He had dreams of his son being able to defend himself in front of twenty men. “But you won’t even let me go outside and play! Who am I supposed to be defending myself from if I don’t have any life in the first place?” If anyone was to challenge you, you could defend yourself with ease. Look at how fast, how flexible, how strong you have become already. “Excellence is a full-time occupation,” his father said. His father stared down at the young boy in front of him. My entire life is work, training, always trying to be faster and stronger and more accurate with my skills. I wish to be away from all of this,” the young Japanese boy said. He wanted to learn how to use other weapons as well – nunchuks, daggers, throwing darts – everything that a ninja would be able to use.Įach boy wanted the other one’s life, but they had never met before. He always wanted to be trained by a ninja, to move silently and use his body as a weapon. Martin was a boy who was able to have fun and laugh and play with his friends after school, but he always wanted the life of a ninja.

The other ninja was a young boy who lived in England. He was trained to be a killer, an assassin that could move silently, and for those kinds of skills to be developed, his father expected nothing but total commitment from his son. His was a life of hard work and discipline. He always wanted to be like one of the normal boys, able to relax and play and laugh and have fun after school. One was a young boy living in Japan, who had been born into a family of ninjas.

There were two young ninjas who lived on opposite sides of the world.

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