The whole atmosphere was completely stern.

"Akashi…. You… you awakened a cursed element" master muttered, staggering towards me.

"What do mean by that?" I asked.

"You possess an aberrant element, one which power resides outside natural law" he said

"What!"

"Be warned, do not use its power unless when caught in a dire situation, of which concerns life or death, if not, the consequences would be to grief for you to bear" he added.

"Is that why you called it a cursed element" I asked.

"Yes….. Those blue are testament" he replied.

"Blue…. Eyes" I muttered, rubbing my fore head.

"On any account you activate its power, your eyes would instantly turn blue, and within that moment, something of great importance will be immediately stolen from you, bear in mind, the stronger the element, the greater the curse" he warned.

I always sorted power to exert my revenge, but never in my wildest imaginations would I have thought it would come at such a cost, it was a gamble of which I would risk my life, but for a fact, it felt exhilarating, who gave a damn about consequences, as long as I could get the power I seek, I didn't care.... or so I thought.

It was ten in the night which was sleeping hours, I had finished all preparations and awaited the right moment, escaping wouldn't be easy, that I knew, but at the very least I had to try,

Suddenly, I heard a stomping sound on my roof, I stood up and walked gingerly towards the window, getting there, I stretched my neck through and peered around, but there was no one there,

I then took to the door, opened it slightly and peeked out, but still, no one was there,

"Hmmm, maybe it was a cat"I thought.

Turning around, I was met with a familiar, undeniably annoying face

"Boom" she suddenly screamed.

"Aggggghhhhh! Why are you here again Yusa" I grumbled.

Yusa was much more of a nightmare than a person to me, she was extremely annoying whenever we were together, and I always felt as though she puts up that demeanor for the sole purpose of annoying me,

"What do you mean by that, can't a friend visit a fellow friend" she asserted with a smile, she then leaped unto my futon.

"We...Are…not…friends!" I lashed out.

"Calm down, calm down, you know what Akashi… if you keep on at this pace, you may one day end up dead" she started.

"And who's fault is that" I asked.

"Your emotions, I mean you just can't control those feelings when you see a beautiful girl like me" she replied.

"…what…." I said dumbfounded.

"And seriously, if you do end up dying, there would be no one left to annoy, and that's just unacceptable" she jested.

Asides her annoying personality, calling her beautiful wasn't far from the truth, but, I always got so worked up by her attitude that I don't really pay any attention to her face

"You know what Yusa, just leave, am not in the mood for your taunts" I said.

"But am in the mood" she replied with a smirk.

"Fine, then you leave me no choice"

In that instant, I bolted forward to grab hold of her right hand, but then, as swift as wind she evaded my hand and suddenly appeared right next to the window.

"Now, now, you do know you can't stop me by resulting to violence" she said.

She was right about that, in the whole sect, she was the only one who was able to annoy me, and still get away with it,

There was once a time when I got so feed up of her pestering that I challenged her to a duel, we made a bet, if I won, she would stay away from me, but if I lost, she could do what ever she wanted.

At first I was really confident, but when the fight started things got really awkward, it was a rather unpleasant experience, we fought and fought... and fought, yet, there was still no winner, in the end; we just called it a draw.

This narrative has been purloined without the author's approval. Report any appearances on Amazon.

"Why do you always act this way when I visit?" she asked.

"Well that's because I don't want you visiting" I replied.

"Wow, so hash..... Well then, why did you visit me back then"she asked.

"Ha… you call that a visit, I went to retrieve my katana you stole"

"I took, not stole, friends don't steal" she asserted.

"What the... why pester me all the time, that's all I ask"

"Because, you're the only male disciple, who isn't hitting on me" she replied.

"...wait…. The…. the only" I muttered.

"Yep….. And that's the reason I always stay close to you" she said.

"I don't understand" I said, completely lost.

"What is there to understand, I use you as a shield to chase off numerous admirers I can't stand" she explained.

"Huh"

"Hold on, do you mean you don't know how popular you are these days" she asked.

"You not making any sense, you do know that, right" I said.

"You literally beat up anyone who piss you off, isn't that alone enough to make you popular, I mean, the even call you Akashi the strangler" she explained.

"What, strangler, but I use Katana not bare hands" I claimed.

"That's not the point"

"Huh, I hate everyone" I mumbled, "and by the way, why use me as a shield when you could just beat up any one who hits on you" I added.

"I could, but I can't "she replied.

"Why"

"That's because, in everyone's eyes, except you by the way, I am a sweet, cute, lovable angel, so I can't just, up and go around beating people up" she replied.

I knew it; she only acts this annoying towards me.

"So that's just how it is, in everyone's eyes, I am fragile, but you are dangerous" she said with a smile.

Well, I wouldn't dispute that fact, during the past seven years I had fought every and anyone I could find, no matter how strong the were, I literally challenged low ranked masters to duels, it got to the point when master gave me strict warnings against my competitiveness.

But, I don't regret it; it's because of that experience that I got this strong.

She sat by the window, tossing her feet back and forth,

Seeing her all relaxed, I took to the futon, and closed my eyes in the pretense of sleeping.

"Hey Akashi, don't think you can chase me off with that pretentious act..."

Out of my many years of staying in the sect, I only learnt one effective way of chasing her off, and that was to completely ignore her.

She talked and talked... and talked, after a long tiring moment of pretending. I heard a stomping sound again, on my roof.

I turned around and she was gone.

"Phew... For a moment there I thought she wouldn't leave" I heaved a sigh of relieve.

It was now twelve on the dot, and finally the moment to escape.

If there was something I was going to miss in the sect, it sure wasn't that annoying girl.

I took my sack packed with my clothes, grab my katana and through the window I landed careful on the roof top, I began running, leaping from one roof to another, my target was the wall behind the sect, that was the only place I thought was safe enough to escape through.

As I landed on a roof top, I found a dark figure of someone sited there.

"Who.... Are you" I muttered.

"So really were going to try escaping"

"That... that voice….. Yusa, how are you here" I muttered.

"I had a gut feeling, so I waited here" she answered.

That was another annoying ability she had, she was extremely perceptive.

"When did you find out" I asked.

"The very moment I saw that sack bag, packed and hidden underneath your futon" she replied.

"So what now"

"You're planning to escape, aren't you" she asked.

"Yes, what's it to you" I replied.

"I want to make you an offer"

"Huh"

"I have a map which holds the full layout of this sect and also locations beyond the sect"

"A….. A map" I muttered,

"And I also know a way to escape this hell of a sect"

"What!"