TRAILING SHADOWS

"Hubby? How is that related to having a soul mate?" She asked, stalling.

"Ah, hubby is the word for soulmate in the realm of mankind, Earth. How come you don"t know?" Ibiyemi asked in disbelief.

Mayowa merely shook her head.

"Well, I for one have never been to Earth and you certainly haven"t either. You probably heard about that via hearsay and trust me, that"s not reliable at all. "

Ibiyemi blinked.

"You haven"t been to Earth? Ah, why?" It seemed illogical that her role model, Olukoni Mayowa hadn"t been to Earth.

"Ma beru(1). The only one who have descended to Earth are basically messenger Irunmoles. And that takes me out of the picture."

"Why?"

"Oh, Ibiyemi, what happened to all the teaching you got at Ijinle? You"ve forgotten it already?" Mayowa queried, a saddening look appearing on her face.

All what Ibiyemi was asking was something they were all taught about back at Ijinle. But for her to have forgotten so soon, was sickening. In such way, it just seemed to show that she didn"t teach them well enough at Ijinle.

"No, Olukoni. It"s not like that. It"s just that it"s.. " Ibiyemi protest was cut short by Mayowa"s raised palm.

"Heh... I guess I will have to skim you through Genesis 101 again." She sighed.

"No, Olukoni. No way. Not that Genesis again. I mean everybody knows what happened at the beginning. I only asked about two questions and that sure doesn"t earn..."

"Well, do you know, Revelation 203 then?" Mayowa turned her gaze to Ibiyemi,receiving a shiver in return.

"Eh.. what has revelation got to do with this now? And yes yes, I just remember, on Earth, they have day and night. Night is time when most of them sleep and all that. But here, all we have is eternal daylight. And we never sleep despite having bedroom. Why is that?"

Mayowa let out a long suffering exasperated sigh whilst she face palmed. "Genesis 101, it is, lady."

"Oh, No no..." Ibiyemu tried to resist.

"Keep shut, you have no say in this now." Mayowa retorted coldly, a finger to her lips.

"I refuse to listen." The defiant Ibiyemi rose up and stamped her foot.

Seeing this, Mayowa chuckled, her charm and beauty returning to her once more.

"Very well, you would still meet me at Ijinle. The ones you received at Ijinle Orun was basically to help you choose your Ascension. But since you have chosen your Ascension already, you still need to know the basics before you can be officially be considered an Irunmole. And what Ijinle would you go to then, the Ijinle in your Ilu. Guess what?

I was just posted to Ilu Esu. So we"ll be seeing more of ourselves, everyday." Mayowa said with smirk.

Ibiyemi fumed. "No. We won"t. I"ll make sure dad sends me to another ilu for the training. " Ibiyemi stamped her feet once more.

"Yelp. Let"s see if he will when he learns his daughter"s role model and ex-tutor is now posted to Ijinle Esu. " Mayowa laughed heartily now.

She clutched the remains of the fruit and watched it evaporate out of her tight fist. Ibiyemi had suddenly gone really bold.

And stubborn.

But wasn"t that an essential trait for the survivability of an Irunmole. No doubt, she was going to develop into some super power some day.

And she couldn"t just wait.

She heard a sigh of defeat and smiled softly.

"Ohkay. I"ll listen. But remember it"s only a briefing, not the actual lecture." Ibiyemi spoke now, seating down with her back turned to Mayowa and a scowl across her face as she crossed her legs.

"I"ll do it my way. You have no say, Ibiyemi."

"Fine. Just answer me, please?"

"Agree you have no say?"

"Whatever!"

"No. That"s not what I want to hear." Mayowa leaned in closer.

"Fine, okay, suit yourself." Ibiyemi could feel the breath of Mayowa on her shoulders.

"Noo "

"Fine, I have no say."

Mayowa laughed heartily now. After what seemed like forever, she moved closer to Ibiyemi, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"When Eledumare created the world, he created the heavens to be full of his power. As a result, the glory of Eledumare overshadows everything in Orun here. And because of Eledumare Glory, we can only have light and abundant energy around us.

Think of it like your aura. Suppose you specialise in Ino Agbara and your aura condenses at a place. You know your aura is white light basically, so in the area your aura covers , no shadow or lingering alien aura can stay there for long.

In essence, we can never have night time here because of that. It"s forever day. Today is infinite. "

"Wow!!!" Ibiyemi wowed. "But how can we then measure time. I mean on Earth, day and night signify the pa.s.sing of time. If we don"t have that..."

"Oh my Orishas!!!" Mayowa facepalmed, letting out a long suffering sigh again. "You really have become dense, haven"t you? That you don"t know we have First Dawn and Second Dawn. First dawn is also known as breaking dawn whilst second dawn is our alternative to night. "

"Oooohhhhh... But dawn is for morning, Olukoni." Ibiyemi asked, a finger to her lips.

"You really need to go back to your books, lady. I should be leaving." Mayowa said, straightening her kimono as she stood.

"But wait, Auntie. What about the second question about why everyone feels an urge to get stronger?" This time, she stood up too, stretching lazily in the afternoon air.

"Well, erh... We, Irunmoles. Our lives is not just some regular occurrence. I am sure you know that from Genesis 101. We were created long ago. In similar ways to mankind, we live, procreate, feel pain and happiness and all that.

But, our core existence is for Amargeddon. The final battle where Eledumare would crush the ever rebellious Lord of the left path, forever. We are..."

"Oooh. What is his name? " Ibiyemi queried, hands on her tiny hips.

"Who?"

"The Lord of the left path?"

"Oh." Mayowa"s face registered surprise for a brief moment before she sterned her face once more. "It is forbidden to mention his name in Orun, so I cannot tell you."

"I see..."

"Don"t get any ideas in your head. The left path is simply darkness. It is what we Irunmoles cannot toy with. " Mayowa warned, pointing a finger to Ibiyemi"s face. She poked lightly but the force between her light poke was so much to send her sprawling on the chair.

"Hey..." She grumbled. "Don"t tell you were just poking at me, Olukoni? Cos it"s so not fair!!!"

Mayowa smiled faintly.

"Listen, you need to get strong. Who knows if Armageddon would be very soon. You should be ready. Aside from Armageddon, the weak are basically at the moment of the ladder. I can"t afford to see my student grovelling at the feet of some bully. Promise me, you will get strong, promise?" Mayowa extended her little finger, looking tentatively at Ibiyemi.

Seeing the gesture, Ibiyemi blushed, putting forth her little finger to cross Mayowa"s own. "I promise. But I can"t do it by myself. Will you teach me?"

"Heh!!" Her ex-tutor"s eyes suddenly widened. She took a step aback, disengaging their locked fingers.

"Hey, Not me. You have your father, right?"

"Please Olukoni. It feels so bad, having all this energy within me but yet being unable to channel them." Ibiyemi suddenly kowtowed, her eyes bleeding with desire.

"Ah. I am only a body builder. I really don"t know much Agbara techniques, so I can"t teach you much.Someone like you, should be an energy manipulator. You know what that is, right?" She said, looking away.

"..."

"Are you for real???" Mayowa nearly went bonkers. She fisted her hands, shaking them as she fumed, visibly. "What happened to all my teachings? Ah, you would really give me a bad name. Did I teach you badly that you have forgotten that an energy manipulator is an Agbara dependent Irunmole, an example is The Elder, First Prime of Ilu Obatala. A weapon weilder is someone who can infuse agabara into an item of endearment, or weapon. A very popular example is 3rd Prime, Maerius of Ilu Obatala. And body builders who can infuse the energy and use it to physical enhance their body, a major example is the Ogun Agbara user. AaaaaHhhhhhhhh... So this is how you want to disgrace me, right?"

Mayowa fumed and yelled, essence dripping from her nose downwards. She clenched her teeth, stamping a foot down resulting to cracks appearing in the impact zone.

"STAND UP!!!" Mayowa yelled out causing Ibiyemi to jump to her feet immediately.

She immediately covered her face with both hands, and staggered about, trying to find her balance under the overwhelming aura of Olukoni Mayowa.

"I am sorry. I will be more studious, please." She pleaded as she sobbed.

At that, Mayowa"s aura vanished. She walked up to Ibiyemi and hugged her tight, her own eyes carrying a look of sympathy towards her former student.

Was she too harsh?

Just then, a guard walked up to the duo. He tapped his blade quite Audibly to gain some attention.

"Yes, yes, what is going on here?" He asked, only to be greeted with an icy stare from Mayowa. However he was not going to be one intimidated by a strange person. Almost all the people with in the alliance house were people the guards knew.

But she was not known and worse she was hugging someone who looked quite similar to the general"s daughter.

"Didn"t you hear me? I said get lost!!!" Mayowa"s voice cut into his thoughts.

"Shes really impetous. I would need to expel her now. But first I should know her stats, first of all." The guard thought, before his essence began concentrating. He closed his eyes briefly and opened them, as he began soul-gazing.

NAME: MAYOWA
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SOUL STA...

PUNCH!!!

The sound of red hot fist melting through flesh resonated in the air. The next second, the guard Irunmole felt a sickening sensation in his guts accompanied by his sudden weightlessness. He gazed down, watching as the momentum behind Mayowa"s red hot fist exploded, sending him crashing down some metres away.

"It"s rude to stare at a lady, you know?" Mayowa said, looking satisfied as she gazed at the crashed Irunmole.

"Whoa., Olukoni, I didn"t even hear you call the technique before unleashing it. What technique was that. Can you teach me?" Ibiyemi excited voice followed simultaneously.

"It"s the principle of Might, under the Aspectual law of Ogun, which is war by the way. And no! Your energy is not capable of sustaining a move like that and secondly, you are from Ilu Esu. Law of Chance and travellers. You should master your origin law as that is what your body can handle. As for trying to master another law, I wouldn"t say it"s impossible but, very few can achieve that.

Instead, I will help you master your basic elte skill for you, Illusionary Blade. Except you tell me why? Why you want my help." She said, all the while dusting her hands and kimono.

At that question, Ibiyemi paled, her face taking all serious of an accomplishment business woman. "It"s my brother. I fear that one day, I will have to duel me to save my family. And that day... It feels very very near. "

She clenched her fist, bringing them into view.

"If only I can ascend into Omni cla.s.s by next month, then I will have a fair chance of stopping his madness."

"Heh. That"s looking quite impossible." Mayowa said, smoothening the hair on Ibiyemi"s head. "But one thing you should know, cla.s.s ranking does not readily mean you are powerful. You should be a weapon wielder. As one, your energy would sustain you instead of being an energy manipulator as most Irunmoles are. Agbara imbued techniques take a heavy toll of energy and you can"t sustain that for now."

_sigh_ Ibiyemi heaved, looking into the distance. If she had to get strong to displace her brother, without having to rely on her father who was tainted already, then she would do it. She was willing to. At whatever the cost!