She jumped forward, waving her hands around. He moved a hand up, shooting beams of blood toward her. She dodged, lowered under the blood, and did a kick into the air, allowing her heel to hit him right in the chin. He flew into the air.
"STEEL EAGLE, PHOENIX SECOND FORM!-" She spun around and then shot both hands forward, holding them tightly together by the wrist, like doing the Kamehameha. Then, she slammed all ten fingers into his stomach, scorching his upper body.
"Dawn!" She shouted, making him fly back, fire erupting from his stomach.
"AH!" He roared in pain. She danced around on the spot, waving her hands with calm and composed movements, allowing a trail of fire to move behind her hands before continuing, running toward him.
"Endless training," Alexander said with a smile. Lily appeared next to him as a glowing silhouette, standing right next to him.
"Day in and day out, always trying to better herself." Alexander smiled as images of Ilfri appeared in his mind. Her outside the school pulling tires using ropes. Her, climbing the stairs as much as possible. Her in the dojo training on the karate dummies. Her, running up mountains, swimming miles in the oceans, doing yoga, and lastly, cutting holes into a boulder in her garden using her hands. All the images of her hard training came into mind until one specific day.
"Murder of crows!" She waved her hands around, cutting clay doves in half while focusing as much as she could.
"She is really doing her best." Alexander smiled, leaning his shoulder on his underclassmen.
"Yeah." The girl next to him said with a smile.
"She is always training so hard." A boy behind Alexander smiled. The two were Ilfri's classmates and best friends. Alexander nodded and watched as she waved her hands faster and faster. She then took a deep breath, and as her hands moved across each other to keep the spinning murder of crows attack going, they suddenly ignited.
"FIRE!" The boy shouted. Ilfri was too focused to see it, but instead of cutting the clay doves now, she was melting them slightly too.
"Incredible!" Alexander's eyes shined as he grinned. Her movement becomes more fluid and faster. It was like this was a stage over ascension for the girl in front of her.
"Truly incredible."
"Let's do this!" Ilfri ran toward Hunter, who had stumbled back.
"GO AWAY!" Hunter roared, swinging his arm forward, sending out a giant wave of black blood.
"Steel eagle, phoenix first form!-" She roared, running toward the wave. She stomped the ground, moving her single hand back.
"GREAT FIREWORK!" She slammed her hand through the wave, vaporizing a hole in it for her to move through.
"Damn it!" Hunter created a spear of blood and threw it at her. She gently slammed her hand against the spear, making it fly to the side, redirecting it.
"Her hands are so fluent," Damien said.
"Fluent?" Kotoha looked at him.
"It's a saying. Her hand movements are so gentle and still precise that she is able to redirect things with ease. Not a single movement is unnecessary or hindering. It's like I'm seeing a prodigy being birthed." Damien crossed his arms.
"Most impressive." Leaun nodded.
"She is on the other team, guys." Moira looked at them.
"Yeah, but as a martial artist. I must be honest and say. I envy Hunter." Damien grinned, tightening his grip on his shirt.
"I really wanna fight her!" Damien grinned.
Ilfri moved toward him and got very close.
"Why are you so much faster?!" Hunter roared.
"Steel eagle, phoenix third form-" She took a deep breath so sharp it looked like steam.
"Swam of fireflies!" She backhand hit his chest and then continued to pummel him a few times on his body, leaving red marks. One sharp thrust of the fingers here, one backhand hit there, and one fist right there, pressing her hands on to him, making him flinch in pain with every hit. She continued until she left at least thirty marks on him, and then she jumped back.
"Shine!" She shouted as all the marks glowed up and then erupted into flames, leaving his body like a swarm of fireflies.
