Kelvin's ragged gasps were carried off by the wind. He strained to get up from his hands and knees but his body was too busy screaming in agony to listen. Meanwhile, Takashira hummed a tune as she slurped up noodles from a white bowl. Kelvin glared at her, unamused by the display. Especially considering how hungry Kelvin was. How long had it been since he'd eaten? How long had they been in this place? It felt like it had been weeks at least. In all that time, Kelvin had begun to lose any will to continue. Takashira floated cross-legged above the ground. She hummed inquisitively as she noticed Kelvin staring daggers. She chuckled before going back to slurping her noodles, eyes closing in bliss as she ate. Now was his chance! Kelvin gritted his teeth as he made another effort to stand up. Maybe it was rage, maybe survival instinct, but something in him made his entire body pull taut and he launched at Takashira with more force than he'd ever been able to muster. He moved so quickly, that his body seemed to blur. Without even acknowledging his actions, Takashira deftly raised her palm toward Kelvin and invisible shockwave sent him flying backwards.<br/><br/>Something about the shockwave had been different this time around. His head felt heavy, and his heartbeat ratcheted up. His mouth tasted sour and his mind felt cloudy. The hum was back. Slowly rising to its peak. His heart beat rising in pace with the tone as his breath began to become panicked and his vision started to fail him. Right as the noise became unbearable, the sound stopped. Everything went black. Kelvin's heart had stopped.<br/><br/>Takashira cracked her eyes and let her feet touch the ground before she slowly walked over to the corpse. She scratched the back of her head before speaking out loud<span style="font-style: italic">"Uhh, Korin?"</span>she said warily.<br/><br/>The deep sound of the humming cat echoed through her head<span style="font-style: italic">"It's fine, he's not dead,"</span>he boomed<span style="font-style: italic">"he's just taking a really deep nap,"</span>Takashira's eyebrow rose in confusion as she looked down at him "Uhh, are you sure becau- ahh" Kelvin gripped her by the shirt and looked blankly up at the sky "got... you," he wheezed before letting out a weak laugh. His gripped loosened and the world went black once more.<br/><br/>Korin, chuckled to himself "Looks like your lizard friend's got some tricks up his sleeve"<br/>___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>Kelvin brought his hand up to block out the bright light above him. Just as he did so, he winced at the pain and effort it took to raise his arm. His head trembled as he tried to turn his neck to the side.<br/><br/>"Good morning, sleepy-head!~" Takashira sung as she floated into his sight "she was holding a tray with a glass of water on it. She settled down next to him "Congratulations, by the way," she said nonchalantly "It only took you twenty minutes to catch me!" her tone was genuine but it seemed like she was lying. He opened his mouth to question her but all the came out was a weak raspy cough. She brought the glass to his lips. His mouth relished in the cool feeling. He never thought ice water could taste so good. He finished the water off before Takashira had a chance to tilt the glass. As the glass ran empty, Takashira chuckled at the most pitiful puppy-dog look she'd ever seen.<br/><br/>"I'll get you some more," she cooed as she floated over to the fridge. After a few more cups, Kelvin started to feel sick, but he could finally sit up again.<br/><br/>"Twenty minutes? Are you serious?" He managed to tiredly mumble out "I've had full nights of sleep in this place!"<br/><br/>Takashira put her finger to her cheek as she thought "well, times way faster in here so..... like four months give or take?" she shrugged<br/><br/>"Four months!" Kelvin shot up. He immediately regretted the decision. His body screamed at all the sudden movements. He groaned loudly before slumping back in the bed.<br/><br/>"Well, yeah! Lucky for you, that means you have a long time to recover," she patted his arm. He winced immediately. "That also reminds me!" She traveled back to the fridge and brought over a shiny, yellow-green bean "eat up!". Kelvin glared so intensely at Takashira, that she might have caught an eye beam to the face if he weren't so incapacitated. He opened his mouth and she dropped it in. It actually had a very pleasant taste, a bit like a seafood salad in a pill; much better than Euglena caps.<br/><br/>"That was alright, but I kinda expected mo- WOAH!" he yelped as the weight of the bean pressed into his stomach and he bolted upright. This time, his body seemed a bit more forgiving to the actions this time around.  Takashira had a knowing smirk on her face "pretty good stuff, right?" she said with a chuckle.<br/><br/>Kelvin tensed and relaxed his hands as he marveled at his regained vigor "More than good," he said with an incredulous chuckle. He shuffled out of the bed and carefully stood, assessing how much he could handle. To his surprise, he actually felt pretty capable. He took a few steps and could feel the unsteadiness in his legs. As if he hadn't used them for a while.<br/><br/>"So you said we've been in here four months?" Kelvin asked. His gaze was fixed on the ground as he took a few more steps.<br/><br/>"No, I said it took you four months to catch me, we've been in here five months!" she chirped<br/><br/>"I've been out for a month?" Kelvin blurted "How's that even possible?"<br/><br/>"Wow, you shout alot," Takashira said with genuine surprise "I'm not a hundred percent sure about it but your body went into a pretty deep state, almost meditative. Your heart rate was super low and Korin said there were no conscious thoughts going on but you were somehow repairing yourself." She poured another cup of water as she talked "I thought I might have to find you some medical attention but your body repaired itself really fast!" she handed him another glass now that his stomach had some food in it. He gratefully accepted the glass and carefully sat back down on the bed.<br/><br/>"So... what now?" he said before taking a sip<br/><br/>"Now we start the training," She said nonchalantly.<br/><br/>"Start?" Kelvin frowned as he talked around the glass. Takashira nodded excitedly.<br/><br/>"Now that I know a bit about your ability I can teach you~" she sung "You've got more physical skill than I could ever have but that's about it. You seem to have some weird biological connection with your ki. I don't think you noticed, but there were times where you actually concentrated your ki into your attacks, but it was all over the place. You used it at random times with varying intensity. You also seem to have some problems with certain sounds."<br/><br/>Kelvin shrugged "Tell me something I don't know," he managed to float a bit off of his bed "Some things just came to me, but the rest of it is just confusing and .... I mean, I don't even..." he sighed. His tone was earnest and deflated as his shoulders hunched. "I've tried really hard but I hardly know anything about my people.... myself,"<br/><br/>A sympathetic look flashed in Takashira's eyes quickly before she smiled broadly.<br/><br/>"Well! We've got time to figure it out,"