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Atticus followed right behind Shira. Once she picked the spot, Atticus would walk far enough so that he was standing in front of her, but they still had plenty of space in between so that they could run and move more freely. Holding up his fist, Atticus' soul would radiate, showing that he was indeed a different being, instead of his black and cold soul, it was now a dark blue color and warm. "Please don't hold back."Atticus said as his energy began to rise and an blue aura would radiate around his hand.

As the bullets flew at him, Atticus would focus the energy that was around his hand and thrusts it into the ground, causing an explosion, which sent him flying into the air, allowing for him to dodge the bullets. While in the air, Atticus would maneuver himself so that he would land right in front of Shira. Once he landed, Atticus took an offensive stance and attempted to deliver a punch towards Shira's abdomen.

Atticus was prepared for hand to hand combat, so when Shira managed to catch his hand and then tried to counter with her own equally powerful punch, Atticus would immediately use his free hand to block her attack, while also using the force to separate him from her. The moment that the two were separated, Atticus would once again rush inwards towards Shira, this time he would jump into the air and try to his her with an ax kick, that if it would hit, would send her flying head first into the ground.

Knowing that if he allowed Shira to put distance between them, she would have the advantage, seeing as she can use both long range and close range techniques, Atticus would face the bullets head on, dodging a few, while shifting his body around so that the ones that hit him, just grazed his skin. Once he had made his way through the bullets, Atticus would find himself right in front of Shira once more, he would then hold out his hand and release a wave up dark blue energy at Shira.

As Shira had taken some damage from his attack, Atticus would see that she left herself open. Atticus knew that he could take advantage of that fact, so he went in again for a final hit, trying to thrust his left hand into her abdomen. "Too easy" he said as he was on his guard.

Atticus was surprised that Shira was still able to move after taking to of his attacks. "You really have gotten stronger" he said as he was about to dash at her again, but stopped when he felt the ground below him rumble and out of the walls. "Not enough time" Atticus thought as all of the bullets hit him, which resulted in an massive explosion. As the explosion cleared, Atticus could be seen standing in the same place, his clothes bloody and tattered, it was obvious that he had taken a great amount of damage. "My body is still ready." he shouted as he would unleash another wave of energy, however, this time, he would run inside of the wave, so encase Shira dodged or blocked the wave, Atticus would be there ready to deal an second attack.

As his attack and his sight became blocked, due to the cloud of smoke, Atticus was hit yet again with Shira's bullets. "I see, so you've found out my strategy." Atticus said out loud as he used the cloud to his advantage. Atticus would move around in the cloud and unleash wave after wave of energy, seemingly at random. As one of the waves headed towards Shira, three more would miss her, on left and right sides, and also above her. "Try to doge them." he stated as he then unleashed even more waves.