In Kai, Ithrom got accustomed to the people under Takeda Shingen's care. The young tiger cub was still fascinated by Ithrom.
Ithrom was training in the courtyard the next morning, perfecting his ice sword swings so that each one were precise and effective. Yukimura was still gazing from a distance when Ithrom stopped his sword swinging. "What's up, Yukimura?" The cub gulped, hoping he wasn't in trouble. "Um.. Master Ithrom... I was just admiring your skills of the sword... and... was wondering... if... if..." At this point, Ithrom smiled and replied "You want to spar with me, right?" Yukimura beamed at his quick response.
At this time, Ithrom and Yukimura were at each other. Only this time, Ithrom proved to be the better warrior. Yukimura didn't know how he'd gotten beaten so easily. "Do not be so disheartened Yukimura. That's one of the many things in life that you just need to practice at in order to be as strong as you can be." Yukimura nodded, amazed at how much wisdom that Ithrom really had... as if he was the Tiger of Kai himself.
Shingen watched the whole fight and was pleased to have such a powerful but wise ally to his side...
A-N: Apologies for the very slllooooowww update on this fanfic! I had all these saved in my kindle tablet and I'm glad to get some more bits about Ithrom out of the road now so I'm happy that they have formed a good strong alliance.
I hope to submit more chapters if I'm not busy at work! 😀