Psst. Psssst, you there?
"What?" I questioned the nothingness I found myself in.
I got an offer for you. You get to live again, so already pretty good, yeah? But this is the best part. It will be in a world you know from fiction with an ability you get to choose. Deal or no deal?
"The fuck do you mean no deal. If I'm fucking dead of course I accept." I exclaimed, pointing out the obvious.
Glad you agreed bub. What's your name gonna be?
Enter name here:
NAME HERE
Oh shit this is some weird gamey thing. Uh what was my name? Fuck if I remember. Let's do random. Can it do random?
Enter name here:
Johannes Blue
It can do random. Cool, what next?
Let's just go straight into the power, shall we?
A massive wheel appeared in front of me. With an arrow at the top and various powers listed on each stripe. So we're leaving everything up to lady luck huh? I spin the wheel with all my force and stare at it motionless awaiting the result.
Stand huh? That gives me some creative liberties, I like it.
The voice quipped as I saw the result. I can work with that, it's not the weakest nor the strongest. Hopefully I get Gold Experience Requiem or something stupid like that.
Well time for the last event, the world!
The text on the wheel changed. Taking the place of the powers were various anime, movie, book and game names. Some I recognised, most I didn't. I gave it a good spin and hoped the whims of fate wouldn't lead me astray.
Highschool DxD! That's always a fun one to watch. Well good luck!
Before I could react the wheel disappeared and my eyelids grew heavier. Soon I couldn't keep them open and I fell unconscious.
-xXx-
I awoke in a body that was already walking. I took someone else's place it seems. I was in a park, the sun was setting. At the end of the walkway I could see a water fountain. Next to it stood two people. As I made my way towards them slowly I thought about my stand hoping to get to know what the fuck it was.
Infront of me levitated a tall humanoid. It was wearing a black suit jacket, underneath it a black and white striped shirt with a tie that had the same pattern except tilted. The figure had shiny black leather shoes. It's face was the most unnerving with clown makeup and a wide grin. In its hand was a note.
This is your stand: Never Gonna Give You Up! It's ability allows it to create stands out of people's souls, how do I get someone's soul you ask? Simple, kill them! This shouldn't be a moral problem for you considering your not so shiny past.
"Oh for fucks sake he rickrolled me! Can I get a different stand?" I muttered to myself angered. The answer came from an unexpected source.
"A full commitment's what I'm thinking of~" My stand sang. Great it can talk. And I'm stuck with it, at least the ability doesn't suck.
With this out of the way I decided to give a closer look to the pair standing next to the fountain. One of them was a black haired girl who seemed to be bowing in front of the other who was a brown haired teenager. The girl said something that seemed to confuse the boy. After she leaned into his ear and whispered something his expression changed from one of to one of shock and fear.
The girl's clothes burst and change into a different, skimpier outfit alongside black wings appearing on her back. Oh shit this is DxD right? Well I gotta stop her… I looked at the boy's face to see a blush. Pervert. After which he fell onto his ass. A spear appeared in her hand and she threw it at Issei, puncturing his stomach. Oh no, Issei. This is such a tragedy!
The girl flew away shortly after he collapsed onto his back. I need to save him. I walked up to him slowly. As he started lifting his hand, I kicked it back down and took out the pamphlet from his pocket, throwing it aside soon after.
"W-who are… you?" He questioned weakly.
"I'm here to help you." I told him. I walked over to his face, my stand manifesting next to me. I need to help him, right?
Checking my surroundings only to see nothing out of the ordinary, I decided it was time to act. I looked at my stand which seemed to be giggling wildly. I imagined the song that was his name sake, the beginning series of notes specifically.
THUMP
THUMP
SPLASH
THUMP
SPLASH
CRACK
I started stomping down on his face repeatedly, wanting to take care of this quickly. My stand started dancing around the would-be protagonist with an even wider grin. There wasn't much left of his head. It was a bloody puddle with chunks at this point. With no distinguishable features.
"We're no strangers to looove~ You know the rule and so do I!" It sang out as it made the first lap around the boy.
"A full commitment's what I'm thinking of~ You wouldn't get this from any other guy!" It continued as it punched through Issei's chest and took out something.
"I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling~ Gotta make you understand!" It took the mist like a ball it had in its hands and spoke to it.
"Never gonna give you up~ Never gonna let you down~ Never gonna run around and desert you~ Never gonna make you cry~ Never gonna say goodbye~ Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you!" It started stretching the substance, shaping it into something new. As it finished singing it put it's work on as a jacket. And it spun.
When it stopped it looked very different. It was wearing a bland black suit and a bowtie, the uniqueness began at the hands. Which were silver and black looking quite robotic. The head was a futuristic space helmet made of a silver metal with a black glass cross on its head. For shoes it was wearing classy reptile skin ones. They were coloured the same deep red that mine were after 'helping' Issei.
The shoes seemed like a fuck you to Ddraig, considering they were his colour and scaly too. But with it's look the name for the stand was quite obvious.
"Daft Punk." I named it as I started walking away from my victim, picking up the devil flyer from the floor on the way. I threw my shoes into a river I passed on my way to the home of this body's previous owner. I obviously hid my stand worried that it might be visible to others.
My body lived alone, having gone abroad to study at the prestigious Kuoh academy. It was also apparently chosen by my parents in hopes all the girls there would 'cure' my gay tendencies. Quite an interesting backstory this body has.
The apartment was fairly standard, having barely moved in there the original Johannes didn't have time to decorate. I was fine with that however I needed to put some posters or something on my to do list. I want to seem like a perfectly normal teenager after all. But that was all for later right now it was getting late and I'll need some rest.
First though, I summon both Daft Punk and Never Gonna Give You Up. It seems only one can be out at a time, I guessed seeing one disappear and the other take its place. I manifest Daft Punk again and put my hand on it's head.
"Oh, so that's what you can do." I react to the information that enters my brain, explaining the stand's ability. The abilities are based on who they were made from it seems. My name only proves more accurate as this power's name can be well described by another reference, Harder Better Faster Stronger.
The ability works similarly to the evil pieces in a way. It allows me to give out four boosts. Harder - durability, the rook piece. Faster - speed, the knight piece. Stronger - enhanced power of all kinds, a better bishop piece. Better - all of them combined, the queen piece. I can hand these boosts out to others and myself, either separately or together. It can also affect singular attacks which increases the result immensely but puts that boost on a ten second cooldown.
With this knowledge I go to sleep, ready for my first day at Kuoh academy.
-xXx-
"You killed me. And why am I trapped here!" I heard a voice yell. I found myself in a nice crimson lounge with black leather seats, the whole place surrounded by jail cells. Some were near the floor I was standing on, some were hanging much deeper in the abyss. In the corner was a bar next to which, a stage. I walked over to the bar and poured myself a glass of wine. On the stage were Daft Punk and Never Gonna Give You Up, the first was playing the piano and the second was singing.
The song was nice soothing jazz. I looked at my first stand confused, asking for an explanation. It pointed at a golden plaque which was hanging on one of the few walls while keeping up it's song.
It's me again! This place is your mind, here all of the captured souls and stands reside. And I gotta say you have a great taste! You can rearrange it if you want to but I doubt you'll change much!
I agree, my taste is great. I sip my drink and make my way over to Issei who was standing inside a cage, shaking the bars. Annoyance.
"What do you want?" I asked him nonchalantly.
"For you to let me go!" He responded, violently shaking the bars.
"You're fucking dead. If you'll play nice I might allow you access to the lounge, but if you keep shaking the bars I'll move you down to the abyss over there." I pointed into the darkness below. But something caught my eye. A massive cage inside of which a red form was visible. Oh? This is interesting.
I bring his cage up making both him and the cage smaller. I have quite a bit of control here, it seems. You know what? I have a great idea. I make the cage and him even smaller, and place it on a nearby counter. Now I have a pet little lizard.
"Ddraig, I presume?" I mock him.
"Yes, and who might you be?" He responds calmly.
"I'm Johannes Blue, your new owner I suppose. You might think that this will pass soon, that there will be a new dragon emperor and you'll be free. No, there won't be. You're trapped here." I told him, not wanting to waste my time on his proudful demeanor. That angered him and he started talking back. I didn't like that so I took away his ability to speak.
"I hope your attitude will be better next time we talk. If you'll be a good pet I might even be more lenient with you." I scolded as I sat down on a sofa and relaxed, drinking as I observed their behaviour. Falling asleep after, thanks partially to the music.
-xXx-
I awoke in my apartment again. I looked at the clock and saw I still had an hour, and I lived closeby. I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and got a first look at my new body. I had defined features with a small black goatee and moustache, light blue eyes and long blond hair tied into a ponytail.
I took a quick shower, brushed my teeth, dressed, and made my way to the kitchen. I got myself coffee and toast. I turned on the news channel, which even though it had kanji everywhere I could understand. I'm guessing that's thanks to him.
"Early this morning a body of a young boy was found. He had a smashed face as well as a hole in his stomach. We are still waiting for confirmation of his identity." A reporter explained. Well they found him, not much of a surprise to be honest. But I doubt they'll trace it back to me. I turned off the television and left for school.
My walk only took ten minutes and was pretty uneventful. I passed a cat though, which reminded me of the fact I turned Ddraig into a house pet. I stepped into the school grounds and saw someone approach me.
"Are you Johannes Blue?" The crimson haired devil asked me. She was trying hard to be sexy, hips swinging from side to side, her chest doing the same. But I'm no teenager and I kept myself cool.
"Yes, and you are?" I questioned with a casual face.
-xXx-
AN: And the first chapter is done. As you could probably tell the mc is a sick evil fuck. This is basically my break from good mc's and such. Hope you enjoyed the prologue I'll call it. Review, follow, favourite or don't.