The little turtle:
A weapon is only as good as the arm that wields it. (Master Splinter)
14) Weapons.
My brothers were thirteen years old now and they got their first real weapon. I got to practice with the bokken with them, but I wasn't so good at it. I could stand my own for a while but after three blows the wood would hurt my hands so I was forced to let go. Mikey knew that I didn't really like this training so he'd go easy on me, he didn't put as much strength behind his blows as the others did. But master Splinter noticed of course and paired me up with someone else, fortunately for me that someone else was Donnie. Leo was surprisingly good at this, even more outstanding than usual. But today was time for them to take off the ninja training wheels and get their main weapons.
Master Splinter had gotten all sorts of ninja weapons from his friend the ancient one in Japan. I don't exactly know the name of all the weapons but there were very large swords Nodachi, large swords Katana's, shorter swords Wakizashi and very short swords Tanto's . Then there were other kind of blades: kusarigama which were sickles with chains attached to them, Kunai and chiruken which were little blades and throwing stars, sai's which were dangerous looking forks and so on.
There were also a lot of wooden weapons: a large wooden stick named a bo staff and two little pieces of wood attached to each other with a chain, Nunchucks, a three section staff, which was actually kind of like the nunchucks but with an extra piece added.
I couldn't wait to finally get my very own weapon, I always liked the blades, they were so shiny. But seeing how bad I am with the wooden ones no way am I going to get something as cool like a katana.
"Michelangelo come forth." Master Splinter said, and Mikey kneeled in front of him. I saw Sensei going to the wooden section of the rack.
"I give you the Nunchaku, you are the fastest and most creative, your qualities will prove most affective while handling this weapon, may they help you protect this family. Train well and make them your own my son."
"Thank you Sensei" he bowed and returned to his spot.
"Donatello" now Donnie sat in front of master Splinter. Again master Splinter went to the wooden section, maybe for their first weapon all of them get a wooden one.
"I give you the bo-staff, you are the most peaceful and brightest of mind in your hands this seemingly simple weapon can proven to be most effective, may it help you protect this family. Train well and make it your own my son."
"Thank you Sensei"
"Raphaël" Raphie sat in front of master Splinter and I saw a gleam in his eyes when Sensei finally went to the blade side.
"I give you the sai's, you are the most passionate and dedicated that is why I am convinced you can master the skill required to wield these weapons, may they help you protect this family. Train well and make them your own my son." He bowed and returned to his place, aww that was a cool weapon, I wanted that too.
"Thank you Sensei"
"Leonardo." He too sat now in front of master splinter, I wasn't surprised when he too went to the blades again.
"I give you the double Katana, you are the most controlled and skilled, these weapons will help you translate that dedication and skill, may they help you protect this family. Train well and make them your own my son."
" Thank you sensei"
They all bowed a final time.
"Before your training starts my sons, I must point out that these are merely tools to channel your inner strength, they are tools to help protect yourself and our family. Remember a weapon is only as good as it's master and in a hand of a true ninja everything is a deadly weapon."
"Hai, sensei." They all chorused. In the hand of a true ninja everything is a deadly weapon, true to that, I've seen what master Splinter can do with his walking stick.
"But do not forget that those are in fact weapons you are holding, treat them with respect and honor. I trust you with them my sons, do not let me down." Translation, play with the shiney blades and you will get punished. They all nodded and bowed.
They were all very excited with their weapons, and I couldn't blame them, still I was a little jealous that they got them already. It was just another proof of the barrier that stood between us as ninja. I'm still a beginner and they got to do more advanced stuff, still there is but one thing I can do about this, train as hard as I can and wait until master Splinter finds me worthy enough. Whenever that may be.
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