5. An Unexpected Friendship

( Authors note Please Read: Hello everyone and thank you for reading my book up until this point. I wanted to clarify some things before I continue on with our tale. I want to apologize for the fast pace things seem to be moving so far. I promise the time jumps and such are so you guys don't have to listen to me pratell on about Ezekiel traveling or doing light tasks and things. I promise in the future these types of things will be more detailed and there will be less time skips I'm just trying to get the story off the ground for now. Thank you all again so much and without further a due let us get back to the story!)

The next morning Shaxlin Wilds...

Stretching the best he could Zeik yawned groaning a little before raising his hand to block the stream of sunlight through the tree branches. Smiling at his first successful night spent in the wilds he leapt down from branch to branch, making his way for the ground at an alarming speed.

The young girl awoke suddenly at the loud sounds of bark scraping against itself and wood cracking at an alarming speed. Without wasting time, she quickly jumped up fumbling with the door flap of her tent. When she finally got the thing open enough to pop her head out her jaw almost hit the ground as her eyes widened hugely. She watched Zeik leap like he was in the most comfortable place down the tree from branch to branch. Not even a few seconds later he slammed into the ground causing it to rumble and crack a little, a dust cloud exploding upward from the impact.

Grinning like a fool Zeik dusted himself off before checking his gun was secured in its holster. Next he gripped the handle of his new knife which he'd strapped to the back his waist the handle protruding to the right. Straightening his jacket he started whistling as he turned and began walking in the same direction he'd been moving yesterday not wanting to backtrack. " Let's go find something to eat."

The girl jumped up and quickly packed up everything inside of the tent before stumbling out and looking around. "Damnit damnit damnit where the hell did he run off to?!" She cursed herself for sleeping so heavily and put her tent away before climbing a tree to check around her. Soon off in the distance she saw the silhouette of a medium height boy in almost all black dashing through some trees. As fast as she could she leapt from branch to branch trying to catch up to him from the tree tops.

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Zeik skid to a halt and crouched low into a bush. He'd spotted a beautiful buck unlike he'd ever seen before. The huge 13 (on each antler) pronged antlers stretched out wide and mighty from the sides of its head shimmered with rainbow light off their crystal surface. The muscle mass of the buck was astounding and its coat was an onyx black color that looked thick and strong. Smiling from ear to ear he marveled at the beautiful creature before he noticed it use a skill that almost made his eyes pop out of his head. He didn't know what it was called but the buck dipped its head over a small pool in a stream. It seemed to breathe over the water's surface and instantly ice spread out like a wildfire even going up and down the river a little bit. Before he could even process that awesome feat the buck wasn't done there. Next it lifted its head before slamming its antlers into the ice with tremendous force.

'BOOOOOOOOOM'

The air vibrated from the collision and the sound almost busted Zeiks ear drums. Cringing he slapped his hands over his ears trying to see what had just happened. From the point where the bucks antlers slammed a small hole had opened up in the ice and a silvery glow was exuding from it. Stunned, he watched as the buck turned and walked away to the tree line for a second before coming back to the pool with something cradled in its antlers. Almost daring not to breathe he watched as the buck lowered a small looking fawn from its antlers and into the water. Instantly the baby opened its eyes and started to move slowly. 'What the actual hell is going on here,' Zeik thought as he watched what looked like water healing the small creature. 'This is too unreal. What in the world kind of skill is that? Why did it freeze the water before making it a healing pool?' His mind was everywhere as he couldn't think straight with everything he'd just seen. Shaking his head he gripped his knife tightly, turning the blade so it came from the top of his hand instead of the bottom. Tensing his legs he burst forward like an arrow shot from a bow.

He came before the deer before it could even begin to try and fight back. He slashed viciously with all of his might and caught the beast straight across its neck. Blood spurted and dyed the grass in a fan. The buck cried out in pain and thrashed before falling lifeless to the ground.

A short distance away the young girl was still trying to catch up. As soon as she came within eyesight of the buck she stopped dead on a branch and stared. To her horror she saw the boy she'd been chasing, standing over a dead buck, completely drenched in its blood. That's not what horrified her, she gasped and dashed forward as she saw him jump forward to slash the small fawn in the pool. Without thinking she leapt from her hiding spot and curled around the baby deer. As she rolled into the water the knife buried itself deep into her thigh.

"What the fuck?!" Zeik shouted as he saw a blur that looked like a person. He had already put all his strength behind the blade and could do nothing but watch as it sank into the girl's flesh. Cursing he slammed the knife back in its sheath before running over to see what he could do for her. "Why the hell did you do that!?" He shouted at the girl stepping into the pool. He noticed the wound was already starting to close, " damn." He cursed under his breath seeing the girl had fainted laying on her side half submerged in the water. Sighing he stepped forward and scooped her up, ignoring as the fawn ran off back into the woods. He held her gently letting everything but her head submerge in the water.

Glancing down at the female in his arms, Zeik couldn't help but think,' wow she's really pretty.' Her long black hair cascaded out swaying in the water below, her wet clothes clung tightly to her body showing all her curves and toned muscle. Her face looked like a porcelain doll, red lips that were full, rosey cheeks, and he was almost certain he'd seen deep blue eyes before she passed out. Sighing he waited till she was healed before getting out of the pool and starting a fire. He brought her close so she'd get dry and warm while he stripped off his shirt to dry on a rock nearby. With that done and the girl asleep he began to clean the deer before spitting it over the fire to roast.