Butterflies - A Kny Au

||chapter two - undone||

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Shinra continues through the wood , going in the direction that seemed right, before he was interrupted.

"Oi ,kid!" a man called out.

"Huh?" Shinra responded , looking up to see a middle aged man with greying hair and what looked to be a form of uniform. "Are you .. a demon slayer?"
He asked although the answer seemed obvious.

"I am , i was sent here to retrieve you, Shinra is it? The man replied "the names Takeo Matsukaze!"

"Sorry , did you say you were 'sent here for me' ? By whom , and why? Sir Takeo" Shinra asked

"Lets just say someone has been watching over you, and knew of your intentions , and told me where i could find you" Takeo replied

"Oh that man, who is he? Why has he been watching me?" Shinra asked , quite concerned to hear about his stalker.

"Hes a friend of mine and a friend to your parents i believe, he watched over your family until well .. and then he decided to keep an eye on you until you left , telling me to be here a day or two ago and waiting outside for you so he could point you this way." Takeo explained

"Does he always wear that mask? " Shinra asked , loads of questions to ask about this strange man filling his head.

"Not always but recently, for the past few years he's not taken it off , we have been pretty distant too so im not entirely sure. Takeo said as he realised The conversation was dragging on. "Anyway , thats not why im here, would you like me to train you ?" He asked.

Shinra nodded and they walked in awkward silence and eventually they arrived atop a mountain , a windy mountain , with a semi large house situated in a dip at the top.

"Nice house Sir Takeo ..." Shinra said , trying to be polite although it was a nice house.

"Thank you Shinra , and don't worry with the "sir" business , it's just Takeo" Takeo smiled at Shinra.

"Oh okay" Shinra smiled back.

"Follow me , ill show you where your going to stay!"

Shinra followed and was led to a decent sized room and set his few things down.

"Im odly rather excited to begin training you know" Shinra said, feeling more relaxed.

"You wont have that attitude for long haha" Takeo joked

Shinra looked at Takeo with an empty look and the left the room together.

"Sit , ive made some food , it was cooking while i came to get you and its ready now" Takeo laughed

Shinra sat at the table table , and accepted the food , a decent salad with what was likely the meat of a boar.

"Ill give you a quick run down on what the training will be like, firstly i am a user of the breath if wind , so thats what ill be teaching you , it's a technique that mimics the wind , it's a mostly offensive technique, and it's also one of the most violent techniques due to being almost entirely offensive. On top of that the training will be stamina and agility based , with strength being less of a focus while we get your agility up. And finally im going to try to help you master total concentration while your here , if you can't already tell , being so high up makes it harder to breathe and learning those techniques will be almost forced onto you." Takeo gave his lengthy explanation before quickly stuffing his face with the salad. Shinra nodded as he also continues stuffing his face and finishing his meal.

"Well you oughtta get to sleep , a long few years a head of you!" Takeo smiled , his constant smile.

It made Shinra almost uncomfortable, 'why is he always smiling'?' He thought to himself as he set his dish aside , bowed his head to thank Takeo and headed towards his new room.