( Arata's POV )
After my first unplanned mission of eliminating evil spirits together with Sagiri, we gathered on the school roof once again.
I thought we were going to discuss training now that Sagiri wasn't against me accompanying her on missions but before that Urara showed a syringe with traces of a reddish purple liquid and I questioned her about it.
Arata: What do you have there, Urara?
Urara: I found this near the remains of the evil spirit after you took your nap, I believe this is what caused it to wake up stronger than before.
Sagiri: Someone must have injected the creature when we weren't paying attention.
Arata: You said there are many factions in the supernatural world, could any of them have a grudge against the Chuuma ninja?
Urara: In this day and age I can't think of anyone with a personal vendetta, it's better to report to our superiors.
Arata: Wait, I think we should keep this information to ourselves.
Sun: Arata, what are you saying?
I remembered all the times Sun's mother and others kept information from me and I didn't want to give them this information out of concern that they would take the investigation and leave me aside, maybe I'm exaggerating a little since they say they'll explain everything later, but I don't want to be left doing nothing.
Arata: We found this lead and it is only fair that we take over the investigation.
Sagiri: That could be dangerous, there was someone watching us the whole fight and we didn't even realize it.
Arata: yeah, I lost consciousness twice and they didn't make a move, if they wanted to hurt us they had ample opportunity to do so.
Urara: It is possible that the spider was a test run, perhaps we will encounter more cases like this in the future.
Arata: If we are going to run into this again anyway, it is better to be prepared, Listen, if things get too much for us to handle, I'll drop it, you're the expert, you make the call.
I gave Sagiri a pleading look and that seemed to be very effective because she blushed a little and had to look away so as not to be affected further.
Sagiri: *sigh* very well, we will do it your way... For now.
When Sagiri gave her approval we returned to our normal classes.
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At the end of our classes when we would normally be walking back to our homes, we were taken to a dojo in the school by Urara, it seemed that this was not a very crowded place.
Arata: What are we doing here? I didn't know there was a kendo club at this school.
Urara: There isn't one, no members signed up this year, we can use this place for training and as a base of operations.
How when the girls ended up in the same class as me, this only increased my suspicions that the girls' families had some influence at school, but I wasn't going to complain about that.
We started our training when Sagiri and I moved to the center of the dojo.
Sagiri: The more you use the energy within your body your control will improve, after what happened the other night you should be able to call upon your power more easily, give it a try.
What Sagiri said was true, my powers hadn't suddenly turned on and I was more aware of the energy running through my body, I focused on the tip of my finger and a small flame appeared there, that quickly grew into a violent flame.
I was losing control but Sagiri grabbed my hand in hers and that flame returned to a more controllable size.
Sagiri: remember this feeling, and don't break your concentration.
We continued with that exercise for a few minutes, and when I could consistently light and extinguish a flame the size of my fist, we moved on to the next step, weapon summoning.
Sagiri threw a wooden sword at me and then created a kunai in her hand.
Sagiri: To create a weapon you need to gather your energy into the form of that weapon but it is also important to be very familiar with the weight and the memory of you holding it, you can use that wooden sword as a support.
Nodding at Sagiri I followed her instructions and a flame surrounded the wooden sword in my hands, as I tried to recall Asuramaru's Katana the flame around the wooden sword grew in intensity, I was using too much energy but I felt very close to success.
When it seemed that Sagiri was going to intervene, the flames dissipated and in my hands was the same katana that I had used the other night, I gave a couple of swings and some air currents were created and that almost lifted the skirts of the three girls, obviously I shifted my focus to that and the katana returned to being a simple wooden sword.
The girls didn't seem to notice that I was trying to look so I breathed a sigh of relief but I could see a slight blush on Urara's face, I might have seen her wearing something yellow, but the rest of the girls who didn't know about it continued moving the training.
Sagiri: think that's good enough for now, take that wooden sword with you all the time, it will help with your summoning mastery.
Sun: Now it's my turn. I'll teach you some swordplay.
Arata: You know how to use a sword Sun?
Sun: Yes~ A member of my family taught me since I was little.
I guess when she says, member of her family, she means a Yukuza.
Arata: then I will be in your care.
Saying that, the expression on Sun's face changed to a more serious one and she launched herself at me, with a swift movement she hit me on the shoulder and I was thrown back a good distance.