Chapter 4: Damien
Damien was outside, shirtless, showing off his amazing body. Too bad there were no spectators. Actually, it was good there were no spectators because then he could not go through his regular daily routine.
On school days he usually has to wake up at, at least, five just to go through his meditation and Saturday's are no exception either. So here, he was, at five o'clock, outside with the dawning sun. The lingering cool of the night soothes the muscles in his body and, slowly, he begins his movements.
To control his demonic urges, Damien was encouraged to take up martial arts. He chose Chi Wang, an ancient type of karate/kung fu from the feudal age. Few people even know about this type of fighting style. It was extremely hard to find a mentor to teach him. Kagome had to pull some strings and bring in someone from a few towns over. Of course, Chi Wang masters believe in demonic forces and magic so, they had to tell their secret.
Damien gripped his two Sais in his hands. Two fingers were on either side of the big blade and resting on the other two protruding blades. He swung his arms methodically and slowly. A few quick jabs here and there, but, overall, they were smooth and slow.
He started when he was only five. It was imperative that he do so because, at the age of five he felt his first wave of extreme anger and lost control of his powers and almost destroyed the whole town. It took his father and his mother all their power just to restrain them. Of course, they were forced to move to keep their identities secret and that's when they found Eri Fuji, Damien's Chi Wang master.
Damien stood of two short stumps in a middle of a pond. This was part of his training, to keep balance while performing all his moves.
He had chosen his Sais as a weapon when he was 7. After only two years of training he had learned so much and achieved so much more that Eri thought it necessary for him to get his weapons now. Usually you got your significant weapons when you are in your 15th year of training.
He stood, completely balanced and did a slow, methodic, roundhouse kick while balancing on one foot on a little stump over a shallow pond.
The Sais, like many of the Chi Wang weapons, has a special significance to those who chose them. The three blades signify one entity split into three.
His foot that was in the air landing perfectly on a stump. At the moment of his foot touching the stump he jumped up and did a kick/stab in the air and landed perfectly on two more stumps.
First, the two small blades represent his bond with his parents and Erika. However much he hates to admit it his parents and Erika have a special bond with him for the pure fact of what they are. The big blade holds a special place in his heart for the big blade represents Eri.
Moving into a quicker pace, he started to run among stumps while doing flips and kicks.
Not many people actually acquire the Sais. They are the most sacred of all the weapons that Chi Wang offers. In fact, over the many centuries that this has been around only a few hundred people have gotten it.
Like many people that practice Chi Wang, Damien has a spiritual connection with his Sais. His Sais are as much attached to him as his right hand is attached to his right arm.
Damien was not as focused as he should have been while doing his practices. With this sudden arrival of this Shippou person, he has been finding it hard to stop thinking about him.
When Damien was 11 years old, Eri died. He left Damien his Sais. These were sacred Sais. These Sais were passed down from master to student for centuries and, every time one master of the Sais would die, his Chi would be locked in these Sais making these Sais the most powerful and respectful of all weapons in Chi Wang.
Anyway, after Eri died Damien felt another wave of anger. Damien had been closer to Eri then he had been to his own father and mother. Eri helped him through many hard times and then, all of a sudden he was gone. This was a hard blow for Damien's fragile 11-year-old psyche. Using the ancient Sais, he was able to destroy the house that Eri was in in a matter of seconds. However, since Eri had been locked into the Sais he was able to control him before he went further and, once again, they had to move. He never touched the Sais again.
However, at about this time, Damien's grandma was getting sick so they decided to go live there. One year later, she died. However, Damien took this ok, he never was close to her.
He has taken it upon himself to further his training by himself for the past 5 years.
Thinking about his master and of the bastard Shippou Damien completely lost balance and fell into the pond with a big splash. "FUCK!" he yelled.
He hasn't fallen for almost of month. He thought he was getting so good. Well, he thought, keeping your cool is one of the major lessons in Chi Wang.
Thinking this, he got up and went inside. "You should never push yourself" Damien could remember Eri saying this. While walking up to his room, he started to cry a little bit. Never one who could deal with a flurry of emotions (if his rampage at age five and eleven wasn't proof enough), he lifted up the loose floorboard underneath his bed and took out his stash and pipe. He smoked up right there in his bedroom, lucky that no one was awake to smell it.