For just a moment, she let her guard down all the way, twining her reiatsu about his in a playful, demanding way, like a half-tamed tiger. She'd only regained one memory of them fighting, and she hadn't been able to feel anything. But the unquestioning trust, the effortless way they'd complemented each other's fighting styles, absolutely knowing the other's intentions without speaking...she imagined it must have felt like this.

And that was something she'd been missing for the past two years. Something she'd trained herself to function without, so opening up this much was difficult, and the exhilaration was overshadowed by wariness. And so, just a few moments later, she withdrew, pulling her reiatsu back to its former low hum.

"We can also use our energy in various techniques," she said, inhaling silently as she rebuilt her defenses. "I'll show you sometime; I'm sure it'll come easily to you."