"Alright then, pay close attention then." Normally Keiichi would have given them proper Kendo armor to wear, but this was training for Ability Users. Naturally limits had to be pressed and risks had to be taken. Sure Keiichi would make sure not to try and severely hurt Mike, not that he knew the extent of how Mike's HP thing worked since Mike seemed to be able to get up just fine after taking hits that should, and would under any normal circumstances, break bones. Currently it was around 3:30 PM or so, only being about an hour and thirty minutes or so left until they would have to leave. --- Mike Senshin no Ken Training: 64 - 16 Senshin no Ken (Dex) = 48 --- It took about the rest of the time they had for this vigorous training, but soon enough Mike had down the basic movements of the Senshin no Ken style itself and felt like he could fight with them instead of just basic weapon knowledge like he had been doing so before, two windows appearing before him. Mike's HP would have taken some hits and would be incredibly low, but it never dropped below 1 since Keiichi was holding back and always making sure to step back and take a few minutes whenever Mike looked much worse for wear in terms of general fatigue and damage since the pain of wounds stayed until HP was healed. [hider=Window] The Senshin no Ken Skill has been updated. [/hider] [hider=Senshin no Ken] Senshin no Ken (Talent Skill) A style of swordsmanship that involves unifying the body, mind, and spirit through and with one's sword, allowing for attacks that utilize a balance of both physical, spiritual, and mental strength. You also now know how to fight, and can do so, using the movements of this style of swordsmanship whenever wielding a katana instead of just the basic knowledge and skills of melee as you had been doing so before. [/hider] Not only that, but Zandaka, Katana Mastery, and Physical Endurance all rose up in level by 1, making Mike a small bit stronger once again. "You did good, you even almost got a couple of blows on me that time, you're getting better, but do note that you still have a long way to go." Keiichi sheathed his own Bokken back upon his waist. "Tomorrow you will come here for Kendo Practice and meet the rest of the Kendo Team. It'll be a while before we can train like this one on one again, so I hope that the next time we can meet alone face to face you will have gotten a good bit stronger." Keiichi reached into the pocket of his hakama and removed a bound and rolled up scroll, handing it to Mike in a respectful way, in both hands with a small bow added. "I shall entrust you with this. It is a scroll containing knowledge of the next technique, which I believe you are ready to learn, but I do not have enough time to teach it to you unfortunately and you look like you need to rest for the day before we train anymore." This was indeed true since Mike would be very tired and incredibly sore and in pain thanks to how low his HP was currently. "I will require though that you keep the scroll secret and return it either the next time we meet face to face or once you have learned the technique." Once Mike accepted the scroll, hopefully doing so in the same respectful manner, Keiichi would stand back up. "Before you do go though, I do need to tell you the fatal flaws of Zandaka before you find out yourself the hard way. The first is that this technique, while strong, requires the state of your Body, Mind, and Spirit to all be in sync. If any one of those wavers slightly, the technique will be disrupted, and enemies do have ways of disrupting these. The second flaw is that Zandaka balances and thus through that merges the strengths of your body and spirit with the mind. Naturally because of this, the strengths and energies of your body and spirit are 'one'. Spells and other various powers or techniques do exist that can drain your physical or spiritual strength away. While this technique is active, whatever happens to your physical strength will also happen to your spiritual strength since, while this technique is active, they are the same 'pool' of strength." After explaining the flaws of Zandaka Keiichi gave Mike a few moments to take it in before asking the following. "Do you have any questions or anything to ask before we depart for the day?"