Chapter 6

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Third Person POV

Walking through the forest, Titus could be seen ready for anything that might come his way. 

"Incoming!"

Titus looked over at the source of the voice but was greeted by a boy coming through some bushes and clashing with him, sending them both onto the ground.

"Watch it!" Titus said holding his chest in slight pain. 

"Thanks for the catch!" The boy in a gray outfit with grey hair said with genuine thankfulness. 

"What?! I did not even know you existed," Titus got up. "Now that you are here, what is your name?" 

Titus offered a hand for the grey boy to get up, which he did.

"The name's Zachary Solari. But I prefer Zack. Nice to meet ya'!" Zack said with a remarkably confident smirk on his face. 

"Titus Iceborne." He greeted. "Zack, anything that you'd like me to acknowledge? Such as semblance, weapons... or something such as that?"

"Oh yeah! I have this fucking sick Katana! I named it Sirius. When I press this switch it can be lit afire like this!" As he says that, he excitedly presses the switch and indeed Sirius's blade was now on fire. "Makes it easier to cut stuff and it's more painful!"

"Oh, how charming," Titus couldn't help but feel intimidated by his extreme hyperactivity and his last comment.  "Your semblance?"

"I have extreme reflexes. Not a big deal but it certainly helps me dodge stuff and kill 'em!" He said with his smile still on his face. "What about you fancy boy? INTRODUCE YOURSELF!"

"Right! Right! As I already said, my name is Titus Iceborn, I have got these two rings that turn into brass knuckles with guns attached to them for the ranged advantage The left one is Frostbite and the other one is Frostburn. And my semblance is..." He paused and turned around. He swung at the air and formed a pillar of black ice. "Black Ice. I can change the temperature of water molecules in the air to form my signature Black Ice," He said with a smirk on his face. 

"That is... AMAZING!" Zack said examining the black ice structure Titus had made with excitement. Titus couldn't help but slightly smile at Zack. "I didn't understand a single thing you said about molecules and shit but it sure does look awes-"

Suddenly a Beowulf launched toward Zack but he dodged it easily and stabbed it with Sirius. 

"-ome. See? Reflexes," Zack sheaths Sirius in its scabbard. Titus was in shock, to say the least. Both turn around and see themselves getting surrounded by Ursae Beowolves. 

"Can you handle yourself?" Titus asked Zack, he smiled confidently in response.

"Heh, sure can! Better keep up!" 

Zack POV

Three Beowolves and two Ursae were approaching me. I take out Sirius from its scabbard and press the switch for the flames to light up. 

This is going to be fun! 

I dart to the nearest Beowulf, giving it no time to react and slicing it in half. 

This is easy...  

Two other Beowolves approach me at full speed, but I quickly hear them and turn around. I easily block their claws. One Beowulf takes the chance and comes up to me as fast as a dog running for its frisbee or a stick and grazes my shirt ripping it open a bit. "Hey! This is my favorite shirt!" I push off the Beowolves with an insane amount of force and quickly stab the Beowulf that tried to stab me. 

"Stay down, you muck."

The group of two Ursa remained. One of them launches in my direction and I dodge it thanks to my semblance and throw Sirius at it, stabbing it in the head. I ran up to the disintegrating body of the dead Ursa and grabbed Sirius.

"Who's next?"

The remaining Ursa ran as fast as it could towards me, I react quickly and jump on top of it, effectively riding it. The Ursa couldn't reach the top of its back where I was standing up and enjoying myself. 

"WOOOHOOO"

Okay okay, too much fun. Time to end this. 

I easily pierce Sirius through the Ursa's head. The Ursa fell limp to the ground, allowing me to get off its disintegrating corpse.

"As I said, easy."

Titus POV

Well... seven Grimm, let's do this. 

I inhaled sharply and slammed my two fists together, activating my rings. Both turn into my brass knuckles Frostbite and Frostburn. I see three Beowolves ready to leap in front of me. 

I do not think so.

I focused and swung my fist at the air in an upper-cut manner. My Black Ice started forming in the grass and black ice spikes came out of the ground, Stabbing the three Beowolves. An Ursa quickly closed in on me forcing me into a close combat battle. 

Close combat it is. 

I readied myself and the Ursa swung its right claw at me. I jump slightly backward with my arms protecting myself and dodge its attack. I use the opening to swing my fist onto the bear's face. Stunned, the Ursa stumbles and I take the opportunity and punch its stomach a bunch of times with great force. Enough damage had been done and it fell to the ground limply. A Beowulf lept at me but I summoned a black ice wall from the ground and it crashed into it. The Beowulf tried to climb it with its claws, but by the time it was at the top, I was already aiming my guns at it, I fire and shoot its head off. Instantly killing it. 

"Five down. Two to go," As I said this. Zack darts to the nearest Beowulf and cuts its head off.

"One to go," Zack said and put Sirius in its scabbard. "Want me to kill it?" He said pointing at the remaining Ursa.

"Let me. I have been meaning to try this out..." I said and concentrated my aura. 

The Ursa was speeding up to us. 

"...try and move the water molecules more to the fist area..." I remember Geist's explanation. 

While running. The Ursa noticed that beneath it black ice started to form. It looked down and tried to turn away, but it was too late and I did as Geist suggested. I swing my arm in an uppercut manner and a fist-looking Black Ice structure comes out of the Ice puddle. Sending the Ursa flying. With just the mere contact of the fist with the bear's body, it killed it. But we just observed the lifeless body fly into the air.

"It's gonna take some time to fall..." Zack said looking at the flying bear. 

Around 10 seconds later it hit the ground with enough force to explode into pieces. 

"Welp, that's one way to finish a battle..." Zack said and both were too stunned to say add to the conversation. 

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