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JCL Ch.1 By BothersomeKitsune

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Jungle Cubs Love

1.First Encounter

Bagheera was walking through the jungle, tears streaking down his furry cheeks. He had been running for two days straight all by himself; completely alone in a strange place with no one by himself and his thoughts. He thought about what had happened, not too long ago. It was still fresh in his mind.

Men from the man village had ambushed his families cave and attacked them. His father held them off as long as he could, before he was killed. Bagheera and his mother ran as fast as they could, but she got caught in a trap.
She let out a growl in surprise, clawing at the net

“Mama,” Bagheera cried. He ran over to his mother, trying to free his mother from the trap.

“No Bagheera. It’s no use, man will be here soon and you must run.”

“But…Mama…,” Tears welled up, blocking his eyesight.

The she-panther licked her cubs head in affection. Her ear twitched and she knew that the men would be there any minute.

“Run Bagheera. Run and whatever you do, don’t look back.” That was the last thing she said, before the panther cub ran off into the night.

He didn’t look back, even when he heard his mother’s roars. He continued to run till he was deep inside the jungle. That was three days ago.

Now exhaustion caught up with him and the panther was now looking for a place to rest. And with the rain now pouring down, he had to find shelter fast. He thought about climbing up a tree and staying dry in its branches. But when he lighting, strike down a particularly large tree, he thought against it.

He saw a small cave a few distance away and found the energy to run over to it.
Once inside, he immediately regretted it. He could see two yellow eyes glaring at him in the back of the cave. Bagheera gulp, his legs shaking in both fear and weakness.

“Who are you?” A voice growled. The owner of the voice narrowed their eyes and Bagheera shivered in fear.

“Please…I’m just looking for a place t-to stay.”

“And I should care, why?” The voice asked.

By its scent, Bagheera concluded that it was a tiger. His mother told him about tigers. They were supposed to be mean and attack anyone who came upon their territory. And judging by how the owner of the cave was growling, he decided to leave now, before it got ugly.

Outside, the storm had gotten stronger and the wind howled almost as if in anger. Bagheera thought he should get going now if he wanted to find a place to rest.

“I…I should go now.” The panther turned to leave, to find somewhere else to sleep for the night, when the voice spoke again.

“Why? You look tired. Stay.”

“But…but..,”

“What?” The voice sounded annoyed and Bagheera decided to drop it unless he angered the tiger more.

He crawled on his belly over to the caves owner, sighing when he felt a warm body next to his own. He licked himself semi dry, smoothing out his fur. He heard the tiger cub huff in annoyance and looked up to see yellow eyes glaring at him.

“Are quiet you done?” When Bagheera nodded, he sighed. “Good.”

The tiger cub lay back down, closing his eyes and sighed again. Bagheera looked at the cub, before also laying down; placing his head on his paw and was soon fast asleep. He inwardly sighed, unconsciously leaning closer to the warmth.

The tiger cub known as Shere Khan, blushed slightly when he felt the panther nuzzle against him. He opened one eye and looked at the smaller jungle cat for a moment. He watched the panther cub sleep for awhile, before sleep over took him once again.
This is a story that came to me, when I was wondering why there were no parents on the show. All you saw was Winnies uncle and Shere Khans mother that one time. And it gor me thinking about Bagheera's family. Whatever happened to them. And Volia! I wrote this.

So far in this chapter, we see Bagheera's dark past and Shere Khan actually giving a helping paw! :0

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