"If we're telling stories, mine is simple. I am Masumi. My father is.. was Natsuyama Shishikage of the Lion Clan and I am his progenitor and heir to his style of teaching, no matter who runs his kenjutsu school currently and regardless of what they have to say of the matter. I claim this by right, and I have no regrets or qualms about spreading -my- style to those who would learn. I am myself, nothing more nothing less."