The Guardians Book 1: Legend

15 year old Max Silent is having a pretty outgoing happy life. As long as u don't count the fact that his parents are dead, his long lost brother is his rival, and he has to save the world. Then you would say his life sucks. Which in all perspectives, actually does.

As the fight climaxes in this story, our characters realize their struggles, goals, ambitions, and source of hatred. They know that the only way to defeat their opponent is train. Sounds corny, but the truth is spelled out cold and simple. Unfortunately for them, they still have other crap to deal with.