Author's notes: Those who were expecting the next episode of 'Tsubasa no Aku' won't be getting it right away. Why? Cuz I think I need a change of setting for a bit. If you have noticed, Yuki has entered the Alternate Netherworld, and the preview did hint at a big war. Right now, I'm trying to get the details down because I originally didn't plan on it being there, but I needed to re introduce a familiar NI character. Anyway, this new fic has a change of setting. What kind of change? Suppose the second bad ending occurred, where Flonne remains dead and Laharl gives up his position, suffering from his loss. This is not going to be like Illuminet's fic. It's going to be something totally different, and a lot more humorous to boot. Anyway I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Disgaea, but I slightly own some reincarnated characters, since I named them.
It was a gloomy day in the Netherworld. Everyday did look gloomy for the Netherworld wasn't exactly a happy looking place, but there was darkness spreading everywhere. Chaos was hidden within one person. That person was the former Overlord, Laharl. Ever since the death of the angel trainee Flonne and Seraph Lamington, Laharl had been trudging through the Netherworld in search of inner peace. So far he has come up empty, and the more he witnesses Flonne's death, the harder itwas for him to control himself. And if that wasn't enough, the pendant that Flonne once gave him was continually burning him. Things were not looking up for the former Overlord. Suddenly, his heart began to beat faster, which was strange since wasn't in any danger or in a situation where such a thing could occur.
"What's happen—ARRGGGH!!! W-what's going on!?!" Laharl couldbarely stand. There was somethinggenerating such pain, and it didn't take long for Laharl to realizewhat was happening. "GAH!! Could it be?" Laharl grabbed the pendant that hung around his neck. He realized what was going on: the pendant was giving Laharl leak searing pain all over his body. He tried to take it off, but he couldn't. He didn't want to get rid of his last gift from Flonne, plus he couldn't take it off anyway since it has gotten so heavy lately. The pain became unbearable. Darkness started to take over, and soon the white flower that represented Flonne's death started to hover. "Oh no!!! Flonne!!!!!" But Laharl couldn't reach it. The pain dragged him to ground. It only seemed to get worse. Then…all went black. Laharl couldn't see anything or even more. Am I dead…? Then a voice calm, yet soothing voice echoed through his mind.
Laharl-san…I know you can't let go of me…but you can't go on like this forever…and neither can I…that is why I'm leaving you…for now…I have been accepted into reincarnation…soon I'll have forgotten everything…even you…my wish is that you regain your confidence once again…thank you for everything…please have love for yourself...and love for those around you...just like you have shown me...sayonara...Laharl-san…
When the voice faded away, there was no more pain. Laharl's body felt lighter. Like someone took away his burden. Laharl opened his eyes. He still had the pendant on, but the flower was gone. He touched the pendant, not even the normal stinging pain was there anymore. All he could feel…was warmth. He then thought about the voice. That was Flonne wasn't it? If what she says is true…then maybe her reincarnation brought back those nostalgic feelings… Laharl got up from the ground with a new determination on face. There was a new mission in his heart. Whoever she is being reincarnated into, I have to find her. No matter how long it takes, I will find Flonne…
Nostalgic Feelings episode 1: A New Feelings Reborn
I had a dream…a young boy swept me off my feet and carried to a far off place. His spiky blue hair with the slick antennas, the devious yet comforting grin, his smooth leathery wings…accompanied by his long flowing cape...he was no young boy. He was certainly not human…what was he…?
"Flora!!! Flora Lammings, get up!!!!" A voice cracked.
"Eh!?!" The young girl, Flora, picked her head from the desk. Sheappeared to be a normal junior high school student, however there was something very peculiar about her. She was wearing her traditional school uniform: a white blouse and red mini skirt, accompainied by her silky coat. In her long blonde hair was alarge blue ribbon.Everyone was giving her a weird stare, especially her teacher at the front. The teacher had long braided blonde hair and was carrying a large text book with her.
"Please stay awake, Flora. Class is in session."
"I'm sorry ma'am." Flora replied apologetically. She bowed to her. "It won't happen again."
"Alright alright. You don't have to be so formal and apologetic. I forgive you. Just pay attention."
My name is Flora Lammings and I'm junior high school student here at Tenshimura Junior High here in the city of Tenkai. I live with my mom, who works part time as a demon hunter. My father is a businessman. I often daydream in class, but I'm not as stupid as people think I am…okay maybe I'm a lil dense but…yeah. I feel so different from everyone else here in Tenkai. Why? Because of a certain being…demons…
The teacher turned to the board. "Now back to our lesson about demons…" Someone raised his hand. "Yes, Mr. Magma?"
A young boy stood up. This boy had very evil presence about him. He had a sinister glarealong with a matching 'I hate demons' cap."Yes, why must we learn about demons, Ms. Alora? Those…things are nothing but monsters!!!!"
Another stood up. Hedefinitely didn't look as evil as the other boy, butthe lookin his showed disgust in demons."Vulcan is right, Ms. Alora! Those fiends killed my sister!! Besides, the majority of our community are former demon hunters!!"
Alora shook her. "I know how you feel, Vulcan and Chris! Most of you feel hatred towards demons, am I correct?" Many agreed. Demons were not well liked. In fact they were not liked at all, especially in the city of Tenkai (note that Tenkai is the Japanese name for Celestia). The people here worshipped the angels of the sky and prayed that they would one day eliminate all demons. "However, learning about the past sometimes comes in handy. For those who wish to one day exterminate demons, knowledge of history may prove useful. Now let us turn to page 131, and begin our lesson on Overlord Krichevskoy's successor." Many groaned but had to listen anyway. After all, they were in school.
Flora, on the other hand, wasn't as interested in destroying demons. In fact, she felt quite sympathetic towards them. I feel so sorry for them…our city keeps putting them down…when I know they aren't as evil as say they are. It's unfair to judge them on rumors and on a couple unruly demons. I'm sure demons are just like any human.
"Flora!!! Page 131 now!!!"
"Hai!!!!"
Later that day, Flora stayed after to help clean with Alora, as punishment for daydreaming yet again. Many things were going through her mind right now, especially about Tenkai's enemies, the demons. She never really thought of them as a threat, and so far that haven't been. After washing all the desks, she turned to Alora. She had to get this straightened out.
"Alora-san?"
"Yes, Flora-chan."
Flora hesitated for a bit. She didn't want to upset her with what she was going to say. She decided to use a rhetorical approach. "Say, I was wondering. You see I have this friend…who…likes demons…but lives within a demon hating community, so she feels…insecure and she asked me what to do and I can't give an answer. Could you help her?"
Alora giggled a bit. Soon afterwards, she plyaful patted Flora on the head. "That's cute. If you wanted to say that you loved demons Flora-chan, you should've said so."
"Whaaa!?! But I don't—"
"Flora, it's alright. Don't worry. I don't hate you." Alora replied in calm, friendly manner. "In fact, I'm glad you like demons."
"You're…glad…?"
"Yes." Alora said. "The students as well as everyone here on Earth hate demons so much that they wish they never even existed. They think they are nothing but evil beings that know onlyhow to destroy and torment. That…is far from the truth. Demons are just like humans, just as demons and angels are alike. Humans just can't understand and neither can demons." Alora patted her on the head again. "I'm glad that there is one who feels the way I do."
"You mean you think demons aren't evil, too?"
"Hai." Alora replied. "You're not alone, Flora-chan." Flora nodded, happy that there was nothing to worry about. That she was right all along. "Now you'd better run along, Flora-chan. Be ready for class tomorrow alright. NO DAYDREAMING!!!"
"Hai! Thank you again, Alora-san!"
Later that night, Flora began to watch TV. She searched for a good channel, but everything that was on, talked about evil demons. She couldn't stand seeing another channel bash another demon. Finally, she came upon a channel airing a show called 'Etna and Jennifer's Netherworld Telephone Shopping Network'. Netherworld? Isn't that where demons live? She decided to catch a glimpse of the show.
"Our lovely item of the day comes from a fan favorite. Jennifer will you introduce this item to our loyal viewers?" Etna, the pink haired demon with skimpy outfit said.
"Of course, Etna-chan!!!" Replied a yellow Prinny. "What we have here today are the remaining parts of Kurtis!!! His cyborg parts, to this day still work in full glory!! Observe!!!" Jennifer hit a switch on one of the arms. Suddenly, the arm began to move and shot energy in all directions. A couple of screams were coming from off stage.
"Shut it off, Jennifer!!!"
"I can't!!! The switch is stuck!!! Get Thursday!!!"
"Okay!!!" Etna turned to the camera. "We'll be back after these messag—" Suddenly, the TV was off.
"Hey!!!"
"You shouldn't be watching this, Flora." A female voice warned her. "You'll get ideas."
"But okaa-san!"
"No 'buts'!!" Her mothersnapped back."There's no reason for you to pick up from these demons!!! If you start feeling any bit sympathetic towards them, they'll sneak up on you and betray you!!! Just like that demon that almost killed you when you were still a baby!!! Now please go to your room and do your homework."
Flora sighed and did what she was told. She went up stairs, groaning about what happened.
Her mother sighed and flopped on the couch. "What's with, Flora? Is she insane, watching a Netherworld channel in a city that totally hates demons?" The creak of a door was heard. A man in a businesssuit came in.
"I heard some yelling! Did I miss something?" asked the businessman. He had a very calm look on his face, which usually never faltered. He took off his fedora and place it on the coat rack. For an adult business man, he had pretty long blackish-grayish hair.
"Nothing, honey. Flora was just watching that Netherworld channel. I wonder why they even have that channel on Earth."
"I'm sure she was just curious, Aurora." The businessman said. "There's probably nothing to worry about."
Aurora sighed. "Why must you always be so calm, Tony?"
The next day, Flora happily skipped to school. One of her many talents were the fine art of fortune telling through the use of tarot cards. Everyday, she made a prediction. Her predicted that it would be a nice day…but soon she would have a fateful, yet nostalgic encounter. This made Flora feel so chipper and bright today. Fateful and nostalgic…I wonder whom it is that I'm going to meet? Then a car pulled up beside Flora. Flora instantly recognized the driver of the shiny car. "Ohayo gozaimasu otou-san!!!"
"Ohayo, Flora-chan!" Tony greeted her, happy to see her so bright and cheerful. "Are you heading to school?"
"Hai!" However Flora couldn't stay and chat. "Sorry, but I have to go! Alora-san will get mad."
"That's alright. Go ahead, Flora!"
"Bai!!" Flora dashed off to school.
Tony, despite the smile on his face, had something hidden within him. He knew that soon, Flora would be going through a big change in her life. Something that will make a big impact on her. He remembered his meeting with the teacher last night. He knew full well of the following events.
Flashback
"This is going to be a hard time for her, Tony." Alora told him. They were meeting in her classroom, which was dark since no one was there. No one else was at the meeting. It was meeting betweenthe teacher Alora and her father, Tony Lammings."She realizes that demons aren't evil, unlike the rest of the community."
"I know." Tony replied, sipping coffee from his mug. "I've been feeling it too. It's going to be hard for her, especially since her mother is so bent on erasing all demons…but if I know her, and I do as her father, I'm sure she'll be able to pull out of it."
"You seem pretty confident."
"I AM confident." Tony sipped his coffee once again. "There's no doubt in my mind that she will do it. She will be the one that will continue our lil 'bond'."
"Heh…there is one other thing though. There have been rumors of a strange being who appeared on Earth through the use of a dimensional portal. He looks like a young boy and is evading capture from the police. Do you have any idea who he is?"
Tony chuckled to himself. He sipped his coffee again and looked to the window. The moon was glowing a bright red."Hahaha…so you have finally come…former Overlord…"
End of Flashback
Flora was now within the school grounds. The pace she was goingat allowed her to get there on time."Good, I'm just on time. I wonder what kind of lesson Alora-san will teach us today?" However, Flora couldn't get to the school grounds, for a familiar face and a couple of total strangers appeared before her. "Ohayo Vulcan-kun! Could you please move aside? I need to get to school!"
Vulcan just sneered at her. "I'd rather not. Our school doesn't accept demon sympathizers…"
"Eh!?!"
"Don't try and lie yourself out of this! I heard you saying that you felt sorry for demons the other day!! As the descendant of a demon hunter, I cannot let you live!!" Vulcan snapped his fingers. "Get her now!!!" His goons charged after Flora.
"I don't want to hurt anyone, but if you won't let me through I'll have to fight my way in there! Please pull out if you don't want to get hurt!!!" Flora pulled her backpack off and took out a large wand and smacked the goons out of her way. "I'm sorry! I hope you can recover from you wounds!!!" Flora then hurried to the school, but was once again blocked by Vulcan's group. There was no escaping it.
Vulcan glared at her. "So you had a weapon all along? The more reason to get rid of you. Get her!!!! " At his command, the goons circled Flora. Flora knew she couldn't fight off this much. She didn't know what to do. It seemed hopeless for her…and then…
"Picking on a girl? Youguy are so pathetic…"
All of them turned their attention to a strange boy with a red scarf. Vulcan glared darts at him. "Stay out of this!! This girl sympathizes demons!!! She should not be allowed in this city!!"
"Throwing out a girl for sympathizing demons huh?" The guy walked up to Vulcan and grabbed by the collar. "Who are you to bark orders like that? What are you? King? Overlord? You're not any god!! Why not leave her alone and try and fight for the title before you act it!!!" The guy then tossed Vulcan to the ground. The boy sneered at him. "Heh...worthless piece of trash..."
Vulcan rolled to the side. He was now steaming mad and looked to kill someone. "What are you fools doing!?! Get him!!!" His boys agreed and all of them leaped at the mysterious boy.
The goy just scoffed at them. "Humans…they never listen…" Just as Vulcan's boys were about to tackle him, the boy began to light up. The illuminating presence became brighter and bright. And then in an instant, a large explosion surrounded the boy, blowing back every one of Vulcan's goons.. Both Vulcan and Flora were completed overwhelmed. Obviously this was no ordinary man.
"W-what are you!?!"
The guy simply glared at him, with the most demonic looking eyes. Eyes that could look into your deepest, darkest fears."You're worst nightmare." Vulcan fainted at the sight. The guy stopped glaring. "Geez…to think there would be such extremists here." The guy then turned to Flora, who was quite surprised. The boy put his hand out and smiled."Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
"N-no!" Flora replied as she took his hand. He pulled her back up."I'm just a bit startled. You just came here all of a sudden and protected. And…" Flora noticed something very unusual about him. "Those pointy ears of yours…are you a demon?"
The guy smiled. "Heh…so you noticed? Yes, I am a demon."
Flora was surprised, if not confused at this point. Her savior was a demon. She felt a little better. In fact, very happy. "So you are a demon!! Finally, I get to see one!!! And to think a demon would save a little girl like me! So this proves it!!! Not all demons are evil!!!"
The demon began to laugh. "Hahaha! That's just like you! You must think demons have love too, right?"
"Eh? Well yeah!!! Everything has love!!!" The demon grinned. That sentence just seemed so nostalgic. It's her...I know it is...Then Flora realized something. "You said 'just like me?' Do I know you from somewhere?"
The demon realized what he was saying and stopped. That's right, she doesn't remember…Soon, he heard some police sirens. They were far away, but he could still hear them since he was a demon. Flora, on the other hand, couldn't even hear them one bit. Shit… "I'm sorry but I have to go!"
"Eh!?! But why!?!"
"I can't explain right now!!" The demon tried to run off, but Flora wouldn't let him escape. She tried running after him.
"Could you at least tell me your name? My name is Flora!!! What's yours?"
The demon just kept running. He then yelled out, "My name is Laharl!!!"
"Laharl…?" Suddenly, Laharl jumped into what looked like a portal. The portal swallowed him up and took him to some place unknown. Despite that, Flora wouldn't budge.No, I can't let him get away!!! I have so many questions!!! And...I have to know what he really meant...why he feels...so familiar..."LAHARL-SAN!!!"And so Flora took a biggest risk she could ever take: she jumped into the portal, not knowing what she was getting into.
Incredibly short and confusing, and my descriptions are lacking but I hope you liked it. Coming up with some of the names was a lil tough but I was able to manage. You know it took me hours to come up with the name 'Flora' for her (you all probably know who Flora is by now). The other reincarnations, you'll have to figure out. Oh and I just ordered the other Disgaea Novel "Makai Senki Disgaea: On Love". The cute one with Laharl and Flonne together on it. I can't wait to see it. Anyway, next chapter, we'll get to see where this portal is taking Flora. Also, a familiar vassal turned Overlord is looking for her successor. Hmmm...I wonder who it's gonna be? Please R/R. I'd appreciate it.