Weeks had passed and Okuagu was in the heart of the forest fighting a shadow leopard for the purpose of learning everything about its attack and how to incorporate it into his own style. The fight ended in a draw with the leopard always hiding in shadows and Okuagu illuminating them. He left glad to have learnt something.
Okuagu had been spending the last weeks reading and learning all about the foreign kingdoms he hoped to visit with Claire when he turned 18. He decided to head back on time before Claire finished all the food due to impatience. During the weeks he had learned how to control his gift to the extent of keeping a good supply of heat circulating through his body which gave him superhuman strength, speed and feline like reflex. He even came up with a name for this heat which he now called 'Flame energy' a name which Claire thought was weird as it sounded like a rip of form of 'Heat energy". Though initially the drawback would have been whether his internal organs could survive such amount of heat. But due to his immunity to fire and likewise heat he was able to circulate such ridiculous amount of 'flame energy' which he could convert to kinetic energy as he pleased.Okuagu had also learned what he called 'Heat signature' which was like a second pair of eyes which enabled him to discern organisms based on the amount of heat emanating from them. Normal organisms had a heat color of Red orange and white while creatures like trees were white in color. With this skill he could almost predict his opponents next move by watching how the heat of their blood flowed into the body part that they wanted to use to attack. Due to the fact that all organs when being used had to have a constant supply of blood. of course this happens extremely fast and thus Okuagu's eye became keen to even the slightest change in the body of living organisms thus giving him an edge in combat."And with that the leopard fist technique is complete" Okuagu said as he skinned a rather unfortunate shadow leopard. "I seem to be forgetting something, oh yeah! I have to meet Claire "Okuagu thought as he slapped himself on the forehead. He reached the cabin by night time but to his suprise Claire wasn't around. After much looking around he came across a note from Claire which informed him that she had gone metal scorpion hunting at the western forest.Okuagu decided to go help her out but couldn't find his blade or any spear in sight. "And from the experience from his last fight with the skin walker he knew he had to go there armed. After summoning some courage, he entered Claire's room where he found a beautiful, mauve spear with his blade as its head sitting on her reading table. "I will simply borrow it " Okuagu beamed as he picked it up. On picking it up beautiful swirling flame patterns appeared on the spear with the silver blade glowing brightly. "Nice" remarked Okuagu as he headed out wondering since when Claire was a blacksmith. The western forests greeted him with sights of mutilated forest scorpion carcasses here and there which made it look like some kind of scorpion battleground. Okuagu simply smiled as he felt pity for the 'poor' scorpions. He also realized the similarity between the spear's body and the scorpions. Though the spears own seemed to be of higher quality.His thoughts were interrupted by a scream coming from some meters away. Okuagu ran there making no noise as he approached. And there seated with her back against a tree was Claire clutching her stomach with dents all over her metallic body.