Dio and Raven took a deep breath, preparing themselves mentally and physically to continue on to fight the giant bear of fire standing in front of them.
" This time let's stick together "
Raven said, only to receive a small nod from Dio who then raised his arms into a fighting stance
" Go! "
Dio yelled, suddenly rushing toward the bear as his brother followed behind, only for the two to jump up, dodging the bear's scorpion tail that came flying down against them, only to slide on the ground the moment they landed on their feet, quickly running toward the tail.
The two would charge their fists in sanctuary energy, slamming them against the bear's scorpion tail at the same time, making the tail fly away, only for it to come back at a quicker speed.
Raven and Dio quickly jumped up, dodging the scorpion's attack, and as they were falling the tail flew after them, in response; Raven hugged the tail and then grabbed his brother's hand who was reaching out, hurling him toward the bear's face with the momentum he had gathered.
Dio then pulled his arms back, charging them with as much sanctuary energy as he reasonably could, to then slam both of his fists against the bear's nose, making it take a step back, feeling an extreme pain.
As the bear fell back and Dio fell down, Raven ran up the bear's body, grabbing a hold of Dio's hand once again, hurling him back toward the bear's face, allowing Dio to land a strong uppercut with both of his fists charged in sanctuary energy.
As Dio began to fell, Raven then jumped, charging the tip of his foot with as much sanctuary energy as he could, proceeding to kick the bear right in its eye, popping it, and causing steaming blood to fall out of it, crash against the ground and start steaming.
" Huff, huff.. "
Both Dio and Raven panted, as they landed on the ground, proceeding to bend down a little, placing their hands on their knees as they tried to rest a little, but unfortunately for them, their father was watching
" Stand straight, and grab your swords, I gave them to you boys for a reason "
Shu ordered, to which his kids listened, immediately standing straight, to then walk over to the swords they had placed down, picking them up with a hint of hesitation, but at the end of the way, this was their father's order, and this was their training.
The children then stood straight as best they could, holding the heavy swords on their hands with immense difficultly
" Even with sanctuary energy, it's hard to carry these annoying swords "
Dio said, only to receive a small nod from his brother who was keeping a close eye on the bear, which was by now almost fully recovered, of course, it's injuries still remained though, it had regained its composure and it was now more furious than it was before.
The fur of fire it had began to increase in an intensity, getting bigger and more intense; this wasn't that scary now that the kids new they could fight it, but as soon as they saw what happened next, their mouths opened wide in complete shock.
The bear opened its mouth and began to charge what seemed to be a ball of fire
" What the fuck!! Why's it breathing fire!?!? "
Dio yelled as all of a sudden the bear then spit out those flames, targeting the boy's who simply moved aside, running around the bear, watching as It would then start to throw more fire balls at them
" Is it a bear or a dragon!?!? "
Raven yelled as he would then jump back a little, raising his sword which he would use to block a fire ball, using all of his strength to bounce the fire ball away
" Huff, huff.. don't try to block them!! "
Raven yelled, as he would then jump on top of a tree branch, looking down at the skin in his hands, seeing a bit of it peel off and the rest starting to bubble up due to his skin's sudden and huge increase in heat; the injuries looked to be third degree burns.
" Raven, come down! I have an idea! "
Dio yelled as he would then jump up, with incredible difficulty due to the weight of his sword, once he landed he began to run around the bear which continued to spit its fire balls at him.
As that happened, Raven jumped off the branch which was already starting to crack away from the main tree, simply due to the weight of his sword.
" What's the plan?! "
Raven yelled, as the two were now running together, and as they did, Dio began to explain his plan, to which Raven nodded and listened carefully.
Once they were done planning, they slid across the ground a little, stopping themselves from going any further
" Alright! Ready when you are!! "
Dio yelled as he would then start to charge his fists with sanctuary energy, squeezing tightly on the handle of the blade, keeping his legs apart and his blade straight as he would then close his eyes
" Let's get started then "
Raven replied as he would then point his sword at the bear, seeing as it stopped shooting it's fire balls, after all, it was burning down multiple trees, even through its primordial instincts, it knew not to burn down the entire place.
" Hmm, I wonder what they're planning "
Shu said to himself, watching with a little of Interest in his eyes whilst biting down on an apple.
After a while of staring at the two children, the bear would then violently spread its arms, proceeding to roar at the sky, as its tail would then fly over to the two in an attempt to kill them both in one go
" Ooh "
Shu whispered, watching as things unfolded; Raven then swung his sword, blocking the bear's scorpion tail, making it bounce off of his heavy blade.
Even though Raven didn't receive any injuries, the impact itself was great enough to vibrate across the blade and into his hands, causing more harm to his third degree burns.
" Thank you Raven! "
" No problem! Just focus I'll handle the rest!! "
Raven yelled, as an aura began to surround his body, to Shu's surprise who was watching with even more interest now.