CHAPTER 1

One night, a family of Orphans are walking together after getting food from a small town nearby their home. At that moment, they start hearing noises coming from the woods.

Demons then come from the shadows, scaring the children.

"No survivors. Slaughter them all." One of the Demons say with an evil grin.

The kids try to get away, but they start getting slaughtered by the three Demons with sharp claws and fangs. As they cut down one person after the other, a young woman shields a baby from the monsters. Another young woman stands infront of them, trying to stop their killing spree.

"Please, don't hurt the baby!" She begs but gets slashed across the stomach.

The young woman holds the baby tighter with tears in her eyes.

A third young woman drops to her knees, clutching one of the bodies.

"Oh my dear sister, no!" She screams, then gets slashed as well.

The woman holding the baby then lays on the ground, covering the boy while holding his head. Blood splatters on the woman's back as the Demons slowly walk towards her.

"Lee. You are just a child. you have not chosen your life. You cannot die now. You must live. Live a full life for the sake of those who died here tonight."

The woman is then grabbed by her hair and pulled off of the baby who watches in horror and cries.

"Lee, please live." She says again.

As tears fall down her face, sharp claws go straight through the back of her neck. As she falls to the ground, she looks over at the crying baby.

"Live Lee...Live for me....You must- never give up."

She is then stabbed through the heart, causing the baby to cry even louder. The Demons turn their attention to the defenseless baby, who is the last one left. The three Demons laugh at the child and one of them steps up to kill him just like the others, scratching his cheek with three of his claws, permanently scaring his face. At that moment, it hears sounds of a struggle behind it that stops it from killing Lee. The Demon turns around and sees two of his allies dead on the ground and an old man standing over them.

"Who the hell are you, foolish old human?"

The old man slowly walks towards the Demon.

"You are about to die, so knowing my name is useless to you."  The old man replies.

The murderous Demon charges at the old man with its claws but the old man quickly appears right in front of it. He then lands a powerful one inch punch that explodes its entire torso. The old man takes a deep breath, then looks at the dead bodies and bows to them.

"I suppose it was fate that led me in this direction tonight. You have been avenged."

He then looks over at the crying baby, walking over to him and picking him up.

"Bearing a grudge against these monsters will not bring your loved ones back. Let your survival be their memorial."

When the sun rises, the old man sits on a rock while holding the baby. The baby giggles, making the old man laugh.

"I failed to protect something very delicate tonight. My hands will remember how heavy their bodies were. But you will carry the far heavier weight of their lives with you forever... Even if you are too young to fully recall this moment. Now you must acquire the strength to support yourself, and protect others. Then, you will be able to live your life and defend cherished lives. I will train you, so you can protect the things that matter to you." The old man promises the boy.

The old man then looks at the boy and smiles.

"Lee... That's a fine name for a martial artist. I am Monroe Ijin, your martial arts master. But you can call me grandpa." He says with a smile as Lee giggles.

Sixteen years later, a seventeen year old Lee does a one finger handstand on a metal spike while red energy radiates from his body. After a few more minutes, he flips to his feet and takes a deep breath. Lee then looks over and sees a picture of him and his grandpa, smiling but feeling a bit sad.

He puts on an all black shirt, black pants, red shoes and his favorite red jacket, and a necklace that his grandfather gave to him. Lee picks up the phone and calls the hospital.

"Hi, it's Lee Ijin. I was calling to check on my grandpa, Monroe Ijin."

"Hold on, I'll go check on him right now." the nurse says.

When she walks into Monroe's room and sees the sickly old man doing one arm push ups.

"Mr. Ijin?" The nurse says.

"If that's Lee, tell him to stop worrying about me and focus on school." Monroe says.

Lee smiles, hearing his grandpa over the phone.

"He said-"

"Yeah I heard him. Tell him I'll be there after school. Thank you." Lee says.

He then grabs his backpack and leaves for school.

Meanwhile, three teenagers with matching black uniforms named Mikey Yu, Mira Ko, and Seokju Sin(who is sleeping).

"Oh man, I am exhausted. We've been hunting Demons for weeks now." Mikey says.

"There's been an high amount of Demons in this area for the past few weeks. It's almost like somethings attracting them here." Mira says.

Seokju snores loudly in the background.

"He's spent this whole time asleep. He might be strong, but one lazy bastard." Mikey says.

"Yeah, can't believe I got stuck with two idiots." Mira replies.

"Yeah...wait what?" Mikey asks.

While that's happening, as Lee walks down an alley nearby something dark and evil appears behind him. Both Mira and Mikey sense something below them. They look down and see a Demon behind Lee.

"Damn, that guys gonna get killed." Mikey says, pulling out his sword.

Mira pulls out a bow.

"Relax, we'll save him."

Lee then turns around and sees the Demon behind him.

"Wow, you're a big one." He says.

Both Mira and Mikey are surprised by his reaction.

"What the hell? He's not afraid, is he stupid or something?" Mira asks.

The Demon roars at Lee. The young man smiles and takes off his back pack.

"Alright then. Let's go." He says, cracking his knuckles. He then starts charging up red energy through his body.

Mira, Mikey, and even Seokju who is woken up, are shocked by Lee's power output.

"This energy is... incredible." Mikey says.

"And look at the color. It's red." Mira points out.

Lee then takes a Martial-Arts stance as the Demon charges at him. Lee then throws a roundhouse kick that obliterates the upper half of the Demon. Mira and Mikey are stunned while Seokju smirks.

"That guy just killed a Demon with one kick. He didn't even touch him."

Lee slowly power's down and breathes in and out. He then grabs his backpack and continues to walk to school. The three on the roof look on in disbelief.

"Who was that guy?" Mira asks.