_┗ Igneel noticed the speed increase the transformation gave her. Became a bit faster than him at the very most. The right cross that she threw had connected sending him flying through a mountain. She wasn't letting up either, not gonna let him get a breather. "So the girl can actually throw a good punch. Why don't you just throw a blast why don't y-..oh." Lifting his hands to intercept and hold against the blast she launched at him. Tensing his muscles holding it in place before re-directing its course in another direction. His hands had actual burnt marks on his palms. They shook for a bit before wiping them together. "I'd have to say, changing your hair color gave you quite the boost, I'll give you that. But it'll take more than that to put me down." Of course, he could tell based off that one strike she gave him, that her power boost may be more serious than he would actually think. Every move from here on has to be a serious one. Igneel can't play around anymore. Once he get's a chance, he'll have to share this information to the boss. Igneel rushed forward colliding with Celes, both of his hands grabbed hers and forced a power struggle as he attempts to push her back. ┓
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
Celes met Igneel's power struggle with a fierce push. This was the closes she had been to her brother's murderer, and it just caused the newly awakened Super Saiyan's rage to explode. With a fierce roar, Celes rolled backwards and pulled to kick Igneel away. While still hanging upside down, the golden haired fighter would pull her hands together and launched a Die Die Missile Barrage.
_┗ The pressure's on now. No more fun and games or light banter, both pieces are playing for keeps. Glaring his eyes at Celes with seriousness and focus. She's ready to draw blood. Igneel couldn't lie to himself, the very look of what she became is pretty frightening. The green pupils, cold icy stare made her much more menacing than one could anticipate. Suddenly, a kick connected with Igneel pushing him away, at first falling to the ground but with control, used his position in his flight to manuever around her energy blast's assault. They were fast, forcing Igneel to manuever his own body as he flew away from each ki blast's direction just to not get hit.
He rose higher into the air before stopping to understand more about this..whatever it was. It made her stronger, even faster. He had to be careful, one powerful hit without any kind of prep could possibly kill him. Tightening his muscles and raising his ki, the Ragna member flew straight at his opponent, fists straightened and tight, going for an all in assault charge. Hopefully if connected, it would drive her into the grounds below where he would proceed with a ki blast to her stomach, causing an explosion from below. ┓
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
Celes readied herself as Igneel closed in. He had made the mistake of taking time to strategize. It only afforded her the same opprotunity. Igneel was smart. He definitely knew he couldn't joke around anymore. That just meant this fight was going to be more of a challenge, and Celes smirked at the thought.
As Igneel charged forward, Celes took up a stance with her back hand on her sword, while her front hand held forward to fend off the strike. As Igneel'a punch launched forward, Celes's Afterimage faded. She would then strike down from above with her sword, aiming to utilize her Burning Slash. She wanted this fight to go on, but knew it needed to end.
What he could sense of the battle left him astounded. It was an amazing clash of powers; one that made him realize how much of a gap there was between them now. It was a bit infuriating. He hated that he let this happen.
This gap, however, was something he intended to close. There was no way he'd let her get ahead of him like this! He didn't care what it would take, he was going to find some way to catch up and finally beat her! But for now, he'd just watch and stay out of the way.
_┗ Diving fists first into the grounds below missing his target completely. Without breaks, Igneel rose up from the ground, shaking the excess dirt off of him. He flew right through her. "That's an annoying technique.." Seeing a shadow that wasn't his getting larger from behind him. Immediately looking up to see the female with a sword ready to slice him in two. Firing ki blasts from both his hands to repel him away from the sword's trajectory. Landing into a slide from a distance, Igneel charged up ki into his very same hands to fire ki blasts right at Cele's positions. Hopefully it will push her back and get that sword away from her possession. ┓
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
Celes used her sword to bat the ki blasts away as she flew towards Igneel. The young Saiyan would sheath her sword and blast the ground at Igneel's feet, creating a makeshift smokescreen. She had to ser up quick if this was going to work. Landing off to the side of Igneel, Celes immediately brought her hands to her right side and began charging her Super Galick Gun. She was looking to end the fight.
_┗ ”Tch, not this again.” Managing to put that sword away, Igneel got caught up in a smokescreen in which he shielded himself from, noticing the purple glow of Celes’s beam charging. The same attack that ended the other saiyan’s life. He could match her blow for blow like last time but this power up may actually overwhelm him. But the raw power was so high it was damn near ridiculous by the amount. When the smoke finally cleared, he looked over to the side realizing that he may not be able to get out of range in time. ┓
Taking cover behind a rock nearby, Rawber had noticed Celes make a smokescreen and knew she was going to charge her attack. It was something she had done once against him in a sparring match. Classic Celes.
But then he had an idea. In case this guy had some way to get out of that attack he would do something incredibly stupid. Something borderline insane. He popped halfway out of cover and fired off an Explosive Demon Wave at him. "DIIISSSTRACTIOOON!!!"
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
Celes would only smirk when the Explosive Demon Wave would be fired towards Igneel. Someone had her back, and she only knew one person with that attack. How fortuitous for him to arrive at a time like this. Now he just needed to stay out of the way, because Celes was going all out. "Take my rage, my hate, and all of my sorrow! Super Galick Gun!"
With a furious thrust of her hands forward, a brilliantly blazing purple beam shot forth from her hands towards Igneel. The beam ripped up the ground as it raced forth, debris flying to the side if not being disintegrated by the focused power of the beam. With a roar, Celes poured more into the raging energy attack to push it harder and faster. She wanted Igneel dead and gone.
_┗ Igneel had not realized there was someone else in the area...not only that, they attacked him as well. Damn, now he gotta figure out how to get out of another rut. Simply getting out of the way wasn't an option. There was one thing he had to resort to. Quickly putting his hands together, Igneel formed some sort of hand seal and shot out a burst of ki before dodging the Demon Wave, putting him right in the fire of the move Celes had fired. Exerting a large amount of ki, sweating and panting intercepting the Super Galick Gun. Trying to hold it into the place, the ki surely dissipated and engulfed him in full, causing a mighty explosion leaving a mushroom cloud to form and in time fade away... ┓
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
The rage fueled Saiyan allowed the beam to dissipate from her hands following the mushroom cloud. She had to see if her opponent still stood. Something told her he was a resilient one. Luckily, she could one up her strength on that attack some more. Without waiting, Celes began charging up Ki, using the air pressure to push the dust and smoke away.
Seeing the explosion draw near, Rawber ducked down behind his rock and hoped it would hold. It had to. He wouldn't make it in time to another. So he planted his back against it."Okay, Rocky, hang in there!"
He could feel the immense heat as the air roared past. He could barely see out of his eyes and see dust and chunks of his rock breaking off and flying away. The very ground beneath him was shaking while his ears were ringing like crazy, but he kept hoping the rock would hold. It had to. He couldn't die here like this. "C'mooon Rocky! Hang in theeeere!"
As the explosion subsided Rawber shook his head and attempted to gather his thoughts and refocus his vision. He peeked out of behind his rock to see if anyone else survived.
_┗ The fog and remaining smoke had finally cleared, leaving the lifeless body of what left was of the bandit appeared over the ground that the blast engulfed him in. No motion, no sound, all appeared was nothing but a corpse. That is...of course, what would be if things had gone according to plan. Before the blast ignited, Igneel's mind was triggered by the message left by his comrade about Phase 4. There was no more time to hold on, he just had to leave. With his technique in effect, the body that was visible had faded into thin air like smoke, leaving all trace of Igneel to absolutely nothing.
From a far far distance however, "dammit! That Saiyan's power increased multifold. I almost didn't stand a chance. Good thing I had techniques that allowed me to get away...at such a cost though. Not only that...there was yet, ANOTHER, warrior! Next time, I'll make sure she won't survive. That I swear on it!" Talking to himself as he flew over to where he was designated to be, nothing but irritation filling his soul. ┓
『"Please, just give me a reason to punch your face in!"』
The young, golden-haired Saiyan raised an eyebrow at the corpse on the ground. Surely, her attack was enough to vaporize him, not just leave a smoldering corpse. Wait, smoldering? Before her eyes, Igneel's body faded into smoke. He wasn't dead. He got away! "That b*****d!" She flew up high, searching the area for her opponent, but it was for naught. He was nowhere to be seen. With a roar, Celes' ki flared a brilliant gold. She needed to give chase, but that wouldn't be smart. For a brief moment, logic took hold. Both Veera and another were down below.
Floating down, Celes, still unaware of her transformation, walked towards where the blast that had aided her came from. "Rawber! That better be you!" She was sure of it. The technique that came barreling towards Igneel from behind, and the somewhat familiar voice could only be one person.
