There was a gentle wind in the Saiyan forest. Something flashed by the trees, causing slumbering birds to ruffle their features angrily and blink a few times before going back to sleep.
Small animals scattered as a dark shape landed in the forest. A sly canine leaped from the carrier's grasp, snuffling the nearby brush. Illuminated in a shaft of moonlight, Raven's eyes glowed like tha of a demon as she crouched in the high trees. Her tail waved slowly as she tasted the air. Her ears twitched once as a wide array of sounds reached them. Nose filled with scents unlike of earth, she licked her lips, eager for a hunt and the taste of blood. Without a sound, she was speeding through the branches, Ferox directly below her on the ground.
It did not take long for the hunting pair to locate adequate prey. In a patch of moss-covered woods in a pool of moonlight, deer-like animals stood grazing on soft forest floor plants. It seemed peaceful, occasional snorts or scuffing of hooves as they ate. It seemed mystic as the one with a large set of graceful antlers raised it's head and gave a gentle rumble, the moonlight falling on its shimmering fur like glistening drops of water.
Raven watched as Ferox slunk around the group, moving like a patch of inky darkness. Poised in position, the wolf gave a yap and a snarl. The deer-like animals shuffled nervously, adding their own soft calls to one another. Ferox shot from the bushes with a burst of energy, right at the animals. The deer turn tail and fled, right towards Raven. The girl bunches her muscles and sprung from the treetops, landed on the large altered one, it toppled to the ground struggling. With a swift stroke, Raven broke it's neck with a sickening crack, and all was still.
The night returned to silent stillness as the sounds of fleeing deer faded into the distance. Ferox quickly dug a deep whole next to the kill and Raven pulled out a very sharp knife and cleaned the carcass, putting the waste into the pit before filling it in with dirt.
Raven and Ferox began to enjoy their fresh meat. Raven set aside a rack of ribs to bring back for Bardock, but other than that, the kill was all theirs. The female Saiyan very much enjoyed the taste of meat still warm and dripping with blood. It was just Saiyan nature.
Between a voracious Saiyan and hungry wolf, the kill was soon reduced to nothing but a pile of bones. Raven chuckled and leaned against a tree, chewing on the end of a long femur, "that was good."
Ferox growled in reply as he crunched a rib bone to pieces, eagerly licking up the marrow inside.
Raven licked the blood off her fingers and dusted off. A strange feeling hit her senses and she looked into the sky. Nothing but stars. "Huh," that was strange." The air whooshed and she was staring into the eyes of none other than Goten. "Hey kid, Whataya up to?"
"Nothing," Goten sighed, hanging upside down in the air, "I wasn't tired and I sensed you out here." He sniffed the air eagerly, "hey, did you eat it all?!"
Raven chuckled and levitated, "yea, I wouldn't have saved it though. I like it fresh, the bloodier the better."
Though Goten did like raw meet, he was still slightly disgusted by the thought of bloody dripping meat. He straitened in the air, landing to pet Ferox, "oh well."
Raven stomach gave a growl as she thought of hunting some more. Being a full-blooded Saiyan and a relative of Goku, she was not easily satisfied. "But we can go hunt some more, we'll be a pack."
Goten's eyes shone with Saiyan instinct long forgotten. In the back of his mind, he oddly liked the idea of hunting.
"But," Raven started.
"What?!" Goten looked at her as she began a thought.
"Well, it involves practically ripping animals to pieces and consuming the still warm meat." She said, noting Goten's look of horror. "And I don't think you'd like it very much."
Goten looked like he was intense thought. He finally nodded, "I want to hunt still."
"Awesome!" Raven clapped her hands on his shoulders. "Plus, it is a good time to learn how."
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It did not take long before the hunting trio located more prey. Ferox and Raven raced away to circled around and pincer attack the animals, who were more deer-like animals.
Goten was ready as a massive buck launched at him, sharp antlers ready to impale. The boy jumped to the side and grabbed one of the antler prongs. The animal snorted and thrust his head up, sending the child into the air. But Goten caught himself in the air and flew after the deer as it got its chance to flee. "Oh no you don't!" Goten cried, and zipped through the dense under foliage. His body was bathed in the patches of moonlight as he tackled the deer from behind. The animal let out a roar of fright and pain as he was smashed into the ground. Quickly, Goten dealt a death blow to the deer before it could rise, he stood over the carcass, panting.
"Well done," Raven flew down from the trees she'd been perching it, eyeing the dead deer. "And that thing is over three times the size of the one Ferox and I got. You should be proud Goten."
Goten controlled his breathing, "yea, so what do we do now?"
Ferox already had a deep pit dug into the soft loam. With speed and skill, Raven gutted this one and had filled in the hole with dirt, sealing away the unwanted parts. "You were the one to kill, you are the one to first eat your prize."
Goten hesitantly ripped a chunk of meat from the shoulder. He chewed on it, eyes closing to savor the taste, Saiyan nature shining as he growled hungrily and grabbed another piece. "It's very good, c'mon, I want to share it!"
Raven obliged and ripped an entire leg off the hindquarters. Between Goten, Ferox and herself, there was soon nothing but bones like the previous kill. Goten licked his lips, "that was really good, now I know what I was missing when my mum would never let me go hunting with Gohan."
Raven just mumbled something incoherently from the rib bone she was chewing on. She tried again, "how come you mom is so protective?"
"Well," Goten scuffed his foot on the ground, "she'd just afraid I'll get killed like my dad and might be corrupted by some things."
Raven snorted, "my mom would have let me be a Saiyan. Though I'm not very strong, I know how to be a Saiyan."
Goten sighed, "well, as far as I knew, I was treated like a human, and my dad didn't even know he was a Saiyan until Raditz came and told him. I wish I knew how to be Saiyan."
"Nah," Raven went back to chewing on her bone, "stay how you are, your innocent and fair. Though when your blood is roused you'll know you're a Saiyan. It must be the half-breedness that mutes true nature."
Ferox yawned and stretched, groaning loudly all in one motion before standing and lying on Raven's lap. Raven stroke the wolf's ears, "how about heading back cousin? I told Bardock I would bring him some meat," she indicated the meat wrapped in the pelt from the first kill. As she turned to fly away with Goten, she sighed, "I'm glad I got to know you. If it wasn't for this time mistake, I would have kept wandering for I can't stay in one place for too long."
"I'm glad too." Goten launched into the air, eyes glowing in the light of the Saiyan moon. And I'm happy I got to know grandpa…
Yea, not much point, but I like it.