Sparkly-Eyed Bear

As Kotori was darting away from the bear he saw in the corner of his eye that Hikaru got a good shot on its neck, a thin smile forming on Kotori’s face at the good damage that should have been dealt.  Considering Kotori was in better health for fast movements and close observation it made good sense in his mind to play the bait and run tactic and let Hikaru focus on the real damage.

As the bear stood on its hind paws Kotori ran in and jumped up to get a solid bite on a swinging arm, sinking his teeth in deep only to leap away as the bear swung his opposite paw to swipe him off.  Kotori landed smoothly, smugly watching the sick bear.  Some of his smugness died away feeling sick as he looked at the animal's condition.  A part of his mind imagined this as a mercy killing but to think of it that way was to take another way of looking at how his family suffered.

No time for thinking into it too deeply though as once more Kotori had managed to capture the bear’s attention for a second.  Snarling he made a mock lunge in to make sure it kept his focus on him.  Hopefully, Hikaru could make another solid blow so that this could be done with soon.  Fighting could be fun but not when he started imagining the blood in his mouth might be infectious.

"Kotori Fatalis"