The Professor released his spell and cleaned away the dust that had fallen on the ground. "Now, the next thing we will be learning about is the elements of balance. These elements are water and air. The reason we call them the elements of balance is because we can use them to nurture or destroy a target. For a practical example I can walk up to this young man." Professor Benoit walked towards Sasori as he looked up at the professor before him.
"I can take my hand and I can gently place my hand on his head and ruffle his hair." Which is exactly what the professor did to Sasori. Sasori became red up to his ears in embarrassment because the only other person to do such a thing to him was his mother and she would never do it in public with so many witnesses, but the professor didn't seem to care much about it and continued. "Or I can take my hand and hit him across the face." The professor raised his hand as Sasori braced for impact, but the professor chuckled and lowered his hand.
"Of course, I won't do that as I like my job and I hold no grudge against this young man." Sasori sighed in relief but then realised that if he did have a grudge against Sasori he wouldn't have held back. Sasori and a few students went pale at the realisation. "Now this can be applied to these two elements. For air magic I can gently control the air with my will to bring in different scents for you to enjoy." The professor waved his hand and the wind blowed slowly through a window carrying the scent of newly flowered roses.
"The same can be applied when I increase the force behind the air and create a powerful air blade that would cut an opponent down on the spot." The professor raised his hand again, "Germa." A powerful air blade appeared in front of the professors hand and cut the leg off of his desk. The cut went through cleanly leaving two separate pieces that could be put back together. The professor picked up the piece of the leg and showed it to the class.
There were some whispers, and many students were thinking about the capabilities of air magic and how they could use it for themselves in their everyday lives and on the battlefield. Professor Benoit raised his hand, and the class went silent, "Now, the same can be down with water magic." The professor lifted a glass case filled with water, from behind the stand at the front of the class and put it on one of the empty desks at the front.
It was 2 metres long and a metre wide with water filled to 80% of it's capacity. Inside the glass container was a small golden brown fish that swam freely in the water. "Now, if you direct your attention to this tank you will see that it has a little fish in it. By using water magic in the same way, I did with air magic I can take some water out and drink it." The professor moved his hand up and to the right and the water followed. It raised in the right corner and exited the tank. Above the professor's open palm floated a ball of water from the tank. He directed it into his mouth and swallowed it down.
"That was a very simple application of water magic in a nurturing way. We can also use it to cool our bodies down and put out fires. There are many applications that I will not discuss now as it would take too much time. For a somewhat destructive use we could make a blade of water but I do not wish to break this tank so I will show you another method. Watch and learn, I will take questions afterwards." The Professor raised both hands now and separated them from each other, "Haav." The water started to split in half as the professor moved his hands apart. The fish tried to move but were stuck in the middle of the split.
The professor moved his hands around until his palms faced up. He moved the index and middle finger of both hands in unison until they pointed up. The water in the tank moved in swirl and came under the fish before launching it out of the water and into the professor's open hands. The class were staring at the professor with the fish in his hands, in awe. "Don't all applaud at once," he said with a smug grin on his face. Some of the students started to clap until all the students were giving the professor a standing ovation.
The professor gave three bows to his audience before throwing the fish back in the tank before it suffocated. "Now before I can answer any questions you might have, let me tell you what happened here and then most questions will disappear. First off, I split the water into two separate bodies of water with the Tier 3 spell 'Haav'. It is used to split any body of water into two, however there are exceptions for bodies of water that exceed the mage's powers, like a lake or dam for instance."
"After I had achieved that, the fish had no where to go as it was trapped in the centre of the of this phenomenon. I then turned the water against itself creating a rapid in the two separate bodies of water. They then forced the fish to be at the very centre of the tank. I then used the force from the two bodies of water to join beneath the fish and shoot it out of the tank." The professor looked around the class as some had got lost in his words whereas others had written down what he was saying. "I know it seems complicated, but this is something you will get used to and it is only the explanation that confuses people not the actual magic."
Some students sighed in relief and thought that magic wasn't going to be as complicated as what he had explained it to be. "Any other questions then? Anyone at all?" Sasori raised his hand in front of the professor. "Yes you young man, what do you wish to ask?"
Sasori stood up from his seat and asked his question, "Sorry professor, but I seem to be a little confused. You said that by using the force in the bodies of water you were able to launch the fish out the tank but how is the fish not injured by the force of the blow? You did say that these elements either nurtured or destroyed but wasn't that just nurturing the fish" There were some whispers around the classroom.
"Great question young man. I am surprised you noticed such a fine detail. Now to answer your question would be to say yes and no at the same time. The reason I say this is because I can't display water magic's full destructive potential to a class of beginner mages. I did protect the fish from the impact of the water with a thin veil of water magic but that doesn't mean the force behind the water wasn't powerful. If I hadn't protected the fish it could have shot a hole through it or ripped it to shreds. But thank you for asking that question."
"To satisfy you I will do one more spell before moving on to the final elements." The professor pointed his index finger against the stand at the front of the class, "Drater." Water pierced through the wood in the direction the professor pointed his finger. He showed the clear hole through the stand to the class. "That is what water magic can do. Now to move on to our final set of elements."