Tatt's still felt a little bewildered when they walked into the forest. I mean having your head chopped of doesn't happen every day. Sansieri gave him a worried look but he told them her he was fine just needed to get his head on straight. He laughed a bit to himself getting his head on straight get it? applauding himself for the word joke he walked together with the rest of his group following the instructor as he lead them to wat would be their starting point.

All 4 members of his group where melee fighters so they didn't bother thinking up much of a movement strategy. The only thing they did do was keep Sansieri in the middle since she told them that she could cast a bit of healing magic should the need arise. The other 2 members of his team where a tigerlike beastman and he was actually pretty unsure wat the other guy was with his 3 eyes that glowed a menacing red whenever he looked at anything. They had named themselves Tiger, even Tatt's thought the name was a bit simple but hey it was his choice, And Triclops. He couldn't help but grin to himself a bit at that so the 3 eye actually had a sense of humor. unexpected.

Before he could let his thought wander any further the starting signal was given. The group started to move out but they weren't in any kind of hurry so they just kept their eyes open and scanned the tree tops and the area around them for any kind of movement. He was thinking to himself which group should be the one to worry the most about. His first thought was Luniera and Oak. Oak had his monstrous strength with which he wielded that huge ass tower shield like it was a simple plank. That mace of his was also something he would really not like to get hit by. He was pretty sure that a strike from that would mean his instant death. He had sparred with Oak a few times and still had no idea how to take him down. Sure he was faster than the giant treeman but he hadn't figured out how to get passed that annoyingly huge shield.

Luniera of course was not one to forget. Tatt's had to be honest, he was kind of infuated with the girl after he had seen her calm control during the pain test. His tribe prouded themselves on their resilience but they could not compare to her. Even without his memories he was pretty sure about this. Then he saw the way she wielded that slim sword of hers the practiced grace that she moved it with made her even more attractive to him. He was also 100% sure that she was the most dangerous of all of them. Sure Grey and her where on the same level speaking stattwise according to the statusplate. But skill with weapon and battle experience was not rated on the status plate.

Getting a bit exited himself thinking about all the strong opponents he would get to fight he increased his pace a little. The others didn't voice a complaint and simply adjusted their pace. It didn't take long for them to come into contact with another group. The other group had 3 melee fighters and some one who had chosen a sling. Who in het 666 forbidden hells would choose a sling?! He thought to himself. He quickly found out why when a stone zoomed into his face. Blood splattered in his face and he could hear his nose break. “Mutherfucker!” He roared racing towards the group. Getting pelted by a few of the stinging stones on the way. Giving his races robust build he didn't fill the full brunt of the impact the stones could have made. If a normal human was hit by a stone like that they could possibly break a few bones. A surprisingly annoying fucking weapon he thought to himself.

He then smashed his axes down on the closest melee fighter he could see who raised his shield. One of his axes smashed through an edge of the shield splintering it. The other got lodged in the thick wood. The boy was brought to a knee under the power of the blow. Tatt's used this to set his foot on the shield and pushed the boy shield and all of his axe. He then proceeded to bury his favored axe into the skull of the young man. Killing him outright. To his left he saw Sansieri smoothly dodge a blow that another fighter wielding a bastard sword swung at her and she returned a palm strike straight to the chest around where the heart would be. With a splat of blood leaving his mouth her opponent dropped onto his face dead.

Note to self Tatt's thought. Do not mess with Sansieri if you want to live. He then quickly pursued the little fucker that had broken his nose as he saw that the girl with the sling was trying to retreat to a safer distance. Tatt's would have none of this and threw his axe straight into her back. She was hit with such force that she was knocked of her feet and flew through the air a bit before landing face first on the floor dead. There was no such thing as difference between races in his tribe. Each woman would be held to the same standards as the men. And they should be able to handle the burdens. This little fact caused Tatt's to not even hesitate when fighting women. He didn't understand the moral view of other races that women should be treated differently. He could see from Sansieri and Luniera that women where every bit as dangerous as men. If not more so.

The other 2 of his team quickly dispatched of the last member of the opposing group and they moved on. Cleaning their weapons a bit and trying to rub some of the blood out of their eyes. Sansieri by some miracle didn't have the smallest speck of blood on her. Pretty suspicious if you ask me Tatt's mused looking at his still slightly mysterious partner. They may have been together for about 6 months now but he still didn't have quite a handle on the kind of person she was.

Once again his thought's were interrupted when he heard the sound of combat coming somewhere from their left. The group having gained some confidence after their first encounter moved onto the sounds of combat. It didn't take long for them to arrive and wat they found was a bloody massacre.

Two blood covered fighters where hacking people to bits. He felt completely baffled by the sight of the normally so very stoic Six laughing manically when he hacked into the knee of his shield wielding opponent. He seemed to relish the feeling of the blood that splattered all over his face. The blood crazed man soon stepped on the arm of the poor opponent who was clearly over himself with fear. He then started to smash his hand axe into the face of the frightened boy. But he was not satisfied by the blow ooooowh no not by far. He continued to smash his axe into the face until the head was a complete pulpy mess. Pieces of brain clung to his axe as Six looked around for his next opponent.

Meanwhile on the other side he saw something that surprised him yet again. Grey seemed to be in the same bloody craze as Six. Although instead of the maniacal smile seen on Six's face Grey seemed completely serene. He seemed at peace slaughtering the opponents before him. His face was so very blissful as he chopped of the arm of the girl he was fighting and then twirled around wielding his staffblade lightning fast cutting of the head of his poor opponent his face getting a few more added blood stains to them. It was also hard to miss the remaining pieces of body that seemed to cling to his hair and clothes. Seeing someone so calmly disposing of his enemies was even more bloodcurdling to Tatt's than wat Six was doing. Seems Grey is far more dangerous than i had thought.

It didn't take long for the other fighters in the area to back themselves away from the duo. After having no more opponents in their immediate range the gazes of the bloodcrazed fighters met each other and with a snarl they pounded on each other. At first they where wielding their respective weapons with a measure of practiced skill. 6 months of nonstop practicing could teach a man a lot about his weapon. Soon however it seems the monster inside them took over as all the skillful techniques went out the window and they left all defense behind. Smashing into each other like two catastrophic forces colliding. Blood was flying around them in fact there was so much blood and body parts around them that the one of his group could be heard emptying his stomach behind him.

He couldn't really blame him. It was probably the most grotesque sight he had seen in his life so far. Soon enough they both started slowing down a bit to due to their many wounds. Six had lost his shield somewhere along the way and had picked up a dagger up form the floor and was now dualwielding. Grey still had his staffblade in both hands but the blade as well as the staff was covered in the shining crimson of blood. The two didn't show any sign of stopping however and was soon enough clashing weapons again. Tatt's and his group had no real desire to stop the two fighting. It wasnt really comfortable thinking of having those two focusing their attention on you.

Then suddenly he noticed another group approaching from the side. It was Luniera and Oak and their group. They seemed to already have been in combat seeing as their weapons showed some marks of blood the same Tatt's group. They stopped for a wild staring at the massacre in front of them. Then with a sudden burst of movement Luniera sprinted forward to the beserking duo. She stepped on the ground behind six and made a leaping movement where body made a weird kind of spin. Then in a flash both heads of the beserkes where on the floor. Tatt's couldn't believe his eyes. In one move she had beheaded both of them! Sure they were wounded and not as fast as they might have normally been. But one move?! This only affirmed the idea in his head that Luniera was beyond a doubt the strongest of the group.

The rest he didn't really want to tell as he and his group got annihilated by Luniera and Oak short after. Snowflake had managed to wound Oak and if he had been human Oak would have died. But his body was simply to thick for Snowflake's knives to pierce through to the core. Shortly after Snowflake was dispatched by Luniera as well. Making Luniera and her group the winner of this fight

And thus Tatt's concluded the story telling Grey wat had happened. Grey took a moment to wrap his head around this. So he had lost his sense and went berserk killing everyone around him. He looked at Six who seemed a bit displeased with himself for losing control. Six stood up and walked to the other group of people. He then gave a deep bow to the other group and apologized sincerely for the damage he had caused. Grey being rather surprised by the sudden apology of Six's hurriedly stood up and joined Six's side apologizing aswell.

The other group just laughed it over and told them not to worry. Sure the two of them might be crazy and turn into killing machines at the sight of blood. But all they needed to do was turn that madness on the enemies they would encounter in the arena. Grey was somewhat moved by the sentiment the other group showed with their lightheartedness. He was thinking to himself that he was really lucky having met these people. Even if it was under unfortunate circumstances.

The Instructor let them finish the little display and then congratulated Luniera and her group on their victory. Their prize? Absolutely nothing this was practice there was nothing to be gained by it but experience. He then told the group that they would hold these battles once every two weeks so they could get some real fighting experience and test out their new and improved techniques.

Being very tired after everything that had happened all of them soon left for bed. The last thing Grey thought of was that he was happy that the magic of the forest had left him clean when he went to bed. He had probably never slept so well in all his life.

In my opinion my fighting scenes are a bit weak so i will be doing a bit of reasearch to figure out how to improve them. Ill keep posting but anything including fighting i plan to coming back to later and changing. Once i think i have a proper hang of it atleast

:P Thanx for reading!