[i] -Beast- [/i]

Beast's ears flicked back as he heard Luke ask where everyone was, the Arcanine looked down at his paws his mouth twitching higher into a 'guilty' looking smile. "Well about that..." He begun to say, visibly flinching as Luke's glare fell on him. "....they seem to have hopped away" He admitted,Quickly turning he shuffled the sleeping Amara off of his tail before he got up shaking out his large bulk, he reared up on his hind legs peeking out of the den, his eyes sought out the lost cubs. "I shall locate them straight away! No problems...I can assure you I won't let them cause any-" Beast rapidly begun to assure his alpha, just as an angry yell pierced the air, his tail drooped behind him as he breathed out the last word of his sentence. "-trouble" He lifted paw to his face resting it over his muzzle.

Although Luke's glare wasn't nearly as scary as Akira's soft smile as she appeared at his den not long after the yell had occurred. He inwardly grimaced as he overheard the Ninetales tell her mate they'd lost another house to the flames. Despite his large bulking form, Beast visibly shrunk in size under Akira's gaze even though her flames were ineffective against him...he still knew better than to push her buttons. "Ah, good morning Akira..." He greeted her politely, with a bow of his great maned head. "They're...OK, just missing a few of them" Beast admitted awkwardly, seeing the agitation in Akira's face he inwardly groaned. [i]Bam-bam...had to of been , I'm not sure Rin would have the gall to[/i] "I'm terribly sorry about that! I'll get to rounding them up immediately...perhaps if you wouldn't mind watching over Amara whilst I do?" Beast asked, flicking his tail behind him.

As if things couldn't get worse for the Arcanine, Amara begun to stir beside him he glanced at her his ears flicking forward. [i]The one cub that-ack![/i] His thoughts were cut off as the young Azurill caught sight of Akira and proceeded to bury deeper into his tail after dousing the pair in water. Beast's ears flicked out to the side of his head as his soaked mane flattened against his face, he lifted a paw to his face peeling a section of it away from his eyes to look at Luke as he quizzed him on the whereabouts of the cubs. The Guardian Beast for once didn't hold the answer to that question, he sat back on his haunches resisting the urge to shake out his wet fur for fear of splashing Akira...and losing his nest. "...you see what happened was Luke...I may have overslept just a weeny bit" The Arcanine lifted his front paws holding them almost together in front of him as if this was a good way to tell the alpha how long he'd overslept. "And they may have...sneaked out" He finished, lifting his jowels in a sheepish grin. 

[i] - Bam-bam - [/i]

Bam-bam ran like her butt was on fire, the chances were that it already was! She was pretty sure her tail had been singed by Akira's wrathful flame attack...though she was secretly very smug about her antics, she knew she'd helped out Akira. The Ninetales was just too sleepy to see realize this...She dared a glance over her shoulder, skidding to a stop she turned to see the entire alpha hut up in flames. "Oh...wow" The small pokemon clapped her hands together in excitement. Well it was a [i]normal[/i] thing to happen...but it didn't overshadow the fact it was still a sight to behold. 

Not wanting to stick around and wait for Akira to emerge from the ash den Bam-bam skipped away from the alpha hill slipping away as the blaze died down, she didn't want to go back to Beast's nest. The old man was probably awake by now but she was sure he wouldn't find her newest trick amusing at all...she frolicked in the long grass by the village humming to herself as she dragged her bone club behind her, already on the look out for more fun activities to partake in. Unless maybe...the fun was at Beast's nest! [i]Akira might want to thank me for helping her![/i]