The Demon Within

Haunting Memories

Book I - The True
Chapter III
Haunting Memories

"We are here," he said.

"A flooding icicle-pop," Heiwa said ironically.

"Heiwa is right we passed dozens of iceberg annmand island," I said," What's so special about this one?"

He brushed off my questions like dust on a shoulder, we slowly descended. As we land onto the icy floor we saw Hikari waiting with a file within his hand," Lily, this training session will be focusing on you," he said.

"What?" I asked," why me?"

"My research has reveal you lack any formal training in warfare, tactical formation and strategy planning and making but belong to the Valiant family you have received basic arm to arm training and is able to hold your own against untrained individuals but that not good enough," He explained.

"Why I'm here?" Heiwa asked.

"I have a different exercise for you, young Heiwa," he answered.

"So what is that going to be?" She asked

"Lesson one: survival, you have a minute to run deeper into this icicle-pop, after that my raptors will hunt you down," he stated, "left all tools, equipment and weapon with me."

"What ?! you can't be serious," she said.

"Start running," he stated.

Slowly turning around she said before shooting into the woods, completely out of sight," I going to get you back for this."

"Now let's begin," he said steering into my eyes.

Turning around and walking toward his raptor; removing a pack from Fukushu's back. It was like that time at home not even see the movement of his hand. Quickly turning around he launched a projectile in mid-air, noticed by its sudden shadow.

Judging the rate of direction and size of the projectile, I needed to move and now. Evading the object, it was a stick," A Bokutō, our ancestors used these to train our children," he said shining a light to clear the darkness within my mind as I put it up off the frozen grass.

The snap his fingers as the raptors immediately begun to run into the forest he said, " Ai stay." They stopped instantly with Ai, in curiosity I asked," why did they stop?"

A whispering chatter, Ai omits before the others continued into the unknown," I guess you didn't know that much on Dokuraptor?" He followed up by asking, "Let begin."

Tightening my grip, with both of my arms, slowly he walked away distancing his Bokutō to touch the tip of mine before stopping to bow a signal the start.

Hours past, "Again," he said. Returning with a bow, then straightening my back extending my arm, pushing the sword away from my face, as it starts it was over. Lightning fast I lost in the moment but all I know I was on my ass sword-less.

Jabbing the swords in the snow," wrong," he said.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Everything!" He said as he begun to walk away," stay here,"

"Where are you going?" I asked slightly enraged.

"Going to find Heiwa, training is over," he stated,"I need to take a different approach."