League of Legends: Stories

Unnecessary Attachments (Katarina x Ashe)

Unnecessary Attachments (Continuation to “Compromise”)

Whoosh!

The furry creature scampered off, spooked by the projectile that flew over its head.

"That's one."

A grunt, the sound of another arrow being nocked barely audible.

Whoosh!

Three scattered this time. The animals, with their size and fur, looked similar to the Freljordʼs version of a squirrel. With how quick they were and how little they served as a target, it was indeed difficult in hunting them down, especially now that they've been spooked.

"That's two."

Another grunt, but this time the shooter lowered their wooden bow and turned to the one observing and commenting about her attempt in hunting. It was Katarina and she was the one regarding her 'commentator' with a half-annoyed look.

"Why don't you show me how it's done, then?"

Ashe didn't seem surprised with the challenge, nor unprepared. With movements similar to the fluid motions of flowing water, the tribe leader drew the Avarosan bow from behind her and swiftly conjured up a Frost arrow, which she nocked with ease and sent soaring towards one of the scurrying creatures.

A sharp squeak came from the unfortunate animal, which fell on the snow with a frost arrow impaled into its little skull.

Silence befell on the pair, whose eyes were focused on the lifeless creature. It didn't take long before the assassin placed a hand on her hip and regarded the Freljordian beside her with a scoff and a raised eyebrow.

"Now you're just bragging."

"I am not."

"That's not bragging?" Katarina asked, nodding her head to the direction of the dead animal.

"I assure you, it's not." Ashe replied with an ironically cool smile before she abruptly conjured up three arrows and shot them towards three of the others scuttering away from them. "This though..."

Katarina could only watch as the arrows found their targets, hitting their marks with absolute precision. The creatures haven't even completely fallen when she returned her gaze to Ashe, who now wore a small smile that showed how she was definitely pleased with the display she had presented.

"...Now that, Du Couteau, may be considered as bragging."

Rolling her eyes, Katarina practically slapped her bow into Ashe's arms, which merely caused the other to smile to herself and accept the weapon she seemed to have lost interest in using. Katarina was the first to head towards the animals Ashe had succeeded on hunting, tailed by none other than the hunter herself.

To avoid touching the ice arrows, Katarina gathered them by their tails, handing them to Ashe, who removed the projectiles and tied the carcasses to the string of other dead creatures hanging over one of her shoulders.

Katarina knew how hunting went and its basic process, but it never did stop her from commenting about the scent of dead animals practically reeking from the woman she's with. It didn't seem to bother Ashe though.

"You smell like death. And not the good kind."

"Only because we had a fruitful hunt." Ashe told her, lightly tugging on the string to emphasize her point. "And, is there even a good scent of death?"

"You obviously haven't seen me slaughter someone." Katarina said, sounding quite proud with the image she was putting in Asheʼs head.

"Hmm, I rather not." Ashe declined with a smile as if Katarina was merely offering her a fruit and not a gruesome sight of her stained with freshly drawn blood. She then offered the wooden bow to Katarina once again. "Are you sure you don't want to try for another?"