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Three weeks passed by fast. Xikar and Madarame had gotten into a routine well mostly Xik. Everyday he woke and was subjugated to same training regiment over and over. Of coarse it got harder every few days as the old mad added more weights, or increased the time he had to an exercise. That was only the morning. In the afternoon it was sword practice and kata performing. He was given a strange blunt "sword" that weight about 100 lbs. Xik questioned why when he already knew how to fight with a sword. Madarame said he was only knew how to swing it like a bat. And by using the heavy training tool he would faster with the much lighter real sword.
After sword practice he was instructed to run while wearing a series of weights. They heavy and made Xik uncomfortably slow but he got stronger and his body adjusted. Starting off carrying about 200 pounds, he worked his way up to 500. And without the weights Xik ran faster and jumped higher and punched stronger than ever. His physical appearance showed this changed his body becoming slightly bulkier but still lean compared to others....especially Angus.
Even with all the training there was one thing Xikar didn't see happening, his sword being forged. Whenever he brought up the subject the old man just hit him over the head saying he lacked patience. But he knew something was happening; at night he could smell burning wood and the hear the sound of a hammer banging out metal. Madarame must had some strength to him to be able to stay up nearly all night and train Xik more in the morning. The sound of the forge at night was the only thing that kept Xik around in the morning.
-To be continued.