"Geh, just how much can you take!?" Ebon grunted out as he was suddenly getting lifted into the air. His R-Types moved in to intercept, but all they could really try to do is shoot Gren down. And he was flying too erratically for the Wave Cannons to make contact so all they really did was blow a hole into the ceiling. Ebon knew that Gren intended to crush him between his body and the ceiling, and with his death grip on The Kingdom, Ebon couldn't really fight back. He felt his body slam against the ceiling and was certain something might have been broken. But he wasn't out of the fight yet. With Gren pushing him against the ceiling Ebon could still get his R-Types to converge on Gren and shoot him full of holes. This time Squad 1 and 2 switched roles, with Squad 2 peppering Gren with laser bullets while Squad 1 charged their Wave Cannons.
Gren was taking chop damage from the R-Types. He suspects that their small-arms fire only made up a total of 5% of the damage to his aura, with some of it coming from his rocket jump, and the rest of it from getting hit by the Wave Cannon. One thing was for certain, if Gren couldn't go on the defensive than he needed to avoid those Wave Cannons at all cost. Sure most of the damage came from the fact that he was unable to effectively protect himself from the attack, but regardless it was strong enough to leave a dent in his Aura. Feeling Ebon's body crunch against the ceiling Gren wasn't finished. "Time to bring you down to earth!"
Seeing a few R-Types incoming Gren stopped shooting The God Eater just long enough to aim it at the ceiling. Then he fired again, propelling him strait towards the ground. He still carried Ebon's shield in his hand and this time, he aimed Ebon towards the ground to crush him between the floor and Gren.
The R-types couldn't get a clear shot at Gren, not without wasting power trying to intercept him. It was a dangerous game of chicken as they tried to get in front of Gren as he descended, but with Ebon in front of him the best they could do is try to trail after him. Ebon wasn't sure if he could survive the next landing, knowing that he was as good as dead if he let Gren land on him. The R-Types were doing their damnest to get a clear shot at Gren, but with only seconds to spare Ebon just wasn't sure what to do. Then he had an idea.
He let go of The Kingdom and went into a free fall. Squad 1 moved in to intercept Ebon, allowing him to balance his feet and hands on the miniature ships. They had to avoid Gren's gunfire, but it was better than getting flatten.
Gren landed in a huge crater, but noticed that his opponent was no longer underneath him. For a moment he feared that he turned Ebon into paste. Only, he looked up and saw him flying above him using his R-Types. This earned a smile from Gren. "Still got your heads in the clouds eh? No problem. I'll send you flying!" Slamming the God Eater onto his back Gren took to the air once again, dodging and weaving between the bullet hell to get into melee range of Ebon. Without his shield Gren could easily deal with him in a close-range brawl, so long as he take into account Ebon's R-Types. Checking his aura levels, Gren was now down to 40%. Another 20% or so and he'll be down to read.
Gren was flying towards Ebon, but he knew better than to let Gren get close. As long as he didn't get behind Gren either Ebon could just let his R-Types take him out. Admittedly however Ebon wasn't quite use to flying like this. Or at all for that matter. What he was doing was completely improvised and he had to put a lot of concentration to make sure each of his R-Types were distributing his weight equally while also holding on for dear life. One thing Ebon was certain though: Was fast as Gren was his mobility was horrible. Strait paths with some curves were all he could do considering that his gatling gun was his means of proportion. Like fighting a bull only needed to worry about getting out of the way before impact.
Giving one of Squad 1 R-Types to Squad 2 Ebon carefully moved himself out of Gren's path the best he could. He had Squad 2, the R-Types not currently trying to carry Ebon, carefully tail Gren. Since the machine was being used to propell Gren through the air being behind him risked getting shot up. Eventually Ebon knew that the only way the R-Types would get a clean shot at Gren would be if they intercepted him from the front. Like some twisted form of jousting, Squad 2 had to maneuver themselves to fly towards Gren as he was charging towards Ebon, occasionally unleashing a Wave Cannon in Gren's face.
Gren himself made full use of his new found speed and did not hesitate to land on the ceiling, floor, or walls to redirect his path. not only that but when he did land he would root himself to the spot using his semblance and fire a slavvo of bullets and rockets at Ebon. As the bullets flew faster they were the only ones that actually were shot in his direction. For the rockets Gren used Proximity explosives rather than impact. This way they didn't need to hit Ebon for them to blow up. And Gren was constantly moving, shooting bullets or rockets from each position for a few seconds before flying off to another location to attack Ebon.
Without his shield Ebon was having a hard time defending himself, as he couldn't move fast enough with his R-Types to avoid Gren's assault. Ebon was going to try to use range tactics against Gren but when his opponent did the same Ebon was in a pinch. Without The Kingdom Ebon's defenses were severely cut. So he had to go get it. Between the attacks Ebon moved towards The Kingdom. If he could get to it then he could fend off against any attacks and resume the fight.
But Gren knew what Ebon was going for. As soon as Ebon started taking some hits Gren knew he needed his shield and would try to go for it. So when he saw Ebon make a break for his shield Gren too rocketed towards him. The R-Types were getting quite annoying chipping away his aura with their attacks, and he could hardly make the time to take them out. But all he needed to do was go after Ebon and win this fight. As Ebon got closer Gren got faster, and right before he impacted Gren switched The God Eater into it's Terror form where it roared to life, and brought the weapon down into Ebon.
It always seemed like the biggest decisions were made in seconds. Knowing that Gren was coming in hot Ebon knew that he couldn't run to The Kingdom in time to not get hit by Gren. And at this point Ebon was starting to get worn down. First he got crushed against the ceiling, then he got blasted with rockets and bullets, and not it looked like Gren was going to finish the job with his chainsaw. But Ebon had one more trick up his sleeve, one attack that would either be all for naught or win the fight. His R-Types started to fall to the ground as Ebon focused his Mind of Matter onto the Kingdom and flung it towards Gren, with the same force and resistance as if Ebon was behind the shield himself.
But it was all for naught. Gren landed on the shield boot first. And without the R-types bothering him Gren was bale to walk over the shield and jump onto Ebon. He dig The God Eater into Ebon's shoulder and let it rip, tearing through his aura and armor. He only stopped after he spent five seconds letting The God Eater rip into Ebon's shoulder, before he let it to hover above Ebon's face. "Nice try." The God Eater soon went silent as Gren sheathed it into his back. He extended his hand out for Ebon to take.
Breathing lightly Ebon groaned slightly. His first real fight and he lost. "Well hell." Ebon laid there for a short while before Gren came over to help him up. He got up and looked at his shoulder. Fortunately his Aura protected him from the worst of it but his shirt was pretty messed up. Picking up the Kingdom and bringing his R-Types back into it Ebon was going to turn to leave, but not before tossing Gren his money. Then he started walking back to his dorm to change and rest up.
Gren took his money and checked his Aura. "22%. It's always a clutch huh? Well whatever. Now time to find the W.A.R." Gren gathered his things and walked towards the exit of the Gym.