Chapter 3 : Winter Hunt

Another sudden winter day... Except a flow of evilness filled the air. The local villagers were coughing from the newest virus going around. Trying to avoid it, Primal was perched upon the trees a long with his squad members, Satoru and Zankoku.

They watched over the village, listening to the crunch of the snow that lay upon the ground as the residents walked across the streets of Ember. It was a stormy night too, snow was falling around them and thunder strikes like swords piercing into the earth.

Primal could already feel something was off with this thunder however.. And wanted to get his job done quickly so he spoke to Satoru.' 'Hey, Satoru. Could you do an assignment for me?'' he asked him

''Sure, what is it?'' 

''Well, you need to go to the forest and take out someone for me.''

''Who?'

''Doi Matsuoka. A lower tier rogue.''

''I'll do it.''

''Alright. Oh and also make sure to collect a purple shard from him''

''Okay...''

Primal watched as Satoru left the village, turning around to Zankoku. ''Would you like to go with him?''

''Sure!'' the young boy exclaimed.

''Alright, go on.'' sent him off the sensei.

As they both left the village, he had a smirk on his face knowing that his plan is succeeding... He sat on top of the tree waiting for them to come back. Over in the forest, near Tomiji's former location... Satoru pulls out his axe, and strikes a line of thunder upon Doi.

Doi quickly dodges it and uses his time stop ability [Rarity : Uncommon, Description : the strength of it varies from the difference between the power of the user and the one it's being used on, Obtainability : Inherited ability/Relic/Transfer..]

 kicking Satoru into a large rock and through multiple trees before finally stopping. Not letting that stop him, he got up and infused his feet with lightning, a simple yet hefty capability, to quickly make his way back over to Doi as it boosted his speed x2.3, hitting him with the handle of his axe.

Even getting the opening and slicing through Doi's arm, leaving it heavily injured with blood dripping from it and falling onto the grass. In a rushing attempt to try overpower Doi, Satoru threw a flurry of punches at him, landing most of them but it seemed futile as his opponent had stopped used 'Time Stop' once on him and before Satoru could look, Doi was punctured by something.

Standing behind him, was Zankoku who pierced through Doi's back, hitting his heart. '

'Thanks'' Satoru said."

''Your welcome, we should collect that shard and return it to sensei.'' Zankoku replied.

They collected the shard which was acting as his necklace and returned back to Primal and gave him the shard. ''Here you go, sensei'' said Satoru in a much calmer voice now that the adrenaline was out.

''Thank you both.'' They jumped off the tree and landed on the snow below.

''Are there any other missions? questioned Zankoku as he likes the thrill of battle.

''Yeah, there are actually.'' Primal replied.

''Really? What is it''

''Alright so, I'm going to need you all to go to the docks of Ember to collect a boat and sail to Haze. Another 2 shards lay there.''

''Interesting, maybe I come with you both?'' A voice came behind them. It was Rai all healed up and ready to go, and since Nova wasn't there yet, sensei Primal agreed to let him come along. They all made their way to the docks.

''So, how strong are these people going to be sensei?'' Zankoku asked.

''Pretty strong, a lot stronger than Doi anyways. But don't worry, we can take them out''

They finally made it to the docks and saw something that would become a big problem. The docks of Ember were struck by thunder from the previous storm. Or was it the storm... ''Damn.. We might have to abort the mission..'' said the sensei in a tone of disappointment. ''Why don't we just make our own boat?'' Zankoku mentioned as a joke but...

''Alright lets do that! Get some logs and good stable wood'' Primal demanded.

They all quickly disappeared in search of wood to build this boat. Satoru had cut a large tree and brought it to Primal. Quite a strong kid... .

Zankoku found 3 large pieces of wood and laid them down. ''This should be good enough, now we start building''. They start to build the boat, shaving the wood and putting the planks together.

They finally came to a decent enough shape to start sailing to Haze, despite the boat looking like crap... ''Alright, hop on-'' Before Primal could finish, Nova had appeared in front of them. 

"Where are you all going?'' He asked. ''To Haze, we are going on a mission'' Primal responded. ''I see, lets go then'' They set up the boat and sailed their way to Haze. Because it was unexpected of more more than there already were coming along, there wasn't much space on the so called boat.

''So sensei, what are these shards for anyways?'' Satoru asked.

''I can't tell you right now, sorry. Classified information.''

''Oh, I see.'' Finally arriving after a while and a LOT of chit chat, they hopped off and left the other member, Rai, sleeping on the boat. They got off onto the docks of Haze and were brought in by Haze Warriors.

They started their search immediately for the 2 shards that sensei had mentioned. Venturing to the first shard, who a rogue kept in their snowy cave. ''Here...'' said Primal upon reaching the destination.

[Nova's appearance : sapphire blue eyes, black short hair, custom purple-black shirt, custom black pants with a sword on his back]

[Zankoku's appearance : blue eyes, black-gray hair, black custom pants and black with red shirt aswell as a blade on his hip]

[Satoru's appearance : snow white hair, black eyes, white custom pants, a tigher similar to a compression gray shirt with one full sleeve and one reaching the elbow, red gloves and with an axe on his back]

They entered the rogue'ss cave and were greeted with a cold presence. The rogue was named "Shiro" For her evolved ice abilities.

They instantly were attacked by an ice blast and hence begun the fight. Primal quickly charged up his white lightning as he possessed it to and struck her with it, whilst Zankoku surrounded her and distracted. This gave Nova the opening to appear in front of her via one of his abilities and begin barraging her and finishing the combo with a successful side kick that sent her sliding backwards.

With the intention of escaping, she surrounded herself with ice in a triangular shape but with the soaring sound of an axe, Satoru threw it right at her ice, shattering it, allowing sensei Primal to successfully send out purple lightning up at the ceiling and it hit her, stunning her and immediately burning her skin severely, following up with him perception blitzing her and stabbing her through the heart.

She was also mute, hence why she was unable to say anything.

They brought her down and collected the shard. ''Alright, 2 more to collect!'' Primal exclaimed. ''This next one, was eaten by a tailed beast.. So are you all ready to take out a whole tailed beast?'' They all nodded yes, though the clear shot of fear snuck upon them.

''Lets go then'' They ventured off to the beasts hiding place. After arriving, they were met by growls and shrieks. ''Ready... GO!'' They attacked the beast and with Primal hard carrying the entire fight, they took it down fast. At one point when the growls sent the students flying away, sensei Primal was unfazed and even moved past it, evading it's strikes easily but as soon as his students came back into the fight, he started acting weaker... Just why.. But in the end, they had a very well placed opening.

Satoru cut its stomach open, with all the organs of the beast falling out and afterwards collected the shard. ''Here you go'' He said, wiping the blood off. ''Thank you. Now this last shard may be even impossible to gain...'' Primal said.

''What do you mean, sensei?'' questioned Nova ''Well you see, nothing human holds it... Something greater does''. He said. ''Like what?'' asked Nova once more ''Odinson. A God.'' He replied. ''A... God...? I thought they were myths..''. ''No, these are no myths. They exist with us here on earth. Otsutsuki aren't the only god like beings...'' said Primal as explained how they came to exist through many years and the terror they would face over killing one. ''Killing a God can have consequences you see... These consequences depend on the God. This specific one will create an ever lasting storm until the God is replaced, which will happen to us if we aren't careful.''

''And what about the other ones?'' Satoru asked. ''Well, there is the God of the seas, Poseidon. Killing him will cause the seas to rise.'' 

''Damn..''

''Well, anyways we must get going. Are you all ready to fight against a God...'' asked sensei Primal as and they all nod. ''This could have consequences, so be careful''