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Dawn's eye twitched as Noelle disappeared under ground. She wasn't sure if the attack left it's mark or not. But now she was at a disadvantage. The girl could be anywhere. There was no way for Dawn to know, when or where the girl would reappear and unleash her attack.

~'If you stay in the air she'll be at the disadvantage. It'll be harder for her to attack you if you stay in the air.'~

'Yes, but I can't stay in the air forever. Jumping can only do so much. If I land in the wrong spot, she'll get me...'

~'Then you just got to be faster than her.'~

Dawn's eyes narrowed as her mind wrapped around what Garuda was telling her. She let the wind surround her, calling upon the haste effect of Swift as Winds, as she let her feet touch the ground gently. Dawn let her eyes scan the floor around her. But not unguarded. Her legs were ready to leap the moment she felt a change in the ground around her.

Dawn looked down at her feel and see Noelle quickly coming out of the soil in front of her. With her added haste, she leaped into the air again, using her added speed and readiness to dodge. This time backwards, away from the girl, but still in front of Noelle.

"Enough hiding on me!" Dawn yelled out when she landed on the other side of the arena.

The dancer raised her fans and proceeded to move them and her body in a slow dance. The wind made it's way over to Noelle. It soon focused around her head and face. After a few moments, Dawn closed her fans and stopped dancing. On cue the wind turned into a gust in the agromancer's face, attempting to silence the girl's voice and making her unable to use her magic.

Dawn let out a disappointed hiss as Noelle was able to close the distance between them. She felt balance weaken as the ground shook. Her head shot up at Noelle as she shouted. Dawn jumped to the side, but was unable to avoid getting hit on her left side.

The Wind Dancer fell to her knee and held her side.

~'Come on get up!'~

"I know!" Dawn shouted out loud at Garuda as she got up to her feet.

With her fans ready Dawn launched herself at Noelle. With wind propelling her. As she came towards the Agromancer, Dawn spread her fans out wide, moving them through the wind, in a dancing movement through the air, enchanting them with Blade Dance, before she aimed them at Noelle and crashed towards her.

Dawn was on her knees at the area where she impacted Noelle's armor. Man, that was a bad idea. She had no idea how much it damaged Noelle, but it knocked Dawn a little off balance. Nothing was like slamming into a brick wall. Or in this case, a rock wall. But at least that armor was gone, at least most of it.

Her eyes scanned the area as area started to fill up with plants. Right where Noelle would have the home field advantage. Right where Dawn didn't want to be.

The Dancer jumped backwards, to get away from the plant field and landed on one of the walls of the arena. She raised her open fans and moved them together. Calling forth her own field advantage, a breeze to blow around the arena. The wind blew the plants in the direction of their wielder. Gently bringing up flower petals and leaves into the air. Plants and wind together were creating a storm of flower petals.

Dawn stood at her point. She was waiting for Noelle to make the next move. It was time for round two.

Dawn couldn't help but smirk at Noelle's annoyance, "Difficult for you. Or do you mean easier for me?" she yelled down at Noelle.

~'Don't get cocky. Making the girl angry might not be the best idea.'~

'Come on don't go ruining all my fun- oh snap!'

Dawn's thoughts were interrupted when Noelle sent several earth disks in her direction. She quickly jumped off her perch and on her knees, ground level. That was easy enough to dodge.

~'I think not! Move!'~

"What..?" Dawn turned, to her shock and amazement, they had turned around and were starting back her direction.

Dawn pushed herself away from the ground and out of the way. She got up and ran out of the way, hoping they would hit the ground and stop, but they were still behind her.

'I see only one solution. I just hope it works.'

Dawn took off in a run in the direction of Noelle, with the disks close behind. When she was less then a few feet from the girl, Dawn took a last moment jump over her head. By doing so she hoped that if the flying rocks, being in such close proximity to Noelle would hit the Agromancer, and maybe get whatever she was doing to die down.

Dawn growled out of fustration. She was hitting the rocks away with her Tessen from every direction it seemed. She was expending most of her energy to, run, jump and swing, she had no idea what was up or down anymore. Though her efforts were strong, it was starting to show as a couple were enough to hit her.

'Can't keep this up much longer.'

Dawn panted for breath, knocking one of the rocks to the side, before glaring at Noelle, "Enough of this!" Dawn yelled.

Dawn held her fans out flat from her body, and proceeded to move her fans around herself, spinning her body. The wind started to gather and twist around Dawn. It created tornado around herself, knocking the rocks away that were flying at her, like a barrier. When the tornado was solid and about 3 feet in radius she pointed her fans in the direction of Noelle, she released the twister.

The wind storm picked up speed and started its way towards the earth user. But with this tornado Dawn, kept her fans out, moving them slightly, keeping her focus to control the storm. So even if Noelle did run away. She would get the same treatment that she was giving Dawn with those blasted rocks!

"You got to be kidding me!" Dawn yelled out feeling her own annoyance rise more as Noelle retreated underground to avoid her attack, "You are more annoying than trying hit those annoying buggers on that a arcade game!" (Whack-a-mole)

Dawn then heard Noelle's voice as she came out from the dirt. Before she knew it, Noelle had tripped her with the wood of her spear. She let out an annoyed growl as she swept her own foot out in a sweeping motion of her own, in attempt to kick Noelle in the side and keep her from retreating once more or doing whatever it was the girl had planned.

"Oh not good! Not good!" Dawn kept mumbling as vines came out of the ground and tied her to the ground.

She growled as she struggled to try and break free. Even before she started to struggle, she knew it was in vain. It was all lost if she couldn't get free.

'Garuda! Help me!

On command the wind started to move around the two fighters as the Garuda summon circle appeared under them. It moved quickly around, glowing in a green light. With a burst of wind, powerful enough to knock Noelle off her feet, Garuda.

The Wind summon glanced down at Dawn, waving her hands around and using knife like winds to cut her summoner free from her bindings.

"Good timing Garuda," Dawn said as she stood up and resummoned her weapons.

~"Hmph. You need to watch yourself more, Sunlight and I wouldn't need to come here."~

"Eh, if you say so Bird Brain. Lets go."

Dawn ran at the hopefully unguarded Noelle. As Garuda worked on the wind. Gathering a larger wind around Noelle to hinder her movements. Dawn brought her fans down onto Noelle.