15 - Hidekazu
Moonlight settled over the rippling water around Barame. He knelt on the small island at the centre of the pond, in front of a small shrine to Shirashi, her dragon form curled between two blue candles. Hidekazu waited on the stone bridge.
"What an unusual student you are, Shizu." Whitish-yellow spheres, like little moons, circled Barame. "Disobedient, late, unable to perform simple tasks. Attempting to run away when—"
"I didn't—"
Silver flashed, and white-hot torment cracked across Hidekazu's back. He gasped, landing on his hands and knees.
"You do not speak without my permission. I ask for very little from you. Obedience and loyalty in exchange for training."
"What training?" Hidekazu's shoulderblades burned, and he crumpled beneath the next strike."You haven't lifted
