Chapter 14

Alister's face lit up when Avery asked them to team up "What kind of question is that?" he nods as he smiles brightly "of course we can team up" Alister shook Avery's hand. Kaze looks at Cog then she whispers in Cog's ear "can we trust her?" she asks, Cog turns his head to Kaze. "Alister told me many stories about his team. He has a deep trust and respect for her. So, I'd say yes, we can trust her"

Avery grins as she looks over at Kaze then she spots all those katanas then she looks at Kaze "You drag around that many katanas? Damn you must be strong" Avery said as she looks over Kaze's body. Kaze nods as she folds her arms "I'm strong and the katanas aren't that heavy once you get used to it" Kaze flexes her arms in a joking manner. Alister chuckles as he knows what is about to happen, Avery smiles as she felt all over Kaze's arms which causes Kaze to blush a bright red "Hmm not bad. Your arms don't look like much, but they feel strong!" Avery said then she flexes her arms in front of Kaze "check out my guns" Kaze still blushing "Wh-what?" despite her confusion she felt Avery's arms. "Pretty cool. Eh?" Avery said as Kaze nods silently as she wipes a bit of drool from her mouth.

Something in Kaze has awakened. A few weeks had passed, and the town was now back to normal, people were walking in the streets, talking, buying and selling, students returned to school. Alister was in a bookstore, Alister walks up to the owner of the store "You got the goods?" Alister asked. The owner gave Alister a stern look then they fold their arms and they nod; they slide a wrapped package over to Alister. "The long-awaited sequel to Ninjas Of Love. Today is the release of Ninjas Of Loving as well as the Extra Love edition of Ninjas Of Love". Alister hands the owner some lien over "pleasure doing business with you" Alister turns around then smiles like an idiot then he walks outside to see a large cloaked figure walking into the village.

Alister clips the package onto his hip then he walks over to the large figure "Hey, can I help you?" Alister asked as gave the stranger a kind smile. "Are you Alister?" the cloaked figure asked which put Alister on edge since he was not that well known as huntsman. Avery was sitting by herself in her casual attire she was drinking some water as she had just finished her daily workout then she spots Alister and the cloaked figure "Oh shit" she gets up to go find Cog and Kaze.

"Depends, who's asking?" Alister replied to the man standing in front of him. The man smiles "good, this'll be a fine test", "test?" Alister asked then the man swings his arm back then his arm doubles in size then he hits Alister with a clothesline, sending Alister flying through a food stall, the townsfolk run back to the safety of the town hall. Stag takes off the cloak then he cracks his knuckles "Come on! Get up!", Alister rubs his head as he gets up and dusts himself off. "Mother fucker, that hurts" Alister looks at Stag "The hell is wrong with you" Alister sees Stag, Stag was wearing his White Fang attire under the cloak. Seeing this made Alister furious as he puts on his gauntlets "you White Fang scum!"

Avery comes back with Kaze and Cog, Avery, Kaze and Cog all watch as Alister fights Stag. Alister swung, punched and kicked as hard as he could at Stag, but Stag was laughing as he wasn't even fighting Alister. It was akin to a predator playing with it's food "Come on small fry. Try a little harder, try and hit me!" Stag said as he laughs. Alister reaches up and screams at Stag "shut the fuck up!" he claws at Stag's face, leaving a claw mark that went down from his forehead down to his chin. Stag goes to grab Alister's arm, but Cog uses an arrow to throw Alister back. Kaze glares at Stag as she throws the box of katanas at Stag's face which Stag catches then he grins "so the rest of you are here, good" he throws the box back at Kaze as hard as he can. Kaze smirks she uses the wind to guide the box around her and using the momentum throws the box back at Stag's face, this time it hits him causing him to stumble backwards. The katanas in the box scatter onto the ground, "Gaguh!" Stag spits out a tooth then he grins. Alister and Kaze leap in to take on Stag.

Stag laughs excitedly as he opens his arms which they both double in size "come at me!". Alister punches and claws at Stag's arms but is quickly swatted away by Stag, as Alister flies back he fires a single capsule at Stag's head, but Stag tilts his head to the side as he chuckled. Kaze goes to kick him in the neck and the kick lands but it does not even make him flinch. Stag grabs Kaze's leg and just as Alister was about to leap back in Stag swings Kaze at Alister, sending the two flying back and through a store window. Alister and Kaze we both knocked out.

Cog was terrified at this point "Alister" he said as he whimpered then as Stag walked towards Avery and Cog, Stag glares at Avery "I hate traitors, more than I hate humans" he said with a low growl. Avery puts her hand on Cog's shoulder "don't worry, I'm with you. We can beat this guy". Cog was shaking in fear, his knees nearly gave way, but he looks up at Stag "W-we'll beat you!" Cog's voice cracked which caused Stag to stop then laugh. "Awww is that so wittle fella?" Stag said as he mocked Cog.

"you're going to be me?" Stag laughs harder as he points at Cog. Cog clenches his fist as he bit his lip, "I'm shakin' in my boots. The little turd is gonna beat me up" Stag continued mocking Cog. Avery's arm glows as she glares at Stag "you better shut your mouth because I" Avery glances back at where Cog was but Cog was there. Instead there were arrows that circled around Avery then behind Stag.

Stag was not paying attention as he was still laughing, Cog was behind Stag then he reeled his leg back "screw you!" Cog yelled as he summoned an arrow as he swung his leg forwards to gain more speed and power to kick Stag in the balls. Stag's eyes widen as he grunts and bends over to grab his crotch. Cog then summons more arrows to get in front of the hunched over Stag. "Go and mock me now!" Cog lifted his leg straight up as he glares down at Stag then he brings his foot down, again summoning another arrow to bring his foot down harder and faster upon Stag's head.

Stag's head crashes into the ground but Stag quickly gets up, Stag was furious as he stood back up "now you've done it" Cog takes a step back as he gulps. Stag's arms triple in size now and he brings his fists down at Cog but he manages to dodge by summoning an arrow under himself to throw himself back. Avery's arm glows "so those arrows are pretty useful, eh?" Avery asks as she steps forward "how about you use the to speed up my punches. When I got an opening, I'll call out and that's your time to use an arrow to help me deck this guy in that ugly face" Avery looks angry as she let out a roar. Cog nods "Got it. I'll go get Alister and Kaze to safety. Can you hold him off for a bit?" Avery grins despite the angry look in her eyes "Yeah, I can do that". Cog goes to Alister and Kaze to take them to the town hall.

Stag punches at Avery, Avery punches at Stag, when their fists make contact it sounds like an explosion going off, each punch that they land on each other is met with a thunderous crack. Avery throws a punch at Stag but Stag grabs her arm then he leaps over her and as he lands he tosses Avery over the top of him and slams her into the ground. A cloud of dust bursts out on impact and quickly clears, Avery chuckled as she stood up. "That all you got?" she swings her arm at stags ribs and sends him flying out of the town entrance. Stag crashes through many trees then slides on the ground. "I'm done playing around" Stags legs triple in size as he uses his powerful legs to leap high into the air and back in front of Avery. She cracks her knuckles as she grins, Stag now looks like a twisted, muscular monstrosity. Stag growls as he kicks Avery, Avery blocks it, but her eyes widen as she now finds herself in the air. Stag jumps up and he brings his fist down onto Avery, causing her to crash into the ground. Avery coughs up a bit of blood then she looks up to see Stag is about to land on her.

Avery quickly rolls out of the way but the force of Stag landing and causing a crater to form under him, blows Avery back and into a wall. Avery leaps at Stag to punch him but he catches her fist then he swings her around and thrashes her again and again on the ground. Avery screams out in pain as she is thrown into a house. Avery's aura is starting to fade as she struggles to get up, but she finds her way to her feet. Just as Stag stands over Avery, Cog summons an arrow under Stag to throw him into a far away wall. "I have an idea. Just follow my lead" Cog said as he walks up to Avery then he helps her up.

Stag charges at the two as he screams out in rage "Avery, I'm going to need you to put as much strength into your arm as you possibly can" Cog said as his hands were shaking. Cog is not all that confident that his plan will work but he has nothing else that he can rely on. Avery nods "Gotcha" she said as she puts the rest of her aura into her arm then she grins as Stag is barrelling towards them like an angry bull.

Stag screams out as goes to clothesline the two of them with all his might, mere seconds before contact Cog summons an arrow on Stag's arm, causing it to fly back and stagger Stag. Avery sees the opening then she reels her arm back "good work, Cog" she grits her teeth then she smashes her fist against Stag's face, Avery grins as she brought her fist and Stags down onto the ground with a mighty crash. Avery's aura runs dry then she collapses to her knees as Stag's body goes limp. Cog couldn't believe his eyes; a wide smile appears on his face "It worked!" Cog screamed out as he puts his fist in the air. Avery pants heavily as she smirked ��you're way stronger than you think" she said as she passes out.

A few days had passed, Stag was still knocked out and is now behind bars in the local jail. Alister, Kaze and Avery were awake and recovering in the town hall. Avery told Kaze and Alister what happened while they were knocked out. "Damn Cog, you really stepped up" Alister said as he smiles at Cog, which causes Cog to blush out of embarrassment. Kaze was just as impressed "I knew you had it in you" she said as she nods approvingly, "it was nothing, really" Cog said as he looks away. "Nothing you say? You kicked that asshat in the nuts! That's no easy feat" Avery said as she was in a full body cast. Cog gasps as he remembers something "Oh that's right, Alister you dropped something when you were hit by that huge guy" Cog said as he holds a package.

Alister started panicking as Cog opens the package. Cog looks what was inside then he smiles "Oh is that it?" he chuckled as he put the books on Alister's lap. "I'm a fan on that book too, I didn't know the second book came out today. Perhaps we should read it together" Cog said as he smiled though he didn't really pay attention to what the meaning of what he just said. Alister's face turns bright pink as he quickly hides that books "s-sure", Avery catches on then she starts laughing, Kaze however was confused as she looked at all of them "did I miss something?". Cog left the room then he realised what he just said to Alister then his face turns red as he covers his mouth as he runs out of the building. "Oh no, what did I just say?!".