It had been a few weeks since Mayako began training with Keishi and Yone she was constantly conjuring her foxes fire in the hope she could easily summon it when ever she needed Mayako thought it would be really easy seeing as how she pulled it off the first time but she was proved wrong multiple times sometimes she didn't realease the built up energy at the right time causing nothing to appear sometimes she put too much energy into the fire and the flames blew up in her face there was also the time she absorbed the energy from the fire too quickly and it caused her to become sick and then when it looked like she had the hang of it her brother or sister would throw one of their foxes fire at her which caused her to loss her focus she even got hit some of the times. This was the third week she had been doing the same thing over and over even with all the set backs Mayako felt like she was improving.

"Alright gather the energy" Mayako said as she stood in the center of the training realm her hand extended her clothes were a mess from all the failed attempts and the times she got hit with her older siblings attacks Mayako focused soely on gathering energy she waited until it felt right and she released it a small flame was produced Mayako smiled as she held the small wisp of fire in her hand "Okay that's good" Mayako said she wanted to start off small and then add more energy to the fire Keishi had told her to practice that along with trying to control it so Mayako sent more energy into the flaming orb in short slow bursts.

With each puff of extra energy the flame in Mayako's hand grew larger seeing she was doing well she increased the amount she was putting in which was a big mistake as the foxes fire in her hand grew to fast and it exploded surrounding Mayako in smoke she coughed as the smoked cleared from around her her clothes now had burn marks on them and she had smuges of smoke on her face she grumbled and wiped the smuges off "I guess that was too much" Mayako said and she gave an annoyed huff "If I knew it was going to be so difficult then maybe I should never have gotten my tail" Mayako said her tail swished behind her and she looked back at it "No,I can't say that" Mayako said as she watched her tail move back and forth it to was worn from the constant training as it smooth sleek fur was more ruffled and it smelled of smoke Mayako sighed "Is there an easier way for me to get this stuff down" Mayako said thats when Keishi entered the realm along with Yone "Hey, how's it going squirt?" Keishi asked "It's going well, I think" Mayako replied Keishi gave a smirk "What's the matter having trouble?" Keishi asked Mayako hesitated she wanted to saw yes but she wanted to get the hang of foxes fire without anyones help "No, I got it, I'm getting real close" Mayako said trying to reassure Keishi.

Keishi gave a skeptical look "Are you sure?" he asked "I'm sure! I can do this myself!" Mayako said scowling a bit Keishi just stared at Mayako for a while and smiled "Alright, if you say so, just holler if you run into trouble" Keishi said and he went off and started training on his lonesome Mayako felt terrible her brother only wanted to help her yet she lashed out at him for trying to "That was a little harsh you know" Yone said walking over to her "I know.." Mayako said with saddened eyes "You know nii-san can get called away at any time" Yone said "I know" Mayako said "He wants to help you while he's here, maybe you should let him" Yone said Mayako looked at her sister and then at her brother "I know he wants to help me but.." Mayako said she looked at Yone "I want to do this on my own" Mayako said "You understand right?" she asked Yone gave a smile "Yes, but there comes a time where doing it by yourself gets you no where" Yone said Mayako felt a jolt in her heart "I understand nee-chan" Mayako said "Good, well I'm going to go practice on my own" Yone said walking passed Mayako "Okay" Mayako said as she watched her sister walk to an open area of the training realm she watched as her sister effortlessly conjured up her foxes fire and started throwing it every where and she could also make it disappear when she wanted it to.

Mayako watched a while longer "I wish I could do that" Mayako said she then looked over at her brother he was running around the area he was in he had blue fire surrounding his fists and he threw punches at an imaginary opponent Mayako watched her brother in amazement "I hope I'll be able to do something like that" she said she went back and forth watching her two older siblings training "They're so amazing" Mayako said watching her older siblings psyched her up "I want to be as good as them!" she grinned and she extended her hand.

"Alright! Lets do this!" she said and she went back to her training she let energy build up in her palm and when it came to the perfect point she released it and produced a moderatley sized ball of flames Mayako nodded and she started pouring energy into the flame slowly at first put she outputted more when she felt it was right to as her flame grew larger Mayako kept her focus "Alright that's big enough" she said the flame in her hand was double the size it was before now she had to absorb it all back so Mayako slowly drew the energy in the flame back into her body she increased the flow thinking she could handel it but something felt wrong "Oh no.." she said with a worried look she felt a sick feeling wash over her the same she felt when she absorbed the energy too quickly she felt her stomach turn "Ah.." she groaned the logical option would have been to stop pulling in the energy but Mayako didn't stop she decided to keep going she wasn't going to let the energy sickness win so she decided to slow down the intake and the sick feeling started going away.

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 Mayako gave a releaved sigh as she started to fell better but then it came back "Oh no..." she said her face turned pale "I must have put too much energy in" Mayako said her brother warned her about this that she could become sick if she absorbed too much spirit energy then her body could handel she felt her body start to ache "It's too much.." she said feeling her body creak from the strain of all the energy she had coursing through her she gritted her teeth trying to beat the pain "No..I won't let this beat me" she said as she kept going even though her body was screaming at her to stop she continued and the strain on her body increased but somehow she endured it she looked at her brother and sister who were still practicing on their own "I want to be like them" she said "I want to be like nee-chan and nii-san" Mayako said througout her life without having a tail she saw many people antagonize her brother and sister about her having no tail her brother and sister always defended her but she always felt terrible for being the cause that it happened.

Mayako wanted to be as good as her siblings so she didn't give them a bad name "Come on Mayako you can do this!" she said to herself she was starting to get frustarted with her self more so she was angry with herself her she was struggling to be like her siblings but something was trying to get in her way "Your a zero!" came a voice in her head Mayako gritted her teeth "Even if you have a tail your still zero tail!" said the voice "Shut up!" Mayako growled her rage was increasing "A zero like you can't compare to those two" the voice said "I said shut up" Mayako said she hadn't realized she had absorbed all the energy from the fire "You can't be like them your a zero" the voice said fallowed by a snicker.

Mayako bit her lip why was this voice putting her down "I'll show you.." Mayako said at that moment the same burning sensation she felt in her body when her first tail emerged was swirling inside her "I'll show you! I'm good enough to be equal to them!" Mayako said "No, A zero is always a zero no matter what happens" the voice said Mayako had enough her anger was now at it's peek the buringing sensation inside her was surging trying to find a way out all at once Mayako expelled the energy she had built up inside of her and the buring sensation escaped her body as well Mayako's mind went blank for a bit but when she came to and she looked at herself she had blue flames surrounding her she looked as the blue flames swirled around her "Wha..What is this?" Mayako asked herself.

"Mayako!" came her brothers voice Mayako looked over and saw Keishi rushing over to her along with Yone "Nii-san! What's going on what is this!?" Mayako said showing her brother her fire surrounded hands "Calm down Mayako" Keishi said Mayako nodded and took a breath and calmed herself  "Keishi,is that what I think it is" Yone said looking at Keishi who looked over at her "I belive it is" Keishi said "That can't be that's something a nine tailed could do" Yone said Mayako was confused "Uhm, what's going on?" Mayako asked her siblings looked at each other "Should we tell her?" Keishi asked "It seems we don't have a choice" Yone said "Nii-san, nee-chan what's going on?" Mayako asked a bit worried "Alright settle down" Keishi said "This isn't something to worry about" Keishi said "It isn't?" Mayako asked Keishi gave a nod "Then what is this?"Mayako asked "Well you see.." Keishi started "It's something called the foxes cloak" Keishi said "Foxes cloak?" Mayako said with a confused look on her face.

Mayako looked at the fire enveloping her "Is there something special about it?" Mayako asked "Yes, you see the foxes cloak is something a nine tailed fox can do" Keishi said "N-Nine tails!" Mayako exclamied "You mean like dad!" Mayako said her father was the only nine tailed spirt fox in the world  Keishi gave a nod "Wha..What does it do?" Mayako asked "Well, it acts as armour, and it has a mind of it's own and will protect you" Keishi said Mayako looked confused still "What do you mean protect?" Mayako asked Keishi gave a smirk and in a flash he threw a punch at Mayako's face Mayako closed her eyes but she didn't feal an impact she open her left eye and her right shot open in surprise her brothers fist was a few inches from her face and it was being held back by a wall of fire "See, that's what it does" Keishi said and he took his fist away Mayako giggled estatically "This is amazing!" Mayako said "Not only does it protect you from regular attacks it protects you from sneak attacks" Keishi said Mayako became giddy she was so excited somehow she had learned a ability that was way to advanced for her and yet she did it with ease and she was a one tail Mayako jumped up and down in joy.

"This is amazing!" she said then a though crossed her mind "I have to show dad!" Mayako said and she turned to run out the training realm but before she took a step further her brother called out to her "Mayako wait a second!" Keishi said "Hm? What is it nii-san?" Mayako asked he had a surprised look on his face as did Yone who looked like she was staring at something "Look at you tail!" Keishi said Mayako gave a confused look she looked at her tail and was shocked to see that a second tail had sprouted from the first and the two were conjoined "Wha..What the heck is this!?"Mayako said freaking out she grabbed the twin tail and it fluffed in her hand the second tail growing out from the first was real as the first "Nii-san what is this!?" Mayako said "Uhm..I think that is possibly a second tail" Keishi said Mayako's eyes widened and she looked at the conjoined tail as it moved in her hand "A second tail!" she exclamied. [Ch.5 END]