[h3]Kasumi[/h3]
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Kasumi had to miss her classes today, she called in sick. She had never got ill before, but this day was different. 

It began in the night before. Kasumi suddenly felt as if the inside of her stomach was squeezed by an invisible hand and punctured with many blades. To add her misfortune, she was alone in her apartment with no one to attend her. Her parents had to be away for a whole week, leaving Kasumi by herself for several nights. Obviously, as she never had to call for any medical appointments previously, she didn't keep any contacts for clinics. Kasumi spent her whole night to calm herself with her breathing technique, but to no avail. Kasumi didn't sleep well and the abdominal pain inside her was still there as the morning sun rose.

That evening, just around an hour before the pain began, Kasumi discovered another extent of her power. The exercise session ended quite late and Kasumi had to walk alone to get home. An unfortunate encounter with a potential rapist awakened the more advanced stage of Kasumi's energy manipulation. Not only she was able to gather nature energy and channel it to augment her muscular performance, Kasumi found that she could also unleash the raw form of her energy in a directed blast. The assaulter was hit by Kasumi's blast and launched for several yards.

Kasumi worried that someone might had just witnessed her invoking the power. This incident might prompt an investigation by the BSI to the local school. As Kasumi reached her apartment, she was prepared to warn the people she had guessed as the fellow "gifted", after she finished her shower. Unfortunately, the side effect of Kasumi's power struck. The nature energy reservoir inside Kasumi was not ready for the burden of her new power. The debilitating pain paralyzed Kasumi for the whole night.