In another alleyway, three sets of yellow eyes had been watching after hearing the gunshot. They glared as the guards began to punish the woman for her bravery, about to jump in, before she was already saved by others. But that didn't stop the three Nekomata hunters from dashing out of the shadows to seek revenge for the child's murder. As they burst from the crowd, one of the guards yelled a warning, causing the Ebolorian with the gun to turn his aim to the new threat, letting loose a few shots.

It was not enough to deter the vengance driven hunters. One went down as he took a bullet through the chest, and the other two split off, flanking the guards and putting their claws to use. Even if the guards' armor was built against blades and slashing, the hunters weren't trained in swordplay. They struck to maim, and if given the opening, to kill with a stab or slash. They worked in tandem, using a distraction strategy. The ones they were running at were not their main targets. THe guards raised their melee weapons, only to have the Nekomata fly by, slashing at a leg or arm before jumping onto the opposite guard's back, aiming for the back of the neck.

But as they dashed between the Ebolorians, the one with the gun took aim, firing again, taking another through the head just before he could strike. He was about to aim for the last one when a sound yipped over the din of the excitement. The hunter dropped off the guard and zigzagged away into the crowd, disappearing.

A cloaked, short woman stepped from the gathered crowd, hands raised. She approached slowly, making sure all three guards saw her before stating in broken Ebolorian "No more death. Leave punishment to me. You killed two. You lost none. Good hunt. May we collect our dead?"

Her cloak and the fact she claimed the dead hunters as her own gave her identity away. Alonare, Matriarch of the Nekomata. It would be hard not to at least know of her, given she had made a name for herself, inside the arena and out.

She held her ground before the three guards, and if they glanced around at the crowd as she spoke, they'd note quite a few pointed feline ears in the crowd now...