Torie bolted off, stopping on the edge of a giant ditch. Sighing, she closed her eyes and jumped up, falling and landing on the side, sliding quickly down the hard rock. She let out a frustrated growl when she saw a long, dark tunnel, the only way out. Well, except for Raimundo, who could just fly over the ditch. Entering, Torie held up her hand, the bracelet casting an eerie glow on the walls. At least she could see.
The young monk came to a fork in the road, heaving a sigh. She knew Raimundo had probably reached this obstacle by now, and was most likely flying over the giant hole. Picking randomly, she chose the right side, breathing a sigh of relief a few minutes later when she saw some light. Running the rest of the way up, she letting out a sigh of happiness when she breathed in the fresh air. She trotted up to the giant maze, noting happily that nobody would have advantages through it. It was completely closed off, only two openings in the entire thing. Even though it wasn't huge, Torie considered it to be like a labyrinth.
Raimundo flew up behind her, smiling to himself. "Boo!" he shouted, directly next to her ear. She jumped no less than three feet into the air, and he busted up laughing. She scowled at him.
"That wasn't funny," Torie said, shaking a finger at him. She sighed, about to take a step into the maze when Raimundo grabbed her shoulder.
"Hey, do you know what happens when you combine the Eye of Dashi and the Sword of the Storm?" the boy asked, and Torie nodded her head. "Well, that was like combining wind and lightning, right?" Torie donned on a look of understanding, smiling.
"So if we combine our elements, we should be able to fly through everything," an excited monk squealed, causing Raimundo to raise an eyebrow.
"How would we be able to fly through stuff?" he asked, and Torie rolled her eyes.
"Duh, lightning has no limits. It can easily fly along and through many objects," she said, as if it were the most obvious answer in the world. She slipped the pure energy off her wrist, separating it into two balls of lightning, which floated a few centimeters above her palms. "C'mon Wind boy, summon your power into two small balls, then place your hands on top of mine."
Raimundo summoned the power of his element, forming it into two smaller circles that mirrored Torie's. Clay and Omi were emerging from the cave, Kimiko still sliding down the ditch in severely singed and ripped clothing. Raimundo placed his palms on Torie's, and she closed her eyes. He followed in suit right as she began speaking. "Alright, release your energy…. NOW!" she exclaimed, snapping her eyes open. Her eyes held no pupils or irises, and were completely yellow in color. When Raimundo opened his a split second later, they were the same except white.
Instantly they both felt energy surge through them, and Raimundo floated into the air, grabbing Torie's wrist and lifting her up with him. "So if I'm the one who flies, I'm guessing you're the one sending us through solid objects, right?" he asked, and she nodded. "Then get ready, because here comes a hedge."
Torie heard Raimundo before she saw the hedge, and she concentrated on going through it. When they appeared on the other side, they both gasped in unison. "Well that was pretty cool," Torie announced, breaking the awkward silence that had come upon them. Rai just smiled, still not sure what he was exactly doing. "Uh, Rai? Mind if you go up a bit? My heels are skimming the ground." When he looked down he noted Torie's knees were pressed up to her chest, her feet flexed, trying to avoid the ground below.
"Whoops, my bad," the boy said, blushing and flying up higher. The easily finished the maze before anyone else, Master Fung telling them it could be a while. So they went to their rooms, grabbing various forms of entertainment. Raimundo had his MP3 Player and a sketch pad, while Torie entertained herself with a CD player and a good book. They both went back outside to see Kimiko entering the maze, heaving a great sigh at the time it would take for everything to finish. They laid out next to each other, Torie lying on her stomach while Raimundo sat up, headphones blocking out any sound and pencil scratching over the pad.