While Ventus was studying the blade, Vanitas was spending some time mastering the art of annoying people, and although Ventus is a difficult opponent, it's a lot easier than beating him in hand to hand combat. Is it really lowering his guard when he'd be trounced anyway? And look at what effect it's having. Hilarious. You can't hide your reactions from him forever. He can smell them (he can't actually smell them, that would be weird).

While step two is missing between 'get under Ventus's skin' and 'get out of the situation', step one is fun enough in an extreme sports kind of way that this feels a little unimportant.

He's still got his hand on the keyblade, though.

"So enlighten me then," says Vanitas, leaning back a little, and then continuing with what is usually a surefire move for him. "I bet you don't actually know."