hero time? ugh.

Confusion lit up her eyes as she noticed that her savior was also tiger striped... But he smelled like a wolf. Feeling the tightening of the tiger's jaw around her belly, she closed her eyes again. No time to be staring at some stranger when her life was in danger! Another whimpering cry left her lips as she hoped and wished someone would come help. Being flung around wasn't any fun until...

Suddenly she was on the ground. Covered in slobber and dirt with her fur sticking out in ugly pieces, she brought her paws to her eyes. Shaking slightly, she could hear the scuffle and anguished cries of the fight ensuing around her. As the beast began to gurgle somewhere nearby, Rheum finally got the courage to uncover her face and stand up. No amount of shaking off would clean her pelt so a bath would be necessary for later. And even with the puncture wounds stinging along her sides, she noticed the boy had much more serious afflictions.

But what was she supposed to do? She had no fighting skills. She was a healer! Cringing every time the tiger and the boy swiped at each other, Rheum backed away a safe distance to wait it out. Hoping someone would come along to help chase the tiger off, she glanced around to see if there were any healing supplies she could grab to help him. Spying the hut that her brother Kuroo stayed in sometimes, she thought maybe he would have something in there. Racing over as quickly as she could, Rheum winced through the pain as she thankfully found a small kit she assumed Sayuri or her mother had put together.

Grabbing it without thought, she rushed back over to see the boy going for the feline's throat. "Get him!" She squealed as she began pacing anxiously on the sidelines. Secretly, Rheum felt worthless but knew she would be able to help once the threat was gone from the bay.

time to get saved!