Toru: so whats on the agenda today.
Me: magic training
Toru: I already know magic
Me: its not for you
Toru: then who's it for?
Me: you'll see. Remember I own nothing except my own characters
Previously:
Orion was walking the corridors again and was thinking about what happened earlier as memories of his old life clouded his mind. The memories of his young wife Teresa. Oh how he missed her.
Being a Spartan they are taught from birth to never back down or retreat. Orion was one of the best even battling the Persians, but he was also brash. When he first met Chase and challenged Orion he thought nothing of it. Another fool that would fall at the hands of one of the greatest soldiers of the greatest army. But he lost like any who challenged Chase. Aware of the terms Orion had no choice but to become his warrior and a warrior is loyal to their leader. After he went with Lord Chase and his body never discovered by his comrades Orion was branded as a traitor and would be put to death if ever found. He had lost everything.
Hitomi was so much like Teresa, a free sprite, innocent, loving, up for a challenge, always trying to get him to loosen up and enjoy life, he even called Hitomi by Teresa's old nickname; mikró, 'little one'. But she never understood for a warrior-a Spartan especially-war was life. He swore that he could never love again but Hitomi was so much like her and in her human form looked like her. Maybe the Gods sent Teresa back just in a different form.
Chapter 22: Magic Is Not A Lost Art
Chase Young's lair
Hitomi and Toru were standing in the training hall. Toru had a set of magical charms in her hand.
"What's up with the jewelry?" Hitomi asked, ears perked.
"I think its high time you learned magic, and these charms are gonna help progress your training." Toru said holding up the charms.
"Why would I need to learn magic?" Hitomi was confused, she was a cat after all how the hell was she going to learn magic? Toru had to be pulling her leg.
"Believe it or not magic can come in handy when you most need it. Its gotten me out of a lot of jams before."
"Ok I get it, but what makes you think that I can do it?" Hitomi asked with her head tilted. Toru lifted up her hand and a pentagram appeared and hovered over Hitomi making an aura appear. "Whoa! What is this?"
"This is your magical potential. You see everyone has the ability to do magic but this aura show how powerful the spells you can cast, and from the look of it you can cast some wicked spells, with help of course."
"But how could I have all this power to begin with?" Magical powers or not she was still a cat it didn't seem to make sense.
"I have a theory; it might have started after I turned you human…ish. It must have enhanced the aura somehow. In any case you have more magica than before and we have to cultivate it so it not shrivel and die."
"Geez that's…vivid." Hitomi said unenthusiastically.
"Lets get started." Toru had set down the charms and spell bottles, and held up a crescent moon shape amulet. "This charm will help focus your magic and eventually you won't need it, but until then." She places the charm on Hitomi. "We'll start off with something simple…" A potion bottle levitates in the air and shoots across the room, exploding. "Levitation."
Hitomi watched with widened eyes. "What the hell is in those things?"
Toru gave a smile. "Incentive. Once these bottles come in contact with magic you have 30 seconds to get rid of them or they blow up. They won't do any permanent damage but it will hurt like a son of a bitch."
"What?! You do know that whole 'cats have 9 lives' thing is just a myth, right?" Hitomi did want that crap blowing up in her face, she knew she was doomed to fail.
"Oh don't be such a wuss, you know how many of these things blew up in my face before I got it right?"
"NO! And I bet you don't either, because you fucked up on it so many times you finally got a concussion!" Hitomi yelled. Toru blushed at her outburst. "Oh, my god I'm right. Nope not doing it, I'm out."
Hitomi was about to storm off when Toru caught her arm and giggled. "Wait. It won't be that bad I promise."
The cat woman looked at her 'mother' with her ears folded back. "But you said it would hurt if I screw up." She whimpered.
Toru sighed, "What have I told you about obtaining things in this world?"
"If something is this world was obtained easily then it probably isn't worth having."
"Exactly."
"But I don't know the first thing about magic."
"Ok. Just think of magic as these 7 little words, 'desire is power and power is magic.' You have to want something bad enough and let it swell. Then once it reaches its peak…you take it. That's the basic fundamental no matter how 'good' or 'bad' the magic may seem. And with that I'll leave you to it."
Toru walk out and left Hitomi to practice and gone to the throne room were Chase was watching in amusement as Hitomi tried to levitate the bottles.
"How is it going?" Toru ask as she joined her mate.
The all-seeing-eye showed Hitomi moving a bottle just barley but it blows up in her face in blue smoke.
"OW! Oh, yuck. Ohh, my fur!" Hitomi cried out.
"She is fairing as well as you did when I first gave you this lesson." Chase said with a smile. "Are you sure of this, Toru?"
"Yes, I'm sure. She'll get it eventually."
A few months' weeks later
Over the months to come Hitomi had greatly improved in her magic training. She was already casting moderate level spells. Toru had to admit she was a little jealous it took her a lot longer to master those spells.
With help from Toru, Hitomi was even able to summon some small spirits. Toru told her that spirits can be useful defending on the spirit, but some can also be testy and refuse to help all together, so she had to be careful on which one she picked. She also warned that the bigger the spirit the more chi you use.
Both of the girls continued the magic training but tried to utilized it in combat.
In the dungeon
Toru had kept up with keeping Wuya docile with the mind control but she had to admit it wasn't fun kissing the old witch. When she had to test it Hitomi was the unfortunate guinea pig but neither of them complained.
Wuya might not have been able to move her body but her mind was still sharp and she spent the whole time contemplating her revenge.
Chase soon walked in chuckling. "My, how the mighty have fallen."
'You'll know the feeling soon enough you certain' Wuya thought.
"Look at me witch." Chase ordered
Wuya didn't want to she resisted to the best of her ability but her body wouldn't listen.
"Tell me, Wuya have you sensed any new sheng gong wu lately?"
"Yes. One was activated an hour ago." Wuya said with emotionless eyes.
"What is called?"
"Neptune's Trident with it you could control the ocean tides."
Chase smiled Neptune's Trident was a very dangerous wu, I just screamed to be used for evil. Chase soon went to the training hall and saw Toru teaching Hitomi to control energy blasts.
He went over to his mate, "Toru a new sheng gong wu was activated, Neptune's Trident."
Toru gave a wicked side smile. "Sounds…devastating."
Hitomi groaned. "Ugh, this wu involves water doesn't? I don't see the use for it."
"Think about for a minute would you, huh? Neptune is the god of the sea and with his trident it would be a simple matter of sinking a continent or drying up one. Do you see the useful implications now?" Toru explained.
"Cool. I opt for the drowning thing."
Sorry it took me a while guys but the lack of reviews last chapter I wasn't as motivated to write. Yes Hitomi learning magic will come in handy. Plez review.