looks like he's started crying "Aww, you big soppy thing" she goes to place her paws on his cheeks, so he'll stop looking away and she can look him in the eyes "Stop worrying so much and relax, you sound all formal" she is little amused really.

Aikuen breathes deeply and smiles weakly, "Really? I haven't done this in awhile..." He chuckles and lightly grasps her wrists, holding her paws to his face "Im being coached on how to do this sort of thing while it happens, my kinda luck! eh?"

Orph continues to sit unmoving facing the sea, every so often silent sobs shake his body and tears slide down his whiskers to dot the sand in front of him. /Stupid stoat. Stupid, stupid stoat/.

Fira smirks faintly and goes to give one of his cheeks a tap "Well that's hardly fair, I've never done this before and I have to be the expert?" sadly she does move her paws, bringing them down to his shoulders and going to playfully turn him back the way they came "Come on, Will could have buried Kentar in the sand or something by now" force the nervousness to an end...or at least put it back on hold again.

Orph has his head pressed down against his knees again and sit unmoving and unlike of course unable to hear the otters coming back his way.

Kentar looks up to Will and frowns, not really wanting to go over but as a friend, he sighs and stands up, heading over. "You alright?"

Orph, as is usual when he's like this, does not respond. And as usual should he be pressed into responding the beast pressing him is likely to get badly bitten for their efforts.

Aikuen becomes speechless at the tap, and just kind of stands there for a moment, before coming back to reality when he is turned, he laughs, "Heh... knowing Will... He probably would!" He walks slowly back toward the others, whilst holding on to Firas paw. He get too a point, he yells happily to them , "Oi! Will, Kentar!" He laughs and pulls Fira along as he runs to them.

Kentar looks up and puts a paw up, waving slightly before kneeling down to Will. "Will...you alright?"

The rat does not respond.

Kentar slowly goes to place his paw on Will's shoulder. "Mate, if I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry..." he says.

Orph pushes the paw away roughly but otherwise ignores the stoat and returns to his position.

Fira chuckles, oh dear, Aik's excitable and it's kind of infectious. Ah she's happy too, it's a lot to get used to but still, good. She focus on rat and stoat easily enough even with the distance. Hm, looks like something happened.

Aikuen arrives on the scene. He looks to Will, then to Kentar, then too Will again. He sighs and lets go of Fira paw. He says, "Kentar... id back away if i were you..." He goes and kneels in front of Will, and says "Hello mate!... Can you look me in the er, eye... please"

Orph does not respond and remains in position, making himself unable to see or hear the others.

Kentar sighs, frowning again. The stoat not paying attention. "I upset him, I'll be the one to fix it" he goes to place his paw on the rat's shoulder again. "Come on mate, I'm sorry..."

Fira starts to look worried, keeping back given Aik's advice to Kentar "Looks like he wants to be left alone" judging solely on his position "...Why's he upset?"

Orph pushes the stoat's paw away roughly again. He heard Kentar the first time. The stoat is sorry, he knows that but sorry isn't going make the pain go away. Can't they understand that.

Kentar looks up to Fira and shrugs. "Honestly, I have no idea. I was talking to myself. He hit me hard...I left...now he's like this...But I'm tellin' ya, he'd better stop smacking me and throwing things at me" he mutters before looking back to Will. "Come on Will, whats wrong?" Again, the paw goes back on Will this time, the other shoulder.

Orph again pushes the paw away hard this time. /Stop it! Yurr not helpin jus makin me mad now stop it!/ he thinks at the stoat growling a little.

Kentar frowns. "Okay Will, seriously. What's wrong? There's no need to ignore us, you know" he says, this time placing -both- paws upon Will's shoulders.

Orph tensions with all these beasts around him. He doesn't not want them here. He tries pull toward the right, away from the stoat. Since he hasn't the sense or desire to get up first it doesn't work too well and he tips over. He quickly uncurls and stands up turning and runs off down the beach.

Kentar Blinks. "What in the heck is wrong with that stupid kid?" he asks, frowning and siting down properly in the sand.

Fira watches him go, still standing there and slowly looking between the others "...He'll be back, once he's calmed down" right?

Aikuen shrugs, but keeps an eye on the retreating Will "don't know... I don't even know what's wrong with..." He snaps his claws, and looks to the stoat, "Did you say something about death of a family member or something like that?"

Kentar looks over. "Uh...yeah, very...very quietly, and to myself but he still heard me I guess. And when he heard me he smacked me hard...again...then...that happened" he mutters. "I'm telling you, if he keeps throwing punches and things at me, I will be leaving, I'm not for target practice."

Aikuen slaps his own forehead, "Oh jeeze... You gone an upset him. Because... He may or not have told you but he has been with 7 or 8 families since he was orphaned... and the only family he got, his brother, died... In the shrine. Now each one of his families either died or treated him like..." He grunts, "Well not good... He doesn't like thinking about it if he can..." He sighs, "Dont know if we should follow him or not... but as his father... i must protect him..."

Kentar eyes the otter for a moment. "No, He didn't tell me. If you've noticed, he keeps to himself a lot" he says, obviously annoyed. "I don't really care if I upset him, I didn't mean to, and I tried to fix it. And I almost got myself it again..." he grumbles, standing and going back towards the Camp area.

Fira watches Kentar leaving now. Eh. She glances back to Aikuen "...You deal with Will, I'll try and calm Kentar?"

Aikuen thinks about this for a moment then nods, "Alright... If we don't come back by nightfall... follow if you can, or escape if need be" He smiles and gives a quick kiss on her check before running after William or more like following his tracks, as he is long gone by now

Fira stalls for a moment, little smile coming through as she finally turns to follow Kentar, giving that cheek a little rub.

Kentar was packing...seems like he's leaving after all. He doesn't notice Fira following him.

Fira just comes up to pause behind him, watch him pack for a second before she speaks up "Decided not to wait then?"

Kentar's ears twitch as the otter speaks up. "I'm sick of that kid, I really am" he mutters.

Fira tries to draw her mind back to a point before everything changed, try and remember what Aikuen said about him leaving "So you're going to join vermin to escape him?"

Kentar watches the otter for a moment before standing. "Yes, more or less..." he says. "I'm tired of getting smacked on the head, I'm tired of fighting with him, and I'm tired of being his punching target. You see this?" he points to his pack and himself. "This is me going back to my old life...If your going to try to stop me, I'm warning you, say one more word...go on."

Fira tilts her head faintly. She's hardly threatening, more calm than anything else..."Alright then. Go ahead. I'm a woodlander defying your will by talking."

Kentar watches Fira for a few moments, turning to pack some more before finally picking up the pack and sitting it over his shoulder. "Hope Aikuen and you have a happy life..." he says, turning away and starting to go, hesitating some.

Fira is happy to be right about some things, specially when it means not getting attacked. She hurries on after him, going to draw level and match his pace to just walk beside him "Please, just stop and calm down for a minute."

Kentar doesn't stop, just going. Well, as soon as Fira is next to him, he stops and draws his rapier, pointing it at her. "Why should I hrm?" he asks. "What's keeping me with you three?"

Cave Mouth

Aikuen has followed the tracks up shore a good distance, up to the point where the rocks have masked the trail. He sees the cave off in the distance, and thinks he better go check it out, just in case Will is in there. He gets to the mouth and yells, "Oi, Will you in there..." Knowing that if Will was in there, he would not reply, he decided to carefully venture forward into the cave.

Orph had ducked into the cave after running off. It didn't look save so much as out of the way. He sat a while hugging his knees away from the light of the torches, which showed this place to be occupied by at least one beast already. The rat sat there catching his breath and trying to calm down before leaving the cave to either go back or ... well he was sure if there was another choice ... might have been if the mouse in armor hadn't all but said to go back to the Abbey and that mouse was one beast he didn't want mad at him. Hearing Aikuen's voice the rat figured he'd better come out so the otter wouldn't have to come in after him and possibly bring whoever lived here down on the both of them. The ratling scrambled to his footpaws and walked out toward the cave mouth.

He waved at the otter to go back out and that he'd follow, it'd wouldn't be the best idea to talk in the cave or to be punished in it either, though the rat couldn't help but to smile at the though the otter causing the owner of the cave to attack them as seemed to so often happen to them on their trips.

Eastern Shore

Fira's head withdraws from the sword a little but other than that she's not moving "The fact that we're friends? Look, you're angry, I know. Will is...behaving strangely, he's upset and blaming the wrong beasts."

Kentar eyes her and frowns. "Always behaving strangely, always upset...always blaming the wrong beasts. And it always seems to be me. Have you noticed, he always smacks me when he's not happy, yells, or becomes enraged for no apparent reason?" he asks, sword still there.

Up Shore

Aikuen sees Will is just about to say something, when he sees that Will wanted to go back. He tilts his head, But does it anyway. He reaches the outside and sits down on one of the rocks, motioning Will to sit next to him. He sighs and says, "So..." He thinks about what to say next, so he smiles, "Have anything to say for yourself..." and he begins to tap his claws together. His voice is not loud or soft... not angry or sad... but sort of monotone.

Orph follows the otter out, ears drooping. "I'm sorry I hit Kentar and he should leave me alone?" he asks hoping this is at least close to the right answer.

Back Down Shore

Fira is very aware of the sword but trying to concentrate on him more "I know, he seems to have problems" aaand she's potentially attaching herself to this family "He's a child! He probably has some reason to be angry he just doesn't want to talk about and so he's...I don't know, focusing on other things to forget or something."

Kentar eyes her and tightens his grip, tempted to strike at her. "I don't care if he's a child, he's not all that bright. He's got no sense, even for a bloody kid. Now, are you going to let me go, or will I need to kill you then leave?"

Up Shore

Aikuen continues his monotone voice, "I've already discussed it with Kentar a little... he didn't know that it would have upset you... He was just speaking his mind... and should have known better." he sighs and speaks again, a little hint of anger in it now, "But you shouldn't have run off, you could have been killed... then would it matter anymore..." He sighs again and looks to Will.

Orph closes his eye for a moment, "Shouldn't have run off and Kentar should have left me alone. I have a sword and even if I didn't I've been on my own before and not been killed. That vermin fox was bad and I did stuff I shouldn't have then ... but I got out alive same as before." He'd been standing but now he sits down, "I know we stick together and I'm glad we do but I'm not gonna get kill as soon as you take you're eyes off me. I can take care of myself well enough to not die you know.

Down Shore

Fira sighs faintly "Can't really stop you can I? Not when you're pointing a sword at me...Still don't think you're a vermin though, just angry...For good reason."

Kentar eyes her. "No. You can't stop me unless you kill me" he then laughs. "Don't think I'm a vermin? Look at me, I'm a stoat. If you don't think I'm a vermin, then...wow...your not bright" he smirks. "Get out of my way."

Up Shore

Aikuen shakes his head, and the tapping has speed up some, "Look... You say you can take care of yourself... but the last time you left..." He points at Wills eye patch, "When you came back to the abbey... I nearly died when i saw that..." He sighs and begins to walk back down shore again. "When i do it, It looks like defending ourselves was easy... but i have been doing that for 10 seasons, and fought in two Vermin wars... I am skilled at what i do... But i would never run off from the group, ever" He sighs again and is voice is calmer, "Im sorry Will... Just... don't want to lose you..."

Orph points the his eye patch, "/This/ is cause I was stupid. It probably is the worse I've got so far, but I've been hurt much worse than this before in other ways. ..... I'll try harder to not run off ok? I could have left I still could but I'm going back with you partly cause I want to and I really don't want that mouse in armor mad at me. I-I shouldn't have blamed Kentar for the pain just cause what he said happened t cause it ...." He sighs, "We should head back before he does something stupid ... he's like us in bad ways." He grins, "He might as well be my brother even though he hasn't agree to yet .... he acts like he is already." He pauses, "He'd be my older brother an all but I /was first/."

Down Shore

Fira actually rolls her eyes "In the evil sense, not the species. I'd prove it but I'm not going to goad someone I think of as a friend into stabbing me and hope that they won't when they're already angry, upset and now apparently blaming me for it?" oh look, that problem he had with Will "Also, I'm not in your way" it's true, he turned to her, she never got further than his side.

Kentar frowns. "I don't care what...you think I am. I was a vermin and I guess I just am not cut out for the..peaceful...life" he then blinks, looking around. "oh...well...whatever" he's clearly distracted. His sword gets put away before he turns and starts walking, slower this time.

Fira doesn't follow again yet, just stays put and raises her voice "You don't have to be both."

Kentar pauses. "Then what one do I choose huh?" he asks. "Cant change what I am. Its like a mole trying to fly. Just not made to..."

Up Shore

Aikuen nods, "Aye lets go... He was fuming when i left. Hopefully Fira was able to calm him down a bit." He pushes the fact that he just Called Kentar his brother, or at least it sounded that way, to the back of his mind. He smiles some, "Even though we left the abbey... Martin can reach you... all the way out here... heh." He laughs and starts his way down shore.

Orph happily follows the otter back down shore to the camp, "I hope he's not still mad at me. But maybe if I explain what happened it'll help."

Down Shore

Fira shrugs a shoulder "Who says species means that much. You don't have to be a vermin to fight, you don't have to be a woodlander to be peaceful. Yeah, you're one of those species considered evil but, well, you really don't seem to be so how about forgetting that you're 'apparently' evil and choosing what you want to fight for for yourself?"

Kentar turns and draws his sword again, walking to wards Fira. "Your getting to be very...annoying now" he growls.

Eastern Shore

Fira sighs faintly in aggravation "Right. Cause attempting to help a friend is annoying these days. Am I insulting you? No. Am I pointing weapons at you? No. Am I stopping you walking? No. For the love of peat what the hell am I even doing to annoy you?"

Orph walks down the shore back to camp with Aikuen just visable lagging behind him. The rat's face is still a bit tear stained but he's in a much better mood now and willing to make up with the stoat and explain why he'd hit him .... or he was til he saw what was going on. Seeing the stoat with Fira at sword point the rat draws his own sword, just in case, and calls over, "What's going on?!"

Kentar growls again. "You wont...leave me...alone" he raises the sword up and growls, about to give a swing until he spots Will. "Leave your sword on the ground" His look goes back to Fira. "You need to stop talking. That is what's annoying me."

Orph does as the stoat says, he still has his sling and his teeth and claws if it should come to that. "Ok now put down yours. And you /still/ owe me a sparing match."

Fira glances round to spot Will soon as Kentar seems to be talking to someone else, quick nod going to the rat. She's just fine, wise or not she's certainly not afraid of Kentar.

Aikuen catches up to Will and see that his sword is on the ground. He looks around for the fire, and sees it. What looks like, the Stoat is threatening Fira. He loses consciousness for a second, but remains standing, And naturally he clenches his paw.

Orph readies his sling, "Just put your sword down and walk over here a ways Kentar and stop threating deaf girls that are too nice to beat you up."

Kentar eyes the otter, then Will. "Shut up rat" he growls. "I'm sick of this group, Sick of you...sick of her...Oh look, he's talking to himself, lets hit Kentar, oh look, he's trying to rest while he's tied to a bed, lets hit Kentar. Oh and lets pick on the blind stoat, he doesn't feel anything" he growls, the stoat finally going to swing his blade at Fira's shoulder before taking steps back, regardless if it hits or not.

"For what it's worth" /and I doubt it's much/ "I'm sorry for what I did to you and will do to you." As he's speaking the rat lets fly a pawful of pebbles from his sling, hoping his aim has improved some what.

Nice deaf girl sure, too nice to beat up too a limit. You don't live alone, wander woods and not learn a few things. Fira lifts her paw to meet Kentar's sword paw as it swings, going to twist the paw to loosen grip on the sword and nick it off of him with her free paw. Doesn't know how to fight well, knows a couple of cheap tricks for disarming.

Kentar Watches the stones as if they were flies, not seeming to care about them much. "I'm sick of being the take blame for everything, target for our target practice" The sword was lost but he then draws his saber to replace the disarmed rapier. "Well, I wont stand for it anymore"

Aikuen sees the slash, and it brings him back to reality. Red flashes through his eyes. He doesn't have time to stop the slash, but he cant see anything else but the stoat, and the only thing that passes through his mind is kill.

Aikuen growls , and charges the stoat. He is a good distance away, so he runs even faster!

It cocures to the rat that maybe throwing stuff at Kentar isn't as good an idea as it seemed like at the time. "Kentar just .... stop please! I won't throw anymore stuff at you just stop already!"

Fira grimaces slightly as she's hit on the back by a couple of pebbles. Must resist urge to frown at Will, he's only trying to help. Other things to worry about though as she actually moves to get in the way of Aikuen, while still keeping an eye on Kentar. No return attack from her, weird as she is.

Kentar was about to reply until he sees Aikuen charge him. Great. He takes a deep breath and charges the otter as well, gripping his saber, going to try to run him through as he runs. "Sorry doesn't change things rat!" he calls as he locks eyes with the otter, taking a deep breath.

Aikuen sees Fira standing in front of him, and for the first time whenever he is in a rage... he slows and stops. He just looks at her and begins to control his breathing. He is unaware of anything and everything around him, except for Fira, and her calming effect.

Orph sees Aikuen charging .... not good. He picks up his dropped sword and looks upward, "Now what ... I'd rather not go back to the Abbey without them or most of them and even then I'd like them all to still be alive." To Kentar he says, "Yeah I know. I shouldn't have blamed you just because what you said caused me to remember things that are painful and that I didn't want to think about right then." He stand before the stoat hoping Kentar will come back to his senses.

Ah joy, now Fira's got to get between them all. So hard to stop a fight. She still moves between Aikuen and Kentar only faces the stoat entirely, going to, well, make no use of her newly aquired sword at all but since Kentar only seems to have eyes for Aik she just moves to one side at the appropriate time, sticks an arm out and tries to catch the stoat round the neck, probably quite painful if he's running but still, trying to bring him down.

Kentar Was aiming for who ever was closer, at which point was probably Fira. He knows he's going too fast to stop so he just goes to stab Fira in the side as best as he can before...whomp! Right down, yelping and coughing hard.

Orph sighs and steps out of the way while sheathing his sword, "I don't know about the rest of you but I'm going back to Redwall Abbey because a scary mouse in armor told me in a round about way that I'd do better at a kiln than swinging a sword in my paw. If any of you don't get killed you can send me a letter." He's through with fighting, "Oh and Kentar, you're very welcome for me taking you to see Rose." The rat walks off a short ways waiting to see if Aikuen will scold him again for 'running off' or if Kentar is still mad at him throwing things at him or what.

(Continues with Love and Anger- Part 3)