"You got two baby-fanged rabbits?" Nanako said in a staggered tone.
"What about the mother?" Saeki said with a worried expression.
"Don't worry, Ryu took care of the mother, and I took care of blurring our scent, so she won't find us," Erina answered sitting near the bonfire.
Yumiko, Saeki, and Nanako looked at Ryu in a baffled manner.
"How did you beat a 5th-grade monster as a mere Disciple?" Yumiko asked.
"Well, I used qi release to knock the shit out of it," Ryu said showing off.
"You used qi release!?" Ryoto shouted with wide eyes, "you found the secret!"
"It was quite easy, the problem was that we were concentrating too much on controlling our qi in the beginning, while I figured that the first thing to do is release our qi, and then find to control it," Ryu explained.
"What?" Yumiko asked confused.
"He gave you the answer, just think a little..." Saeki said with a disgusted face, "I can't believe you managed to master this in one night, even if you discovered how to use it, you shouldn't be able to throw a punch on the first try..."
"Yeah... well anyways I'm hungry, so how do we cook this?" Ryu asked lifting the two rabbits.
Everyone stayed quiet and looked at each other somehow hoping that one would answer.
Erina facepalmed, "so no one knows how to cook rabbit?"
"All you have to do is remove the organs, and the fur, and put it above the fire..." Nanako said.
"You do it then!" Saeki exclaimed looking at her.
"I'm sorry, but I'm not removing organs from a once-living thing!" Nanako replied.
"Erina?" Ryu said.
"Don't even think about it..." Erina said with a cold expression.
Suddenly, the boys' faces turned to Yumiko, who avoided eye contact with them.
"I don't know anything about cooking if you want to know,"
"All you women are sixteen and don't know how to cook!? I'm not even surprised, women today don't even know how to cook rice!" Ryoto exclaimed.
"Why don't you cook Ryu?" Nanako asked.
"It's thanks to me that we have something to eat, so you can't get mad at me if I can't cook!"
"Do any of you boys know how to cook?" Erina asked.
They stayed quiet and avoided eye contact with any of the girls.
"I guess we wasted our time for nothing..." Ryu said dropping the rabbits on the ground.
All the disciples sat around the bonfire, and for a while, there was a big silence. No one spoke, and no one made eye contact. Yumiko realized how tense the atmosphere was, and decided to make it a bit more friendly.
"I know everyone's hungry, so to make time fly, let's play a game!" Yumiko shouted standing up all of a sudden.
"A game?" Erina asked intriguingly.
"Yes, it's simple, turn by turn, we're each going to reveal something about ourselves,"
"If we are going to become classmates, we would rather learn more about each other," Nanako stated.
"I guess we're gonna do it then," Ryu said.
He wasn't fond of this game, but if it could help him forget his hunger for even a few seconds then he wouldn't say no.
"Alright, let's start with Ryoto, tell us something about you," Yumiko said glaring at him.
"Well, for those who didn't know, I use dark qi, it's not very different from qi, just that it has different properties, but functioning is the same,"
Erina and Saeki were somehow astonished by what he had said.
"Dark qi you say?" Erina whispered.
"You're part of the devils that are poisoning this world!" Saeki said as he stood up and walked menacingly toward Ryoto.
Ryu stood in his way and pushed him away from Ryoto.
"Back off man, he's still human like me and you, even he ignores why he uses dark qi, so coming at him for nothing won't help..." Ryu told Saeki who groaned before returning to his place.
It was Erina's turn to reveal something about her.
"Well, my mother has crystal ice fantasm, but my father has flame fantasm, so I am rejected by my family because they fear that I might break the pure and natural lineage of the crystal ice users..."
"What is a fantasm?" Ryu asked curiously.
Nanako sighed before starting her explanation, "A fantasm is like a special power that you have. When you are strong enough, your fantasm is revealed to you, and you will only be able to deploy the strongest of qi attacks with the use of your fantasm,"
This may have been something that everyone knew except Ryu because unlike him, they have all been preparing for their entrance before they even attended the sect.
"If your parents had fantasms, then it would be most likely that you inherit one of your parent's fantasm, however, there are cases in which your fantasm is a mix of both parent's fantasm,"
Yumiko started imagining Erina with fire and ice powers, "If you get such power then I want you to name it fire and ice,"
"Isn't that too basic of a name?" Nanako replied.
"No, it's great and simple to understand!" Yumiko retorted.
"Next!" Ryoto shouted trying to change the subject.
"Well, when I was a baby my parents were killed by the hands of a Valisk,"
"No way, you never told me that!" Ryoto shouted, "The Valisk is one of the Ichigos, the strongest dark creatures!"
Ryu glared at him wondering what he was talking about, "The Ichigos? and that Valisk is part of them?"
"The Ichigos are the strongest creatures ever created," Saeki replied, "They became so powerful that they have freed themselves from the control of the dark spirits. Only the strongest cultivators, such as the sect council masters can reach their power..."
"It is quite surprising that you survived when your parents were killed," Erina said in a low voice, "you should consider yourself lucky you are still alive today,"
"Next person," Yumiko exclaimed.
"My grandfather is the current owner of the Priora market," Saeki stated without wasting time.
"So that means you have discounts in the priora market right!?" Nanako exclaimed in joy.
"If he is in a good mood..." Saeki replied.
The last person was Yumiko, "well, I have been implemented the Drakon Tamer mark on my left eye,"
Saeki, Nanako, Erina, and Ryoto leaped from their seat and let out a big shriek,
"WHAT!??"