This is a Chivalry of a failed knight fanfiction only.
Long ago people used to discriminate against each other based on the color of their skin, or even from what nation they are born. I am happy to say that they no longer do that, but that is not to say that discrimination doesn't exist anymore. Now discrimination is evenly spread through humanity.
You see in my time when a child is born he is either born with talent or without. Those with talent are considered the elites, the absolute best, the very pinnacles of humanity, but those without are considered the very worst of humanity.
The way that it is determined if you have it or don't is a test conducted the moment you are born. Genetic testing had gotten advanced enough that they could pretty much project the abilities a person might have from the moment they are born.
The other thing that changed was the strange ability to manifest our magic into the form of highly individualized powers or uses. People can manifest their power into weapons, armors or even jewelry depending on their abilities. The people that can do that are called Blazers.
I was born into the Kurogane family, a family that was known for generations for producing some of the best blazers the world has ever seen. These blazers would become recognized and eventually take key positions in the Magical Association. The Magical Association has Blazers protect and defend the people against all kinds of threats, the Blazers that protect others are called Magical Knights.
My name is Ikki, and I was born as I said into a family that was known to produce great Blazers, except I was tested upon birth and the test showed that I was an exception to the norm in my family, in other words, I was the only child in my family line to be born and be classified as a untalented person.
Since that result was told to my parents, my life turned into a nightmare I could not escape from. I was treated worse than the dog since the dog they actually acknowledged his existence. Me, on the other hand, I was treated as I did not exist at all. I spent day after day training, hoping that if I got stronger my parents would notice me.
That never happened and with the birth of my sister a year after I was born, that never would happen. My sister was tested and they told her she was extremely talented, so much so that they spent every single day with her, the only one to receive attention, love, praise, gifts, tutors was her.
After ten years of being treated as if I didn't exist I decided that enough was enough, I would escape the house and make them see what life was without me around to help their precious little princess.
The night was cold, the wind was making it even worse. I walked through the frozen snow covered fields till I could no longer feel my feet or my hands, I knew that I would meet my end in that white frozen land, but I was furious instead of sad. All because a lousy test said I had no talent, that was the reason I was treated the way I was.
That is when I heard my great grandfather's laughter. "You are frustrated with your weakness aren't you kid? You hate that you are so weak and are willing to do almost anything to break free from the place your parents have decided you belong. Good, remember that feeling and never forget it, for that feeling shows you have not given up on yourself yet."
"Listen to me kid, humans can do amazing things when they set their minds to it. Our species doesn't even have wings, but we been to the moon." He picked me up and placed me on his shoulders and he began to walk towards the house of my parents.
I stopped him and did something I will always remember, "Grandpa I don't want to go back there. I have no reason to live in that house, let's face it, grandpa, if I drop dead right now they wouldn't even notice I am missing."
He again laughed and kept on walking, "And who said that I was taking you to that house Ikki? I know your parents spend all the time on your baby sister. No Ikki you aren't going to go back to a house that neglects you, instead, you will come and live with me. I will train you the way your parents won't. If you manage to impress me Ikki I will grant you one wish. But it will not be easy, nothing worth having ever is."
From that day on some would call it living with my abusive demanding great grandfather, but let's face it I know all the things I been doing are going to help me get stronger, even though it hurts a whole lot every single day when I went to sleep. I wouldn't feel too bad about it, not really.
It's quite normal for a young boy barely in his teens and his seventy-year-old great grandfather to try to beat each other with a wooden stick in the very backyard of said great grandfather. Only to end the kid getting beat by his great grandfather and as a penalty made to work out like the kid is an Olympic athlete.
No? That is strange? Guess with how my family is I really shouldn't be that surprised. My kid sister was probably the single sweetest kid in my entire family, I swear Shizuru should not come within a hundred paces of a diabetic person, that person would have fallen into a sugar coma.
The thing that always struck me as off about my sister is that we are blood relatives, siblings in fact, and we don't look anything alike, I have short straight black hair and black eyes, Shizuru had pearly white hair with curls and blue eyes. She also has the most albino looking skin I ever saw outside of an anime or a movie.
That was my life till I was seventeen years old, and I did manage to beat him. It might be because he was really older, or he simply got sick of beating me up. I don't think I will ever figure that out. I guess I will never figure that out, on a different side I got a pretty nice friendly relationship with my sister.
I was always kind to her, I was there when she was feeling the pressure her folks were placing on her to succeed, I say her folk because those two have never been there for me, not a single act of kindness, love or compassion, no birthdays or Christmas presents either. I was also the keeper of Snuggles her favorite teddy bear for way longer than I should have been.
The day I finally beat him I was ready to make my wish, and I wanted every member of the family to hear it. My great grandfather being the kind and caring person he was accepted to come with me to the house Shizuru and her folks lived in.
I walked in feeling like I always felt, a stranger in the house, an uninvited pest, a trespasser that they wouldn't bother killing. Shizuru and her folks were having lunch and we walked into the dining room, my great grandfather looked at them with such anger in his eyes that they actually stopped eating.
"My great grandson, meaning the unfortunate son of you two and brother to Shizuru has passed my training with flying colors, and as a reward, I told him that I would grant him one wish. He asked that he be able to make that wish in front of his entire family."
Mom being the kind, supportive and caring parent that she was flat out said that she had hoped I had died, and that she didn't need to hear anything from a failure like me. My dad was even worse, he said that no matter what I said my words like me had no worth whatsoever, so I should just say what I want to say and get it over with.
"Gee thanks a lot, mom, and dad for your wonderful words, this makes my wish a lot easier to make. If you had been half as kind to me as you been to Shizuru here, I might not have the heart to make this wish but since you didn't I can make this wish short and sweet."
I turned around and looked at my great grandfather, my teacher, my mentor and my friend. "Grandpa I have but one wish, it has two parts so bear with me. Part one I don't want to be the child of the two people that are eating while I am talking, that means I don't want to be part of the Kurogane family. You don't want a failure as a family member, and I don't want to consider you family."
"It seems like a very mutual dislike and so I want no connection emotional or legal to either one of you or any member of this family. All the bad things I do will not affect you one bit, but all the achievements I gain will not benefit you either. You can now honestly say that Shizuru is an only child."
"The next thing is I want to attend an academy to become a magical knight. I will leave it to you great grandfather to choose which academy I will take my entrance exam. Again I only ask him as my mentor since I am not a member of this family any longer or ever was. My name from this day forward is Ikki Kenpachi, and if you take out that pistol you are holding beneath that dinner table I will kill you."
Mom took the gun out and placed it on the table shocking Shizuru. "Like a failure like you can do anything, I regret giving birth to you every single day since the day you were born. You kill me, don't make me laugh you a miserable failure, I am a blazer and you are what you always have been nothing."
I looked at her and smiled. I placed my hand on my chest and then I pointed a fist at them, "Come forth my blade, Intetsu." A ball of dark energy appeared in my fist and I made a motion as if I was unsheathing a samurai sword. The handle was in my hand and the entire sword was black.
I pointed the blade at her and looked at her look at the blade in utter shock. "Looks like I am a nothing, after all, I am a blazer too but unlike you, I know how to fight. With a snap with my left hand, the blade broke apart and the black energy went back into my chest.
"I would say it was nice knowing you two, but let's face it, you both know that I would be lying through my teeth if I said that and the ethics my mentor taught me will not allow that. I guess this is goodbye forever, and Shizuru try and put up with these two till you are an adult, but if you can't the Kenpachi family can always welcome you."
My mentor and I began to walk out of the dining room and that is when I hear Shizuru's father say something to me for the first and last time, "A failure will always be a failure no matter what that failure does, and you might be a blazer but be assured that the Kurogane family will punish a traitor like you."
I turned around and looked at the man who looked furious as I looked at his face, "You do what you got to do, I will do the same but know this the Kenpachi family does not show mercy to our enemies, you keep that in mind and if you send someone to try and kill me, be ready to meet the family of that person, cause I will send that fool to his or her grave."
I walked outside and my great grandfather looked at me, "Ikki don't you think you are being too hard on your parents?" I stopped and looked at him, the concern and love were easy to see on his face like always.
"I have done nothing to feel bad about, I just made a wish to give them what they always wanted. They don't want to consider a failure like me a member of their family, and I just made their wish come true, can you expect anything else from me?"