Seriously, getting hit by that sword would hurt. And...
You take a look at your claymore. No point training with something
that would tire you out before learning anything. Thinking this, you
lay it next to wall.
"You're right Momizi. It would be better not to use it now."
She sighs happily and picks up the training swords. "That's good.
Catch." She throws one of them to you, and you catch it, but not
entirely without trouble.
Momizi takes a stance, pointing the sword at you. "Now, attack me.
I have to see how good you are." Wow. She seems so much more serious
than before. Is it becuase of her skills? In that case...
"Heh." You smirk. Sure of her abilities? Soon she'll be amazed.
"Here I come!" You scream as you dash to her. Perfect, she won't know
what-
Bang. With one swing, she hit the sword off from your hands. You
just stand there dumbfounded as it falls next to you. Momizi looks kind
of amused, and... Is that pity? Hey!
"I guess I should have expected this. you have never used sword before, correct?"
"I... Uh..." Was it really that obvious? ...What ever did you expect, being that confident? "Yes, that was my first time."
She looks down. "Do you want to continue?"
Does she even need to ask? "Yes, we started, no point stopping in the beginning."
"Good, nobody can do it in the beginning. Wanting to improve is the
first step to right direction." She smiles. Good, still the same
Momizi. "Now, pick up your sword and we'll try again."
"Ah, sure." You kneel down to pick up your sword, but as you do Momizi gives you a light hit to head. "Hey, what are you..."
"You should never stay too close to you opponent."
"But we're training!"
"For a possible real fight. Now, stand up and take a stance." You
grumble, but get up and hold your sword in similar way that Momizi
does.
"Now, do it again, this time don't yell as you attack."
"Right." You nod. This training will take loong...
"Hmm, that's enough for now." When Momizi says this, you fall to
the ground, completely out of breath. Even more, you're drenched in
sweat, your arms are trembling and your whole body hurts. Not becuase
of bruises though, Momizi was pretty generous about handing blows. No,
this is the most you've moved in ages.
And Momizi is... You open your eyes to get a look at her.
...No way.
She's almost completely the same as when you started? Is this what
she's like when she gets serious? Not even shaken up. Your skills can't
even be compared.
'Clap, clap, clap' Somebody is clapping? ...On the roof? You turn around, and see Aya sitting there with smile on her face.
How long has she been there? "Aya, were you watching us?" Looks
like Momizi noticed her just now too. Heh, at least you kept her
focused on you.
"Yup! Since the beginning!" She jumps down and walks to you,
looking down. "Really Adahn, compared to beginning you did really good
in the end."
Momizi sighs. "Only way you can get from bottom is up. Progress was obvious."
"Is that so?" Aya grins. "But you also need a good teacher to get
better, even I can tell that." Momizi blushes. You can't help but to
let out small laugh. Really Aya, you're something else.
"We'll... Continue this tomorrow!" And with that, she goes inside.
...Continue? You can't even think about that, right now you're lying down on the ground more tired than ever before.
"Come on, get up." Aya has her hand extended to you. You grab it,
and she pulls her up, letting you lean to her. "Heh, you know, I asked
her to train me once. Quit half-way through the first time, swords
really aren't my thing." She drags you inside.
"She's really skilled, I bet she's happy to have somebody willing
to learn. She might be hard, but I bet that's how she was teach ed."
You can't do anything but to smile. Really, you're too tired to give
decent answer.
"So, what now?" She seems willing to carry you somewhere.
[ ] Bath. You need a bath.
[ ] Too tired. Sleep now.
[ ] Hungry. Must eat.
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Yeah, I'll go outside and run around for a bit. That always helps me.
