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It was summer break. Soon there would be a huge transition in the Loud house with Lincoln going to middle school and Lori heading off to Fairway University to begin her college life. But recently as of several months Lori has been suspicious of her little brother.
'What is going on with with?'wondered Lori, who's noticed that something is extremely different about her little brother.
Lori has always known that her brother has always been different from other kids. He was strong, brave, an extremely charismatic. That it's probably why he was considered the King of Royal Woods Elementary School as Lola one time told her that Lincoln was the most respected kid and all of Elementary School.
Lisa confirm this and this is why the bullies never mess with her Lana, or Lucy despite their strange habits as they did not want to anger Lincoln. Even infamous bully Chandler McCann, who was recently sent to a military school across the country was afraid of him.
'But Lincoln isn't a violent kid. He's just some dork who likes Ace Savvy, video games, Pizza, and working out... working out.' thought Lori, as now that she thought of it she was strange that Lincoln did like to work out despite the fact he did everything that you would attribute to a nerd or a geek.
Despite only being twelve years old. Lincoln had an extremely well conditioned body thanks to his good eating habits and regular workout regiment that he does with Lynn. Even her sporty sister admits how well-trained Lincoln is as he could easily be the top athlete in his school if he ever stayed with any one sports program.
If fact Lynn one time told her that many teams ask Lincoln to fill in for them when they need an extra player, or one of their players is sick and they practically beg him to do it. In fact Lynn one time told her that a coach actually gone on his knees to ask Lincoln to play for an important game..
'Strange... and now that I think about it Lola has been nicer to Lincoln ever since Chandler has been sent away to Middle School. I know the kid was a jerk to practically everyone, but why would he mess with Lola if he was afraid of Lincoln?'wondered Lori, as something definitely wasn't normal about her brother and she was going to get to the bottom of it.
So on a Saturday when everyone was home. Lori saw that Lincoln was heading outside by himself and decided to tail him as she wanted to know exactly what was going on with him.
Was he involved in something he shouldn't be involved in?!
Did he have a girlfriend that he hasn't told the family about?!
Was he doing stuff that would make their parents upset?!
Was he's starting to go through his rebellious phase?!
Why did she not notice any of this strange behavior until now?!
These were just some of the many questions Lori had in her head as she noticed that Lincoln jump the fence behind the house and head into the nearby woods. She so that he literally just jumped over the fence with one jump, which should have been impossible as no one can jump that high, not even Lynn!
"Just what is going on with my little brother."Lori said to herself with a whisper, wondering what exactly was going on with her brother before she decided to continue following him as soon as she was sure he was out of range.
Unlike Lincoln, Lori had to climb the fence in order to get over to the other side as she began carefully tippy towing through the brush in order to not alert her brother of her presence.
'Where are you going?"wondered Lori as she continued to following Lincoln deeper into the woods behind their house.
'Just where are you going?' wondered Lori as Lincoln walking to a clearing in the woods.
"...Clearing...? But it was never a clearing here when I explored back here bakc when I was around his age..."wondered Lori, wondering what the heck was going on!
"Well... let's see how my little project is working out."said Lincoln as he pulled out a sack that was hidden in a nearby bush.
As soon as the sack was out in the clearing that Lincoln open it up and reveal it was filled with a bunch of metallic parts... robot parts.
"Lisa disposes of you guys very often so I decided to help myself to some free equipment."said Lincoln as he placed on safety goggles and started pulling out wires from the robots.
Lori look down with confusion wondering what he was doing before she noticed that he was using equipment Lisa used when she was building robots, but he appeared to be using the parts for something else.
"Let's see if I connect the auxilerator here... and just redirect the energy from the motherboard here.."said Lincoln as he put what look like a magnifying glass attachment to his goggles as he began working on the circuitry.
Lori wondered when her little brother became so tech savvy because she thought that was Lisa's thing! But hear her up until recently normal little brother was working on wires and connecting them to some kind of machine hidden underneath a tarp like a pro.
"I couldn't believe my luck when I discovered that old car not too far from here and it still worked. And is that video of that guy who created a motorcycle out of a car is to be believed... with the right equipment and patience...you get..."said Lincoln as he removed the tarp, revealing that he was working on a modern version of the bat cycle.
"You get a high impact customized motorcycle."said Lincoln, as he pulled out of bandana and tied her around his head and put on gloves so he wouldn't get too covered in grease as he began to get to work.
"Im sure Lana would love to get a look at you, my bat cycle, but I think I'll save you for another day as soon as I get you probably working. Now I got to remember to meet up with Flip for the battery I need to make you complete. Luckily for me I've been saving my allowance and working on jobs around the neighborhood to save up money. And Flip knows better than to try to rip me off again after what I did to him last time."said Lincoln to himself with a chuckle as he continued working on the wires of the that cycle.
'What did he do to Flip? And why do I hardly seem to care whatever happens to that con man?' wondered Lori, who wasn't worried as she thought she should be about Lincoln hurting someone.
But then again if the person he hurt was Flip, then the resident con man most likely had it coming a mile away.
"Alright then... that should be in working order, and now I just need the special battery Flip told me he would get for me. Now but the bat cycle is almost complete I can finish that other project."said Lincoln as he walked over to another Bush and pulled something out.
Lori look down with worry as Lincoln remove what look like waterproof plastic to reveal... a sword?
Lori was about to step out of her hiding place and give Lincoln a piece of her mind for holding a sword when he began speaking again.
"Enma...Lord Oden's sword that was supposed to go to Lady Hiyori when she got older. I raised her as a beautiful Orian for twenty long hears as I waited for the day when Kin'emon and the others would return and help save Wano from Kaido and Orochi... I'm glad that this sword is here as I don't know if this is the real Enma or simply a copy. Either way it's something to remember you by Lord Oden, the man I respected so much and was willing to die for and still am to this very day... I hope that if we ever meet in the afterlife we can share a drink and talk about what we experience during our reincarnations and talk about the Life I lived when I was your loyal Denjiro..."said Lincoln as he pulled out Enma from its scabbard.
As soon as did that the sinister purple energy of Enma starting to wrap around his hand as it became covered Ryou! Lincoln gritted his teeth as he swung Enma downwar, creating a purple slash wave that cut
into a nearby tree with great force! So much force that it was a clean cut in the tree fell into the ground as they stump laid where I stood.
"Great... now I have to get rid of another tree cuz of my carelessness... oh well at least I have more lumber to work on my secret base."said Lincoln as he put Enma back in its scabbard.
Meanwhile Lori couldn't believe what she had just saw or heard.
'Lord Oden? Lady Hiyori? Enma? Denjiro? What in the heck is Lincoln talking about?! How on Earth if that's sword just cut that tree when it didn't even touch it?! What was that sinister energy?! And why did Lincoln talk about someone we, his family know for a fact he's never met before. And what is this nonsense about reincarnation?!' wondered Lori, who was even now more confused as she noticed that Lincoln pulled out a hatchet and went over to the nearby tree.
As he looked at the tree he raised the hatchet before releasing his Removal! Now Lincoln had access to a hundred percent of his late and power as he was cutting through the tree bark like it was nothing as his skin turned dark and his muscles bulge with veins!
Lori looked on with fear as her little brother had taken all the appearance of a monster as he was cutting apart the tree like it was nothing and within a few minutes what had once been a tree was now pieces of wood evenly cut and assorted!
"Phew... man removal takes a lot of me. Kure Erioh, my old body would have been able to handle this work easily but I guess my new body still needs some time getting used to removal. At least my time using an axe as Thorkell the Tall hasn't gone to waste either... isn't that right, Lori!"said Lincoln, knowing that his older sister was there the whole time because of his observation Haki.
Lori just stumbled out of the but she was hiding in as she couldn't believe Lincoln knew she was there the whole time!
"I was wondering when you were going to say something, but I got bored and decided to say something myself."said Lincoln as he toss the axe aside and began removing his bandana and gloves as he approached his sister.
"What...is this, Lincoln?"asked Lori, as she was getting up from the floor as her brother approached her.
"This... is who I had really been for the last twelve years of my life. I'm kind of tired of hiding who I really am so I figured I'd tell someone, and who better than the sister that deserves to know the truth before she leaves for University."said Lincoln has his sister wondered what he was talking about.
-=O=-
...One explanation later...
"So... you're not just my brother... but you're living proof of reincarnation..."said Lori after hearing Lincoln's explanation, and still finding it hard to believe.
"Yeah... I've lived many lives throughout my lifetime when the first time I died. In Limbo they asked me if I wanted anything and I wanted to be the warrior I always dreamed to be, and I just kept asking to be a warrior every time I died and went back."said Lincoln as he handed Lori a drink.
"It's green tea.."said Lincoln as Lori took a sip, and to her surprised it was actually delicious.
"So... why did you choose to be reincarnated as a normal kid."asked Lori, wondering why Lincoln or whatever he was decided to become normal now.
"I've exchange life on the battlefield many times throughout my reincarnations. I meet so many great people have ingrained into my heart to forever remember. I have stared in the face of death multiple times and manage to survive. I wouldn't say I got bored I just really wanted to experience what normal was after a while."said Lincoln, as one wants to experience peace even for a short amount of time.
"But then.Why build all of this? Why keep that scary looking sword?"asked Lori, wondering why Lincoln would do these things if he wanted to experience a peaceful life.
"It's hard to teach an old dog new tricks."responded Lincoln.
"Huh?"said Lori with confusion.
"A warriors heart and spirit will always reside in me no matter what body I take, and sometimes I can be too stubborn want the things that remind me of who I am around me like that motorcycle and that's sore that belong to the man I was willing to fight and die for, and still am. I want to have reminders of who I was so that I know what is important to me."
"And what is important to you, Lincoln?"
"Family!"
"Huh?"said Lori, not expecting that answer
"All throughout My many lives I met many great friends and relatives who I considered my family and still do. I love them to death and was willing to do anything to ensure their safety. That's why I treasure you guys so much and we'll do everything in my power to protect you guys. Because no matter who I am you all will always be my family."said Lincoln as Lori gave him a hug.
"I'm honestly it's still a little scared about all this information I just barely learned about you. But no matter who you are, you always be my brother, nothing is ever going to change that. But please keep these things about reincarnation and all that under wraps for now until everyone gets a little older. I know it's not good keeping secrets but I don't want to freak him out with all this reincarnation thing until they're a little more mature."said Lori, as Lincoln nodded his head in agreement.
"Yeah, the only reason I told you is I needed to get some weight off my chest as many of my reincarnations hated lying and it's ingrained into my soul!"said Lincoln, as it is not easy to keep a secret from your loved ones your whole life... not even close.
"So... what's the plan from here on out?"asked Lori.
"Just live my life as normal as possible."
"Heh, I thought you were going to say that. Come on, let's go home."said Lori as she stood up.
"Your not going to tell the others of what you discovered?"asked Lincoln.
"No...These objects look like they mean a lot to you and it wouldn't be right of me to be responsible for them being forcibly taken away from you, not that anyone could take anything from you. But the point is you're not hurting anyone, so there's no reason to take these away from you."said Lori, has Lincoln smiled at her as he followed her back to their house for breakfast.