The forest was one of those places which had no palpable reason to exist. It was a creaking shack created by nature to serve as a reminder that things could always be much, much worse. The unnatural, choking mist that swirled and sprawled on the forest floor was the first thing that spoke of a strange sort of wrongness. The sickly white substance seemed to possess liquid properties which only reminded of the maggot-like texture of the eyes of a dead man who had been forgotten in his apartment for a few months, ready to burst at the slightest touch.
But this place was known as Ayaka’s home when the nomadic kitsune had failed to steal enough human currency to take a sweet suite in the numerous Hotels across Japan. The smoke made no sound however and only parted to swallow up her feet and her trusty weapon, the whip, as she marched upon a clearing that opened up to the view of human civilizations in the distance she was known as “Talia” and “The faceless corrupter of Japan” to. Ayaka gazed at this sight coldly with lips twisted downwards in a disapproving frown. She often dreams of more masochistic techniques she could subject the people to, but during through the years she has terrorized them, a larger enemy, much stronger than herself was rising to power. How dare they try to take her job?!
Her armor squeaked to a stop, as if the years of living in environments had caused the flawless equipment concealing her two tails to rust. She was leaving the secret clans of the Japanese legend, the Kitsune, to learn how to do her job better , or maybe even find a new direction in life.
Out of the smoke broke a whoosh of chilling wind nearly knocking the 5’7 female down to her knee and forcing her high ponytail to whip around and smack her rosy cheeks. “Somebodies about to die. …” Ayaka whispered harshly in response to the hair ordeal, crimson eyes close to glowing out of anger until they met a griffon.
Her Griffon. For the time being at least.
The beast seemed to approve of the fearless, scary, resilient women the school had chosen to join the war- until the women feverishly threw her plated arms around it’s neck, cuddling it as if it were a precious infant.
“Griffffyy…!!!!” Akaya cooed innocently to the now frightened animal. She had even gone as far as cuddling cheeks with the animal, warming her body among the mounds of black fur. Ayaka shoved one foot into the stirrup….during which the animal decided that take-off was going to occur a little sooner than expected. The animal lurched forward, failing to waver the girl’s cuddling grip. The couple was at least 20 feet in the air before Ayaka decided to mount properly. This girl was a true, down to Earth animal lover, such a contradictory trait to the side that loved whips, bloodshed and what not.
The travel there was filled with calming tunes the griffon’s rider hummed or awes of silence at reality or the passing blurs of the world beneath her. There was even one point the women was so in love with the animal she had morphed into a fox wagging it’s tail wildly with appreciative yipping sounds the griffon merely rolled it’s eyes at. By the time the academy’s view broke through the clouds, the now human kitsune sat upright in a rigid posture with a stoic expression. Ayaka dismounted and the griffon shied away without a beat and took to the sky. On sight, one would think she had tortured the poor creature with the whip stapled to her side, not torture it with frightening kindness. On her other side was a simple,
moving bag. Moving? Whatever was inside was alive—the same person might think she even had brought torture to-go for a later use. It was clear other first-years had arrived before her. After all, her flight may have been the farthest but she arrived in time to see the hoard of a 100 griffons approach like a massive black thunderstorm crowd with…grotesque and intelligent creatures bestowed upon them.
Nonetheless, a experienced looking lad had caught her attention, to which she made a beeline for as if it was love at first sight that she would tie him to forever, something more than some foolish highschool crush.
She halted in front of
Raule, her fox-like eyes seemed to explore his soul for weakness while her mouth failed to speak her intentions or even throw him a smile. “Hey!” Her presence grew bigger has she approached, maybe even coming of as frightening as well to the stranger.
Yes, this was love at first sight…Of his beef jerky, of course! “Do you have anymore?!” The girl jutted a finger towards the bag he held in an innocent manner,. Her attire didn’t seem to match the girl’s shy voice and now softened, waiting eyes. “Oh how… rude of me. ..I’m…T-Talia.”