Doing What Comes Naturally! [Solo Hunt]

Zun had spent most of the day running laps around the forest. He had eaten five steaks and a couple dozen bowls of yogurt beforehand, and he needed to work it all off, but someone stopped him on his two-hundred and fifty-forth lap. He noticed the guy looked beat up, and he said something about 'too strong' and 'impossible to beat.' This of course ignited the spark within him and he accepted the man's challenge and decided to bare his burden.

Zun had no idea that it meant facing off against Grimm and slaying them in combat to protect the academy and humanity in general, but that was above his pay-grade...and general intelligence. The paper the guy had said to look into the woods, so Zun took off into the woods immediately.

After a number of minutes, being 10 in total, Zun had reached the middle of the woods...and the end of his patience.

'AHH MAN, THAT GUY SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE AN IMPOSSIBLE TO BEAT GUY HERE, BUT ALL I SEE IS MORE AND MORE TREES. TREES AREN'T IMPOSSIBLE, ARE THEY? I'VE BEATEN THEM BEFORE...' Zun plopped down on the ground and grabbed a piece of leftover steak from his pocket and started munching on it.

A pack of Boarbatusks were roaming the Skylight Woods, hunting for some kind of prey they could eat. Suddenly, they heard a large noise off into the distance. It seemed to be some kind of shouting.
Human? Boarbatusk 2 nodded at the others, sniffing the air in the direction of the shout.
Food. Boarbatusk 1 simply grunted.
The other two Boarbatusks squealed in delight. It seemed they were going to eat well tonight.

The Boarbatusks began to run towards the direction of the shouting, with Boarbatusk 1 leading the other two. As it ran, it sniffed the air and caught a scent of the human in the direction of the shouting. No doubt these two things were related. As they neared closer to the smell, the pack saw a human in the distance. It was true that human seemed to be larger than the average human, but it carried no weapon. The Boarbatusks knew that without a weapon, humans don't stand a chance in defending themselves. Not to mention that Boarbatusks knew that they had this human outnumbered, strengthening their confidence.

As the Boarbatusks got within 30 yards of the large human, they all squealed a battle cry. There was no need for surprise on this human they had believed, the battle was easily theirs. They continued to charge in from a single direction on the human, with every intention to take him out in a single blow.

Zun was sitting there in a somewhat joyous manner, eating his pocket-steak. He was just about to take the last bite when he heard what sounded like pigs. He locked up and saw three of the red, white and black thingies coming towards him. A grin spread across his face, and he tossed the last of the steak in his mouth before jumping to his feet and stamping them excitedly.


'WOOHOO! ALRIGHT, FINALLY, A FIGHT! YOU GUYS KINDA LOOK LIKE PIGS AND SOUND LIKE PIGS...OOOH, THAT MEANS...'

He took off at top speed towards the group of red, white and black thingies, muttering something to himself the whole time. When he was about one yard away he jumped up high into the air, his destination to land right in front of the biggest one...because that's how things worked in his mind: go after the strongest one first, not the weakest like everyone else.

As he began his decent, he shouted at the top of his lungs with excitement.
'BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!'

Then Zun landed right in front of the creatures, shaking the ground a bit with his landing...and punched the biggest one square in the forehead. He then grabbed it by the tusks and lifted it up a bit and then slammed it into the ground hard. Still hanging on to it's tusks, he spun around a few times before tossing it straight up into the air.

Zun then jumped up and met the creature in the air with an uppercut into it's underbelly. He then followed him down with a double hammer fist to his back as they both crashed into the ground below. Zun got up and prepared to strike again should the creature stir.

Damage:

[quote="Boarbatusk"]

Boarbatusk 1 couldn't respond to the flurry of attacks, it was caught entirely off guard and had difficulty understanding what was going on to it. Its outer bone-like armor provided some protection against the blows, but each hit still struck like a brick. After being finally slammed into the ground, the Boarbatusk 1 landed with a painful 'thud' and was unable to soften its land. It laid there, shocked and whimpering. A few of its rib bones were broken, it's outer body bruised, and blood dripping from it's mouth. All it could do was attempt to crawl away from the human.

The other two Boarbatusks stepped backed just as confused as Boarbatusk 1. It was supposed to be easy prey, they were entirely unready for this. Alone, a Boarbatusk would generate fear from most creatures in the forest. But in a pack.... In a pack they should be a nightmare for any prey. Yet this human seemed unfazed, especially after shouting some weird war cry, and heavily injuring the head of the pack.

Boarbatusk 2 and 3 both growled, it had to be some kind of fluke. There was no way a unarmed human could stand the might of their pack. Boarbatusk 3 hopped up into air and began to spin forward, it's whole body rotating at dangerous speeds similar to a buzz saw, threatening to tear apart weak surfaces that came into contact with it's rotating body. As Boarbatusk 3 hit the ground, it was propelled at high speeds towards the human. Boarbatusk 2 simply followed behind, also charging at the human, but simply on its feet. As Boarbatusk 2 ran towards the human, he dropped his tusks closer to the ground, to give itself room to make an upwards slash on the human to stab at his intestines.

Though the two Boarbatusks were not moving in the most cooperative manner, it was still dangerous to face off against.

Zun saw the pig-like thing begin to crawl away, and he was about to finish it when he heard a whirring sound. He turned just in time to notice the spinning wheel of death and perform a backward flip over it. As he fell he saw the other pig-like creature, and he grabbed it by it's tusks as he fell. He used his momentum as he landed to help lift the creature up and over his head, and as he let go it whipped the creature behind him...somewhere, he wasn't sure where it went. He also didn't notice where the spinning one zoomed off to, he just focused his attention on the big one trying to crawl away.

'YOU ARE COMING WITH ME!' Zun shouted as he jumped again and landing a falling punch right into the area between both shoulders of the beast, just between the bone covers. He reeled back his other fist and delivered a second punch in the same area for good measure, and he didn't notice the beast moving at all from what he could tell, so he grabbed it by the tusk and began dragging it towards the direction of the academy.

'MMMMMM! YOU ARE GONNA BE SO DELICIOUS! I KNOW CHEF GUY IS SO GOOD AT HIS JOB, YOU'LL MAKE THE BEST BACON AND SANDWICHES EVER! I CAN'T WAIT!' Zun exclaimed with pure glee as he continued to drag the black pig-thing away, completely ignoring everything else.

Boarbatusk 3 continued to spin on after the human had jumped over it. It wasn't done yet though, as it began to make a turn in the form of a large arc back around the human, ever so wanting to shred his flesh apart.

Boarbatusk 2 squealed as the human easily threw it over his back. Boarbatusk two landed on its side, which hadn't done much other than bruising it. It turned back to face the human who was shouting some strange things, only to watch as Boarbatusk 1 attempted to crawl away to no avail, as the human executed it with one punch on the spot. 'Was this human really a human?' A similar thought crossed Boarbatusk 2s mind, its confidence beginning to waver. It didn't fight like a human. It seemed to strong to be a human.

Boarbatusk 3 didn't see the death of Boarbatusk 1, it was spinning to fast to make out such details. Boarbatusk 3 could only tell where the human was standing and continued to accelerate at him with dangerous speeds. This restrengthened the confidence in Boarbatusk 2. As he watched the remains of Boarbatusk 1 dissipate and disperse into black mist like was the nature of the Grimm, Boarbatusk 2 was know seeking vengeance as well as food.

Boarbatusk 2 hopped up into the air and span itself in a similar manner as Boarbatusk 3 was currently doing, and accelerated towards the human. Tearing across the forest grounds, the remaining two Boarbatusks began to close in on the human from different directions, simultaneously.

Zun was in his one happy land fill with bacon and bacon accessories when he heard a hissing sound. He turned around and looked to see the corpse of the pig-thing turn into dust and floating away into nothingness. Like a flash in a pan, the pig-like creature and Zun's supposed bounty was gone. Zun was so shocked he couldn't move. He just stood there in shock with his mouth wide open, in some sort of horror at what had just happened.

'HE-HE-HEY, WAIT WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT JUST HAPPENED?! WHERE DID IT GO?! IN THE SKY?! WHY IS IT DOING THAT?! IT CAN'T DO THAT! BUT-BU-BUT...WHAT ABOUT...MY BAAAAACCCCCCOOOOOOOONNNNNN???!!!' Zun was absolutely distraught at the fact that he wasn't taking home a great meal that he didn't even pay attention to the other spinning pig-like creatures that were charging at him. They were traveling at top speed and they each collided into him on either side. This would be devastating to the average person, but Zun had rougher spots against seven-bean-chili con carne. In fact, when the creatures hit him, it was like slamming against a brick wall and it stopped their spinning although it didn't necessarily injure them.

Zun then grabbed each of the pig-like beasts by the edges of the boneplating on their heads and pushed them off of him in the direction that each one came from respectively. A scowl covered Zun's face, and there was anger in his eyes, and the creatures had no idea what they were in for next.

'YOU AREN'T REAL PIGS, SO YOU DON'T PRODUCE BACON?! HOW DARE YOU PARADE AROUND BEHIND THE MASKS OF SUCH AN AMAZING FOOD SOURCE!! YOU WILL SUFFER, YOU FAKE PIGS!!!'

After that, Zun's body started to tremble and he started to produce a grumble from deep within his throat. His body trembled a bit more until his eyes seemed to flash with what looked like a bolt of lightning, and immediately afterwards Zun flexed his entire body and let out a mighty shout. A loud crack echoed out from his position and a force pushed away the debris around him and kicked up dust. Once the dust faded, Zun was surrounded in an aura of crackling yellow lightning all round his body and his eyes looked like they were crackling with the life of the same lightning.

Then...Zun moved. He disappeared in a burst of sparks and suddenly he was behind the second biggest fake pig creature...or what would appear to be behind him. He had actually grabbed the creature by a tusk and flipped him going at his now incredibly high speed, which caused the creature to involuntarily perform some sort of backwards air somersault. Zun vanished in a puff of yellow sparks once again and appeared right in front of the spinning creature. Since Zun was able to reach such high speeds, his eyes automatically adjust how much information they take in and how fast it takes it so that it can keep up with his speed without making him sick.

The fake pig monster had just flipped in a manner that revealed it's soft underbelly, and that's when Zun unleashed his fury. Using the momentum of his high-speed movement, he delivered a right punch right in the center of the creatures underside. The force sent it flying into a nearby tree, and Zun dispersed and then appeared right after it had hit to follow up. Zun delivered another high-momentum punch to the underbelly of the creature, then followed up with a flurry of high-speed punches.

After this barrage, he ended it with what one would call a 'shotgun punch', which hit with enough force to blast the creature through the tree after the barrage had damaged it. The creature smacked off the tree behind it in a manner than made it upside-down in the air and Zun reappeared above the creature and punched it right in the chops and rode the strike until they both hit the ground.

Zun then turned and looked at the last fake pig and gritted his teeth and shouted loudly. 'YOU'RE NEXT, STUPID FAKE PIG!'

Damage:

Both of the Boarbatusks were confused when the human stopped both of their high speed velocity with his bare hands. In most cases, the human would be entirely shredded apart. Why the human only suffered minor damages didn't make any sense. Both of their spinning was stopped and each pushed backwards. Both of the Boarbatusks landed on their feet.

The human shouted something weird again and suddenly, yellow energy burst out around him. Before the Boarbatusks could fully understand what was going on, the human disappeared.

The human reappeared by Boarbatusk 3 and unloaded an instant flurry of blows on it. Boarbatusk 3 couldn't react to it, and it's armor did little to nothing to protect it from the hits. Just as suddenly as the humans attacks came, Boarbatusk 3 was killed and dispersed into a black mist as was the nature of Grimm.

Boarbatusk 2 could only watch, unable to save its fellow pack-mate. It watched as the human-- no, it wasn't a human. Humans didn't move like that. It was a monster. It was a monster that had slain his two pack-mates. Boarbatusk 2 let out a desperate cry as it made a final attempt to defeat the monster in a human's body.  The Boarbatusk charged at the human, it tusks ready to gut the man. Sorrow, anger, grief. All of these feelings gripped the Boarbatusk. It was no longer for simply fulfilling its hunger, but rather another feeling. Revenge? Was that what this was?

Zun saw that the final fake pig creature decided to fight him head on rather than run and hide. This put a smile on his face. 'ALRIGHT, COME FACE ME! I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD BACK EITHER! YOU HAD BETTER BRING YOUR BEST!' The yellow lightning around him sparked a few times and then faded away nearly as soon as it had appeared, but Zun didn't seem to notice a change at either point and time.

Zun then charged at full speed towards the fake pig creature charging at him, ready to take it head on. It looked like he was going to punch it directly in the face again, but he actually lifted up his right arm and kept charging...right into the tusks of the fake pig thing. He didn't gore himself, but both tusks did scrap along the sides of him, but now he was in the position he wanted: in between both tusks, face to face with the beast, his hands holding onto the base of the creature's tusks as his feet planted him firmly in place. He looked it in the eyes and smiled, excited to take this creature on head to head. He then stopped bending over and when fully standing he leaned over slightly and prepared to punch the creature in the base of the neck, a location that was nothing but black.

Zun then punched the creature right of the base of the neck...then he lifted his fist and punched it in the same spot again...and then again...and then again. He was preparing to strike once more, almost immune to the injuries he sustained, rearing his fist back in preparation and eager excitement.

Damage:

The Boarbatusks attack landed and it felt some success from it. The feeling of success soon quickly faded away as the Boarbatusk saw how ineffective it had been. The human chose to take the attack head on and by doing so, it left the human in a well positioned spot for a counter attack. As the human looked the final Boarbatusk in the eye an smiled, the Boarbatusk forgot all about his feelings of vengeance and anger. Instead it now felt fear. This was only because the Boarbatusk knew that it wasn't fighting a human, but a monster, as only a monster would be capable of all this.

The Boarbatusk had no way to counter the humans oncoming barrage of punches, and its armor did close to nothing to protect it from the attacks. The first hit stung, but after that, all went numb. It couldn't feel anything, much less react. And finally, as the final punch landed, the Boarbatusk disintegrated into a black mist that was carried away by the wind. Just like that, the fight had finished just as quickly as it had started.

Zun was so into the fight that he went to go through with his next punch, but there was nothing but mist left of the fake pig creature, so he ended up punching the ground. He stood up and watched the last fake pig beast turn to dust and float away, and he felt somewhat satisfied at the result of the fight, but he also felt a pang of regret.

The last fake pig creature charged at him in a blaze of glory, despite being the smallest one, and it almost felt like he was full of sadness from losing the other fake pig creatures...almost like he felt guilty and sorrow for not being able to protect them, so he gave it all for he had nothing to lose.

This thought shuddered through Zun's entire body, as he knew he would never want to lose any of his friends in battle, and even worse not be able to save them in their time of need. Being unable to protect his friends and watch them suffer and die...that would truly be the worst thing ever.

This thought flowed through Zun for a few more moments, him just staring into the sky where the dust had long since evaporated, taking in this small moment of peace and clearness of mind. Then he shrugged his shoulders and his grin slowly reappeared on his face. 'THAT'S WHY I LOVE TO TRAIN AND FIGHT, TO GET STRONGER, SO THAT I WILL NEVER LET MY FRIENDS DOWN EVER! ALL MY FRIENDS CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON ME TO BE THERE FOR THEM!'

Having recharged his spirit, Zun bolted off in the direction of the academy. He was super starving, and he had a major craving for bacon. He really hoped the chef guy would be there!

[Old Music Device, Out! :D]

1800 exp and 1900 lien rewarded.