"Don't overwork yourself too much!" Saiya begged him as she sent him to the front door, looking at him with concern. "You know very well how long it takes you to recover your makra after overwork…"
"You worry too much. You scold me, but you are the same. Don't overwork yourself with housework." Tenthru did not fail to scold her in turn, worriedly, because he knew how his wife could work all day and even forget to eat, which he did not like at all. Especially after the last time he came home late from work and found her passed out.
"Everything will be fine, I promise." His wife reassured him, noticing his frown and approached him, gently caressing his face.
"Hmm… let's say I believe you." He replied resignedly and leaned over slightly to leave a gentle kiss on his wife's forehead.
"Love you and see you soon!" Saiya patted him lightly on the chest and lowered her head in shame to hide her blushing cheeks.
"I love you too and the smart one, remember!" Tenthru waved at her with a grin and returned his smile.
Tenthru walked slowly towards the field, where most of the men were and also his old friend Rindo, with whom he was going to discuss when to repair his cart. As he walked, lost in thought, something made him look up at the sky and stop for a moment to take a good look at it.
"This sure looks like a bad storm coming from afar." He muttered thoughtfully out loud, knowing that a storm could ruin all their hard work.
His brows furrowed. The storm was definitely not a good sign, especially since it was the middle of summer and the weather was not expected to start getting worse so soon. The rains always started as soon as the harvest was over, but now with these approaching clouds it looked as if the weather had other plans.
"I hope it goes away, because this will slow everything down a lot." He sighed hopefully and continued walking along the dirt road that led to the fields.
***
"Kinra, pass it here, I'm free!" A black-haired boy shouted energetically at her, waving his hands in the air.
"They know that your weak point is catching, Jirou!" She refused his invitation for help and narrowed her eyes slightly.
Kinra looked around cautiously and squeezed the small ball in her hands. They were playing Attackers and Guardians. The object of the game being for the Guardians to protect the ball from the Attackers for ten minutes, who were aiming to take it away from them in order to secure victory and win the round. After each round, they switched sides for a total of three times.
"Maybe I underestimated them a little!" Kinra began to mutter under her breath, as she considered a suitable strategy to help her escape from the attackers who surrounded her.
"There is no escape, Soyu. Surrender already!" Avio, who was on the side of the attackers, shouted proudly at her and gave a loud high-five to the boy next to him.
Although skinny for his age, he was surprisingly strong and agile, and this could have played a bad joke on her, so she ruled out the option of passing through him.
"This time will definitely won't be that easy." Frowning discontentedly, Kinra came to the conclusion that she had no way of predicting their moves, because they communicated with their eyes considering their acquaintance for years.
"I just have to act as I know." She whispered quietly to herself and took a deep breath to calm her thoughts before taking action.
"The tension has risen sharply." Lenny muttered under his breath and looked at the girl next to him, who nodded in agreement with what was said.
"It always happens like this when these two face each other." Tsubasa sighed heavily and looked at the tall blond boy, who stood in front of his friends and met the eyes of the tense girl.
"They've been rivals since before they could even walk!"
"What's wrong, Soyu? Realizing you don't stand a chance against me, huh?" Terrence Doult took the opportunity to tease her and proudly raised his chin, demonstrating his future victory.
"Ha! Getting full of yourself again, you dumb sunflower!" Her attack definitely showed him that he had not made her worry in any way.
Comparing his hair to a sunflower, was definitely a hit on the heir of House Dault right where it hurt.
"What did you say, beetroot?" Terrence clenched his hands into fists angrily, while rage appeared in his crystal blue eyes.
"Idiot! This beetroot's about to kick your arrogant ass!" Kinra did not remain in his debt and cracked her neck slightly to prepare for her attack.
"All talk! Get on with it, loudmouth!" He shouted back at her, spreading his hands wide to activate his makra ability.
Kinra prepared to sprint with all her might, when she watched as a silver makra began to emerge from Terrence's body and wrap itself around him like a protective shell.
"He had activated his makra ability!"
"Shit! I completely forgot that he already awakened his makra!" Kinra cursed under her breath, while considering other options to defeat him without anyone getting hurt and more specifically in this case, she.
"Terrence will use his ability, watch out!" A familiar voice shouted worriedly at her and she quickly jumped up from her seat.
Kinra looked at Tsubasa who had shouted to warn her, when everything happened too quickly. Her gray eyes reflected a flying fireball that had headed straight for her.
"Damn it…"
"Got you, Soyu!" Terrence chuckled with a crazy smile.
Terrence watched as the fireballs he had created headed towards Kinra, but she deftly managed to avoid them. Annoyed by this, he reached out his hand and formed medium-sized fireballs in the air, aimed them at her, knowing that this time she wouldn't be able to avoid them all at once.
"Makra Ability: Rain of Fireballs!" Terrence shouted loudly, then the fireballs intensified towards the astonished girl.
"Damn it, not again!"
Kinra rolled to the ground, narrowly escaping his fiery attack. She looked at the hole in the ground that had formed and glared at him.
"Do you want to kill me, you idiot?" She raised her fist threateningly in the air, demonstrating how she would slam it into his smug face as soon as she reached him.
"Crap! I rushed it!" Terrence grunted and sweat broke out on his forehead, feeling his pulse speed up unusually.
"Terrence, your hand!" His friend's worried voice made him come to his senses, before he could follow with his eyes what was happening to him.
When Terrence looked with wide eyes at his hand, which continued to form fireballs and throw them at the fleeing girl, he realized that he had lost control of his makra ability and things could get tough.
"That was a close call! You have to do something before things get out of control!" Jirou intervened, watching with a worried look as his friend threw herself in different directions to save her own skin from Terrence's attacks.
It had been too little time since he had started to get used to his ability and his control was not good enough. Terrence thought that if he had used his ability for a short time, it would not cause any problems, but he was obviously wrong, because due to the lack of good enough self-control, his ability had taken over.
"I can't stop it! Someone help!" He shouted in panic, looking around worriedly because he didn't want to hurt anyone.
"Jackass!" Kinra shouted angrily at him, out of breath from constantly dodging his attacks.
Kinra found herself on the ground again, sprawled on her stomach, growling angrily, then began to rise, wiping the dust from her face as she watched where his next attacks would come from.
"If you can't control it, why are you even using it?" Her words seemed to add fuel to the fire, because Terrence's makra increased dramatically and this could definitely complicate the situation quite a bit.
"Watch out, Kinra! Behind you!" Their friend shouted in order to warn her.
Kinra managed to dodge the fiery whip that had formed with difficulty. She had fallen on her ass and was watching with wide eyes as the fiery whip tossed through the air, gathering enough strength for its next attack. Her breathing was heavy, but she couldn't stay in one place for too long or she might get hurt.
"Now or never!"
Running with all her might straight towards him, Kinra met his shocked gaze which reflected the fiery whip, heading towards her.
"Kinra!"
Everyone screamed in fear of what was about to happen in front of their eyes, when a huge amount of smoke appeared between them and made their friends close their eyes.