Hearsay becomes facts around the aswang race. The village now is a great threat. The village managed to slaughtered the tiktik leader and the prominent manananggal. They are now frowning, seething with enamourous hatred, planning for revenge. They assemble in the hidden cave, three clans; tiktik, manananggal, and the kikik. The kikik's leader stood before them, half naked, his body full of oil, blood on his mouth, he had just eaten his dinner - an old man. Beside him is his nephew, with a frown on his face, chewing an eyeballs.
"Agoy, you need to act straight. You will soon be the next Tanod of all the aswang race if your sister will die." The kikik leader said.
Agoy, the nephew, rolled his golden eyes. His glowing tan skin seems so magneficient in this dim cave. "Uncle Hangop, you shut up. I don't intend to take orders from a monster who's beneath me."
Hangop, the kikik's leader, clicked his tongue, ignoring his nephews disrespectful remarked. He cleard his throat as he faced everyone. "My beautiful aswangs! Listen! The village in the east managed to kill the tiktik leader and the most skilled winged Loisa! We cannot let this slide but… we shouldn't be hasty. It seems the village has a weapon far more dangerous than our race."
Agoy rolled his eyes. "It's also the doing of that water nymph," he whispered. "You all just scared to admit it. But… I will end that village, I will prove I am worthy to be the next Tanod, not my elder sister Hagonoy."
So, after the quick meeting, Agoy travelled through the night, he doesn't need to pour his body with oil to transform, he's not weak, whenever there's moon he can transform into his aswang form. He is the type, very rare, no name aswang that can shapeshift into pig, cat, bird, dog, etc. His kind can hide in human shadows, his kind don't usually eat flesh, because his kind need to eat are souls, but his hobby is nibbling human eyeballs. Those abilities are only for high class aswangs, black blood. Born leader, made to destroy.
He landed nearby the village, he hide behind a tree, secretly watching the village's movement. He rolled his eyeballs after seeing a short and petite girl tripped. "Tsk. She's so small." Amused smile crept on his lips. "So small yet she still alive? Will see about next…" He glared, shadows smoke around his form, his eyes turn red, his nails sharperning and growing but before he turned into a monster a voice stop his transformation.
"Good evening, Agoy."
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Agoy nearly jumped. "Ininit?!"
In front of him is a small creature dress in green, wings are glowing. "That's correct."
He rolled his eyes. "Shooo! I don't have time to deal with a weakling fairy."
"Hmp! Don't call me weakling! Be thankful I stopped you! If you attacked that girl you'll be dead."
Agoy nearly laughed. "Dead? Me? You're joking, right?" He flicked his finger shoving the fairy gently.
The fairy was shoved a little. "Ouch! You fiend!"
"Hell, I am."
Despite shrugging the information from the fairy, Agoy still is curious. What does Ininit mean about he'll be dead? A short, petite, weak girl can end the life of an aswang with black blood?
"Agoy, that girl is no ordinary at she seems. She's the one who killed one of your minions, the manananggal."
Agoy's eyed widen. "Shit, no?"
"What I've said was true. That girl is Ilaya. She has a lineage of a healer and witches. She knows a bit of healing spell and protection spell against aswangs like you, but what we witness last night was more terrifying."
"Terrifying? Don't tell me she is an aswang?"
"No, don't presumed only the aswang are terrifying. That girl? She's short, thin, but she's not fragile. She is capable."
Agoy stared without blinking at Ininit. "Shut up. Leave before I devour you, and put your race to my menu!"
"Stubborn!" Ininit scuff. "But... be careful," she said as she fly away.
Agoy rolled his golden eyes, he focus again, watching the village and the girl name Ilaya. He still couldn't fathom how can a very weak looking human defeated a powerful race called aswangs? He knew the annoying moody fairy wasn't lying but to see is to believe.
"I need to make sure, but I'm sure that water nymph will move again. A stream falls downward movements are powerful. But, a stream going up is a miracle… Ilaya."