Unexpected but it works

Kotori rushed in as Seere hopped onto the tiger’s back and started towards the head.  The head was a great place to fight if you enjoyed danger or just wanted to make sure someone else could fight a bit safer.  Standing on the head seemed a far worse idea.  Seere took out the other eye and that was great but shse was one head shake and chomp away from getting bit and the teeth in the cat could do deadly damage if it got in a solid bite.

Kotori couldn’t claim personal attachment but he had a job to do, a responsibility to meet, and instincts as well that sent his adrenaline and heart pumping as each tic of time was another second closer to Seere risking being a meal.  Kotori clamped his teeth into the tiger’s neck thrashing, paw slapping its shoulder, and his snarls were positively menacing.

The tiger was blind, scared and in a rage to strike at whatever was in front of it but only so much as it could try and get away.  Kotori did all but hug it with how close he shoved his body into it, making sure Seere would not be the target of its wrath.  It was the wildest and most vicious the wolf had ever fought with a need to save the kid from the maddened tiger.  Maybe she would have gotten away just fine but maybe not.  He wouldn’t have a child dying on his watch and have that eternally over his head.

In the end, the cat turned to try and run away, “get it,” a shaky Kotori ordered Seere.  It was blind, it was trying to run and bleeding out at the same time.  Kotori shuddered as his heart started pumping towards a more normal pace.  Maybe she would have been fine, maybe.  Now she would be.  Glancing to his shoulder Kotori gave it a cautious sniff, licking at a bit of his blood that had opened a bit more in his frenzy.  He’d be fine but it was time to rest for the day.

"Kotori Fatalis"