Normal day in Fuji's life

Laying down on bed I opened my eyes and saw a familiar ceiling I see every day, "I don't want to wake up..."

I put blanket on my face and continued sleeping for one more hour until I was so bored that I got up, "Such a peaceful morning", I slowly walked towards kitchen and saw through window that it's still early.

"I have sparring today with Ayato, I should prepare myself for it. Well, of course I would if I weren't so lazy." I sighed and went next to my door while standing there

I turned to mom's door and went in her room while laying next to her on bed, 'Why is mom's blanket softer than mine, it's not fair...', I got under blanket and fell asleep.

...Kamisato estate

Ayato was since early morning already training with dummy while striking it so powerfully and fast with wooden sword that even wooden chips were flying few meters away.

He stopped after a while and looked at completely destroyed dummy, 'Yeah, nothing feels better than training early in morning.'.

...Back to Inazuma's city

While Fuji and Ayato were both busy doing their things, Itto was running around city and asking others about Fuji.

He went around city asking others some of them ignored Itto at all while he got some useful information from others, "Damn he's lucky, imagine having your mother as Guuji Yae and being close to Shogun."

Itto thought for a while, "I the almighty Itto, the most beautiful and strongest oni should make Fuji my right hand! After seeing how strong he is, I must get him!"

Some while after that when I was sleeping peacefully with mom under one blanket, well, at least I thought so, until my ears were pierced with screams coming from outside.

"Fuji! I ,the almighty Itto, challenge you to duel!"

I tried sleeping but I kept hearing loud screams of a familiar voice, "If you won't come out then... then..."

I got up from the bed and opened window looking at the source of the scream, "I am trying to sleep...", after I said that I slammed window and went back to bed, but all I could see was angry mom

'Well, shit' I slammed mom's room door and ran away taking my shoes and running outside of house, 'Itto, you're such pain in ass'

Itto was sitting near entrance door as he saw Fuji running faster than ever through city, "Running away? I will catch you and prove that I am better by making you my left... or was it right? doesn't matter!", he rapidly began speed up and run after Fuji

After a while I stopped and started breathing heavily, "Even here I am not completely safe, mom's anger is most dangerous after all, and that's all because of that idiot Itto."

[Shunpo mastery - 3.2%(begginer)]

I looked back and I couldn't see anyone, "thanks to Shunpo I could get away safely..."

"I ran so far that I am at kamisato estate... I meant to get here only at after-noon" I sighed and walked towards it

Entering it I bowed to guard and went inside estate, 'Ayato introduced me to guards yesterday so I can freely enter now at will, that's quite useful.' I went straight to training ground zone

While not even arriving there I could hear from a distance loudly a wooden sword clashing with dummy and it speed up faster and faster until it stopped and continued again.

As I came to the training gorunds, I immediately saw a boy with blue hair fully drenched in sweat hitting the dummy without complete mercy, 'And you say he will go easy on me!?'

I came closer to him slowly while waving my hand with emotionless face, "hey~"

Ayato looked at me and smiled immediately while putting training sword near the dummy, "Welcome, to training grounds." He said while spreading arms.

I looked at him and smiled a bit, "You reminded me just someone, who always plans everything ahead.", I came closer to dummy and looked at it while taking wooden sword.

"Why do you bully the dummy so much, it didn't do anything to make you angry, did it?" I looked at ayato while he looked away

I took stance and swung with all my might the half broken wooden sword towards dummy, but in response it only bounced back while making my hand hurt which made me drop the sword reflexively out of my hands, "it hurts..."

Ayato laughed a bit and came up to me, "First of all you should take stance, and not blindly hit it out of nowhere. It is all about technique you use. Tech~ ni~ que~, you understand?"

I shook my head not understanding what he means by technique, "can you explain more about the 'technique' you are saying."

Ayato thought a bit and took a sword from me, "Technique, it is one of the most important things when you're using your weapon, doesn't matters if it is swords spears, bows or even a catalysts."

He took a stance I saw before and continued, "First of all, styles, they can be self invented or inherited, it doesn't matter, as long as it is compatible and effective, it is good enough for you. There may be techniques that aren't compatible with your body, so as long you feel it's not for you, then don't force it yourself."

He hit sword into dummy leaving it hanging in it, "Of course you can multiple weapons or fighting styles, but with that your master won't go high, same applies to fighting without one fighting style, you're basically mastering nothing but your physique."

I looked at the dummy while Ayato slowly was walking away and I was shocked, 'Is it even possible? With a completely dull wooden sword... no, you can call it a half broken stick at most, and with it you can to pierce a log?', I shook my head and cried internally, "Ayato, I fear that I won't be even able to last ten seconds in a spar with you."

He turned around and smiled with fake smile, "That's why you will come to me and train at least an hour every day you can, until you can defeat me."

I cried internally even louder and followed him slowly, "I don't want to..."

Ayato opened door and we entered dark room full of crates and barrels, he pointed at the barrel, "chose any you would like." He took a simple wooden sword and went to training grounds, "I will wait for you, prepare yourself."

With these words I were left in dark room leaving to decide on whether my life choices were right.