Chapter One:Boredom

August 4th, 2006 in a town called Hutchbrew, I sat in sociology thinking about what I was gonna do while I'm in college because I sure as hell knew I was not just gonna do college only and have no activity with it. As I'm sitting I stare into space not listening to the professor I wonder about activities and say in my head " hm what would be a good activity soccer? nah loud basketball? nah too exhausting for just dribbling a ball and putting it into a hoop, swimming nope I know I'm going to get a cramp even after stretching. As I'm thinking the professor yells

" Leonardo! How has globalization changed local culture?"

I gulp, look around, and see other students staring at me and waiting for me to answer the question "U-u-uh um it's...yeah I don't know" Some of the students chuckle at how I couldn't answer the question but then a female student with jet black hair says

 "It's because of the homogenizing of diverse cultural expressions into a single global culture, particularly in a popular culture dominated by Western forms."

 "Correct Kim that is the answer to my question see Leonardo she pays attention"

I Scowl a little when he calls me out and then look at her and as she looks back at me and sticks her tongue out taunting me, I grit my teeth a little and sigh then go back to listening to the teacher. An hour and 30 minutes go by there are 20 minutes left of class and I continue to hear the professor flap his gums about sociology and even take down notes for it, finally after 20 minutes the bell rings and I stand up slowly and pack my bag as I pack my bag the Professor says "Leonardo come hear I need to speak with you."

I say in my head "Ah Christ what does this old man want with me" I walk over to him " Yes Professor Carter?"

He sighs," I see that your grades are dropping and you're not paying attention as much as in class, and be honest."

I sigh softly and look him dead in his face " Professor Carter your class is boring sorry to say it I have no interest in college and I'm only doing this to make my mom happy and kinda forced to.''

He looked a little surprised by me admitting that even when he told me to be honest "mm well thanks for being honest and what drives you to come here almost every day even tho you don't wanna be here"

I grin softly" Not seeing my mother get mad or cry because if I drop out now I own the government money 953,721.00 yen at that so I would be in debt with no way to pay it back soon and my mother being pissed so I rather try and stay in college till I find something that will help me not just do college but a career in the near future."

He grins a little then says" Well good luck with that but for now focus on my class and try to pass alright." I nod and sigh then lean back and say" May I go now, professor?" He nods and I walk out of the class then walk down the hallway, As I'm walking down the hallway I see a poster on the way and it has to do with boxing!."Oooo what is this?" I get a little interested and the poster says " The best drawing of the comic character Ryloken wins a year's worth of training" My eyes widen and realize I know how to draw and can enter this contest I look at the poster again and see where to submit the drawing and it says instaham and grin. I head home and walk down Rouge Street for 5 minutes then enter the park and continue walking as I'm walking I bum into some guy who's around my age and also looks like he's in his sophomore year of college then says" Watch where you going, idiot!" I sigh and say" My bad dude but you also didn't watch where you were going either" He squints" Watch your tone you fool you're mostly at fault I was...I was looking forward and you weren't."

My eyes widen from the straight-up lie he just told "You lying son of a- you gotta be kidding me " he then gets mad and throws a jab and my eyes widen and I dodge swiftly like a cat then retaliate with a hard uppercut but he grabs my fist as I perform the uppercut and I squint knowing I might be in trouble then I realize I'm in a street fight and knee his stomach, he doubles over as I knee him I then roundhouse kick his jaw as I fast as I can and he collapses on the ground with a loud thud I sigh of relief and rub my jaw from the after punch.

I then walk away from the scene as I'm walking away I realize I just won a fight and I grin because of it 20 minutes later I make it home and open the front door i hear a voice

"Welcome how my dear son Leonardo."

I notice it's my mother's voice and respond " Hey Mom how was your day?" she replies "It was calm and silent" I nod then head upstairs to my room and sit on my bed as I'm on my bed I lay back and grab my favorite sports manga " survivors valley" and read the latest chapter when the mc yuta hanagetsu running through a temple and encountering one of the main villains Takamura they clash breaking the sound barrier around them. I grin while reading and read for a couple more hours then see two boxing moves being the slip and pull performed in the manga so I stand up and copy the movements but a little sloppy at first but I get it on the 5th try, I end up taking a breather and washing my face then sitting back on my bed.