Kunou started noticing a change in his abilities...he found that he was starting to manipulate the properties of water as well...but it was hardly worth noting at the time. He decided that to further practice, he'd need more space.
After a few minutes of walking, he came to an open field. He shut his eyes and concentrated, then with one fell swoop he raised his hand and then jammed his index and pinky fingers into the ground. In that instant there was a low rumbling, followed by large shards of ice cutting up from the Earth.
Kunou withdrew his fingers from the Earth and the ice shards shattered into powdery snow. He looked on with somewhat approval...
As he started walking though, he felt incredibly dizzy.
"...I guess I overdid it."
He fell on his back and eventually blacked out.