In the midst of the night, somewhere relatively around 3 am, a shadowy figure appears at Taiyo's window.
"Taiyo," The figure says.
Taiyo wakes up immediately
Taiyo leaps up and grabs his sword.
"Relax, it's just me." Yami says as he reveals himself.
"We gotta make some kind of sign or sound so that I know it is Apollo." Taiyo said.
"Sure, but that's not why I am here," Yami said with a more serious tone. "The ceremony will be complete in a week and the ritual will be commenced, which takes 2 hours, and then the Apollo god will be released. You have to stop it before then."
Taiyo puts down his sword and sits on his bed, looking at the floor.
"What happens if I can't stop it in time?"
"Within the awakening of the god, everything in a 200 meter radius will experience an extreme frequency earthquake that will lift up the ground from its roots. In 1 hour, he will be 20% complete and the natural ki in the world will condense, this will probably be the best time to defeat him. In 10 hours, he will be 65% complete and his ki presence alone will kill millions. In 24 hours, he will be 95% complete and it will be near impossible to beat him. After 34 hours, he will be complete and he will have control of the sun and the light. In 48 hours, he will have full control of the world." Yami said slowly with 30 second intervals.
"Dang.." Taiyo said as he starts to feel the pressure of the fate of the world on his shoulders.
Yami put his hand on Taiyo's shoulder.
Taiyo looks up.
"Don't worry we can beat Apollo. Plus, there's a slight chance that nobody could be Apollo's vessel, maybe it could be you," Yami tried to joke but then Taiyo looked at him with a serious angry face.
"Alright fine, I was just joking." Yami said right after.
Aika and Kinishi are standing outside Taiyo's door.
"We gotta learn how to use Release." Kinishi said as he barges into Taiyo's room.
"Kinishi? Aika? What are you guys doing awake?" Taiyo said.
"Do you really think we're too deaf to hear you pulling out your sword?" Aika said with her hand on her hip.
"True, so do I need to re-explain to your rat language or what, 'Squeak, Squeak'?" Taiyo said he lays back down.
Kinishi rolls his eyes and kicks Taiyo off his bed.
"Ow, that hurts." Taiyo exclaimed.
"Do you want to feel more pain or are you gonna shut the heck up?" Kinishi said.
"Alright, alright, fine bro, dang." Taiyo said as he soothes out his back.
"Looks like we have to gain access to our Releases...Yami, do you know how to use Re-" Taiyo cuts off himself as he sees Yami gone.
"Bro, seriously..." Taiyo said as he wiped his face.
"Looks like we have to learn ourselves." Kinishi said.
And so that morning, when they woke up, they started learning how to use their Releases.