How long has it been? Three years? Four years? Yeah, almost four years—Xavier has been with the person he thought was a child… turns out that that child is quite mysterious for him to know. Who knows? Maybe Gerard is actually older than him judging by how the child thinks, but that"s just a silly thought coming from him. He"s used to him now, unlike the first time they met—he"s always freaking out.Well, since almost four years had already pa.s.sed since they"ve met, they"ve become… stronger? Yeah, stronger. Xavier managed to salvage a lot of jutsus from the ruins of his old home and managed to practice them a lot and make them stronger, and Gerard is… who knows what he"s doing?
The last time Xavier saw Gerard is when the child"s practicing necromancy… which is… unique… and that was like… a year ago. He never really knew much about that child. That child"s always in his own s.p.a.ce, observing people through their eyes with his monitor thing.
Xavier knew better than to mess with that child. He admit that… that child is someone he could call the strongest. It might not look like it because Gerard"s a child but… One time, when they were gathering supplies through a small town beside a small lake, one townsman tried to kidnap him and… let"s just say the whole town didn"t survive after the child"s one glance with his golden eye.
That was one the first year they were travelling together and… it"s scary—Gerard"s a child, for crying out loud!
Conveniently enough, while walking around, Xavier suddenly got sucked into Gerard"s s.p.a.ce. "G-Gee-sama…! It"s been a while…!" He almost had a heart attack, he had to admit. Getting sucked into a void isn"t really the best of experiences. He"s not going to get used to it any time soon. "You… called for me?"
"You know how you can control people with your music?" Really? What kind of greeting was that? Immediately asking about this?
Xavier really can"t complain. "Uh, yeah? Why?"
"I"ve set an eye to… someone…" Gerard said, an eye flickering through golden hues, "I"d like you to find him for me."
"You can track someone with your eye, can you not?" Weird, the child"s asking a favour… actually, it"s more like giving him orders or something.
"I can"t. He"s rather… uncommon. My eye cannot track itself." At this moment, Gerard completely lost Xavier. There"s actually something he can"t do! What a surprise. "I want him either dead… or half dead." Okay, Xavier can"t argue with the child… because Gerard had this sinister look on his face.
"Who"s this unfortunate someone, anyways?" Xavier asked as he fixed his white mask over his face. "Sounds like someone important."
"He"s not really important… just someone who came from another world…" Gerard seems to be going through books and is just ranting, "… through reincarnation. He"s a monster that needs to be exterminated out of this world because he knows too much… holds too much."
A monster? Reincarnation? The heck"s he talking about? Xavier"s lost at the moment.
"He"s probably around my age, now that I think about it. We"re basically growing at the same rate right now since I haven"t really been active since last ti—" Gerard just realised he"s talking too much, so he stopped mid-turning page. "Anyways, for you to find him, just know that he"s someone completely opposite of me. Now, go."
Xavier didn"t even had the time to ask more questions lingering in his mind when he suddenly appeared back to where he was before… which is conveniently near Konoha. Things are working out for him, wow. The only thing he doesn"t like is that he"s going to meet his b.a.s.t.a.r.d father…
Actually, he could deal with that man now… so while trying to find the "complete opposite" of Gerard, he"s going to find his father.
During the night, he played his music… and anyone who heard his tune, he will be able to control them however he wants. He can even use them as markers for quick travels.
He first used the people who are living under the name of n.o.blemen, the Hyūga"s, a few Uchiha"s, Yamanaka"s… and Nara"s to find the person he needs to deal with before sending a few commoners out to search for his father. He got pretty lucky and found the person Gerard told him to look for, which is rather troublesome because the target"s living under a protected name, and right after that, he found his father.
He actually had to take a double take to the child, which he later learned is Orion, because that child is the complete opposite of his Gerard back in the void realm. But that child has to wait. His father comes first so, he sent a note to his father and kept a few controlled people around that man.
Xavier didn"t actually expect that his targets would meet and… what the heck? The child could play piano well, he has to give the child that. While watching them from afar, he could see the look in his father"s eyes, which is filled with a lot of emotions—regret, happiness, sorrow.
And… now that he got a good look at his father… he can"t help but see that he had become really old.
Is he really going to kill that old man? It would be his loss as well because… his father wished for this to happen. He got one last glance at his two targets, reminding him of what it was like when he and his father bonded like that… his mother would cheer for them… praise him for his amazing play… and would do duets with them with her violin.
Oh, the innocent days. How he wished the thing four years ago didn"t happen—their lives would"ve been perfect.
The day ended and he finally confronted his father, killing him slowly with fire. He can"t help but shed tears because… something is telling him that this shouldn"t have happened.
He simply left and went alone for a few days, or maybe even weeks—he doesn"t know how long. He only knows that when he finally decided to go back, he immediately went for the kid named Orion. He"s feeling something he should not be feeling… was it rage? Envy?
Are you kidding? He"s envious to that kid? What"s with him?
He simply sighed and once he found the child, he immediately sent a Sound Wave towards his direction. His mind was completely filled with thoughts that it slipped his mind that the child actually got a bodyguard now… and it"s someone inconvenient—an Uchiha; Shisui, to be specific.
It was fun to see them fighting for their lives until the tables turned. Now he understood Gerard"s statement about his eye cannot find itself—because this child has the same eye… and it"s terrifying. He thought he"s strong enough to evade the mental attack the child"s eye casted upon him, but no.
He was immediately sent back to the worse day he had ever lived through, and he will live through it again… and he doesn"t want that. He thought it"s going to send him back to his most painful day, but… well, it did send him back, but to a different perspective.
It"s like he"s someone watching through another person"s eyes, just like what Gerard is doing back in his place, and, honestly, he wasn"t ready for the truth to hit him so hard.
He knew he was watching through his father"s eyes… and it"s horrible.
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The mental torture started at when his father came home with his adopted young brother. It showed how happy his family was… and he, his young self, was happy.
When was the last time he smiled with a real cause, and not just smiling to hide his true self? He worked as a disguised musician during his travels to get stronger, and, of course, he had to smile every single time for everyone to see but… he may be smiling… he may be laughing with the children who adores his music… but he"s at the point where he"s completely broken inside.
His face outside is just a show for everyone to see. It"s not like people see him smiling because he has a mask, but that"s beside the point.
He"s broken.
[ b r o k e n ]
The next scene came, about a few weeks after they had adopted the little baby. His past self was throwing a tantrum about how to get stronger quicker and got into a small argument with his father. In his father"s view, he looked pathetic—that"s what he thinks to himself… a complete fool.
The next thing he knew, a black wave of… something burst from the baby"s room and the whole house exploded. Luckily, his family was safe… and his past self was being protected by his father… and his past self was just looking at his father with worry.
His father was frozen in shock as something from afar came to his view; a murder of crows formed to where the baby was supposed to be and a silhouette of a tall man was formed. Its one eye was glowing brightly, looking for something around the area.
Its eyes fixated on his past self"s back, and his father tried his best to hide him, but failed as the man in black beat him to him.
The next thing he saw was… unforgivable.
He wasn"t the one who started his rampage four years ago… someone else started it, and someone else controlled him… and the person is just controlling him like a puppet—a puppet that is attached to many strings.
Wait… puppet?
That style is rather familiar.
Necromancy? Gerard"s necromancy? That child"s necromancy? The Necromancer Puppeteer?
What the…
As his rampage closed to end, his thoughts halted when the view changed to where his father is behind his mother—who"s hugging him to stop his rampage. The thing is, he stopped, but he was struggling, trying to kill his own mother, but… as soon as he raised his hand to kill…
His father beat him to it.
Klavier killed his own wife.
Xavier"s world stop, and back in the real world, he"s going crazy.
But his mother"s voice brought his sanity back, "It"s okay dear… I can"t let you have the burden of me dying in your own hands… I"m dying anyways…" She chuckled, coughing out tons and tons of blood, bathing them both in red.
"Wh-what?!"
So even though it"ll be a scarring event, Klavier chose to kill his own wife in order to not have his son bear it? It"s rather selfish to his part but… it was what his wife told him, anyways… that if the time comes that Xavier would be too hungry for power and decided to go against them, Klavier would be the one to bear all the pain for their beloved child—the pain of having to kill his own kin.
Alas, Klavier failed… but he did fulfil his wife"s wish at the last second… and his wish of dying in his own son"s hands arrived.
When Xavier came back to reality, he was already slammed through trees and to a boulder, thanks to Kakashi. He couldn"t think straight and just laughed, calling the child a monster for he hasn"t processed everything yet before disappearing into somewhere far away.
He was too shocked to move, so he stayed put for who-knows-how many hours, or days. During those times, it was enough for Xavier to rethink and go back to what he had witnessed while under Orion"s power. He"s broken anyways so… he can"t do anything to undo everything… or can he?
He"s pretty sure the one who controlled him during his rampage was his adopted brother, Gerard… the same Gerard he takes orders from… but was it possible that Gerard"s already old when he met him in the woods when he ran away?
Well, he guessed that it"s from his practice of necromancy because… he could clearly remember, back in that town the child wiped out since he almost got kidnapped, he gathered every dead people"s soul and kept it to himself.
Is it possible that he gathered them for his power?
Thinking back, when the murder of crows appeared that day, it wasn"t taking any form close to human, just a silhouette—but every time he used Xavier to kill a person, he would materialise and…
Xavier"s eyes widened.
So his father knew he was siding with the enemy all this time? The one who started everything? The one who ruined his life? He didn"t kill his mother because of blind rage?
Ah… and after all of this time, Klavier believed that he had successful overwritten his son"s memories… he believed that his son believes he killed everyone, to repent for the wishes of his wife, but Xavier knew he had done everything.
Klavier"s such a b.a.s.t.a.r.d…
"Tou-sama…" Xavier cried, clutching the pendant his father always wore around his neck, and the one he stole back from the Konoha Police Force. "You…" Xavier clicked his tongue, "You f.u.c.king b.a.s.t.a.r.d…!"
It was rather awkward when he came back to the wolf"s den. He was praised by the child, Gerard, for injuring Orion… but Xavier"s seriously rethinking his life choices.
Who would"ve thought that he was being manipulated by his own "adopted brother"?
So… whenever he had a chance to go out, he will, and will immediately look for the kid—Orion. That kid"s rather pure and… it was good for him to leave a clue in the first place. He wants to help the child survive now, so he"s almost always hanging around the area to where the child is and would kill any threats. It"s a small price to pay because… that child did show him the truth over the thousand lies he had believed in.
He wants to be helpful for the child, but he can"t go all out because… he"s quite bound to Gerard at the moment. The child"s capable of killing him in an instant—he knows that. The child could even track him down if he does something out of ordinary.
He wants to… save someone… even if that someone doesn"t know. Orion would probably get his message at the last second because… who knows what Gerard would do?
Maybe even right now he"s being watched.
Seriously, Gerard"s golden eye give him the chills… and his fear for him increases whenever that child plans something—especially that plan to kill Orion after two months" time. Xavier just can"t sit around during that time. He has to do something.
Sure enough, he ended up snooping around here and there, but the most interesting encounter with Orion was when he actually found him hiding and following them. Xavier was really surprised to know that the child had his senses heightened in no time. Well, Orion is a mix between a Hatake and a Nara… maybe his, quote and quote unquote, "past life" too.
While talking to the child… he realised that the child is really something else. He realised that he really is envious of Orion… because he"s someone who"s admirable. Despite having his child life taking a turn, Orion was still able to go back up—that"s how Xavier admires this child.
They were closing in the conversation while following the two: the real Orion and Shisui, when, suddenly, Xavier noticed a barrier wavering. The child next to him didn"t say anything, so Orion must"ve not noticed.
"That was weird…" Xavier thought, but carried on with their conversation.
The child"s clone was laughing about when all of a sudden, the clone disappeared and… Xavier immediately whipped his head towards the real Orion"s direction and saw… blood gushing out of the child"s mouth.
He felt sick for a moment… this heavily reminded him of his mother…
Same scene…
Same red blood…
He felt sick for a moment, disappearing after making sure Shisui got the child to safety. Xavier then threw up whatever he had this morning… he couldn"t help it really. It"s such a traumatic scene for him… especially when it involves someone dying while coughing out blood.
Xavier"s pretty sure that Orion"s dying, judging from the chakra overload the child"s having.
He suddenly got chills.
He doesn"t want that child to die…
Weeks pa.s.sed and… look where he is; carefully planning on how to save Orion, which is recovering well, because the two-month mark is coming to an end. Gerard could attack at any moment without notice. He could kill whenever he wanted… just to get what he wants… whatever that may be.
Well, he is a rather bold man. He loves to take risks—that"s how he has always been, so this isn"t really a big deal… or so he thought.
The day arrived when Gerard finally decided to attack. Almost immediately, Xavier went out of the void realm to find Orion… to warn him—no matter what"s at cost… even his life or sanity.
Alas, he was caught.
["K̵̟͑ň̸̖̘̩̟̝͛͠ŏ̴̼̼͈̻͝ͅw̵̭̜̠̖͋̃̀͛ͅ ̷̮̖͔̌̒͘ͅy̸̰̼̹̿͋͛̓͝õ̴͈̱̻͌̏ͅũ̷̧̠͈̺̊͊̕r̶̯̻͌̿ ̵̖̩̱̓̐͋̉p̷͇͙̼̉l̶͌͆͜a̸͖͙̖̳͇̋͆ĉ̶̡̻͍͚̘ē̵̡̱̙̣͖̿̅,̵͉̓̈ ̸͇̝̻̼͙̑̾͊̓͒y̴̖̿̄̿́̔o̶̫̯͙͒u̶͙̅̓͠ ̴̜͘̕d̴̙̪̂̿̒̽̽e̸̹͇͔͊̄̌͘ṡ̴̪̪ͅp̵͕̬̟͗͝i̷̦̿͗c̵̨̩̗̤̳̃͋̒̄ȃ̴̱͕̟͍̥́̈́͗͗b̵̛͕͎̍̈́͗͜l̶̗̺̟̦͖͛̅̀̔̋e̴̗̲̒͆̀͋͝ ̴͚̜͚̽͗̿͆c̸̲̽͐̃h̸̪̔̈́͂i̷̞̫͔̜̤̍l̵̠͛͛̑͂͜d̴̻̳̟͚̖̅̂́̾͝.̷͇̣̄"]
What a rather chilling voice.
Maybe… the only regret Xavier will ever have is… for not knowing the truth sooner. Had he known the truth, his life would"ve been much more peaceful… but fate just decided to play around and thought it"d be a great idea to mess with his life.
He sighed as, finally, the last of his memories has been erased, his body going limp as Gerard held him by his hand. Xavier"s eyes reflected nothing but emptiness, and the raven-haired child with a golden eye just stared back with a look of indifference, like he"s trying to not think about something.
The child simply sighed and lowered his hand, letting the young man"s body slide down the boulder. He then looked down at his fingers, eyes trailing to the black strings at the tip of his fingers.
He"s the only one who can see his own strings… maybe that person too.
He then glanced at Xavier one last time, "You wanted to help that monster, right?" He had this sinister smile on his face, "You"ll get to meet him soon. Don"t worry."
Then he had a second thought before a wider smile appeared on his face. He casually raised his hands and pulled his strings, "Actually…"
"… Why don"t you go to him right now?"