All hell broke loose around Akasha just as she was about to dig into Varus’ pants with her sharp fangs. As if he had already felt the presence of the panther behind him, the animal’s prey simply made an incredible leap in the air, enough to dodge both the black panther and her partner. No, it was even more surreal than that. The instructor simply took hold of the animal’s neck to control her and simply stopped dead in his track the boy’s punch aimed at Varus’ head.

It was then Panther Akasha felt a mix of bestial rage and fear. She had never met someone so strong that could simply manhandle a beast and someone who could topple said beast as if they were nothing more than a pair of brats. Her anger could only grow further as the man kicking their asses so ungracefully simply tossed the two away in a pile further from him.

With her partner being on top of her, Akasha struggled to get the boy off her, and repay the instructor back in kind. However, before she could even manage to get out, she was greeted by yet another victim of the instructor. This time, a partially metal-covered man came crashing down on Team Claws. This only fueled her bestial rage even further, but despite her attempts to struggle, metal-man was simply too heavy for her to shake off. At this point, the black panther roared in rage and frustration.

Then came the crimson wave. Akasha’s eyes widened and cowered behind the metal guy on her as the instructor exploded in red energy in response to the attacks aimed at him. The result was catastrophic: every single one of the students were lying down from the shock of the blast. Surprisingly, the panther felt only numb, bewildered by having not sustained any injuries from such. She didn’t notice it at first, but a red-lining had appeared all around her and the others. She did not know what sorcery caused this, but she began to be too exhausted to think about that now.

With her pinned down under the metal colossus and starting to feel exhausted from struggling so much, the black panther relinquished on the idea of vengeance when she saw the instructor simply raising his arms nonchalantly and taking his leave.

Panthera had no longer a need to be for now, and soon gave back control to the young Amazonian, returning to her human body. The weight shifted slightly because of the shape-shifting, and Akasha would use that moment to get off from the body pile, before the metal man would crush the demon-clawed man underneath him, previously where the amazon were.

Somehow, even though she tried her best, she could not shake off that feeling of defeat she just experienced now. If there really are stronger people out there just like Varus, then that would mean that Akasha still had much to learn about her powers, and much training was still ahead of her in order to become more powerful.  Yeah, that was something she could live with.

Just like that, her enthusiasm returned as she got up on her feet, still a bit wobbly. She raised her fist to the sky and shouted [color=fff79a]“Just you wait, you’ll be the one under a body pile one day!”[/color]