The sword fight between the rest of the diamonds had eventually died down until both Yellow and Citrus were once again the only ones still actively sparring against each other, and when Blue took my hand I couldn't help but stop and look off towards the fight once again. Completely invested once more as they both stopped and looked at each other with determination in their eyes, Yellow was breathing heavily and looked a little worse for wear, Citrus was also breathing heavily but was ultimately less damaged than Yellow. There seemed to be a mental agreement between the both of them before they simultaneously straightened and dropped their weapons on the floor. The buster blade that Yellow held made the ground shake as she stabbed it into the ground while Citrus simply tossed her spear to the side, and they looked at each other once again.
I wondered what they were doing for a brief moment before looking off over to where Pink and White were laid out, their chests were moving rapidly and they weren't even paying attention to the fight, still trying to get themselves back in order. I chuckled and looked back over to where the two fighters were standing before taking notice of the new stance that the two of them adopted. Their arms were up and ready. Which made my excitement grow even further as I now realized exactly what they were about to do.
They were about to throw hands. I SO badly wanted to watch the fist fight but I'd already promised Blue that I would show her how to water bend, so I shook my head as they suddenly charged at each other and looked up at Blue. She'd been standing by now and looking down at me expectantly, her head tilted to the side as if trying to tell me 'really?' but I ignored it and turned back and looked over to a particularly empty spot in the room. Dragging her by the hand as my quick and rapid footsteps contrasted with her longer and faster strides as she didn't have trouble keeping up with me.
I then let go of her hand as we came to a stop and spun around on my heel as I took a few steps back, clasping both of my hands together and moving to say something, though immediately frowned as my hair drooped over my eyes once again. I huffed in annoyance and smoothed it back down before glancing up at Blue, who'd adopted a small smile at my little display before I moved the interaction forwards. Giving her a very mature response of lifting up my right hand and stretching my fingers outwards, causing her smile to turn into an expression of awe as small rivets of water started swirling into existence.
Though I already knew that waterbending needed a constant source of water in order for the bender to actually make use of it, hence Katara always carrying that jug of water with her wherever they went. I'd also have to cross out the idea that drawing moisture from the air and using that as the main reason out with all the other ones. Since we were so far from earth and its rules of nature, I'd have to skew things a bit so that a specific bender, like a diamond. Would be able to force the element directly from their gem. Which makes sense to me.
So I shook my head and focused back in on me actually teaching her how to bend. Looking down at my hand and noticing that I'd gone as far as to form a decently sized bubble of water that hovered ever so slightly above the palm of my hand. I grinned and looked back up at Blue to see her reaction. Laughing as she still seemed to be in utter awe as I flexed the ball of water around some more, morphing and displacing the water around in the air for a few more moments before eventually turning my palm to face the ground and dropped the ball of water to the ground. The liquid fell against the tile with a small 'splat' and splashed a few drops of water between the two of us, which snapped Blue out of he trance and down to where the water was sitting on the floor.
"H-how.." her quite voice started. "I.. wow.."
"Pretty cool, huh?" I said to her stunned person. Placing my hands on my hips and puffing out my chest with a bit of smugness, I laughed "and that's only the beginning of what you can do with water" I bragged. "You still wanna learn?"
She slowly nodded. "Yes.." with a hopeful tone of voice as she bent down to my level and place both of her hands on both of my shoulders, gently but firmly grasping onto them and giving me a small shake. "Please teach me how to waterbend, Black." she begged.
I laughed as she removed her hands and stood back up to her full height. "Of course I am Blue, don't worry." I nonchalantly said before clapping my hands together. "Alright! now the first thing you have to do is to hold out your hands." I matter-of-factly said. pulling up the sleeves of my robes again. I prepared to do the exact same thing I did with Yellow.
I grabbed both of her hands with my own and used my index finger to travel a circle over the top of her hand. The outline quickly glowing a bright blue color before I pressed my palm firmly ontop of it. Letting the magic flatten and spread along the length of her arm, I stopped it from seeping into her and looked up at her.
"Ready?" I asked Blue, who was carefully watching me as I went through the process. It was similar to the one that I had Yellow undergo, but with considerably much less flashy magic and a more tame process.
"Take a deep breath, it'll be a bit chilly." I warned.
She nodded after a moment and I than began the transfer of magic, it flared a faint blue hue before sliding up and into her robe. Her face morphing into an immediate shock and her grip tightened ever so slightly on my own.
I let the the streams of water flow into her gem for a bit longer before I finally cut the magic and let it dissipate. Causing Blue to let out a deep breath ss the sensation finally passed, letting go of me and stumbling backwards, I was quick to stop her fall as I readjusted my grip on her hands. Talking back into my hidden strength to keep her in place, I let out a small laugh as she settled.
"Right then, let's get started." I said as I let go of her hand and took a few steps back. Dusting off the nonexistent dust off of my robe before gazing back up at her.
-A different perspective for once- (It'll happen a few times over the course of the story. But it'll mainly be from Black's point of view.)
Citrus wasn't quite sure to do when her diamond gave her the freedom to do what she wanted with the rest of the diamonds while he went off with Yellow diamond to teach her how to use one of his more annoying abilities. She said annoying because of the same reason she told her diamond that she didn't really want to go and learn how to do it herself, it was a cheap trick that gave the user a sense of bravado that will be their downfall in battle. What if they're so used to using that ability that their reflexes and stamina slow down considerably? Leaving them open to attack when their huffing and puffing from exhaustion.
Though she never gave her diamond the full reasoning, it still felt as if he somehow knew exactly what she was thinking in the moment that she was telling him. Black diamond always seemed to know when to be somewhere and what to say to one of them. It was something that she admired about her wonderful diamond.
Even if he'd given her the ability to act as casual as he was around the rest of the diamonds and herself, she'd always hold him in the highest regard. Which is also above the rest of the diamonds. That was something that she was comfortable with saying out loud.
Despite everything, she knew that her diamond was a lot more than cheap tricks when it came to battle, because he was the one to actually teach her a vast majority of fighting styles that she'd never be able to fathom if she were trying to learn them by herself.
He was so generous and giving. That was something that she would bodily harm someone for trying to disagree with.
She tuned back into the situation she was in. Dodging under a handful of punches coming from Yellow diamond and struck out with twice as many as she did. Doing the opposite of her and managing to strike Yellow three times in the chest and then once across her face as she grunted.
She ducked, dodged and finally weaved around her strikes before finally thrusting her fist forwards with maximum efficiency. Striking Yellow under her chin and seeing her flying onto her back. Defeated.
She felt a triumphant grin form onto her face as she reached her hand down to help Yellow diamond up. The latter letting out a groan before reaching up and clasping her hand around hers. Bending her knee and rising to her full height as she shook her head.
"It was a good attempt, Yellow diamond." Citrus said as she turned and walked over to where her discarded spear was. Affording her the same amount of casualness that she used with her diamond.
"Apparently not, this is the second time I've lost to you" Yellow said with a bit of disdain. Watching Citrus pick up her weapon before turning to look where her sword was stabbed into the ground. Swiftly walking over towards its, she grabbed the handle and effortlessly pulled it out.
"Though you've still lasted longer than the other diamonds." Citrus retorted as she spun the spear around. "I was created to be a master of all forms of combat, Yellow, to maximize my ability to protect Black diamond." She said before holding the spear still. Letting out a small breath before the weapon weapon disappeared.
A useful trick that her diamond showed her how to do so that she wasn't carrying the spear everywhere.
Speaking of her diamond, where did he wander off to? She glanced around to where she saw him earlier. Only to see that he was currently not in that spot, she craned her head around and also noticed that Blue diamond was alo missing.
She had an instinct to worry, but shook her head of the thought. Black had told her not to worry if he suddenly disappeared, which was something he was prone to doing. So she didn't worry
She instead wondered what exactly he was doing.