Walter looked to her and said, "well, we had best get to work before your next tutor gets here. Solving the problem with the rising vampire attacks will go a long way to convincing the queen and everyone else involved that you are the proper choice." He smiled and led her out of the office.
Integra smiled and nodded to Oni as he disappeared. She pulled herself up and followed Walter out, lots of thoughts in her head right now.. But she had to get them out for a little bit.. Ugh, academics. She smiled, anxious to get to the Oni's lessons.. It was exciting, and most of all fun. She walked into her office and did some more of the paperwork, getting done more than expected. "Is that alright for now, Walter?" She looked up to him.
Walter nodded and took the papers away as the instructor entered the room. A number of hours later, Oni woke and headed straight to the gym and practiced what he would show Integra, the most important part. He looked to the floor hoping that he was doing the right thing.
Integra had finally finished the work and handed it to the instructor. "..I hope they're all right. I tried my best." She gave a mentally tired smile. "Thank you for coming today.. I will see you next session." She looked to the Instructor as he nodded and walked out and walked towards the gym, holding the sheath of the sword tightly, close to her chest.
Oni had changed into his usual kimono and was going through the motions slowly this would be a difficult class. When he saw Integra enter, he sheathed his sword. "Integra, are you ready? This will be a difficult class ill warn you now." Oni looked into her bright blue eyes making sure she understood.
Integra walked closer to him and nodded, taking off her jacket.. She was getting pretty hot. She set it aside. "I understand.. I am ready for anything you throw at me." She smiled.
Oni nodded and said, "then lets begin."
After 2 hours of normal practice, he stopped. She was tired but this was the best time. "Now I'm going to show you the secret behind the Heten mitsurughi style, remember this is passed from master to student, it should be told to no one else. Now I promise that I will not use my superhuman abilities." He suddenly was standing behind her. "Now how did I do that? How is this sword style so different from every other style? The speed, heten mitsurughi uses a god like speed that surpasses anything else. I told you earlier that you are lacking in power and weight, but your speed should be exceptional." He began to show her the footwork behind the ultrasonic attacks and after another 2 hours, he smiled to her. "Do you understand now? How those first attacks that seemed harmless can become incredibly deadly? These attacks are not the true heten mitsurughi, this is." He fell back into a stance and launched drawing his sword so fast it made a very sensable change in air pressure and wind was actually generated from it. "This is the batou jutsu."
She was getting used to the footing of the first one he had shown her.. Her eyes widened as he showed her the Batou Jutsu. "That's.. amazing." She swallowed hard, wondering if she'd really be able to be that fast. She looked to him. "...Do you think I'll really be able to do that?" She asked, looking to her sword. She wanted to try the speed out a couple times, see if she can get that good, and then try the Batou Jutsu. She bit her lip. "..Can we practice.. like.. you and I?" She asked, anxious.
Oni looked to her, "sure we can." He turned to face her and gave her the opportunity for first strike, which she took. She was getting faster but it would take time 5 years maybe 10 but it would be more than enough to take down any vampire even if she wasn't fully trained, but he would see how far she could go.
She smiled and went a little faster, remembering what he had first said. She was trying to get the footing down first so she wouldn't trip over herself and hurt herself. Her eyes narrowed and she grew faster, and faster. She basically disappeared and stopped on the other side of him, her own eyes wide. "Wow."
Oni smiled turned and leapt into the air, he would stop himself if he needed to but wondered if she would be able to either move out of the way or block him. "reyout souysen!"
"Oh, crap!" She looked up and disappeared one more time and stopped on the other side of the room, panting slightly. "That.. is so cool." She gripped the hilt of the katana tightly and looked over to Oni with a huge grin on her face. She was proud of herself for what she had done so far.. Very proud. "..That kind of.. wow." She smiled.
He stepped back and sheathed his sword. "Now matched batou jutsu!" He leapt forward and wondered what she would do this time, she would either leap into the air, or.. match his speed.
Her eyes widened and she pulled her blade up into a defensive position that he had taught her and jumped into the air as high as she possibly could. She had another thing in mind, but wasn't sure if she could really do it. This was getting interesting and even more fun than she thought it would be. She held the katana tightly, landing on the other side of him, facing him. "That.. is.. Brilliant." She sheathed her sword and smirked, wondering if she really could get that fast. She leapt forward, mimicking what he had done earlier trying to do it exactly how she had perceived it.
Oni looked behind just in time to see her rushing forward at a good speed. He knew he was too late so he knew he only had one choice. He leapt almost ceiling height and came down on the other side of her. "Interesting, now to test you. I won't hold back, I wont severely injure you but you'll know when you've made a mistake." He stood back and held his sword out, "now come on."
Integra stopped right in time before she hit the wall and turned around. "Really?" She swallowed hard, a bit nervous but excited at the same time.. She had never expected to come this far this fast. She took a deep breath and nodded, following the instruction of her sensei. She unsheathed the sword slowly and went to the offensive stance that he had taught her in the beginning. She had perfected it since then.. "Okay," she said with a grin and leapt towards him.
Oni leapt to the ceiling and slammed back down. "Too slow, your opponent wouldn't hesitate to decapitate you right there," he put the sword to the back of her neck and spun away. "Remember, vampires wont hesitate to attack from walls and ceilings so you must not, like this." He launched at her and intentionally missed only to rebound off the wall and come flying at her sword outstretched, just then Walter came in to check on her and nearly passed out.
Integra nodded and their swords clashed as the blocked the attack and used the newly learned techniques to run over towards the walls, jump off of them and race towards Oni with a smile, her own sword outstretched. She didn't see Walter, but felt someone else watching them.
Oni nodded. If he were human he would be panting for breath, no doubt if she was against a single vampire she would win, perhaps even against two, but it would take her many years to learn the true sword style. "That's good but you still haven't learned this yet, I've shown it to you 3 times already, either use it or think of a defense to it, reyou souysen!"
It was happening all so fast, and rushed towards him and threw the blade up with her right hand on the hilt of the sword, a horizontal advance. She just acted upon instinct and wondered what the outcome would truly be.. Her eyes showed determination and a power that just wouldn't disappear.
Oni couldn't believe it. He was going too fast and he couldn't stop, it was the one defense and she had thought it up, impossible! Just then the shit hit the fan and his sword was knocked away and Oni's head separated clean from his body as Integra passed up and through, throwing his body clear. "Ow," was all he managed to say before collapsing to the floor in pieces. Walter stood bolt upright seeing this and rushed towards Integra.
Integra turned around. She was in complete shock.. Did she? Was he? She looked towards the pieces of Oni and gasped... She looked over to Walter that was running over to her and her eyes slowly went back into her head as the sword dropped from her hands and she fell to the floor, pale as a ghost.