✧Sasuke✧

The cool water helps me relax from all of what happened today, “Do I even want to ask questions after this?” I question myself quietly as I finished drying off and changing into my gym shorts for the night. I grab my clothes from today off the floor and toss my towel over my shoulders then went back to my room.

Putting my stuff in my hamper I head back downstairs, to see Toshiro grabbing his bag and tossing it over his shoulders, “You’re leaving?”

“Yeah, I still have some homework that I have to get done and I should get back to the dorm before it gets too dark,” He answers with a small smile.

“You live in the dorm?” Well, that was a stupid question.

Nodding slightly as his smile stays on his pale lips, “Yeah, the dorm’s not as good as the ones we have at Elemental Academy back on Amoura, but I’m here to help out so I think I can manage.”

“It’s not a very exciting name for an academy now that I think about it. Couldn’t they have come up with a cooler name?” I groan a little and my shoulders slump.

Toshiro chuckles at my reaction, “Well think about it, what school really has an exciting name?”

“I guess you’re right,” I agreed shifting my weight over to my left.

“I’ll see you tomorrow at school Sasuke. Have a good night,” He put a hand on my shoulder. I can feel how cold he is through my shirt, but my skin quick counters his cold and heats up that part of my body more.

“Why do you have to be so freezing?” I asked laughing a little as his hand slides off my shoulder.

“Your base is fire I think you can handle my chill just fine,” He smirks at me with a raised brow, bending down he slips his shoes on and then stands back up and waves, “Have a good night Sasuke, try to get some sleep okay.”

“Night,” I wave back as he opens the door and heads out.

“Sasuke sweetie,” Mom calls from the living room so I walk in.

“Yeah?” I answer and her and dad are sitting on the couch and both have tea. Well, dad’s cup is sitting on the coffee table empty and he’s leaning back with his head tipped back starting at the ceiling.

“Come here dear,” Mom has her raven black hair up in a loose bun with some strands falling out. Wearing a very simple soft blue dress it helps frame her delicate frame. She gently pasts the couch cushion next to her so I come over and sit down between her and dad.

“What’s up?” I ask a bit confused and mom wraps her arms around me and pulls me into her.

“I’m sorry we’ve been keeping things from you,” Mom strokes my hair softly.

“It’s fine mom. I got to thinking about it and you two were probably doing it for my own good. Not wanting to force me or anything like that,” I hug mom back.

“I’ve got it!” Dad popped up and it made me jump.

“Um…got what?” I ask as mom lets go of me.

“Let’s see if I can figure it out this way,” Dad said putting his hands on my temples and tapping his forehead to mine.

Taking a sharp breath in I feel like my subconscious is pulled away from my body.

What’s going on? Everything is flashing by me. Why are today’s events going backward? Oh god, this is making me feel not exactly the greatest, things are going way to fast. I heard a giggle of a women's laugh fade off as fast as he came. "Wait, stop!" Everything stops and it's paused.

"What is it, son?" I jump like a snake crossed my path and dad starts laughing.

“WHERE THE HELL DID YOU COME FROM DAD?” I scream at him clutching my chest, “Don’t scare me like that.”

Dad laughs and pat's my back, "Relax son, this is one of my abilities for the time element. It's my base element since I'm a moon elemental. We’re simply looking back at your memories. When did you say you were feeling sick?”

“Just after lunch,” I answer.

“Which you didn’t go to and just roamed around the halls,” I look up at dad and he has his arms crossed over his chest and with one arm up and a finger against his bottom lip.

“Um…y-yeah. Can we go forward slightly, please? I thought I caught the sound of a woman’s laugh. It was faint but I heard it when you were whizzing through my day in reverse,” I ask and dad nods.

My memories start moving again and I hear it again. "There, did you hear it?" I ask looking over at dad.

“I did…” bringing his hand away from his mouth he swiped his hand and there was a laugh again. “There, after the laugh for a moment you completely stop…as if you were stopped in time. But I was nowhere near you at the time to do that myself…no…” Dad trailed off and seems to be thinking.

“Dad?” I ask his image fades from my sight and the sight in front of my shatters.

Gasping I pull away from dad’s grasp and look up at the ceiling panting. I’m sweating, why am I sweating.

“What is it dear? Did you find it out?” Mom asks.

"Someone or something is able to use limbo… But I haven't seen a new time prodigy…whatever is going on and whoever used limbo they ensnared Sasuke while he was at school. I was dealing with some kids at that time so I know that my guard was down. I don't know how but at that moment someone forced the cores of the other elements into his soul. It’s why he suddenly felt so sick and it wasn’t going away. Someone forced him to become a moon elemental,” Dad explains to us.

“W-What? But, but I thought I was just a fire elemental like mom,” I point at myself.

“Yes, you were. You are still the fire prodigy. Hold out your hand and make a fire,” Dad said and I stared at him completely confused and blink a few times.

“Hold out your hand like this and think of a small flame above the palm of your hand,” Mom answers me quietly and with a soft smile.

I nod and close my eyes. A small flame floating above the palm of my hand. I draw an image of just that in my mind and feel a heat on my palm and fingers. Opening my eyes there's bright blue flame floating there gently moving like a campfire but contained at the same time. "Your blue flame and red eyes signify that you are the prodigy of fire. It is embedded in your soul and your body. Because of your natural heat, your soul was trying to fight off the new elements that were forced in you. When you grabbed a hold of Toshiro's skin to run away from everyone you fill the empty core that was an ice element. This made your body go even more haywire and why you couldn't control the ice because you are, well were never meant to in the first place. I was able to stabilize you when I used the star element to get rid of the sickness it seems, but how long that will last, I honestly don't know," Dad sighs heavily and crosses his arms over his chest.

“What does that mean?” I look between mom and dad.

“It means we’re going to have to start training you right away to start getting you to strengthen your abilities. Your mother will focus on your first training with you. I’m going to start teaching you moon elemental skills as well. Maybe with the combination of the two, we can keep you stabilized. If you can help it, don't use whatever other elements you accidentally end up receiving. I'm going to try to get to the bottom of this," Dad responds very seriously.

“We’re not starting tonight. It’s late and you have school in the morning mister. We’ll talk about more of this another time,” Mom hugs me to her again and I hug her back, “Everything will be alright.”

“I know. Thank you,” I feel dad against my back and it’s a big family hug.

After saying good night I help turn off the lights and we all head to bed. I close my door and walk over setting my alarm first and then flop down on my bed. “Sleep sounds nice right now…” I mumble. Everything will be okay. How can everything be okay when even dad doesn’t know who or what did this to me? By what Toshiro said being a prodigy is rough enough, now I have to deal with being a moon elemental on top of it? Is that what dad is? It’s gotta be if he said he’s going to train me too. Ugh, my head hurts…I should just go to sleep. Inching my way under the covers I close my eyes and end up drifting off to sleep.