#34. A Lot To Learn (two issue split?)

It's just about morning, the sun isn't quite up yet.
This is the living quarters of the first year gakusei, a four level dormitory.
They are referred to as Bartros Hall students among the staff and student body. Each hall has a name that the students of that year go by.

The 4th floor is home to Orange Class, with it's own facilities and lounging area. There are students walking the hall meeting up to go to class.

Ushiku slamming his fist in his hand, "Sensei Karada is my rival, one day I'm taking him down!"

Takaharu walking up beside him, "it's been 6 weeks and we still can't win against him."

Shitoku walking past both of them with his arms crossed behind his head, "Oh great,how'd I end up walking to class with you loud mouths?"

Ushiku, "consider yourself lucky to be walking with the top students of Bartros Hall!"

he slaps him on the back as they walk.

Shitoku turns his head, "is that so?"

Takaharu, "yeah besides everyone else is gone,I think"

we see a room with someone in their bed under the covers

Shitoku, {I guess Jiyu already left...}

Suddenly alarm clock designed to look like a certain yellow spike haired boy, goes off, "Believe it!" 

Jiyu suddenly sits up but we can't see him above his shoulders,

"damn it!"

few minutes later he is running across campus, jumping over benches and past familiar teachers.

"Can't believe I'm this late, Sensei is gonna kill me!"

We see the class everyone is settling in but Jiyu's seat is empty.

Ushiku, "that idiot got lost, I bet you."

we now see Jiyu  running not too far from the hall, "Almost there..."

A loud sound occurs like a crash.

Jiyu stops looking towards a treeline,its the edge of the Dragon's Claw training wilderness.

Jiyu, "what was that?"

A crashing sound occurs again as he looks, he notices a building nearby. a sound is heard from a distance, "mrrooow"

Back at homeroom Sensei Yugana is looking out the window.

Sensei, "alright Orange Class,seems Jiyu will join us a little later."

He turns away from the window.

Elsewhere is a stone entrance,  inside we see Jiyu, the building is slightly shaking. 

Jiyu," I know I heard..."

"rrrwww"

Jiyu, "hey where are you, are you hurt?!"

 as he moves further inside and turns a corner the sound gets clearer, "meeeeoooowwww"

Suddenly he sees eyes in the dark, "there you are!"

A cat comes out of the shadows looks up then darts off.

"hey, not that way!"

Jiyu walks into a lit room with torches lining the wall. The room is the large.

Jiyu, {this room is  huge like Sensei Karada's arena} "there you are"

He sees the kitten a short distance away, he goes over and picks him up. The cat is looking at something, Jiyu notices a big figure across the arena sized room.

Jiyu, "Hey sorry to bother you, I think this little guy got lost in here."

He is tall wide with a tactical vest on over a long sleeve shirt, his pants are dark colored . In his right hand is a tall staff and on his left shoulder is a an over sized black bird.

The man turns around and faces Jiyu, his face is young but without emotion. 

The cat hisses at the man, Jiyu holds the cat.

Jiyu, "he must be scared of your pet bird."

Suddenly the staff flies past his head and is embedded into the wall causing several cracks.

Jiyu jumps to the side, "hey, watch it mister."

The man grins and holds his right hand out , just then the staff exits the wall and returns to him.

he taps the ground in front of him and causing a force to blow his jacket like wind.

Jiyu, "let's get out of here whiskers!"{this guy is crazy}

As he turns to leave another force throws him out of the room and against the wall.

Jiyu, "oof, damn"

as he is getting up he sees the man coming towards him spinning the  staffs in front of him. The ceiling is coming down and the bird flies off his shoulder and down the hallway.

Jiyu is running in the same direction that the bird went.

Jiyu, "oh man, at least I'm faster than...."

Just then the wall comes flying towards Jiyu knocking him through the opposite wall.

The man comes stepping through the first hole looking out after Jiyu.

A tree is broken and Jiyu is laying on the ground with the cat under his left arm on his chest. 

Jiyu, "you okay?"

voice coming towards him, "hey, we aren't done yet."

He sees the man coming towards him with the staff swinging and crashing through a tree.

Jiyu gets up and tries to put the cat down, "Get outta here whiskers..."

The cat has his claws in his clothes, then climbs over to the right shoulder. "Okay, have it your way."

Jiyu is getting in a stance waiting for the man, {this guy probably hits like Sensei Karada, maybe harder! I have to stay ahead of him, use my speed to dodge until I see an opening like Sensei Chosai taught us..."

Suddenly the man is right in front of him swinging down with the staff.

He barely gets out of the way.

He runs and jumps to the trees trying to escape the unnamed man, but he is right behind him.

until the man knocks him down to the forest floor creating a small crater.

Jiyu, "gakk!" the wind is knocked out of Jiyu.

The man comes to the spot that Jiyu landed but he is gone.

Jiyu shouts, "Hey you, you're not gonna stop me!"

Jiyu is standing there with Whiskers on his shoulder, staring at him.

he is slightly behind a tree,"I'm done running! I've got to go to class, seems that means I have to get passed you to do it." He jumps back into the woods.

Jiyu is waiting on a tree limb for the man to come into a clearing then ...

As the man comes in he jumps on a few limbs and dives towards him as.

The man swings at Jiyu, instead of dodging he blocks with his forearms[ a crack is heard]. The man notices that Jiyu has a broken tree limb on his forearms where the staff struck.

Jiyu Kicks Sai to loosen his grip on the staff. 

Jiuu manages to kick it out off his hand, the bird is seen coming in and grabbing it with its feet.

Sai," thats enough of that little one"

Sai hits Jiyu, knocking him down to the ground. The cat jumps as he lands hard.

The man lands in a few steps away. Jiyu struggles to get to his feet, obviously hurt. Picks up the kitten and balls his fist as whiskers gets on his shoulder.

The man looks around, seeing the damage to the forest that has been done.

He walks up to Jiyu and the cat, Jiyu barley standing, "well that was fun."

The man sits down.

Jiyu, "what...?"

Man, "Relax i'm done training for now."

Jiyu falls down to have a seat the cat jumps off his arm and rubs against him. 

Jiyu, "training...who are you mister!?"

Sai, "I'm Sai, when you showed up I thought I would train with you. I must say you did good!"

Jiyu, "i don't know about that, you tossed me all over the place. I think my arm is broken."

Sai, "oh, well that's better than most of my sparring partners. Far as the injuries, I can help with that."

He puts his hand on the injured arm of Jiyu, "Iyasu Bureka"

Jiyu, {my arm it's,okay now} "wait are you a medical Senshi?!"

 The man stands up and turns to walk a few feet from Jiyu, "no no, You'll learn that basic technique in your 4th year."

He takes his staff and gently stands it straight up then puts his hands together in a pattern. "Sentairu: Natural rejuvenation"

The forest beginnings repairing itself and also growing trees randomly. The forest looks like it was never damaged.

Jiyu is standing, "wow, you know some powerful stuff Sensei!"

Sai laughs, "you're pretty tough yourself. If we did this after you get stronger, you probably won't break any bones."

Jiyu starts walking away, "well I gotta get to class now Sensei, I'm sure everyone is in defense class now."

suddenly Sai is right in front of him, "hey,How about I walk you to class?"

Later we see Orange class sitting down exhausted with Sensei Karada standing talking to Sensei Yugana.

Ushiku, "Hey the idiot finally showed up,great timing brat!"

Osata, "Oh I thought you dropped out."

Jiyu, "no way" 

Shitoku, "you're in time for the last half of class."

Sensei Karada, "well look who it is Sensei Yugana. You were training with Jiyu Sai?"

Sai, "oh yeah, he's pretty tough too!"

Sensei Yugana, "Hello Sai, did you clean up after you were done?"

Sai, "yes of course Sensei. well i'm out of here , wanna train again Jiyu?"

Jiyu, "anytime Sai Sensei, I have to get stronger!"

 HE puts a thumb up

Sai as he is walking out{he isn't gonna stop with that Sensei stuff}

After he leaves Sensei Yugana looks at Jiyu, "how did you like training with my nephew?"

Jiyu, "nephew?!"

Sensei Yugana, "yes Sai Yugana,my nephew and apprentice. He is a member of the Golden Buntai."

Shitoku, "you gotta be the luckiest kid I know Jiyu. A first year meeting a member of the Golden Buntai."

Ushiku, "it was wasted on you, I should have trained with him."

Takaharu, "he probably felt sorry for the runt."

Sensei Karada, "alright everyone let's get back to it."

Jiyu walking with Shitoku, "what's a Golden Buntai?"

Osata right in front of them, "the Golden Buntai are supposed to be the strongest under the Shicho and his Buntai."

Jiyu, "Wow, are wea Bunatai?"

Osata, "stop talking to me."

Shitoku with his head down, "your hopeless"

Jiyu stops and they leave him behind,"wait,what?"

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