Aldous cringed as he and Setsuna faced each other outside the central hub. Now he was regretting his sudden outburst. Hell, he saw how fast she was. Can he keep up? Unsurprisingly, a rather large circle of people began forming around them, interested in seeing how this will turn out.

Among them, Gido was even walking around asking for bets. "How screwed can this place get?" Aldous sighed as Setsuna finished stretching. "You ready, Aldous? I'm all fired up."

"Just don't burn me with you. And yes I'm ready."

Bam! Right after his reply, Aldous was kicked from behind, Setsuna using her amazing speed. Aldous quickly recovered before blocking another kick from her. "I'm not holding back, Aldous."

"Dean Drive: Fox HOUND!" Aldous was once again pummelled by the same onslaught of punches he had experienced from Arclight. This time, he was much more successful but still two punches hit him on the shoulder and the gut. As she finished her combo, Aldous took his chance and kicked at her. But she disappeared again, this time appearing a few metres away.

Aldous held his injured shoulder as he tried to comprehend Setsuna's speed. "She's fast. That's for sure. But at such speeds, that means….."

"You going to stand there all day? Well, here I come!" Setsuna sprinted, appearing behind Aldous. "Dean Drive: Assassin's Hand." She smirked.

"Wha…Argh!" Aldous screamed as he felt his body being jabbed at several points. "Didn't think she is that fast….." He felt his left hand shiver and spasm uncontrollably. "Nerve attacks? Acupuncture by hand?"

"Amazing isn't it?" Aldous looked at Setsuna as he struggled to control his arm. "Hitting the right nerve can cause a great amount of instability in one's movements. And my speed make that effect last even longer. I'm surprised you managed to control the arm so fast though."

"Damn…" Aldous got back up in pain and his arm snapped back in control. "But why did she only attack one of my arms? She would have an advantage if she attacked both? Unless…."

"I won't give you time to think!" Setsuna dove at Aldous once again but Aldous was ready this time.

"What the…" Setsuna gasped as the floor began to freeze and in her speed, she slipped, falling into a heap. "Tsk…an ice floor. At my speeds, this could be dangerous." Setsuna then took another dive, this time her speed much more reduced. "But you still can match up to my speed. Dean Drive:…."

"Argh!" Setsuna gawked as Aldous side-stepped her. In an effort to turn, she found herself skidding before falling to the ground. Her nose began to bleed. "So you have figured my weakness, huh?" She spat as she struggled up.

Explanation: Setsuna's incredible speed possesses two weaknesses. One, at high speeds, she can only have tunnel vision, meaning she can only move at a straight line clearly. This is why she only attacks one side of Aldous' body. Two, speed requires deceleration. At normal ground, this would be easy for Setsuna. However, Aldous freed the ground, making turning and deceleration even more difficult.

"Now that your speed is down, I can beat you." Aldous began to charge up as the ice continued to thicken. "Dai-Yon-Ha-DO!"

"Oh no you don't. Dean Drive: Soaring Wolf!" Aldous watched as Setsuna's right arm began to spin at very high speeds. In seconds, a huge turbulence of wind came at him. Aldous' own beam of heat collided with the wave and the collision persisted for a while, before both waves cancelled out each other.

"A turbulence created using your spinning arm's suction force. Impressive."

"A beam utilizing the heat you take from the environment. You are not bad yourself for a rookie. This is definitely not the second time you fought people before. Uhh…" Setsuna suddenly gripped her arm. Apparently moving at such high speeds seems to injure it. "I probably can't use that move again without risking my arm. So I'll beat you up instead." Setsuna sprinted carefully, exchanging blows with Aldous.

Despite him having disabled her ability to run, Aldous noticed that Setsuna was using her speed much more differently. As they fought, he felt like he was fighting against someone with multiple arms. "Using your speed on your arms to attack faster. Should have guessed." Aldous gave a straight kick before receiving three punches in the face. Both skidded back from their blows.

"I can't beat her like this…If I use Dai Yon Ha Do, she could easily move away or just kick me while I'm charging. If I fight hand-to-hand, I will be at the losing end."

Principle-level…..He needs to attain that level. What if….?

Aldous began to charge up this time, this time instead of clenched fist, he allowed his palms to be open. Setsuna, seeing this, charged once again and the duo locked hands in a push-of-war. "I'm not letting you fire that beam again! And if you try to freeze my hands, I can simply speed them up to break the ice."

"Then do you have a way to break the heat?" Aldous was ready. Time to show her what he is made of.

"Wha…." Setsuna felt her hands become hot. No…it was Aldous' hands. She gasped as they began to glow. "But you are not in the right stance to shoot….."

"Shoot? I'm not going to shoot. I'm going to burn. Instead of firing energy, I concentrate energy into my hands, making them living incinerators."

"That's just like…Aruka's Agni Shiwattas…" Setsuna quickly broke the hand-lock and jumped back, away from Aldous' burning hands. She felt her own hands burn and gasped at te scalding it has received from the contact.

"A friend of yours?"

"Now an enemy. She is from Simeon."

"Agni Shiwattas, huh? Well then, this is my Dai Yon Ha Do Version Agni." Aldous could feel himself smirking. While he was in control just now, his body is moving on its own and his mind was back to the same efficient state again.

But he must focus on Setsuna. This time, he will do it right. He will just disable her, not kill her.

"Then I will finish this in one blow." Aldous gawked as Setsuna jumped into the air. "IF I CAN'T DEFEAT YOU ON THE GROUND, THEN I WILL BEAT YOU FROM THE AIR. DEAN DRIVE:….."

Aldous' mind clicked and he quickly took a stance, as he readied to face whatever is coming. "Dai-Yon-Ha-DO…."

"ROCKET SLED!"

"AGNI-RYU!"

The circle of people watched as Setsuna dive-bombed at the speed of Mach 9, while Aldous charged at her in a shape of a blazing dragon, his hands forming its wings. Smoke poured everywhere on collision and for a while no one could make out who had won the collision.

Eventually, the smoke dispersed and both Aldous and Setsuna appeared, their backs to one another. "Not bad for a rookie….." Setsuna grinned as she begin to fall.

"You are strong yourself….."Aldous also begin to fall to the ground. The crowd gasped as the duo fainted on the spot and the battle was marked as a draw.

While the crowd brought the two to the medical room, Gido looked on from one side. "Good show, Aldous….. Good show…."

So the battle ended in a draw. What awaits for Aldous next?