Beast Soul

Tphoo!

Adrian spit into the sink, and blood came out of his mouth. He looked at himself in the mirror of the boy's restroom. It certainly didn't look like he was hurt; at least not externally. 

Did he do that on purpose? Adrian wanted to know. After all, Noah was rambling on about not wanting to get in trouble. Perhaps he knew that injuries that are easily visible could definitely send him straight to the Principal's office, so maybe he purposefully made sure that he didn't cause any external injuries. 

If that's really the case, then this kid certainly wasn't a stranger to fighting.

"What did I tell you, huh?" Billy said as he lit his cigarette. "I told you, didn't I? That f*cker is no joke."

"You can say that again," Adrian replied. 

"So?" Billy puffed on the cigarette. "What's your plan?"

"What?" Adrian, who was checking his teeth in the mirror, turned his gaze towards Billy. "What plan? What are you talking about?"

"What do you think I'm talking about? The plan to take down this f*cker, Adrian. That's the plan that I'm talking about!" Billy said impatiently. "You just got your a** beat by the little f*cker in less than half a minute. Don't tell me you're planning on facing him again without any backup?"

"Really? Did you see the way he fought? And you thought the issue was you didn't have enough people?" Adrian snorted, pulled out the cigarette from Billy's mouth and stubbed it out. "The guy took my punch head-on, Billy. Ain't no one out there who can take my punch, and yet that guy did. He's not normal, Billy. Numbers aren't going to help you win against him."

Billy looked irritated. "So what the f*ck am I supposed to do? Do you have a better idea? Don't tell me that you're going to take him on all on your own, because that's even worse than my idea!"

Adrian sighed. "You think adding more people is going to solve the issue? I am planning on fighting him alone, but that's not because I plan on winning. It's because that's what we agreed upon. And I don't go back on my word. Even if I feel like I would lose."

"What? So that's it?" Billy said stiffly, "You're planning on giving up? Just like that? Because he beat you once?"

Adrian frowned. He didn't want to continue this conversation. "It's not because he beat me, Billy. But it's because of how he beat me," he said, "Don't you get it? It was absolute strength. Purely physical. And the guy's built like a rock. You can't win against that, so why on earth would you waste energy and time on it? I say we finish what we started, accept the loss and move on!"

"So what are you saying? Are you asking me to just leave the bastard who broke my arm and move on like it never happened?" Billy gritted his teeth. He didn't like this. Not one bit.

"Pretty much, yeah." Adrian nodded his head. He then cleaned his face, and turned to leave. Before leaving, he patted Billy's shoulder and whispered in his ear. "Leave it alone, Billy. Or you'll end up regretting it."

With that, Adrian left the restroom, leaving a frustrated Billy alone.

------------ BEAST SOUL ------------

Four hours had passed since the incident in his classroom. It was already evening and the sun was setting. 

The last bell rang, and Noah left the classroom, mumbling to himself.

"I've got to find Wolfe and figure out if he really was the one responsible for the murders or not..." He murmured under his breath. Of course, if Wolfe really wasn't the one who committed the murders, then it posed another question; who, or what the hell is responsible for committing these atrocities?

"Where are you going?" A familiar voice snapped Noah back to reality, and he glanced at the person who spoke. It was Billy, who was standing in front of Noah with a look of anger in his eyes. "Don't tell me you forgot about the fight?"

Behind him stood five guys, all of whom were tall, well built and unkempt. They all wore the school basketball club jerseys underneath their school uniforms. 

"Uh… no, I did not forget." Noah shook his head and lied. He then raised his hands and said, "Lead the way."

Billy and his gang led Noah to the city junkyard, where he found Adrian waiting for them. 

"What the hell is this, Billy?" Adrian saw the five guys following Billy and said. He sounded angry. "What are you doing?"

"You know, I thought really hard about what you said," Billy tilted his head as he spoke. "But in the end, I ended up listening to my gut."

"You're wasting everyone's time, Billy." Adrian said, irritated by Billy's reckless action. "All of this would've been over the moment this fight ended. You just had to drag it out."

"If you're worrying about wasting time, why don't you just stop talking and start fighting?" Billy said as he pointed at Noah.

Adrian shook his head. There was no point in arguing with an arrogant fool. He turned his gaze towards Noah and said, "Are you ready, man?"

Noah raised both of his hands in response. "I am." 

Adrian nodded his head. "Alright then!"

Whoosh!

Adrain exploded forward, swarming through the air at him and within a split second, his fist had once again arrived right in front of Noah's face. Noah wanted to try dodging it, but it was simply too fast for his poor reflexes. 

BAM!

His fist crashed onto Noah's face, and he immediately followed up with another colossal punch into his chest. 

No damage.

Noah stood in front of him, showing no pain. Those were the hardest punches Adrian had even thrown in his entire life, but it was as though he hadn't hit him at all.

Noah then looked at Adrian and smiled. 

Whoosh!

Noah came straight at Adrian and swung his right arm, aiming for his chest once again. He was quicker than last time, but Adrian was even quicker and was able to dodge the attack.

Whoosh!

Adrian tried landing another punch, and his fist struck Noah's face once again. But just like last time, he showed no concern. Frustrated by the lack of results, Adrian pulled back his fist to try and land another hit, but before he could do that, he felt a hand grab his fist!

"What the-" Adrian was completely taken aback. Noah had a wide grin on his face. He clutched Adrian's fist tightly. He had been waiting for such a chance to arrive, and he wasn't about to let him go so easily.

Noah knew that he wouldn't be able to land a strike on Adrian like last time. Last time, he had caught Adrian off guard. But it wouldn't work twice, and Noah needed to land a hit in order to end the fight.

Which was why he was waiting for Adrian to land a powerful punch on him. He knew that Adrian would try his best to land the most powerful punch that he could ever throw, and he was going to use it to his advantage. Adrian's punches were not only extremely powerful, they were also quick, which meant they weren't exactly easy to grab. 

However, the more he focuses on power, the less quick his punches will be, as it'll take more time to wind up the punch and pull back. Noah knew that as long as he waited patiently, a chance would arrive. He didn't expect a chance to come so soon, but he definitely didn't mind!

BAM!

Noah pulled Adrian forward and landed a solid punch in the center of his chest, sending him flying backwards, landing on the ground with a loud noise. The punch itself was a bit weaker than the one he threw earlier in the morning, but it still hurt like hell!

"Do we attack now?" One of the basketball players, seeing Adrian groaning on the ground in pain, leaned towards Billy and asked, but before Billy could answer his question, they were interrupted by a deafeningly loud howl. 

AWOOOOO!

The howl was coming from the farthest edge of the junkyard.. However, when they listened carefully, they heard the howling once again, except this time it felt much closer than before.