Chapter 1

He was 6 when his Hundred Power first showed itself. Kotetsu remembered his mother holding him and crying, already knowing what this NEXT ability would bring upon him.

Kotetsu himself had been crying muttering, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry" over and over again. Even back then, he hated it when people cried. That and the fact that he broke his mother's bookshelf and was afraid she'd hate him for it.

When he turned 7 later that year, things took a turn for the worse for Kotetsu T. Kaburagi. He had accidentally activated his powers and broke the monkey bars he was climbing on.

The next day his "Warm-hearted Teacher" turned into a Cold-hearted Monster and his best friends turned into one of the worst bullies in Kotetsu's life.

At the age of 10 he met Mr. Legend. After a class field trip had gone horribly wrong, the day turned out okay. After helping Mr. Legend take out the bad guys he had taken him home.

Upon seeing this, the bullies were extra mean the next day, but that was ok with him. The promise he had made himself 3 years before hand was extra strong also. To keep himself from hurting anybody, Kotetsu had promised himself to only use his power to help people.

When he was 14, after a particularly bad day at school and a fight with his brother, it happened. He had been visiting his secret spot, nothing special just a hill over looking the forest, when it happened.

Just sitting on the edge debating the pros and cons of just sliding off Kotetsu had glanced down at his feet. Only, his feet weren't there and he found his torso slowly fading away.

At first he was scared. Was he going to die? Then he realized…if he died…then that would be okay. No more bullies, no more mean teachers who hand out F's left and right, no more crying from his mother, no more disappointed brother, everyone would be happy. Then, he vanished.

Bilbo Baggins was as simple as the next hobbit and enjoyed the little things, such as his eight meals a day and his calm and peaceful walks. The muttering and squawking of a group of hobbits down the hill from his home, however, interrupted this particular walk.

"What on Middle-earth is the matter, Mathilda?" Bilbo asked his neighbor, pipe in his mouth.

"There is a young man passed out at the bottom of the hill and the others do not know what to do with him." was her reply

"Thank you, and good evening to you." Bilbo said as he made his way down the hill to take a look at the child.

Needless to say he was surprised to find such an oddly dressed creature. The boy had on a green hoodie with a blue jacket over it. His pants were brown shorts and he had on white socks with blue sneakers. Of course poor Bilbo had never seen shoes like these or a hoodie before.

He was curled up under a tree, looking for the entire world like an innocent kitten.

Bilbo was startled out of his musings by a groan from the boy. The child sat up with a hand on his head and eyes squeezed shut. Then, he took his hand off his head and opened his eyes. Blinking twice he looked around, a confused look on his face.

His eyes landed on Bilbo.

"Koko-wadoko?" He said

Bilbo looked at him owlishly, he had never heard that kind of language. Was it Elvish? Behind him the muttering of the other hobbits grew.

"A-ano…" the boy said

"What is it lad? Speak our language if you please." Bilbo said, pipe in hand.

The boy's eyes widened upon realizing he didn't know their language and Bilbo sighed realizing it almost at the same moment.

'Well first things first…' Bilbo thought

Bilbo pointed at himself and said "Bilbo"

The boy cocked his head to one side still confused, so Bilbo did it again. This time the boy got it and pointed at himself, "Kotetsu" he said, then pointed at Bilbo, "Bilbo"

The newly named Kotetsu grinned widely and the middle-aged hobbit couldn't help the small smile forming on his face.

After some confusing hand signs, and drawings later, Bilbo reached the conclusion that Kotetsu didn't know where he was and had no idea how to get home. He also found that Kotetsu didn't like the idea of going to a town with Men in it or making any sort of contact with any Man.

'Bullies' was what Kotetsu had told him of his thoughts on Man. So, although a bit skeptical about it, Bilbo took him in. Not long after, Kotetsu started to call him Oji-san; Bilbo found out later it meant 'Uncle', or at times Bilbo-san.

After 3 months of this, language barrier and all, Kotetsu began to be able to form almost-sentences. After another month Bilbo almost had a heart attack.

He had just got home with more food to stock the pantry, only to find a mid sized tiger curled up on his rug. Upon entering the tiger had looked up at him and had come running. Bilbo, in his panic dropped his groceries and slammed his back into the door.

The tiger leapt, 'I'm going to die!' was Bilbo's thought, only to be met with a wet tongue sliding up his face.

A voice in his head repeated, "Oji-san, Oji-san"

Nervously, Bilbo called, "Kotetsu?"

The tiger's ears if possible perked higher and his eyes brightened. The voice came back, "Hai! It…is…I!"

With that, Bilbo fainted.

When he woke, he was on his bed and Kotetsu was in a chair beside his bed. Kotetsu was back to normal with a fearful look on his face.

"Gomen, Oji-san." he said, head down.

Bilbo sighed and patted him on the head, "It's alright Kotetsu, just-just give me a bit of warning before you do that again."

Taking the pat on the head as a sign of forgiveness, Kotetsu immediately perked. After his Uncle had fainted Kotetsu realized that he wasn't exactly human and instead was a tiger's.

He thought it was cool at first, but then realized the possibility Bilbo might kick him out, then hoped he hadn't just killed his uncle by giving him a heart attack. It turned out to be a very scary day for Kotetsu.

Kotetsu found that he could do it at will later that month, and he couldn't have been happier.

After a total of 9 months with each other, Gandalf showed up.

TBC…

Koko-wa Doko? = Where am I?

Gomen = sorry

Oji-san = Uncle

Ano = Um

A/N: So, uh, what do you think?