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Thancrus, the serpentine creature crouches and slowly raises it's pincer like sword arms at Shadow. With the only weapon he has, Shadow slowly grabs the white handle of the blade and unsheathes Tiger Fang. "
Ill give you this pal. Your the snazziest opponent Ive had. Although the creepy part does not suit you with those tentacles for a nose", Shadow cracks at Thancrus as he didn't seem to expect a reaction since a silent killer like the green mantis isnt a social type. The feeling of the blade was light as a feather as well as the amount of its spiritual aura. He doesn't know what kind of abilities this sword possess, but he was willing to find out the moment the green demon leaps at him at high speed. Just as soon as his instincts kicked in, Shadow already found himself at a deadlock with Thancrus's pincer-blade and leaps back away the moment the other blade swings at him. He lands on top of a tree wiping the blood from the cut on his cheek barely landed by the fiends sharp arm blade. "
Damn this guy is so fast, I barely caught on to his movements", he thought to himself. Shadow launches himself at Thancrus and collides in a clash between blades. Shadow leaps with acrobatics, swinging Tiger Fang maneuverability. Running up and down the hills and cutting up the branches while leaping through the trees, the battle went on for a few hours. It was almost as if Thancrus was toying with Shadow. Suddenly, Thancrus crosses his bladed pincers and slashes an X on Shadow's chest. "
Ahh dammit", he grunts with blood splattering the ground. Distracted, Thancrus thrusts his blades at high speed and collides them both into Shadow's shoulders. Shadow gets plowed through and crashes into the rock cliff walls pinned by the serpentine fiends. While fighting him, he could even lay on scratch on his serpentine armored skin. Glaring straight in Thancrus's third eye. He becomes fustrated that the fact Tiger Fang was hardly any use at all. "
Why....why isnt it working? Is Tiger Fang not accepting me?", Shadow questioned himself looking down at the blade in his hand was the pincer plunges deeper through him to where he was ready to let go. "
No i cant", said Shadow as he refuses to let the blade fall. The thought of losing to a meaningless death did not faze him for a minute. Until the thought of Xaviars lifless face and broken heart became to infuriate him in a silent righteous fury. "
No...never again. I Dont ever want to see that face......AGAIN!!!", Shadow roars as a shock wave of spirit from the sword resonates with Shadow's spirit and sends Thancrus skidding back with discouragement. Shadow became shrouded in a tiger's aura as his eye color turned white and his pupils became slightly slit like a cat's. "
You are so dead", Shadow whispers in a deathly tone
Tiger Fang is TamedThancrus makes a creepy insect-like moan as he begins to charge at Shadow with his blades ready to slash him to bits. "
Whats going on? His movements are slowing down", Wondered Shadow as he instantly defects both pincer and turns with a high kick into the head. While in mid air, Shadow leaps up at him crossing his legs into him in a spinning kick. Thancrus lands on his feet on a tree and leap s at Shadow at high speed. "
Come On!!! Bring it!!", Shadow roars with righteous fury flowing through him as his voice echoes like a tiger's roar. Thancrus and Shadow of head to head in a clash in mid air with blades clashing and fly through the windy leafs as if they were both floating in. Thancrus begins to have difficulty laying a blow on Shadow as his eyes went beyond what even Thancrus's three eyes could reveal. Caught in a dead lock, they both push away in a long back flip as Thancrus lands charging at Shadow ready to cut him up with his deadly cross slash while Shadow stood there watch his movements. Instantly, Thancrus's pincers along with his charge was halted down by the center of his crossed blades with on swing of Tiger fang. For the moment, Shadow's tiger like gaze stares into Thancrus as time stops all around with the leaves halted in the wind. "
I guess the teachers should summon a more contrasted opponent with more compatible traits next time.....later", he says with a smirk. Shadow moves the blades around the blades, instantly twisting and breaking both Thancrus's arms as Shadow turns to a flexibly powerful upper side kick, sending Thancrus flying up into the rocky cliff. Thancrus goes flying into the rocky wall of the mountain cliff and crashes like a stone boulder in a castle wall. At that moment, Shadow draws his spirit into Tiger Fang and swipes it to reveal a surprising attack he'd never thought he'd use, "
ZANGETSUHA!!". The cresent spirit wave instantly cuts through Thancrus's serpentine armor body and he falls off the cliff in to two gooey green ectoplamic halves.
With the victory of his first trail, Shadow looks down at his new blade. "
So now to decide to accept me? I can never understand Spirit arms", thought Shadow. Just then, he remembered the book saying about taming the right and the first key is the Fury of the Tiger. Shadow's righteous prideful fury must have allowed Tiger Fang to acknowledge Shadow as its new wielder. Looking back at when he saw, Thancrus's movements slowing down, he at first thought it was some sort of time stopping power. But he then realizes that the surroundings never changed. And thats when he realized that it must have been one of Tiger Fang's abilities. "
It must have enhanced my speed and eye sight to catch on to my enemies movements. Like a cat...no...like a tiger.", and thats when he officially named the ability Eye of the Tiger. But being able to use Zangetsuha, the only attack that can be used by his previous weapon Sliver Leaf was still a mystery to him.
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One Tiger down. One Dragon to go", Shadow Shadow as his twirls the blade and sheathes it up. He head to his next trail where Dragon Claw awaits.
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