Kenshi was at home watching as the time slowly rolled by. He was bored and impatiently awaiting something to do. Finally it became time for him to go to watch Leslie play in a school volleyball game. He put on some fairly nice clothes for the occasion and got into his Cougar. On the way, he saw a woman trying to lift a bag of cement without avail. He saw this as a good use of his strength and stopped to help the woman. He effortlessly lifted the bag and carried it to where she wanted it. Kenshi saw that behind the house was a lawnmower with its front wheels stuck in a crevice in the dirt. He offered to get it out of the crevice for her before he left. When she asked him how he would be able to move the giant machine, he simply walked up to the front of it, lifted it, and pushed it back with no strain. She was in awe at his strength, not seeing his muscles for his jacket. He rushed to his car to hurry to the school, hoping he hadn't missed anything.

He parked nearby in the parking lot, seeing a crowd of people gathered in front of the doors. He walked up to see what was the problem. He asked someone nearby who replied, "He just cut her for no reason, with some magical sword thing like they say you have." He pushed his way into the crowd to see Leslie on the cement. Her shirt was stained with blood. She faintly cried out Kenshi's name. He kneeled beside her and instinctively put his hands on her wound. He started healing her with a power he hadn't known he possessed. After about 30 seconds, he removed his hands and she sat up. He said with much anger in his voice, "Who did this to you?" She replied, "I don't want you to fight again." Another voice from the crowd spoke to Kenshi. "Well well well. I didn't think you were even going to come." Kenshi jumped up and replied, "Who the hell are you?" The voice replied, "I am Robby. I have come to see this magnificent power they say you possess." Kenshi clenched his fist. "Did you hurt Leslie? You're going to die for that you son of a bitch." Kenshi formed the hilt of his sword in his hand immediately followed by the orange blade. The opponent did the same, but his blade was red. The crowd immediately distanced themselves from the two fighters. Leslie also got up and got back a distance with a fearful expression. Kenshi led the attack with a wild thrust at his opponent. Robby wasn't caught off guard and jumped to the side. He swung at Kenshi's head, but Kenshi ducked in time for it to miss him. He rushed his opponent and knocked him through one of the plexiglass windows. He followed it up by swinging his sword down, but Robby rolled out of the way. He jumped to his feet to meet Kenshi's sword. The two had a contest of strength with their swords. Kenshi was overpowering the red-sworded opponent but Robby got in a surprise knee to Kenshi's stomach. Kenshi bent over but jumped out of the way immediately to avoid the enemy's sword. Kenshi grabbed a chair and hurled it at Robby. Robby kicked the chair as it got to him. Kenshi felt a surge of power go through him. He focused it to his hand and without previously knowing that he could, formed it into heat energy. He threw the ball of heat at his enemy who was not expecting it and took the hit entirely. He was knocked onto the ground and stunned. Kenshi thrust his sword downward at the opponent's chest but Robby rolled over. He started to get up but Kenshi thrust his sword again towards his chest, this time meeting the target. Robby looked at Kenshi with wide eyes for a second before falling limp to the floor.

Leslie walked up to him with an upset expression on her face. "I hate the barbaric way you kill people." He responded, "You know I don't want to." He noticed that there was a large group of people outside watching the scene. He led her back through the school to a more private area. He started to speak but was interrupted when she hugged him and started crying. He wrapped his arms around her with a confused expression. For several moments, they silently embraced each other. Finally she spoke. "Every time you fight one of these guys, I'm afraid you're not going to be the one that wins for once. I don't want you to die." He blinked a few times and swallowed. "I don't want to fight either but with my status, I don't think I can avoid it." She loosened her embrace and looked into his eyes. "Kenshi, I kinda had a thing for you even before you got your powers but I thought that they would change your attitude. Luckily I was wrong and now I feel like I'm living a dream." Kenshi stood there staring at her motionless and lost for words. Finally she added, "I think I love you." He smiled widely. "I think I love you too."