25 Proud (1/2)

”Big Brother has arrived !!” Bryan shouted as he ran to hug Aatrox followed by Bruna.

Seeing his siblings, Aatrox unconsciously put a smile on his face. Seeing the happiness on their faces, he was sure he would do his all to protect them.

”Hey kids, do you want to learn something cool?” Aatrox said while stroking Bruna's hair.

Hearing what Aatrox said, they both looked at him with a curious look. ”What is it, big brother?” Bruna asked while enjoying the affection that she was getting on her head.

”It's called a breathing technique. It gathers the energy in the air to make you stronger.” Aatrox explained.

”Brother, are you a ninja-like Naruto? I saw in an episode when Naruto was training his jutsus, he had to gather chakra from the air, after gathering a lot of chakras he used a lot of jutsus and it was super cool!” Said Bryan clearly excited.

Thinking of his brother's analogy, Aatrox was surprised. That was basically the concept of cultivating, you gathered energy and used it in your techniques. ”That's right Bryan, but I will only teach you how to gather the energy. If you get good at it, I can teach you some jutsus. But this one will be our secret, okay? ” Aatrox said thoughtfully.

'They're still young and have a lot of potential. If they get really good at cultivating the Star Lung Technique I wouldn't mind teaching them some tricks or low-level techniques.'

Hearing that they could use jutsus, the twins' eyes glittered like stars. They were clearly shocked and excited, wanting to use jutsus like the ninjas in Naruto.

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Today was a very boring day for Bruna. When she woke up her older brother had already gone to school, at home were only her, Bryan and her mother Amanda.

Every time she visited her brother at the hospital, he was always sleeping. Only last week did her parents tell her and Bryan that her brother had woken up. When Bruna found out, she didn't know what to feel. She felt curious about her brother who always slept. But she felt more afraid since she didn't know if he would be mean to her and Bryan.

When she arrived at the hospital, she saw that her once sleeping brother was now awake. Looking at his thin and weak body, the fear she felt was replaced with worry. Even though she was only 4 years old, Bruna knew it wasn't healthy to be as thin as he was.

When her brother spoke to her and Bryan, Bruna felt happy. She was also curious why he slept so much.

When she was playing with Bryan in the living room, the front door opened and when she looked up her face immediately lit up. Walking through the door was her older brother Ben. Even though he left this morning, she already missed him so much, as if he had been gone for days.

As they talked, her brother put his hands on the top of her head and stroked her hair. She liked the feeling very much.

She was enjoying the warm sensation of her brother's hand flowing through her hair when he said something about learning how to gather the energy in the air. It reminded her of the stories he told about cultivators. 'Can I be like them?' She thought.

'Brother seems to know a lot, maybe if I'm good at his technique I can see these cool things and play with these amazing things too?' Bruna thought as she saw her two brothers talking.