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The Thousand Deaths of Kenji

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The world of Notkiv is one where elemental abilities define power and status. Kenji Hikari is a devastating anomaly: the only human born without any power, rendering him weaker than the average person despite his brutal, self-imposed training in swordsmanship. To protect the family name, the noble Hikari clan kept Kenji hidden within their palace walls.
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Chapter 1 - Forged in darkness

My father, Kenji, a black haired boy with eyes shining gray was born without any elemental abilities in a world where everyone has one, making him the only human on Earth without abilities.

For this reason he made the decision to train his body gruesomely and attempting to break his limit and learning the way of the sword and practicing everyday.

Nevertheless .

He was still weaker than the average person because of his lack of abilities.

His family were nobles who knew of Kenji's lack of powers. To avoid tarnishing the Hikari name, they hid him from the public and never allowed him to leave the palace."

His brothers and sisters were the best and most powerful element users that created and mastered techniques for their specific elemental power.

One night, the Adjons a gang that kills and enslaves people for money—came at the darkest hour of night to kill every member of the family. Unfortunately for them, Kenji's father was awake, working on a research paper in his room. He stepped outside for some fresh air to rest his mind. At that moment, he noticed the eerie silence. An uneasy feeling swept over him.

SHING**

In a blink of an eye, Ryo, Kenji's father swerved as an unexpected weapon flies near his face almost killing him, his eyes kept track of the speeding weapon and realizing that it was a dagger that seemingly came out of nowhere, and in that very moment the adjons emerged from the darkness revealing where the dagger came from. They were ready to kill with their blades in hand and with one saying "it is nothing personal" as they all attack him at once.

Kenjis father dodges hits from all angles hitting an adjon in his stomach, sending him back flying a great distance away. A CREEK** as one of there legs were broken from a hit that Ryo gave him.

As Ryo was ready to use his elemental ability his neck was slashed by a founding member of the adjon group who appeared out of the darkness and said "I have a funny idea" to his grunts with a sinister grin on his face.

In that time Kenji's mother was in the room where Ryo came out of. His wife was waiting for him to come back.

She couldn't sleep because her husband wasn't next to her so she waited on him to come back into the room.

The door opened and she said "honey why did you take so looongg"

Her husband didn't reply, she opened her eyes to see his figure in the darkness slowly walking towards her

She decided that she wanted to see her husband's face before she tries to sleep. With the biggest smile on her face she used her flames to bring fort a little light to see him

The joy turns to confusion after seeing that his skin on his face doesn't look right.

Then confusion turned into shock as she realized that the skin on the persons face is falling off to reveal an adjon assassin.

In that moment of her realization the assassin slashed her throat and took her face off.

The 10 adjons stealthily made it to Kenji's siblings room. 2 entered the room wearing the faces and clothes of their parents while the others waited outside.

Entering in the room carefully and confidently the killers pretended to be there parents ready to kill them in a moments notice.

The eldest and the pride and joy of the family was asleep and felt the calm atmosphere change to an immense pressure with killing intent as his parents entered the room . The other 4 woke up anxiously wondering what was that pressure they felt and then realized that it was there mother and father entering the room.

The eldest feeling weirded out went to ask them what happened

SWOOSH**

As a sword slashes after him with full force, cutting through the air silently and not alerting the others.

The eldest dodges an ran away from them saying MOTHER !! FATHER!! As confusion took over him.

The others wondering what happened. They saw their brother's confusion and called to their parents and got up ready to defend there brother for what ever he did.

As the eldest realized what is happening.

"RUN!!" He yelled.

As He uses his wind power to send a powerful pulse of air to destroy the room the're in.

Then the siblings gather together and seeing the 2 adjon members stepping into the light

The childrens faces became filled with rage and dispair as they saw the faces of their parents on the body of the men infront of them.

The other adjoni members stepped out of the shadows ready to toy with the children.

Seeing this the children separated from each other and out of rage began to take on the enemy. The youngest using his ice ability to freeze the area around him trapping an adjon's leg.

But as that happened one more appears and tries to cut off his head swiftly with a sharp and very thin blade, peircing through the air without a sound

But fails as the youngest dodges and launches a large ice spear at top speed breaking the sound barrier but nevertheless the adjon dodges it with remarkable prowess

This gave another adjon time to hold the arm of the boy that he used to throw the ice spear and break it and tearing his arm off, making him bleed profusely, he was crying and screaming from the pain but with his determination the youngest used his ultimate technique

Saying"It's the only way to win"

KINETIC FREEZE

(a technique that stops all molecules that are near him in a 20 meter radius for 20 seconds which means he stops EVERYTHING from moving except himself but it was too late .

A sword went through his body piercing his heart and then was dragged upwards making a wide tear on his body.

With blood the masses blood loss the boy cried. His emotions flooded out and his eyes watering as he said" what a way to die, on the path of greatness, dying like peasant" as his body softly fell on his kness looking at the midnight sky above.

The eldest seeing this becomes swell with anger and said"KNOW YOU'VE HAD DONE ENOUGH , THAT IS THE LAST STRAW!"

As he uses the wind to increase his speed becoming faster and even faster than before. Moving passed the speed of sound

He reached his target instantaneously and slicing them into pieces as he moves as if there's no gravity and moving in every direction killing 3 of in a flash however an adjon adapted to his speed and caught up to him saying "too slow "with a grin on his face he started mocking him.

His sisters fighting the other adjons tries to attack the adjons but misses every time making the adjons to mock them.

his sisters shouted to him saying"We can't fight them one on one!, We need to a team up!!"

One sister wields the power of lightning, while the other commands the earth. Together with their brother, they unite their power to combat a great evil.

CRACK**

As a beautiful blue lightning bolt flies towards the enemies and Reaches instantaneously to where the target is located but yet still the adjons dodge every attack

"THE'RE TOO FAST!!" One of the sisters said

GROOM**

As the earth rises up and traps one and sink him in the ground and using the force of the whole planet to crush him but only sees him stepping out, brush off dirt and mud as if nothing happened, cracking his neck with a bright smile.

"WE CAN'T MANAGE THEM!!!!"

They both screamed

As 2 daggers flies towards the girls at top speed, the girls trying there best to survive as the daggers graze their face barely missing them.

"It felt as if time has stopped"

A sister thought as the blade of the dagger scraped her face when she attempted to dodge it.

The girls realized they couldn't win; the Adjons weren't even trying to take them seriously, just toying with them. They broke down, tears flowing freely, standing tall, resigned to their fate. 'We recognize our limitations, and our end is near. We've

made our peace and leave it to you, our brother,' both sisters said. With that, two daggers pierced their skulls, ending their lives instantly."

The eldest hearing his sisters last words, snapped. He went insane

"I.. "

"WILL..."

"KILL..."

" I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!"

He used his ultimate technique called "Airless".

taking the air from everything .

Looking at his dead siblings he focused and said

"I will avenge you" in a monotone voice ready to kill.

"This is my final move to end this all"

Airless

"What a wonderful technique"

A founding member of the adjons said blending in among the grunts which were dying from the lack of air.

" it's just that, that doesn't work on me"

With a devious smile as he moves in an instant to lobs off his head

Before the eldest could comprehend his words he wondered " why am I looking at sky?"

"I can'move my body!"

Then his head landed on the ground with him looking at his own body.

"Oh"

"I couldn't do"

"I wasn't strong enough"

With a feeling of nothingness and void of emotions the eldest is forced to look at his failure as he can't explain what just happened to him.

His consciousness fades away and the now. "The future of our world" is dead.

During this moment kenji hid under his bed beliveing his siblings will take care of it.

GROAN**

as the door opens.

Kenji who was waiting for this to end and his brother come to say

"It's alright, we won" and comfort him in his distress,

But the silence filled the room as he emerged from underneath the bed. The Adjons wore the faces of his parents and siblings, his faces twisted in fear and terror. Kenji felt reality slipping away as he grappled with the horrifying truth: all his family members were dead.

"Is he apart of the family?"

"Hey kid why didn't you fight with your brothers and sisters?"

The adjon member asked

"Were you that afraid" they laughed

"We're giving you a chance to do something

"Come on let us do a quick battle"

Kenji just coming from underneath the bed ready to burst with tears pissed himself and slowly losing his mind

"What happened?"

"HoW?"

"Am.. am I.. am I gonna.. DIE??"