A New Beginning

Chapter 13 : Sword Fighting

White . All I saw was white . I knew where I was . I stood up . " Hello . Anybody here . " I called out . I was calling out for the familiar voice .

" Hello welcome back Asuka... " The voice replied . " Why am I back here ? " I asked . " I can't explain . I have to follow the rules of my leader . Mitsunari of the West . " The voice told . " Who's that ? " I asked . " I can't tell you who that is . " The voice replied . " Oh okay... " I said . Why was I back here . I thought I already got it over with . I faced it in reality which was terrifying . I thought that was the goal I had to accomplish but I guess not . What was I going to have to do this time ? I was so confused . " Well what do I have to do . I said . " What you have to do today is some sword training... You will need it for the real world... " The voice told . " What ? Why do I need it in reality ? I asked . " Once again I can't tell you anything... I promise that this is going to help... When I meet you in reality I will explain everything to you... " The voice replied back . Why did I have to practice sword fighting ? I really didn't understand what was going on . " But... If this is a dream , how will I be able to gain skills ? " I asked politely . " My god... you've got some many questions... never mind that , but the dream just kinda works like that... I don't really know how it works... " Okay . " I said back . I still didn't get it . I just didn't . But I guess I had to start training to get out of here . " Let's start training... " The voice told . " Alright . " I replied . I had some experience with a sword .

When I was 10 did sword fighting for a year . I was the best sword fighter on my team . I loved going there all the time until it shut down and there were not any sword fighting places close . The closest one was 67 miles away . "

Alright let's begin... here is your sword... " The voice announced . All of a sudden a shiny red sword fell onto the ground out of nowhere . I walked up towards the sword and calm and carefully picked it up . I felt pretty bad ass . " Do you like the sword I gave you ? " The voice asked . " Yes , I love it . It's very pretty and looks really powerful . " I said . " Are you ready to start training ? " The voice said . " Yes I am . " I replied .

I remembered how to fight and the starting position I was supposed to be in . I stood up and took my position and clenched my fist .

" You will practice fighting on these dummies . " The voice told . " Um...okay... " I said . This was going to be a little too easy . Dummies popped up around me out of nowhere . They circled me . Staring at me with their blank and boring eyes .

" I know that you used to do sword fighting so I think you know what to do... " The voice said . " Then why am I sword fighting when I already know how to do it ? " I asked . " I want to kinda refresh your mind... I think that there is a sword fighting place in the city where you live close to... " The voice told . " Oh okay . " I responded back . " Hit those dummies . " The voice commanded . I nodded . Damn , I haven't held a sword in a long time . I held up my sword and started swig like crazy . I was going crazy I did so much better than I did when I was 10 and 11 . I haven't even touched a sword ever since I was 10 and 11 and all of a sudden I was like 100x better than I used to be . " No... no way... your an.. an... " The voice said . " Well , go on . " I told . " Your... your... an... an... an Oni... " The voice said . " A what ? " I asked . " I finally . " I will explain that in reality... oh how Mitsunari of the West will be pleased... " The voice said . " Okay , I'm going to finish slicing all these dummi-! " I stopped as I looked at what I did .

The dummies were already in pieces . Stuffing was thrown all a crossed the white invisible floor . Their button eyes were cut off and stitches from the remaining parts of the dummies had their stitching falling a part . Strings of thread laid across the unviable floor .

" I guess I already finished . " I said . " Let's do some more training... " The voice commanded . I nodded my head again and the circles of dummies where surrounding me . It was starting to get a tiny bit harder but not to hard . I started fighting actual monsters . The monsters looked really weird but some of them were familiar . Like skeletons . It was a living skeleton .

I had apparently fought for hours and hours , wiping sweat off my forehead and trying to cool myself down . " Seems like your alarm is about to go off... " The voice told . " Aw man ! I was having fun ! " I responded back and crossed my arms . " We still have more sword practicing to go... " The voice said . " I'm good with that . " I replied . " Goodbye... " The voice said . " Goodbye ! " I called out . I then left the blank room and sat straight up as the sound of my alarm clock blasted it's music at me . I was in reality again .