The Horsemen walked on to their cabin. On their way, Asahi turned to Pierson abruptly with a stern expression," Pierson...you must win the qualify and win the Showdown...If you don't--" "I know, The mission will never succeed...You can count on me Captain, I'm not going to let you down." "I know you won't.", Asahi smiled at Pierson and walked of ahead of them all. Soon the evening came, as the setting sun lit the sky in a blazing orange tinge. The ground was overwhelmed with shadows, and the trees seemed like nothing but mere silhouettes. Just when the members of Howling were wrapping up with their activities for the day, a loud bang came from the gate. Everyone turned their attention to the sound, looking on in expectancy. Kazumi and the lieutenants of Howling approached the gate with caution, but then a voice resonated from behind it...
▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎"OPEN UP, KAZUMI!!!"▪︎▪︎▪︎▪︎
They all seemed to recognize the voice immediately. They opened up the gate and soon a trio walked in, One walking ahead of the two. The had grey cloaks on, and the two behind wore the hoods over their heads. The members of Howling began murmuring between themselves, and soon, the Horsemen were drawn to the commotion. The leader of the trio stood a few inches away from Kazumi, and visible frustration was plastered all over his face seeing this person. He was slightly less muscular and taller than Kazumi. His grey hair flopped messily over his forehead, and peeking through it were a pair of the oddest red eyes. They twinkled with a strange air of mystery. His skin was deathly pale, and he walked with a small limp."What are you doing here, Klaus?", Kazumi furrowed his eyebrows and folded his arms over. Seeing his irritation, Klaus only smirked and uttered in a very deep toned voice,"Why do you ask that?" "I'm not in the mood for your little games." "That's disappointing. Well I came here for two things only, Number 1, I need supplies, you know food, medicine and the like..." Kazumi reluctantly nodded to Lucas, who speed off and came back with three large wooden barrels."Thank you, Lucas...always such a dear....now, onto Number 2..."
Suddenly, one of the persons behind him stretched out their hand. No one saw her face,but from the voice alone, they could tell it was a woman.....
••••••●●●●●"THE PIT"●●●●●••••••
A tangible dark purple aura enveloped the camp immediately. See this, Lucas sprang into action,"Everyone--!! Get into your cabins! NOW!!" He and the other lieutenants began to escort the people back into their cabins."KLAUS! YOU BASTARD....WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?!" "The meaning?.....For fun, ofcourse! I know you can handle this Kazumi, don't be such a grouch all the time." The purple aura gathered together on the ground into a large gaping hole, surrounded by pillars of burning purple aura."I hope you like my surprise....." With that the trio vanished before Kazumi's eyes.
Out of the hole, a dark monstrous paw lept out. It gripped onto the dry ground with its claws and soon, another one did same. In the blink of an eye, the strange creature climbed out of the hole. It stood firm on it four legs. It tossed things up on this enormous tail. It looked similar to a panther, however, it's proportions were multiplied, standing up to almost 14 meters off the ground. It's snarled viciously, baring it's rows of large pincers of teeth. A sleek jet black fur covered it's entire body. Soon, Lucas returned and stood beside Kazumi's side. Pierson got worked up see this creature, but Leo and Asahi prohibited him from even stepping outside the cabin. "Lucas...Are you ready?" "I always am, Captain!" "Then let's go!!", saying this, Lucas and Kazumi ran around the beast, Lucas going right and Kazumi's taking it's left. The creature roared loudly, slammed its paw onto the ground, sending vibrations through the ground. It locked onto Lucas with its feral eyes and swiped his claw at him, throwing of a large, dust filled gust of wind. The moment the claw attack was about to make impact, Lucas smirked....
○○○●●●"GHOST CLAW "●●●○○○
The attack phased through him with ease. His stabbed onto the beast with small daggers and began to climb up its arm with it. Kazumi continued to run behind it. He drew his blade and lept up, and with a quick swing, slashed off the monster's leg. Large drops of blood splattered all over the ground. He relentlessly began to slash the beasts body. His movements flowed with mastery, his muscles twitching in vigorous motion. The creature roared thunderously in pain. Just then, Lucas got onto the monster's back and yelled out to him," Captain! I made it--!!" "Now, Lucas-- do it!!"
♤♤♤♤"GHOST CLAW: HIJACK"♤♤♤♤
Lucas's body was burning with a bright turquoise aura. He sank into the beast, and soon, the creatures movements began to slow down. At this time, Kazumi stood directly behind it, his sword arm ready. Kazumi took a high sword stance, the blade raised above his head and his left leg lunged before the right. He breathed deeply before saying,.....
◇◇"DEATH STANCE 14 : REAPER'S GRIM"◇◇
All of his muscles tensed up as he swung his blade downward with immense speed, creating a large crescent slash that ran through the beast.The monster's body fell apart into two as blood rained down on him. The creatures inards spilled over the ground in gore. His body was soon covered in dripping crimson, and with sword drawn, and his silent, grim visage, he didn't even look human. Lucas appeared out of nowhere and stood beside him. From a far away, cabin, Pierson watched through the window, starry-eyed, however, now he wasn't the only one spectating, as Asahi now stood by looking on.