"BRO! I SWEAR I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT!"
Aarav turned just in time to see a boy slip on his own ice trail, crash face-first into the ground, then roots shot up beneath him, tripping him again.
"Kunal Rawat! Ice and Wood dual-element awakener!" he declared, striking a heroic pose—then froze his own sleeve.
Aarav blinked. Then laughed.
During training, the fight showed why Kunal was feared despite being a comic relief:
Ice controlled the battlefield
Wood roots adapted mid-fight
Defensive, strategic, fast
Lightning clashed against frost; roots blocked arcs.
And for one fraction of a second, space itself split around Aarav's strike. He felt it. Kunal didn't.
From the shadows, ancient family elders whispered:
"That lightning boy… we may have to remove him."
A storm was coming, and Earth would no longer remain neutral.