1 Transmigration

On a single bed, in a simple room, a tall youth was lying down. His chest didn't move, in fact, his entire body was pale and without movement.

This poor soul was...dead. His lips were blue and his eyelids and area under his eyes were black - the calling signs of poison, and a very strong one at that.

Suddenly, a white light shone down on the corpse. Instantly, his blue lips went back to their normal fleshy-color, and the bags under and around his eyes disappeared. Finally, the youth's chest suddenly heaved up and down, like it was beginning to breathe again. But from the awkward movement, there was definitely something wrong.

The youth's eyes shot open, their dark red giving off a wild vibe. But right now, they were full of confusion and slight panic.

He shot up, hands to his throat, but he soon calmed down and took one of his hands away from his throat and balled it into a fist.

He quickly threw his fist into his diaphragm, causing an impact to clear his lungs of whatever was in them.

"Bleughhh..." a sickening sound exited the boy's mouth as he bent over and let out a stream of dark black blood.

The stream of corrupted blood continued to exit the youth's mouth, collecting in a small puddle. Well, rather than a puddle, it could be seen better as a pile of blood, as the black was incredibly thick, like mud.

Fortunately, there was a limit to the amount inside of his lungs.

"Haaah.....haaaah....haah..." the boy continued to heave, pulling needed air into his lungs before swapping it out for more. It was akin to how a starving man would eat food if it was in front of him.

All the while he was doing this, the youth had a confused look on his face.

Images flashed through his mind. Images of a final fight, an image of his death, and worst of all, an image of his failure and the suffering of those he cared for.

But...that wasn't him...was it?

He was Takuya Kurosawa, a simple Highschooler....right?

More images and memories overflowed into his brain. Memories of harsh training, memories of killing, beating and fighting others. Before memories of loving, hating and laughing.

All sorts of memories came into his head before he fell back with his hands gripping his brown hair.

"Arghhhh...!" his hoarse voice came out in a small yell, muffled by his arms in front of his mouth. He started writhing about but soon his spasming stopped and he lowered his arms. Now his face was calm, filled with both surprise and a little a bit of joy.

"Haaah~ I...I was, Takuya Kurosawa but now..." he paused and let out a sigh, "...But now I'm a mixture between him and another Takuya Kurosawa, a 'normal' person from 'Earth' or at least a different version of the Earth I'm on,"

It was true, he was the perfect mixture between another version of himself from another world. Just that this other 'him' was born before him, so he died when he was 28, 10 years older than Takuya right now.

Why is the older-Takuya now in the younger and also dead-Takuya's body? Because when he died, a God summoned him with some bullshit reason, saying "You've won the reincarnation lottery, pick 5 wishes and you'll be on your way to the Anime World!" or something utterly unrealistic like that.

But as if to prove Takuya wrong, a massive book appeared in front of him, listing possible abilities.

So Takuya came to the conclusion that he was either having one last dream before dying - which would be weird, seeing as he was stabbed - or he truly was being granted wishes by 'God'.

Humoring the omnipresent voice, Takuya picked out 5 wishes. Not from the book, but from his own mind:

-Metal Bats ability to get more powerful as I get more exhausted and damaged

-Garou's ability to Adapt and a Constitution that can use the ability to its maximum efficiency

-Ability to bond with a Demon(s) to enhance my own strength. The ability has to stop the Demons from taking over my body or killing me in a direct or indirect way

-Mix Garou and Metal Bat's abilities together, perfectly.

-Don't reincarnate me, transmigrate me. I don't wanna be a baby again.

And with a laugh from 'God', that's how he awoke in a new body throwing up blood.

Instantly, as soon as he got his memories in order, he felt a change in his body.

He looked down and saw how his skinny frame was quickly filling with muscle. It wasn't painful per se, it was just...boiling. Like he had been submerged in a very hot bath.

Wherever the heat flowed, muscle grew.

Not to an obscene amount, but rather in a compact manner, surfing the line between lean and bulky; the perfect amount of muscle.

Takuya's tall frame which looked lanky before now looked much better after being filled out with enough muscle to look like he wasn't just skin and bones.

And Takuya knew why this was happening.

You see, while older Takuya was a normal human, this Takuya wasn't. No, he was a half-demon and he had a sneaking suspicion that he was sent to this Takuya because of his 3rd wish to do with making contracts with Demons. That is if being a half-demon was positive when contracting demons.

Anyway, because of his mixed blood, he was like any kind of Hybrid in the real world - defected and broken because of the mixing of two different kinds of DNA.

But Garou's ability to adapt at an alarming rate, plus his Accelerated Growth Speed, just merged the two bloodlines together making him into a perfectly healthy 18-year-old once again.

Where did the muscle come from? Also from Garou's ability. You see, the reason the blood wouldn't mix is that Takuya's body couldn't withstand the fusion, so to make the fusion happen, Takuya's new Adaptation powers forced his body to make muscle mass and up the density as much as it could which led to him being more lean than bulky.

And because of that---

*Grwwwlll~!*

"...Hungry," Takuya let out a sigh before standing up and looking down at the disgusting pile of black blood, "I'm gonna have to clean that up otherwise Chihiro-sensei will kill me--Huh?" Takuya stopped and thought about who he just thought about.

"Am I in Sakura Dormitory? Because why else would Chihiro Sengoku be here...So does that mean I was reincarnated into Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo? But that can't be right, I'm a half-Demon, and there weren't any of those in that Anime...it was a romance anime for god's sake!" all of Takuya's memories were still incredibly fuzzy and he couldn't really tell what was what in his head at the moment.

The only thing he could really think of at the moment was his past memories, or more specifically the memories to do with Anime or Manga.

"Haaah~" Takuya sighed before putting this problem on the back burner for now. Him stressing over it wouldn't do anything to help, so he might as well settle his hunger.

As if to agree, his stomach growled with even more 'ferocity' than before. Takuya rolled his eyes at his stomach and therefore himself, and walked around the pile of blood before exiting his dorm room door.

He looked left and right and saw no one's doors were open and no light was shining under the door. But he could hear the odd evil cackle every now and then.

Ignoring them and the sense of foreboding he felt when hearing them, Takuya walked to the kitchen. On the way there his memories continued to clear up.

But when he tried to think about who he lived with, his mind went blurry. Maybe he was a story character and the author was using a plot device to stop his memories... 'Nah, that's pretty ridiculous,' was what Takuya thought.

(A/N - ...Phew, I was nearly found out~)

Takuya made it to the kitchen and opened up the fridge before rapidly devouring whatever food he could. Pudding, leftover meat, vegetables, all of it went into his mouth.

The more he ate, the more strength he felt flowing around his body. He found the feeling quite relaxing.

Suddenly, a voice came out of nowhere and startled him into a frozen state.

"Kurosawa, is that you? Why are you so...big?" a cold but curious voice spoke out behind Takuya and despite his shocked feelings, he slowly turned around feeling like a kid caught eating chocolate before a meal or something.

What he saw shocked him into not just a frozen state, but a terrified one!

About 5'7", curvaceous body and long ice blue hair. Her skin was so pale it allowed his ice blue eyebrows and eyelashes to be clearly seen - she didn't even look like a person with blood in her body with how pale she was.

But overall she was a magnificent beauty. Only...her face was cold and without even basic emotions. As she looked at Takuya, only curiosity was shown on her face.

"Esdeath...-san," Takuya stuttered out as he swallowed whatever food was in his mouth beforehand, "D-did I wake you or something? I-if so, I apologize," Takuya bowed his head knowing this girl could kill him.

Esdeath tilted her head and looked at Takuya with a look which he was quickly becoming scared of; Curiosity.

"No, I just felt an Aura of power in her and wanted to check it out...you didn't answer my question either, Kurosawa. Why have you changed so much?" her voice was a bit more demanding at this point as she took a few steps toward Takuya. The air around her seemed to freeze a little, becoming slightly misty.

Takuya knew of Esdeath's slight naivety so he decided to push his luck. If this failed, he could say goodbye to his new chance...

"Uhh...puberty?" he had a fake-innocent smile on his mouth, trying to move suspicion away from himself.

Hearing his answer, Esdeath and the air around her seemed to warm up, she widened her eyes obviously realizing something. She then closed her eyes and nodded her head like a wise sage.

"Mhm, I have heard that boys do get more muscle during puberty...and I did always think you were very thin, so you must be a late bloomer, right?" she came closer to Takuya before looking him up and down.

Due to thinking no one would be awake, Takuya had come out in just some shorts. So he impeccable body was now on show. Not a muscle was out of place, each of them the right size and shape to paint a beautiful painting; a painting of power and the violence they could commit.

To most people, this 'painting' wouldn't be very appealing but Esdeath's...unique personality made this image in front of her very appealing.

"Very good, Kurosawa, your body looks truly like a man's now," she nodded to what she said before looking up at me, "So, I must ask if you wish to join my Gang, your body would help us intimidate out opponents," she said this with a straight face which nearly put Takuya on his ass.

Join her Gang?! Takuya didn't want to be within a few hundred meters of this Sadistic Women!

But he obviously couldn't say that, so he said it in a much more refined way...

"I'll have to think about it, Esdeath-san...but I'll get back to you,"

...Yes, he didn't have the balls to turn her down. But it's ESDEATH! She'd freeze his balls off if he did turn her down anyway!

Hearing his answer, Esdeath squinted her eyes a little, "Hmmm...I'll await your answer, Kurosawa. You may go back to eating now," with this, she turned around and walked back to her room.

It was at this point, Takuya realized who he lived with alongside Esdeath.

"...F*ck me..." he wryly smiled as he realized Sakura Dormitory was now inhabited by monstrous people...