He couldn't believe he did it. He truly does believe, but he wants to make sure he wasn't dreaming. He defeated the avatar of a being that either directly, or indirectly made his life a literal living hell. Though his face wouldn't show it, he was actually quite happy.
He was stoic before all this well... shit happened, but it was more because of his less outgoing personality. Now it is the only face he shows. Time after time of betrayals and dead ends can do that to a person especially if the betrayals are from dear friends of his. His friends the only ones he had left in the world before it was changed. He didn't get a happy ending with them.
No love, no power of friendship, no come back to me, no realizations, just join me and we'll rule over the lands, join me and be a land of solitude, and such. However in an ironic twist it was the demons that roamed the land, orb, whatever, that he could trust. Most of the demons being iconic gods and goddesses or multiple lore's, major, minor, in-between.
The first thing he was taught in this world was to fight and so he did it was rare not to go a moment without fighting, even if he did get those grace periods he always felt threatened. Strangely the world goes by a fighting system that is turned based sort of, a bit complicated at first, but he understood real quickly.
It may seem that fighting was an important part of survival which it is, but it won't get you anywhere if you fought alone. The most important part of surviving in this world was through negotiations. As the name would suggest you would 'negotiate' with a demon and see where it goes from there, like see if you wanted an item, or even make the demon join you.
Now after so many hardships he defeated an avatar of the great will and was currently in somewhere without any light which kind of would make sense, because he literately killed the lights. Out of nowhere a young man and an old lady appeared making a dark light appear with their shadows.
"Congratulations" the boy said "You actually did what no demon thought possible." "You defeated Kagatushi on your own accord."
The boy seemed like he gave a small chuckle before continuing "Though I wouldn't say one hundred percent of your own accord"
He frowned a little knowing he was talking about the demons that helped him, but for some reason it didn't sound like he was talking about the demons.
"You even gave me a surprise; you've somehow managed to just stop the eventual 'Conceptions' of other worlds"
He showed a response of shock as he stepped back a little with his arms following suit, he obviously didn't expect that either.
The boy smiles "You've surprised me time and time again Shin, or should I say Demi-Fiend, but this one takes the cake as you humans call it."
It was dark again, but dark light appeared once again as the child and old woman disappeared replaced with an old man in a wheelchair and young woman.
"Though that's what the power of choice does." The old man said continuing what the boy said "It holds great power as it can destroy or create." "I actually thank you Shin" The old man smirked quickly before finishing "Farewell."
The duo disappeared leaving Shin in the darkness, but soon that disappeared as bright white filled his vision.
For some reason he felt smaller as he slowly opened his eyes to find himself being held by what appeared to be a woman though he couldn't see well as she appeared to be a black silhouette could be possible light shining down too much on the woman.
His eyes seem to wander as everything in the room was somewhat bigger than him, he looked down to where he assumed was his body only to find he was wrapped in some sort of cloth that would be way too short for a person like him, but that's when he realized.
'Am I a baby?' was his thought train of thought. It would appear that he was indeed a baby.
His suspicions were proven correct as he tried to move his arm, but felt like it took every muscle in his body just to maneuver. Out of all the strange things that would happen to him, he never expected this. He felt like he should be freaking out internally, but where would that lead to.
"Hi there little guy." The female spoke in a soothing voice. "It seems you're excited."
"I have been thinking about a couple of names I could give you tell me which one you like."
'Is she asking a baby to pick a name it likes?' Shin was confused, but continued to go with it.
"How about Raidou?" No response "No? Then Naoki?" Still no response "This is going to be a lot harder than I thought."
"Then Minato? Tatsuya? Red no that's silly." The names continued to go on for a while "Ok last few Bright? Domon? Alex? Noble? Shin? Nao-" The baby quickly responded when he heard the word Shin the audible gaa was heard as the mother smiled at the baby.
"You like that one Shin? Well all right Shin. Hi I'm your mommy" The woman identified herself as his new mother.
"And they said babies can't pick their own names." Shin was beginning to wonder if his mother was a ditz.
After three years of growing it was safe to say his mother wasn't a complete ditz she worked at a lab of some sort, which he forgot the name of since he was home most of the time with his grandfather taking care of him most of the time. Though it was almost as if those years blazed by, because he couldn't remember much.
When he was four he was told of his absent father, a monster hunter who was highly respected among the community. A hero almost, but one day he went missing and was never heard from again it was also on the day he was born. All the while keeping a straight face as he listened to the story.
Though when he was five he was told of his mother's death an accident in the lab causing the deaths of dozens. He kept a straight face even at the funeral. Though he did feel sadness in his heart, no one could say he even showed said sadness. After a short while he was sent to live with his grandfather and for the first time meet his older cousin Compa. She was older than him by two years.
Shin has just arrived at his grandfather's house with a bag full of belongings. He knocks on the door to see his grandfather smiling "Welcome to your new home Shin I hope you like it" He was givin a tour of the house a rather quick one as he was dragged along being shown his room, bathroom, etc.
"Shin I would like you to meet your older cousin Compa" His grandfather tried to present this Compa, but she hid behind him scared of the new house member.
"Come on don't be shy he won't bite"
'Strange I thought it was the younger ones afraid of the older ones' Shin thought.
He stared in Compa's direction just to get a little "Eep" and have her hide a little more.
Shin just walks up to her and says "Shin." While bowing politely.
"H-Hello I'm C-Compa nice to meet you." Compa says nervously
"Hmmm... she's usually not this shy." Grandfather said with a sighing tone.
Shin reaches out his hand and ruffles Compa's hair very softly, for some reason that did the trick as she got less nervous around Shin
It's strange how they got along well. For years to come they got along very well.
He was taught by his grandfather about the world they lived in. He quickly noted it was completely different from his as instead of continents there were giant floating landmasses each with a specific name Leanbox, Lowee, Lastation, and Planeptune the last one being the one he currently lived on and Each with goddesses that rule over them Purple Heart, Black Heart, Green Heart, and White Heart. Though he does remember his grandfather always having a pervy face when he mentioned them.
He is fifteen now, living alone with his cousin who is seventeen. She wanted to become a nurse and is currently a nurse in training. It was strange to him not the nurse part, but because she was looking forward to a job, while he can't think of anything to do for the rest of his life.
Compa sighed as she sat at the table in the kitchen which earned a stare and a raising brow from Shin.
"Something wrong?" He shortly asked.
"The school is closing down due to less people showing up and the recent monster attacks"
Monsters are pretty much normal in this world, so it's not uncommon to hear of attacks from said monsters, but multiple attacks have been happening as of late and that is highly unusual.
"What do you think would happen if the monsters overrun us what would we do?" Compa asked in a completely worried manner.
Shin immediately shrugs "Stand and fight."
Compa head jerks towards Shin as soon as he said that. She opened her mouth to give a reply, but couldn't get that opportunity.
Shin started to head towards his room, "Night."
"OK, good night." Compa replied in a sweet tone of voice
Shin lay in his bed trying to get some sleep. He's never seen a monster before and obviously never fought one, but he would honestly stand up and fight even if the odds were against him. It completely reminded him of the time he was in the hospital before the incident.
He was wandering in the basement, the halls in the seemingly abandoned hospital looking for his teacher hoping she was there. Then he entered a room with a weird circular device and a man who spun in a chair to see him face to face. The man was obviously displeased as he muttered something before the device suddenly activated and an ominous shadow appeared behind the man as he just stared at him. The shadow looked like it was going to kill him as he felt the intent, his body was telling him to run, but his mind just told him to stay and fight so he did, but before any harm could be done his teacher saved him from a possible painful death and that's when he learned of the man's name Hikawa.
He stopped delving into the past as his mind began to exhaust and soon he was sleeping soundly.
The next day he awoke to the sound of commotion in Compa's room. He wandered around in the halls and stopped by Compa's door to hear some strange commotion.
"Stop too tight, too tight!" was basically what he heard from a mysterious voice who he identified as female
"Can't breath... stop... Compa!"
"Hold still please just bear with me!" Compa's voice sounds out as well.
Sighing he waited for the commotion to end. After a good minute or two after the commotion died down he walked in to the room to see Compa and the mysterious voice's body.
She appeared to be a small preteen with purple hair, a white and purple trimmed hoodie from what he could see, and what appeared to be d-pads in her hair.
The preteen then spoke up in the most bubbly manor possible "Hello what's your name?"
"Shin" He quickly replies.
"Shin, Shin, Shin, Shin, Shin," The preteen seemed to repeat his name for some reason.
"Oh almost forgot I'm Neptune, or Nep-Nep, or Neppers apparently I'm an amnesiac since I can't remember anything else" She says all to bubbly.
Shin felt like it was going to be a loooong day.
Well there you go first chapter redone. This was done to fix some spelling errors and remove and add little details. Follows Re;birth story line.