Breath in Breath out

Breath in..... Breath out.....

Your arm dangled from the rusty chain holding it up. The air was cool and smelled like earth and dirt, as far as you could tell there was no one around...

Breath in Breath out

Breath in... Breath out

"Ok,Im getting out of this hellhole" using your hamon to destory the rusty chain keeping you attached to the crumbly wall you landed quietly kicking up a small pile of dust. You weren't really sure where you were being kept but it looked like a gladiators arena by the way it was built.

Thats when a sudden headache washed over you as memories came flooding back all too quickly.

'This human....-brought?'

'-amuu, Found a new play thing?'

'Fine....-sure to bath it...- start to smell'

Those were the only words you could remember, Tomo was gone and so was Ravenger but you knew the two would be ok but you however, not so much. There was the matter of escaping the large cell you were in. It was deep with in the coliseum,you'd have to find your out without alerting the guards, hell if there were any. But from where you were placed it looked like a straight shot out but you could never be too careful.

You touched the rusty bars and tugged on them,they were shaky and old if you focused your Hamon enough you could probably destory it but if you did who knew what the sound would attract? You tugged on all of them,getting gross rust on your hands but found that the seventh to last bar was alot less sturdy than the rest now you had your target. Putting your hand in your hair you easily pulled out a strand of hair,the feeling made you sneeze. Infusing it with Hamon you turned your own hair into a tiny saw blade. You worked through the bar at a high angle so when it did cut though you'd have a sharp weapon to go with your hamon,incase anything happened.

Your hair eventually cut though and you slipped out into the dark halls,the only thing lighting the area up was a single torch on the wall. Grabbing it you began walking towards the open gate at very,very veryyyyy far end of the hall way. Your sandles kicked up dust and dirt along with,"i-is that?" Your big toe hit something hard and smooth concealed under the dirt,"im just going to assume that's an animals bone"

That's when you heard it,a low hissing sound from somewhere behind you in the dark,"oh hell no" and you high tailed it to the exit jogging so the light wouldn't go out the hissing only got louder as you got closer to the exit. Now running you tripped over have buried rock in the dirt and landed on your butt. Behind you the gate had slammed shut leaving you out in the moon lit gladiator ring. On the opposite side of the ring another door opened and several pair of glowing red eyes stalked near you,"of course,more damn vampires" you stood and raised your weapon and they lunged.

Picking up your pipe you infused it with Hamon and swung as hard as you could once the vampire had gotten within range. The vampires head exploded,covering you in gore and ash as its body fell to the ground. That's when all hell broke loose, more and more vampires appeared from the gate.

"Shit!" You ducked when a long,twisted vampire tried to claw your scalp off. It was pale and malnourished with a monstrous face that seemed to be a mix of human and melted skin! you were more than happy to melt the rest off useing your Hamon. You looked around your surroundings, so far there were about twenty maybe thirty vampires all circling you and you knew your Hamon wasn't going to be strong enough to take out every last one of them individually so you hatched a plan. There was a small hole in the pipe,you quickly tied your strand of hair through it and ran for the torches on the wall.

You jumped over a body aiming for your legs and swung at another oddly shaped head when another vampire dropped in front of you. Casting a heavy blast of hamon on your makeshift 'whip' you caused the hair to grow till it touched the ground, then you set it on fire and layered it with another coat of hamon.

"No,you dont get to run away!" The vampires hissed and started to crawl away. You used your new whip to snag one by the thin ankle and pulled it back. When it reached your foot you impaled its head with the end of your spear' and twirled it around to knock the other vampire that had lunged for you to the side,"nasty,bald,gross ugly piece of shit!" You stomped on its chest,taking your anger and frustration out of them.

You wanted to know if your tribe was ok, how many had survived? And where that no good traitor ran off to!

"When I get my hands on him I'll!" You stumbled a bit, how much energy had you used? Right you couldn't get distracted,you needed to get rid of these vampires and move on. There were three left, all of the them circling you wearily,after all you did just bisecte one a few moments ago.

"Come on you...." you gasped out,"I'll send you to hell myself" fuck why was it getting so hard to breath? When was the last time you ate? The last time you drank water? Hell what day was it?! You'd figure those minor details out later for now you had to make sure you didn't get eaten alive!

The vampires must had finally gotten sick of waiting because one of them attacked the back of your head. It was alot faster than you expected and managed to bite into your shoulder.

"Little shit!" You flipped your make shift spear over and rammed it through its eyes,making the both of you fall to the blood soaked ground. Another tried jumping you while you were down but you managed to roll away in time and flick the hair stand around its neck. You rolled forwards and felt the strand take the vampires head with it.

Resting on your knees you watch as the final vampire glared at you,hissing and cracking its jaw. It seemed to understand that you were no easy meal.

"Boo!" You stomped your foot at it and the beast scrambled to get away,tripping over itself in an attempt to get back inside the coliseum. You fell on your butt and watched it run,kicking up dust and bones. Holy Smokes you were tired! The Hamon laced strand went out along with the fire and for a moment you felt like you could relax but that was before something jumped from one of the higher parts of the coliseum and landed directly on the vampire,creating a massive crator that shook the ground and a new corpse to feed the dirt.

"A fine battle,young warrior"

"I- you? What the hell are you doing here?!" You forced yourself to stand on exhausted legs. Was he the one who dragged you here?! Why!? That didn't make any sense! The pillarmen were known for their ruthlessness so it made no sense as to why he let you live.

"You form is crude at best,do You work better with a team?"

You didn't say anything,if he did bring you here then he must want something from you. That didn't add up though,you weren't that special among your tribe so you had nothing to give! You glanced around,there was another exit on the far,far left but you doubted you make it. This monster of a man was three times bigger than you and you bet your hair clip that his stride was just as big.

You started to circle him,well it was more like a limp you hadn't realized it but one of the vampires got your leg pretty good.

"What do you want with me,I dont know anything important" the most you did that would considered 'important' was organizeing hunting parties.

"Nothing angers me more than wasted potential"

You looked around,confused,"me? I dont think your understand just who you kidnapped, I'm average, the village already test me for any advanced Hamon and I promise you I'm as plain as you can get,now let me go I have a traitor to kill" you slowly backup twords one of the opened gates as Wammu followed you.

"You are dutiful,I can tell by the way you fight that your skills could be something to be feared! Let me train you"

Train you? Train you!? This son of a-

Completely forgetting your escape plan you stormed right up to him with a fire in your eyes and a face that would make a new born babe cry.

"After what you did to my family!? My tribe!? You and your bastard friends and their bastard vampires can all go to hell! Cause once if finished finding that traitor it will be your heads I Come.For.Next" you promised, jabbing the man in the chest,"I dont need some psychotic shit wad who can't even face me himself in a battle to 'train' me,so you can take your offer and shove it up your crunchy asshole!"

"Crunchy?" That wasn't something he'd been called before. Not that it mattered,you wouldn't be able to leave anyways. He would turn you into a fearsome warrior! Capable of not only holding your own against him but besting him in battle this he swore to!

Back up you released a stressed breath "Im not staying here,I have a traitor to find" thats when the adrenaline finally wore off,your leg gave out and the sorness of fighting for who knew how many days hit you full force! "How long has it been?" You couldn't remember much after blacking out.

"Days? About four," he leaned down and grabbed your arm,squeezing it like a grape,we'll need to work on your muscles mass and fitness" these little twig arms of your wouldn't do.

"Dont touch me,night stalker!" You tried to pull your hand away but his grip was ten times as strong. You honestly couldn't believe that someone this powerful existed! Thats when the hunger pains kicked in, your gut twisted horribly at you,yelling and demanding to be filled,"ow,ow ow!" You used your free arm to grab it,trying to ease its rightful wrath!

"Human, what is that sound?" Wamuu looked down at you,listening to that gurgling sound.

"Hunger pains pillarhead, I haven't eaten in-" you didn't know how long it had been so you guessed,"...days!" You groaned in pain.

"Thats right,you humans do need so sort of nourishment," he easily picked you up like you would a cat and carried you back to your cell,"stay here,I will provide you with nourishment" and he vanished somewhere off to the left.

"As if im- Ow!" Your throat was dry and your stomach was five seconds away from eating itself! 'OK,maybe sticking around would be better' you sighed and thought about where Ravenger and Tome could be. Hopfully they could lead the others in hunting that stupid man down!

"Here" you didn't even notice he'd came back. In his hand was a small wooden plate with raw,still bleeding, meat on it,"and water" he handed you a old,rusty tin cup filled with water and questionable flecks of something.

"You...you insufferable- is this so kind of mockery among you pillar freaks?!" You looked at the 'nourishment' in front of you. You werent sure if you were just in a bad mood or it was the hanger pains talking but you were just incredibly angry at the moment!

He looked down at you,unblinking,"I can just let your starve, ungrateful one"

"Ungreat- YOU BROUGHT ME HERE!" You sighed,"look is there a place where I cook this? And boil..." you sniffed the water,"ew this smells awful!" You dumped it out on the dirt.

"There is such a place," he moved out of the cell door way,"follow me" you followed him down one of the long passages. Cell after cell was either empty or holding a small flock of crawlers,vampires that were less human than others. They hissed at you but didn't try to attack, most likely due to the pillar freak guiding you.

"Here,this is where I got it from," he brought you to a separate room where dried herbs hung from the ceiling. It looked abandoned,pots and pans were tossed about. The brick oven was covered in carcole and the massive jugs that usually held water were either cracked or tipped over mixing with some redish looking clumps on ground,clay perhaps? Or cooking oils you couldn't tell.

This place must had been recently ransacked,there was still meat rotting on the floor,gross.

"Here," he pointed to the kitchen area.

You blinked and sighed,"are you serious?"

He handed you a Jug,"there is a stream near by,You can hunt fish and get drinkable water" he forgot how close humans were to animals,they too needed fresh water to drink although it was a bit how they couldn't digest raw meat like most animals.

You made a face but took the jug,"bow and arrows?"

"Only spears"

You clicked your tongue,annoyed that you'd have to make one youself,"Fine,lets go" youd let Wammu show you around for now,the better you knew your surroundings the better chance you had of escaping once you had the energy.

Following him through another hallway and to a large wooden door that was a bit crooked you both entered the forest.

"There is a large lake up ahead as well"

Maybe it would have a stream to bath in? The water would carry your smell down hill and give your wolf a scent to track back.

"...." you didn't say anything. What was your tribe like? Was everyone ok? The pillarman only wanted the stone so they'd have no reason to go back and wipe your people out....right? You'd have to ask later.

Once you reached the lake you and wammu stopped and peered at it from the bushes and shrubs. About 40 meters away stood a single buck, aka your dinner for the next few days.

"You pillarman know how to hunt right?" You double checked the spear you'd been given,thankfully it was still sharp. It was going to be alot harder to take this buck down now that Tome and Ravenger were gone, but it was nothing you couldn't handle!

"Yes,Iv watched hundreds of hunters stalk their pray"

"Good,how well can you use those windy fists of death?"

"They are not called 'windy fists of death' its-"

"I need you to launch the spear as fast as you can"

Wamuu thought about it for a moment,that could actually work,"you are very clever human,a fine warrior trait"

You didn't know how to feel about that,"dont break it" handing the weapon off to him Wamuu took aim at the deer,wind wrapping around his arm before he chucked it. Your spear shot through the air and went straight through the bucks neck,making it fall over dead.

'His accuracy is scary,he could easily send that wind at me,how would I be able to counter that?' You kicked off a few leafs stuck to your leg and ran twords the buck, you didnt want any predators to sniff out the blood. The buck had a nice pair of antlers,if you could break it off you'd have a nice knife!

Leaning down you grabbed the dead deer and tossed it on your back,its head bumped against yours and its blood started to soak your back. If you had some spare clothing you would have tried to keep it from bleeding so much but this would give you an excuse to come back and bath in private. You used your spear to keep the buck from sliding off your back and followed Wamuu back to the coliseum.

Once back into the kitchen,if you could even call it that, you olaced it on the table ready to take its fur after that it needed to be hung on the one of the meat hooks hanging. You'd need some salt to clean and preserve it along with some fresh water to boil and maybe some alcohol just to thorough.

"Human, what are you doing?" He was watching you grab a lage pot, some fire wood, flint and steel and some cotton.

"Cleaning my kill, how do you not know this?" You didn't how the pillarman hunted but you honestly doubted that the man had never killed his own buck before.

Wamuu watched you clean the center island with hot water. As a being who ate vampires and humans he didn't know much about the huamn diet and was rather curious. Now that he had a bit of down time to himself he wanted to explore a bit. Standing back he watched you dig around for a butchers knife and sharpen its blades before cutting into the bucks hind fur and started to clean it,fur,skin and everything else,even the horns.

"Dont you have something better to do than watch me?" You folded the fur and tossed it away from you so you could wash it later.

"Your gutting it now?" He asked as you swapped blades.

"Yeah"

He watched you open its stomach up and remove all the organs away before really getting into the meat. You sliced through skin and tends, separating them into different piles of what you could use it for until all that was left was the head, not even its teeth remained!

"Are there any vegetables growing around here?" You checked the pantry, there were a few potatoes growing out of control an onion and a clove of garlic rolling around on the ground.

"Vegetables?" Wamuu didn't really pay attention to that sort of thing but he did see some sort of boxed off area with plants growing out of it,"there was a boxed off area, this way" he brought you back outside and to the left and sure enough there it was, an massive over grown garden that needed to be taken care of.

"Looks like Iv got my work cut out me," that wasn't an entire lie, you'd stay put for a few days, maybe a week? To regain your strength and understand your location better. Then you'd find a way out from this pillarmans gaze and find that traitor and bring his head home on a stick!

Digging through the dirt you could tell the many potatoes growing had been chewed on by rabbits and other small animals. You pulled up the weeds and tossed them to the side while Wamuu watched you work quietly. There weren't many vegetables left, alot of the carrots, potatoes and beets had already been eaten by pray. Grabbing a basket sticking up out of the ground you collected what was left and went back inside.

"What are these....brown things?" He poked a potato that you didn't wash off with water.

"A potato, here,you wash these off while o go and bath,im covered in blood and im tired"

He looked at the basket then you

"Oh please,you think I'm in any shape to escape? I'm pretty sure you broke a few ribs last time we fought so I'm really not going anywhere"

"...go with her"  he said.

You were confused who was he-

The clunk of a heavy foot caught your ear,falling quietly from the ceiling stood a tall and pale but thin,humanoid creature. It looked like what would happen if you stretched a human out like clay or something, it didn't have a face but it did have a pair of giant ears and massive claws.

The only sound it made was the clink of its blade like finger tips scraping together.

"Fine,if this thing touches me I'm killing it," you were to tired to fight so you made your way back to the lake to bath leaving the warrior alone in the kitchen.

"Found a new project?" Esidisi asked.

Wamuu kneeled to him,"Yes,Its been a very long since Iv had the opportunity to battle against a skilled Hamon warrior"

"Ill never understand your fascination with battle Wamuu, especially with mear humans," he picked up the freshly skinned buck fur,"they're like dogs, only worse If you wanted someone to spar with just ask Santana"

"Will all due respect Master Esidisi, I enjoy battling for the sake of out witting my opponent and challenging each other, knowing either of us could fall at any moment is-" he never got to finish his sentence.

"You didn't even wash the potatoes off or skin then?" You were soaking wet by the time you'd come back to the kitchen,"for such powerful beings you sure are useless,"

"Ehhh?" Esidisi looked down at you as washed and began to peel the potatoes,"you're rather bold for someone with in melting rang"

"Your talking mad shit for someone in peeling range" You snapped,not even bothering to look up.

"Hmp, I see why you like this human just don't let Santana find her, I'll send for you later" and he left the way he came

"You were extreamly disrespectful to my master,human" Wamuu looked a bit irrated.

"And you disrespected my stomach by not peeling the damn potatoes!" You snapped back,"I dont care about you or your masters,I'm hungry sore and tired and if you've got a problem with that then so help me I will shove a half peel, hamon infused baked potato so far up your ass you'll be shitting potatoe wedges for a week!" You snarled,"Got it?"

"...Dont let it happen again" he left you too your work,right now you were like a scared and angry dog. He had a few more hours till the sun came up, Wamuu would grab the horses to do a  laps around the collosium to give them  a run and to get rid of the odd feeling in his gut.

After a whole half hour of waiting your food was finally done! 

"Where the heck is he?" You muttered grabbing another bowl, "BIG GUY! WHERE ARE YOU!?" you forgot his name,didn't it start with a W or something?

"What is it human?" His head popped in.

"Here, come eat" you pointed to his bowl as you crushed up some rock salt and pepper. You pushed the bowl his way and dug in.

"...what?" He narrowed his eyes,confused at the bowl youd offered him. Was this some sort of trick? Had you poisoned it? "Poiosn didn't work on me"

Your eye twitched," shut the hell up and eat,I didn't have to make you a bowl but since you helped kill the buck I did,its common curiosity where I'm from"

"Your sharing....your spoils with me?"

You grunted at him, did he not know what sharing is? What a weirdo...

"Then...I accept," he took the bowl and chugged it in one go,it felt warm entering his body.

".....that was actually impressive" standing up you took your bowl and started washing it,"well? What are you doing?"

He stared at you,"what?"

"Get over here and wash your bowl!" You moved over to the side and grabbed a sponge"-geez your massive,you know how to clean things right?"

"Yes,I am aware...you are very strange"

"Those are some might bold worlds coming from you of  all people"

"You are weak and I could consume you at any moment,you didnt bow at master Esidsi nor to the vampire I had follow you,your bravery is commendable"

"Are all pillermen obsessed with bravery and honor?"

"Only honorable ones"

You cackled at that,"Good night Wamuu" now that you'd eaten you were less cranky, but come tomorrow morning you'd be long gone. This man might try and 'train you',as he put it but you weren't here for training you had a traitor to hunt down.

Taking your buck hide, you shuffled back to your cell,ignoring all the hissing from the vampirs hidding in the dark. They knew not to mess with you. Closing your cell door you spread your skin out on the ground and quickly fell asleep.

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Clank!

You jerked awake and rubbed your eyes to get the sleep out of them.

"The sun has finally set,come" Wamuu looked down at you.

"...huh?" You yawned,stomach growling .

"Get up"

"...um no, I haven't eaten yet" how long had you slept for anyways? There was no sun dile underground and no candles either.

"Hurry then,we're wasting moonlight"

"Your such a weirdo," he followed you to kitchen hovered over you as you ate and the moment you put your spoon down he dragged you off to the collosium.

Outside you could see the faintest of sunlight die out as night truly began.

"Here,pick a weapon" he pushed out a rack of weapons ranging from dagers to spears and even a few weapons you'd never seen before!

You looked at the rack and decided to go with the spear,it was about as thick as your arm and was a head taller than you.

"Now then,___,let us begin"