[center][h1]A Duel of Amity[/h1] [img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/9f868d60-9a0b-4db3-a097-126db95acae8.gif [/img] [h1][color=fff257]Storm Bird[/color][/h1][/center] [center][h1]VS[/h1][/center] [center][img]https://i.imgur.com/H37Xfei.gif[/img] [h1][color=9e0b0f]Solar Sentinel[/color][/h1][/center][hr] He’s gone… He shouldn’t be far away. He must have been hiding behind one of the trees. But the problem was that Acion’s position was widely exposed. He was seen. If Roy could see him, while he could not see him back, he could easily stage an ambush against him. Not that he had anybody else to gang up on him, but he could surprisingly attack from somewhere. Anywhere [color=fff257]”Hey wait…”[/color] What if he just let him do so? Deliberately so. That was a good idea. He would even bait him into doing it as well. Acion took off from the tree, as he zoomed down the trail where team C just headed. Passing the feather mark area a bit before making a loop downward facing the opposite direction. Now he was flying at ground level, only a few meters above the ground, heading straight for the point. He deduced that Roy couldn’t possibly headed back to his spawn point while his team was heading forward. He would want to catch up with them, so why that. So he must be somewhere along those trees that Acion was passing. And most likely he would attempt a hit on the winged man here. [color=fff257]’Just try it…’[/color] Acion thought to himself. It was Roy's turn to be on the assault, the boy claw soon grew incredibly large. He sunk his construct into the tree and began climbing up onto a large sturdy branch. [color=9e0b0f]“Alright Acion let's see what you'll do?”[/color] the boy’s construct changes from claws into a saw. He began cutting off the top of the tree to give away his position purposefully. The boy was confident he could repel any feather attack of Acions. Once the top of the tree fell Roy pushed up his helmet visor revealing his face. [color=9e0b0f]“Hey bud”[/color] the boy said waving an arm, [color=9e0b0f]“didn't expect you to attack us so early!”[/color] While on the flight, Acion could notice a tree top falling. He did flinch a bit, doing a spiral as it nearly fell on him. Then he flew up and hovered only meters above the tree top height, as his friend spoke. [color=fff257]”I saw you and your friends hanging out in the open.”[/color] Acion replied to the greeting. [color=fff257]”With three ladies. You have good taste. So I think I would give them a little introduction, but didn’t expect them to leave so urgently.”[/color] Acion then glanced at Roy’s costume. A pretty scifi looking cloak, befitting of his power. Looks pretty good. [color=fff257]”So it’s just you and me…”[/color] He said as he began taking stances. [color=fff257]”Watch yourself, brother!”[/color] And he flew up. For starter, he simply flew up to a certain height, not as high as before though, then come diving down again. Again, the diving procedures and feather hailstorm. Roy chuckled displays his acknowledgment of the boys attractive company. [color=9e0b0f]“Yeah looks like I got lucky with some attractive, imagine if I was like Jett… but I'm sorry to say I can't lose to you here. They have a lot of faith in me so I can't let them down.”[/color] Roy flipped his visor back on, [color=9e0b0f]“But if you want me to put in a good word, you know where to find me”[/color] the boy said as he jumped down from the tree. The battle had begun, Roy didn't want to take his eye off of Acion. Once the boy sent his onslaught of feathers Roy pulled out his shield held his position. As the feathers made contact with his shield they seemed to have gotten lodged in the construct and the surrounding area. The sound of splitting wood filled the forest. The boy smirked as he took the attack well. Acions attack made Roys rebuttal a whole lot easier to perform. Roy moved the shield from his face to survey the destruction. All around him was covered in feathers. [color=9e0b0f]“Now it's my turn”[/color] Roy took made a fist with his free hand as he condensed the solar energy in his hand. With his right he picked up riot shield and slammed it into the rocky forest floor sending cracks traveling through the construct. With his free hand he sent a concussive blast at the broken shield sending construct shards and feathers back at his attacker as a widespread attack. It was merely a copy of Acions attack yet with a touch of the sunny boy’s magic. Acion looked away for a moment as he climbed back up. He managed to reach to the previous height, and was doing a turn as he noticed Roy’s counter attack: a spread of broken golden pieces in different shapes and sizes coming at him. However, it was noticeably slower than his own feather attack. It was fairly similar to how Acion’s attack. And he knew the nature of such move. Dodging would be difficult since there were so many, and each projectiles were small. Similarly to how Roy just countered his attack, he quickly exerted his muscle groups to turn his body facing Roy’s projectile, in mid-air. There, his six wings immediately pulled over to block all the projectiles that may hit him. They were sharp just like his feathers, some of which was his own medicine as well, but since it was blasted at a lower velocity, it simply didn’t have the strength that it supposedly did to the trees and ground like how Acion’s feathers did. All of them slammed into his wings and then fell off. None managed to lodge into his wings. But it was pretty powerful. His wings were still tingling after the attack. His initial momentum propel him in an arch. At the latter end of the arch, the gravity was gradually pulling him down to the ground. But before it managed to do it, he rotated his body again, his wings spread proud and might again. The air flow elegantly stopped his fall just a meter above a tree. And his wings flapped powerfully, accelerating him towards Roy, creating one beautifully drawn flight trajectory. [color=fff257]”Nice one friend. But how will you deal with this?”[/color] Acion was flying horizontally above the ground, fast enough so that when he stops using his wings, he can still maintain the horizontal path for a few seconds. Then, he did another feather rain, but this time not from above, but right ahead of him. One flap, from his left wing, one from his right, creating a wave of feathers coming at him. Just seconds after launching his feathers, when gravity was pulling him downward, he slammed his right leg onto the ground, as propulsion, jumping him into the air, above Roy. There, he would repeat the procedure and send feathers down his way. Now it felt as if his friend was playing around, like this was a test to see the boys capabilities, Acion sent another flurry of feathers from two directions. Roys eyes quickly shifted direction to direction, he slid his legs arms length apart and squated hold his arms out and cuffing his heads. Straining his muscles the boy created a 360 degree barrier around himself, it was hard to tell if this was the same kid from yesterday. His costume allowed for him to perform at a much higher level, as the feathers lodged into the boys barrier it sounded like a hammer hitting steel. All around the boy’s barrier there was not a place the feathers didn’t hit. [color=9e0b0f]“Come on Acion, fight me for real”[/color] the boy said releasing the barrier, he was breathing heavily a bit after that showing but he wasn’t done yet. Roy got on all fours sliding his left foot back before gathering energy under all his limbs. He pushed off the ground with a concussive blast kicking up dirt and rocks as he flew through the branches reaching the forest roof. The boy stopped on a branch high up before taking another energized leap shooting himself above the forest with a clear view at the avian man. The boy held out of fingertips and fired a barrage of pea sized energy shots, it was almost like Roy was shooting a machine gun with how many blasts he got out. [color=9e0b0f][i]Let the battle fever come to you, relax.[/i][/color] Acion was flying up when he noticed a barrage of energy fire coming from below. He immediately spun around his longitudinal axis a few times to dodge the incoming fire. It worked at first, initially, but the bullets soon catch up with his position. And finally. [color=fff257]”Urgh!”[/color] He was hit. It wasn’t something serious though. One or maybe two of those energy bolts crashed onto Acion’s middle left wings. This time, the power of the bolts were way more powerful than the previous attack, as it nearly pierced to the other side of his wings. The pain suddenly received rushed up to the winged man’s mind, but he didn’t mind such things. This was nothing. He stopped flying and hovered nearby. [color=fff257]”So you want me to unleash my true power, eh?”[/color] The avian fighter began rolling up his left glove to only below his wrist. And then finally he ripped off one feathers, holding it firmly in that left hand, in reverse grip. Then he charged. Close quarter combat time. He bolted into him, the sharp feather in hand, slicing whatever is in the path of such blades. After clashing away from him, he made a quick and sharp turn backward, zooming at Roy again. And again. And again. A few times like that before he stopped the attack, slowed down and rolled up the other glove, as he looked at Roy, issuing a challenge. Acion took advantage of Roys positioning in the air knowing that he was unable to dodge, [color=9e0b0f]“Damn”[/color] he said as Acion began his flurry in close combat with his feather, the boy hadn’t seen this coming. He didn’t think his foe would come into close combat. As gravity took its toll, Roy came crashing down into the forest breaking a thick piece of tree branch as he fell to the forest floor, grunting as he made impact with the large chunk of wood all while Acion continued his flurry. Instinctively the boy tried to halt his fall by digging his claws into the tree he fell next too. Having to make a decision whether to hit the ground hard or take his foes strikes he made his choice quickly. The boy clung to the wood sinking his claws into it, as the feather ripped into his costume most notably the hood and his forearms. There was a large slash traveling from his wrist up to his shoulder oozing with the crimson liquid. The boy was to pumped on adrenaline to realize all the damage he sustained. Letting go and making contact with the ground once more Roy kneeled a bit to collect his nerves. He looking up at Acion as he hovered in front of him awaiting his next move. [color=9e0b0f]“Alright then”[/color] he said as he placed his palms on the ground, the lights on his costume burned a bright yellow as the boy fired off two blasts into dirt kicking up a storm of dirt, branches, and rocks. He planned on obstructing the boys view and taking advantage of his foes lack of headgear.Sliding his feet back once again in the same stance, Roy was beginning to perform Kenichi’s Jet hunting attack. As the balls of his feet left the ground he shot off a burst of energy from his heels, he may not have been able to move in a blur like Kenichi but it was quick enough to notice a significant increase in the boys speed. Cocking his fist back Roy planned on a empowered strike to the core followed up by a point blank blast of energy. He had a grin on his face as he performed his attack, showing his enjoyment of the battle between his friend. There was no ill will or any deep seated feelings behind this fight. Just two kids chasing their dreams [color=fff257]”Oh dear…”[/color] Acion hastily set up shields using his wings, as Roy slammed into him, the force in motion being transferred to Acion as fresh as it was: incredibly powerful. It was so powerful that he sent the flying man literally flying. He had to spread his wings wide, perpendicular to the direction he was going to stop. For some reasons, his stomach hurt. How? He was hit in the wings. The real truth was that he was hit in the wings, but the momentum was so powerful that it transferred to his entire torso as well. Despite knowing that he should not underestimate people, Acion was quite surprised at his friend’s capability, comparing to his performance yesterday. But still, this was a hero course after all. A place full of beautiful tales of people chasing their ambitions. And this was nothing more than a friendly clash of life path that served to bolster it. Despite the pain, a smirk appeared on Acion’s face. And he charged down once again. Like how many times he did before. He delivered yet another hailstorm. But instead of pulling up, he immediately went for it, his legs straight for a flying kick diagonally down his way. The boy slammed into his wings with a lot more force than expecting knocking the winged foe briefly off balance. Roy cocked both his arms back straining his body and pushing his limits, the lights on his costume began blaring brightly. Soon an aura of golden energy began leaking from the boys body. [color=9e0b0f]“I’m doing this out of respect!”[/color] he said as he pushed both hids hands out, the aura from his body began moving in the direction of his hands before a dense ball of energy came into view. It looked as if he was pulling another flashbang but this attack was different, the color of the ball was an bright orange color. There was a significant amount on energy put into this attack meaning this was most likely going to be the boys last. He kept an eye on Acions movements as he flew into the sky and returned with another bombardment of feathers but this time Acion had gone past the point of return. Roy’s high energy attack began kicking up dirt and rocks as he collected his energy. The boy was confident in his victory once he came close into view. He discharged his attack on his foe, the recoil sending him sinking into the earth and off balance slightly. Roy wasn’t counting on a direct hit, he was banking on the after effect of the blast. After traveling some feet it would expand covering a 10 yard radius of destructive energy. Roy immediately took a kneel clenching his chest, his heart rate sight picked up greatly as well as is breathing Oh shit! [color=fff257]’Disengage! Disengage!’[/color] He told himself. But it was already late. Although he managed to dish out his feather bombardment, his flying kick was immediately countered by a huge ball of energy. Orange in color, this looked nothing like the previous attacks. His kick smashed into the ball, the red hot energy quickly spread through the boot he was wearing, and into his feet. He could feel the blood in his leg boiling. But his momentum was not enough to reverse such power, as he was pushed back, and the ball sent him into the air again. He could feel the heat, the potential energy inside the ball. And he was sure if he stayed still any, ANY, longer, he would get obliterated by it. [color=fff257]”There’s no way I’m gonna get knocked out here. Ha!”[/color] Everything seemed to be going in slow motion to him. His other feet also slammed onto the red hot energy ball, as he did a jump away from the energy orb, just mere seconds away before the ball explode into a huge radius of destructive energy. The jump was powerful, but the blast was slightly faster than him, as it was capable of catching up with him. His right wing’s end was being blasted away. He could feel it. The moment his muscles, his feathers and part of his skeletal figure of his wings being dislocated, or in this case obliterated, from their position forcefully. He was literally holding his breath during the whole ordeal. But thankfully, the explosion ended after it blasted away half his right wings. The shockwave continued sending him into the air, but at least that was the only damage he sustained. Acion span his body so that he was in his usual flying position again. But this time, it didn’t feel right. Half his wings were already gone. His entire structure was disbalanced. Flying was a lot lot more difficult now. However, this wasn’t impossible. Knowing that he wouldn’t be able to sustain flight long, he glided instead. His body exerting its muscles to keep his body stable in the air, despite the loss of his wings. He was slow and vulnerable, yes. But still, he avoided the fate of crashing face down to the ground. He could just hope that nobody would be there to finish him off. Thankfully, he did not suffer that fate. He glided out of the forest and onto the ground to the nearby east. There, he made a touchdown. Not so gracefully, but safely. [color=fff257]”Now that was dangerous.”[/color] He could risk getting knocked out right here. But due to his skills, or maybe some luck, he managed not to. His objective was completed. Team C was pretty disorganized at the moment, and he was pretty sure that Roy took some damage to himself during the fight as well. The winged man then concentrated. His adrenaline rushed high, as the composite in his wings began to re-materialize. It was hard to explain how this happened, but this was one special trait to his capability. His eyes furrowed as he pushed on. And then the wings suddenly grew back. The feathers back just as new. But that costed him some strength. Sweats broke out from his temples and forehead. [color=fff257]”I guess I will leave you to someone else then.”[/color] He is one good fighter. Managing to catch Acion off-guard is not an easy task. [color=fff257]”See you later friend.”[/color] He mumbled, despite knowing that his friend wouldn’t be there to hear it. And then, with his new wings, he soared through the sky once again. Team C should be there at the moment now. He should report that to his teammates, wherever they are at the moment. [color=fff257]”Guys?”[/color] He clicked his comm link. [color=fff257]”Most of team C are at the point right now. Where are you now?”[/color][hr] Roy was not getting out of this scab free, the feathers that Acion launched prior had found their way into the boys right shoulder. Taking a few shaky steps, the young hero posted himself up against a tree in order to stop from keeling over. He was breathing even heavier as the pain from the feathers began racing through his body. [color=9e0b0f]“Damn, if someone was to come right now I don’t know exactly what would happen”[/color] he looked up as the huge explosion hit Acion and illuminated the forest as the large explosion roared across the battlefield. Pressing the button on the communications come with his operational arm Roy signaled over to his teammates. [color=9e0b0f][i]“Guys I am fine, a little banged up but I will be good to go just need to recharge my reserves”[/i][/color] he said as he slid down the tree and took a seat on the forest ground. Roy took off his helmet putting it to the side and taking a deep breath of air. The boy was drenched in sweat and his hair was messy and clumped together. Acion was surely a fitting rival, the only possible reason he came out on top was that the setting played in is favor. He looked up to the sky continuing to take in deep breaths. The breeze hit face nicely in his position as well as the sun. Slowly but surely he was feeling a bit revitalized as he absorbed the sunlight and restored his energy reserves. That final attack on Acion took half of his energy reserves to perform. Currently he was working with 15% capacity, just enough to possibly escape a foe if he plays his cards right. Over the river and through the woods JoJo sprinted as fast as she could in all honesty she would have gotten there much sooner if the fight between Acion and Roy hadn’t moved itself, but thanks to her goggles she could actively tell the path they took in their fight. Following the pseudo trail of destruction, she could tell she was getting closer so in order to speed up to extract him or help take down the winged one Joann began catapulting herself from one tree to another only kicking it into overdrive when she heard the explosions roar throughout the forest. [color=662d91]“Oh bother”[/color] JoJo thought to herself, if Acion was still fighting, they were going to have a lot of attention meaning she had better get a move on. Thankfully, she found the epicenter of the explosion and soon after hearing Roy’s transmission from that it wasn’t long at all until she found him physically leaning against a tree looking banged up. The girl didn’t give him the chance to finish his sentence or even warn him that he was about to receive the roughest transportation of his life she just grabbed him but the collar and bucked off to the point.