Leos looked around as he kept his sword held low to the ground. So far, none of his ice skills but that one spear had done any damage. Luckily, the temperature bracer around his arm kept things from getting too hot for him. The red haired warrior looked around, trying to figure out where his foe had gone to, but quickly stopped thinking about it while he examined what he knew so far. After all, the one useful thing that Zorlo had taught Zachary was that analysis of a foe's powers made it easier to plan an effective defense.

Well, he started his thought, keeping a keen eye out for any on coming arrows, I know she's fast. Not as fast as Cadenza or Zorlo, notably, but still very fast. She moves to the point where the eye has a hard time keeping up. Even so, I can... kinda see faint images when she moves. Still... I'm no where near fast enough to keep up. I'm not that much quicker then a human being, even with my Half Elemental Form.

Secondly, she focuses on fire magic. Now, although fire won't work on me, thanks to my temp bracer, flames are still annoying, and do still hurt when I get hit, even if they don't burn. Aside from that, she's also long range oriented. Now, although I like my magic fine and all, I'm not a great warrior at too long a range. My choices are pretty slim.

Zachary barely heard the sound of an arrow moving as he turned and held his blade up, using the weapon's flat to block the blast that erupted from the arrow against the blade. The ice mage swung his sword and moved the smoke out of the way and looked around carefully. The sudden rustling of branches and leaves informed the Ice Elemental where his foe was and he quickly rolled to the side, evading yet another exploding flame arrow.

The time had come to take the counter offensive. Zachary used the power of his sword to create two ice spears and shot them towards the tree. Both were aimed at large branches, not so much the ash cat, and quickly snapped the tree limbs, causing the archer to look as she began to fall. She seemed slightly surprised, but the red haired warrior took the time to use this advantage.

The firebrand rushed the woman, who leapt up and shot down two more arrows that the red haired youth narrowly evaded as he shot up two ice spears towards her. The spears didn't quite reach her, or missed her completely, but the ice warrior didn't fret. He had her just where he wanted her. The woman was still leaping backwards, and unbeknownst to her, there was nothing but solid ground behind her. Just what the Elemental needed.

Zachary hefted his sword over his shoulder and swung it down hard. The ground split where the blade struck the earth and ice magic began to rush into the soil. Before long, a path of ice spikes began erupting from the ground, Quickly moving towards where Haineko was to land. Finally, he had mastered his newest version of Flash Freeze. The avenger wanted to see her fight her way out of this trap.

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Much thanks to Silver for the sweet Quincy Sig. ^_^
Zorlo , Zachary Leos, Monroe Vossler, Arvin Anson, Emile Velos
Rest In Peace Duke of Clubs. (11/15/1992-1/5/2008)
And Kenpachi divided the Strong from the Weak, and it was good!