Fear woke me from my slumber. A deep-seated fear that drove people to do dangerous things. In my case they were often foolish decisions. I feared a great many things and because of that fear, I acted. I feared black holes, I feared stars, and I feared the cold harsh realities of space. I feared dying and being trapped in the currents of the multiverse incapable of getting away. Even worse I feared dying and going to this universe's hell for all eternity.
It was this fear that drove me to wake up in the murky depths of a pool of stagnant water. The fear made me do it. It drove me to climb up the pants leg of a boy who happened to step in the puddle. I didn't want to do it. Even as I crawled up his neck and slithered in his ear before his hand could brush me aside, it wasn't my fault. Terror of death drove me, and I couldn't control what happened next.
If I could cry I would and all the lament in the world wouldn't be enough to come close to my despair. My actions grow heavy on my conscious. I dove into the boy's delicious brain and as he screamed and clutched his head, I fed. Every grey matter filled bite was one of remorse as I consumed all that he was. When my body mutated, and I took control of the human's body it wasn't my fault, fear made me do it.
In the driver's seat once and for all, I stood up and looked around. The boy's memories washed over me as my influence spread. There were people staring at me as I rose up. "Are you ok Hiro?" My vessel's poor mother said.
"Haha I got you, you fell for it." I said in a childish voice. Why did I do it? How could I have lied so well and covered up my falsehood. It sickens me the way, I fooled my host's parent just to stay hidden. A necessary evil that can be assured. Evil in the name of good was my burden as a human. A real human and not these creatures of the dragon dimension. It pained me to separate the two but for the greater good I had to.
For that same greater good, I walked beside my mother, as we continued our track back home. I was so ashamed the way the older woman looked at me still with worry, it touched my heart. "I'm sorry I scared you, I thought it would be funny." Hiro said. I ensured his voice held the utmost sincerity. Surely the woman didn't see it as fake.
The boy's soul had clearly already left the body with his brain in my stomach. As I felt my body take over the boy's I realized something. I was having more of an effect on the body than I thought. My existence was playing havoc with the boy's internal systems. Hormones that this body was never built to experience flowed through it altering the muscles and bone structure.
It wasn't my fault, I didn't know this would happen. I needed a vessel, and this was the first one I found. If I wanted to survive, then I had best to pretend to the Hiro better. The problem was my own experience. I've lived through hell itself how could I act naïve. I wouldn't and I couldn't.
"Hiro lets go upstairs and fix you up. You had a nasty fall." Did she know that I wasn't her son? The old mothers always know was nonsense. I was a firm believer that denial was the best course of action when facing accusations.
This was the dragon world wasn't it. Why couldn't I have found Gohan or someone equally useful? Instead I was stuck with the body of a young teen. I would have to make do with what I had.
The second we were alone she held a light to my pupils, and they dilated like normal. She looked in my ear something I was sure to keep clean of blood after my entry. "Should I pull down my pants and let you check my butt hole next." I said in a dull tone. "Mom I'm fine it was just a prank." I said in a childish voice. That too was very important. My tone of voice determined if she continued checking or not.
I couldn't help but stare at the woman's cleavage as she checked me over. Once again, the fear reared its ugly head. It wasn't my fault. There was a chance I could die without ever reproducing. What if I died tomorrow without ever grabbing a woman or seeing another one naked? I couldn't live with myself if I deprived mine eyes of such beauty.
But obviously not my mother. If I was to assume this form, then screwing with my family wasn't in the cards. It just wasn't smart. Then again once I discovered ki and could fly there wouldn't be a reason to remain here any longer.
"Fine you check out go play in your room or something." She said. Searching through my host's memories was a challenge. I didn't really preserve them when I fed stored a few then consumed the rest.
The second the door to my room closed I tapped the air. There was no telling how my own gamer powers would react when combined with the body of a mere boy. Anything could happen.
Perks
Stats
Skills
Weapons
Spells
Apparel
Potions
Food
Key items
Misc.
I could work with that. My gamer powers could have been gutted upon exiting hell. Instead they evolved. A boon if any I saw one. Still Stats.
Host
PL 4
HP 50 HR1920/min
Lv1
S 4
P 4
E 5
C 2
I 0 (1000)
A 3
L 0 (100)
Main
Lv0
HP 200k/200k HR1920/min
SP 80k/80k
MP 40k/40k
VIT 5000
STR 900
DEX 800
END 4000
INT 1000
WIS 400
CHA 50
LUK 100
Ok I was still a total badass with no real limits my host was a fallout 3 character with no luck. Now that I'm interfaced with the body my perks are mixing with him. Hormone of the gods III is revolutionizing his muscles, but the others seem to be held back. It must have been the boy's body it was incapable of handing my power.
Leveling in fallout required killing the same as any other gamer power. Even if it was a proxy of my own. Ok I could do this. Host skills.
Skills:
Athletics 10
Acrobatics 5
One handed 5
Two handed 2
Mathematics 10
Chemistry 5
Bio Engineering 0
Biology 4
Software engineering 0
Hardware engineering 0
Enchanting 0
Smithing 0
Alchemy 0
Speech 5
Ki control 0
Ki defense 0
Ki offense 0
Energy weapons 0
Small arms 0
Heavy arms 0
Bartering 0
Unarmed 0
Light armor 0
Heavy armor 0
Destruction 0
Restoration 0
Illusion 0
Alteration 0
Conjuration 0
Stealth 0
Pickpocket 0
Lockpicking 0
Well to be sure I didn't expect the situation to be so dire. As far as magic goes, I could easily use my own power through the body for destruction magic. Would the system accept that as the host using magic? I had no idea.
But good news my endurance worked for the both of us. So, I got on my hands and feet and started doing some gods to honest pushups. Something told me I needed to have athletics maxed out before I could even think out ki control. How much ki offence was needed to learn the Kamehame wave? The destructo disk, or the special beam canon would surely be more difficult than the Kamehame wave. So, then what could I do?
The answer to that was simple, sweat and work my body. I turned on a radio and started pumping to country music about trucks and girls. Those were the two main lyrics through the song. I honestly couldn't say what else it was about.
After 1000 pushups I checked my stats.
S 4.199
So, fuck this I needed a faster way to raise strength. Regretfully, I had to leave my family and I leapt out the window into the night. The second my feet touched the ground, I went into stealth mode. After finding the nearest house cat, I followed it.
Stealth has increased to 1
The cat looked behind and spotted me. After letting it get away and returning to stealth mode I tried again. From there that's what I did all night. No sleep or rest I chased that damned cat as it jumped fences, sat on ledges, and prowled around. My stealth just kept rising and the cat noticed me less. Unlike Skyrim despite my rise in skill, my player level didn't rise. Killing remained the only way to increase my level until proven otherwise.
Stealth has increased to 30
It was getting harder to level stealth. The cat didn't notice me anymore while I was in stealth mode which was awesome. I jumped up causing the cat the scream and run away. It was time to seek greener pastures.
Fear was a wonderous thing. It could inspire men to do great and terrible things. The fear forced my mind to think up wonderous and terrible ideas. What if I killed Freza and Cold, then resurrected them as undead? It would take time and a lot of grinding, but it could be done.
From my thoughts, I laughed out loud even as I pulled the wallet from a nearby passerby. The people around me never caught the wallet pass to my inventory. Some just ignored me and kept walking while others just shook their heads.
Pickpocketing has increased to 25
The prompt aside, I needed to find a place to stay for the night.
A hotel loomed over him. It was tall imposing and possibly haunted. This was a building full of memories and tragedies. The perfect place to hide in with a little stealth.
I entered the hotel in stealth mode and swiped a cardkey from behind the desk clerk's back. Once in the room, l laughed and closed the door behind me. Things were coming in easy, I wanted a body, I took a body, and now I had a room in a hotel all to myself.
That was until a green pointy eared son of a bitch kicked in my door. He was green the shade of broccoli, wrinkled from head to toe, and carrying a staff. I took one look at the man and I knew I was fucked.
This is what I mean. Things aren't my fault, I don't mean to hurt anyone. I was just minding my own business having the good life and kami had to show up. "You are a danger to the planet. Either come with me quietly or I will be forced to apprehend you." My first thought was to blast big green and ugly with some fucking lightning, but I was sure he could dodge it. That's the thing with guys like this they were OP as fuck to us normal hard-working gamers. Ki was such a hack power.
"Where will you take me?" I asked. Kami was a wild card. I couldn't fathom his personality and my 100 luck couldn't seem to beat literal divine intervention after all. Maybe I could out talk him. "I mean I'm just a kid mr. big mean slugman why would you need to take me anywhere?"
"Your ploys won't work on me creature I can feel an overwhelming darkness pouring out of you. Even the worst mass murders aren't as dark and foul as you. There is nothing inside of you but darkness." Kami said, his voice old decrepit but certain.
"I don't believe you." That threw him for a loop. He looked on as if deliberating something. So, I continued. "I haven't really done anything too terrible to deserve the guardian of earth's attention. Sure, I've been a little naughty but that was purely for survival. You can understand that can't you. I require food, a roof over my head, and a measure of freedom. Am I really doing wrong by stealing from a few random people?" I said.
"For evil to prosper good merely has to turn a blind eye. No, I'm not going to let you have your freedom. I will kill you now while you are weak." Kami yelled, this wasn't part of the plan. I tried to dodge the laser beam that shot from his eyes, but they ripped through my chest. My host's HP dropped to zero.
Kami approached me raised his hand and blasted again this time using a concentrated ki blast to vaporize my true body along with my host. This isn't my fault, it shouldn't have happened. I was just afraid don't you understand. Fear can make us do some crazy things. My host and my true body vaporized, and I awoke in other world.
I appeared in line host body intact without a halo. Why would I have one, I'm immortal and this host is now a part of my system. It is practically an equipped item in my inventory. Still I was forced to approach the desk. "Let me see here you aren't in any of my records. Say you name, I have your file right here."
"Jack, why did the guardian attack me. I haven't done anything wrong." I said. The giant red purple themed king Yama gave a challenging smile.
"That's what they all say. Let me see here your first act of life was the murder of a teenage human boy who you currently inhabit. You pickpocketed several hundred humans, snuck into and used a gym illegally, and stole a room in a hotel possibly costing the desk clerk his job. I've seen your type before remorseless and guiltless doing what you think is your right because you have no choice. There is always a choice and you neglected to search for alternatives. Even worse you have the audacity to remain among the living. I've decided to sentence you to hell. Cast him out boys." This wasn't right, I should be able to spend my time on earth slowly grinding my skills and growing stronger. Instead this fool dares to judge me. That Kami had the audacity to declare me evil just for surviving. There are no excuses for their actions they are the true evils of this world. Why do they get to be the judges of who is right or wrong?
"It isn't my fault haven't I told you that. It was just my nature you wouldn't sentence a wolf to hell for eating sheep. I'm the same." I yelled out.
"Jack it says here your soul is that of a human's. Whatever form you took to return to the living and sneak into this universe was of your own doing. You will find no sympathy here. Its too late to learn from your mistakes take him out of here." Blue demons with horns atop their heads wearing suits of all things carried me away to a large machine. It was a giant cleanser of sorts it ripped apart the soul and cleansed some of the evil away. That's what I got from the giant purifier sign on the side of it. This couldn't be happening, I wasn't to blame I only did what I had to.
"No, you can't do this I'm innocent of those crimes. I was coerced. I was afraid shouldn't I get a lighter sentence." The blue demon snorted and planted his boot in my back and I fell in. As I fell into the machine, I could only think. I did nothing wrong.
When my very living body hit the machine, blade ripped through me splattering me against the side. Then I was alive again for the blades to continue ripping me apart. As I traveled through the machine, I felt my consciousness return only for the machine's blades to rip me apart again and again. They knew I was alive, and this would keep happening. It was their fault this system was their doing. I continued to fall. Maybe they made a mistake, that Kami must have forwarded the paper work he fudged my results. That had to be it.
Still my body was brutalized by the machine ripped apart and reformed only to die again. This was my own personal hell made worse by the fact, I knew I didn't deserve it.
Eventually, fell through the machine and landed in a pool of blood. Sharks made of corpses rose and bit into my body ripping me to shreds splattering my guts all over the river. Then I was alive again and swimming to shore only for the sharks to return and drag me away for another ravaging. It happened again and again. When they came around next, I punched one, but it was like hitting a steel wall. Instead I swam for it.
Athletics has risen to 50
I just kept dying and it was the stupid shark's fault. If they would just let me get to shore and rest, then maybe I could figure out my next move. It was getting boring. 903 deaths now and I was bored of it. I kept getting faster the sharks let me swim sometimes to make the sport more entertaining. But when I neared the shore they sped up and caught me every time. I was mentally exhausted even 4000 endurance wasn't enough to keep me going forever. It was all that kami's fault and king Yama.
Athletics has risen to 80
How long have I been here days, months, or years? Every time I neared the shore, they dragged me back. No matter how fast I swam they were always faster. Even when I beat them with my fists nothing happened. A barrier of ki protected them even their eyes were protected. Damn the shark, king Yama, and Kami. 9004 by my count I've been ripped apart and killed 9004 times and even my inhuman stamina was running thin. That's never happened before.
Athletics has risen to 98
I almost made it to shore but the sharks are still faster its their ki. They are faster than they should be because of it. I had no idea what kind of stats I had there was no time to check. When I tried to charge a shock spell the sharks killed me in an instant. The only thing they allowed me to do was swim. I continued to even as one bit my side, then another my arm, and one finished with my head ripping it off and swallowing it down. There my true body slowly died from the shark's stomach acid.
Reset like nothing had happened back to go. I swam once more for the shore faster this time than any before. The sharks moved on me and this time something inside me snapped. My endurance had finally reached the end. My inhuman ability to stay focused had finally cracked.
This time when one bit my arm I hit it again and again even though I knew it was useless. I managed to crawl on its body and hit it repeatedly. My blows did nothing but crack my knuckles and I didn't care. I continued to punch through the pain until my broken knuckles were exposed through my flesh.
Unarmed has risen to 20
Every time without fail the shore didn't matter, I attacked the shark with my broken weak body. I always died before I could do a thing to the ki barrier's surrounding the sharks. Every single time, I made a beeline for the sharks and attacked at their gills. My knuckles bloody and exposed cracked and crunched against their barriers.
Athletics has risen to 100
New perk
Unstoppable force – x2 speed and x2 stamina recover.
The second I got the perk I swam towards the shore the sharks followed me at a sedate pace. I moved slowly like I had once before. When the shore was in sight and I turned on the speed. My hands touched sand and I leapt out of the way of the shark barreling behind me. It beached itself while I ran to the other end of the shore. Tears of rage ran down my face because I knew if I tried to kill it in its weakened state I would surely die.
My lungs burned as I laid down on the beach far from shore. The sky was covered in golden clouds showing just how far heaven was. Even if I could fly, I couldn't get through the clouds. There was only one way out of hell and that was king Yama's desk. That still didn't get me any closer to earth. I was literally a universe away from earth. Infinite space was something I couldn't be reached as I was now.
How I hated them because they knew even if I got out of hell, I couldn't get back to the living universe. While I was here, I was irrelevant.
Host Stats
Lv1
HP 100
S 10
P 5
E 10
C 3 (50)
I 0 (1000)
A 10
L 0 (100)
I marked the beach as my new respawn point. My trick on the sharks wouldn't work again. It was strange that only after dying the first time did, I gain access to this power. Did that mean it wouldn't work in the living world. If I had known about it, I would have placed it on king Yama's desk. Because fuck that guy. I glared at the fucking ocean and thought about my situation.
I added one of my own spells to the spell menu. Shock, and with it added, I slowly infused my body with mana. Something I probably should have done before.
Host MP 100/100 (40.1k)
That was all my host body could take without blowing the fuck up. I was angry at them fault didn't matter what drove me didn't matter the only thing that matter was my hate. I raised my hand and unleashed my fury. Small bolts of lightning shot out of my palm and struck the nearby sand glassing it. I looked over at the shark it struggled but couldn't seem to get anywhere. It just spun in circles.
In sneak mode I managed to get behind the shark made form stitched together bodies. My hand crackled with lighting as I unleashed my destruction spell on the unsuspecting zombie fish. The great thing about having so much mana in reserve was the fact I could refill my host whenever it ran out. I was a fucking powerplant and my host was an iPhone battery. When the batter was low, I could plug it in and still use any apps I liked.
Destruction has risen to 50
New Perk Lightning Smith (1/20) +25% damage from shock per point
The fish didn't flinch when I blasted it with lightning. Its natural ki barrier had clearly shown how impotent my magic was against it. The godly levels of INT needed to power a spell capable of breaking a ki barrier was astronomical.
"Hey, look guys this one doesn't have a halo." I looked up to see a few goons with a red RR symbol on their uniforms. "His skin looks soft must be a child lets show him how we appreciate children around here." One of them said.
My hand rose and I blasted them with lightning like a sith lord. Their bodies vanished turned to ash and I felt empowered. I looked at my lv. It also went up by 1. I slammed the points in INT bringing it up to 1005. I needed 99 more levels to evolve my true body it was going to take a while.
Host lv5
S.P.E.C.I.A.L points 5
Perk points 2
I needed more damage to my magic and mana for that matter. Everything else could level for all I cared. Five points went into I and the rest was left to hang. Instead of doing something retarded like growing a new brain, the points increased my host's mana capacity by 50.
Perks to choose from
Rando of Power: 50% to 200% strength at random intervals
Requirements 10S 5L
Lead Belly: You can eat nearly anything
Requirements 10E
Unholy Touched: Wield your corrupt nature as a weapon in other words Evil Ki
Requirement: HAIL 10L
Shadow Step: 50% less noise and attention when sneaking
Requirement 10A
Magic Circuits: +50% mana capacity per circuit. This perk can be purchased multiple times. And can be linked with the spell Artificial Magic Circuit Creation.
Requirement 10I and 10E
The choices were obvious Shadow Step and Unholy Touched. I needed ki badly if I wanted to survive in this world. My shadow extended growing and then infusing my body with its power. Then something happened the machine that harvested the evil out of the dead malfunctioned and a small drop of pure evil landed on my forehead. I felt it what ki existed hidden in my body merged with the evil drop and erupted from my body. I could feel it my ki for the first time. As soon as it occurred, I crouched and forced it back inside as quickly as possible. Experimenting and junk could happen later for now I needed far away from here before one of the fighters form above landed.
PL 100
Ki control has risen to 10
I snuck away dropping my power level from 100 to a comfortable 5 drawing my ki as far down as possible. From there I traveled to a small village made of bones and filled with people. There was more torture, fucking, and fighting in the town than I have ever seen.
I walked passed the bone houses and found myself nervous. Sweat covered my face as I saw one of the worst people to run into. Bardock the father of Goku. Despite ending up in hell I would bet he was still a good guy in most accounted. In my still sneaking position I was safe. I could wait for the man to walk by. He turned his head locking his eyes on me.
"Kid you aren't as good at hiding as you think you are. What are you doing here anyway? Few kids end up here and those who do often deserve it." Bardock said.
"I don't deserve this, I was killed unjustly by a fucking pretender god. If not for him, I would be sleeping comfortably in a bed minding my own business." I almost shouted.
"Not that it matters kid but cry me a river. It doesn't matter how unfair it was life isn't supposed to be fair. You must not have been here very long, or you would know that." Bardock said. I glared at the man and he chuckled. "Cute I've been glared at by much scarier beings than a 13-year-old naked and covered in blood." I turned away from the saiyan.
"When the Kami vaporized me, my cloths went with it. I'm alive so they threw me in here knowing that even if I got out, I couldn't find the world of the living so, it didn't matter." I heard Bardock give a low whistle.
"Impressive you survived being literally vaporized and all you have to show for it is anger. Some guys get all the breaks. Most down here would give anything to feel alive again. But whatever here its not much but it will pay for a new set of cloths. Later kid." Bardock said.
"Don't look down on me." Jack said and Bardock laughed before leaping in the air and flying away. Despite my pride, I picked up the gold coins with skulls minted on them. I stepped out of the alleyway and approached a large shop with a needle and thread on it.
The man behind the counter looked him up and down before putting out a newspaper titled after life news. I placed the coins down on the counter. "How much will this get me?" I asked.
"You can pick out two outfits from the clearance rack barely. Only one pair of shoes though so choose carefully." I wanted to steal everything not nailed down and stuff it in my inventory, but the man was a saiyan. He looked at me with knowing eyes. They said everything. If you dare steal from me, you will die painfully I've killed billions do you think I will hesitate. For some reason only the red and black cloths held my interest. Two pairs of black pants, two red shirts, and some black combat boots. When I approached the counter, he tossed down a pair of socks and underwear. "You can have these too. I don't like seeing young boys running around with their dicks hanging out." The saiyan shop owner said.
I nodded holding my glare and put on everything and sliding on the black combat boots. My other set was in apparel. The man didn't even blink when I put my new cloths in my inventory. Slowly I walked out of the store and on to the street. I needed to train and learn how to fly. I refused to learn from any of these people. Hell, there was a ki training dojo in town. Not like I had any money anyway. How did you get money anyway? I saw plenty of shops but no other places of business.
A rumbling sound swept through hell as Olibu came down from the clouds above. His ki shook the town as he searched for me. I silently fled down an alleyway. My sneak skill rapidly leveling as I continued to flee from whatever punishment the kais have devised for me. I hated them and their warriors. Someday, I would destroy them and strike them from the heavens. But not today. I decided to sneak away and live to bring down the Kais.
Sneak has risen to 50
You can now sneak while running
Sneak attack damage 2x