Chapter 1
Training Starts
He lay there. With a headache he could only just bare. After Ron Weasley cut his face right down the side of his nose. "You'll have a scar there for the rest of your life you know." Madam Pompfrey said. "It was supposed to just be a training session."
"Tell that to Ron." Harry yelled.
"I'll have to call your Instructor. Who is it again…Oh, yes, it's Instructor Lupin."
"Yeah."
"I'll be right back, just going to call him." So Harry lay back down. A few minutes went by.
"It's been a long time Harry, I wish I could have seen you more often but I couldn't find you." Harry looked at her but did not recognize her. "Well, I hope to see you again, but I have to leave." She walked out.
About two minutes later, Lupin walked in. "How many times do I have to tell you, it's just a training session." Lupin said.
"I said it to Pompfrey; I'll say it to you, TELL THAT TO RON!" Harry yelled. "I'm sick of everyone blaming it on me just because Ron's pure blood and I'm not. You can all kiss my ass."
"You have the same fiery passion that your father had." Lupin exclaimed.
"Don't talk about my father; I'm nothing like my father. I would never run out on my wife and kid because I was scared."
"I know." Lupin said. "Well, your real training will start today. You'll first be training with… ahhh, Cloud; He's one of our best you know; he will be training you to use the buster sword. Heavy in weight, but very powerful." Lupin said. "Cloud is waiting for you in the west wing."
Harry groaned. "That's all the way across Hogwarts."
"Then, you better get walking." Lupin laughed. Harry walked over to the west wing to find Cloud with his sword out slicing right through the training dummy, while Harry stared in awe.
"So, you finally decided to come."
"Sorry, I was in the hospital wing because Ron went-"
"I don't want excuses." Cloud said. "I will be teaching you how to use a buster sword to its fullest potential; the training will be hard and long; you will have injuries and will want to quit. That is up to you to quit." Cloud exclaimed.
"I will never quit." Harry murmured.
Cloud looked on. "Now, first you will have to carry the buster sword all the way around school; it is a very heavy weapon and you will need to learn to carry it in a way it puts less strain on you; and how to channel your materia to carry it." Cloud threw Harry a small buster sword. Harry, thinking it would be a piece of cake to catch, found out that it is heavier than it looks the hard way. He tried to catch but it hit his hands and snapped his arm like a twig. Harry fell to the ground writhing in pain.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Harry yelled.
"Quit your whining; that wasn't even a full sized buster sword." Cloud said. With a quick movement of his hand, Harry's pain was lifted. Harry grabbed his arm, and it felt perfectly normal.
"How did you do that?" Harry asked.
"Healing; I'm not as good as Arith, but I still get the job done. Now, pick up the buster sword and hold it straight in front of you." Cloud said. Struggling, Harry finally managed to lift the sword. The immense weight made him drop it after just a few seconds. "You will continue to carry it around the school until you can carry it for more than 20 minutes. Only than will you learn to channel your materia into your strength." Cloud said.
"Yes sir" Harry said.
"Now, get going." Cloud yelled.
After what seemed like a lifetime for Harry, but was actually only 2 hours, Harry made it back to the west wing panting.
"So, how many times did you drop it?" Cloud asked.
"About 23 times." Harry said panting.
"Hmph, pathetic." Cloud said. "My first time I did it, I only dropped it 6 times. You should be ashamed of yourself. That is probably the highest number of drops I've heard of."
"Well, it's not that easy for me you know. I'm not the strongest person ever in history." Harry said.
"Ahhhh, quit your complaining." Cloud yelled. "You're pathetic. At this rate, you'll never become a master of using the buster sword. Why do you even try?"
"Because it is something I promised someone that I would do. And I'm going to keep that promise." Harry said.
"Hmph, maybe you're not so pathetic. I once made someone I love a promise. And I kept it. Can you keep yours?" Cloud said.
"I will do whatever it takes to keep that promise." Harry yelled.
"Are you?" Cloud asked. "Are you willing to go to the ends of the world to keep that promise? Would you give everything up, just so you could keep a promise?
"Yes." Harry murmured.
"That's enough for today." Cloud sighed. "Get some rest." Harry left the room and went straight to his room. He tried to go to sleep but couldn't. There was something on his mind that he could not forget.
The next day he got up and went to the great hall to get breakfast. "Hey, Potter, does that scar hurt?" Ron laughed. "I bet it does, seeing as how I was the one who cut you."
"SHUT UP WEASLEY, BEFORE I REALLY GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT INSTEAD OF YOUR STUPID GIRLFRIEND LAVENDER BROWN LEAVING YOU." Harry yelled.
At that moment Ron pulled out his muramasa and his wand and attacked. But Harry, being too fast for him, dodged it with ease and punched Ron right in the nose. Ron fell to the ground, his nose bleeding profusely. "That's what you get." Yelled a voice from behind Harry. Harry whipped around and there was Ginny.
"Ginny, why are you backing HIM up?" Ron asked in shock.
"Because you think you are so tough, and that you are the best this school has ever seen. But your not. And I'm sick of you thinking that. I would back up anybody besides you." Ginny yelled.
"But, I'm your brother. You better start respecting me more." Ron yelled. And in a swift move Ron got up and tried to hit Ginny right across the face but Harry jumped in the way and caught his fist.
"Don't ever try to hit her or any other girl ever again." Harry said. "Or I will kill you."
Using the other hand, Ron swung at Harry but again, Harry caught it and than broke both of Ron's wrist by twisting them backwards. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." Ron screamed in horror and fell to the ground still screaming and crying.
"You see, you're just a wuss and couldn't beat up a fly." Ginny said smirking. Harry and Ginny than walked off while Ron still cried in the background.
"Thanks for your help." Ginny said. "But there is still something that bothers me; how did you move in front of me so fast and catch his fist. No ones ever been able to beat Ron before, and you made it look easy."
Harry just kept walking with her as though he was only there to protect her. "Are you even listening?" Ginny asked. Harry looked over at her. She was looking into his eyes and saw that his eyes had changed from green to blood red. "Wha-"
Harry looked back straight ahead, still not speaking. "Don't you ever talk?" Ginny asked. "And, why did you help me back there?"
"Because you helped me." Harry said.
"Ohhhh, so now you talk." Ginny said.
"Not many people would help me like that." Harry said. Suddenly his eyes turned from blood red, back to green.
"How-" Ginny started.
"You're here." Harry said. "You'd better be careful next time, ok?
"Yeah." Ginny said. "Thanks for walking me here. See you tomorrow? Ginny asked.
"Sure." Harry said smiling. Than Harry left to go to the west wing, where Cloud was supposed to be waiting for him. When he finally got there, he got to the edge of the door and over heard Lupin and Cloud talking about him.
"What do you think of him?" Lupin asked.
"Well, he's definitely got potential. But he hasn't acted like he's putting in much effort. I mean, you said that he's your best student, yet he can barely hold up a smaller sized buster sword for over a minute. Anyways, he'll be here any minute so you better go." Cloud said.
"See you." Lupin said. Lupin walked out of the door and saw Harry standing there. "Harry…" Harry burst past him and went into the training room where Cloud was waiting for him."
"SO YOU'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ME, HUH? Harry yelled.
"Shut up." Cloud said. "All you do is whine, whine, and whine. Quit feeling sorry for yourself. You have to be strong whether you had a bad childhood or not."
Harry suddenly pulled out the small buster sword and swung at Cloud who easily dodged it and punched Harry in the stomach. Who staggered for a few seconds and looked up. Cloud looked into Harry's eyes and saw that his eyes changed from green to blood red. Harry got up, picked up his sword, and charged towards Cloud lightning fast.
