"Are you sure that I have to do this?" Hanzo asks as he joins me on the roof of the castle.

"Of course," I reply, "I want to see how well you fight up here."

"What if I fall?"

"I'll catch you."

He nods glancing down to the ground. I can tell he's scared, hopefully nothing bad will happen. Then again I'm not even standing on the roof, I'm hovering above it. I hand Hanzo a blade then stand on the roof with him. He takes a breath, trying to stay focused on not falling. I know I shouldn't push him like this especially after last time, but maybe he needs to be pushed. I close my eyes. The wind blows lightly, I can faintly hear Genji and Kazu's voices. "Ready?" I ask opening my eyes again. Hanzo nods slightly and gets into a more defensive stance. Maybe this will go better than I thought.

I raise my blade, "Then lets begin." I run at Hanzo, he blocks my first attack though he's pushed back a little. 'Don't fall off,' I think as I back off. Hanzo repositions himself, he's focused more on not falling than actually fighting. "Focus on me," I finally say. "If you worry about falling then you will fall." He takes a breath, his stance changes. He runs at me as if we were fighting on the ground. He swings at me and I block his attacks.

Our fighting doesn't last long because, to my surprise, I was the one who fell off the roof. Hanzo 'accidentally' tripped me, he must of been so focused that he forgot that we weren't on the ground. He frantically climbed down and ran to me. I simply laugh a little as Hanzo helps me sit up. "Are you alright? Why are you laughing?" He asks panicking a little.

"I'm fine, I just wasn't expecting that," I reply smiling slightly. Kazu and Genji come running out, they must of heard me fall.

"What happened?" Kazu asks, clear concern in his voice.

I stand up and dust myself off, "I fell off the roof."

Kazu sighs, "Seriously? I swear, you have the balance of a newborn deer."

Genji laughs a little at Kazu's comment. I look over to Hanzo. He's visibly hurt about what he did. I put a hand on his shoulder and tell him that it's alright. He looks towards the ground. I motion for Kazu and Genji to leave us alone. Once they leave, Hanzo and I go sit down under a cherry blossom tree. I ask him to close his eyes.

"Hanzo, what you did wasn't bad and I won't stay mad at you. You're training has come a very long way, and I'm proud of what you can do. I'm proud that you were able to defeat me like that." I laugh a little, "No matter how humiliating it was."

He instantly opens his eyes when I say that. "I-It was humiliating?"

"In a way."

"I'm so sorry Ichiro-san."

"It's alright Hanzo."

"No it's not! You could of seriously gotten hurt!"

I put a hand on his shoulder. He looks up to me and I smile. "Don't I look alright to you?"

"Well, yes, but what if-"

I cut him off, "You can't hurt me, not physically."

"What does that mean?"

"Worry about it when you're older."

He nods then looks up to the sky. I close my eyes, I need to clear my mind. I start to meditate, Hanzo glances over to me. I sense anger within him, he won't get over what he did. He'll keep blaming himself no matter what I say.

A few weeks pass and his anger has subsided a little. I keep him working on his swordsmanship. He has been improving though when I see how well Genji wields a sword I feel the need to push Hanzo more. I've talked to Kazu about it and he said something about switching what Shimada we have. I didn't know how to feel about it but eventually I agreed.

As we both arrive at Shimada castle, we see the boy's father waiting for us. What is he going to say to us? He's become more afraid of us but maybe he'll finally do something about it. Maybe he'll stand up to us.

"Is there something you need, Shimada-san?" Kazu asks.

"Actually, its more like I need to tell Ichiro-san something," He says, "It's something about Hanzo's training. In private."

I nod, "Kazu tell them that I'll be right there." Kazu goes ahead. Mr. Shimada and I walk over to the bell that they have near their rock garden. "So," I finally say, "what did you need to tell me?"

"I wanted to tell you that Hanzo called upon your power yesterday." He glances up to me then away. I suddenly notice that he has bandages all over his arms along with some cuts on his face.

"What happened. Did Hanzo use the power against you?"

"H-He did..."

"What did you do to him to make him do that?!"

"We were just taking and I suppose he got mad about something. Then he said 'let the dragon consume you'." I sigh then turn to leave. "What will you do Ichiro-san?"

"I'm going to talk to him." I leave Mr. Shimada there alone. He was scared but he must of provoked Hanzo in some way. Well, that now explains why my head started hurting last night. I walk into the large training area in the castle and see Kazu talking with Hanzo and Genji. He's showing them different forms when sword fighting. Hanzo notices me and waves. I smile slightly, well at the very least I'm proud of what he did. I should of done something similar sooner, though I knew the consequences would of been higher. For Hanzo, he can get out of being in trouble by saying that he panicked and didn't know better.

I approach Kazu and the boys. Kazu stops what he's saying and bows slightly toward me. I roll my eyes.

"Hanzo, can I speak with you?"

He nods and gets up. He goes over to me. I glance over to Kazu, he nods knowing we'll be right back. I take Hanzo outside.

"What happened last night. Your father said something about you summoning something against him. What was that all about?" There was instant fear on his face. I kneel down to him and look into his eyes. "Hanzo, you need to tell me what happened. I know you might not want to but I need to know."

He nods slightly, "Well..."