Chapter 91
Everyone else only chuckled quietly, and after a few seconds, Kasumi herself laughed. She wasn't the least bit angry at Aya, only resentful of her loss. She had learnt from her time in the Nara clan not to be angry at winning opponents, but there was nothing to stop her from cursing the uncomfortable chair that had prevented her from winning, or the bird that had distracted her from her victory with its singing.
Kenshin and Kasumi then left for the gym, while Aya and Natsumi decided to play one more game.
As soon as they entered the gymnasium, Kenshin instantly commanded his sons to line up.
- Attention. Kasumi will temporarily be your new instructor. You must listen to everything she says. The only person who can challenge her orders is Ichiro. If there are any unresolvable disputes, go to him.
- Where do we start? - Kenshin asked his new wife.
- Hmm, I think it's worth checking your sons' skill level. Ichiro, let's have a taijutsu sparring session. - Kasumi suggested, to which Ichiro nodded with a smile, and they went to the next room, with a more reinforced floor and walls.
Kenshin, along with the rest of his sons, stood in the far corner, so as not to interfere with the fight, and to see everything.
As soon as Kasumi stood in front of Ichiro, all her playfulness vanished in an instant, and the girl looked like a naked blade. Her eyes glinted dangerously, and her body was ready for a deadly strike.
Ichiro had already seen such a fighting attitude from an enemy noukenin of Chunin rank, and in a flash he became serious himself. He knew that the Nara Clan's style of taijutsu was defensive, so he attacked first and was sent flying in three moves.
Regrouping, he landed on his feet, and immediately bounced away from a possible attack, but there was none. Rubbing his bruised chest, he lunged again at the girl's ready defence. He remembered that his father had forbidden him to use his power over space against Kasumi in a harmless sparring match. Right now, the goal was not to win with cunning abilities, but to hone his taijutsu skill.
As soon as Ichiro made a second attempt to attack, Kasumi had no trouble dodging the lunge, and the next one she fended off with her palm, hitting him quite hard in the forearm, and then grabbing, and throwing him over herself. She could see perfectly well that Ichiro was only a Genin of Spades at the moment, and wondered why her combat sense was suddenly warning her to be careful with him even now.
Rising from the floor, Ichiro felt incredibly ashamed. His father and brothers were now watching what he thought was an unbelievable shame. Suddenly, he couldn't stand it any longer and activated his sharingan, launching another attack.
- WHAT?! - Kasumi exclaimed, but didn't have time to continue, being extremely busy. She struggled to fend off these incredible blows.
Now Ichiro saw the dodgy girl's every move, and didn't let himself be stumped.
They exchanged a dozen blows in a matter of seconds, and finally Ichiro saw a gap in Kasumi's defence. After another exchange of blows, she finally opened up for a punch, and he was in a fighting trance and kicked her in the stomach.
Kenshin, who was calmly watching the sparring, flinched and wanted to do something about it, but his body couldn't keep up with his perception. Fortunately for him, Kasumi had a lot of combat experience, so she blocked at the last moment and took the blow with both hands, flying five metres away.
The girl landed on her four limbs, and then drove another metre across the floor, nearly wiping out her soles. Her eyes glinted dangerously, and she pushed herself off the ground and lunged for the attack.
The chaotic battle continued for another ten seconds until finally Kasumi was able to retaliate. She calculated every move, but it was almost useless. With the sharingan, Ichiro had very few weaknesses, but Kasumi decided to take a very risky step and make him let his guard down. When Ichiro thought she had opened herself up for an attack, he decided to act, and barely managed to notice when he was sent flying by a leg kick to the chest.
- That's enough. - Kenshin stated imperiously, and Kasumi left the ring.
- I'm sorry father, I couldn't help myself... - Ichiro said guiltily, rubbing his chest, apparently having earned a bruise in the shape of the miniature girl's foot.
- You've lost control of yourself. Vanity got to your head. You didn't want to look weak in front of everyone? Did you enjoy the respect of your younger brothers? It could have cost you your life in battle! Those you love and want to protect could have died! - Kenshin said, unhappy with his eldest son's behaviour.
- I... I understand, Father... I'm sorry.....
- You are relieved of your deputy commanding officer position for a fortnight. The third will temporarily take over. - Kenshin gave the verdict, and saw the surprised looks on his sons' faces. They had never imagined that Ichiro, their father's favourite, could receive such a harsh reprimand.
Ichiro finally sank down, and only nodded to his father, agreeing with the verdict. He dared not think of going against his father's orders, so he stepped back and stood behind his brothers, waiting for further orders.
- Why didn't you tell me your eldest son had a sharingan and where he got it from? - Kasumi asked as Ichiro was reprimanded. Although she felt sorry for the kid, she knew perfectly well that she shouldn't discuss orders with her superiors in front of her subordinates, and planned to do it in private.
- Not just the oldest. Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, Tenth. - Kenshin commanded, and the eyes of the named sons turned red.
- FIVE PEOPLE WITH SHARINGAN?! - Kasumi exclaimed in shock. She knew that even when the Uchiha clan had flourished, not everyone in the clan had a sharingan.
- Mm-hmm. It's all Aya. She is a descendant of the Uchiha clan. - Kenshin replied with a smile. He enjoyed watching the shocked girl. She wrinkled her nose incredibly cute when she was surprised.
- That little girl? Wow! I never would have thought..." Kasumi whispered, greatly surprised that this fragile and unremarkable girl was a descendant of the Uchiha clan.
- All right, then. We'll discuss the rest later. For now, go train these fools. - Kenshin said with a laugh, and stepped aside to watch.
Kasumi quickly took charge of the group, and two minutes later they were all warming up for practice. The Nara clan's demands for flexibility were very high, but thanks to the "system," Kenshin's sons had perfectly developed bodies by the age of twenty, with flexible ligaments and strong tendons.
After fifteen minutes, Kasumi wanted to summon one person from the group to teach him the basics, for with so many people any manuals were losing effectiveness. It would take a very long time to train each person individually.