Ion was in the woods he had transformed into a wolf with red fur which was a regular size one and was carrying his hatchet in his mouth. He was looking around for the others and was smelling the ground to see if he was getting close to them. But he was still far from them. But he would sense another presence around him as he looked around. He would see a Celestial Knight standing nearby. He was a captain, but his armor was a bit different. He had no sleeves but armor around his wrist, seemed to be more muscular than most knights, and wore a bear helmet. The Bear Knight sees Ion.
"What? I never seen a red wolf here before?" questioned The Bear Knight.
Ion would walk away as if he were just a normal animal passing by since he was blending in with his surroundings. But he noticed that The Bear Knight started to pursue him, and he started to run away from him, but he noticed him catching as he was running on all fours.
Ion would stop after a while in the woods and stare at The Bear Knight, who also stopped.
"You smell fishy red wolf," said The Bear Knight.
Ion puts down his hatchet from his mouth to the ground.
"You know you're annoying me. Piss off," said Ion.
"Huh? You can talk?" questioned The Bear Knight.
"Yes, now leave before I get angry. I do not mean any harm to you or anyone," said Ion.
He believes he can get out of this as he is still in this form, making him think he is still a wild animal just roaming around.
"But your smell it doesn't smell like a wolf to me. You smell like a human to me," said The Bear Knight.
Ion stares at him as The Bear Knight starts to walk forward to get a better smell of Ion. But Ion jumps back with his hatchet back in his mouth and he lunges at The Bear Knight. He manages to cut his left arm and get past him and starts to run away. Ion looks back looking in his hatchet's blade and sees The Bear Knight is giving chase again. Ion starts to think he has no other choice but to fight. Ion turns around a tree where The Bear Knight cannot see him. The Bear Knight looks around and sees Ion has transformed into his werewolf form around seven feet tall and was holding his hatchet which turned into a huge cleaver axe.
"The hell?" questioned The Bear Knight.
"I warned you! Now, Die!" yelled Ion.
Ion swings his weapon at The Bear Knight aiming to cut his head off, but The Bear Knight blocks it with his right hand, and they struggle for a bit.
"So, I was right. You are a strange animal," said The Bear Knight.
"You must be pretty tough to stop my attack like this," said Ion.
"You have stumbled into my hunting grounds and as an intruder, you must be punished," said The Bear Knight.
"I hope you can before I take you out," said Ion.
He backs up from The Bear Knight and gets ready for another swing. But The Bear Knight grabs something from the sides of his armor and can pull out claws for his weapons in his hands and he uses them to block Ion's attack.
"Now it's my turn beast to hunt you," said The Bear Knight.
The Bear Knight goes in and uses his claws to attack Ion, leaving claw marks on his chest. Ion attacks his Axe. But The Bear Knight was able to dodge with ease as if he were a wild animal and he was standing on all fours. Ion starts to think this will not be easy for him now. Ion relaxes a bit and starts to transform into his human form.
"What this? You are no beast," said The Bear Knight.
"Hey wake up," said Ion.
He starts talking to his Esper. The Bear Knight looked confused as he thought Ion was going mad. Ion throws his weapon on the ground and starts to slap it on the blade side with his right hand.
"Get up you idiot!" yelled Ion.
He gets out a water bottle he had and dumps it on the blade. Ion and The Bear Knight watch as his Esper starts to transform into her human form. They see a Girl who looks like she is the same age as Anna and Alexis. She had light green hair which was short. She had light-colored skin with forest green eyes. She wore what looked like green pajamas with white bunny slippers. But this was not the weirdest thing about her as she had pointy dog ears. This was Ion's Esper, Gia Gaia.
"Finally up Gia," said Ion.
"What is the big idea of dumping water on a girl who is sleeping," said Gia with a yawn.
"Well, I need you to help me out as it seems we might be in trouble here," said Ion.
She looks around and sees The Bear Knight.
"How long was I asleep?" asked Gia.
"I say about a few days," said Ion.
"Damn, I did not break my record," said Gia.
"You insomniac. Anyway, I need to use your power to beat this guy," said Ion.
"Fair enough. I will give it a shot," said Gia.
Gia places her hands on the ground, places her right ear to the ground and closes her eyes. They notice a bunch of flowers growing around them. The Bear Knight sees what looks like pollen floating up around and he starts to smell it, and he starts to fall down to his knees and then lay on the ground.
"The flower I used made him fall asleep," said Gia.
"Then we should head out before he wakes up then," said Ion.
"Can you carry me?" asked Gia.
"No, I think you should be awake for a while. We might need it when we fight Chaos," said Ion.
"Who is that?" asked Gia.
They would leave the forest and head for the Yggdrasil.