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Green fields stretch in all directions, and within them, I can see dozens of workers in what appear to be rice fields (similar to those near the city of Monpa in the Himalayas). I notice that none of the workers are looking in my direction, so they probably haven't noticed my "mysterious" appearance. But before I can take a single step, I hear a voice behind me and quickly turn around to see an elderly woman staring at me.
- "Who are you? How did you arrive here?" - the elderly woman asks in a language I am completely unfamiliar with, all the while keeping her gaze fixed on me.
"Oh no! I don't understand her" I think to myself as I introduce myself both in my native language and in Tibetan.
The woman shows no reaction when I speak in English or Tibetan, so I deduce that she can't understand me. I always knew I would travel to a place beyond Europe to continue my training, but I never thought I'd have to learn a third language. A line from a movie I once heard comes to mind: "They speak to us continuously, communicating the will of the Force."
"That's it! I'll use the Force then" - I think as I close my eyes and tap into my powers.
A few seconds later, I can feel the Force flowing through me, connecting me to every worker in the fields and sensing the presence of the elderly woman in front of me. Slowly, I open my eyes, maintaining the active connection with the living Force. I reach my hand upward, and the woman places her hand on mine. I decide to trust the Force and feel a sort of mental link forming between our minds, so I attempt to send a thought to the elderly woman.
- "My name is Harry Potter. I've come from afar to continue my training. Although I don't know why I ended up in this exact place" - I say through the mental link I've forged using the Force.
I sense surprise and nervousness from the woman. It's a completely new experience for her, and I can't quite explain that it was my powers that transported me hundreds of kilometers. So, even though she clearly saw me appear out of nowhere, I decided to omit any reference to the Force, at least until I have more time to explain it properly.
- "I am Kohana Haru. I saw you appear in a halo of light, as if sent by the gods themselves. You must be tired. Come, you're welcome to have dinner with us" - she speaks with her voice, but thanks to the mental link, I understand perfectly what she's saying, as if she were speaking in my native language.
After her words, Kohana releases my hand, and I decide to follow her along the improvised dirt path. I'm not sure of the reason, but I can sense that the woman has another motive for bringing me to her home. She wants something and thinks that I can help. When I arrived, I felt a certain desperation in her feelings, but now I sense a feeling of "hope" emanating from her.
While I follow her through the paths among the rice fields, I use the Force to try and perceive why she's taking me to her home. One thing is clear; it's not dangerous, but it's urgent. I can see in the distance what appears to be a village, completely devoid of technology, with low roofs and Japanese architecture, sloping in all four directions.
"It seems I'm in Japan" - I think as we head toward the village.
I'm so absorbed in my thoughts that I barely notice when we enter the village. Fortunately, the woman's house is the third one in sight, and we don't encounter anyone else in the village.
After observing Kohana take off her "shoes" to enter the house, I also proceed to do the same with my sandals, leaving myself barefoot. The elderly woman guides me to one of the rooms in the house, and as soon as I slide open the door, I see a child (not older than ten) lying down with closed eyes, muttering unintelligible words. The woman simply points at the child with her hand.
"She must think I can heal him, that I truly appeared in a halo of light, sent to cure the child" - I think as I let my backpack fall from my back and slowly approach to examine the child.
I can see that he has a high fever, and it appears that his foot and part of his leg are bandaged, causing him considerable pain. As I usually do when healing, I position myself close to the child, focus on my breathing, and close my eyes to expand my senses, connecting with the living Force. I can feel the child's pain, the desperation of the elderly woman, and the exhaustion in my own body from teleporting, but I release all my weariness into the Force and stop focusing on the feelings of the child and the woman.
I place a hand on the child's forehead, and as if it were a crystal-clear image, I visualize in my mind every cell, muscle, and bone of the child. It seems that the leg has broken at the fibula, and it's not healing properly. Before attempting to heal it, I use my powers to induce a healing trance in the child, and I can sense his fever gradually subsiding as he falls asleep.
"That will make the healing easier" - I think as I visualize the broken bone again.
The problem with the fractured bone is its tricky position, surrounded by numerous bones and muscles in the area. So I must be careful; otherwise, once healed, the child might have trouble walking or running. Slowly, I extend my powers and begin to manipulate the muscles, focusing on reconnecting the bone to its original position. I mentally check that all the bones, even the tiny fragments that were loose, are where they should be, and I start sending impulses to each cell of the fractured bones. Gradually, I feel the bones coming back together, reconnecting.
Learning Japanese is not an easy task, but luckily being connected to the Force helps a lot. Through my empathy, I can sense thoughts, allowing me to associate words and concepts. During the first week I arrived in the village, everyone was quite surprised to see a 'Western' person, but Kohana decided to welcome me as if I were a member of her family.
From what I have gathered about Kohana's family, her granddaughter named Yuri passed away years ago, and the rest of the family moved to one of the central cities in Japan. According to rumors from some villagers and the feelings I perceived from the elderly woman, the relocated family now works in expropriating lands from debt-ridden farmers. They have become 'Westernized' and have since lost contact. Now, only the elderly woman and one of her younger nephews, a boy named Hikari, aged 7, live in the house.
- "Ten'yo, could you please go and buy some apples?" - the elderly woman delicately asks me.
Ten'yo, that's what they call me in the village. It took me several days to figure out what it meant: The envoy of god. I've tried to explain in every way possible that no god sent me and that I'm only here to learn, nothing more, but I fear they haven't believed me, and the majority of the villagers call me by that name.
It hasn't helped that last week, I used my powers to heal young Hikari's leg. Unfortunately, due to the rumors of my arrival in a halo of light and Hikari's miraculous recovery (which I'm sure Hikari excitedly spread to all his friends and acquaintances), the villagers refuse to call me by my real name.
The day after Hikari's recovery, one of the 'healers' called me to see if I could really help them with a patient who fell while fixing a roof and had a ruptured spleen, and naturally, I couldn't refuse. After all, as the master used to say when I was at the temple:
"Having a power like yours and not using it to help the world is very selfish."
It's 5 in the evening, and I'm heading towards one of the village shops, although if I had to describe it better, I'd say it's a small wooden hut no bigger than a public restroom. One of the village elders sells fruits in the tiny hut, more as a hobby than for actual money, since I understand that 4 of his children work in the rice fields, and another must be a famous samurai.
Every day, I wake up at 5 in the morning, meditate for 2 hours until 7, and then help Kohana prepare breakfast. After breakfast, I go to classes with Hikari. I must admit that it has been quite strange to have classes in a 'school' again, especially because I haven't had a regular class since I was 9 years old, and the language barrier doesn't help either. Luckily, the teacher is proficient in English, so he is helping me catch up with the language and writing, something I am grateful for.
I've been meditating in the Force for an hour. Today is my twelfth birthday, and I feel that something is about to change, but unfortunately, the Force remains completely 'silent' on the matter. In the past five months, I've focused solely on learning the language and catching up with classes, although I've also helped in the infirmary occasionally when there's a case they're not sure how to handle.
However, I feel that I haven't made much progress with my powers since I arrived. I sense a voice calling out to me during meditation, and as I slowly open my eyes, I see the elderly woman trying to speak to me.
- "Sorry, I was meditating and didn't hear you" - I apologize as I get up from the floor.
- "Ten'yo, Sensei Kaito has agreed to teach you martial arts and swordsmanship classes. He says you're now of the appropriate age since you've turned 12" - the elderly woman tells me.
"Really? Wow, I'm very grateful" - I respond as we leave my room and head to prepare breakfast.
"He's expecting you today at 5 in the dojo to instruct you alongside the rest of his students " - the elderly woman adds as we arrive at the dining area.
I notice that Hikari has already woken up, but I'm so absorbed in the excitement of learning something new that I barely notice when he congratulates me. Thankfully, the smell of food brings me back to reality, and I thank Hikari for the well-wishes with a smile as we prepare for an 'excursion' to one of the nearby waterfalls.
The classes with Sensei Kaito are more complex than they seemed at first, but luckily, I'm not afraid of hard work. As soon as we arrive, the 8 apprentices run around the dojo for about an hour. Once Sensei Kaito believes it's enough, during the first hour, he teaches us martial arts and shows us a new kata. However, he does so only if we perform ALL the previous katas perfectly. If we haven't executed all the katas correctly, we repeat them again.
This has caused some problems with some of the other apprentices who can't perform the katas flawlessly, as Sensei Kaito won't teach a new kata until everyone can execute the previous ones correctly. Fortunately, thanks to my empathic abilities, I've been able to discourage conflicts by assisting the apprentices who have trouble during our free hours (which, unfortunately, are few). I also volunteer and pair up with the apprentices who struggle the most to prevent the 'arrogant' ones from pressuring the others to leave the dojo.
We also learn sword arts after practicing the katas, but usually, we're too exhausted to learn any new techniques, so Sensei Kaito only teaches us basic techniques with wooden swords, mainly focusing on dodging and blocking.
"Before running, you must learn to walk" - Sensei Kaito often says.
We've just finished the fifth training session of this week, and I'm heading home for dinner and some rest when I feel five presences following me from behind, trying to stay out of my visual range.
As I walk, I concentrate my powers and connect with the Force (it's amazing how I can now do it without the need for deep meditation to use certain abilities), and I clearly sense who the five people following me are.
"They are the five arrogant apprentices following me, and from their emotions, I gather they're looking for a fight," I think as I continue walking along the deserted street.
I can also perfectly feel that they're holding real samurai swords in their hands, probably borrowed from their parents or grandparents. They don't just want to scare me; they want to harm me. I take a deep breath and decide to release my frustration, fear, and anger into the Force, filling every part of my being with calm.
No more than 2 minutes of walking pass when I sense that one of the apprentices has come out of hiding and is running toward me with his sword raised from behind. But before the apprentice can reach me, I inhale oxygen, filling my lungs, and let myself be carried by the Force. I feel as if time slows down, and everything moves in slow motion, just like that day when I left my aunt and uncle's house.
But this time, I decide to try something different. I won't use my telekinesis to defend myself. Instead, I'll use my powers to enhance my agility and strength. Once again, I call upon my powers and focus them on my body, surrounding every muscle and bone, and I feel my strength and agility increase fourfold.
The sword is only a few centimeters away from hitting me in the head, but thanks to my powers, my muscles are more agile and stronger than those of an ordinary person. I move to dodge the sword while using my left hand to grab the apprentice's hand, and I send a single thought to his mind using the Force: "Sleep." The apprentice falls to the ground unconscious.
Two more apprentices approach running, ready to harm me, but I focus on my own legs and use my powers to propel myself in a jump with a mid-air twist, a jump of almost 2 meters in height, which puts me above their heads. When I finally 'land' from the jump on the ground barely a second later, the two apprentices are facing away, and I extend both my hands toward their backs, sending the same thought to their minds: "Sleep."
I sense a warning through the Force, like a shout of "Be careful" and I realize that I've forgotten about the other two apprentices. I turn just in time to see two swords coming towards me without any way to avoid them. Just as both swords are about to strike me, someone pulls me back and stops the two apprentices with another sword.
'Kaito-sensei" - I think, as the tiredness from the day and the excessive use of my powers to enhance my endurance and agility with the Force finally take over, and my eyes slowly close, and I fall unconscious to the ground.