[Yomegami]

((This is open, but limited. If you want to join, I'd like only people who are active, have decent grammar and spelling, and posts of least a paragraph. The limit is 2 people, with at least 250 posts each.))


Nabias was always considered a peaceful place. People went about doing their daily business, with very little thoughts of malice and evil doings. Even the back alleyways weren't very active. Frankly, all of this goodness was enough to make one sick.

Well away from the commonly used pathways, a shadow darted from behind one building to the next. A passerby probably wouldn't have seen anything but that, but anyone who actually bothered to look would have noticed some red on the shadow. Perhaps it was best explained by the creature it actually was.

From behind that building appeared the face of a Calamikuhna of sorts peering around its side at the next corner. However, calamikuhna it may have looked like, it definately wasn't a normal one. Well, at least judging by the two fangs that jutted upwards from his lower jaw, his lack of normal kuhna markings, and his unusual wings (well, at least for his species).

After a stop at the Wishing Well, Ankara now returned to his original intentions. Here, in such a peaceful place, people weren't going to expect a demon to suddenly leap out and attack them. Which, incidentally, was exactly what he wanted to do.

Extending his large wings, the demon pushed them down whilst jumping, shooting upwards. His claws then latched onto the side of the roof, and the demon hauled the rest of himself onto the surface.

He quickly looked around, judging his surroundings. This place would be no good to launch an ambush from - there was no shadow on it, thus someone might notice him if they looked up. He needed to find another spot.

And so, he ran over to the edge, and with a wingflap pushed himself of the building and lept over to the rooftop of another. But, as with the last one, this roof was too bright. And plus, it was too rough to lay on. No sense ambush hunting if you couldn't find a comfortable spot to hunt from. And so, he lept over to the next one.

After quite a bit of this, Ankara finally found himself a suitable building upon which to perch. It was half-covered in shadow, and the material was smooth.

Satisfied, he slowly crouched down, folded his wings against his body, and crept over to the edge.

He positioned himself in this shadow, and looked over the edge to wait for a passerby. It was all in the placement of yourself if your attack was to end in success....

[Jaden Wolf]

((Can I join? One of my Shadow pets needs to get out more XD))

Lantern

Flying over the roof of yet another building, a hollow Ferrikoon watched the people below in a calm and quiet manner, however, her thoughts raged with hatred towards...something. Running a paw through her already shining fur, the flying creature wondered exactly where she had ended up, her features still not betraying her many thoughts and feelings.

At first glance, this girl seemed like any average ferrikoon; but if one were to look closely, they would surely notice something strange about her. The first thing anyone's eyes would be drawn to was the band of light around the base of her tail, as well as a few strips of light just below it. Another thing was her attitude. In most cases, no one should judge a book by its cover, but her features and personality never seemed to show anyway. Last but not least, the strangest thing about the ferrikoon...
She had no Shadow.

Soaring over another building, the ferrikoon's eyes were drawn to something below. Comming to a halt, she continued to watch the strange kuhna below her, seeing it looking around at the shadows. Silently, she lowered herself and landed gently behind the black and red cat. She knew that no normal creature of Light would hear her when she was being so quiet, so in a sense, she was testing him.

[Yomegami]

Hmm. Seems no one wanted to bother to come by his waiting place. Getting all the more impatient, Ankara's expression was beginning to show a scowl.

"Jeez, is this place really that boring?" he asked himself, slamming down a paw onto the rooftop, "Surely, someone should have passed by now!"

Due to his angered complaints and the sound of his paw hitting the rooftop, the demon did not notice the sound of someone else landing behind him.

But as he was about to return to his hunt, he caught a whiff of something. It smelled like - well, some kind of winged mammal that wasn't a kuhna. Batti, perhaps?

Looking over his shoulder, he finally noticed the hollow ferrikoon sitting behind him. That's it. This moron was scaring them off! he thought angrily.

With that, he spun the rest of the way around. "Do you mind? This is MY hunting spot! Go find your own!" he yelled at it, paying little to no attention to her strange features.

[Jaden Wolf]

As she stood there, she was sure that this kuhna was not one of her kind. Perhaps that was why her glare turned cold as he yelled at her. A snarl forming on her lips, she began to speak. "What was it that made you think I was here to hunt? If I had a bad temper, you never would have been able to finish one sentence...perhaps. I'm beginning to wonder if you have much common sense."

For some reason, the ferrikoon didn't think she needed to explain herself. Maybe because her eyes were saying it all; 'I don't like that.'

Not taking her eyes off of the kuhna in front of her, she began to groom her bristling tail, no doubt in an attempt to control her anger. Then, realizing that the cat did not notice her...accessories, she darkened slightly. As she grew darker, the band of light as well as the strips on her tail began to glow. Certainly this creature would notice them now?

[Yomegami]

Ankara, already ticked off that some wretched mammal come and scare away all potential victims, only was made angrier at the ferrikoon's words. His face showed an angry, annoyed expression on it.

"You've got some nerves, 'koon." he snarled, circling her. "You apparently don't know who or what you're messing with here."

While on his rounds, he noticed the ferrikoon darkening herself, apparently drawing attention to some unusual markings at the base of her tail. While the demon did notice them, he acted like he didn't. If this creature tried to pull off any moves on him, she'd regret it.

If the town wasn't going to provide any victims for him, he decided, then this creature would work quite nicely.

[Jaden Wolf]

Lantern closed her eyes, a smirk forming on her lips. "No, I don't know who I'm dealing with. And I'm sure you don't know what you're dealing with." She opened her eyes again, and looked at the kuhna, turning her head as he walked around her.

She was sure that he had noticed her band and was simply ignoring it, so she reverted to her previous state, the light dimming to a dull glow. Then her ears perked in surprise as she seemed to notice the kuhna's shadow. Her thoughts seemed to drift from the kuhna as she stared at the shadow. "You have a shadow?" she murmured, proving that she hadn't forgotten about the cat. Then she seemed to regain her posture, glaring at the kuhna again.

[Yomegami]

Hmm....

This ferrikoon must be one stubborn creature. Ankara highly doubted her power came close to even matching his, and yet she said something equivalant to what he just said. Well, maybe he didn't.

As he studied her, he took notice that she seemed to be interested in his shadow. He glanced at it himself, then back at her.

"Yes, I have a shadow. What about it?" he asked.

It was then that he noticed the Ferrikoon lacked a shadow. So, that meant that this was no ordinary ferrikoon. Must be some sort of vampire or shadow-creature.

However, in his eyes vampires and their kin were nothing compared to demons - which he was one of.

As he continued to circle the ferrikoon, he made no move to attack. The best plan of action was not attack unless he himself was attacked. Perhaps he could have some use for this creature.....

[Jaden Wolf]

Growing rather irritated by this kuhna circling her, Lantern curled her lip back, showing her fangs. Without intention, she began to grow dark again, despite her brightening tail band. Soon she became a dark liquid-like...creature, barely maintaining her ferrikoon shape. "Back off kuhna. Best not to disturb a Dark Shadow." she hissed. Her voice had changed as well, going from cool and calm with a slight accent, it changed to harsh, dark, and seemed strange. As if she were speaking a different language that translated itself somewhere between her...mouth, and another's ears.

For a brief moment, she flinched, no doubt because of the light comming from her band. Then she lunged forward at the cat with a snarl. She wasn't aiming to attack though, and so aimed her jaws for the air above the kuhna's head.

[Yomegami]

Ankara halted his circling as the ferrikoon turned into a liquidy....thing. However, he didn't move an inch. In fact, his claws fully extended themselves, as if to anchor him to the spot.

"Me, back off? You've got it backwards, koon. YOU'RE the one who should be backing off!" he half snarled, half roared.

Despite his firmly anchored appearance, just how ready he was to move was shown when the ferrikoon/shadow lunged at him. Pumping his wings down, he pushed himself off the roof, jumping over the dark shadow and landing behind her.

Although she was not aiming to actually land a hit on him, the demon considered any violent motion aimed at him as a reason to start a fight. Not that he cared about this paticular one, he was looking for some excitement.

"So, it's a brawl you want then? Fine - I'll give you a brawl." he stated as he reared up to the best of his ability, crossing his forelimbs at the wrist. Then, he violently swung them outwards, opening both paws at the same time. As soon as he was finished, both of his front paws caught fire.

"Let's see how you can handle a demon's wrath, shall we?" he said almost tauntingly, before getting back onto all fours and lunging at the ferrikoon, one flaming paw outstretched and ready to slash.

[Jaden Wolf]

Lantern wasn't surprised when the kuhna jumped over her, turning to face him with a snarl. Baring her black fangs again, she bristled; though it was hardly noticible since her shape had no apparent fur. Then she saw the kuhna's paws catch fire and heard him say something about 'a demon's wrath'.

To far into her fury to acknowledge the kuhna's statement however, she just stood on all fours, ready to defend or attack. As the kuhna lunged at her, she snarled again and one rather primitive thought instantly entered her mind. Fire...light. Hate. She jumped to the side, avoiding the paw but hissing in pain anyway. It was obvious that she hated the light given off by the flames, and she was no doubt weaker because of the bands on her tail; which were now too bright to look at directly.

[Yomegami]

Ankara wasn't too surprised when his attack missed. When confronted by someone attacking you with fire, it was only natural for you to get out of the way.

What did surprise him, however, was the fact that the ferrikoon was in pain despite the fact that he missed. Why? The heat? The light?

One look at his foe again gave him the answer. Light, he thought. It made sense. Earlier, the 'koon had stated that it was a "dark shadow". Supposedly, such creatures wouldn't take too well to light.

It also looked like it was getting weaker, possibly because her tail bands. While he had to squint some, the brightness of the bands didn't bother him too much - when your primary weapon is fire, you have to get used to bright light.

It was probably easy enough to use this creature's weakness to his advantage.

Once again, he jumped straight up, but just as he was about to come down, he threw a small fireball downwards. However, he wasn't aiming for the ferrikoon - he was, in fact, aiming for the rooftop in between the two of them.

His reason for doing this was because his goal was to set the building on fire. Heck, he'd have no issues with burning the whole of Nabias to the ground if it got rid of this thing.

As his fireball made contact with the ground, there was a small, but fairly bright, explosion, and where it had hit was marked by a crater of sorts in the roof, with some flames flickering in the hole.

Shortly after that, Ankara came in for a landing, pumping his wings once or twice to slow down his fall.

As he regained his balance, he thought Let's see how you like that, koon!

[Jaden Wolf]

Lantern snarled and braced herself for the kuhna's attack. She faltered as she saw the fireball though. She began to back up, staying away from the light.

When the fireball made contact with the building and exploded, the ferrikoon hissed in pain. She dove backwards, screeching in anger and somewhat because of pain. A small crack formed on her tail band, obviously struggling to contain the power of the shadow. Her form collapsed more, thanks to the small amount of her power released from the light's grasp. She now looked like a sort of mutant ferrikoon. Her size grew slightly, the edge wavering in the light.

She set her eyes, now burning with fury, on her opponent. Despite her rage, somehow, she managed to come up with a goal. 'Get rid of the source.'

Leaping for the kuhna, she growled, aiming her fangs and claws at the kuhna.

Has she lost almost all control?