"How do we do this? Should I be the vessel again?"
"Yes. Just follow my lead."
Xuanhui lifted Pakura's palm.
"Release a fireball first. I'll inject chakra."
Pakura used Xuanhui's hand to form hand seals and released a fireball, which floated in front of them.
Xuanhui slowly transferred his Light Release chakra to Pakura.
"Slower..."
"Then I'll ease up a little."
The light on the fireball gradually stabilized, no longer flickering.
"Try changing its shape. See if you can control it."
Pakura tried channeling her chakra to control the fireball's shape.
"I can control it. Looks like the Light Release chakra hasn't fused with it. It's just an enchantment."
"If they fused, we'd have to hold hands whenever we fought from now on."
"Then we'll hold hands. It'll be the perfect way to tell other women you're mine."
Xuanhui reached out with his other hand and tucked Pakura's stray hair behind her ear.
He leaned in and whispered into her ear.
"You're getting bolder and bolder."
"Don't you like me this way?"
"I like you no matter how you are."
Pakura had the tables turned on her yet again.
As it turned out, the student could never beat the master.
They spent the rest of the afternoon studying academic questions, until the sunlight turned golden.
"Let's go have dinner."
"What do you want to eat?"
Without hesitation, Pakura answered with a question of her own.
"Do you remember what we ate together the first time?"
Anticipation sparkled in her eyes.
Wanting to tease her, he pretended he had forgotten.
She rewarded him with a flurry of punches.
"Such an important day! How dare you forget! I'm going to bite you!"
Pakura's restless hands were already tugging at Xuanhui's clothes, exposing his sharply defined shoulder.
She had just opened her mouth