Forest of Darkness…Today is the 2nd day of Kirito in this forest and in this two day after he started training with the instructions of Ichizoku he still hasn"t opened his eyes because he is training his senses all along.
Currently, Kirito is sitting under a big tree with closed eyes while waiting for something.
As he is sitting in a lotus position suddenly a Snake started coming down from the tree slowly without making any sounds for him to hear but when it arrived close enough proximity to swallow him whole the movement speed of the snake changed with and it tried to bite Kirito but Kirito just moved his head to the left and gave a strong Karate chop on the snakes head and broke its skeleton in process.
"Now, I think I am ready to leave the forest. " with that said he stood up still closing his eyes and started running out the side of the first avoiding all the trees by flowing the sound of air and smells as well.
On his path out of the forest, he also met some chakra beast and which were mostly tigers and Wolf Packs but instead of killing them he just knocked then easily and keeps on going in a single direction by flowing the trail of the river which he found.
After running for half a day arrived at a dead end because of a waterfall and the Big Mountain in front of him "Looks like I don"t have any other choice. "
Kirito said as he started climbing the tree right next to him. As he was approaching the tree to time there wasn"t any beast surprisingly in the vicinity.
"No wonder there wasn"t any beast around. " Kirito said while looking at the large bird"s nests above all the trees and the even on Mountain walls which are covered by countless trees and he looking at the houses he decided to not to disturb and snick through the birds at the top of the mountain and look for the way out. After half an hour of speed running, he finally arrived at the top of the Mountain just to find the other side of the Mountain doesn"t have as many trees and could be said an open field and there is a vast amount of water on the other side and from the looks that must be sea or something any way he decided he had enough with this forest and it"s about time he leaves this dark place.
"Congratulation on clearing the first test of the trail young one. " upon arriving at the side of the sea Kirito heard the voice of Ichizoku from his right and when he turned to look he found Ichizoku standing there with 2 identical swords in his hand while smiling at him.
"Now what? " Kirito asked with a serious tone because he hadn"t even gotten the chance of breathing when suddenly Ichizoku arrived beside him.
"Now we fight. " Ichizoku said as he throws a sword toward Kirito and asked "Do you know how to use Swords? "
"Yes, I have learned a little before. " Kirito said with a nod as he catches the sword easily.
"Good. Now try to survive or win. " Ichizoku said and vanished from his spot and gave a direct upper slash toward Kirito without any warning.
"That was close. " Kirito said while stopping Ichizoku"s sword within in the split second because his instinct took action and his body automatic moved to defend itself because in this days he needed to be alert even in his sleep so his body adapted to survive as he thought "That was too fast I couldn"t even see his moving. "
[Remember without Chakara he isn"t as strong as before nither his body or eyesight. ]
"I see you have adapted well but try to stay alive or else I will really be disappointed in you. " Ichizoku said as he jumped pack and puts the sword in its sheat and closed his eyes and the air around him changed as he said "Uzumaki style 1st sword. "
With that, he again vanished and directly went to stave Kirito from left.
This time Kirito really got a little cut on his right hand but before he got too much injured he jumped a little sideways to save himself as he shouted angrily "Are you trying to kill me, old man??? "
"If you can"t defeat me I will just do that now stop wasting my time as I am going to get serious now. " Ichizoku said with a serious tone and released all the killing intents he has.
"He really is going to kill me. " Kirito thought without getting affected by the killing intent because he is already used to a stronger killing intention from Kyuubi.
Ichizoku this time attached from behind with an unpredictable speed and even with his advanced senses he still got played like a small kid he is for an unknown amount of time by defending himself against Ichizoku.
"You really disappoint me young one and here I was thinking you are going to succeed this trail and inherit my legacy because you took such a long time to come here but I think I really too much from you. " Ichizoku said as he walks with a slow pace toward a naked and blood red Kirito who has wounds all over his body and standing in a single place without an ounce of straight.
While pressing his teeth in an immense amount of pain Kirito heard Ichizoku from above his head saying in a deep tone while giving sigh tike to time "Sorry young one but its the time to end things. "
As soon as Kirito heard he didn"t know what happened but his instincts kicked in in the fear of death as he stopped the sword above his head before Ichizoku could slash his into half and said with a dull face but chilly tone "That was enough old man. " and swing his sword with enough straight that Ichizoku is forced to take some stapes back.
Getting suddenly stopped and the feeling of getting pushed back by Kirito a smile bloomed on Ichizoku"s face as he said "Not back young one but I wonder how long you can continue with that condition of your body. "
"You don"t need to care for that old man. " Kirito said with hatred in his tone as he started walking slowly toward Ichiraku and with each step, his speed became even faster.
This is how the second round of their fight began.
At first, Kirito was just keeping up with Ichiraku but as time pa.s.sed he started to fight with him with equal footing and finally even started pushing him when I Ichizoku got his first wound he stopped laughing as his face became calm and said with a serious tone while defending against Kirito "Good I think that was enough now it is time for me to fight you seriously. "
With that word, Ichizoku again started pushing Kirito and making him lose but still, Kirito didn"t give up and continued trying his best to defeat Ichizoku.
As Kirito is losing Ichizoku said with a serious tone "If you continue like this you will never be able to defeat me, young one. " with that word said Ichizoku stabbed Kirito in the gut ruthlessly and then kicked him flying in the process. .h.i.tting the broken tree which is the got in the way of his and Ichizoku"s way of fighting before.
"Don"t regret it old man. " Kirito said and started attacking Ichiraku without holding back as if his life depended on it and directly went for the kill while opening the "Gate of healing" to make his body more stronger and at the same time to heal himself as well.
After fighting some more Kirito was forced to open the4th inner gate but he also succeeded in stabbing Ichizoku in the heart a few times.
"Good you also pa.s.sed this test young one but I am afraid I can"t explain everything to you myself but I will leave all my life experience to you and I hope you will comprehend everything I achieved in my life. anyway, when you woke up next time you will understand everything. " with those last words from Ichizoku Kirito started losing his consciousness and before everything turned dark he saw Ichiraku coughing blood from his mouth and vanished by becoming light and that light engulfing him but before he could respond he falls on the ground.
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Back to the current situation.
After remembering everything Kirito said with a dull tone "So he was using my chakra all along to sustain the trail no winder I wasn"t able to use any of my Chakra. "
"What are you talking about and what trail? " Hana and Izumi asked with a surprised tone when they saw Kirito speaking suddenly.
"Oh, it"s nothing I was just thinking what happend before after I wasn"t able to move anymore. " Kirito said with a calm tone.
As he asked that they started examining that everything happend in a few minutes for them but for him, it was weeks as he thought seriously "I need to practice seriously on fuinJutsu and from the information, the old man left for me there are many ways fuinjutsu can be used. "