Drop. Drop. Drop. Drop. Drop. The sound of water hitting water echoed throughout a dark, wet, cave. A short-haired girl with blue hair opened her eyes and groaned as she remembered the previous events.
"Es-chan? ES-CHAN!" Vedeath said as she sprung up and looked for her sister. Vedeath didn't have to look far as she found Esdeath's sleeping body right next to her.
"Es-chan." Vedeath said as she cried over her sister until Esdeath woke up.
"Ve-chan!" Esdeath said as she hugged her sister tight and they hugged for over an hour. The sisters stopped hugging and smiled at each other before wondering about how they got into a cave.
"How did we get here? And how are our wounds healed?" Esdeath asked hoping from an answer from Samui. Samui was silent and the sisters were slightly worried about their only blood relative.
'Samui? Are you there?' Vedeath asked and they were met with silence once again. The sisters decided to enter their mindscape and Samui was in his cage asleep.
'Samui!' Esdeath yelled trying to wake up the sleeping dragon but it did nothing. The sisters exited their mindscape and summed it up to Samui being in the same state they were in.
"If it wasn't Samui, then who healed us?" Vedeath asked as she looked at the scar on her stomach and heard a voice in their heads.
'It was us. We have healed you in hopes of being used.' Two overlapping female voices said in the sisters' heads.
'Who are you? What do you mean by hopes of being used?' Esdeath asked.
'Follow the light and your question shall be answered.' The overlapping female voices said as small blue lights lit up and were arranged in a path.
"Although I really don't trust this, anytime a voice has spoken to us via telepathy, it's always been good." Vedeath said as she followed the path with her sister trailing behind her. They followed the path for 15 minutes before they reached a glowing blue pond with one black koi with a white circle on its head and one white koi with a black circle on its head.
'We are the Spirit Koi of the Spirit Beast Forest.' The overlapping female voices said.
'Spirit Koi? Spirit Beast Forest? What is all this?' Esdeath asked.
'To explain our origins it would take years so we will shorten it. Spirit Koi only appear every once in 1,500 years and they are the manifested desire of their user. After their user dies so does the Spirit Koi. The Spirit Beast Forest is a forest full of what you humans call Super-Class Danger Beasts and beyond.' The Spirit Koi's said.
'Manifested Desire? What do you mean?' Vedeath asked.
'For example, Vedeath. Your desire is to protect your sister even if it takes your own life. As such Yang would be your bonded Spirit Koi due to her massive Offensive and Defensive abilities.' The Spirit Koi's said.
'Esdeath on the other hand desires to kill everything in her and her sister's way to reach the peak. As such Yin would be her bonded Spirit Koo due to her only having Offensive abilities.' The Koi's said once again.
'So how do we bond with you?' Vedeath asked.
'Put your hand in the water.' The Koi's said and the sisters followed their instructions. Once their hands were in the water the white Koi swan towards Vedeath and touched her hand. A bright white light shined as Yang and Vedeath bonded. The light dimmed and Vedeath looked the same and the only real change was a white Koi tattoo on her right hand.
Esdeath's hand was touched by a black Koi and another bright white light shined throughout the cave as Yin and Esdeath bonded. The light dimmed and Esdeath had a black Koi tattoo on her left hand.
'Good, now that we are connected we can start training.' Yang said over the telepathic connection.
'Training? You want us to train in a forest full of Super-Class Danger Beast? How does this forest even exist!? Super-Class Danger Beast should be almost extinct!' Esdeath exclaimed.
'This forest is hidden from Humans due to their inability to perceive Magical Energy. Even if a human could use Mana they wouldn't be able to sense this forest simply because they can't use Magical Energy. This forest is filled with Super-Class Danger Beasts due to its dense Magical Energy. These Super-Class Danger Beasts have also evolved further and are known as Spirit King Danger Beasts.' Yin said.
'You want us to train in this forest?! We had a hard time killing a Super-Class Danger Beast before! We may be stronger than last time but killing a beast is that caliber isn't a walk in the park! Now you want us to train in a forest when they are as common as deer?!' Vedeath outraged.
'Don't you two want to get stronger no matter what? This is your chance.' Yin and Yang said in unison.
'They're right Ve-chan, we can't get stronger if we don't risk something.' Esdeath said and Vedeath relented and agreed with her sister.
'Alright. So what will our training consist of?' Vedeath asked.
'We will train you to use a Spirit Koi fighting style, Using your Magical Energy, and help you further understand your abilities and our abilities.' Yin and Yang said in unison.
'For how long?' Esdeath asked.
'Based on your growing speed and talent it should take us around 2 and a half years.' Yin said and the sisters smiled.
'So do we start now?' Vedeath asked.
'Yes after we explain our abilities. We wouldn't want our users dying because of our laziness.' Yin and Yang said.
'We will explain Yang's abilities first.' Yin and Yang said and the sisters nodded.
'Yang's Magical Energy element is Light. Her basic abilities are Light Creation, Light Manipulation, and Light Telekinesis. If Vedeath was to progress further and use Yang to her full potential she would be able to open portals, teleport, seal, and move at sonic speeds.' Yin explained and Vedeath smiled at her powerup.
'Yin's Magical Energy element is Darkness. Her basic abilities are Dark Creation, Darkness Manipulation, and Darkness Telekinesis. If Esdeath was to progress further and use Yin to her full potential she would be able to travel between shadows, create shadow soldiers, seal, heal, and imbue shadows.' Yang said and Esdeath nodded.
'The greatest ability we both hold is the ability to use each other's element. Although it would take a lot more time and it wouldn't be as strong as the original user.' Yin and Yang said.
'So Es-chan could use Yang's element if she trained a little bit harder?' Vedeath asked.
'Yes and vice versa.' Yin said.
'So how do we begin training? Should we kill a Danger Beast and drink its blood to strengthen our body?' Esdeath asked with excitement.
'No, we will start training when you two drink the entire pond we once inhabited.' Yang said and the sisters widened their eyes in shock.
'You want us to drink a pond?! Is there something special about this pond that we should drink it all!?' Vedeath asked with bewilderment.
'Yes. This pond isn't water but concentrated Magical Energy. Be lucky you two found us in that pond or training would be a lot harder.' Yin said with a bit of haughtiness.
'Who knew a fish could be haughty!' Esdeath said and Yin didn't respond.
'Anyways, drinking the Magical Energy would help your body adapt and grow a lot faster. It'll probably help with your innate abilities and draconic takeover.' Yang said and the sisters began drinking the water immediately. Surprisingly, they didn't get full and they ended up drinking the entire pond.
'Why do I feel like the pain is ab-' Vedeath couldn't finish her sentence as she and her sister began to roll on the floor in pain. As they screamed in pain a bluish-white mist was expelled from their bodies and created a bluish-white fog that shrouded the cave. The fog was then sucked back into the sister's bodies and the sisters also started to change rapidly.
Vedeath's right eye changed from being normal to having a cross pupil like her left eye and both eyes changed from blue to red. Her hair grew longer and turned from blue to dark blue. Scales grew around her eyes giving her a serious and dangerous look. Her fingers grew scales and her nails got longer and sharper. Her teeth sharpened and became more pronounced and her Koi tattoo grew and extended until it reached her shoulder, giving her a giant white Koi on her right arm.
Esdeath's left eye changed from being normal to having a cross pupil like her right eye, and her eye color also became red. Her hair grew even longer and turned from blue to a very dark blue. Scales also grew around her eyes giving her a serious and ferocious look. Her fingers also grew scales and her fingernails grew longer and sharper. Her teeth also became sharper and more pronounced. Her Koi tattoo grew and extended until it reached her shoulder, giving her a giant black Koi on her left arm.
The pain subsided and the sisters laid on the floor to catch their breath.
'I feel different. My mind feels faster, my body feels stronger, and I can see clearer.' Vedeath said as she examined herself and let out a tiny shriek.
'Is this what Samui was talking about? I still feel human although not as much as I did ten minutes ago.' Esdeath said as she also examined herself.
'Good, you two are done changing. Now we can start training.' Yang said and the sisters got up and left the cave. The sisters were met with a beautiful forest and the sun shining through the thick canopy.
'It's so beautiful.' Vedeath said until she heard a roar that caused the wind to blow.
'Nevermind.' Vedeath said as she and her sister were faced with a giant tiger with angel wings.
'First lesson. Kill this Holy Tiger using your Koi's element. If you use Ice magic, there will be consequences.' Yin said and the sisters groaned in annoyance.
"ROOAARR!" The Holy Tiger charged the sisters and they moved out of the way with Vedeath going to the left and Esdeath going to the right. Vedeath put her near her waist expecting to feel a sword handle and found her sword was gone.
"We have no weapons!" Vedeath yelled as she dodged a giant claw coming for her head. Esdeath was also shocked at them being unarmed. The Holy Tiger seemed to notice they were unarmed and attacked more ferociously. A giant claw came upon Esdeath and she crossed her arms to block the giant claw. Vedeath's eyes widened at her sister in harms way once again.
'I will not let what happened before happen again!' Vedeath said as she held her hands out hoping to stop the claw.
"ROOAARR!!" The Holy Tiger roared in pain as its paw was on the ground.
"Es-chan I did it!" Vedeath said with a smile and Esdeath smiled as well. The Holy Tiger extended its wings and shot feathers out like a machine gun. Vedeath used the feeling she felt earlier to create a dome of light around her and Esdeath.
"How did you do it?" Esdeath asked as she knocked on the light dome and was surprised at its hardness.
"You know that feeling we get when we use Ice? I held onto that feeling but instead of thinking of using ice, I thought of using Light." Vedeath said and Esdeath seemed to understand.
"Like this?" Esdeath asked as she created a ball of darkness in her hand.
"Yes! You did it Es-chan!" Vedeath said as she hugged her sister.
"Hehe." Esdeath had a slight nose bleed as she looked down her sister's shirt.
"Now, let's kill this cat!" Vedeath said and Esdeath agreed.
"Yeah!"