Hello there, my readers. I know this is a short chapter (more so than "Meeting a friend"), but i didn't know what else to put here. In order to make up for this, i will publish the next chapter next Monday.

Since there are no new comments, i'd say we can begin!

Shinko woke up early and set himself on the road to Bang's dojo.

'Luckily Malware gave me the map, or else i would have been in trouble' Shinko thought as he arrived.

The dojo was up a tall mountain, connected to the base by a long staircase with various turns.

Shinko looked at it and gulped:he still had some time, but walking the stairs normally would be time-consuming and Shinko was worried that he might damage them if he went too fast.

So he did the first thing that came up with and jumped high, landing just in front of the dojo.

"Huh, who's there?" came a voice as the door opened.

In front of Shinko was a young man dressed in a white trainee outfit with a white belt, he also had a mop of orange hair.

"I'm Shinko, Bang's new disciple!" Shinko waved at the other disciple of Bang (al least who Shinko thought he was).

"For real? I'm Bang's other disciple, Charanko. Right now Bang is doing hero work, so i guess i'll show you aroun the training grounds" Charanko said as he motioned towards the door.

Shinko made a step foward, but stopped as he heard someone land behind him.

"How nice of you to show Shinko around, but i'm the master, so i will do that" Bang said as he came from behind Shinko.

"Good morning Bang, er...master Bang" Shinko said, but then corrected himself as he bowed to his new master.

"Good, you seem to know the basic greeting, now let me show you around" Bang said as he opened the dojo's door.

It was a large, cubic room made of refined wood with another door on the opposite side.

"Here you will train your skills in the 'Water Flowing Rock Smashing Fist' and other techniques useful in fights" Bang said as the trio entered in the dojo.

Then they went on the opposite door.

Opening it, they entered in an open area with smooth ground, it was 4 times larger than the building in front of it.

"In this part you will train your body in various exercises:lifting, running and so on..."

Then they went left, into the woods.

After 5 minutes of walking they came across a large river with a few rocks forming a line, on its right there were some wooden buckets.

"And this is were we take the water and bring it to the dojo, but can also be used as a place to meditate" Bang explained to Shinko.

They soon got back to the dojo, where Bang was about to start teaching Shinko.

"Now you both pay attention, i'll show you the 'Water Stream Rock Crushing Fist'!" Bang said as he got into position and his hands moved fast.

Charanko paid close attention (but still couldn't see some, if not most, of the movements) while Shinko could clearly see all of them:the movements were fluid, precise and powerful. Just like a stream of water crushing against rock.

Bang stopped and, looking at the both of them, said "looks like you got a grasp of it, now let's begin a more serious training"

A week, this is the time that passed since Shinko trained at Bang's dojo:during those days, other than his normal training regimen, Bang trained him in the martial arts (primarily his signature move, along with other techniques and some muscle training).

During this time, Shinko liked to think that he had made some progress:in fact he could use the 'Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist', even though it was still amatorial.

Whatever, training was a long road and he knew that well.

X X X

As Shinko was near his home he saw Saitama's apartment:during that week Saitama was quite restless both because Genos just moved in and because he would be dropped from the hero registry if he didn't do something heroic like defeating a criminal.

Luckily he manage to cross paths with one and defeated him with no problems, on the last day to top it all off.

While he was happy for Saitama's success, Genos moving in unnerved him a little because he would most likely incinerate the apartment if he got to know his other acquaintances.

Shinko tried to relax, the latter wouldn't happen since Malware had the entire apartment tech-proofed, so Genos wouldn't be able to detect anything odd in his apartment (Shinko didn't know how did he do that, but Malware was the tech-expert and Shinko wouldn't question it).

Shinko simply went up the stairs and, as he smelled a savoring smell, started drooling.

A nice dinner with the others would settle his thoughts quite well.

X X X

"Geez, where did you find this guy?" Charanko said as he prepared tea for his master, Bang.

"He participated in the antlion nest raid a week ago and went all the way down the leader's room" Bang explained to his disciple "even though he arrived with Iaian, the swordsman told me he had encountered him deep in the nest, so i had to find out myself"

"He's tough as nails, but at least he isn't a jerk like Gar..." Charanko said and earned a steely glare from his master, which silenced him.

"Don't remind me of that" Bang gruffly said.

"Besides you better improve yourself:Shinko has learned the 'Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist' in six days, even if it's still at an amatorial level, and i feel he'll get better"

Charanko gulped and then said "I wonder how he got that strong...ah well, i'm going home, it's quite late"

"Give your mother my salute then" Bang said as Charanko made his way out of the mountain.

X X X

After he finishing his training and battling yet another tiger level, Shinko got up and sprinted to reach Bang's dojo in time.

Just as he passed one building, he heard sobbing.

Shinko stopped to see who was crying and found a monster:Shinko could see him only because of his amazing eyesight since the monster's skin was pure black.

It had a very simple body with no sign of hands nor feet, but on its round head Shinko could see a torn leaf.

'Perhaps the monster's hair were torn from its head' Shinko thought as he approached it, extending his hand.

"We...we are no more. We are no more. We are no more..." the monster kept rambling with its head in its knees.

Shinko's hand retracted slowly and he turned away.

"Oh well...i guess Monoculor can take care of it" Shinko resumed running to reach his destination while his mind had only one question 'What the hell happened over there?'

X X X

On the outskirts of Z city, in a dense forest, four small monsters were chattering.

"Hey, did you hear of Z city?" a white furred monster with a propeller on his head said.

"What now? Is it that secret association of elite monsters? Or the Wastelanders who are rumored of living there?" a bug like monster with four arms said.

"No, it's something else! Not only an extremely dangerous monster is rumored to live there, but the 'Fighter of the outskirts' is rumored to live there too!" The monster said as he raised his voice.

"He exists?" Another monster that seemed made of scrapoed shoes asked incredulous.

"Yeah! And if we're lucky, we can join the Wastelanders!" the white monster said.

"Hey, it's dark here! Hurry up or another monster will definitely come eating us!" the fourth monster said sharply.

I know this chapter isn't much, but trust me when i say that the next ones will be much longer and juicier.

Anyway, we'll see each other again next Monday!