Shura's Quest

moves toward his kitchen area.


Banashima- Master Kandero.


* He removes the pot of boiling water he'd had on for the two cups of tea.


Kandero- Did you not like the.. entertainment in the arena?


* Banashima honestly shakes his head.


Banashima- Torture isn't my cup of tea..

Kandero- You didn't stick around for the best part.

Banashima- I seen enough..


* Banashima brings the two cups to the table.


Banashima- Your tea is ready, Master.

Kandero- You knew I was coming?

Banashima- Hai.

Kandero- Your powers are growing.


* Banashima mentally rolls his eyes at the shallow compliment. He sits down to sip at his tea. Kandero ignores the cup meant for him. Seriously, he's not much in the mood for putting anything in his belly at the moment.


Banashima- Does this please you, Master? That I'm getting stronger?

Kandero- Depends.


* Banashima hesitates at Kandero's tone then looks up at him.


Kandero- Our little Lord will soon be the king of Demon World, Bana.. We will be the mages to the ultimate ruler.

Banashima- He keeps abusing King Enma's son there won't be a Demon World left to rule over.. Then we will be a couple piles of ashes laying next to him.

Kandero- King Enma can do nothing to Demon World now, thanks to our possibly-departed King Enki.


* Banashima shrugs.


Banashima- None of us will last forever.. When Demons die they still go past Enma's domain.. I'd be wise to remember that if I were you,.. Master.

Kandero- King Enma is a just ruler.. He knows that we are only following the orders of our..

Banashima- Yeah. You keep telling yourself that.


* As they were talking Banashima had slowly eased his mind out to carefully try to probe Kandero's mind. Trying to see if the Mage has any knowledge of what's in the Labrotory. Kandero grows quiet a moment when he notices the mental brush.


Kandero- Be careful with your new powers, Bana.. You might not like what you learn.


* The Fire Demon allows Kandero to easily thrust his contact away.


Banashima- I was just practicing, Master.

Kandero- I'm not your guinea pig.. The power in my mind could destroy yours.


* Banashima takes a deep sip of his tea to hide his smirk.


Banashima- I'll try to remember that, Master.

Kandero- Anyways, I came to tell you to go see to Prince Koenma's wounds.. There are some that you will be able to heal.. His eyes are not one of them.


* Banashima looks up as Kandero heads for the door.


Banashima- His eyes?


* Kandero pauses at the door.


Kandero- If you had been concentrating on something besides spying on the brat you would know what he's done to the Prince.


* Kandero turns to look at Banashima.


Kandero- And you really should have put that barrier around him like you were tempted to do.


* Banashima stands from the table slowly and narrows his eyes at the other mage.


Kandero- Your hesitation to do so has shown me one thing, though.. You're not ready to handle power such as mine.. A true apprentice would be more than willing to pit his growing powers against his mentor..


* After a tense moment of silence Kandero waves a hand dismissively.


Kandero- Eh, don't be discouraged, Bana.. You'll get there someday.. Now, go see to the Prince's wounds.. Practice the skills you were brought here for and cease this silly spying nonsense.


* When Kandero leaves Banashima wastes no time zipping around gathering up various healing herbs then blinking out of the house.