Fate: Rebirth
Summary: Death can be cruel and you find you have so many things you want to say to the people you love so dearly but... What if you were reborn and the memories you held so dearly then are still there. Would you not want to make things right for your past-self?
Elliot X Reo (main)
There will be spoilers so please be aware.
Chapter 1- The Beginning
'I heard him call my name and the power that was within my body threw him against… then that horrible creature that was my chain, the one that was called Humpty Dumpty, swallowed me.' A person thought morbidly lying on a lounge chair with his arms covering his face as if to hide the physical pain in his body. 'I need to remember… Remember damn you.' He thought to himself letting the memory flash before his eyes. "I rejected the chain… I rejected it with my body, heart, and soul. There was no way I would be that things puppet any longer. I can protect Leo without its help… I-I don't need a chain to kill this person." he states sitting up weakly with a serious look in his almond shaped eyes as he remembered the life that was haunting him.
"Are you ready for them, love?" A deep male's voice whispers as a shadow appeared before the other person.
'To kill the one that is tormenting me and keeping me from finding my friend.' He thought as he stood and held out his arms. "Yes, father." He whispers as the shadowed person covered him. 'This is the last time I let you do this.' He thought pulling out a dagger from his back pocket.
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"Hey…What are you doing here?" A teen's voice questions as a black haired boy sat reading a book with his long wild hair covering his eyes and most of his face.
"Isn't it obvious?" The black haired teen states in a harsh way causing the other to flinch and watch as the black haired teen did not even bothering to look up or stand, which caused the other to get annoyed and shout.
"I-I'm Elliot Nightray!"
"So, what?" The boy states in an annoyed way. "To put it bluntly you're distracting me… Can't you see I am trying to read? Or maybe you're…
"I'm sorry, I don't remember anything more." A light blonde male states sitting on a couch curled up watching another blonde stare at him for a moment before chuckling.
"Part of what you told me is just a dream… There was no such people that you are talking about. This Leo person that you keep telling me about does not exist on record, Elliot-kun." He states amusedly before snapping his fingers. "Time to wake up, Allen… Let Elliot go back to sleep." He says gently before the man blinked his eyes and groaned again.
"My name's not Allen, its Elliot, why do you all keep calling me that! Mother legally changed my name and everything! And what are you talking about going back to sleep, I just woke up didn't I? Quit frying my brain." The man, Elliot says rubbing his temples as if his head hurt. "I really wish you wouldn't use that damn hypnosis, Doc. It really jumbles my present life's memories with the ones of the past." He states causing the doctor to close his note book with a small sigh.
"It is not a past life, there is no such thing, Allen. It is fake memories caused by the post-traumatic stress you received when you were younger. I know it was hard for you to watch your mother's murder and then live such a life that she was trying to escape but it's been twelve years and you still cling to this 'Elliot' person as if he's the knight in shining armor that protects you... You should not use him as a role-model." He states softly and Elliot laughed at his word.
"I wouldn't call my past-self a role model, Doc. It is simply that 'I am him' and 'he is me'. We are the same person and I will someday once again be the Elliot that Leo held in such high-esteem and not this filthy thing in front of you..." Elliot says smiling longingly at the thought.
"That is enough, Allen you are not this Elliot person, you are a twenty year old, middle class, working male. You are not a duke or a noble for that matter; they are the rich you are the poor. I am saying this not as your doctor but as your cousin, dammit!" The doctor states and Elliot looked at him slightly startled before scowling.
"I know that! I'm not saying I want to become a Noble! I don't want to be some stupid rich kid again that was something that Leo hated about me. Someday I am going to find him… I've got to find him and apologies for everything." Elliot states in a serious way looking down at his clenched fist that were gripping his knees. "Then if you guys want I'll let 'Elliot' go away but he has unfinished business. He had so many things to say to Leo. I refuse to let it all fade away not when his entire heart was filled with the want to protect the one person he loved so dearly." Elliot shouts glaring at his cousin and doctor who only sighed before shaking his head.
"You will never find the person you are looking for, Allen…" The blonde began but Elliot cut him off.
"It's Elliot! It's been Elliot since I was five years old!" He states harshly causing the blond to sigh again.
"Fine Elliot, look me in the eyes and tell me, what are the chances of you finding this person…One person, who may not have existed, out of all the people in the world?" He questions and Elliot grimaces before getting up into the other man's face.
"It's the same chance as you have as getting an STI, extremely high, you fucking whore of a cousin!" Elliot states before storming out of the room, slamming the door before he walked out of the building. 'How dare he tell me what I believe is wrong! I know what I saw and I know what's going on in my head! There was an Elliot Nightray and there was a Leo! Even if the records show that there was not, people can destroy records and hide truths.' Elliot shouted in his head as he stormed down the sidewalk with a scowl before he noticed a black haired girl getting pushed around by three older looking guys. She had short wavy black hair that stopped just below her ears and He recognized her as an old girlfriend and friend from high school. "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing to Gil-chan?" Elliot stated harshly watching the men glare at him.
"Get lost, loser… This pretty little thing has got a date with me tonight, don't you baby?" One of the men, obviously drunk, states licking his lips and the girl whimpers before shouting 'no'. "Awe, don't play hard to get. You know you want to…" The man says going to grab the girl but Elliot kicked the man square in the face, grabbing the girl and hiding her behind him.
"If she says 'no', then she means 'no'. Why don't you just get out of here before I call the cops?" He states with a harsh stare and the two men that were not on the ground screaming advanced toward him. "You left me no choice then…" Elliot states before lifting up his arms.
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'Where, on earth, did Jill go? She said she'd be right back! Chains of Wonderland's manager is supposed to come and give me their demo tape. Damn her, she's the one I needed support from… I'm no fucking producer, I didn't grow up in his rich world but that man, I'm supposed to call father, expects me to be one and become the head of his damn record company… Ah, fuck my life.' A black haired male thought annoyed at the one he called Jill and other things as he sat on a bar stool watching a man and a woman set up the stage in the back of the restaurant. "Do you guys want a hand?" He calls for the fifth time and all he got was the two shouting, "No thank you, Reo-chama… ~3" before he heard their loving laughter behind the stage and he sighed knowing that the married couple simply loved his company but didn't want him to do anything. 'Why did my parents send me to have a meeting with this manager? A volunteer manager at that! This band's manager isn't serious enough to meet with a real producer so my damned father sends me. Ugh… I'm so glad I got to choose the place or I would have died already.' The man thought sighing as he looked back at him paper at the apartments that were for rent in the area. "I need to get away from that manor… I need to get away from that family, just enough so that I can breathe, so I can clear my head of everything that has been bothering me.' He thought staring at one particular apartment complex's advertisement, not because of the price or anything, in fact judging by the price of rent it was a normal complex with nothing special about it but he simply stop on the address feeling like it was familiar. Whispering the name he circled it before he heard the jingle of the door being opened.
"Um… This is the place. Are you sure you're alright? It looks like it hurts… um… ah… I can get you some ice." He heard a girl's voice state in a slight panicked and sad way as he lifted his eyes up to see a black haired girl talking to a taller male.
'Who, the heck, did Jill bring here this time?' He thought looking over the male; he was probably five seven to five nine. He had short light blonde hair that almost looked silver to him and it went well with his pretty almond shaped eyes that were a pale blue that resembled almost a hazel color. It took him a moment to realize that the man's right eye had a deep purple ring around it but when he did he gasped. "Aw Jill, don't tell me you punched someone again." He says standing up from his seat causing the black haired girl to spin around staring at him with wide golden orbs that looked shocked and hurt.
"I didn't hit him, Ri-kun!" She shouts at him as the man walked over with a small scowl.
"Then what did you do?" He states pointing to the guy. "You don't usually bring guy's home unless you hit them." He says accusingly and the girl pouts.
"I didn't hit him! I-I'm going to get ice." She shouts running away from the two before the blond started to laugh softly.
"Jill-chan has never really hit me to the point I got a black eye, so you don't have to worry. But I'm guessing that this happens a lot?" He says to the black haired man causing him to nod.
"More than you could guess… I am a friend of the family's… I'm so sorry for Jill's rudeness." He states with a small bow but the blond simple shook his head.
"She wasn't the one who hit me… and she's an old friend of mine as well, so you could say that we been there and blacken this and that." He states casually pointing to his eye when he said this and then to the air when he said that, hinting at something Reo didn't quite get. Elliot seemed to notice he didn't get it before he grinned amusedly. "I'm Elliot, by the way… It's nice to meet you." He says holding out his hand and the black haired man looked at him surprised for a moment before smiling shyly.
"The name's Reo… Most people here call me Ri... My mother owns this chain of restaurants." Reo states and Elliot tilts his head with a surprised look before smiling brightly.
"Ah, I see..." Elliot says with a small smile on his face and Reo scowls thinking that Elliot was thinking he was a spoiled rich kid. "I've never been to this particular restaurant, so I didn't know that it was part of a chain. That kind of gives me an idea…" Elliot states as he pulled out his phone and text something to someone. "There maybe that will give those lazy Vessalius' some motivation to finish that damn song." Elliot mutters smirking slightly before he looked back at Reo who was staring at him with a slight insulted look.
"Um… Elliot-kun, here, I've brought you some ice. I really wish you hadn't bothered in saving me… I would have been fine… I think." She says with a sad look as she pressed the ice pack against Elliot's eye gently and Reo looked at her curious as to what she was saying.
"You would've got raped, Gil-chan, there was no way I would let anyone, known or unknown, go through that if I saw someone trying. It's been a while since I got that good of a work out, you know. Besides…" Elliot states with a slight laugh as Jill smiled slightly still feeling worried about his injury.
"…those who see someone in danger and do not react are cowards… and they will blame themselves for what happened for the rest of their lives, right?" Jill finishes with a small smile on her face and Elliot nodded with a smile that matched hers.
"If I had just left you there, and didn't help, I would have felt like a coward and that's not something I like thinking about." Elliot says with a serious look in his eyes as he remembered how his mother had died. "Of course, simply lying down and dying isn't an option either so I fought." He adds as he noticed Reo staring at him with a look of awe before he turned away and cleared his throat.
"Jill… Didn't that manager say he was going to be here ten minutes ago?" Reo states softly, not wanting to look at Elliot or Jill feeling a bit out of place when it came to the two of them.
"He's right here… Um, he was late because he saved me from getting gang-banged." She states causing Reo to look at her with shocked eyes.
"You were almost what? What happened to the guys that tried? Did they get arrested?" Reo shouts and Elliot smirked.
"There was an anonymous call placed by a Good Samaritan that told them about the drunken bastards and they got picked up." Elliot says with a slight wink at Reo who flinched before glancing around the restaurant for the manager Jill had said was there.
'There's no one else here… Oh, wait… This guy…' Reo thought suddenly annoyed by the man's presence because he was the one he was supposed to have a meeting with. "Aren't managers supposed to have a degree? You don't look old enough…" Reo states casually glancing over Elliot's toned body that was covered casual attire that was simply a pair of ripped jeans and a light blue t-shirt with its sleeves ripped off.
"Aren't Producer's supposed to wear suits and a tie when meeting with a manager of a small time band? And you're quite young yourself." Elliot says in response motioning to Reo's overly large shirt that resembled a night shirt that was tucked into a pair of comfy black slacks.
"You're starting to bug me." Reo states and Elliot glared at him.
"Right back at you…" Elliot states pulling out a cassette tape with a slight annoyed look as he handed it to Jill. "Here… If Reo-sama… wants to listen to it he can but I won't kiss his ass to get him to." He states softly and Jill smiled slightly again.
"Thank you, Elliot-kun; I'm glad you came here willingly, especially when you found out my parents were going to be here." Jill says with a slight giggle and Elliot smiled softly.
"No it's fine… Back then I was embarrassed but now I understand my mother's intent a bit better." He finishes as Jill nods as the three heard a squeal.
"ELLI-CHAN!" A teen's voice squeals at the top of her lungs as a teen about fourteen jumped on to Elliot's back hugging his neck and wrapping her legs around Elliot's waist.
"Vanessa…" Elliot says smiling back softly as he pressed his hand onto the ones that were squeezing him.
"Janet! Get off of him!" Jill shouts with a whine as the girl pouts. "Elliot, don't call her that! She's nothing like Vanessa and you know it." Jill shouts with an annoyed look on his face.
"And you are nothing like my brother Gilbert but you are still Gilbert, Gil-chan." Elliot states emphasizing the 'G' and Jill blushed slightly. "Jan-san could you get off of me… I can't breathe." He states causing the girl to gasp and jump off of him in haste.
"I am so sorry, Elli-chan." She says with a worried look and Elliot smiled at her.
"It's fine… You're like a sister to me so it's okay. I just didn't want to have an attack right in front of Mr. Producer over there." He states pointing to Reo who was ignoring them and now listening to the tape he grabbed off of Gil.
"Oh, Reo-chama's actually going to be a producer? Oh, wow… that's so cool. I wish I could be in your band." She says pouting slightly and Elliot smirked.
"All the slots are filled up and besides you're too young for the type of songs we sing, Jan-san." Elliot states with a small chuckle as the girl frowned at him as he turned his attention to the look on Reo's face. He frowned as he watched the other's man's eyes slowly close as he listened to the song that was playing and he felt they had meet somewhere before and a flash form his memories of his past flashed before his eyes and he felt a pain in his chest. 'This guy's not the one… I'm just seeing a familiarity because he has the same name and hair color.' Elliot thought as he turned away from the male.
"Elli-chan! Are you listening to me?" Janet shouts in annoyance and Elliot looked at her with a curious look.
"What is it?" He says and the girl whines.
"I asked you if I looked like the person form your memories now. I know, I am the person you're looking for. I know I am… I love listening to you play the piano, I've started to read tons of books, and I even stopped brushing my hair." Janet says with a slight scowl and Elliot rolled his eyes.
"First off, just because you make the outside look like someone doesn't mean they are that person on the inside, Jan-san. I already told you that you aren't him and second, please start brushing your hair again… It looks horrible right now." Elliot states knowing that both of the girls knew that he remembered memories that were not his but someone from the past; that didn't stop him from remembering and realizing that people he met were connected to him in some way or another, despite their appearances.
"Oh, that's so mean!" She shouts hitting him on the chest before he stormed away, probably to brush her hair.
"I told her to brush her hair this morning but she didn't listen to me." Jill says with an amused look.
"She's trying to be someone she is not." Elliot states as Reo stood from his seated position and walked over to them.
"Well, I liked this. The song lyrics are well written, and the piano in the background behind the other instruments is very well played." Reo states with a slight smile and Elliot smiled slightly.
"Thank you… The others thought so too that's why they chose this song to be the demo." Elliot states with a slight smile as he felt himself get pulled into a hug.
"Elliot!" A woman shouts happily as he was glomped for the second time that day.
"MOTHER!" Reo shouts in shock wondering why she was here and Elliot stared at the woman curiously before remembering a woman that would watch him while his mother worked and smiled gently.
"It's good to see you're doing well, Lacie-san... Ah, I should use –sama now shouldn't I?" He says with a small chuckle as the woman pulled away with a playful look.
"Oh you… Look at you, you look completely different than the scrawny thirteen-year-old, I knew back then, I almost didn't recognize you. If it wasn't that firey look in your eyes I would have never of guessed." She says with a light laugh and Reo stared at the woman like she was crazy. "And these muscles my word, you've been working out." She says with a wide smile on her face as she grabbed Elliot's arms.
"Mother, please, what are you doing here?" Reo states as the woman looked at him with a bit of hurt.
"Isn't your mother allowed to come and visit one of her old friends?" She says with a small pout and Reo sighed.
"Of course you are but why now? …Father sent you to make sure I was doing my job, right?" Reo questions and his mother grins.
"Of course not, your father is much too busy and besides… Ah! Andie! Andie, sweetie!" She says before seeing another woman appear from behind a curtain and called out to her.
"Ah, Lacie!" The other woman shouts in joy as the two run towards each other.
"Our parents…" Jill states with a sigh before gasping and looking at Elliot. "How do you know, Lacie-sama, Elliot-kun?" Jill questions and Elliot smiled at her.
"She baby-sat me when I was a kid. I was home schooled till middle school, remember?" He says softly and Jill smiled at him.
"Oh I see…think I understand now. This was before she got remarried, right?" Jill says and Elliot looked at her a bit confused.
"Not sure… I moved out of the House of Fianna shortly after my ninth birthday." Elliot says with a bit sad look on his face before he smiled gently. "I moved back of course but lots of the people I knew moved out and there were a lot of new people." He says softly as Reo looked at him with a surprised look.
'He lives in that apartment complex...' He thought before scowling.
"ELLIOT! Come over here and play us a song for old time's sake." Reo heard his mother shout as Elliot moved forward and Reo glanced at him wondering what his mother meant.
"Okay… but only because Lacie-san asked, I don't play the piano much anymore." Elliot states softly as Reo looked in the direction Elliot was walking to see a simple old fashioned piano.
"Yay! Play Satique for us, please!" The woman that was called Andie shouts in the same excited tone.
'Satique…' Reo thought feeling as if he should know the title to the song as Elliot sat in front of the piano and began to play. He listened to it as he let his eyes close and a smile form on his lips as if the song was a good memory. "Such a nice melody…" Reo mutters contently as he heard it stop and he looked up at Elliot, wondering why it stopped but Elliot just sat there staring at the piano with an emotionless look on his face.
"Ah, you still haven't finished the piece… That's so like you." Jill shouts with a laugh as Elliot looked at her with an annoyed look.
"Shut up! I'm not going to mess with it! I want to remember exactly how it went so I can write it all down, so it'll be the same song!" Elliot shouts with a slight embarrassed tint of red on his cheeks.
"It was beautiful." Lacie states happily clapping her hands together and Elliot smiled at her gently.
"Thank you… but I've already told you that it's not my piece but a good friend of mine wrote the accompaniment to the melody." Elliot states casually, jumping off of the stage.
"But it was well played… You've always been able to play the piano extremely well." Andie states happily and Elliot nodded softly not looking at them.
'Leo was better.' He thought softly as the memory of the long black haired teen, with large spectacles, flashed through his eyes. He then noticed that Reo looked really intrigued for some reason.
"How'd you learn to play the piano? Did you take lessons?" He asks with curiosity that was that of a child's and Elliot smiled slightly.
"You could say that." Elliot replies gently before he looked at his watch. "Sorry that our meeting was so informal… I didn't realize that Lacie-san would be here." He states softly and Reo frowned slightly.
"No, I'm fine with it. I was worried over it for nothing." Reo states with a small sigh and Elliot chuckled slightly.
"True… but the next time you meet with a manager be sure to dress the part or you won't be taken seriously." Elliot states with an amused look and Reo scowled; insulted suddenly by the person he was just in awe over.
"You are one to talk… You should be a little more polite and dressed properly as well." Reo states annoyed that the guy was insulting him again about his attire and Elliot shrugged.
"I dress with what I can afford and my attitude is the way I am and I can't change it." Elliot states and Reo scowls.
'This bastard annoys me…' Reo thought glaring at him before his mother appeared beside him.
"He's right, you know… You should be dressed much more cutely and you forgot to brush your hair this morning, didn't you?" She says in a motherly way putting her hand on his head to run her fingers through his hair and the rat's nests in it. "Nope… That's very unprofessional." She states and Reo rolled his eyes.
"I am nineteen years old, mother! I will be twenty in two days! I can go without brushing my hair if I wanted to." Reo states harshly trying to push his mother's hand away as he noticed Elliot turn away and begin to talk to Jill softly. "Besides, I haven't finished my meeting with Elliot-kun! People keep distracting us!" Reo states harshly and Lacie laughs.
"That's because you two just look like a couple of kids hanging out." His mother states, poking his nose, before looking at Andie, who nodded in agreement and Reo scowled at them.
"Then let us be professional…" Reo states with a serious look on his face and Lacie laughed shaking her head at his words.
"Oh, 'professional' isn't like you, Ri-chan. Besides, you already listened to the tape right? Well then, you just have to give him some feedback and say your good-byes." Lacie states with a slight giggle as she pushed him forward. "Get the formals over so you can be friends." She says smiling brightly.
'Who says I want to be friends with him.' Reo thought in annoyance before he sighed and walked over to Elliot who was looking at his phone. "We should finish up." Reo states as Elliot looked at him with a nod.
"Yeah, I have to pick my sister up soon..." He states casually as Reo shifted slightly.
"I really liked the demo so I think I'll take the tape back with me and review it with the higher ups and I'll get back to you on the discussion of the next steps." He says with his chest feeling a bit tight because he didn't like talking about work.
"If there is one, right? Well, I'll tell my gang that. You don't have to be so tense about talking. You could have just said it the way you usually would." Elliot says casually and Reo scowled slightly.
"That is… I'm tense because I hate this job." He says under his breath before covering his mouth out of shock that he admitted that to a client but to his relief Elliot simply laughed at his words.
"Don't we all hate our jobs…?" He questioned before holding out his hand. "It was fun chatting with you… I hope your bosses decide soon, my stupid friends have the attention span of a bean bag." He states with an annoyed humor in his tone and Reo smiled back and nodded shaking his hand.
'Why does shaking hands with this person seem familiar?' Reo thought not understanding why he was smiling at the stupid comment that was made or the fact he shook hands at all with this person.
"I accept your offer, Master…" A voice whispered in the back of his head as he felt like he was staring at a person he had known for a while before he quickly pulled his hand away.
'Not this again.' He thought shaking his head as he looked to the side.
"You better get going that stupid rabbit is going to get angry, if you're late again." Jill states with a slight sigh obviously not liking Elliot's 'sister' very much.
"Alice is just a little out there… You just don't like her because Oz pays more attention to her." Elliot states causing Jill to blush.
"Jacob-kun has nothing to do with this!" Jill states embarrassedly as Elliot smirked.
"Right, well I'll see you around. It was nice to meet your family's friend, Jill-chan." Elliot states before leaving and Jill sighs.
"Who's Oz?" Reo questions and Jill blushed slightly.
"That's Jacob's nickname… It mean's 'God' or something…" She mutters embarrassedly and Reo nodded slightly. "Is 'Gil' your nickname or does he just have a speech impediment." Reo says referring to the fact Elliot called her 'Gil-chan' instead of 'Jill-chan'.
"No… That's my nickname… It's been that way since me and Elliot had… um since me and Elliot had become just friends." She states before turning a bright red color and Reo tilted his head slightly.
"I see…" He says before looking at his watch before looking at his mother who was chatting with Andie still. "I suppose I should take this to my dad's stupid company." He states in an annoyed way. 'Then I can go to check out that apartment complex.' He thought smiling slightly as he walked over to his mother to inform her he was leaving.