A week had passed since Josec mastered the Elemental Rainbow Dance Of The Fenixes. It was a bright morning and the Masters and Students sat together eating breakfast. The Students were slightly uneasy and Josec was worried sick about his mother, Master Luna. The next General Of Souryu they had to confront was Raichuu since he acted as Syren's amplifier. They could not confront Syren before defeating Raichuu since if Raichuu's power remained in effect while they battled Syren, Syren would be many times stronger.
Amongst the Masters Of Jo-lan, the ones that stood a chance at fending off Raichuu's attacks were Master Fencer, Master Kyem, Master Pheisl, Master Andrea and Master Luna. Masters Fencer and Kyem could do this due to their ability to equip improvs. Master Pheisl's abilities were still quite a mystery. He hardly ever utilized improvs yet he somehow had access to and could control other elements. Master Andrea had her sword Rai, which was of a lightning affinity and Master Luna was the Master amongst them all who excelled at combat with the lightning affinity earning her the name 'Raging Mad Thunderbird'. Master Colette excelled at monitoring combat and disseminating information due to her unique ability to access the mysterious repository known as Edgar Fencer's Library. She was however not a combat specialist herself and Master Ayumi excelled in combat with the flame affinity but could not utilize improvs.
"Mom" Josec called worriedly.
"Yes Josec" Master Luna stared at him inquiringly.
"What did you mean by you are currently the only one who can fend off Raichuu's attacks?" Josec asked.
Master Luna smiled. The other Masters smiled as well.
"Josec, have you ever wondered why some people are born with a particular elemental affinity and others are born with other elemental affinities?" Master Luna asked him.
"What do you mean?" Buern asked.
"An elemental affinity in a way is quite similar to a blood type but at the same time it also describes the nature and temperaments of a person" Master Luna explained.
"Those of a fire affinity like Ayumi here are usually very courageous but also very temperamental. Those with a water affinity like Buern are usually very kind and have a great effect over other people, those with a wind affinity like Harry value freedom above all else. I will conclude with those of a lightning affinity like Masters Luna and Andrea as well as Josec. People of this affinity are very unpredictable. They could on the one hand be extremely shy and passive in certain situations and explosive and temperamental in other situations. They are particularly difficult to understand. When one is able to utilize an improv of a certain affinity; of an element different from their natural affinity, it implies an affinity for and an understanding of the nature, temperaments and abilities of people of that element's affinity. Since you five can equip and utilize each other's elements so well, it implies that you have a great affinity for one another" Master Fencer explained.
"However, regardless of how well a person of one affinity can equip an element of another affinity, they will never completely understand the other element or a person of that element's affinity due to the uniqueness they both possess. Which means that though we can utilize lightning improvs, we do not understand it to the same extent that natural lightning users like Master Luna do so we cannot defend against Raichuu's attacks with the same level of accuracy that Luna can" Master Andrea explained.
"I think what's really bothering me is the question how do you intend to defend against Raichuu's attacks?" Josec asked.
Master Luna stood up.
"I suppose this calls for a special lesson Josec, follow me" Master Luna said and stood up.
"Let's all go watch them shall we?" Master Pheisl said with a smile.
The Masters and the other Students followed Josec and Luna to the same clearing their previous duels had occurred. Josec took his fighting stance. Master Luna took a stance as well.
"You can attack whenever you're ready Josec" Master Luna instructed.
Josec approached cautiously till they were just a step from each other. He threw his first punch but Master Luna matched his movements and evaded easily. He began to build up speed and the speed of Master Luna's evasions gradually increased in response.
"She's utilizing the Shield Of Neutralization" Buern observed.
"She's currently trying to match Josec's potential. Josec unfortunately has no comprehension of how terrifyingly strong his mother actually is. I think we mentioned it to you earlier that…" Fencer said as his eyes narrowed. "…she is the only one who has actually ever defeated Apollo in single combat" Fencer said.
Buern recalled that the Masters had ever actually mentioned this fact.
"That would actually make her stronger than you are Fencer" Buern noted.
Fencer laughed.
"Her husband Vega was another monster I'd never want to fight against. I'm certain the reason Josec has been making great progress in mastering the Killer Ghost is that they might have been training him even without his full knowledge. Josec's mastery over Vega's Elemental Rainbow Dance Of The Fenixes isn't something mastered in a single day. I'm sure Vega would have purposefully limited the speed and force of his training regimen to levels that Josec could observe and by repeatedly training in Josec's presence, he got Josec to internalize the Killer Ghost believing in Josec's potential to unleash it when the need arose" Master Fencer explained.
"I see. It's almost as though they prepared him all his life for this moment even without his conscious knowledge" Buern nodded.
"Well, the Killer Ghost is the Fenix Clan's Legacy. It is one of the duties of elderly members of the clan to pass it on to the younger ones" Master Fencer said.
Suddenly, both Master Luna and Josec powered up with lightning and took to the skies. A severe battle of immense speed began to occur in the skies. Whenever Josec and Master Luna exchanged fists, there was a huge discharge of lightning energy in the atmosphere.
"Both of us excel at elemental combat of the lightning affinity and when two opponents share the same affinity, there are a number of defensive techniques that can be applied to combat" Master Luna said to Josec.
Buern, Harry, Estelle and Josec recalled their battle against Master Kyem in his cavern. Buern recalled her reckless attack and Master Kyem's words.
"Young miss, do you know what the most disadvantageous battlefront is? It is fighting an enemy that can mirror your characteristics. He may not necessarily be stronger than you are but as long as he is equal to you in strength…you will never win".
"From the great discharge of energy that occurs whenever they exchange blows, they are both constantly neutralizing each other's attacks" Master Ayumi told the students.
"Constantly matching each other's wavelengths at the point of impact is an amazing feat" Master Kyem looked impressed.
"The Elemental Rainbow Dance Of The Fenixes was most likely invented for combat against multiple opponents. It must have been built upon the Shield Of Elemental Neutralization which is effective in one on one combat. The Elemental Rainbow Dance Of The Fenixes is more suited to battling multiple elemental affinity types which means there's no need to use it here if mom's not switching her affinity" Josec thought.
Master Luna smiled and suddenly began to put up great distance between herself and Josec. Josec charged after her. Then she suddenly began to release a great amount of lightning energy that encompassed a great area in the skies above. Josec put up his shield and by altering it to Master Luna's affinity nullified the lightning attack. Master Luna smiled.
"How are you going to attack now that you've sealed yourself up within your shield?" Master Luna asked and let her lightning drop.
"Are you going easy on me, mom? You've dropped your lightning attack" Josec said with a laugh.
Master Luna sighed.
"You're still very naïve Josec. I've already launched my attack. Why don't you try attacking? I assure you I won't attempt to evade your attack" Master Luna said.
"There it is. The reason why I sometimes think Luna might be yanderic. She's baiting Josec" Master Fencer said with a bored look in his eyes.
"You'd better not regret this Mom" Josec said and dropped his shield.
Immediately his shield was dropped, he opened his eyes in shock and froze.
"Wh-What's this?" Josec appeared shaken.
"Why isn't Josec attacking?" Buern asked.
"It's not that he isn't attacking but he can't" Master Fencer explained.
Master Luna chuckled.
"What did you think I was doing when I released all that energy from my body over a wide area? Did you think I merely did that to intimidate you?" Master Luna laughed.
"He's been stunned" Master Kyem explained.
"Stunned? How?" Harry asked.
"I ionized the particles of air surrounding me and slightly altered their wavelength. If there is even a slight difference in the wavelengths between you and me, my attacks will be effective. You've just been stunned by the ionized air around you. Even if you were to raise your shield now, the air within your shield will remain ionized plus…" Master Luna said as Josec raised up his hand and fired lightning towards Master Luna but before the lightning could hit her, it curved awkwardly and flew behind her.
Josec tried firing repeatedly but though his aim wasn't flawed, his lightning couldn't hit Master Luna.
"I see you can still move due to your affinity for lightning. I suspected as much so I also created waves of lightning quite similar to paths between you and myself. These paths are of the same wavelength as your lightning and since lightning typically chooses the path of greatest conductivity, long range attacks are nullified as well. If you fall within the range of the ionized air, you will be stunned and immobilized thus short range attacks are nullified and if you were to launch long range attacks from outside the area of ionized air, the waves of lightning paths will conduct your attacks away from me. This…is my Zone Of Absolute Defense" Master Luna said seriously. "It is one of the defensive techniques effective in dealing with opponents of a similar affinity" she said.
"I see, so this is how you intend to defend against Raichuu's attacks…impressive" Josec said and lost consciousness.
He began to fall to the ground but Master Luna caught him.
"I'm certain you will master this technique too Josec after all…you are the purest expression of the Defender" Master Luna said with a smile.