**Thread takes place before Fall, Year 17 seasonal**

Okay, to be fair, Tove had only come down to the ‘cursed’ lands below the wall because she had seen a huge herd of deer. Cautiously she moves through some clustered trees, following the scent of the prey animals. How was she supposed to know that she wasn’t the only one hunting here? A loud, angry roar reaches her ears as Tove turns to see a large, white polar bear charging her. No way is she giving up on this food so easily! Sending up a call for help, she dodges the charge and rolls back to her paws to sets her defenses. Fuzzy bear is going down.

"Tove Baade"

Kichi and Torch once more were roaming hoping for something to kill.  They both looked up at the call for help and both ran forward.  For all the wolf wasn’t in their pack he was certainly running into it enough  It was great at finding predators so he was starting to like the wolf, at least as far it finding predators for him.

Kichi charged forward, lips peeled back as he snarled at the predator.  Kichi is coming up from behind in this instance and with no hesitation, he gets the back of the bear's leg before it even got a good look at him.  Bracing his paws the grey wolf shakes his head, his final head twisting feeling the skin peel back more, blood showing up past the white pelt.  It was also at that point Kichi had to turn away and run back a distance to avoid an angry bear’s attack.

Torch apparently was feeling bold today, the small water deer ran forward with a mighty bark.  Mighty for Torch at least.  The bear now had challengers on three sides, admittedly one looked a joke but it was there.

"Kichi"

The young gray male appears, again and Tove finds her dark lips pulling up in a smile. The kid could fight, she would give him that. He races in from behind the bear, latching onto its leg and ripping it open. The bear swings around with an annoyed grunt and swipes at the retreating wolf but misses. Now, the water deer steps up and gives a bark, Tove’s smile widening at the brave little creature. The bear roars at the wolf that hurt it and Tove races in, weaving around its legs to jump toward its neck and take a chunk out. It throws it head back with a roar, the wound more a pain then actually doing significant damage. Swallowing the chuck of meat, Tove moves back to her starting position and gives the brave deer a wink before preparing for the next attack.

"Tove Baade"

Kichi isn’t waiting, even as Tove runs in Kichi does the same, just from the opposing end. Grabbing the same leg again, Kichi’s teeth dig in where he’d initially bit. The bite goes deeper without the fur and flesh to offer protection. His teeth and muzzle are soon a bright shade of deep red and the bear’s slopes under it as Kichi pulls back.

Surely the bear would have attacked him but it also had a problem with Tove’s attack from the front. Torch even ran in, the little deer’s fanged teeth biting the leg opposite of Kichi. The deer didn’t have the pressure Kichi did to dig in deep but it still surely agitated the bear. Between the three attackers, the bear swung all around, roaring in rage and hesitant of who to attack.

The bear swiped at the easiest target to get it out of the way, it swiped at Torch. It was like flicking a light switch on in Kichi’s mind. He leaped onto the bear’s back without thought, biting the neck and shaking his head in a murderous rage. The bear shook him off with a roar but Kichi was like a spring running straight back. He wasn’t dodging either so he ran straight for the bear’s front shoulder, biting and shaking his head, rage building and the taste of blood fueling him on.

Torch barks a bit further off to assure he had escaped without damage. Kichi isn’t paying attention. The bear won’t have a drop of blood left in it when Kichi was done, at least as far as the grey and white wolf was concerned.

"Kichi"

They all rush in to attack the bear, the great white beast looking around in confusion, uncertain of who to attack. Tove retreats a few paces and the bear takes a swipe at the deer. The gray wolf seems to snap, his attacks becoming unhinged and vicious. She stays silent, slipping in to damage a back paw and tear apart the ankle joint. No longer able to keep its weight and the weight of the attacking wolf on its back leg anymore, the bear stumbles sideways. As it falls to the ground, Tove rushes in to quickly shred the one paw and render it useless before pinning the other clawed pad under her weight. She understands the need to protect those you love and so, she allows this gray male to take out all his anger out on the bear. Only moving away from the paw when she is certain it dead.

"Tove Baade"

Kichi’s focus is on hurting the bear as fast and mercilessly as possible. The bear went after Torch and now it had to die. This had been the plan before of course but now it was the only thought fueling Kichi forward. His feet swiped at the bear, scratching it with no real damage but his teeth were doing a fine job of going through the skin to muscle and tendon below. He paused when the bear went down and ran out to the front of the bear.

Kich lunged in, biting through an eye, sidestepping a huge paw that swiped at him, leaping back and then back in to bite at the neck, then bite it again and again as he did enough damage to then rip back and a large chunk of flesh peeling back. Blood coated the front part of Kichi, brilliant red showing up on the grey and white coat.

Kichi didn’t stop, he didn’t stop until the bear was dead for a good minute or two for Kichi to realize it.

"Kichi"