The battle's end
Usually a run in with one's teacher would be followed by a feeling of relief, especially in the case that the one in question had disappeared for far longer than should be reasonable, but instead Erin felt hurt by what had just happened.
For more reasons than one, a strong swing from herself was still able to be deflected like so.
"What are you doing?!" She shouted. "Have you been swayed over to the enemy side? Why won't you let me pass?!"
For a second, Leo was concentrating on the aura around her. He could sense it. This wasn't the power of Qi, but it was something else that was fuelling her body. The yellow power surrounding her was larger than he had ever seen before.
What exactly had happened in the time they were away? What made it so you had to resort to the power taking over Leo thought.