Hiei wakes up and finds deep gashes in his skin that was caused from Terminus' releasing his body from physical resistance. There were bruises all over his body and his face was covered in dirt and sweat. The pain was excruciating but Hiei managed to survive and he could feel the difference almost immediately. Hiei watches the wounds on his body start to heal almost immediately. He watched as the gashes started to burn off and soon all that was left was smooth skin. Hiei looks around and sees that he was no longer in the little manmade cave but in a dark bedroom. He slowly sits up and throws his feet over the side of the bed and slowly slides onto his feet. Though the wounds were gone, he still ached in the muscles from the strain. He walks to the door and opens it. He walks down a cold dark hallway and finds a huge double door and opens it to reveal a huge throne room that looked like a hall in a gothic style church. At the end of the large room is a throne and the old Terminus is sitting in it. He sees Terminus look up and his eyes looked thrilled.
"Hiei, it looks like you survived. I am real happy about that. I think that it is time to start your training." Hiei twitched in excitement as Terminus slowly got to his feet and he leads Hiei outside into a courtyard. The wind whipped fiercely at Hiei's bare chest and Hiei made his body warmer so to combat the cold. Terminus stands in the middle of the snow covered courtyard and he looks at Hiei.
"Now, Hiei. I want you to fight me." Terminus extends his hand and a katana forms out of thin air. He throws it to Hiei and Hiei takes a fighting stance. Terminus smiles as Hiei rushes towards him. Hiei was in shock at how much faster he was running. Hiei appears behind Terminus and tries to impale Terminus. Terminus vanishes and reappears on Hiei's shoulders. Terminus suddenly sees Hiei in front of his face and Hiei blasts fire into Terminus' chest from his hand. Terminus crashes to the ground and flips himself back onto his feet.
"I'm impressed, Hiei. You have improved a lot in that short time." Hiei is suddenly in front of Terminus once more and he cuts his katana across Terminus' chest. Terminus slowly backs up as blood gushes from his chest. Terminus coughs up blood and Hiei leaps back. Terminus lets out a laugh as blood oozes from his mouth, "You have REALLY improved. But its gonna take more." Hiei looks as Terminus' muscles grow huge and he grows up to around 9-10 feet tall. The gash in Terminus' chest is gone and Terminus raises one of his tree like arms and smashes the ground. Energy bursts out of the ground and Hiei dodges the huge energy blast. Terminus uses the same arm to punch the air and a huge cyclone of wind blasts forward, cutting Hiei's skin and sending him crashing to the ground. Hiei leaps to his feet and retaliates with a cyclone of fire to repel another wind cyclone. The two streams connect and each battles for dominance. Terminus lets out a huge roar and energy blasts out of his extended hand, enveloping Hiei and sending him smashing into a column. Hiei leaps up but is smashed back down with a huge double axe handle punch with Terminus' huge arms. Hiei coughs up blood but his body starts to heal as he gets back up. Hiei dodges another punch and delivers fierce punches of his own to Terminus' gut. Terminus grunts in pain as the punches connect and he grabs Hiei by the head and slams him through the column he just hit and then throws him into the ground like a football. A huge fist, covered with energy smashes into Hiei's abs and sends Hiei even further into the ground. Hiei coughs blood and hurls the katana in his hand and it impales the giant Terminus up to the hilt. Hiei focuses energy into his hand and a stream of fire blasts into Terminus' chest sending him flying into the air and crash to the ground with a loud grunt. Hiei slowly gets to his feet and he sees a burnt and bloody Terminus get to his feet. Terminus grabs the hilt of the sword and rips it out of his body. Hiei rushes forward but Terminus grabs Hiei's fist and stops Hiei in midair. The smile on Terminus' face is gone. Hiei sees energy form in Terminus' hand and blasts into Hiei's face. Hiei flies back and manages to land on his feet. Both men stare at each other and are panting deeply.
"Do you want to continue, Terminus?"
"I think that it would be pointless for you to since I now understand your fighting style. You need to learn how to control your spirit energy better. The more you can control it, the more powerful you become. Take this as an example of good spirit energy control." Terminus extends his hand and energy forms into a ball in his palm and he hurls it at Hiei with incredible speed and it smashes into Hiei's stomach. The wind is knocked right out of his stomach and he crashes to the ground. Hiei's body shuts down and he can do nothing but lay in the snow, slowly getting covered by the downpour of snow. Terminus walks over and throws Hiei over his shoulder and walks back into the building and into what looked to be a huge study. Terminus places the battered Hiei into the plushy chair next to the fireplace. Terminus forms back into his old form and sits in another chair as Hiei groans in pain.
"Don't worry, Hiei. You did much better than most others before you by making me have to memorize your movements. With some training, you will become very powerful." Suddenly, the doors open and in walks a servant with Hiei's cloak and some tea. He gives some tea to Terminus and then gives some to Hiei. He puts Hiei's cloak over Hiei like a blanket and bows out. Terminus takes a sip of tea and sees that Hiei was coming around again. He looks up to Terminus and grunts in pain and rubs his abs to sooth them.
"That could have been a very fatal move if I didn't weaken it for you. Even when it was powered down, it was incredibly powerful. That is how powerful you can be if you train very hard. You did well for our first sparring session. You may actually push me to need to take on the third form."
"What do you mean, forms."
"I have hidden my true power through different transformations. This is my first form and what I would really look like if I wasn't immortal. The second is a power boost but I lose speed. The third is a burst of speed and power, and the fourth form is my true form."
"Can I see that form?"
"I'm afraid not, little Hiei. If I were to transform and pull out my true power, you could be crushed by the pressure alone. But you might have the honor of seeing my third form." Terminus gets up and rubs Hiei's hair as if he were a 10 year old, "We have much more to complete."
