Jaku strikes forward through the trees as fast as he can. Ara isn't much farther than two lengths of his body, He braces his head as all the roots and branches explode from the escaping serpent! The snake lurches upwards and twists its head viloently, smashing its long neck towards Jaku and throwing him backwards with its massive hide! He claws and grips at its scales, trying desperately to climb over its spinning body as fast as he can. Just as he slides onto the top of its back, his eyes widen at the sight of Ara laying in the center of its spooling body. All four of his hands brace against the large scales as he springs forwards once again, only to be met with the snout of the serpent batting him away!<br/><br/>Jaku spins and slides against the serpents scales, pushing, scaling, clawing at anything he can to get over the back of this massive, shifting snake.<br/><br/>He climbs quickly over its back, but only just in time to see its drooling maw open over Ara's body. With a flash it strikes down and throws its coiled body into the air! Ara's entire upper body disappears into the side of its maw! Jaku is tossed lightly into the air, but still manages to strike forward, getting his hands around Ara's tail and pulling it tight!<br/><br/>The rageful serpent suddenly twists its head around like a furious constrictor! Spinning Ara's body over its head, loop after loop and with a snap of its massive neck, it whips Ara's body, and Jaku's hard against the ground!<br/><br/>Jaku coughs as all of his hands release! He struggles as his eyes nearly black out, but manages to see the massive snake fly over his head, pulling Ara backwards into the cloud of dust, and into the trees!<br/><br/>His ears fill with the rustle of leaves, the panicked cries of birds, and suddenly the silence of loss. He lays flat on his back, his body twisted and bruised. And his hands feeling like fire after Ara's scales were pulled from his grasp.<br/><br/>He screams into the silence. Tears, anger, rage, failure, they all well through his body as he writhes without grip.<br/><br/><br/>But even that passes in the time it takes for a leaf to fall.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>With no other choice, Jaku slowly he rolls onto his belly, Every scale, every muscle, every bone and fiber of fur cries out. Slowly he digs his bellyscales into the dirt and crawls back towards the scent of Tamara and his daughter. He can barely lift his body to stand, all of his arms glide against the dust and brush as he slithers his way slowly forward.<br/><br/>The naga they rescued, still coated in a thick slime, coughs as he starts to regain consciousness. Reflexively jerking his long body in Tamara and Suri's grasp.<br/><br/>((Sorry for the delay, had some crazy things come up that really pulled me away. Happy holidays everyone!"