Wishing for a Soul…
Chapter 2…!
"Hyah!" "Hyah!" "Hyah!"
The loud grunting and yelling coming from the female member of the monks was slowly starting to wake the Xiaolin master. Fung slowly got to his feet and walked outside to see the source of the grunting and yelling. He blinked his eyes a couple of times when he saw Kimiko, his student, kicking one of the training dummies meant for Clay, as it was made of rock, repeatedly.
"Kimiko, you mustn't injure yourself by using Clay's training equipment," he informed her calmly. He knew if he scolded her Kimiko would get angry. Kimiko had a temper, but Master Fung was one of the few that understood her temper. He knew that Kimiko didn't like being confined, natural as fire never could be contained once it started burning in the open, he knew that she did not like being degraded, fire hissed when put out with water, and he knew Kimiko felt bad when she saw the others getting stronger and she wasn't, fire burned brighter when fanned by flames. Kimiko was the embodiment of her element. Everything about her spoke 'fire'. Her dainty beauty, but furious temper making her deadly lethal, her strikingly contrasting features mixing together perfectly as a yellow and red flame did to create the orange blend, and her blue eyes at the center of her face just as the bright blue flame centered on the base of its flame.
Kimiko kicked the dummy again and said to Master Fung, "But if I keep doing my training like I had before, I wouldn't get strong like the others…"
Master Fung sighed and said to her calmly, "Kimiko, perhaps you need to focus your training in something less violent and physical… Blunt and brute force is the natural strength of the Dragon of Earth… You, as the Dragon of Fire should practice harnessing your element and practicing martial arts that are smooth and blend together like your natural element…"
Kimiko stopped and looked at him for a moment. Then she smiled and said, "That makes sense! Thanks Master Fung!" Kimiko then began trying to move her fire in her hands like Omi did with water.
Master Fung left her to her early training. Kimiko moved the fire like a snake between her palms. She then separated her hands and let the fire follow her right hand like the tail on a comet. Kimiko moved her arms around slowly and she formed fire in her left hand and she had this fire follow her hand as well. She closed her eyes and felt out the way her body naturally wanted to move. Left foot forward ever so slightly, shift it inward toward her body… Right leg back a tad, straightened out and holding some of her weight. Balancing her weight perfectly in her center, Kimiko let her arms circle around her and make rings and swirls and wiggling shapes with fire. Her body relaxed and she felt her arms slowly gaining minds of their own.
Her arms kept moving all on their own, and Kimiko slowly began moving her legs into positions she didn't know she knew. It was like a strange martial arts dance move. Her feet knew exactly where to put themselves, and as her feet steadied themselves where they wanted to be, her arms slowly made their way to places that coincided with the rest of her body.
Kimiko inhaled deeply, opened her blue eyes and sighed. As she exhaled, she saw that her breath was steam, with a few little sparks in the mix.
She was really connecting with her element! Master Fung had been right!
And because he had taught her to focus her mind and clear herself of thoughts, Kimiko had no trouble in retaining her place as master of fire.
Kimiko smiled to herself; this would be her little secret from the guys. She wanted to surprise them one day. She had to perfect this power before she could show them how perfectly she had done it.
She would keep training like this every morning until she had it down.
Lalalalalala…!
Kimiko being a fire-bender is always fun to envision. I wanted to combine Kimiko's fire control with Chase's intricate meditation… I thought that if there were fire on Chase's hands the meditation would have looked like a beautiful dance. So… I put them together…!
Kimiko has ANGRY skillz!