mere mortals

She growled loudly as the cougar swiped at her with a clawed paw, trying to dodge out of the way from where she hung on, but feeling a few claws scrape down her shoulder. Pain blossomed, but she hung on firmly, not willing to let go yet. From her position she couldn't see what the other wolf was doing very well, but whatever he had done had angered the large feline. Suddenly she was flying backwards through the air as she was thrown off, landing a short distance away on her paws as she skidded along the grass, leaving marks where her blunt claws dug into the dirt.

The other wolf had been thrown off as well, and Inoki glanced at him for a moment before he leaped for the cougar again. She let out a huff of air as she stood back up, already feeling her sides heaving from her panting, pushing the pain in her shoulder to the back of her mind as she moved to attack the large feline again. It still wasn't backing down, and if either of the two wolves turned tail now it would likely take chase. The wolf aimed for its throat, and she circled around to its other side while it was busy fending him off to make an attempt at grabbing the other side of the cougar's neck where the skin met the lower portion of its ear. It was taller than her, but she had enough energy left to take a running leap and grab on again, wrapping a foreleg around the back of its neck so she wouldn't be shaken off this time. Hopefully this would be enough to make it decide to leave them alone.