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A growl escaped Yuki as Gunnar landed his punch, and he'd stared worriedly at Neko had he coughed. What could he do? The bull had to have been five times his size, and could have swatted him away like a fly if he had wanted. However, he soon found all three of the others staring at him expectantly, Mitsu and Hitsu both on the verge of tears. Hitsu had said nothing, apparently waiting on him to comply with Mitsu's instruction. He swallowed hard as he looked up at Gunnar, ears ringing as soon as he'd stopped shouting. Tension as he noticed them, and Yuki thought for a moment that Gunnar might turn on them next. Then, he seemed to lose interest in his captive, and once Neko hit the ground Hitsu tore away from his grasp.

Once to Neko's side, Hitsu tried to determine if he was alright. Well, obviously he wasn't alright, because people who were didn't hack up blood. "Ohh..." She whined, giving a small sniffle. "Please be okay..." Her first concern was Neko's condition, Gunnar her second.

Sharp, thin claws pierced the bark of a large tree as something moved stealth fully through the small twigs and branches. A single magenta eye darted about the ground as the creature seemed to searching for something, or was possibly just paranoid about something. Behind the lanky creature a long white and black striped tail swayed to maintain balance on the thinning branch. The creature itself looked like a large tiger, ruffed ears protrude from the sides of its head, its pale face was flamed by long white hair. Clothed in a leather shirt and somewhat long flowing skirt, it didn't seem like it was well suited for tree climbing, even if at times the skirt was attached to the leather bindings about its legs. Same leather bound her arms, the makings of long gloves and thigh high boots.

The tiger stretched over a branch, her claws gripping the wood before she swung down onto the ground. First standing upon all fours and soon upon her feet like any other 'human'. Slicking back her hair, though her long bangs shadowed over her eyes and hid the belted eye patch over her left eye. After making sure that she looked aright, the feeling started walking toward a place she hoped she could get food... Unknowing of the troubles that were more then likely before her...

Gunnar rolled his eyes and scoffed when everyone rushed over to Neko's side. In his mind, he would have been no better than Neko had he killed him. He would have had no qualms ending his life, however he didn't want his friends who already seemed scared out of their minds by him to have to have lost a friend just like he did. However, there was no way he was going to let Neko go that easily oh no. He wouldn't let him out of his sight, he was going to make sure that he never killed anything that could talk again.

Growing bored of standing around Gunnar found a nearby fallen tree and took a seat on it. The wood groaned and moaned under Gunnars enourmous frame. He sat there and watched everyone else react, a stern expression on his face.

Wrenching upward with Hitsu’s help Neko let out a groan of discomfort. Coughed again he wiped the blood he found on his hand onto his shirt as non-suspiciously as possible. At least the amount of blood was becoming less and less which meant his body was finally kicking into repair mode, but good lord that had been one hell of a punch. He started to thank whatever gods he could think of that he was part demon; otherwise he probably would have been in a world of trouble and pain. Staring back up at the bull man, Neko grimaced. All this over a meal he had neglected to talk to? How was he supposed to tell the difference, it wasn’t like these things came with signs or anything saying ‘Don’t eat me I can talk dumbass.’

When he heard the weird tone in Yuki’s voice he looked over and never faltered in his facial expression. He had seen that the chick was naked, where had Yuki been? She had been on top of him for crying out loud. A smirk crossed his lips as Neko realized he couldn’t let this opportunity pass through his fingers. Though he rarely let a moment pass when he had the chance to get on Yuki’s nerves. It was their…hate / hate friendship. “So Yuki, I can tell this is your first time seeing a naked woman.” He took in a slightly sharp breath despite himself but continued. “Take it in, it might be the last you see at your rate.” He chuckled lightly to himself but realized quickly that it had been a bad idea as a sharp pain shot through him like a knife.

Staying behind Hitsu as closely as possible, Mitsu took in the whole group for the first time. It was such an odd gathering of individuals. Four felines, a wolf, and a bull. In her mind it sounded like it should have been a fable or fairy tale, like the ones she had been told of when she was small. When her eyes fell on Riyo, Mitsu tilted her head in a confused manner. What was Yuki so worked up over? Wasn’t it…natural to not have clothes on? She only had clothes because she had stolen them from a passing group of travelers on the road. The forests were cold sometimes so it was good to have cover.

Riyo stayed the way she was for a minute after all the comments had flew over her head. What snapped her back into reality wasn't what anyone did, but the fact that silence had returned to her quaint little forest for a brief moment. She blinked, which caused her eyes to return to their normal size.

She stared straight forward into Yuki for a moment. Where exactly was she? Her ears twitched. She tilted her head slightly to the left and started looking around. "N-nya?" She questioned, then quickly withdrew her hands away from Yuki as she realized she was clinging to a living being. She backed up a few steps and began to look around. She was out in the open. No longer hiding, but totally exposed in all directions (I'll say. xD).

She looked at the people surrounding her. They were... Staring at her strangely. Well, one wasn't even looking at her at all, which made her think she was repulsing him. It wouldn't have been the first time. Her ears went back in shame. She hadn't meant to interfere in their lives. She was just... So happy to see someone.. After such a long time. With a big, brokenhearted frown, she fell to her knees and covered her eyes, so they wouldn't have to look at her disgusting tears.

'That's right. You're nothing more than a burden. You're disgusting. You have no right to hinder these people with your presence.'

The 'voice of reason' she had learned to listen to said to her in the back of her mind.

Neko scoffed when Gunnar asked for bandages. What kind of person comes in, beats a person up and then asks the same person’s friends if they had bandages? It blew his mind. But what blew his mind more was the fact that Yuki actually gave him something. Traitor. Frustration aside, Neko slowly got to his feet and shuffled Hitsu and Mitsu back toward Yuki. Hopefully with them all rallied together the big bull man wouldn’t think to attack them. Lord knew he didn’t want to be punched again.

When Riyo fell to her knees, hiding her face as she cried, Neko looked around for something to cover her with. Looking down he had two shirts so he shrugged as he took the top one off. It was a little bloody but hopefully that didn’t matter. “Here.” He handed the shirt to Hitsu. He was tall so the red shirt would be long enough to cover Riyo for the most part. “You can use that for her.” After he had passed off his shirt he stood upright again and whispered to Yuki. “So…what now?”

“Nya?” Mitsu repeated what Riyo said without much thought. She was rather much like a parrot. It had been the only way she had learned, no one had really taught her, which was why her conversational skills were very limited.

Sticking close to Hitsu, Mitsu knelt down with her next to Riyo. She wasn’t very willing to move far from the girl and had thus become her shadow. Though Mitsu knew that if she were to find her friend Ko, she would have to leave this place soon. It made her kind of sad to think about it but it was true.

Riyo's body twitched as she felt contact from another person. She quickly looked up at Hitsu with big eyes that were dripping up blood. What was this girl doing? And why wasn't she feeling pain yet? Actually, it felt... Nice. The words she spoke, they were so sweet... Her voice, so kind. Riyo had never heard words like that directed toward her. And at that, her heart warmed a little. She smiled and whiped the tears off of her cheeks.

That's when she was given a shirt. She blinked, stared at it, tilted her head for a moment, sniffed it, blinked again, and looked around at everyone. They were... Wearing these things. She looked back down at it. At one time, she thought she might've worn one of these... It seemed familar enough.

She then looked over at the other girl, who had mimiced her. "Nyuuuu!" She said with a big smile.