Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 15
Apollo released the stance for a quick second to taunt the humongous predator in front of him ,"Bring it" he said with absolute confidence while his palm faced upwards, pointing at the beast, flicking his fingers back and forth. Getting right back into his fighting stance, ready for the moment the bear began to strike. Waiting for a moment, the bear decided to attack. With a ROOOAAARRR the fight was off, the bear went in for a swipe that was dodged by Apollo. Apollo landed a strike on his ginormous foe, which made it wince. Thus without expecting it, Apollo was hit with a backhand to the chest, sending him hurtling back about 2 meters (Wow, I expected that to hurt more, must be from all this training) he thought. ,"Is that all you've got" Apollo yelled at the bear. Obviously the bear didn't know what he said but he understood the intention which brought it further into anger and a red aura spread around the bear with killing intent flowing out of it. This led to a ferocious charge which changed the course of the battle (Oh shit) Apollo thought as he jumped up into the air dodging the bear and then landed a strike on the head with his Bokken. A minor fracture was found on the bear's skull and some skin was parted. Then a few more times the bear was struck with the bokken until the bear shook Apollo off of his back. Both of them catching their breath, Apollo covered himself with his own aura (Apollo using Art: Recovery as well as Art: Reinforce, the bear unknowingly using Art: Reinforce as well) they reared up once more for round 2.
The bear sent out blasts of energy and swung with arms full of amazing physical strength. The air around them was pressurized around their attacks. Apollo sent out an attack he'd been working on called Art: Ki Blade which sent out bursts of energy that slashed through the air for ranged attacks. Both of their kit blasts hit each other, meeting each other's attacks, Apollo and the bear each trying to overpower the other. Apollo then sent a few Ki Blades out and jumped onto a tree climbing up at breakneck speed. He then climbed through the trees sending out Fire, Water and Ki Blade attacks of all shapes and sizes from all types of different positions to both damage and confuse the bear. Then, from behind he fell from a tree, creating a sort of sudo blade (He used Art: Ki Blade to wrap the 'blade' side of the bokken with energy and make a sharp edge) on his bokken and with all of his might he swung his bokken and sliced the bear's head clean off.
Blood spurted across the air, drenching Apollo, and he was disgusted ,"YUCK, what in the hell, how can something have so much damn blood". And the little raccoon from earlier came up to him with happiness in its eyes. It then nuzzied along his ankles, Apollo getting enraptured by the cuteness leaned down to pick the happy raccoon up ,"You're cute, I'm happy I could save you" and then he put the raccoon down saying ,"Well, see ya, have a very nice life". He started to walk away, and still the baby raccoon followed him. He waited and then felt a tug of his pant leg, understanding that the raccoon wanted to show him something.
The raccoon showed the man his dead mother and at this he understood what he had to do. ,"OK, c'mon" he said whilst squatting down showing the raccoon his back to climb up on. The raccoon jumped onto Apollos' back and then they started to go towards 'their' new home. They sat by the fire, the raccoon sitting on Apollo's lap, which Apollo thought was cute. ,"If you're going to stay with me I think you're going to need a name… Let's see, you have a face that has some markings like one of those ski masks and I know raccoons love to steal food so I think that 'Bandit' would be the perfect name for you." And then Bandit acquiring his new name smiled at Apollo, nuzzling further into Apollo's chest, they lay down to sleep. Apollo smiled big, happy at obtaining a new friend/pet. They were sure to have a lot of fun as they both helped each other out with survival. And so an unusual, but adorable, unbreakable friendship was formed.