Breaking from Tradition

Story by MrFloyd on SoFurry

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A pair of sabre tooth tigers have to make a journey, but things get a little frisky on the way.

With thanks to Silverwolf626 for his corrections.


"They have to know."

All of the sabre toothed tigers agreed, nodding their heads silently in unison. Their attention was centred around an older male on a raised flat stone commanding the group with an air of natural authority.

"And the sooner the better," he affirmed, gazing past his audience to the cubs playing roughly in the corner of the cave that served them well as a secure den. Some of the older cubs had already begun ignoring their siblings and turned their focus to the impromptu gathering, then pretending not to look as the dominant stare caught their eyes.

"Ashunt?"

A spitting image of the dominant male, only slightly less heavily built and with striking orange fur instead of brown, sat up tall and raised his chin.

"You will be going to the Northern Peaks. I should go myself but we are currently facing too many threats and never before have we had to care for this number of cubs." His face showed the signs of years of successful leadership. Years that had also taken their toll. The older cubs were scrambling to hide behind each other in a futile attempt to avoid the stare and serious nature of the gathering. He turned back to face Ashunt.

"But at least," he remarked with a loving smile, "I can send my son."

Ashunt gained great satisfaction in pleasing his father. He was well respected far beyond the boundaries of their territory, and to carry not only his blood but the word and duty of a legendary alpha was an honour. Ashunt bowed his head and accepted the task.

"Kalkaw, I want to go too." The voice belonged to a member of the group coloured differently from the others, a mixture of white and splashed with silver and grey.

The older male smiled once more. "Kalis will join you... You read my mind, girl." Kalkaw stepped off the flat stone and rubbed the side of his head against the younger female. "Every season we promise to meet again and every time there are always interruptions. Give your father our kindest regards, he will be proud to see what you have become."

"Thank you Kalkaw, you have always..."

"Oh no, no, little miss. The sentiments are one-way, you don't get to pull on my heartstrings in front of everyone!" He winked as a light ripple of laughter echoed off the walls. "You have much to catch up with from the peaks, but never forget. You can return when you wish, there will always be a home for you here."

A murmur of agreement sounded off the group. As Kalis turned she saw the genuine acceptance in the faces of her second family and hid the sense of regret in hers for appearing so eager to leave. The older cubs could no longer pretend to feign ignorance, edging ever closer with looks of bewilderment on their faces. They had only ever known Kalis to be one of them. It was the natural order of their lives, and the different coloured marks served only to help them spot her easily from a distance.

Kalkaw rubbed the top of her head and made his way towards to cubs, leaning into Ashunt's ear he whispered. "Talk to Peria before you go," then joined the mothers in explaining to the cubs why Kalis was leaving.

The winter storms were already late this year. To set out during one was but a fool's errand and with half a day's sunlight already gone Ashunt and Kalis would have to leave very soon. He would have preferred to make the journey on his own terms, in a more appropriate season, but that was no longer his choice. And he relished the opportunity take on some of his father's roles and prove himself.

"That'll be us soon, you know?"

Ashunt grunted softly as he was shaken from his thoughts. Peria was staring straight into his eyes with a look of annoyance. The black markings around her eyes made it appear she was staring at him twice.

"You weren't listening, were you?" she huffed.

"Sorry," he offered. "This trip is on my mind. My first proper assignment away from my dad. It means a lot to me, especially something so important to him."

"You do understand, right?" She responded by nuzzling under his chin with her nose.

"I do, of course! The timing could have been better, but what can you do?" Persia idly kneaded the ground with her paws. "And you'll only be gone a week. Two tops. Better not be too tired though, I have another assignment for you to fulfil. And it will need your_full_attention."

She rubbed her rump along the length of his body, flicking her tail as it reached his face before joining the adults with the cubs. Ashunt swallowed sharply.

"You don't have to."

Ashunt looked at the floor. He didn't want to agree, but he couldn't argue otherwise.

"Just saying," Kalis added.

All the preparations were complete. The remaining tigers had been given their new jobs to compensate for the temporary loss of at least one member of their group. Ashunt and Kalis ate from a recent store of meat, well aware that there would be no time for hunting and even less opportunity for finding prey. After some tender goodbyes and words of advice from Kalkaw, the two tigers set out along the mountains and headed north for the frozen tundra. The conditions were kind to them so far and a bright full moon opened up the entire night for them to travel. Perhaps they were in better physical shape than they had thought, or Ashunt was simply so focused on completing his task as efficiently as possible, but after just a day and a half they had already reached the glacier marking the edge of her father's territory. But as if to mock their progress, the wind changed and clouds began to form.

"We're going to get caught..." Ashunt spat, picking up his pace a little. "But it doesn't matter, we can push through it, we are so close it would be a waste not to."

"Ashunt," Kalis remarked firmly. "It's been a long time since either of us have been down this way, have you forgotten the crevices? The false paths?"

"But we..."

"No, Ashunt," she retorted. "No one wants to get there more than I do. We are well ahead of time, and it's stupid to be stupid." Kalis ran ahead to cut him off, stared him down and bared her teeth. "You have hardly said a word to me, what is the fucking problem?!"

Ashunt's ears dropped flat against his head as he felt the shame he rightly deserved. "It's nothing,' he lied. 'I just feel responsible. For you."

Kalis threw her head back and snorted. "Okay, fine. Then I'm going to wait the storm out. You are more than welcome to carry on and explain to my father why you left me in mountains, in_this_." She held out her paw and a dozen snowflakes hit it simultaneously. He knew she was right. The wind was gaining incredible speed and the biting cold forced him to half-close his eyes. Kalis was already making her way to the south side of the mountains and the many cut outs in the rock that would serve as adequate shelter for the next day or so.

As they hit the mountain base it was already approaching a blizzard. The stabbing cold and blankets of white eliminated many of their options for ideal shelter and they chose the closest carved hollow in the stone, angled away from the wind and free of loose snow. After shaking their fur they stepped inside, Kalis flopping to the floor while Ashunt stood facing out into the white void and sharp whistles.

"You're infuriating sometimes. D'ya ever stop being so serious, any more?" There was a playful spin on Kalis' words, but she was determined to get some kind of response.

Ashunt thought for a moment, the list of plausible excuses in his mind being crossed out one by one. He considered saying he was simply tired, which was partly true, but scraping the very bottom of the barrel.

"I... ooh..." His piss-poor excuse didn't have a chance to even enter his brain before he was cut abruptly short by the feeling of two paws pushing down on his back. He turned his head and saw Kalis' cheeky grin beaming into his face. "What's this?" he questioned.

"Warming my paws!" came her gleeful response.

"Are you... mounting me?!" Ashunt chuckled. The muscles along his back tensed a little to which Kalis reacted by kneading them back and forth, pulling herself a little closer.

"Look, I know you're in heat. I didn't want to bring any more attention to it than you are to yourself. That's why I've been the way I am."

Still Kalis said nothing, repeating the same movements.

"I have a mate-to-be back home, you know this..."

"Oh I do," she announced. "And I know it too all very well. I know you don't want the same things, do you really want to share lives too?"

The wind wailed loudly over the rocks adding an ethereal significance to her words and the truth within them.

"You are both the same age, you grew up together, it was assumed that you would be with her and you assumed this yourself." Kalis' paws began a circular motion edging further along his back and then coming to a stop.

"Is that what you want? A pre-defined family? Cubs? Responsibilities? Don't mate with her. Fuck me."

She emphasised the last point by squeezing on his sheath, each digit applying a little pressure in a different place on his hidden shaft. Ashunt instinctively moaned deeply and opened his legs a little more; a plume of misty breath leaving his mouth, briefly spinning in the air before being swept down the mountain.

"But now?" Ashunt asked. "How can I look at Aire, your father I might add! Straight in the eyes after I have rutted his daughter senseless six ways from Sunday?"

"There are more than six ways to 'rut' me..."

She leant on his back with her head, freeing the remaining paw to fondle his furred balls and stroke the very base of his sheath, coaxing his bare flesh into the open. Ashunt felt incredible. The intense sensations rolling around his genitals emptied his mind of the troubles he carried every day. And she hadn't even touched his arousal yet! What was more he actually wanted this. It wasn't duty, it was desire.

Ashunt's mind gave free reign to his instincts and he spun around, catching Kalis' head before it fell and kissed her deeply as he stared into her eyes.

"I'm going to pounce and pound you until you can't feel your tail," he growled.

Kalis' eyes glazed with anticipation. Not wasting a second she spun around and crouched on the floor, raising her haunches and shifting her tail as far out of the way as she could. She was utterly ready for him and her moist pussy was begging to feel what her paws had unleashed. Scratching the stone beneath, her backside twitched impatiently as she felt Ashunt's legs rub against her and his hot breath followed the length of her back up to her neck. The heat from her lips caused Ashunt's cock to jolt uncontrollably as he shifted forwards, the spines sometimes catching on her wet and matted fur.

The horny male scratched the back of her neck with a long tooth, the fur rippling with shivers as her tail curled around the top of his leg. 'I'm not sure you realise what you've done,' he snarled, dominating the female beneath with the combination of his size and gentle touches.

"So what are you going to do then?" she shot back. "Fuck me with words?"

What an attitude for something so desperate and needy for something he had! With a final lick of her ear Ashunt forced her front down and penetrated her deeply on the first thrust. A trinity of warmth, pressure and liquid held him steady as he accustomed himself to the sensations that only an eager female in heat could provide. Kalis purred loudly, stretching her claws, and as Ashunt withdrew to thrust again, the spines tickled and teased the inside of her walls. She threw her head back and roared, the intimidating sabred teeth framing her mouth perfectly, channelling the heavy lustful sound off the rocks and back into their ears.

"This..." Ashunt uttered weakly, but he had already forgotten what he was going to say. Catching a clumsy kiss on her lips he lowered and pushed her further into the ground, grinding harder as his balls became soaked with her copious juices and slapped wetly against the drenched fur.

Kalis was almost paralysed with the pleasure she thought he might never give her. The shifting weight upon her back forced her where she needed to be, but she was still able to squeeze and grip his shaft as it stroked and raked her from the inside. A euphoric cascade of rippling bliss pulsing from deep within, echoing through the nerves and lingering in the tips of her paws. The final culmination of a strong male, a ferocious unrelenting heat and the raw spontaneous mating sent her into a shattering climax. A mere squeak left her mouth as she allowed him to truly own her body.

She never felt Ashunt's balls as they pulled tort to his body and thumped against the edges of her swollen lips. Ashunt gripped the fur in his teeth and growled uncontrollably into her neck, driving himself as deep as he could get as he came into her hard, unleashing wave upon torrent of hot, sticky seed. His cock twitched and jerked as it erupted, riding the edge of her subsiding orgasm and prolonging it with the random scrapes of his spines.

Ashunt collapsed on top of Kalis, squashing her against the floor and squirting a little of their mixed fluids out of her quivering pussy. They panted heavily and Ashunt held her tight to his chest as Kalis licked the bottom of his chin, purring loudly and clenching on his cock every so often as if to remind him that there was plenty more where that came from.

"So..." Ashunt said eventually, withdrawing just enough to tease her with his barbs.

"You say there are more than six ways?"