Cometpaw vs Weaselpaw

The young apprentice flicked his tail towards the side, he had headed off towards the bored after he had gotten into an argument with his mentor. The bi-colored tom had finally stopped by the river split, his tail flicked while he hadn't really noticed where he was going. The young apprentice glanced around while he had heard some voices coming somewhere near-by.   

The apprentice slowly lowered his body down towards the ground before he crept towards the voices. His eyes slowly narrowing to get a clearer view of who is speaking and talking close by. He held his breath to keep himself quiet and not easily noticeable. He soon started to push himself closer having his whiskers wiggled a little bit at the bushes branches bushing against them

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The she-cat paced by the river, her tail lashing. Meeting Cometpaw here was a blessing, but she had no idea how to express her feelings this time. How would she put this into words?  He always listened to her, was there to help her get over her frustrations and rant about her pathetic excuse of a sister. It meant everything to her. 

 "I.. i don't know.." She sighed, sitting down and looking at the water. She looked vulnerable, like she could break at any moment. "Its just... really hard... You and Needlepaw were always there... we had eachother's backs.. always.... Why... why didn't." She paused, fighting not to get emotional over the situation.  

"Why didn't you follow me...? Why didn't you leave them behind? They are the reason you lost, her, right..? I understand Needlepaw stayed for Figpaw, but... you stayed with the clan that took everything from you... you chose Needlepaw over me...? Is he more special to you? Why... why didn't you follow me...?"

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The tom stared to the side, his heart ached for as he closed his eyes. He shook his head, letting out a sigh. He opened his eyes and stared at the female in front of him. He took a step forward, pressing his forehead agaisnt hers, breathing in her scent, oh how he missed her. Their journey, their friendship, how close they were. His chest twisted, what could he say to her? He didn't want to leave his family, he was unsure at first, but now. He had lost the one close friend he ever felt bonded with. He couldn't come up with words, he like a fish, opened and closed his mouth, trying to come up with an excuse.

 "Tanglepaw... I.." Cometpaw's mouth felt dry, he wanted to explain every detail, how he wants to leave and join her but he couldn't, the pointed tom couldn't betray Needlepaw like that....  As much as he hated to admit it, he would miss his family. He moved his paw to her cheek, gently making her look at him, the tom stared into Tanglepaw's eyes. He had so many feelings swirling in his mind, he wanted to tell her he loved her, he hated seeing her like this. She was his moon and stars, he would fight all the clans if it meant making her smile.

 "I'm sorry... I should have followed you, I should have stayed with you.. I was.... I was afraid.." He admitted "But now it's too late, oh by the ancestors, I want to move and join you, I want to live with you Tanglepaw, but... I can't leave Needlepaw behind.. He wouldn't accept leaving Figpaw behind either.."

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The young apprentice's felt a new feeling filling his body as he watched the two being nice to one other, his tail started to smack the ground while listening to the two. How disgusting this is... Tanglepaw and that bastard of a cat... Tanglepaw, what are you thinking meeting up with him? The tom thought to himself before he started to slowly move towards the side to get a better look at them.

 It had strike a pain within the tom's heart, he didn't understand the reason behind it or what could have caused it but it made the apprentice even more upset that Tanglepaw came out here to speak with this tom cat. The Bi-colored apprentice started to lower his body against the ground making sure he didn't step on anything at could break or make noise. The tom soon stopped after stepping on a twig. His fur started to bristle up while he lowered his ears against his head making sure they couldn't see him or even smell him, though as he had shifted some rocks started to roll down the small hill the tom was up on. 

Damnit.. The young apprentice snapped inside of his head.

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The she-cat felt tears brim in her eyes as the male failed to find an answer. She tried to turn her head away, but he caught her face with his paw and pushed her head to face him. She locked eyes with the male, seeing her pain reflected in his eyes. His excuse only hurt her. 

Couldn't betray Needlepaw? He was more important than her! Of course! How could she not see it?! She is never special enough to be someone's first choice! How could she be so blind? Of course Cometpaw would want the smart one. Of course he would want the "hero"  She was a rouge. A part of the clan that took everything from him. He must secretly hate her!  

Tanglepaw pulled her head away and stood up, her fur bristled and she splaced into the creek, hoping the chill would shock her out of unleashing a fury of emotions on Cometpaw. He didn't need to know what she felt. He only cared about Needlepaw anyway.  She took a deep breath, trying to find something to respond with, but her thoughts were cut off by a twig snap. The sound was to loud to be something small.  

 The apprentice instantly went into high alert and looked around, her attention fixed in the direction of the sound. She flicked her tail, not letting her eyes leave the bush. She hoped Cometpaw heard it, or at least caught onto her message. They were being watched.

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The tom frowned, Damn it.. I chose the wrong words.. He thought before he shook his head. He wanted to tell her he loved her, he wanted to come clean. He flinched when she got up. He felt sudden fear, thinking she was going to leave him. But relaxed when he watched her jump into the water. He wasn't particular fond of water. Especially after the long journey they both had.  He went over

 "Tanglepaw please listen, I want to say..." He let out a sigh "I lov-" he flinched when he heard the sounds, turning his head to the direction of the sound. Noticing the rocks, he took a few steps back, noticing Tangle's movement. His purple eyes fixated at the spot "Who's there?!" He hissed. Dumb move idiot.

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The tom stepped out of the bushes as his eyes were locked onto Tanglepaw right away, his tail lashed towards his right side before he started move towards the tabby colored she-cat. His fur was bristled to the point it made him look a little bit bigger than he was.   The tom soon shot a glare over at Cometpaw.

 "What are you doing here Cometkit, shouldn't you be coughing in your medicine cat's den like a baby? Or are you here to cause trouble like you always do." He hissed before he went to move to stand next to Tanglepaw as if he wanted to keep her away from Cometpaw.   The white and brown tom had been taller than Tangle but a little shorter than Cometpaw is now. His eyes narrowed not leaving the ginger lynx point tom, his tail still lashing around at the annoyance of seeing the tom's ugly mug.

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The she-cat felt stunned when that annoyingly familiar face peaked out of the bush. Weaselpaw?! What is this mouse-brain doing here?!The she-cat backed up, her fur bristled and her eyes narrowed. What was he doing? Weaslepaw started to mock Cometpaw and stand between them. He dared to act like he was protecting her?! He dared to act like he had a right to stand between them?! The she-cat snarled and hissed, backing away from the white male, flicking her tail furiously. She was ready to snap at the dumb male, but stopped, realizing this was an attack on Cometpaw. This was his fight.

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Cometpaw stared, baring his fangs. Of course it would be this mouse-brain, fox-dung smelling, small, dirt pelt looking idiot. He rolled his eyes, he was expecting an actual fight but this was easy. He took a few steps towards the white and brown tom, his eyes staring deep into Weaselpaw's eyes, not breaking eye contact. His pelt became rising, puffing up, making himself appear even bigger. His tail lashed as his back raised 

"Say that again fox-dung and I will give you an actual reason to see the medicine den. Oh wait, they wouldn't even bother seeing you, why would they bother seeing an orphan who tries to make himself appear stronger than he is?" Cometpaw stood only a few mouse tail away from Weaselpaw's face, snapping his jaws in front of Weaselpaw's snout, in an attempt to make the tom flinch.

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The white tom's eyes never left Cometpaw's eyes, his lips started to curl upwards before the tom started to chuckled. "Says the tom who can't handle anything." The bi-colored tom took a stepped towards Cometpaw as he didn't care or feel any bit of fear from Cometpaw after his comments.   

The tom soon spoke as if Cometpaw was speaking but in a higher pitch. "Oh no my sister hide in the fire and wasn't save my mother or father. How dare they not help her when I myself couldn't even help her when I was being carried away by a warrior! My mother is worthless because she picked to be a medicine cat to help heal people and my father is a piece of trash because he betrayed Torrentclan because he wanted to keep my mother safe from harm!" Weaselpaw stepped even closer to Cometpaw before he started to circle him. "Oh my life is nothing but shame and hate! I hate my mother! I hate my father! I hate twistedmoon! I hate everyone besides myself because I have no blame to my sister's death! I am clear from any guilt and shame from my sister's death!"  

 Weaselpaw stopped in front of Cometpaw and mocked his snap. "At least I know my mother didn't care for me and that she wanted to mess around with a she-cat that made her feel something. At least my father died a HERO and protected others! I am at least proud that my family helped save cats!"  The tom soon flicked the larger tom's nose with his tail tip as hard as he could. "Your mother and father care for you and tried to make you happy but oh no you are to much in your own INSANE head to see that! and I wouldn't let you taint Tanglepaw's mind like that! She desire happiness and doesn't desire having her heart filled with your insane thoughts and hate!" The tom hissed loudly as he kept circling the tom.

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The she-cat felt rage boil in her as she listened to the fight. How dare Weaslepaw talk to him like that!? How dare he thinkig that speaking to him that way was ok!  The she-cat was ready to interfere and rake her claws down the white male's side, but he continued on about what She wanted. How She felt.   

The audacity! How dare he think that he could label her thoughts. How dare he assume he knows what she wants! Her growls grew and her tail beat against the ground, glaring harshly at her clanmate. She wanted to claw him, rake her claws through his pelt and hear him scream. She wanted to watch Cometpaw teach him a lesson. Make him eat his words.

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The tom seemed frozen, his eyes wide as he listened to Weaselpaw's words. Kill.....KILL HIM.... WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS?! The lynx point tom stared at the tom infront of him, his claws unsheathed as he reared up, slamming his paws hard onto the tom, pinning him to the ground. He lowered his muzzle down, his eyes slits as he stared at the tom.

 "Who the fuck do you think you are Weaselkit?! DONT even test me, I will make sure you join your parents, I will make sure there is nothing Tangle can take back to your clan" He raised his paw, ready to strike down at the other apprentice.

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The tom felt a weight slam into him, knocking him into the ground. His fur soon started to get wet from the tom pinning him down into the water. The bi-colored tom kept his eyes on the apprentice before he started to chuckle loudly.

 "YOU think you can send me to lunarclan with my father! You are such a foolish tom that doesn't understand  that you are nothing but a waste of air and space!" The apprentice soon shifted his paw into the water  and under the sand and stones that was at the bottom. He soon swung his paw out of the water and towards Cometpaw's eyes. Once he had rolled over from him swinging his paw he tried to push Cometpaw off of him with his back legs.  

He shook out his fur to free it from the water that had covered him, his eyes started to narrow while he snap. 

"You think you are all that when youre not! you were a weak kit who would be nothing but a drag! You whine and complain every single day on the trip and you do it to this day! Try and rip me apart because you will be mistaken if you think you will end my life! I have something to live for while you have NOTHING!" He soon lung at the larger apprentice with his claws unsheathed, he was aiming for the tom's head but just ran his claws against his shoulder.

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The tom hissed as he felt his fur rip from the spot Weaselpaw's hit landed. The tom bared his teeth "You are wrong Weaselkit! I have something to fight for! It's Tanglepaw, I loved her the moment we first met, I shouldn't have abandoned her, and it was my fatal mistake. I will never abandon her again. Especially for the likes of you!" He shouted as he rushed forward, colliding hard against the tom, sinking his fangs into Weaselpaw's foot, biting hard.

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The young tom started to snarl while he felt a rush of pain going through his foot. He bared his teeth before he went to bite down on Cometpaw's eyebrow, trying to get the tom to let go of his paw. He was bristling up with each moment they fought, his tail lashing around before he used his tail to jab it into Cometpaw's eye. 

"Call me Weaselkit one more time and I will show you why my mother named me Weasel! You mistake!" He spat while he started to shift his rear around to get a better angle on the tom.

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Comet hissed in pain as he backed up letting go of the tom's paw, hoping he made some damage to it, rubbing his eye with his paw. This damn fuck is going to pain. He looked up, his eyes flaring in anger.

 "I AM NOT A MISTAKE!" He hissed, rushed towards the tom, lowering his head and ramming it hard into the tom, causing him to fall into the water, he immediately got onto and held him down, in a poor attempt to drown him, but he was a bit weak due to the searing pain in his eye.

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The bi-colored tom had let out a yelp but it soon turned into a snarl, his teeth baring while he used his back legs to kick at  Cometpaw's belly to push him off. His eyes and ears below water now as he was pushed into the water once again. This time the tom tried to use his front paws to smack the larger tom to get him off balance. He let out a cough after a while as he felt blood running down his white fur. 

"You are nothing but a mistake! You will mess up everything you have! you will taint anything that tries to love you!" He spat blood at Cometpaw's eyes to blind him. "Now get off of me you fucking kittypet!" He snapped as he tried to push him off to the side.

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The tom got off trying to wipe the blood off his eyes before snapping, sinking his claws into the chest of Weaselpaw, he raked down but not enough to for a fatal blow. he got off him, hissing in pain. Trying to clean the blood from his eyes "DON'T YOU SEE SHE DOESNT LIKE YOU?!" The tom yelled, as he tried to attack but failed

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The apprentice had slowly gotten up as he felt claws rank over his chest, it had cause enough to start bleeding. The bi-colored tom flicked his tail towards the tom, splashing water at the male. 

"She doesn't have to like me to care about her. She is my clanmate! She is someone that lives in my clan and who I still promise to protect!" The tom snapped while he finally moved out of the larger tom's way. His tail flicked towards the side once more while he snarled even more. "Try that again you meat brain!"

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The tom roared in anger before blinking rapidly, clearing his vision. He turned, slamming his tail into the tom's muzzle before he leapt forward, sinking his teeth into the side of his neck, crouching down and biting hard. His claws clawing hard against his side.

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The she-cat felt panic rise in her chest. She didn't mind them fighting, but this was getting out of hand! She jumped and paces around them, leaping out of the way if they barreled towards her. She needed to stop them! She can't let them kill each other!   Tanglepaw found herself dashing into the woods before she could even realize what she was doing. Why did she care that Weaselpaw was getting hurt? Why did the sight of his blood make hers run cold? Why was she furious that they were hurting each other? Weaselpaw was nothing to her! Nothing!! So why was she still running?  

The she-cat ran blindly, and ended up tripping down a hill and bumping into something sturdy. She gave a loud grunt and flopped into the dirt, gasping in pain and for air. She quickly shook her head to try and get her sight to clear to make sure she wasn't in danger. Her eyes locked with Snakespots'! Perfect!  "S-Sn-Snake- fight- r-river- h-help!" She wheezed.

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The large ginger tom was stalking a rabbit that was in a clearing nearby, he was about to lung forward but felt a large weight slam into his side. His eyes shifted to see young Tanglepaw rolling into him, his eyes shifted from her to the rabbit back towards her. He shifted his body towards her as he soon blinked at her wheezing. 

"Take in a deep breath Tanglepaw, show me where this fight his." His voice was calm as he knew if she kept wheezing  it would end up in  panic attack most likely. Though he soon was hit with a scent of blood slamming into his face. His eyes widen as he knew one of the scents. His body started to lung forwards towards the river.

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The young apprentice yowled at the pain that had hit him from his neck, he had tried his best to rank his claws over Cometpaw's eye or forehead. Fighting to get away from the large apprentice, he was loosing more blood as the blood ran from his neck down towards the water.

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The tom sank his teeth deeper, but suddenly stopped. What was he doing?! his mind screeched, but he didn't let go, no... no! HE deserved this! he brought back so many painful memories, IT WAS HIS FAULT. HE DESERVED TO DIE, LET HIM DIE! He lifted the tom with all of his weight and threw him into the water, in his mouth he had some tuft of the white tom's fur. Letting out a hiss.

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The she-cat tried to listen to Snakespots,  but he dashed away before she could make progress. She panicked and jumped back to her paws, eager to keep up with him. The scent of blood was so strong, and the ringing in here ears was so loud that she couldn't understand what was going on. 

 The river was red. Why was it red? Tanglepaw dashed forwards, pushing past Snakespots and returning to the battle ground. She stopped dead in her tracks. Here yes locked on Weaslepaw laying in the river. There was so much blood.

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His eyes widen as he saw the water turning red from the body of Weaselpaw, he ran towards his son before he smacked Cometpaw's muzzle hard enough to snap him out of it. 

"Cometpaw! snap out of it! Let Weaselpaw go right now!" He hissed before he tried to push his son away from the apprentice that had started to cough of more blood. "Cometpaw!" He snapped before he finally pushed the two apart

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The lynx point dropped the tom before backing up, snarling in anger. He shook his head and spat the tom's blood to the side. Growling as he glared at the bleeding tom "That's what you deserve fox-dung..." He glared at his father, and bared his teeth. He turned and made his way up the hill. Ignoring Tanglepaw as he disappeared into the bushes.

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The apprentice stood still as she watched Snakespots pry Cometpaw off of the white apprentice. Weaslepaw was just laying there..   The apprentice quickly padded into the water, ducking her muzzle under the water to hook it under his head and lift it from the stream. She paused, waiting for signs of life.  

 As soon as Weaslepaw let out a shallow breath, the she-cat yelped and grabbed his scruff. Pulling as gently and carefully as she could, the she-cat pulled her clan mate out of the water and rested him in the disrupted beach. She lay him still  before padding around to examine his wounds. They looked bad... 

 "Hey, hey you-! Your a medicine cat, right?! Help us!" She cried to the orange male standing in the water glaring after his son.

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The large warrior turned away from his son while his tail flicked towards the side as his eyes were narrowed. "Cometpaw! you get back here! Right now! You don't just get to walk away from almost killing someone! You were don't get to just walk away from that!" The large tom scolded his son though he soon started to turned towards the other two apprentice. His eyes widen when he saw the female had pulled her clanmate out of the water. 

 "Careful!" He yelled before he ran back towards the other two, he looked down at the female apprentice before he turned to look at the other apprentice.  His tail flicked towards the side before he spoke softly. 

" Come on go to him, lay next to him and keep his mind off of what happened. Keep him warm and keep him fighting, I need to get some herbs and some spiderwebs. I'll be back in a minute" His voice was soften before he went to find those few things he needed.

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The young white and brown tom had taken in some water while he had been bleeding more and more with each passing moment, he felt so warm with each second that had past. His eyes had slowly started to close but he soon felt someone grab the back of his scruff dragging him out of the water. His tail tip started to flick a little bit before he felt dry land a little bit.   His eyes opened a little bit as he started to turn his glaze towards his clanmate.

 "Tanglepaw... Come here please..."  His voice was low as he started to let out a loud groan as he tried to move a little bit. "Please... Don't l-l-leave my side... I am s-s-o cold." he started to shake a little bit before he heard a deep male's voice spoke.

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Cometpaw ignored his father's yells. He wanted to get out of there, leave behind the fact he almost killed someone. Something shook him, he enjoyed battling the mostly white tom, he loved the taste of iron in his mouth when he bit the back of his neck. He closed his eyes, letting out a soft growl. His tail lashing, if it wasn't for Snakespots, he could have gotten rid of the pathetic small tom. His thoughts were all jumbled messes. Cometpaw turned to glance behind, his tail flicking. Groaning in annoyance, he already knew Snakespots would give him an earful when he got back.

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Tanglepaw felt a rush of panic rush through her body as Snakespots rushed off. She got ready to call after the ex-medicine cat, but Weaselpaw spoke before she could. She cast a look to her clanmate, meeting his eyes. He looked to be in alot of pain, and he was shivering. Tanglepaw felt the urge to turn away and ignore him, maybe run after Cometpaw. She needed to have a word with him...  

 But before the she-cat could even figure out her thoughts, she was wrapping herself around her wounded clanmate and licking his fur in the opposite direction to help it dry faster. "I'm here..."

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The young apprentice turned his eyes towards Tanglepaw, he had turned his head towards her before he let out a soft groan as he felt her move and wrap herself around him. His eyes were dull as he had lost a lot of blood, he tried to smile a little bit before he spoke softly. 

"Tanglepaw, I didn't think I would get to see you care for me like this." His voice was a soft whispered while he shifted his head onto his paws, his eyes started to close. "thank you..." His voice drifted a little bit at the end.

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Snakespots had taken a minute or two before he returned to look at the two apprentices, he had to work fast and carefully. It took him what seems like an whole hour but it was only five minutes. He took a step back away from the two of them as he flicked his ear backwards. 

"He should be fine now... But don't let him out of camp until they look like they are healing or your medicine cat agrees that he is okay to do so." He spoke softly while he turned to walk away towards Cometpaw 

"Cometpaw! Come back here!" He yelled

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The she-cat felt her lips pull back in annoyance at Weaselpaw's words. Care for him? What kind of fox dung is he spitting out of his mouth? She was just doing what she was told. "Shut up. This is not me caring. You deserved everything that just happened."  

She huffed and gave a nod to the bright orange male standing in the river. He turned away and chased after his son. Cometpaw.. Their meetings were probably done now. They got caught. She didn't think he would even want to see her after she ran and got his dad. She sighed. How was Snakespots just... so conveniently there...? Was he already on his way to the fight? 

The apprentice shook her head and looked at her weak clanmate. This was going to suck explaining to the tribe... but he needed help, Snakespot's haphazard treatment didn't look like nearly enough- but what did she know? The brown apprentice growled.   

"Alright... lets get you back to camp... you say one more stupid think and i will bite off your tail." She hissed as she shoved her muzzle under the male's shoulders, struggling a little to lift him, but she managed to finally lift the white apprentice onto her shoulders. She jumped in attempt to adjust his position on her shoulders, but the weight made her stagger. She yelped and planted her feet, groaning at the effort to carry the larger cat.  

 "Would it kill you to lay off the mice? Stars you heavy.." The she-cat growled and slowly walked forward, staggering for the first few steps, but eventually got used to it and started to walk her clanmate home.

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The young apprentice shifted his eyes as he started to let out a soft chuckle before he tried his best to help her though he honestly couldn't do much since he felt so tired and weak at this point. 

"For the rest of your life I am going to call you 'Tangle The Softie' He tried to let out a soft chuckle as he soon became quiet for a few moments before he added a little bit.  

 "Don't tell them anything... If they ask how I become this way just tell them I got into a fight with another rogue or something that sounds like I did my best... Or you found me laying there out cold..." His voice started to drift away along with his thoughts. 

"Make sure before we get into the camp that my claws doesn't show any of his fur in between them... No one should know besides us... It shouldn't effect you or... him..." His eyes shifted towards the forest that past by them.

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The she-cat whipped her tail at his response. "That's it, I'm dropping you."  She teased as she dipped down like she was actually going to drop him, but she popped back up and adjusted his position on her back again. The male was easier to carry now. She gave a slight chuckle at her joke. She was so funny.  

"If you don't want me talking them you explain. You're the one that got beaten up in the first place. I could careless. I'm just not going to leave you there, or else the blame for your death would be on me. And I'm not going to put up with that. Now shut your trap before i break it. It's bad enough your getting you blood all over me, don't force me to listen to your stupid voice." She spat, her playful mood gone.   The brown striped apprentice walked a little faster to get this trek over with. She paused outside the camp boundary, before taking a deep breath. Time to play her cards...  

"Help!" She cried out, slipping into camp. "Someone help! Weaselpaw is injured!"   As cats woke up to her cries and rushed out to greet them. The apprentice dropped the male off and turned away. The focus was all on the male... that was good. Tanglepaw sighed and turned to the apprentice's den. She needed a good nights sleep... away from everything that just happened. She padded to her nest, spotting Scarlet nearby. She gave her friend a weak smile and curled up near her, not getting to close- not wanting to get blood on her. 

  "Next time Weaselpaw... I won't bother to save you.." She breathed before curling up and letting the gentle snores of her denmates lull her to sleep.

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