??????? ?? ?????: The Next Generation. {BOOK 1/2.}

"I'm so glad but at least you are all OK with this." Toda replied with a weak smile and near tears.

"At least I'm not the only one." Takashi replied as he walked up to her and hugged her tightly, slightly lifting her up from the floor. "At least you're now feeling better Takashi."  Toda replied, her voice kind of muffled.

"Oh yes, I'm kind of a tight hugger."  Takashi said, letting go of her as Toda held her stomach and panted.

"Wait, did Sado marry a demon? Just asking because you are half demon after all." Mai asked. "No silly, he is my step dad, my real parents are demon and human. I might not know who they are or anything about them for that matter, but I know they're still somewhere out there." Takashi replied with a smile as he looked down.

"Awwww you're so positive." Hyakki gushed. "Come on, let's go and practice. We all need it and just to get it out of your system." Hoshiko said as she said the last part while looking at Toda.

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Emily took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She held the whip like kitana in front of her. Her shoulders were squared and her feet were one in front of the other. 

As much as this kakushi mask is making it hard for me to breathe, I need as much stanima as I can. Emily Sakinoro, you can do this. Think about it. You, a kakushi, actually fought an Upper Moon 3. And on top of that, you did not die.

So mastering how to use this thing will be better. Think about it, once you do, you can become a demon slayer and put all the kakushi haters to shame. You can do this! Or not, whichever one happens first.

Emily forced herself to stop thinking too much and concentrate on what she needs to do. And that is controlling this kitana.

Can I make my own breathing? How about love breathing? The hilt looks like hearts so the person who used this before me was most likely used love breathing. If that even is a thing. But if so then I can then make my own breathe descended from love breathing! How about Love Burst? But what will be the forms? Oh! How about:

Love Burst Breathing: first form, pink static! And maybe I can spin around and slash! Let's try that. Emily found herself thinking. Almost like she could not control herself, she then started to let her body take over and she found herself doing and moving in her own type of way.

She then jumped up and chanted the words to herself, aiming straight for a poor tree. "Love Burst Breathing: first form, pink static..." she then spun around in mid air and the whip like kitana moved and started to bend around her.

Emily twirled on her side and made a medium chip on the tree trunk. She then fell on to her knees and almost somehow snapped back, to her senses.

Emily panted as she looked up. "Did I do that?!" She found herself asking, not remembering a single thing that happened. She then got off the ground, dropped the kitana on the grass and ran up to the trunk.

To her great surprise, Emily saw there was a medium sized chip in  the trunk. She then looked back over her shoulder to see the kitana, back in its original shape. The more Emily looked at it, the more uneasy she felt.

However she shook those emotions off and picked it up again. "This is my sign to improve. And this is chip is proof that I can do it. I want this chip to only be the beginning." Emily told herself as she turned back to it.

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"Oh, what are you doing here Yumi? I thought you were going to train with us." Hoshiko exclaimed as she ran up to her friend who was sitting, cross legged, by the pond.