Chapter 6

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As I was standing alone in the forest a young boy came up to me nervously, He looked to be in his thirteenth cycle and I could see him edging towards me cautiously, “I won’t bite.”

He smiled, slightly embarrassed, “Sensei sent me to find you with a message.” I looked at him, expecting him to continue, but he said nothing and stood staring at me intently.

“And the message was?”

“Oh, he said to meet him by the clock tower at two.” He paused and I could tell that there was more to the message, he scuffed his toe on the grass “Are you really to have private lessons with Sensei?” He blurted out and then stared back at the floor nervously.

I smiled at him, “Yes, I am.” I watched him as he looked up at me in wonder, I felt slightly self conscious, “So, what’s your name?” I asked him friendly.

“Me?”

“Well I’m not talking to the tree.” I joked and smiled at him again.

He grinned sheepishly, “It’s Isaac sir.”

“Hey, less of the sir please, I’m only four cycles above you, call me Shigeru and save the ‘sir’s’ for the teachers.”

He thought about it a moment, “Okay then, Shigeru.”

“That’s it.” I said smiling at him again, he reminded me of what I was like in my thirteenth cycle, “So Isaac, what cycle are you in?” I asked him sociably.

“My thirteenth.” He said proudly.

“Really, I thought you were older.” I lied, it was worth it for the beam that spread across his face.

“No, just my thirteenth, so what are you in?” He asked energetically, more comfortable with me.

“My seventeenth.”

“Cool, you’re Shigeru Noguchi right?”

“Yeah, why?”

“You’re the one who throws those amazing parties aren’t you?” I knew that our parties were popular, but hadn’t realised that the stories had spread all the way down to the thirteenth cycle.

“Well, it’s mostly my best friend Roan, but yeah, I help.”

“Wow, wait until I tell my mates that I’ve spoken to you!” he said, “Did you really tie that guy up and put him in the fountain?” he asked me, shy again.

  I laughed at the memory, “Yeah, one of the unbreakable rules is that only our cycle are allowed to them, so when that guy from the cycle above tried to sneak in, we all jumped on him and tied him up and Roan thought that it’d be a good idea for him to take a bit of a swim.” I laughed again, remembering the look on Roan’s face as he’d made the suggestion.

“Wow, that’s so cool.” I smiled again and saw the admiration in his eyes.

“What sort of weapon do you fight with?” I asked him.

“Well, mostly the Ontoneon but sometimes the sword.”

“The Ontoneon’s the double ended axe isn’t it?”

“Yeah.”

“It takes a lot of strength to use that.” I said impressed, I had used the Otoneon a couple of times and had found it heavy and brutish, personally I preferred the sword or even the Althease, but I admitted that it took a lot of power to fight well with it. Isaac glowed from my praise. I heard the clock strike for quarter to two, “I better go to meet Sensei, do you walk the same way?” I asked him friendly.

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