Rp combat practice: Sonia

(After battle with Xana)

Zenshin saw Sonia, his partner, waiting for him in the forest clearing. It was a massive patch of flatland in the middle of the spooky forest, Zen's favorite training ground aside from the land of glaciers. The birds were singing their usual tone and Zenshin walked farther into the center. He looked Sonia in the eyes and told her, "If you're ever going to get stronger, you need to face stronger opponents. That is why we're out here, to prepare ourselves to defeat the dark mages that are going to attempt to launch the floating city into a mountain". Let's begin, Ice-Make, Heavy Sword!" he chanted as a giant, darkly purple tinted scimitar appeared in both his hands.

It seemed to ignore any light or form of illumination surrounding it, giving it an opaque, shadowy look. "You're move." Zen said with a smirk.

It was practice time for Sonia and Zenshin. Zenshin suggested that they train for the upcoming mission they are goind to take. It is a B ranked missions so it means its more dangerous than the lat mission they had taken. Sonia arrived at the venue, it was a massive patch of flatland in the middle of the spooky forest. "Good, the practice area is just right for me" . He heard Zen gave his speech before he commenced the beginning of the combat. Using his ice magic, Zenshin created a sword out of ice which glowed in dark purple color and signaled her its he turn.

Kneeling to the ground and reaching for the earth she shouted "Crimson Thorns: Brumble Guards" . Two masses of what seemed like squirming vines came sprouting out of the ground. The vines looked like snakes tangled together and moves in unison. They would follow Sonia around and when she stops they would curl around like a huge ball beside her.

Zen looked at the bramble guard and remembered that Sonia has the upper hand in forest of dirt environments. "Meh, no matter." he thought to himself cockily. Zenshin closed his eyes for a few seconds and then they bursted open, analyzing everything he could from the Bramble guard. He saw that the guard was plant like in origin, it could be casted from dirt or plants, it seemed to guard her, and it didn't look like a very tough shield. Zenshin brought up his sword at arms length in front of him, and at the same time, moved his right leg back and squatted into a stance.

He lunged forward at Sonia's guard sword first. To a spectator, it might have seemed reckless or stupid, but in his head, Zen had played through the possibilities of what could happen in a matter of seconds. He liked the odds and was now about to pierce the Bramble guard. "What will she do now." he thought, just as he was about to cut the shield down to size.

Sonia was at a disadvantage. An A ranked mage and ice user as well. She was brought out of her musings when Zen launched a lunge attack towards her brumble guards. "Oh right he hasn't seen my plants in action yet, this will be a surprise for him." she thought. She jumped a bit back instinctively. The vines parted as zenshin tried to slice them, he didnt know that the vines can tangle and untangle into separate pieces. The untangled mass of vine retreated into the earth. She made them spread out strategically covering the area they were fighting in.
"Im so sorry Zen but i have no choice Crimson Thorns: Green Mist". she commanded. Under the ground the vines that scattered all around exploded, releasing into the ground and into the air a green smoke. The smoke is toxic and it smells foul. It corrodes slowly the objects it comes in contact with and it burns the skin and eyes of any creature caught in the middle.

Zen smelled the newly polluted, green air that Sonia had just caused with a spell called Green mist."Arg, that reeks!" he thought to himself. Then, aloud, he told her "Nice try". Zenshin span around in a circle, drawing a line of white, icy fog with his hands. "Disperse." whispered Zen, very quietly. All of the sudden, many, tiny, dark ninja stars that flew at an extremely quick speed flew out in the all directions that had been marked by Zen's icy fog.

The speed was enough to clear out the toxic green smoke from the area. "Ice-Make, Pillars!" Zen called out as he clapped. Two cyan magic circles appeared next to Sonia and as soon as he clapped, to large, identical ice pillars came out and sped towards Sonia.

"Crud, im done if that hits me" Sonia thought as she saw the ice pillars heading towards her. She ducked and cast a spell. "Crimson Thorns: Wall of thorns" She knew all too well that the wall wont stand against such strong ice attack but she hoped that the wall was high enough to hide her from view. Then she would use her remaining brumble guard to escape. "I dont have a chance against an ice mage in an open field, lets see if he fares better in the woods." she told herself. "Crimson Thorns: Nymph's Net" this caused the brumble guard to grow leaves and flowers and then exploding scattering them into the wind. Just as she expected the wall was not strong enough to block the attack. However, it did its purpose. The collision of the ice pillar and the wall of thorns plus the effect of nymphs net cause a dazzling flurry of ice, leaves, flowers and debris, which allowed Sonia to safely hide within the woods.

Zenshin was dazed by the massive amount of things shot everywhere as the net and everything else just exploded. "Sneaky Sonia." Zen thought as he ran out into the woods in the same direction his partner had ran to. Zenshin walked around the general area where Sonia was thought to be, careful since he knew she had the advantage in a forest biome. Treading carefully, he searched behind every tree, nothing. He kept walking and saw that one of her feet was not behind the tree. "Ice-Make, Crocodile!" Zenshin yelled, and right then a magic circle summoned a giant ice crocodile. Zenshin told it to head for the tree, and it did.

Sonia saw what Zen just did,he used ice magic to summon a crocodile. "Crud, its heading this way" with that she stealthily crawled over to the next tree. The dense vegetation may give her a bit of hiding spot but she still has to fight back somehow. She cant just run forever.With determination on her face, she let herself get cut on the nearby pointy shrubs. Patching herself up she summoned two spells at once "Crimson Thorns: Deadly Tendrils. Crimson Thorns: Brumble Guard " she then stretched her fingers towards the other tree. She positioned herself where she cant be seen. Meanwhile, she made the brumble guard to untangle and position themselves around the spot where she let her blood mark the shrubs.

Zenshin sighed, this would be the first time he used his dragon, not because he needed to, but because the forest wasn't the best place for him to fight. "Ice-Make, Pillar!" he yelled and a giant pillar came out of his crocodile and shot him upwards. A giant, blue magic circle surrounded him and he then called out,"Ice-Make, Dragon"! A giant, long, oriental dragon appeared with Zenshin sitting on its neck. It was circling around a large portion of the forest and Zenshin commanded, "Barrage"! A huge barrage of icicles fell down upon the forest, weakening trees and destroying whatever was under them.

That was unexpected, she didnt put into factor that Zen may decimate the forest just to level the playing field. It was a good thing that deadly tendrils was still in effect, she managed to swing to the next tree to avoid getting hit,her trap however may have been compromised. Still there was hope, some of her vines had managed to survive the barrage attack from the ice dragon. Now all she has to do is play the waiting game, until zen steps into the forest and she can launch her attack.

Zen and his dragon were now at ground level, and he commanded barrage again. The dragon cleared the ground area as well as any trees left standing in that area. Zen never thought of getting off his dragon as it was comfortable, but he was tired so Zen commanded for the dragon to disperse. "Come out Sonia, if you're still alive, sorry if I killed you!" he yelled out jokingly. Zenshin walked around and waited for Sonia to appear.

This was the chance Sonia had been waiting for. Zenshin had dismantled from his dragon, maybe he felt safe now that the area he was standing on was free of vegetation. "When will you learn not to trust what you see" she spoke under her breath. Unbeknownst to Zenshin, the remaining vines she had have gone underground just waiting for this moment. Simultaneously all the vines hiding underground shot up aiming to incapacitate Zenshin while Sonia waiting patiently beyond the area devoid of vegetation.

Zen sighed."Ice-Make, Floor!" he called out, stopping the vines in their tracks. Sonia! You know better!" he said loudly, thinking that Sonia could've not wasted magic like that. Zenshin stepped over the vine, making sure it didn't prick him after his last encounter with them. Zenshin knew that if he wanted to train Sonia to the fullest, he had to beat her in her natural environment, the forest.

When Zenshin stepped on the vine all the other vines that was frozen erupted realising fumes and sap."Got yah" she thought as her spell Green MIst took effect. The ice floor melted and mixed with the sap from some of the vines. The area around Zenshing was now murky and sticky while the air was covered with the mist making it hard to breath and see. Simultaneously she launched herself towards Zenshin.