Ken Residence
Seito's Room
An alarm rings.
"Five more minutes!", a boy says while asleep in a bed covered by his sheet.
The door opens slowly while making a screeching sound.
A monster appears.
"Ehhhh?", it silently says to itself.
The monster then jumps onto Seito who was still sleeping.
"Special Attack: Death Kiss"
The monster slowly reaches in for the finishing blow.
Seito suddenly wakes up.
"NOT GONNA HAPPEN!!!", he shouts.
He grabs the monsters' face, clenches his fist and slams it on the floor. It makes a loud sound.
"Seito! Just because my magic makes me tough doesn't mean you should treat me like this", it says while rubbing its head.
This monster here is actually Seito's 15 year old sister, Hima. Hima's magic makes her so that physical attacks doesn't affect her much or at all. Her magic allows her to transform into a monster or take on the characteristics of one.
"Well I told you to stop jumping on me, now didn't I?"
"Well I love you, so...", says Hima.
"Yeah yeah. Let's go for breakfast."
NOTE – he does not, I repeat, he does not have a sister complex (SisCom)
They walk down the stairs. As they approach the kitchen, Seito started hearing a noise with a feint sound of music and as soon as he reaches the door and opens it.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEITO!"
"Hey! I wasn't ready…. Humph... anyways, happy birthday big bro."
"Thanks mom and dad."
"HUMPH!", goes Hima.
"Eh eh….. Umm….. You too Hima", says Seitonervously while giving a forced smile.
They both sit around the table where their parents were already sitting.
"Well your 17 now and we have a surprise for you", Mr. Ken says to Seito.
This was Seito's father, Mr. Ken. He wears an old glasses and wears a white shirt and black pants as if he was going to work.
"…. Is it a new sister?", Seito asks.
After he said that Hima's face could only show heartache as she held her chest and slowly made her way to the ground.
"...… Sadly it's not." replies there father.
"Father?!?", Hima comments with a crackling voice as if she is ready to cry.
*BUFFFF* was the sound that echoed as Seito's Mom hit both Seito and his father in the head.
"Sorry….", they both say in remorse.
*pout*
"Let's continue.", Said Mrs. Ken.
"Hmm?", went Seito still unclear on what was happening.
"We know you've always wanted to attend the magic academy in the centre of Fuxemia"
If you don't remember, Fuxemia is the capital of Hitsaria – one of the many countries in the world.
"Yea... I did", Seito gets a discouraged look on his face.
"Big bro?"
"Well… Here's your present." says Mr. Ken as he takes a small box-like figure wrapped in decoration paper and hands it to Seito.
"Hmm.... What's this?"
He takes it.
"Open it", Seito is told by his mother.
"... It's not a bomb is it?", asks Seito.
"Just open the box already!" Mr. Ken as he facepalms.
"Okay okay."
Seito unwraps the wrap and slowly opens the box and when he looks inside he sees a paper of sorts. He takes it up and holds it in the air. It's a pass for the Fuxemia Magic Academy Entrance Exam. It had a date and a location of where it was being held.
"NO WAY! This is the magic academy's entrance exam pass. I... I don't understand. How? Why?"
"It's your birthday present, from all of us.", Seito is told by his Mother while all three of them were smiling.
"Yea I can see that but why?", asks Seito, confused.
"Well it's mostly because of what happened four years ago.", says his father.
His father began reminiscing back four years ago when they found out Seito didn't have the ability to use magic. It was in middle school during the pre-entrance exams at the nurse check up where she gave them the bad news.
"I'm sorry but it seems Seito falls in the percentage of the world of persons who can't use magic."
Seito was devastated.
"When we found out you couldn't use magic we were all saddened even Hima, she went a whole week without troubling you. Imagine how hard that must've been for her", went his mother.
"Ehhh... I was wondering what happened because it was rare for her to stay away from me."
He turns his head to look at her.
"Its love!"
As soon as she was about to grab him he grabbed her head and started to squeeze.
"Ouch ouch, wait, it doesn't hurt at all", said Hima while her head was still being squeezed.
"Humph."
"Yes it was rough time but it wouldn't keep you down. You thought if you had strength you could overcome anything.", said Mr. Ken.
"That's right. I had joined Mr. Ren's Dojo immediately after I accepted reality and began training in the sword and when I had free time I would train to improve my physical strength, but a lot that did me."
"What do you mean child?", asks his mother.
"I MEAN WITHOUT MAGIC.... without magic….. You're nothing and you can't look towards the future. ….. Without it… there is no point to life."
"Is that what you truly believe Seito?", Mr. Ken asks intensely as he looks at Seito.
"Huh? Of course it is!"
"So why do you train so hard my son?", he asks again.
"... Because it's all I can do"
Seito began to remember the times when he would spend all his time training to the point where he even began neglecting his school work and even his social life became a mess. His mother then walked over to him.
"Seito, even without being able to use magic, we will always love you and we will never forsake you. That's why we've being working extra hours for the last four years... for this moment. For children who aren't magically adapted, couldn't use magic or wasn't recommended by previous teachers but still wanted to join the academy they could but would have to join the second stream of students but we had to buy the chance for you to take the exam."
"Wait. You're going to tell me that the reason you were hardly home since that time was because you working harder for my sake….. So you could get me into the magic academy."
"Yes.", they both replied.
There, Seito began to slowly let out tears without realizing it was happening.
"Ehh! Why, why am crying?", he asks himself as tears were still coming down.
His parents and Hima gave a huge smile.
"Seito…..." Hima as she gave Seito and even huger smile.
Then Seito wiped his tears became as serious as he was before.
"Well it doesn't matter does it? It's not like a person without the ability to use magic will ever succeed in a magic academy."
"We won't know until you try.", said his father.
At that moment Seito became furious and ran out of the house.
"Seito?!", loudly said Hima.