9 Kurikara (1/2)

When Nate returned to the village he found his dad at the foundry forging something.

”Dad.. What are you forging?” asked Nate.

”A sword.” said his father ”You have been using bokuto to train and I thought its about time you had a sword of your own.”

”Really!! I can finally have a sword of my own!?” asked Nate excitedly.

He asked his dad for a sword many years ago but his dad has put him of all the while by saying that he needs to learn how to wield a sword first before owning one.

”I am almost done, just wait for few more minutes. I need to quench the blade and I don't want to be distracted” instructed his father.

Nate kept quite and moved back from the vicinity while thinking about what to name his sword.

After almost an hour he heard his father shouting. ”Finally completed.. Finest of my works ever.”

Nate rushed towards his dad and took the sword from his hand and examined it. It had the form similar to traditional chokuto but bit longer. It was a straight, double-edged blade with no guard and long grip. It kinda reminded Nate of Sasuke's sword from Naruto.

”Although its not at the level of a 'O Wazamono' but depending on the user it could be even stronger.” stated his father ”The sword is not complete until its named, go ahead and name it.”

Nate pondered a bit and said ”Alright, it shall be named as Kurikara.”

It is an apt name considering that he is gonna have a Djinn residing within it and in the anime Blue Exorcist it was used seal away the Rin's demon powers.

”Nice name, I like it. Now would you like to spar a bit with your new sword.” asked his father as he took an old katana from the shelf.

”You want to fight against a sword like this with that broken katana.” asked Nate confused

”Just like I said before the worth of a sword is determined by its wielder.” instructed his father. ”These seas aren't as forgiving as you think it is, there are abundant amount of people sailing these way stronger than you.”