Kenshin Akadama's Progression Thread

Kenshin Akadama

BASIC INFORMATION

Hero/Vigilante/Villain alias: Red Edge
Player Name: khaozz
Faceclaim/Series: Eugene Chaud/Mega Man Battle Network
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Affiliation: Vigilante
Height: 1.61m
Weight: 60kg
Hair/Style: White on top, black on bottom, straight and short, covers forehead
Skin/Scars: Light skin
Eyes: Blue
Notables: n/a

APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

Appearance:
Kenshin is a medium sized young teenager, standing at 1.61 meters and weighing 60 kilograms. His skin is very light in color. He has sky blue eyes and straight white-and-black hair that hangs down over his forehead. His nose is small and pointed.

When transformed, Kenshin gains a unique armor. His helmet is red and white, with a red sword-like tip at the top. The durable red parts of the armor covers the boy's neck and chest, shoulders, kneecaps, lower legs and feet, and lower arms and back of his hands. The rest of his armor is black and light purple in color. Additionally, Kenshin has three emblems, with one on his chest, and the other two in the back of each hand. They have a gold border and a black and white design, almost like a cross between a thunderbolt and a yin-yang symbol.

In addition to this armor, Kenshin gains a visor resembling sunglasses on his helmet, a retractable mouth cover, and a white hair-like cape that sticks out of the back of his helmet like a very long ponytail. All of these are purely cosmetic, however.

Here is how Kenshin's armor looks like:



POSITIVE
✔ Smart, Brave, Loyal, Honorable, Determined, Hard-working
NEGATIVE
✖ Loner, Socially awkward, Reckless, Prideful, Competitive, Quick to anger
LIKES
✔ Swords, Training, Blues and Rock music, Fair fights, Challenges, Winning, Family
DISLIKES
✖ Failure, Cheaters, Villains, Cowardice, Bullies, Quirk Haters, Pop and Rap music

Personality:
Kenshin is a smart and hardworking young man who enjoys fighting. He's very prideful and competitive. He hates losing, and will work very hard to defeat anyone who manages to beat him at anything. However, he never resorts to cheating or cheap tricks to win. He believes in fighting his opponents with honor and respect. He also expects the same from them in return. Despite his difficulty in keeping his temper in check, he's not a rude person by any means. Despite his cold and sometimes distant appearance, he's respectful and kind to those who show similar respect and kindness. It may take a while for Kenshin to warm up to someone, but when he does, he is an incredibly loyal friend who would gladly do anything to make sure they stay happy. He is also always willing to defend people from bullies, and take his time to try to cheer them up.

Kenshin does have his flaws, however. He prefers working alone, and can have trouble getting along with others. Not being very used to socializing with people, the boy can be incredibly awkward at times. Although he tries to maintain his cool, Kenshin is easily provoked and will quickly lose his temper. Although the boy is never intentionally rude, he does has a slight tendency to look down on those who haven't earned his respect yet. In addition, his pride and thrill for a challenge means that he can be reckless at times. Despite doing his best to follow the rules and law, Kenshin will often choose to break the rules and law if it means doing the right thing.

HISTORY

Kenshin Akadama was born in Tokyo, Japan, just as his parents were before him. His mother, whose name was Masa Akadama was a vigilante with a blade quirk who took it upon herself to clean the streets of crime and villainy. She wasn't very well known, since she preferred to stay out of the public spotlight. Still, she worked hard and fought hard to keep Tokyo a safe place.

One day, Masa saw the news of an armored man trying to rob a bank. His name was Oda Yamanaga. As quickly as she could, she made her way there to put a stop to him. After a long and fierce battle, she was victorious. Oda was arrested, but curiously, his gun was empty. He never intended or even really wanted to hurt anyone. He wasn't even a bad person at all. He was just desperate for money because he was struggling to pay his bills with his crappy job. Masa pitied him.

She decided to visit Oda while he was in prison. He was sorry for what he had done and wished that he didn't have to resort to robbing a bank just to survive. After asking him why he resorted to crime in the first place, Oda explained that people discriminated against him because of his quirk. He was all alone. His family had died, and he never had any friends, all because of his mutation quirk which gave him a metallic armor that he couldn't remove. There were still many people who feared and hated those with quirks, which made finding a job very difficult. The only person who did hire Oda paid him the minimum wage and never gave him a raise or any form of praise, despite him working ten times harder than anyone else there. Masa told him that if he were to turn over a new leaf and stop committing crimes, then she would help him get a better job and that she would be his friend.

Despite having been sentenced to prison for five years, the man got out a year early for good behavior. He had kept his word. He turned over a new leaf and became a better person. Happy that he was striving to do good, Masa befriended Oda. The two remained good friends for years. He even helped her fight criminals. At one point, he took a bullet meant for Masa. Thanks to his armor, he survived. Eventually, this friendship would bud into romance. The two fell in love and later got married. They had two sons, Kenshin and Sai three years later. Seeing that it was difficult to fight crime while raising children, the two reluctantly agreed to retire from vigilantism. Masa eventually became a teacher, while Oda opened a car repair shop.

Kenshin loved hearing the story of how his parents had met. It was like a fairy tale, only a lot cooler. Listening to his mother's stories of her fighting crime was what had motivated him to one day follow in her footsteps. She may have retired, but at a very young age, Kenshin was determined to pick up where she left off. He had a strong sense of justice, and he would beat up any of the kids who picked on other people, especially if one of those people were his precious little brother. Masa was happy that he wanted to follow in her footsteps, but she disliked his tendency to pick fights. She would often have to ground him every time she received a call from one of his teachers saying that he had gotten into yet another fight. She was also saddened by the fact that Kenshin didn't get along well with others and preferred being alone over making friends.

When Kenshin was 9, a particularly nasty bully was picking on Sai. After Sai refused to hand over his lunch money, the kid punched him and began beating up poor Sai. Kenshin would have none of this. He went over to the kid and punched him in the jaw. The bully's two friends had grabbed Kenshin and held him down as the bully repeatedly punched him. The bully then threatened to break Sai's teeth and make Kenshin watch. This caused him to snap. His quirk activated for the first time in his life. Transforming and gaining both armor and a blade hand, he overpowered the two bullies holding him down. He then lashed out at the bully who started it all. Without mercy, he whaled on him long after the bully surrendered and begged for Kenshin to stop. However, Kenshin was furious, determined to punish the bully for daring to put his filthy hands on Sai. Eventually, a teacher had noticed the fight and separated Kenshin from the bully.

Masa was devastated when she heard what had happened. Although she was very grateful to Kenshin for defending his younger brother, she still grounded him for two months. After that, she decided to train him, not just to discipline him and get his temper under control, but also to teach him how to fight and defend his brother without going overboard. She taught him that it was important to show restraint and control over his quirk. Abusing his newfound power would make him no different than a criminal. Kenshin payed close attention, keeping his mother's lessons at heart.

Unfortunately, Kenshin continued to get in fights in school, and he continued to be punished accordingly. One night, when he was 12, Masa had caught Kenshin trying to sneak out of the house to find villains to beat up. She gave him his longest punishment ever and stopped giving him sword lessons until he learned to behave. Kenshin eventually got better at controlling himself, and he was eventually able to continue his lessons with his mother.

On Kenshin's 14th birthday, he had applied to Yuuei. Unfortunately for him, he had never obtained a letter of acceptance back from the school, or even any word from them at all. As far as the boy was concerned, the school had declined his application. (Although Kenshin does not know it, there was a mix up, and the boy's actual application never actually made it to the school at all.) Devastated at this 'rejection', Kenshin decided to train harder and become better. He was determined to be the best, far better than anyone in Yuuei. Although Kenshin was not necessarily opposed to the idea of applying to the hero school again one day, he preferred to follow in his mother's footsteps and carry out justice without the need of a hero school. What truly mattered in the end was how many lives he could save, how many people he could protect from evil. Masa was not exactly thrilled upon hearing this, but she and Oda both promised that they would do everything they could to help Kenshin be the best. They decided that he was old enough and skilled enough to go fight crime, but under the condition that he be very careful, retreat and call for help if he would be overwhelmed, and never fight with the intention to cause harm. Only to protect and defend others from criminals.

This is the story of Kenshin Akadama, the red swordsman who walks down the path of justice and fights to protect others, especially his family, from crime and evil.