CHAPTER 18: Mothers Lunch.

Nenma sat on a bench next to a dumpling shop. A crow then landed next to Nenma, holding a lunch box on its claws. Nenma looked at the crow confused, grabbing the box. There was a note on the box. Nenma grabbed the note, reading it. "Heard you needed lunch. - Mom." Read the note. Nenma smiled, folding the note and putting it in his pocket. Nenma unwrapped the cloth, opening the lunch box. He stood up, grabbing a pair of wooden chopsticks from the dumpling shop. He sat back down, opening the lunch box. His eyes widened seeing Takoyaki, Rice, sushi, and two onigiri. He put his hand together. "Thank you for the food." He muttered. He placed the chopsticks on his box, grabbing the onigiri. He took a bite of the onigiri. He smiled, "Oh man… I missed having good food…" Nenma said. He continued to eat, with a smile on his face. After he finished his food, he tied the cloth back to the box handing it to the crow. The crow began to fly up and away. Nenma stood up, stretching his arms. He continued to walk down the path, coming across a dojo. A woman outside ran over to him, grabbing his hand. "I have a request!!" The woman asked. Nenma looked at her slightly puzzled. "W-What is it..?" Nenma asked. She bowed, "Our sensei is sick and we need someone to take over lessons! I saw your two swords so I wanted to ask…" The woman said. Nenma looked slightly awkward, scratching the side of his head. "I uh… Maybe- Hey!" The woman then pulled him into the Dojo. She continued to bow, "Thank you so much!! I owe you one!!" She said, running away. Nenma turned his head to see a ton of children meditating. "What do I do. . ?" Nenma questioned himself in his head. A boy stood up, pointing at Nenma. "Sir, are you our instructor for today?" The boy asked. A sweat drop appeared behind Nenma's head. He closed his eyes, breathing in and out deeply. "Yeah… I am your uh, sensei for today's class…" Nenma said. The boy smiled, "So will we continue Ono-ha Itto-ryu?" The boy asked. Nenma froze up, "Shit… Zentarou only taught me Jigen-Ryu…" Nenma thought to himself. Nenma exhaled, "Alright class… Get your practice katana's out…" Nenma said. The kids did so, pulling out their wooden katanas. Nenma pulled out him and Yukina's swords. "Where do you guys keep your dummies..?" Nenma asked. A boy pointed at a closet. Nenma walked over to the closet pulling out a dummy. "Our Sensei says to only use practice swords on them…" A little girl said. Nenma had an irritated smile on his face, "Well, I'll pay him back…" Nenma said. Nenma looked around the dojo. "So does anyone here know about chakra control?" Nenma asked. It was silent, you could hear the wind from outside. A look of embarrassment grew on Nenma's face. "Shit…" Nenma thought. He closed his breathing in and out. His blades were then covered in chakra. "Woahh~" The kids said. Nenma smiled, "This is covering your blade with chakra." Nenma said. He tapped the dummy with his blade. Suddenly a huge cut appeared in the dummy. The kids looked at the cut in the dummy in shock. "So cool~" One of the kids said. Nenma smiled, "You want to see something even more cool?" Nenma asked. The kids nodded. Nenma sheathed his blades and weaved the hand signs: rat, ox, hare, and monkey. Putting his hand out to the side, red lightning appeared. "Blood Lightning Style: Ketsueki Akuma Blade." Nenma said. He touched the dummy with the blade, and it proceeded to explode. The kids screamed seeing the dummy explode. Nenma smiled, putting his fingerless gloves back on. Multiple hours later, Nenma stepped out of the dojo. The sun was setting and the birds were chirping. Nenma walked down the path before hearing a child's voice. "Wait!! Wait!!" A young boy shouted. Nenma stopped, turning to see the kid. The boy had messy brown hair, "Can I help you..?" Nenma asked. The boy nodded, "Uhm… I was wondering if you could be my personal sensei!!" The boy asked. Nenma looked at the boy surprised. "Me… A sensei?" Nenma asked. The boy nodded, with a smile on his face. Nenma kneeled, "What's your name?" Nenma asked. The boy held his sword out, grinning. "I'm going to become a ninja swordsman!! My name is Shinji Takenaka!!" Shinji shouted. Nenma chuckled, "Nice to meet you Shinji… But I don't know if you want me as your sensei…" Nenma said. Shinji looked at him confused, "Why not? You were great in the dojo." Shinji said. Nenma sighed, putting his hand on Shinji's shoulder. "Look, there are probably hundreds of other great swordsmen that can teach you." Nenma said. Shinji sighed, "But you're cool… And awesome…" Shinji said. Nenma Stood up, "Alright, fine… I'll teach you chakra control." Nenma said. Shinji smiled, "Woo-Hoo!!" Shinji shouted. Nenma smiled, taking out his sword. "This is-" Suddenly, Zentarou appeared in the air behind Nenma with his sword. Nenma activated his sharingan. "Run!" Nenma shouted looking at Shinji. Nenma blocked Zentarou's attack but he flew into a tree.