<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/EdgeH2oWonder/e6bcb3ec-f20c-4e87-ab7d-057ee5643056_zpszt7xebw2.jpg)</div><br/><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Kakariki Honu (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=286197.msg14082647#msg14082647)<br/><strong>Aura:</strong><strong>Green</strong>3/3<br/><strong>Charge:</strong>0/10<br/><strong>Time/Date:</strong>Day 1 Morning<br/><strong>Location:</strong>In the forest<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Auro, OPEN<strong>Mention:</strong><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 9pt;"> <br/> </span><br/><hr/><br/>Kakariki decided then and there that she had fallen in with a partner who was a good choice. Auro had given her a straightforward answer to an awkward question and asked only that he be treated with respect. That was easy. No judgement in his voice, no irritation in his words. His expectations were as easy as his demeanor - Kakariki wasn't used to having a conversation with someone to actually talked back, and it was a refreshing change of pace.<br/><br/><strong>"Sound about right?"</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Funny stor--"</strong>she began, but cut herself short as his tail suddenly rose up in front of her to halt her advance. He wasn't just a pretty face - he really had been on the look out for Grimm.  Kakariki had not heard their advance or spotted their bodies in the thick underbrush of the forest. The shield maiden wondered how he knew it was a beowulf pack and that there were at least ten incoming. Did his Faunus senses detect something that her Human senses did not? Did they have some sort of scent? More importantly, did<em>she</em>have a scent? Was it pleasant?<br/><br/>Inconsequential thoughts bounced around in her head as she watched Auro take the initiative. Like a beast, he pounced into the onslaught in a blur of speed. Kakariki didn't even make the cut to be described as<em>hasty</em>let alone a<em>blur of speed</em>.<br/><br/><strong><em>'We all have our strengths,'</em></strong>she thought with a wry smile as she began to jog forward, armor clinking with each step.<br/><br/>It didn't take long to join the fray - Auro brought the beowulf to her with kick and Kakariki caught it with the forward blade of her shield. The creature was impaled by the impact and died immediately. A puff of foul smoke appeared where the creature vanished and she stepped through the remnants to meet yet another beowulf charging forward. As it jumped into the air to strike Kari down, the shield maiden attacked. With a click of a button on the handle of her shield, the forward blade on her weapon became disengaged and to fall into her left hand. With a practiced twirl, Kakariki tossed the chain blade forward and it whipped around the neck of the beowulf, entangling the beast. The shield maiden gave a vicious tug which sent the creature unexpectedly downwards. It slammed into the earth, stunned.<br/><br/>A snarl to her left caused Kari to tug the chained beowulf towards her and she used her strength to spin the captured beast around her body and towards the threatening noise. The beowulf, helplessly tangled, was used as a bludgeon to assault the oncoming member of its pack and they both met with a sickening<em>crack</em>and dissolved in a puff of black.<br/><br/>Kakariki let the chain recoil back into her shield so most of the slack was gone, but there was enough left so that she could hold the blade by a very short handle where the chain attached and use it as a dagger.<strong>"It wouldn't be a memorable initiation otherwise!"</strong>she said boldly. It sounded cocky, but one look at her face was enough for an onlooker to see that she was taking this situation seriously. Her brows were furrowed in thought and the pleasant smile that had adorned her lips earlier was gone. She whistled, taunting her prey.<br/><br/>As if on cue, a beowulf stood on its back two legs, becoming visible behind the shrubbery that had previously hid its body. It was a nasty sight - all teeth and claws and snarls. Behind it, another Grimm emerged. Kakariki did not have to go to them; they came to her. Not for the first time, she wondered if they felt pain. To her, the body of a beowulf always seemed to be taught with agitation. It was as if there was an angry energy that burned beneath their flesh. Maybe that's why they erupted in smoke upon death - their flame had finally flickered out to leave naught but a wisp of acrid black in its wake. As the nearest beowulf slashed its clawed hand downwards, Kakariki stepped into its attack and deflected it by holding her shield vertical. The creature was not expecting her to come towards him and was caught off guard as the blade in Kari's left hand sunk deep into its stomach. She wrenched the blade upwards, slicing flesh, and the Grimm stumbled backwards. As it fell to the ground, the shield maiden parried another clawed strike from the second beowulf and followed the momentum of her strike to take a half spin and forcefully slam the side of her shield into the creature. The blade dug in to its chest and efforts of retaliation met armor, effectively blocking its attempts to slice open her flesh.<br/><br/>She fought without flourish with quick and simple strikes. The first beowulf finally melted into dust and the second followed soon after. Another beowulf moved past her to attempt a strike at Auro, but Kakariki whipped her chain blade so that it twisted around the creature's foot, and she tugged so it fell short a yard away from her partner. She left it there for him to take care of.<br/><br/><strong>"I might even break a sweat,"</strong>she joked.