[Flashback] Ninja

Yuan was evading his strikes and Daisuke was getting faster and faster.

"Yuan is getting faster on evading. He is coping up now.", Harutobi said.

"Yeah he is faster now but it was still not enough. Maybe in due time. He will beat me in swordsmanship," Tanaka said.

"He will be a great samurai in the future. Let us not hasten his growth but build up his core," Harutobi said.

"The next training is to make him a proper ninja. You can train him himself if you want," Harutobi said to her.

"No, Daisuke was better in ninja skills. He can train him better," Tanaka said.

"If that is what you wish," said Harutobi.

They continued to observe Yuan and Daisuke stopped his attacks.

"Okay, that's all for now. Let me rest a bit," Daisuke said.

"But uncle, I am not satisfied yet," Yuan said.

"Yes, we are finished. I used my fastest attacks and It was evaded so there's no use in prolonging it. You will train your ninja skills later on. Rest a bit now, I will get changed," Daisuke said.

He then taps his armored shoulders and leaves.

Tak! Tak! Tak! Tak!

His mother claps her hands while sitting on the floor.

"Nice! Nice! Congratulations on your training! You've improved well!" Tanaka said.

"Thanks, mom! And grandpa you are watching too?" Yuan asked.

"Yeah! Why not? Why can't I?" Harutobi said.

"Yeah, thanks for watching! I will again train in ninja skills. I hope I will have progress but I am not hoping to beat uncle. Looking forward to it. I will get changed for now," Yuan said to them.

Yuan then walks towards his room and his gear was already prepared. He equipped his black suit and his black headband was put on his head.

He will go to the ninja training grounds. He slides the sliding door and saw that his uncle was already outside.

"So fast! You are already equipped!" Yuan said to him.

"No, it was just I have trained on equipping it as fast as I could," Daisuke said.

Yuan scratches his head.

"So we're gonna travel towards the ninja training grounds?" Yuan asked.

"Yeah! Let's race!" Daisuke said.

"Yeah!" Yuan replied.

Yuan dashed towards the trees and his uncle was racing with him. They were headed to the training ground where the ninja training camp was located.

While sprinting, they evaded the obstacles on the way. While running, Yuan was in deep thought.

'Luckily, I am a player of sprint running. I can easily outrun him the longer it takes,' Yuan said.

He dashed to the trees and evaded the outgrown roots. He leaped as he tackled the roots but his uncle was leaping from tree to tree.

"To be a ninja, you need to at least do this," Daisuke said.

"Okay! Don't underestimate me!" Yuan shouted.

"Okay! Then prove it! Show me what you've learned for the past years," Daisuke said while he was on the branch of the tree.

Yuan then dashed and leaped. Landing on the trunk then jumped to the other trunk of the tree. He then landed where his uncle was sitting.

"Good! Now we hop from tree to tree," Daisuke said to him.

Yuan then jumped to the other tree and another tree. He was agile enough to compete with his uncle.

"Wow! You can cope up! Let's continue our travel like this!" Daisuke said.

Yuan hopped to another tree and he was able to maintain balance as he landed. He hops again to another tree.

"Uncle! How long you've been training this?" Yuan asked.

"Since I can remember. We of your mother were trained since young and we were able to survive the training. You can tell that it was since we were four," Daisuke said.

"Really? I can't be compared to both of you! You've been training since young!" Yuan said.

"Yeah! But you will be able to surpass us in no time. Believe yourself! You can do it!" Daisuke said.

While they were jumping, Roan saw the exit of the forest. He jumped towards the exit and saw a Japanese house.

"We are here! At last, It's been a year since I last visited this place," Yuan said.

"We will go inside. I will be training you in the dark," Daisuke said.

"This house was as big as a gym and it was dark. I will be able to adjust my eyes from the dark," Yuan said to himself.

"I will enter first, be sure to repel my attacks okay?" Daisuke said.

"Okay okay, I hear you! We've been doing this for years right?" Yuan said.

"Yeah, but you will be using blindfolds," Daisuke said.

"What? That's unfair!" Yuan shouted.

"You can repel it easily because you can see the dark. While using blindfolds, you will enhance your other senses. But remember, I will use real weapons this time," Daisuke said.

"Yeah! Do whatever you want! I will repel it all. Now can we start?" Yuan said excitedly.

"Yeah! Let's see what you've got!" Daisuke said.

Daisuke entered first and the door was shut. Marlin then closed his eyes and his headband was put on his eyes. It served as a blindfold. He entered the door and it was shut.

Yuan was blind and because of the silence of the place, he can hear his breathing. He can only hear the wind coming from the outside of the door.

From his past experiences, the place they have was a place that has a creaking floor if was stepped by a newbie ninja, a place that has trunks of wood for cover and weapons displayed in the walls.

Roan grabbed a Wakizashi, a katana sword that is only shorter in its length.

He puts it on his back and blindfolded himself again.

Whoosh!

Yuan then draws his sword as he heard the sound of the flying object that was coming his way.

Ting!

It was blocked by his sword but another barrage of attacks was launched his way. Yuan dashed to one of the poles and some of the flying projectiles were hit on its trunk.

Tak! Tak! Tak! Tak! Tak!

Yuan memorized the place and he was lucky that he familiarized himself with it. In the past, he constantly bumped into the poles and caused his face to be black-eyed.

He practiced and practiced until he memorized its places. His feet were also agile enough not to make the creaking floor not to sound as he stepped.

"I can only defend myself and not attack. I have to observe where the sounds came from.", Yuan said in his mind.

As Yuan was hiding, he heard a step on his north and was barraged with numerous projectiles. He held the sword and repelled the incoming objects.

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

He was able to deflect it all and his uncle immediately dashed and aimed for him. Without his sight, he used his ears to know the angle of the strike.

He hears the flow of the air and uses it to his strength. He was able to dodge the horizontal slash and escape his attacks. With the help of his hearing. He was able to dodge it.

'From the right, his attack was tilted and it was on my back,' Yuan said in his mind as he was escaping his strikes.

He ducked at the right time and thus evaded his strike. He was slashed furiously and was able to evade it.

'Feel the flow of the air as he moves, I can honestly hear it. It was clear enough for me to see it.' Yuan thought.

Yuan was able to dodge it all and he jumps to the side of the poles to confuse his attacker a bit. He dashed and he was thrown with unseen projectiles, thus he ducked and dashed sideways.

He was constantly chased and he was struck with a vertical slash. Yuan then blocked it and slides his blade.

He then steps back and his uncle hammers his sword into him. It was barely defended due to his uncle's attacks being fast and Yuan has only his perception of the wind to see his opponent's attack.

'Damn it, he was using his chain attacks and my eyes were blindfolded. I can only barely keep up with my speed. It was very fast that he was attacking in split seconds,' Yuan thought as he was attacked furiously.

'I need to stop him and to stop his attacks. I will gamble a bit and attack him and disarm his sword,' Yuan said in his mind.

He was chased by his uncle who won't even let him breathe. He sheathed his sword then he observed his pattern.

With a horizontal slash that his uncle used, he ducked and grabbed his wrist. Then he kicked him to the abdomen while holding the hilt of his sword.

Pak!

He was surprised and was thrown a bit then landed on the pole.

Pak!

He was on the pole and coughed a bit.

Yuan then removed his blindfold and saw the mess they had made. There were many kunai and shurikens everywhere. Slashes were on the poles and scratches were all over.

"I was surprised by your attack and I can't hit you while being blindfolded. Seriously? Where did you learn that kick?" Daisuke asked.

"Well, that is a secret!" Yuan said.