Soon, Mesia broke the extravagent, yet monotonous cycle with a hurdling jump back, digging her blade into the ground to slow her down.

She held out her arm and began pushing at nothing, but point her palm towards Raiden. Every push did something. Whether a piece of the world twisted and ripped off a limb of his or simply hit him, something happened. Then, with a sudden recoil and clench of her arm, the world beneath Raiden twisted around him, trying to contain the energy god.

When the world raised up to contain him, he showed them just how difficult it was to contain his power.

He momentarily gathered his energy up, and in a giant show of lights and sounds, he literally erupted, sending his energy flying out around him and obliterating the world that was twisting to defeat him.

Once the area around him was clear, he began a teleportation game. He teleported at random around the area, until he finally stopped beside Mes, already in a spinning slice at her neck.

His teleporting didn't phase her. She could follow his every instantaneuos move without even trying. And once he had appeared beside her and came across for the slash, she had leaned back just enough to see the blade skim by her face.

She quickly pulled herself up as soon as the slice had gone past her face and she brought her sword up with her, pulling up form under Raiden, intending on climhazzarding him.

Normally the strike would have cleaved someone in two. However, Raiden beat the sword to it. He split his body before the attack came, the sword traveling through the empty gap between the two pieces. When the sword moved away, the pieces formed back together.

From his stomach, dozens of rope-like extrensions jumped out, intending to wrap around Mesia and holding her still.

As quickly as the ropes shot out, Mesia twisted her body and brought the blade through them, severing the ropes several times over before they even touched her.

As the spin stopped, her foot landed on the ground and simultaneously kicked off as she swept across him with the blade and dove her other hand to pierce his chest.

His hand went up, and caught her free wrist before it could plung into his chest. As for the sword hand, he shrunk himself down low, and the blade passed less than an inch over his ethereal hair.

Using the wrist he was holding onto, he whipped his arm out and sent her spinning off away from him.

The spinning quickly stopped in midair and with a kick off from nothing she was instantly near Raiden again. But she didn't go for a slash or a stab, but tackled him to the ground, almost playfully.

Raiden lay prone on the ground, Mesia above him.

Well...that was different. You're not going to stab me now, are you?

He had some back up ways of escaping, but she seemed to be having fun again. No point needlessly taking it away from her.

Yup! she said a bit happily, the solemn tone that filled her ealier a distant memory. With a quick release and a roll to the side she was on her feet again.

But instead of attacking, she held out her hand to her downed brother.

He reached out and took the hand, being pulled back up onto his feet. He looked at Mesia.

So I'm guessing you feel better now, right?

She was certainly acting more like her normal self. Of course, this could be a ruse to get him to drop his guard.