Golden light met sakura petals in a swift, explosive flurry of testing strikes.
"Just dipping my toes in!"
"Careful, Amber!" Ayako grinned, deflecting the strike effortlessly. "The water runs deep!"
They shoved apart, sliding backward across the cracked stone to lock eyes.
Amber eyes had ignited into twin miniature suns, her iris's gone. Her skin began to glow from within, radiating a blinding aura of pure Light Magic.
Beneath her boots, the ruined bedrock didn't just crack—it warped inward, sagging as if a mountain had been dropped onto a three-foot circle.
As she hovered half an inch off the ground, held aloft by an inversion of gravity, the dirt and ruined bedrock warped inward, sagging as if a mountain had been dropped onto a three-foot circle.
"You know, Ayako..." Amber purred.
