I hate to say this, but this chapter is probably my least favorite. Maybe
it was because I got kind of bored when I wrote it, I don't know. Another
reason might be that I didn't plan for the story to turn out this way since
I first planned differently, but oh well...
Thanks for the reviews: dream-eater-is-hungry and sakuyachan.
Please R&R.
Chapter Eight
The next day, Yohina didn't go to school. She pretended to be sick. The good thing was, her parents believed her. She guessed that her late disappearance made her parents really worried about her. Even though she had the whole day, she had no heart to do any of her make-up works. Just looking at the papers made her sick. She didn't know how the day passed. All she did was probably sitting beside the window and stare up at the sky.
"How did he know?" That was the question in her head the whole day. It was stupid, but she couldn't take her mind off of it. That night, she was too bored, that was why she decided to go to Jason's party and talk with her friends. Her friends looked surprised to see her there. "Tyler told me you wouldn't come." Vessica muttered as the two of them headed upstairs, where there were fewer people.
"I didn't want to, but I was too bored. I couldn't concentrate on my homework or anything. I thought maybe I would just come and talk to you guys for a little bit." Yohina said. The two of them sat down on the sofa in the game room.
"You are thinking about it, too, huh? I couldn't get it out of my mind either. How did that Chin Yisou know? He's not suppose to be anywhere near us at that part of the story. Besides, what powers did he talk about?"
"I have no idea."
"The bracelets that was glowing, what were they? Did you find them again? God this is annoying. I wish we never watched Saiyuki in the first place!"
Yohina gave out a helpless smile. "I do too, but it's useless. I wonder if Machi, Nuriko, or Sakura feel weird like we do or not. I mean, they went to the Saiyuki world just like us. Why should they be so normal?" She mumbled, trying to sound indifferent.
"Dunno. We can ask them. Sakura is coming and so is Nuriko. Actually, I wonder where is that goof-head Nuriko anyway? Probably with her lover boy! She came right after school ended." Vessica was more than annoyed.
"Hello, guys. What's up?" Both Yohina and Vessica looked up and saw Sakura.
"Fine..." The two of them answered in unison with distress.
"Hey, I have something to ask you guys."
"What?" Yohina asked with irritation. She hoped that it wasn't one of Sakura's long lectures again, even if she did say she want to "ask" something.
"Do you guys believe in premonitions?"
"Premonitions? No way. No one can see the future. Besides, even if you see it, it wasn't like you could change it."
"But I saw one. This morning, I was getting up, a picture flashed in my mind about getting a bunch of make-up papers and I did. Just like that picture I saw!"
"You are hallucinating! Maybe the whole Saiyuki thing is going into your head badly." Yohina was really totally annoyed. She was the kind of person who believes in everything, but just not from Sakura. If it was Vessica, she would probably believe it, but Sakura, that girl is sometimes psycho.
"Come on, Yohina! What about that weird power you have? The premonition might just be mine!" Sakura sounded convincing.
"I don't have any weird powers."
"Vessica! Would you at least listen?"
Vessica looked hesitating. She didn't know. Premonition seemed to be a good power to have, but changing the future? That just didn't sound like possible. On the other hand, she knew that Yohina believed in Sakura. Yohina might sound like really irritated, but she's not a fool. Yohina would want to know the future sometimes when she's really in trouble, especially at making some important decisions.
"I'm not listening to anymore of this! I'm leaving." Yohina said and stood up. Just as she was about to go down the stairs, Sakura shouted for her to stop.
"What do you want now?"
"Yohina, when you get home, don't open the TV or you'll go back to the Saiyuki world." Sakura warned her with resolve.
"Whatever..."
Once Yohina go home, she opened the TV. "I'll show her..." She thought. A smile appeared on her lips once the TV started and nothing happened to her. "The next time I believe in Sakura, I'd rather be turned into a chicken." She muttered to herself and relaxed.
At about 11 something, Yohina heard the loud sound of the garage door opening and knew that her parents are back from shopping. The TV was still on as she stood up from the sofa and walked toward her room. She didn't want her parents to know that she had been watching TV the whole night instead of doing her homework. However, just as she walked by the TV, her whole body froze. She couldn't move. It was as if something had locked her in space. Then, something started to glow. It was those annoying bracelets as the coldness ran through her body again. The last thing she saw was her mother's terrifying face before everything turned white.
* * * *
"Finally, I thought it would never end..." Vessica thought as she walked out of Jason's place at about a quarter to 11.
"Hey, Vessica, do you reckon that Yohina listened to me?" Sakura asked her as they got into the car. Since the two of them live so close to each other, Sakura's parents are dropping Vessica at her place, and of course, also Nuriko.
The two of them waited for Nuriko to come out for a long time. "What's taking you so long? It's not you are never going to see him again!" Vessica asked with bad temper as Nuriko got in.
"Well, you know, I won't see him for a whole week and that's pretty long."
"When did you become such sluggish lady? The Nuriko I remember was a person who never cared about anything, well, other than food..."
"I thought so too, but Jason is going to college soon and I won't see him for a long time after that. I just want us to spend more time together..."
"You are so not Nuriko!"
"It's easy to talk about other people. What about yourself? If your Andrew were leaving four months later, you wouldn't be here either. You would want to be with him everyday for the next four months also!" Nuriko sounded angry.
"What are you talking about? I don't even like Andrew! Well, I like him as a friend, but not as in 'love' like!" Vessica felt her temper flaring up.
"Oh yeah? What about that time when you canceled the party just because he was going to Japan to compete? Huh? How'd you explain that?" Nuriko would have stood up with anger if she could. Vessica didn't say anything. She couldn't. That time, it was true. She did have a crush on Andrew, but that was a year ago. Since then, so many things have happened that she already forgot that feeling for him.
Once Vessica got home, she was that her mom was still not back from work. It was kind of a relief even though she would be worried normally since it was so late already. She opened the TV, but just like before, she had no interest on it. Soon she realized that all of her thoughts were on Chin Yisou and Hakkai. She couldn't get them out of her mind no matter what.
"You stupid cursed troublesome necklace!" She shouted with anger and threw that gray bracelet at the TV. In midair, the necklace glowed with gray light and consumed Vessica.
"Oops!" She muttered as everything disappeared around her and she was consumed by darkness.
* * * *
Yohina looked around and saw that she was in a dark forest of some kind. The way that the trees were clustered together gave her the creeps, especially since it was night. She couldn't see them moon or anything but the trees. She was also cold. She was only wearing her pajamas with no shoes on. The branches on the ground hurt her and every step she took felt as if she was stepping on the sharp point of knives. She wished that she could light a fire to warm herself, but she didn't dare. She had no idea what kind of creatures lived in the forest and she didn't want to invite any unwelcome friends. She kept on walking and walking until she heard a voice calling out to her.
"Who are you?" She muttered quietly.
"I'm the trees, the air, and everything you see and feel." The voice answered her.
"What kind of crappy answer is that?" She thought with anger and fear.
"Then what kind of answer would you like to hear except for the truth? I could change my answer according to your will, but it would be a lie."
"Oh great, now you can read my thoughts."
"Yes..."
"Then tell me, where am I and why am I here? How?"
"This place is somewhere in your heart. It is buried deep and you are here because someone is trying to bring out this part of you. The dark, mysterious, and murderous part of you that is filled with fear and hatred."
"I don't get it. Your answers don't fit together. If I'm murderous, then how can I have fears?"
"Do you feel cold?"
"Yes...Very cold."
"Then light a fire using your powers."
"My powers?"
"Yes, those powers that you used to kill the demons; the powers that Chin Yisou took away from you? Try to find them and light a fire."
"How?"
"Search for it. Remember the way you felt when the demons tried to kill you. Find that feeling and bring it back. If you do, you would never feel cold again."
Yohina tried, but she couldn't remember. The only thing she did remember was the feeling of fear. She didn't want to die at the time, but did she know that she was going to die? No, she didn't, because she was in a completely different world. Oh, everything is so confusing. This power...this power...what is it? Fire? No, that's impossible. She couldn't possibly be able to use fire. She's afraid of fire; she suddenly realized, but why? So many questions and so few answers..."Somebody help me..." That was the only thought in her mind.
"Nobody can help you. You are alone. That is you, Yohina. That is what your heart is made of, full of loneliness and desolation. You shut yourself away from everybody and now you are alone."
"That not true! I never shut myself away from my friends. I'm not alone! I don't want to be alone..."
"Really? Then if you are able to light that fire, you wouldn't be alone anymore."
She tried again with the thoughts of getting out. She didn't want to be in the forest. She hated there even though she was only in there for about twenty minutes. "How do I search for the fire?" She thought and she tried to forget about the coldness she was feeling.
"Come on! Just burn this whole forest!" She wanted to scream. Nothing happened. She didn't know, but by that time, she no longer felt cold and she was surrounded by a red aura like before. "Come on! Just burn this whole place!" She found her voice and shouted. She was then consumed in fire, but nothing hurt her. Nothing could. She ran in the forest, igniting the trees as she ran and everything was consumed in fire, no matter what.
"That's good. That's very good. Now it is up to you to control it, Yohina. If you can ignite it, you can put it out and control it." The voice was getting farther and farther away from Yohina.
"Stop!" She shouted and everything returned to normal. There was no fire or anything else. She was again back at the dark forest. "That was fun." She thought as she wondered if it really happened or not. No matter, she liked that feeling. She felt normal even when she was consumed in fire.
She held up one of her hand and touched the tree that was nearest to her. "Burn." She muttered and the tree went up in flames.
When there was nothing left of the tree but the ashes, she said "stop" and the fire dissipated without harming anything else. Now she felt that warm feeling in her heart where the power lays.
"Good. Now you can control it, you can go back now. Remember, that power is yours. Don't let anybody take it. Be careful near water. If you let Chin Yisou or anyone put out the fire in you again, you might never retrieve it without someone sacrificing their lives for you."
"Yes, I remember."
Then, Yohina was back.
* * * * She didn't know what was happening. Everything was white and she meant everything, even her own clothes.
"OK, what's going on?" She took out the gray necklace, which somehow was in her hand, and asked. She acted as if the necklace could answer her.
Yet, it did. Actually, it wasn't the necklace, but a voice in her head.
"You are everywhere yet nowhere." The voice said.
She almost jumped up. "What the heck? Who...who are you? And what do you mean I'm everywhere yet nowhere?"
"Vessica, this place is not anywhere in the universe, yet it is everything in the universe. I cannot explain, no one can, it is just there. The necklace you are holding is the key to this place and it has led you here when you tried to get rid of it."
"Why?"
"Because you are the master of this place. I'm simply here to warn you and explain some little things. You and your friends are in danger. You and Yohina are opposites. She is going through her test and you are going through yours. As for your other three friends who took hold of the necklace, they will soon go through theirs, but if only you and Yohina have passed yours."
"What are you talking about? Is this a dream or am I hallucinating like Sakura is?" Vessica asked herself and actually pinched herself. She jumped up from the pain and knew that it wasn't her own hallucination.
"You are pathetic, Vessica. This isn't a dream. It is real. As for you, you have the power to control wind. That is what Chin Yisou is after and so will other demons when they learn of your existence."
"Can I go back now? I'm really sleepy." Vessica yawned and sat down on the white ground.
"Yes, as soon as you control the wind and believe me. If not, you could die, not to mention your dear friends."
"OK! Here is the wind. Can I go?" She yawned again as she grabbed a handful of air. She was acting foolish and wished that she could get away from it, but as soon as she gestured the grabbing of air, she felt the air all around her, stirring and being restless.
"What on earth...?"
"See, that is your power. You cannot ignore it. If you don't listen to me, you'd use your powers without noticing and cause a lot of commotion. Now, try to see the air around you."
Vessica listened and looked around. Surprisingly, she could see them. The little moving air all around her. It was fun. She felt the air tugging at her clothes as she stood up. She raised her hand and grabbed at them and they felt like cotton in her hand.
"This is fun..." She muttered with a little smile as interest lit in her eyes.
"Good, now that you can see and touch them. Try to use them. Blow away the boxes you see."
Almost immediately, Vessica saw the four boxes appearing in front of her. She smiled and grabbed a handful of air and threw it at the boxes. She could see the air flying toward the boxes and calculate the time when the boxes would fly up.
"Now..." She muttered and the boxes did flew up just like she had said.
"That was great. Now, try destroying the boxes."
"What do you mean by destroy them?" Vessica became hesitant.
"Using the wind to send your opponent flying is not enough. You have to control that power very freely and use it for everything. With the wind, you can lift up something very easily, or you could turn that thing into smithereens. Now try it!" The voice was demanding.
Again, Vessica focused. She didn't want to learn it, but the reason she did as the voice told her was because she wanted to go back. She wished that her mother wouldn't be so worried.
Vessica held out her hand and it looked like as if she was grabbing for the boxes, but she wasn't. She was forming the wind. The boxes, which were about 5 meters away from her, lifted up slowly. Next, Vessica closed her hand as if squeezing something. Slowly, the boxes started to shrink as if Vessica was really squeezing them and then they turned to ashes and dropped onto the ground again.
She gave out a deep sigh. That was tiring. Now she felt light as if she was floating. The next thing she knew, she was floating. "What the heck?" She thought with amazement and wonder.
"Yes, not only can you lift other things, you can float with your powers, but don't use it. For if you were floating, the wind wouldn't listen to you as well and you might kill yourself. Now, that is enough. It's time for you to get back. Try to use this power at home. You might not be able to control it as good as you think you can."
Before Vessica could answer, she was back.
Chapter Eight
The next day, Yohina didn't go to school. She pretended to be sick. The good thing was, her parents believed her. She guessed that her late disappearance made her parents really worried about her. Even though she had the whole day, she had no heart to do any of her make-up works. Just looking at the papers made her sick. She didn't know how the day passed. All she did was probably sitting beside the window and stare up at the sky.
"How did he know?" That was the question in her head the whole day. It was stupid, but she couldn't take her mind off of it. That night, she was too bored, that was why she decided to go to Jason's party and talk with her friends. Her friends looked surprised to see her there. "Tyler told me you wouldn't come." Vessica muttered as the two of them headed upstairs, where there were fewer people.
"I didn't want to, but I was too bored. I couldn't concentrate on my homework or anything. I thought maybe I would just come and talk to you guys for a little bit." Yohina said. The two of them sat down on the sofa in the game room.
"You are thinking about it, too, huh? I couldn't get it out of my mind either. How did that Chin Yisou know? He's not suppose to be anywhere near us at that part of the story. Besides, what powers did he talk about?"
"I have no idea."
"The bracelets that was glowing, what were they? Did you find them again? God this is annoying. I wish we never watched Saiyuki in the first place!"
Yohina gave out a helpless smile. "I do too, but it's useless. I wonder if Machi, Nuriko, or Sakura feel weird like we do or not. I mean, they went to the Saiyuki world just like us. Why should they be so normal?" She mumbled, trying to sound indifferent.
"Dunno. We can ask them. Sakura is coming and so is Nuriko. Actually, I wonder where is that goof-head Nuriko anyway? Probably with her lover boy! She came right after school ended." Vessica was more than annoyed.
"Hello, guys. What's up?" Both Yohina and Vessica looked up and saw Sakura.
"Fine..." The two of them answered in unison with distress.
"Hey, I have something to ask you guys."
"What?" Yohina asked with irritation. She hoped that it wasn't one of Sakura's long lectures again, even if she did say she want to "ask" something.
"Do you guys believe in premonitions?"
"Premonitions? No way. No one can see the future. Besides, even if you see it, it wasn't like you could change it."
"But I saw one. This morning, I was getting up, a picture flashed in my mind about getting a bunch of make-up papers and I did. Just like that picture I saw!"
"You are hallucinating! Maybe the whole Saiyuki thing is going into your head badly." Yohina was really totally annoyed. She was the kind of person who believes in everything, but just not from Sakura. If it was Vessica, she would probably believe it, but Sakura, that girl is sometimes psycho.
"Come on, Yohina! What about that weird power you have? The premonition might just be mine!" Sakura sounded convincing.
"I don't have any weird powers."
"Vessica! Would you at least listen?"
Vessica looked hesitating. She didn't know. Premonition seemed to be a good power to have, but changing the future? That just didn't sound like possible. On the other hand, she knew that Yohina believed in Sakura. Yohina might sound like really irritated, but she's not a fool. Yohina would want to know the future sometimes when she's really in trouble, especially at making some important decisions.
"I'm not listening to anymore of this! I'm leaving." Yohina said and stood up. Just as she was about to go down the stairs, Sakura shouted for her to stop.
"What do you want now?"
"Yohina, when you get home, don't open the TV or you'll go back to the Saiyuki world." Sakura warned her with resolve.
"Whatever..."
Once Yohina go home, she opened the TV. "I'll show her..." She thought. A smile appeared on her lips once the TV started and nothing happened to her. "The next time I believe in Sakura, I'd rather be turned into a chicken." She muttered to herself and relaxed.
At about 11 something, Yohina heard the loud sound of the garage door opening and knew that her parents are back from shopping. The TV was still on as she stood up from the sofa and walked toward her room. She didn't want her parents to know that she had been watching TV the whole night instead of doing her homework. However, just as she walked by the TV, her whole body froze. She couldn't move. It was as if something had locked her in space. Then, something started to glow. It was those annoying bracelets as the coldness ran through her body again. The last thing she saw was her mother's terrifying face before everything turned white.
* * * *
"Finally, I thought it would never end..." Vessica thought as she walked out of Jason's place at about a quarter to 11.
"Hey, Vessica, do you reckon that Yohina listened to me?" Sakura asked her as they got into the car. Since the two of them live so close to each other, Sakura's parents are dropping Vessica at her place, and of course, also Nuriko.
The two of them waited for Nuriko to come out for a long time. "What's taking you so long? It's not you are never going to see him again!" Vessica asked with bad temper as Nuriko got in.
"Well, you know, I won't see him for a whole week and that's pretty long."
"When did you become such sluggish lady? The Nuriko I remember was a person who never cared about anything, well, other than food..."
"I thought so too, but Jason is going to college soon and I won't see him for a long time after that. I just want us to spend more time together..."
"You are so not Nuriko!"
"It's easy to talk about other people. What about yourself? If your Andrew were leaving four months later, you wouldn't be here either. You would want to be with him everyday for the next four months also!" Nuriko sounded angry.
"What are you talking about? I don't even like Andrew! Well, I like him as a friend, but not as in 'love' like!" Vessica felt her temper flaring up.
"Oh yeah? What about that time when you canceled the party just because he was going to Japan to compete? Huh? How'd you explain that?" Nuriko would have stood up with anger if she could. Vessica didn't say anything. She couldn't. That time, it was true. She did have a crush on Andrew, but that was a year ago. Since then, so many things have happened that she already forgot that feeling for him.
Once Vessica got home, she was that her mom was still not back from work. It was kind of a relief even though she would be worried normally since it was so late already. She opened the TV, but just like before, she had no interest on it. Soon she realized that all of her thoughts were on Chin Yisou and Hakkai. She couldn't get them out of her mind no matter what.
"You stupid cursed troublesome necklace!" She shouted with anger and threw that gray bracelet at the TV. In midair, the necklace glowed with gray light and consumed Vessica.
"Oops!" She muttered as everything disappeared around her and she was consumed by darkness.
* * * *
Yohina looked around and saw that she was in a dark forest of some kind. The way that the trees were clustered together gave her the creeps, especially since it was night. She couldn't see them moon or anything but the trees. She was also cold. She was only wearing her pajamas with no shoes on. The branches on the ground hurt her and every step she took felt as if she was stepping on the sharp point of knives. She wished that she could light a fire to warm herself, but she didn't dare. She had no idea what kind of creatures lived in the forest and she didn't want to invite any unwelcome friends. She kept on walking and walking until she heard a voice calling out to her.
"Who are you?" She muttered quietly.
"I'm the trees, the air, and everything you see and feel." The voice answered her.
"What kind of crappy answer is that?" She thought with anger and fear.
"Then what kind of answer would you like to hear except for the truth? I could change my answer according to your will, but it would be a lie."
"Oh great, now you can read my thoughts."
"Yes..."
"Then tell me, where am I and why am I here? How?"
"This place is somewhere in your heart. It is buried deep and you are here because someone is trying to bring out this part of you. The dark, mysterious, and murderous part of you that is filled with fear and hatred."
"I don't get it. Your answers don't fit together. If I'm murderous, then how can I have fears?"
"Do you feel cold?"
"Yes...Very cold."
"Then light a fire using your powers."
"My powers?"
"Yes, those powers that you used to kill the demons; the powers that Chin Yisou took away from you? Try to find them and light a fire."
"How?"
"Search for it. Remember the way you felt when the demons tried to kill you. Find that feeling and bring it back. If you do, you would never feel cold again."
Yohina tried, but she couldn't remember. The only thing she did remember was the feeling of fear. She didn't want to die at the time, but did she know that she was going to die? No, she didn't, because she was in a completely different world. Oh, everything is so confusing. This power...this power...what is it? Fire? No, that's impossible. She couldn't possibly be able to use fire. She's afraid of fire; she suddenly realized, but why? So many questions and so few answers..."Somebody help me..." That was the only thought in her mind.
"Nobody can help you. You are alone. That is you, Yohina. That is what your heart is made of, full of loneliness and desolation. You shut yourself away from everybody and now you are alone."
"That not true! I never shut myself away from my friends. I'm not alone! I don't want to be alone..."
"Really? Then if you are able to light that fire, you wouldn't be alone anymore."
She tried again with the thoughts of getting out. She didn't want to be in the forest. She hated there even though she was only in there for about twenty minutes. "How do I search for the fire?" She thought and she tried to forget about the coldness she was feeling.
"Come on! Just burn this whole forest!" She wanted to scream. Nothing happened. She didn't know, but by that time, she no longer felt cold and she was surrounded by a red aura like before. "Come on! Just burn this whole place!" She found her voice and shouted. She was then consumed in fire, but nothing hurt her. Nothing could. She ran in the forest, igniting the trees as she ran and everything was consumed in fire, no matter what.
"That's good. That's very good. Now it is up to you to control it, Yohina. If you can ignite it, you can put it out and control it." The voice was getting farther and farther away from Yohina.
"Stop!" She shouted and everything returned to normal. There was no fire or anything else. She was again back at the dark forest. "That was fun." She thought as she wondered if it really happened or not. No matter, she liked that feeling. She felt normal even when she was consumed in fire.
She held up one of her hand and touched the tree that was nearest to her. "Burn." She muttered and the tree went up in flames.
When there was nothing left of the tree but the ashes, she said "stop" and the fire dissipated without harming anything else. Now she felt that warm feeling in her heart where the power lays.
"Good. Now you can control it, you can go back now. Remember, that power is yours. Don't let anybody take it. Be careful near water. If you let Chin Yisou or anyone put out the fire in you again, you might never retrieve it without someone sacrificing their lives for you."
"Yes, I remember."
Then, Yohina was back.
* * * * She didn't know what was happening. Everything was white and she meant everything, even her own clothes.
"OK, what's going on?" She took out the gray necklace, which somehow was in her hand, and asked. She acted as if the necklace could answer her.
Yet, it did. Actually, it wasn't the necklace, but a voice in her head.
"You are everywhere yet nowhere." The voice said.
She almost jumped up. "What the heck? Who...who are you? And what do you mean I'm everywhere yet nowhere?"
"Vessica, this place is not anywhere in the universe, yet it is everything in the universe. I cannot explain, no one can, it is just there. The necklace you are holding is the key to this place and it has led you here when you tried to get rid of it."
"Why?"
"Because you are the master of this place. I'm simply here to warn you and explain some little things. You and your friends are in danger. You and Yohina are opposites. She is going through her test and you are going through yours. As for your other three friends who took hold of the necklace, they will soon go through theirs, but if only you and Yohina have passed yours."
"What are you talking about? Is this a dream or am I hallucinating like Sakura is?" Vessica asked herself and actually pinched herself. She jumped up from the pain and knew that it wasn't her own hallucination.
"You are pathetic, Vessica. This isn't a dream. It is real. As for you, you have the power to control wind. That is what Chin Yisou is after and so will other demons when they learn of your existence."
"Can I go back now? I'm really sleepy." Vessica yawned and sat down on the white ground.
"Yes, as soon as you control the wind and believe me. If not, you could die, not to mention your dear friends."
"OK! Here is the wind. Can I go?" She yawned again as she grabbed a handful of air. She was acting foolish and wished that she could get away from it, but as soon as she gestured the grabbing of air, she felt the air all around her, stirring and being restless.
"What on earth...?"
"See, that is your power. You cannot ignore it. If you don't listen to me, you'd use your powers without noticing and cause a lot of commotion. Now, try to see the air around you."
Vessica listened and looked around. Surprisingly, she could see them. The little moving air all around her. It was fun. She felt the air tugging at her clothes as she stood up. She raised her hand and grabbed at them and they felt like cotton in her hand.
"This is fun..." She muttered with a little smile as interest lit in her eyes.
"Good, now that you can see and touch them. Try to use them. Blow away the boxes you see."
Almost immediately, Vessica saw the four boxes appearing in front of her. She smiled and grabbed a handful of air and threw it at the boxes. She could see the air flying toward the boxes and calculate the time when the boxes would fly up.
"Now..." She muttered and the boxes did flew up just like she had said.
"That was great. Now, try destroying the boxes."
"What do you mean by destroy them?" Vessica became hesitant.
"Using the wind to send your opponent flying is not enough. You have to control that power very freely and use it for everything. With the wind, you can lift up something very easily, or you could turn that thing into smithereens. Now try it!" The voice was demanding.
Again, Vessica focused. She didn't want to learn it, but the reason she did as the voice told her was because she wanted to go back. She wished that her mother wouldn't be so worried.
Vessica held out her hand and it looked like as if she was grabbing for the boxes, but she wasn't. She was forming the wind. The boxes, which were about 5 meters away from her, lifted up slowly. Next, Vessica closed her hand as if squeezing something. Slowly, the boxes started to shrink as if Vessica was really squeezing them and then they turned to ashes and dropped onto the ground again.
She gave out a deep sigh. That was tiring. Now she felt light as if she was floating. The next thing she knew, she was floating. "What the heck?" She thought with amazement and wonder.
"Yes, not only can you lift other things, you can float with your powers, but don't use it. For if you were floating, the wind wouldn't listen to you as well and you might kill yourself. Now, that is enough. It's time for you to get back. Try to use this power at home. You might not be able to control it as good as you think you can."
Before Vessica could answer, she was back.