A calm looking man is bent on his knees, he is caressing a new-born child and start tearing up, after his 27 year undefeated streak in the Master of Fist Tournament, he can finally rest and take the role of a father. His name is Serge Elreich, as he holds his child; he announced that the child will be living in secrecy. This is due to the ancient rule of the Sunrise Family branch, that all first born children will not be taking the family’s name if the Parents of the child is not married in the time the child has been born. If this rule is not followed, the child will be kicked out of the family and will not receive any form of support in the decision of the Sun Council.
Their family is one of the oldest and most-respected families in the country of Hermain, with over 500 years of history, discovering Gwiara style, a unique offensive martial art that focuses on demolishing the opponent through manipulation and exploiting the weakness of the enemy. This is also mastered and used by Serge in competing in the Master of Fist Tournaments, giving him the title of ‘The God Fist’.
While announcing the fate of his child, a man clad in black swiftly approached Serge.
“Let my son be appointed in taking care of your son My Lord”
“Hmmmm…” A hesitating sound coming from Serge can be heard.
“I think there’s no problem in letting my son be his personal guard until he grows up My Lord” the man insisted.
This is the relationship of the Sunrise and Sunset family, the Sunrise is the Main Branch of the Elreich family, while the Sunset is the 2nd branch which is appointed to be the family that serves the main branch, be it cleaning or guarding duties. Personal Guards are those who stay beside their appointed member of the main branch family, until they grow up and capable of leading the family.
“There’s no need to give him a personal guard Jugo. He will be living in secrecy until he grows up and taking my name.”
“But, My Lord, is it a little too harsh?” worriedly asked by Jugo. “I mean he is the second one in the long history of the Sunrise family who has been a first born who will live in secrecy!”
“There is no need to worry Jugo, I know my son will be strong.”
“My Lord, forgive my rudeness, don’t you think that the fate of your son will be the same as the first one?”
“Hahahaha.” A calm laugh echoed through the room. “I am aware Jugo, but worry not, I will personally train him. Don’t you remember? I am the strongest fighter in the world.” Serge proudly proclaimed. “I understand where you’re coming from, and I understand the risks, but I will not let that happen to my son. So rest assured!”
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Birds are heard chirping early in the morning, the sunrise can be seen close through the windows of a dojo. The dojo is built atop a mountain, so this kind of scenery and events can be experienced every day. Sounds of fists hitting a bag full of sand can be heard through the halls, smell of sweat is starting to accumulate the young man’s clothes, and he decides to stop his morning routine to get ready. On the way outside, he stumbles upon a calm looking man and bows to him.
“Good morning Father.”
The man smiled towards the young man.
“Good morning Sin. I see, still a hardworking kid.” Serge raised his hand gesturing to lift Sin’s head up. “Are you ready for your new life Sin? I’m sure you’re ready, no?”
“I am on my way on preparing my stuff Father.”
“I see, I see. Well, this is the first time you’re living by yourself, so I’m just worried”
“You’re such a worrywart Father, I assure you, I will be fine.”
“Hahaha, yeah I’m sure of it.” As Serge said those words, He exclaimed. “Sin Reichel! This is your last 3 years of living in secrecy, if you survived this; you will officially be taking the name of our Household and be appointed to be the next Head of the Sunrise Branch family. And if not, I will be forced to disown you and can’t receive any support from us, don’t disappoint me!”
Sin bowed, “Understood father!”
After that, the father and son walk side by side through the hall until they arrive at the dining hall, hundreds of men and women can be seen, others are sitting, waiting for their food, while the others are serving them. As the 2 of them entered the dining hall, all of the people waiting and serving stand up and silently stop what they’re doing and bowed deeply.
“Good morning Lord Serge! Good morning Young Lord Sin!”
“Good morning, please be seated”
“Lord Serge, the Roaring Fist Dojo requested you to be their temporary instructor for the next 6 months, what is your decision My Lord?
“Hmmm, the Roaring fist eh.” While thinking, Sin interrupted.
“Father, Mr. Jugo, I will be going first, I’ll see you later.”
“Sin, talk to your mother first, I think she has something to say to you.”
“Okay.”
When Jugo can’t see the young man’s back anymore, he whispered.
“My Lord, are you sure you want to send him to that school? His secrecy might be in danger.”
“Worry not; my son is capable, more capable than myself. He is the first one to evolve our technique in our long history; no one can recognize his style, hahahaha, really that kid. I’ll look forward what will going to happen in the future.”
After talking to his Mother, Sin started packing his stuffs, his stuffs are only a super heavy sand bag and one bag full containing his dojo outfit, everyday wardrobe, necessities and his school uniform. As he walk down the stairs several men from Sunrise and Sunset are there to bid him farewell.
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“Young Lord, take care of yourself.”
“Young Lord, we will miss you.”
“Sin, take care of yourself okay? Don’t act rashly, don’t get in to trouble okay?”
“Mother, I will take care of myself. Take care of yourself too while I’m gone.”
“Don’t worry dear, our son is all grown up now, he knows a thing or two about what to expect.” Serge calmly said to his wife. “Sin, be sure to send our regards to the school’s chairman, okay? He helped us to enroll you there even though it’s the middle of the semester.”
“Understood Father. Well then, I’ll be off now.”
“Good luck Sin!” Her mother shouted.
“Good luck, Young Lord!”
As he approached the gate, several men blocked his path. A murdering intent surrounded Sin and the men standing in front of him is trembling in fear.
“Asura Style(Gwiara Style Evolved): Third move, Swift Execution.” Unleashing one of his original move in the Asura style, a swift right hand chop hit the body of the man in front of him and flew a fairly amount of distance. “Gwiara Style: Roaring Fist Technique, Hundred Metal Fist.” A technique from the Roaring Fist Dojo which is a branch of the Gwiara Style, Sin charged and strengthened his hand with his might and making them as hard as Metal, he throwed punches swiftly and paralyzed the few men left until all of them are down to their knees. “You still need training guys, well then, I must be going now.”
The men on the ground, while moaning in pain, forced themselves to stand up to bid farewell to their young lord.
“That kid is really exceptional; he will surpass me in no time for sure. Can you believe that Council Leader?”
A man wearing a luxurious suit appeared out of nowhere, spoke.
“Exceptional indeed, if only you proposed and married Mrs. Cecil before Sin was born, we don’t have to send him to that ‘school’. You and your carefree decisions is pain in the ass sometimes.”
“Hahahaha, Don’t worry Council leader, this time I think my decision is right. Sin has grown into a fine young man.”
“I wish I can support your decisions Lord Serge, but worry is still heavier than that of my assurance. Well, let’s see if that kid meets my optimistic expectation for him.”
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A young man arrived at the Train station carrying a heavy looking sandbag and a bag and gets on board off to Verlain the capital of Hermain, it is a 4 hour trip from their town of Praqqel. After getting on board, he noticed a suspicious man following a fidgety girl wearing a school uniform, she has pigtails, her bangs covering her face and has big boobs, Her name is Mira Lael, a practitioner of one of the five Eenishi Style, the young man decided to keep a close eye on the man following her. The man sat in front of the fidgety girl, His name is Xyrus Lael, older brother of Mira, and also a practitioner of one of the five Eenishi style, while the young man is not aware of their relationship, Xyrus stares intently at Mira.
After a while they arrived in Verlain, 4 hours have passed and Xyrus didn’t do anything suspicious. As the door of the train opened, Xyrus stand up, raising his two arms in the air, gesturing a hug, the young man made a move.
“Graceful Fist Style: Gentle Palm Strike!” The young man rushed to the fidgety girl’s front and strikes the suspicious man, with a one hand palm strike making Xyrus collapse in the ground because of shock from the young man’s strike. “Are you okay miss?”
“KYAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!” Mira screamed. “W-What have you done?! T-That’s my Brother!”
“Eh? But his acting all suspicious, I thought he’s a stalker or something.” The young man was confused and immediately bowed his head to the fidgety girl. “I’m so sorry, don’t worry ill bring him back to normal.” The young man carried the girl’s brother and his luggage out of the train and laid him on a nearby bench.
The young man pressed some of the man’s vital points to reverse the effect of the shock. After a while the man slowly opens up his eyes.
“What happened?”
“I’m sorry Mister, I knocked you out for a moment, I thought you are a stalker or something.”
“How rude!” The man stands up and starts dusting his suit. “I was about to hug my cute little sister, how is that stalking? Her vacation has just finished and she’s about to go and of course I’ll miss my cute little sister.”
Did he say he knocked me out? But how did I get knocked out. the man thought to himself.
“I’m really sorry for what had happened mister”
“Xyrus Lael, call me Mister Xyrus, and this is my little sister whom I am proud of, Mira Lael, although it’s possible that we will never meet again, better remember our names.”
“Oh, the Laels of the Eenshi Dojo right? A great honor to meet you!”
“Hmph.” Xyrus didn’t face the young man only to find himself looking at her sister. “Ooh, my sweet little sister, give your big brother a hug.” Xyrus gestured to his sister.
“ B-Big Brother Xyrus, I think I-I’m too old for that.”
Crack. Crack.
The sound of Xyrus’ heart crumbling as the words of her sister crushed them.
“Well then Mister Xyrus and Mira, I’ll be off now.”
“Wait young man, did you really knock me out earlier? If so, how? I know you’re familiar with Eenishi style, we have trained our bodies to be tough even we lower down our guards so it can’t be easily penetrated.”
“Ah, to answer your question mister, I used ‘Graceful Fist style: Gentle Palm strike’ to knock you out.”
“Graceful fist can’t penetrate our defenses, don’t lie to me young man!”
“B-Big Brother, h-his telling the truth, I saw him using it.”
“Impossible!”
“You may think it is Mister.” The atmosphere changed as the young man was about to begin explaining.
“I know I can’t penetrate your defense, that’s why I used Graceful fist. Graceful fist is an underrated style while it comes to combat, but did you know mister? That if you learn all the techniques of Graceful fist and hone your accuracy, you can knock out any opponent. By targeting your lower chest with the ‘Gentle Palm Strike’, I temporarily stopped your heartbeat for a moment and in that moment gave you immediate shock that caused you to collapse.” The young man clears his throat and continues. “It didn’t need to penetrate your defense; I just need to put my palm into the right spot to maximize the effect of the ‘Graceful Fist Style: Gentle Palm Strike’.”
The siblings was standing in shock by the explanation of the young man, as they looked at each other, Mira spoke.
“Wow, a-amazing, I didn’t know Graceful fist is that potent against the Eenishi style.”
“Hehe, it’s not amazing at all.”
“But you said, if you can hone one’s accuracy you can knockout anyone using Graceful Fist.”
As Mira finished her statement, Xyrus nervously patted Mira’s back.
“Mira, the accuracy he meant is not so simple, in the history of Graceful Fist, there’s no one capable of spotting such vulnerable spots, that’s why practitioners of Graceful Fist was forced to learn other style, it’s like Graceful Fist is only a condiment on a Main Dish.” After Xyrus finishes explaining to Mira, he asked the young man. “Young man, what’s your name?”
The young man smiled, “Sin, Sin Reichel, then I’ll be off now for real, Mister Xyrus and Mira, nice meeting you two.”
As Sin’s back fade in the sibling’s vision, Mira muttered a question to Xyrus.
“B-big brother, do you know him? By his explanation, h-he should be a well-known practitioner of the Graceful Fist right?”
“That’s where I’m confused, my dear sister, I didn’t heard any ‘Recheil’ practitioner of the Graceful Fist. He’s one of a mysterious young man indeed.”
“Shit, I’m late. Stupid me, how could I think that that man is a stalker.” Sin was panicking as he noticed his luggage. “ This bag really is a pain, I hope the chairman is going to forgive me.”
As Sin continues to mutter to himself, he suddenly stops and taken aback. What he saw in his eyes is an academy with a luxurious and elite feeling to it. Its exterior design was that of a western style cathedral, its grass floor are well maintained like the grass in a golf field. The trees are starting to wither because of the season but it still has a gentle feeling to it. A large build man was standing in front of a large golden gate, the gate looks very luxurious as though it costs a very large amount of fortune just to build that gate. The man standing approached Sin. His large stature makes him look like a monster than a human; his face has a large scar in the bridge of his nose and he’s wearing shades covering his eyes, his hands are as large as a basketball when turned into fists. This man is best describe as a giant. The large man finally reached Sin and greeted him.
“Welcome, to the Martial Arts Association Academy, I am the chairman of this academy, Ben Zelwegger!”