Ch 35

See, the funny thing about training to wield katanas is you don't see one for a bit.

This guy, Daiou, is a Kachi, or a commander. He's the one who's training me in the way or the sword.

I'm so lucky because Daiou is the only one in Nigeru who knows how to dual wield katanas.

Bukijutsu, or weapon techniques is a very useful thing to have when you're a Shinobi.

Shurikenjutsu, to use a shuriken or kunai for example. The Uchiha clan were noted specialists. My mom taught me a few things, but she didn't teach me many.

Kenjutsu, or sword technique. It is popular in the Cloud and Mist villages.

Daiou is from the Mist village, but he is a rogue.

Tessenjutsu, iron-fan technique, popular in the sand village. But their fans are huge, so of course it's different from mine.

But enough of the weapon explanation, it's time to show you how I spent my 12th birthday.

We were on a time limit.

He had 2 weeks to figure out if I was actually worth training. If I was, he had close to a year to teach me.

Good times.

So everything was rushed.

But Daiou is a perfectionist, if he was going to train me. He was going to make sure I mastered it perfectly.

So we went back to the basics.

Stage 1, body training.

I don't even go near katanas until I can prove to Daiou that I have the strength and patience to be his student.

Daiou said that I was his 9th student, when I asked how many made it to the end. He rolled his eyes, and said 2.

Now I'm a little concerned.

Anyway, I did nothing but train my body by wearing weighted armlets and leg weights. I move around constantly and training sessions look almost like boxing matches, with me having to constantly move around and dodge the Daiou.

I did this for almost two months. And let me tell you, Daiou does not hit like a bitch.

Stage 2, movement training.

After Daiou thinks I am ready, or he just gets bored, we move onto movement training. Daiou taught me how to keep momentum up, and how to move one move into another.

Daiou said this allows for stronger blows and more fluid movements. Daiou also taught me how to constantly circle an opponent, keeping him on guard constantly.

Useful stuff, but painful to learn.

Daiou is not nice or easy to work with. The man's name literally means King, of course he's weird. This took almost 3 weeks, even he had to acknowledge my speed.

Stage 3, sword training.

After 3 months, I was finally able to hold a sword. But Daiou said not to get too happy, "It's nothing too exciting" he said.

I wanted to slug him in the face that time.

He said that any sword would do at this time, it actually didn't matter. But either way, I was finally trained in the art of the sword.

By the end of the training, I felt a bit more at ease. Daiou said that I'm now capable of inflicting more damage than before and implementing more speed and strength.

However, I'm not at a level yet where I am extremely dangerous to anyone except a lower level taijutsu user or a genin without taijutsu training.

Still better than before, I'm just not good with a sword yet.

This took 3 months, and we are rushing. 6 months left.

Stage 4, Double Sword style.

This is when it got weird. Daiou said that stage 4 is split into 3 fazes. He taught me in 3 forms that I didn't even, or never even thought of.

Form 1, Balance.

Daiou told me to stand and balance on the hilt of the blade on one foot while the blade has been stuck to the ground. He said it had to balance for an hour in order to move on to the next form.

Form 2, Accuracy.

Now, Daiou trained me to throw a katana at an enemy. So like javelin, but even more deadly. Usually a katana is not used as throwing weapons, but this is an essential part of the training. Daioou said I must have perfect accuracy by throwing the weapon at a bull's-eye from 30 yards away. He's crazy. But so am I. And the final form, thank god.

Form 3, Dual wielding.

It's the ability to wield two swords at once. Daiou said this is only a small milestone in the sword style, but it is a step that needs to be taken. This took 2 months. Respectfully, I will kill Daiou.

Stage 5, the summoning.

Daiou said that since we are on a tight schedule that we won't do this stage. Also because it's too expensive.

And also because he doesn't know how to do it.

Basically, I must seek out a Blacksmith to create hundreds of swords for me to use and seal them in a scroll.

I am then taught the summoning weapons technique in order to summon the swords onto the battlefield. After this is done, I am then taught how to use several swords at once.

Using Mist Sword style, I can wield two swords in hand at once, and grab several of them to use as projectiles.

Using Leaf Taijutsu, the practitioner can grab swords with my toes and use my feet to wield blades as well.

Being from the Leaf and having a Mist teacher is the most convenient ever.

This took 3 months, it was getting tricky for me. And it was hard to do.

We now have a month before I'm supposed to fight again Pink.

Yes, I'm fighting against Pink.

Did I fail to mention that?

Oh well, please attend my funeral.

Daiou and I have gotten closer in this time, but only in a teacher-student kinda way.

He's still a conservative jerk, but he's funny sometimes.

Only sometimes though, his personality is dryer than the sahara desert.

That's why I'm not saying anything about him, because there's nothing to say.

His personality only comes out when he's talking about katanas and such.

Anyway, 1 month until my death.

Yay!

Stage 6, the skewering.

This stage is kinda easy, which is a god given gift. It's like the Hyuga's gentle fist style. But not in the way one would think.

I was taught how to implement several dozen swords into one giant attack.

This took only a week.

NOW! ON TO THE NEXT ONE!

Sorry, onto the last stage.

Stage 7, the massacre.

By this time, Daiou said I am practically near perfection.

My blows are perfectly straight and powerful, I know where and how to hit my opponent's body to inflict as much damage as possible.

While it's not as powerful as it could be, it's still powerful.

The movements are so fluid that, even with making such wide strikes they still often hit.

The weapons are more than extensions of the body now.

The blades are the body.

The pure grace and skill within the user is so high that it can only be described as awe-inspiring.

At least that's what I think.

When I asked Daiou, he just shrugged. He didn't say yes, but he didn't say no.

I could effectively wield two katanas simultaneously, moving at such high speeds that they can easily strike, drop the sword, pick another and strike again.

To master this style, is to be called a demon.

And I can't wait to show the world how dangerous this little girl can be.

A/n This was to show how she learned how to wield dual katanas. It did take a year but if she were to fight Kakashi, she would give him a fight for his money. Next chapter is a big fight scene! Enjoy~