Black and White
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Chapter 8 : Alices
"Alices are being passed down by blood, it is a heritage. Usually several families always have the same Alices from time to time, and only change a bit." Ioran started to explained. "The Alices are divided into 5 elements; water, ice, fire, earth, wind, and light. They are also divided by the tribes. White Tribe's usually posses the Alices of water, earth, light. While the Black Tribe's posses the Alices of fire, wind, and ice. But not all the elves could have the types of the Alices."
"For example, the elf who posses the Alice of light is very rare, and they only born like one per one hundred years or something like that." Ioran stop here for a moment before continuing. "There is also one special Alice, which cannot be called as an Alice since it cancelled the power of other Alice user, but its the same with the Alice of Light, it is really rare and the one who posses this usually being feared since they could make all of the Alice user feel useless."
Mikan listened to Ioran's explanation with high interest. She never know that elves can have power as amazing as that.
"Then what is it being called? Is it like cancellation power or something like that?" Mikan ask curiously.
Ioran laughed. "No child. It's called nullification, and your father has this power."
Mikan eyes widen. "Really? Then nullification only on Black Tribe side?"
Ioran shook his head. "Not really. There are several White Tribes who has nullification power too, and the Black Tribe's have their share either."
"I see.. so it's possible for me to have nullification power too?"
"Yes, of course child. It's really possible. But there is also the possiblity that you inherited your mother's Alice."
Mikan tilted her head to the side for a bit. "What is my mother's alice?"
Ioran smiled. "Water."
Mikan frowned a bit. "But then uncle, what's the advantage of a blend in Alice part?"
Ioran chuckled. "Good question. A blend usually can have both of the Alices from the Tribes. They usually have at least two Alices in control and they could have one from the White's and one from the Black's."
"So, other elves can't have two Alices at the same time?"
"No, they don't. Only a blend can have more than one Alice."
Mikan nodded slowly, trying to process all of the information she has just received.
Ioran smiled. "Why don't we try to test what kind of Alice do you have, child."
"No, that would be impossible!" Mikan automatically replied, her tone surprised.
"Let's try it first, Mikan. Don't give up so fast."
"Go Mikan go!" shouted Aoi, her voice reverbrated through the green field which is behind the Hyuuga's house.
Mikan half laughing and half glaring at the giddy girl who has been watching for three hours straight of their practice. She really cannot go on, since her body already feels like jelly and her breath come out in short pace.
Mikan thought that Ioran would be nice to her since its her first time and she didn't even know about the stupid Alice until several hours ago, and it seems that Ioran is a nice person judging from their first meeting until now.
But she is totally wrong. When Ioran get serious, all of that kindness gone. She feels like she is being confronted with the oldest Hyuuga, Natsume.
First thing first, he told Mikan to have several running lap on the field for 30 minutes, and he told her that she should do that every morning together with Aoi since using Alice would take her energy and for that she need to has a strong stamina.
After that done, for two hours and a half Ioran taught Mikan how to defend herself and she learned the moves of several martial arts.
That two alone already make Mikan so tired that right now she is sprawled under the tree, trying to calm her breaths.
"Here, try to drink. It will help you." Aoi said, bending over the sweating Mikan.
Slowly, Mikan pick up the bottle and sip it carefully, because her breaths still not stable. She is afraid that if she chugged it all down in one go, she would choked on the water.
"Your father is really something." Mikan said between her ragged breath, giving back the bottle.
Aoi smiled innocently. "I know. But he made us into perfect warriors."
"Why do that?" Mikan ask, pulling herself up so she is now sitting with her back leaning on the tree trunk.
Aoi shrugged. "Just in case there is something bad or another war. We can protect ourselves if something happen."
"But he should be nicer to me." Mikan whined a bit, wiping away her sweats which going down like rain.
Aoi laughed. "You will be used to it, Mikan. There is no time to let you laze around. 3 months are enough, you need to be shaped up."
Mikan let out a small chuckle. "I think I'm just used being spoiled by the Nogi's family."
Aoi's expression shows dislike. "I really don't understand the way the White's raise their children. Women suppose to be a warrior too. They cannot be forever taken care by the men."
Mikan smiled and ruffled Aoi's head. "Well, there are too many differences between you guys. Stop protesting about it."
"Mikan! Don't make my hair a mess!" Aoi shouted, swatting away Mikan's hand.
Mikan grinned and try to take another shot to Aoi's hair.
"No can do!" Aoi shouted, jumping a meter away from Mikan.
"Aw, Aoi. I didn't mean any harm to you." Mikan said sweetly, smiling all the way.
Aoi shook her head and stuck out her tongue. "But you clearly mean harm to my precious hair!"
Mikan laughed and stand up. "You really need to let go that obsession of yours, Aoi."
"I'm not having any obsession towards anything, Mikan! It's just that I care so much about my hair." Aoi retorted, flopping down on the grass where Mikan seated before.
Mikan laughed again. "Alright, alright, whatever you say."
Aoi pouted. "Mikan."
Mikan chuckled. "Thank you Aoi. For the water." She said cheerily, smiling thankfully to the crimson eyed girl before walking to her uncle again.
"Already fine?" Ioran ask, amusement dancing in both of his eyes.
Mikan scrunched her face. "Not really, uncle. But I think I must go on, right?"
"That's a good spirit you have there." Ioran replied while chuckling again.
Mikan let out a deep sigh. Bracing herself of what would come.
"Relax child. For now we are going to bring out your Alice." Ioran said simply, closing his eyes.
Following his example, Mikan also close her eyes.
"Concentrate on your surrounding, child. What did you feel? What did you find?" Ioran speak in a soft voice now.
Mikan take a breath and blow it out slowly. She try to calm herself with the breathing technique and perk up her ears, trying to sense everything with her other senses besides her eyes.
"The sound of the wind." Mikan whispered as she hear the hushing sound from it, gently blowing on her face and playing with her hair.
"What else?" Ioran prodded with the same gentle voice.
"The sound of the insects crawling on the ground." Mikan continued as she could feel her senses become sharper and sharper. "The sound of water from the river, trickling down like a little waterfall." Mikan take another breath. "The sound of swaying trees, with their leaves brush with each other. The sound of the birds, singing beautifully while perching on one of the tree branch."
Mikan was ready to say another thing, when Ioran beat her to it.
"Okay, that's good, child. Enough." Ioran cut in, as he walk towards the stilled figure. "Now, can you hear your own body? The sound of it, the sound of the rushing power, right in your bloodveins."
Breath in. Breath out.
She could feel it. The feel is like to have something crawling under your skin, tickling you with light touches.
In. Out.
The sound become clearer, as the feels become stronger at the same time.
In. Out.
She willed the sound to become louder, as her body slightly shaking out from the surge of power that she nearly couldn't contain.
"Try to make it come out, child. Push it with all your might." Ioran said, giving instructions.
Mikan didn't do as Ioran say, as the power already overflowed her, she just let go of the restrain which she hold onto until now, making the power rush inside her body and out.
Ioran chuckled. "Open your eyes child, and see what you have done."
Slowly Mikan open her eyes, afraid to see what has she done.
Right in front of her, in shape of a little tornado, swirling beautifully, stood an icy version of it.
Mikan stare at it in amazement, not expecting something like this at all.
"Whoa, you have an Ice Alice, Mikan!" Aoi squealed happily while jumping forward, approaching the frozen Mikan. "That's cool!"
Mikan opened her mouth and close it again, still at loss of words.
"Th-this is Alice?" She ask in a soft voice, her eyes wondered on the icy figure on her hand.
Ioran smiled. "Yes. That's your power."
"It's .. beautiful," whispered Mikan.
"Of course it is!" Aoi butted in. "Alices always amazing!"
"Try to modified it a bit. I think you can do it." Ioran said, giving instructions again. "Just imagine what kind of shape you would like and pull out your power again."
Mikan concentrate on herself, and do as Ioran said.
Slowly and magnificently, the ice shape shifted as it forms a cute little cube.
"Now, make it vanish, child." Ioran said again with a small smile on his lips.
"How?" Mikan ask, frowning, while her eyes still strained on the cube.
"Just willed it to be gone." Ioran replied simply.
Mikan takes another breath and blow out, willing the ice to vanish.
Like a servant obedient to its master, the ice disappear with the wind, leaving nothing on Mikan's bare hand.
"That's really great, Mikan!" Aoi shouted excitedly, clapping her hands. "Not everyone could do that in their first try! You are definitely talented."
Ioran chuckled and pat his daughter head to calm her down. "Slow down, dear. Mikan still digesting the fact that she has power, you shouldn't do that to her."
Aoi laughed sheepishly. "I know father, I'm just really happy that she has Ice Alice, can you imagine it father?"
Ioran nodded. "Yes, I know. But I won't be surprised since her parents are talented Alice users, and her mother has the Alice of Water anyway."
Mikan look at Ioran and Aoi in confusion. "What do you mean? Does Ice Alice a rare one too?"
Ioran shook his head. "No, not that rare like Light Alice. But in here, even in the Black Tribe, Alice user who hold ice power is not that many. If I'm not wrong," Ioran stop for a moment, looking like thinking or perhaps, counting. "Only 3 that I know, including you, child. But maybe you could get the power because your mother holds the Alice of Water, and you are a blend."
Mikan frowned. "I still don't understand, uncle. What's the connection?"
Ioran chuckled. "That's one of the speciality of being a blend, child, to connect everything between the White's and the Black's."
"Pardon?"
"Let's just get inside first and take a hot bath, after that I will explain to you all about being a blend." Ioran smiled and started to walk towards the house, with Aoi on tow.
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