I hit the ground again, my face touching the dirt after my cousin dodged my very strong punch.
Today, uncle Ken told us to spar and train our physical skills even if we lived in an era where everyone uses magic
We lived in the Saito clan house, it used to be full of members and lively, but as time passes by.. Many members have left and got reduced to a small clan.
I got up slowly and dusted my clothes. My eyes twitched at the tall boy in front of me. He looked down at me.
"Can you stop dodging every attack I make?"
The oher who I was fighting is my cousin in the Saito clan, Lee Saito. He had messy black hair as if he just woke up and black eyes. Lee is currently twelve, two years older than me.
He came from the main branch line and had an older sibling who is not in the clan house. Lee avoids talking about that subject.
" Silly Hana, your attacks are predictable and too slow." He just says.
"Slow huh? Take this!" I went up and aimed a kick to his face. He once again moved out of the way. I threw three shurikens at him.
He tried to dodge everything but was hit by one in his left arm.
"Hahaha! finally got you!"
" Tch.. that barely did any damage." Lee looked at me seriously and charged. " Let's end this, I want to read my new comics."
Lee suddenlt went fast and I briefly see his leg about to kick my left side. I put my arms up to block it, but I still fell from the impact.
While on the ground and before he can attack, I quickly said, "Let's calm down here.. How about let's take a break for today.."
He stopped moving for a brief second..he let his guard down.
.
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..."Paper Shuriken!" I used magic to fire a small paper shaped shuriken towards the idiot's direction. I ran out of knives from the attack and felt my energy deplete from using magic.
And once again, Lee narrowly dodged it, but it almost hit his face.
" It would have hit me if you didnt yell your attack against me."
" That was so close." I sighed.
" Yes but dont forget being a ninja is being stealthy and silent." He says. " Shouting your attacks seem dumb and gives away your plan."
" Ughh, you're starting to sound like uncle.."
Before he could reply, a high pitch voice called our names. " HEY! Hanako! Lee! Father is calling for you two!"
There appeared one of the clan's nurses, Reina. She was the same height as Lee but in her early 20s, Reina had short purple hair and black eyes.
"Also, Lee try to not beat up Hana too much in your spars. Are you okay Hana?"
" Yep, I'm barely injured.. Dont worry about me!" I said, ignoring my face, arms and clothes which had dirt.
" But I'm not doing anything.." Lee whines.
" Reina, do we have to go now? I'm close to beating Lee here."
" Yeah right, you look like you're about to pass out." Lee said back. And he was right there, I was tired and out of mana from using magic.
I said. " Well since uncle called for us, I guess we have to continue this next time."
" Hold on.. you children went too far with your practice.." Reina smiled darkly and pinched our cheeks hard. " Let me heal you two first before we meet our father."
"Hey! that hurts!"
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And we went to the main house, with bandages in our face and body, the sliding door opened and there was Uncle Ken.
He had long purple hair that reached his shoulder and same thin eyes as Lee. Uncle was an older version of Lee except the hair color.
" Good practice you two. You both can take the whole day to rest now."
" Lee, your speed is still good, as well as your offence. Just refrain from dodging too much. "
"Next, Hanako. I see your fighting skills has been improving and with your use of basic tools. Keep improving to move like a ninja."
"For the both of you, I would like to remind you that magic is not forbidden to use and I would not discourage you in practicing it. Use it however you like because the times have been changing.. We are still part wizards."
My cousin and I stayed silent while Uncle stopped talking. He looked out at a distance from our window and look back at us.
" The time has come for you children to travel away from here and start your own adventure."
"Huh what do you mean, uncle?" I asked, surprised.
" You and Lee will be moving away from the city to learn to be wizards. But you children should come back from time to time."
" But isn't it too soon to make us leave?" Lee asked.
" Yeah! what if the clan disbands with few members. "
" Um Hanako, the clan still has members to keep it running.."
" Other clan members have already left around your age. The current members need to get stronger if more members learned magic."
"How about Reina? Will she go with us to the city?" Lee asked, we all turned to her.
"That's for her to decide if she will go with you. But it would be helpful for the two of you to have an older guide."
The older girl stayed silent and then finally answered. "Honestly, i'd rather stay here at the clan house. But there's no way, I will leave these children alone to the city." The older girl just smiled.
" Yaaaay !" I cheered.
" Take your time to decide when you will leave to the city."
After Lee and Reina left the room, uncle told me to stay behind for a while.
He handed me an old scroll that was dusty. " This is one of the clan's secrets, Kamika has already learned this before she left, it's only a matter of time that you will learn it too."
" I see.. Thank you, uncle. I'll try my best to master it right away." I looked at the old scroll he gave me, there was faded words. " Uh.. paper bomb..?"
" It might look like an ordinary paper bomb but it is B-ranked with its destructive magic. Our older clan members specializes on high level explosives. Since your magic is like Kamika's, this would be a great help for you."
" Will I find her in the city too?"
" I do not know, Kamika has left for a while now and with her own personal reasons. Unfortunately, I do not know where she is currently."
A short memory came to my head, an older black haired girl folding different kinds of origami with me. She slipped a paper flower to my hair.
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AN:
And chapter end !! prologue is done, I added a new OC- Reina and expanded on the clan backstory of the Saito.Plz dont forget to like, comment, or add this fanfic to your library :3
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