no mercy, no tact

She got back on her paws faster than the coyote, finding purchase in the dirt with her claws as she sprung back up to a fighting position. Her ears flattened back against her skull, tail tucking between her legs and chin dipping down to her chest. Inoki snarled at the coyote as it stumbled to its feet, clearly dazed, and gave it no chance to recover before slamming into it again, this time pushing it down below her and pinning two of its legs. It thrashed beneath her, growling and snapping its jaws. But she would not be deterred.

Her front paw pushed its face to the side as she used her own jaws to clamp down on a front leg, growling and shaking fiercely with all her might. She might be a slight thing, but she knew how to do some damage with what she had. The coyote screeched and finally threw her off it, sending her sliding back through the dirt. But it quickly got up to its feet and scurried off with a series of high-pitched yips, tail between its legs and hobbling.

Inoki had barely a moment to savour her victory before Elindine wrapped herself around her neck, screaming loudly into one of her ears. She turned around just in time to dodge the other coyote, eyes widening as she skittered backwards and just avoiding its snapping jaws. Clearly it wasn't put off by its friend being chased off.

"Hold on," she instructed to her friend before standing off against the second coyote as it turned around to face her. Inoki raised her hackles, lips pulling back to reveal sharp ivory teeth as she took two steps forward, doing her best to intimidate it into backing off. She may have been slightly taller than it, but it had a bit of a weight advantage. The two of them stared at each other, both baring teeth and snarling loudly. In the back of her mind Inoki wondered how the other wolf was faring against the other two coyotes.

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