Letting the Water Flow

Duel of Hearts

Against the backdrop of unknown jungles nd open ocean, Aqua and Nyce stood, focusing deadfast on each other, waiting for either one to make the first move. The palm trees bared witness to their duel from the sidelines. After a drawn out pause of careful consideration from both sides, Aqua took the first move, jumping up, practically scaling the sky in her acrobatic flip, before realigning her keyblade straight towards Nyce in her sharp descent.

Oh shi-! He jumped to his right, barely managing to dodge her attack as he fell to the ground, Did she really just do that?

He jumped back into his feet, before he was almost met with a keyblade to his face, which he was able to block, locking the two of them face to face, with hers bearing such a serious warrior mindset.

Knowing he would lose a clash by someone putting much more pressure against him, Nyce summoned his strength to push Aqua's keyblade aside and proceeded to strike, only for her to block back, and swiftly returned on the offensive.

She's good, no, amazing! Her style is much faster, simpler and cleaner than I thought. Forced on the back foot, Nyce was constantly blocking the multitude of swings from Aqua, She's attacking from multiple angles, searching for a weak spot.

Nyce sidestepped to his right to avoid a downward thrust. He sought to counterattack, only for Aqua to parry his blade away from his center, She had to have been confident in her skills to disregard her magic abilities, forcing him to uncannily duck to avoid her follow-up swing,

At the same time, she's banking on my lack of experience against keyblade wielders, Nyce regained his balance and jumped to the side of another thrust, then began moving backwards to create space, Although, I don't believe she knows I do have additional tricks up my sleeves, that don't involve magic.

Nevertheless, the keyblade master sought to keep the pressure on him at all costs, shifted her weight towards his position, using her momentum to convert her run into a cartwheel. By the end of her first rotation, she had already position her blade into another thrust, retaining her previous momentum to transition into a much more potent strike.

Upon noticing his rapidly approaching opponent, Nyce only let his sword fall to his right side, sporting a wide grin across his lips, as he couldn't help but say to himself, "Gotcha," Within a blink of an eye, the tip of his sword jettisoned into the ground with such force, that it pushed him to the side, faster than simply jumping himself.

While that alone would have surprised Aqua, what really threw her mind into knots was how she witnessed a metallic sword curve around her, as if it was some sort of rope, balancing rigidness to propel Nyce, yet flexible enough to curve and determine where he wanted to go.

What ... just happened?! Like a deer caught in a pair of headlights, Aqua was utterly shocked that Nyce managed to avoid an attack in such an obviously transparent manner, It's as if he just - huh!

Her train of thought was shattered from an unlikely source, when she felt what seemed like two fingers starting from the right of her waist. Their chilling touch went straight through her corset to where her bare skin could feel it. They swiftly traveled across her stomach towards her left armpit.

Whaa- "Aaah-" Her left hand quickly darted to stop those fingers and cover her stomach, but those deviants got away after reaching her armpit. Instead, she was left with revealed teeth and a reluctant smile, attempting to stop her laughter from spilling out with her left hand.

"Wow! I didn't know you were that ticklish Aqua," She turned back towards Nyce, his face wearing a smug grin across his mouth, "And that was just two fingers," he held up his right hand, which now had a silvery appearance to them. Then she noticed his index and middle finger, stretching away her waist, retracting in a blink of an eye to normal size, and reverting back to his normal skin tone.