Zhu Feng's Secondary Magic Training [Private]

Kihia watched as Zhu Feng took off into the forest using his altered form to swiftly move through the forest. Kihia gently smiled and put his hands together and channeled his magical power to them, “Ice Make… Skaroks!” Kihia waited a small moment for the Skarok skating system to form and then he took off the same direction as Zhu Feng with a dust cloud kicking up in his wake. He skillfully weaved through the trees at a mindboggling pace, So the Angel is in the mountain range on the island … makes sense to a degree… lets first see how well he adapts to moving throw the forest with the Vulcan’s form…

As Kihia sped through the forest, he was unsure if he had passed Zhu or not, but he reached the tree line leading up to the mountain range. He then quickly turned and controlled the Skaroks to shoot air out the back forcing him to come to an easy sliding halt. He looked around studying the area, it seemed to be normal mountainous terrain, however in the middle of the range Kihia saw a large ravine seemingly splitting the mountain range in half, What kind of Island is this… ? Kihia then looked up at the sky seeing the sun being blocked by some unseen force. Kihia heard an eagles cry echoing out from somewhere and he gently closed his eyes, he then looked down and looked around for Zhu Feng, “Where is he…” Kihia sighed, he knew it was dangerous for them to split up, but during the mad dash, he lost track of the Warrior of Lamia Scale.

Zhu was traveling through the forest through a spectacular rate and he was very happy with his pace. He had to admit that the vulcan form was more useful than he thought. He had to admit it would be sad to see it go, but the simple fact remained that he would have to trade this form for the angel before his stomach had finished digesting the eye of the Vulcan. A sudden sound caused him to stop and he landed on the ground with a hard thump. He stood perfectly still and looked around through the darkened forest. His eye was slightly more attuned to seeing in this environment, but he still wasn't seeing whatever had made the strange noise.

He looked up at the sky wondering if whatever made that sound was a creature with wings that could fly. He gripped a branch above him and began to launch himself upwards. As he pierced over the treetops he saw it. A creature with black feathered wings. Standing as tall as a man he even looked like one. This triggered Zhu's temper and he bellowed out a loud gutteral roar. As he soared through the sky and landed on the moutain side a few meters away from Kihia he shouted at the angel "You bastard!!!! Get down here you filthy angel!!! I'll rip you apart!!!" he sent his whole hand down his mouth and intentianlly engaged his gag reflex vomitting up everything he had eaten. As he did his body snapped and shrank back down until it was it's normal state. Once finished he snapped his gaze up at the angel hoping he had accepted the challenge.

The angel slowly stopped and turned with a smile as wicked and devious as the devil's own. As he landed he chuckled "Well, well, if it isn't the little warrior with the wooden sword? All grown up I see. Still carrying toys however. So have you come here to avenge your family? That father who wasn't worth the blade he carried, and it seems that you are following in his pathetic weak footsteps." Zhu bellowed with rage as he drew Tessaiga and sent his magic through it to bring it's true form to the surface "You will pay for what you stole from me that day! You owe me a life! I plan to collect you holy bastard!!"

He charged the angel with his blade drawn raised up for the strike. The angel pulled out a sword of his own, but in comparison it was far smaller in size. It was a standard medieval long sword that only measured about two meters from pommel to point. The angel stood at the ready with a smirk on his face "Well i see you can swing the sword you are carrying. Well let's see what if anything you have learned." Zhu stepped back and swung in a horizontal slash at the angel's chest. The angel parried the blade with a smirk on his face "nicely done! nicely done! Thrust, parry, lunge!" Zhu snarled and shot forward with his blade lunging for the angel. The angel twisted away slapping Zhu on the back with the flat of his blade "No, no, no! That will never work! Come now try again. Thrust, parry, lunge!" Zhu turned around and thrusted his blade, but this time didn't lunge. The angel deflected and then struck with a vertical slash. Zhu parried the blow and lunged forward with his blade once more slicing through the angel's right wing.

Kihia stood there and watched as Zhu Feng and the Angel had engaged each other in one on one combat. He stood there as they fought, however for some reason it seemed the Angel was treating it more of a training session for some odd reason. What history does Zhu have with this particular Angel I wonder… no matter… I may not pry though… if Zhu wants to share that is up to him… Kihia then went and unsheathed both of the Geruks and threw them up into the air, let’s try a new fusion…. Kihia then unsheathed Icarus and dispelled the Skaroks System, “With my weapons I fuse them together… Spell Fusion… Ice Make Great Lance, and Ice Make Dual Sword breakers!.... Ice Make Blados!” Kihia watched as the Great Lance quickly formed on Icarus which caught both of the Geruks into the blunt side of the blade(parallel to it) which then transformed that side of the blade to have Eight notches similar to those on the blunt sides of the dual sword breaker swords.


Kihia swung the Blados Lance facing behind him, “I hope you are ready for assistance Zhu…” Kihia then knelt down and got ready to spring into action, He lunged forward tackling into the Angel as Zhu had managed to slice off it’s right wing. Kihia continued to ram into it until he slammed it into a rock outcropping before jumping back. The Angel swung it’s sword at Kihia who managed to swiftly parry the attack with the Blados’s flat side, he then countered attacked by slicing off the other wing of the Angel, “Now you cannot escape…” Kihia then jumped back behind Zhu Feng, “I will back off for now, and let you fight him, if you want me to assist just say so…”

The angel didn't seem to mind the fact that his right wing had been sliced by Zhu. Instead he only took advantage of the opportunity and summoned up another sword which he used to cut a deep gash into Zhu's left arm. this caused the warrior to take a step back. He hadn't been dealt real damage until now, but now that he had been dealt damage he knew he needed to relax. In this moment of clarity he could feel himself consumed by his anger, by his hatred for what the angel did to him. He slowly jumped back to inhale and relax.

He was caught off guard by the sudden exchange of blows between Kihia and the angel. When the angel's left wing was taken he frowned and flexed the stump he had left "Well...that's down right rude! Don't you know better than to interfere where you aren't wanted?!" Zhu smirked and sent his magic into his blade with a great diaginal swing he sent ten shards of adamantine towards the angel. The angel didn't hear the attack coming so as he turned and barely had time to slice a few of them the ones that would've ended up in his vital parts in his chest and in his head. But he still suffered a shard in his leg and one in his shoulder. The others passed by him without even hurting him. He winced slightly and looked at Zhu with a rather impressed face "Well...so the little boy has learned a thing or two...So you're getting your revenge then? Well let's not waste anymore time."

This caused the warrior to brandish his weapon a bit more as he nodded "You're right. Let's not waste anymore time. I will kill you with my father's blade!" The angel blinked slightly in great interest "Oh really? that is the blade your father pulled on me? It doesn't look like it." Zhu snarled as he readied his blade "He wasn't a mage. I am. Only a mage can unlock the full power of Tessaiga!" he launched himself at the angel. The angel gripped his right sword properly his left sword he gripped at the hilt with the blade facing the ground. As Zhu neared he backhanded the blade away with his left and tried to stab with his right.

Zhu wasn't that easy to kill however and instead he dodged the blow and slammed into the wingless angel with his whole body knocking him off of his feet. With the now unsteady angel he brought tessaiga up and knocked one of the angel's blades loose with a smirk. The angel took several shaky steps backwards and looked at the warrior before him with a slightly new respect. Still he pressed the attack stepping forward swinging his sword in a horizontal arc in front of him. This time it was the warrior of Lamia Scale who parried the blow to land a strike of his own. This one came down on the angel's good shoulder cutting deep into it. The angel finally lets out a cry of pain as he rears back from the blow trying to move his arm only to wince with pain, but still manage to move it slightly"Well...this is unfortunate." he says still very calm for having been greviously wounded.

Zhu smirked and nodded his head lightly "You're right. It is unfortunate. For you only. You see Now I only have a single shoulder wound while you have a leg, wings, arms. You are the one at the disadvantage. But here let me put you out of your misery very quickly!" the Angel brandished his sword as he readied himself to make fight "I'm not dead yet runt...You will see I'm not so easy to kill." the angel lunged for Zhu who simply danced out of the way and kept moving. He was light on his toes his injuries were nothing compared to the ones the angel was suffering from. After a moment the angel smirked standing still "Aww is that all you can do? dance away like a coward!?"

This triggered Zhu's pride and when it was hurt he lost reason. He stepped forward and glared at the angel "Oh is that so..." as he moved closer the angel lifted his blade and held it. Zhu looked at it but continued to walk letting the blade cut into his already injured shoulder. He didn't even flinch as he spoke "I won't burn your body. You no longer deserve that honor. Instead I will take what i need for you and spill your body across this moutain side. Leave you for the insects, the elements, the carrion feeders. I shall let your corpse feed the weakest on this earth. Then let your bones turn into dust!" The angel smirked as he let his blade do its work "you'd have to kill me first little boy!" He swung only to have his arm caught by Zhu "Oh you silly angel. I already have!" With that he shoved Tessaiga into the Angel's chest with one fell movement and left it there. The angel coughed and spat up his own blood looking at the wound "So you have...." was all he managed before his body fell limply to the ground. Zhu simply stood over the angel's dead body and looked down at his fallen opponent. "Well this is nearly done."

Zhu knelt down and said his prayer "Scorekeeper please bless me with the powers of this being. I now consume that which I have offered to you as a sign of my admiration and respect for this being and their power." With that he snatched out the angel's eye and swallowed it whole giving himself a moment before he spoke. "I suppose you're wondering what the history between me and this angel was...well not wondering so much as I'm sure you have some questions. After all it's kinda obvious after everything that was said huh?" he said a little awkwardly.

As he waited for Kihia's reply he concentrated and his body began to change and mold itself. Slowly he became slimmer more streamline. Almost like he was built to do a lot more deterous things. Then his shoulders popped and cracked. Slowly two nubs of flesh began to form where his shoulder blades used to be and after a moment they shot out from his body taking form and gaining feathers. The wings slowly stretched out until they were big enough and strong enough to supprot something like flight in someone as big as Zhu. As the transformation finished he looked himself over the best he could with a soft smile "It seems I'll have to learn how to fly soon. If i can't do that then the Minotaur will simply be too much for me to handle." He gripped Tessaiga's sheath a little protectively and now that he finally had his revenge Zhu as a whole seemed a lot calmer. He looked to Kihia wanting to look at the man as they spoke.

Kihia watched and listened to the battle before him, Zhu was displaying a remarkable degree of swordsmanship as he always had, blows were exchanged, however the angel had been clearly on the losing side of the battle ever since Kihia had intervened a little bit. When Zhu finally finished off the Angel, he started the ritual to claim its physical body. After he swallowed its eye he had addressed Kihia about any possible Questions he might have had, “I only can figure out so much Zhu… but if you don’t wish to share, I shall not pry.” Kihia then watched as Zhu’s body started to change to resemble the Angel’s Physic, even growing a pair of wings.

Kihia studied Zhu Fengs new form, when he heard Zhu Fengs next comment he gently chuckled, “Well I guess it is a good thing for you that I have been practicing winged flight of my own….” Kihia then dispelled the Blados lance and sheathed Icarus and the Geruks and focused his magical energy in the area of his back. Time to show my own pair that I have been practicing with… Then suddenly, Crystal wings started to form on his back and eventually formed into full sized Angel like wings. He then nodded and took off and hovered above the ground for a moment, “I know my wings are not the same… but the concept of the flight is very well the same here…” Kihia waited for a moment waiting to hear Zhu Fengs response to this idea, he had been practicing a wing based spell since his training with Master Zuo to learn Crystal Make, however it was far from finished.

Zhu looked to Kihia and shrugged lightly "it is a simple but painful story. A story that I have now ended. That angel I do not know his name, nor do I care to have ever learned his name. He slaughtered my father. My mother died before I remember. I don't even know her face. Still what I do remember is that my father was slaughterd by the angel i've now killed. Despite his best efforts he couldn't use Tessaiga here at it's full strength and that is what sealed his fate. It has been many, many long years since then, but before I could seek vengence I had to find my father's sword. The angel took it and hid it from me, but I found it and then now I've stained it with his blood. That's all there is to it really." Despite talking about such an emotional topic Zhu didn't seem very emotional at all about it. Instead he simply said all this with a voice so matter of fact one could almost call it heartless.

When he saw Kihia's wings he smiled "You've been practicing a lot since last we worked together. I guess you've truly surpassed me. I'll just have to do my best to catch up." He looked around and nodded his head once "We should circle the mountain from above. If we do that then we are sure to spot something as big as our next quarry." Zhu's wings began to beat slowly before he picked up speed and began to lift into the air slowly and shakingly, but it was clear as he flew forward he started to get the hang of it.

Kihia gently smiled at Zhu’s first attempt at flight with his new form. He managed to get off the ground, but shakily got off the ground. When Kihia heard his idea he nodded, “That is a good idea… Zhu… however to best adapt to the form… you will need to learn more than just basic flight techniques… you must become one with the wind and sky itself…” Before those words finished fading into the air Kihia suddenly took off with a sudden gust of wind. He flew upward at amazing speed stopping just at the altitude of the tip of the mountain with his crystal wings opening wide, he then called out to Zhu Feng, “If you want to gain mastery of your wings, you must first learn to ride the winds, and be as agile as an Eagle… Find the ability to keep pace with me as we search your quarry…” Kihia then waited for a moment for Zhu Feng to catch up, once he did, Kihia would take off again heading towards the mountain, riding on the wind currents, Ever since when I had my month of special training with Zuo, I have taken times to practice making these crystal wings, it was hard at first, but I have mastered this form of flying… I just need to push it to its limits… Kihia then took a dive heading straight for the mountain side, First test… Quick Aerial Maneuvers…. As he approached, his ice blue eyes stared at the rocky face, then he turned to the side and flapped his crystal wings, Lets see how you do Zhu….

Zhu really didn't know what Kihia meant by becoming one with the wind and sky but he was willing to try and learn whatever he could in order to make himself a far better flyer and someone who could easily keep up with Kihia. He eventually began to fly without trying as hard as he had to get off of the ground in the first place. As he flew he kept his eyes open for anything on the mountain side that would be big enough to be his target. Zhu really didn't have much of a clue how to track a minotaur, but he felt this was probably his best chance. When Kihia flew down towards the ground Zhu watched him carefully. Afterwards he smirked and mimiced the dive. He let himself get a bit closer to the ground before he opened his wings to full extention and snatched himself out of the dive and turned it into a glide. With a few powerful beats of his wings he lifted himself back up into the air to rejoin Kihia "Well that was fun!" he called loudly to try and be heard over the sound of the wind whipping past their ears. He really did enjoy flying. Despite being a great warrior bloodthirsty and cold the miracle and majesty of what he was doing did not escape his notice. For a moment he allowed himself to indulge in the joy of flight a smile spreading wide across his face. He suddenly felt an urge and he flew faster before tucking his wings into his body and spinning through the air. After a few minutes of falling and spinning he spread his wings righting himself, but he wobbled far more than he would've liked, but it caused him to laugh as he looked around the mountain side.

Kihia had taken a quick turn from his dive, weaving through the trees something only a true flight enthusiast would attempt. As he flew a bit good distance in this dangerous flying path, he quickly flew upward out of the trees and back into the sky, Just as fun as I always knew it to be… As Kihia flew he then saw Zhu finally catch up to him, he smiled, he then watched as Zhu took off on his own, flying extreme acrobatics. Best to not let him have all the fun…


Kihia then followed in suit, spinning, flipping, diving any attempts to further practice his own flying capability. After a long moment Kihia finally refocused on what they still had to do, The Minotaur… Kihia then stopped flying and started to hover in place for a moment, scanning the forests below, out of the corner of his eye he noticed Zhu had been doing the same. Considering the size of such a creature… its movement would definitely leave an imprint on the ground or trees… or at least make them rustle as it moves… Kihia scanned the ground trying his best to spot the movements of such of creature. “Zhu, considering the possible size of a Minotaur…. Its movements should be extremely visible from above… especially at the altitude we are at…” Kihia did another sweep, if it isn’t moving… meaning it might be somewhere resting… or it is in its den… which would be highly problematic… considering it would be on the full defensive…

Zhu loved flying he realized as he kept pace with Kihia. It was like a breath of freedom one he was enjoying to the fullest. Now he wasn't struggling so hard to keep pace with the Ice Knight. Instead he was neck and neck with him at points and he wasn't about to drop back or under his partner. As he flew through the sky however he kept his one eye on the ground scanning the mountain and the forest for anything that would be large enough to be a minotaur. He heard Kihia shouting at him over the rushing sound of the wind and he nodded his head in agreement with his assessment.

As he neared the forest for another sweep his eyepatch alerted him to something on his left. He looked and beheld a tree shaking violently. He smirked and slowed his flight speed still tracking the movement. He slowly turned and flew towards it bringing himself up higher to keep out of ear shot. After another minute a few other trees were shaking slowly making a line through the forest. It wasn't very obvious at a higher range, but almost touching the treetops with his wings he could see it clear as day. He flew closer to the moving trees and he looked through them. A lack of a tree allowed him the rare look he needed. The minotaur was a very tall one. About half a man taller and thicker than Zhu, and it was all muscle. Slowly Zhu flew down and landed a few yards behind the bullman. It didn't hear him, and he was downwind so no chance of scenting, but still Zhu moved as quietly as he was possibly allowed to do that.

As Zhu landed he sent away Tessaiga and summoned up another blade. This was his Emerald Sword. In his main hand was the actual sword, in his right was the dagger that was attached to it by a length of chain. He held up the dagger in his hand as he slowly moved closer to the minotaur as it stomped and lumbered through the forest. He sent more magic into dagger and let the spell work itself out. The dagger then went sailing through the air of it's own accord but Zhu's fingers were guiding it to it's target. It flew towards the minotaur and sank into the dead center mark between his shoulder blades. It also was sticking into his body next to a great log. It wasn't clear to the warrior why this great beast would carry a giant log around, but he assumed that it was some kind of weapon for this great animal. He knew he would have to be careful if he wanted to actually get in close. Still he would have to worry about that later. As the great beast bellowed loudly and mightily from the wound it had suffered, as it shook off what it thought was a real attacker Zhu pulled his dagger out only to direct it to stab it into the minotaur's left leg.

With another great bellow the beast began to swing it's massive arms trying to dislodge whatever opponent it thought it had. As it turned and slapped the dagger out of it's leg however it noticed Zhu standing a few meters away and it's eyes were now red with rage. At this point Zhu could see the Minotaur's face. It was a rough set face with many scars. The great beast had a ring in its nose made of iron. Its ears were damaged and the left one was missing. The minotaur was deep brown in color and it was spotted with white and silver fur due to his age. The beast bellowed louder than before as he turned and charged at the warrior. Zhu however was faster and stabbed the dagger into the beast's right leg hoping to stop it's rampage. Unfortunately, for Zhu the blade didn't seem to have any effect at all, and the monster kept coming. Zhu was forced to dive away in order to avoid being seriously injured. He rolled away and recovered landing near a bush. The bull on the other hand smacked into a tree with his large horns piercing straight through the great tree. As it tried to pull it's head back it roared in anger at being unable to dislodge it's horns.

It seemed to Zhu that the scorekeeper was on his side allowing him such a chance.  Yet, the minotaur wasn't going to be held for long by such a thing it's horns were great in size and Zhu imagined that being pierced with one of them would indefinatly be his end. Still as the minotaur struggled Zhu was quick to get to his feet and position himself. He quickly sent the chained dagger flying towards the great beast. However unlike the time before he wasn't so lucky and the great beast dislodged himself from the tree and turned narrowly missing the dagger that stuck itself in the tree. The beast grabbed hold of the chain and jerked it with his incredible might and pulled the blade clean away from Zhu's hands entirely.

This time Zhu was beyond scared and annoyed. He growled in his throat as he rushed forward head on against the foe. The minotaur was surprised by this particular action, but he reached back over his shoulder and gripped the giant log on his back. With one powerful swing he pulled it in front of himself and swung it at the warrior. The reaction time was as good as ever and Zhu slid down underneath the great log. As he did he rolled and quickly picked up his weapon once more. With his weapon now in his hand again he was quick to stand up and throw the dagger like normal into the back of the Minotaur's leg. It bellowed as it turned and tried to bring down it's great log-club down on the warrior. Zhu was the faster of the two still and he leapt to the side before running closer to the beast and sinking his blade into it's arm. With a great bellow the beast threw him away sword still clutched in his hand both dagger and blade coming with him. He flew into a tree with a great thud cracking the tree behind him. All that came from him however was a grunt of pain. He slid down until he was on his knees and he panted heavily as he looked up at the minotaur. The great beast was already charging him roaring out at him.

It was his last chance and Zhu waited and waited before he quickly stepped up and plunged his sword into the minotaur's chest as deep as it would go. Of course this didn't stop the great beast from smashing into him and putting both it and him into the tree. He grunted as he felt several bones break and crack under the impact. His sword even broke off in the minotaur entirely. After a quick moment both fell down onto the ground, Zhu was ontop of the now fallen Minotaur. He groaned and slowly crawled up towards the head. He ripped the eye out and swallowed it speaking the words "Scorekeeper please bless me with the powers of this being. I now consume that which I have offered to you as a sign of my admiration and respect for this being and their power." before he collapsed ontop of his greatest kill to date passing out.

A soft light filled the forest around Zhu as he lay on top of his most recent kill unconcious. As the light slowly faded away a woman dressed in skins, bones, and even grasses approached him. her skin was olive in tone and she was scared with battles long past. She approached the fallen warrior with a soft smile as she knelt down and gently placed a hand on his back "This isn't where you die my herald. This is just a new begining for you." As she moved her hand up and down his back it began to glow with a soft forest green aura. Slowly it sank into Zhu and he slowly began to recover and fix him and any injuries he had sustained.

That wasn't all it was changing however; slowly Zhu's body began to change to become slimmer, sleeker, it left him many of his muscles and what not, but he definatly was a sleeker person. His body shrank in girth and weight as well slimming down to a softer, more femine appearance. He kept the loss of his eye, and all the scars from the fights he had earned in his years as a fighter. His chest became swollen, his hips more valuptious and he was truly now an image of the woman who was standing above him. She smiled softly as she admired her work "That's better. My herald should look like me after all." she said with joy. She then frowns and looks at his atire and shakes her head lightly as she begins to change it. "I won't stand for wearing clothes like that. Hakama are nice but not for my herald." She began to change his clothes until he was dressed in leathers, bones, cloth, and his furs. She then stands up smiling "Awaken my Herald. You still have much work to complete for me." With that the woman vanished and Zhu snapped awake groaning as he shook his head lightly.

He looked down at his figure and recalled the voice of the great scorekeeper. He knew instantly what he was now. She finally looked up and smiled widely as she realized just what she was supposed to do, and who she was supposed to be. She slowly got up to her feet groaning lightly as she began to stretch and pop her bones back into place. "Wow..." she said in her new strong femine voice.

Kihia had continued his flight path, unaware that Zhu had seen evidence of the minotaur, let alone engaged it. Kihia flew for a few more hundred meters until he stopped and turned around scanning the skies for Zhu’s position. His eyes narrowed when he heard the sounds of trees being smashed and intense combat. Kihia’s eyes widen and then he sped off the direction he had come from, his wings beating so hard the imperfected spell started to form numerous cracks and fractures as he pushed it to the limit. Kihia then arrived back at the general area he last saw Zhu and scanned the area. Not to far off he spotted numerous fallen trees, guessing that had been the source of the sounds he once again took off, heading straight for the newly made clearing.

He witnessed a bright light that hung in that area for a moment then watched as it disappeared, he then reached the clearing. Kihia landed in a kneeling position with his wings mere fragments of what they once were. Kihia then looked at the center of the carnage near the carcass of the Minotaur, and what he saw made his jaw go slack. There stood a woman, one Kihia had never met before, He paused for a moment then he sensed something familiar, he closed his eyes and tried to focus on whatever he may be sensing, then it hit him. It was Zhu Fengs Magical signature and it was coming straight from the woman, he opened his eyes and studied the woman, “Zhu?”

Zhu smiled as she admired her new body. She was flexing it, stretching, and bending to see what her limits were in this body. It was quite a revelation to discover that her flexibility had improved, along with most of her dexterity. She couldn't help but rejoice in the fact that she was now a better warrior and that this blessing had been given to her by the scorekeeper. Suddenly though she turned hearing someone else approaching her in the forest. She held up her blade, but when she found it was broken she scoffed and dismissed it summoning up instead her Tessaiga.

Yet, when Kihia emerged from the trees she sighed and put the blade away smiling at him "Ah Kihia it is good to see you again." she said in a warm cheerful tone, that given her new voice was also incredibly attractive to hear. She then looked back at the minotaur with a smile turning her attention to the fallen beast "I am so sorry I finished my party without you. I just couldn't help but wait after all this guy was a challenge to beat." She turned back and frowned as she flipped some of her new blue hair out of her face "This new body has it's flaws, but I'm sure I'll adjust." She stood there and just looked at him waiting for an answer. At this distance Kihia would be able to see that all of her clothes were different. Zhu wore colorful tribal like wristguards made of cloth and leather. Upper arm guards of some coiled material, a collar of the same like, belong hung a necklace of teeth, and a single emerald. The biggest attraction woul be Zhu's new scantily clad chest with the spiked tribal brasier. Then a skirt and shorts combination of leather, fur, and wrapped cloth. Matched by shin guards made of bones and leather, with Zhu's feet wrapped up in cloth. Finally her eyepatch was now thicker and borader with a skull over where her eye would've been. She was completely different and foreign to anyone let alone Kihia.

After a moment Zhu blinked looking at her commrade "Are you alright Kihia?" she asked taking a step towards him.

Kihia stood there for a long moment, the words he was hearing from the person lived only to confirm his suspicions. He stood there for a moment in complete silence, his right eyebrow twitching constantly, Why did I not heed Master Iaroks words of wisdom… Expect the unexpected for you don’t know what will happen in a day… However… I doubt he never experienced this… scratch that… he might have… Kihia closed his eyes and let out a small sigh, “ I am sorry Zhu… it’s just one doesn’t… experience this normally…” Kihia opened his eyes and looked at his companion who just had the most interesting life experience, “I am glad to hear that you managed to defeat the Minotaur…” He paused for a moment trying to get past this experience the best he can, he shook his head a bit and then continued.


“Did you managed to complete the rite and absorb the Minotaur’s strength?...” Kihia was trying his best to shift topics to help avert a mental breakdown from one of his oldest friends in the Guild going through a gender change during training. He thought for a moment how this would have to be explained to the rest of the Guild… Zuo… Cyrus and the rest of Clustering Wishes. A Dark cloud formed over Kihia’s head for a moment, as he thought that, being the ace of the Guild was important, and he also had to face for any incidents that happen with the Guild members when he is out and about with them..

Zhu began to do a few practice swings with her sword as she let Kihia try to work his way through this mind shattering experience. She even did some martial arts that was based around not only her sword, but also her physical body. She heard the congratulations and nodded her head in agreement with a smile "thank you. It wasn't an easy fight, in fact I think it might've ended with my death, but at least I was able to finish it. I'm pretty sure that is when the Scorekeeper must've come to me and changed me. It was a very bizzare experience."

After a few moments Zhu continued to practice with her sword not really interested in having a conversation anymore. She was smiling widely as she began to get used to her new body, the muscles, and the way it moved. After a moment she stopped and looked down at her chest "These things...These things get in the way. I mean what is the point of them!? Still it is a hinderance I shall have to deal with. I suppose it's just another test that the scorekeeper wants me to suffer." she gave them a slap flinching slightly at the action "Ow that hurts a lot!" She suddenly snaps to attention and looks at him nodding her head lightly with a wide smile "You bet your ass I did! I got that brute's power before I suppose I would've died. Anyway with all of this excitement I guess we are finished here. We can leave any time now." she says as she sheathes her sword and begins to walk in the direction she came from only on foot this time.