Shiro burst out of the door and said "Alright! We're going to do this! And we're going to do this right!"
I shout in excitement "yea!"
The training room was filled with professional trainers from coast to coast. Each with a different fighting styles and teaching. It is told that they give harsh teachings and their previous students barely survive. And the poor student that needs to put up with all these training is me. Not that I have any regrets with hiring these trainers, but its just that they seemed a lot scarier in person than on their profile.
"For the first day of training the instructor would be Mr,spada, specialized in sword fighting." said Shiro.
Mr,spada came forth and he just stare at me. The tension was getting tight every second he stared at me. First off I could start by greeting him so that this tension can be broken.
I started with a waver voice "umm… nice to mee…"
He swung his arms and knock me over by the side. "Weak!" he yelled
Shiro came between us and said to "sir! I advise you to not …"
"Stay out of this!" and he punched Shiro in the stomach
"Shiro!" I called
He was forced to back away to the other side of the room, and felled to his knees with an arm holding his stomach. "I think I'll somehow manage, please forgive my weakness Mis,saru." and he fell face flat on the floor.
Mr,spada grab the back of my shirt and drag me to the exit. 'No, I don't want to go. Don't take me away!'
"Shiro!" I yelled again as the door close between us.
Mr,spada drag me to my back yard, and threw a sword in front of me. He got out his and point the tip at me.
"Have you ever used a sword before?" he ask
"No I haven't." I reply
He rub his chin with his free hand and stab the sword to the ground. I back away as he did so.
"We are going to start from starch! Lesson number one, you need to feel connection toward the sword." he yelled out.
so the first day would be about sword training. For me to feel connected to the sword, I swam with it, ran with it, eat with it. Not to mention that I needed to sleep with it.
"wait! Why am I sleeping during the day time, outside in my backyard?" I ask
"no questions ask! Be a man and deal with it!" he said
"But I'm not a man!" I complained
"I said just deal with it!" he yelled
I did what he said and later on in the day, it was time for lesson number two.
"Lesson number Two, you need to hold the sword properly in a relax position!"
Mr,spada hold his sword with two hands, pointing the sword down to his right. He spread his feet's apart and lean forward. He close his eyes and said "like so"
I gave it my try and did the same thing as the instructor.
He look up and got upset "No! No! No! you have to have your own position, don't copy mine!"
I pull my arms back and point the sword forward with one hand. With the other hand I laid it on top of the side of the sword. My body turn toward the right side and my feet's spread apart.
"How about this?" I ask in excitement
"Very well" he said
"Now time for lesson three" he said as he withdraw his sword.
pick up a wooden sword and went back to his fighting position.
"What's lesson three?" I ask
"We fight. If you manage to get a scratch on me, then I'll give you a little inside secret." he grind.
"Alright! Then here I come!" I called out.
I wont hold back, and I charge at him with full force. When I was about to hit him, he dogged the swing and hit my back. I landed at the floor.
"Is that all you got?" ask
I got up and said "If that's all I got, then I wouldn't be standing."
I gave another swing at him, and he repelled it back.
"Your swings are too straight forward!" he yelled.
I stood there with the sword in my hands and try to relax. When I try hitting him, I swung down, right, then diagonal. As expected, Mr,spada dogged them all and gave me a hit back. What surprise me the most was that I was able to dogged that by reflex. for the second hit he gave me I wasn't so lucky. His sword knock me over by the side.
"Your pretty good for a beginner, now, show me that you can fight like a man because I'm not holding back anymore." said Mr,spada
"I told you already! I'm not a man!" I exclaimed
Mr,spada was right about not holding back, he doesn't gives me any chance to swing my sword. I kept getting knock over one hit after another. The pain of holding the sword grew, and I once almost thought about giving up. It may be impossible to give him just a scratch, but I kept on going. I pass lunch and before I knew it, it was getting dark.
I huffed "can we stop?"
He stop his swing before it hit me.
"So, you finally wanted to stop. Your okay kid. I like seeing those determinations in your eyes" he also huffed.
Mr,spada gave me a hand and helped me get up.
"You see… most of my students would have gave up after I have gotten serious at them. But you some how made it all the way through. I've never had so much fun before." he said with a smile.
"I didn't made it all the way. I cant even get a scratch on you." I said
"You know what?" he ask and rested his arms at my shoulder
The pain at my arm increase as he put his weigh there.
"Ooowww! That hurts!" I cried
"Oh, sorry there kid." and he back away
"Since you try so hard, I'll tell you my little inside secret. Kay?" he question
"Really?" I brighten up
"Yea! So here it is" he lean a little closer to my ear. "Never give up even if it seems impossible, you have to make it all the way to the end." he whisper
walk to the gates and said "Your training with me is over, I hope you continue with sword practice."
"wait!" I called out
He stop before he left through the gates.
"I won't. I have other things to learn." I said
He grinded "suit yourself" and he was gone.
I thought that I could finally relax when Emily, one of the maids, ran to me and said. "we have trouble, your butler Shiro clasp on the floor and was sent to the hospital!"
"What? Shiro?" I exclaimed.