Silver

Strength

As Asahi walked back home, he was still thinking about the expression Hotaru made just a couple minutes before he left. He tried to forget about it, but he couldn't, that look on her face was as confusing to him as quantum mechanics. As he thought about this Asahi suddenly felt an odd feeling. It was as if something was in front of him, something huge, something...terrifying. He couldn't see anything though. He saw some sort of haze in front of him, and heard a distant voice.

"Who's there!" he blurted out terrified. There was no reply. Suddenly, Asahi was lifted off the ground by the neck. He was choking and couldn't yell for help. It was only then that the figure suddenly became clearer and clearer. It was some sort of monster. It had a hole through its chest and it was black in color. The monster was almost 10 feet tall and it's face had a strange mask equipped. There was no one in the vicinity to help him. He felt the grip around his neck tighten as his back was punched by some unknown thing. The monster's grip around Asahi's neck loosened. As Asahi fell to the ground he felt a strange change. He felt as if he could outrun a cheetah at max speed with ease. He felt as if he could wrestle a gorilla and come out on top. He felt...powerful. Asahi only then realized that he wasn't wearing his clothes anymore, but rather a strange black robe with a sword strapped around his back. He looked around and noticed that his body was on the floor.

"H-how is that possible? I'm right here! How is my body down there?" Asahi was confused, but the monster didn't hesitate any longer. It charged at Asahi. Scared, he ran away from the charging monster, but a sudden burst of courage came from Asahi. He stopped. With the monster still charging at him, Asahi drew his sword. It was 6 feet in length from the bottom of the hilt to the tip of the blade. It was about 6 inches in width. The massive blade was larger than Asahi himself! It's tsuba (sword guard) was a strange half-moon half-sun. He paid no attention to it and swung the colossal sword with ease. The sword hit the monster's hand and sliced through it as if it was a high-quality chef's knife cutting through butter. The inside of the monster was just black. No blood spilled out, nothing but darkness could be seen. The chopped off hand was absorbed by the sword that Asahi held. He felt power flow through his veins. At that very moment Asahi charged at the monster, sword in hand, and swung at the face of the creature. He knew one thing about fighting and one thing only. When you cut off the head, your opponent will then cease to live. Asahi flexed his muscles and swung with all his might. He cleaved the head of the monster clean off and his sword absorbed the rest of the creature. Asahi felt more power flow throughout his body and he rushed to his body that was still laying on the floor. He attempted to get into his body, by touching, poking, and prodding it, but to no avail. He then tried to do that thing that people do in television shows and lay on top of his body. He then succeeded.

At this moment all he could ask himself is, "What in the world just happened?"

Thank you for reading this chapter of Silver! I hope you have a great day!