Ambition [ Closed ]

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Funny thing about the Human World, its forest had a way of making its inhabitants disappear. It was almost like they were constantly swallowing its victims in a realm where Darwin's survival of the fittest reigned true in the embodiment of the gnashing of teeth on warm flesh. Only the strong survived here and the weaker ones would come and ago as snacks while they were being engorged upon by the predators. And if that wasn't enough life played an even bigger trick to meld you into the person that killed you, to become them was to be devoured by them thus destroying the concept of individuality. What a cruel world. You live your life as a Human only to die and become something greater and then die again to live on as someone else. The Gods were never kind to man, and it seemed they weren't kind to the dead either as Tahliah jumped through the opening of the thicket and dived deeper into its depths before landing on the soft earth below. Her tail whipped behind her as she stood and took in the scenery around her.

The way the blood splattered onto the quartz was a masterpiece unlike any other. Bloody moons and disfigured shapes of puddles was something that she had only ever seen a true brute accomplish. It painted quiet the pretty picture for a passerby; tread lightly or be ripped to shreds. Tahliah blinked curiously once she began to go further in, the monstrosity was obviously trying to keep out anyone that wanted to come in. It was like watching something straight from Animal Planet. A larger animal making its mark with bloody carcasses to keep out any unwanted guests that would be fool enough to come in, though it always stood that the animal wants to seem a lot more powerful or scary than it actually is. It would certainly appeal to theory that only the smartest and most cunning survive in this world.

As she approached a large clearing she leaned over deeper into it, her heading poking out from behind the trees, and she saw him; the humanoid adjuchas with six tails. Or at least that's what she'd dubbed him since the first time she saw him. Their previous encountered ended abruptly and Tahliah demanded her rematch, this time a one on one type of thing not that one and my friends jump in when they see me getting my ass handed to me type shit. She'd seen that long time ago but now he was alone. Solo solo. And she was coming for blood. 

Tahliah stepped into the clearing with her hand stretched forward, cocking it back and releasing a bala into his back to symbolize her arrival. He turned his head to look at the Hollow that had struck him, his head cocking to the side as he attempted to recall the nature of their relationship. Their sizes measured up perfectly to one another, in both mass and strength. Evolution had pandered to them both, but the adjuchas snorted at the idea that a female Hollow would even step to his level. Hollows were cocky little shit, and this one took the cake. They had about twenty feet between the two and as the creature opened his mouth and began running towards her the gap between the two diminished quickly. If he caught her off guard he would instantly devour her without any hesitation. As a Hollow she was prepared for this, it was sketched into her DNA, and she would not allow herself to be swallowed up into the abyss. That's what set her apart from this Hollow, she wasn't one to go charging in blindly as that was the downfall of man. Tahliah cracked a sonido to the left just out of the line of fire and she watched him as he continued moving before coming to an abrupt stop and turning around to face her; once again charging at her full force. Grains of sand splashed upwards as she cracked into another sonido, this time her body appearing where she had originally found him standing. She smiled. She had become quicker at using her sonido, and her ability to use it in rapid succession had increased as well. She moved with such grace and smoothness that the odds of her victory continued to increase. Poor thing. It must be sad trying so hard when she can't even ... wait ... what was he doing now?

She cocked her head to the side and her ears dropped as the six-tailed hollow rolled into a ball and began heading for her, using the famous La Rueda de Destrucción technique. He wasn't moving all to fast but in his defense he had caught her off guard so when his body collided with hers, Tahliah couldn't help but let out a loud scream in pain. It felt like being hit with a bag of bricks ... literally, and the force behind it didn't make the impact any better as it sent her tumbling backwards until she was forcefully stopped by colliding with a thick tree. So the Hollow was a bit more bite than he was bark. That was to be expected she supposed. He might be strong but Tahliah was stronger. The Hollow rolled into another ball to repeat the same technique and Tahliah quickly stood on her feet. How idiotic to think that she was going to get hit with he same attack twice. Another crack of the sonido and she was now behind him, reiatsu gathering in her lungs before emitting a powerful scream that forced the little shit to unroll as he covered his ears to try and shield himself from the noise. Her Arpía technique was a success. The concussive force behind the scream knocked the six-tailed Hollow back a few meters increasing the distance between them. But did that distance last long? Of course not, it would be too easy. As the technique lost its luster, the Hollow whipped around and slammed his hands into the ground creating a large pillar known as Cuchilla de la Tierra that went moving in Tahliah's direction. It wasn't fast so she had ... the Hollow suddenly appeared behind her with a sonido of his own, balling his hands into a fist and slamming them directly into Tahliah. Not only punching her but also sending her body to slam right into the pillar. 

Well I'll be damned he got her twice. Shocker of the century there. In all her centuries of living, Tahliah had never been made a living rag doll on someone else's watch. Standing up through the pain Tahliah cracked another sonido this time her hands building up with reiatsu as she zipped right past him and created a 30 meter gap between the two. The Hollow was so focused on her location that he didn't even bother noticing the violet-hued spear, Lanza Espacial, in her hand until after she had already thrown it towards him with an explosion commencing only seconds after. But would she stop there? Course not. This was about survival after all. Her hands flickered as the grounds beneath where her opponent had been standing began to rumble before exploding into a shockwave hopefully dealing an extra amount of damage from the already devastating lance. Her Onda de Choque Espacial had another force behind it to at least break a couple of bones.

Thud. When the dust from her attack subsided there he was, lying on the sands his body flat like a pancake and here she was a cock grin plastered on her face. She had won. There was no mistaking it. Tahliah walked towards the body only to stop midway through ... he was still moving. No, he was standing. Shit he was charging straight at her. There was a 10 meter distance between them and it was shortening rapidly. 5 meters. 4 meters. 3 meters. Bzzt. She was now behind him, mentally counting her lucky stars that she had escaped from the wrath of whatever this monster had planned. He whipped his head behind him and opened his mouth, the reiatsu building and building until he released a stream of blazing red flames in her direction, know as Aliento de Fuego. She had to counter. With Arpía maybe? The reiatsu built within her throat but as she released it something else came out. Maybe it was a matter of instinct, or maybe it was a matter of fear but whatever it was instead of a power scream her body produced a stream of water to counter his own, it is known as Corriente de Agua. Their techniques collided and all that was left was steam that clouded the area. 

This was her chance. Another sonido and she was now at his side, the reiatsu already building in her throat as she used Corriente de Agua once again with the powerful stream of water crashing right into the six-tailed Hollow. She heard him scream and Tahliah went in for the kill. Within seconds she was on top of him, her paws pushing his arms into the ground before she ripped out a large chunk from side. More screaming. Tahliah was smiling as the gnashing of teeth filled her ears. She continued to rip at him as her Parásito technique began to kick in. The knowledge of Aliento de Fuego filled her brains and the every memory the Hollow once had were now her own. After a few minutes he was nothing but a couple of bones and Tahliah was a victor zipping through the quartz trees with another dead man on her belt.