[@Prodigal Son]

Nemo's head cocked to the side during Tsukihi's response. His pleasant attitude quickly changing to that of a scowl. "No, no, no, it wont do, the fear of losing someone is touching, it's compelling, it's beautiful. Art is beautiful, it makes me feel. But the fear of losing a battle...  it doesn't inspire me. It's bland." He explained, not paying much attention to her movements. "Art isn't dull, art is spontaneous, not [i]predictable[/i]." Nemo said, his gaze turning behind him. He used his empowered hand to grab onto Tsukihi's blade before it could reach him; somehow stopping her completely.

His touch immediately nullified any active magic energy within the blade. Nemo's firm grip on the sword kept her in place despite small cuts to his hand. "If your fear is weak, then you will only come to fear me instead." He finished, his tone becoming more grim. He immediately followed up with a heavy mana empowered kick at her left. The kick was made to bait out herbucklershield, and had enough concussive force behind it to still rattle someone through a block. His next move was to use his last free hand and blast her point blank with a strong pitch black X shaped attack from his bandaged arm. If it were to hit it had enough power to knock her half-way across the ring.