Tall Tree Attracts the Wind: Chinese Idiom. Being outstanding brings adversity in itself

Author's Note: This is a somewhat more world building, plot setting up, planning the differences between chakra and 'energy/essence' that the Yugen citizens specialize in, and so on. The Yugen arts have some odd limits and a more general purpose usage than traditional jutsu, but it is only truly limited by the practitioners imagination and capability, and the latter one can be easily worked around. The next chapter will start the long journey arc with about a chapter for each major country leading up to Konoha. Characters from different countries will show up (like below) and interact and even change events over time. This story will be long, occasionally cover canon events (in different ways) but many side or support characters will also have their own stories or focus on them, and new twists.

Kiyora arrived at the top of the stairs and saw all of her dolls and Hisaki relaxing and talking up a storm. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, until Kiyora saw who was with them. It was a pureblooded Uchiha boy, not more than nine or ten years old, but not from Yugen. He was the only one who noticed Kiyora watching all of them

A quick search of her memories on every known Uchiha revealed only one who fit the general physical appearance and could appear or vanish so easily.

The boy had short, unkempt, dark-coloured hair, black eyes and a relatively broad nose and well-defined eyelashes, that were turned upwards at each end. He wore the standard attire of the Uchiha clan which includes a high-collared, dark-coloured outfit along with a tantō strapped to the right side of the back of his shoulder. He also wore what appeared to be a harness for his tantō which ran across his chest and fastened over both his shoulders.

This little fucker had to be Shisui Uchiha. There was no one else he could be.

'This is actually a good thing.' Kiyora said to her internal confidant, smiling as she inspected the youth from her spot on the second story.

"How?" Jashin asked, searching through everyone one of Kiyora's memories about that clan.

'It gives us a chance to show more childish characteristics like shyness or an unwillingness to interact with people we feel uncomfortable around.' Kiyora voiced and he simply frowned.

"Sounds risky, kid."

'It is, but right now we could end up in an even worse state due to that curious and insightful young boy there. He is a prodigy, and I don't want him to think I am one. No point in rushing to my demise in such a way.'

Kiyora slowly made her way down the stairs and towards the odd group.

"Wouldn't he suspect something was off?"

'I would be disappointed if he didn't suspect anything. Still, he will be useful in the future...For as long as he was still alive at least. Out of everyone, both Shisui and Itachi know the price one must pay to ensure the best future for everyone.'

Jashin nodded at her response.

Finally making it down the stairs, Kiyora walked over towards them, shyly hiding behind the form of Shigure. He was the first to verbally announce her presence.

"Kiyora you're already finished? Come on, don't hide. We have guests."

Kiyora formally bowed at her waist as she smiled shyly up at the much older boy, using her bangs to make her seem shy. The hairs tickled the corners of her eyes and Kiyora had a hard time trying not to show how aware of the sensation she was.

Shisui smiled softly at the attempt and bowed to her in kind. Once they were both standing up again he introduced himself, "I am honored to meet you Kiyora-chan. My name is Shisui Uchiha."

"Hello Uchiha-san."

Shisui sent her a little wink that went unnoticed by everyone else. It happened to quickly that Kiyora wasn't sure it wasn't a trick of her own hyper active imagination.

"You can drop the manners and call me Shisui if that is easier. We are still kids and formalities always did rub me the wrong way." Shisui suggested with a faint smile.

From what little there was to know about this guy, he seemed more laidback and open-minded than his kin so what he said wasn't that out of character.

Kiyora just hid even more, but nodded at his suggestion.

Kiyora bowed her head and spoke softly, "I will consider dropping the -san honorific in the future, Shisui-san."

"I'm surprised you speak and act so well." Commented Shisui, with a curious glance at the young girl.

Why did he have to be so fucking observant?

"Yes, I have been giving her etiquette lessons, but just the basics so far. Other than that, she has been present during reports so she has a keen understanding of the overt goings on and clans." Hiroka revealed and Shisui nodded at the elegant doll with an pleasantly surprised expression. Perhaps it wasn't too unbelievable to think Kiyora was this well-mannered at such a young age.

"We are currently living in a world of child soldiers and people training since they were two or younger. This much is normal in clan settings."

"I just don't know how to feel about Hiroka telling him of what I know so far."

Hisaki took the time to stand up from her spot on the sofa as they continued to talk. Kiyora looked toward her with an eyebrow raised in question.

"Kiyora and I will just excuse ourselves and head outside to continue Chakra practice." Hisaki suddenly said, and Kiyora titled her head in thought.

Shigure nodded and Hisaki took that as her cue, easily picking Kiyora up and walking outside.

Kiyora got the faintest impression that this woman didn't like the Uchiha clan for some reason. Or maybe just the boy.

"Hey Hisaki-san, is Shisui-san a ninja?" Kiyora asked with a childish curiosity.

"Yes, a chunin of Konoha who fought in the past war. He's a good guy so you don't need to be shy around him." Hisaki said as she put Kiyora back down on solid ground.

Kiyora frowned at how fast the response was. "You don't like him."

Hisaki's eyes widened to almost comical levels at how Kiyora so bluntly said that. After a moment, the woman chuckled sadly.

"It's not that I personally dislike him or his clan in Konoha. It's more a residual feeling of rivalry and dislike." Hisaki smirked bitterly. "While the Senju and Uchiha clan were the most obvious rivals, the Uchihas and Hyuga were just as bad. Even here, relationships between the two clans were always complicated. Hopefully my child will help bridge the gap between these factions and the other clanless groups."

"You have a child?" Kiyora quietly asked as she looked over the woman. She was in her mid to late twenties so it wasn't unheard of to have a child.

Hisaki nodded her head, a proud smile on her face. "A son that is a year older than you. His name is Arashi."

"I would like to meet him one day." Kiyora let the conversation die as she sat down in front of Hisaki.

"Imagine the possibilities of someone awakening the Sharingan while possibly possessing the Byakugan!"

"Imagine the possibilities of a Hyuga descendant with the Curse of Hatred." Jashin countered.

Both of them mentally flinched at considering that path.

"Alright Kiyora, last training for the day with me. You will try to move the chakra through your chakra circulatory system." At Kiyora's nod for her to continue, Hisaki did as commanded. "Okay try to concentrate on your chakra again, don't worry I can tell whether you have found it or not. When you do find it again, try to move it."

Kiyora closed her eyes and placed her fingers in the correct placement. Jashin and Kiyora both concentrated on finding the chakra again, after a few minutes less than last time they found it. The tingling sensation was pretty easy to remember. It was hard focusing on something so small without having a clear feel to it. Kiyora spent a few minutes of just feeling it and memorizing it.

"Your chakra and energy is different from anyone elses. While the same holds true for every other energy signature, you will find it stands out in it's uniqueness."

Jashin was right, it felt very different than Hisaki's. Hers felt warm and comforting, reminding Kiyora of drinking hot cocoa near a fire on a cold snowy day.

Kiyora supposed all chakra feels tingly at first; but just as Hisaki said the more she focused on the feeling the more comfortable it was. The sensation was leaving and Kiyora concentrated on the other part of it.

If she had to describe it, Kiyora would say it reminded her of contradictions embodied. The chakra amount was small but if it was unleashed it could crown others from the raw amount and strength. It felt dark but also had a lighter quality to it. Kiyora concentrated harder on it.

How was I supposed to move it?

She imagined the chakra gathering together and spiraling; but just imagining it wouldn't work. Well, if you weren't one of her kind it shouldn't work.

"Good job Kiyora!"

Her eyes snapped open, effectively losing her concentration immediately. "Huh?"

"You just spiraled your chakra inside!" Hisaki elaborated upon seeing the blank expression on her student's face.

Her eyes widened at this revelation. "Really? But all I did was imagine it."

Hisaki smiled at the little one's confusion. "That's very good! You're supposed to imagine it, that's where the spiritual part comes in. I told you before, the physical part is so you can contain and endure it, while the spiritual part is so you can mentally control what you're doing."

"Oh, I thought it was wrong." Kiyora muttered to herself, feeling a bit better now that she knew she didn't fuck up.

"Good. Now do it again, but try and also feel it going through the circulatory system."

Kiyora closed her eyes, so we could try and do it again. They still spent a few minutes searching, though it took less than before, but only by ten seconds or so. When they found it again, Kiyora figured the only way for it to go out is through the circulatory system. If they found a place for it to go through, then they were going through the right direction.

It took them five attempts until they managed to make the condensed chakra move. Kiyora kept on losing concentration, and Jashin was pointing out that someone was watching them.

On the fifth try, Kiyora had gotten the hang of wiggling it around. All that was left was to move it completely. On the last try, Kiyora breathed in deeply before attempting to move it. When she felt ready and somehow knew Jashin was too, they moved it together as one instead of separately. They calmly concentrated on only moving it, and soon, very slowly moved the chakra through the circulatory system.

They got pretty far for a first attempt and were planning on going even further, but a sudden blockage stopped that attempt. The obstacle in their way felt weird, not hurtful just out-of-place.

"That's enough for today Kiyora."

Kiyora's focus was broken and she lost the mental image that they had made. She opened her eyes and looked at Hisaki. "Why couldn't I get through?"

"You found a tenketsu." Hisaki replied, leaning her elbows on her knees for support.

"What is that?"

Hisaki smiled at her inquisitive expression. "They're points in the body where the chakra can be released." Hisaki explained.

Oh? Right, it's what the Hyūga clan used. Her clan...

"Think she knows some sort of modified gentle fist shit?" Kiyora asked Jashin who snorted.

"Without a doubt."

"Are we done for today?" Kiyora suddenly asked, remembering that she had stopped the attempt.

"Yes, it's already getting dark."

Kiyora looked around just barely noticing her surroundings. It really was getting late.

How long did we stay outside for?

"Three hours. The brat was watching you the entire time and was creepy as hell doing it from his hiding spot in the nearby tree."

Lovely.

I have to make sure I don't always lose track of time when I'm concentrating on something.

"Relax, the kid is long gone back to his home by now."

"I really need to learn the Body Flicker, phasing or teleportation of some sort."

She went inside following after Hisaki.

Hisaki headed to the front door and turned to her guardians and said, "I will make sure to come back over tomorrow afternoon."

Chisuke nodded his thanks and all the adults came together to say their goodnights.

"Goodnight Kiyora-chan! I will see you tomorrow!"

Kiyora smiled at her and bowed a little. "Goodnight." The young girl managed to say before shyly waving her teacher off. Hisaki waved back and stepped outside.

"Let's eat dinner, I was able to make it before the twins woke up."

Kiyora nodded eagerly at the idea of food.

Dinner went by fast as everyone talked about our day. Hiroka had helped mend a minor misunderstanding between the Kumo ambassador sent to Yugen and a pissy kappa who lived near the island that once belonged to the Uzumaki clan. Chisuke dealt with managing the properties, everyday cleaning, cooking dinner and making some desserts. Shigure was dealing with the potential political fallout of sending a toddler out into the world, and the damage she could do. Eri and Ren just slept all day, the lazy bastards.

Kiyora answered some questions that they asked her about the academic homework and kept the responses at an average level. Hiroka went on and on about my accomplishments but warned Kiyora not to practice with chakra or energy until someone correctly showed her how to use it.

When dinner was done everyone stayed at the table and talked. Kiyora also figured out why Shisui Uchiha was here. It appears that apart from Shisui being in the area to visit a friend, Bullshit, Shisui came as an official representative of his clan to confirm the status of her temporary stay in Konoha. The fact that the Uchiha clan as a whole was interested in where she stayed was unsettling.

Kiyora was no fool. She knew that her choices and responses from where she was staying to what she said would be picked apart and evaluated by the masses. Everything had to be done with the least amount of collateral damage.

One a brighter subject, Chisuke's dessert was heavenly. He made two french silk chocolate pies. The ones that have the creamy chocolate mousse inside, crushed graham cracker crust, the smoothest whipped cream topping and finished with chocolate curls and powdery sugar. It was beyond divine.

Kiyora went upstairs once everyone finished talking and picked out something to change into. It was a cute dark pink nightgown, with light gray stars scattered on it. It was ten pm and Kiyora wasn't as tired as she thought she should be. The exercises were taxing for a child of her size; And yet, Kiyora couldn't fall asleep.

Instead of going to bed, Kiyora walked over to the window nook and jumped up on it. The cushions where creamy white and had the softest dark purple pillows. She opened the windows and allowed the wind to flow through her short brown hair and ease out the lingering tension in her body.

The night air felt great and the sounds where relaxing. It reminded her greatly of her original world. The sounds, smells, and sight of it all. Closing her eyes, Kiyora took in a deep breath. When her eyes were closed, she couldn't even tell the difference between the two places, but when she opened them once more, Kiyora would see her new world.

Kiyora looked out into the city below her mansion and watched the bustling nighttime activity with a strange sort of melancholy. The capital was often called the restless city since there was a different, vibrant life to the area once the sun went down. Monsters were more at home during the night, and so were often seen during this time.

A very small flash of red in a nearby tree sent shivers down her spine, and Kiyora decided that was quite enough observing for that night. She debated on locking the windows but since whatever that was had no bad intentions toward her, she only closed half of it. After that she went to her bed and cocooned herself in dark blue and purple blankets.

"You should sleep." Jashin suggested, yawning as the sleep seemed to seep into him for a change.

Kiyora smiled at the slight concedn and closed her eyes again. "I can't...too many thoughts." Kiyora admitted, trying to settle them apart from each one.

"Then tell me some of them if it will let you calm down enough to sleel."

Kiyora chuckled at her companion. Jashin was obviously tired so it was nice of him to try and stay up.

"I thought you could hear them." Kiyora countered, still finding it perplexing to think about.

"Do you want me to?" Jashin asked, raising an eyebrow in question.

That is a damn good point.

"It doesn't matter." Kiyora eventually said.

If they were going to live together like this for however long it took, Jashin might as well get to know her well.

"Then I won't when I can, or when they seem important." He said and Kiyora smiled at his consideration.

"I was thinking about those dolls."

"What about them?"

"I was wondering why they are teaching a child who wasn't even two year all this shit without any issue to it." Kiyora said, voicing out her thoughts. "Hell, why are they even humoring my upcoming journey?!"

Jashin was suddenly more awake now upon realizing how deeply the girl was confused."Is that really bothering you? Sure, it's unusual but I think it suits what they believe you to be. Might as well, milk them for all their worth."

"True that. Gotta use everyone and everything at our disposal if we are to survive and fulfill our deal."

"That can't be all you're worried about."

Kiyora chuckled at his correct guess. "It seems like you already know me pretty well."

Jashin laughed darkly and a bit ironically at her comment. "Your observation skills have been rubbing off on me. Now I can't even stop from looking for something that might be off."

"There is something else." There was a complete moment of silence where the only sound was that of the night creatures. The noises they were making were oddly soothing to her nerves.

"I'm worried about the consequences of Shisui being here."

"Yeah, that little shit was odd. I can understand why you are freaked out about him now." Jashin paused for a second and sighed, the sound echoing in her skull. "What's done is done. I would suggest not drawing further attention to yourself but you are addicted to adrenaline and screwing with other people, so it's pointless."

Kiyora snorted at Jashin's words but couldn't disagree since they were true.

Kiyora laid on her bed, mentally going over how the book from earlier taught her to go into a certain type of meditation and sense the elements around her. She closed her eyes and tried to forget everything around her in the search for these elusive elements. Slowly, Kiyora realized that there were many bright specks around her. Although her eyes were closed, she could actually "see" these lights. Red, blue, yellow, brown, green, white and black specks of light or dust darted around the room and seemed to focus on different things that had more of its element. There were some elements beyond her current reach but the rest drifted closer to her.

Kiyora remembered that Hisaki had grabbed the specks and inserted them inside the gloves, making a combined fifty fire attributed specks in storage. If the red specks of light were indeed Fire attribute than Kiyora could easily connect the other specks to the tangible elements of Yugen techniques and magic.

Following the trend of red meaning fire: Water was blue, Wind was yellow, Earth was brown, Plants were green, white was Light and black was Darkness.

The animal, mind and time attributes were treated differently since they affect and manipulate different aspects of things.

What a magical and confusing realm, Kiyora marveled.

She followed the book's instructions and started to capture the nearby elements storing them in the clothes until she fell asleep in the middle of her latest grab.

If any Yugen practicers knew that Kiyora had mastered meditation, sensing, and capturing in such a short amount of time, they would be astonished to death. It was beyond genius.

Had Kiyora remained awake a little longer, she would have noticed the entrance of someone in her room. Alas, the poor thing was too tired to focus on anything except her intricate dreams.

Kiyora woke up to a silent house. It was expected, since the dolls had their own jobs and lives outside of her. It was seven in the morning and there was a reluctance to get up building up inside of her.

"Jashin, it's time to train." Kiyora spoke up groggily. She rubbed at her eyes and yawned as she sat up.

"Forgive me if I don't jump up and down in joy." Jashin grumbled, just as exhausted.

Kiyora stretched out before finally jumping off the bed. She wobbled into the bathroom to brush her teeth and washed her face. Once she was done with that, Kiyora changed into comfortable purple pants, along with a black loose tee-shirt. She put on some black ninja shoes and walked out of the room.

Her goal was to train as much as she could before anyone could arrive. So with that plan, Kiyora set out towards the clearing where she noticed the Fox from a few days ago was laying down at the edge of the clearing. As if it was waiting for her to return.

"Okay first we stretch."

Kiyora began stretching out her body, making sure that her muscles were relaxed enough not to get cramps later on. The stretching lasted a good thirty minutes before we were ready for the other exercises.

"Time for sit ups."

Sit ups were easy and Kiyora liked doing them. With her child body, she only did around forty and added about twenty crunches. The weights she got yesterday felt different, not extremely heavy just different.

Must be because she added on to the elements... Maybe someone added a little more chakra to it as well?

Kiyora checked her wrists and ankles and noticed that someone had indeed added another level when she was asleep. None of the dolls had chakra coils at all, so it couldn't have been them who added the additional level. Beside the fire symbol was a stylized blue water drop, a gust of yellow wind, a brown half shattered rock, a green seedling, white lighting and a small shadow filled outline of a person. All in all, Kiyora had somehow managed to grab and insert twenty five (fifty if one included her starting amount of fire) pieces of each energy type into her accessories.

She tried to ignored how unsettling that little fact was.

"...Now for push ups." Kiyora said, not too eager to start on those. Especially since she was more used to the proper military versions which would hurt her tiny body quite a bit.

Kiyora placed her hands where they were most comfortable for her current form. Her feet was positioned to mirror where her shoulders were. Next, Kiyora lowered her entire body as a single unit until her upper arms were parallel to the ground. Then, she returned to the starting position by raising her entire body until her arms were fully extended. Her tiny arms were already shaking and it was barely the first one.

"This is bad…We won't be able to do a lot."

"That's exactly why we're doing it dumbass, to get better."

Kiyora managed to do thirty, in between breaks, but she still did them. She rolled onto her back, laying on the cool grass. The young girl was sticky with sweat and her breathing was labored. Kiyora watched as the puffy clouds above them, moved across the blue sky. Her aching limbs felt like bricks were on them, but she got up anyways ignoring their protest.

"Alright Jashin, you know what to do." He nodded and Kiyora soon got images of the katas that they worked on yesterday."Jashin, tell me if I do them wrong."

Kiyora closed her eyes and began to place herself in the positions as the images, mindful of the fox's curious stare.

Jashin was, surprisingly enough, great help. He pointed things out and gave some advice when he thought Kiyora needed it.

All in all, it was a good first day practice. After almost four hours of katas and more easy exercises they finally took a break. Kiyora walked back to the mansion, bidding the Fox farewell, and headed to the kitchen in order to ransack the fridge. There was breakfast ready so she began to eat. When she finished our healthy breakfast, Kiyora decided to do some homework. Kiyora worked on it for an hour and a half, before stepping outside again. They stretched for thirty minutes and then started our exercises again. After an hour of working on different types of exercises, Kiyora was feeling the hurt catch up to her.

I'm sure if either Hisaki or any of the dolls were here, they wouldn't be allowing this much work.

"You are insane Kiyora. Putting this much stress on a child's body so soon." Jashin lightly scolded the relentless brat that was his host. "If it wasn't for your ridiculous rejection then you would be in a far worse regard than you currently are."

"We don't have the luxury of time on our side, Jashin." Kiyora reminded the being. "If we are going to have any chance of making things better in the long term I have to leave now."

Kiyora sighed as she looked at the clouds peacefully moving about high above her."Ahh...I can see why Shikamaru likes watching clouds."

Jashin frowned at her random comment. "No, you simply become too bored."

Kiyora smiled at the truthful words and took in a deep breath. The wind was nice and refreshing.

It was already three so the gang should be coming back soon. Kiyora reluctantly stood up and walked inside. She made it to her room without much problem and headed for the bathroom once she got all her clothes gathered.

"It always feels good to take a shower and clean off all the sweat and dirt after exercising."

Kiyora rolled her eyes at Jashin's comment. "I'm just glad I don't feel sticky anymore."

"So what do we do now?"

Kiyora opened her mouth.

"Say anything about world domination and I will give you a migraine."

Kiyora went over to the window nook and opened it further.

"We are going to meditate." Kiyora easily answered. The view outside the window was nice. She could see people going on about their lives in the distance.

"But those dolls said to wait for someome to help you work on chakra."

"I know. All we're going to do is work on our concentration skills and maybe snatch more elements."

Kiyora walked over to the center of the room where there was a table to sit by. She tucked the hem of the pale pink dress with underneath herself and then placed her hands together on her lap as she tried to get comfortable.

"Might as well practice our etiquette endurance training as well." Kiyora said in respond to Jashin's unasked question then closed her eyes and concentrated.

'Jashin you try to concentrate inside while I'll take care of the outside.' He nodded at the girl's instructions.

Kiyora focused on the sounds around her first. Focusing intently on listening to the sounds outside the room and working her way back to her immediate surroundings. There were birds chirping outside the window, along with crickets in the grass down below.

She picked up the sound of the wind rustling through the tree leaves. And if Kiyora concentrated enough, she could even hear some people talking further down the streets. They were young voices so it was most likely civilian children. She couldn't understand what they were saying because they were too far away. They were content and happy thoughts, that much she could tell. When the wind would pick up, Kiyora could hear it flow inside through the open window, rustling the curtains. The small child felt the soft carpet under her toes and the way her hair would tickle her face and neck. Kiyora heard her steady breathing and yet could not feel the slow, calm beating of a heart, no matter how much she tried. Suddenly, Kiyora saw an image in her mind's eye. It was fuzzy at first, but it felt familiar, like a hazy dream turning lucid.

For a moment, Kiyora wondered if Jashin accidentally sent her into one of his memories again. However, this time everything felt much more realistic. Fresh even.

There was moonlight pouring through a half opened window which was covered by a dark blue curtain to her right. The soft light was bright enough for her to see the surroundings of her bedroom.

Whatever Kiyora was laying on felt fluffy and warm, but she felt restricted, as if a blanket was wrapped around her. She tried to move but found that her body didn't respond and a noise coming from somewhere to her left startled her from trying anything else. Soon after an unknown male voice was heard but she wasn't able to make out anything they said.

It sounded as if they were far away, like those children outside on the streets. Kiyora wouldn't say she was scared of what was happening, but somehow, the vibe everywhere but inside of her was soothing.

From her left, Kiyora could clearly see an approaching shadow. When the person came into view, she couldn't make out any features from them. The imagery was becoming too fuzzy again, no doubt because she was asleep during this time. Their arms came towards her and Kiyora felt her arms gently picked up and placed beneath the blanket.

The stranger began to speak. Kiyora couldn't understand anything being said, but the voice sounded comforting. The image soon started to darken around the edges and spread towards the middle. The last thing she knew for certain happened was the man running his fingers through her hair before the image faded completely.

"The lazy twins are back!"

Kiyora snapped her eyes open and looked around as soon as Jashin's voice registered in her brain.

"Jashin, did you see that?" Kiyora asked her partner, gently getting up from the floor and rubbing at her aching head. She could feel a headache forming.

"Yeah...but what was it?" He asked, and by that comment, Kiyora could tell it wasn't his doing.

"Let's discuss it later." Kiyora said, opening the door and walking towards the stairs and toward the library where Jashin mentioned the twins were heading for their belated lessons.

Once they reached the huge library, the twins started the lesson right away. Each one took turns prattling on about techniques and basics until Ren brought up meditation and sensing tangible elements.

"Are you talking about these small specks of light around me?" Kiyora pointed at the air. Even now, she could catch faint dust like colors floating aimlessly about and wondered if that was normal.

The young dark haired man was astonished. "Miss, you already can Sense the elements?"

"The book you both left me was very detailed. I already finished and memorized it in one sitting."

The twin dolls were both shocked speechless. Finished and memorized?! She just started learning yesterday but their little miss could already sense the elements?!

"Then do you know the next step?" Eri asked carefully. She was being uncharacteristically serious, a nod to how important this was.

"Capturing the magical elements, and letting them enter the body to store. But it seems very hard for my current age. After capturing one thousand, I was only able to store three hundred in my own body and one hundred and fifty of different elements in the accessories." Kiyora said a little bitterly.

The twins fell to the floor and stared wordlessly at Kiyora. Capturing one thousand and storing four hundred and fifty all together! And she's not satisfied!? Does she not know that when someone first meditates, it's not bad to store ten after capturing even one hundred!? And most people start sensing and capturing elements at the earliest age of nine or ten? Then there was the seeing the tangible elements and capturing them when most only have a primary element. What the hell is she? A monster...?

A long time passed before the twins were able to crawl up from their trauma and warn her, "Kiyora, you must not tell anyone what happened today."

"I understand." Of course Kiyora understood that the person before her had already thought it over. It seemed like her performance for the test had been over the top. She knew well that the nickname of genius and prodigy was now forced upon her.

"I'll teach you the very basic Primary fire spells. Tell me when you are able to master them."

"Yes." Kiyora nodded.

Internally, Kiyora was laughing at their stupidity for giving a pyromaniac access to fire techniques.

"Poor bastards. None of them know the hell they just unleashed upon the world."

"The fireball is the most basic technique. You must direct the elements inside your body to converge to a single point, and then either chant the spell or will them to let them erupt." Ren took pains to be thorough. "But Miss, you must remember there are no shortcuts. You must take one step at a time and follow the path firmly. No matter how talented you are, wanting immediate results will only be detrimental to yourself."

"I will keep that close to my heart."

Hours passed as basic techniques were broken down into easy to process ways and the girl remained curious and innocent in their eyes. Only one being knew what was unleashed in that moment, but kept his insights to himself.