The Sun Will Rise Again (Deku)

[Isilme]

There was something strange on his nest, the tom moved feeling another body beside him, what? Why was he sleeping with someone on his nest? Wait- He opened his eyes seeing the unfamiliar walls on the leader den, blue eyes scanned the place wondering how he had ended there, he had no rea- Oh, the memories came back to him and his eyes travelled down to Sunstar still sleeping form, he actually had a very good reason to be there. The large cat did his best to not wake up the leader while getting out of her moss nest, it was still early and nearly no one was outside, he felt relieved with that because if others saw him getting out of Sunstar den so soon in the morning rumors would go wild, and that was the last thing he wanted, the leader certainly didn´t needed comments about her private life in this situation, Nightfox walked quickly to the fresh kill pile and got a tiny squirrel for breakfeast, Sunstar could eat the bird he had gotten last night, it was probably way better than the frozen creature he was going to eat.

He walked back to the leader den and made himself confortable inside before starting to eat, he was glad she had managed to sleep but now, he wanted nothing more than to see she wake up again.

Deku

[Deku]

Sunstar slept, enjoying the peaceful sleep. It was the first time in several moons she had actually slept so well. Usually she was stressed about some clan matter, and being so sick hadn't made anything better either. There had been no dreams, and it appeared that her mind was in the same state as her weak body. She was ready to give up. She could barely move in the day anymore.

She finally woke, gasping for breath as another fit of coughing wracked her all but dead form. This particular fit took longer than usual to go away, and even after her restful sleep she was already exhausted. Today was the day. She could feel it inside of her. She wondered how it would feel to die. Well, wondering wouldn't last long. Soon she would be discovering for herself. She doubted it could be worse than living with this wretched cough.

[Isilme]

When her eyes opened he was immediatly over her, checking her breath and whispering calming words while the leader nearly coughed her lungs out. "Oh good morning Sunny, glad to see you awake." Nightfox purred relief washing over him to see the female with her eyes open again, she had survived the night so perhaps she was going to get better, the chance was slim, really slim, but he held the hope close to his heart. "How are you feeling? Feel like eating something?" The tom asked sitting in front of the leader, his tail moving side to side anxious and worried.

[Deku]

She didn't say anything. She couldn't say anything. She was too worn out to even think of forming words. She wasn't hungry at all despite the fact that she had eaten so little within the past moon. She shook violently as she the familiar pain filled her lungs again. Sunstar barely registered the fact that the large tom was speaking.

Yes, she was on the border of death. Anyone looking in could see that. Her amber eyes were dull and her fur grimy and unkept. She didn't move besides the relentless shivering. Her time had come, and she was ready to accept that. She wanted very badly to give Nightfox a smile, even the tiniest of smiles, just to affirm that she would be fine. Instead, her eyes began to close once more. She wanted sleep. More sleep. Somewhere inside her mind rationalized that she wouldn't wake up again until after returning from StarClan. This thought was overpowered however, and despite her weak attempts at staying awake, she began slipping away.

[Isilme]

Her lack of response was all confirmation he needed, his face turned to the ground his eyes fixed on his black paws, she was dying, she was going to die right in front of him and he could do nothing about it, nothing, his claws made a incredable disturbing noise in contact with the rocky ground but it didn´t bothered him, the tom was too busy feeling completely helpless in front of the dying leader, his ears flaterred on his head and he closed his eyes holding back a sob. He touched her forehead with his own and just stayed there, now, Nightfox had never expected that he would react that badly to something like that but... It was breaking him inside, not being able to do anything to help her, to save her. "I´m so sorry Sunny." He said voice craking in middle of the phrase when a single tear scaped his closed eyelids. "I won´t let this happen again." He whispered quietly unsure if she heard it or not, and not really caring at the moment, that promise was more to himself than to the she cat.

[Deku]

"I'm so sorry Sunny."

Those were the last words she heard, and briefly she wondered why he was so sad. She had more lives. It wasn't like she was leaving forever. That moment of thought ended when her body finally stopped shivering. When she opened her eyes, she was surrounded by a starry landscape. Just like Nightfox's story. She had been here before, when she had received her nine lives. She sat up, feeling free without the dragging illness and stress of her life. She herself knew she wasn't meant to be here yet though. She knew she still wanted to return to LeafClan. Her work in guiding her clan back to it's former glory was not finished.

For what seemed like forever, she sat still. She simply stared at her limp body and the massive black tom next to it. Why was he so sad? He had no reason to be considering it was only a matter of time before she returned. She sighed and lay back down. Her old apprentice needed her. It was time to return. As she closed her eyes the starry landscape disappeared, but a feeling of peace did not. She would get better. Things would all get better.

For the second time that day she woke gasping for air. She didn't know how long she was dead or honestly what it looked like to an outsider. However, it had felt a bit strange knowing she was going to die and then live again like nothing had happened. The golden tabby was still weak, she could definitely feel that much, but her cough seemed to have disappeared. She felt slightly better, but she also knew it would take time to completely recover.

[Isilme]

He waited what looked like forever, but of course it hadn't been more than a few minutes, it had been the worse few minutes of his entire life. His ears perked up when she started breathing again, he opened his eyes and stepped away giving the leader plenty of space, he also moved the prey closer to her nest in hope that she would actually eat this time and then waited silently in the corner of the den near the entrace. "How are you feeling?" Nightfox asked, voice lower than normal not looking into her eyes, he needed to get out of there, he was a danger to her now, not that Sunstar was aware of it but it didn't changed anything, he wanted to have left without saying anything, but he couldn't do that either, not after everything.

[Deku]

When she opened her eyes she was surprised that the large tom wasn't standing over her anymore. Where had he gone? She could still hear his voice. She lifted her head in an attempt to see over the edge of her nest. She looked for a minute and soon found him in a corner by the entrance to the den. "I dunno." She mewed, her words slurring together at the end. "I feel a little better, but I doubt I'll be able to stand up. Greencough drained me completely and losing a life doesn't automatically fix things." She sighed. "That little hunting trip I promised you will just have to wait a little longer." She gave a small smile. "Anyways, I'll get better over the next moon. I just can't get sick again. That would be bad." She added, completely unaware of how anxious to leave the tom seemed to be.

[Isilme]

Nightfox nodded to her words. "You should eat the prey I brought earlier, it will help you recover." He said, his tail moving side to side restless. "Look I, need to do some stuff, but we will talk later okay? Take care of yourself, don't try to go around doing crazy things." The tom tried to sound normal, and even sent her a smile before heading out without even waiting for a reply from the leader, outside of the den was cold and snow was still falling softly, blue eyes scanned the clearing not seeing many cats outside and with quick and silent steps he reached the medicine cats den, he needed to take care of it before it was too late, he didn't had any life to spare after all.

[Deku]

The golden tabby opened her mouth to reply to his rushed words just as he ran out. Why did he seem so happy to get away? Well, honestly she couldn't blame him. If she had been able to, she would have told him to ignore the fact that she was sick. If he got Greencough because he tried to help her she would probably do something crazy like he suggested against. She looked down to the bird from the night before. She still wasn't too hungry, but she needed to get better. The bird was gone within a matter of moments. Now all she could do was sleep, get better, and wait for Nightfox to return.