I...Died
It was so quick, So sudden. I was at my boring office job, A sudden scream and then boom. A bomb had went off and taken out my whole floor. Leaving me nothing more then a pile of bones on the floor.
I could of done so much more, My girlfriend. We were getting on so well. Me and my friends were all planning a vacation to Australia to get away.
All gone now.
I thought their was an afterlife, Maybe heaven, Or Valhalla.
But there's nothing.
A void is all around me. Complete darkness. I feel like I can move but I have no body to do such a thing, Almost like I'm stuck underwater.
Well, I guess this is it.
Nope.
A voice in the void catches me off guard, Bringing all my attention back to the empty void.
"Hello?"
Yo.
A deep voice echoes around the void. Seconds feel like hours as I wait for him to continue.
Well you're obviously not gonna speak so I will. Welcome to the afterlife. Pretty shitty right? Yeah well that's what I thought too.
It certainly isn't what I expected. A void? I thought I would've been in a field feeling perfectly happy, A tavern drinking all day, Maybe even just hell. But nothing?
Quite the shock yes. Well I'm not hear to keep you company I'm here to give you an offer.
"An offer?" An offer, Depending what it is would be much better then this void. No entertainment or company whatsoever
Yes an offer. I'm offering you to become number #2
"Number 2? Of what?"
The second gamer. It gets boring after conquering my whole multiverse and having nothing else to do. So I'm offering to be like me and eventually be powerful enough you can keep me company.
A gamer? Well I already was a gamer. I was a proper beast at call of duty and titanfall 2. "Gamer? What do you mean by that?"
By gamer I mean you become the player. Gain abilities, pick a class,etc. much better then just floating around in space forever.
He does have a point.
"But what about all my friends and family?"
They're all dead. You've been in this void a lot longer then you think.
I feel my nonexistent heart drop to this. Dead? Did I not just die?
No. You've been in this void 72 years. Everyone you've known as died.
Dead. Like me.
I never got to see any of them again, Never got to have kids or get married, Be a best man at a wedding, Never told my stories to my grandchildren. Like every grandparent, So that brings up the question.
"Why me?"
Because out of every other soul I've seen you're the most normal, And I want to see how you change.
I don't fancy floating around in the void for the next 500 years, So I say the only reasonable answer.
"I accept"
Good. I'll be seeing you soon enough number 2
"Wait what's you're name?"
Call me Zeus.
Jolting out of a bed I look down, Having my whole body back and not feeling like I got cooked alive. Quite refreshing honestly.
Standing up, I feel a lot taller then I was in my past life, I was 5'8 which I was happy enough with. But now I feel massive compared to that.
Walking around the room I find myself I look around. A mirror on the wall which I can see my reflection in. Hot damn, If Zeus made this body for me he did a good job.
Jet black hair with streaks of blonde in it, Shaggish but not long. Complimented with green eyes with specks of blue in them. I'm built quite leanly, With the slightest of muscle visible.
I also notice I'm in only boxers.
Sticking on some joggers and a plain grey t-shirt I found on the floor I sit back on the bed and think to myself about what's next.
How do I even activate these 'gamer' powers?
Like this sir.
A loud voice echoed in my head, Like a british butler.
"So you can hear me?"
Yes sir, I can hear you in you're head so no need to speak out loud.
Noted.
Questions buzz around my mind each as important as the last.
Where am I?
You are in the world you knew as 'My hero academia' Zeus saw it a fitting place for a starting world.
My hero academia? The anime? With the really annoying main character who cries all the time?
Yes sir
..Fuck
I don't even have a quirk or powers or anything like that! I'm not just gonna be quirkless in this world!
I suggest you take a look at you're status and class system sir
And how do I do that?
Just say status in you're head sir
'Status'
Name: Andres Górm
Class: None
Rank: Mortal
Alignment: Neutral
Strength: D
Speed: D
Endurance: D-
Intelligence: C-
Luck: B-
Charisma: C
Was there not supposed to be a magic system in games? Where I had a mana pool and it said how much mana I spent on spells?
Zeus thought it annoying to calculate all of that sir. He simplified it by just doing an E-S system. So he put perks and flaws as a little treat.
Perks and flaws?
Yes, You gamble for a perk and gain a flaw. It is only optional however.
I'll do it, Hopefully luck is on my side
Perk gained!
[Irresistible]
You have the best looks and the most enticing personality. Everyone around you will hope to be closer to you and factions will hope to recruit you.
Flaw gained.
[Vengeful]
If someone ever crosses you or does you ill, You will do anything in your power to ruin they're life.
I was never vengeful in my past life so it is an odd feeling. I can already feel all my ill feelings bubbling up inside me just waiting to be released. But it was worth it for that perk! Even if I miss my girlfriend, We never did actually break up..
Why can't I remember her name?
Zeus erased all your personal memories sir, He thought it fit to make fitting into the shoes of his successor easier.
I can't even be mad at him, Like literally. I can't get mad at him for some odd reason. Every second that slips by I lose more care for my past life. It was a whole lifetime ago.
May as well try for another perk
Perk gained!
[Prodigy]
You learn 2x as fast as the average person. Making getting stronger much much faster then usual
Flaw gained.
[inner demons]
You lean heavier into the darker side then most. Not impossible to escape and do the good thing but dark thoughts and entities will approach you more often then the usual person.
Ok maybe not as worth it. The league of villains, If that's what they were called. Will want me more then U.A then. Probably good to steer away from the rough parts of town for a while.
Quite good thinking I'd say.
Thank you..I don't know you're name? What is your name system?
I was not giving a name young master. Zeus thought it not fit as his is called 'system'
Well that's changing. If I'm stuck with you you're atleast getting a name.
Sounds like a butler,My helper...Alfred. You're name shall be Alfred!
Quite exquisite name sir. Very well I shall we called Alfred from now on.
That makes it less awkward from now on. Instead of just talking to myself in my head I can specifically call for you.
I do recall you mentioning classes? Like as mages and wizards and all that shite?
Yes, You have 3 main classes each with a subclass, Subclasses can then be mastered and eventually mixed with other subclasses to form new subclasses or discover [Secret] classes.
You're options are as following
[Fighter] [Rogue] [Mage]
Three different starts, Playstyles if you're a gamer like me.
That hurt to say
Fighter could be useful for getting up and close to enemies, I'm guessing fighter is for training specific types of fighting & weapons. Rogue is for a sneakier type of player and Mage is magic and that branch of stuff.
Correct
Well I never liked actually fighting, More getting stuff done for me. And I don't like having to be sneaky and discreet to do the work, So rogue is out of the question. Leaving Mage.
Show Mage subclasses
[Elemental mage] [Illusionist] [Enchanter] [Summoner] [Locked] [Locked]
Even more options. I think my brain will fry if more pop up
I think summoner would take too long to get strong with, In a place like my hero academia I need to get strong enough to stand my own and summoner is a slow burn class, So that's out of it. Enchanter is also out as I don't have anything to enchant. Illusionist could work but if I remember correctly that takes quite a lot of power to do and doesn't work with crowds well. Which leaves elemental mage
Can I see the elements I can choose for elemental mage Alfred?
Of course sir
[Pyromancy] [Hydromancy] [Geomancy] [Aeromancy] [Electromancy] [Locked] [Locked]
Wow.
A long list sprawls in front of me. Many greyed out with a big red X over them. But that is quite the amount of options
If I want to get into Ua I have to have a strong power. Even though it was a long time since I watched the anime (Since I was apparently in the void for 72 years) I do remember that the entrance exam was I had to beat up some robots. So i had to use something that packed a punch
I was not being a pyromancer. I didn't wanna be half of what todoroki was. And same with electromancy. I was not being a copy of that electric dude.
Geomancy was honestly kinda lame. Sure I could pick up rocks and stuff. But it isn't that strong to start off with.
So that leaves the option between aeromancy and Hydromancy. Both equally powerful with a decently high power cap. But Aeromancy is a very hard to understand power. I could cut someone's airflow off by accident. That leaves hydromancy.
Class gained!
[Hydromancer] - Lvl: 1/100
The power to use water to a mages advantage! A useful ability that is like a current. Calm but quick.
After picking my class I could feel something flow through my veins. The instant power. Not much but enough to do something.
More then I could in my past life. I only realise now, Nug with these powers I've been gifted I could do anything I want, I could be a god, I could be a king an emperor. I can be something more.
It's exciting
Walking down the streets of Japan is a lot different then I'm used too
Mainly because super powered people are flying around
I just saw a guy with jeans for all his clothes. Certainly not my type of fashion sense.
Unlike mister Jean man over there I have a grey hoodie on to hide myself a little bit. Trying to find a place I can train in peace is a bit more difficult then I expected, But it's still useful to see all the other types of powers, Or 'quirks' that they're called here.
Did you know the title of 'worst quirk EVER!' Goes to a guy who's quirk literally turned him into a door? Me neither. That's the type of stuff the anime doesn't tell you. And did you know the 'best quirk ever!' Actually isn't all mights? It's some woman who used to be able to literally do anything. She died 80 years ago however so I won't have to deal with her.
Coming out of my musing I end up at a beach, Not the one Midoriya was at in the anime, Because it's not covered in trash. It's actually in quite good quality. But I came here to practice my power not admire the beach.
The waves are like a magnet for me. I can feel whatever was going through my veins earlier yearning for me to touch it. However I stuck my hand out, Trying to lift the water.
Nothing happened.
Alfred?
Yes?
How do I use my power?
Just harness it sir
How helpful.
Using whatever little help i was given. I try it again, Letting myself feel pulled towards the wave.
And the wave came to me.
A sizeable chunk of water lay in front of my hand, Swirling. Waiting for me to command it to do my bidding.
It was empowering.
Instead of letting it pull towards me, I sent it away from me and watched as the water shot at remarkable speeds across the sea, Not coming back into the sea for atleast 100 meters.
And that's just level 1
[Hydromancer] - Lvl: 4/100
Well not anymore.
Hours went by of me just pulling the water back and forward to me, Eventually I learned to morph it into shapes and move it in directions other then back and forward. However it didn't level up much more only going from 4 to 6
It had got dark by the time I walked back into the city. Feeling even slightly more powerful and in tune with my ability.
The streets were crowded and were all shouting, Fire lay in the distance past the crowd. I started to shove through them all to see what all the commotion.
Getting to the front of the crowd I'm shocked by what I see.
It's bakugo. Stuck in the slime villain.
I'm in season 1.
Looking across the crowd I can see midoriya staring in disbelieve at the slime villain. And I can also see all might in his deflated form, Which I should probably never let him know I know or he'll think I've been spying on him.
The slime villain nearly has bakugo fully taken, He doesn't seem to be fighting back anymore.
Even though I know midoriya will try save him with all might finishing the job, I feel like I should jump in and save him. But another part of me is telling me to stop them from saving him, To let him die and take his place in U.A
Midoriya started running towards bakugo and I stood there watching. I liked midoriya, Even if he cried a lot and always put himself down. He deserved the power of One for all.
So I put my hood back up and walked back to my little apartment, Hearing the roars of happiness when all might came. I felt my gaze darken.
This is my life, And midoriya wont be the main character.
This was my first time writing a gamer fic, And even a my hero academia fic in the first place. I got a lot of inspiration from the dark wolf shiro (seriously He's awesome) but I wanted to try make my gamer fic even the slightest bit unique
Im planning on letting Andres be a hero, Maybe an anti-hero. But he is a good person deep down. Even with his flaws given to him he wants to do good.
Andres won't be getting any quirks or the like of that. Alfred the system may reward him with one eventually but at the moment he has to work with what he got