Chapter 1: prologue
Kenshi didn't have the very greatest life. Monsters constantly attacked and me seemed they always followed me and my family. It all started in city b. That's where we first lived. That is until it was destroyed by a giant naked guy. Then we moved to city Z. Until one day a giant meteor was coming straight for us. We evacuated and survived and lived in city A for about 2 months. Then it was destroyed by a giant alien spaceship in the sky… So here we are living in city E for 3 weeks now and no monster attack. For my 13th birthday which was 6 months ago a strange sword and amulet appeared on my door. The sword was a dark black and the amulet was green with a golden orb in the middle. Every since then I had started attacking monsters and I was good at it. Then one day at school my best friend Horito told me I should go become a hero. It seemed like another one of his dumb ideas.
"Dude you have a magic sword and a cool amulet that makes you super durable and fast! You could be A class by 14!" he said. I shrugged at the idea as I wrote down notes in social studies We we learning about the building of the different cities.
"Dude. I'd never make it. Sure I've killed a few wolves and even a handful of tigers but if a demon fought me I'd be done for." I replied doubting myself.
"Well you could train yourself. There's this dojo ran by an S- class hero." he said.
"Dude my family is low on cash already. Besides he'd never take me." I said.
"Just give it a shot what can applying for the exam hurt? If you make it then you can train with him. Maybe you'll be S-class!" he said. I really thought hard about it it might of taken me 5 minutes. I nodded as I got an enthusiastic "yes!" from him.
He rode his bike there after school and I ran by him. I figured I'd try to get some exercise in before I got there. After I got there he watched as I got ready for the exam. I waited in line with a bunch of other people. I didn't see one person under the age of 17. When me and 9 other people got up we did side to side jumps. I went pretty fast and I kept up with all of them and was faster than about 4. After 30 seconds we moved to the next one. It was vertical jumps. I got in a jumping stance knees slightly bent and jumped as high as I could. I went 7 ft in the air and landed back down quietly. Next was one I was great at, weightlifting.
"Good luck guys." I told them as I got on a weight bench. I put on 65 pounds each. Plus a 45 pound bar. Over all I was lifting 175 pounds. It still didn't even feel like much as I lifted it in the air and pulled it down. After doing that 15 times we stopped and did the 1500 meter dash. I came in 2nd and did it in 3 minutes and 43 seconds. I was feeling pretty good about myself so far. Next was whack a mole.
"Why is this even here…?" I wondered laughing. I played whack a mole and got a high score for that machine. Next was the punching machine. I put all my weight into my next punch and hit it. Then my other hand. I got a 8.5 out of 10 on it. I did the best on that one. After I finished the physical test I did the written one. It was so easy I laughed at every question.
"Have you ever killed a human… no I haven't." I answered laughing. After finishing it I went in the waiting room for my results. When I got it, it said I was class B rank 102.
"Nice I beat class C. I did better than expected. I went home and told my parents. Even my baby brother seemed happy. I called Horito and he said good job as well. I felt like this would be the start of a fun new life.