A Light in the Dark Forest

Naka figured a solution after watching Alistair climb the log with difficulty. He picked up a nearby fallen branch. After testing it for a second, and feeling satisfied with how sturdy it was, he ran at the log, jumping and running up the log, pressing the branch back against the ground so that he could brace himself. He was lucky that he had light steps but still, he began to start to slip. Somehow though, he managed to make it to the top though by pushing off of the log so that the branch was balanced on the ground for a second with Naka standing on top of it before it fell forward, at which point he jumped from it, landing on the ice covered fallen tree. He slid for a second, but managed to catch his balance just in time. It wouldn't have been a horribly fatal fall but at least getting up there this way served to further some of his training, and it managed to warm him up a bit.

He had managed to gather his balance just as Alistair raised his hand, and Naka knew this signal all too well. With that, he entered a low crouch and began to listen for what had caused the concern. He barely caught the rustling leaves and even then, wondered how much of a cause for concern it was. Still, it was hard to guess what exactly it was that made the teachers want to keep kids out of these woods.

Naka was a little insulted. Firstly, he noted how seemingly collected Alistair was, despite his situation. He had not, however, been trained in disposing of such creatures. Despite this, he did what he could, grateful that it was not a bear again. Slowly, he concentrated on the energy in his body. It held only the power of the mind but his father had taught him to focus himself and to do so physically was his best tactic for that. He charged the zombie coming towards him and directed an open palm thrust towards its head.
"Naiden!" He shouted as his palm made connection with the creature's lower jaw and with enough force to give a normal person whiplash, but he followed through with the strike, aiming to push the based of the skull back and into the brain. No powers, no weapons, only the might and will of one fighting as best they could with their own power. It was successful, in the degree that it broke the zombie's neck, cutting off a portion of its brainstem with the base of it's own skull. It would have been harder to do with a living person, but it would seem it had lower muscle resistance.

With that done, he grabbed a rock nearby and smashed it against one of the Zombie's skulls as he kicked the second in the face, but not in a way like he had dispatched the first zombie, and while the two that were on Alistair were now off of him, all three zombies were still up. The one with the broken neck was rising now from the ground.
"I hope you have a solution for this." He said.

Naka ran with Alistair as soon as he got up, and as they were surrounded, he had turned to fight. Instead of meeting the hoard in combat he had suggested that they climb a tree. With the ice and cold that was going to be difficult, but even still, how long could they possible wait in the tree. They would be trapped, the both of them, and with no escape.
"Is that wise? We'll be trapped." He said as he started to climb.

Naka listened but the problem with the strategy was that given the conditions, and though he couldn't die from them, Naka was currently a little deadened from the cold. Moving from tree to tree was easier said than done. He managed to climb the tree but jumping from branch to branch was made even more difficult by the ice which acted as a hindrance.
"Easier said than done. He said as he shivered.

Naka nodded, hanging walking onto the branch over the one Alistair had pointed to and suddenly dropped down, grabbing hold of the higher branch just in time to catch himself and kicking down along with his body weight. As the branch snapped, he grabbed it with his legs and swung it back up to Alistair before climbing back up onto the branch and panting slightly. He still had energy, and he felt just a little warmer for the small amount of exercise but he was going to need to find some sort of shelter before daybreak.
"There, although i don't know what good that's going to do. I broke one's neck and it is among those down there seeking us." He said.