The Legend Of Samurai

Ch 22: Forging Body

It's as cold as winter, but the warmth is still getting from the gathering of all the brothers in one roof. As dark as night, the calmness is easier for a person to feel when in the darkness alone.

However, all that Kimura was unable to obtain. The warmth of the family clearly he will not get any more in his life, as well as the calm, at nightfall, when it comes, what was in his mind and his feelings was only anger and immersion to retaliate to someone who had brought him to this kind of life.

"Are you ready?" Asked Yamahuchi who was now standing beside him.

While Damato sat beside him and was still busy with his activities, making equipment for the exercises.

"I'm always ready. Uncle," replied Kimura.

Yamaguchi then took a chain that chuckled beneath him, then draped it down Kimura's neck.

The chain was extremely thick, and it was twice as long as Kimura's body. However, it was only partly a difficulty, Yamaguchi immediately took the mountain stone and tied it to the end of the side of each chain, giving the load to Kimura's tube.

"The body-forging training will continue for a year and every day the methods will change and the level of difficulty will increase." Yamaguchi explained the details about this exercise.

"That's why I'm asking you again. Are you ready?"

"I'm always ready in every way, Uncle.." Kimura asserted with seriousness on his face.

Yamaguchi smiled faintly after hearing that reassuring remark, he felt that he would never feel pity when giving such a strenuous task in training to the child.

"Today's training method all you have to do is run around this village for a full day." Yamaguchi.

"And remember..." Yamaguchi.

"Uncle will keep watching you, you can only rest every hour, even if it's only a few moments. If you break that rule. Perhaps until the new tomorrow you can be considered to pass this first exercise." Yamaguchi.

After hearing that wide and long explanation, Kimura then replied with a nod of his head which signified as something he had understood.

"One more thing, you can rest during the day to fill the stomach."

"Yes, Uncle." replied Kimura.

"If so, the exercise begins!." Yamaguchi Oration.

Kimura with a load of chains that weighed about tens of kilos coiled around his neck. Immediately stepping his legs the longer his footsteps get faster like running, to circle the Village.

After Kimura was no longer visible from his sight. Yamaguchi then approached Damato who was still busy with his work.

"Sir, are you sure that the boy can get through this long exercise?" Yamgauchi asked as he walked and sat down beside Damato.

"I'm not sure at all." Answer Damato's Brief and Solid.

Yamahuchi just smiled back.

"But according to my feelings, he will make it through the training under the guidance of the two of us for this entire year." Said slowly.

**

- One month later -...

A month had passed, Kimura underwent this strenuous exercise. At first, he experienced tremendous pain when he finished the exercise. However, with the day after day had passed he was getting used to it, and the pain in his body was already rare.

Today, in this sunny morning weather. Kimura, Yamaguchi, and Damato were already at his training ground.

"Mr Yamaguchi has explained to you before, that every day the difficulty of training we give will increase..."

"...Today I will be your guide and will be watching you." Damato.

Damato re-opened his voice, "This time the exercise you will do is the same as on our first day of training, which is around this village. But..."

Damato turned his head towards Yamaguchi who was standing beside him. Yamaguchi who understood his intention immediately walked up to him and gave the tools for training.

"But with different difficulties. Wear it..." Tell Damato to Kimura.

The training tool given by Yamaguchi is a wooden sandal, but on the footwear there are sharp objects. Maybe the scale of sharpness is not as large as when compared to nails. Nevertheless, but it will still make a person's legs when wearing it will blister even the most severe will bleed.

"Do you want to stop this exercise?"

Damato's words instantly dispelled the doubts that lingered on him when he saw the slipper.

Kimura then put it on, a sick moan trying to hold him back.

Kimura turned to look at Damato from the look on his face, he was waiting for an order to start this exercise.

"I think I'm going to run with you...My body hasn't moved for a long time." Said Damato while stretching his entire body joints.

"Let's get started." Damato said slowly.

Kimura then ran in with Damato who came running beside her.

Every time he swung his feet a tremendous pain fell on both soles of his feet until the pain spread to his head.

In the end Kimura managed to finish the exercise, although with tears and blood from the soles of his feet splattered.

**

A year has passed, and this year has been a painful year for Kimura in his lifetime. Within this year, he had managed to get through all the training given by Yamaguchi and Damato, albeit with great difficulty.

The changes in Kimura's body are very visible, his entire body now looks more contained and stocky, but bruises are also found on some sides of his body.

Yesterday was the last day he underwent training in body forging. And in his yesterday's training method, he gained the most severe level of difficulty.

The training he underwent yesterday was to let his body be beaten by his two Uncles, Yamaguchi and Damato, with wooden swords, and must be able to survive in order not to lose consciousness, the exercise was also very beneficial to train his patience, holding back anger so as not to retaliate against.

Inside the hut looks Kimura has been neat with his clothes, he wants to immediately catch up with his Grandfather who has first gone to gather with all the citizens.

Today is the turn of the year, and all residents here also celebrate by gathering and eating food that has been cooked by all residents.

And today is also the day of increasing age Kimura who is now even 10 years.

The place of this association, carried out in the largest hut in this village, namely the evacuation hut, because it has known its location. With neat clothes embedded in his body Kimura intends to go there, joining the citizens.

Some time running, Kimura had finally been in front of the hut. The little ones who were the same age as him were playing around in the front yard of the hut. However, Kimura ignored those who wanted to invite him to play, he stepped foot in through the doorway.