Can you fill the silence

The strangers words showed that he indeed knew who Bass was, tacking his last name on there as well. His eyes grew wide when he said that he was here to challenge for Rhy. But... why would they want her? Why did he want her? His hackles rose at the male who was now in his face, only a few feet keeping them apart. He was given no time to answer, and didn't care to give the black beast one. At least he shook off the mask, it would be hard to fight him with that thing over his face...

As the black male set his defenses, Bass rolled his in as well. Eyes narrowed as he spread his legs in equal distance, toes spreading as claws dug into the ground. His head aligned with his spine as his tail rose to do the same, shoulders rolling forward as his chin tucked towards his chest. His legs bent as his muscles coiled, growls rumbling between his bared teeth as his lips pulled back into a snarl. Neck scrunched as he gathered his scruff tightly around his vitals. His weight spread evenly across all four legs, rooting him as best as possible in place. Pale ears pulled back against his skull to top it all off, eyes never leaving the black beast.

Bass allowed the male to charge forward, not trying to move out of the way from his head on charge. The thing that surprised him though was that before Hati reached him, he reared up slightly in front of him. Gears turned in Bass' mind to try and work around this, this was no average attack. His muscles were bunched and ready for the assault, and Hati's right shoulder met its mark. A severe bruise stretched across the left side of his chest, right where his right shoulder met his neck. Teeth gritted at the pain, but the rush of adrenaline helped him ignore it. He felt the weight of Hati start to drift downwards, and Bass attempted to lower the front half of his body, trying to stretch out his front limbs towards Hati. He was trying to drop into a sort of play-bow, the one that his puppies often took on when play fighting with each other. His bruised shoulder groaned in protest, but he tried regardless. Because of this Hati's head slam missed Bass, and the Azat tried to keep his head as aligned with his spine as he could, weight adjusting with his attempted movement. As Hati's paw came down to his hopefully adapted position, Hati's left forepaw came crashing down just to the left (Bass' left) of his right leg. This put Hati's paw just off center, more towards the right, of the space between his two lowered legs.

Since Bass was now hopefully lower than Hati, he took this into play. He tried to raise himself to a level position by trying to drag his stiff forelegs back towards his own chest, but as he rose he tried to raise his right forepaw up off the ground. Bass hoped to hook his right front paw around Hati's left leg right around the ankle as he rose upwards and tried to bring his own right leg back towards his chest, hoping to pull Hati's left front leg with him. Bass' weight shifted towards his left to make up for his tripod state. The white brute parted his jaws and attempted to turn his head to his own left, and hoping that Hati's head was still lowered from his (Hati's) attempted attacks he aimed to bite down on the top of Hati's muzzle. He was trying to bite down about half an inch away from Hati's nose, top jaws aiming for the right side of his muzzle while his bottom jaws aimed for the right side. Bass was trying to bite down as hard as he could, hoping to tear the thin skin of his muzzle and hopefully bite down with enough force to crack his upper jaw. The white male hoped to obtain a grip on his muzzle as well, hoping to refrain Hati from taking a bite at him.

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BASS vs HATI for RHYTHM
ROUND 1 of 3 (if you agree, Tea. If you prefer two, I don't mind.)