Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 12
The overflow of power oozed off the boys as they both woke up. Capable of much more now than ever, they got up out of their beds feeling as light as a feather, moving more smoothly than they thought possible. They almost felt like they were gliding as they walked, except for one thing, the power that they gained was a little bit too much for them right now so what they thought would be a good walk to the dining hall was actually a lot of bumping into walls. Cias said ,"You having a bit of a problem there?" "Holy crap, this is actually insane, how can we get hurt by our own power" and then they both had a good laugh. They heard someone else laugh at them and turned around ,"Sensei!!!" "I see you two are having fun, how can you guys do all that stuff and then not know how to use all that new power" Hiroto said ,"Sorry sir" Cias and Apollo, retorted a little disappointed in themselves. Hiroto explained ,"Well that's why I brought you here right, to boost and control your power" which brought a smile back on their faces.
(I didn't know master could be so nice) They both coincidentally thought in unisine, eating their breakfast. Hiroto started to talk ,"So, you guys want to hear a story" ,"YES" they both immediately stated with excitability ,"Okay". Hiroto told his story ,"One day, before you were born I was a young man, 31 years old, and I met grandma…" ,"UGH, I DON'T WANT A STUPID LOVE STORY GIVE ME SOMETHING AWESOME." Apollo said in which Hiroto replied practically already knowing that's what he would say and he started another one ,"At 36 years of age, I was at war with a group called the Void Walkers. A very fearsome bunch, I brought out my sword and faced them with my team. It was said all of them all but had forgotten who they were, most didn't even know their names. There were only 100 of them but each one of em were staggeringly strong. Many of the men I worked with died that day and when there was only one of the void walkers left I was the one who fought against him. I swung and swung my sword, throwing my ki around with precision, slowly draining his stamina as we were reaching a conclusion and then I drove my sword through his heart and using Art: Erase to erase his existence for good, the battle was over."
Apollo said ,"WOAH, he must've been real tuff to give you a run for your money" ,"You said that" Cias added in which Hiroto said with a terrified look on his face ,"Frankly if he were still alive now, and had gotten any stronger, I think he'd be unstoppable." and then they were all silent for just a moment before ,"AGH, it's in the past anyways who cares" ,"HAHAHAHA" they all laughed just then. Later… all three of them sat down for a meditation session, calming down their minds, relaxing their bodies and letting their energy flow like a river throughout them.
Breathing in and out, they let all of their worries leave them and took themselves away from their bodies to the deepest part of their mind where Apollo and Cias attempted to remain calm. Hiroto obviously doing this for much longer than they had was completely at peace with himself as he saw clarity in feeling his whole body work as normal. Hiroto started to levitate, feeling the weightlessness of his body flying up into the air. ,"Okay, I think we can stop here for today" Hiroto stated, Apollo and Cias opened their eyes now, nearly fully in control of the new power they had, they breathed out one more long breath and regained their focus on the now.
Stretching after the meditation, they felt much better than before and were ready for bed. Apollo and Cias felt as if they almost did nothing that day but went to bed nonetheless, ready for their next batch of training.