Hello! I'm Back! Chapter two is here and I'm ready to roll! I probably should write my other stories, or at least post the drafts, but I'm having too much fun with this! Any Ideas on pairings in this story? I haven't decided yet, so look forward to this!
Enjoy now and behold by my prowess!
Disclaimer: I do not own Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Just my Oc's. several of my concepts are also based on some elements found in colbub's and Accessblade's stories.
Chap 1: The price of a second life
"I beg your pardon?"
The words spilled out of my mouth before I even realized it. I couldn't help it; anyone would have reacted the same way.
A second chance?
That's impossible!
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Not that I'm complaining but a second life after being killed in a car crash (which is a cliché now that I think about it) is pretty hard to believe.
I took a glance at my side, and saw Sole, wide eyes, jaw unhooked and gaping at the boy.
If I wasn't so concentrated on the boy, I would have been fairly amused at the sight.
The boy's expression suddenly meted into a panicked one and he started to shake his head rapidly and wave around his hands wildly. "No wait! That wasn't the right way to put it! Um… it's like this…!"
He started to sputter and mutter incomprehensible words as the blush returned to his face, though it seemed to get redder and more pronounced as he messed up some more.
I folded my arms as I waited for him to calm down, one eyebrow raised and a small smirk tugged on my lips. I was very amused at the sight.
My sister though was cooing at the sight (when did she pick her jaw up?), and I could see her fingers twitching. She was holding back, and I knew in normal circumstances that she would have glomped the kid without a second thought.
How cute.
The boy didn't find it as amusing as us though. Once he caught sight of our expression (more mine than Sole's) he stopped his charade and dropped his hands in a depressed fashion as he let out one big depressing sigh.
Great. I feel bad at watching him make a mess out of himself.
I hesitated before I reached my hand out and rubbed the back of the boy consolingly. He looked up at me with big eyes and tears welling up but not falling at the sides.
Dear lord, it's the upgraded version of the puppy-dog eyes!
The boy slowly wiped his tears away and sniffed before he gave me a blinding smile.
At the side, I could hear Sole give out a strangled voice; she was restraining herself from hugging the life out of the kid.
It won't last long. I know from experience.
The boy took several deep breathes to calm himself down and he gave me this grateful expression which I just waved it off.
"Um first let me introduce myself." He started, pointing to himself. "My name is Charmeine and I am an angel if you can tell by the halo. Just call me Char."
I blinked and wanted to open my mouth but Sole beat me to the punch. "Isn't that a girl's name?"
Of course he had reacted as expected and blushed deep red as he coughed into his mouth. "I can't help the way I was named, but we are straying of point."
Sole snickered and I glared at her. She instantly stopped.
He coughed again to gain our attention. "Let me explain something. It's called the system of the worlds."
He clapped his hands and a board appeared with a depiction of a person with a lot of sparkles.
Weird.
"Once upon a time, there was a man. This man was a very powerful but lonely man. He spent his time in this lonely blank space for a long period of time before he came up with an idea."
Char made his voice lower, "'If I don't have anything, I'll make something instead!' and with that notion in mind, he started to make universes and in turn made worlds, and on those worlds, he made life."
At this point, his cheeks turned red and he rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Unfortunately, our Lord was and is very childish. He went slightly overboard and created a lot of worlds. If you want to get a good gauge of how many universes and worlds exist, try to remember every story book you've read. Every story about a different person and their world is just one of the various many worlds. Of course, some stories might be in the same world but in different time lines or in different perspectives."
He stared pointedly at us. "In fact, your world is a book too. If I'm not wrong, it's called 'Short stories from the Big Blue Planet: Earth' but I can't tell you of what is inside." At this Sole's face dropped and I shook my head.
My sister: The ever curious kitten.
He coughed into his mouth. "Moving on…"
He stared pointedly at us. "You humans call him by various names, but we angels call him Lord Siruru. Lord Siruru is the only existing Elder God, which is the God above Gods, but that is beside the point now."
"He created life, he was the one who first saw joy, and was the first to witness tragedy."
Char had a melancholic face which disappeared a few moments later. It was an odd expression and it did not suit the boy at all, but it showed.
It showed how much he cared. He really is a sweet boy.
"Not that it's not sweet or anything, but how are we related?" Sole interrupted, partly because she hates that looks in kids, it never suited them.
Char's melancholic expression turned into a small smile. "I'm getting to that point later. Do you mind bearing with me for a bit?"
Sole just looked relieved that he did not have such an expression on his face anymore and nodded.
"In really simple terms, he liked the good times and hated the bad times. A lot. So he made parallel worlds that could have a 'happy ending'. Although there will always be a core world where the tragedy did take place," He stopped to gain his breathe before he continued. "And of course, since there are good parallel worlds, there are also parallel worlds that could have a 'bad ending'."
He stared at us. "Still with me so far?" We both nodded, finding the topic very fascinating. It's not every day you learn how the universe system works after all.
He nodded in satisfaction. "Since there are so many worlds and parallel worlds, it was a little tiring for him to maintain the balance of all worlds and universes. That where we angels come in."
He seemed to nod to himself with this very satisfied face and I raised a brow in amusement.
What a cute kid.
"While Lord Siruru maintains the balance, we angels take care of the affairs of the living beings on every single planet. So there are large quantities of us."
His mood suddenly darkened and we tensed at the sudden atmosphere change.
I'm getting a bad feeling about the next few words he is going to say…
"Of course, as Lord Siruru tries to maintain the worlds, occasionally there would be slight disturbances that could cause tragedies that should not occur to occur on the worlds. The job of several angels is to ensure that they protect the living beings on that world from falling into that tragedy. However…"
His grimaced and he clenched his fist, I just rubbed his back again and gestured for him to continue as Sole gave him an encouraging smile.
It can't be any worse than being dead…
I could practically hear the words running through my sister's head.
Char took a deep breath; he was looking at the floor and not looking at us in the eye anymore, before he continued. "Angels are not perfect. No one is. So there are times when they fail to save the people from their tragedy. We call these people Wanderers."
He finally looked at us in the eye, though with a mournful expression.
And the dread started to settle in my gut.
"You twins are part of this group of people who died because of these 'tragedies' in actual fact, you guys were not supposed to die yet."
My stomach clenched as my hands started to fist together, knuckles turning white as I tried to remain calm.
I glanced out of the corner of my eye and noticed that my sister had turned a disturbing color of pale white.
She was shaking. From what I was not sure but it was anything but good.
Char had noticed our sudden change of mood and remained quiet to give us time to recover and for that I was grateful.
I took deep breathes as I started to calm down. The thought that I was dead anyway and had no time to mull over the 'what if's' considering that there was no point in doing so anyway.
My sister had calmed down faster than I did and gave a shaky smile. "And? Please don't tell me that is the end of what else you have to say."
Char stared at us thoughtfully before he nodded slowly. "Fortunately, Lord Siruru thought that it would not be fair to this small group of people to just have their lives cut so soon and that is where my group comes in."
He started to grin childishly as he hopped up. "My group is in charge of managing and sending Wanderers to a different world to live their second chance at life. We are what humans call 'Guardian Angels' and each of us manage one universe and the world that it inhabits."
He pointed to us in a very childish fashion, very different compared to the tense and serious child that I saw a few moments ago.
"I was assigned to you guys since you would be able to adapt you the world I am in charge in the most."
Then he sobered up and turned back to a serious expression. "Of course, there are several conditions to moving one person to another world. The person has to pay a price and follow several rules set to them."
I stiffened, I knew these types of things were too good to be true and I was right.
A price…
I'm getting a bad feeling.
And from the twitching of fingers that Sole was having, she could tell that too.
"The price," Char started, gaining back our attention. "Is your ties to your original world. In other words, your memories."
My eyes widened in shock while Sole frowned, not really getting the implications.
Char moved on to elaborate. "It means that as you spend more time in the new world, your memories of your old world will start to fade. Other world memories, with the exception of parallel worlds cannot exist together. You will still remember certain facts like who your parents were and if you had any other siblings, but events like birthday parties, school. Generally your anything else will disappear."
Char stopped and waited to see our reactions, but I gestured for him to continue, a thoughtful frown on my lips.
"The next are the conditions. You would have two missions to follow for the rest of your life."
When Char saw Sole opening her mouth to say something, he cut her off. "The missions are not really that constricting, you would still be able to live your life so don't worry."
Sole shut her mouth when she heard the explanation and let out a relieved sigh and waved her hand for Char to continue.
Char wore a small smile at the gesture and continued. "The first mission, which is the same mission you will have with the other Wanderers in the world is to guard over a certain artifact. This artifact is an archive that holds all the records of the world. It's past, present and future and other important facts."
My eyes widened to large proportions. He can't mean…
Char seemingly read my mind and nodded. "The Akashic Records. There is one in nearly every universe and it exists in every world and its parallel's. Imagine if that got into the wrong hands, it would be a disaster."
I shivered at the implications of his statement.
It would be horrible. The carnage, destruction, amount of death it could cause if it fell into the wrong hands…
"The second mission is different for every person. It might be just a simple mission where you act as support to the other Wanderers or it might be to guard certain important figures from their death since their death could cause the world to collapse, but this mission is not really that often. It just depends on your personality in this case. This mission is picked by Lord Siruru personally." Char explained slowly.
He turned to us. Expression so firm and serious. So much so that it did not suit his childish stature.
"However, the choice is yours if you wish to live out this second life. If not, then you would just have your soul reset and be reincarnated with no memories of your past life. So chose carefully…"
He slowly walked up to us and took our hands into his. "Do you want this second life?"
I bit my lip as I slowly immersed myself in thought. A second life, but at the cost of our memories.
I slowly closed my eyes memories passing by, Mom making breakfast for Dad as he sat by the kitchen reading a newspaper.
The twins who were preparing for their next prank as they giggled mischievously and felt no pity for their next victim.
Sole and I with our group of friends at our latest picnic.
Could I just give these memories up?
"I'm in."
My eyes snapped open and I stared at Sole who made up her mind. Her face in a serious expression and a determined frown on her lips.
I frowned at her. Did she think things through seriously?
She turned to me, eyes flashing with this determination. And she tugged at my hand with this sad gleam in her eyes.
My eyes softened.
She still felt guilty for my death. And this second chance was looking like a way for her to atone.
I took a deep breath as I sighed.
Now what?
I couldn't leave my twin alone and just let her go into a foreign world on her own. She would break if there was no one she knew beside her.
No. That would be too cruel.
I sent a silent prayer to my parents; the twins and my friends to forgive me for letting me give up my bonds to them.
But it would be worth it. I just can't leave my sister to go on her own.
My eyes met Char's, a determined expression settled on my face.
"I'm going too."
Sole's face lit up like a Christmas tree and Char's shoulder relaxed as if a heavy burden was lifted.
A more childish face settled onto Char and his posture became more relaxed. He let go of our hands while Sole still had my hand clutched in hers.
"Great! Then I'll send you guys right away! The others will get you settled in and will help you relax. Ah! But I got to tell you guys something."
I chuckled as Char started to get flustered again and he seemed to blush and pout at me.
Sole was cooing at the sight again and she was clenching my hand very painfully to restrain herself.
I sighed.
This will be a normal occurrence soon will it?
"The world you are going to. You know it very well."
I blinked.
Did I just hear that right?
Apparently, Sole did the same thing I did, except she voiced her thoughts.
Char chuckled and waved his hand as it started to glow.
"The World you are going to is a Manga you have read before. It had the cover of a certain baby hitman…"
He trailed off as understanding dawned on our faces.
"Y-you mean…" Sole stammered as she gulped, body shaking from disbelief that she was going into a Manga with very hilarious Mafia. "That we are going into the world of Katekyo?"
I get the feeling that my sister was probably giddy with a dream-come-true sort of feeling.
Char grinned.
"Yup! So enjoy!"
Before we could get another word, a hole appeared below us and we seemed to float for a while before we plunged into the black abyss.
My last few thoughts before I lost consciousness was
My life is going to be very troublesome from now on, isn't it?
Yes! It's is done. If you can't tell, Luna is really lazy and more composed compared to Sole who just rushes into things.
Several notes to take care of.
One Universe has one world which has many Parallels. So it can be the universe of Bleach or in this case, the world of Katekyo.
The akashic records exist in every universe, in every world and parallel. That is why the angels put these Wanderers there, it is on the world where the angels can't touch them.
Charmeine means the angel of harmony. I found it cute since he has a very flustered personality and gets things messed up ( except when he's serious, then he is in the zone!)
Lord Siruru – I just made this up, but the concept of the elder god I got from ThirdFang. He is awesome, read his story on Naruto!
See you next time, constructive criticism is very much welcome.
Ciao!
