He would not stand for weakness in Zee, she was already mighty in spirit, and nature, but she would need so much more work put into her body before he stopped feeling afraid for her. Well, maybe not even then… but it was worth a try. He found a space in the Ravine that was wide enough for them to move around, with enough obstacles to make them consider their environment. There was water on one side of them, a glint of the sun above, and rocks and juttering portions of the ravine wall around them. This would do, this would do well indeed. The warrior took an easy, attentive stance at the beginning of the training ground he had chosen. He would be calling for a group training later, but from this moment onwards he would be giving Zee private lessons. He would ensure she could defend herself, and defend herself well. Lifting his head, and keeping his stance, the man would call to Zee, with a hint of authority inside of it. Not a master to a slave, but a warrior trainer to a pupil. He had well and truly stopped seeing the other as any time of submissive wolf. Of course, that might make for interesting interactions later with the Klein, but he would deal with them as they came. "Speech"

Zee was not a stranger to random calls at all hours of the day, she'd accepted it as a part of playing the slave. Her ears perked, triangulating the source of the sound before it occurred to her that this voice was not one of the Klein masters. Sirius. He had never called for her before, and never in this tone. She rose to her feet with such speed that they tangled within the pelts he had laid out for her in the den and she very nearly pitched nose-first into the ground in her hurry to detach herself from them. Once free, she bolted out of the den towards the commanding call. Chest heaved as she came up upon the man. She half expected to find him surrounded by Klein masters with how serious his tone was, and when she saw he was alone she began to slow her sprint. Head swiveled to survey the area, eyes narrowing in confusion. "What is it, Sirius?" "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

Patient and quiet, he heard Zee before he saw her, she was making a great deal of noise scrambling out of the den and through the ravine towards him, and when he did catch sight of her she looked rather concerned. He watched her as she looked about his chosen field, and saw it as a piece of land and nothing more. Confusion was in her expression, and he hid a smile. He didn’t want to start this out with the sass he knew she could give him all too easily. “This is the start of your new Training regime, Pupil Zee.” he said, and a smile did partially crack his stern expression, his eyes dancing a little as he looked to the small wolf. She was going to hate this, but wouldn’t take no for an answer. He was going to whip her into fighting shape, even if she killed him in the process. He moved forward them, brushing past her as he came to a stop near the water. “Stand here, Trainee Zee” he said, scuffing a paw in the earth to indicate where, before stepping backwards himself. He would wait for the expect sass before he actually started their lesson, best to get that part out of the way first. "Speech"

Zee audibly gasped as he explained his expectations of her, her eyes narrowing further in a terse glare. "No, no, no, no." The small wolf backed up, ears pinned and tail tucking between her legs. "No way, Vessel." Her head moved swiftly to the left and to the right, searching desperately for an escape route. Aha! With as much speed as she could muster Zee booked it to the water's edge, leaping into it fearlessly and paddling out to a large boulder that stood out past the surface. She scrambled up it, her claws scraping against the wet stoned and turned to face him. She dropped her fearful stance as soon as she felt safe enough to, head lifting proudly and tail half-flagging in the air as she posed atop the rock. "Yeah, right. You want me to fight?" She lifted one paw and poked it aggressively towards the calm water. "You're going to have to come get me." She gave him the confident smile of a winner. "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

Well, that didn’t exactly go to plan. He expected ee to stand there and give him smack, and for him to try not to roll his eyes, take most of it, and then push her into fighting anyway. Instead, she gave him a fearful expression, and booked it across the water, and jumping up onto a boulder on the other side. She looked down at him, and challenged him. He made a hurumph noise out his mouth as he watched her, and gave his head a soft shake. He was tempted to use brute force, and throw a dominance fight down onto her, to force her to see how much she needed to learn, and submit to him, at least for the duration of learning a fighting lesson. However, he didn’t think that was going to work long term. He could always come back to that idea if things proved difficult… he wasn’t outright dismissing it. “Very well then.” he said, not one to back down from a challenge, and with a back up plan under his chin, the brute would unleash himself, and dive into the water on powerful back legs. Moving like a freight train through the ravine, throwing himself up the boulder with a great deal of ease (it was a lot smaller to him) and already preparing to launch himself off it and tackle her to the ground if she was in range. She might get a little bruised by his arrest, but he didn’t believe she would hurt herself seriously. "Speech"

The titan wasted no time accepting her challenge, and Zee's smile slowly faded as he threw himself into the water with much less fear then she was expecting. "No, seriously just..." He made it through with a terrifying speed and suddenly Zee realized she was out of time to negotiate. She squealed a fearful 'yeep!' before turning to run, skittering upon the stone with much less grace then usual until the guard's heavy form came upon her. She wrestled beneath him for a moment, briefly stunned by her face-first plant upon the boulder beneath his weight. "You be careful!" The feisty woman roared back to him. "If I make it anywhere near your balls I am going to bite them off!" She had no idea how to even think of pushing the overgrown wolf away, and instead settled for biting and snapping and kicking at whatever body part was closest without regard for strategy.   "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

His tackle worked even better than he expected, and before he knew it the fiery, flailing, screaming wolf was beneath him. Her face was furious as she looked up at him, threatening him with violence. Honestly, he seriously debating on kissing her, and there was a warmth in his cheeks that had nothing to do with the day as he looked down at the beautiful wolf in his grasp. “Got you” he said lazily, with no acknowledgment of her feisty comments. “Now that I've won your game, I do believe I had a fighting exercise planned out for us” he said, and began to lift himself slightly from her body, still refraining from the urge to kiss her as he did so. He was on alert for trickery, and prepared to push his entire body back down upon her if she looked like she was about to flee. If she wished to attack, he wasn’t about to hold her back, but instead let them form a battle right here on top of the precarious bolder. It wasn’t exactly what he had in ind, but was close enough that he wouldn’t mind it. It might even give him a challenge, keeping his larger body balanced without falling. "Speech"

Zee felt his weight lift off her as he declared himself the victor, and she huffed with one part disgruntlement and one part exhaustion as she pulled herself slowly to a stand. She turned to face him then, prideful as always as she glared at his smugly bored looking face. Her gaze softened then, and she noticed the way his body changed while above her. There was heat there, not like a soldier but more. Her brows narrowed very slightly as she tried to distinguish the feeling, and then an idea came over her. Carefully she stepped towards him, head lowered in a mock-submissive stance. "Please don't make me fight you." She murmured, looking up at him with her soft blue eyes. Her eyelashes batted at him carefully, putting on her best seductive face. She'd no idea how it would work on the stern male - she'd not gone this route before in their friendship - but the opportunity was too good to pass up. She moved towards him slowly, noticing the small area on which they stood and how he had little room to back away. Calculating, she considered the options he had before him. He could attack her though she was not making the first move, though that didn't seem very Sirius. He could turn into the water and head back to the shore, but she posed no threat to him and Zee didn't think he'd ever simply turn away mid-conversation. With nowhere for him to go, she moved up alongside him and if he'd not move away she would aim to rub her side up against his own gently, head angling up to lay against his back. Assuming she was successful in getting this far, Zee would reach out quickly to strike at his rear, teeth aiming to close around his haunch. "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

He felt her disgruntlement, and her annoyance at being caught so easily. Of course, if she hadn’t turned the breaks on, and simply legged it from the get go, his chances of catching her would have been smaller. Outright sprints he wasn’t quite as quick with, and likely couldn’t go as long as a smaller wolf, assuming she was fit and well trained. He might be large, but he also kept to a strict routine. As she fell to a submissive stance before him, he let a warning growl slip past. A contrast to the past, when he had tried to beat submission into her - not to him, but to others. Instead of relenting, she batted her lashed up at him, begging him not to make her fight. She would look a lot more attractive if her body wasn’t lowered into a submissive position. “I must” he said softly, did she not understand? He would do whatever he must to protect her, including teaching her how to defend herself. She moved closer, and he lowered his head, and would have kissed her if she came in closer, instead her head moved to the side and she pushed against him. He let loose a soft sigh, wishing he could give in to her, but knowing he had to remain strict. What he did not expect was for the little viper to bite into his butt. He roared, but instead of getting annoyed, he let the spar start in earnest. He didn’t lay down the rules and set a strict match as he intended. Instead, he jumped straight into the frey. If this was how he got her started, he would take what he could get. He bucked his back end into the air as high as he was able, hoping to stretch the smaller wolf upwards if she tried to hold on, or get her to lose her grip entirely. Either way, he would shove his head into her side in an effort to unbalance her. Sirius versus Zeitgeist for Spar Round One of Two Size: Dire Wolf Build: Medium Companion: Extra large companion, Battle Vulture Mutation: Fangs Fight Skill Level: Advanced "Speech"

Zee was dislodged rather easily as the titan bucked, his oversized head pushing into her side. She released her hold, sliding along the stone and struggling hard to not be entirely pushed off into the water. She was not in an optimal position - stuck between him and the water and positioned with her head too close to his rear and side to get any good shots in to his vulnerable areas. As his head continued to shove against her side, she did her best to spin with the push so that his weight would assist her in turning towards him, reaching forward with her jaws to try to clamp them down upon his muzzle as he shoved. If he pulled away at least she'd have more breathing room and not be at risk of being pushed off the boulder into the lake. If he didn't, well, she'd just have to try to aim her grip away from the saber fangs that extended out the bottom of his muzzle. Sirius versus Zeitgeist for Spar Round One of Two Size: Small Build: Light Fight Skill Level: None "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

She felt her teeth dislodge from her back as he tossed his butt in the air. He felt them scratch at his skin at their removal, but the pain was minimal and ignorable. He had her near the edge of the water, and felt with a really decent shove he could knock her off the edge and into it. It wasn’t his aim however, that wouldn’t teach her a lesson on anything except how brutal his strength could be. She turned with his push and came around near his side, when her teeth went for his muzzle, he let her have it, give a very slight nod with his face as he did so. Good he thought, she identified his muzzle as a threat and made steps to neutralize it. Her attack ended there, so keeping his muzzle in her grip, he lifted up a paw and aimed to smack it down on her leg, in an attempt to bruise (not not break) her toes. If this gave him any opening in her defence, he would toss his head free and go for a bite against the scruff of her neck. Sirius versus Zeitgeist for Spar Round two of Two Size: Dire Wolf Build: Medium Companion: Extra large companion, Battle Vulture Mutation: Fangs Fight Skill Level: Advanced "Speech"

Zee was successful in her grab, but it did not last long. Sirius seemed relatively unperturbed with her attack, and easily changed tactics to stomp upon her toes. She could not contain her yelp, jaws releasing from around his muzzle as she did so. Her adrenaline spiked and anger began to flow through her. The titan moved to grab at her scruff and Zee found herself at an absolute loss on how to counter it. Her instinct was to ram her head against the underside of his jaw as he reached over her, but his saber fangs made that dangerous from most angles. He got too close, and Zee backed away from him too far. Her back paw slipped off the rock and panicked, she reached forward to try and grasp his throat so that if he continued to press onto her, that she might be able to pull him into the water alongside her. Sirius versus Zeitgeist for Spar Round Two of Two Size: Small Build: Light Fight Skill Level: None "Speech" "Thinking" "You."

And the winner is...

SIRIUS

ZEITGEIST must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Totals: Sirius: 238.4 Zeitgeist: 232.5