The hallow swept low into the brush sniffing the ground. He raised his head snarling his hair prickling as he slowly pawed forward his body fading. He had only 12 seconds... that was plenty. His prey was small and slow. He stepped stealthful up toward the playscape the child sat on sadly. The hungry hallow licked his chops he had followed her for days running all across town for 3 days and somehow she continuesly alluded him. First there had been the appearance of the shinigami which forced him to quickly retreat. Fortunate as he was the the girl had also run. Her scent was easy to recover as he returned to the hunt.
The second day had been just as bad, but also, oh so, rewarding. He could still taste their spirit in his drooling jowls. There had been 3. Apparently all friends. She knew them, went to school with them, they had all died together. A school bus of twenty overturned and blown to pieces not far from the outer edges of town. They didn't even know it had happened, the poor fools. They continued each on their own path towards the school. He was hoping to catch them all in one group and devour them whole one by one till his starving belly was full.
He remembered the hunt so well, as like now, he stealth creeping up on them slowly. It was oh to easy for him. A simple cero would send them all flying, but where was the fun in that? His first target had been the largest the one that might have put up a fight if they both had a physical form. He stood in anticipation until the child had turned his back to him and crept forward. He slowed his breath taking in the scent of each of the young spirits as they giggled and conversed. If he was human he would have sneered with glee, but no, he was an animal. A hunter. As he drew closer it was then that he smelt the young man. He was delicous his jaws twitched in anticipation. He only had a few more second he needed the prime oppertunity. Lucky for the hunter... he got it.
The young spirits had been conversing about how to get to school. His prey tilted his head pondering. Heiki chuckled lunging hearing the others gasp through the screams of thier comrade as he was knocked to the ground he great hunter having driven his fangs deep into the young spirits throat. He snarled thrashing his claws digging into the young child as he flailed screaming for help. Heiki sneered as one of his comrades approached. Having already wounded this one he released the young spirit turning to the smallest of them who had advanced and chackled knocking him over driving his claws into the chest standing proudly as he heard the young male scream. It filled him with glee feeling the life force of the young spirit slip away as he swept low baring his fangs and snapping down onto his jaw snarling thrashing around grinning as he felt the spirit slowly go limp and began inhaling feeling the tastey morsal being absorbed into him. He raised his head after the kill and howled. He turned to the remaining two standing both females clutching to each other. ~twins~ was the word that flashed through his mind. It was so adorable when children coward. He took a step forward the girls both twitching as the stepped back. He bared his fangs in a sinister snarling smile then lunged tackling her to the ground. She unlike the two males had not put up a fight and accepted her fate with a mere snap of her neck. He howled in triumph again knawing away at the girls bleeding corpse. He straightened hearing an enraged cry... of course, how could he have been so foolish.
The young male stood before him howling an enraged and lunged for him. The hunter laughed a barking laugh opening his maw and snapping it shut around the closed fist off his attacker biting it clean off then watched as they stumbled back in agony. He howled pouncing back on his prey clawing at the already battered body and snapped down onto his throat feeling his fluids run moistening his throat as he felt the third of his prey that day fall to darkness. He sneered straightening up another dead below him and raised his head letting out a peircing victory howl. How foolish of him... He turned to find the third gone and snarled following in pursuit.
The third day had been dull the girl tried to get smart and hide her scent by squirming through live infested areas. She failed horribly. In her absenst mindedness she miscalculated having tried to hide herself with the bus driver. and old man... He grinned happily that night having snapped the old man in two with one bite.
And so here he sat today. Clearly she had though shed given him the slip. She was a fool. He crept low under the metal dome playscape she sat atop of swinging her feet through the bars. All. to. easy. His stealth faded as he lunged up seizing one of her legs and jerked feeling it pull right from her body. He squirmed with glee as she screamed and he knawed her leg away. She hobbled down trying to run. In two quick bounds he dove under the bars and had pounced on her burying her maw into her chest chewing at her intestins. He sneered raising his head a minute later letting out a blood thirsty howl of triumph. These children made for some good sport. still 16 more to go. He would enjoy this hunt