"Beat that." Terra bragged.
Aqua laughed. With one swift motion, she started to spin in a circle. Glittering light blue patterns erupted from her feet as she spun. The patterns grew vivid as they crawled up her body toward her out-reaching hand.
"Summoning your keyblade does not determine your skill," She began.
In a flash of white, Aqua abruptly stopped her spinning. The blue patterns instantly flew from her hand and a keyblade was revealed.
"...it determines your beauty."
The blue patterns fell around Aqua and her keyblade, causing both her and the metal to shine with an invisible sparkle. She faintly heard a gasp from Ven behind her.
Terra laughed and directed his keyblade in front of him. He reconfirmed his tight grip on the metal and lunged at Aqua without warning. Aqua jumped out of the way, attaching herself to one of the panels on the wall. Terra recovered from his miss and jumped after Aqua, attaching onto the panel next to her. Their keyblades met three times before the panels shifted, forcing them to jump back to the ground. Ven watched anxiously from the sidelines.
"Come on, Terra." Aqua provoked, "Don't tell me that's all you got."
She winked at him with a smile before casting a fire spell in his direction. Terra jumped into the air out of the way, unknowing that Aqua was following up with an attack from behind. She landed her keyblade square on Terra's shoulder, sending him flying back down to the floor. Terra showed no sign of pain as he launched himself right back at Aqua and attempted a full power swing at her. Aqua, surprised, quickly put up her keyblade in defense. Their blades met, vibrating violently with a metallic clang. The hit pushed Aqua against the wall, and she latch onto one of the panels. Terra landed back on the ground and looked up at her.
"It isn't," Terra responded, "I was just going easy on you."
Aqua shrugged and looked over at Ven.
"Hey, you want to join?" She questioned.
Ven nodded, and held his hand firmly at his side. His keyblade appeared instantly in a small flash of white, nothing special like Terra or Aqua. He never saw a purpose in specializing the summoning of a keyblade, so he never practiced it. Besides, he had always been different when it came to keyblades. Always holding it differently, using it differently, he never bothered following standards. It wasn't his style.
He sprinted to where Aqua and Terra were standing.
"So how are we going to do this?" Terra asked, "One on one on one, two on one, or what?"
"Let's do two on one," Aqua suggested, "Me and Ven against you. That is, if you can."
She gave Terra a joking impression.
Terra glared at her and tightened his grip on his keyblade.
"Oh, I can," He assured her.
He jogged towards Ven, dragging is keyblade behind him. The edge of the blade made a screeching sound, causing Ven to cringe. Terra seized the opportunity and pushed himself quickly at him. Ven brought his keyblade up, deflecting the blow, as Aqua took a swing at Terra from the side. Terra pushed away Ven just in time to block Aqua's attempt, falling on his back. Terra and Aqua's keyblades were taught against each other as she leaned over him.
"Had enough?" She asked.
Terra sighed and kicked out Aqua's legs, causing her to fall over. He stood up and dusted himself off.
"For today, yeah." He stated. "I think I'll take a nap."
He de-summoned his keyblade and headed for the door, removing his plates as he left.
"What's his problem?" Aqua thought, still on the floor.
She propped herself up using her keyblade and wandered over to Ven, who was still spread lying on the ground.
"You ok?" She said, placing her chin on her keyblade, butt in the air.
Ven was staring at the ceiling.
"I really suck, don't I?" He said, depressed, "I'll never make Master."
Aqua positioned herself over him and held out her hand.
"Not without help you won't, and I'll help you all the way." She promised.
Ven shifted his gaze from the ceiling to Aqua's face. He smiled at her, she smiled back.
"Alright then, I'll try as hard as I can!" He decided.
He clasped his hand onto Aqua's and pulled himself up. Not wasting a moment, he ran for the exit, de-summoning his keyblade and removing his plates on the way. Aqua followed behind him at a slower pace.