"Haven't You Heard?"

Taiyo gets up from his bed.

He takes a bath and wears his clothes.

Taiyo walks over to the living room but he doesn't sit. 

"Dude, sit down." Kinishi said sitting down on the couch.

"Ughhh, there's nothing to do and I have all of this energy." Taiyo said as he sits down. 

"The others will be here in three days and we must wait for them to come before we leave to wherever the nest place we have to go to." Aika said as she sips on some tea.

Taiyo gets up and walks over to the door.

"Where do you think your going off to?" Kinishi said.

"I'm gonna go into the city and help out the old man with some errands or whatever he has for me." Taiyo said as he waves his hand and leaves out the door.

Taiyo walks through the forest and enters the city.

"Man, I can't believe I was that corny as a kid." Taiyo said.

-And you still are.-

"I'm seriously about to start blocking you guys out of my consciousness. It's taking a toll on me, mentally..." Taiyo said while jokingly hunching.

As Taiyo turned around the corner of the alley, he heard something.

"Hey, haven't you heard? There's this new light user that's supposed to be the next successor of Apollo's will!" A random man said.

Taiyo instinctively hid behind the corner as he eavesdrops on the two adult swordsmen. 

"What? but why choose a rookie over one of the more talented, skilled, and more trustful person?" The second man said.

"Apparently, that "rookie" is stronger than anyone in the whole entirety of the Will System." The first swordsman said.

"What? No way!! I heard that the strongest candidate of the Will System was supposed to be strong enough to destroy an entire country, if they tried!" The second swordsman said.

"Well he has the potential to destroy multiple countries and possibly even more!" The first swordsman said. 

"J-just what is this man's name?" The second swordsman said.

"It's Apollo." Taiyo thought in his head as he recalls what the first swordsman had said before he left.

-Isn't Apollo your long-lost friend?-

"Can we not bring up past memories?" Taiyo said as he puts his hair in a bun while walking in the forest. 

*Low blow man....Low blow. Anywho, at least we won't be bored anymore! We can beat him to a bloody pulp if we tried* 

"Don't be brash, I'm not even sure if I can beat him nevertheless. I don't even know if I can even make him break more than 5 sweat drops." Taiyo said as he puts on his mask.

"Beat who?" A random masked man with golden blonde hair said.

'What? I didn't even felt his presence nor heard a single step!' Taiyo thought in surprise. 'Just what kind of man is he?'

"Huh? oh! just someone that I heard." Taiyo said to the random guy.

"Oh ok." The masked man said while putting his hand on his chin.

The air gets tense as the masked man lifts his face back up. 

"You must be talking about me. I am Apollo after all." Apollo said as his eyes shines blue through the mask. 

'Just as I thought...this man is the Apollo I used to know.'