Flat-Brim Samurai Chapter 27
Apollo rolled out of bed, Apollo's pet raccoon Bandit getting out with him. They both had bed heads and were about ready to get breakfast when Apollo realized and thought (Oh shoot, I forgot to introduce Bandit, he climbed out of my bag after bedtime!!!). He was about ready to go back to his room but his whole family was up and his sister asked him a question ,"Why are you trying to sneak away… OMG is that a raccoon, where did that come from, GET THAT THING OUT OF HERE!!!" ,"Aki, I know it's kinda hard to explain but he's my friend now, I Saved him in the mountains and ever since then, we've been friends" His mom asked Apollo with a slightly worried face ,"Does he have a name?" ,"His name is Bandit" Apollo immediately replied. Bandit was a little embarrassed about the situation but Apollo picked him up and hugged him ,"He's family and I'm not taking no for an answer". A long silence fell as they ate breakfast before Kenji (Apollo's father) said with a sign ,"OK, we can keep him if you feed him and take care of him" and Apollo yelled out ,"YAY".
Later in the day, Apollo finally got to practice in his dojo with his martial arts friends again. ,"What's up Apollo" ,"Hi Apollo" "You look stronger" the fellow practitioners said ,"Thanks guys" Apollo said with a smile. Thus class began, the technique gap had closed further, of course nowhere near the level of complete mastery but a good margin of progress had been made and people noticed it. His punches, kicks and movement was at a much higher level than before, like he was a whole new person ever since his training. His ki control and strength had increased, and the amount of arts he knew had also increased.
After practice he ran into some more kids when he went out for a run (Huh) ,"Hey Apollo, I heard you defeated Tim's group yesterday, they might be strong but you can't fight us, I'm Daniel, FIGHT ME IF YOU DA-" … The group was lying on the ground in pain, their faces and bodies swollen when the leader of this so called "Gang" said ,"We'll get you back for this" and Apollo simply replied ,"Sure you will.'' He walked away and was wondering (Why were they talking about me… Whatever I won't think about it).
Little did he know, the delinquents in the area were spreading his name since the time he came back. ,"He just slapped Tim away" ,"But he's strong" ,"I wonder how strong Apollo is" the delinquents state with smirks on their faces. The so-called gangs plotted their chances to get back at him.
Apollo continued his training, controlling his power through meditation to further refine his power. He practiced his swordsmanship, he increased his physicality through strength training ,"98, 99, 100 push ups." and that signaled it was time to increase the weight of the wristbands, everytime he got to 100 reps of a certain weight, he would increase it. Getting used to this level of this new bodyweight, weightlifting and Art: Recovery was the perfect equation for gaining insane strength.
Bandit trained alongside him, which was cute but was surprising because the stuff he was doing was also leading to some developments in power. Ever since Bandit came to him, he had also become stronger, and a weird thing was happening, his raccoon was getting muscular and it was weird to see. They had finished their training, roughhousing and having fun. But fun had to come to an end, so they went to bed to end their day. But in another part of the city that they had lived in, people began plotting, with evil in their eyes and inspiration to take down the strong. The "gangs" in the area had come to a consensus, the strongest out of this group named Noah Beckett said ,"I'm going to take down this Apollo guy, and PROVE to everyone that I'm still the strongest in this city. People have forgotten who they need to be afraid of, and I need to make sure those people know it's ME."