[center][b]The Rise of a Violent Flame -[/b] [i]One year in the past[/i][/center] 
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It was a warm late morning and Ruri was, as always stuck at home doing endless amounts of homework give by her home tutors and one could easily guess she was already sick of the static life she was currently living. The window of her room was open right before her work desk and she could simply peer down at the streets adjacent to her household, envying those who didn't have to work but at the same time patronizing them for not being her. She wanted out, but couldn't find the motivation to do so as it would infuriate her impatient father in more than recommended proportions. She bit the eraser stuck on the end of her pencil and chewed on it like an anti-stress mechanism or a simple tic, hoping that she could make time pass after that way, after all lunch time was synonym of break time and eventually other things would occur during the afternoon that would distract her from her current obligations. 

However it would only be when a familiar voice would be heard that her passive attitude would suddenly turn into an actively excited and motivated one, her head swiftly poking out of the window frame to check out what was passing-by, only to see the Hanamoto clan's heir and Ruri's buddy, Kanajiro. A grin of pure joy formed on her face as she grabbed a couple of items she fit in a pouch she was given recently before blatantly jumping out of the window. She hopped on the neighboring house's roof so she could follow the young boy a little, the boy who was walking along two other individuals whom Ruri could only guess were fellow clansmen by the diction he was employing. After a couple of roof switching, she decided it was finally time to spook him by dropping down and landing right in front of his face. That worked, almost, for everything went perfectly until she tried to control her position after the landing. She skills allowed her to fall off high distances and land without harm, but she was still prone to a few slip ups, and these happened to be one of them. She humorously slipped backwards on her behind while leaving Kanajiro completely adamant toward the ridicule of the situation. 

"[b]Ow damn it, uugh. Wow you really suck for a man if you're not going to help me get up.[/b]" 

She said in a very sassy and rather provocative manner. She liked to hit Kanajiro's masculinity, like any other man, but poking on his patience regarding that satisfied her more for some reason, perhaps it would be her search of empowerment over a gender she considers more imposing? It didn't really matter why she did it as most of her insults were unwarranted to begin with. She looked at Kanajiro who remained silent for another second, likely in a little pickle when it came to analyzing the situation. Ruri had never done such a stunt before, so it seemed a bit odd for him to see her do such a thing. 

"[b][i]Oh erm Ruri, are you okay?! What in the world is going on in that mind of yours?[/b][/i]" 

He asked as though he was worried but his tone gave it away, he was too used to seeing Ruri do ridiculous things and simply losing her grip a multiple games they would play together that he didn't really care anymore. He grabbed her hand and helped her back up, and upon doing so the young girl didn't waste one second and brushed off the dirt stuck on her posterior. 

"[b]As if some chicken shit clansman would understand my obviously transcendent motives. Anyway who are the two jerkwads?[/b]" 

She asked, not even giving a look to the individuals next to Kanajiro as if she barely considered human beings to begin with. Kanajiro always noticed these bad tendencies of her's but never really bothered to correct her on that, likely because he knew it was futile but also deep in his mind he knew why she did this. He still sighed and paused a second, looking at the man on his right, then the one on his left before facing the sassy Ruri once more. 

"[b][i]This is Hat-..[/b][/i]" 

"[b]On second thought, don't care. I want YOU to come with me to the park. I have something special to show you~[/b]" 

After cutting Kanajiro at the start of his sentence, the end of her reply seemed a bit more provocative than before, as if she was implying something rather suspicious in nature. Kanajiro's eyebrow arched just slightly, too experienced with her to know this could lead to anything, but more often than naught he'd end up hurt somewhere, big or small. He rubbed the back of his head as he was in a tough situation: He'd either leave his fellow clansmen in favor of Ruri or join her and inevitably have her harass him for the rest of the day. 

"[b][i]You're really not giving me any breaks, are you? Alright, I'll be back in an hour or two.[/b][/i]" 

Kanajiro waved his companions, dismissing them so he could devote some time to his friend. Ruri watched the two individuals go with a satisfied smirk on her face. She was happy that she had some privileges many couldn't compare to and that she could impose her will on certain people at any time she wanted. But she was wise enough to not force herself all the time on Kanajiro and only took initiatives when they presented themselves quite openly. As she turned her attention back to the Hanamoto boy, she grabbed his wrist and pulled him with her as she jogged through the linear street. He followed painfully behind at first since she didn't even warn before she starting running, but he ended up quickly coping with her speed. After five minutes, they hit a small park where trees were predominant in numbers over houses and barely anyone could see the two there. 

"[b]Okay, okay. Just stand back this may make your tiny mind go haywire just of how awesome this is.[/b]" 

She warned the boy who had his arms crossed at that point. He was slightly intrigued to find out what she was planning to do, was it going to be a random punch in the face? A super mega insult? Or was it something worth hiding from the public? Either way, his curiosity got him there as he awaited the result. He had taken a couple of steps back while Ruri had weaved two hand signs rather quickly before clapping both her hands together. They remained closed for about five seconds, a drop of sweat had time to start on her right temple and slide down to the level of her cheek, as she tried to concentrate something. 

"[b][i]What are you trying to do Ruri?[/b][/i]" 

"[b]SHUT UP WAIT A SEC![/b]" 

She shouted as if Kanajiro had taken her favorite toy away before taking her focused expression once more. But after a couple of seconds, two flames formed over her back. They were two small fireballs that quickly merged and exploded into a pair of rather large winds for her figure, both being about twice as large as Ruri's silhouette. She appeared as some sort of flaming angel from where Kanajiro was, a creature not of this world. It was an interesting power and something he had not seen used that way before, but flames were obviously not so rare in the Hanamoto clan, which ended up leaving him a bit adamant toward this little show as much as he was with Ruri falling before him. 

"[b][i]That's pretty impressive Ruri, I did not know you've had the fire release as well as the earth release you've shown me before.[/b][/i]" 

He said with a friendly smile on his face, he appeared to be happy for her and glad that she could progress, though one could only guess he would be bitter that she was able to use two elements before he could. That's what Ruri told herself, but she had an even better thing in mind to reply. 

"[b]Hah, fire? Me?! Sure I can do those eventually ... BUT! This isn't some poor man's fire release [i]-giggle-[/i] But a rare Kekkei Genkai, my super Explosion release![/b]" 

She wailed without any hesitation just to rub it in Kanajiro's face. From what she knew, he couldn't do such things and she was confirmed by her tutors that she indeed possessed a superior chakra than the basic five elements that were commonly found in nature. She looked to smug when she talked with those wings on which made Kanajiro pout in disinterest when he heard the word Kekkei Genkai. He indeed still looked unimpressed, and he even seemed skeptical about all of this for Ruri was truly capable of joking around just to hit a man's ego. 

"[b][i]This looks like Fire release to me. How can this be any different from fire? They are flames under the form of wings.[/b][/i]" 

He asked, wanting proof of her claims since he went all this way just to see this. Ruri's grin turned back into a smile, she was going to BLOW his mind with her new technique. 

"[b]Haha, I knew a complete bummer like you would ask this. You're going to see the extent of my ... Phoenix Ascension.[/b]" 

She said while looking at him before pausing for about a second. Kanajiro stood still, waiting for the big surprise, but before anything special would happen, Ruri would pull out another one of her ridiculous games on him. 

"[b]HeylosersaysWHAT.[/b]" 

As she said that mass of four words in a rather quick manner, her wings flexed and released explosion chakra to hurl the girl forward in exception speed, like she was some sort of rocket being compulsively ejected horizontally. The few steps of distance between them would make this surprise approach more than stunning for those unprepared. He fist ready, she was going to punch him in the gut as punishment for not paying attention while using that speed. At least he could witness the reason why this ability was explosion release and could feel the extent of its ability, literally.