Jiyu Kazehime's Secondary Magic Training [Private]

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She guessed this was one of the benefits to being half dog demoness now, she could avoid people much easier. Between her senses and newer ability to get to very high places a tad bit easier? Jiyu had an extremely easy time avoiding her guild-mates! Sure their guildmaster Izayuki had done a decent job convincing her that she was in no danger within the guild due to being a demon, and that if her mother had truly been murdered for being a demon, Black Rose would protect Jiyu from the man who had done the deed, if he came to try for her own life, on the chance he discovered all these years later that she was a half demon. However none of that changed the fact she was not used to being a half demon, had lived like nineteen years of her life, fully believing and thinking she was a human! Sure in truth she’d always been half demon; Jiyu had not known that for so long through, and now even had to deal with the shame of being proven a liar of sorts, telling them she was human so frequently when it was never true, not even for a moment! The canine female just felt that everything was one heck of a load to deal with, and she did not want to really be around the other member’s of her guild while she came to terms with her new identity. No matter how helpful they had been, this was not their problem, it was hers, and if she couldn’t figure things out on her own, than she would never be able to stand on her own in this form! That was something Jiyu could never risk happening, not even once in her life, so she had to keep her distance for now, until she decided what she felt about her own past and new half demon identity, that had always secretly belonged to her, sitting just out of her range, until it chose to jump her recently.

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How could a few drops of blood do this much carnage? In the past the wind mage had been somewhat shy to bloodshed, losing her mother so young made it so, it was the reason she hadn’t been tempted by Guilds before Black Rose, dark and light magic, it didn’t matter, someone always got hurt in the end! Jiyu understood from the world around her that demons were capable of doing great harm, being extremely powerful, but she didn’t know why or how this was, just that there was a significant difference between demons and humans, and at one time it had likely caused fear and bloodshed. Heck, even today? That sort of thing had to exist, she saw no other reason for her mother to have killed, expect someone’s rash hatred for something they did not understand. A pale clawed finger twirled a piece of her raven hair around it, the orange tips catching on the regrown claw. Glancing at that sight again? She guessed being half demon might not be entirely too horrible, it did cause her injuries to be healed up. Jiyu had not been sure she could have survived being covered in bruises and burn marks much longer! Plus the scarring from her demonic transformation healing was less that what it would have been naturally, only leaving her flesh slightly lighter where the bruises from her shackles once laid. Still, she was wondering how simply consuming blood, her own at that, could cause something like this to happen to her body and existence. If it was the blood of some other demon to wake up her own? Well maybe she could understand that- Oh wait she was a half demon, her blood also contained the blood of a demon, so activating her own transformation might make more sense than she initially thought.

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Even if the inside of her head now allowed her to make some sense out of what had happened to her? The half demon was confused beyond belief, sinking into the hard feeling of the roofing material beneath her back; It actually hadn’t been too hard going from dumpster to fire escape, all the way to the top of the building, and it was almost serene up here. However she could still hear the screeches of Rose Garden around her, the way the city seemed to shout and attempt to overload her amplified senses! Even escaping her guild for the time being, while she sorted everything in her own head out? Was not going to be enough, if she could never actually get into her own head, if her reflection and self thought got broken by every single bump in an alleyway or footstep of those heart beats she could hear so clearly now. Honestly? She had thought her senses were giving her hell before she had become half demon, now that she was one, her senses just seemed to want to murder her all the time! Kazehime could barely pick out any smells anymore, over everything her nose was taking in, and focusing on the sound of a single thing was now impossible, eyes nervously catching every movement, the air itself electricity against her skin. Suddenly the half dog demoness jolted upwards, something else alarming her, but turning out to be nothing. If she stayed within Rose Gardens safety? She was never going to sort anything out for herself, she would just end up bedridden in the next few hours, her own body would turn on her. Right now, the last thing she needed was to be betrayed by her own fragile form, because even if becoming a demon had healed the visible effects, it had not erased all the effects of those two years she spent tied up. Even now? It was hard to believe that had actually happened, that this had happened, anything took place whatsoever. All of this, felt like a twisted dream!

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It was pretty much right than and there, laying on that sun heated roof, turning onto her stomach, tail lashing angrily, Jiyu chose the fact she had to leave Rose Garden before anything would become clear! The conditions within the hometown of her guild? Did not support deep thinking for a girl raised in a quiet village, who had spent time on boats, largely alone and then went through the ordeal she did. While being somewhere remote would make her worry about her own safety once more? Jiyu knew that it would also aid her ability to think about things clearly and calmly once more. If she needed anything these days, it was some peace and quiet, to think, sort everything out in her own head, before she chose how to treat this development in regards to other’s. Thus the wind mage pushed her body up once more, darting to the end of the roof, jumping back down the fire escape, onto the closed dumpster and racing down the streets towards the Silver Moon, which was run by her Guild and also happened to be the place she always stayed. If she was going to do this, leave for long enough to really short out her problems, once and for all, so she could focus strictly on her mage work once more, getting closer to opening mother’s letter? Kazehime decided she had to do it right, gather supplies, take her training book with, decide a location, pay for passage, be traceable and most of all, leave Black Rose a note that she’d be back in something like a week or so, let them know formally that she needed time to herself. So soon after her kidnapping and return, than her transformation into a half demon and ensuing panic caused by the change? She doubted her guild would be happy about her doing this, but she had to do it, this was the only way she knew to sort herself out, alone.

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Arriving at the restaurant and inn combo that was called the Silver Moon, she brushed past the first floor that was used for this cafe sort restaurant, and went right for the stairs that led to the inn part. Traversing the long hallway’s on the second floor? Kazehime soon found herself standing in front of the door to her own room once more, hand slipping to the metal door knob and turning it, finally pushing the somewhat heavy door open and stepping inside, locking it behind her. Even though her guild-mates were not big on invading her room without permission? Jiyu did not want someone to decided suddenly that it was a good idea to start the habit, not while she was packing, when they could still ask questions and convince her to stay. Looking around the room she sought out the backpack she’d bought several weeks before, finally finding the item she folded one spare set of her bikini top/jean short outfits into it. At the very least? She’d need that, her knife soon following it, alongside all three of her feather’s. Since she was not heading out to pick fights, only find some serene place and avoid trouble? Jiyu chose to leave Night Hunt and the accompanying quiver over in the corner of her room, sadly deciding to not try and take one of Marschals jackets with her. Even having scent as comfort? Would not help her with this, she had to do this utterly alone! However what she was going to wear out was another story, it was difficult for Jiyu to decide “It’s been forever” she had gone through the trouble after being rescued to track down some of her old possessions, one of them being the dress she wore the night she ran away. These days? It was certainly not appropriate for wear on it’s own anymore, but, soon she found herself clad in that dress and pair of tights.

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Looking at herself in the standing up mirror she normally had covered in the corner of the room? Jiyu watched her tail swing limply, and her elfin ears twitch. Except for those new features and her dyed tips? She looked almost like the same girl who ran away at fourteen, despite how much had happened! The wind user bit her lip, sharp fang cutting it causing her to yelp and touch the new soreness, wiping the blood away this time instead of licking. Kazehime promised herself, that this time she was not running away, Jiyu swore she’d return to this place, it was, she didn’t know what to call it, but she felt unable to give it up. However she had once said that about her father too, despite how drunken he had always been after Mother’s death, and yet one day she’d ran away anyways. Feeling of mourning and sick guilt settling into the pit of her stomach, she went over to the corner of her room and grabbed paper, starting to write on it, keeping the letter for later, finally heading out of her room. Once she got some food from the kitchen? She would leave the note for Black Rose to find, they would have to see it if she pinned it on the base of the work board, and then she didn’t have to tell anyone, her mind couldn’t be changed. Trekking down the stairs once more, this time wearing her backpack, she wandered into the kitchen, shivering intensely at the flames present there. “Jiyu, what do you need, you shouldn’t be in here.” people had learned of her fear by now “Four days of provisions” the worker looked confused then smiled “Another job” let everyone think that for now, she clutched the paper in her hand, feeling guilt well up, even though she knew her current actions were what had to be done!

Cautiously she took the items handed to her by the kitchen worker, and walked out into the restaurant itself to finish packing. Being able to escape the fire that existed in any kitchen? Was good for Jiyu, so even though it was more dangerous out here, she set her note down on the table and her backpack on top to conceal it for now. “Alright, now to load this in~” she was kinda happy to be striking out on her own again for once, still promising she wasn’t running away again, Kazehime picked up the juice boxes and laid them down first, before putting in the fruit’s vegetables and other things that kept better than the raw meat she loved. While steak still blood and such would have been nice? She knew her current cargo was smarter in terms of travel, and she’d be going pretty far out, no more than four days, but you could get pretty far in four days, the mage knew that very well. Guilt returned full force as she walked over towards the job board, which was also used for announcements from time to time, looking at her letter, gulping as she picked up a pin tack and used it to place her letter on the board.
Dear Guild-Mates, I’m going to be gone for a little while, please don’t come after me, I just need time to sort myself out, alone. I’ll be back once I figure out what I need to. ~ Jiyu Kazehime.

Most of her? Wondered if the note was not too formal, or not formal enough, she worried what they would think upon finding it, but if she worried much more, she’d still be here when they found it! Thus she gulped and turned around, running out the door, to the surprise of a few who had been in the restaurant, heading in any direction that would take her out of rose garden.

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For a short period of time the wind mage just ran down the streets of the city, in any direction that would take her out of the area. However? She soon accepted that she had to be logical about this if she was going to get very far away in four days, just like she headed to Hargeon for the boats that could be boarded there, getting very far away before anyone even knew she was missing. Even though she was not running away this time, or so she told herself against the guilt pooled in her stomach? Kazehime knew she had to use the same smart traveling methods, so she had to head to a nearby train station, the closest one that went almost everywhere was Oak Town and it would also be a good place to pick a final destination, well relaxation destination at least! Most people, went to Peace Village or such to relax, but she could never go back to the place she was born, at least not like this. Actually?! She did want to confront her father on why he had never told her she was half demon, there was no way he screwed her mother and did not see the demon features of the older female! Yet they’d both kept it from her, even though it was possible for her demon blood to put her in danger. Right now was not the time to confront him thought, and regretfully she knew this, bitterly chewing on her lip once more as she started out of Rose Garden and into the mostly undeveloped space between there and Oak Town. Finally it was time to get this self reflection journey started, well part of it anyways, she wouldn’t really have begun until she picked a location to head to from oak town! Jiyu hummed slightly, enjoying the freedom of being on her own once more, even if walking right through to Oak Town from Rose Garden was not the wisest thing one could do, she was gonna.

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Upon arriving in Oak Town the wind sorceress had already burned one day's worth of provisions, but not jewel. Thus? She knew that it would be wise to invest in one of the trains that provided for you during passage, as it would save or allow her to restock what little she held in her pack, before setting off for her final location. However, one never realized how crowded the world was and how many places there happened to be to visit, until they were picking the location themselves. Considering she was a mage? Jiyu traveled plenty, and she traveled tons before joining a guild as well, but back then, well she had just went wherever the boat was going and once mage work started, she went where the job was. Kazehime had a blush brought to her face at the thoughts of all the locations she could visit, but she only had to pick one, could pick one! “Hey Daddy, isn’t she a rising star?” and then the comments or such started, and she wondered if all people realized by the council had to deal with people recognizing them, even when they were trying to get away! Once mention of her new tail and elfin ears started, the half demoness grabbed the first travel packet she found, requesting the appropriate sort of train ticket for her means and needs, just to get away for a little while. Luckily? She was able to get roomed in one of the bed cars, to herself, she didn’t care why it happened, only that she was alone until she got wherever she was going, finally looking at the packet she used to request the ticket that got her onto the train, laid down on the fluffy bed. “Serene Cliff Than?” she supposed that and the area surrounding it did not seem too bad for her purposes.

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Jiyu had now realized that like her home village, the location she was going happened to be on the other side of the continent from Oak Town and thus the train ride was going to be very long. At first? This had been an annoyance, trains were always bustling with activity and her senses did not like anything at the moment! Before long thought, Jiyu then took notice of the days when barely anyone was on the train, those dates were not frequent or even consecutive at most times. However when the train was almost empty and she lay utterly alone in her bed car, cuddled into the soft accommodation, kazehime could almost fade away the way she thought she needed to, in order to truly think about what she’d been throught. In the end though? Something always kept her from truly thinking, especially when the train was crowded and people wanted to ask her questions upon finding out a rising star was riding the same train as them. Even when she stayed in her room? People found out she was there somehow and knocked! Kazehime wondered if she could call it harassment, but considered she likely could not, it was a mere side effect of her status in the wizard world, and something she’d be incredibly pleased by, if her head was not so jumbled. With her head in so many directions though? It just served to annoy her most days, like everything else! Looking at things logically thought, Jiyu easily saw she did not have much to legit complain about; She was in her own room on the train, provided with food and drink on request, and she’d gotten a small deal on this long passage, so she’d not have to work to get jewel for the return trip! However the return trip was so far from her mind now, it was pitiful, she had said she wasn’t running away again, but each day this went on, it felt more like that was exactly what she was doing once more.

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Eventually she lost track of the time she had been gone from Rose Garden and on vaction from guild work! By the time her train pulled into the closest station it could to the Serene Cliff? Jiyu had barely anything on her mind, having lived each day she spent on that train in a sort of trance, going through the motions but rarely being awake at all, in reality but dreaming at the same time. Kazehime stepped off the train, tail wagging as she headed back out into Hargeon town, intending to breeze through the place; For once she did as intended. Jiyu came out on the beach and such paths, that lead up to the serene cliff. However for this particular day the half demon had enough traveling around and didn’t really care to rush getting to her destination, so it was time to set up camp, just outside the tide line on the beach. Considering she spent a few years at sea? Jiyu was used to sand and such, it didn’t bother her to set up the small camp fire, and lay one of her mystical feathers out as her bed for the night. Actually, being on the beach like this was rather soothing for Jiyu, rolling up her tights and tucking her dress in before she waded into the tide risen water’s, aiming to catch some sort of fish for dinner. Not much later, she actually had a fish, which was both surprising and not shocking at the same time, she’d always been good at grabbing fish due her senses, but never this good before. Thus she chose to reap the benefits seemingly given by her new half demon status, and caught another fish, before returning to lay on her feather and eat them. Laying there? Jiyu eventually drifted into deep slumber once more, holding the strands of her feather beneath her, curling into as sleep overtook her world and sent her into dreams she would never remember once she woke.

Waking up on the beach was an interesting sensation for sure, sand since it was sand, always got into places better left unmentioned, regardless of your attire. Yet? Jiyu found she did not mind the grainy feel of it, sinking her fingers into the sand, since she’d rolled of her feather during the night. “Feather.” she held up her hand, it shrunk back down, and she than picked it up from the ground, yawning slightly, stretching her body out, back against the sand. Instead of fishing again this morning? She ate a piece of fruit from her backpack, since she was feeling lazy and realized she had to get some movement done today if she was going to ever make it to Serene Cliff! Thus she chose not to waste any of the energy she could not seem to muster up, on something as simple as fishing, she had bigger fish to fry so to speak. While laying awake and listening to the waves, when fishing? She realized her senses had grown more than she expected, and while it would likely render her bedridden sometimes, it could also be an incredibly neat feature as well, considering she’d ate two very decent sized fish the night before because of it! “I should probably train with my new abilities, see what I can do.” she had never thought about what she could actually do, before today. All that had been on the wind mages mind? Was the fact being a demoness had likely gotten her mother killed, and how differently she’d have to live because of being a half demon now! Kazehime had not initially considered how this could be anything good, who would past finding their whole life was basically a lie. Well now that she was realizing that this might not be all bad, she was ready to truly consider everything about it, and she would do that up on serene cliff, hopefully she’d make it there before night fall!

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Jiyu had not intended to walk all day, certainly that had been quite the mistake, with a body like hers! While the wind sorceress had great stamina for running and casting magic? She pretty much sucked at everything else, even her weapons were only useful when she used them in combination with her magic. Thus hiking the whole day, had not been her wisest choice, sure it was just walking to most, but it also had sharp tree branches, which nearly cut her more times than the female cared to admit! Kazehime was not at all happy about the tree’s she had to get through just get up onto the serene cliff. Now that she set with her legs dangling over the edge of it thought, well Jiyu could see where the name had come back, legs swaying as she stared out at the setting sun, the horizon slowly swallowing that golden orb into the ocean, and it would soon take away all light except the moons. Tonight she would slowly discover that due to her transformation, the dark did not bother her as much anymore, her sight could see through a night like this one, the nearly full moon basking down on young mage, casting its reflection into the water. Fondly she recalled back when she’d been young and foolish enough to think one could the moon in a bucket by scooping it out of some body of water. However the ideal faded soon as she realized, no camp had been set up for the night and it was already dark out! Gathering firewood in the dark? Did not appeal to Jiyu, so the wind mage chose to definitely not do that, no matter how much better she was seeing, she just did not want to wander around at night alone! “Feather” she called it out again, taking the one from the night before and tossing it up, however this time it hovered there, a hammock supported by only the wind, and she trusted the element she worked with to not drop her, thus it would work for the night. With no camp fire? She certainly wanted to stay above the ground.

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So she had certainly chosen that training with her new abilities and trying to pull some of the stuns her mother had displayed back in their training, would be her current goal. However? Pushing towards any training goal without any clear camp set up, was never to be a good decision, and thus she knew that before beginning training of any kind, even looking at the sunset once more or listening for the heartbeat of an animal, she had to set up some sort of base camp! Clearly not many covered places existed on the top of the cliff, and she was fine with being out in the open for once, heading back down slightly, simply to collect firewood and do some hunting for herself. Even with the food in her backpack, well Jiyu preferred raw meat to anything else. Suddenly she stopped walking, eyes widening. “So that's why I have such a thing for raw meat.” dogs never cared if their meat was cooked or not! Her demon blood had always been affecting her, even when it lay dormant, her face heated up as she realized this. Jiyu wondered if the blood of animals was going to have any effect on her now, but since she’d eaten fish and felt nothing, she guessed it had to be some creature capable of magic, if blood was ever going to affect her again. Pushing away her thoughts, she chose to go hunting before gathering firewood , eventually tracking down and dispatching a handful of rabbits, which would keep her for two days if she needed them too. With dinner in toe? She gathered up firewood in her other arm, returning to the top of the cliff to set the fire for warmth and begin skinning her prey. Drawing upon her feather for its bed and pillow function once more, the wind sorceress supposed this had been a good day in all, and training could start tomorrow.

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The morning sun came up and chased her dark, mostly dreamless, slumber away once more, light dancing around in her vision as she rolled about slightly atop her feather, the item tipping to keep her from falling off. Once she was slightly more awake? The half dog demon ate one of the rabbits that she had caught the day before, licking her claws clean of the blood that had been on them afterwards. Jiyu recalled the promise to herself that she would start training today, brushing her hair behind her elfin ear, she wondered what a good place to start would be. “I should make sure of if blood will ever affect me again or not.” so first she tried biting her own lip and seeing what happened, sucking down the blood, and waiting to see if she’d feel ill effects once more. However instead of crippling over from an intense transformation again? She felt her stomach turn, before she saw red for a second, and then simply felt stronger than she had before, a single step taking her much further than she expected, due to the speed boost given by her inuki being activated. “Alright so my own blood does something.” she would have to test later on if the blood of another did something, because Jiyu did not want to taste blood again today, heck fruit would be her dinner tonight. Speaking of dinner? The sun was starting to go down once more, so the wind mage supposed she should hunt down some sweet smelling fruit. Eventually, she came back to camp with a sweet melon that reminded her of a friend whom she suspected liked melons. Brushing off all thought’s? The wind user cut the fruit in half with her knife and began to chew on it, swallowing small pieces at a time.

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Jiyu knew she had procrastinated severely the past few days, put off starting her true training in favor of other things. In all honesty? The mental things she’d needed to sort out, what caused her to leave Rose Garden for Serene Cliff; She feared her own body now! Kazehime was not like other demons or even half demons, that had been born knowing their status, with full access to their abilities and powers. Instead? She had spent several years believing herself human, and now she had to grow used to the fact she had never really been a true human, and that she could not call herself a true demon either, the fact she had to walk in both worlds. She also found it sad, knowing she likely would have been alright with all of this, with no extra work, if only her parents had trusted her enough to tell her about it growing up! However they had not given her any hints, and she was still irked by it, despite the fact all that was a long time over by now. “Now I know when I transformed first my ears were fluffy, not elfin.” yet now, they looked like they were a small elves ears, and she needed to figure out how that happened, both hands clamping over her ears as she thought. “Oh?” than she felt something fluffy from the side of her head, touching them, she discovered her ears where once more down turned and fluffy. So she could change them at will or something like that? Jiyu wondered what she could do with them, so she started shaking her head around for a second, nothing taking place. Thought it did sound as if it was going to rain soon. Wait? It wasn’t raining yet, how could she even guess that? Shrugging it off the half demon walked on in the forest.

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Soon enough the rain she had predicted started, and the half demoness looked shocked as she held her hands out, feeling the water run down her body. “I was right?” she let out a slightly huffy sound as she rubbed her hands against her arms, shivering slightly from the cold rain, heavy breeze starting up. Luckily? She had brought her backpack and thus every important, with her, for today's training, so she didn’t have to worry about losing anything at the campsite, it would really suck if that happened. “Feather.” she tossed one of them, and let it extend above her head, now taking on the role of an umbrella as she wandered around the cliffs, glancing around with her fluffy ears twitching every few seconds. Suddenly? One of them shot up and she darted in the direction it had moved in, almost against her own will. Kazehime soon found the source of the noise her ears had picked up, happened to be another very fluffy rabbit, just sitting around in the rain as if the weather was not trying to kill every living thing on the cliff. Subconsciously she licked her lips, pupils dilating as she gave into her own urges, something she really had not done since being a child. Before she even knew that she had moved? Jiyu felt the corpse of the rabbit in her hand’s, it’s neck opened up by her claws, just dead. “I guess I have dinner tonight?” she giggled slightly, uneasily, wondering why she had lunged so suddenly, especially since she’d eaten that day already, Jiyu did not think she should have been hungry. Regardless of whatever had happened, she had dinner now, and it was time to head back to camp, before someone tried to take her rabbit from her, because no one should ever mess with a dog demons food!

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However she had not acted fast enough in returning to camp and preparing the rabbit to be stew tonight, because on the way back to camp, Jiyu was suddenly blocked off! Standing there? Anger ran through her veins and one hand extended forward as she grumbled softly, swiping it forward and watching her wind blades pour from the air, taking on and striking down the beasts that had intended to attack her. However? Kazehime than noticed the wild pigs had went too easy, even for wild pigs. Jiyu walked forward, feeling her ears return to an elfin shape as she bent down and evaluated what had happened. Firstly? She noted her attack left deeper marks than before, so she guessed the that the ear take over must have boosted her magical power, even if just slightly. In the future? She’d have to remember this stuff, so as she took back her kills to camp, burying them a few feet beneath the ground to avoid more scavengers coming for her food, the wind witch also got out a book. The grass was still warm from the sun, that had recently set, by the time Jiyu began to write, guided by the light of her camp fire, scribbling down the things she had learned so far about her half dog demon state, and her guess that it gave her access to one form of take over magic. Slowly the urge to fall asleep began to take over the sorceress, her hand dropping the pencil as her head fell against the book she was writing in, drool starting to come from one side of her mouth. Tonight? She had no feather, no bed, all Kazehime seemed to need was the ground itself, and enough sleep requirement to finally allow her to fall into slumber.

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It was another day of training and she really had no idea what she could get around to doing. Honestly? She wished that her mother had written more, just given her some hints on their dog demon traits, but the book was painfully empty and not helpful at all! Kazehime had wanted to come out to think all on her own, and now she was training solo as well, it was both good and bad. On one hand? She was getting exactly what she wanted and asked for. On the other hand? Part of her was starting to hope one of her guildmates, marschal most likely, would pop up and tell her she’d been away long enough, it was time to come home now. However the half demoness knew better than to think anyone would come to drag back someone who had proven to be a run away before, from their birth home nonetheless! Even if only Marschal knew she held that title, she still now felt worried over it, she had wanted him to know, but she felt so paranoid he had not confronted her over it. Honestly being yelled at for not mentioning it, would be better than the worry she had right now. Jiyu’s hand drifted back to her tail, but did not touch the sensitive extension this time, just hovering over it. “THE FUCK!” her elfin ear twitched and she looked back to see the wind swirling around her tail intensely, heck she almost thought it was going to take some of her fur! “Is this?” she went to touch it and then remember if it was a new spell she wouldn’t be affected anyways, so she turned around, lashing that fluffy tail at a nearby tree and watching the deep gouge left in the bark by her wind covered tail

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With the luck she had obtained in the past few days? It so happened that some magical creature was living in the tree that Jiyu had attacked with her tail. The wind user never even saw the cat like monster coming, until it had slammed it’s full weight into her and pushed her backwards, flying through the air. At first, she freaked out entirely, she had not been prepared to get into some fight today, actually not at all during this trip, she thought another mage attacked her, for the moment. In the few seconds it took for her body to fly back, her form also did something else strange, her tail shifting around and moving, causing her body to upright it’s, legs bending to help take in the landing impact. Had she just landed on her feet after some surprise attack? Well that was shocking! Jiyu lashed her tail sharply, looking forward at what had attacked her, clearly, finding it was just a simple magical cat, whose nap she’d interrupted. However the rising star was not about to get pushed about by some feline, so she jumped back when it attacked once more, taking advantage of the new found ability to land upright every time she was thrown or jumped about, to stay just out of the cats attack range. Could she just kill this animal, simply because she woke it up on the wrong side of the bed? Not bloody likely, unlike the wild pigs, this feline was not a threat to her food source, so she couldn’t just go taking it out, sure it was attacking her, but that was due to her poor selection of tree’s to slash with her tail. So for now, the wind user would play with the magic cat, dodging and ducking it’s attacks, trying to figure out how to end this fight without attacking the beast directly, which would seriously injure it.

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Jiyu guessed she could always wear out her opponent, keep moving until the cat eventually cat up, realizing the wind mage was faster! That eventuality took much longer than expected though, and the half demon could swear she danced with the magical feline for over half the remaining daylight, before it finally showed signs of tiring in its pursuit of her. “Your lots of trouble you know?” she spoke up, putting her hands on her hips, watching and jumping back when the cat lunged again, wondering what she was going to do if it never decided to leave her alone. Somehow? She had to prove she was greater than it was, stronger and not to be messed with like this, but she still did not desire to kill this animal, simply for being grumpy when it woke up suddenly. If she had gotten the same wake up she had given this creature by mistake? Kazehime knew she’d become just as aggressive, heck maybe even more aggressive than this cat was being right now! Who knew, certainly not the wind user herself, side stepping again to avoid it’s large paws, nearly falling until her tail righted her again. “Gotta do something.” and suddenly she was behind it once more, how she did that thought, the sorceress did not know, Kazehime could only guessed that with her tail active she had more speed than normal, once more. Honestly that would be kinda cool, if it was true. However tests could happen another time, right now she still had to deal with this angry feline, and that was not the most appealing thing in the world, especially right now. “I have to do this quick.” and not kill the kitty, because she could not kill this cat, stupid cat, woulda been easier to slaughter it, but she was a light mage and did not do that sort of thing.

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Her next action would rather let her easily out run this raving feline, or just make this beast's anger even more intense. Jiyu would take the chance, lunging forward with her mouth open and biting into the cat's sensitive and thin hide, with sharp fangs, breaking skin and allowing it’s thick blood to flow freely into her waiting mouth. Suddenly? She felt overwhelmed, laughing as if drunk, bending backwards as if doing the limbo in order to avoid it’s swipe, taking a few steps back, feeling power rush through her veins. The only thing Jiyu could keep in her head, was what had she just done? The half demoness could barely breath and it was horrible for her, yet so wonderfully addicting at the same time, maybe just one more taste of the cats blood?! Oh damn it, what was going through her head, the flush worked it’s way all over her body, and the half demon could only see blood in her vision, panting heavily. Right now she was on her own time, no one would know if she murdered and feasted on this poor animal, no one would be the wiser, and this kept whispering to her as she swiftly kept out of the cats maneuverability range, chuckling madly. Just one bite would do it right?! Oh damn this thing was suddenly looking delicious and threatening at the same time, after-all cats and dogs did not get along. Naturally, this was what she should be doing, going after some feline to kill it, she was the big bad wolf and the cat was a sheep, basically. In the natural order? This was her job, and she kept whispering it in her head as she jumped onto the cats back, giving the animal a good fright as her claws sunk into it’s flesh, and a feral snarl emitted from Jiyu.

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White hair flashed in the back of her mind and slowly it began to invade her mentality, actual vision of it sneaking in. She was a dog right? Jiyu now knew that she had always been some sort of half dog demon! Oh damn, she was not going back to Black Rose she would not be able to stand the rejection form Marschal, the disdain he’d treat her with, when he found out she was not human! As those thought’s sunk in, she finally let go and the cat threw her off, running away swiftly, scared for it’s life now. Laying in a heap against the grass? Jiyu felt a few tears forming, but they were not from her impact with the ground, sure it jolted her, but the real shock and pain had come from the sudden realization! The one thing she held most dear in Black Rose was now so far away from her, she was a dog and they could never get along with cats; She remembered so clearly how he had claimed dog’s disliked him naturally, and the minor disdain for the puppies they rescued once. How was she suppose to go home and face him when she was now one of the things he disliked the most or just a thing that would hate him just from looking at him?! Tears leaked from her eyes and she held her face, sure the rest of the guild was nice, she adored them, but him, she hiccuped slightly. Just when she had been starting to think that being half dog demon was not going to be so bad? Kazehime realized that being like this, was going to cost her the man who saved her life, the one who went so far to protect her! If she could not have his company, she was not sure she wanted to go back, staying at this place would be just fine.

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"Do you smell that? It smells like... dog," the words came flashing back to her head and she stopped the sobs that had been starting to form, staring at the patterns on her hands, pressed into her face. Recalling that job in more detail, thinking back on every interaction they’d ever had, it only served to heighten her fear that Marschal would now want nothing to do with her, simply because she was a dog. However the more she thought about that phrase, the content and everything surrounding it, another realization came to the half demoness, her body nearly frozen from all the stress, but the bloodthirsty urges beginning to vanish. Sitting there? She began to realize that she was likely the only one who did not know from the start, what she was, well the only one who didn’t suspect. Even though he had every reason to suspect she was a dog and compared her to one often? Marschal had never left her hanging, he was there when she needed him and he’d saved her, knowing she could very well be some sort of dog girl. Why should anything change just because she became half dog demon? Once the thought entered her head, she wondered what she’d been worried about in the first place. If even the half cat man could accept her so deeply, than anyone could! Warmth spread through her body as she recalled images of him, and she felt her logical sense begin to return to her, along with a thick blush on her face. Nothing was different, sure her body had changed, but she wasn’t different, why had she pretend otherwise! After several days away, heck maybe even a week or two, the wayward wind user found the answer she had went out alone to find; Her demon blood did not matter. Black Rose was filled with demons anyways! Or at least non humans.

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Looking over the edge of Serene Cliff at the sun setting once more? The slightly disheveled mage smiled softly, turning around sharply, there was no more need to stay here since she’d gotten the clarity she came looking for. Jiyu supposed the only thing left to do was walk back towards Hagreon town and catch the train that went back to Oak Town, so she could get back to Rose Garden, before anyone got seriously mad with her for being gone for any extended period of time! Kazehime did not even bother with resting for the night, just like when she left Rose Garden, the wind mage walked straight through, even the night, to make it to the town that could help her get home. After so long of feeling so lost and alone in the world? Even the remote idea of any sort of home, somewhere she was loved and cherished once more, some place to come back to when everything was said and done; It elated her and frightened her in a good way. Bare feet pattered against sand as she ran up the beach, cutting through to the port down, and into it’s train station, at points almost seeming like a blur to onlookers. “I need passage back to oak town!” so that she could get home to Rose Garden! The person behind the counter tried to ask her some question, and she gave this round about response, not really even hearing any of this, hands flexing as she awaited her ticket back home, damn it still felt weird to call the place that, her home. Kazehime looked at the ticket within her hands as she leaned against a pole in the train station, sighing happily and sniffing the object to please her senses. Even if man made things did not always smell good? This time she could cope with it, that scent was sending her back where she needed to be.