Zebraddiction: Chapter 12

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Word had gotten around rather quickly about Kaahla's condition. Excited whispers prevailed through the jungle by that point and anyone that saw her would spark the topic up in conversation. The lioness felt more and more accepted whenever this would occur, not that she hadn't already but it was further confirmation of her being.

She was also pleased to find that her memory of names and faces was growing remarkably more keen. She could pick individuals out from a crowd and she no longer had to constantly ask all who approached her what they were called. Though this was only the case for druids that she already knew well, the frequent stops to chat from strangers got her acquainted with many rather quickly.

From the time that Kaahla woke up, the entire jungle had been in a jovial, energetic mood. This was because it was the Fertility Festival's last night of celebration. Anyone that had been in attendance for any of the other days were encouraged to be a part of it, which meant that nearly the entire jungle was going to be present. No rank, job, or title would be excluded, so it was entirely possible that she'd be having sex right along side the very council members that had approved of her to be there.

These thoughts in particular ran through her mind the most. She was determined to join at least of them in some form of fun, even if it was as mild as getting a kiss or being within eye-shot of them. But chances were that she wasn't the only one that thought this. Getting up close and truly personal with anyone that had such a powerful rank among druid society was what everyone else probably wanted to do as well. If that were the case then she'd have to try and do something that got their attention.

An unaware smile slowly spread over her face as she thought more on how she would accomplish such a task. She was in the midst of brainstorming scenarios as she walked among the great trees, on her way to the grand library, when a familiar woman trotted up from the side and suddenly snagged the lioness's paw.

Kaahla startled slightly and turned to see the beaming face of Mona as she fell in beside her friend.

“Hey!” the zebra laughed. “What's got you smiling all on your own? Thinking up some names?”

Kaahla chuckled and shook her head. “Thinking about tonight and the festival actually. Trying to figure out a way for me to have some fun with any of the council members.”

“Oof, you've got some steep competition there. Usually they come into the last day with their group or partners already selected to avoid any mess, but it doesn't hurt to try,” Mona explained.

“I see,” Kaahla said back and nodded thoughtfully. “I suppose if I have to ask how I could get to be a part of that, I'm already not, right?”

Mona shrugged. “Tough to say. Not like it's public knowledge, and it's no like it's a thing they've set in stone. Given who you are and what you've gone through to get where you are, they just might seek you out.”

“Well, that's encouraging at least,” the lioness remarked.

“Anyway,” the zebra said to change the subject. “Miin and I have something special planned for the last night of your first Fertility Festival. You're quite the celebrity yourself, you know, so that means there's gunna be plenty of zebras wanting to get a taste of you.”

“Oh really?” Kaahla laughed. She kept forgetting that despite where she was among the druid caste, she was a lioness in a zebra world carrying a hybrid child. It made sense that she would have had that exact same affect, if not made all the more obvious by how many times she had already been stopped so far on her way to her place of duty.

“We can't tell you anything though, it's meant to be a surprise,” Mona said and winked.

“Oh, that's exciting. My days have been full of surprises as of late, glad to see the jungle's atmosphere is never dull,” the lioness remarked.

“Give it enough time and you'll get used to it,” Mona teased and gave the other's paw a quick squeeze. “I gotta get to my lessons but I'll find you later on, all right?”

Kaahla simply smiled and nodded before the zebra darted off towards a tree and vanished within its trunk. She blinked and frowned as she was reminded once more that she wasn't capable of doing the same, otherwise she wouldn't have been following the natural jungle roads as she was. Going anywhere by foot wasn't all that common for druids given that they could traverse great expanses of foliage in the blink of an eye. But still, given all that she had recently gone through and the break through that her meditation provided, maybe she could accomplish such a basic technique now.

She looked to her side at the nearest tree and approached it. She reached out with a paw and set it against the trunk and concentrated for a moment. With eyes closed and her head bowed, she began to push all the external noises of the jungle from her mind. Stray chirps from birds and the buzz of insects gradually faded and she once more found herself swimming in a void that was gone of stimuli.

The voices gradually drew to her then, curious questions springing into her mind like a humming crowd that she was the center of.

“Is something the matter?”

“What questions do you have?”

“What advice do you seek?”

“That's a nice tree.”

“So excited for the future.”

“Are you trying to push it over?”

The onslaught of questions and statements ironically had her concentration waning and her brow furrowed slightly in frustration. “I need to pass through the eye,” she thought out loud, hoping to answer many of the lingering questions on many of the disembodied spirits' minds.

Oddly, silence descended in that moment. None of the voices spoke, nor did the natural jungle ambiance return. Panic welled quickly, wondering if she might have said something wrong.

Then a new voice came to her, louder and more pristine than all the others. “All you need is time, Kaahla. Be patient and trust in the jungle.”

The lioness gasped and startled back from the trunk, her paw falling away and eyes snapping open. The song of the local fauna filled her ears, the voices all but drowned away. She looked from the tree to her paw and gripped it into a fist. Her palm felt strangely numb and it took a couple of finger flexes to return its feeling.

Kaahla's first thought was to do it again and apologize for reacting so rudely, but something told her that wasn't like any of the other voices of jungle spirits. The words still rang in her ears though, and she did think it best that she should simply heed them.

Blindly trusting anything was something that a barbarian never did, even when it came to direct orders from elders or ranked fighters. It was another relic of her old life that she would have to do away with, and the first step towards that end would begin right now. The lioness finally turned back to the road and continued on her way.

“Getting sloppy with your duties,” Dowe teased as Kaahla finally came in through the library's entrance.

“Sorry, had to take the long way to get here,” she replied.

“The long way?” he asked, head tilted.

“Yeah. You know, on my own two legs?” she explained.

“Ah, I see.” Dowe nodded understandingly and then waved for her to follow as he made his way into library's confines.

Kaahla quickly followed, passing by Navid as he went about helping a couple of other druids find a particular tome. She'd have waved at him if he had noticed her.

Dowe lead the lioness over to large cart towards the back of the main room. It was stacked high with books, so many in fact that the lioness wondered to herself how they could have gotten the whole thing up so many flights of stairs.

“This is your primary duty for the day. Get these organized on the shelves and you can take your leave,” he explained.

“Wait, this is my only duty?” she asked with a raised brow.

“That's right. Responsibilities are lax on the last day of the festival. It gives everyone a chance to show up if they want,” he explained.

“Does that include you?” she asked with renewed interest.

“That's right. You might even see me around there tonight.” Dowe gave her a playful wink before he meandered away, leaving her to her task. Kaahla watched him go to the point that she lost him once he turned the corner to another room.

It wasn't so much that she and Dowe didn't have their fair share of sex, but they didn't get much time together since the festival's beginning. Getting your brains fucked out by tens of eager studs tends to exhaust someone of the activity. Now that she thought about it, Kaahla was surprised that she didn't see Dowe at the festival at all in all the time she had been there. She wondered why that might have been given that he was a rather young and virile man with a reputation within druid society. Surely he would be popular at such an event.

These kinds of thoughts persisted through her mind as she went about completing her task. She knew the library like the back of her paw, so placing the books in their appropriate places was easy. Even when she finished no more than two hours later, she felt like there was more that she could do. Navid was one such person needing some help, as he was still getting the layout of the place down in his mind. He also seemed to be on librarian duty as he went about helping another group of zebras find the tomes that they needed. A bit of direction from the barbarian got them in the right place, of which the young apprentice flashed her a grateful smile.

There wasn't much for Kaahla to do up until the time that the final night's festivities were to begin. She let Dowe know she was done and left the library in the same way she came in. The fact that she still wasn't able to pass through the eye of the jungle to get where she wanted still festered in the back of her mind, but she continued to remind herself of what that one jungle spirit said.

Upon realizing her missed opportunity, Kaahla kicked herself for not bringing up the subject to Dowe. Surely he'd know what that voice was or what it could have meant. Or at the very least he'd be able to direct her to some literature on the subject. But then again, that could similarly be breaching her faith in the jungle, and she had to remind herself once again that it was just something that she needed to accept.

The lioness let out a deep sigh as she made her way back out into the jungle. Her stomach gave a brief grumble and she realized that it had been a while since she last ate something. The festival grounds had plenty of food there, and with nothing else going on she concluded it was the best place to be.

Kaahla had just begun to make her way back onto the natural path when Mona's familiar voice reached her ear again. “There you are!” the student called out as she leaped from the trunk of a nearby tree. The lioness turned just in time to see not only her, but her sister and a third companion come bounding from behind.

“Of course, where did you expect me to be?” Kaahla chuckled.

“We were looking all around for you, we thought you had finished your stuff an hour ago,” Mona explained.

“An hour ago?” Kaahla snickered. “What is it that you think I do in the library?”

“Heck if I know. You don't go there to just study?” Mona asked as she and the others fell in around the lioness.

“No, Dowe has me helping him organize and keep things tidy. I also help him with lesson plans for his apprentice and to keep him company on occasion,” Kaahla explained.

“Isn't that the whole point of an apprentice though?” Miin chimed in as she came up to the lioness's other side and matched her stride.

“In part. In a way I'm kind of his apprentice as well. He is teaching me quite a bit,” Kaahla said.

“Have you asked to be his apprentice? Also, have you thought about what you're going to do after the Fertility Festival? Or where you're gunna stay?” Miin continued.

“Stop bothering her with all that,” Mona snapped. “She probably has it all figure out by now. Someone doesn't just get this far in the jungle without a plan.”

Kaahla laughed and beamed at Mona. “You're right, I do have a plan. After the festival I'll be training with Haepen to be a part of the Jungle Guard. I'll be doing what I can to teach him barbarian fighting tactics and magic so that the battle druids can be better suited to defend our home.”

The sisters shared an awed look which made the lioness smirk. It was also about then that Kaahla realized the other woman trailing behind like a third wheel. “Oh, you haven't introduced me to this one,” Kaahla said.

Upon being noticed and acknowledged, the third zebra shrank within her leaf robe as if she was trying even harder not to be noticed even while the sisters turned to look at her as well. The lioness came to a stop in the middle of the road, causing the others to do the same

“Oh! Kaahla this is Meeso. She wanted to meet you because she's studying to be like the priestesses that came to see you before the festival. She wanted to see the results of their enchantment,” Mona explained quickly.

“Is that so?” Kaahla said, her smile remaining. “It's very nice to meet you Meeso.” She held her paw out to the much smaller woman who stared with wide eyes at the gesture.

“It's nice to meet you as well,” Meeso said, her voice soft and sheepish. She stepped a little closer and gently took the other's paw and shook it. “I don't mean to be a bother, I had just heard so many stories.”

“You're no bother at all,” Kaahla said and pulled the zebra closer so that she appeared to be more of a part of the group than an outsider. “Feel free to ask me about anything your heart desires.”

“It's not so much about asking...it's more about seeing,” Meeso continued and made a show of staring directly at the stripes that adorned the lioness's uncovered arms.

“Ah, yes of course,” Kaahla nodded and then suddenly undid her own leaf robe and pulled it from her shoulders. Not quite expecting the sudden display, Meeso startled but regained her composure when she laid eyes upon the zebra-like pattern all around the lioness's tan fur. Her apprehension seemed to be entirely gone now as she gingerly reached a hand out to stroke it across one of the many stripes of the other woman's belly.

“Wow,” Meeso breathed excitedly and leaned in to have a closer look. She didn't quite know what to expect of the present enchantment, perhaps thinking it was only cosmetic but found that the stripes extended to the lioness's flesh.

“Not too shy when something catches her attention, eh?” Kaahla joked and quirked a brow.

“You might actually be surprised,” Mona said. “Meeso is actually the one that has planned most of your entertainment for the evening.”

“Is that so?” Kaahla replied and brought her paws down to take Meeso's hands as they continuously pet down over her fur as if she were expecting the stripes to smear or fade. The zebra looked up into the lioness's strong gaze and found the predator's eyes gleaming with hunger. “I hope that you get to be an active participant in whatever it is you have planned for me.”

Meeso's cheeks flushed bright red and her jaw slackened. She barely uttered much else than a nervous squeak which had the lioness laughing while turning back and continuing on her way. The three others quickly fell in around her. “I'm starved. Think we can get some food before whatever it is the Meeso has planned for me comes around?”

“Yeah! I heard there's gunna be an extra special banquet ready at the festival, so let's get there quick before it's all gone,” Mona shouted excitedly. The lioness's belly chewed at itself at the sound of extra special food, and she couldn't help but pick up her pace.

Indeed, the food was quite a bit more luxurious than Kaahla had expected. Since coming to the jungle, she had to give up her normally rich, meat based diet. Luckily the jungle had much to offer to sate her carnivorous needs, which came in the form of fat, juicy mushrooms that tasted almost exactly like gigatile steak when cooked over a druidic flame.

This was a rare treat for the lioness, as she mostly had to subsist off of more bland, protein rich vegetables for her nutritional needs. Those zebra that were around her when she was able to get her paws on these tasty treats were quite shocked by the ferocity by which she tore into them, though none could really blame her.

All the while Kaahla and her three friends ate, the Fertility Festival was in full bloom around them. Multiple couples and groups were engaged in their preferred sexual acts, most of which the lioness couldn't help but watch longingly. Several times she had to be stopped from delving into the fray of writhing bodies by one of her friends, but most surprising of all was how adamant Meeso was about keeping her from starting anything.

“You can't go yet! It's not ready!” Meeso begged as she placed herself in front of the lioness and braced both hands against the other's rock hard belly. The strength disparity between them became apparent when Kaahla's advance had Meeso's feet sliding across the ground as she tried to dig in.

“I get that you have something planned, but can we please hurry it along? I'm full and ready to fuck, I don't want to miss out on the last night,” Kaahla sighed irritably as she finally stopped.

“Just a few more minutes, I promise,” Meeso begged and stared up at the lioness with wide, hopeful eyes.

Kaahla relented as she stared into those big, innocent eyes and nodded. “Fine. But only a couple more minutes,” she said, already regretting her decision upon seeing a large, virile male groan and spill his cum into a needy woman before pulling his jizz soaked cock free of her gaped pussy. The glistening white all over its ebony surface made the lioness hungry for something akin to dessert.

The two had just turned back to rejoin Mona and Miin when the glow of the luminescent moss and lichen around them began to shine their rainbow colors. The zebras glowed their similar hues and much like the previous night she was around, Kaahla was awed but it all.

“Perfect!” Meeso shouted and went from halting the lioness's movement to actively pulling her through the festival. Mona and Miin similarly fell in behind the two, giggling and flashing Kaahla excited looks. Kaahla was just happy to finally be able to participate in all this fun that was happening around her.

The deeper that Meeso pulled Kaahla into the fray of sexually charged bodies, the more she began to notice that there were many males that were just standing around and not doing anything. In fact, as she went by, they turned towards her and would give a friendly wave and greeting. She did her best to return the gestures but it was somewhat difficult given the sheer number that they passed by.

It wasn't until Kaahla turned to look back at the trailing sisters that she realized what kind of a situation she was in. Mona and Miin were no longer there, instead being replaced by many of the same men she had just passed by. They trailed close behind and wore devious grins as they looked over her like she were a piece of food ready to be devoured.

That realization had fresh, excited heat rushing to her cheeks. Then almost as soon as she and Meeso had begun this jaunt, it stopped.

Kaahla turned to address her guide but instead found a tree standing right in front of her. Taken slightly aback by this abrupt change, she was about to look at her growing audience when a pair of lively vines suddenly lashed out from the tree and encircled her wrists. With a strength that was double her own, Kaahla was yanked to a bent over position and forced to brace against the tree's surface.

Her first instinct was to fight back but found the thought fleeting as an obvious, towering presence stepped up to her from behind. A firm smack landed against her ass and the mild twinge of pain that it brought caused a purr to form in her chest. She glanced over her shoulder to find the grinning visage of a ready male admiring her current state.

He had his cock in one hand while he continued to grope over her flank with the other. Her tail lifted out of the way and he took it as an invitation to cup his fingers between her leg, stroke her slit, and then sink them inside. They came back coated in her essence, which was then smeared over his member before he readied to push it into her wanting cunt.

“Enjoying your surprise?” Meeso's voice came from beside the tree. Kaahla snapped her face to the woman just as her pussy became speared by that impressive shaft of zebra cock. She opened her mouth intending to greet her once again and answer but there came a shuddering moan instead.

“F-fuck!” Kaahla huffed and pushed back onto the stud's length as he buried everything he had into her. She felt her belly bulge slightly from him bottoming out.

“That's what I thought,” Meeso giggled and cupped her hands around the lioness's cheeks to steady her face. Kaahla could barely focus as the male began pumping away.

“You know, I'm kind of surprised that you didn't recognize me. But maybe now you will if we cross paths again,” Meeso continued and leaned in to place a gentle kiss against Kaahla's lips. The lioness tried her best to give back but she was almost too literally stuck between a rock and a hard place.

“W-what do you mean? Have we met before?” Kaahla managed between gasping moans after Meeso leaned back.

“We certainly have. My colleagues and I were the ones that allowed you to participate in this festival after all,” she explained playfully.

Kaahla's eyes widened with realization and she laughed dumbly at herself. “I'm so sorry. I-I've only just begun to put names to faces. Please forgive me for not recognizing you...”

“No apologies needed, I understand what you're going through. Mona told me about your little request and I'd be lying if I said that I didn't want to have a taste of you myself. So how about when you get done here, you come see me?” Meeso said and leaned in to peck the lioness on the cheek.

“S-sounds good,” Kaahla groaned and pushed back on the rutting zebra dick. The clap of the male's body against her own was growing louder by the second and his own guttural brays were thrumming in her ears.

“Excellent,” Meeso said under her breath. In that moment a few of the males that had come to surround the lioness broke off and came to be around the councilwoman. She snagged a hand in each of her own and then casually meandered off with her suitors in tow. Kaahla watched after her for as long as she could before the animated displays of the festival grounds blocked her view.

Entrapping bliss struck her in that moment and she yowled at the top of her lungs. Her claws dug into the tree's bark and she squeezed down on the pounding male as he seemed to pick up an even greater amount of speed. His hands held onto her hips as tightly as he could manage and he leaned far over her back. His grunts and snorts were nearly right in her ear as he concentrated on the motion.

Kaahla wiggled her hips slightly to add a grind against his powerful shaft. His heavy balls clapped at her pussy lips with every aggressive thrust and his precum freely poured into her. Her pussy spilled her arousal just as much, the two fluids mixing and soaking the insides of the lioness's thighs.

His stamina was quite remarkable, able to maintain that speed and strength for several blissful minutes. He was able to light up every nerve of Kaahla's body to the point that she was struggling to stay upright. Despite that, she refused to let up on reciprocating his aggression, every thrust in she made sure to push back on.

The exquisite treatment wasn't to last though, as the stud shuddered and brayed an orgasmic groan as he buried everything he had into her. His balls clung tight to his groin and his cock flexed one last time before unleashing a torrent of cum seed into her cunt.

A similar shock of pleasure rode through her own body and the muscles along her legs and back tensed. She screamed out as she became flooded, the volume so great that it eventually gushed back and soaked into her fur like all of their other fluids. The zebra gave a few more bucks to make sure his sack was fully emptied before he stepped away to give the next male in line a shot at the begging lioness.

There was hardly any break between when the first one pulled out and when the next one thrust in. Kaahla whimpered hotly, her tongue hanging from the front of her mouth as she gasped for breath. This male was thicker and longer and was able to push in effortlessly because of the copious cum that still soaked her insides. Upon entry he filled her so completely that he practically pushed out all of the jizz that remained within before he began fucking.

For the briefest moment, Kaahla hoped to the jungle spirits that she wasn't hurting any of them with how hard she was gripping the tree in front of her. She was practically sharpening her claws on its bark as she lost most control over her muscles.

The fevered, powerful thrusting had her chest pushing against the trunk, which she gratefully leaned against. The guttural snorts and huffs of her suitor rang once more in her ear as well as his hot breath. She hoped ever so softly that he might bite the back of her neck like what a male lion would do but she quickly pushed those thoughts from her mind. Zebra studs offered so much more than any lion could that it wasn't even a competition.

Kaahla's body squeezed down on the rutting male after several more minutes of intense, prolonged pounding. She whimpered out a scream as the bliss that she was being subjected to hit a peak and her feminine juices cascaded down his cock like a waterfall. He didn't really seem to notice, entirely encapsulated in pleasing himself with her own needs only coming second.

Yes, use me like a fuck toy, she shouted in her head. She'd have said as such out loud but every waking breath that she exhaled was already filled with moans and cries for more.

An aggressive roar from the male marked his climax as a volley of thick white poured into her body, bringing with it a wave of heat that wound all the way up to her shoulders. He made sure to keep himself buried as deep as he could go while he emptied his balls, as if he was trying to get her even more pregnant than she already was. Or maybe just making sure that she had been taken in such a fashion.

Either way, Kaahla was more than pleased to accept his generous, viscous gift. When he pulled out, he did so with a loud pop and slurp as his flared end came free, trailing an arch of white that splattered the ground.

The lioness gave a tantalizing sway of her hips to entice the already overly eager third male to come at her with even more conviction. She could tell he was a younger kind of stud, slightly shorter than the others but packing a manhood that could fairly compete.

Interestingly, this one didn't mount her with as much zeal as the others. He slipped himself into her gaped cunt slowly, going as deep as he could before pulling back entirely. She wondered what he was doing and even looked over her shoulder at him to see. As soon as her eyes found his proud shaft, throbbing hard from his lap and smeared white in the cum of the others, she realized what he intended.

His flat tip pressed between her asscheeks and ground right under her tail. Kaahla was so aroused by that point that she didn't need to relax, all she had to do was just wait for him. He leaned forward and in one motion sank his well lubricated cock deep into her bowels.

It was a tight fit that had the two lovers moaning in unison. He slipped in so easily that Kaahla was quite surprised but knew she shouldn't have been. She was eager to get her ass fucked and was glad that someone finally did after her pussy had gotten so much use so far.

As soon as this new male settled himself entirely within her, he began working his hips almost exactly like the others did. He kept his back straight as he eagerly thrust, fresh precum spurting within her to pick up the lubricating slack that the present cum wasn't able to cover.

The thickness of his manhood filled Kaahla perfectly to the point that she didn't need to squeeze him to have an extra tight fit. She was filled to her absolute limit and she loved how good her stretched hole felt.

The lioness pressed back as her lover would slam in, matching his rhythm perfectly. He turned out to be a rather noisy zebra, frequently groaning and throwing his head back as he indulged in the pleasure of her tightest hole. She couldn't keep her eyes off of him as he would do this, finding the expression on his face to be irresistible.

Though he was quite eager to hump away with wanton abandon, his age and inexperience showed itself when he hit his peak much faster than the others. He brayed and nickered excitedly as he drew his hips into a blur of motion, the sound emanating from which was like an applause.

Just as Kaahla was really getting into the fevered motion, she was graced with a flooding sensation as hot cum sprayed inside of her ass like a hose. She gasped in surprise and bit her lip as she returned her gaze to her front and made sure to scan her surroundings of the army of men that continued to stand nearby, pumping their cocks and patiently waiting their turn. She dared not have disappointment for any one of them as there would be another there to eagerly replace the last. And just like before, there was.

The spongy, soft zebra cock pulled free of her gaped pucker, trailing a stream of white. Less than a second later a new one plunged into her asshole and resumed the excited thrusting like it had never even stopped.

Kaahla's mind gradually turned blank as the onslaught of various zebra studs took their turn at one of her holes. Some were tamed and able to handle her body for great lengths of time before expelling floods of their seed into her. Others were sporty and used her like she were an object to be filled with seed and then discarded, barely being able to hold on for more than five minutes at a time.

Regardless of her lover, the lioness was treated to an endless array of intense ecstasy. Her pussy gushed her femme juices freely to the point that it almost seemed like she was relieving herself. A sizable puddle of white had formed on the grass between her feet and both of her holes were gaped and smeared in an emission concoction of more than twenty men.

The lioness had all but lost track of time. She didn't know for how long she had been ravaged, but it was enough to have broken her spirit to the point of saying nothing else but begging for more cock. The muscles along her back and legs ached terribly, like she had just been on a three day hunt and just now took down an entire gigatile pack. If not for the fact that she had locked her knees in place she'd have surely collapsed.

When she was finally unbound from the tree, she almost did. She let out a startled cry and stumbled forward as the vines let up on their hold around her wrists. Her shift in body stature had fresh cum gushing from her holes as she regained balance in a fully upright state. Her entire body thanked her for a change in posture as she was able to work her muscles and relax for the first time in what must have been three whole hours of uninterrupted sex.

Kaahla glanced around herself once again as fresh clarity came to her. The once present crowd was now gone, many of the men that had fucked her had turned their prospects to the food tables or simply conversed with their other lovers and friends.

The first exploratory step away from her messy scene was a wobbly one and the second was even less stable. When she tried a third she couldn't help but collapse to her knees, but luckily there was someone there to catch her.

“Gosh, you really are true to your barbarian past,” Meeso's voice came to her gently. Kaahla looked up into the tired councilwoman's face. She had stray cum painting her own muzzle and she smelled just as strongly of men as the lioness.

“I guess so,” Kaahla laughed tiredly.

“I'm sorry that I didn't come to you sooner, I got carried away with my own group. Kinda looks like the same happened to you,” Meeso giggled.

“I never back down from a challenge,” Kaahla replied confidently. “And I need to make the most of the last night.”

“Very true, but even the strongest of us need a break,” Meeso said and relinquished an arm from around Kaahla's shoulder and made a swirling motion in the air with her hand. A faint, green glow surrounded her fingers as she did this, and in that same moment the aches and pinches that had settled into the lioness's muscles evaporated.

The surprised expression on her face was all the thanks that Meeso needed. She beamed down happily at her companion and carefully helped her back up to her feet. The only thing that remained in the lioness was the exhaustion and sense of accomplishment.

“Would you like to accompany me back to the resting area? I would love to get to know you better while we recover,” Meeso asked.

“I'd like that, actually,” Kaahla said back and reached down to take the other's hand. Meeso smiled brightly and leaned against the lioness's solid frame as they walked off, side by side.

Though the night wore on and the festival continued for many more hours, Kaahla had gotten her fill of what it had to offer. She was glad to have participated in all that it was and what it meant to the jungle's inhabitants, having received its blessing in more ways than one.

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