Chapter 9

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"It's called water divination" said Pitou

"Water divination? How does it work exactly?" Inuka question came from a lack of experience with the very nature of Nen and it's capabilities. Rightfully so, she pondered the benefits of a leaf floating on top of a glass of water could actually provide. After training for several hours in order to unlock Inuka's nen, Inuka grew evermore frustrated with her own weakness and her lack of progress. Even though she has gotten through the basics much faster than most humans.

Pitou and Inuka spent hours training prior to the current time in order to awaken her nen. Pitou knowing how sensitive Inuka is went easy on her but she wasn't showing any results. So she decided to get a bit more aggressive with her training. After hours of tears and whining she awakened her nen. Pitou then taught her about the four principles of Nen and then talked about Nen abilites. It was surprisingly very easy for Inuka to follow along and recall every ounce of information presented to her. She has already progressed to the part where she finds out what her personal Nen type would be.

"Okay...but I don't see how this is going to help. You said to use hatsu, correct?" the dog girl questioned. ""Yep, just as I explained before. Come ooon~, hurry up already. I want to see what kind of aura you have!" She exclaimed with an excited yet commanding tone.

"Inuka nodded and followed Pitou's command. She placed her hands around the cup filled with water and surrounded it with her aura. It was evident that she had learned to control nen within mere hours. The aura emitted from her body surrounded the cup of water. Sadly she yielded no notable results, "Pitou-sama...nothing happened..." Inuka said in a sad voice.

Pitou placed her finger under her chin, trying to figure out what could be wrong. She suddenly had an idea "Inuka...I think you should taste the water." She said.

"Taste it? But...is it edible after surrounded it with aura?" Inuka asked nervously.

"I dunno, just do it." Pitou commanded. Inuka poked the water and noticed it seemed to be quite denser that usual, she then licked her finger and noticed how sweet it was. "Huh? It's kind of sweet." She claimed.

Pitou crossed her arms and smiled "I guess that means you're a Transmuter."

"Really? I-I can't believe it! YAY! I'M SO EXCITED PITOU-SAMA! OH THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO USE NEN! Thank goodness, this way I won't have to fight anyone up close...right?"

Pitou nodded in agreement and said "I'm glad you're happy with what you got, I remember how powerful I felt when I found out I was a..." she paused for a second... "actually never mind."

"Is everything okay Pitou-sama?" Inuka asked.

"Y-yeah, everything's fine I'm just going to take a walk for a minute I'll be right back." Pitou said obviously bothered about something.

"Um...okay Pitou-sama...I'll wait for you here." Said Inuka.

Pitou walked out of the office and strolled through the hallways of the palace. There were a noticeable amount of worker ants still repairing the damages to the palace due to the dragon dive incident. A lot of them were actually afraid of Pitou and usually tried to keep their interactions with her very formal and short. They nodded their heads as Pitou passed by in respect for there queen and proceeded their work after she would pass. Pitou ignored them as she was in deep thought. "It's been a while since I lost the ability to use my nen... did I use Restriction and Covenant? Or...perhaps...did I do something else entirely? I need to figure this out, maybe there is a chance I can get my nen back if I do so."

Pitou ended up walking so far into the palace that she got lost and ended up in an area she wasn't familiar with. "Huh? Where is this?" She asked herself. It was evident that she had no idea where she was. She seemed to be alone, nobody's presence was near her. The room got even darker as she was trying understand her current surroundings. Pitou entered a fighting position. "Who's there? If this is your idea of a joke you better start running for your life!" She boldly claimed. Pitou assumed that this was some illusory Nen ability that was meant to throw her off guard, but she thought that none of her subordinates would dare defy her, but than right after that she thought of the worker ants who might seemed distant from her could have set a trap to overthrow her. Several thoughts were swarming through her head until glowing red aura appeared behind her. The atmosphere was tense and Pitou started to shake while sweating heavily..."this feeling...I've felt it before..." She said.

Knowing this feeling she was afraid to turn around but than decided to do it anyway. She slowly turned around and noticed a pitch black silhouette of the boy who tried to kill her once before. "Yeah...I recognize this feeling...this intense aura filled with malice... my life force slowly fading away... it's empty and hollow...I can't breathe...I can't breathe! I know now, this feeling is...this feeling is..."

"This feeling is death."

End of Chapter.