1 Ch 1. Getting ready to reincarnate
"Nicely done young heroes! I haven't seen such an entertaining death worth so much positive karma in a long, long, long, loooooong time…and trust me I've seen a lot of deaths in my day." A slim man in a black suit with thick rectangular framed glasses sits behind a large wooden office desk welcoming two souls into the void. His giddy smile was a little off putting in contrast to his tired lazy-eyed look, despite the bowl cut he gave off a powerful aura "Step into my office and let me get you situated." Though he said 'office' there was nothing there but his desk, and a clock on the 'wall'.
"Death? Positive Karma? Heroes? What are you talking about?" -Troy
"Did I stutter you two died heroes. You have good Karma to spend now. As an official of reincarnation it's my job to get you set for your next life. Have a seat let's get started."
"Oh, I see…" sitting calmly "Dafuq! How are we dead!?" -Samuel
"Humans. Always caught up on the little things…" shaking his head mockingly. "Well since your deaths were pretty entertaining let's watch it again! It was almost like a movie." Behind the two souls a screen appears showing two high school boys walking into a comic store in a large mall complex. They seem to be debating something then the screen fast forwards.
"Hey what are you doing?"- differentiate
"Hold up this part's kind of slow, you guys argue over your favorite anime's something about pirates vs ninjas, you know nerd stuff. I don't know why these never start at the good parts."
"That's called build-up. Haven't you heard of a plot device?"- Troy
"Touché, anyways I found the right part." The lighthearted scene of the friends looking through their favorite manga's is replaced with a far more violent one. They are hiding behind a shelf now. The other shoppers are on the floor cowering while a man in in a black ski mask brandished an assault rifle. One of the shoppers tries to run and is gunned down before he reaches the door.
"Whoa what's going on here!?" -Troy
"Terrorists attacked the mall you guys were at. This is where it gets good. Since you guys were in the back of the store the shooter didn't see you." Back in the recording the two wait for the attacker to walk past their shelf and they jump him. The shooter is beaten unconscious by four fists before he knows what happened. They restrain him, take his gun, and check his body to find a burner phone. The screen fast forwards again.
"STOP DAMMIT!"- both souls
"Calm down, the burner phone has some texts that talk about the plans for bombing the mall. You guys realize it and go looking for the bomb and find it with exactly ONE MINUTE LEFT, I can't make up how Hollywood this is. You find the bomb hidden in a van in the garage but there are two armed guards."
"Tell us or let us watch, you can't do both!"- Samuel
"I'm trying to speed this up. You guys aren't my only appointment today."
"Then just tell us!" - Samuel
"You already told the rest of the mov- memory!"- Troy
"So whiney…" The screen disappears. "Samuel being the only one with a gun takes out the guards, but they shoot you too. After a cheesy goodbye Troy knowing you can't defuse the bomb drives the van off. Fortunately, there was a nearby waterfront outside, so you drove over the edge resulting in only your death... You guys really know how to kill a mood, we could've watched that part."
"Whatever, what's going to happen to us next?"- Samuel
"Your sacrifices weren't unnoticed by the heavens. So, you get to reincarnate into new worlds of your choices or one together, plus one wish each. How neat is that?"
"How about we go back home then. With one wish a piece we could make our lives interesting enough and do something for our families." -Troy
"That doesn't sound like a bad idea…one of us could wish for riches and the other gets us powers. Boom life's awesome." -Samuel
"I'm gonna stop you right there. You can't go back to your home world."
"Why not?"-Troy
"The quality of magic in that world has deteriorated so far that it would cause too great a calamity to send even one of you back with this caliber of magic. The quality of your souls will become too great for that world and hence a stronger world is needed to receive them, otherwise the world will try to correct these 'imbalances' itself, with pretty drastic measures. Sending you back could cause both you and I a lot of problems. So instead of worrying about the past let's get you on track to your futures. Where do you want to go?"
"Anywhere we want?" -Troy
"Yes."
"Could we go into an anime world?" -Troy
"Sure, pick a title."
"How about…" -Troy
"Black clover! I've always wanted to be a wizard and a knight! Now I can be both at the same time!" -Samuel
"… Magic Emperor Troy has a nice ring to it. Let's do black clover." -Troy
"Oh this is an tricky one."
"How so?" -Troy
"The world of black clover isn't fully defined just yet so a lot of it would have to be built from scratch. So if you really want to go it might be a little…off. Some details that were fact in the story may be different from what you know. What, I can't say but there will be plenty of surprises."
The two friends looked at each other and grinned. This might be more fun than they thought. "We're in!" -Both souls
"And for your wishes? Think carefully about them."
"Oh no problem we already know what we want. I want a system for each of us to assist our growth."- Troy
"And I'd like a choice of three powers from other animes and manga for each of us." -Samuel
"Smart kids. I'll even let you keep your knowledge but Ill wipe your memories of your old life, so you don't get too homesick."
"I'm not sure I want to give those memories up. They make me, me you know"- Samuel
"Well now that everything is decided, have fun as magic knights!"
(He ignored me…) – Samuel
He waves to them as they begin to glow a bright white light and start fading away." Oh, and one more thing Aside from being citizens of clover kingdom your circumstances of birth will be completely random, so you'll have to find each other again if you want to work together. Good luck!" with a flash they're gone.
