Alright since I cannot stand not adding prologues and chapter 1s together you get this chapter too! However since prologues are short that was short however this is chapter 1 so it will not be…hopefully. Anyways I hope you enjoyed the cliffhanger-ish ending of the prologue. I HAVE EDITED AND HOPEFULLY FULLY REVISED THIS CHAPTER.

Chapter 1: The Hunt

Kazegemu had just got finished buying her supplies for her next hunt she was going after the bounty of an bird enterran. She packed her stuff away and got ready to head north when she spotted a cloaked stranger going south and out the gates. She being a bounty hunter was pretty smart when it came to disguise. However she had not seen any criminal wear a cloak to conceal them selves. This person probably knew they might draw attention to themselves. She was curious as to who this was. She waited 10-20 minutes before shapeshifting into a cat and following the cloaked ones scent.

You probably wonder if this is a cadrian or something. Well she is not, Kazegemu is a human. However for some strange reason she can shapeshift into any animal of Enterra however it has to be nothing legendary or mythical it has to be 1 from the past when Enterra was known as Earth. She is a bounty hunter whom started to be known as "The Death Shifter".

Kazegemu thought this scent was rather strange for a being. It smelled of cherry blossoms and… debris. The cloaked one as she now called it was entering a forest, the perfect place for her assassination skills. She would chuckle at this ones idiocy.

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Mushrambo knew someone was following him but he did not know who. So he decided to go to a place that would hopefully lose them. However to his annoyance and dismay they never lost track of him, it seemed as if they were following his scent.

He finally decided to just stop and wait for the one who is hunting him. He sensed the pursuer in a tree directly 8 feet north west of him. He waited for the hunter to attack silently hoping for this to be quick. The hunter threw darts at him but he caught them. He chuckled

"Your assassination skills are great, hunter. However they will not work on me." He said loud enough to be heard by his opponent, the one who tracks him.

"I don't have just assassination skills" the hunter in the tree said, a feminine voice. Then a woman just a little shorter then he jumped down.

"Hmm it seems I am dealing with The Death Shifter? I applaud you on tracking me with your feral nose however sometimes the prey becomes the predator. You are very fortunate I dislike senseless killing so I shall not kill you however you cannot try to kill me. Shall we make this a duel, Shifter?" he asks a smirk upon his face

"Ill duel you on one condition, if I win you have to take that cloak of yours off" she said smirking. "Before we start might I have the honor of knowing the name of my duelist?" she continued?

"Fine, and if I win you can never kill me and trust me you'll know who I am if you win." he said his voice finally getting a hunt of excitement.

"Deal" she said before they both vanished. Clashes of swords could be heard. Sometime during the fight Mushrambo picked up some closing in pursuers

'That's just great, well it looks like this is going to be a tie' he thought in exasperation. "Shit!" he mumbled when throwing knives went at Shifter. She had not noticed them. He dashed towards her and she went into a defensive stance when he shoved her out of the way of the knives and he tumbled after her. He got up brushed himself off while saying "It seems either you or I got pursuers, shifter." He whispers to her as she got up.

"Then what of our duel?" she asked.

"It's a tie, therefore we both have to do what there condition is, and for me that's a really, really good thing. Ill do my end of the deal as soon as were on the battlefield, and yes I am going to work with you on this one." He says quietly. He then gets up and starts walking to a clearing

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"Alright" she says and gets up to follow. They enter the clearing and a group jumps down. The group was 6 bounty hunters. Each one a recognizable opponent to Kaze as high bounties for the human race.

"Well this doesn't seem to be a fair fight…" Cloaked one says loud enough for the hunters to hear.

"Yea theirs 6 of us and only 2 of you, this'll be a synch" a beetle enterran.

"I wouldn't be so sure of yourselves if I were you, never underestimate someone who is hooded especially me. Well I like letting the ones I kill know exactly who they are getting killed by and I made a deal to back that up" he says. He then grabs his cloak all attention on him. He ripped it off with such force it flew several yards.

Kaze eyes were ones of complete shock. She expected some criminal with a medium record. But this….this was just unbelievable for standing right next to her was the Dark king himself, Mushrambo. He was smirking darkly at the hunters. "You're... M-Mushrambo?!" she says, shock clearly showing in her voice.

"Told you that you would know who I am…" he trails off glancing at her before drawing his sword out. "Now are you going to gawk at me or do I get some assistance?" he says while turning slightly and locking eyes with her. Now she was really looking at him she noticed he had quite…gorgeous ruby red eyes.

"Ill help, ill help" she said finally pulling it together again. He went into a pretty animalistic stance while Kaze shapeshifted into a tiger and growled at the hunters. Mushrambo went even faster than she thought he originally could. She pounced on the beetle enterran and ripped him in half while 3 were upon Mushrambo she dealt with the other two. Mean while Mushrambo just ripped through them like she would a on someone with a medium record which was quite fast. One they were killed she picked the cards up. Mushrambo just sat in a tree watching her.

"Just incase your panicking right now I won't attack you or kill you" he says quietly looking up at the darkening sky.

"Well I'm not panicking. I just wanted to ask why you have not attempted to destroy that city?" she asked.

"I'm sorry shifter but I don't trust you enough to give you that information" "If I may, I know your name is not shifter may I know your name?" he asks politely but watching her like a hawk. She could tell he wasn't very trusting.

"Kazegemu… but I'd appreciate it if you would call me Kaze..." she trails off

"Hmm you're name means Windgem, that's a pretty name…" he trails off when he notices the blush gracing Kaze's cheeks. He glances up at the sky. Then he jumps down. "Well its getting dark I'm going to go find myself a place to rest, you… you can do what you please, follow me, go back to town, make your own camp or whatever". He said tiredly. Before jumping away she decided to follow him, though she had not the slightest clue why.

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Mushrambo was running to a particular cliff that had a nice view of the forest and a tree for him to sleep in. he sensed Kaze right behind him he smiled slightly to himself. He was secretly hoping she would follow him he hadn't had someone to talk to in many years.

He finally came upon the mountain with the cliff ledge it was very high up. "I hope you're good at the art of flight…" he mutters loud enough for her to hear. He then grabs the cliff side and starts climbing the mountain side. He spots Kaze flying up. He smirks to himself, just because they made a deal doesn't mean he would show her all his strengths and weaknesses. He finally reached the top slightly panting at the effort.

"I am going to go herb scavenging and hunting, need something?" he asks quietly

"No thanks I got my own food." She replies. He nods than heads towards the forest below them

About 3 hours later Mushrambo returned some finely cut stag meat and black berries. Kaze had a fire already started. We got close enough he noticed she was asleep. He smiled quietly to himself. As he cooked some of the meat he watched the stars, a shooting star went across the horizon line. He made a wish to have someone to care for. He noticed his stag thoroughly cooked. He snatched it off the fire a began to eat it quietly.

He sighed and finally went to the tree and stood guard he was drawn into his own thoughts moments later. He just stared at the girl now that he actually bothered to look at her he realized she had olive skin and from what he remembered she had midnight colored eyes and tan colored hair. He silently berated himself for not really paying attention to her appearance. But now that he was he couldn't help but admire her feminine body. Now that he thought about it…she was quite extravagant in every way. Though he knew he would probably never say that or even get the chance to for that matter.

Late in the night, he heard Kaze muttering in her sleep. He jumped down silently to listen. "No stop please! Don't hurt him!" he knew from his point it was a nightmare so he quietly walked over and gently rubbed her back. She was soothed. 'I may never have a companion but that doesn't mean I can't protect her from nightmares…' he thought.

'No, Mushrambo you're getting your hopes too high…' he berated himself yet again. He was getting tired and decided to sleep. So he crept back to the tree and leaned on the trunk and fell into a dreamless sleep.

End of Chapter 1

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