Saix leapt back, half dodging his opponent's attack, half deflecting it with the claymore, which knocked a chunk out of the claymore. His feet skidded in the sand.

He was keeping one eye on Axel's fight, and opponent, and was preparing to send a blast of chakra at the Aeon, when he spotted the blond one getting ready to re-enter the fray. He didn't notice the Nul spell that landed on himself, signalling Aerith's return to the fight, and instead smacked his claymore into the sand, sending a plume of black and blue chakra towards the blond fighter. Axel had enough problems without trying to deal with that as well, and the blond was weakened already.

Saix turned his attention back to his own opponent quickly. If he was driving Saix back with ranged attacks, he was about to do something Saix wasn't prepared for him to do.