~Fwoosh~
The air howled in the large field-like environment.
The trees waved in unison as the airbrushed past them.
In the middle of the field, was an old man and a young boy.
The short-haired man was standing on his feet and assuming a battle stance, his hair was all grey.
While the young long-haired boy was on his knees. His hair was black.
~huff~
~huff~
The boy panted as beads of sweat raced down his face, dropping on the grass field.
Anybody that comes to the scene might think he has been given a hell of a beating by the old man, not knowing that the reverse was the case.
Gideon seemed to be recovering from whatever it was, that was happening to him.
He breathed deeply and steadily.
But, the old man wasn't planning on giving him a chance to recover.
~Swoosh~
The air whistled in his ears as he dashed towards Gideon with speed incomprehensible to the human eyes.
As soon as he reached striking range, he kicked Gideon in the jaw.
~Taan!~
Gideon who was fast to notice his presence used his hand to block the kick but was still sent flying from the force.
Stealing Gideon's trick and not wanting him to land, he dashed towards him but instead of throwing a knee jab, he decided to throw a punch aiming at his gut.
~swoosh~
Gideon's eyesight was sharp enough to catch the man's moves and while in the air, he pushed to man's hand to the side.
Using the momentum to twist his body in the air, making him spin before hitting his palm into the man's chest as if trying to push him away.
~ Bam! ~
The man was surprised at the superb control and flexibility of the boy.
He was like the embodiment of a war Maniac, who has had a lot of fighting experience.
Not being able to block he was pushed back a little, but the force of the push wasn't much.
~sshhhh~
Gideon landed on his knee but immediately stood up to regain his footing.
His expression was back to emotionless and his eyes were as blank as before.
The old man smirked in excitement.
*hehe*
*When this whole thing ends, I'll have to thank this kid, he's been bringing back the feeling of being alive for me.
This is fun, and to think this kid will be the one pushing me back like this*
Taking another different stance, the old man readied himself, as he balled his hand into a fist.
He bent down slightly as he steadied his breathing.
Gideon just looked at him, not assuming any stance, he started running towards the old man.
The old man dashed toward him too, as they both reached striking range, the old man threw his balled fist at Gideon aiming for his face.
Gideon used his hand to misdirect the old man's punch.
No, no.
He didn't push the old man's hand, he just dodged to the right and used his palm to slightly misdirect the man's hand.
"Hee"
The old man smiled at this, but Gideon just remained expressionless.
Gideon used this chance to close into the old man, he was standing beside the old man, but at a close distance.
He used the back of his elbow to hit the man's side face.
The old man was able to deflect it with a punch.
The fight turned into close hand-to-hand combat. He punched Gideon's elbow backward. In a reverse of his spinning.
Gideon used the momentum to spin, nearing the man's face.
Using the fist of the same elbow the man punched back, he tried to punch the old man right in the face.
But before the punch could connect the old man caught his fist and head-butted him backward.
Creating some distance between the two of them.
"Ugh!"
*How come he has such a strong skull?" The old man complained.
Meanwhile, Gideon was expressionless, although a small lump grew in that area, his expression did not show that of pain.
Somersaulting toward the old man, Gideon tried to kick the old man as his leg came down, toward him, but the old man was able to dodge by jumping back.
Gideon not giving him a chance ran and climbed the old man's knee with his left foot and wanted to knee jab the man's jaw, but the old man saw through all his moves.
The old man used one of his hands to block the impact and pushed Gideon's knee back down with the same hand blocking the knee jab.
Seeing as Gideon might lose balance, he threw a fist at his face, but Gideon dodged it by bending backward.
The old man then pulled his hand down and punched Gideon's chest instead.
Although he blocked it with his hand, Gideon was not able to regain his footing as his left leg slipped from the man's knee, and his right leg was not properly balanced.
The force of the man's punch to his chest made him fall back flat to the ground with a thud.
The old man raised his leg to step on Gideon, just as Gideon did before, but this situation was now in the old man's favor.
He expected Gideon to roll and dodge so that then he would kick Gideon.
But to his surprise, Gideon did not dodge, he caught the man's leg instead.
The man spun his other foot and tried to step on Gideon's leg with force, but Gideon spread apart his two legs dodging in as the man stepped on the grass field.
Now that the man's legs were occupied, one was held by Gideon while the other leg was in between Gideon's legs.
Gideon wrapped his two legs around the old man's leg while still holding his other leg.
As soon as he did that the old man lost balance and fell backward raising Gideon and Gideon's body was about to fall on him.
The man used his hands to push Gideon back in the chest.
After flying a few backward, Gideon stopped and looked at the old man.
Finally free from the scissors trap Gideon had his leg on, and the old man jumped back up.
Huffing and puffing the two stared at each other.
Gideon looked at the old man, his eyes turned back blue and he flashed a short smile at the old man before falling face flat to the ground.
"Huh? He... passed out?"