Shinobu and I arrived at the Butterfly estate where we said our goodbyes and went out separate ways.
I travelled back to my estate to check up on my student’s training.
I stroll around the area behind the estate to see the children talking to each other.
“Everyone! Let’s have a 5-minute break before you spar against me!”I clap to get their attention.
“Hai!”They sit down in groups, wiping off their sweat as they continue to talk among themselves.
“Kaki and Hoshiko, come here please.”I wave at them in the forest shade.
They rushed over and sat down next to me.
“I will be giving you the movements for the breathing style, do inspect it closely when I spar.”
They nod as I got up to get a wooden katana.
I face against the first student, Kazemi, the first one to learn ice breathing from water breathing.
Age 14,height of 150cm.
He wore a plain shirt and pants like everyone else to minimise movements needed to attack.
“Come.”
He tries to close the gap between us as he uses water breathing.
“Water breathing, second form, Water Wheel!”
“Hinokami Kagura,Dance.”I whisper under my breath.
I step forward slashing at the Water Wheel with my wooden katana, now blazing hot.
The fire slash dies after the Water Wheel was stopped by the fire and steam now fills the surrounding, blocking his view on me.
“Moon breathing, First Form: Dark Moon – Evening Palace.”
Multiple crescent blades formed as it was aimed for the boy’s back after he landed behind me.
“Ice breathing, Third form: Ice Pillar!”
He swipes his sword up into the air as the surrounding around became colder by the second
A circular block of ice was raised before him, towering at the height of 15 meters as the blades cut through the thick ice.
He breathes out the chilly air before moving on to his next attack.
‘Ice breathing is dangerous to use as it will freeze the user lungs if not careful…’
I narrow my eyes as he leaps from behind the pillar and dashes at me.
“Wind breathing, Sixth Form:Black Wind Mountain Mist!”
His sword moves upwards as the wind attacks move towards me, shredding anything in its path.
I stood calmly as I watch it advances towards me.
“Hinokami Kagura,Raging Sun.”
I swung my katana 2 times in an X motion.
The fire quickly tears the wind attack apart before it could reach my body.
“You did well Kazemi, now come here.”
He speeds walk towards me with a bright smile, shining like a certain Flame Hashira I knew.
He faces away from me as I place my hand on his back.
“Mm, Your core is developing nicely into 3 segments. Each is your breathing, although ice is quite overpowering for now.”
I inject a part of my core’s flame into his body. This would help him stabilise the ice breathing effect on his lungs.
“Now Satsuka, you’re next.”
Age:16,height of 165 cm.
“Begin.”
“Mist Breathing,Seventh Form:Obscuring clouds.”
‘Mm, she mastered Muichiro’s technique huh?”
The mist gathered around me as it hinders my view, she slips past me multiple times as I close my eyes to depend on my other senses.
I can hear her footsteps as she walking around me, waiting to strike when I least expects it.
Her soft breathing as electricity starts to release from her body, pointing at me from my right.
“Thunder breathing,Fourth Form:Distant Thunder.”
I quickly step away as the electricity zaps the ground, burning it into a charcoal black.
“Trying to kill me?”I chuckle as she continues to attack within the mist.
“Thunder breathing,Fifth Form:Heat lightning.”
The wave of intense electricity was sent at me burning the air from its heat.
“Hah..”
“Ice breathing,Third Form:Ice pillar.”
I point my katana at the ground before sending myself into the air as the ground below me forms ice.
I look at the mist, predicting where she would go next, the air shifts at the corner of my eye.
I grin, “Water Breathing,Eighth Form:Waterfall Basin.”
I slowly pick up speed as I begin to fall at her figure that’s coming into view.
She was shocked as I actually found out where she was hiding.Her eyes narrowed before swinging her sword over her head.
My eyes widen at her action.
“Thunder breathing,Seventh form:Thunder cage.”
Sparks of electricity hover above where she swung before, not before bursting into powerful electric power as they connect, forming a web-like cage, shielding her from my attack.
I grin as I make contact with the electrical field, the water almost evaporating from the heat.
I launch myself into a front summersault as I let go of the sword.
I land on the ground, smiling at her as the electric field disappears.
“You actually created a new form?”I lightly smack her back.
The mist fades, showing my hand on her back to check on her core.
“Mm keep this up and you will have no problems with demons.”I smile at her process before turning to Mako.
“You’re finally up Mako.”I pick up a new katana as the other one got burned.
“With pleasure, Haru-san.”
He removes his haori, White shirt like everyone else but with dark blue pants rolled up so that his dark brown high-knee lace-up boots, dark green mixed with dark grey fingerless gloves.
His dark maroon undercut hair that slicks back never seems to not draw attention from girls as he walks back with his serious dark amber eyes.
He always has a poker face when doing tasks from me yet during training he seems to let loose.
“Shall we begin?”
No response as he charges ahead with his attacks.
“Flame breathing,First form:Unknowing Fire.”
His speed was quicker than I could see, knowing he was attacking, I had to go on the defensive.
“Ice breathing,Third form,Ice pillar.”
His flames cut through the ice like its butter but by the time it had melted, I was already hidden in the mist.
“Nee that was rude of you.”
He had swung at empty air, thinking I was going for an attack behind him.
“Flame breathing,Tenth Form:Fire Tornado.”
A towering tornado of fire was moving towards him now. A form I created where the user would swing the kanata in a circle to create the flames as it travels upwards into a tornado.
The tornado burns the ground as it sucks anything into it.
“Flame breathing,Eleventh Form:Fire’s domain.”
The air began heating up as I saw his body and surrounding temperature increased.
Fire now coating his body, slightly burning his clothing but he was fine as the fire tornado washes over him.
“Not bad.”
“Ice breathing,Second form:Snowstorm slash.”
The wind begins to drop dangerously fast, snow begins to whips up in his face. I can see him falter in his movements as the temperature drops to negative degrees.
This form allows me to move freely under the snow, similar to mist breathing:Obscuring clouds, except this time the snow takes care of attacking for me.
The snow rages on as it builds up wind and snow to form thin ice slashes to attack Mako.
If not careful the target may lose a limb or bleed out.
“Fire flower breathing,second form:Fire petals bloom.”
His sword heats up as petals form around him.
Swinging in all directions, eight times rapidly, the fire makes contact with the snow to melt it.
This form combines firepower with flower breathing’s defensive uses. With flower breathing to protect the user as the fire within attacks the target.
The snow begins to let up as it couldn’t withstand the flames.
“Tired yet?”
He smirks at me before attacking again.
“Fire flower breathing,First Form:Flames Peonies.”
Just like flower breathing’s fifth form,Peonies of Futility combined with flames.Nine consecutive attacks that flow and weave in on themselves, a defensive and offensive move when flames surround the slashes.
“Hinokami Kagura,Burning Bones,Summer Sun!”
Circular motion as flames rushes out to defend me.
As the flames die down, I rush forward to deliver an upwards blow to his chin.
The sound of wack was heard as his body landed backwards as he took the blow.
“Did I hit you too hard?”I tease him as I held my hand up.
He groans, taking my hand to pull himself up.
“Everyone can rest for the day now!”
They all smile at me before heading inside to wash up.
“Kaki, Hoshiko do remember the movements I used and practice on each other.”I glance at them before heading inside to wash up too.
“Okay!”
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