It was night time at the city of Kagahara, Mio was in her bed room that had the colour red gleaming all over. From her lights to her carpets to her walls, it was all a beautiful colour of red that illuminated the place. Mio was sitted on her bed while she rested her back on her pillow, she had a sad look on her face. Years back when Mio was just 4 years old, she was sitted on the lap of a woman who had long white hair, this woman's name was Lady Ukachi. Mio asked "Miss Ukachi? We demons are powerful, right?", Ukachi explained to Mio with a smile on her face "Yes we are, one of the most powerful races on the earth.". The young Mio then asked "Is that why people from other countries come yo engage in big bad wars with us?", Ukachi opened her eyes with a smile on her face "Well Mio, you see. We demons have incredible power, and because of that power, we have to be responsible.". Mio tilted her head with confusion and asked "What does that mean?", Ukachi then explained "It means we should take account of what we do. Demons have Incredible power, and for that, other people are scared of us and want to wipe us out. Not just that, but we have incredible potential to get stronger.". Ukachi looked at the window as she saw the bright white sky "We all of this racd have incredible powers. And for that, we have limits on what kind of power we can achieve due to our devastating power. But because of those limits, we force ourselves into challenges that make us want to get better. We try our best to break said limits to improve ourselves and get more stronger than we are.", she looked at Mio with a soft smile "Remember, Mio. The fact that we have strength doesn't mean we should go around dominating or opposing others, it means we are privileged to have power to protect ourselves.", Mio then asked "Am I a good girl?", Ukachi just patted her head "You are a very good girl. Not just that, you have incredible potential, so much potential that even I'm surprised. Continue to grow stronger, Mio. And always remember that control is key. You might enjoy the thrill of battle or difficult moments, and it's normal. But when you have that small sense of control, it can save you more times than you know it.". The flashback ends and Mio is monologuing to herself "Miss Ukachi explained to me about control, and I made sure to adhere to that. All the missions I've been into, all the times I've used my demon powers, I've always remained in control despite how excited I get in the heat of a life and death situation.", she started to recall her fight with Rem "But when I fought Rem, I.... I almost killed her. Was it because I was just too excited or I had lost my sense of control? I don't know anymore.", Mio covered her face with her lap like she wanted to cry. Suddenly, her phone rang, she looked at her phone with slight surprise and saw it was Kazuma calling her "Huh? Kazuma?", she wondered. Later that same night, Mio and Kazuma were standing on a building while looking at the night sky "So how was your exam?", Mio asked, Kazuma replied "Well I haven't fought yet. But from the fights that occurred, they were pretty decent. All our friends our strong. What of you?". Mio replied "Well, I did fight. I had a battle against Rem.", Kazuma was stunned with excitement "WOW, really? That's insane, you and Rem going at it must have been damn near crazy. I mean, plasma beams and red beams of flames must have gone flying all over the place.". Mio had a nervous smile on her face and muttered "You're not lying tho. Although now that i think of it, i didn't use my demon flames". Kazuma kept quiet for a moment and noticed something "Mio, are you all right?", Mio replied with slight surprise "Huh? What? I'm fine.", Kazuma looked at her for a few moments before he responded "Are you crying?", Mio was surprised when she realised a tear came dripping from her left eye "Huh?". Kazuma sat down and asked "What happened? Did you lose your match?", Mio sat by him and replied "No, kinda the opposite actually. I won against Rem.", Kazuma them asked "So why are you crying?", Mio then explained "Well you see, during my fight against Rem..... I almost killed her.". Kazuma had no reaction when he heard Mio's explanation, he faced forward "Oh, I see.", he rubbed his head "So?", he asked. Mio was a bit stunned to hear his reply "Huh? What did you just say, Kazuma?", Kazuma then replied "I asked so what if you almost killed her? It's an exam where we are to go all out. Infact if you want to put the blame on anyone, it's probably the messed up systems fault. I mean, why the hell are kids of 12/13 fighting in a tournament like we wanna kill each other, it's stupid.". Mio's face lightened up a little after what Kazuma had said. Kazuma continued to explain "Look, Mio, It's not your fault. Sure you went crazy, and you also became extremely excited. But I can bet my hair that Rem was also excited.", Mio then muttered with a smile "Well, you didn't have to go that far, but yes. Rem was excited in that fight.", Kazuma then scoffed "Maybe you might be lacking a bit in terms of self-control, but things like this happen. You should have seen the match between Kito and Volt, it was as if nature itself was at war.", Mio then said with concern "No, putting Kito and Volt up against each other in a fight was a bad idea.", Kazuma teased with a smile with both arms waved apart "I know, right?". He then looked at the stary skies with a smile "Just use this opportunity to learn a lesson, don't get so beat up about. Okay, Mio?". Mio smiled at Kazuma "Right", she placed her hand on his hand and layed her head on his shoulder. As they were having their moment, Mio then asked "By the way, how's Yuji?", Kazuma replied "Oh, him? He's okay, he didn't have his match today. He's actually in the hostel with Regina right now.", a nervous smile grew on Mio's face "She's probably cuddling him like a teddy bear right now.", Kazuma held In his laugh "You have no idea.". In the boarding house, Regina was cuddling Yuji with her face rubbing on his "YUUUUUJIIIIII~", Yuji just had a smile on his face that was beat red "AAAHHHHH! Reginaaaa~", he fan boy'd her name with a soft tone.
END OF CHAPTER.