The Return of the Beloved Son

Kenshi Koori

Born into a poor family, Kenshi Koori was never expected to amount to anything. Skinny and frail, no ever paid much attention to him other than to comment on ill he looked. These comments always came from people who didn't know him because everyone who DID know him knew that he always looked like that.

Both of Ken's parents were laborers and neither thought they could do much to better themselves.

His mother, Tanya Koori, was a strict woman who didn't believe in having children. Tanya felt that kids were sinful little monsters who only took and never gave.

In Tanya's eyes, Kenshi was an accident never meant to happen, a mistake.

On the other hand, Ken's father, Tokoro Koori, was a kind man. It was bizarre to see such a welcoming man, with the abrasive Tanya.

During her time being pregnant Tanya refused to show herself in public, ashamed of her belly and the life that was growing inside.

When Ken was born she didn't want to look at him or hold him, everything about her baby disgusted her.

However, Tokoro was ecstatic when Ken was born, he felt nothing could make him happier in life than to have his own baby boy. For the first few weeks of having his own son Tokoro treated Ken like a king, for he felt he would become one some day.

Tanya would tell Tokoro to give up on those delusions, nothing they did would ever get them rich. She felt they were going to be poor forever and having a baby was just a waste of money.

Within a year Tanya had had enough of Tokoro's "foolishness" and left him with Ken. Heartbroken, Tokoro was left with an empty part of his life that he held dear.

While his wife was strict and mean she was the person he relied on most to help him with any kind of problem. Her smart nature and beautiful looks was something he would miss forever. After a long period of time Tokoro started to blame Ken for Tanya wanting to leave him.

As years went by Ken grew up to look like his father, but act like his mother. Ken wouldn't talk to the other children and mostly kept to himself. Being an introvert, Ken had no friends who wanted to play with him.

It was around this time that the economy started to fall, putting Tokoro into debt. Tokoro developed a drinking habit and drank beer every night for the rest of his life. With no one else to vent to, Tokoro would take his anger out on Ken. Being only 8 years old, Ken wasn't able to fend for himself and took the lashings his father put onto him.

Abused and poor, Ken became the laughingstock at school. Another source of amusement for the other children was his pointed chin, which everyone made fun of because of its bizarre shape. Everyday Ken would go to school and be tormented by his fellow classmates until a teacher would rescue him from the little devils that wanted to hurt him more.

Since Ken had no friends, he had no one to help defend him at recess when the teachers weren't around. With nowhere to turn, Ken would resort to cowering in a corner hoping the other kids didn't notice him.

Like some kids, they often discover their mana gifted powers during their early childhood. At least that was when Ken discovered his ice wielding ability. A gentle magic that if used wisely, can gift the world with beautify or if used differently can be a powerful weapon.

Ken wanted to show off his newly discovered ability to his classmates, in hopes of impressing them.

At first, the kids were amazed at all the amazing things Ken could do. He made it snow, he made snowballs, and even constructed an ice sculpture of their teacher. All the kids were in complete awe, Ken finally felt like he had friends.