Sparring

                                    

                                          
The next morning I get woke up by Aizawa and I get up groggily before I get dressed and followed him to a training ground with the rest of the class "everyone go work on separate things you think you can improve on" Aizawa says "izuku your with me" he says "it's time to show me what you've got" I follow him and he creates a circle with stones as a type of sparing ring "now this may be hard for you but try to remember what you were tested on in the lab" he says "if you can't do it it's fine I would just like to know" I look down and I close my eyes and I remember back to when I was tested by shigaraki and I made sure to keep my emotions in check "I remember they used to give me drugs that made me release my wolf side easier" I say "they had me fight some of the villains in hand to hand combat and sometimes not even villains, some would be random people they pulled off the street" I say "other than that they also tested my strength and speed in other ways" I say Aizawa looks at me "alright let's see how you can fair against me" he says "all I want you to do is try to push me out of the rings of stones while I try to push you out" he says and I nod and get on the opposite side of the circle than him and we start walking slowly in a circle around each other. Suddenly I run towards him and I try to push him out of the circle but he grabs my hands and pushes back "you've got a lot of strength kid" he says before he suddenly grabs my shirt and practically throws me out of the circle "but you need to know how and when to strike" he says "you can't always rely on pure strength for situations like these, you have to think them out and come up with a plan of attack, use those wolf abilities of yours to listen to your surroundings and look for openings in a fight, now, again" he says as I walk back into the ring and we continue sparing. After a time we end our sparing matches with us both breathing heavily "i think that's enough hand to hand sparing for today" he says "with what I've seen your hearing, sense of smell and eyesight will be a great ally for you" he says "I think you should be trained in sword combat,mainly katana" he says "what would I learn" I ask "there are four different techniques that samurais of old used to use and are in practice in some way or another today" he says "I'll be back" I watch him as he exits the ring and goes to find momo I watch as he speaks with her before I see her make two wooden katanas and he brings them over and tosses one to me "as I said a minutes go there are four different techniques, or stances that they use" he says as he starts to model them "stone stance, water stance, wind stance, and moon stance" he says "we will focus on stone stance today since it is the easiest to learn and highly versatile" he helps me into the stance and shows me different slashes and stabs associated with the stance "I don't know much so we will have to find you a better teacher but I know enough to get you started, now I want you to use the stance and attacks I've taught you along with the tips I gave you earlier to try and land five hits on me while I do the same" he says "first to five wins" I nod and get into the stance and we spar for another hour or two before lunch. After we're done I'm breathing heavily covered in Bruises and dirt "thank you for the lesson" I say "no problem kid" he says "but like I said I don't know too much so we will need to find you a better teacher" I nod and we head inside to lunch a bit behind the others soon we get inside and I go over to uraraka and she look at me "Aizawa must have pushed you hard" she says "you're covered in bruises" I chuckle a little "he did, the whole time we were sparing so he could find out what I should work on" I say "I'm also going to be taught how to use a katana" "wow really?" She asks "that's so neat" she says I put my hand on the back of my neck before I help her in cooking soon lunch is done and we all eat before we go and train again. "Keep practicing your sword techniques I'm going to go make sure the others are improving as well" he says and I nod while slashing the wooden katana at the air. Soon a man named tiger, who's a member of the wild wild pussy cats comes up to me "so I hear your training with the sword" he says I nod as I continue "well if you would like some help try having a sparing match with me" he says "alright sure" I reply and I go over to the ring with him "with or without sword" I ask "you keep the wooden sword I'll just use my hands" he says "ok then" I reply getting into my stance "now, let's go" he says and we start circling each other 'wait for your opponent to move first and wait for an opening' I say in my head remember Aizawas teachings suddenly tiger jumps forward throwing a punch I use the katana to stop it and with a quick motion I pull it back and swing at his side but suddenly his body flexes in an unnatural way to dodge it "well done you almost had me there" he says "but your too slow" he says as he throws another punch that I just barely block before I get back and wait for another attack he soon throws another punch which I use the sword to parry him and strike him in the back before I back up "well done having the patience and reflexes to parry is a hard thing to accomplish" he says "given time you will perfect the technique, now let's continue" we continue sparring till dinner where we're tasked with cooking it ourselves again I help uraraka and before long we have dinner made and I start to grow restless as we eat "izuku are you ok" uraraka asks "it's a full moon tonight" I say "I've got a bad feeling" I say "will you be ok" uraraka asks "yeah I'll be fine, i have full consciousness but it's just like this itch that I have to change and run free for awhile" I say "The only way that anything would happen is if people provoked the wolf in me out" I say "but call it a gut feeling but I feel like somethings off about tonight" I say "be careful whatever is going on later" she looks at me and nods "I will" she says I give her a smile "thank you, I'm going to go tell Aizawa that I need to go the moon will be up soon and i want to be gone by then" I say uraraka nods and hugs me "you stay safe too and see you soon" she says I smile again and go over to Aizawa "I'm going out into the woods for awhile" I say "if you need me have mandalay use her quirk" I say Aizawa nods "take as long as you need" I nod and I walk a little ways into the woods and turn into a wolf and start to run around loving the feeling of being able to run through a place that feels so familiar yet so foreign. I continue to run for a long while until I smell something strange, the smell of smoke, and a lot of it.