Slave Driving Frown Machine [Kaku]

Hane huffed as Kakushin reminded him of his injury. He'd no pity on the boy, it was Kakushin's fault for letting up his defense when fighting... a crazed and powerful crime leader was it? The Angel watched his pupil inspect his wound, yet again getting distracted in thought. Hane rolled his eyes. He'd already punished Kakushin a dozen times for daydreaming randomly during training, and they weren't light punishments. Hanging him upside down from his bad leg, pinning him on the ground as Neko drew on his face and messed with his hair. Slashing salt water onto the wound also seemed to wake up Kakushin. It was a wonder how his injury hadn't healed in the past four days, Hane truly didn't know what was halting the healing process. No matter, the teacher forgot his pupils injures quickly, as usual, and prepared a defensive pose. 
Hane watched on with a solemn face as Kaku eventually readied himself. The Angel shrugged. "If we'd used real swords, I would not add the finishing strikes." Hane admitted, waiting for the next round to begin. 

Hane could understand where Kakushin came from. All of his years, Hane hadn't been one to tread lightly and show much mercy to his opponents. He fought with honor, but knew better than anyone fights were for survival above all else. Kakushin would one day see the same, hopefully not by the same circumstances that Hane was forced to learn them. Hane kept his posture, but raised a brow when Kakushin offered up a deal. Hane didn't really allow gambling in his training, but this one made the stern Angel smile so slightly. "Do you have somewhere you wish to go Kakushin? Why do you constantly wish to put off this training?" Hane asked, before contemplating his decision. Eventually, the old Angel nodded. "Very well, if you win this next fight, and manage to kill or disarm me, I will allow you to leave. If I win, our training will be doubled in length and difficulty. Sound fair?"

Hane seemed to have got his pupil excited for battle again, and could actually feel the force in Kakushin's attacks, unlike before when the younger Angel was tickling Hane's defensive blade. Dodging the boy's attacks rather easily at first, Hane actually found himself struggling when Kakushin picked up the pace, finding a rhythm in running circles around Hane. Whilst the old Angel refused to move, he was forced to swivel around as Kakushin struck out from different angles, using his younger and stronger wings to try and get in front of Hane's fast reflexes. He could succeed, if Hane hadn't been given the time to think of a plan of his own attack. Jumping off his heels, Hane began to meet Kaku attack for attack, proceeding in their usual, identical dance. This could go on for hours with them both on the attack, and at the point when all of his strikes were mirrored, Kakushin almost always lost to Hane's superior speed. 

Hane could feel Kakushin's plans changing, as the pupil began to take a more defensive pose. For a while, Hane could freely use this to pound as much energy out of Kakushin as he could, striking down harshly on each attack to try and put some pressure on the young Guardian's arms. One could only defend for so long before their body wore out. But then, something Hane didn't see, Kakushin went for an entirely new technique. He met Hane head on, attacking with his own heavy attack. Two hefty swinging swords clashing together, and the rebound was incredible. The flash of light blinded Hane, and when he looked forwards, Kakushin was gone. The teacher flinched, looking around confused as the Angel was no where to be seen. When it twigged, and Hane looked up, he was too late to dodge the attack coming down from the sunlight above. 

Hane was honestly impressed. Even he couldn't reach that speed in the air, although perhaps to his tattered wings, it was still impressive to see an Angel so young fly that fast. Hane had looked around for a split second, and Kaku had already flown higher than the reach of arrows, and Hane actually smiled honestly. He was sort of proud, to be beaten at last because Kakushin had learnt something knew, something that gave the Guardian strength above Hane's. However, as Hane watched his pupil return to Aura, he knew he couldn't lose this battle. There was something he needed to teach to Kakushin, and he couldn't do that when the Guardian had stunned him and run off to whoever was making the boy so smitten for the past four days. 
So Hane had to bend the rules ever so slightly. Using his magic, and coating his eyes a golden yellow, Hane easily dodged Kakushin's otherwise impossible to dodge attack, standing a foot away before slicing across Kakushin's chest before the poor young Guardian had time to even comprehend what had happened. Hane looked the part of a faster than most, but mostly average Angelic Guard. But under his low appearance, Hane was faster than imaginable, thanks to his magic. And when his light-speed magic was activated, Kakushin could train for a thousand years and still not match Hane's speed. Not unless the teacher did something to change that. 
Hane's smile disappeared once the fun part of the fight was over, the golden light in his eyes disappearing as Hane deactivated his magic. He leaned over Kakushin. "You fought well, Kakushin. This is not a win, but it isn't your loss either..." Hane didn't speak again until Kakushin had recovered. The older Angel looked up and down his pupil, hiding how proud he was inside his cold and indifferent exterior. "I only won because of a magic only I possess. Like a Guardian, I have my own, unique magic style, simply because I've lived long enough to perfect it. It is called 'Light-Speed', and allows my movement speed to go to immeasurable lengths... Kakushin, you may not see it, but you are a defining figure for Angel Guardians, and are currently one of our strongest." Hane stopped, there were others better than Kakushin, and Demons with strength above even the two hundred year old man. But this was his personal student, and Hane felt determined to put Kaku closer to the top. Hane sighed, looking over Kakushin again. "That is why, I am going to teach you how to use 'Light-Speed'... and why I couldn't let you leave yet." 

Kakushin's reply was predictable, although Hane didn't expect the young Angel to bow before him like such. Hane felt a sense of something new. He felt respected, like a true elder Angel, and not treated with teasing words like when others viewed him by his teenage appearance. Hane let himself smile, properly, almost tearing up at the realization of how long it had been since anyone thought of treating him like the old and wise man he was. But he dropped the expression when Kakushin looked at him for the guidance he'd offered. Hane stood up, nodding to Kakushin. "Good, but since I did in fact cheat in the fight, I promise this portion of training will not take more than the sun's fall today." Hane stated, standing up straight as he got things underway. 
"Now then, release your magic on the swords so that we may concentrate fully, we won't need them anymore." Hane asked, waiting for Kakushin to do so. Whilst his pupil was on that, Hane closed his eyes, commanding his magic to come forth. When Kakushin returned, Hane was glowing in a golden light, eyes blazing yellow. "This is the form we take during 'Light-Speed'. The longer we use it, the more energy it takes up. From over a hundred years of training, I can keep the form for a minute at most. I expect you to be able to maintain 'Light-Speed' for thirty seconds. A small time, but at our speed, we can accomplish a thousand things in a mere few seconds. Do not try and outstretch your length of time or speed. This may be one of the strongest forms of light magic, but it also the most self-harming and dangerous. Now then, Kakushin... close your eyes and focus..." 

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