One morning, Akira woke up earlier this time before the morning bells rang. He was
dressing up for his breathing and meditation training. "I must get my weapon"
he often reminds himself. When he wore his training uniform, the regulator of
the Dojo often referred to as Mr. Haruki rang the bells. The bells are five,
each representing the five ninja villages. This often confused the students
because they were only taught of four ninja villages. Mr. Haruki is a man in
his late 50s. He's tall, white moustache and bald head. He came into the Dojo
as an orphan and was given the job of regulator. He has been on the job for 50
years.
He went to the river, sat down on the rock with a scroll on breathing techniques which he got from Hana. He practiced a few breathing styles. As he was meditating, he felt peace in his mind and heart, he felt a disturbance in his mind, it was as if he
was in a trance.
After a few minutes, he woke up from his trance, he was sweating and panting. He looked around and saw no one, he looked upon the sky and the rock which he seated on, they were all normal. Immediately, he heard the late morning bells for
training. "Oh no I'm late!" Akira said dashing off to the training area. He saw
Hana, Jin, Diago and other students such as Hatake, John (A half Japanese. His
mother is Japanese but his father is American), the twins (Aoi and Aiko), both
of them got the Nunchakus and the other 25 students doing the "BASIC WEAPONS
TRAINING" in the training area with Master Showa. "What's wrong Akira? You're
sweating and it's still morning" Hana asked. "Maybe he tried to run away from the
Dojo because of how pathetic he is in Ninja training and Chi control or bears
probably chased him back here" Diago said. Akira rushed to join them but he was
stopped by Master Showa. "Stop, I heard you didn't do well in the Rock
Traditional weapon choosing. In order to be in this class, you have to get your
weapon" Master Ryoko said. "Okay I'll try my best to get my weapon" Akira said
sadly. "Hey Akira!" Akira heard his name and recognised the voice, he turned
back, it was no other than Master Ryoko. "Come over to the Dojo. I would like
to have a word with you" Master Ryoko said while going inside the room. "Okay.
I'll be there before you know it" Akira said wondering what the talk might be.
When Akira entered the room, he saw Ryoko-Sensei sitting on the ground in a meditative pose. "Sit down" Master Ryoko said. Akira sat down and Master Ryoko asked him "When you were on the Chi Sanctuary with your hands placed on the rock, what did you see?" Akira was surprised "How does he know I saw something then" Akira asked himself. "I've been a Shinobi (Shinobi is like another word for Ninja) for 13 years. As a Sensei who was a Chaitho, I've gone for a lot of missions
and this is the second time I'm seeing such a thing. I looked at your face at
that moment and it looked as if you had a nightmare. So, what did you see?" Master
Ryoko said. "Well, I saw myself in a very dark environment, so dark that I
can't see anything but myself. Then after a little while, I saw people who are
like shadows with fire around them. As I was trying to understand what happened,
a man who was dressed in black with twin Katanas in his hands, appeared to me and
said "You don't belong here Akira, come save me"and the twin Katanas were
covered in fire yet, the man still held them as if the fire was not burning his
hands. Immediately, I opened my eyes in real life and saw people disappointed
and with no weapon in my hand" Akira explained."Well, try breathing but this
time around concentrate your chi to your mind and not your heart this time.
Maintain a state of peace and calmness and don't be distracted by anything" Ryoko-Sensei said while demonstrating what he told him to do and Akira did as he was told.
After few tries, the
room which was bright and colourful became so dark, a great wind started
blowing in the room and everyone outside saw the room in commotion because the
environment is bright and colourful but the room where Akira and Ryoko-Sensei
are staying is dark, every Ziatho and Muatho was afraid of what's happening in
the room. The others were just astonished except Master Showa.
As the wind was calming down, Akira opened his
eyes and saw a fresh, good-looking, well built Katana. Before the wind stopped
completely, Ryoko-Sensei saw the Katana bringing out red and black flames from
the blade and the handle. "Impossible" Ryoko-Sensei
said to himself "Red and black flames? How is that possible?" "Is that my
weapon?" Akira asked. Master Ryoko was speechless, he was so astonished that he
couldn't talk. "Ryoko-Sensei, I have a Katana" Akira told Master Ryoko. The
Katana was a long one with a red and black handle, a golden tsuba (a tsuba is a
hand guard that's usually in between the blade and the handle) and a very shiny
stainless blade. Hana and the others entered the room because of the incident. "Look,
there's an inscription on the Katana" Jin said pointing at the Katana "but how
is that possible" Hana said. "What do you mean by 'that's impossible?" Your
weapons do have inscription, right?" Akira asked. "Incriptions only appear in your
weapons when you connect your inner Chi to your weapon in order to give your
weapon a higher attack potential" Hana explained. "I think the most obvious
question here is: How on Earth did he get his weapon?" Jin asked.
"Shin-Sensei is back!" a Year 1 Ziatho shouted rushing towards Master Shin. Everyone then focused on Grandmaster Shin who was on his horse with the rock in front of him.
Everyone met him outside "Welcome back Shin-Sensei" said Mr. Haruki. "Students,
you'll meet him later but now, the Shihan needs to rest". Master Sai, a very
formidable ninja who teaches group 3 and he's known for his beast form
ninjutsu. He's 27 years old and is of average heightis. Everyone left and the
Senseis carried the Rock to the weapons hall and was kept in its place on the
Chi Sanctuary. "I would like to see the three of you in my office" Master Shin
said referring to Master Ryoko, Master Sai and Master Showa.
Hana and Jin went to Akira in the room he stayed with Ryoko-Sensei. They sat with him and Hana asked "What happened? How did you get your weapon?" "I don't know, Master Ryoko just told me to meditate with him and I focused my Chi with my mind, I opened my eyes and I saw the weapon on the ground in front of me. The Katana was
bringing out red and black flames from it before the flame vanished" Akira
explained. "I've never heard of red and black flames before in the weapon
textbook and encyclopaedia. The highest form of weapon flame is actually the
purple flame" Hana said. "Even Ryoko-Sensei was surprised when he saw the flames"
Akira said. "Something isn't right, first the bright golden light and now a weapon
out of nowhere. That's incredible. I know he's not as dumb as most people say."
Jin thought. "Hey Akira, have you met Shin-Sensei about this because I don't
understand this weapon appearance" Jin asked. "I just told you how it happened,
that's all I know. I'm surprised too" Akira replied.
Master Showa, Master Sai and Master Ryoko stood with Master Shin in his office (Office Of The Shihan). "You all know that I went for the Chi Rock's Chi suppression" Master
Shin said "Yes Sensei but I must say that I'm worried because I know that
suppression techniques usually take 3-5 days to complete but you actually took
3 months" Master Sai explained. "Impossible, this is my fourth day of being
outside the Dojo for the suppression. I've only gone out for three days only" Grandmaster
Shin said confused. "Did anything happen to you when you were out, anything at
all?" Master Showa asked. "Well, you three were my students and I've never lied
to you. I didn't meet any threat outside the Dojo" Master Shin said. "Okay so,
how did the journey go?" Master Ryoko asked. Master Shin told them everything
about his journey and how he managed to suppress the Rock's Chi.