Chapter eleven: Who is to decide
"I! seek guidance at this crossroad, I ask you! The spirits of eternity…" A dusty road split in two in front of the teen, who where sitting in saisa talking out loud what he sought.
A laughter made the teen roll over and rose in such speed that he made the wind whip once. The girl jumped back five seconds after the teen had risen, her reflects lacking the observation skills to follow it all and react at the same time.
"Who are you?" the teen's voice was harsh and his fingers had a firm grip on the sword that hang in his belt.
The girl sighed out slowly, she did not doubt that the boy could use his sword in the same speed as he moved just before. "Me… I am…"
"I'm sorry" the firm grip was gone both his hands were free now" I shouldn't have scared you like that, I am Shinichi, and I am a traveller guided by the spirits!"
Again the girl laughed no longer did she fear the boy. "How many times exactly have the spirits guided you?"
"Well… I meant…ok, ok I have not seen the spirits but it is seldom that I meet danger"
"But! You have met it…right"
"Yes but" a drop of sweat hang in his eyebrow"
"What I thought, well I'm on my way back to my village you can come along and get a place to rest… O Traveller of the Road Guided by the Spirits!" the sarcasm was thick and made them both laugh when they turned right…
"Stop sparring" Sunder's voice echoed through the sword grounds when all the novices and warriors stopped their sparring "I ask you all to welcome Shinichi to the guild and the way of the sword"
The novices and warriors clapped a little and welcomed Shinichi. "Lockhart you'll be showing Shinichi how to handle a sword"
Stupidity he had already told Sunder that he knew how, how he knew he just knew, He stepped into a circle of stones, the sparring had begun again, and filled the grounds.
"Are you ready?" Lockhart took his wooden two handed sword up in fighting position "Are you sure you want to use that? Sure don't look like a sword"
Shinichi laughed silence "Yeah I'm sure, just start"
Sunder attacked with a long and slow blow, to give Shinichi a chance… a mistake he didn't do again, in an instant had Shinichi avoided the sword and leaped over sunder turning in the air slashing him in his bag blunt. Sunder tripped out of the circle and stared at Shinichi. The loud noise of swords against swords had stopped everybody where looking at Shinichi, who stood rank holding the wooden sword in one hand resting the blade end on the ground looking very confused, apparently surprised by his own action.
"Ok, take a deep breath….and let it go, let it all go" Atia Breathed out slowly a bit dizzy after exhaling the large amount of air. "Good… I still don't see why, you're going to learn it at school anyway"
"Yes but now I have control and next after control comes skills, Don't You see mom the sooner I get skills the sooner I can heal!"
Sonea let out a brief laughter, "it's not that easy to heal, but I guess I can't stop you from trying to accelerate in your studies"
