The beast caught eye of Athos, but did not move. In fact, it smiled as his attack formed before it's eyes. Steam leaving it's maw as it hung open like a dog.
Ichirou had indeed taken position, leaping to a high ledge along the rockface and drawing his bow, an arrow of Gelel energy gathering as he drew it back, the energy condensing in a manner similar to a bijudama, causing small cracks to begin to form and pebbles to float up in the area around Ichirou as he continued to condense the energy, waiting for the right moment to release the bow and taking aim at the exact location where the stone would emerge.
the beast would raise it's blade, pointing it toward Athos, as if challenging him. As if it knew something that the duo did not. Exactly what was it planning? surely it could feel the energy gathering around it at such high levels. Yet it bore no fear, it braced for nothing, but instead began walking at a gentle pace toward Athos.
Providing that Ichirou understands the nature of the attack (xD) and it traveled at the mongrel in the form of a beam, the crystal would reveal itself and the massive absorption would begin. The area around the mongrel cracking and stone flying abruptly around the place as the massive intake of energy began,
Now it was Ichirou's turn, with the beast hopefully distracted with absorbing the massive amount of Biju chakra, he felt his Gelel Arrow had more than enough power to finish this, or at least he hoped. He release the draw string, the bright green arrow darting forward that a bullet, and then.. boom. A collective explosion of Energies as the arrow hit it's mark. It was noticeable that not only Ichirou's energy expanded, but so did Athos', as if forced to. And then.. "Wait.. is that.." Ichirou muttered as he peered at the explosion that seemed to last a life time.
Like a shark breaching the water, the Red gelel energy would erupt from the explosion, along the outside of Ichirou's an Athos' energy, consuming it like a parasite before receding down into the beast once again "Shit." Ichirou grimaced as a huge cloud of dust burst forth from the now energy-less area that was the ground zero of their attacks. The beast roared, the sound alone cracking the ground and walls around them, forcing Ichirou to once again abandon his location to avoid a rockslide.
The smoke cleared abruptly, as if blow away from the center. The beast stood, alive and well. Larger than before, he stood at 11 feet now, his appendages and face twisted into malicious evil, his teeth replaced with jagged fangs, and his jaw wide, billowing smoke. The red Energy that shown from beneath his skin now encumbered his entire body, almost like a Biju cloak, it seemed alive, squirming around inside of it's vessel, muscle spasms occurring randomly throughout it's figure.
"Okay.. New plan.."