they come at night- STRANGER DANGER!!

Through the depths of the dark maze, a series of near-silent pawsteps drummed like a rolling storm. He was not late, per say; blood welled from several teeth marks upon his shoulders, and it was clear he'd already squeezed himself out of a scuffle..or several. He was held up a ways away from the rest of the pack, launching himself with lightening-quick accuracy upon the unwelcome intruders that dared straggle around the borders with calculated, brutal swipes of his sword until they were either still upon the earth or limping away. His chartreuse eyes were cold. His expression intense.

He was seeing red. Coated in it, too.

Usagi couldn't even spare a single breath from his lips as he stealthily sprinted through the bamboo, a gut feeling that his family was in danger roiling beneath his skin. Kuroo. Find Kuroo. He couldn't even find Kunai, but he could only pray he was safe, too. Right now, the scent of blood clung to the inside of his nostrils, that flared as every muscle in his form felt alive with the electric hum of adrenaline. He wanted to kill the intruders. Feel the rivets of blood slough from his sword. They needed to die. Die. Die.

His weaving through the bamboo with instinctual agility led him to a horrifying sight; Kuroo tangled in the net laid by the intruders, and Askell and several others attempting to help before they, too, were torn into the fray. There was not a single second thought to spare as Usagi sprinted towards his brother, skillfully thrusting the blade between his brother's pelt and the net to slice the ropes open. If he was successful, the razor-sharp sword would unleash the net like a hot knife through butter, and Kuroo would be freed.

He skidded around as another of the feral intruders attempted to lunge at him and his brother, Usagi peeling his lips back into a snarl. He'd kill anybody who dared laid a paw upon his sibling, and the burning tinge of shame that he couldn't be here sooner to interrupt his brother's entanglement was but a temporary feeling as he swiftly jutted out a hind paw towards the bulky intruder's jaw, feeling the sickening crack of bone shattering and its teeth spitting out of its now blood-pooled mouth, hearing it whimper.

It still tried to swipe at him, but his attention was then focused on Askell, who had just a few moments ago successfully fought off another attacker only for it to launch the man onto his back. Usagi didn't hesitate to leap foward, aiming to use one side of his double blades to slice into the aggressor's back. Hopefully, the pain would be enough for the attacker to release its grasp on Askell so he could get to his feet.

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