[i]Artemis rode off, back to her den with relative ease on her new motorcycle. Artemis' hair blew in the wind as she pushed the bike's speed to the max. She always loved that feeling of wind against her face, so she smiled bigger than she ever has before. Thinking back about all that she's gained in the last few days; several new friends, Keira, Kara, an awesome new weapon, a bike, she started to laugh and cry tears of joy. The wind blew the tears away as made her way to the den. When she arrived the den entrance had already been fixed, several wolf guards stood next to it. They were wearing advanced armor and wielding rifles that looked like they belong on tanks. One of the guards stopped her, but upon seeing who she was he had a face of shock at her being on a bike with the Gambol Shroud on her back. The guards let her in, completely confused by the sight of Artemis riding in with a gun blade on her back. Artemis quickly rides through the portal and into the clearing where the clan lives. She rides it all the way to the open center and suddenly stops. A man, presumably her father, runs up to her. He's 6'5" with an identical black tail and ears. All he wears are a pair of combat boots and cargo shorts, showing off his extremely muscular body that would make gods jealous.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "Runt?! You're okay? Good. We can now stop the rescue parties." [i]The father points to a guard.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "You! Get Sasha back here. The search is over." [i]Artemis' father began to go around talking to guards about reconstruction of destroyed buildings. Artemis started waving her hands in front of her father to get his attention.[/i] [b]Artemis:[/b] "Father?! Hey, father?!" [b]Father:[/b] "What is it, runt? I'm busy...and I just remembered that you haven't finished being punished." [i]The father attempted to backhand Artemis, but she was way too fast and ducked with ease. Her father got enraged.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "What is the meaning of this?!" [i]Artemis tried to stand tall with confidence for the first time in years.[/i] [b]Artemis:[/b] "I'm going to go live at the Dojo, father. I'm not taking this[b] *She gestures around the clearing*[/b] anymore." [i]Her father didn't seem all too happy. He clenched his fist and was about to punch her when he noticed Gambol Shroud on her back.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "Fine. [b]*Artemis starts to smile.*[/b] But you will have to fight for your freedom first. Someone bring me my sword." [i]A guard hands the father a large claymore sword. He swings it around and slices through a large boulder like it's nothing. He gets into an offensive stance, his perfect posture shows off the experience he clearly has. Artemis slowly backs away in fear and surprise. She slowly grabs onto the ribbon connected to Gambol Shroud and wraps it around her right arm, preparing for possible conflict.[/i] [b]Artemis:[/b] "Father? We do-" [i] Artemis gets cut off by her father swinging his blade in a horizontal slash at her neck. She dodges it just barely by doing a back flip. Artemis pulls Gambol Shroud off her back, the blade still in the sheath. Her father swings his sword once again in a long sweeping motion, using the momentum from the last swing to get more power and speed behind the strike. Artemis manages the deflect the attack away, but when she goes to counter attack with her own slice she gets blocked and hit with a pommel to the face. Artemis steps back, stunned from the hit to the head. Her father uses this time to swing his sword over his head to get momentum before bringing it down from the right. Artemis hardly dodges it as a part of her hair gets cut from the blade and a large cut is formed across her right breast. Her father stops his assault to talk.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "You want to stop and stay here? We can end this humiliation if you just accept your fate here." [i]Artemis looks up at her father not in fear, but with anger in her eyes. A dark blue mist started to come out of the sides of her eyes.[/i] [b]Artemis:[/b] "No more!" [i]Artemis pulls the blade out of it's sheath and wields both the blade in her right and the sheath in her left. She uses her incredible speed to knock her father's blade to the side with the sheath and cuts him on his side with the sword. The father backs up a bit as he holds his bleeding wound in shock. That shock is quickly switched out for anger. He drops his sword and turns into his 20 ft tall, bipedal wolf form. He roars at his daughter before trying to slash her with his claws. Artemis seems too mad to be fazed by this as she throws the blade of Shroud at her father's ear and uses it to sling herself out of the way of the strike and onto her father's back. Her father tries hitting her off his back, but she easily dodges it and slices her father's hand. The father yelps in pain as Artemis stabs her blade into the back of his neck. He gets furious from Artemis continuously using her speed to dodge his attacks and strike back. Even with his greater size and strength, Artemis manages to bring her father to such pain that he gets pushed out of his wolf form and back into his human one. She jumps off his back and onto the ground, panting for breathe.[/i] [b]Artemis:[/b] "Father, we don't have to do this." [i]Her father's eyes start to emit a red mist from the sides, just like Artemis.[/i] [b]Father:[/b] "I'm no father, I'm Taurus. I'm the leader of this clan and I. Will. Not. Be. HUMILIATED!" [i]Her father picks up the claymore again, but this time it glows a menacing red like his eyes. Artemis tries taking shots at him with the pistol part of Gambol Shroud, but he deflects them like it's nothing. Within seconds he's right on top of her and his combat speed was now almost matching Artemis. Artemis had a hard time blocking and dodging the attacks, several landed and left deep cuts. She began to panic as she realized she couldn't do this much longer. That's when something dawned on her. She threw the sword away from her and used the ribbon to fire the gun, causing the blade to go flying around in large slashing motions while she used the sheath in close range against her father. Her father managed to dodge the blade a few times, but having never faced this kind of attack was soon overwhelmed. When Artemis managed to get enough hits on her father to have him back off to recover, she used that time to flee. She jumped on that bike and drove out too fast for any of the guards to stop her. Artemis began to cry as she drove away from the Den and towards the Dojo.[/i] [b][u]Slight timeskip.[/u][/b] [i]A large screeching noise could be heard outside Keira's and Kara's building. Artemis had managed to drive all the way back, but when she got off the bike she fell to the ground bleeding from her many wounds.[/i]

[spoiler]....I have no words for this long and beautiful master piece. :|[/spoiler] *The two sisters ran up to Artemis, caring her in, as Kara quickly summoned all the healers that she could, as they all healed her very quickly; due to them working cooperatively and efficiently, they were able to heal her within five minutes.* "Now...do you mind explaining what the **** that screeching was?" Kara asks, worried about Artemis. "Kara, calm the **** down! Wait..." Keira responds, shocked at putting the pieces together. "You fought your dad, didn't you?" *While they were talking to Artemis, Keira pulled out what seemed to be some sort of touchscreen, in case perhaps someone was pissed at Artemis's new power and confidence.*

[i]Most of the wounds healed, but a select few refused to get any better. Artemis hardly had enough strength to lift her head as she was on the brink of passing out. Her voice was hoarse and tired sounding.[/i] "H-Hey, Keira and Kara."

"Artemis...the hell were you doing?" Keira responds, looking over the wounds that weren't healing, before she placed a hand over Artemis's chest. "Whatever you were doing though...I'm kinda proud of you. Willing to stand up or fight whoever it was..." Kara responds, also looking at her wounds.

[i]The wounds were several large cuts down her chest. They continued to bleed as Artemis responded.[/i] "M-My father...I hope he's okay."

"To be honest...I hope too." Keira responds.

"I-I think I'm well enough to stand...." [i]Artemis tries to get up despite the large gashes across her chest and stomach.[/i]

*The two sisters run to support her, guiding her to where she needs to be.* "Where do you need to go, Artemis?" Keira asks, trying to help the poor wolf-girl.

[i]Artemis accepts the help as she tries to get back to the motorcycle.[/i] "I-I need to heal these wounds in the river."

"Alright, alright." They say, getting on her motorcycle, as Kara and Keira get on theirs. "Can you still operate this, at the least? Kara asks.

[i]Artemis gets on and slowly begins to ride off. Her condition is obviously getting far worse as she leaves a trail of blood.[/i] "Follow me...."

*They both nod, as they follow her, being sure to keep a steady pace on her should she fall.*

[i]They ride towards the den for a while, but eventually begin to go higher up the mountain than where the den is. After a while they arrive at a crystal clear spring at the top of the mountain. Flowers the likes Keira and Kara have never seen grow next to the spring. Artemis rides up to it and falls off her bike just a few feet away from the spring. Artemis lays there bleeding and motionless.[/i] "Help...."

*The two eventually run toward the aid of her, carrying her into the water.*

[i]Artemis screams in pain as the water washes the injuries away like dirt. Artemis goes silent as all of her wounds finish healing.[/i]

*They end up sitting on the ground behind Artemis, looking toward Artemis, and of the water that magically healed her.*

[i]Artemis sits in the water with her soggy, ripped to shreds clothing and starts to gesture both of you to join her in the water.[/i] "Come on, this water is the best and the temperature is perfect."

"Um...we didn't exactly bring swimsuits with us." They respond, chuckling a little bit.

[i]Artemis looks down at her clothing that wasn't really covering anything at this point. She covered herself as her face turned red in embarrassment.[/i] "D-Did you bring extra clothing?"

"Yeah..." Kara responds, pulling out a black tank top, a white sister, and black jeans. "Just in case."

[i]Artemis looks relieved at the sight of the clothes.[/i] "Thank goodness, I'd rather not be seen like this. If you'd just leave them next to me and turn around that would be great."

*They complied, turning around and left the clothes a few feet from her.*

[i]Artemis slowly got out of the water and began to get dressed.[/i] "This isn't exactly the most comfortable without underwear..."

"It's in the duffel bag next to you." Kara replies, still looking away from Artemis.

[i]Artemis finishes getting dressed.[/i] "So, how do I look?"