Concept: Butcher Kevin Day
Nathan Wesninski was the Butcher for the mainline of the Moriyama family and as his son Neil was raised to one day take his place as the Butcher for the branch side of the family.
That was the plan until Neil went missing with his mother and a gap was created.
With no other heirs available and knowing the punishment he’d be in for if he came up empty, Nathan chose someone to replace Neil.
Someone who would be able to protect their little Lord on the branch side. Who knew that boy as well as he knew himself and could be with him at all times and carry out his wishes.
Who better for the task than the boys number 2?
Tetsuji was surprisingly amicable to this though he never adopted Kevin. After all the Moriyama’s had no equals and Kevin Day as important as he was to them wasn’t an exception.
Of course the real decision was up to Kengo who allowed it only if Kevin could prove himself worthy of protecting a Moriyama.
Kevin felt like he was living in a nightmare. First one of his best friends had gone missing and then he was being grabbed from his bed and dragged kicking and screaming into some creepy arse basement.
Nathan starred down at the boy before telling him in no uncertain terms that he was going to become a killer. Kevin would have laughed if a knife hadn’t been placed in his hand a second after and a screaming man pushed at his feet.
The training…if you could call it that was relentless.
Kevin lost track of days somehow worse than usual. If he wasn’t on Court (which he still had to maintain his performance at) he was being beaten by Nathan for another one of his failures. Kevin could still clearly recall the sight of his mother being taken away from him and refused to take a life.
But the Butcher was nothing if not ruthless and that combined with The Masters wrath and the desire to keep the only family he had left safe, Kevin’s resolve broke soon enough.
The knife began to fit in his hand just as well as an Exy racquet did. Tactics were not only about the game itself but also the exists, the entrances and any sudden moves. The beatings began to lessen along with the light in Kevin’s eyes.
He was always covered in red be it his Exy uniform or the victim lying helpless at his feet. The first life Kevin ever took was of a man that had he not been faster would’ve killed Riko. The devotion, the love and the anger shook Kevin to the core and he tore that man apart until there was nothing left of him anymore.
Kengo was satisfied and the Branch family’s Butcher was born.
Riko would revel it. Insult him for how barbaric Kevin had become. Ask to hear every little detail. Tell anyone who dared cross him that he’d send his little raven their way. Mock Kevin because how is it I can crush you so easily but you’re expected to protect me, hm? Delight in the bloodshed and remind Kevin that above all else he lived to serve his King.
Kevin Day smiled for the cameras and then sliced a man’s neck backstage. Kevin Day won the championships and spent his night surrounded by corpses of his own making.
Kevin Day would always be the second best Exy player yet somehow went from a shoddy replacement to the Moriyama’s deadliest investment.
