Mastering the Sword [Claiming School - Kikoukenjutsu]

Day in, day out, Galen trained on his humble dojo on the Korin’s Holy Grounds. He had finally done it. After investing most of the money he managed to acquire with a private investigator to search for the final tome for the Kikoukenjutsu Sword School and after nearly two months he did it! And Galen studied it diligently every single day in between his errands as the Tower Keeper and then every night he had he would train, with very few exceptions as when he would travel to Kame Island to train under Cornatto in order to continue improving within the Turtle School. Although he was having a hell of a good time training the Turtle School it was bothering him that he wasn’t improving in his original school and now he could rest relieved: Galen had everything he needed to ascend to the pinnacle of his original sword school and now it was entirely up to him to go there and grab the prize, but it required a heavy ton of sweat and effort in order to do so. Thankfully the human had that to spare and was working absolutely hard to achieve such a goal.

He wasn’t wearing his shirt, nor even his bandana. He was determined to finally master the two final techniques he had been studying all this time. Focusing on the targets he had place all across the area of the dojo, he would sheath his sword back into the scabbard. ”Flash Strike!” Galen exclaimed before dashing towards the wooden target tied to the ceiling. His speed was so absurd he vanished and reappeared beside the target delivering a sword strike in passing. It worked perfectly well for the first time and that made him chuckle in excitement, wiping the sweat of his forehead with a towel he had left nearby. ”That was tiring… But damn, this technique is amazing! It takes a lot on my body, but if it hits… It’s probably game over. I should be very careful when using it though.” he took a mental note on that. ”Weird. I’m not quite as tired as I thought I would be. I guess my endurance is indeed growing with all this training. Hehehe… That’s awesome! I will definitely surprise Master Kame the next time we train!” and the idea of surprising his friend and instructor thrilled him to no end, making him chuckle a bit more.

Galen drank a bit of water too before even considering continuing. ”It’s quite hot today, even for a night… Anyway, I need to keep up with my own training schedule! Kikoukenjutsu Sword School you will be mine today, no matter what!” and he was feeling all fired up with that idea, especially because the ultimate skill it had was incredibly amazing and certainly an ace developed considering the fact that a swordsman is vulnerable without a sword. ”But this this particular technique, that weakness is entirely gone.” Galen chuckled a bit more as he sheathed his sword and put it away, leaning against one of the walls of the dojo.

Truth be told, training the turtle school really came in handy as it helped quite a lot with understanding the principles of using the ki around the fist and molding it. Of course Galen’s style had some of that and the turtle school focused on pushing raw power into the fist, but the thunder shock surprise helped molding it and he just had to further refine it. Focusing all his mind and ki onto that goal, he charged condensed energy into his right hand and slowly but steadily it formed a sword-like blast that could be controlled. Galen stared at it with awe as he managed to push it to become longer, or reduce its size, being a very versatile energy blade. ”Wow! That’s incredible! It’s the first time I manage to make it steady like this. So… This is the Spirit Sword.” he spoke to himself, unable to contain his excitement. The sword was made of pure blue colored concentrated energy and had even more power than his strongest techniques. Another interesting thing was that, even though he had to pour a lot of his stamina onto creating the blade, it wasn’t constantly draining him. In fact, it wasn’t draining his energy at all and he was even able to rest now that he was doing nothing but to stand still, staring at the blade in awe.

”This would save me should my sword ever break. And if the tome is right, it can pierce through any defense! However I can’t use techniques while I’m using it. Makes sense… I don’t think I could focus on anything else other than keeping it active.” and he nodded as he believed he fully understood how it worked. Then a childish smirk cracked on his face as he stared to all the targets around the area. ”Now it’s time to test it! Hehehe!” and with that mischievous laugher, he pointed the Spirit Sword towards the target further away from him and with a simple thought, the blade stretched and pierced it. ”Awesome! It’s fast!” and thought to himself, then, without wasting any more time he spun around and cut in half all of the other remaining targets, thus dispelling the remaining energy he had poured onto the Spirit Sword. Once he was done, he nodded to himself in satisfaction. ”I did it. I finally did it.” Galen felt proud of himself for accomplishing such a hard task on his own. Took him years to reach that goal but now he had done it and could start spreading such a knowledge to people interested in learning under him.

”I’m really going far, right mom, dad? I never even dreamed to accomplish so many things in my life and I thank you for bringing me into this world and teaching me how to be a man. I won’t ever forget you and I reiterate my promise of protecting this world with this power I have.” he prayed, closing his eyes.

The Kikoukenjutsu Sword School now had a new master and his name was Galen.