[Training] Sphinxpaw II

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Sphinxpaw shrugged, then took a bite. It was juicy, that much he could say. Pretty good fish. "Thanks." he replied, smiling slightly.

[<~Sterling~>]

Icefire smiles back and says "Ok, lets get going! I think we should keep together, you know, for safety." She flicks her tail towards the forest and calls over her shoulder "Sorry if I'm being bossy! I'm used to being in charge."

[(*)Tsuki_)]

"That's okay." replied Sphinxpaw. After all, she was a warrior already. Why shouldn't she lead?

[(*Aqu|arius*)]

Roxypaw followed them, eager to where they were going.

[<~Sterling~>]

Icefire opens her mouth to gather in all the prey scents and almost overwhelmed. There are hundreds of little animals. She signals with her tail to get into a hunting crouch. She, being skilled in running fast and jumping, goes for a large bird in a tree. She takes off at full speed, though she is still quiet. She takes an amazing leap and grabs the bird off of it's high limb. She carries it under a tree and says "We can put all the prey we catch here until we're ready to leave."

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Sphinxpaw nodded and located a plump mouse in the bushes. He dropped into a crouch and padded foreward. The unsuspecting mouse nibbled on a seed it had collected. One more step, then he pounced. A swift bite to its neck silenced the creature. He dropped it onto the pile with a grin.

[<~Sterling~>]

Icefire smiles at the handsome apprentice and says "Geez, that mouse was fat! I bet he'll taste good!" Her light blue eyes twinkle with amusement as she tries to catch a butterfly that actually is just a falling leaf. She says, embarrased, "Oh, wow, do I feel stupid!" She looks over to Roxypaw, who was just about to catch some small creature. Suddenly she stiffens. The wind had a nasty stench to it, but she couldn't put her paw on what it was. Her eyes widen with a horrible, dawning realization. "Fox!"

[(*Aqu|arius*)]

Roxypaw sniffed te air and caught site of a large vole. It was out, looking around and didn't see Roxy. She crouched low and crawled over to it, then, even though she was still a bit far from the vole, she pounced. The crazy thing was that she landed on the vole, from so far away. She bit it's neck hard and she felt it go limp. She pranced happily over to the two. Once she dropped the vole she stated proudly
"Did you see ho far I jumped? I didn't think I could..."
But she was cut off by Icefire's words.
"Fox?!"
Roxypaw's ears sprang up and she forgot about the vole and hunting. She shook gently but made herself be brave.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Sphinxpaw's eye lit up. Fox! Unconsciously, his claws slid out, and his fur started to rise in anticipation of a fight. For all that he looked ready, he was shaking inside. He wasn't a bad fighter. But he wasn't the best. And that may not be enough.

[<~Sterling~>]

As Icefire's hackles raise and her claws sink into the hard ground, she says "You guys know the basic rules right? Maybe if we team up on it, we could...." She breaks off as a low, menacing growl issues from the bushes about 20 feet away. She bares her razor sharp teeth as the mangy fox steps out into the clearing. Foam is dripping from it's open mouth. She yowls to her companions "Don't let it bite you! It's rabid!" She screeches as she jumps onto the fox's back and grips it's tough hide with her front claws. She rakes her back claws down it's bony back, making it scream in pain.

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Sphinxpaw darted in front of it, trying to distract it so the others could fight. That much, at least, he could do. If anyone was going to be in the way of those teeth, then it was going to be him.

[<~Sterling~>]

Icefire looks over to where Sphynxpaw is standing. She whispers "StarClan help me!" She leaps off of the fox and lands akwardly on her front leg. She recovers quickly and darts under the fox's snapping teeth, agily avoiding the diseased bite. She snaps her jaws closed on it's front leg, chipping off part of the bone in the fox's leg. She shoots out from under it as it howls in fury and tries to bite her throat.

[(*Aqu|arius*)]

Roxypaw stood in shock, not really knowing what she could do. She finally recovered and raced ahead to the fox, jumping over it and landing on its back. It was distracted enough to where it didn't notice her and she began biting the creatures neck, making it shriek in pain. He bucked and sent Roxy flying in the air, hitting a tree and falling to the ground, knocked out. Blood dripped from the side of her pelt.

(te he, I made it interesting)

[(*)Tsuki_)]

Sphinxpaw fixed his eyes on the fox's pelvis and leaped. He landed right where he wanted to and bit down hard around the top of its leg. He heard a snap that could have been a tendon breakng or even a joint popping out of place. Either way, the fox yowled and whirled on him, teeth narrowly missing his head. The claws, however, caught his leg as he tried to jump away.

[<~Sterling~>]

Icefire winces as the snapping teeth miss her by an inch. She streaks over to where Roxypaw is laying, clearly unconcious. She has limited knowledge of herbs, but she hastily grabs some cob webs and lays them on Roxy's bleeding side. She grabs up some oak leaves, she had heard that they could prevent rabies at least for a little while. She rubs them on the wound and then races over to help Sphynxpaw finish off the fox. They drive it back, slowly, inch by inch. Icefire draws herself up to her full height, which is extremely intimidating considering that she is unaturally large, even for a warrior. Finally, limping and bleeding baadly from it's many wounds inflicted from the three cats, the mangy fox turns tail and runs away. Icefire chases it for a few yards, spitting insults. She turns and pads wearily back to Roxypaw and starts to lick her wound, which has almost stopped bleeding, but is still susceptible to infection.