The Cosmogonic Flight To Ascension [Moonie VS Cirno Round 2]

The aura that he was given in reply seemed on point. It contained almost all of the elements that Moonie looked for in his opponents. There was really only one missing quality. He could not quite pin it dow, but he felt like something was missing. Something that was necessary, something that would make this battle feel off until he could figure it out. Moonie was not the smartest individual, after all.

"Cahahaha... Is that it?" He joked as her eruption of energy poured out around him. He didn't know why exactly, but that felt like something that he could pick at to help bring out the missing quality. "Voi!" He told her as she began to approach him. It was an exclaim of realization, like a young dog who had just realized that there was food to be had.

Cirno's body crashed into his, and he decided to simply feel her blow. Against his cheek, therefore, the Moon Iramasha's flesh would crack, like an egg being smashed, his body sent flying backwards as he spun out along the water, his own abilities reducing his weight so that he flew much farther than normal along the water's surface. His arms crossed in front of his body as he regained control over the rotations of his body, his head upside down as he smiled at her as he flew back. The corner of his smile was inhibited by glowing dark purple cracks along his skin, though not a single drop of his blood came out.

He could see her as she pursued him with the same velocity that she had used before, only this time he began to position his hands towards his vitals, deflecting off her blows at his neck and gut, his eyes aflame as he gripped against the hand that had went to his gut, attempting to rip it to the side… as he changed his own gravity, the blow to his sternum hitting against his loosened muscles as it caused for both Moonie and Cirno to be knocked upwards if he still had his grip on her.

Of course, it was true that the ice would begin coating onto his body… but really, it was not to the point where Moonie would begin to feel effected by it. After all, he had lived on the surface of the moon for millenia… he had some amount of resistance to the cold, though that would eventually fail to suffice if she made things icy enough. Eventually, he released her, allowing for his body to be carried up and into the air. His eyes did not leave his opponent, however, and as she bolted up towards him for the second blow he would respond by increasing the weight of his own body, both hnds held behind his head as he smashed both hands into her attack with the full force of his sealed state.

This change in velocities would cause for their energies to visibly crash, the water far below them blowing around as a deep pit appeared for a moment due to their clash. Moonie's face contained a determined smile, his eyes bright before letting himself be pushed back a bit by their clash, finally coming to a stop.

"Voi… I like some parts of it. Feels like something's missing, though." He told her in reply, thoughtfully. "But now…!" Moonie's tone rose as he lunged forwards, a wave of Gravity appearing around his body as he burst forwards with Blast firing out of the back of his legs. Thrusting himself towards her, one hand soared towards her shoulder, trying to grab it tight as he made his body level with hers…

And allowed for himself to slide. Using her and her presence for placement more than damage, Moonie's body slid behind the Angel Iramasha, his bottom rising above his torso as he then dramatically increased his gravity once again. This would lead to an axe kick, landing directly in the most obvious direction with which to flee.

"CRESCENT MOON!"

With that declaration, Moonie's leg would crash down into Cirno's back and head, likely catching her off guard from the bizarre angle of attack. Meanwhile, Moonie's left arm reached out in front of her from behind, attempting to catch her with the upper part of his body while assaulting her from his lower. If this submission worked, Moonie's body would throw his left leg downwards, disbalancing him again as he bent his spine back with her with incredible force…

"INVERTED MOON SNAP!!"

He positively roared as a wave of force echoed out from his knee, aimed directly at the back of the Ice Fairy. The level of blows that she had given him up until this point could be felt in every bit of that attack, and even if she were to dodge it, she would likely find herself off balance from the ferocity and residual amounts of bloodlust left within it. Against a normal opponent, this would certainly be a kill shot, after all. That was what Moonie was giving to her; the greatest level of respect that he possessed as a warrior.

And more than that…

"CAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

Moonie's mouth still open, still moving as he released maniacal laughter. His hands and face were bruised and cracking. In a way, that only helped make him feel more alive. "Come on…" He breathed out, slumping slightly into the cleared pit where he could stand with his feet on the ground. The water was beginning to flow back around him as he looked directly up at her.

"Our souls are not singing loud enough… The Way of the Fist…" He mumbled, thinking for a moment as he looked down at his hands. Gripping and ungripping them, Moonie merely looked back up at Cirno, before his body began to crouch, lowering his center of gravity. This action was very similar to an animal about to pounce on its prey. "We're missing… the exhiliration of the Hunt."

With that, Moonie's legs both pushed off of the ground, water crashing back and trying to race up to him. The force he left behind was too great, however, and the water reformed as spikes shooting out in multiple directions, almost like an artful spire as Moonie went directly at his opponent. "VOI!" He roared out as he approached like a.. Mad demon.

Throwing his leg down directly in front of her body, he created a burst of Blast, throwing out shockwaves of force in front of her as he pushed off that explosion, both of his hands trying to clap down on either sides of her body, his fists clenched as his arms attempted to crash against her shoulders. That was not the important part.

"MOON HEIGHTS!"

With that declaration, Moonie's right foot came cleanly in towards her stomach. If this blow were to connect, well… it would not be surprising ifs he began to vomit, among other nasty side effects. In any case, Moonie's body would then begin to take advantage of using this technique, for another attack in Moon God Style.

"MOON SPIN!"

Without any hesitation, the blonde Moon Iramasha threw his body in a circle, whipping around before attempting to crash into her left side. This was an attack where Moonie was going more for shock value than anything else, his right hand becoming infused with Blast energy as his turned upside down form clapped together.

"MOOON CRAASH!!"

And at last, the Blast energy between his hands whipped out, compressed into a blade as the tearing and ripping energy roared straight towards Cirno's torso. Moonie's laughter and spiritual pressure accompanied the attack as it blew away the water around it, attempting to turn her into mush.

"Cahahahaha…" Moonie's laughter continued as he hung upside down in the air, his blonde hair trailing out behind him as he folded his arms around torso, waiting for her next speedy blitz of attacks...

There was a language which was uttered when two foes with brilliant spirits clashes against one another. One which could be heard through the pulsations of their aura, the tone of their voices and the intent behind their strikes. And from this unspoken language could one infer a simple thing from these two combatants: they wanted to unleash their potential and figure out a way to ascend past each of their individual ruts.

Henceforth, as The Angel of The Ice's golden haired foe called out to her about whether or not this was all she had to offer, Cirno could do nothing more than give him a reaffirming yell that otherwise signified her defiance towards his rebuttal.

"NO!"

She wasn't going to back down from this. This was her path to progression and she was going to show him that there was so much more to this fight than mere punches, kicks and the hellish feeling of pain. It was a challenge, a contest of soul and a way to pull them both out of the abyss of stagnation.

Thus, in one foul shout, the woman allowed herself to pull back as the weight of the golden-haired foe increased to great quantities. However, as he charged forth towards her, The Angel of The Ice allowed him to touch her shoulder. This would come at a cost to The Moon God, unfortunately. The time span of two heartbeats was all it took for a dangerous level of aether to accumulate on that part of Cirno's body which Moonie touched. This would result in a monstrous burst of energy seeking to burn his hand to cinders and hack away at his durability bit by bit as it was tested against the might of The Celestial.

"Not so fast."

And while he appeared in bursts of blurs in this time to the perception of The Angel, there wasn't much fear in her heart because she wasn't alone.

'I'll handle this.'

That voice was all that Cirno needed to hear in her head to know that everything was going to be alright. The minute that The Nature Iramasha came roaring in from behind, a lighthearted laugh escaped the lips of The Celestial and her own guardian angel leaped into action. In one swift action did her frozen wings otherwise held each of his hands into place and neutralized the brunt of the attack.

What followed after this block would be a hellish roar which surged throughout the earth and began cracking parts of the seafloor open with the sheer amount of strength that these two utilized to fight at such heightened levels of power. In fact, the clouds themselves seemed to blow away above them with how much impact their collective actions had. It's why there was still waves of pain that flowed down the backside of Cirno as his physical might was enough to still cause noticeable damage, but not the critical impact he was going for yet. It was too early in the fight to let her guard down like that.

So, while he was still stunned, The Angel of The Ice guided each of her elbows to SMASH straight into the stomach of The Moon God with enough impact force to otherwise clear two whole mountainsides. Hence, there was a good chance it could knock the wind clear out of The Nature Iramasha and send him back once more. After all, Cirno wasn't a novice when it came to close quarters combat and wasn't afraid to show her grit in it. It was something she had to work hard at as the woman needed to understand all fields of combat in order to deal with a variety of hostile threats over the years.

Which is why she'd then bare with the ringing pain still overflowing from his previous attack, use it as adrenaline to propel herself and then go in for an absolute rush of speed to emerge to the side of The Moon God. In this way, she sought to have a short burst of mach eight speeds by amplifying her natural speed through the art of Aether Magic. While she wasn't a fan of doing this in long range combat, short range combat made the pressure on her body that much more tolerable; especially in the beginning of a brawl like this.

So, to capitalize on this advantage that she had from her years of mastery over the art of physical augmentation, The Angel of The Ice motioned herself to otherwise turn on her heels, dig straight into The Moon God's sternum and go for a power strike with enough force to wipe out a three hundred meter radius. In doing so, a tsunami wave of debris, water, earth and wind would spread in every direction and the roar could be heard for miles on end as The Celestial had a fierce grin emerge across her face. It didn't even matter that her own fist was bleeding from having smashed against fierce durability of The Nature Iramasha's body. No. She relished in that suffering and knew it was a vital process towards bringing more of her own potential out. Whatever made her go through any type of pain was only going to make her character, spirit and mind that much stronger. It's what got her this far and it was what was going to take her beyond this pit of dullness she was in now.

Therefore, as The Moon God backed up to gain more ground, The Angel of The Ice did so as well so she could focus internally and begin shifting greater volumes of Aether to the surface so she could prepare for another round of combat. Since, when The Moon God came back rushing for more, The Celestial obliged and stomped her fight into the earth. When she did so, a booming clap of thunder echoed throughout the battlefield and a ripple of white aether energy spread throughout the area. Following this action, The Angel of The Ice Sought to deflect the burst of energy heading towards her by neutralizing them with her energy.

Then, with her quick footwork, the woman sought to outright leap away from The Moon God as he attempted the same type of attack twice. How could he expect her not to when the woman could sense the environment around her through particles of her own energy being spread? Why else would she give a flashy show of power?! Though, even with all that said, the woman still felt the shockwaves of the attack and was seen being stunned by the pressure waves sent from the Moonie's assault. It caused her to wince in pain and portions of her own energy left her.

So, as her charged forth with an energy attack, the six wings behind Cirno would seek to shield her and block the attack by them acting as a means of defense to otherwise withstand the attack. Nevertheless, Moonie would be able to break through them as they would be forced back behind her following his foot crushing through and hitting her right in the gut.

"CAH"

That was the only grunting sound heard from The Angel of The Ice as small bits of oceanic dyed blood came forth from her mouth following that attack. There was another stunning pulsation of pain still riding off the heels of his previous assault which rang through and became amplified. Yet -- Cirno had to endure the pain and get her mind back in the game even as her body cried out in agony from having taken such heavy assaults.

"THAT HURT REALLY HURT, BUT IT'S WHAT I NEED!"

In one crazed scream of happiness, The Angel of The Ice gave a confident laugh and felt another spike in her energy come as she forced herself out of that stunned zone and made her body react. Since, by the time Moonie came in at her other side, the woman had fortified each of her hands with a dense amount of energy. To the point where each of her arms was radiating with a bright shade of silver and blue as she sought to yank The Moon God by his absurdly long hair (not that she could talk). Then, in one jarring motion, The Celestial hollered out and sought to cancel out his series of attacks by tossing him straight in the air.

Then, to capitalize on his potential disorientation, Cirno took off like a raging bull and had a trail of aqua light lead from the ground to the heavens above as she sought to appear behind The Moon God and utilize both of their kinetic energy in order to deliver a strong drop kick to whatever body part she could get her foot on. In turn, should this kick connect, or even miss, the resulting collision would result in a burst of blinding white energy filling the skies for five hundred meters as she would have released enough force and power behind that attack to otherwise obliterate an entire city.

In exchange, there would be blood beginning to drip down the leg of The Angel, burns across her thigh and it would be shaking as a result of smashing against the male's durability. As, to her, it was like she was punching and kicking against a god damn steel wall. So it was something she was going to keep in mind going forward, but for now she followed it up with a supersonic screech and delivered sound waves potent enough to level entire towns as an additional burst of pain. These spread for two hundred meters and she sought to increase the potency of her attack by combining the two together in order to force more energy out of Moonie, wear down his durability and induce more damage and pain to his body so she could keep pushing battle further and further as the two tapped into their collective powers.

"I don't feel there is lack of hunt in this game at all. I am on the hunt. The hunt for something great."

Even if he was attacking at this point, the Angel of The Ice still dared to speak and couldn't help but find herself laughing uncontrollably from the sheer pain, adrenaline and thrill of it all as she felt her power surging inside and attempting to rise to the surface like a phoenix coming from the ashes.

"I'm hunting you down and coming for you because I need something to challenge myself. I can't exactly call myself a leader if I don't do that. I need....MORE"

Then, in a sonic boom, The Celestial moved from her position in the heavens and broke the distance between the two so that she could deliver another astounding blow to The Moon God's side so that he could further have his durability broken through. Even as aqua-hued blood spewed in the air around them, the woman's eyes were filled with a brilliant light and it was something that couldn't be ignored as she was on the chase for her own greatness.

This look of the resolution wasn't one that was the same as it was when the two initially met. This sense of grandness was aiming, reaching and trying to attain a strength which had purpose, meaning and investment by all those behind her in The Guild of Heroes, Earth, The Living Realm and any place in existence that needed the touch of a Celestial to otherwise rip through the clusters of negativity, bleakness and absolute horridness that this universe and it's surrounding cosmos can induce upon a person, a nation, and a world.

This was her gambit towards reawakening that grand sense of self within herself and she wasn't going to fail now that she had greater ambitions than just being the strongest. There was so much more to combat, life and the universe than that.