Chapter 2
Ken's Pov
I led the two to the studio, but before we entered, Nadia stopped.
"You work at a martial arts studio?" She asked
"Think of it as my day job, but behind the scenes," I led them to the back and opened the door to the temple "things are much more interesting."
I took them through the temple and explained the world's true history. Nadia took everything in, while still holding onto her brother to make sure he didn't run off. Normally, we take in apprentices who are around fourteen or fifteen, but I knew this girl was special even though she was so young. I just hope the other masters will see what I see.
I introduced the two to the other masters one by one, and everyone pulled me aside to tell me I was crazy.
"What were you thinking?" The fire master, Hawkins asked quietly
"They are way too young!" Nigel asked
"We can simply wait until they are older." Jaha tried to reason
But then Argus surprised me. I took Nadia and Nico into the library to meet the water master, and expected Argus to tell me what a fool I am, but he didn't. Nadia asked him about everything. Tablets, the veil, parts of our history I didn't elaborate on, and about the cyber viruses. Argus answered every question, and seemed to warm up to the girl, and then, she surprised us.
"So if you use the cyber virus on my brother, he won't remember anything?" She asked
Argus looked a bit surprised "Yes?"
"Can you please wipe his memory when we leave? I don't want him in this. Maybe when he is older, but not now." It was touching to see how much she cared about Nico.
Argus and I exchanged glances, and then he spoke "We would have had to do it anyways. He is too young to keep such a secret. But the problem is… are you good enough to keep this secret?"
Argus grabbed a water tablet and we left for the arena. Toji gave Nadia a practice gauntlet and Argus handed her the tablet. I sent Nico to sit with Hawkins and led Nadia to the arena.
"Summoning a creature can be difficult, but don't worry. I'll be here the entire time." I whispered to her
She nodded her head, and then began to read the tablet. Her creature was Buoyant Blowfish. A pretty basic water creature. I have already shown her the Kata, so it's now or never.
"Buoyant Blowfish!" She called on the creature, performing the Kata perfectly
She stared at the creature, and the creature stared at her as well. I think she was a bit shocked that it worked, and the creature seemed surprised that humans could be this young.
"Okay, you have summoned a creature, but can you control it?" Nigel called down
"Control it?" Nadia gave me a strange look, as if she didn't like the sound of that
"Think of it as guiding the creature's actions." I whispered
She nodded her head, but still looked a bit unsure. She raised her hand, and motioned for the creature to move to the left. The creature floated left. She motioned right, and it went right. She then commanded the creature to attack one of the targets, and the creature hit it spot on. I gave her a warm smile
"The girl has remarkable control." Jaha said as we discussed whether or not we will accept Nadia in the order "She is very young though. I am not sure if it is a wise idea to take her into our ranks."
"She is much too young. I can't help but wonder what came over you to take her here in the first place?" Nigel glared at me
"She is in no way a natural, but you did not see the look in her eye when I saw her fend off a Rumbling Terrasor. She was afraid, but she felt the need to stay and defend her brother instead of run away. I don't know about the rest of you, but I believe that this is one of the traits that this order was built on. And to show this at such a young age… who knows is we will ever find her or someone like her again." I said
"I agree with Takahashi. She was surprisingly curious in the library and even asked for us to take her brother's memories because she didn't want him here. Also, instead of just reading the name of the creature she was to summon, she actually read the tablet." Argus said
"Just because she is in the order doesn't mean that she has to go out and duel rogue creatures. We can train her, and wait until she is older to send her out in the field." Hawkins suggested
That seemed to sway the others as well. "So, I guess we are in agreement?" Jaha asked, and we all nodded, even if one was reluctant. I smiled.
Nadia was called into the room, and we activated her gauntlet. She gave me a nervous smile as Brightmore welcomed her into the order.
I remember first watching Kaijudo last year for the first time, and Immediately fell in love with Nadia's character. I was really hoping that they would give her some back story, but all we got was the small fact that she was once the Choten's personal acolyte, and nothing else. So of course I had to think up my own backstory. I built this on how she acts around others and her attitude to her work, and even that was limited. I assumed that she knew Ken from the line "Obviously Takahashi kept secrets from all of us." but her went missing fourteen years prior and she doesn't appear that old, so I made her young enough to get to know Ken for at least a few months.
I also had Hawkins (who was a master from the story Quest for the Gauntlet if you didn't get to read it) become fire master because I dont believe Hector is over forty years old, and that would be a long time gap if he became the duel master after Tiera. Everything else is pretty much the same.
One thing though, Should I bring Nadia's brother back in later chapters? I still know where this is going to go either way, but I'm not sure.
-Echo
