ɬɧɛ ɱąɖ ƙıŋɠ//℘ʝɱʄʄ

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Sweat drenched her skin tight tank top and leggings. The soles of her shoes were wearing out and don't forget about her torn up wet socks in them. The once ponytail is now up in a secured bun with baby hair sticking to her skin because of her sweat. She was no doubt a mess but then again, it's just another of her intense training under the hot Sun on the soft grass of a massive field.

Her muscles bulge every time her grip tightened around the hilt of the bokken but relaxed when she swung it skillfully around her hand as she deflected strikes from her opponent. This bokken training was supposed to teach trainees how to handle swords but the girl had another training for herself and it was seemingly more difficult than what the rest of the class were doing.

She could feel the rush of energy crashing within her developing body of a 14 years old. Heat was radiating off her as well as the slipping aura of her power. Her veins were visibly popping on her hands and neck as she push and pull on the strings with her power. She had to learn how to channel her power into the bokken and not at the bokken which will completely shattered.

These trainings are very important for Strength Power vessels as the power channels throughout the entire body, allowing the power to exert from literally any parts of the human body. Xena found that very true since she experienced it first handedly when she was running down the wheat field but ended up crashing the entire farm up into a mud field. Could've been worse...

It was ironic how her dream as a little girl was to discover her own power but when she finally got it, she kinda wished it didn't come with the great responsibility of having it and the amount of training to keep it intact unless she wants to destroy everything around her including herself.

Nevertheless, Xena was still over the moon for the discovery of her ancient power which was quickly recognized by the Power Hierarchy of her kingdom. They saw her as a potential member of the kingdom's army and gladly took her in for training at the age of 7. Such valuable power must not linger around the streets but be tamed in the palace's yard. Ever since then, Xena trained day and night to perfect both her physical body and her power.

After 7 years of being apart from her family, Xena found comfort in the big castle of Fern Kingdom, her home kingdom, and was closer with the servants and her mentors than with her blood-related family. Speaking of which, her family was the typical farmers just like everyone else considering their kingdom is Fern, Kingdom of Earth which is pretty much where the majority of food sources came from.

It was very questionable considering an ancient power was born in a family tree of Floral Power. Yeah, basically a florist family. Cute. But then there's Xena, born with the Power of Adam which was only obtained by a handful of people as ancient powers are rare. Seeing as Xena's family was unable to manage such explosive power, the Power Hierarchy of Fern offered protection over their entire family in exchange for the little girl. Such deal is quite common as well since ancient powers or element powers are more dangerous and mad if not being well taken care off which was why Xena's family agreed to let her go.

Back to the training, Xena was about to strike her opponent again when the lunch bell rung. She pulled an abrupt halt on her arms and the sudden restrain of her rushing energy created a small yet noticeable shockwave that caused the hair of her opponent to sway, making him gulped. Xena sheepishly whispered a sorry before scurrying away to where the commander was standing with his arms behind his back. The man nudged his head to the side before walking away with her trailing behind him.

"Good job, soldier. There's still room for improvements for power controlling", the commander sternly stated and Xena nodded though she've heard the same comment for the nth times now. "Yes, sir", Xena swung her hand to her forehead to salute again before bowing as commander dismissed himself for lunch. Before she could let out a frustrated sigh, the commander turned around. "And please stay away from-", "Diamonds. Yes I will remember that, sir", Xena finished his sentence with another salute and the commander nodded before walking away.