"So this is what Mother Na-aida meant earlier about some of the problem she has to fix." Said Oku in soft voice before her looked down at Ikyo in surprise for a moment because the power he senced was very strong for such a young girl to have. "As you can see I don't have any problems with controlling my powers since I was thought at a very young age. Some of the herbs you see in here can only grow only during certain seasons. Making it very hard for some mages to grow them with magic successfully unless you can control your powers the right way." Said Nie-orya strongly as she was brushing Ikyo's hair back from her face as she had her eye's slightly opened as she was laying on her lap. "I understand that, but why is she in such a deep sleep when healing water with any spell casted on it or with any herbs in this case just make you sligthly sleepy for at moment only, it's not suppose to put you asleep like this." Said Oku quickly in surprise before he started to brush some of Ikyo's hair back out of her face.

"Remember your promise." Said Nie-orya sternly as she was watching him closely. "Cross my heart." Said Oku in a soft voice before he looked up at her and smiled at her for a moment. He looked back down at Ikyo and continued to brush her hair back to where he believed her ear was, then he started to notice that she didn't have ears like a human but that she had dog ears on top of her head. He quickly pulled his hand away and jumped sligthly back into the chair after he quickly grabbed the bowl in his lap. Nie-orya toke the towel that was in the bowl and started to clean Ikyo's hair and ears. "Thank you Oku." Said Nie-orya in a calm soft voice after as she was squeezing the towel out he looked up at her in surprise and just nodded his head before he started to speak. On.. only the most powerful mages have eyes like hers and… and I have never heard of any of them having hair as white as hers… with those kind of ears." Said Oku in a low soft as he was looking at Ikyo and her in a surprise. "Ikyo here is a half-bread, half human and half dog demon. She is just like us mages more than she looks, but she had her powers locked away for a long time that she made herself forget she was a mage like you and me. So she don't know how powerful she really is right now with her like this." Said Nie-orya in a low soft calm voice as she was looked down at her.

"What!! Are you aware that when a mages powers are locked away for too long they can overload with power." Said Oku quickly in concern and shock as he was looking at her then down at Ikyo with a nervous look on his face. "Yes that why I promised her that I would take care of her. It been a year since I found her in the forest looking for her brother. So every morning and night I have been washing and brushing her hair and tending to her wounds. When I do I speak to her and sometimes… she would speak back telling and asking about things to come, which started adout two months after she was in my care, that's was right before her powers was fully unlocked. So theirs on need for you to be scared of her powers overwhelming her body. Theirs just been days like this morning she will be alway asking me some strange things like she did today. I can't fully explain it unless I tell you adout the day her powers was fully unlocked so you can. Said Nie-orya calmly as she looked up at him calmly. "This morning, what do you mean by strange?" Asked Oku in a puzzled voice with him a little relieved that here powers was under control but was very confused by what she was trying to tell me then she started to tell him what happened that day to help him which it did after she explained.

Eight months ago from the year

It was getting late Nie-orya's brother Leo was out gathering logs for firewood by the river that way a little ways from the house before it got too dark to be out. Nie-orya was by Ikyo's side all day as she was having a really bad nightmare and was talking in her sleep. She was in such a cold sweat the last couple of days that her whole body fell so hot to Nie-orya that she could brearly cool her down and when Ikyo was hot she's would feel cold instead. "Their coming!!" Said Ikyo loudly after she quickly sat up on the bed shouting it with her still in a sleep like state of mind. She then quickly jumped up off the bed onto her feet and grabbed her staff before she ran out the room to the front door. Nie-orya ran out behind her and stood beside of her and the door. She could see that she was in some kind of trance because her pupils was dilated. She didn't know what was happening as she noticed Sunny behind Ikyo growling at the door. "What's gotten into those two?" Asked Mother Na-aida in surprise after she looked at Ikyo then down at Sunny as she was standing behind them looking at them with a puzzled look. "Nie-orya get back behind me right now!!!" Said Ikyo loudly in a stern voice as she was looking at the door intensely. She jumped in surprise then looked down at Sunny who nodded to do as she say. When she did their was a loud crash from where she was just standing at.

Leo had just finished gathering the logs and had them up tied them up on to his back. He knew he wasn't far from the townspeople watering hole, so he walked down to get some fresh water for the trip back. There was three men their talking with a small herd of sleep and cow drinking some water. "Have you heard the Lighting Brothers have been raiding towns again?" Said the first man nervously to the others. "I hope they don't come here but it's been awhile since they been to owr town. The last time they was Mother Na-aida had her son kicked them out. She didn't even show a single sign of fear even after she was told them to get out of here." Said the second man a low voice to the other. "Isn't her son a figther that's training in town." Asked the third man strongly to the others. "Yeah I seen him training with the master in town. I think that's him over there with the two swords." Said the first man calmy as he was looking down at Leo as he was collecting some water from the river. "Didn't the Lighting Brothers just raided the town next to us three days ago." Said the second man with fear in his voice to the others. "Oh no, that means they'll be heading this way." Said the third man in shock to the others then he had his dog start to gather up the sleep and cows back to town. When Leo heard this it made him jump back to reality as he was putting his water away before he suddenly started to run up the hill back to the house.

At the house Ikyo was holding her staff in front of her and the door ready to fight after it had hit the ground where Nie-orya once stood. The three men that entered the house smelled like wet dogs to her being that they was full blooded dog demons. "Looks like the boy is not here." Said the first bandit calmly after he had finshed looking around outside after the boss had kicked down the door. "That means we hit the jackpot boys." Said the boss strongly then he started to crack his knuckles in front of him. "I don't understand, where's the loot?" Asked the second bandit in a confused voice as he was looking around. "You idiot, I'm talking about the girls, so pick on already I have and she smell like a half-bread dog demon what a prize." Said the boss sharply at him after hitting him on the head then looked at Ikyo with a twisted smiled as the second bandit was rubbing his head then he looked at up Nie-orya. "Looks like your's has a lot of spirit in her." Said the first bandit calmly as he was looking at Ikyo with her staff, he seemed a little smarter than the other two bandits. "Every year you Lighting Brothers come here and try to raid owr town." Said Mother Na-aida sternly to them as she was glaring sharply at them with Nie-orya started to clinch her hands in fists in anger as she was holding them to her sides. "You rats!!" Said Nie-orya strongly with her yelling at them as she was glaring at them which surprised the men and made them quickly look at her.

After Ikyo noticed she toke this as the time for her to take action before Nie-orya lost her temper anymore than she already did. She then quickly looked back at men and started to make a gust of blue energy circle around her and the others head. When it hit the ground it was protecting everyone behind Ikyo it before the wind on the outside pushed the men out the house without warning. Two of the bandits was very surprise after they had flue out the door. One of the crashed into a tree while the other clashed into a small pile of firewood. The one got up out of the firewood and ran to the other to help him up. But the boss was still standing ever after he was push back into the yard when Ikyo step out her looked up at her sharply. Then she teleported right in front of him causing him to jump back from her. "Boss I… I don't think your the right match for that… that thing." Said the first bandit calmly as possible as he was looking at Ikyo nervously. "Her eyes… she's… she's under some kind of spell!!" Said the second bandit as his voice was quivering in fear as he was looking at her.

The boss looked at Ikyo's eyes and seen that they was dilated and glassed over and then he looked back at his brothers to help him. After he did he seen a knife hit the tree by one of them pinning them to the tree. Leo then appeared from the within the forest and rushed behind the other and drawn his short sword to his chin with his long sword drawn on to the other man neck that was pinned to the tree after he was trying to remove the knife to get free. "Leo!! You're here as you can see we have some unwelcome guest." Said Mother Na-aida strenly at the men after she smiling at him for a moment because she was relieved to see him. "I see that I came just in time." Said Leo strongly after he looked at her then he looked back at the men sharply before making his sword cut into their skin. "Ikyo, that's enough!!" Said Nie-orya loudly with fear in her voice after she called out to her from the pouch. "Nie-orya, what's wrong with her?" Asked Leo in a puzzled voice as he was looking at Ikyo in surprise because he never seen her up and around like she was. "I don't understand how she been carrying this much power of a mage inside her this… this is very rare, Ikyo please be careful, I don't want you to hurt yourself." Said Nie-orya in a concern voice seeing that she wasn't going to stand down without fighting the boss. "Ikyo you need to know… " Said Leo calmly to Ikyo as he was looking at her with him nervous for her. "He use brute force when fighting, I can handle it until the townspeople come, so don't worry. Just deal with those two by keeping them at bay until then." Said Ikyo strongly as she was looking at the boss sharply then she looked back sligthly at Nie-orya to say that she was okay by smiling at her for a moment. Leo nodded to her after she looked at him after he seen Nie-orya holding her hand to her chest with her other on her mouth with a worried look on her face as she was watching her.

"I won't let you harm a single person here." Said Ikyo strongly as she looking at the boss sternly as she was pointing at him with her staff. "Hey woman what kind of spells did you put on this child. Are… are you some kind of witch or something, answer me women!!!" Said the boss sharply as he glanced at Nie-orya snapping at her without looking away from Ikyo, which made Nie-orya jumped back a little. "This is all my doing, so you just leave her out of this if you don't wish to die tonight. You been after me since that day in that inn all those years ago when I was just a child." Said Ikyo in a low strong voice as she was moving closer towards him walking over the logs on the ground with her not even looking down at where they was. He was watching her every move until she stop in front of him, now they was facing away from the house because he was stepping back from her. She looked down at the logs all around them then she looked up at him sharply.

"You, your that half-bread from the inn, aren't you, your going to pay for making me look like a fool that day, you mutt." Said the boss sharply as he was starting to glare at her as he was starting to remember her. "Nie-orya worked all day to pile these logs and you and your brothers come here and destroy the place!!!" Said Ikyo strenly and loudly at him as she glared at him in anger after she had raised her staff back up from her side with her holding it long ways in front of her. Nie-orya was in shock by her words because she told her that just this morning she had piled the logs without using magic when she was sleep in the bed. "You think your a match for me you look like you was already been in a bad fight before I came here." Said the boss strongly smirking at her as he was looking at her bandages. "I wouldn't be judging me on how I look with you in the position your in right now." Said Ikyo sternly as she was looking him over after she had looked down at a log in front of them. She was still holding her staff up in front of her standing there motionless as she was waiting for him to make a move. "Why you!! No woman has ever spoke to me like that and not no mare child either not without me teaching them a lesson or two after!!!" Said the boss sharply as he was now furious as he was quivering in fear for a moment. He made no intentions to stand down as he was glaring at Ikyo intensely.

"So it's a fight you want." Said the boss calmly before he started cracking his neck side to side. "No I just want you to leave this town and never come back and if you do I'll be here waiting you after I smell you" Said Ikyo strenly as she was looking up at him from her side with her head still down looking at the logs. Which made him more furious that she wasn't even looking at him straight he then pulled his sword out and charged at her. She teleported in front of him and made him trip on the side of her staff before she quickly hit his sword away making it fly back behind her with sticking up in the ground. After he quickly got onto his feet he step on the log that was in front of him causing his face to hit the ground so hard that it knocked out his front gold tooth, he got back up and quickly grabbed his sword as he was running away. "Come on men were getting out of here!" Said the boss strongly to them as he was holding his hand over is mouth. Leo removed his sword from the mens throats and release and they run away. As the was leaving the boss tripped over another log and quickly gots back onto his feet before running down the hill passing by some of the townspeople on the way down. "That woman is crazy were getting out of here and never coming back here!!!" Said the boss loudly back to his brothers as they running passed the people and all the way out of town.

Leo walked up to Ikyo as she was using her powers to pile the logs back like Nie-orya had them.