Aiden was thrown backwards a fair distance by the girl's attack, though he had been able to keep himself from being sliced in half by using his Naginata's shaft to protect himself. That being said, the hit had definitely hurt, and the crash landing he made in the snow a fair distance away didn't make help it. However, considering Sable's action's afterwards, he was glad he had been moved when he had. Getting up from the ground, Aiden took a moment to analyze their situation and see if their are any flaws in his enemy that he could exploit. [color=00aeef][i]We have her outnumbered by thr- wait, who the hell is that?[/i][/color] Aiden's attention shifted over to the girl who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. Was she an ally or a new foe, he had no way of knowing and he wasn't going to waste energy on her write now, as she seemed to be content with watching. [color=00aeef][i]Okay, keep an eye out for her right now, deal with her only if she becomes a problem. As for the shadow user, she has a pretty solid defense with those wings, a strong offense with those blades, a great amount of magical power, and the versatility of the shadow element on her side, but she seem to be arrogant as well. Maybe we could use that against her if we coordinated our attacks, but as it stands I don't think Sable would be willing to do that.[/i][/color] The fire dragonslayer's previous attitude brought forth a tinge of prideful anger in him, though he calmed himself through breathing. Now wasn't the time to let his emotions get the best of him . . . but it was the time to go all out. Steadying his breath, Aiden focused on his dragonic side, feeling the familiar rush of power and instincs that came with it. His scale marks grew exceedingly bright, than a pulse of cold would go through out the area, giving all those present a slight chill as Aiden shifted in to his TDS mode, the scale like ice armor that covered his torso and armors glowing slightly from the magic energy held with in. The power he felt in his veins was as exhilirating as ever, and with it came a sense of confidence, of self-worth, of pride that he normally didn't possess. In this form, he no longer felt empty and useless, but strong and whole. For a moment, he considered knocking Sable out of the way and taking on the shadow mage by himself, but he quickly shook the thought from his head. [color=00aeef][i]Calm yourself, Aiden, you are in control, not the dragon inside of you. Don't let what happened with Ajax happen here.[/i][/color] Aiden, his head clear, launched himself into the air with his hands in the Ice Make stance, deciding to assist Sable and test his new foe a bit more as well. [color=00aeef]"Ice Make: Dragonic Ascension, Fallen Grace, and Bones of the Ancients!"[/color] Aiden sent out 12 of his flying ice constructs coated with an intense freezing aura and primed to explode into a giant spike of ice as soon as they made contact with the girl, aiming once again to trap her or at the very least to limit her movements so that others can more easily land a hit on her. He then landed near the newcomer, never taking his eyes off of thee shadow user as he decided to find out if the young blue haired girl was friend or foe. [color=00aeef]"Whoever you are, I hope you're here to help us out, since I think this mission just got a lot more complicated. Think you can keep up?"[/color] [@Kimiyosis] [@Renny] [@Suku]