Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-28412345-20170919162029

A week into the training with Shisu, his stamina was building up exponentially and his skills with the sword had greatly improved. However according to Shih, Akui still had a long way to go. The two were talking over a at small hut that Shih used to make his moonshine. He was having Akui carry gallons of the liquor on either side of a pole on his back and making him run around the hut until he seemed his training done. " Keep you chin up and you better not spill a drop." Shih barked at Akui with each lap. He also had a long switch in his hand that he used to hit Akui's calves every time he slowed down.

After running for 30 minutes straight, Shih waved him over to have a rest and poured both of them some water into small cups out of a gourd. Akui at this time had his hair sticking to his forehead due to the sweat from running and the sight of a cool drink was rather welcoming. He placed the jugs of liquor down gently then skipped towards the bench with Shih before sitting down across from him. H grabbed the cup with both hands between his palms and drank the water as if he had been in a desert for ages. When he placed the cup down, he looked up to Shih and then all around at his establishment.

"How long have you been doing this?" Akui pointed to the large kettle in the back used to brew his liquor. "This has been in my family generation for centuries. I picked it up when I was 12 as my father wanted me to open up a shop when I was older. Sadly, sickness took him and I became a soldier in the army of the land of Iron. I eventually became a general before disrespecting the samurai name." He shrugged his shoulders then took out a different gourd filled with moonshine and took a sip. "Ahh....that's good." Akui smiled at Shisu remark. He then rubbed his chin before speaking up again. "You know, it would be profitable if you taught others how to make it and then sold it to other villages. In fact, you would make a very hefty profit in almost every restaurant establishment." Shisu nodded his head in response to this then shrugged. Akui noticed his body response which seemed as if he wasn't too interested. To Akui he thought perhaps Shisu had already tried and likely failed. "If you get the older men who can't fight anymore make it, then thier wives, eventually others will want to make your liquor rather than steal and kill for a living." Shisu raised a brow in interest then turn his castaway glance from beyond to Akui. "You seem to have a better idea of business than most." Akui grinned at this compliment then continued to elaborate how he could help Shisu with building a business.

Shisu nodded his head slowly listening to what Akui had to say and at the end of the conversation, he too was smiling wide. He slowly rose from his seat then and beckoned Akui to do the same. "Very well, you shall be my partner in this endeavor and hopefully we shall make a fortune. As a token of my gratitude, I am going to teach you something new. As you may already know, samurai cannot generate chakra the same way you shinobi do. Because of this, we have had to find ways to get around that and still fight on equal terms." Shisu would lead Akui towards the back where a single Dummy with multiple laceration all over its body stood in the middle of a small pasture. He would then hold his hand up for Akui to stop while h proceeded forward. Shisu would stand about 10 yards away from the dummy and then he would place his hand on his sword. Akui wouldn't be able to see the chakra that was being infused around the blade, but he could her a slight tingling of the weapon within the sheath. Suddenly with the speed of a master, Shisu would withdraw his blade and slash the air in an x-formation which send a gust if chakra into the direction of the dummy. It his the dummy so hard and fast that it was knocked off the pole it was tied to. Akui stood there wide eyed as he remembered seeing something similar to that with michirama. Shisu would then turn around to face Akui and beckon him to come closer. "Since you have lightning release as your chakra nature, when you master this skill, your attack will be made more powerful than mines. You already know how to infuse your blade with chakra so now you need to learn how to release it from your blade. You will start my working on your strokes. Then you will work more on your chakra control and release. Now get to it!"

Hours turned to days which then turned into weeks. However, by the 3 week, Akui had mastered his own version of Flash technique. He called it Lightning Flash, a suitable name for a technique that mimics the Flash technique but substitutes lightning release for just plain chakra. Akui stood before the dummy as he stood before it on day one, swords held with both hands and blade over shoulder. His focus was on the dummy just as Shisu focus was on Akui. Shisu was standing at behind him with his arms crossed and an expressionless face. "Now!" Were the only words to break the silence which were followed up by the sound of lighting and sound of moving against the wind. Akui made a perfect x of lightning chakra which was sent forth towards the dummy. The force was so strong that the dummy was split into pieces and fell to the ground. Akui then smiled at his accomplishment before turning to face Shisu who was clapping for Akui. 