Teaching is hard work (Reven)

Reven eagerly listened to Taku as he started to explain that he was going to teach him how to use the force through the use of a lightsaber and as he listened, he subconsciously activated his force comprehension ability. When Taku threw the lightsaber at his lap, he caught it with his right hand and stood up as Taku explained to him that there are seven forms of lightsaber combat and that form I was essential to learn before attempting to learn another. Reven would then activate the lightsaber and a purple blade sprung forth. Since the blade was made of light, Reven couldn't help but notice how the blade had no weight.

He would then slowly swing the blade around with his right hand keeping most of his attention of the blade so that he won't accidentally cut off an arm. "I can see why normal people can't use a weapon like this. Since the blade has no weight, it's pretty hard to tell where the blade is as you use it" said Reven as he deactivated the lightsaber.

Taku began making a messy pony tail, so his hair would get in the way. The fallen Jedi began walking around the hall as he spoke, looking at the boxes around the hall "Now, it takes years of training and work to properly use a lightsaber. So right now what we are looking for is too have your body open to the force " He said while passing through a lone crate and stopped looking at the tag the box had read the content "Arent we lucky" he smirked as he forced the crate open, almost breaking the lid while opening it. The crate contained around three dozen repair remotes, they were not the perfect ones for training but would do as a substitud.

Takumi grabbed two of them, he hid one in his robes while programing the other to attack Reven, the remote would not kill him and it was a very simple exersice most younglings recived back at the temple "Now I want you to turn on the lightsaber, and let your instincts guid you, let the force flow through you and help you deflect the laser... dont worry those laser hits dont hurt... much He grimmed as the floating orb went on to attack the boy. Taku wanted to see how good were the kids reflexes, he expected six out of eleven shots to hit the boy, while the boy tried to handle the blade.

Takumi streched out his senses through the force and began watching the movements the boy did as he attempted to deflect the blast. "Dont swing, deflect. Use circular motions, thats the key of Shii-Cho. Deflect, and re direct, do not push away the lasers, redirect them way from you" he said with his eyes closed as he heard the first laser shot get past Reven's defenses.

"But how does the usage of a lightsaber open me up to the force? Does it have something to do with being able to detect where the weightless blade of a lightsaber is or something?" asked Reven as Taku opened a create of repair remotes. Taku would then grab two remotes and programed one of them to attack him. When the remote lifted up into the air, Reven activated his lightsaber and held it with two hands. Before Taku told him to use circular movements, the first laser bolt fired and Reven swung the blade like a baseball bat at the laser bolt. Unfortunately, Reven missed and was hit in his right shoulder which pushed him back a bit.

Reven held his right shoulder in pain for a bit and ducked when the second laser bolt came flying at him. When he got back up, he held the hilt with both hands and when the third laser bolt came flying at him, he shifted the blade to his right with a quick easy right shift with his hands causing the laser bolt to be redirected to the ship's wall after bouncing off of the blade. When the remote fired at his left arm, Reven tried to deflect the bolt by shifting his hands to his left, but the shift wasn't fast enough for the bolt and hit his right arm.

Reven winced in pain after the laser bolt hit his right arm, but refused to give up just because there was a little pain. I think that I now know how fast I should be when it comes down to shifting the blade to the opposite direction thought Reven as the remote fired again, but this time, Reven was able to deflect it and continued deflecting them as most of them were aimed from his waist up. Even though Reven was able to deflect a good number of blaster bolts, the direction the blaster bolts were being deflected to needed some work, especially since about a fourth of them was accidentally sent towards Taku.

"A lightsaber if far more than a simple weapon, boy... if it was a simple weapon then the Jedi would simply use blasters. A lightsaber is as much a weapon as it is a tool to meditate with, it is a tool to help you meditate, lets you reach out to the force... Wooo watched it! Takumi said as a laser shot flew past him, and another came right next to it. Taku jumped over a crate and took cover. What is this? the kid is already trying to kill me he cursed in his mind as another laser shot flow past the crate. Listen, speaking from experience it is easier to contact the force when your mind in relaxed, keep practicing and you'll start seeing that you can feel where the laser shots will be aimed at. Remember Circular motions, protected your boy with circular motions, like a windshield" Taku led out a deep sigh and continued talking "Now don't expect to block each of the laser at first, your just beginning, right now I want your body and your mind accustomed about feeling through the force"

Takumi removed his dirty Jedi like robes, and began using it as a pillow as he laid in the floor. closing his eyes for a nap, he was tired "Wake me up when you start predicting the remote attacks" he shifted in the cold floor looking for comfortable position. He should get around ten minutes of sound sleep, unless Reven was a prodigy then five minutes would do. Taku yawned and led his conscious wander into dream land

"Sorry" said Reven as another blaster bolt hit his right arm. Taking Taku's advise, Reven took a deep breath to calm himself down and then took another. As he did he felt more aware of his surroundings and what was happening around him. When the remote fired another blaster bolt at him, Reven quickly moved the blade like a windshield an deflected the bolt right back at it. The remote dodged the attacked by hovering to it's right and fired another shot at him which Reven quickly deflected again.

Good, it looks like I'm getting the hang of this pretty quickly thought Reven who was unaware that he was actually using his force comprehension ability to help him learn from his mistakes and predicting where the remote will fire quickly. Because of this ability, some might consider him a prodigy due to his ability to learn quicker than the average person. After deflecting the laser bolts for a good 5 minutes, Reven turned to Kuto and noticed that he was asleep using his robes as a pillow.

He would then deactivated the lightsaber and walked up to Taku before kneeling next to him. "Um Master, deflecting these laser bolts is starting to become very easy now. Can we move on to the next part of the training?" asked Reven as he lightly shook him to wake him up.

It was dark and wet, the droids where getting closer. The padawan was tired and hungry. The sewers where cold, the young Takumi was covered in sweat and filth, four red bolts of laser flew past his head. The droids had found him... Taku kept on running all alone...um master? avoice ecoed in the dream Um master

Taku flung himself up, the nightmare had ended. And he was chocking Reven by instinct, mere instinct that reacted when the boy had slightly touched the sleeping giant. Taku immediately retracted his hand from the small throat of the boy. "Better find some other way to wake me up boy..." he said almost whispering, while pushing himself away from the kid, avoiding looking at the gasping Reven. Taku's voice was filled with sadness and regret, his voice above a whisper "Sorry..." Taku eventually stood up after some awkward minutes of silence.

"Well umm.. on with your training, we are now going to try this." He said while grabbing his robe and ripping a part of the sleeve, he didn't regret destroying the dirty thing. He walked up to the boy and used the the part he had ripped apart from his sleeve as a blindfold "Don't worry... that outburst ended long ago. Now I'm going to put this blindfold on you and you are now going to deflect those laser bolts without using your eyes. Trust your feelings, let the force guide your but not control you."

After putting the blindfold on Reven, Taku headed for a crate and sat on top of it, deciding that he wouldn't sleep for a while and watched how it went for the boy.

After Reven touched Taku, Taku's hand suddenly grabbed his neck and started choking him. As he continued choking him, mere seconds seemed like minutes for the young hapan as he brought his hands up and tried to open the giants hands, but luckily the giant released him. Reven would then gasp for air for a good minute as Taku told him to find another way to wake him up. When his breathing became regular Taku said that he was sorry and Reven couldn't help but notice how his voice was full of sadness and regret.

What could have happened in his life to make him react like that thought Reven as Taku pulled off a piece of his robe and gave it to Reven telling him to use it as a blindfold. When Reven rapped it around his eyes, his face was full of disgust as he smelt how horrible the makeshift blindfold was. Though after having it on for a good two minutes, he got somewhat used to the smell and his facial expression went back to normal as he activated the lightsaber Taku gave him.

"Master, what do you mean by not letting the force control me?" asked Reven right before the remote started firing. When he heard the shot, Reven tried to use his hearing to find where the blaster bolt was and swung at the air right before the blaster bolt hit his chest causing him to wince in pain.

Takumi watched amused as the first bolt hit Reven square in the chest "First off... Stop calling me master, right now we are partners... once we get out of this ship you will find some work to pay for food and my drinks he smiled at the blinded boy "As for your question... Being overwhelmed by the force is not a bad thing, but it is often unhealthy, you can loose yourself, of course this only happens in extreme cases... what I'm trying to say is, that the force while it may be the most powerful of tools, it is also your enemy. It will always be with you, it will always be at your command... but overuse, becoming reliant on it, depending on it may cause your downfall. The force is a powerful friend and tool, and it should always be used in consideration. Led it guide you. Not control the way you feel and see the world... and most of all don't rub it in people faces that you are more gifted than them, it rude!"
Takumi crossed his arms while chuckling and kept on walking around the cargo hold.

Taku lips formed into a grim as he pull out the second remote and activated to attack Reven. He watched as the boy readied himself and deflected one shot but not the second one from the remote behind him. Takumi led out a thunderous laughter. "I wont go easy with you just because it's your first try. You seem to learn faster than I expected and soo your trying is now going to be twice as harder! he laughed again as he watched the boy struggle against two remotes at the same time.

"Now focus on your practice... This exercise purpose is to teach you not to rely on one sense but in all of them. I want you to feel, this cold room, feel as my words travel to your ears, how the remotes floated around the room and how the energy builds up before the roomette shoots you once more, use your hears, your sense of touch and let the tendrils of the force be the eyes you lack at the moment." Taku crossed his arms and rested his body against the walls of the cargo hold, looking at the boy he had picked up.

"Sorry, it won't happen again Taku, but I really wasn't trying to rub that in you're face" explained Reven as the remote fired another blaster bolt at him from his right. After hearing the direction the blaster bolt came from and swung his lightsaber like a windshield to his right deflecting the blaster bolt. However, it was only pure luck that he was able to do that since he wasn't relying on all of his senses. Then all of a sudden, Reven heard two blaster shot from different direction and swung wildly into the air, however one blaster bolt hit his right shoulder while the other hit the right side of his stomach.

"Son of a !" shouted Reven in frustration to the news that Taku just gave him about using two remotes since he was a fast learner. Okay, all I need to do is calm myself down so that I can focus on my senses. After all, using emotions tends to leave one blind to a lot of things, or so I read thought Reven as he took deep breath to help calm himself. Reven would then listen to the hovering of the remotes and could hear Taku's body lean against the cargo hold's wall. He would then focus on his sense of touch and felt the subtle shifts in the air current as the remotes moved around the room. As Reven continued to focus on those two senses, the force would then start to flow through him intensifying those two senses to the point where it helped create a picture in his mind on what was happening around him.

The two remotes would then fire at Reven's chest and using his hearing, Reven was able to tell where the shots came from. He would then move his lightsaber quickly and deflected the two blaster bolts. A smile would appear on Reven's face as he felt proud of himself for deflecting those two blaster bolts. However this feeling made Reven lose concentration on his senses and was caught of guard when two blaster bolts hit his stomach causing him to fall to the ground.

The kid has potential thought the dark jedi as he smiled when the Reven deflected two laser shots at the same time, then watched as two more hit him when he lost his concentration, he watched the boy collapse after recieving two shots at the same time. Takumi clapped twice and the remotes went into stand by mode. "I think you've reached your limit for today, anc can use a new type of exercise." he walked up to Reven as the hapan removed the makeshift blindfold.

"I think you've open your senses enough for another step" said the tall man as he drew his lightsaber, turning it and watching the orange red light it gave, he looked at the boy with a evilish glint in his eyes "Now we are going to practice the actual part of Shii- Cho, this form is know to be divided in two parts. The Ideal Form and Live Combat Form, today we are going to practice a little of both before calling it a day.. Now I want you to stand like this" said Takumi while taking a stance in Shii-Cho "Right we'll start with the Ideal form, for this you'll are going to parry my blows, dont worry I wont go hard on you... well meaby a little he said while showing wicket smile. "Remember to let the force act as a guide for your senses"

He made a slow and lazy attack so the hapan could fallow it, but being a master in Shii-Cho is movement were clean and precise, elegant and without a single waste movement or beat in the fight, then fallowed it up with three more consecutives blows, each were simple to fallow. Takumi began building a rutine in his strikes so the hapan could easily fallow them, and parry accordingly. Left right left and again then one strike from above and kept repeating. With each strike, Taku let Reven know where were his failures, correcting his stance with stronger attacks, but taking care not to harm the boy.

When the makeshift blind fold was removed, Reven's eyes squinted for a good minute as his eyes adjusted to the light that was in the room. Taku would then tell Reven that they would now be doing a new exercise and when he turned on his lightsaber, he noticed an evil glint in his eyes which reminded him of the time Taku fought those thugs when they first met. Reven would then get up and got into the same stance Taku was in. When Taku made the first swing, it was slow and easy enough to follow allowing Reven to knock it away by moving the purple blade like a windshield.

By the looks of things, this is very similar to blaster bolt deflection and since he can control the speed of his blow, I need to open my senses like before so that I can be ready for anything he throws at me thought Reven as he took a deep breath to calm himself allowing him to open his senses with the force. When Taku made 3 consecutive strikes, Reven parried two of them and only found enough time to block the third one. When the two blades collided, Reven's hands started moving back due to how much stronger Taku was compared to him, so he jumped to his left in order to break out of the blade lock.

Taku's blows were keep relaxed and easy enough for his young student to keep track of the orange lightsaber, with the basic motions the boy had learned he was able to deflect the soft blows Taku threw.

It was in the last blow that Reven had real trouble, Takumi shifted his red orange saber away before the impact made Reven loose the grip of his lightsaber.

"Well...at least you learn fast, did you see how I wielded my lightsaber as I attack? I want you to try attack my using those same attacks" Taku looked at the boy, sitting in a typical Shii-Cho stance.

"I noticed" said Reven after Taku asked him if he saw how he attacked. When the dark Jedi told him to attack him with the same moves, Reven really wasn't surprised due to the previous question and the mere fact that he only learned to defend himself. Reven would then get into the same Shii-Cho stance Taku was using and swung the purple blade horizontally at Taku's right shoulder followed by another horizontal slash at his left shoulder. After that, Reven would start swinging his lightsaber at different parts of the body, like the head, chest and arms expecting someone of Taku's caliber to handle that with no problem. Despite the fact that he was kind of doing well with attacking the upper body he never aimed for anything below the waist and his slashes weren't as clean as Taku's previous attacks.

Takumi easily fended off the clumsy strikes Reven made. His orange lightsaber repelled each and every single blow with easy and fluent motions, Takumi began explaining the target zones in Shii cho, the head, the arms, the body and so on. And suddenly he turned into the offensive, to better explain how each body zone should be attacked.

Takumi was slightly surprised and amazed at the boy learning level, he was still at the level of a eight year old youngling, meaby less than a eightyear old. But with his fast learning skills in a couple of years he might become a competent force user. Taku knew who their training was going to be like, from now on. He would teach Reven by having him observe things before practising.

Takumi step back and waited for the boy to attack him, as the boy attacked Takumi said "Listen Reven, every morning I want you to wake early and watched me training. as for today we'll spar for a while longer, then I want you to meditate on the new feelings you have felt during your training" Taku then effortly parried another attack and focused on the matched

As Reven listened to Taku explaining the body zones that the form attacks, Reven couldn't help but noticed that none of these zones didn't sound very lethal to him other than the head. "Wait a second, other than the head, these body zones aren't very lethal at all. Is the main focus of this form is to incapacitate or disarm the opponent without killing them?" asked Reven right before Taku started going on the offensive, as he did, Reven kept moving his lightsaber in a windshield like motion in order to parry or block Taku's lightsaber.

When Reven saw the chance, he started going on the offensive and mainly stuck to aiming for Taku's arms in order to at least disarm him if he were to some how manage to get a good unexpected shot. Reven would then nod his head in agreement after Taku parried the purple blade and would continue aiming for the arms. As he kept on attacking, Reven started to realize that it should probably be a good idea to attack something else other than the arms, so he swung the lightsaber at Taku's upper left leg.

Takumi move back and fort between defence and offence, allowing Reven to lead the duel. The dark Jedi could easily see through each blow, parrying it with fluent and beautiful swings. He smiled at the boy question "Yes... As i said ealier Shii-Cho is not a offencive style, it's meant to redirect, not force back. It's a form to help you build on the other styles of lightsaber combat, It is the gateway he switched for a second to Djem So to show a whole new world of power. Takumi parried the blow and immiadtly counter attacked the blow aimend at his leg. The blow was strong enough that Reven lost balance and made a too good to waste opening, and with a open palm blow sent Reven back and left him gasping for air.

"Did you feel the sudden change in my attacks? that was Djem So or form V, the way of perseverance" Takumi turned off his lightsaber and placed it in his belt, leaving his hands resting in his hip.

"Well at least I'm learning the basics of lightsaber combat, I just can't wait to see some of the more powerful forms" said Reven right before his blade was suddenly countered attacked with a force strong enough to send him back a foot and make him lose his balance. With his body exposed, he was suddenly hit by a palm strike in the stomach that sent him to the ground and made him drop the purple bladed lightsaber. As Reven was gasping for air from the palm strike, Taku told Reven that the form he just used was Form V.

"I saw it and it was a lot more powerful than the Shii-Cho attacks you were using. Let me guess, that form uses sheer strength to overwhelm an opponents defense after making some kind of counter attack. right?" asked Reven as he picked up the purple bladed lightsaber and started to get up.

"Very good, you have a good head in you'll shoulders" Takumi laughed as the boy hit right the spot "I told you before there are 7 forms. each is powerful in it's own way, never underestimate another form, Shii-Cho is the core of everything do not think low of it, once you get the proper hand of it, it shall serve you well. Takumi walked up to the boy and grabbed him by the arm and lifted him up, watching as the boy was breathing heavily from both the strike and the exhaustion of the fight. "Shii-Cho is Form I the way of Determination, your gateway. From Shii-Cho you may take another form, like Makashi the second Form and the way Contention, it is the most beautiful of the forms, relies on quick wits and speed, and I think it is the best suited for you" he chuckled as he handed the purple lightsaber back to the boy "Then there is Soresu the way of Resilience, the most defensive of all the styles or Ataru the form of Aggression, which is the flashiest of all the forms, or perhaps Shien and Djem So, the form I rely the most and the way of Perseverance, or you can take Niman the sixth form the path of moderation, and the most balanced of the forms. And finally the seventh form and the most hard to master and control known as Juyo the way of Ferocity, which I doubt you'll ever wish to experience Takumi crossed his arms "I'll tell you about the strengths and weaknesses of each form, and you must pick the one that complements you the most, I for example favor Djem So, since it aids my natural strength and speed and Juyo since it helps me channel my feelings with a hint of Ataru to boost my power in combat seeing that I'm not that strong when it comes to using the force. I want you to think on which form will you study, once I consider you have enough knowledge in Shii-Cho I will ask you in which I shall help you evolve. For know I think it is enough training for today Takumi walked back up to the crate with the remotes and closed it before sitting on top of it. "I'll need to buy a data-pad and put some information of the forms and the force there so the boy can study on his own... ugh I'm getting sleepy" he thought while he gave a large yawn, Reven walked up to the large man and offer to give back the lightsaber"No... you hold on to it for now. I want you to practice in your free time what you learn from me" he said that as he shook his head "Your last task for today, is to meditate, I want you to use the force and bond with the crystal inside the lightsaber, She'll be your companion from now on until you build your own lightsaber or something he said casually while looking at the purple lightsaber, Takumi was sure that the boy once he got attuned with the lightsaber he would feel part of the pain it's to former wielder held within them, the pain Takumi carried and the pain the original owner of the lightsaber had.

"So go on I want you to meditate on what you've learned so far, I want you to get used to using the force. Once we get off the piece of trash I'm going to start giving you lessons on who to wield and use the force, at least to the best of my meager capabilities."

(finish the thread on your next post, then start a thread where you think it's best for Taku to keep giving lessons to Reven)