Hiro was sitting in his favourite spot on the mountain peak, he had a clear view of the lake the clouds and sun, the fish would be jumping out of the water he loved this spot he would sit here all day long when the old man was gone. He had been living here with the old for a few weeks now they weren’t on speaking terms as of yet but Hiro didn’t care. Every now an then the old man would disappear for a couple days, Hiro didn’t know that every time the old man would leave somebody would die. Hiro had long since explored his new surroundings, although he could see all around him and everything didn’t look to far it took him 2 days to walk around the whole peak, he looked over the edge of the peak but all he could see were clouds. The wild beasts here were massive Hiro was a little startled when he encountered his first beast, a giant scaled eagle was perched up on a tree , he only noticed it when the scaled eagle tilted it’s head in Hiro’s direction, his heart was racing his throat was dry but he never took his eyes off the scaled eagle, the scaled eagle sitting there looking this intruder up and down after a few takes of Hiro the scaled eagle completely ignored Hiro. Hiro felt relief at first but then looked at how his hands were trembling he clenched them into fist blood seeping out promising that he would never feel like this ever again. When Hiro returned to the house the old man was standing outside like he was waiting for him to return the old man asked a question 

“would you like to learn to control your anger,  earn money for your future and become an assassin”

Hiro was startled for a second looked the old man up and down and asked him 

“you really an assassin you don’t look like one I mean look at you aren’t you too old to be one”

“hahaha looks can be deceiving my young friend, look at me in my natural state I may look old and decrepit but when I get serious things can change, don’t you remember when you were trying to cut me how I changed in a second, well I can teach you how to do that as well”

Hiro stood there pondering for a second, remembering when he first encountered the old man an how angry he was an then he remembered the scaled eagle he encountered an how helpless he felt Hiro was contemplating he gave a slight nod, the old man had a big grin on his face. The old man had Hiro swim laps in the lake, when he finished that he would have him hold a heavy rock sink to the bottom and walk around the lake, when he finished that he would run around the mountain peak, for the first couple of weeks he was too tired to complete each task without passing out, but as he went on his stamina increased his muscles grew and he passed out less and less. The old man thought that the repetition of these tasks would force Hiro to quit but Hiro stuck through it all and never gave up. One day while he was completing his tasks he asked the old man why he always meditates, his reply was that 

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“when I meditate I feel everything around me every slight movement of the wind every sound, the slightest touch of the suns rays full me with vigour, I meditate to get in the zone, to feel everything is to feel nothing at all, plus it helps with the jobs I do, no one can sneak up on me when I’m going in for the kill, it helps me to know when to advance and when to retreat in due time you will know what I’m talking about”

Hiro thinking for a second decided to add meditating to his training, he would complete all his tasks in the morning, hand to hand combat in the afternoon and then meditate in the evening as the sun went down. Seeing his progress the old man couldn’t help but smile, when the old man went away to do his missions Hiro would go out and learn to hunt like the beasts on the peak, he never wanted to feel that feeling again when he encountered the scaled eagle. He would be swinging from tree to tree like a monkey, prowling on the ground like a tiger had the speed of a cheetah and the cunning of a fox. One day he was walking through the forest when he saw the scaled eagle, no longer afraid of it they would attack other non stop, neither side willing to give up until they were both bloody and bruised that’s when they would stop, after a few weeks of sparing the scaled eagle grew to like his company and so did the later. When they finally got to know each other a lot better the scaled eagle allowed Hiro to pat it’s scales and eventually feed it. The pair would be roaming together hunting for prey one in the air the other on foot, Hiro eventually noticed that no matter how much they hunted it felt like the beasts numbers never died down. He eventually made his way back, the old man was once again standing there waiting he looked at Hiro up an down for any sign of injuries

“I’m surprised, you were gone for a few weeks I thought you might of died”

“hahaha if I died I would be haunting you right now old man, you gotta give me credit I’ve been training here for a few years now of course I’d survive”

The pair were chatting to each other when they heard a loud roar coming towards them from the air, the old man had a scared expression whereas Hiro had a calm one, the old man got in his fighting stance ready to strike, as the scaled eagle swooped down seeing the old man it had a smile as it got closer to the pair it suddenly stopped in mid-air causing the old man to be blown back

“hahaha old man look at the state of you getting blown back by a little breeze hahaha” 

The old man was shocked as he watched the scaled eagle slowly float down towards Hiro, Hiro looked at the old man on the ground look back at the scaled eagle then laughed.

“old man this is my training partner, I haven’t given it a name yet so I just call it greeny”

The old man was shocked in all his years living here the scaled eagle never once approached him or allowed the latter to approach it, the old man was truly shocked he dusted him self off went up to try and touch it when it suddenly squawked loudly causing him to cover his ears

“I guess old man all you can do is look but not touch haha how do u like it aye”

The old man stared at the two schook his head then went inside. Hiro and greeny went to Hiros favourite spot by the lake closed their eyes and meditated.