[No, he's not a ninja. You're thinking of Peko. He actually wasn't all that quiet, but with how absorbed in each other the girl, Houndoom, and Eevee were it's no surprise they didn't hear him crunching his way out of the grass. He didn't really do anything to actively bring attention to himself.]

[Which...was probably a bad idea because Kuzuryuu just standing there like that is slightly creepy. You could have at least said hi or something.]

Holy shit, calm down. You're acting like I'm going to fucking skin you alive or something.

[With a final lick to Tsumiki's face, Tadami pads away with another whuf to greet her master, bumping the side of his leg with her head. Kuzuryuu reaches down and scratches her behind the ear in return. Yes you're a good girl and he's happy to see you too but Tsumiki is here so he can't be super affectionate like he normally would be.]

[And that's when he notices...]

It finally fucking hatc-- wait. [Hold on just one diddly dang second.] Aren't those things supposed to be brown?