SHUYIN

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong was out on one of her nightly walks around ThunderClan territory. She was by the abandoned twoleg nest for a while, looking at all of the herbs there. Rowanblaze would have a nice supply for leafbare at the rate they were growing! She wandered away and started to trek along the border between ShadowClan and ThunderClan, not paying a terrible amount of attention. Remembering the recent gathering, Sparrowsong became a little wary. What if ShadowClan really did kill Riverheart? She shook her head. ShadowClan didn't necessarily do it. Larkstar was probably just blinded by her grief and anger and just jumped to the first conclusion.

[amaterasu]

Since the Gathering, ShadowClan had had at least one cat patroling the borders in the middle of the night, as well as two cats to guard the camp. Right now, Brokensoul was the one on patrol. He had patroled the RiverClan border multiple times, and deciding that he was too worked up to go back and sleep, he patroled the ThunderClan border as well.
At the ThunderClan border was teh first time he smelled a cat nearby. He jumped into the brambles on his own side of the border and started to weave in and out. The thorns didn't bother him at all, his thick brown pelt protected him from harm.
He opened his mouth and scented the cats ahead. There was only one. What was she doing out by herself this time of night?
His bright green eyes glowed from the Bramblepile as he watched for the shecat.

[J I N G O]

Alarm flooded through Sparrowsong and panic prickled in her paws as she felt a cats eyes on her. She looked around, staring over the ShadowClan side of the border, suddenly feeling a little more suspicious of them. She opened her mouth to scent the cat, and only faintly recognized the scent. It was definitely a ShadowClan cat though. She looked around, and finally found a pair of green eyes staring at her through a Bramblepile. She tensed up and managed to squeak out "Who are you?"

[amaterasu]

"What do you think you're doing out here by yourself? Near our border, no less?" Brokensoul hissed. He didn't move from his bramblepile. He knew the cat would probably sent him, but had no idea that his bright eyes were giving his position away. His pelt matched the darkness that surrounded.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong looked the bramblepile right in it's green eyes. "I'm going for a walk. I do this every night. ThunderClan has no quarrel with ShadowClan." she mewed, trying to defend herself and her Clan. If it came to picking sides, ThunderClan was more or less on ShadowClan's side. Foxstar thought that Larkstar was just drawing the first conclusion that came to her head, even if she didn't have solid proof of who killed her warrior. She sat down right at the edge of the border and groomed a paw over her face, showing that she really meant no harm.

[amaterasu]

Brokensoul muttered, "You can never be too cautious." He pulled himself out of the bramblepile anyway. He sat down right in front of the border.
"You'd better get on your way." he said, "I'm on border patrol so I can't just let you sit here. Who knows what threat you could be."

[J I N G O]

"I'm not much of a threat to any cat. I'm not much of a fighter." Sparrowsong mewed, and stopped washing her face. She looked up at the moonlight shining through the leaves, then back at the cat. She was usually pretty bad at making friends and such. Why not practice!? "I'm Sparrowsong." it wasn't as awkward talking to a cat who didn't know her, for whatever reason, and she was going to take advantage of that!

[amaterasu]

The dark tabby gave the ThunderClan shecat a look like she was insane. He should have just left her alone and continued on with the patrol, but instead he heard himself grunting, "Brokensoul."
He looked up at the sky. He should be heading back soon before someone worried about him.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong thought about walking away now, but just realized something! Brokensoul had questioned why she was out and about at night, and she told him... now it was his turn to explain what he was doing outside of camp at such a late time! "What are you doing out so late?" she questioned him. She didn't really care too much, but still, it was nice to know. She didn't really expect the cat to tell him anything anyways.

[amaterasu]

Brokensoul's lips curled back in a silent snarl. He hadn't planned on telling her anything, but he realized he could throw it in her face.
"Well I have a reason to be out this late, unlike you. Not that you care. ThunderClan never does anything that makes sense."
He turned his head away as he muttered, "I'm on patrol. Not that you care."

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong blinked in shock at how quickly the tom turned cold. "Oh. I... I see.." she mewed, a little hurt by the tom's harsh words and mean way of putting them. Sparrowsong liked being out at night time! She'd done it for the longest time! It wasn't totally useless.. sometimes she brought back prey that was scuttling about the late night forest floor.

[amaterasu]

Brokensoul kind of felt bad because he had obviously upset the shecat. He didn't mean to, he was just being his normal self. Surely she knew that?
"Hey, mousebrain, knock it off. Don't act so defenseless. You're not a kit." He chided. He didn't want to sound mean.

[J I N G O]

Sparrowsong shuffled her paws on the ground in front of her, feeling a little self conscious now. "I know I'm not.." she mewed. But I feel like I am, sometimes! she thought to herself. She wasn't a very good warrior. She hunted and did patrols but she wasn't very sociable and she didn't like to fight too much. And she was so easily offended! And she could rarely do anything for herself... she was like a kit!

[amaterasu]

"Hey! Don't do that either! You act like I'm about to cross the border and attack you or something!" Brokensoul shouted. He didn't understand what this shecats problem was. It was like she needed someone to teach her to act like a warrior, and not just learn how to be one.

[J I N G O]

"Sorry... Wh-what am I doing?" Sparrowsong mewed, innocently. Now she felt bad! She couldn't help it. This was how she normally was around her Clanmates! Awkward and a little retarded. She didn't know what was really acceptable and what wasn't. Even if she had another cat to look at as an example, she had a difficult time acting the 'right' way.