Attack of the furries Virgil passes

"I see you have a flare for the dramatic so icey grave is still on the menu but let's clip those wings!"

Internally Angel hated herself for those words. Whenever Virgil tried to be threatening it had the same effect on her, all she felt was second hand embarrassment. The bird man thing was staring her down it's arms still held up on each side. Angel stood anxious as to what the first move would be she let the knife and chain slowly slide out her right hand still holding the bulk of the length in her left a drop of sweat fell from her brow. This seemed to be the only opening the bird man needed.

It dove down head first towards Angel she side steps and swings the chain cutting some of the top layers of feathers off. The figure lands on the balls of its feet only 10 feet away from Angel. They stood for a second circling one another at a distance the knife and chain was swinging rhythmically as Angel stepped. The figure had its arms up protecting its face as a boxer would but with its palms open. They both seemed to be studying each other yet again, this fight would prove to be just as mental as it would physical.

The figure jumps almost fifteen feet in the air He flicks his hand as he's coming up and Angel follows unwillingly forced in the air by the bird persons ability. Trying to stay close to the ground Angel throws the knife down into the ground holding the chain to keep her in place only five feet in the air. Almost as if he was expecting this the bird slashes his wind forcing the ice chain to break as Angel is sent tumbling upwards.

'How strong is this things wind to be able to cut through ice this is insane. All I know is I can't be left defenseless'

She's sent flying through the opening and it dashes after her she's upside down and conjures another knife and chain this time with a weight on the opposite side of the knife down the length of the chain. Desperately she throws the weighted end out just barely in the bird mans blind spot. The force of the bird man flying at speed towards Angel pushes the weight back where it came and wraps around its foot. The creature gets up next to her and drives its shin the space between Angel's shoulder and neck.

As she falls it doesn't let up it's assault in the slightest and head dives toward her, she stops mid air the sudden loss of momentum caused the wind to be knocked out of her and spit finds its way out of her mouth and into her other hand she makes a kunai and throws it upward with accuracy the thing moves at the last second a slight cut appears on its exposed cheek.

The bird man flies past Angel and flips foward aware of the weight secured around its ankle the chains taughts and whips Angel forward. Shards of Ice are seen as she releases the chain from her grasp, and is sent flying into the wall she tries to get up but her neck is restrained.

The figure flies down level with her and cocks his head

'Stupid wind magic stupid bird stupid survival test. There has to be a way to break this air holding me up' as she thinking an idea sprouts she reaches up around her neck and ice forms closely around her windpipe she jerks forward and it breaks. She was right freezing the air holding her up had worked she had no time to celebrate however, As she slides down the wall and the creature is after her. Right up next to her it grabs her hair throwing her towards the ground.

Her mind starts racing to figure ways to at least soften the blow of hard rock below her but she's stopped in midair again as if on solid ground. Angel has no second to waste as her instincts tell her to keep moving she rolls last second and the creature head dives straight past her. Just the opening she needed she sticks a knife in its back and rides it down. A small smile comes to her face even if the situation was somewhat dire she felt her words would fit the scenario she was in.

"Fool me once shame on you!"

The beast flips, Angel let's go of the knife forming a chain around it and tugs hard the beast is below her eyes wide with surprise

"fool me twice SHAME ON ME!"

she tugs the chain in a windmill motion so hard it breaks and the beast slams into the ground. The ground breaks forcing dust and debris into the air.

Angel lands next to the cloud dispersing it as she lands and rolls the smoke clears and the bird beast is standing battered scratched and bloody as is Angel, if not worse, she stands up sword in hand showing this fight was not over. The fire was ignited and it would take some before she was calm again. "Come at then!"

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Virgil's eyes rolled into the back of his head from the pain of being thrashed back and forth by the jaws of the panther person.

'The pain is intense my skin is is being ripped from my neck this has to stop'

The thrashing continued he wouldn't have much more time until the skin from his nape would be torn clean off.

Virgil plants his hand into the dirt and the momentum of stopping suddenly suspended him in air for less than a second. He planted his fingers into the dirt using the momentum of the swing drives his knee into the beasts shoulder rolls off, and lounges back towards the sword the beast makes to pounce on him.

"You're not getting me twice you furry!"

Virgil rolls to his back planting his feet into the beast's chest kicking outwards taking it out of the air kicks it over his head and into the rock where his sword is. The rock crack he runs to the beast jumps off its head and grabs for the sword.

The beast seems to be one step ahead reaching back grabs Virgil by the face brings him foward to slam his back into its knee his eyes go white again

'This stupid furry has so much power how the hell'

Virgil spits up the beast then slams him head into the ground multiple times Virgil makes a grab for the beasts wrist and squeezes

"I just… want… my …. damn sword!!"

Virgils eyes flare his body ripples punching the beast in the wrist it snaps under the weight of the strike Virgil is released and takes up a boxing stance boxes the beast starts weaving in and out of Virgil's range. Within the flurry of blows the beast releases a guttural sentence "Give up no sword."

The beast weaves a finally flurry of blow from Virgil. He reaches down scoops the floor, and throws dirt into the beasts eyes Virgil runs away from the rock back into the wood.

'Think think think dammit obviously has me beat in strength is a whole lot faster won't even let me touch the damn sword!'

"I can smell the fear from you human."

Virgil ducks behind a tree listening for the beast. It smells the air looks towards the tree and stalks towards it swipes with its claws the tree falls there's nothing but Virgil's shirt and roars into the air. Virgil is in a dead sprint to the rock not attempting to hide his smirking

'That was some Angel tactical thinking right there time for the sword'

He steps onto the rock and heaves upward the sword doesn't budge

'Stupid test, stupid furry, stupid sword'

He kicks and punches at the rock slowly breaking off chunks until finally the sword gives way and is released. Another smile found itself on Virgil's face. Quickly stashing it he runs deeper in the forest hearing the roar of the beast at his back. He didn't stop his mad dash for twenty minutes he finds wet dirt again.

'Either it rains weird here or I'm getting closer to water'

He turn up at a raging stream bends down and drinks deeply almost choking as he does.

'Can't believe it's mid-day already I wonder how long I was asleep and messing with that furry gotta conserve the energy'

He lays down drifting to sleep he wakes up to the moon sits up surveys the land stands up grabbing his sword. Sighing deeply thinking

'Time to think some more. Ok sword check water check I'm not hungry so that's not important plus I'm by water animals will turn up eventually if I camp here just gotta find Angel.' A rustle in the bushes makes him jump up Virgil pulls his sword from its sheathe holding it out towards the bushes. Proclaiming as viciously as he can

"Stay back I'll cut you it's a promise come out slow!"

He turns back around and Kazaki is in front of him, wearing her usual get up kimono around the waist binder on her chest this time with an addition of a wrist wrap, startled by her seemingly out of nowhere screams out. He punches towards Kazaki she tilts her head slightly. She laughs at his tenacity "Violence begets violence how you doin?"

He stares back at her with a stupid expression on his face like it should've been obvious how he was doing. ". . . I'm sorry what? I'm stranded fought a furry and have six more days to find Angel how do you think Socrates?"

Kazaki rests her hand on her forehead giving him some of the attitude she'd been receiving after just trying to have a decent conversation "Think about it if you're stranded how did I find you? I was part of your test." She said this in a matter of fact sort of way

"You're not part of my test Angel is my test find Angel and make it back to the school within seven days. That's what the paper said that's what I'm going to do."

'How dense is this kid.' Despite calling him a kid in her head Kazaki wasn't much older even though she'd lived through more.

"We train soldiers, warriors, and liberators, you really think there wouldn't be hidden tasks?"

The second she said this Virgil felt foolish. Why would it be that simple this was a school that had kidnapped him in the middle of the forest had him fight for what was his questioned him at every turn so far and then dumped him in the forest within a matter of twenty-four hours. He could do nothing about her logic except answer with the first thing that came to mind.

"This isn't a video game with side quests this is real life what if I couldn't find her because you beat the life out of me?"

Kazaki just stares sighs and slaps the backside of Virgil's head Virgil swings she ducks. Even though she was almost hit a laugh escaped her Virgil was fun to mess with she could see what Adam and Connor meant now.

"Violence begets violence plus you couldn't beat me early and probably still couldn't do it now. Oh I'm not a furry. tool"

Virgil stared her down with a confused look and his mouth agape trying to process what she had just said

"You're surprised I see I haven't told you about my power yet so it makes sense as to why you don't get it. Pay attention I can take someone or somethings power for a short period depending how much of their aura I syphon the more I syphon the more their influence is put on me hence the "furry" appearance"

"I knew that totally"

There was no use debating whether he knew or didn't know so she just agreed "Of course you did well I just came to tell you that you passed my portion"

Virgil sighed dragging his hands down his face understanding what she meant by portion. "As in there more and it's safe to assume Connor set it up so it's gonna be annoying as ever?"

"Yeah it is sorry to tell you that but like I said we train soldiers warriors and liberators."

They sat in silence for a few moments just staring at the the small flowing creek in front of them.

"Wanna start a fire? I am up now"

"No go, I have to head back to the school and report your results so far. Later."

"What do you mean la-"

She places a hand on his shoulder squeezes virgils head lulls to his chest he knees buckle and falls face first in the dirt it was something she always wanted to try but never could. She was only slightly surprised it had worked.

"Connor was right it wasn't exceptionally impressive but it was something small for now some type of potential."

She looked at her wrist which was now black and purple she turns around and starts to walk off confident that Virgil was now passed out due to her pinching the nerve in his shoulder.

Virgil wakes up staring out into the woods the trees and dirt blue with the glow of the moon light. He was agitated by being put to sleep so easily he was going to have to ask her how she did that but now he had his task at hand.

'What to do what to do I still have six days to find her but seeing as kazaki was here and it took me a whole day to fight her maybe mark that down to a day to find Angel. Maybe Jules Adam and Chan are out here that's probably another three days depending if I'm with angel or not by then, and two days to get back to school because why wouldn't we go back after I find her. Y'know this thinking before doing something is kinda relaxing."

Virgil sees the water moving down steam to his right he gets up and follows it hopefully it'll lead somewhere he needs to be.