[shiroi mahotsukai]

Originally Posted by Nanya01

No update yesterday on account of me being too damned exhausted from work.

(No, really, it's like Saturday never freaking ended!)

Shine 1 -45

Shine 46

Spoiler for Blood That Flows - Shine Part 47:

"I don't get it..." Kyouya looked at Luna as she tried to help Arisa out. "I thought the gods were supposed to like positive emotions more than negative ones."

Luna shrugged, ignoring the way that Kyouya flushed slightly as her breasts shifted under her shirt. "Emotions are just that, emotions. Some gods find negative ones more interesting than positive ones. The energy behind the emotion is what Shinzoku and Mazoku feed off of." She chuckled as Arisa yelped as the floor started to smolder. "Take it easy, you can't force it to do what you want, you have to work with it."

"Easy for you to say! You're not the one who's trying to burn the house down."

Luna shook her head in amusement. "Listen, Arisa, you need to learn control. You can't force it to do what you want, you need to have it work with you."

Arisa frowned, the flames on her arm started to get brighter. "How the heck can anyone control something without forcing it to do what you want it to do?!"

"There's the problem, it doesn't want to be controlled, you want it to do something, but if it won't work with you, it will likely consume you." Luna shrugged as Arisa paled. "Just calm down, you can't force it to abate, you need to feel how it moves and flows." Arisa nodded and closed her eyes, trying to breath.

"I'm still a little confused about one thing." Kyouya scratched his head in confusion. "I thought magic was supposed to be able calling up power and then making it form into what you wanted it to become before using it. But this, you're supposed to work with it? I really don't understand."

Luna chuckled at his look. "It's alright, it is confusing. Most magic does work the way you described. If I was to give an example..." Luna trailed off as she thought about how to describe it. "Alright, let's try this. Imagine a running river, okay?" Kyouya and Arisa both nodded. "The flowing water is a person's magic. Normally, you force the water to stop, bend, freeze or boil and it listens to you."

"Is there a draw-back?" Kyouya asked, getting a shrug from Luna.

"Not really. At its base, all magic is energy. However, most magic is only useful to you if you have a lot of talent and raw power. It's why, sometimes, a beginner magic user is better than a veteran."

"Because they have more power and probably as much talent." Kyouya nodded to her. "Okay, that's making sense, what's the difference with Holy magic?"

"You don't need as much power nor talent to get the same effect."

"HUH?!" Arisa looked at Luna, who smirked at her.

"To use the river reference again, where you would force it to do what you want normally, with Holy magic, you're actually surrounded by the water, moving with it." She slowly moved her left arm back before pushing it forward. "As you move, the water moves with you."

"Holy magic... Is an extension of yourself, isn't it?"

Luna nodded at Kyouya. "Yes. You need to listen and feel it to understand it fully." She shrugged at him. "It's a bit hard to explain, but since Holy magic can be thought of as the forces of nature itself, you can't control when it will rain, snow or the sun will shine, but you can work with it."

Arisa blinked at that and closed her eyes before gasping as the fire finally put itself out. "Hey, I did it!"

"Good." Luna nodded. "Now, call it up without burning half of your shirt off."

Arisa looked down and yelped, blushing as her shirt was burned off enough to reveal her naked body underneath.

Kyouya looked up and away. "I'll get some extra shirts of Miyuki's that she can't wear anymore. They're too big or too ratty for Nanoha right now, but for training, it's probably for the best."

Several minutes later...

Arisa panted, sweat drenching her forehead as she flopped onto her back. "Ugh, what's wrong?! I thought this stuff worked with excitement, you said so!"

Luna laughed at her. "You're trying to force it for one, and for two, that emotion is all you need to wake it up, after that, you need to learn how to call it up freely without forcing everything." Hearing Arisa groan, she rolled her eyes. "Hey, at least you have a teacher. When I first woke up Cephied's power, I was glowing in the dark for a week and all my clothes were turned into ash. Let me tell you, walking around naked outside in the cold wasn't very fun."

Arisa sweat-dropped. "Uh huh..?"

"Anyway, get back to working at it." Luna smirked at Arisa's wide-eyed expression. "You're not dead or out cold, you're going to work at it until you can call that power up and cancel it freely."

(---)

Walking by the dojo, Lina just shook her head. "Now if that doesn't bring back memories, I don't know what does." Oh well, Arisa would survive, Luna wouldn't hurt her permanently, but by the time that Luna was done, Arisa would likely just want to stay in bed for the next week.

"Oh well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger as sis used to say." Lina chuckled to herself as she slid the door open and dropped off the extra shirts for Arisa to wear. "Kyouya said that he didn't want to walk in and see Arisa completely naked."

Arisa just groaned as she watched Lina leave the room as silently as she came in. "Ugh..."

"Get back to work!" Luna snapped at her, getting a yelp from the girl.

Later that night...

Arisa groaned as she was put down on the couch.

"How'd she do?" Shiro asked from his chair, getting a chuckle from Luna.

"Oh, she did fine, really... I figure that in a few days she won't even need my coaching to get stuff done." Luna chuckled as Arisa twitched on the couch. "That was fun." She looked at Lina, who was asleep on Shiro's lap, and sighed softly. "I don't know who's more lucky, you or her."

Shiro shrugged and picked his wife up. "I'm going to be heading to bed."

Watching them leave, Luna sat down on the other chair and sighed softly.

Who knew having kids and a husband would make her little sister so happy?

A harsh task mistress is Luna Inverse. At least it will keep Arissa alive I guess.
I probably should have said this after the last chapter but "Vessel of the Blue Dragon" Arissa well, best character introduction for like... 100 parts. The only one that matched that was Chaos!Nanoha back in A's.