A new life - VIII

Eight years later.

At dawn on his eighth birthday, Kazuki had a big, strange dream that felt so real. Everything differed, the nation, the people, a totally different life, in that dream he was a young hero of a generation of other young heroes like that, fighting threats and enemies that tried to destroy that world. Kazuki wakes up, his heart pounding, his breath panting, his body totally wet with sweat and as if a large dam has opened its floodgates releasing a flood. A gigantic amount of information flowed into his brain, at first it all seemed confused, but gradually the pieces of this riddle started to come together and after some time Kazuki with an expression of surprise and confusion says:

{Kazuki}: Conner Kent… I was Conner Kent… but how? I should have died after destroying that tower! Without a shadow of a doubt I died, Cassie was with me in the last moments! How am I alive now?

Unexpectedly, the answer comes to your mind as if it had been programmed by someone specifically for that moment (in a certain place in the universe a Loli Goddess sneezes).

{Kazuki}: Reincarnation? A new life? If this is the answer, then I have a lot to think about. My current life, my parents, how to live with the memories of my old life… Okay, take a deep breath, calm down, and we'll get the information I have in order.

After some time and calmer:

Until today, I lived like a normal child, Kazuki Hyoudou that's my name, a good family and good life and what I've had for as long as I can remember.

Now on my eighth birthday my memories of life as Conner have awakened, apparently a self-proclaimed goddess existence programmed into my spirit for me to remember on that date.

Apparently, I will have my old powers at my disposal in this lifetime, but my powers will only return as I get stronger.

Well, good news and not so good news, let's get to the bad news first:

I'm an eight-year-old with the mind of a twenty-year-old.

My powers will be available, but only as I get older, this body will be stronger as I grow.

This is a version of planet Earth completely unknown to me, but with the intervention of the Goddess, I know that there is more to this world than meets the eye.

The good news:

I have the opportunity to live a childhood and have my own family that I never had before. When I had "left" the CADIMUS laboratory, I was already 16 years old.

My powers are accessible in this life. Living without them would take a long time to adjust.

To this day in these eight years, I haven't heard from evil geniuses trying Machiavellian plans, clown-makeup lunatics terrorizing cities, and no alien leaders with plans for world destruction.

What's the conclusion? A great place to live, in this life I will make the most of everything I couldn't have and be before, the tragedy of Conner Kent's life is in the past now. I'm selfish? I don't care if someone wants to call me that, before I lived as the extension of someone else's existence, no matter what I did I would always be Superman's clone or Luthor's possible tool of revenge. Even in the time I worked with the Titans or Young Justice, nothing has changed. I don't despise heroes because then I would also be denying everything I've done before. All the struggles the Justice League faced, all the times I fought alongside my friends, was an experience I won't easily forget. But in this new life will I be myself, my powers are mine, and the people close to me are more important than the world, sacrifice yourself for the world being a " hero"? I've had my turn, in this life I'm Kazuki not Conner. Conner has already contributed enough to world "peace", if that crazy guy I fought with wanted so much to be the "Super Boy" feel free and take the title, he even had his cape and underwear over his pants. Good luck, bastard.

And so in the days that followed, the new Kazuki began to plan his future goals. He became more affectionate towards his parents as in his previous life he had no real parents, no matter how good and kind the Kents were, number one in their life was Clark not Conner. His goal became not only to be a better son, but also to convince his parents to allow certain requests he made of them. Starting with asking his parents' permission to start studying foreign languages ​​to learn the language of the place the Shidou moved to. So he could explain his great level of English in the future since like Conner he was born in America and learned the native language, but Kazuki only learned Japanese. If a child under ten years of age who was born and raised in Japan suddenly began to speak fluent English, the level of attention he would attract would be immense. Kazuki has no intention of becoming the center of attention by putting himself and his parents in possible danger. Another request would be to start learning martial arts, his father was already a practitioner of the old Hayashizake sword style (Jinkai Hayashizake Kazuki's godfather was the current master in this style). His mother was a practitioner of Combat Sambo. Her family was descendant of one of the Russians who wanted to learn " jiujitsu" to incorporate in his style, but remained in Japan by marrying a Japanese woman, (Hibiki Hayashizake the godmother of Kazuki was master in an old style of jiujitsu). So he would say to be as cool as heroes on TV who protected people, and that he wanted to learn to protect his parents from evil people. His mother was totally happy when she watched little Kazu-kun saying that he would protect her, which resulted in his mother's tight hug with a shower of kisses and his father performing a positive signal and saying " good work Kazu!". Certainly, he had the desire to protect his parents and if anyone tries to hurt or harm his family, such a person or institution would not receive mercy or forgiveness. He would not allow himself to become a Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson in this life. Batman and Night Wing were great heroes, but with the price of losing their parents for the malice of other human beings, in this life Kazuki would not be a pacifist as in the previous one. In addition to protecting his family, learning martial arts would serve to justify his physical development, his increase in strength and speed, the gradual return of his powers, and would help him understand the limits of his body.