Ch. 25 Blinded

Don was up and out of bed for sunrise as usual. He went to the kitchen and prepared breakfast for himself and a little extra for Sachiko for when she woke up, she'd have food.

"What are you doing Don?" Sachiko said sleepily wiping her eyes with the sleeve of her night gown which was about to completely come off.

Don turned around shocked to see Sachiko awake this early in the morning. "What are you doing up this early?" he asked.

"I asked you first." she said sleepily walking up to him and hugging him. She buried her face into his chest, "But if you must know, I am always attracted by the smell of your cooking." she giggled.

Don looked down, Sachiko looked up at him and they kissed each other and then Don fixed her gown before her breasts were exposed.

"Let's have some breakfast before I have to leave for training." Don said softly leading Sachiko to the table and sitting her down. He placed their food on the table and sat next to her and ate.

"Yummy! Good as always!" Sachiko said happily.

"Good to hear." Don replied smiling at her.

When they were done eating, Don took the dishes and cleaned them. He got dressed and then left to go train.

"Good morning Don." Neji said.

"Good morning." Don replied.

"I hope you rested well because your training will get much harder from now on." Neji said smirking.

Don sighed "How pleasant." he was then handed a blindfold. "What is this?"

"Put it on." Neji demanded.

Don put it on, "I can't see a thing." he said.

"Exactly. Now we spar." Neji said.

"Wait, what? This isn't fair!" Don replied as Neji jabbed him hard in the stomach.

"First of all, you will always run the risk of being at a disadvantage in a fight. It is up to you to adapt and turn the tide of battle in your favor. And secondly, your arrogance blinds you even on the battlefield. If you open up your mind and other senses rather than relying on your eyesight, you will notice many things you normally wouldn't before." he replied sternly.

Don grunted but went through with the training anyway. After many blows taken, Don finally managed to open up his senses some being able to sense Neji's movements. There were a few instances where he was able to dodge some of his attacks.

"Good. You are getting the hang of it, however you won't be able to move on with your training unless you dodge all of my attacks." Neji said picking up the pace of his attack.

Don took two jabs to the stomach and jumped back sensing Neji's follow up attack. Hours went by and Don made little progress.

"That's enough for today." Neji said. Don reached for the blindfold. "Keep it on. You still need work on being aware of your surroundings."

"Great, how am I supposed to get home." Don complained.

"Just use your other senses to get home." Neji replied.

Don took a deep breath and tried to sense things around him that would give him clues as to which way to go. He managed to leave the Hyuga household after bumping into many things. After that, he attempted to find his way home and after a while he found himself lost.

"Great, I'm lost and I can't take my blindfold off." he said angrily. He sat on the ground and took a deep breath concentrating as hard as he could and spreading out his senses listening out for people's footsteps and feeling them walk by. After a while, he got up and followed a route which his sensed told him to take.

"Don? Where have you been?" Sachiko said as she ran off the porch and hugged him.

Don hugged back, "I'm sorry I'm so late. "I couldn't find my way home."

Sachiko reached up to grab the blindfold to rip it off and Don stopped her sensing what she was about to do.

"Don't. It's apart of my training, I have to keep it on." he said. "Let's go inside, I'm pretty sure I have some leftovers in the fridge."

Sachiko wrapped around his arm and walked with him inside and after eating and taking a bath, they went to bed.