User blog:Darknessabove/Huntsman: The hunter and the hunted

She could smell him, he was close, her heart raced at the though of meeting him again.

She raced through the forest, darting through the trees and bushes, following the scent of a man, ducking into a nearby bush when she got close to a small clearing in the forest.

She peeked into the clearing, to find a lone man, covered in a thick green cloak, a large blob of black paint splattered on the back, as he sat down on the ground, next to a small fire.

The one following this man, was named Reina and she was a hellhound, with deep black fur and skin coveirng her entire body, large paws where hands and feet would normally be on a human and deep red eyes, burning with fevor.

She had been tracking him for 2 weeks, determined not to let him get away from her, not after he refused to submit to her, it was unheard of, he was nothing but a weak man, whos only exsistance was to become her food source and to allow her to have children.

He was weak and yet, each time she had attacked him, he had bested her, it didn't mean he was stronger then her, not in her mind, oh no, it simply meant that he had gotten lucky each time and that luck would run out eventually and when it did, she would be ready to pounce.

Still, after the last few attempts, she had become more careful, waiting for the right moment to strike, instead of charging in like she had done before, he was a tricky bugger with exceptional luck.

That said, she didn't want to wait long, each second she waited, only caused her body to grow hotter, more lustful and more ferocious.

As she eyed up the man, he got up, stretching his arms before turning towards her, a single green eye looking right at her.

"I know your there, so just come out and stop wasting my time" the man said in an unconcerned voice.

Reinas blood started to boil at this point, this man wasn't afraid of her, no, he viewed her as an annoyance, something that pissed her off.

"How dare this human look down on me, hes weaker then me, he should be begging for mercy" she though to herself.

A few moments later, she dived out of the bushes, charging right towards him, determined to get her paws on him.

As she got within grasping range, the man simply side stepped, while using his foot to catch her leg, causing her to lose her balance and fall over, sliding along the dirt for a few seconds, before coming to a halt.

The man just stared blankly at the hellhound, before turning around to walk away.

"I have no interest in you or any other monster, so go find another person to rape" he said coldly, before walking off, drinking from a water pouch as he did.

Upon hearing this, the hellhound got up, turning towards the man and howling, the sound echoing for miles around, causing any small animals that heard it to start running.

The man stopped and looked at Reina, whose red eyes were glowing with anger now.

"So be it" the man said as he started walking towards Reina.

Finally, he wasn't going to simply run, this was her chance now to beat him down and make him submit to her.

She charged at him, paws out wide to stop him simply side stepping, as she rapidly closed the gap between them.

When she got close to him, she leaped, intending to mount him quickly and pin him down, so she could quickly ravish him.

She was surpised when he ducked under her, hitting her with his fingers across her body while she was in the air.

As she came crashing to the ground, she found herself unable to move, her body simply twitching, as she heard footsteps moving closer to her.

The man kneeled down, drawing a sword, which was chipped and rusted, as he touched the tip on the back of her neck.

He grabbed the handle of the blade as he went to push down.

"Just push the blade in and that'll be one less obstacle in my path" he though to himself as he tried to push the blade into Reina, who shivered at the realisation that she was going to die.

However, as the man tried to push the blade down, he found his hands shaking, blood pouring from his eye, as his head began to throb.

After a few moments, he sheathed his sword, as he moved his mouth close to Reina's ear.

"The next time you come after me, i will kill you, this is your only warning" he said in an emotionless voice, before getting back up and walking off, his cloak fluttering in the wind as he moved.

After a few minutes, Reina struggled to her feet, having regained control of her body, anger surging through her body.

"How dare he, how dare he just walk away from me, he's meant to be my bitch" she though to her self, growling as she looked in the direction he had walked away from her.

After regaining full control of her body, she ran off, yet again, determined to make him submit.

A travelling mercenary?

After a few hours, the cloaked man arrived at a town, flags fluttering in the wind, each with a symbol painted on them.......the symbol of the order.

"I haven't seen you before" one of the guards said as he looked at the cloaked man, pausing for a moment as he did, before speaking again "Whats your business here?".

The cloaked man spent a few moments looking up at the night sky, before staring at the guards.

"I'm a merc, looking for a good inn to help lighten my bag" the man said as he reached into a small leather bag, pulling out some coins.

"and i'm sure you 2 can see that i'm an honest man" he continued as he handed each of the guards an equal number of coins, who looked at each other with glee, before looking back at the cloaked man.

"Well.....so long as you don't cause any trouble" the guards said as they moved to allow the cloaked man through, who simply walked by without saying a word more as he entered the town, looking back towards one of the trees that lead into the forest, 2 red eyes peering from the tree.

"Bastard, he did that on purpose" Reina growled as she watched him enter the town, resisting the urge to simply rush in there and drag him back to her cave, she was confident she could take him down, but even if men were weak, if enough swarmed her while she attempted to drag him away, even she could be slain.

She sat in the tree, making sure to track the cloaked man as he moved through the town.

Gaze of the sightless one

The cloaked man spent the next hour going through the town, going in and out of each inn in turn, as if searching for something......or someone.

After a while, he came to a inn, "the rats hole", which he promptly entered.

Inside, rough looking people busied them selves with drinking and chatter, seemingly unaware of the cloaked man who had just entered, who walked to the bar.

The inn keeper, a fairly rough looking bloke with a large body and multiple scars across the face was busy cleaning mugs, his back facing towards the bar.

"Beer" the cloaked man said, causing him to turn around quickly, while others in the inn looked towards the cloaked man who had just sat down, none of them had noticed him enter and considering this was the kind of place where everyone would look suspicously at any one unfamilar that entered the inn, this was quite a shock for them.

The inn keeper looked at the cloaked man for a moment, before grabbing a mug and pouring beer into it, stopping when the froth started to overflow and drip down the mug.

"How much" the cloaked man asked, which caused the inn keeper to raise an eyebrow, the price of a beer was plasted on a board, right where everyone could see it.

He waved his hand in front of the man, before putting up his middle finger.

"How much" the cloaked man said again, seemingly unphased by the inn keepers actions, who began to smile.

"2 gold pieces" the inn keeper said, despite the fact that it listed a beer at 1 silver piece.

The inn keeper watched as the cloaked man picked up the mug, about to drink from it, when suddenly, a thuggish looking man, wielding a knife, put his hand on the cloaked mans shoulder.

"Your new around here, so i'll explain the rules" the thuggish man said as he sat down next to the cloaked man with a sinister look in his eyes.

"You see, you have to pa....." the thuggish man went to say, but was interrupted when his head was slammed against the bar, leaving a blood stain there as he fell off his seat.

The cloaked man looked down at the thuggish man for a moment, before turning towards the inn keeper.

"I may be blind, but that doesn't mean i'm defenseless" he said as he stared at the inn keeper, a single green eye glowing at him.

The inn keeper looked back at the man, something about that single green eye frightened the inn keeper, who promptly replied to the man.

"I....I....got the price wrong, i meant one silver piece" the innkeeper said nervously, with the rest of the patrons staring at the cloaked man, many of them on edge, a few of them drawing varouis weapons.

The huntsman

Before any one could react, the lone, green cloaked man got up and slammed his hand down on the bar, quickly grabbing everyones attention.

"Now, i'm looking for a man" he stated, which caused a few of the patrons in the bar to get a little bit nervous.

"His name is Joseph, the scarred" he continued, which caused everyone in the inn to go silent.

After a few moments, a large, muscular man, with a large scar down the right side of his face, got up and approached the green cloaked man, drawing a large saber as he did.

"Oh...and what business do you have with Joseph?" the large man asked, saber at the ready.

The atmosphere was tense, as the green cloaked man stared at the large man, both of them just staring at each other, with the large man on edge.

"I'm the huntsman and...." the cloaked man said, though he didn't have time to finish his sentence as the large scarred man quickly raised his saber swinging it downwards, slicing straight through the chair that the man called the hunstman had been sitting on moments before.

The huntsman blankly stared at the man, who right now, along with everyone in the inn, was terrified, as they looked at the huntsman.

"You are my prey, Joseph Kinsworth, and you shall not escape" the huntsman said, as he began walking towards Joseph.

Chaos

Joseph quickly ran out of the inn, while several men attempted to block the huntsman, who quickly knocked them out the way and began his pursuit, trying to chase down Joseph, who was darting through the back end streets of the town in an attempt to maintain distance and hide from the huntsman, he had heard the stroies, about a lone hunter, that no one had escaped from once he had set his sights on them.

"Fuck...why is he after me?" Joseph muttered to him self as he ran through the alley ways of the town, with Joseph getting closer and closer.

Joseph continued to run and run, throwing everything he came across in the path of the huntsman in an attempt to slow him down, though the huntsman seemed relativly unfazed as he continued his pursuit, slowly closing the gap.

As the huntsman got within range, he suddenly stopped, which confused Joseph, though he certainly didn't slow down as he dived out into the street, only to find monsters running around the place, dragging people out of their homes and engaging in combat with the town guard.

"It seems theres been a... development"

Joseph turned around to see the huntsman looking around, unnaturally calm considering what was happening right now.

"So this leaves you with 2 choices... Joseph, first, you can continue to run and get dragged off by a monster" the huntsman stated as he stepped towrds Joseph, who was unsure at wether he should attack him or run.

"Or you can surrender and come with me, though it matters little to me if your willing to cooperate or not, so long as i take you to her" the huntsman said, which caused Joseph to freeze in place, who would want him so badly that they'd hire the huntsman to come for him.

Joseph however couldn't think on the matter for long, as the huntsman charged at him, prompting Joseph to attack by reflex and instinct, a result of a lifetime of fighting and theivery, though the huntsman merly brushed the blade aside with his arm, the sound of metal sliding against metal as Joseph was struck several times in quick succession by the huntsman.

Joseph felt his strength fade as he fell to his knees, only to look up at the huntsman, who just stared blankly at Joseph, before drawing a devil gem from his cloak, black energy swirling inside the gem.

"It's time to send you to her" the huntsman said as he went to activate the gem, only to be forced to drop the gem and dodge as a large sword was swung in his direction.

Unforseen complications

The huntsman rolled out the way as the blade hit the ground, kicking up dust as the attacker looked at him.

The huntsman stood up and looked at his assailant, who picked up her sword and rested it on her shoulders as she stared at him, an excited look in her eyes.

"You dodged, not bad....for a man" she said as she clentched her fist, ready for a fight.

"By the sound of the arrogent tone, your ether a elf, or a amazonain, though i don't know many elfs that use a sword with such excessive and unnessary force, regardless, get out of my way, before i put you down" the huntsman said to the amazonian in cold, emotionless voice, which amused the amazonian.

"Funny, coming from a man, i can't wait to take you bac....." she stopped in mid sentence as she was forced to dodge, the huntsman slashing at her with a rusted sword, before flicking dirt in her face, causing her to stagger back as she rubbed her eyes.

"Bastard, I swear, I, Tyrine Feth, will have you worshipping me by the end of the night" she shouted as she wildly swung her blade with one hand, while using the other to try and rub the dirt out of her eyes.

The huntsman used this oppotunity to go for the gem he had dropped earlier, though being blind, he had to focus on sensing the risidual energy radiating from it to find it.

As he got close to it, he went to grab it, only for it to be stolen away at the last moment, a familar scent filling his nose, as he stood up, breathing deeply.

"You are proving to be a irritating existance" he said, as the thief looked at him with a grin on her face.

It was Reina.

Weakness?

Reina looked at the gem she had stolen, watching the energy swirl inside.

While the gem it self wasn't interesting to her, the fact that the huntsman valued it, gave value to her, it seemed he wanted it....badly, which meant he would have to come after her.

"Give me the gem, before i lose my patiance" the huntsman said as he continued to look around, trying to locate Reina by any means possible.

Tyrine finished removing the dirt from her eyes to see the huntsman looking around, seemingly unable to locate any one.

Reina prepared to charge towards the huntsman, but stopped when she saw Tyrine pick up a stone and throw it in the direction of the huntsman, who responded only after being hit, quickly slashing with his sword.

Tyrine wasn't sure whether he was trying to bait her, or had a slower reaction then she had prevouisly though.

This was when Reina let out a howl, quickly drawing the huntsman's attention and causing him to charge in her direction, Reina jumping to the side to dodge the strike, though the moment she landed back on the ground, the huntsman went to strike again, the blade narrowly missing Reina's face, who quickly counterattacked with her paw, the huntsman dodging backwards and gaining distance before taking a defensive stance.

"Anoying" the huntsman said, as both Reina and Tyrine looked at each other, realizing that he had a weakness.

He could not see, he was relying on sound to track them, though he seemed able to sense any attack aimed at him at close range.

Tyrine would of gone in and used brute force to bring him down, but the fact that the hellhound, which was a monster know for physical prowess and never... ever submitting to a man, seemed hesitant to charge in, concerned Tyrine.

Reina, on the other hand, was trying to figure out a way to bring him down without him simply stunning her like he usually did, which would require immobilizing his arms, something she had so far failed to do.

They both looked at each other, before looking at Joseph, who had froze in place, still unable to move.

A difficult catch

Tyrine clutched her sword in hadn as she charged at the huntsman, swinging her blade sidewards with all her strength in an attempt to catch the huntsman before he had a chance to dodge.

"Standard amazonian tactics" the huntsman muttered as he ducked to avoid the blow, Tyrine smiling as she raised her blade over head.

"YOUR MINE" she shouted as she swung her blade down with all her might, a mere second passing as the blade slammed into the ground.

The huntsman had rolled out the way of the blow, quickly gaining distance as he backed away from Tyrine.

Tyrine on the other hand was surprised he had even dodged, even if he had predicted her side swing, he simply shouldn't of dodged her follow up strike, not with the speed of it.

"Stop this, it doesn't benefit ether of us, wasting our energy like this, i'm sure there's other men you can find to make your own" the Huntsman said, which caused Tyrine to start grinning.

"Well, not you at least"

The huntsman spun around quickly, as Reina attempted to grab him, her paw brushing agaisnt his cloak as dived out the way, barely avoiding her grasp.

He did not have an oppotunity to contemplate how she had snuck up on him as Tyrine had sprinted right at him, prompting him to quickly to stand up and draw his blade as he redirected Tyrine's blade using his.

She had used a downward strike, which proved lucky for him, since an amazonain easily out classed a human in strength and his rusted blade could withstand a direct blow from her much larger blade.

He had little time to recover as Riena made another assault on him, the Huntsman throwing his sword at Reina as he drew 2 knifes from his cloak.

Reina knocked the sword out the way as she went to strike the Huntsman, again, her paw brushing against his cloak as he dodged the blow, before counterattacking, slashing Reina in the side as he spun round, ending up behind her as she fell to her knees, grabbing her side.

"Bastard" she snarled, there was no wound, but there was pain, a lot of it.

Tyrine stood in place, her mind processing what she had seen, though she quickly stopped when she looked at the huntsman.

Even though he stood tall, she could tell that he was begining to get exhausted, part of it from avoiding her and Reinas attacks, but a larger part of it, was coming from one of the monsters biggest assets.

Demonic energy, the town was being saturated with it as varouis monsters had began to capture the hearts and minds of the humans there... with their bodies, the spiritual energy gained from copolating with humans only serving to increase the level of energy around the town, which would then weaken any humans that had managed to avoid capture.

This caused Tyrine to smile.

"Your skilled, i'll give you that, but you can't hide it, not from me, your weakening and soon, you'll no longer be able to resist" Tyrine stated, walking towards the Huntsman, confident that soon, he would be hers.

Lustful fury

The huntsman flexed, as he stared right at Tyrine, who stopped, his stare causing her to become unsure again.

"Your forgetting one very basic thing" the Huntsman said as he raised one of his knifes, before stabbing him self in the arm, which shocked Tyrine.

"A cornered beast is the most dangerous of prey" he muttered as he charged right at Tyrine, swing his knife at Tyrine as she was forced to defend using her blade.

The sound of clanging metal filled the air as the huntsman began an unrelenting assault, swinging his knifes with precision as he attacked Tyrine again and again, who could only defend as she used her large blade to parry and block his blows, knowing that even one strike from his blades could down her, which caused her heart to race.

"Such strength and tenacity, its unheard of in a man" she though to her self as she continued to defend agaisnt the blows, sweat pouring off her head.

Reina how ever, was begining to get on her feet, the pain being pushed out of her mind by unrelenting lust, her eyes fully focused on the huntsman.

"He's mine... mine... MINE" she howled as she charged towards the huntsman, who backed away from Tyrine as she used this momentary break to recover from the assault and calm her self.

The huntsman was now on the defensive as Riena rained blow after blow on him, forced to dodge as she attempted to grab his arms.

"Anoying pest, you never learn do you" the huntsman stated as he continued to dodge, waiting for a chance to counterattack, this time planning to knock her out.

However, this time, it was Reina who caught him by surprise, as she spun around, picking up dirt in her paw as she did, before throwing it at the huntsmans face, the dirt hitting his eye and causing him to flinch.

This momentary laspe in his defense was all the Reina needed as she lunged at him, dodging 2 knifes that he threw in her direction in a seemingly desperate move.

She felt bliss as she finally felt her paws make contact with him, grasping his arms, as she forced him to the ground.

She wasted no time in tasting her rewards, as she kissed him, forcing her tongue into his mouth as she ravished his mouth, the lingering mana in his siliva causing her body to feel extasy.

She stopped kissing when Tyrine patted her on the back, staring at her for a moment, before licking the huntsman's neck, wanting to fill her self full of his scent.

Tyrine looked down at the huntsman, smiling as she looked at him.

"It was only a matter of time, before you took your rightful place" Tyrine stated as she began to strip, planning on joining Reina in marking him.

Shock

Reina continued to lick the huntsman as Tyrine joined her, tearing his shirt off, exposing his chest to them, varouis scars adorning it.

Reina grinned as she ran her tongue along his chest, as one of her paws started to run down towards his crotch, intent on feeling the mighty bulge that would of been waiting for her.

Reina froze, her face looking confused, as she rubbed the huntsman, Tyrine noticed this and moved to look at the huntsman's crotch, surprised at what she found.

No bulge, not even a semi.

They both scrambled as they quickly took his pants off, their faces shocked at what they found.

Like any man, he had the nessary "equipment" down there, that wasn't the problem.

The problem was that it wasn't working as intended.

Escape

Reina became quite angry as she turned around, facing the huntsman as he stared back at her.

"WHY AREN'T YOU HARD?" she shouted as she pressed down with both her paws on his shoulder.

Both of the monsters were to busy to notice the huntsman moving his hands, as he began to speak.

"For those that i've marked, come, seek" he said, Reina looking in confusion for a moment, before freezing.

For a moment, she looked at the huntsman, unsure what was happening, as she found her self falling sidewards, her body unable to move.

The huntsman took a moment before getting up, putting his pants on as he went over to Riena, taking the gem she had stolen earlier, before pulling a small knife out her shoulder, the blade glowing with runes, as he went over to Tyrine, a second knife sticking in her arm.

He promptly pulled the knife out, as he stared at her face, her eyes following him, a look of confusion on her face.

He then walked over to Joseph, who had watched the entire thing and was now praying to god, something he hadn't done in his life, that this was all a nightmare.

His prays were unanswered as the huntsman walked over to him, standing by him and turning around, as he looked at the 2 monsters he had stunned.

"You seemed shocked, not surprising, though it matters not, since you won't see me again" he said as he activated the gem, him and Joseph disappearing in a flash of blue light, only footprints marking where they had been.

"Damnit" Riena said as tears ran down her face, she had been so close, even tasting him and now, he was gone, with no trail to follow.

Tyrine just stared blankly as members of her tribe ran over to her, concerned over her well fare, as they picked her up.

"What happened sister?" one of them asked.

"I... I don't know" Tyrine replied, as she was carried off by her tribe, while Reina's face was now one of pure rage.

Return

The huntsman and Joseph reappeared in a room, wooden walls surronding them, while the room was lit with a orange glow, torches burning, as the huntsman looked towards a table, at it, a woman, who moments ago, was busy going over varouis bounties.

She looked up, staring at the huntsman, as she smiled.

"Welcome back... huntsman"

Chapter 2

Index

Authors notes:

Thats the chapter finished, did a fair bit, since i hadn't updated for a while, and yes, this is another series (and yes i do plan on finishing the explorer, i got the ending for the chapter, but tyring to get to it, with some laughs, drama, action and possibly a few explosions, is currently whats giving me issues, but it will be finished).

Strange world will continued after the explorer chapter 5 and the warrior and the madman are done.

Laters