Hei grinned as he kept his eyes on his prey but answered her anyway, enjoying their light banter back and forth. It had been a long time since he had a fun chat like this and he realized he missed it greatly."I'm glad to hear it," she smirked, returning his wink and brushing her flank against his. "You'd be the first male I've met to have achieved that little feat."
He was brought up with monkeys who had large numbers and so he was never alone and now that he was, he realized how grateful he had been to have so many friends and company then.
"Oh you flatter me with your words. Perhaps you just haven't met enough older males to know that we are nothing like our younger counterparts....well mostly," he joked lightly as he was careful not to step on any twigs or branches and alert the pigs to their presence.
The light sensation of her flank against his was warming as he felt his body enjoying the physical contact with her. But like he said, he was old enough to control his body and didn't let his hormones get the best of him.
Besides, it was just friendly touching, nothing more at the moment.
"Some people prefer a more verbal form of gratitude...but I'll let you off,"[/b]
He didn't answer this one but the smile on his face indicated that he did hear her and the glint in his eyes was evident that he was having fun with their talk.
Hazel who was between them smiled at the good relationship the two seemed to have been building which only meant good things would happen.
If only Kato would come to like Hei, she'd have her own little family and Hei would have no reason to send her off anymore.
The little pup smiled up at Kato as if she knew something the older female didn't."Hazel...I...I don't think so..."
"Trust me....you'll see," she simply said with knowing blue eyes and with that seemed so much older at the moment but once she grinned broadly she was back to having a pup mentality.
Hei nodded his head as he stopped moving once he was in range of the piggies and smiled at her."No," she said hotly, shooting him an indignant look. "I am perfectly capable of pulling my own weight in a hunt. I'm not an invalid who needs to be looked after."
"I'll have you now I'm graceful on my feet,"
"Exactly how I thought you would answer. To a good hunt for both of us then," he nodded his head to her, respecting her as a great hunter and a very capable female which truly impressed him greatly.
There was nothing more he respected than the ability to take care of oneself and be independent. But that didn't mean he was against support, he just didn't like clinging or overly dependent people.
Hei moved a bit closer to Kato as he got into business mode and bent to whisper into her ear."Any plan, or are we just going to run at them and take out the closest?"
"Plan is to pick off a juicy female. They are slower than males and more likely to panic and become separated. I'll rush them and single one out, driving it towards you so that you may deal the finishing blow. Good luck," he told her as he indicated for Kato to remain where she was.
With a small jerk of his head Hazel followed Hei and the two padded off to another side of the herd so that they made direct the herd north and make one veer off course towards where Kato was hiding.
Hei waited for a while, looking to see which one he should decide to pursue and saw a lone female with an injured leg near the edge and decided she was good enough.
Hazel meanwhile climbed onto Hei's back and clung onto him for dear life as then as soon as she was situated and hanging on he burst forth from the undergrowth and rushed towards the herd.
The pigs immediately squealed in fright and scrambled to run away, some bumping into each other in their hurry to leave and they all ran in different directions until they merged together.
Just like he expected, the lone female was lagging behind and he started running at her.
With a frightened squeal and a limp the female tried to turn away from him and succeeding in putting herself on the path straight to Kato with Hei on the pig's tail.
"Heads up!" Hazel called from Hei's back as the black male snapped at the pig's flank to frighten her more and drive her further towards Kato.