Training

Summary 

     After Father Lucius` death, Akiko tries to make Jack feel better about it, but Jack didn`t even considered Father Lucius his friend afetr what he said. That night, Jack saw some shadows moving outside his room, but when he opened the shoji there was nothing there. But Jack knew there was something there, so he took his bokken, and a shuriken (ninja star) flew across the room. Then he saw the shadow clearly, it was a single eyed man, and he recognized him as Dokugan Ryu. A battle started, Yamato and Akiko fighted along with Jack. He knew why Dokugan Ryu was there, it was because he was looking for his father`s rutter. Masamoto got there at the right time, and Dokugan Ryu had nothing to do but escape. The next day, Jack, Akiko and Yamato were called to talk with Masamoto, and Yamato confessed he was saved by Jack, and that he defeated a ninja by his own. Masamoto, proud of the three, told them they are going to go to Kyoto to a samurai dojo, to train for real. Jack meets sensei Yamada, his new teacher. He trains with a lot other kids, but Jack is one of the best that are training there.  He learns all about taijutsu ( everything about melee or physical attacks/skills) . Jack also decided he would follow the bushido (the way of the warrior). 

Quotes

"Yamato was by ni means a skilled martial artist. He had only been trained properly for a year. But he had clearly inherited some of his father`s ability with a weapon and knew enough to teach Jack the basics of kenjutsu-the art of the sword" (122)

  This quote shows that even though that Yamato, the son of Masamoto, one of the greatest  and powerful samurai, he is still nit very strong. Jack, in the other hand, is a boy that learns really quickly, and that is the reason why he could surpass Yamato in the means of battling like a samurai, he is even considered a gift from the gods, and a hero for everyone. He is very skilled and one of the best compared to the other people in his class where he is traning/learning more on how to be a samurai. 

"Jack-ku. You have proven yourself worthy to follow the Way of the Warrior. I decree, therefore, that you are to train in the Niten Ichi Ryu, my One school of Two Heavens" (149)

  This quote exxplains how Masamoto feels aboujt Jack after what he did with Dokugan Ryu, and how he defeated a ninja on his own, saving Masamoto`s son, Yamato. Doing all of these things made Masamoto realize that Jack had hidden potencial to be a samurai, so he decided to take him and his friends to Kyoto and train in his own school. 

Conclusion

  This is the part that Jack really begins to see what he is looking for: get revenge and kill Dokugan Ryu, be a better samurai to protect his family and friends. He is now becoming really strong because of this feelings he`s got, these feelings are leading him to do the right things an finally accomplish what he really wants.