It might not have been the most practical way to get out the way, but Aqua had gotten used to it over any of a number of fights. Besides, if the point was to make oneself harder to hit, it was hard to deny that a cartwheel did a rather excellent job of getting all of the really important bits out of the way of an attack that might have otherwise been aimed at about chest-height.

Under the circumstances, she wasn't surprised that Sora didn't stop coming simply because she'd gotten out of the way. Fighting a person was nothing at all like fighting an Unversed, and for all that she came up swinging it wasn't quite enough to keep Sora from knocking a precious few orbs free while she was getting back up to her feet. True, it was unfortunate, but once she was back upright she did manage block Sora's attacks well enough to leave it at only those few. She wasn't going to let herself be taken out of the running so soon, that much was certain!