" How about we rest for a little while. Do we want a round 2?"Carly asked.

"Round two sounds fine with me, after a short break," Jean responded.

" Sounds good to me. " Artunia said glad that they were taking a break.

"I agree," Alex said with a light grin.

" I'll get us some water. Does anyone want anything else?" Carly asked.

"Just water, please," both Jean and Alex said.

Carly nodded and went to get the water. She knew Max was going to go visit Saphira and Angelus today and hoped everything was going well.

Max had headed off to the stables where Angelus and Saphira were currently resting, wanting to catch up with the azure dragon, as well as check in on her friends.

Saphira was staying close to Angelus and hoped Carly's new Bishie was alright. She was happy to see Max and hoped there was some good news.

"How is your sister doing Max?" Saphira asked, completely curious.

" Much better. " Max said with a smile. " Is Angelus doing better?" Max asked hoping she was.

"I'm right here you know," Angelus responded as she opened an eye. "And I'm feeling better. Not enough to take everyone back to that mountain, but better," she admitted.

" That's good that you are better. " Max said with a smile. " Just wasn't sure if you were resting. " She added feeling embarrassed.

"It's alright," Angelus said as she figuratively waved off the apology.

"Ready to begin again ?" Carly asked after they had rested a while.

Alex nodded lightly with a smirk on his face

" Same as last time ?" Artunia asked but wanted to try hand to hand combat for once.

"It's up to you. We can go hand-to-hand or sword to sword, it doesn't matter to me," Alex responded.

" How about hand to hand?" Artunia asked since this would improve her skills.

"Alright then," Alex said before he placed his sword back into the back, the pocket dimension seals going to work quickly.

Artunia saw how Carly got in position and did her best to imitate it. She wanted to be ready for anything that might happen.

"You want me to go easy on you first, Artunia?" Alex asked as he saw that Artie was having trouble right off the bat.

" I would like that ." Artunia said since she was having a hard time keeping up.

Alex nodded. "Alright then. Also, I'm sure if you ask Jean here for some tips, she probably wouldn't mind teaching you somethings. In fact, all of my Bishies, with the exclusion of Angelus, have all taught me a little something," he said with a light grin as he got into his fighting stance.

Artie nodded and got ready to learn a few things. " Who moves first?" She asked.