~ "Come on Flint, you will have to do better then that to take me down" Ion yelled out at a fennec boy who had been darting from tree to tree, firing arrows off that Ion had been easily scorching down with his Lightning Psynergy. "No fair when you can use abilities like that when I am not as proficient" Flint called back out but Ion shook his head, "in battle there is no such thing as fair" Ion snarkly yelled back as Flint hid behind another tree and growled, "hell if going in from a distance won't work, I might just have to get in closer" Flint thought as he turned out from the tree and fired another shot, Ion quickly moved to the side and cut it out of the air with his sword, "I am never going to get better with Gaia unless I try". The one after another more arrows came from the same spot as Ion ran forward knocking them out of the air, "well if you are going to leave an opening, I am going to..." Ion yelled as he went for a strike only to hit thin air, "what the... ah..." Ion called out as he noticed one of Flint's partly formed Gaia sword sticking out of the ground, he quickly ducked for cover as the sword exploded into particles of Earth from once it came as the dust filled the air. Keeping his senses open, Ion picked up the sound of rushing air as he stood up and braced his sword for the on coming strike of Flint's as their swords clashed sending sparks flying. "So you are finally deciding to come at me with your Psynergy, it's about time" Ion said as they continued to clash, "figured I would, never going to get better with it unless I try and besides, here is where I have an advantage, Gaia has strength over your Lightning" Flint countered cracking a small smile as Ion made a laugh, "it is true you have much to learn, though lets start with something that you should never forget, advantage is not always an advantage!" Ion responded as he imbued his sword with his Lightning, the combined force was able to overpower Flint, sending his sword flying from his hands into the grassy field. "Wha... what?" Flint stuttered out as the point of Ion's blade came close to his nose, "potency has an effects as well" Ion answered, "yes your Gaia is my Lightning's weakness but my potency in Lighting vastly outmatches yours in Gaia, more then enough to overcome that weakness" Ion continued as Flint growled in anger. Refocusing himself, Flint kicked Ion's sword up as he was able to dart to the side, retaking his bow and firing more arrows Ion's way as Ion cut them all down before Flint took five arrows in his hand and fired them all at once towards Ion. Figuring he couldn't fully cut down the volley that was coming towards him, Ion used his dexterity to dodge them all but that is what Flint wanted him to do, as Ion was distracted, he conjured up more Gaia Aura and started to form another one of his Gaia swords from a nearby rock but before he could complete it a bolt of Lightning flew towards him ,striking him in the hand.
"Ahhh" Flint cried out as he made a glare to Ion who was now walking towards him with one of his hands out in front, "you think I am going to let you form another sword? Here is another small lesson you should remember, your Gaia is slower then my Lightning or at least the way you use it, might want to think of something else as your 'advantage" is useless if you can't use it!" Ion called out with a grin as Flint growled. "There is no way, he's got me beat" Flint thought as he took a glance at the partly formed Gaia sword, then to the fully formed one out in the distance and then back to Ion, "if I try to continue forging the sword, he will just shock me again preventing that, if I go for the other sword, I would be bolted before I can get to it as his Lightning is quicker then my feet, arrows are useless..." Flint continued to think as Ion got closer. "I have to stand my ground somehow... wait that's it! That is where I actually have the advantage over Ion, especially if I use my Psynergy right, though I still need a way to insulate myself from his sparky aura... wait, this might work" Flint thought as he made a big smile, he unbuckled his quiver placing it on the ground along with his bow. "What? Surrendering? I though a Warrior like yourself wouldn't stoup to something like that" Ion called out as Flint changed his stance, "so you are going to fight after all, well then here I come!" Ion called out as he up his speed and darted towards Flint, his sword ready to make a strike but before it could land, Flint quickly removed his leather vest, stringing it between his hands and catching Ion's sword within his grasp. Ion stunned a bit by Flint's cations, quickly imbued his sword with Lightning but Flint's vest was able to protect against it, especially since Flint was also imbuing it with his Gaia, "you may have more potency then me but my Gaia still has advantage over your Lightning, especially when I also use an item that also has some resistance to it, making my less potent Gaia, more potent!" Flint said cracking a big smile as Ion looked frustrated, then pulling more Gaia Aura, Flint imbued his body with it as he was able to overpower Ion with his superior strength, with one hand now, Flint was able grab Ion's right arm as Ion could not break his grasp. As on tried to fight Flint's grip, he was able to grab a hold of Ion's left wrist forcing him to let go of his sword, "well now that your are disarmed, lets see how you like it when your Psynergy is restricted" Flint said continuing to smile as Ion continued to struggle but using this unfathomable strength, Flint pulled Ion to the ground and tied his hands over his head with some rope he had on clipped to his belt. "Ok, ok, Flint, I give, you win, you didn't have to tie me up though" Ion said with a sigh but Flint just let out a little laugh picking back up his quiver and bow as well as Ion's fallen sword before he knelt over him. Flint then took Ion's hat of his head and placed it on his own, "and with the victor goes the spoils" Flint said with a grin as Ion rolled his eyes "don't worry though, I won't be too rough, after all you are going to be my little 'squire' for the rest of the day! Try not to be too ticklish....." ~