"Anytime you want one--as long as we're in the same town--just send me a message. I haven't had nearly enough sparring since I got here."

He laughed at her assertion of kicking his ass. He didn't doubt that she was capable--at least while he was without his chakra--of rising to his level, but he also knew the time and training it would probably take. "I look forward to it! And once you do, maybe I'll show you how to handle a sword."

He was a swordsman, first and foremost, and they didn't call him the strongest of the seven for nothing. He'd handled just about every type of sword intimately since he'd been young, even if his specialty was the type of great sword his comrades were known for.