The Half – Chapter 14: Light and Sound

"Alright...! And begin!" Yamriha announced, as she pointed out the tip of her staff away from her, as if using it to indicate that the match was to start. Kyo and Aladdin had gone over the basics, and it had been decided that the best way to teach was to spar; using only magic, of course. Aladdin held his own staff, while Kyo had only picked up a stick she had pulled off from a tree. She had not had her own, and nor was there an extra one lying about. A stick would have to do for the time being.

"Har-Har Infigar!" Aladdin started as he threw the tip of his staff to point towards the blue haired female. Sending a light blast of fire towards her.

"uh- something...!" she blurted out, not even to know what to do, as she closed her eyes and pointer her stick at the fireball. In surprise, a small barrier popped up around her; a small one, but none the least, a barrier.

"Good!" the sorceress clapped with a content like smile. Apparently, she had not heard what Kyo had blurted, but with the result of a barrier, she would only assume that it was an actual chant.

The two went back and forth, dragging out minutes. Repeating their first attacks. Mostly fire attacks from the Magi's end, and barriers from the half's end.

"Try using an attack, more than defense, Kyo!" Yamriha shouted to her.

"But I-" her attention looked to the teacher for a moment, only to miscalculate the next wave of fire that came at her from Aladdin.

"Har-Har Infigar!" he yelled again, and would not be able to recall it as it struck at Kyo's hand, and branch-of-a-wand.

"Errrgh!" she flinched, dropping the stick that had caught on fire, and was forced out of her hand, as her other uninjured hand went up and her palm to face towards Aladdin, her eyes closed as she turned her head, as an instinct to keep it from burning.

"No...!" she yelled, for a reason, even she didn't know. But what was to follow was a bit more unknown to reason:

A flash of lightning shot out and struck towards Aladdin, but only to miss him by a foot. Sending an instant stop to the spar, as Yamriha and Aladdin looked to Kyo in a slight surprise, as well as confusion. Ruhk danced and gathered around Kyo in an instant, and made no gestures to leave her side.

"Your... hand..." The busty teacher mumbled slowly,

"What?" Kyo instantly looked to her unharmed hand as it had once more become blue. Making her gasp a little, and pull it to her chest and try to cover it with her other hand.

"Kyo!" the Magi cried as he ran towards her with worry on his face, "did I hurt you!?"

"N-no... I'm... fine..."She looked down, diverting her eyes away as she tried to cover her hand.

"How did you use lightning? Even I cant use that element yet!" his worry began to switch to wonder as his eyes lit up some, looking to her blue hand and arm.

"Erm..."

The presence of their instructor stepped in as she kept a serious looking expression upon her face.

"May I ask as to why your hand would have turned blue, Miss Kyo? That is not a normal thing to see from one using magic."

Seeing that Kyo had kept her head and eyes turned to look at the ground, Aladdin stepped in, in between the two females.

"I would like to spar again with Kyo..!"

"But Aladdin-"

The magi would push Yamriha back to her outside spot of their sparring area. Making the sorceress forced into not asking Kyo any more questions.

"Ready Kyo...!"

Kyo's eyes looked up, "But I don't have a wand or staff...!"

"Ready!" he raised his staff to the sky, using both hands to grasp onto his staff.

"W-wait...!" Kyo's eyes darted around for anything, but would have to give up, as the young boy sent, this time, a wave of water, muttering something that she could not hear.

"I said wait!" she yelled again and threw out both her hands towards Aladdin. Her palms to face towards him as a blast of a high frequency sound vibrated from her hands. Her eyes once more to close tightly, bracing for the impact of the wave of water... but it never came.

With the opening of her eyes once more, she would look to find that not only was Aladdin laying on the ground, but so was Yamriha, and a few others who were seen at a farther off distance from them, guards perhaps. The standing female looked to her hands, as they both had turned blue all the way up past her elbows and almost to her shoulders.

"W...what did I just do...?" she trembled slightly and then looked around frantically. Her eyes searching from anyone who might still be standing, that was around her.

To be continued...