Crazy's New Experience

by unbounded

Chapter Five- A Light In The Past

Previous Chapter

Third person POV...

"The time has come, hasn't it." Said one of the three figures with their faces obscured by shadow.

"Yes, it has." Said the second one. The third remained silent. The first spoke again.

"I will open the fourth gate." The second one spoke.

"No, let three open the gate. It's only fitting."

"Due to my current body I can only go out at night. I have no reason to grace this mission with my presence." Said the third.

"Your no fun, DIO. I'll go." Said the first. He leaned out of the shadow, it was Hisoka.

"Fun... What a useless waste of time." DIO said.

I can't wait, to fight against the Equestrian nation so soon! Thought Hisoka as he fantasized about a worthy foe.

The second looked around, waiting for any more dispute between the council. Then made his announcement.

"The ruling class of our neighboring nation is still an issue, so when the gate is open there, don't make any foolish mistakes. Or I will have to eliminate you myself. Meeting adjourned."

The three members of the council each left through a separate doorway.

The second exited the door, but something had been on his mind for a while now. It's strange, out of the ten people I used my ability on, three are still alive. The strength of the ability has increased recently over the past three months. Which means that they all have access to NEN. This could be an issue.

My only option is to wait another week until I venture out and encounter the three of them. If possible, kill them as well. Sad, I thought the battle royal I set up would be finished by now. I wonder who remains in the game. You still there, brother?

First person POV...

I opened my eyes and a flash of light passed through. I blinked a couple times. It was sunset when I woke. I looked around and saw Sabmad with a fire. He was holding something above it. It was my knife blade. It was red hot and he was walking towards me with it held between a couple of sticks. My blue eyes went wide open at this time. "Wait, why are you walking towards me with that!" I hastily tried to get up, briefly forgetting that I was exhausted. I fell off the log I was sitting on, landing on my broken arm. OW! I grimaced in pain.

"You are a pony in disguise, AREN'T YOU!" Said Sabmad in terror, while he held the blade close.

"Yeah totally, I've just been under your nose this whole time." I said sarcastically. What an idiot, why would he think I'm a pony.

Something burned the back of my arm. "How do you explain this mark!" He pointed at my brand.

I opened my mouth to speak, but closed it as no words formed. "I don't know. It's been there since I was very young. But it doesn't seem to do anything..."

Sabmad stared for a moment or two more. Then suddenly he burst out laughing.

"Hey! What's so funny?"

"I was messing with you, of course it's not a cutie mark! It's NEN infused!" Those words had a huge impact on me, inside it felt like I was shot by a shotgun.

"WHAT!" I shouted as loud as possible. There's no way! What is it than?

"Strange part is its not your NEN, but is similar to it."

"Wait, what?"

"Now may be a good time to educate your inferior mind about NEN." Who are you calling inferior brat! I'm like six inches taller than you and two years older! Sabmad spoke once more.

"If you see anything of suspicion around you, use GYO." I activated GYO and looked at the brand. I had trouble looking at it at first because I could barely move. It was hazy at first, but after focusing my NEN some more, an aura slowly flowing around the brand became mostly visible. After looking at it for a while I stared to sense it. The sense felt familiar... "Lin?" Sabmad said. I lost focus.

"Yeah?" I shouldn't let the fact that I haven't figured out who it came from bother me. I'll find out.

"We should leave."

"Already!"

"Yeah! It's to teach you about NEN."

"Count me in!" I tried to jump up by focusing the aura into my feet and jump up with it, since I could not use either of my arms. However, it went badly. No... It worked well, too well. That combined with the fact my angle was off, I launched myself into a tree and blacked out.

Sabmad Abdul's POV...

I was laughing my head off after seeing Lin attempt to use the NEN technique of KO. "You're pretty clever Lin! I took much longer to learn KO. Well, whatever. I'll let you sleep for a couple more hours." I sat down on a log, setting up a fire. I activated my NEN and conjured my disc for my NEN ability, Lazer. The disc in question was black with a red, transparent crystal in the center going through to the other side of the disc. I infused some aura into the back of the crystal, turning it black. I let go, and a burst of flames erupted out of the front of the crystal, getting the fire started. The disc floated in the air, until I touched it again making it drop down. The faint smile on my face slowly faded away. His eyes, I know those eyes. Those are the eyes of someone who has killed.

Third person POV, four years ago...

"Hey brat!" A woman hit Sabmad onto the floor. He was in pain but stayed silent due to fearing her wrath. He didn't feel anything, he was used to it after all. "Go and make me some money, son." Mother is feeling extra drunk today? Thought Sabmad. His mother was tall with black hair and blue eyes.

"Yes mother." Sabmad went outside of his small home, to the river to catch some more fish for his mother. To buy more alcohol from the local brewery. He pulled out a fishing rod from his bag. He knew he wouldn't be getting much game these days, so he would just wait. His eyes showed nothing but a small hint if sorrow. A hand was placed on his shoulder.

"Mom loves you, she just has a hard time showing it." Sabmad turned around excitedly.

"DAD!" Sabmad smiled widely in joy.

"How's my tough little sandman doing!" He pulled Sabmad into a hug and ruffled his hair.

Sabmad was confused, seeing his dad was a rare occurrence. "Weren't you in the middle of a mission-"

"Don't worry, I should be able to spend a couple days here." He looked at his father for a bit, just to take in his appearance after his absence for so long. He looked at his father's red eyes, almost white, but still blonde hair. He had a mustache with the same color.

"I wanna go to the outside world one day and be a stronger warrior than you!" His father's smile faltered a bit, but otherwise stayed strong. His smile increased a bit.

"Make me proud than!"

A few days later...

I wish dad could have stayed longer, mom treats me the same now that he's gone. Sabmad was fishing in the same spot as normal, the sun started to set in the distance. He was staring into the dunes of the desert, when he saw a figure appear. They were nearby and looked like they could use a hand, because from that side it was just sand dunes for hundreds of miles. Sabmad rushed over out of curiosity.

"Who are you?" Sabmad asked the strange man. He looked at Sabmad.

"Water." The man had a small stubble of black hair on his face and a mess of it on top. Sabmad knew what water he wanted, he decide to play around a little bit though.

"Over there!" He pointed to the river, the man rushed over there and tried to take a drink. He spit out the water. Sabmad walked over, laughing.

"I meant fresh water. You airhead." He had no idea what that term meant so he just gave him his flask of fresh water. He took a long drink of it before speaking.

"Ging, I'm a hunter." It took Sabmad a moment to respond.

"I'm Sabmad Abdul! What do you hunt?"

Abdul... Could he be, no... It must be a common last name. Ging thought. "I'm a fantastic beast hunter." Ging grinned. Sabmad's eyes widened in wonder. So this is what having a son is like? "I can tell you a couple stories." Said Ging, now wanting to tell his story.

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"...and that's how I defeated the pharaoh king."

"I have a question!" Sabmad was raising his hand eagerly.

"You don't have to ask me every time! Go ahead." Ging said, clearly annoyed.

"Can you train me?" Ging looked at the boy surprised. He hadn't expected a question like this from the boy. He patted Sabmad on the head.

"Sure, I'll do it on one condition, you have to find me. To find me you must become a hunter and learn to use NEN, then track me down."

"Aw, darn it- WAIT WHAT! You serious? I live in the middle of nowhere and I don't even know where the nearest town is! How am I supposed to-" Sabmad opened his eyes which he had closed while ranting on, Ging was gone. Ging was hidden behind a rock in the desert, he had got there quickly. Glad the kid is out of the way. Now I can get rid of that terrorist hide out I've been tasked to destroy. The mission says not to interact for the next two years. I'll destroy this place then. Until then I train.

Two Years Later...

"...according to the fact he's on a three year mission in that place, Ging never left the village I lived in." Fury boiled up inside of up inside of him. "IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO FIND THIS! I TOOK AND FAILED THE FIRST EXAM, CAME BACK AFTER LEARNING NEN FROM SOME OLD HAG AT A JEWELRY MINE! THEN PASSED THE SECOND EXAM I TAKE, ONLY TO FIND THIS!" Sabmad had changed a lot, he had learned all he could about NEN, he even developed a HATSU of his own. Or at least he thinks he did... He now had a short temper and trust issues after being tricked in the first round of the first exam by some dude named Tonpa when he was given a drink. Sabmad picked up his bag and ran out of the hotel angrily.

A Couple of Days Later...

He took his final sip of the water canister. He shook it a couple times and watched as a couple of drops fell out. Empty huh. It doesn't matter. I should be almost there by now. The sun set slowly into the horizon with brilliant colors showing in between.

The night was pitch black from the new moon, with only the stars to keep him company. He saw a light getting steadily closer. Sabmad started to run, eager to see his home again. He assumed the bright light was for some sort of holiday.

The light was just over the next sand dune. Sabmad charged full speed up the dune, creating a gust of wind behind him. What he saw was something he did not expect.

Sabmad's village was up in flames. He could smell the acrid smell of corpses burning in the flames. He saw the homes were mostly burnt down. Except for one.

The home of his mother. His eyes went wide in fury as he remembered all of those times she was cruel to him.

Sabmad charged up to the house with a grin. Time to do something I wanted to do for a long time!

He kicked down the door and picked up a bottle of liquor. Then went out of the home, his mother stared as he left.

"What are you doing with my liquor!" She shouted.

Sabmad turned around, the life that was so visible in his eyes before was now absent.

"Goodbye, mother."

He conjured his NEN disc, laser and poured all of his NEN reserves into the crystal. It turned pitch black.

Sabmad let go of the crystal, activating it's ability. A laser of highly compressed flame spewed forth from the crystal. Making everything it touched burst into flame or melt.

His home burst into a raging inferno. He raised the bottle above his head and tried to pour it. It was unopened. He was about to pull the lid off when it was swiped from his hands. He looked over and saw his father. His father slapped him.

"You disappoint me son."

Tears streamed down Sabmad's face. He reached his hand out to his father.

"I am disappointed in myself."

"Dad-" It was too late. His father had thrown himself into the blazing inferno that he had created.

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Sabmad was walking through the dunes of the desert aimlessly. He looked down at his hands as he realized the futility of the past few years of his life.

He had gone nowhere at all in life. Little did Sabmad know that he was walking into another town. He walked right into a wall.

"Hey watch it-" Sabmad caught a glimpse at what he was looking at. It was a large stone building. What The hell is a building this size doing in the desert?

The more Sabmad observed the building, the more he could have sworn he felt an aura signature inside. Curious, he crawled through an open window that was leading into the building. There was a shiny object lying on the floor on the other side if the room, surprisingly, it looked like the window was the only entrance to the room.

It doesn't have the aura signature but I guess I will check it out... He dropped into the room. The room was well lit, almost as if there was actually another light source other than the window. He walked over and picked up the object. It was a round, Damascus patterned steel ball. Sabmad didn't see anything special when he inspected it, so he picked it up for a better look.

As it turns out, that was a mistake. There was a rope attached to the back of the ball.

"A trap! No way! This is the middle of nowhere!" A large sheet of metal fell over the window, it also had the same Damascus pattern. Sabmad was quick to act as he summoned his NEN ability. LAZER! He poured a substantial amount of aura into the crystal, turning it a grey color. He released it, and watched as the torrent of flames did nothing to the steel. Two more sheets of the Damascus patterned steel fell on both sides of him. He ran up to one of them and looked at the pattern a little closer, it was the anti NEN text that was just discovered recently. But this is... No, this is impossible! What the hell! The walls of the room started to close in. This is bad! If the walls keep coming towards me, I'm doomed! The one remaining wall behind Sabmad crumbled, showing a swirling blue light. He could feel NEN emanating from the spinning blue substance. Another strange part about the thing was that despite its brightness, no more light had entered into the room. Sabmad evaluated his options, he saw that his best option was to enter the substance. It was his only chance, despite how hopeless it seemed. He entered it with a look of defeat in his eyes.

XXX

Sabmad opened his eyes, he was not in the building anymore... He didn't know where he was anymore.

Present time, Chan Linniac POV...

I opened my eyes, my arm felt a lot less sore than it did a day ago. I pushed myself off the ground with it. It hurt, but there was not much pain, that and I could move. I walked over to Sabmad, he had a vacant look in his eyes. As if he was trying to recall something.

"Sabmad!" I called. He snapped out of it pretty quickly. Sabmad got up and stood next to the footpath that we were going to take.

"Lets go!" He shouted loudly. I'm not deaf, stop being so loud! I approached, irritated.

"Maybe you could talk in a normal voice. Then I won't go deaf." I said as I walked over. I rubbed my head in annoyance. "Seriously, that hurt."

"WHAT! I COULDN'T HEAR YOU!" Sabmad shouted right into my ear. This is gonna be a hell of a walk.