When Alice was leaning against Kenji's window, he smiled up at her, as if he was used to such treatment. “Wanna fly pretty boy? Finding them will be easier that way.” Alice moved back from the car door, hand on hip and eyes on the forest. Kenji opened his door, not bothering to lock the doors since they were in a pretty remote spot. "See you in a bit Lili," Kenji states with a wink as he stretches his arms above his head, then takes off.
Kenji rocketed skyward, flying in a way that wasn't like most people who flew, normally that is. He searched the ground, looking for one of the other members of his guild or a hellhound. He caught a sharp, deep black amid a sea of green. He pauses, freezing in place and not moving any extra distance at all. He looks down, slowly floating down as he looks at the shape of black, his eyes growing sharper and sharper in sight.
He smiles slightly, drawing a sword and studying the edge for a moment before he looks back down. Kenji looked down, drawing the smells of the forest close to him as he searched for Alice's direct location. It takes a minute or so, but he finds it, sending a gentle wind to show Alice the way to the hellhound from where she was. He dives down, knowing he'll intercept her before she reaches the clearing with the hellhound. From up high, he couldn't see the unusual largeness of the creature.
Kenji listens, trying to pick up the sounds of Alice's approach. He catches her movement on the wind and nods his approval as he moves forward, drawing another blade for his other hand. As he moves forward, he hears the snarling grow louder and louder. He doesn't speak as he walks forward, crouching down in preparation. Jacob still hadn't shown his face recently, Kenji feared he was off, resting or changing or doing something he knew Kenji wouldn't like to screw with him.
Kenji pushed the thoughts out of his mind as he moved forward more. He had nearly missed the pouncing hellhound as it flew at him from the side, not thinking there was more than one nearby. Kenji just barely holds the teeth back from biting his neck with his swords, falling hard on his back. He was pinned except for his arms. Kenji hardly thinks as he angles the crossed blades to slice the neck of the creature, heaving the dead weight off of his body. He breathed deeply, calming himself as he looked down at the decapitated hellhound. It was larger than most. Kenji briefly wondered what kind of hellhound they were fighting as he stared down at the creature. "What the heck?" He whispers to himself as he crouches by the creature, studying it's size. From it's mouth to it's tail, it was probably the size of Kenji.
He looks up, hearing more snarling from the clearing and moving on, ignoring the blood that coated the front of his shirt and his cheek as well as his neck. He hated the wet feeling of the blood on his body, but pushed the thoughts down. He couldn't let that touch him when he was in such a situation, it could be what kills him, like that last hellhound with his thoughts on Jacob. Kenji puts all of his personal thoughts and feelings away, focusing on the task that was at hand, hellhounds terrorizing creatures of his world, human, fae, or keeper.
Kenji entered the clearing, catching sight of another hellhound. He frowns as he stares at the creature from across the clearing. Two more appear on either side of the creature causing Kenji to adjust his grip on his knives. There was more than four than, that is, if everyone else had at least one hellhound as well. His heart raced as the hellhound on the right charged forward, the one on the left following the other's lead. The first once pounced but Kenji rolled, throwing a knife and hitting his target, the beast's stomach. It fell, but instead of staying down, it heaved itself up. "No... that's not possible." Kenji whispered, amazed. His aim at the stomach had always resulted in a kill. What was it with these giant hellhounds? What were they really?
The other hellhound was almost on Kenji, causing the boy to shoot for the sky, but not fast enough. His leg was snagged by the creature's claws, dragging him down with an cry of pain from the boy. He was slammed on the ground by the hellhound. The hellhound extracted it's claws, causing Kenji to cry out again. He rolled to the side, slamming another knife in the other creatures side. He looked down at his leg and nearly got sick, the skin shredded. He hoped it wouldn't do too much damage, or that someone could fix him up soon.
Kenji saw the three hellhounds approaching him again, breathing deeply. He tried to calm down but found himself unable to focus with his leg before him. He pushed against the air, flying back to get further from the creatures. He landed in the grass again, hard. He drew another knife, having lost his other two in the fray. He had three more throwing knives against three hellhounds that were extremely difficult to kill so far. The first one had died from decapitation, and luck. How could he possibly get the same results now?
Kenji manages to stand, balancing himself with the wind. One beast charged and Kenji was ready for the most part, he jumped, pushing himself with the wind and spinning over the creature before flying over it's back, throwing the knife where the heart would be, pushing down with the wind as hard as possible. He then had the least graceful landing he'd ever had, on his butt. He looks behind him, wondering whether or not Alice was close. "Alice, Alice I need you," Kenji shouted, pushing back again with the wind. The one hellhound looked like the two knives in it were hurting, but showed no signs of stopping it's approach. Kenji thought about what he should do. He couldn't use his special ability with Alice so close, he could hurt her. He didn't even know how many other hellhounds were around, he hoped this was it, that the others had the other hellhounds, yet he wasn't entirely sure. He felt disoriented from getting slammed around so much, and his leg was throbbing viciously though the pain wasn't as sharp as it would be later because of the adrenaline. Though it wasn't his main focus, he knew it would be killer later on and was not looking forward to it.