On the way home.......

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<sub>Through the crimson rays of the fading son Seijiro Saito wandered home through a well travelled pathway. With a heavy heart and a downcast head he shamefully ambled towards the village where he would have to report his failure to the Amekage. This was a shame almost unbearable to Seijiro,his first and only mission for the village had failed before it had began. Sighing heavily Seijiro raised his head, squinting into the distance, the dazzling brilliance of the setting red sun flaring in his eyes...It reminded him so much of the time he had met Miyazaki-Sama,she had saved him then.....saved him from a life that was fated to be his since the day of the clan's trials, she had pulled him from the mire of that destiny. Lost in thought he didn't notice as something bumped into him,sending him to the ground.

Swiftly recovering from the fall Seijiro stood bowing and apologizing Ahhhh! I am so sorry! Please accept my forgiveness is there anything I can help you with? Rising his head slowly Seijiro was confronted with an odd figure. A man slight of build,was clad in a green Kimono and a cream coloured Hakama, a katana hung by his side, or atleast the sheath, the man grasped the katana in slender hand, his face obscured completly by a low hanging rice hat,and with strained eyes Seijiro could pick up a ponytail poking out the back of the hat. There was something odd about this man, Seijiro just couldn't put a finger to it....

Suddenly the man spoke in a soft almost feminine voice" You have done me much offence...Boy! By rights your life should be mine,but I will be merciful , give me that fine looking sword at your waist and you will live.""

His guard immediatly raised Seijiro moved into a Tenchi Hasso no Kamae stance, his foot forming an "L" and his sword held near his side.I will never give up this blade, it has been passed through my family through generations! It is the only thing I have left! Smiling slightly the mysterious man moved into a Fudo no Kamae stance, his feet also forming an "L" but this time the blade held upwards ready to strike downward.Come then! Lets see much of a swordsmen you truly are! With the slightest hint of movement he burst forword , Seijiro barely registering the movement, somehow getting his sword to block her blade. Quite why the stranger had been in a Senko Kensai Kenshiki stance lost to him in the blur of combat.</sub>

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The two combatants were a blur of clashing steel, their forms flickering and blurring for instants before disappearing and reappearing. The clamour of battle rising to a crescendo as they fought underneath the fading crimson sun. Clouds of dust rose from the ground as each opponent tried to gain the positional advantage over one another in a never ending dance, but to any observer it could be seen that the swordsmen in the green kimono was the superior swordsmen, soon in moments it would all be over......

Seijiro was breathing heavily...to heavily, this was not looking good , the other swordsmen was exceptionally skilled, almost god like in the graceful cuts he executed, Seijiro looked and saw his opponent confidently lounging waiting for Seijiro to make the first move.Humph! He thought Your confidence will be your undoing! This fight is mine!, gathering chakra swiftly Seijiro pushed himself off from the ground in an agile maneuver,the ground cracking and breaking from the sonic boom his movement created, Flying through the air Seijiro raised his katana in a downward stabbing motion, ready to cleave the confident swordsmen in half raising his sword he prepared the killing blow.....

But then fast as an striking cobra the swordsmen brandished a sheath and hit Seijiro fiercly on his hands, then ribs. But these blows felt as if they were powered by the winds themselves,gasping for air from his tortured lungs Seijiro wondered how this samurai came to know Senkou Kensai Kenshiki? Still gasping for air Seijiro did not notice the swordsmen approach until his sword point was at his throat."Your life is mine." Closing his eyes Seijiro awaited his inevitable fate.

TWACK!!!, Seijiro suddenly felt pain wrack his head, a slight moan escaping his lips. Suddenly a soft feminine voice rang outHow dare you close your eyes! A true warrior takes his death eyes wide open! And I beat you so easily, your swordsmenship is much to slow and defenceless, You are without a doubt the worst disciple I've ever had!. Hearing this proclamation Seijiro whipped his eyes open , there he was confronted by the stern gaze of his Sensai. The rice hat was gone and the pontail with it, ebony hair cascading down her back,sleek and shiny like a dark diamond, her face was pale without a blemish upon it, much like a procelain doll, Her features were strong and angular but also containing a soft beauty , though now they were twisted in a look of intense disgust. Standing swiftly Seijiro bowed almost to the ground.Forgive me Miyazaki-Sama!,silence followed........

Then it was swiftly broken by another loud TWACK!, You have not yet become strong enough for me to teach you Senkou Kensai Kenshiki! I am very displeased! I had though you would trian harder in the village! So now I want you to train with a master Garin Tokusuke in the rain,he will teach you what you need to know,once that is accomplished come and seek me out and we will finish this dual. With a slight poof of smoke Mia Miyazaki disappeared....

His face contorted with shame, cheeks flaring red and tears running down his face Seijiro stood himself up. He had failed his first mission....and now he a failure as Miyazaki-sama's disciple! Despair muddling his thoughts Seijiro began to weep breaking down in the clearing letting it all come out.....Minutes later he stood, he would not let Miyazaki-Sama's trust be misplaced,he wouldn't let her down, not now,not ever he would go to his Garin Tokusuke, learn whatever he had to teach , then Show Miyazaki-Sama she had not made the wrong choice! Standing swiftly he began to make the trek back home.

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