Phoenix

## Basic Details

Phoenix is a technique created by Vida at the age of twelve, and it's capabilities have grown exponentially over the years.

The basic idea is that the user leaves a chunk of energy behind in a set location, often times their aura. This energy will, for a beginner anyways, duplicate 1/3rd of the user's power after one whole minute before waiting to be called upon as a mid-battle boost. Alternatively, it can be used to summon blasts instead, allowing the user to plant multiple and call upon them to create openings. The energy required to make a Phoenix can make it difficult to pull off in the middle of a fight, though users with a higher expertise are able to plant one on the fly.

The energy it's self holds no visual form, though it can be sensed by the keen mind. If a blast were to rip through it, it would dispel it and cause the Phoenix to return to the caster at half the energy used to cast it. The user can hide it in a way it can't be felt, though requires focus that most battles cannot afford.

## Usage

Using Vida's usage of the technique as an example, one can surmise it's use is either to disorientate enemies, create openings, power up attacks, or act as a safety net in the long term of a fight. The following are written examples of Vida's usage of the technique;

1. When Vida first made the technique, she was attempting to leave blasts suspended in place to fire upon someone from a distance while engaging in close range fighting. She utilized it first to hit the opponent in the back of the knee from their blind spot, allowing Vida to follow up by uppercutting her android opponent into the air. It was followed by two more blasts to the android's chest, stunning it long enough for Vida to call the last Phoenix into her hands to kick-start a Kamehameha. She planted another one afterwards, and used it to power up a punch to the android's core, destroying it before it could regenerate.
2. She expanded on Phoenix's capabilities and used it against Parabol. While she was severely beneath him power wise, she managed to turn the fight into one of attrition using several Phoenix planted several miles from the site of the fight to jump start her energy whenever she was backed into a corner. The fight ended in a stale mate anyways, though Vida did nearly die and used her last Phoenix to give her heart a jolt just before slipping away.
3. She used it in her and Sekiro's final bout against Parabol to power up her own and Sekiro's combined Kamehameha to finish Parabol off. Had she not, she would not have had the energy to sustain such an attack due to the drain Super Saiyan Four had on her body as she had just unlocked said form.
4. She used it in her training with Son-Goku and Prince Vegeta, using it to help aid her in keeping sessions going longer or to show off in a sparing match. When she was taught Soul Punisher, she used Phoenix to aid in maintaining the blast.
5. Upon her second match against her mother Talia, Vida used Phoenix to turn that fight too into a battle of attrition. Even after unlocking Ultra Instinct Sign, she still lost this fight. Talia was also able to figure a few of them out, and with a sneakily fired blast, dispelled them.

She had stopped using it very often to focus more on her more basic techniques, improving where need be. Still, she used it where necessary.

## Other users

Vida has not kept this technique entirely to herself. The following is a list of users who she has taught it to;

1. Sekiro. There was no way in hell he was going to let her walk around with that kind of technique without learning it himself.
2. Lilith. A given, seeing how much they train together.
3. Chini. She took Chini on as a student so teaching her this technique was a given, though she doesn't use the form too often... not as much as she should, anyways.
4. Michiko. She taught the technique to her starting from it's basic roots. Vida holds a special interest in seeing what Michiko manages to expand on from it.

## Conclusion

Phoenix is a technique from the broken mind of Vida and mastered after many years of usage. Combined with Vida's already varied style of fighting, it can lead to Vida becoming nearly impossible to pin down.