they come at night- STRANGER DANGER!!

She'd been patrolling the ancient oaks when she heard Hattori's distant call. The fur on the back of her neck stood up when she heard the urgency, something that was unusual to hear from Tojo. The pack was like a sleepy little town, only now something had come to wake them up. Quietly, she raced her way from the oaks to the bamboo maze, picking up traces of unfamiliar wolves as she moved. Brows furrowed, she doesn't recognize any of the scents that she finds...intruders? Raiders? Were they suddenly at war? As she got closer to the bamboo and it was within her sights, she spotted a couple of wolves that appeared to be standing guard at one of the entrances.

With bared fangs, her ears fold back and her hackles bristle along her back. On silent but deadly paws, Sakura makes her way to the pair and once she's upon them, she violently snarls and slashes at the one on her right with sharp tiger-like claws, sending him to the ground with a surprised cry of pain before she sets her sights on the other one. He lunged for her, but Sakura had practiced this many times over with her brothers back home. She pulls back just out of reach before slashing at him, too. The second wolf flinches, and it's just enough for Sakura. She lunged for him, jaws open, and all the other wolf sees was the glow of her tongue before her jaws shut over his muzzle. She twists her head, breaking his jaw before sending him to the ground.

The wolf cries out in pain as he scrambles to his feet, tail tucked between his legs as he seeks his getaway. Before she can give chase, the first wolf she had attacked knocks into her from behind, biting her flank which only served to enrage her. She whirled around and slapped him with claws extended once more, slashing across his face and spraying his blood all over her, the ground, the bamboo. She is bigger than him. More experienced. Sakura lunges for him with bared fangs, but the coward decides this fight isn't worth it and follows his companion back to wherever they came from.

Shaking the dust off her coat, she races into the familiar bamboo, listening and following the sounds of ongoing fights. How many had breached Tojo?

"Sakura Haruno"