The Dragon Blade

Chapter 1x3 - Training?

Loud steps wandered in the room. A cold liquid covered Zane's face and he quickly woke up from his sleep.
"What are you doing," Zane said scratching his head. 
"Training starts now, here take this stick. Let's see what you can do" The old man said as he handed Zane a big wooden stick. Zane grabbed onto the stick and stood up yawning. 
"Right her-" Zane attempted to ask, interrupted as the old man vanished out of sight. Zane's eyes flew through the room and saw nothing. Zane's ears trembled as he heard the old man breathing from behind him. He quickly reacted and ducked. The old man's eyes widened as he swung through the air. Zane shouted as he pointed his stick forward and ran towards the old man with great speed. He moved to the side and slammed Zane's head with the end of the stick.
"Ouch!" Zane said rubbing the top of his head. The old man scoffed a bit surprised.
"I never got your name, old man" Zane said with a big smile on his face. The old man said
"Gen" Zane looked at him with a tilted head and said exhausted
"Can we train now, Gen" Gen stared at Zane with a stern look and said 
"No." Gen left the room and shut the door. Zane with wide eyes stared confused at what just happened. He stood up and slowly stepped out of the room. He looked around to find nothing.
He took small steps into the other room and saw nothing. Zane scratched his head and shouted
"Gen?" 

Zane stepped outside and saw Gen, he ran towards him and realized that there was another Gen standing behind the first Gen. Zane stared at them both with widened eyes and confusion in his eyes. The first Gen said
"This is a clone, you can fight it however you want. All it's going to do it block and not attack. If you manage to kill it, I will train you personally" Zane stared at the clone with amazement and excitement in his eyes. Gen tossed a katana for Zane to catch. He took a grip around it and unsheathed it. Zane held it up and stared at it with excitement and whispered to himself
"I will save you, mom" with determination in his eyes. Gen followed up and said
"Don't use any magic, you have ten days to fight it" Gen turned his back and walked into the cabin. Zane's eyes followed Gen until he closed the door shut. He stared at the Gen clone and struggled to hold up the sword with his small body. Zane ran towards the clone and attempted to slash it sideways. The clone simply deflected the hit with its katana. Startled, Zane stepped back before realizing that the clone wouldn't attack back. Zane took a deep breath and slashed his blade aside consecutively on the clone. The clone with no struggle stepped aside and dodged all the hits without using its sword. Zane slowed down and began to pant out of exhaustion. He rubbed his forehead and held up his katana taking a stance. He held his katana behind him and swiftly thrust forward cutting through the wind. The clone parried with its sword pointing downwards, barely blocking it. Zane's eyes lightened up as he had found the most effective attack. 

The day went by as Zane practised his combos on the clone. He stepped inside the cabin and saw Gen drinking tea on the floor. Zane sat down with him and asked
"How old are you?" Gen has throbbing veins revealed in his neck. Zane quickly understood that he didn't ask an appropriate question. Gen took a breath and asked Zane instead
"How old are you, kid" He scoffed. Zane looked up in the ceiling thinking and said
"Eleven I think" Gen nodded. After a minute of complete silence, Zane stood up and said
"goodnight!" with a smile on his face. Gen a bit surprised nodded. Zane walked to his room with accomplishment in his eyes and lied down on his mattress. He lied down sideways and said to himself
"Mother, Brother I'll hunt those demons for you!" 
A tear ran down his face as he closed his eyes. Gen stood outside and stared at Zane crying. He sighed and walked away.

Authors Note

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