The Oasis

Akito · 06-10-2024, 04:50 PM

Tojo-Kai had been keeping him unusually busy. With the departure of Kuroo and some of his siblings to Nihon for a visit to learn some culture, Akito had been expected to pick up some of the slack. Reeling in netting, fending off predators, patrols, lessons, and whatever else the Kaicho requested of him. To a fault that may or may not be working against him, Akito was loyal. He was loyal to his family and his pack, but he couldn't deny that his mind often wandered off to Clove. The Hallows truly weren't far from their lands so he hoped to go visit more often, but alas, there he was stuck.

On that particularly warm day, he left early to patrol the borders. Starting south along the sea and making his way westward and north toward the grove full of dragon's blood trees. Akito took his time. The sky was cloudless for what was expected of southern Auster, making the sun unusually warm against his dark coat. His tongue began to loll from his mouth, panting quietly as he makes his way further north. Keeping close to the outskirts of the bamboo, he ensures the scents lining the border stand out loud and clear. This was Tojo territory and they wouldn't tolerate trespassing.

His mind wanders, thoughts mulling over his daily tasks when a commotion brings him to reality. A stray dingo pisses along the bamboo with not a care in the world. Akito can't help but let out an annoyed sigh at the mangy mutt as he rushes forward to scare the thing off. Instead of running as the mongrels normally did, this one turns on him, snapping and snarling. Taken aback for a moment, surprised at the ferocity of the dingo, Akito shifts into a battle-ready posture. As he lunges, aiming to grab ahold of the dingo by the snout, the dog takes off into the grove.

Unwilling to allow the dingo to live any longer for such atrocities, Akito follows it. His paws hit the ground running, head lowered and ears back as he snaps at the heels of the dingo. What he doesn't know is that he's practically being led to a trap. A trap of more dingoes. In normal circumstances, Akito may have been slightly worried for his wellbeing if he were to face a whole pack of them by himself, but what he saw instead worried him even more. Dangling from a tree, blood trailing from her paw as the dingoes leapt into the air like snapping piranhas, is Clove.

Skidding to a stop, cloud pluming around his legs, he feels his heart skip a beat before thumping hard against his chest. He truly can't believe it. Eyes stare, unblinking at the scene until he hears her. Clove. It's all he can think of as he blindly dives in to drive the dingoes off. I have to save her. The words repeat over and over as he grabs a dingo by the scruff and flings it off to the side. He feels their teeth clamping down on his skin, on his legs, on his sides. Unsure how many of them there are, he doesn't care. If he can provide enough of a distraction so she can get to safety, he would die trying.

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