Haruto banished his thoughts to the back of his mind and refocused on the dance. If Madara was here he would have beat him to the ground for his mistake. His clones had done enough and the memories of their fight against the mage had given him enough information on the man's combat style, though he was not going all out it would have to do for now as he needed to get past the man not defeat him. Showing off his power at the moment would be hazardous for him in the future. The members of the Magic Council had gotten information on his eyes and if he were to show anymore of his abilities they would be breathing down his neck.
Though he did wish to enjoy this dance, he would get past the man quickly. Landing on the ground, Haruto rushed towards Gildarts who had his arms crossed once more as he prepared to blast the charging redhead away. Charging magic to his palms, the man shot it forward toward the redhead, but Haruto had predicted the movement and lunged into the air and held his right palm out. Chakra formed around it and soon a sphere of blue chakra was completed. Adding more chakra to the sphere, it began to change colors as his fire chakra mixed with his regular chakra. Soon enough the sphere became black and a ring of fire surrounded it. This technique was the completed version of his fathers Rasengan, when Jiraiya his godfather taught him the technique he did not use it often, but nevertheless it was still powerful.
Gildarts saw the redhead shape his magic into a sphere and then changed it into a black one surrounded by fire. Moving his other palm forward, he went to meet the attack with his own. The two forces collide once more and once again they both fought for dominance. The technique Haruto was using was dubbed "Fire Release: Great Flame Rasengan" the attack was powerful, it was considered a low S class technique. Once Haruto moved his black sphere to meet Gildarts outstretched arm, they clashed and a bright light came from Gildarts palm while a massive wave of fire shot in every direction where his sphere made contact.
The clash ended right after as the two were pushed back slightly. Haruto never took his eyes off of the man as he was already going through hand signs. "Wind Release: Devastation." Haruto blew out a ferocious stream of wind and it shot towards the man who crossed his arms to simply keep himself in place and ride out the wind. That was what the redhead had hoped for as he slammed his right palm into the ground.
"Wood Release: Underground Roots Technique," roots of various sizes shot out from the ground and began entangling the man.
Gildarts tried shaking off the roots but the result was the same, they just kept holding onto him. Channeling his magic around him, he blasted the roots to tiny pieces but more kept coming. Releasing a grunt of annoyance, Gildarts hopped back avoiding the roots and blasted a few that were getting close to entangling him once more to pieces. Fed up with the roots, he channeled a good portion of magic to his fist and brought it down onto the ground causing a massive crater to form where his fist connected with the earth. Cracks appeared all over the site of the crater, but it did no good as more roots continued to shoot out of the ground.
Snake-Ram-Hare-Dog-Snake. "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique," a serpentine dragon shot from the earth and moved towards Gildarts. The dragon was made of wood, but it was a multipurpose technique as it would be useful for offense and restraint against his intended targets. Gildarts, who was busy destroying the roots, turned to face a serpentine dragon coming his way as he quickly moved his palm towards the dragon and his Disassembly Magic went to work. The dragon was covered in a net of golden energy and then it shattered into tiny pieces of wood.
"Wood Magic huh, kid?" Gildarts asked (Stated) as he cracked his neck and got into a loose stance, "You've been one of the first mages I have ever taken a stance against since I became the 'Ace of Fairy Tail'. You're good for your age."
"You're not bad yourself, but this dance is not over yet. I will enjoy this dance until I end it and become a S class mage." Haruto replied as the joy of combat overtook him once more.
"Arrogant are we?"
"Not arrogant, just very confident."
And thus the battle continued once more. The two met in the middle and exchanged blows. Haruto kicked the man back and proceeded to deliver a barrage of punches and kicks at the man. Wherever they clashed the earth beneath them shattered and cracked from the power of the man's Crash Magic. Though the man's magic was strong, he was still bored of it, it was similar to fighting Tsunade. The woman possessed a great deal of strength with her perfect chakra control resulting in massive punches that could kill a man. Not only was she able to kill in one punch, she could easily destroy buildings.
Haruto created a clone and swapped places with it as he went underground and the clone dealt with the mage. It was a tactic he used against a variety of opponents as a way to surprise them when in combat, but in the shinobi world clones and digging holes in the ground were very common things so it worked less and less as he fought more experienced opponents. But then again he wasn't in the shinobi world so he could use some of his old tactics without the worry of getting countered so easily. The thing was in the Elemental Nations once you became an international criminal every shinobi village would keep records about your fighting skills and techniques. And it would force him to create plans on the spot, though he was great at improvising he still wished to be in control of the situation much like his grandfather.
Moving in the ground, Haruto positioned himself under Gildarts as his clone dealt with the man. The clones that he had created to help him with his next move. Memories that his clone had were transferred to his mind as it was forcefully dispelled when Gildarts released a massive wave of magical energy killing the Shadow Clone. It was no surprise to the redhead as he knew the Shadow Clones were not as durable as some of his other clone techniques, but they did something none of the clones were able to. After the clones dispel, the user would receive the memories that the clones had gathered and the information would be sent to the user's brain. This technique was amazing, it was useful in many ways. It could be used for training, scouting, guarding, etc. Though there were a limitless amount of possibilities with the technique, he preferred to use them as bait.
An unspoken signal was sent as one of the clones burst out of the ground and threw a punch at Gildarts. The sudden appearance of the clone shocked Gildarts, but years of experience saved him from getting hit by the clone. Crossing his arms, Gildarts took the punch and was pushed back a bit. Before the orange haired man could retaliate, the two clones left in the ground beneath them shot out of the earth and proceeded to engage the man. One of the clones unstrapped his Gunbai and Kama. Tossing his Kama to the other clone, the two rushed towards Gildarts with the chain that connected the Kama to the Gunbai was outstretched. The chain connected with the man's legs, and the other clone rushed forward and planted a kick on the Gildarts chest knocking him over. Tiger-Horse-Tiger-Snake. The clones all shot one arm forward and the outstretched arms began changing into tree branches. "Wood Release: Great Forest Technique," was its name. By changing the user's tissue at a cellular level, they changed their arms into trees or spears. It was a great technique to attack enemies at all ranges and also bind the enemies.
The tree branches wrapped around Gildarts and restricted his movements and held him in place. The original Haruto moved out of the earth and landed a few feet away from Gildarts and his clones.
"Not bad, kid." Gildarts complimented as he smirked slightly, "But you tried restraining me before and it never worked, what's different this time."
"Oh, I… Improvised." Haruto said as he had a grin on his face, "You were tough, but it looks like this dance is over. Next time we dance, I expect no restraints nor a time limit."
"You think I'll let you win?" Gildarts questioned as he began channeling magic. His body began glowing in a brilliant shade of gold as his magic was being released.
Haruto made his way to the other side of the clearing as Gildarts continued to charge up magic. Haruto knew that the binds would not hold the 'Ace' very long, but then again the man did not know of the seals that were placed in the earth below him. Haruto turned his head slightly and watched the mage from the corner of his eye. Gildarts unleashed a wave of magic shattering the bindings all over his body and he tried to move towards Haruto. That was when the Gildarts felt the extra force keeping his body from moving. Looking at the ground beneath him, Gildarts saw the strange symbols that surrounded the spot that he stood on.
Haruto crossed the clearing as the timer struck zero, ending the final round of the x779 S-Class trials.