Hey Kid - I was trying to relax

Kotori approved of kids wanting to learn how to fight and face challenges bravely.  Still, there was bravery and idiocy.  He should be fighting smaller predators till he had more experience than he appeared to have now.  Size and muscle build would also be good as well.  Even if the pup was in good shape there is a difference between that and a warrior's body.  It was getting lucky so far though.

Kotori showed his fangs to the bear and then ran towards it again, another head-on attempt.  The bear seemed ready to push its luck.  Maybe it had remembered it was bigger and stronger?  Kotori had something in his favor though.  There was a kid to save and there is nothing as vicious as one protecting younglings.

Kotori focused on the bear’s movements, waiting for the bear to take the lunge up with the intent to crash on top of Kotori.  The wolf turned away deftly only to realize the kid was in the way still of the bear's attacks.  It wasn’t ready to move as fast or know Kotori’s planned feints.   Shit.

Kotori pivoted again, getting between pup and bear, grabbing at the kid’s scruff and lunging in an attempt to get out of the way.  It wasn’t far enough.  Kotori snarled as he felt the rake of the tip of a bear claw along his hindquarters  Kotori moved a few strides away and gave the boy a ‘stay put’ glare.  He could feel the blood under his coat.  It wasn’t flowing too fast nor felt too deep but that was damn close to a permanent loss of fight.

Kotori gave the bear a look of sheer hate and ran back at it again.  He ran for another frontal assault, pivoting wide at the last moment and pivoting tightly to attack the face from the side.  His teeth found the bear’s eye.  He crunches into it before letting go.  The bear’s muzzle comes towards him and Kotori lifts up his head, the underside of the bear’s jaw cracking against Kotoris's horn a second time. The bear roared in a pain Kotori knew quite well.  Hell, hopefully, it was feeling a lot worse than Kotori’s jaw had.

 The earthen-hued wolf wasn’t done as he then followed up to bite at the throat.  He moved fast, attempting to keep the bear on the defensive as Kotori made attack after attack.

Kotori loved killing the predators but this time he’d be fine with the bear fleeing.

"Kotori Fatalis"