The Crystals 26 Yellow Splash

"What! You mean to say I pa.s.sed! But I was using inefficient moves. Furthermore, I even lost my containment and almost attempted the explosive move, 'Lightning burst.'"

"Yes, I remember all of that. That is when I knocked you out. You could have hurt Marium."

"But then why did you accept me?"

"Yes, indeed, all the moves you showed me were just boondoggled, yet you showed me a lot of potential. You proved to me that if I train you for just a few months, you can improve very fast. Faster than any of my students, I hope. You only need slight adjustments to your moves. The logical approach would be to accept you as my student."

"Really!" Zohaifa asked, losing all his exhaustion.

"Don't get excited. Now your chance of winning is 0.05%. After the training, your chance of winning will be 1%"

"What? What kind of improvement is that?"

"If you calculate, that's 20 times improvement. Now get ready to train!"

By then all the tiredness of Zohaifa was replaced by excitement. He ran towards the backyard with sparkly eyes. He and Marium were sitting and chattering with each other. Both of them were waiting for lazuli to finish her work and show up. Marium was happy that Zohaifa stayed. When the arrival of Lazuli finally occurred, they stood up intending to start their training.

"Now, don't get too excited. The logical approach to this training would be to plan a formulation. And I plan to pa.s.s on to you a move called 'Yellow Splas.h.!.+' Let me show it to you first," said lazuli formally.

Then, she stood facing backyards, keeping Zohaifa and Marium behind her to avert danger while both of them tried to observe it with maximum concentration.

"I will use a minuscule amount of energy to show you the move since I don't want to destroy the backyard."

Thus she created a ball between her hands which glowed very brightly. She then clasped the ball in between her palm and when she opened it yellow-glowing water splashed out immediately penetrating the ground and thus creating holes in it alongside creating mild steam implying its hot nature.

"It's a plasmtype move I invented. Flashy huh?" asked Lazuli proudly.

"I don't know about flashy but it does seem splashy," said Marium.

"But I don't think I can learn any move that is not originated from Lightning," complained Zohaifa

"We won't know until we try. But Marium will surely be able to do it. Don't worry. I made a backup plan for you as it was a logical approach to do so," answered Lazuli.

"Wait. I thought Marium's element was light," objected Zohaifa

"Let me explain the situation here. Every Cant can't use all the elements equally. One always has a single element as his core element. But he or she will also be able to wield the power of the other elements if he or she trains themselves to do so. But none can ever learn any element so much that it surpa.s.ses his core element. But you are not a Cant. We don't know why you have lightning power. That is why I am not sure whether this training plan would work for you."

"But then why are we even trying to increase my might-not-even-exist power? Won't it be best if you just train my Lightning power so I can do what I do better?"

"Valid point. But you see, no one can surpa.s.s themselves in an element other than his core one. Thus if you try to increase your capacity to perform other elements, then your core element will also be strengthened."

"Acceptable idea. But it still doesn't answer my question."

"To approach it simply, it is a risk I am willing to take. Because firstly, this 'Yellow Splash' is a powerful move. Secondly, it is a complex move. Where else would you see liquid plasma or any two states of matter at once? So it will clear out the basics. Thirdly, you master your aura better. We Cant people control our elements though manipulating aura. You might control lightning differently since you are not Cant. Lastly, plasma is a special element out of the 16. It is the easiest element to master other than your core element."

"Wait, I think I feel like I control something else to control lightning. Could that be aura?"

Lazuli smiled and said, "You just gave me a glimmer of hope."