Chapter 1: reborn shenanigans

You know… being dead is kind of relaxing.

Not how you died obviously, but the feeling when you're floating in the dark, and how nothing matters anymore, preferably without the part when you can feel your memory and your very being is being destroyed bit by bit

At first, it's a small memory, the one you didn't realize you remember until you think about it. Then it takes my earliest memory, then it takes my birthday, then it takes my siblings, and then it just takes and takes until there is nothing left of me.

So here I am, waiting for oblivion, with only fragments of my memory remaining, no afterlife, no "light at the end of the tunnel," as it were, just me in this void, vibing.

…

It's actually rather pleasant after you got past the panicking, floating in this dark abyss, without a care in the world, without the burden of existence, the sensation of never-ending sleep, and I believe i hear someone screaming.

Wait, screaming?

I felt something grab my head, and without warning, I felt myself being dragged at a high speed, and that's when I hear it.

"That's good, mistress grayfia! Push! Push!"

...voices, a lot of voices, and they all seem to be panicking, with one louder than the others.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK I'M DOING!?"

"Y-You're doing great, h-honey You're my queen after all, I told you that everything will be fi-ggrchk!"

"H-honey… please, you're using your poweaa-aagh!"

"GOOD! FEEL THE PAIN YOU TOMATO PIECE OF SHIT!"

"ouch"

"Ah-ah! p-lease watch your mouth miss grayfia, it's unbecoming of you to swear like a-!"

"SHUT UP!"

"Y-Yes, ma'am!"

*Plop*

blurred Light? Why is everything white?

Is this the afterlife?

But… that doesn't explain the darkness, the pressure and the voices

"Congratulations, it's a boy!"

Hmm?

"C-can I?…"

"Of course miss grayfia. Here".

Soon after, I was placed in the arms of a woman, who drew me closer to her, unusual warmth washed over me, and now that my eyes had adjusted to the light, I decided to take a peek at my new-oh wow, she is beautiful!

Silver eye, silver hair, and a beautiful smile? Someone must be one of the happiest men in the world.

Wait a second...

I'm a baby!

She's my mom!

Why am I aware now? Shouldn't I be self-aware at something years old, like most people? What am I supposed to do at this stage? piss? shit? Both?!

My train of thinking was interrupted by my mother patting me on the back. that's right, all of this whining isn't going to help, At the very least this appears to be a happy life. My mother is attractive, and I hope my father's red hair isn't a sign that he's a flamboyant playboy. It would be such a bummer if he actually is. what am I going to do again? Oh yeah, babies cry right?

"WAAAAAAAH"

With my mom patting me on the back while I'm crying, it was so easy for me to sleep.

[sometime later]

Mom woke me up and laid me down on a frigid flat surface to pull me out of my nap.

I open my eyes to see a man with green hair standing in front of me.

With his hands glowing on my forehead and him muttering something about gear and bloodline power, it gives the feeling that he is studying me.

That's concerning, I can only think of a few themes where bloodlines carry some sort of power. And something about gear too?

Am I being reborn in a fantasy world then?

Nope, there's science looking stuff there

maybe magical tech? magitech Hmhmm.

Oh! Mom is waving at me from the window, hey mom!

Wh-Why does she wear a maid outfit?

does that mean that my dad is a playboy?

That would suck, that means I have to beat him and ask for support money in the future

Minutes passed in the room, and with the silence, I began to feel something in my chest

Because it was so boring to sit in this room and listen to unintelligible rambling, I've been experimenting with the strange feeling in my chest while the person with green hair is still talking and not even looking at me.

'Maybe if just do this?' and pulled.

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Phuah!

Something is in my mouth!

Uuuugh I think I pulled something wrong, I'm so dizzy.

My mom is not there when I open my eyes, instead, I see a hooded person a girl, I guess…wait a minute, why is there a wind on my face? Why there are trees everywhere? And why is the sky purple?

Why is she running?

Did I just get kidnapped!?

For a while, all I could do was sob and hope that my kidnapper will become so irritated by my cries that she would simply dump me in some bushes.

Finally, I feel her stop, and from the frantic movement, she just cornered herself, HAH!

"Surrender now!" Someone orders her, yes! Someone is here to save me!

"Hee-hee" that woman chuckles "I got caught, oopsie~" surrender lady! I want to be with my mom!

"Hand over the baby" that sternly voice orders her, from the sounds of it they are a few distances away

She just maniacally laughs, and before I registered it, I can feel the wind on my face again

'I GOT THROW-OH GROUND! OH, CRAP OHCRAPOCRAPOCRAP!' my face now just a few inches from the Ground

'I want to get out of here!'

A red light blinded my vision

*thump*

Oof that hurts!

I... I'm alive?

Yes! I'm Alive!

Now I just need to wait for someone to save me!

But first, about that feeling in my chest.

I continue experimenting with my baby body while I'm waiting, starting with the sensation in my chest.

I can imagine the inside of me, and on closer inspection, it seems like a puppy, I want to reach it, but it continues eluding me, all I can see is the puppy wrapped around something.

He appeared to be guarding a small marble.

It has a deep crimson color.

I don't know what it is, and I'm worried that it might be dangerous, so I'll leave it for the time being.

I really hope help is on the way.

[Later]

'I'm hungry!'

I cry and cry, but no one comes to save me; it feels like I've been on the ground for days, with no food to eat, and my stomach is now very loud.

'Where are the police?! I was just thrown a couple of feet away!' I screamed in my mind.

'Puppy, please do something!'

I was met with a snore

'You're useless!'

My head was in such disarray that I barely missed the sound of bushes being pushed aside to reveal, an Asian-looking man, a perfect example of a Japanese salaryman I used to see somewhere, he even got the briefcase

"Hello?" the footstep stops beside me, he looks around then looks down at me

His arms reach me, starts taking my little hand, and says in confusion

"A…baby?"

Then I gently get picked up, with him walking and patting me while making cooing noise when he walks

'I'm not some crybaby kid you know' I cannot help but deadpan at him, even if he can't look at me deadpanning him

[short time later]

Finally, we arrived at some two-storied building, It's honestly nothing special

"MIKI!" he called out to someone, then opened one of the doors, revealing a woman.

She's drowsily sipping her coffee, her eyes still closed and her posture screamed of sleep deprivation.

"Yes, Gorou? "

"B-b-baby," he said to his wife, spinning me in her direction.

She jerked open her eyes, dropped her coffee, and dashed into me, engulfing me in her embrace.

…bwuh?

She starts rubbing her cheeks with me, as if I were a teddy bear, and after a while, she stops and looks at Gorou.

"I-is there no one near him?" she asks

"Unfortunately, no… not even a note, he must've been abandoned in the park"

"Gorou… let's adopt him" she looks at me with love, then starts caressing my cheek, I unconsciously lean at it

"Yes… lets" and he started kissing her

In the middle of them kissing I can only thought 'That's romantic, but really? Just 'let's adopt him' out of the blue? Why don't you go to the autho-'

Suddenly, in the middle of my rant, my mind lit up with two dots, filling me with an indescribable feeling. My intuition told me that those "charges" meant something huge, that it would change my life. trusting it, I tapped two of them in my head at the same time, when a floating text shows up.

*ding! *

Huh?

[First time Power gained 2x! Intuitive Aptitude 1/5, Soul Manipulation 1/5]

oh wow that's cra-zzzz

My first night in the hyoudou family household is being a happy baby sandwiched between a two-loving couple

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thanks for people that still read this fanfic even with my absolutely atrocious English

Power got: Intuitive Aptitude 1/5

Faster learning speed, basic gut feeling

Soul Manipulation 1/5

Rough self-manipulation, manipulate soul on some basic level, can see the "attribute" of the soul, will have some level of danger if used haphazardly

charges:

1 for 1000 words? I'm still learning the writing sweet spot.

1 for a new chapter

Power Example :

1 point from a new chapter

1 point from fighting x

can upgrade existing ability or roll for new one

Sacred gear: protó kynigóskyla :

A failed iteration of canis lykaon, a blank without any power, forgotten to be removed from the system by god, Michael is afraid he will mess up something, so he keeps the gear circulating

independent avatar, now fused with budding power of destruction

is now a hyoudouu because of unconscious teleportation and the place mirroring its earth counterpart is in Japan, what a coincidence *winks*