Hideo raised his eyebrow as Kadaj walked over to a rock and began to undress. It was a completely inappropriate time to be putting on a show the shifter mused. However, just as Hideo opened his mouth to tease the younger male his form changed completely. Flames arose from his skin and he looked like some beast that stepped out from lord of the rings. As he walked the ground he stepped on turned ashy, with bright red stings of leftover flame waiting to die out. It was...pretty cool actually. If you ignored the threat of a potential forest fire adding to their worries, Kadaj was a strong ally.<br/><br/>Turning his attention back to the others he acknowledged Juneava's comment about not making it to the school. She was right, as long as they didn't know where the dragon was lurking it would be unwise to wander the woods blindly. Turning back towards the other girls he gave them a wink. Amalliey was looking a bit frazzled and Hideo hoped to ease her a bit.<br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #408080">"Actually Juneava, we may not look as intimidating as you and Kadaj but Lola is a strong water mage and Amalliey has all her cool vampire powers. They might not be the damsels in distress you think they are."</span></span><br/><br/>However Hideo couldn't speak much for himself either. He was pretty much out powered with the others. It was one thing to turn into a wild animal to defeat humans, but when it came to supernatural creatures, well, no mammal could go against that. His shifting was a bit more limited than others. Since he was only half shifter(the other half kitsune) he could only imprint on one animal at a time and even then no matter how hard he tried he failed to imprint on supernatural beasts as well. Although there where rumors, that long ago a strong shifter had mastered how to shift into any being. A complete copycat if you will. But that legend was nothing more than what superman would be to a boy so Hideo tried to let go of his silly hopes.<br/><br/>Back to the matter at hand Hideo began to piece together the facts.<br/>1. There was a dangerous and probably scary looking dragon roaming these woods.<br/>2. It uses some kind of acid to kill it's prey, according to the deer corpse at least.<br/>3. The only line of defense was a bunch of high school students.<br/><br/>The shifter let out a sigh, he really didn't sign up for this when he transferred to the school.