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Setting: A field outside of a forest of evergreens. The wind blows the grass in waves.
Sensei: Alright, Maho. It's time for your final test. This test will determine the rest of your training from today on, so make it count!
Maho: OI, SENSEI!
Sensei: BEGIN!
Sensei ran at Maho with a punch, and Maho defected it, the magic in his punch exploding out to the side. Maho tried to do a simmilar punch to Sensei's back, but a claw of magic came out of his back, stopping Maho's punch. Sensei span around, and Maho was able to get his palm at Sensei's stomache, and propel him backwards into the forest.
Maho(To himself): He's to powerful for me. Right now.
Maho: Nature Manipulation.
Maho moved his arms around in unison to the swaying branches of the evergreens surround Sensei.
Sensei(To himself): What is he doing?
Maho pushed his arms out, spreading apart his finger, and the pine needles on the trees flew like Senbon towards Sensei. Sensei was surrounded, and couldn't teleport away fast enough. The needles barraged Sensei from all directions, stripping all of the trees around him bare.
Sensei(To himself): Only some of the needles stuck into me, the rest just barely skimmed my body...
Maho: Intense Heat Wave.
The air between Maho and Sensei became hot and dry; so dry it shrivled up the bare trees and the needles of non-bare trees.
Sensei(To himself): If he's doing what I think he's doing,
Maho: Fireball.
A fireball condensed in Maho's palm, and he shot it towards Sensei.
Sensei(To himself): He is. He used the needles that missed me to take strands of magic away from me, and used the needles that stuck in to dry up so he could send me up in an inferno. And because of my lessened magic, it'll be hard to counter it. Cleaver, kid. But not enough needles missed!
Sensei: Water Propulsion!
From Sensei's palm, water materialized out of nowhere and shot at the fireball, neutralizing it. Then Sensei put his arms to his sides, forcefully, and the magic in his body shot the needles out.
Sensei ran up to Maho, with his sword out, and tried to strike, but Maho blocked with a sword made out of pure magic (not the same thing The Great One used. that's capitalized, 'Pure Magic'). They sword fought for a short while, and the Maho came down with a hard downward swipe, shattering Sensei's sword. Sensei jumped back, the shattered bits of his sword following him and reconstructing his sword to a whole.
Maho flipped his sword around into a javalin, and pulled back to throw it, but instead, simply released his hand, the javalin flying faster than he could've ever thrown it by his own strength. Sensei held up his arm and the javalin shattered on an invisible, magic shield. The shield made the air around it hazy and distorted as it disappeared, back into the earth form where it was summoned.
Sensei: Tell me how a spellcaster uses magic!
Sensei swipped his arm across his body, sending multiple blades of grass flying Maho, simmilar and just as deadly as Maho's pine needle spell. Maho deflected them to the ground without much interest, and answered the question.
Maho: A spellcaster draw's magic from the earth and bends it to their will! When we talk about 'running low' on magic, we're running out of stamina to draw the magic from the earth. We can store magic into special items so we have it at our disposal to use when we're out of stamina!
Sensei raised an eyebrow.
Sensei: Is that the only way?
Maho: Dark Spellcasters from the past were given Black Magic by The Darkness, so they could manipulate it without wearing out their stamina!
Sensei: Do we use Black Magic?
Maho: Never! We don't use Black Magic, as it will take us over and turn us into The Darknesses puppets!
Sensei: Was The Darkness not defeated?
Maho: He- It can always be revived by a strong enough spellcaster, or a large ammount of it's puppets!
Sensei: Very good, Maho.
Sensei disappeared from sight.
Maho(To himself): The Body Flicker spell! He's moving too fast for the eye to see! I can sense his general direction by looking for his magic potential, but it doesn't let me see where he is.
Five blindingly fast streaks of green jacket went by Maho, and Sensei appeared in front of him, quite a ways off, kneeling.
Sensei: Motion Bind Spell!
Five chains came out of the ground where Sensei had placed his summoning seals. The chains surrounded Maho, and bound him where he was.
Maho(To himself): Don't panic, Maho. Just find the five links with the least ammount of magic.
As Sensei approached to finish the mock battle, Maho searched the levels of magic in the links and broke the ones with the least ammount of magic in them, per chain.
Sensei: Looks like this test is-
The chains whipped around Maho, smacking Sensei in the face.
Maho: DIE!!!!
Maho's fist, shimmering like the messenger's body, stopped mere millimeters from Sensei's face. Maho smirked.
Maho: Passed.
Sensei looked from the shimmering fist, to Maho's beaming face.
Sensei: Passed.
Maho: YE-AH!!!!
Narrator: Later in the day, Maho and Sensei sat down in the field to relax.
Sensei: So, Maho. Today's your thirteenth birthday, right?
Maho: Yeah...
Sensei: So, today is a pretty big deal to you, isn't it?
Maho: Would've been bigger if my parents were alive.
Sensei put a hand on Maho's shoulder.
Sensei: Your fater was a... Well known man. Hardley a day went by when someone didn't talk about him. He was feared thorughout the world, and that's something to be proud of. But I have a great birthday gift for you.
Sensei put on a glove and rummaged through his pockets.
Sensei: Your father would've wanted you to have it.
Sensei pulled out, from his pocket, a glittering blue crystal.
Maho: Whoa! What is it?
Sensei: I've told you about The Crystals right?
Maho: This is one of The Crystals!?!?!?!
Sensei: The Blue Beast. Just for you. The moment it touches human flesh, it'll fuse with you. Are you ready for such a burden?
Maho: Burden?
Sensei: All of the capsules have been depended upon since the dawn of time to keep the balance of good and evil. Once you accept this, you'll be a capsule.
Maho thought for a while. Then he closed his eyes and nodded.
Maho: I'm ready for this, sensei!
Sensei: Alright. Keep your eye's closed.
Sensei placed the crystal on Maho's forehead and it immediatly sunk in. Maho's hair turned a brilliant blue, whippin everywhich way, and leaving ancient script in blue centered across the place it was placed.
Sensei: Let's just take care of that.
Sensei put his hand on Maho's forehead and the scritp contracted into a blue tatoo of a diamond, the shape of the crystals. The Sensei used another spell to seal away the appearance of the tatoo. Maho's forehead was no longer discolored, and his hair was back to his natural brown.
Sensei: Tomorrow, I'll teach you how to be a true capsule, but for now, you need to get used to having two souls within your one body.
Maho: Yeah, it really feels wierd.
Sensei: Get some rest, and try to talk to the Blue Beast in your head. Who know's? Maybe you'll be friends.
Sensei walked out to their campsite in the woods.
Sensei(To himself): Or maybe he'll try to destroy you soul and set himself free like all the others...
Sensei: Alright, Maho. It's time for your final test. This test will determine the rest of your training from today on, so make it count!
Maho: OI, SENSEI!
Sensei: BEGIN!
Sensei ran at Maho with a punch, and Maho defected it, the magic in his punch exploding out to the side. Maho tried to do a simmilar punch to Sensei's back, but a claw of magic came out of his back, stopping Maho's punch. Sensei span around, and Maho was able to get his palm at Sensei's stomache, and propel him backwards into the forest.
Maho(To himself): He's to powerful for me. Right now.
Maho: Nature Manipulation.
Maho moved his arms around in unison to the swaying branches of the evergreens surround Sensei.
Sensei(To himself): What is he doing?
Maho pushed his arms out, spreading apart his finger, and the pine needles on the trees flew like Senbon towards Sensei. Sensei was surrounded, and couldn't teleport away fast enough. The needles barraged Sensei from all directions, stripping all of the trees around him bare.
Sensei(To himself): Only some of the needles stuck into me, the rest just barely skimmed my body...
Maho: Intense Heat Wave.
The air between Maho and Sensei became hot and dry; so dry it shrivled up the bare trees and the needles of non-bare trees.
Sensei(To himself): If he's doing what I think he's doing,
Maho: Fireball.
A fireball condensed in Maho's palm, and he shot it towards Sensei.
Sensei(To himself): He is. He used the needles that missed me to take strands of magic away from me, and used the needles that stuck in to dry up so he could send me up in an inferno. And because of my lessened magic, it'll be hard to counter it. Cleaver, kid. But not enough needles missed!
Sensei: Water Propulsion!
From Sensei's palm, water materialized out of nowhere and shot at the fireball, neutralizing it. Then Sensei put his arms to his sides, forcefully, and the magic in his body shot the needles out.
Sensei ran up to Maho, with his sword out, and tried to strike, but Maho blocked with a sword made out of pure magic (not the same thing The Great One used. that's capitalized, 'Pure Magic'). They sword fought for a short while, and the Maho came down with a hard downward swipe, shattering Sensei's sword. Sensei jumped back, the shattered bits of his sword following him and reconstructing his sword to a whole.
Maho flipped his sword around into a javalin, and pulled back to throw it, but instead, simply released his hand, the javalin flying faster than he could've ever thrown it by his own strength. Sensei held up his arm and the javalin shattered on an invisible, magic shield. The shield made the air around it hazy and distorted as it disappeared, back into the earth form where it was summoned.
Sensei: Tell me how a spellcaster uses magic!
Sensei swipped his arm across his body, sending multiple blades of grass flying Maho, simmilar and just as deadly as Maho's pine needle spell. Maho deflected them to the ground without much interest, and answered the question.
Maho: A spellcaster draw's magic from the earth and bends it to their will! When we talk about 'running low' on magic, we're running out of stamina to draw the magic from the earth. We can store magic into special items so we have it at our disposal to use when we're out of stamina!
Sensei raised an eyebrow.
Sensei: Is that the only way?
Maho: Dark Spellcasters from the past were given Black Magic by The Darkness, so they could manipulate it without wearing out their stamina!
Sensei: Do we use Black Magic?
Maho: Never! We don't use Black Magic, as it will take us over and turn us into The Darknesses puppets!
Sensei: Was The Darkness not defeated?
Maho: He- It can always be revived by a strong enough spellcaster, or a large ammount of it's puppets!
Sensei: Very good, Maho.
Sensei disappeared from sight.
Maho(To himself): The Body Flicker spell! He's moving too fast for the eye to see! I can sense his general direction by looking for his magic potential, but it doesn't let me see where he is.
Five blindingly fast streaks of green jacket went by Maho, and Sensei appeared in front of him, quite a ways off, kneeling.
Sensei: Motion Bind Spell!
Five chains came out of the ground where Sensei had placed his summoning seals. The chains surrounded Maho, and bound him where he was.
Maho(To himself): Don't panic, Maho. Just find the five links with the least ammount of magic.
As Sensei approached to finish the mock battle, Maho searched the levels of magic in the links and broke the ones with the least ammount of magic in them, per chain.
Sensei: Looks like this test is-
The chains whipped around Maho, smacking Sensei in the face.
Maho: DIE!!!!
Maho's fist, shimmering like the messenger's body, stopped mere millimeters from Sensei's face. Maho smirked.
Maho: Passed.
Sensei looked from the shimmering fist, to Maho's beaming face.
Sensei: Passed.
Maho: YE-AH!!!!
Narrator: Later in the day, Maho and Sensei sat down in the field to relax.
Sensei: So, Maho. Today's your thirteenth birthday, right?
Maho: Yeah...
Sensei: So, today is a pretty big deal to you, isn't it?
Maho: Would've been bigger if my parents were alive.
Sensei put a hand on Maho's shoulder.
Sensei: Your fater was a... Well known man. Hardley a day went by when someone didn't talk about him. He was feared thorughout the world, and that's something to be proud of. But I have a great birthday gift for you.
Sensei put on a glove and rummaged through his pockets.
Sensei: Your father would've wanted you to have it.
Sensei pulled out, from his pocket, a glittering blue crystal.
Maho: Whoa! What is it?
Sensei: I've told you about The Crystals right?
Maho: This is one of The Crystals!?!?!?!
Sensei: The Blue Beast. Just for you. The moment it touches human flesh, it'll fuse with you. Are you ready for such a burden?
Maho: Burden?
Sensei: All of the capsules have been depended upon since the dawn of time to keep the balance of good and evil. Once you accept this, you'll be a capsule.
Maho thought for a while. Then he closed his eyes and nodded.
Maho: I'm ready for this, sensei!
Sensei: Alright. Keep your eye's closed.
Sensei placed the crystal on Maho's forehead and it immediatly sunk in. Maho's hair turned a brilliant blue, whippin everywhich way, and leaving ancient script in blue centered across the place it was placed.
Sensei: Let's just take care of that.
Sensei put his hand on Maho's forehead and the scritp contracted into a blue tatoo of a diamond, the shape of the crystals. The Sensei used another spell to seal away the appearance of the tatoo. Maho's forehead was no longer discolored, and his hair was back to his natural brown.
Sensei: Tomorrow, I'll teach you how to be a true capsule, but for now, you need to get used to having two souls within your one body.
Maho: Yeah, it really feels wierd.
Sensei: Get some rest, and try to talk to the Blue Beast in your head. Who know's? Maybe you'll be friends.
Sensei walked out to their campsite in the woods.
Sensei(To himself): Or maybe he'll try to destroy you soul and set himself free like all the others...
