Kenji sat on the floor and exhaled,"Alright....This is my story.....How I ended up here....." Asahi and Leo turned to him whiles Pierson wiped his tears off. "I'm 20 years old now....but when I was awakened, I was 15. My lived with both parents...but my dad was abusive not only to me, but my mom as well....."
"5 YEARS AGO"
Kenji locked himself up in his room. His body covered in bruises. Ever since his younger brother had died of an incurable disease, his father had turned into a monster, he began drinking, and then he soon became addicted. "Why...must you punish me like this-God? You took my boy from me.....Denji.....He was perfect.....So sweet...smart. He would have become--such a great.....person.." Kenji listened to his father praising his brother from his room upstairs. Although his face was all bruised HD wasn't in tears. He kept on looking at the framed picture at his bedside. It was of him and his brother, with him carrying his brother on his back. His voice started to tremble and the tears finally gushed out like mighty rivers. "Denji.....I'm so sorry...."
Kenji's mother never finished her education, so she couldn't muster up the courage to leave his father. She had no where else to go and no money to spare, so she lived with him throughout all the abuse. Although he situation was hellish, she never broke, she was strong and remained loving to her only son left. Kenji, seeing all his mother's struggles, was determined to help her in any way he could. He began to take up jobs after his school, to save up and finally move himself and his mom into a better place. Some time later, a small dojo had opened up next to his workplace. After his shift, he went in to check it out. The person who was giving the lesson was a tall, young man with dark hair. Kenji stood at a distance watching them practice and soon he fell in love with it. After the lesson, the man noticed him and approached him. Kenji almost left but the man stopped him and he introduced himself as Kaminari. He had noticed Kenji watching and asked him to spar with him. Kenji was reluctant but soon agreed. During the spar, Kaminari realized that Kenji learnt a lot from just watching him give the lessons. "Kenji....you're a natural at this! You have to keep coming here. You have so much potential!" And so, after every shift he would practice various martial arts with Kaminari, who was always glad to have him.
But on one occasion, Kenji had just arrived home after his lesson, but he was prepared for what awaited him."I'm home.... Mom? Where are you? Mom!" Kenji walked up to the kitchen and suddenly fell to the floor. His mom was inert, laying on the ground with a broken glass bottle lodged into the side of her head as blood oozed out. His father was sitting with his Back against the stove muttering some kind of gibberish. "MOM!!!" Kenji rushed to his mom but she had already passed away. He turned to his dad in anger. His eyes were lifeless and he kept on muttering the same indistinct gibberish. Then he heard something underneath his father's breath...
" •••••••KENJI...I'M.....SORRY•••••••"
Kenji saw red and his anger had swallowed him whole. He performed a kick to his father's head, but unexpectedly, it ripped his body straight into two. The upper half flew and fell on the floor, forming a pool of blood, whiles his lower body still sat next to the stove. Kenji didn't know how he did that, but then he noticed the golden gears on his leg fade to black. Kenji suddenly fell back into the pool of his parents's blood. He stared at his bloodstained hands and started to weep.
"PRESENT"
Everyone in the room had become gloomy. "Not long after...I was brought to Valhalla.....And my power got a name...."Gear Force" Asahi.....if you are really ready to change the world for Awakened...then I'm going to do everything to help you.. in any way I can...." Just when he got up, Pierson jumped onto his back. "Hey...Kenji....your brother....you carried him like this, right? From now on...you have a new brother....and this seat is reserved for me and me alone-got it?!" Kenji stared at Pierson's smiling and saw his brother in him. A single tear slithered down his face and he wiped it away. Leo was crying over this and Asahi just smiled gently and warmly. "This is my team...My Horsemen....They are better than I would have ever imagined.