Bonded

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Chapter 3: Hunters and Cats

Neko looked at her family and sighed. They had sent Her Flit MoonShine with a message to their parents about the strange objects. She knew her father would send warriors to look at them and then report back. She looked to her sisters and shook her head. They nodded and continued to walk. They had picked up a strange scent coming from the object and decided to follow the trail. They had come to a spot where the main scent split in three and had decided to see if it had split further, but it had not. Neko rejoined her sisters and leaned on a tree. They had sent Nekor back to the cave to wait for the warriors and to guide them. Kit shook her head and sneezed to try and get the scent out of her nose.

“We’ll have to split up and follow a scent each. We need to know what gives out these scents and what they are doing on our world.” Nienya said as she joined her siblings. Both girls agreed with their sister. “When you find the owner of your scent trail contact Nekor and tell him where you are. Follow the creature until he arrives with the warriors.” All three agreed and then each went their separate ways. Neko followed the trail that went west, Nienya the trail south and Kit the trail east.

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E’os and his brothers had split up two hours ago. He had gone west, E’mot had gone south and E’orre had gone east. He had seen many strange creatures on this planet and some that looked like worthy Prey. Maybe after his Manhood Trial he would come back and hunt them. Their trophies would bring many females to him. For now he pushed the thought to the back of his mind and started to look for a place to sleep for the night. He studied the trees around him and saw that some of them had some sort of platform on them. His interest peaked he started to climb one of them. He reached the platform and started to look around. It bared his weight well and it was high enough for him to see the area around him. He decided to sleep on the platform for the night and began to set up his sleeping things when he heard something snap. He eased his ki its-pa from his back and moved to the edge of the platform. He looked down and saw a feline type creature moving slowly beneath his position. It was a big cat, its fur was a Midnight black and its eyes were deep silver colour. It moved with perfect grace and like the hunter it was. He watched it start to sniff around where he had stood to look at the trees. Then he got a shock. The cat started to glow a bright white and it moved from four legs to two. It body started to change and become more humanoid. Suddenly the light got so bright he had to close his eyes.

Neko had changed to her Pure Cat form so that she could run faster. She followed the scent for what seemed like quite awhile when it started to get extremely strong. She slowed her pace and walked between some large Silver Bark trees. This was one of the places where hunters and messengers could rest. There were platforms in the trees for them to sleep, safe off the ground from any rouge Creatures. The scent was strong here near one of the trees. She sniffed around and then decided to change back. She saw herself in her mind, and then let the change take over. She moved to two feet and her bones moved and changed. By the end was her Normal self. She shook herself and smoothed down her fur. She checked to make sure that her daggers had changed back as well and then started to scout around. She moved to the base of the tree where the scent was strongest and started to climb.


E’os opened his eyes, blinking them a few time to clear the after image, before looking at the ground. The creature had gone. *C’jit*, He thought to himself, *Where’d it go?*. He got up slowly and looked around. Suddenly he heard a hissing sound and spun round. On the trunk of the tree was an Obsidian coloured serpent. It was slim but muscular. It was his Prey but it was different. It was bigger then what it should be, it had large black wings and its head was smaller. But the most noticeable difference was that it had eyes, large black eyes. It hissed and slowly crawled onto the platform. E’os hissed back and then stood in his fighter’s stance. He waited for the Hard Meat to rush at him but it didn’t. It just stood there and looked at him, studying him. He started to annoyed and extended his Ki Its-Pa, his Spear. He was about to throw it when the Hard Meat turned and jumped off the platform. He ran to edge and was about to jump after it when he saw it pump it wings and fly off through the trees. He shook his head and then grinned. This hunt looked to be turning into an even better challenge. He had recorded even thing and so sent the information to his Brothers. They would get a shock when they saw it. He turned round to gather his gear and stopped dead in his tracks. Right on the edge of the platform was the Creature he had been looking for before the Hard Meat had turned up.

Neko had reached the bottom of the platform but instead of using the trapdoor she extended her claws and climbed along the base. She could smell the scent getting stronger as she got closer to the edge. She finally made it and quietly pulled herself up. She looked up only to look straight at the creature whose scent she had been following. She slowly got up, took a few steps forward and looked the creature over. It was well over 8ft and from the looks of it, it was male. He had Pale Green skin that got lighter on his chest and stomach. His hair was like her own but they looked more like Dreadlocks then braids. He was covered in some sort of armour and a type of net. What she noticed most though was the weapons; there so many different types. She looked at his face and studied the mask he wore. It covered his face and the top of his head. Where the eyes would be only a blank, cold metal stare looked at her. She slowly moved her hand to her longest Dagger and touched the hilt in case she had to draw it.

E’os looked at the Creature in front of him and almost laughed. It was a Female. Of that he was sure. It stood at 5ft and had some type of short fur covering its body. He looked at it face, it had a short muzzle and its ears at the side of its head had short turfs of fur on top of them. She also had a long, and what looked liked flexible, tail. She wore a short top made of some type of animal skin and trousers that looked to be made of the same material. She wore no foot wear of any type. All over her body were different types of daggers. He looked back at the female face and noticed for the first time her eyes, they shone like moonlight. The light of the setting sun made them shine even brighter and he couldn’t help but stare at them. A sudden movement made him look away as he saw her move a hand towards a dagger. He growled a warning; he would not fight a female unless she attacked first. He saw her touch the hilt but she did not draw it. They stood like this for a few minutes as the sun set and Night took hold. As it got darker E’os found it harder to see anything of the female except her eyes. Then the moon rose quickly and he could see her again but he could also see the Hard Meat right behind her.

Neko watched him study her. He growled as she reached for her dagger but when she didn’t draw it he stopped. She was resting on the balls of her feet in case she had to move quickly. She felt the warmth of the sun leave as it set but then she could feel the light of the moon on her as it rose. Suddenly she felt a presence behind and stiffened. She felt a mind touching hers and she shivered. The touch was cold and cruel, and yet it felt like a dragons touch. She slowly moved her hand to grip the hilt of the dagger, never breaking eye contact with the creature in front of her. Then with out warning she crouched and pushed up. She flipped up and over the creature behind her and landed on its back. Without thinking she drew the dagger mid flip and plunged it in the back of the creature as she landed.

The Drone had not flown far after it had fled the Hunter. It had flew round in a circle planning on watching the Hunter and warning its brethren if it got to the Hive. Then it had seen a chance to grab a new host. It had landed softly behind the female host and had gently touched it mind to see which of its kind she could host. It was the drone’s only mistake. Suddenly the female host had jumped and then it felt a sharp pain in its back. It tried to shake her off but it couldn’t. It ran straight for the trunk of the tree and the turning it pushed it’s back on the trunk, intending to crush the thing on its back.

E’os watched the Female in amazement. She had jumped on the Hard Meat back and attacked. He watched the Hard Meat run towards the tree and try to crush the female between it’s self and the tree. He crouched down and watched, he wanted to know how the Female would get out of this.

Neko could feel her breathe being pushed out of her with every second. She had to do something soon or she would be suffocated. She looked deep with herself for the Gift the Lady had given her. She found the place inside of herself she had locked it away and released it. She could feel the Flames rise out of her Core and engulf her body. She opened her eyes and looked at the Demon trying to kill and suddenly it burst into White hot flames. The creature screeched and thrashed as it died. Neko looked down at herself and saw Black Flames wavering all over her body. She looked over to the Masked Creature and smiled. “My name is Neko. What’s yours?” She said with the smile still on her face.

E’os watched her struggle and was wondering if he should save the Female when the Heat Meat burst into flames. E’os jumped back as the Heat Meat died and then looked at the female. She was covered in what looked like black flames, but they didn’t seem to be hurting her. He heard was she said and nearly fell over in shock. He could understand her, perfectly. She had told him her name was asking for his. He was stunned, how could he understand what she was saying. He had never met her kind before. He was so stunned that he spoke, “My name is E’os”

Neko nodded at his reply and put the Black Fire back inside her Core. She sat down and then cursed. She looked at her side to find a long and deep slash. Deep silver blood ran from the wound and onto the platform. She cursed again and removed a small pouch from around her neck. She took out a small stone and held it near the wound. “Moonstone Heal” She whispered and then closed her eyes. When she spoke the words the stone in her hand lit up and poured a light on the wound. Within seconds the wound was closed and not a mark remained on the skin. Neko looked up to the Creature name E’os as she replaced the Moonstone back in her pouch. She got up and slowly moved closer to him. “So you want to explain what you’re doing on my World?” She said as she put her hands on her hips.

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