Scarlet Fate

09: Training Part 02

Akane's PoV

I brandished my weapon multiple times, Yuito careful examined my actions while nodding.

He placed his hand on his chin and asked.

"Did you receive training from someone?"

"Yes, I received minimal training from my mother, that's all."

"If that's the case, the training you've received is good. Your movements are refined, always maintaining a guard while landing a strike."

"Is that do?"

I asked curiously, Yuito examined me from head to toe and exclaimed.

"However, your strikes doesn't possess much strength, for now let's improve upon what you already know. You'll need to improve physical strength and study martial arts."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, for now let's do some warm up exercises."

I nodded and followed his every instruction, after he is done Yuito told me to sit down and rest.

He is probably going easy on me, after all I'm quite close to Chiharu...

Yuito grabbed a pair of wooden swords, he handed me one and told me.

"Let's have a sparring match, that way I can evaluate your combat prowess more effectively."

I nodded and stood up, taking the wooden sword at hand, I took a deep breathe and prepared myself.

Yuito assumed a low guard stance, I did the opposite, doing a high guard stance.

The distance between us is two meters, I took small steps towards Yuito, slowly closing the distance.

He stood still, maintaining his guard, reaching striking range, I brandished my sword at him, he parried my attack, without delay retaliated with a thrust of his sword.

I hastily blocked with my sword, making me lose balance, I was barely holding my ground. A grin is seen on Yuito's face as he told me.

"Not bad, not bad at all Akane-chan but you'll need more than that to survive on the battlefield."

Yuito flourishes his sword whilst taking several steps forward, slowly closing the distance between us. Damn it, he deliberately picked the sword with a shorter reach, he's underestimating me.

I tried to halting his advance by thrusting my sword, he blocked it easily, when he got in his preferred range. Yuito barraged me with rapid fast blows. Each blow was powerful, my hands went numb as I barely managed to block his onslaught.

I tried retaliating by thrusting my sword forward, however it was parried, Yuito quickly turns to the offensive hitting my ribs with his sword.

My strength fades, I coughed out blood as I fell on my knees, stabbing my weapon on the ground, I used it to stand back up, my breathing is hagged, my body trembling from the pain. Despite that I tightly gripped my weapon and reassumed to my fighting stance.

Yuito sighed at my decision, yet a smile could seen on his face as he began his second onslaught.

Barely holding my ground, with each attack being stronger and faster than the last, my hand is trembling. With one last strike, Yuito's swing broke through my defense.