Hunt Or Be Hunted... (private)

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    (This is make shift so... done judge >:b)


    Neo is a monster hunter. She answers to the calls of the people, or just hunts for profit/pleasure. She also hunts dangerous creatures in order to protect the world from them. However, on one of her hunts, she encounters a shifter... and, unaware of that, she allows him to accompany her on her hunts. They begin to grow feelings for each other, well, at least up until she finds out what he really is... How will she react? Will she continue to love him, will she ignore him/set him free, or will she treat him like she treats any of her other creatures.... kill it....

    (we shall... I'll start I guess...)


    Neo crouched in a tree, waiting for the golden deer to emerge. This thing looked exactly like what it was worth. For being a young beast, the deer was very swift and alert, so Neo didn't want to scare it. Truthfully it was a shame the creature had to die, but for a life's supply of gold one dead creature won't hurt anything. It's got to come from somewhere, there will be another one some day, there always was... Seeing movement, and the flick of golden ears, Neo readied her bow...

    Unfortunately the hunter wasn't going to get that chance to get the golden deer. Nope, not when someone else already has their sights on the grazing beast. In his panther form, Zuko slowly began to stalk the deer, making sure not to let it get a whiff of him and run off. Once he was practically on top of the deer, he chose now to pounce.

    (sorry extremely for the long wait. I had a doctors appointment to go to, and then some other crap, and now I am finally able to sit back and relax...)


    Neo almost released and had her prize when suddenly a black shadow erupted from the forest around the deer.... and the deer was gone. Confusion and disappointment engulfed her as she silently lowered her bow, not wanting to attract any un-needed and possibly dangerous attention. Almost like that of a cat, Neo crept down to the forest floor without making a single sound, and attempted to find out the person, or thing, that had taken her gold. Slowly, as not to alert anything, Neo peeked behind a large, bush-like tree to find a panther hovered over her deer. Well sh*t, there goes my prize money... but I've never seen a panther that large... where could it have come from? She pondered this as she watched...

    (Nah, its fine. I had stuff I needed to do anyways.)


    Zuko growls softly to himself as he sank his sharp teeth into the deer's neck, snapping it in half. Despite its struggles beneath his weight, the golden furred omnivore couldn't escape the cold clutches of death. Once the panther was sure that his new target was dead, he had to shift the body around a few times before managing to place it on his back. He needed to leave the area and fast before someone comes across an unusually large panther over a valuable deer.

    Neo leaned a little further forward, trying to get a better look, and leaned against the bush. It gave way, making a rattling noise, and she stumbled forward. Before even checking to see if the panther saw her, she retreated into the forest and hid in a small hollow underneath a bush. Shit shit shit.... She covered herself with her cloak, hiding herself and her scent...

    (Perfectly fine)


    He had briefly saw the woman when he heard something but she had already ran off before he could get a good solid look. Shit... he's going to have to hide the body somewhere for a little while before he could sell it on the black market. Once he managed to hide the deer somewhere, he changed back into his human form and pulled on some clean clothes (after all it would be too suspicious if he showed up in town with blood that is even his).

    (yes it would ;) )


    After a while of wait, because waiting never killed anybody, Neo decided to emerge and see if the panther left enough of it's kill for it to still be worth something. Sneaking out and peeking around the corner, she got her answer. There was nothing there accept blood where it had been killed and, as Neo assumed, eaten. Now the only question was, where was that panther? If anything maybe that panther's pelt would be worth something, or even more for it alive...

    Leaving the cave he was changing in, Zuko stuffed his hands in his pockets and began his travels back to town. If he were to come across someone and they ask what a man like him could be doing in the forest alone, his answer would be something along the lines of doing a lovely stroll on a nice day like this.

    And that is exactly what happened. As Neo searched to no prevail for the thriving panther, she came acrossed a man. Usually she wouldn't make her presence known, but seeing how there was a dangerous predator out lurking about she thought it would be the right thing to do to warn the man. She seemed to drift down from the free she was in, as if her feet never touched the ground. Her hood shadowed her face as she approached the man, and she hid her bow behind her back. "Sir." She said in a low, even tone. She didn't look up, "May I ask you to leave the woods. There is a great danger, and so I would advise you to evacuate edmediately so that it may be dealt with." She waited patiently, not really being much of a people person.

    "Oh? I never came across any problems before young miss. Do tell, what is this great danger you speak of, hm?" The man hums, staring at the hooded woman with his one good golden eye. Of course he knows that he's likely talking about him but he doesn't need to show that he knows. That would be rather stupid wouldn't you think?

    Neo responded flat, but she thought she noticed a bit of something in his voice... amusement, maybe? Either way, she didn't care, as long as he gets out of her way. "There is a rather large predator in these woods. Too large to be safe. I advised that you leave admediately." She was losing her patience and was considering taking him to town herself if she had to. She still didn't look up.

    "Then why don't you escort me to town if it's so dangerous miss? I do not any form of a weapon to defend myself with and I'm sure it wouldn't sit on your conscience if something happens to me when you could've done something to keep me safe." He hums, a hint of a smirk on his lips as he watched her closely.

    Neo sighed and grumbled a little under her breath. If it's what takes to get rid of him... She made an attempt to look up at him, to tell him that she would and to get a better look at his face. Before she could say or do anything, their eyes locked, and her breath caught. For a minute she was frozen in time, just staring at his face, and she hastily looked down again. "If you so like..." Was all she could get herself to say... Those eyes... Golden... So beautiful...

    The man releases a soft amused chuckle. "Well then miss, shall we be on our way? We must hurry if we're going to avoid such beast roaming these woods." Now getting a chance to take in the woman's scent, he could be sure that it was the same one that made the noise earlier. What? Just because he couldn't see her before doesn't mean that he didn't pick up her scent before she ran off to avoid his sight.