Chapter 4 – Enmity

From the outskirts of town Suki finds herself drawn into the depths of the surrounding forest. Transforming to her small red fox form she continues to follow her instincts and stops on the bank of a lake with various sizes of boulders strewn into its midst. Reminding her of the meditation gardens back home. Suki laps up the cool water and lets her eyes wander the ripples to the reflection of the full moon and smiles, understanding why her instincts had taken her to this place. She leaps from one boulder to the next, unaware of her small audience hidden amongst the undergrowth, and sits when she lands on the boulder at the center of the lake.

Legat and his wolf companion watch Suki as she sits on the boulder and closes her eyes. Her ears drooping and the reflection of the moonlight on the water growing brighter than before, ripples emanating from the stone as she absorbs the moonlight and refines her energy. When she's finished, Suki's eyes open. Her pupils glowing with the same golden color they were when she sparred with Legat in her half-breed form, and her fur a slivery white. Unable to suppress her demon instinct much further she casts a massive solar flare spell to a nearby boulder, the water hissing as the rock melts into nothingness. Afterwards Suki leaps effortlessly from the boulder at the center of the lake to the bank, sprinting into the brush and attacking an unfortunate beast. Mauling and casting spells until it's only recognizable by a few remaining bones, her fur untainted by the blood except for her muzzle that drips with it.

Legat sits looking at and petting his wolf friend, seeing only lightning like flashes from behind him. Turning to see what all the commotion is all about he takes a look, "All that for an overkill?" Suki trots over to the two growling with her teeth bared in her odd mood, circling them and snapping all the while. "Simmer!" Legat says. She merely stops in front of him to growl even deeper, her eyes staring into his own with an utmost desire to kill him, her tail twitching in an aggravated manner. Legat turns his back with a grunt, walking off with his wolven friend towards town.
Suki rushes to attack them but in the midst of the run she stops abruptly, skidding on the debris on the ground. Her ears twitching to the east before she turns in that direction and quickly yet quietly running toward an unseen foe. Legat listens to the direction she runs and follows her indirectly with his wolf friend at his side.
Suki continues to chase her opponent, strafing to her left as a shuriken flies through the air in front of her, scoring a sapling tree instead. She finds that they're headed for a small town and mentally takes note of the area as she chases her challenger down the hill. As she chases her opponent into the outskirts of the town she casts a quick volley of firaga spells and manages to singe her opponent. But as she turns a corner in the alley she's surprised by a knock to the head with the flat of a broadsword and falls to the ground with a shrill whine, blood tainting her forehead. Carefully she stands, her opponent chuckling all the while as Legat stands in the shadows watching, seeing how she handles herself and waits for an indication that she might need his assistance.

Suki snaps at her opponent before attacking and lets the sparks fly as the thundaga spell is cast. Circling her opponent she attacks him from the side with her fangs, ripping a good portion of his right arm. He counters by backhanding her onto the ground with his good hand but she lands nicely on all fours, charging him again to slice his calf muscle with her claws while being careful of his blade. Legat watches intently like a horror movie, waiting to jump. The oppressor attacks Suki with his sword in a steady arc toward the ground as she quickly runs around him before attacking as he predicted. She jumps vertically into the air and lands on the flat of the blade; running to her opponent and casting a devastating flare spell, which causes him to stagger backwards.

Suki takes the moment to attack him but it seems he anticipated the thought and thrusts a dagger into her side. She winces as the blade finds her side but continues to maul her opponent. Legat jumps from the shadows of the rooftops, his blade shimmering in the moonlight before finding the forehead of the mauled man, pulls out a knife and throws it into the shadows of the alley to hear a yelp. He watches as his changed comrade tears at the flesh of the dead as if she had to eat it before someone else did, looking around greedily to see if she needs to fend for her new feast.
"Hungry?"
Suki looks up to Legat, grinning while swallowing a bite of meat before speaking, "You bet," and returns to feed on the carcass.
Legat pulls the blade from the head of the foe, licks the blood off the blade and shudders, "Cold," and rolls his eyes in disappointment.

Suki licks her mouth as she finishes and laughs, "The meat is much better."
"Why did his blood cool so quickly?" Legat asks before a cold shiver up his spine urges him to look in the direction of the draft to find a woman with blue lips, icy eyes and white hair standing on the street there. "Well…" he says as he unsheathes his sword in his right hand and a dagger in his left, "Trust me get her," he whispers as he begins a charge. Suki swiftly follows suit at his side, her eyes gleaming. Legat glances sideways, winks, and slashes with both weapons to have his sword dodged by the icy maiden. The dagger on the other hand slices her ribs. She grasps her side as blood drips, freezing in midair and shattering as they hit the ground, her wound now sealed with a thin sheet of ice.

Suki casts a solar flare spell, Legat chants quickly, and then motions at the maiden with his hands, casting a black flame with heat and ferocity unseen and unheard of by man, joining with the solar flare spell to create a reaction, turns and grabs his friend. To run and dive behind a building to hear a large explosion and watches as black and orange flames shoot everywhere, making the town look like day.

Suki grins, "Good show."

"It was but that won't be the last we see of her kind I bet," grins then frowns soon after. Suki looks to the blasted area and nods. "Have you met any like her before?" he asks.

"It has been a few decades… It's very odd to see them in a place like this, very very odd."

"Well I might have something to do with that… They like to track me—of course I let them usually."
She laughs, "I see."
"Yeah, me and their master are umm… lets say old friends."

Suki's ears twitch at the last part of the statement, "Really now?" Legat waves his hand dismissing her comment.
"You done for the night or are you still hungry? Because you seem to be slowin' down."

She looks to Legat, "I'm finished. It's just that I need to sleep off the remainder of my wounds. Which should only take five minutes at the most."
Legat chuckles. "Ok ok…" and whispers knowing that she'll hear it, "Show off," and then winks.