Journey of Desires

The request to teach someone how to fence was quite unexpected for Ban, it just so happened that in his entire life he had never been asked to teach someone.

Hikari's desire to learn something like this was quite understandable, seeing with his own eyes how an old man, using only a blade, pressed and fought on equal terms with a man whose strength Uchiha had personally seen, and knew how dangerous he was.

To the surprise of the samurai standing nearby, they did not see a drop of admiration or excitement from the girl, usually people who ask them to teach them how to fight with swords, and do so after seeing some incredibly spectacular fight, do so on a wave of emotions and impressions, but they did not know that the girl expressed this request solely from the point of view of usefulness.

To be more precise, Hikari has a huge striking potential thanks to Mangekyou techniques, Inferno element and reinforcement from Yachihoko, but Susanoo which most of the Uchiha with Mangekyou possess, she does not possess, Obito is in a similar situation that he was never able to use Susanoo in the canon, fighting only due to reinforcement from the technique is quite dangerous, although her blows have great power, and the techniques become more effective, but this mode does not give much physical protection, of course, from taijutsu or techniques at the level of the usual Rasengan it will protect without problems, but ... What if she meets someone who will wield a katana like Mifune, or one of the seven swordsmen of the fog?

These thoughts flashed through Hikari's head very quickly, and deciding that learning to use the blade would be an excellent way to defend against opponents who themselves use weapons, she turned to Ban.

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- We're back!

Arriving back at the hotel room they found in the capital of the Metal Country, Ban and Kilia shook off the snow that remained on their clothes and headed to the kitchen, this time they were unable to find a room with many rooms and a common room, but they were able to find a two-room room with two double beds and a huge kitchen in which there was a large table with many soft chairs, and in the kitchen itself there was not only a refrigerator but even a gas stove, due to its location, the Metal Country often trades with the Snow Country, which has very advanced technology, and therefore various refrigerators, stoves, televisions and the like are everywhere here, unlike the same ninja villages and cities of the Fire or Earth Country.

- And how did the fight go?

Kilia asked the question, but she addressed not the one she should have expected, but Hikari.

- Well... Grandpa Mifune is strong, until Ban took out his huge sword, then Grandpa even deprived him of his arms and even his head several times!

- Wow, the last time I remember him losing his head was after the fight with Estarossa.

- Hm? It's someone from the Ten Commandments, I've already forgotten their names.

During her life in the ninja world, Naruko has already forgotten a huge number of names and plots of various anime, books and films, of course she remembers the names of the main characters from famous works, and most of them also have an approximate plot, but she has forgotten the names of all the Ten Commandments except Gloxinia.

- The white-haired one, the former angel, after the fight with him, as far as I remember, Ban no longer lost his head in battle.

- Oh, I remember him!

Now the question to Kilia was asked by Hikari, who during this time sat down on one of the chairs that had a back, and putting her hands on the table, and on them her head began to listen.

- It turns out that Grandpa Mifune is very, very strong, huh?

- Yeah, and how! Because of the reality of the previous world, we are used to the fact that in battles there is an emphasis on the strength of the body or magic, and almost everyone neglects skill, so a battle with someone like Mifune, who trained his sword skills all his life, should have been very refreshing for his brother.

- But it didn't seem to me that Ban was somehow inferior? At least after he took out this No-no...

- Nodachi, and yes, I'm not surprised that when he took one of his three favorite weapons, he was able to fight a master samurai with incredible talent without any problems, after all, due to the lifespan, he spent years fighting with this weapon, he did not train since with his endurance and ability to recover, it will not bring much strengthening to the body, and he trained his skill in battles.

- Three? I have never seen him use anything else.

- There was no chance for a spear and a bow, and he doesn't like these types of weapons, unlike Nodachi, flambergs, and the like.

Naruko listened to this dialogue with not much interest, but after hearing the last words, she nevertheless turned her attention and asked a question.

- Isn't this a two-handed weapon? As far as I remember, Ban's status includes mastery of a spear, a bow, and a one-handed weapon... But there is no two-handed weapon.

- Have you seen his height? Because of his body strength, he uses even a two-meter Nodachi with one hand, which would cause great discomfort to an ordinary person, but for some reason he uses even the heaviest and two-handed weapons with one hand.

- Now I understand why, when I watched the fight, the samurai nearby were surprised that he was holding a Nodachi with one hand.

Ban walked in with a wide smile on his face, and seeing it, it became clear to everyone that he either had something in mind, or was expecting something.

- What are you planning, dark genius?

- Tomorrow we'll go choose a weapon for Hikari!

Kilia and Hikari remained completely calm, while Naruko expressed her bewilderment.

- What? When did you manage to agree on buying her a weapon? Did I miss something?

In response, Ban looked at the Uchiha and asked a question.

- You haven't told me yet?

And seeing how she shook her head negatively, he took one of the chairs, after which he continued.

- Today, after my duel with Mifune, she asked me to teach her fencing. So tomorrow we'll go choose a suitable weapon.

- Huh? Can you really teach her to use any weapon? Why not just give her a katana or wakizashi, you're a one-handed weapon.

- Hm! I follow the philosophy that first of all, the owner's weapon should be liked by the owner himself, when someone tries to use a weapon that does not suit him or does not like him... It ends badly.

He said the ending in a rather sad voice, and noticing this, Naruko looked at Kilia with a question in her eyes, to which she nevertheless explained in response.

- In the world of the seven deadly sins, we had one acquaintance, we met him when Ban joined Meliodas's squad, he was the son of an aristocrat and due to his status he had to become a knight, and according to his family's tradition he had to use a longsword, but this weapon did not suit him at all and as a result he died in one of the battles... Moreover, in terms of strength, as Gowther said, he surpassed his opponent, but due to his huge build he was not very fast, and the longsword in his hand lay like a toothpick, so they took him with speed and agility, this sword certainly did not provide good protection with his dimensions. It's not that he was someone close to us, but it was still sad.

- I see... But... Oh, right! I want it too!

Hearing Naruko, Ban turned his attention and looking at her, he asked.

- What do you want?

- A weapon, it will be useful.

- Well... First, I'll ask you a question, have you already learned the tailed beast mode?

- I don't get it.

- Well, look, why do you need to spend a lot of time now on wielding some katana or other type of weapon, if you spend this effort on learning the tailed beast mode, then in the end you will get much more. In Hikari's case, she doesn't have any beast in her belly that will allow her to blow up mountains, and to increase her strength and survivability, learning how to use weapons will be very useful.

- I see...

After answering, Naruko began to look very sad, her emotions changed very quickly and were clearly visible on her face, everyone in the room noticed this.

- Naruko.

- What?

- I'm wondering, how old were you when you died? Of course, I understand that during rebirth, hormones from a young body greatly affect a person's behavior, but still, satisfy my curiosity. In my experience and observations of my sister, I noticed that character changes greatly by the age of fifteen, and you are not even thirteen yet, as if you were already quite a... flighty person.

- I didn't understand just now, did you insult me ​​that much?

Naruko looked quite energetic and the emotions on her face literally screamed indignation, such changes in character began to happen a couple of weeks ago. Earlier, when Naruko was in Konoha, and then traveling, she created the impression of a more reserved and reasonable girl in her brother and sister, but now her character seemed to be gradually changing. After her last words, Kilia took the initiative in the conversation.

- He does not insult you, do not be offended, but ... Your character has recently become much more energetic and gives the impression of not being serious.

- Really? I did not notice ... Well, when I got into this world, I was eighteen.

- Then it is strange, no longer a child, which means that you should have remained with your old character for at least another year.

- Is it something dangerous?

- No, it's just that hormones when a reborn person enters adolescence should change his character, this is quite logical since an already formed and more or less adult personality is subjected to a rather strong blow from his body.

- And in simpler terms?

- An adult again experiences what he experienced when he was a child or a teenager, so his character and ... Let's say he rejuvenates. So my brother and I, after going through this stage, only managed to grow up a little, after which we received immortality and protection of the soul, which protects us in all spectra, that is, mentally too, and from the moment we received these powers, we remained the same as we were.

- Ha-ha, that is, you will remain like this forever?

- Yes.

After answering, Naruko smiled very widely and looked at Ban, then stood up from her seat and walked up to him, put her hand on his shoulder. She made an incredibly sad look and said.

- Ban... I feel sorry for you.

- What?! What are you hinting at???

Ban's voice was loud and literally filled with irritation.

- Ha-ha, one - one!

Realizing that this was just a small revenge on the part of Uzumaki, Ban calmed down pretty quickly, meanwhile the girl returned to the place where she was sitting earlier. After which she asked a question to Kilia.

- And you?

- What?

- What time did you die? You act very calmly, and Ban is like a child who ate too many sweets.

- My brother died at twenty-five, and I at twenty-nine. The fact that I have a talent for spiritual and mental magic plays a role in our characters, and my character has remained stronger, while he did not have such protection before, and his young body acted but his character in full.

- Got it.

At this point, the conversation abruptly stopped for the next four minutes, until Hikari took the floor.

- Ban.

- What?

- What weapon would suit me?

- I don't know yet, I have quite a few different ones with me, we'll choose tomorrow. Today is already the end of the day, in half an hour it will be completely dark.

The girl accepted the answer and returned to her dinner, while the conversation was going on, he took some food and slowly, trying to stretch out the taste of dinner, today there was a pizza from the seven deadly sins, and since this is an irreplaceable supply that will eventually run out, Ban gets it out no more than once or twice a week.

But after Uchiha's question, Naruto's curiosity flared up again, and she decided to express her desire.

- I'll go with you, I'm still curious.

In response, Ban nodded in agreement, such a request is not at all burdensome, after which he decided to remind.

- Okay, but don't forget what I said earlier, I think it's time to start getting stronger, although you were able to get level 130 already, but agree, getting the power of Kyuubi would be very useful.

- Yeah.