The CoDas: Reboot [By Hex]

Chapter 32: Recognition

Right then and there, I know what that Colorless was. The first one I ever fought, the one from my dream, from my Awakening. However it was in a different form than when I last saw it, it was more buff and had a more intimidating presence than I last remembered.

But I began to wonder, What was it doing here? What did it want? I thought that the Colorless would be long gone but it seemed that it was back for revenge and it had brought an army with it.

"Nathan, be careful, we call that type of Colorless a BruteWolf, they're reckless and quite barbaric. Though I will say that this one seems to be unique than the others I've seen."

"BruteWolf, huh?" I mumbled as I remember Zack mentioning them during the time when I was 'Training'.

It stared at me, it's head twitching oddly which gave an unsettling atmosphere. Among this sinister presence, I had the urge to stand up for myself and curse at anything that would go against me or anyone who was close to me. It was a rash of me but during that moment, there was a sensation in me, like the feeling of when you jump from a high place. Yes, this feeling that I had, it was a mix of multiple things; like fear, excitement, adrenaline, and rebellion. My heart was pumping and I was shaking from all those feelings in me, I couldn't help but grit my teeth in excitement. This beast was an oppression, it was looking down at me like a fragile slug waiting to be crushed and I wanted to rebel against it, I wanted to climb that wall in front of me. I grunted as I shouted at the BruteWolf, "back for round two, huh!? Punk!"

Shiro whispered to me as she kept an eye on any Colorless that would attack her, "You sure you should be provoking it?"

Paying no mind, I continued building up my own courage to talk trash towards it. I've been in many fights when I was young and when I saw how intimidating that BruteWolf Colorless was, my mind switched to the mood of the usual street fight. I threatened it as I shouted, "Come on! You want round two, Mutt? One-V-One me, you Sonavabitch!"

And that seemed to have pushed the nerves of the BruteWolf because once I finished my sentence, it seemed to have become more aggressive and growled; in fact, most of the Colorless surrounding us were really offended by the statement I just claimed. I don't know if it was the fact that I called it Mutt or the fact that I called it Son of a-you know what I mean.

Shiro whispered to me in worry, "Nathan, I don't think you're ready to fight that thing in a singular match."

"Don't worry, I asked for it, I'll pay the price. Anyways, If it does want to go against me in a One-on-One then I'd like you to leave it to me unless things get out of hand." I reassured Shiro as I walked a slowly towards it, I continued "Shiro, I suggest you try to find an opening for us to escape as soon as you can"

"No need to tell me twice, I'm already working on it." She chuckled.

The rest of the Colorless growled as well and soon began to stroll towards me but the BruteWolf scoffed them back, conversing something incomprehensible which sounded distorted and otherworldly. The BruteWolf turned its head back at me and pointed at me with hateful eyes, it then began to approach me slowly and I began walking towards it as well. The rest of the Colorless began to bark or screech as if they were rooting for the BruteWolf to beat me to a pulp. I gritted my teeth as my nerves were becoming tense, I didn't know if the feeling was nervousness or excitement but I felt like I was becoming rash in my choices.

It was convenient that the rooftop had a lot of space for a battleground so I was glad I had this amount of space at my disposal. Initially, when I and Shiro felt that pressure, I was expecting some kind of chase to occur between us and the Colorless but this was unexpected, to have an 'honorable' duel of some sorts. The distance between me and the BruteWolf was closing in until we both instinctively stopped at our path. We were facing each other about 4 meters apart as the screeching and barking of the Colorless began to fade away, my only focus came onto the BruteWolf itself.