ETHEREAL THE 10GEN

Chapter 23

Intense, her golden orbs were burning into her very soul that she could do nothing but stare at them while she sat in the ground "w-who are you?" Ethereal cursed herself for sounding so disturbing but her gaze was unnerving that that was the only sentence her brain could master.

The female before her gave an amused expression 'appearence much.. heh' she internally shrugged "hey, I'm okami-" her voice was chilled for her face ethereal thought "-and today you learn the primal ways; the art of animal I mean"
She said walking a few feat back "follow me"

4 hours later

Ethereal was covered in different shades of yellows, blues, reds and oranges aswell as layers and layers of sweat that endlessly rolled down her forehead, not to mention the rapid rise and fall of her chest as she tried to even out her breathing.

Right now ethereal was in the training beta and to say respectfully, her task was ridiculous. Again, blindfolded she needed to Dodge the strongly scented paintballs that would be thrown at her, okami had advised that it would 'advance your sense of smell and hearing until you connect back to the primal art.

Now she was tired of dodging the small balls but ended up getting hit anyway that from time to time she would growl but to be honest it has been four hours of non-stop training yet she could still feel the sun right  above her head.

Strawberry, the scent of strawberry was strong from right infront of her  it was in slow motion as she, on instinct she moved to the left gracefully, i am hungry her mind this time screamed frustrated her nose twitched slightly orange behind her again she dodged by lifting herself and doing a backflip before landing on her feet i am tired.  Everytime she dodged a new feeling of energy cursed threw her veins.

Was it adrenaline?, she dodged again,her mind was racing nut she couldn't pin point it due to her constantly having to dodge. She looked up with a small growl "that's enoug-" a ball blueberry to her right, she dodged, "okami!" Her voice now low as she searched for the blackhead and now the colourfull balls seemed to come from every direction. No matter how hard she screamed the paintballs never stopped, her heart pumped faster yet her veins felt nurtured with blood, the irritation worsening.

As if in slow motion a paintball hit her in her face,her eyes quickly deluted as she finally saw okami with a smile, yet only a pissed of expression that turned into anger once she saw her, okami raised her hand  more paintballs shooting at her that she was overwhelmed by all of the scents "okama!" She didn't listen "Okami!" It fell on deaf ears "OKAMI!" Nothing. That's it-

A booming roar echoed  throughout the training beta as okami's ears folded from the loudness of the sound, the black head opened her eyes to see a white tiger with black stripes that had patches of color on it fur and on it's face, intense yet blank purple eyes.

The magnificent mammal stared in a pounce-like-stance at okami, it's gaze never faltering for a second and yet it felt like years, until it's eyes became hazy and it collapsed

In ethereal's mind
A condescending laugh vibrated off the walls of her mind, it was the same one that her mother had assured would never return. In that moment all the nights she escaped her room to be near the ocean because of this voice came back with the force of a train.
With each echoed the horrid noise grew louder and louder to the point that ethereal sunk to her knees her hands shielding her ears.

Your dangerous! A voice yelled with venom twisted in it's voice, and like deja-vu black goo sprouted from the ground "No!" She screamed as she managed to get out of its burning hold in the cold dark void more black goo erupted from around her mind, the site nearly taking her breath away as she heeved heavily You can't control it it surrounded her like a broken record repeating but she had had enough whatever this was she needed it to stop "what...what do you want!?" She screamed finally finding her voice

The goo stoped then retreated as the sound of waves crashing and rapid wind brought a chill on her spine as a woman who was hidden in the shadows appeared a menacing aura as she sharply held ethereal by the thought cutting of her air flow "you!" Her nails pieced her skin in a spilt second blood gushed out as her now limp body was thrown a side.

Ethereal jerked awake as she instantly felt the hot tears roll down her face, her body shacking releasing chocked cries as if it were really being suffocated she closed her eyes and did the one thing she new would calm her down.

She slowly claimed down her room window and gracefully landed on the cool sand below her feet, but she spared no mind to it as she cluelessly headed towards the ocean shore. With the water reaching her ankles she brought her knees to her face and cried her heart out as silently as she could, though the waves were a major help she still didn't want the unwanted attention.

she didn't know what day it was, what time it was it all happened to fast that her brain couldn't process it but her heart felt every second of what felt like an eternity, the only thing she could afford to comfort her were the waves. Kazashi's eyes solemnly looked away at the sight of her, a grim look on his face as he turned around and teleported away to who knows where as ethereal stayed there her face puffy and sore as she watched the horizon and waves clash together in beautiful hues,not daring to go back to sleep.

Miran sternly walked towards the headquarters were sensai's room was located. for the past 5 days sensai was in a deep sleep, this normally happened when he was having a vision due to his time art and the duration of his sleep would determine how serious the situation would be.

So on the first hint of his rough voice at 3:34 in the he grabbed the nearest form of clothing at headed out to sensai's room were he awaits.

Gently, quietly he knocked on the door, though he knew he was already welcomed a faint 'enter' assured him. He stepped in and saw sensai staring out the window with a disturbed face.

"Miran" he said rather calmly "sensai" he replied the anxiety evident in his voice as he shifted his weight from one leg to the other sensai was the first to speak " I am thankful you managed to arrive on such short notice but I fear that this is quite urgent" the air slowed and intruding noises stopped as Miran awaited his next words "There is a traitor among us"

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T.A.M

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Author note:
.... I am so sorry guys *chuckles in disbelieve that your reading this* and girls the number of times I tried to get this in order just didn't work 😭 but I am truly grateful that you made it this far I do apologize again and don't forget 🥺pleaseeeeee don't forget

Please vote, stay hydrated and stay ethereal ✨

I need some emotional support from y'all

Bye Tay's 💕