I finally finished chapter one and it is so long but i would love it if you could rate it for me please thank you here it is
Chapter One: The Greatest Swordsman offers to teach me?!?
‘It’s been two weeks since Blade killed my family’ I thought as I swung my 50 Kg sword for the fifteen hundredth time ‘I’ve been training this whole time, no wonder they times flown by.’
I swung my sword another five hundred and forty-two times before I couldn’t take it anymore and dropped my sword.
The clang that it made when It hit the floor echoed through the house and back into my ears as I slowly got up onto my knees.
Eventually I got onto my feet and went to get some water from my jug on the other side of the room then I went back to my sword grabbed it and put it in its place against the wall.
‘Tomorrow I have to go into town to get supplies … I should probably take my katana with me,” I thought going over to the wall and grabbing the katana.
‘Maybe I should get another blade this one is on its last strings,’ I thought after I’d pulled it out to examine the sword.
I walked over to the front door and rested my sword against the wall next to it then I locked the front door and went upstairs to bed.
When I woke up in the morning I made myself some sushi for the road and ate two for breakfast, after that I washed my hands and finished packing, put the pack on my back and made my way towards the front door.
‘I don’t think there’s anything to grab before I leave … besides my sword of course,’ I thought picking up the sword as I walked past.
‘Okay well I’d better make my way to the village now it’s a four hour journey their and four back plus the hour and a half it takes me to do the shopping itself,’ I though opening the door and beginning the long walk to the village.
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‘Finally, I made it to the village, now what did I need again …. That’s right well, let’s get stuck into this so I can go home and train,’ I thought weaving my way to the shopping center.
“HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT’S MY DADS,” I heard a little boy calling from the alley nearby then the sound of someone getting hit followed by crying so I decided to get a closer look.
“Not anymore it’s mine now, HAHAHAHA,” A older deeper voice laughed then the sound of a sword being unsheathed and that’s when I decided to intervene.
“PL-PL-PLEASE NO D-D-DON’T K-K-KILL ME PLE-PLEASE,” The boys voice stuttered before I flew down the alley unsheathing my sword just as the man’s blade swung down towards the boys neck a loud crack filled the alley temporarily stunning everyone.
When I regained my vision I could see that I’d successfully saved the boy but had broken my katana in half as a result.
“YOU BRAT, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STOPPING ME LIKE THAT DON’T YOU KNOW I’M A PIRATE,” The man’s voice yelled angrily.
“I believe the question is who do YOU think YOU are taking from and attempting to KILL A LITTLE KID,” I said my temper escaping me on the last few words.
“That’s it PUNK!!” The man said spitting at my feet before charging straight to me with his sword ready to slice me in half.
Time slowed down as I by some miracle giving me time to look at my blade to see I still had quarter of my sword still which meant I still had a chance.
I raised the broken sword so it was ready to deflect the incoming strike and then I turned my head and closed my eyes ready for the strike.
A few seconds later there was a loud Tink and then I felt an immense force pushing on my blade so I looked to see the man trying very hard to break through my defense.
I stood up and took a step forward throwing the sword flying and the man off balance then I kicked him in the gut so he dropped and was on his knees.
“You’re a coward,” I whispered into his ear before I put my foot onto his chest and shoved throwing him into the dirty, disgusting, rat ridden pile of trash behind him.
“N-N-NO HOW … B-BEATEN BY A LITTLE KID … AARRGGHHHHH!!!!!!” The man shouted getting back up walking towards me menacingly before he realized he had no weapon then he bolted in the opposite direction.
“GET LOST!!!” I yelled after him before turning towards the boy behind me and asking, “Are you okay???.”
“Y-Yeah I’m f-fine,” The boy said scared.
“What’s your name??” I asked softly crouching so I was eye level with him.
“Gengu,” The boy replied not shaking so bad now.
“What did they take?” I asked curiously looking around for something small.
“My fathers’ sword it’s just over there,” Gengu answered pointing towards the blade I’d knocked out of the man’s hands.
“Ahh … I’ll go get it okay you stay here,” I told Gengu as I got up and went and got the sword thinking, ‘Now that I can see it without being afraid for my life, this sword has been well crafted and well taken care off.’
“Thank you,” Gengu said grabbing the sword and putting it into its scabbard.
“Come on let’s get you home k,” I said helping Gengu get up and brushing him off.
“Mk let’s go,” Gengu said eagerly probably to get out of that alley.
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Gengu lived just out of town with his Mum and Dad, his Dad was a blacksmith and his Mum stayed at home and took care of the children.
it took us half an hour to get there and most of the time I was carrying Gengu on my back and the sword in my hand because he was asleep.
Once we reached his house I knocked on the door and when his Mum answered I told her that I had Gengu with me and what had happened and she invited me in.
On my way in I spotted a wall full of well crafted, well taken care of swords and I went to lean the sword in my hand against it I then carried Gengu to his bed, said goodbye to his Mum then left.
‘Damn, I lost an hour to all of that I need to hurry up now if I want to make it home and train,’ I thought sprinting back towards the village.
By the time I’d done the shopping and gotten home I had about an hour and a half to do some training so I got straight to it with the wooden sword because I hadn’t had enough time to get a new one.
I had fish on top of some special rice for dinner that night then went to bed because I was exhausted.
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The next few days passed in a blur full of constant training and small half an hour breaks for food and rest.
Five days after I’d saved Gengu I was in the middle of a training session when I thought I heard his voice calling to me from down the road.
Confused I paused for a minute to see if I could hear him again but I couldn’t so I just continued my training.
It happened again and I reacted the exact same way but shook it off again but when it happened for a third time I put my weighted sword down and went to go and check it out.
When I was a good way down the road I thought I saw a little dot down the road and it was growing bigger and bigger.
Eventually the dot was close enough for me to realize that it was a person but not just any person it was Gengu.
It took Gengu fifteen minutes to reach me and when he did he was panting.
“Finally …. I …. Found ….. you!!” Gengu said between breaths.
“Yeah??? What do you need,” I said confused.
“My .. Dad … wants .. to see you,” Gengu said finally catching his breath.
“Alright???” I said even more confused now then added “Why????.”
“I don’t know but come on we got to go to my house,” Gengu said grabbing my arm and attempting to drag me.
“Hey, just wait alright,” I told Gengu.
“Why, my Dad wants to see you NOW,” Gengu complained.
“I’ve got to shower and change alright just wait here,” I explained.
Once I’d showered and changed into my usual clothes (Black shirt, blue leather jacket and black jeans with green shoes) I walked outside to meet Gengu.
“LETS GO,” Gengu said excitedly charging down the road.
“Gengu wait up,” I said running to catch up.
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After four and a half hours we finally made it to Gengu’s home where his Mum was waiting outside for us.
“Thank you Gengu you’ve been a big help now go and play,” His Mum said.
“Okay Mum,” Gengu said cheerfully running inside and up to his room.
“Now, you come with me,” Gengu’s mum said walking inside.
“Okay????” I said seriously confused by this point.
I followed her through the house and out the back towards the shed out there.
As we drew closer to the shed I could feel the heat coming off it, it was boiling.
We walked inside and I had a good look at the surroundings, there was a worktable in the corner closest to the door.
On top of the worktable was a bunch of blueprints for different kinds of swords ranging from katanas to longswords.
If you looked passed the worktable you could see a small circle filled with lava and then next to that there was a big bucket filled with water
Next to the bucket of water there was a tall man in a blacksmith coat bent over an anvil and hammering a boiling hot piece of metal.
“Honey … he’s here now,” Ganga’s mum said turning around and going back to the house.
“H-hello sir, I am confused, why am I here??” I asked taking a step towards the man.
“Ahh … yes about that my son told me what you did?!? Is this true,” The man responded when he was finished crafting his sword.
“Y-Yes it is true sir,” I said shocked.
“Well-well then you must be a very talented swordsman fighting and beating a pirate with only a quarter of a blade,” The man said laughing.
“I’m sorry but what was your name??” I asked politely.
“Ahh my bad how rude I am, my name is Hugana Greten and I am a blacksmith but you should already know that by know,” Hugana said looking at his surroundings.
“Yes I do now why do you want me here,” I said.
“Well for starters I wanted to thank you for saving me son and secondly I wanted to say that I am relieved that there’s still swordsman like you out there after all I do craft them. Lastly I wanted to reward you for saving my son,” Hugana said looking at me gratefully.
“R-R-Reward no, no, no, no I could never accept a reward but thank you for the compliment,” I said bowing very low to the ground to show my thanks.
“No, no I insist, you broke your sword correct, let me craft you a new one it’s the least I could do,” Hugana said.
“Honestly I am honored that you would do something like that but I couldn’t accept they are very expensive that would be just like robbing you,” I rushed through bowing even lower so my forehead was touching the ground.
“Let me craft you a blade for saving my son and because if you ever want to beat Blade you’ll need a strong blade,” Hugana insisted walking over to his desk and pulling out some blueprints and scribbling it down.
“It would still put you out a huge amount of Beri,” I pointed out.
“OH, we have plenty of Beri millions in fact if that’s what you’re worried about,” Hugana said scribbling something on the blue prints.
“What about materials that’s got to be a problem,” I said trying to find a way out of it.
“Got plenty of ‘em,” Hugana laughed.
“Well … well … well … Fine I guess I have to accept don’t I,” I said in defeat.
“Yes, now check out this and tell me if you like it,” Hugana said passing me the blueprint he was scribbling on.
The blade was the normal grey till about half way down the blade it started turning into black flames down to the hilt, the hilt was golden and shaped like wings then you had the handle which the wrapping on it was rainbow coloured then there was bits the wrapping didn’t cover that was black, The Swords holster was also completely rainbow coloured.
“W-Wow this sword it’s … amazing so colourful and deadly,” I said shocked and amazed at how well it was drawn and planned.
“Yes, Yes, but do you like it, do you connect with it,” Hugana asked passionately.
“Yes, yes I do I really do,” I said staring at the sword.
“Okay I’ll craft it then it won’t take long only a day and a bit and ‘till then you can stay here and if you don’t want to then we’ll make you,” Hugana said laughing at the shock on my face.
“O-Okay I’ll stay but please don’t make me,” I said shocked.
“Good, Mary there will show you where your room is okay,” Hugana said nodding towards the girl behind me.
“Okay father, right away, come on let’s go,” Mary said grabbing me by the elbow and dragging me with her.
“Okay, Okay I can walk,” I said shaking her hand off then mumbled “Jeez the people here are really pushy aren’t they.”
“WHAT WAS THAT,” Mary said turning around and glaring at me.
“N-Nothing,” I said falling on my carp.
“That’s what I thought,” Mary said walking off and saying “COME ON KEEP UP.”
“Coming,” I called back getting up wiping the dirt and stuff off then catching up to Mary.
Eventually we made it to the room where I would stay and then Mary said “come and get me if you need anything,” before walking off so I laid down and I don’t know when but I dozed off.
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The next day passed in a blur of offering to help but getting a no in return then I spent some of it working on my concentration in a nice spot in their garden.
It got boring after about a half an hour later so I got up and asked Hugana if he had any wood lying around and he did so I asked if I could use it and he said it was fine so I used that wood to make myself a wooden katana that I spent the rest of the day training with.
(Mary and Hugana’s perspective)
“He never stops does he,” Mary said to Hugana as they watched Daniel training glistening with sweat.
“No I don’t think so but is that really a bad thing though … I mean it just means he’s devoted or … he’s training to avenge someone or someone’s,” Hugana replied taking a break and watching Daniel train.
“Yeah I guess that’s true but, doesn’t the human body need a break,” Mary said confused.
“Yeah it does and Daniel gives it that rest it needs then he goes back to training,” Hugana said having a mouthful of water before stuffing his face with meat on a bone.
“Does he though????” Mary said looking at her Dad skeptically.
“Yeah, though, he calls It “concentration training”,” Hugana said quoting those last two words in the air.
“AHHH, so, he is always training,” Mary stated.
“Oh, well, yeah, in that case I guess he is,” Hugana said thinking hard about it.
“Anyway I’ve got to go help Mum with the washing bye Dad,” Mary said walking off.
“C’ya sweetie,” Hugana said waving at Mary.
(Daniel’s perspective (Again))
‘Five hundred thousand,’ I thought slicing through the air again ‘only five hundred thousand to go.’
Five hundred thousand swings later.
‘Whew,’ I thought falling to the ground breathing heavily ‘Damn trainings hard.’
“DANIEL,” Mary called out running towards me when she saw me on the ground wincing.
“Mary,” I said weakly closing one eye and looking up at her.
“DON’T DO THAT YOU SCARED ME,” Mary yelled at me.
“Did I???” I asked weakly again closing both eyes and feeling the sun on them.
“Yes,” Mary said pouting now.
“Why,” I said
“Yes,” Mary said pouting now.
“Why,” I said slowly getting into a sitting position.
“Well when I saw you lying on the ground I thought you were dead or you’d passed out,” Mary said anger starting to seep through.
“Oh, OK well if that’s it I’m fine thank you for your concern,” I said getting onto my hands and knees.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING,” Mary screamed.
“What does it look like I’m training … now if you don’t mind,” I said pushing my legs out so I was in a pushup position.
“WHAT!!!!!! AFTER ALL OF THAT!!” Mary said shocked.
“Yes,” I said
Mary said shocked.
“Yes,” I said lowering and then pushing my body back up in classic pushup fashion.
“F-Fine bye,” Mary said whipping her over her shoulder as she turned fiercely.
“Bye,” I said starting to count in my head ’10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16.”
I did 100 pushups before I collapsed then five minutes later I got up and did 100 sit ups then I got up and spent the rest of the day doing concentration training.
When dinner was ready Mary came to get me but she was still mad about earlier so It wasn’t very pleasant.
After dinner I went straight to bed and passed out and was woken up the next day but Gengu jumping on my chest.
“Ow, Gengu what are you doing,” I said catching him on his way down and putting him on the ground.
“I came to get you because Daddy said your sword was ready,” Gengu said jumping up and down.
“Oh, well, tell him I’ll be down in a minute,” I said getting out of bed and stretching.
“OK,” Gengu said then ran off like an airplane.
I spent the next minute stretching then I finally walked down the stairs and out the back door to the boiling hot shed.
When I got there I saw Hugana then Mary then Gengu and on the end was Gengu’s mum Rose.
“We just wanted to thank you once again for saving our little boy,” Rose said tussling Gengu’s hair and smiling before walking past me and out of the shed towards the house.
“Yeah, Thanks Daniel,” Gengu said running towards me and giving me a huge hug before running after his mum.
“It was very nice what you did,” Mary said walking past me and whispering into my ear “Now take care of yourself,” Fiercely.
“Yes all of the above and my undying gratitude we love that little squirt so much really it what holds us all together,” Hugana said his eyes starting to tear up.
“Ahhh, umm, hey, hey … it was my honour,” I said trying to cheer the old man up.
“Well thankyou and I’m proud to present to you your blade “Reinbōburēdo” it is one of my greatest creations it might even be my master piece and I am proud to give it to you,” Hugana said giving me the blade.
“Well, I have to say that I’m honoured to have the best blacksmith craft me my sword so thank you,” I said putting my hand on his shoulder.
“Well do you want to see that sword,” Hugana asked eagerly.
“Yes I do,” I said matching his eagerness.
“Well then let’s see it,” Hugana said leading me out to the backyard area.
As soon as I touched the handle I knew that I would never part with the sword again it would become one of my most prized possessions but I still unsheathed it.
It looked even better than the blue print the blade was nice and shiny and the flames had been added with an artist’s touch as for the hilt it was even better than I could have imagined, it held the sword masterfully.
The handle was easy to grip but hard to slip it was the perfect sword for any level of swordsman from master to novice this man truly was a master of his art.
I looked at Hugana and thanked him very much then I walked through the house and thanked them all for their hospitality and before leaving Mary came up and told me to visit anytime and I promised I would.
By the time I finally got home a whole day had passed and it was almost night time so instead of training I went straight to bed ready for the next day.
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The next few days were normal ones just me training for most of it then on the fourth day I had to go to town again to buy supplies.
The whole town was acting weird, they kept saying something about a famous person coming to town in the next few days or something but I paid no attention to it ‘Cause it didn’t affect me.
How wrong was I ……. Very.
The next day I was outside training when I heard someone calling my name so I went to check it out, turns out it was Hugana and Mary.
While I was waiting for them I went inside and grabbed myself a bottle of water to drink and by the time that I got back outside they were outside my house so I bowed in respect and they returned the bow.
“How have you been Daniel,” Mary asked concerned.
“Good, how about you,” I asked smiling.
“Not bad, the house isn’t the same without you,” Mary said smiling back.
“Really??” I asked surprised.
“No it isn’t it’s not so …. Active,” Hugana said coming to sit down next to me.
“Huh!” I said surprised.
“Mhm!!” Mary said sitting across from me.
“What have you been up to anyway young one,” Hugana asked.
“Training mostly though I went into town yesterday to get supplies because I was running low and I heard something about some famous guy coming to town but I didn’t give it much attention,” I said taking a huge mouthful of water.
“Mhm, actually I know who they are and why their coming here,” Hugana said matter of fact.
“Do you really??” I asked laying back and staring into the sky.
“Yes, his name is Gakuto Heramu and I asked him to come here,” Hugana said calmly.
“Do you mean the Gakuto Heramu, one of the Herigatun,” I said sitting up so fast that I sent Mary a metre into the air “Sorry Mary.”
“Yes we are actually good friends and we go way back,” Hugana said smiling as he remembered some of the times he had with Gakuto.
“Wow, you are amazing, truly, to know someone that huge,” I said lying back down.
“Yeah, I guess I am thank you,” Hugana said.
“Dad, tell him why he’s coming,” Mary said getting excited.
“OH, yeah, how silly of me I forgot to tell you why he is coming here,” Hugana said staring of into the clouds.
“Don’t worry about it, people forget all the time,” I said shoving it off.
“Well, anyway, I asked him to come here because he is looking for a apprentice and well there’s some true talent here,” Hugana said turning his slightly in my direction.
“WHAT!!! there is? who??” I said obliviously.
“OMG, IT’S YOU DUMMY,” Mary said slapping my knee.
“OH,” I said dumbly.
“Wait for it,” Hugana told Mary who replied “I am.”
“WAIT, WHAT, FOR ME,” I said in shock sitting up quicker than lightning.
“Yep,” Mary said laughing at my reaction.
“W-what I-I’m not r-ready y-yet,” I said adrenaline coursing through my veins.
“Non-sense do you know who the man you defeated was well do you,” Hugana asked.
“No, who was he,” I said softly.
“He was Renato more commonly known as “The Blood Artist” and he had a ten million Beri bounty on his head,” Hugana said turning to face me.
“T-Ten million B-Beri,” I said looking at my hands in shock.
“Yes,” Hugana said.
“OH, well, okay I’ve got to go back to my training now,” I said slowly and softly my eyes not quite focusing on anything.
“UMM, Dad, I don’t think we should let him,” Mary said as she watched me get up and slowly walk off.
“What are you talking about sweetie he’s fine see, DANIEL CATCH,” Hugana said ditching a nearby rock at me and without even turning around I reached behind me and caught it, crushed it then let the rubble fall from my hand.
“DAD, YOU’RE MAD,” Mary screamed.
“Am I, last time I checked he caught it and crushed it,” Hugana said looking at Mary.
“Well … well … still you could have hurt him,” Mary said giving up.
“No I couldn’t have just look at him and how intense his training is,” Hugana said pointing out how heavy my sword was.
“WHAT 100KG, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE,” Mary screamed.
“Huh?” I called back looking over my shoulder.
“Nothing,” Mary said back.
“Okay,” I said going back to my training.
“Well anyway Daniel we must be going now,” Hugana called.
“Okay, bye, feel free to come back anytime,” I called back.
“Oh and by the way Daniel Gakuto will be here sometime during this week k,” Hugana said.
“OK,” I yelled back.
“Bye Daniel,” Mary came up and said to me before running after her father.
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I spent the next few days training and waiting for Gakuto to show up and then five days after Hugana told me about him he appeared.
When he did appear it was early morning and he was standing atop one of the trees in my backyard and he wore a gray overcoat with dark blue pants and a black t-shirt, his hair was a bright blue that was cut short about 2-3 Millimetres.
He jumped and fell quickly towards the ground and when he landed he went into a squat to absorb the impact I could also see that his sword was in a white scabbard and the handle was the same colour.
As he came closer I could see that he had a normal sized nose and bright green eyes and his mouth was always grinning (unless he was mad), from what I could see I guess he was in his late 20’s, early 30’s.
“Are you Daniel,” Gakuto asked.
“Depends are you Gakuto,” I said standing proud.
“Well, yes, I am does that mean you are Daniel,” Gakuto said looking down on me.
“Yes I am,” I responded looking him in the eyes fiercely.
“Good,” Gakuto said closing his eyes and lowering himself to the ground and crossing his legs.
“What do you want??” I asked sitting across from him.
“I want to train you,” Gakuto said his eyes flashing open and revealing the fire in them.
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