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Hey guys...[coughs roughly and collapses]

Koganei: Eh...well Koganei-mun (that's the dead dude laying over there) isn't doing too well...

me:[struggles to get up, but manages to get into chair after 15 minutes of hard work] okay guys...I'm fine...

Well...last night Mike and I went to Brian's and initially the plan was to put him through hell, like we did to my brother, in kendo training...mission...accomplished....

We got there, and hung out for a little while, it started to get dark, so we decided to start the training...yes the training, how I knew I would be so damned messed up, because of my physical and mental condition at the time...I never thought I'd push myself like that, and by pushing myself I don't mean a step past 15% of my max, but it was still pushing against such a novice as Brian...

We started, going over blocking drills, first I would start off with two hits, Brian was to block them...then I was to add a hit, until Brian could successfully block all 6 of my hits consecutively...

Then we went on to thrusting drills...Mike reffed the whole thing, and guided us to what we were supposed to do, as the assassin though, I was the one to do the initial training, and physical work against our page, Brian...

Thrusting drills worked the same, do thrusts and Brian was to block, I cracked him in the ribs a couple of times...

Next he was to hit me 6 times with a good strong thrust, the only one that hurt was the one to my right arm, where the bamboo split, shattered, splintered, and tore it up, but left no blood...

Next we led him into warm-up drills, where he was to do 100 downslashes, 100 side slashes of both ways, and 100 thrusts without stopping...after that we decided to do speed drills...

In this speed drill I stood opposite of Brian with no weapon...and he was to attack me until he could hit me 20 times as hard as possible, within 2 minutes or he would fail...needless to say, he finally got the last blow, as he left me with rather painful bruises, even though I disarmed him at least 10 times, and punched him rather hard...

4 cuts, and 20 bruises for me so far, not bad...

Mike decided he wanted some action, so he decided to do his own speed drills against Brian, while I got some rest in...I wasn't watching, plus is was entirely too dark to see anything, so I stared at the stars, and though of someone heart while I heard lots of screaming and pain in the background...Brian had gotten hit extremely hard in the head, and across the chest...to the extent where he was crying, but he wouldn't let on in the darkness, and in the little moonlight we had...

Next, after Brian had started getting that sense of anger and anxiety...I gave him rest, when it was my turn...this was a full out drill to simulate a battlefield...where he would have to use his skills in his self defense...


I gave him at least 5 minutes, and I still couldn't get my mind off of her...why do I love her so much? Why can't I just live without thinking about her for at least a night? I may never know, I just know that it's extremely difficult sweatdrop heart

So I went on, and we started, it started off good, my battlecries as fierce as ever, the look in my eyes with the intent to harm my opponent, like they're supposed to...but were they supposed to get blinded by that intent, as they did later? I'm not sure that's what I wanted...

We go and go..and I cut up Brian's hands extremely bad...my arm was shaking extremely bad, it wanted more...so Brian and I keep sparring, and I let him catch his breath, and give him that false sense that I'm just as tired...we go at it again and I lay 7 hits...(which afterwards you could see extremely bad after he had taken his shirt off to check his wounds)

Later on he started attacking me blindly, out of rage...he was trying to kill me for a whole minute there, and he got one good on across my chest...this set me off...I attacked him lightning fast, getting 3 good slashes across, then I came down with a massive downslash..however the ground was covered in dirt and rocks, so I slid forward and connected the downslash to his face...his mouth to be exact...and I slid almost like an anime moment past my opponent...silence for a second...and wailing of complete agony...

I turned my head slightly only to catch a glimpse over what was going on, a look of satisfaction obviously showing, even if I didn't want it to be there...

"I LOST A ******** TOOTH AND I'M EXTREMELY BLOODY!" Brian wailed...

I just stared at the ground, about to collapse...and to think this had been merely 15%...we stepped into the light...Brian's body was covered in hits, and dirt...blood covered his face, and his hands...luckily my slash had only chipped his tooth and cut his lip...it could've done so much worse...

what had driven me to go there? his anger...every move of mine was intentional because he was angry...full of rage....against me...

Whatever the case, Brian bringing full attention to his injuries helped me keep a mask over my own injuries...Brian...had done no damage to me whatsoever...well...no serious injuries...I have about 20-30 consecutive bruises, scratches, and marks across my body...from all the excercises not the simulation..

On top of that I have a few cuts here and there...but what bothered me the most was the strain I put on my body...even 15% could trash me so hard...on top of my excrutiating back pain that sent me to the ER once already...I've got the same pain in my abdomen and chest now...my arms are limp and I can hardly do anything with them...I can't eat all that much and I'm so exhausted...

I'm going to destroy myself slowly if I keep this up...My bones...my muscles...they're all so weak, on top of an outstanding cold I've had for months now...I wonder how much more I'll be able to bear...

In any case...I'm still alive and kickin' I got all my shopping done for school for the most part, though we still need to go clothes shopping sweatdrop but otherwise, I should be able to suffice -^ ^-

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