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Chapter 13 - The Thrill Of The Hunt

Clawdia: "Next come down here, Brian and Farkas."

...

[While walking down the stairs, Kafka wore his metal wrist braces, he then grabbed a dagger from the weapons layed before him. With that he tried to morph into his werewolf form, recalling the anger that he felt when he was sparring with Beamard, The result was that again his whole right hand turned into his werewolf form, and his fangs revealed themselves, and he emanated bloodlust, though there wasn't much substantial progress, when it comes to the other parts of his body. His transformation remained the same.]

Brian: "What a funny coincidence"

Farkas: "Indeed"

Brian: "Well no matter, I'm glad we'll be able to finish what we started"

Farkas: "Started what?, I've never started anything with you?. How about we call it even, after we're done fighting, and you'll never bother me again."

Brian: "Are you trying to say that I'm so weak, that you don't even see me as someone worth fighting?. Then that just makes me more pumped up!"

[Kafka just had a single internal monologue.]-'Seriously dude?, how did you even come to that conclusion?

[Brian then began to get ready.]

[His transformation wasn't much different from Kafka, however he could transform both of his hands, while his fur covered almost one fourth of his arms, and his face seemed to also have gone a slight transformation resembling that of a tiger; With that he reached the maximum output that he could morph into to his Weretiger form, exuding a much more stronger presence than Kafka.]

Clawdia: "Begin!!"

Whoosh!! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!

[Kafka and Brian immediately rushed at each other, with each strike emitting savagery and intensity.]

Screech!! Screech!!!

[Brian attacked with his claws, while Kafka parried those attacks using his metal braces, which had caused Brian's claws to sometimes dig into it and get stuck, wherein Kafka would counterattack, and use both his dagger and claws.]

Clang! Clang!!

[However Brian's muscles was as tough as a solid metal, and with his attacks bouncing off, Kafka had only caused minimal damage. With both of their attacks failing, they decided to step back-]

Fwoosh! Fwoosh...

Brian: "Huh?, is that all?, I had expected more from you"

Brian: "Sigh, What a let down."

Swoosh!!

Swish!! Swish!!

[Brian adapted a four legged stance, and immediately lunged at Kafka, using both of his hands to pounce on him, but Kafka was a able to dodge him with minimal movements, even so Brian was relentless, and kept on doing this repeatedly.]

Swoosh!!

Swish!! Swish!!

...

[Even though Kafka was doing only the dodging and parrying, he was quickly getting tired, meanwhile Brian still had a lot of energy, which made Kafka wonder if he had an infinite amount of stamina.]

Swoosh!!

Swish!! Swish!!

...

[After some time passed, Kafka wasn't able to land any effective blow on Brian, and was draining his stamina much faster. He needed to make a decision fast. His first though was–'A battle of attrition was out of the question, as his equipment were beginning to wear down, his metal braces was on the verge of breaking, not able to withstand the power and sharpness of Brian's attack, and his dagger was beginning to show dents and cracks, each time he would parry; Losing both would prove to be fatal as those were the only thing that barely closed the power gap in this fight. He was also beginning to feel tired, making it impossible for him to make those swift movements again. While his other choice would be to go for an all out, neglecting the damage that he would take. However it was clear who would suffer more injuries, as it was eminent who was faster and stronger-]

Clang!! Clash!!

Rip!! Rip!

Sphhhlt...

[Kafka decided to take his attack head on, in order for him to counterattack; He used his claws to dig into Brian's flesh, but not without him also suffering a much more fatal counterattack, leaving him with lacerations. and causing him to bleed.]

Swoosh!! Swoosh!!!

Rip! Rip!!

Sphhhhlt...

Swoosh! Swooosh!

Rip!

Sphhhhlt...

Brian: "Are you finally taking it seriously, that's more like it HAHAHA!"

[The fight was finally beginning to take place, as they began to exchange blows after blows, with each time they would inflict injuries in each other; They both bled, there was no more dodging, Kafka became reckless, and Brian responded in kind. However it was apparent who had the upper hand, as Kafka's only advantage was his regenerative abilities, which was faster than Brian's, but he needed to take breaks in order for it to become effective, and it was gradually getting slower as his stamina was running thin.]

Rip!

Kughhh!!

Brian: "That's right, HAHAHA"

Rip!!

Kughh!!

Brian: "Show me more!!"

Swish!! Kughhh!!

"Huff Huff"–'I can't win this fight, but what is this thrill that I'm feeling, It's making me want to fight, to keep going, to push myself beyond my limits, It's giving me the courage to even at overwhelming odds stacked up against me.'

[Clawdia wanted to stop the fight as it was becoming dangerous, however she felt something from Kafka, maybe it was determination?, she felt that she shouldn't stop the fight, as she doesn't want to hinder her students growth.]

WAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

[Kafka let out a single battle cry, with the hunger for victory. He had forgotten about the anger that he felt, instead he felt the Thrill of the Hunt. His metabolism fastened, increasing his body heat, causing his injuries to emit steams, which doubled his regeneration speed, and with that Kafka learned his own battle sense, not Farkas's but Kafka's own battle sense.]

[Kafka threw his left dagger at Brian, in which he immediately dodge, seizing the opportunity; He immediately rushed and counterattacked.]

Swooosh!!

Brian: "Have you given up?, are you abandoning your own weapon?! HAHAHA"

[However Kafka's right hand was already prepared to scratch him.]

Swipe!

[But in just a split second, with his fast reflexes, he managed to block it with his left hand, and swiped with his left hand.]

Brian: "That was a nice try, but with this it's ove-"

[Kafka instantly morphed his left hands nails and fingers, creating an opportunity for an unexpected blow from beneath.]

Rip!!

Brian: "Kughhhh!"

[With that Brian was down, but was still forcing himself up, then as Kafka was about to do his follow up attack-]

Clawdia: "Stop!!"–[As she stepped in between them, and blocked both attacks.]

Clawdia: "I understand that you want to keep going, but this fight is over."

[With both finally calming down, they turned back into their human form.]

Brian: "Do you finally accept me as your rival now?."

[Kafka then reached out his hand to Brian, and spoke in a tsundere tone-]

Kafka: "Hmmmmph!!"

[As they both held hands together.]