Rushpaw grinned and padded after his mentor, closing his deep cobalt eyes for a moment, enjoying the cool breeze ruffling his fur. He twitched his ears and glanced up as his dark-furred mentor spoke, and nodded, grinning, and raced after Duskfur, feeling energy flood him; his eyes narrowed with friendly determination.
Deep blue eyes flashing with a determined glimmer, Rushpaw tensed his muscles, bracing himself as Duskfur leapt towards him, claws sheathed. Taking a deep breath, the lithe brown tabby tom prepared to leap out of the way, but hesitated and instead dropped to the ground and rolled over, muscled tensed, sending a cloud of dust into the air. Scrambling to his paws, he grinned, swishing his tail with a playful twinkle in his eyes, then crouched down, about to flash out a sheathed paw, then paused, ears perked as he heard a screeching yowl, and he froze, paw in the air. "Duskfur?" he meowed, eyes wide with alarm. "What's going on?" He glanced from his mentor to where the sound had echoed towards him, deep into the lush forest undergrowth, and unconsiously unsheathed his claws nervously. He took a deep breath, and caught something on the breeze...foxscent, though it was so strong, he couldn't make out any other scent. Eyes wide, he tensed his legs to race off into the forest, then hesitated as he glanced back towards his mentor, a determined look flashing across his cobalt eyes. "Duskfur...we have to help!"