Baby Steps

As I thought about my plans for the future, a classic "Gate portal" opened and sucked me in. It wasn't pleasant, it felt as if I was traveling on Hyperdrive with only my body, at least it looked like that.

{You aren't wrong in a sense} said the Goddess clone.

{I am not exactly a clone. So I would like you to address me as Lylia from now on, being called goddess every time makes me remember some bad memories.}

-And what would that be, Lylia? If you can share that I mean. Not like I have much to do except for waiting until I arrive at my mother's… or is it, father…

{...}

As I lost focus and started to think about some disturbing things, the image of a world appeared on the other end of the tunnel, and with it my inevitable new life. Excitement was all I could feel.

{We arrived. See you in two years John, or should I say...}

Her words were interrupted by a buzzing noise.

-What did you say?

She only replied with a slight smile and a wave of her hands… and once again I blacked out.

/Two Years and three months later/

On the outskirts of Tokyo, a very small child was playing with an electronic lego set. The child had a smile on his face when the toy car started moving when he pressed the buttons on the toy controller. The child was very cute, with black hair going into his shoulders and green eyes, he was wearing military-style pajamas and two socks with car designs on them.

The child was just about to go and pick the toy car when he suddenly stopped and took a deep breath. Now with eyes that showed not innocence but wisdom, the child grasped his head with a pained look, but not a single ounce of sound escaped his lips.

My head… urg it hurts.

Lylia, are you there? I asked in my mind

{You are finally awake. I was getting bored watching a child for over 2 years, but I must say that it was certainly interesting.}

Why does my head hurt so much?

{Side effects of having your powers and soul memories fusing with your body.}

-Feww…

Okay I feel better now.

What happened during these two years?

{Why are you asking me when you have the memories in your head?}

Indeed I have them. Nothing really happened during the first 9 months… obviously. But I do have some feelings from back then, nothing but that thought. As for the rest? In short, I was a very intelligent and curious child, who had a high learning speed. Yes that's all, during the year and a half, my parents Tokiko Chiyo/Mother/ and Arata Ishiin/Dad/, noticed my fast learning speed towards language, and like any good parents, they bought me a series of complex toys in the hopes of developing my motor skills. But what about the language part?

My parents - mostly my mom- would spare a few hours every day to teach me some new words and help me practice writing, nothing serious. But recently because of work, they had me stay alone most of the time, which was good for the current "me". Of course, I am not alone in the house. Which responsible parents would leave a 1 and a half year old child alone in a place filled with possible harm?

And this is where this world gets interesting. Although it's the year 2000, the technology looks like what earth would be like in 2040, well, in some aspects. For example, the reason why my parents can leave home to work without worries, the PCD-series robot -Parental care Dream. This robot can cook, clean, wash, and in some instances repair things, and much more. Although its AI is horrible, it was shown to be capable of adapting to any workplace, as long as you give it enough time to calibrate. And so, the PCD has taken care of me for the past few days while my parents are at work. From cooking to cleaning my ass, it's the best thing parents could get out there.

As for other technologies, the focus currently is on space exploration, which I imagine is going to eventually lead to the creation of the IS and the explosive technological boost the world is going to experience. Once again for example, currently most countries are only in the prototypes of railgun-like weapons, but in 17 years there will be extinction cannons armed in space… with humans acting as their cores… yeah, things will escalate pretty quickly.

No flying cars yet, and neither will there be in the future. Hologram technology is only starting, but some families can already enjoy their hologram TV. The countries are now focused on their respective /secret/ super-soldier projects, with Japan having already achieved some success with the creation of the Protagonist older sister, and the discovery of Tabane Shinonono, although I don't know if they have found her by now.

So yeah, this world is relatively close to earth standards. But enough fooling around, it's time to start for real now.

-Lylia, how do I activate my power? *I said while going to my room*, I will need some privacy…

{For your brain Ability, just concentrate and you will be able to feel it, for the clone, just draw a drop of blood and you will naturally know}

As I went to my room I met PCD, or as I called it, "Pancy".

-Pancy I am going to sleep, pick my truck-kun up and have him sleep too okay?

Although it was awkward to speak like this, I had to since my parents might be watching me through the cameras hidden around Pancy.

(Understood little Seiichi)

-I AM NOT LITTLE!

kill me

(No need to be flustered Seiichi)

After saying this I stormed through the corridor into my room, it might be a little late but my name is Miyoshi Seiichi with the first name meaning "Refined son"

Upon entering the room I locked the door and closed the window, then I climbed my bed and sat on it.

-Okay let's do this.- I muttered

Wait…. Lylia can you check to see if there is any gadget hidden in the room?

{There is none, you are safe for now}

Closing my eyes… Wait, why? I don't need to close my eyes! But no matter how much I tried with my eyes open, It didn't come. Succumbing to my fate, I closed my eyes and tried to feel it, and just as if waiting for this, something "Clicked" in my head and then… Clarity. Everything was under my "control", I could remember all of my baby self memories including my past life ones, I know what I have to do.

With immense motivation, I went to my desk and picked a needle, the same one my mom lost a year ago, but yet, I remember with striking details the event. With it, I pricked my finger, just enough for one blood drop to form, and with that, a strange feeling spread out in my body. By allowing this strange feeling to overpower me, the drop suddenly flashed, and in its place, a clone emerged from the dispersing smoke, with the same clothes I was wearing.

-Pick this Tablet and research the news. I said to the clone. I need information about the world, I need to know more about the similarities and differences of this world.

This state… What can I say? It's incredible… Even though I saw such a magical sight right in front of me, I didn't have any reaction to it.

Can I create another clone? This would surely increase my learning pace...

{You can't, for now. Currently, you can only have one clone and it can only stay in the world for an hour before dispersing. Only by training your body can you increase those numbers, but I don't recommend you doing that until you are at least 6, and even then, I recommend you to start slowly. Even though your body will remedy any deformity that you might gain from overtraining, it won't remove the strangeness you might receive for being a child capable of lifting 100 KG(220 Pounds)}

You are right… I have a lot of time anyways. For now, I should just collect knowledge. Wait, how do my powers work on my clones? I already had an assumption but it's better to ask the professional.

{You can only maintain your power for 20 minutes before your brain starts to get tired. As for the clone, it's the same for the most part. It will be capable of maintaining the ability for over 20 minutes as long as it has enough energy to sustain it. It's worth mentioning that using the ability will shorten the time the clone has left, even if just a little. As for the physical attributes, they will just copy you at the moment of their creation}

I have so much to do, many things to learn, things to train… sheesh… can I get a vacation?