3 Meeting x Machi

It's been a year since I've reincarnated into this body.

First, I learned that my marking haven't appeared yet, and neither have my horns. I'll likely have a hat to hide my horns since that isn't something you see every day. Anyways, I'm being carried for my first trash hunt with my new family. They knew that I was more intelligent than your average one year old, so they told me to point out anything I liked. I see a few other people and they seem to respect our distance, but some come up to greet us. Meteor City is far different than how they portrayed it in the anime.

Meteor City acts like a city where everything illegal is legal. There is no law enforcement, really, but there are a few rules everyone universally respects. They also have a leader system of elders with "supernatural abilities" but I know this is Nen. The district we live in is called "Calamity District", likely a play on Meteor City. Our district is governed by Amaiya, who is rumored to have a large proficiency in blades.

I'm trying to figure out a way to join the Phantom Troupe, or at least unofficially. It was never specified when the Phantom Troupe was created, and they have constantly switching hideouts. I think that Chrollo Lucilfer, the leader of the Phantom Troupe, was 26 so he would be 15 right now. It will probably be from age 16-20 he makes the Phantom Troupe, unless he does it really young.

The reason I want to join the Troupe so badly is because of three reasons. First, they can get me real identification outside the city, so I can actually take the Hunter Exam. Second, they can teach me Nen early. Third, the only other way to do these two things is to join one of the assassination groups, and I am definitely not about to be brainwashed or something like that. Also, learning Nen without a teacher can be very dangerous so I won't even attempt to try and meditate and unlock it myself. I wonder if Yumi or any of my siblings have Nen.

I don't want to fully join the Troupe because I don't want to take part in the Kurta Clan Massacre and be hunted down by Kurapika. Also because it's morally wrong. I could MAYBE see if the Kurta clan did something extremely bad to Meteor City and it's rules, but doing it because they want the eyes? That seems like a lot, even for a criminal group.

Besides that, we finally arrived at the picking site. Ukana is currently feeding me with a worn bottle and an unidentified liquid. I'm not 100% sure if it's milk, but it's keeping me healthy so I'll take it. My legs are almost strong enough to walk, and then I'll start to do light training like stretching and a bit of weightlifting.

Anyways, since I have some rather tough skin for a toddler, I'm currently crawling around the junkyard within sight of Ukana. I see a pipe stuck in the ground, that's rather thin and long. I grab onto it and try to hoist it, but I'm clearly not strong enough. Ukana sees me struggling and pulls it out for me.

"Does wittle Yukana want the pipe for a wittle wepon?" I don't know why, but Ukana still likes to baby-talk me even though he knows I'm more intelligent than an average baby.

"Yah! Yah!" I respond anyway to his baby talking, while nodding profusely. Ukana gets the message and twirls the pipe around his hand. The length is about two meters long and about an inch in diameter. Later on, I could probably sharpen it so it could act like a spear or something as training for my weapon later on.

"Is that...?" Ukana stops for a moment, picking me back up. I wonder what he saw that was- WHAT?????????

"Yo! Machi! How are you doing?!" Ukana calls out to a girl with short pink hair in a kunoichi outfit. She seemed to be looking for trash when she grinned widely and flicked her hand at Ukana. I assume she used Nen and threw threads at Ukana, solidifying my theory that the family has Nen, since he could see the threads.

"Wait! Wait! Stop! I'm carrying my little brother! No spar for today!" Machi stopped her assault, fully standing up and grinning at my brother.

"Heh, if you want to be a ninja like me, you will need to learn to carry important things while evading pursuers." Does Ukana want to be a ninja?

"Ahhh! Sorry sensei! I will try harder next time!" Ukana slammed his head on the ground in a dogeza position, seemingly forgetting I was in his hands. I pulled on his short hair in annoyance.

"Hahahah, I like him already!" Ukana pouts while Machi quickly takes me away from him. It seems like Machi is a lot more lively than she was in the anime. Does something happen to her between then and now?

"Waaaah! Give him back! He's not yours!" Ukana whines, trying to get me back but Machi is too fast for him. I swear, woman, if you don't stop moving this fast I'll hit you.

"Woah! Look what he's doing!" I start bearing my fists at her with an angry expression, although it probably looks ridiculous.

"He looks so cute!" Ukana pouts as he can't see my expression while Machi is teasing him. I then reach out and pull her hair, causing her to get angry a bit.

"Oi! This kid is a menace! First your hair, now mine?! How about I train him!?" Ukana goes to retaliate but I start nodding a lot. I want out of this damned city! This is actually a really good opportunity for me.

"What the hell! He's my brother! I get to decide that!"

"Nope, he's mine now."

"What?! That's-That's not fair!" Ukana begins to fake cry. Sometimes he acts more like a baby than I do.

"But in all actuality, bring him to me as soon as he can walk. Just tell Yumi you found a babysitter." YES! Free training!

"Okay Sensei!" Machi has a malicious smile that looks nice, but is really an unspoken threat, Ukana sweats profusely. Machi gives me back to Ukana, but I spot something interesting in the trash. Ukana begins to walk away but I pull on his hair again.

"Hey! What the-?" I point towards the thing I saw. He walked over to it and picked it up. It was a red cap that was actually in pretty good condition, and it said "Devil Child" on it in a white color. Ukana walked up to it and dusted it off, before setting it on my head. It went over my face because it was too big but I lifted it up so I could smile at Ukana.

"Aww." Ukana pat my head, to which I think this body has an extreme weakness to because I began to fall asleep after a few pats.