Aspiring Recluse

Chapter 8 : Power Surge

The sun shined bright, it was finally summer. Days had passed after my raid on floor two, what did I do in this time you may ask? Hmph! I've been training obviously. The newfound powers I received in the raid, I was adapting to them. Though my muscles would have notable strains after using any serious strength onto my legs. Rendering them useless for a few days. Moreover, the other two were still training, harder than ever after the raid incident. We had started meditation training, just in case. That was one part of it at least. The training regiment became harder, it burnt us out at the start but hey, we've made progress.

Ron was sweet as ever, taking care of sensei during we were in the raid for multiple days we were out. I call out "Oii Haruu, wanna spar?" "Yeah sure, I've got nothing to do anyway". We get started, he takes out his sansekuton. I take my stance, 3..2..1... BEGIN! I dashed behind him with one swift motion, faster than he could react. He barely blocked my attack. "Woah, look who got better." "Thanks, Focus on the match though." He repositions himself and gets warmed up. His defense while swinging his Sansekuton was unpenetrable. it was hard to get past, which made fighting him annoying. "You sure know how to be annoying, huh?" "Speak for yourself." With a thrilling look on both our faces, we clash again, the speed of his attacks was a nuisance. He could simultaneously attack with two of the sections while defending with the middle one. I step back and take a breath, hoping concentrating would activate the power I used in the tower. With keeping all of my hopes into this one moment. I free my mind and focus all my energy. This makes an outburst of lightning. "This... This is it! The same feeling from before. Adrenaline rushed through my veins, I felt my heart racing, I couldn't wait to fight him with this! My speed had increased tenfold, I could hit him before he would react. He was confused and had trouble holding his ground. After pounding blows, he finally surrendered. Dropping his weapon and stepping back. "Holy shit, what was that?" said Mayumi. "A little trick I learned while I was in the tower," I tell her with a smirk on my face. "Hmph! that's kind of cheating you know." "Yeah, yeah. Whatever" I laugh off and got cleaned up. Before I knew it, it was nighttime already. Which meant.. It was time to eat Haru's cooking again! I looked forward to this every night. "Thanks for the food!" I started eating the food like there was no tomorrow. Good thing Haru made extra just in case. The hallowed crescent rested upon an icy wasteland illuminating starlit blue. Today was truly beautiful. I sat in the backyard with Haru and Ron, endlessly gazing upon the sky.