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Naiche
09-04-2020, 09:47 PM
Naiche remembered his last group hunt and how terribly it had ended. This time he was hunting with someone far more dangerous than his parents had been. This was also not a stampeding herd but some coyotes that should be much easier to handle. The wind brushing his fur aside was a welcome touch to help keep his mind focused on the moment and away from those memories.
Naiche well understood the nod and leapt out at the same time, focusing his gaze on the coyote that had swerved closest to his direction Naiche bared down on it. This was a creature Naiche could fight head on, something smaller and far less intimidating than Sirius. When the coyote saw it was charging close to Naiche it tried to peel off. It was too late.
Naiche was grateful for the coyote trying to get away as it gave Naiche the chance for first strike. The first hit was just its shoulder muscle, which had the coyote spinning its body around trying to protect itself facing off. Naiche felt the coyote teeth graze his shoulder but it was hesitant to lunge in far enough.
The coyote was smaller than Naiche and after fighting Sirius that felt pretty damn good. He couldn’t crush the coyotes the way Sirius could but it was still a great advantage. Naiche lunged in while the coyote was still in close, biting where head met neck, right behind the ear. He didn’t bother trying to keep a gripe but just crunched down before letting go to avoid a counter attack. The coyote started to run again and Naiche charged after it but as it appeared to be getting away Naiche turned his attention on one that hadn’t fled quite as fast.
This time Naiche was smarter, as it ran he caught the back leg, thrashing his head causing the coyote to fall. When the coyote tried to attack back Naiche went for a different leg. He stopped long enough to see if any other coyotes were nearby but either Sirius had taken those down or they had fled. His last coyote wouldn’t survive even if he let it go. Naiche didn’t expect it would die from blood loss but inability to hunt or defend itself.
For a heartbeat he thought of continuing the fight, a mercy killing. The coyote was injured but it still had the ability to attack and since it couldn’t run there would be no hesitation in fighting back. Naiche let it escape so it could die alone and looked back to see how many Sirius had killed. How could the warlord not easily destroy these creatures with the enormous size and strength difference? Hopefully Sirius hadn’t been expecting him to kill all he fought.