Waking Up

Kitsune found herself panting softly as the world turned around her. She started to hit the ground before she even felt the impact of his attack on her leg. He was that fast! And, since she was too startled to fall correctly, was secretly grateful that her Uncle caught her before she could hit the ground.

When she hard her mother's voice, her cheeks burned a little. Especially as Plague brushed her fur and kissed her cheek. She straightened herself, paws firmly on the ground. Pulling herself to her height, her stance prim and proper. She turned to Plague who was settling by the Empress and bowed to him. "Thank you for accepting my challenge, Daimyo" she said formally. She snuck a glance then to the sidelines where she knew Iho waited for her, but she didn't meet his eyes.

Instead her attention was to her mother. A part of her wanted to crawl into the woman's lap and sniffle her disappointment as Venom brushed her coat and told her she loved her. A lovely fantasy that didn't match with the reality around her. She had wolves watching her, and a fight freshly lost. So she spoke more carefully then she would have if she and her mother were alone. "I want to do you proud, Lady Empress." She took a sharp, quick breath to steady herself. "You need wolves around you strong enough to uphold their promise of the rank. I f-failed-" She stumbled on the word, but there was no evidence of the impact on what it meant to her in her face. She was far too well breed for that. "-you." She continued. "But I will fight for the rank. Again, and again, until I worthy of it" and do you proud.