"Now Marc, I know that you're a grown man now, and that you're ready to leave, but promise me this. You won't do anything rash, don't get get in any fights outside of clubs or teams! You be safe and keep up with your grades!" Marc's mother spewed out this last minute advice to her son as he brought his boxes down from his room and loaded them onto his 1967 Chevy impala with a refitted fuel efficient engine. Marc chuckled at his mother's concern for his well being. She had always been like this and it made him feel better to know that she always would. Marc placed the last three boxes from his room in his trunk and turned to face his parents. They looked back at him beaming proudly, tears in his mothers eyes, and a proud smile on his father's face. 
"I promise to visit you guys when I get the chance, I'll call every other night that way we'll have something to talk about each time. I love you both, and thank you, for everything." He stepped forward and hugged both I his parents. Before he got in his car his father stopped him. 
"Son, I have something to give you." He went inside their house and came back with a thin bag with something in it. Marc had never seen it before. His father took off the bag and revealed a katana, clearly hand crafted with care. It was old too. 
"This was your great- great-great grandfather's katana, it is my prized possession, and now it will be yours." 
Marc looked at his father with tears in his eyes now, and he hugged him. He would never wield this sword for fear of breaking, or wearin it out. But it meant more to him that anything in the world, it was all the pride his father had for him, all in one simple gift. 
Wiping away tears, Marc got I to his car, plugged in his phone, and turned on his ritual song for the start of a school year. Highway to Hell by ACDC. The engine roared and the car pulled out of the driveway. The two hour drive to Stalwart university gave him time to think. Should he keep his fighting prowess a secret? Or just go straight for the martial arts clubs the school offered. It most certainly would boost the team's fame and success considering Marc had never lost a fight, though there were a few close calls. He wondered how good the other fighters there were. It would certainly prove to be interesting.