The years had gone by quickly and training had flown by so quickly the brothers Titus and Darius had worked and trained their martial arts learned under Sensei Shugo they had even competed in the junior year competition for light contact fighting showing that their district had the potential to produce more skilled fighters the boys were ranked moste talented at their respective age levels being with Darius being 7 and Titus being 6 and barely their first year learning someone elses arts they dominated their age group and ended up fightiing one another at the end with the older brothe becoming the victor yet still sharing the victory with his brother.
At around the same time Darius and Titus' mother gave birth to a girl and a strong little tyke at that yet joy could not remain forever as the shadows of war had begun to take shape within the following years and the country had called upon all ofnits greatest warriors for the issue which had been the cause of it all no martial tourney could settle or at least thats how the offended government felt and so the nation of Tariss who had taken offence began to prepare for war against their neighbor Triss.
The nation which the boys and sister hailed from was not directly involved in the current conflict but it was the thought of many military officials that every fighter under the age of 50 to 18 should be summoned from every dostrict and state just in case th war did spill over into their small country and so with great sadness Ricard the father had to leave home and head for the capital to receive his commission. For the family that had just had a new child born into it this caused great fear for the mother of the house as the possibility of return from war was never a garunteed thing yet out of all this the young boys determined to one day join their father on the battlefield to see that he would come home safely so they continued their training with shugo till they came of age.
9 years later.
"Pick your knee up and aim that kick dont just throw your leg anyway, also watch your footwork and let your opponent come to you." Shouted Sensei Shugo to Titus as he sparred against his older brother on the tatami mats in the dojo both boys had grown into fine warriors with the desire to learn more than what they'd been taught yet waiting for the right to time to ask to be released into the world for their own exploration but at that moment they focused on the task at hand and that was the defeat of the other sibling while Darius was a bit taller and lanky than his brother he did his very best to stay on the out side of his brother's attacks Titus was relentless in keeping his. brother close allowing him to use his short ranged explosive power he finally cornered his opponent at the edge of the tatami and there was a sudden flurry of fist and feet as well as chops and blocks from both sides suddenly Darius hit the mat due to a well placed punch to his kidney and face he was out like a light.
A few moments later Darius was woken up by the extreme silence in the dojo his master and brother had sat quietly waiting for him to wake up on his own accord he then asked the proverbial question every fighter who has lost to ko ask " how long was out for?" and he got a response from Titus " for about 2 minutes, and I'm sorry I'd didn't mean to hit you that hard" he added " it's ok I shouldn't have been on the defensive as much so it's my fault and you deserved to win, just don't tell all our friends outside the dojo ok." the look in the older brother's eyes asked for mercy from embarrassment from his younger brother which lightened Titus mood and he replied replied "ok".