Chapter 3 : Kings Never Die

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He didn't know how but he woke up later after some time, the sun was already up in the blue sky. He still couldn't move his body, but then memories from last night hit him, coupled with his physical fatigue, it didn't take him long to faint again.

After this, all his life felt like a blur. Waking up in a stranger's house, thanking him for his recovery, going back to the HQ, saying his last words to the people there and particularly to Ar.

Just like Ar said, he should've relied only on himself, maybe that's why Ar was so harsh with him too...

From then on after swearing vengeance, the blur intensified, and he lived in a sort of autopilot mode.

He trained and trained as hard as he could, learned everything useful, started gaining experience in life, from common sense to women.

All this for the sole reason of getting his revenge on that group. He found them a few years later, they were part of an international organization that sold their services for assassination.

The reason they killed the Vultures was probably that they were paid to do so. Even if they were an intermediary, they still deserve to die in his eyes.

And that they did.

He created for himself the alias 'Victor' to join the organization and destroy them from inside. Like this, he rose in rank thanks to his extreme skills, especially in silent and close assassination. His wish didn't take long to be completed.

He only needed a joint mission with the members involved, after all, accidents while rare still happen. All this hurdle took him around 7 years and he was now 22, an empty shell of himself.

Completing his vengeance didn't make him feel better but made him emptier, and lonely just like Ar said all those years ago.

It took him another whole year to find a 'normal' rhythm of life and not just run through everything with a monotonous 'autopilot'.

Finding hobbies he liked, or well mostly indulging in depravity. Sex was a mean like any other after all; just like some people use violence, alcohol, or drugs to escape whatever they want to avoid.

He used his missions for money and the money for holidays or women. Just like that, one year later he received a notification about a big mission, with a few more zeros in the payment. The mission to retrieve data about a Qatari...

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In a dark place somewhere and nowhere a soul just finished reminiscing about his life 'Heh that was pitiful... all that just to die in a helicopter…'

'I should've listened to Gramps and live for myself instead of seeking a path of revenge.'

'Anyway, is this how death is supposed to be? A useless f*cking black corridor where nothing happens? Just you and your thoughts huh? Quite scary indeed.' He mentally sneered.

Not that far 2 people invisible from the soul were listening.

"Kikikikiki... Isn't this just so sooo fun? Kikikiki!" Asked a male voice.

"What do you mean? This child lived a desperate life." Stated the other person, with a more feminine voice.

"Kikikiki... What I mean is how did this soul get here, where reincarnated people are sent by our other colleague."

"This..." The female voice didn't know what to say.

"Isn't the most entertaining outcome the most likely? Kikikiki... Should we give him a chance?"

"I would've proposed that myself but it's just suspicious coming from you, Jester."

"Meh, you're no fun granny, just get along with me, it'll be cool.... Kikikiki." Insisted the male, known as The Jester, one of the most unreliable Gods out there.

"Alright, but do not think anything weird with me by his side." Dryly stated the female.

"Hai-Hai! Anahit still as rigid as ever, huh." Dismissively nodded Jester.

Back to the lonely soul who was still contemplating his condition 'Where am I though? Doesn't look like hell at all.'

"Where are we? Isn't that a good question? Kikikiki... I like the fact that you associated your place of eternal rest to hell directly, you're quite honest huh?" Resounded a creepy laugh.

"Don't let him bother you, my child, just ignore him." The voice of a female spoke.

"Hey don't interrup—"

"I will do the talk, Jester, is that ok with you?" She glared back at the weird man.

"Alright granny, just calm down geez..."

"Anyway now that this fool shut his mouth, let me do the introduction, my child, I'm Anahit, a forgotten Goddess. Unfortunately so forgotten that I had been given the task of reincarnating lucky fellows such as you. Oh right, and the fool on my left is The Jester. Just a prankster God who got nothing to do in his free time."

While the Jester could be seen nodding fervently, the soul was confused and mostly shocked. 'Reincarnation? As in living again? Is this why I was left here in the dark all this time?'

*Cough* *Cough*

"About that... hehe well yes..." Awkwardly avoided the goddess. 'Sorry but we were just observing you.'

"Wait.. wait.. can you hear my thoughts?"

"Kikikiki, of course we can, aren't we Gods? Kikikiki!"

'Sounds plausible indeed... umm let's try... Oi Jester, you really laugh like a creepy fool.'

"..." The stifle laughs of the Goddess could be heard.

"Man... man... that was uncalled for, but don't worry you're not the first one to say it, kikikiki."

"Ahem... let's stop rambling, we got things to do right?" Interrupted Anahit.

"Indeed and you have 4 wishes before your reincarnation, so choose wisely." Jester quickly added , with a serious tone unbecoming of himself.

"Okay... let me think..." The soul was confused but nonetheless tried to think of something.

"Aight , I just did, now 3 more wishes to go! Kikikiki...!" Laughed Jester.

"Wait! Wait! I didn't mean it like that!" Said the soul, shocked and feeling played by him.

"... Kikikiki..."

"Oi! Oi say something you fool!"

"Should I say 2 wishes now or—"

"Stop the useless talk for once Jester!" Shouted Anahit, reprimanding her fellow God.

"What do you mean? What was that?" Hastily inquired the soul.

"I just wanted to see his face after that... Sheesh, can't even joke now..." Sighed Jester.

"Fuuu..." The soul exhaled the breath he was unconsciously holding.

"Don't mind him and sorry for that, I should've interrupted him sooner. You have only 3 wishes, like everyone else and not 4." Anahit explained.

"Anyway...Just like I said before you'll have 3 wishes ; reincarnating in the world of your choice, with the power of your choice and the appearance you want."

"Kikikiki, just name it and we shall give."

"Ummm, I don't get everything but the world? You mean other worlds like Star Wars and shit?"

"Oh! Sorry I kinda overlooked that part, te-he! I forgot you weren't here because of our colleague Truck but came thanks to an irregularity, and from an older period too. Mmmh, you should know that, we Gods, can pretty much create every world you can imagine."

"Same for powers, from telekinesis to superintelligence everything, though there are certain limits obviously; you can't wish to become a God."

"And lastly, well, appearance, you must have understood. You can become as handsome as you want."

""So, what do you decide?"" The 2 Gods asked at the same time.

"..." The soul was left there pondering, he grew weary of fighting, he wanted to live for himself but the only worlds he knew of were always at war. He couldn't really decide, and he wasn't an avid watcher or reader of fantasy movies/books.

"Kikiki, I've got a nice idea, seeing that our little friend here can't decide... Can you hear me, Anahit?"

The Goddess glanced back at her fellow God who still had his trademark smirk knowing fully well that he only wanted to have fun. But she too wanted to help the poor soul and seeing him not being able to choose instantly like all those other people before saddened her quite a bit.

"Go on, but I must warn you if it's something weird again I'll report it." She sternly answered.

"Kikikiki, don't worry I think it's very fair: so hear me out... Since he gets 3 wishes namely; the world, the powers, and the appearance... Why don't we make the wishes random? He just gotta spin a wheel, and everything will be chosen for him. Imagine you could be reincarnated into the world of Dragonball with power close to a God and even more kikikiki... Isn't that fun?"

"I didn't really get what you said but isn't this random? I could very well get thrown somewhere at war with useless powers." Said questioningly the soul.

"For once your idea isn't that bad Jester, but just like you said Child, with a random choice you could get the best settings, just like you can get the worst..."

""The choice is yours""

"..."

"You know what just spin that thing, I really don't care anymore, I just want to rest..."

"Kikiki! HERE WE GO!" Shouted the jester, spinning the wheel.

The soul could see every other choice. The wheel could give him things such as My Little Pony, Naruto, Ice Ice Fruit, Ainz's appearance... but he couldn't understand them at all.

Finally, the wheel started to slow down and come to a stop at 'My Hero Academia' but the second part was too, coming to a stop followed closely by the third part, but when they came to a stop, surprisingly they both pointed at Yoruichi from Bleach.

While the soul didn't really understand what My Hero Academia entailed 'Maybe a world like Marvel?' He thought. The Jester was laughing openly:

"Kikiki, isn't this just mega fun? Having both the appearance and the power of Yoruichi? Kikikiki, a tanned beauty, one of the strongest female characters from the anime Bleach: The Flash Goddess."

"Hey...hey wait... correct me if I'm wrong but isn't she a woman? And what are her powers? What's that Academia world? Can y'all be just a tad bit more helpful for God's sake??" Nearly shouted the soul, he obviously didn't want to be a woman in his next life, that much he understood.

"Ahem... indeed we were used to having people knowledgeable about anime recently, so we forgot that normal people exist too, hehe." Anahit laughed awkwardly.

"..."

"Anyway, I'll do a fast run down before you get transported there. First, the world, My Hero Academia, MHA for short, is a world full of heroes and villains where most of the people have abnormal powers called 'quirks'. The world is quite dangerous and most of the people you'll meet may be quite naive. Now for your powers, you'll have some of her memories about them, how she made them, how she used them, just enough for you to use them as if you were born with that muscle memory. And well for the appearance... She was a beautiful woman"

"..." The soul continued to blankly stare at the form of the Goddess.

"..." Two people were gazing at each other, one awkwardly and the other a bit angrily.

"Alright since Jester used his influence once to make the wheel, I could use mine to change your sex, I'll make you a male, but you'll still have her appearance, namely dark skin, golden eyes, and purple hair. You've got nothing to say, right Jester?"

"Kikikiki, don't worry about me, this is so entertaining!" The two Gods glanced back at the soul who was pondering why fate played such tricks on him.

"..."

"I guess it's still better than nothing." He finally relented, tired of this ordeal.

*sigh*

"Sorry about that, that's just what happens when we play by this fool terms, anyway about Yoruichi's powers."

"We said that before we couldn't give you Gods power, and she was basically one, a God of Death to say the least. So her power will be adapted in the form of a quirk. And it's perfect since they are too much to handle for you and that world!"

"Well now... To be totally honest here... Like always we don't, more like we can't, know what will change in that world after your venue." Continued Anahit.

"Moreover you've been quite lucky with the power-related wish... So lucky that the power you obtained is too strong. Yoruichi is basically a shinigami, a soul. And all her skills are initially for souls too. But you're just a human, with a human body which can't handle it. After all, souls can break laws of physics that a human body cannot."

"Just her raw power can topple the whole world kikikiki...!" Intervened Jester.

"So?... You want to take it back?" Asked warily the soul.

"No, no, no! Just like I said, you'll have a modified quirk made for you..." Anahit quickly retorted.

"Mmh, what's sort of modifications? I mean, I got it, she was a 'soul' and her abilities might endanger my body, so what's the deal now?"

"Indeed, you'll basically have a quirk called 'thunder cat' imitating all of her powers. Let me explain: thanks to the quirk you'll be able to transform into a cat, like she did, and thus possess enhanced sense and physical abilities. Going from strength to dexterity, speed or even acute hearing and exceptional sense of smell, plus plenty of other benefits."

"You'll also have a lightning power that can furthermore enhance your speed, and only speed, this replaces her Kido. That way you could replicate her Shunko and Shunpo, you may not understand this now but you'll see in her 'memories' that this lightning part of the quirk is quite useful. Because... Yes... Obviously we couldn't add a whole new power system based on Reiatsu to MHA just for you..." Finished Anahit.

"I see... That's a lot of information to take in, I didn't get it all but I guess I should be fine for now..." Sighed the soul.

"Sorry for that, those modifications were mandatory if we wanted to keep an equilibrium between worlds... Anyway it's time for you to go and explore new horizons—"

"Kikikiki... oh and don't be surprised when you wake up again!"

"Huh? What do you mea—"

"Kikikiki now, now, we've already lost too much time didn't we? So, ciao ciao and I hope you'll have fun in your new life"

"Farewell Child, and may this new life be good to you" Were the last words the soul heard before feeling a splitting headache and losing consciousness, again...

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"Why were you so hasty to send him there!? That's not your typical reaction." Anahit inquired.

"I just wanted to reach the fun part sooner, kikikiki! His expression when he'll reach that world, priceless, kikikiki."

"On another more serious note, I just didn't want him to continue and pester us, I felt like he wouldn't stop asking us more questions if we didn't send him right there" Continued Jester.

"I know he's an irregularity but that was still our job to answer his questions..."

"Anyway, it's not like he's in a bad situation, right? Insanely strong powers, access to memories about their use, and a very good-looking face. What more do you want?"

"Um..." The Goddess half-heartedly gave a nod. "I still think we could've helped him and given him some light about MHA being an anime with a plot and a protagonist..."

"Heh, that green sprout? Glad that I sent him before then kikikiki...!"