Chapter 5 – Two years later
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Seya’s father was putting on his boots, getting ready to leave the house while looking at his ten-year-old son. “Seya, your mother is returning today in the afternoon, I am going to work. You are going to the Denar’an house, right?”
“Yes, father. Father Sully is going to teach some more theory about the Bushido way of life. He thinks that I am progressing very fast and he feels that I should fully understand and follow the Bushido code.”
“What, no fighting? That’s strange.”
“Fighting today will be Kendo. I wanted to use a real sword, but father Sully is afraid that I might accidentally cut off one of brother Null’s arms and mother is not here to help him.”
“Ahahahah!... Yeah, I suppose that could happen. Remember, you will start going with your mother on some of her travels this year since you are already ten years old, so learn with the Denar’an all you can. I am counting on you to protect your mother.”
“She doesn't need any kind of protection, the ones that try to attack her will sure need a lot.”
“Ahahahah!... That's true! Well, I am off, see you later.”
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In the Denar’an’s back garden, Sully was seated on the ground, facing his two students. “Both of you should always remember, the Bushido is sincerity, frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and honour until death. A Samurai must always be tempered by wisdom, patience, and serenity. Do you understand?”
Seya and Null shouted at the same time. “Yes, father!”
Sully asked Seya, to make sure that his youngest student could understand everything that he was explaining. “Seya? Any of these words are new to you and do you understand them? It's no shame, you are still very young, despite being a prodigy in armed and unarmed combat.”
“No, Father Sully. I completely understand every single one of them. I actually think that I have been following the Bushido Code for quite some time.”
“I see... Okay, I am going to tell both of you a new story about my great ancestor, Taly Denar’an, the greatest Samurai that ever lived.”
Seya hid a smile while thinking of his past memories. “||…Well, here maybe, on Earth was Sakamoto Ryoma. A real prodigy, not one blessed by a Goddess like me... Taly Denar’an was only a fighter, and still, he evolved the way of thinking of the RabbitKind. Sakamoto Ryoma was an amazing fighter, but he helped in the evolution of an entire country. I hope I can do at least as much as he did. …||"
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Sometime later, Seya’s mother arrived at the Denar’an house. “Hello, Cemil. Where is my little one?”
“Hello, Anna. he is out the back. By the screaming that I hear from time to time, seems that Null is getting beat up again. Really, that little kid is truly amazing. Not only does he use every Attribute of Magic that exists, but the way he uses them is also scary. And the speed that he learns everything that Sully teaches them is remarkable. Null, despite being 3 years older, is no match for him.”
“Yeah, that's why I want him to start travelling with me, for him to learn and see new things. To see not only people hurt, but also their smile when I help them. I guess that Sully is still unhappy about not having Seya here, practising every day.”
Cemil smiled, remembering the two hours straight that her husband spent, punching the training tree on the back garden. “Yeah, he is still a little grumpy, but Seya already promised him that he will practice even more on the days that he is travelling with you, along with his Magic Flow. And he even challenged Sully! Saying that every time that he returns, he wants to fight Sully!”
“Ahahaha! Sounds like him...”
Suddenly, a scream was heard, coming from the back garden. “Uuuuurrrgghhhhhh...”
Cemil shouted while running to the garden followed by Anna. “That's not Null!”
When Cemil and Anna reached the back garden, they couldn’t believe what they were seeing. Sully was laying on the ground with his right leg chopped off and Seya was pouring some Magic on the wound, while Null was laughing non-stop. “Ouch, that surprised me.”
“Sorry, almost done... Hum, mother, can you help me with Father Sully’s leg?”
Anna screamed, surprised by that scene. “What happened? Sully, where is your leg?”
Sully pointed to his leg at two meters away, in a pool of blood. “On the ground over there. At least Seya was quick on stopping the pain and the bleeding.”
Anna shook her head, in total disbelief. “Really, the both of you... and Null, why are you laughing like crazy over there?”
“Ahahahah! Sorry, but it was so funny that I can’t stop laughing!”
Anna grabbed the chopped leg and held it in place. “Here, Seya, I hold, and you heal... there... right here...”
By using a lot of Healing Magic, Seya began to attach the leg to its place. “||... Flow... all around Flow... bone... blood vessel... artery... muscles... tendons... flesh... skin... fur...||” Done!”
Anna was looking at the speed of the healing process done by Seya, much faster than she was able to do. “You are becoming better and better with Healing Magic. And faster too!”
Sully was rubbing his leg fully healed. Not even a scar was left. “Well, normally he is the one to heal Null over there. And Null always gets some new cut or loses an arm during their training. So, Seya gets a lot of practice.”
Null was still laughing, pointing at his father. “Says the guy that got his leg chopped off by a ten-year-old kid! Ahahahah!”
Anna looked at Seya, all that situation was too crazy, even for them! “Seya, how did this happen?”
“Well, Father Sully was always getting away from my attacks, so I thought that if he had one less leg, he wouldn’t run from me... and he was a moment too slow to move his right leg so that kind of happened...”
Anna put her hands on her face, stressed. “Oh, Goddess!! What will I do with you?”
Sully smiled while placing one of his big hands on Seya’s little shoulders. “Anna, don’t get mad at him, he did what he had to do to defeat his opponent, like a true samurai. But the way he jumps around and whirls while attacking is something that I have never seen or heard about.”
Seya hides a smile, remembering a certain series of movies, back on Earth. “||... Yeah, Gift number One, memories of Master Yoda’s fighting style. Thank you, Goddess! ...||”
Sully looked at Seya’s mother, he seemed very nervous, even his ears were twitching. “Anna, I have already talked with Null, and he also agrees with me. Seya can learn the Denar’an Bloodline Warrior Style. And I would be honoured if you and your husband allowed me to increase his training so that he could take the Denar’an Trials.”
Anna just stood there for some seconds with her mouth open, just looking at Sully, then at Seya, and back to Sully.
Seya didn’t know what that was all about, except that his mother and Sully were so serious about it. “ Denar’an Bloodline Warrior Style? Denar’an Trials?”
Anna knelled, and while crossing her arms over her chest, she did a little bow with her head. “I understand. Great Master Sully Denar’an, it would be an honour if you accepted my son, Seya Hinamoto as a student of the Denar’an Bloodline Warrior Style and a Candidate to the Denar’an Trials... Seya, kneel...”
Seya thought to himself, as he kneeled, “||… It seems like a major deal. ...||”
Sully Denar’an crossed his arms over his chest, and standing proud, he asked, “Seya Hinamoto, do you accept?”
“Accept what?”
Sully smiled, it seems he needed to properly explain. “Denar’an Bloodline Warrior Style it's the style of the Denar’an family, passed from father to son, since 2.000 years ago. It consists not only of the Samurai way of life and mastering all weapons of a Samurai along with unarmed combat but also by using Earth and Dark Magic mixed together with the physical attacks. All this, you already have been doing separately. A Candidate to the Denar’an Trials is someone trained in the Denar’an Bloodline Warrior Style that asks to be judged by the Elder Denar’an Masters so that he can be considered a Denar’an Bloodline Warrior. But since the minimother age is ten years old and there have been cases on which the Candidate has lost one or two body parts, you need to train a lot more. Or else your mother will kill me if you get hurt.”
Seya was surprised, not only about the Trials but hearing about more Masters was also new information to him. “There's more Denar’an Masters? I thought Father Sully was the only one!”
“No, I am just the middle son of my family. There are more Denar’an branches. Cemil comes from a different bloodline, but she is a Master with the bow and the Naginata. That's why she is always in charge of that training. I prefer the sword, but I already mastered unarmed combat long ago, and a bunch of other weapons, as you already know. But because the Denar’an Bloodline has been blessed with the ability to use Earth and the rare Dark Magic, I have been teaching both of you that part. I would be honoured if you accepted and undertook the Denar’an Trials at the same time that Null is going.”
“I accept. It will be an honour.”
“Good. Rise proud Seya, for your training as just began! Now, let's go for a rematch!”
Anna covered her face with her hands again, the stress was overwhelming. “Oh, Goddess...”
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