Spring Cycle

* 'cock-a-doodle-doo *

The sound of cock roosts could be heard as the morning sun rose from the eastern horizon, seen a man opening a rickety wooden door from a small hut while yawning, the man was Shishio who had just woken up from his sleep.

"* Yawn *"

He yawned very wide while scratching his stomach, after that he looked right and left, and then said with a sleepy expression.

"Hmm ... where is that kiddo?"

Not long after, there was a gasping breath some distance away from where Shishio was standing now, but Shishio could hear it clearly.

"Huh?"

Shishio slightly furrowed his eyebrows when he heard the voice, he then walked towards the sound of the breath and came to the voice of Tetsuya who was asking himself.

"Wh ... * Pant * y ... * Pant * ... there wasn't a single fly that I managed to cut * Pant *"

From there Tetsuya was seen in dirty clothes, stretched out on the ground with sweat all over his body which made his body soaked with sweat. His chest continued to go up and down while trying to catch his breath.

Shishio certainly did not immediately appear before Tetsuya, but with his experience, he thinned out his presence and hid behind a tree a little far from Tetsuya's place.

Then, Shishio who was behind the tree thought with a surprised expression.

'Did this kid do it all night??? '

After thinking longer, Shishio finally decided to approach Tetsuya who was still breathing heavily on the ground.

* Tap *

Feeling footsteps, Tetsuya's eyes immediately sharpened and made his position ready for battle, but he finally calmed down after seeing that it was Shishio who approached him.

"Here you are."

Said Shishio who pretended to only find out about Tetsuya's presence, Tetsuya who realized that his training was enough, for now, so he sheathed his katana back and brushed away the dust stuck to his shirt.

Shishio then made a mocking smile and said to Tetsuya.

"What about the training that I gave? Heh, judging by your breath, you seem really overwhelmed, aren't you?"

Tetsuya only quietly heard the insult from Shishio, then Shishio again said to Tetsuya.

"By the way, how many flies have you killed?"

Hearing Shishio's question, Tetsuya slightly clenched his fist and answered in a shy tone.

"Zero."

Shishio already knew that, but he pretended not to know it, and instead laughed out loud, like mocking Tetsuya's training results.

"Huh, Zero? HAHAHAHA, you're so bad, aren't you?"

Shishio laughed very loudly, Tetsuya was naturally annoyed, but he had no right to be angry or anything, he held the katana in his hand tightly when he heard Shishio's insulting laughter. Having satisfied laughing, Shishio finally returned to his usual expression and turned around.

He started walking, but while talking to Tetsuya.

"Hurry up and get ready, we will leave in half an hour to Kanegawa village, and also ..."

Shishio then took out something from behind his shirt, which was a bag of water, he then threw it backwards and landed right at Tetsuya standing up, Tetsuya caught the Water with difficulty, and his expression was still mixed with confusion and shock.

"Eh?"

Without responding to Tetsuya, Shishio again said to Tetsuya.

"Drink it, I will be troubled if you die of dehydration."

And then, Tetsuya hungrily drank the water Shishio gave him, without noticing Shishio who smiled slightly as he slowly walked out of the Forest.

After that day, a few months passed, Shishio got a contract with the head of Kanegawa Village and had to stay there indefinitely. So indirectly Tetsuya also had to settle in the village of Kanegawa. For several months, Tetsuya continued to do his training, but until now, not a single fly has been cut by his katana.

Tetsuya was seen leaning against the tree in exasperation and Shishio who was standing beside him was seen smoking casually.

"* Pant * * Pant * This is impossible, there's no way I can cut down small and fast flies * Pant * This is impossible."

Tetsuya complained for the first time, because of the practice that he had been doing every day, it did not produce anything, hearing Tetsuya's complaints, Shishio casually said to Tetsuya.

"Give me your katana."

Shishio said, hearing that, Tetsuya immediately handed over his Katana to Shishio, after that Shishio grasped the katana and walked slowly towards the flies that were flying, and around.

* Swiing *

The sound of the fly immediately stopped when the silver flash-cut it very fast, then if you look carefully the body and the fly's body was already on top of the handle of the Katana held by Shishio.

Tetsuya gasped at this, the performance that Shishio had just performed was amazing, his sapphire blue pupils widened when he saw that.

" Am...azing."

Tetsuya was unable to compose words other than that.

Shishio then turned towards Tetsuya.

" Nothing is impossible in this world ... Humans have five senses, what do you have that for if you only use one of them, humans are mortal and weak creatures, they must do everything they can to get what they want. "

Shishio then sheathed his sword and continued speaking.

"Humans don't have anything because of that, they can be anything, I don't have one of the five human senses ..."

Shishio then pointed his eyes and resumed speaking.

"... That is the Sense of Sight, but I realize I still have my other senses, I still have ears to hear, a nose to smell, a tongue to taste and skin to feel."

Shishio then walked slowly towards Tetsuya.

"What I mean is, take advantage of all the things you have and never waste any of those things."

Then Shishio handed the Katana back to Tetsuya, saying that it was brought by the bright moonlight at night.

"And that's why you who still have your five Senses should be no less than me who has lost one of those things."

Tetsuya, who was still gasping, accepted the katana hesitantly, Shishio then turned and started walking away from Tetsuya, but in the middle, he walked, he paused and looked back slightly before starting to speak.

"And if you still can't do something like that, then you don't deserve to be my student."

After that, Shishio slowly walked away from Tetsuya, because there were some important things he had to do.

then Tetsuya who was behind him already stood up to salute with a slightly raised voice.

" Thank you for the advice !!! "

Tetsuya said, looking down, but his sapphire blue eyes opened, and his mind continued to race while trying to understand the words that Shishio made.

" use all available resources huh ... ?"

Tetsuya then returned to his standing position and put the Katana back in his hands to his waist, he then looked up slightly and noticed the full moon shining very brightly tonight.

"He talks like that sounds really easy."