"Oh. Okay." Sheena ducked her head a little, blushing again. "Sorry. I just have a friend that's pretty persistent at trying to learn the things I'm not supposed to tell others about so I get a little defensive."

"But yeah... ninja are trained from a very young age to fight hand-to-hand and most of us master it by the time we're old enough to date," she explained, the flush to her face dying down. "The difference between a regular ninja and a guardian fighter is that a guardian uses seals and spell cards as a focus to create certain effects out of mana. A skilled guardian can make a card as sharp as a sword, as strong as a shield and can throw them with the accuracy and deadliness of a dart."