Walter looked to the agents still standing before him. "You all should be ashamed of yourselves or I will personally teach you lessons in respect and honor." With that he walked out of the room and found Integra. "I'm sorry about that, Integra. I truly am, but your first tutor is here for the day." He looked to her angry at their responses.
She nodded. "It's alright, Walter… It's not like you knew. Which tutor is this? I really hope it's nothing academic. Because frankly, I am not in the mood for proper etiquette and such."
Walter couldn't help but laugh. "Very well, I'll delay the tutor. How would you like to go shoot things?" He knew that would get a better reaction. He watched her face carefully. "After that, Oni will begin his training session."
"I think I'd like that very much…" She smiled and chuckled to herself. "..I just hope I don't accidentally shoot one of them in the foot." She grinned. "..Maybe after this, I will have the patience. Maybe." She actually gave a pure smile, something she hadn't for a while. She started to walk. "Thank you, Walter." She looked up to him.
Walter smiled as well and led her to the shooting range. Once there, he got out an assortment of weapons everything from a Walthman PK to a Beretta 9 mm to a colt M191A that the Americans were so fond of and many more. "Pick a weapon," and once she had done so he said, "now break it down and put it back together, they're not loaded so, don't worry."
She looked down to the gun, biting her lip. She took a deep breath and did as he told, pulling the barrel apart. She had watched her father do this many a times, but never really did it herself. She placed all the parts on the table and looked back up to Walter, wondering what exactly would come next, but she had a good idea. She wondered when she'd be able to shoot things.
Walter grimaced as she roughly pulled the gun apart, he knew he'd probably have to re tool the gun after this but he stepped forward looking to the gun, "Now put it back together and let me look at it." He knew that if she was to learn he would have to stand by and when she got stuck then stand in and redirect it.
She looked back down to the gun and sighed. She could take it apart, but she didn't remember how to put it back together… She picked up the pieces and examined it for a moment, thinking of a logical way. Maybe it was just like a puzzle, but she needed to find where the puzzle pieces fit. "..I'm sorry, Walter… I don't. I don't remember how to put it back together." She was just a bit frazzled, but she was open to instruction. She knew she had to learn these things, or the organization would be a flop.
Walter stepped forward and smiled gently guiding the re-assembly and then giving her a clip, "now that you're familiar with the workings of the gun we'll work on its operations. In short, fire at will." he plugged his ears and waited.
She looked to the gun, put the clip in and turned towards the target. It wasn't that far away, but she didn't know if she could hit it yet. She looked through the aim guide and held the gun tightly with both hands, knowing there would be some recoil. She took a deep breath, her eyes focusing slowly and fired the clip dry.
Walter looked to her handiwork, "not bad for your first time, now try using breath control, for near targets breath out for far targets breathe in take half the breath hold it then fire then exhale, remember squeeze the trigger don't pull it will put your aim off, now try again." He handed her another clip and changed the paper.
She put the clip in and pulled the gun up, taking a deep breath, holding it and then firing about 3 or 4 bullets then she exhaled. She did as he said, not pulling the trigger. Squeezing. There was a difference, though it didn't seem there was really. She liked this though. Shooting things was a good way to take out anger or any frustrations she had… and right now, she had a lot. She took another breath, held it, and fired the rest of the bullets. She looked to Walter and smiled. Her hands were shaking slightly, but it didn't do much too her aim. She looked back to the target, seeing a few near the bulls' eye but the others way out of the circle.
Walter nodded and said, "very good, your training is done for today. Oni should be up before long and you can start your training session with him then." Walter put away the guns and nodded to her, walking back to the main house and leading her into the training room. "He should be here shortly.
She nodded and smiled to Walter. She looked around the training room -- she hadn't been in this room for a while now. Her father had taught her the basics and a little bit more about swordsmanship before he got sick, but she knew it probably wasn't going to be enough.. For she was here, wasn't she? She wondered what exactly they would be doing with the swords. Would it be better than the training with Walter? She was always interesting in swordsmanship, so probably. Sometimes she thought guns were useless, because some vampires could actually get so fast they could dodge them. Of course, they could dodge a sword too… but it would be harder. She smiled and waited.
oni woke and finally headed for the training room sword heavy on his belt, "this will be interesting, when he entered the room he could smell the gunpowder on Integra and said, "I trust your weapons training went well?" He looked to Walter and he nodded approvingly, "well then where would you like to begin? Hand to hand bladed or sword training? Which I specialize in." He smiled and thought how he couldn't wait to see how adept she was with the blade.
Integra smiled to Oni. "Yes, it did." She smiled brightly and looked to the blade on his belt. "…Sword training." She looked to Walter, to Oni and nodded as anticipation rose up through her spine. This was probably the most fun she had in over a year; it gave her a good feeling. "Okay, I'm ready." She looked into Oni's eyes, wondering what they would start with in the Sword Training, and what sword she would have.
Oni looked to her and said, "very well. In preparation I have purchased you a sword." He picked it up and handed it to her, "it's a Japanese sword, I know it's not a traditional British rapier but I swear that this is better and when I am through training you. You will be a match for any sword wielding person or vampire in this world. I want you to use this instead of a training boken, you can give me no severe wounds and I am extremely careful my control of the sword is extremely fine as I have done it for hundreds of years." Walter's face paled a great deal and oni turned around and in an instant turned around with incredible speed drawing his sword and stopped a inch from her skin, "sorry but it was necessary to show you so you can trust me do you understand?" he hoped she did because this was the only way she could trust him it was how he had done it with many apprentices.
Integra blinked, and looked down to the sword. Her heartbeat was beating so fast she thought it was going to jump from her chest. "..Holy Mother of Christ." She couldn't help but chuckle while placing her hand to her chest. She looked up to Oni, then over to Walter. "...Wow…" She stepped back for a moment and nodded with a slight smirk. "I understand." She looked down to the sword she was given, it was pretty heavy for her. "...What are we starting with?" She was anxious.
Oni sighed a breath of relief he didn't need, "yokata, alright get into a sword stance." He watched as she did so and could see several weak points, "your stance is weak." he brushed the back of his sword against the back of her leg knocking her to her but on the matt, "alright that's somewhat typical of a western stance, instead of holding the sword with one hand hold it with both like this he stood beside her facing the same way she was and got into his stance that was a two handed one, "now I'm sorry to say but swordsmanship relies on 3 things, power, weight, and speed, you are extremely lacking on the two, its a simple biological fact, so what you need to work on is speed, this will build a kind of artificial power that will see you to both a successful attack and the ability to dodge any attack, so do as I do, for now worry about technique then well build speed, there's one other thing I must say before we begin, don't be surprised if you get a few bumps and bruises through this training but I will always try to spare you the physical pain whenever I can but understand some is inherited with this training."He nodded looking into her eyes making sure she understood the meaning in his words. Walter by this time had to sit down because he kept getting paler and paler. Oni then proceeded to go through basic first motions.
Integra smiled when he knocked her down. "Well, that was quick." She knew already that she'd get a few bruises; she knew that a long time ago. She stood and held the sword tightly, trying to copy his movements exactly… It was pretty hard but she would get better through time. After about 10 minutes, she had gotten the first few basic moves down. Only with a couple of weak points not as many as she had before.
She looked to Oni… "..This is harder than I expected, but I like it that way." She took a deep breath and did the basics one more time, almost perfect. Just almost.
Oni smiled, "good now those are offensive moves you attack ill defend." oni moved lightly and stood before her sword in a defensive stance, "remember keep on the balls of your feet your body forward but not to forward and keep those legs loose, now come on" he watched for her attacks, "oh and one more thing, that blade isn't silver, so give me all you've got."
She looked into his eyes and bit her lip. She wasn't sure if she was completely ready for this, but… she'd take his word for it. She took a deep breath and held the blade tightly. She chewed on the inside of her lip and did as he said. She was a bit afraid at first, but then anticipation and excitement took over. She smiled brightly and stepped towards him, doing the basic offensive moves that he had just taught her with as much speed as she could possibly handle.
Oni blocked away all the attacks, but saw her weaknesses easily, "I said don't worry about speed your technique is sloppy." He moved aside and put the blade to her neck, "I'm not using my superhuman speed on this, tighten up your lines and focus on your target." His words weren't harsh but weren't kind either, "every time you make a attack your aiming for one of nine points." He used his sword to point them out, "left shoulder, right shoulder, left hand, right hand, left and right legs, and heart." He looked to her "no matter what you are attacking you are aiming for one of these nine. Now again."
She smiled and nodded, going a bit slower and working on perfecting the techniques he had shown her. A smile was slowly racing up her cheeks widely, and yet, so purely that it was unbelievable. She went slowly, but her technique and form got better. She swung the sword for his left shoulder, then his right and over the rest of the nine points that he had told her. She was slowly getting faster, but only when she felt comfortable with what she was doing… She pulled back only for a moment before she swung the sword towards him one last time.
Oni blocked the strikes, "much better." he looked to her and then moved beside her again teaching her defensive moves, this would take a while, he would teach her bit by bit day by day and in a few years she would be as good as he was hundreds of years ago, far better than any human and a match for any vampire.
Integra plopped herself down, breathing a bit heavily. This defensive stuff was a lot harder than the offensive. Uhgn, she wondered why. She wanted to do more, but she was just too tired. She looked up to Oni and smiled. "That… is fun…" She took another breath with a smile. "..I didn't think… I'd be this out of breath… first lesson…" She chuckled and forced herself to stand up. Her shoulder was sore, of course, her whole body would be sore in a few hours.
Oni looked to her and sheathing his sword watching her do the same in the same fashion or trying to… "If you think this is out of breath, I feel sorry for you." He laughed and said, "You should start working out, running, light weight lifting and squats. Before long you'll be able to do this before long." He didn't even bend his knees and leapt incredibly high up to the ceiling and then landed softly. "Well then, its time to end the physical part of the training for today, but we're not done yet." He sat down unhooking his sword from his belt and setting it down beside him, and began to tell her about a great many things.
Integra looked up. "..It's just my shoulder is starting to get sore… And, I haven't done something like this in a while." She gave a small smile and looked to him as he sat. She looked to his sword, it was beautifully crafted… Something she'd never seen before, really. She looked back up to his eyes and listened carefully as he explained things she had yet to understand, that she would have to grasp before anything else. She bit her lip and looked down to the sword he had given her. She sheathed it, and ran her fingers down the sheath and smiled. She was grateful. "...I do appreciate your teachings, and your words. They will not be forgotten, you can make sure of that." This was probably the best part of the day, well. Night to be more exact.
Oni nodded and stood. "Well this lesson is complete for the day." He stood his demeanor changing from that of a teacher to a servant. Oni bowed to her and said, "Well if there's anything you need." He turned and walked out. "Oh, and make sure to care for the sword well, it is a weapon something to be respected." He returned to his quarters and sat down tired and wondering what would happen next.
Walter came over to her, "are you alright?"
She smiled to Oni, and then stood beside Walter. "Yes… I am fine… Just sore, tired. And well, just like I have been over the passed few days." She looked into his eyes. "Thank you for warding off the academic tutor for today. I would have probably ripped his head off if you hadn't." She chuckled and held the sword close to her. The steel of the sheath was cold against her feverish palms, but it felt good. It felt right. "..Hah… For once I am really actually tired." She smiled.
Walter nodded thankfully walking away. "Come, we have to hand out assignments for tonight, then we have to file the paperwork and make phone calls to the police informing them about any actions that would conflict with normal law. We supersede all things in matter of law." He finally entered her office with her in tow. "You're scheduled to meet with the knights tomorrow. They'll be coming here." He gave her a reassuring look.
She followed him in, sitting in the chair and placing the sword on the desk gently. "Alright." She looked over the missions. Some were of high priority, some were not. Of course all of them were important, but some… could wait. She had a pile of missions for the agents and looked up to Walter. "...I'm not sure if they'll take them from me, Walter."
Walter picked them up. "They will, I'll make sure of it." He looked to her before walking out he would make sure that the orders were followed and he wondered what she would give Oni.
Her eyes followed Walter out and she looked back to the mission papers. Some of them were REALLY bad… Like… kids her age being killed and slaughtered, ripped apart by the hands of ghouls. It scared her sometimes. She looked over one, an incident in the slums. There was a brothel, which she was used to hearing referred as a whore house, that was suspected of having more than 15 vampires in their midst. People would come in, but they would never come out. She would give that to Oni. He did really well on the last one, even by himself. She smiled -- she was happy that he had agreed to help. She'd be lost in Hell if he hadn't.
Oni appeared through the wall again, "I see you've decided on my mission, Ah, no rest for the wicked I see." He smiled and taking the file looked it over this was bad there were far too many, "why are there so many, I don't understand, vampires understand that they have to maintain population control... So why this, 30 last night not including ghouls... and 15 tonight. What is going on there's way too many." He looked to her, "orders?"
"I think you know the answer to that, Oni… They know my father is dead, and they think that this Organization is no more. But, they will never understand truly…" She looked up into his eyes. She didn't like saying 'search and destroy,' it was just… She didn't know, she just didn't like saying it. She bit her lip. "The same as last night." She sighed. She wondered if there were any more like him -- she wondered if he thought the same thing. She paused for a moment. "...Are all vampires evil?" She asked before she even knew it. She bit her tongue as hard as she could, feeling stupid for asking.
Oni shook his head, she didn't understand, but his face slackened when he heard her question and he smiled a bit. "Evil... is such a hard word to define, to one person evil is not agreeing with a certain ideal, to another evil is killing innocents, to another evil is what I do, killing of my own kind... It is all highly subjective Integra, but no, I don't believe that every vampire is evil, we are all touched by darkness yes but we do not have to let it rule us, we can choose, and I in my past have met some of those that are not evil, and I have called them friend." He stood, "I'll be going then." He stood and walked through the wall he appeared just outside the house of ill repute. He changed his dress into a black outfit matching the night; he looked to the door and stepped inside.
Integra nodded, still feeling stupid for asking. She took a deep breath and started doing a bit more paper work that had piled up since she had finished the last batch. She laid her head on her arm and slowly closed her eyes, her other hand holding the sheath of the given sword tightly as she fell asleep.