Echoes of the Concealed Realm

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Mira gasped for air as she collapsed to the floor. Amer was sick and tired of her. Why did she never ask him to stop? It was frustrating him to some degree seeing how she wasn't taking this harsh training... well... harshly. 

"Wanna qui-" He got cut off yet again by that annoying, fierce, determination.

"I'm doing it again." Mira wiped her sweat from her forehead and stood back up. From the side of her eyes, she could see how Alec had approached Ayra. 

Ignoring their conversation she focused her energy towards Amer again, who had shape shifted to become thirty feet tall. She tried again to impel him in order to lift him but failed yet another time. But with each time she failed, her own powers reflected back onto her which she then suffered from. She flew off again and hit a large tree. She shuddered in pain. 

Groaning, Mira then punched the ground. 

"I'm going again-" Mira mumbled out and started trying to stand back up.

"Amer, let her go today. We're supposed to leave for Orachi in a few hours. We should prepare for that now." Ayra said as Amer sighed, nodding. 

"No no, I want to-"

"Shut the fuck up. We'll meet back up in five hours. Pack well this time, and I'm not running away again." Amer glared at her and left alongside Ayra. 

Mira glared at their disappearing figure, then turned to Alec due to his coughing. 

"You did this didn't you? I don't wanna rest, I wanna train. I'M STILL SO FUCKING WEAK. HOW WILL I EVER DEFEAT ZAYER? HOW WILL I EVER DEFEAT ANYONE?" Mira screamed out in frustration and then fell to her knees, as she rubbed her forehead. She was getting a bad migraine at this point. 

Alec approached her.

"Look." He said and pointed around the field. The ground she punched was separated in half, and the tree she collided with collapsed completely.

He then pointed at her bruised up body. 

"Sleep. You need to be alive to fight Zayer." Alec mumbled out, about to leave. He turned back to her then. "Sleep all five hours, I'll pack your stuff."

Mira rolled her eyes at this coughs after he spoke. 

"You wont even have a body left to fight with at this rate." Alec said and Mira frowned. He then cleared his throat trying to catch her attention through her distress.

"You see weakness, I see improvement." He said looking her straight into the eyes and bolted off. Mira will never get over how fast well trained ninjas were. 

Not as fast as Kai though. 

How much did he train to become like that? While Kenji always suggested Kai was just naturally good, she failed to believe him. Of course he had a natural gift but Kai wasn't one to exploit that in order to prevent himself from hard work. She wondered if they both were okay. Whilst they fought a lot, Mira could see the love Kai held for him and same for Kenji. 

"BED!" 

"AHASHHAHH!!!" Mira screamed at Alec's loud voice. She could basically feel how much it hurt his voice to do that. He then started rubbing his throat while glaring at her. 

"Okay okay, I'm going sheesh!" She mumbled getting up and limping to her room. 

And so she did, forgetting what the sleep brings onto her. She started seeing the grey creature yet again, not being able to fully pinpoint what it exactly looks like due to the blurry nature of her vision. 

She got woken up soon enough, by Ayra this time who was looking slightly concerned at her paled face.

She tried to control her pain. It had been getting even worse recently.