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This is the Revised fight scene in chapter 5 between Deckard and Kaneas! Enjoy!!


He crawls out of bed, gets dressed, and eats before heading outside. "All right, I'm ready." Kaneas stops leaning against a nearby tree and walks over to a large open clearing, as does Deckard. "The terms still stand the same. If you can best me in a duel, you're free to search for your friend." The two of them stand still for a moment, each muttering words to chant a spell. At almost the same times, currents of wind surround both of them, their clothing slightly fluttering up around them in the air. Suddenly, the two of them disappear and then a few sonic booms are heard in the area. At the location of each sonic boom, there is a small cracked crater in the ground, and whatever trees were nearby. Almost as soon they were gone, they appear again, each standing in the others original spot. "You've gotten better..." Kaneas slowly turns his head to look at Deckard, as his cloak becomes completely tattered.

The two of them face each other once more and rush towards the other, this time using their own speed instead of enhancing it with magic. Kaneas’ tattered cloak suddenly floats off in many pieces as he begins running, leaving him with only his normal clothing now. “I really liked that cloak!” he shouts as the two of them throw punches towards the other, their two fists crashing together and creating a small sonic boom that pushes both of them back about seven feet. It was then that it became clear that while Kaneas was running his mouth, Deckard was chanting a spell in preparation for his next attack. Kaneas’ eyes suddenly open widely as he realizes what his opponent was doing. “Damn… I didn’t think he could chant in the middle of a physical attack!” Deckard brings both arms out in front of him and cups his hands towards each other but still about 4 inches away. There is suddenly a bright, blue sparkle of lights as a ball of lightning is created between his hands. The lightning ball flashes for a brief moment again and quickly disappears. Kaneas laughs loudly, “Looks like you still need some more training! Now it’s my turn!” Kaneas beings quickly chanting faster than Deckard had, and in almost two-thirds the time it took for Deckard he creates the same ball of lightning in his palm. Instead of disappearing, the ball of lightning stays, or rather it is thrown by Kaneas into Deckard’s general direction.

The ball of lightning crackles on its path towards Deckard and suddenly explodes as Kaneas makes a fist with the hand that threw it. The area surrounding Deckard becomes a field of lightning, making it very difficult to see just what was going on. The lightning strikes come to an end almost as quickly as they appeared, but Deckard was untouched and yet he was still standing in the same spot. Kaneas’ eyes open widely again, suddenly realizing what Deckard had done to protect himself. In the few seconds before the lightning exploded around him, Deckard had created a ‘barrier’. It was something that Kaneas could never hope to achieve, since barrier magic was restricted to sorcerers who use Light magic. Looking closer, it was clear that Deckard was still chanting, in fact it was clear to tell that he never stopped chanting. “Kaneas! I hope you’re ready for this, because I’m not holding back!” Deckard shouts at his teacher. Several strong, sudden gusts of wind quickly surround the area Kaneas was standing at. In just a mere second, a large twister appears as the gusts increase in number and become faster and stronger. “You were wrong about something.” Deckard shouts loudly. “My lightning ball didn’t disappear like you thought it did, I made it disappear on purpose. I was delaying the spell.” He shouts again as he holds his left and right hands out diagonally towards the ground away from his body. In his right palm, the ball of lightning suddenly forms, and in his left forms a ball of pure white light. He throws the ball of lightning directly into the twister, forces it to explode and then throws the ball of light straight up into the air above Kaneas and the twister.

The lightning fuses with the twister for a moment, creating a twister of swirling lightning that nothing inside could escape from. Kaneas’ cries of pain echo throughout the entire area, but it almost seemed like he was laughing at the same time. Kaneas, after all, was an Air sorcerer too so something like that didn’t hurt him as much as a normal person. His body had already gotten used to it and the cries of pain are completely switched out with menacing laughter. Deckard, still holding his left hand up to the sky where the ball was thrown suddenly clenches his fist and throws his hand down towards the ground. The ball of light explodes, but instead of becoming shrapnel like the ball of lightning did, it becomes a barrage of light arrows that rain down upon Kaneas. The barrage goes on for a little less than 15 seconds, ending shortly after the twister did. The force of the arrows hitting the ground pushes the dust up into the air and makes it impossible to see the result of the attack. A few of the light arrows were still stuck in the ground, but most of them had already shattered and disappeared. As the dust finally clears, Kaneas is in the center of it all, his clothing tattered and his body tired. Still sitting with his legs underneath him on the ground, he suddenly gives a faint grin towards Deckard and collapses onto the ground. “A…delayed spell…huh? Never thought…about doing something…like that…”

Deckard, still standing firmly, suddenly collapses down onto a knee to catch his breath from when he was hit by Kaneas’ earlier attack. All along his clothing, there were several small cuts and even smaller cuts on his skin where his clothing was cut. Kaneas, being hit by almost the same attack, had suffered from the same type of cuts, but he was also hit by Deckard's other and more powerful attack. "With this level of power, I should be able to search safely..." he speaks slowly and pants heavily. Normally, just using that speed technique once or twice wasn't something that would make him this tired, but within just a mere minute worth of time the two of them had completed a battle that would have normally taken over twenty minutes. Deckard had also exerted a lot of magical energy by using his delayed spell technique, casting the barrier, and from channeling his energy for so long. Even the most advanced Martial Sorcerers would have become tired from all the casting and fighting that had gone on only moments before.

Deckard slowly regains his breath and goes over to help Kaneas, healing him up a bit with his last delayed spell he had saved up. "I'm heading out to search for her as soon as I get my cuts treated." Kaneas coughs for a moment. "What about my cuts?" he frowns. "Do I not get any aid from my student, whom I care so much about?" Deckard laughs at the words that come from his teacher's mouth. "You don't care as much as you'd like me to think." he says as he drops Kaneas onto the couch inside the house. Almost as soon as he does, he walks into his bedroom to begin treating the minor cuts all over his body. "Hmph... I wonder if this is all right, letting him go like this." Kaneas closes his eyes and begins to think deeply about everything that had gone on the past two years.