The rest of the week passed by, but Tsuna didn't have much luck inventing any moves.
Kenichi would be out cold (not literally – just unable to train) for a week or so, Sakaki for a week as well. Tsuna only had Akisame, Kensei and Apachai to spar with. He sparred with Apachai the most, Apachai couldn't control his strength that well - it would be good battle experience in case someone who had more strength attacked him.
Though, Tsuna was quite on par with Miu now, so that proved to be some progress made.
One of the days, Siegfried, came over to visit suddenly. Tsuna was doing his self-practice with Apachai and didn't pay much attention to him.
Siegfried got quite unhappy about no one attending to him at the door that he jumped over the wall and into the courtyard in which Apachai and Tsuna were sparring in.
Apachai attacked.
Tsuna blocked and defended.
While Apachai was missed him, Tsuna found a way to land a hit.
A punch to the abdomen - blocked.
Tsuna went into attack, Apachai on defense.
Apachai attacked as Tsuna missed.
Tsuna defended and blocked it.
Apachai put in all his strength into an uppercut.
Tsuna dodged.
"Oi! Stop fighting! Where is Kenichi?" Siegfried was getting impatient.
The past few times that he came over, there was always someone to attend to him and let him in. He was also quite used to the people giving him some attention.
He could not stand being ignored for such a long time.
Tsuna and Apachai stopped, as though they got out of a trance.
Both of them faced Siegfried. Only Apachai recognised Siegfried and went to greet him.
Siegfried was quite shocked, who was that mysterious boy who he had not seen before? And what was he doing the dojo? And where in the world was Kenichi?!
Tsuna went up to him and greeted, "Hello, I'm Sawada Tsunayoshi, known as 'Tsuna' for short. I'm the second disciple of Ryozanpaku, it's nice to meet you. Kenichi is in the hospital because he broke a rib. Everyone else is out shopping with Miu-chan, so it's just me and Apachai-sensei here right now."
Tsuna not only had manners, he also explained and answered Siegfried's questions.
"Wait! I only asked you where Kenichi was, not about the other things!" Siegfried was quite shocked. 'Did this - wait, was it Tuna? Should be - Tuna guy read my mind?!' Siegfried was very surprised indeed.
"Ah, it's my intuition. You wanted to know, didn't you? Anyways, Kenichi's going to be moved to Akisame-sensei's clinic today. He'll be recuperating over there, since Akisame-sensei is a bone specialist." Tsuna explained. [A/N: Lies, it was Reborn's mind-reading skills rubbed off.]
He looked to Apachai who met his gaze.
Apachai's face darkened, showing his serious side. He nodded and the two of them went back to their original positions, ready to spar.
Sieg managed to process the information just before Tsuna and Apachai started another round of sparring.
"Wait! You're quite strong aren't you? Kenichi beat me before, so why don't you try to fight me?" Sieg baited.
Tsuna contemplated for a moment before getting an 'ok' from Apachai. Apachai then went to sit down and take a break. Tsuna faced Sieg and stared steely at him, eyes burning with hope and determination.
"Ok. But it's only because you asked." Tsuna agreed.
They then got into their respective fighting positions.
'This guy, he seems to have so much confidence. But we'll see what he's made of!' Sieg thought.
A few punches and kicks later...
"I can hear a new melody!" said Sieg before falling to the ground dramatically.
A loud 'HIEEEEE!' was heard, and Tsuna rushed to catch Sieg's head before it hit the ground.
"Phew, I barely made it." Tsuna said, sighing in relief.
[A/N: Refer to the scene when Miu caught Sieg's head after Kenichi's ultimate punch - that's what I call it btw.]
Apachai had fallen asleep, so Tsuna had no one else to train with.
"Ah, I shouldn't have used so much strength." Tsuna sighed yet again.
"Maa (well), you did a good job with that punch though." The elder commented, jumping off a nearby tree.
"Arigato (thank you)." Tsuna said, bowing. He showed no signs of shock. Well, he knew the elder was hiding there anyway.
"Demo (but), the move is ultimately Kenichi's. And it encompasses all the different martial arts that we've learnt as well. If only the ones I could come up with are more holistic." Tsuna sighed yet again.
"Well, that will come eventually. As for now, you'll be starting special training with me next week." The elder announced.
"Training with you? What will we be doing?"
"You will learn how to use seikuken."
"Is that the technique where there is this sort of 'personal bubble' around you, and you can catch and defend any attacks which enter that 'personal bubble' zone?"
The elder took some time to think it through.
"Yes, that is seikuken."
"Cool!" Tsuna was quite hyped up about it. Seikuken seemed really interesting.