Tidal Storm!

”Excuse me.”

“Sir…??”

“I’ll just poke him…”

Pokes were then conceived.

Aerwyna Salvatore came to register for the upcoming tournament for quite a few reasons. One of them was because she needed to see how much stronger she has become ever since joining the guild known as Black Rose. She wasn’t a great influence in Black Rose as she was back at the palace in the underwater world, so this was great as it disguised her true self very much, as well as her heritage (didn’t stop the fishy smell though)

After poking him, she smiled softly and placed her arm over her other arm, which seemed to be cuddling into a cute little mushroom human hybrid. “Sorry, it seems I have distracted you from your music. Forgive me.” The water dragon slayer apologised before looking down to Kinopio. “Now remember, Kinopio, you cannot be with me, sweetie. So I want you to be with the referee, simply because of how small you are.” She noted to the mushroom human.

“B-but Aerwyna!” He cried out in his croaky voice. “I want to stay with you!!!” He huddled into Aerwyna’s chest as he cried a trail of tears.”

“You’re too small to be in the crowd, sweetie!”

“R-right…”

While the toad was still crying his eyes out, Aerwyna shrugged her shoulders at Rai. “You’re Rai, correct??? I heard your name now and then while in the guild hall, and it interested me. But that is not what I am here for, fortunately. I am Aerwyna, I am also a member of Black Rose and I would very much like to tag team with you… is that okay??” Aerwyna asked politely. She knew it was probably out of line, but she would very much like to get to know other people that were in the guild, the only people she really knew in the guild was Horatio, Charlotte and her boyfriend, who she is currently loving and adoring for all eternity.

“If you do not want to. I understand. It is very nice to meet you though, and that is all that matters. Anyways, the tournament is soon, so I better get going hehe.” She chuckled ever so lightly, she was not used to being so frontal at all with her speaking skills, but it was showing that she was becoming as sociable as possible.

“Aerwyna!” The toad cried out once more. “This isn’t fair!” Aerwyna could only sigh softly, it seemed that Kinopio didn’t understand at all, but it didn’t help that Kinopio was attached to the mermaid princess for various reasons. It would most certainly be easier if Kinopio was out of harm's way, yet Aerwyna couldn’t do anything about it…

It didn’t take overly long for him to eventually stop his crying, and all Aerwyna could do is stare at Rai apologetically. Well, what else could she do?? She didn’t understand everything about the world of humans yet, she could only be there and weep in the inside, wondering how people are and what they feel can be a very confusing thing to deal with… she would very much like to know immediately. It probably doesn’t help the fact that she had to run away to experience these new things for herself.

Before the mermaid princess was able to poke the man, screams could be heard along with some electricity, this worried Aerwyna greatly. In the waters, she was told that electricity was going to be her greatest weakness and could kill her much quicker than ice can, for example. It was just a very unsettling moment to partake, considering that if people were getting electrocuted, then she could possibly too. Nonetheless, she poked the man anyway and thus began their ounce of conversation.

She had to admit, It was strange seeing someone managing to reply to her despite the headphones that Rai had hugged around his ears ever so comfortably. It was pretty cool she will admit, different but cool. It was something that the others in the underwater world never really had, mind you, they never had anything to start off with that was to do with the world of land, including electronics and land food, and land pets. Dang, even books weren’t able to be read in the sea, it’s why Aerwyna has such a hard time reading and sometimes even to talk if she forgets words. Luckily, Aerwyna was improving when it comes to such things, but it does suck that she has to learn this from scratch regardless.

While Aerwyna stared at Rai in her apologetic manner, the man agreed to take her, IF and only if he got the prize money however. Aerwyna smiled softly and nodded. She was just glad that she had someone to tag along with, especially since she was still learning about combat and fighting on land, another thing that she must tackle. But is improving on, luckily, which is always a good sign in all honesty, practice does make perfect after all, it can be pretty amazing to see what practice can well and truly do. It has been greatly experienced with everyones elses singing whilst she still lived underwater. “Okay, I will comply to your rulings.” Aerwyna bit her lower lip. She wondered how it was going to go.

Heading into the arena with her new partner, Aerwyna kept silent until they got to the entrance, she spotted someone come forward to her as the announcer gave out Rai’s and Aerwyna’s opponents. Her toad companion was taken out the females grasp and even though Kinopio whined in return, he waved at Aerwyna in complete sadness. Poor lad.

The two opponents were called Hibiki and Mike Bison, and Rai mentioned that they were easy to defeat, Aerwyna did feel a bit skeptical about the predicament, but decided to say nothing about it and reluctantly agreed with the fellow mage hoping that he was right. Then their names were called and Aerwyna sauntered over and bowing down to all the audience in happiness. Only, her happiness was quickly broken into annoyance when Hibiki mentioned that he could take the both of them down himself. Rai seemed to be a very good roaster though and it did leave Aerwyna escaping a giggle. Hibiki said he was taking Rai down first but Aerwyna was having none of it. With this in mind, Aerwyna began to inhale to increase her breathing capacity before the announcer told them to go, that was when Aerwyna wailed out like a dolphin and streamed out a jet of water towards Hibiki, leaving Hibiki’s partner in shock horror as Hibiki was pushed back from Rai.

“Not today!” Aerwyna grinned, she was so ready to do this.

It didn’t take long for the fight to be over, in fact, she felt as if everyone fought to the best of their abilities, it’s just… Aerwyna and Rai seemed to have that synergy, it was as if they knew each other for a really long time. In all reality though, Aerwyna didn’t know the guy at all, apart from his name, which was Rai. Apart from that, she knew nothing at all. On the bright side, the area knew that she was a dragon slayer now, and a water dragon slayer at that, being able to manipulate the waters that she grew up in almost her whole life, as a princess and not as a normal human being, but as a mermaid. She knew that was fine though, she ran away from the watery clutches of her father, the king, and is now in earthland, disguising as a normal mermaid, even as a human to anyone who didn’t know that she was a mermaid at all.

Aerwyna smiled softly as she then jiggled her legs, catching her breath as she looked to her fellow guildie, he seemed like a really decent guy, but only because he wasn’t electrocuting her life away or something of the sort, she could easily just be electrocuted by him though, even if it was an accident, she just had to be careful of her movements incase she turned into a fried fish who could easily be given to a fish and chip shop, or more commonly known, the chippy, as Aerwyna found out. This language was so fun to learn sometimes, but it was insanely weird, why call a fish and chip shop the chippy?? Wouldn’t that mean it would just sell chips and not fish?? What a strange language indeed.

“Rai!” Aerwyna grinned as she bit her lower lip in anticipation. She was glad to have finished off with that round rather quickly. Walking over to him, the mermaid twiddled around with her blue hair. “I do hope you didn’t mind the actions I have taken. On the bright side, you’re thunder stuff is REALLY cool!” Aerwyna complimented him with a cheerful sort of tone, just with added anxiety. Of course she would be rather anxious over the fact he used the power of lightning, she was a mermaid after all. “I feel that we go well decently when it comes to fighting, and that reassures me a lot. Just don’t electrocute me, I will become cooked and edible.” She warned him before winking at him. She was sure that the second round was soon. “We should get ready, Rai.” She said while rolling her shoulders back. She was so ready for the next round. What would she do though?? She was sure that she cannot use her roar again, it would probably be really predictable… Whipping them would be good, yeah, she might aswell whip them and such, maybe even bite them, she wasn’t the type to fight dirty, but she was sure that she didn’t want to turn into a mermaid anytime soon.