Hunting with Prey (G/t)(on hold)

Who's the Cat and Who's the Mouse

Scarlet was shaken out of her observations by the titan walking towards the table. He allowed her body to swing back and forth to most likely strike fear into her body. She wouldn't let it work, but the motion did cause sickness in her body. One that would cause a little upchuck to poor into her mouth and she had to force it back down so she didn't seem weak from puking on his table.

He dropped her on the surface harshly, causing her to stumble. Scarlet had to hold her chest to allow herself to catch her own breath and force her body to not react in pure sickness. Peeking up at the giant she placed a fist over her mouth like that was going to force her body to react differently.

"Couldn't be any gentler?" She remarked with a snarky attitude.

"Nope." he slammed down a wooden cage made for small animals or prey in the woods. As soon as he opened the door with one hand Farris reached over for her body. "Just accept it, you're frail."

Before his calloused hands even reached her waist Scarlet instinctually grabbed her sword and pointed it towards his hand. "If you think I'm just going to go in there quietly you must be crazy." Swatting at his fingers she watched as the giant retracted his hand at her protest. He obviously wasn't moving his hand in fear of her cutting him, it was more like 'I'll get her later'. This could be fun.

"Back off now...or I will-"

"Will what? Poke me with that toothpick again? You saw how well that worked earlier." he used his other hand and pushed her body towards the cage opening. "Now be a good girl and...just...go-"

Scarlet grabbed her sword stabbing directly down. It just snagged his coat jacket pinning it to the table. She couldn't help but lean against the hilt with one hand and look up at Farris with the biggest smile she could muster. "Who is trapped now?"

Farris simply picked up his arm causing the sword to fall on its side. Scarlet stumbled on top of the cloth until he lifted up his hand. She stumbled until she grabbed the material with both hands. She felt the giant lift his arm into the air so she was eye level with him. She didn't dare let go, because the only thing stopping her from plummeting to the ground was the tabletop that was also a good 50 feet from her now dangling feet. She was hanging on for dear life to the cuff of his coat. Luckily her weight was nothing to him, or the material would have started to rip.

"Are you done now?" he asked shaking his arm a bit to get the rat off of him.

Scarlet could feel her body swing back and forth. He wasn't doing it to the point that person does when they find an insect on them and they desperately wanted them off, it was more like an annoying animal was attaching themselves to him and he just wanted to shake them off.

With as careful movements she could do, she reached behind her back frantically with one hand. Once in a while, she had to desperately reach back up to make sure he didn't shake her body off. Reaching behind her, she just barely could feel the handle of the crossbow swinging from side to side. Gripping her hand at the air a few times, she managed to grab it. Whipping it in front of her, she thanked the gods because the arrow was already locked and loaded.

"We had an agreement giant!"

She felt the jerking of his body suddenly stop. He seemed to finally remember she had one thing that could harm him, didn't matter if it was a human weapon or not. She pointed the loaded arrow right towards his eye to emphasize she was not joking around. "Now. Put me down or I shoot."

"You wouldn't dare."

She didn't allow the arrow to shoot or even the sting containing the arrow to fly all the way, but she pulled the trigger while holding the bowstring. Farris could clearly hear the click of the trigger making him flinch a bit. He was no idiot. If she wasn't holding the bow back with her other fingers, that arrow would have flown right at his eye taking it out in seconds.

"We had an agreement."

Farris looked directly at her, growling under his breath. "Fine... but you still owe me for your life and much more to come since I have spared your many times today alone."

"I didn't ask for your help!" She looked down. Scarlet had to readjust her grasp on the fabric. She could feel her hand already slipping and she attempted to pull her body up a bit more with one hand while holding her crossbow in full view of the giant.

The two glared at each other for so long it seemed like their eyes glazed over. Scarlet had to take a few rapid blinks to rid the tears appearing in her eyes from holding them open so long. She didn't want to take any chance he would try anything and neither did he.

"How about this. I put my crossbow down. You promise to get rid of the cage and we can talk civilly."

As if in unison Ferris shook his head in agreement slowly and she lowered her crossbow. He slowly placed his arm closer to the table until her feet touched the surface.

"Alright." she brushed her clothes off trying to readjust them. As her hands stroked past her chest and hips she looked up noticing Farris giving her a hungry look, one a typical man gives when he likes what he sees. She looked down and noticed that from her jostling around her shirt was lower than usual showing off her breast. "Pervert." she pulled up her shirt and pulled down her bottoms to make sure everything down there was covered.

"Anyway. I will have to keep coming into these woods. We both know this. I already told people you were dead, but how long will that last."

"I can take care of that fact on my own," he growled crossing his arms.

"What I'm trying to get at is that if you help me I will help you. A giant can hunt giants better then a human can."

"I am not helping you to hunt my kind." he slammed his hands down on the table to scare her.

"Will you let me finish! I only hunt the one's who are a nuisance, and I guess not friends to you. If I hunt something else you can help me track."

"What do I get in return."

"I don't kill you." she barked back.

"It seems like I have the upper hand here. In the past who was the one who almost killed who?"

"And who's the one who ended the fighting by almost taking your life but didn't? You don't take this now and you will have me back in these woods hunting you and other creatures."

Ferris was thinking about the predicament. Honestly, she has been the closest to ever kill or harm him, and this fact made her interesting. No hunter has ever even got close or could say they meet Ferris twice. "Fine. Send me a message before coming over. You show up unannounced and I will treat you like every other hunter in my woods."

Scarlet did not look forward to this, but if this giant didn't eat her first, she would have a leg up in this occupation that she has needed all these years.

Farris and Scarlet make an official contract. Oh boy. Let's see how well this goes for them. Farris has free entertainment along with a scapegoat on life. Scarlet is to tell people he is slain. If hunter's walk into his forest she is to give him a heads up. Scarlet has a bloodhound at her disposal, problem is controlling it.

The next chapter will introduce their first hunt together. Oh, fun!!! Much to come in the future. We will find out more about Scarlet and Farris since both have been hiding things from the other. Let me know your thoughts on the story so far. Love feedback just like always! Comment below. Don't forget to vote and follow for more.