Standing across each other was Snow and Jayden.
Snow's aura was compressed to a thin state like a candle. Still and Serene.
Jayden's aura was controlled but visibly convulsing threatening to burst.
'Their characters are so different, calm and wild'
"Ahhh how troublesome" Arthur sighed imagining the trouble to come.
Raising his hand he gave the signal to begin.
Hoping on both feet Jayden cracked his joints
"I hope you are quick on your toes ice freak."
Jayden grins
Snow looks at him unbothered.
Tilting his neck he blinked for a second
It was all that it took because...
In that moment Jayden vanished and darkness fell upon Snow.
"So fast!" Snow thought.
Jayden had used Snow's momentary distraction to close in swift as wind.
Holding Snow's face he used the momentum to propel his arm bashing Snow into the ground
Snow bounced of the floor and moved away and put his guard up.
But an attack did not come.
Looking ahead he saw Jayden cracking his fingers.
"Snow I don't know you, but where I grew up you get very good at reading people."
"So trust me when I say you did not have it as rough as me."
For the first time since meeting Jayden. Snow saw his smile vanish his eyes glowed intensely, the aura he had been controlling expanded.
A bomb,
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Loud bursts sounded as his aura exploded through the air.
"I suffered, fell, stood back up, I got stronger more dangerous... I survived."
His eyes sharpened...
"So I would appreciate it if you didn't take me as a joke." It was a polite request but it didn't sound like it at all.
Taking a crouching stance he vanished again.
"How is he moving that fast, he isn't even using the elements."
He analyzed his opponent cautiously.
But it was all for naught.
A punch landed on his stomach lifting him of his feet. Next a kick hit him hard ryt under his chin. His eyes rotated rendering him vulnerable for a second.
Jayden was a clearly experienced fighter. He did not waste the opportunity at all, moving ryt behind Snow he punched again. The punch was aimed at Snow's spine but at the last moment...
Snow in that state felt his senses scream, senses honed through countless dangers he had faced. He stretched one hand backwards right between him and Jaydens punch.
Jaydens punch connected. Due to the sheer power it lifted Snow into the air.
Jayden's grin grew wider.
'Yes you have to be at least this good.'
In Jaydens hands duel swords made of compressed emerald wind materialized. Locking onto Snow he jump upwards. Snow spun mid air and blew out mist ryt from his mouth. Rendering Jayden blind just for a second
"He's doing a number on Snow. "
The instructor analyzed
"But that Snow..."
"He's adapting mid battle, how curious "
The moment Jayden was blinded from cleaving him up.
Like a new tempo on a beat Snow vanished
The feeling on the battle ground changed
Jayden mid air confused felt his senses tingle
Danger he's mind screamed
Appearing behind him was Snow his hands covered in spikey ice gauntlets.
Jayden turned back but it was too late to block
A punch landed squirly on his face
He toppled down from the sky towards the ground
He smashed down to the ground so hard his eyes opened wide pain evident in his eyes.
"Oh..."
'he used his element to create platforms midair and maneuver readying a counterattack.'
"These kids are just on another level." Arthur smiled.
Snow raised his hand an ice spear huge as a wagon molded into shape, right after he sent it toppling down. Jayden still trying to reorganize himself couldn't help but laugh.
' Crazy strong' he thought
"It's too late to dodge"
He stands up and squats his body taking a punching position, Gales surrounded his fist as he punched forward. A gale wind taking the shape of his Griffin pressed forward colliding with the giant ice spear.
As a standstill was midway Snow was already moving.
He appeared behind Jayden his body making a halt mid air he flips his body sideways and lands a massive kick on Jayden but then Jayden scatters into specks of emerald winds.
The spears hits Snow dead center in the chest but instead of hurting him it dissolves into him like water into a sponge.
Some distance away Jayden stood, a hand on his neck.
His face sweaty but he still had his naughty grin.
"Huuuu" he breathes out
"Man you are a monster.... hehe"
"Well now that we have properly warmed up."
"We can turn things up a peg, right Snow!!!" Jayden roared the last part.
On his forehead a emerald feather tattoo appeared. Winds surrounding him roared, sharp wind like blades begin to circle around him countless of them.
"Okay this might be getting a bit out of hand, this is a spar for goodness sake." Arthur said as he was about to stop the two.
What happened next though really made him stop out of curiosity.
Snow's body shuddered, this pressure was overwhelming. Did he back down though?
No he had been through his fare share of danger and backing down.
Hell no!
His pride would never let him. His irises glowed blue, mist started coming out of his body frost appeared all over the ground.
His gauntlets contracted more looking more like his own hands. Spikes grew out of the knuckle area.
His cold voice hissed in the mist
"Come"
That tone alone made Jayden's body tremble in excitement. He could sense it, this side of Snow was so similar to him
'I'm not the only predator in this fight, we both hunt' his grin distorted crazily.
He wanted to see more, his wild side demanded satisfaction.
"Okay, here I come!!"
Arthur seeing this stopped in his tracks. Yes, this was no longer a spar he could interfere with the kids were too fired up.
Meeting an opponent at a similar level had totally unlocked their junkie side.
" I won't lose." the two boys simultaneously thought.