~Emiko~
Alright... what do I need to do?" I asked Nino, my face set. I was bound and determined that I was going to do this. I wanted to live up to my full potential. "Explain how to form a spirit weapon."
Nino stayed quiet for a moment or two before he simply closed his eyes and formed the gun in his hand. Holding it up, Nino sighed. "You have to find a strong emotion in your mind," he sighed outwards. "It doesn't matter the emotion... love, hate, fear, want... anything... Find that emotion and focus on it as hard as you can."
I blinked a few times, taking in several short breathes, focusing on my hands. I tried focusing on love. I thought of Ryuu, of Nino, of Matsu, of Aisling, of Kara, of Elle, of everyone I had ever held close to my heart. Five minutes passed before I looked up at Nino. Nothing was happening. "Why isn't..." I started to say, but I remembered how Nino had told me it was going to take awhile, that it wasn't something I would be able to do on the first try.
Sighing, I stared down at my hand again. I could do this. I knew I could. I tried to focus on hate, but I quickly realized I didn't like feeling that way. But, then I thought of how helpless I had come to feel in my own body, the anger I had felt knowing that Ryuu was hiding something from me, the anger I had come to realize was deep within me and was all too willing to burst forth.
I brows furrowed as I felt a tiny flicker of magic in my hand. Nothing formed, but I had felt it working. I smiled, more of a smirk actually. I was getting it, and it seemed the anger was key. As I went down the list of what angered me, I found I had a lot of fuel.
I focused on my awful relationship with my family, how they had neglected me, left me to fend for myself, banished me from the family, sneered and teased me, all but kicked me in the teeth. How awful they had treated me. The flicker of hope rang throughout my body. I was going to get this, I knew I was!
I looked up at Nino who was watching me intently. "What emotion do you focus on?"
~Elle~
"Wait where are we going?" I asked, trying to keep pace with Ame as she dragged me behind her down the street.
"Anywhere!" Ame shouted back with a grin. "We gotta look for a river or some body of water. Keep your eyes out for one!" With that, Ame continued running and dragging me with her. "I'll show you how to develop all kinds of skills! Including spiritual weapons and communing with spirits! It'll be fun!"
"Wait! There is a pool in Em's back yard. Will that do?" I asked. I figured it would be easier to train somewhere private anyway, and it really helped that Emiko had a big backyard. Why she needed one I'd never know, unless she trained back there too, which come to think of it, was probably pretty close to the real reason.
Ame grinned. "That'll do just fine." With a yank in right direction, they were running down the street again heading for the house.
Once there, Elle was slightly out of breath, and a part of her wanted to sit down and rest, but the rest of her was too excited that she was finally going to be trained to do anything other than stand there expectantly. "So, Ame, what's first?"
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