Hey guys. I'm back from Graspop. It was one hell of a party. Have enjoyed it to be out there. Did my crazy bit. Waited for ten hours to see Sabaton from the front row and damn, were they worth it. And they're going to tour.
Been a decent human being, helped out in those times. It was fun and I got a ton of new stories.
Also got the last song, the Great War, from Sabaton. It's awesome.
But that's not what inspired this. During the course of last years, especially on Stories Told, I have made quite a few bit of omakes to the point they took in place in that universe.
That has gotten a bit out of hand so I'm going to put my Omakes from now on in this piece. They can be about a lot more but most likely, they will be about Infinite Stratos vs Masou Gakuen HxH, hence the name.
As for the inspiration of this, a very surprising from last week and an old friend.
From the Monster you made me.
Kerlongsj have been used to crazy things in his life. That was something he had grown used during his life.
Which conclude to a lot of things in his life.
Like falling in love with Chifuyu Orimura and Reiri Hida.
At the same time.
Or the fact he lead the Hackers to even greater glory.
With five million men on his payroll.
Or that he could do things that were seen as impossible in some regard. In fact, pretty much his entire life was crazy.
But communicating to his dead brother in his dreams.
Yeah, that even beat Chifuyu and Reiri to the punch.
So when the first time that happened, Kerlongsj wasn't sure if this was real.
He was walking around in this gray area. It was not like there was a close off but he could move around in this place.
When he checked his powers, he couldn't feel flickering. That meant that wherever he was, the powers were cut off. Using his powers to transmit a message were also out.
"Where the fuck am I?" He asked aloud. The Devil wasn't afraid of things but the fact that he couldn't get where he was, that was weird for him.
"Am I dreaming?"
"You damn well are, kid."
There was only one person who had the gut to call him a kid. Even generals in his army never had the guts to call him kid.
And his toe holders (or adults in the room) called him by his given name.
Never kid.
"Azalof?" Turning the voice, was his older mentor, Azalof Orlejov. Fourth leader of the Hackers.
The man was a bit older then Kerlongsj. Or better said, he was forty when he died and Kerlongsj was just fifteen at the time.
He had hair like Kerlongsj although he was blonder than the younger man and it wasn't a bit spiky. It was a bit longer. There was also some beard the man carried on his face.
Like his son, Anaton, Azalof had bright blue eyes and that was shown here.
Kerlongsj couldn't close the eyes of his brother as they were gone from his face.
His body was well trained as Kerlongsj had despite his age.
The fact that his body was not cut up like when he died made it even better.
He wore the same grey sweater Kerlongsj had.
"Hey there, kid. Been a while."
Kerlongsj walked up to him, his mouth dropped open.
"How is this possible? You died." Azalof nodded. "I have indeed died. But you can make up if this is in your head."
The Older man stopped and spoke again.
"What I can say is that you have taken a very different approach than I had when I lead the Hackers." His face had been a bit more frowning.
Unlike his younger self, Kerlongsj shrugged. He wouldn't have dared if he was fifteen.
"You weren't there. In fact, brother, you should have been leading the faction. I don't know but you would have done a way better job then I did. Then again. We're not living in that. I lead the Hackers. And well, things work out."
Azalof glared at him now.
"Really? And how did things work between you and those two She-demons?"
The Devil wasn't sure if his jaw clenched but the glare was returned.
"You talk about Chifuyu and Reiri? Believe me when I tell you that it is really helpful to have two women who love you and are extremely highly regarded in their world. They help me out and I do the same to them. Besides, you know what Ryuuin told us. This was bound to happen."
"You're talking about Destiny? I thought you didn't believe in that sort of bullshit."
"Not really. But sometimes, things like that just happen. What was I supposed to do?"
Kerlongsj asked in an annoyed tone.
"I don't know. Make them hate you. So that you wouldn't turn out like this."
"Like what?" He found a knife under his throat but he had gotten used to that in ages.
"I have trained you to become like this and yet, you choose an opposite path. You became a lapdog for those whores."
Even without his weapons or powers, Kerlongsj was no joke. And Azalof or whatever this was, noticed that.
When a fist hit him straight in the face.
"Do. Not. Talk. Like that." The first words were breathed out in an harsh notice.
"Why not? I am speaking the truth."
Kerlongsj glared at him. "Reiri and Chifuyu are not perfect. True. But they don't treat me like a lapdog. And you can be my brother but they're not whores."
"Really now? You think that I haven't seen how much they crave for you when you approach them. Or how much you yearn to have them on your lap. With your dick pierced through them."
Kerlongsj would have been blushing as he would be embarrassed by that but he was too angry to give a flying fuck.
"First of all. We're human creatures and they have a Link with me. An upgraded sex drive is not something many guys mind. If they have that thing. I am not normal and I'm happy about that. If I was, I would have died years ago. Second. You wanna know something, Azalof. You raised me. Or better said, you prepared me. But unlike you, I'm not treating Anaton like you did."
"How did I treat you? if I hadn't taken you in, who knew how you would have ended up?"
That was something to be given as leeway.
"True, motherfucker. But you trained me to become this. You think I am normal for Hacker Standards. I am not normal. I have changed into a monster. And it is by them and your son, Azalof, that I am not completely gone off that road."
"So you're saying that Anaton is something you hold dear?"
"You wanna know something when I was done putting you in the ground, brother. I couldn't save you. Cause you couldn't be saved. Hubris killed you. You went off on that end alone. You didn't listen to anyone. Not to me, not your group. To no one. I got toe holders who keep me from going off that end. Chifuyu and Reiri are two big ones. Just like Anaton. Speaking about him. I am raising him to become Hacker Leader one day. But I prefer the idea of making him a leader when I'm busy raising my own kids. Instead of what you did. Go off without any notice. The fact that Anaton didn't even know about you was even worse. I didn't know of his existence either."
"If you had known, you think that I would be able to hide him from the Council? No. And I don't care. If they knew about him or his brothers, they would have taken my kids."
"So turning me into a Monster was your idea? You nearly destroyed me during those days, turned me into a Monster, didn't save me from that, only to save your own sons. Which didn't work cause his two brothers are gone? What have you achieved? You got killed off when I was fifteen. I had to lead the Hackers when I was just a kid and I had to take care of Anaton in the process. A baby of two years old."
Azalof smirked on that. "Yes, and what is your point? What does he think of me?"
"Well, I hate to break it to you. You might be his biological father, Azalof. But if he was here, I have a hard time believing that he would point you as his father. I am the one who raised him. Sure, I had help. I had my group, I had women who looked after him but in the end, I raised your son. And I am not going to die and let him take care of mine."
If there could be a more vicious smirk, Kerlongsj had returned that one.
"You don't even have any," Azalof argued.
"You think that is the big deal? I turned off my fertility. Can turn it on like the push of a button." Kerlongsj countered.
"So far as I go, the only women in your life are Chifuyu and Reiri." The older guy told him back but had a dreading emotion.
"Yeah. Glad you noticed. When I am done cleaning up this, and we all got our shit solved, I am asking them to give birth to my kids. And when that happens, and they're born, I'm going to make sure I get a son. Call it chauvinistic but I want a son." Kerlongsj shot back and every word was meant with that.
Sure, the idea of him and those two women having kids was ridiculous to say the damn least. But all three had thought about it. Try to hide a secret when you got a Link running.
"You want the Brunhilde AND the daughter of the Inventor of the Heart Hybrid Gear to bear your offspring?" If Azalof or what this was, was shocked, it was shown here.
"I like the idea of saying that I want to have kids with them more. Cause that is my idea. My sons are going to lead my faction. But I want to raise them myself. Instead of dying off. If push comes to shove, sure. But I like the idea of not dying off and leaving others to take care of that. Cause you turned me into an unkillable monster. And your death could have been avoided. That is the one thing, Azalof, I never forgive myself for. Or you." Kerlongsj shot back.
He had seen too many men die. Azalof died and he shouldn't have.
"But if I have to die, so fucking be it. If I have to die, to save so many others, sure. I would die. I would go dark on them. But that is the last case scenario. I had so many other times that I should have died. And yet, I haven't died. So what else do you have to say?"
The two glared at each other until one of the two relented.
"You really intend to do that?" Azalof asked. "Having kids, raising them, growing old."
Kerlongsj nodded. "Yes. I know it's not in our style. I mean. All four Hacker Leaders died before they even had a shot in hell to see the faces of their kids. I am not going to be number five. I am gonna take care of my kids. I'm gonna raise them. So anything else to say?"
"That I am fucking jealous of you. But one thing, kid. You better hope so. Cause shit is about to get real. I'll see you around." And with that, Kerlongsj woke up, the raging emotions still in his body.
His eyes wide open and he looked around. That was too real to be just a dream. Looking around, it was nearly time to get up.
Eight hours of sleep. Record in the last six weeks.
Most would think that the bed of one of the wealthiest men on the planet would be extremely extravagant. It wasn't.
Just a bed with a mattress a bit bigger than normal. On his nightstand, there were just a phone, wallet and his two blades. Kerlongsj prepped himself up and checked his powers. They were working now.
His Link was open although he got the idea that both Reiri and Chifuyu were sleeping. Taking out his knives and feeling them slip on, made him really wake up. When he turned to his side, he saw a kid walking in.
Putting the knives on a safe mode, Kerlongsj knew that something happened to Anaton. Nightmares weren't uncommon for Anaton. Weirdly enough, they only seem to come when the Devil was around.
Kerlongsj counted that as a blessing.
Wordlessly, Anaton walked up to him and wrapped himself around the men.
"I just had the weirdest dream ever, Kerlongsj."
"Well, kid, that makes two of us."
And that is the ending for now. This was a somewhat darker take and most likely, this is gonna be used for more.
From now on, I'm going to post all my omakes here. They can be involving in more stuff but most likely, they will take place in the Stories Told Universe. Thanks for reading and until next time.
Saluut.