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Chapter 5: Old Wounds (Part One)

He wakes up again, but like last time. He wasn't in his room, or a hospital bed.

Now he is suspended between the ocean, the deep blue ocean. Devoid of life. No fishes swimming in schools, whales passing by, nor any sharks for that matter.

He is only swimming aimlessly in the ocean. This silent, still, and strange ocean.

"Maybe searching for your place in the Multiverse is too much of a long run..." The voice called again.

"Let's try something small for the question of "What are You?"" The voice asked.

"One. You are alive, but you should be among the deceased; both forgotten and remembered."

That.... Is one thing he can agree on.

"Two. You have battled against a goddess and even defied her."

That's one thing as well.

"The only thing missing now is your place in that world. So, are you an orphan? Or the Black Sheep of a noble family? That is yours to find out..."

He can actually agree with that. He has rescued the goddesses in this world, and not much is left for him to find out.

Now he is left thinking; what is the Multiverse? A rare Peculiar Child? And what is his place in this new world?

But his moments of thinking was cut of as he felt something else swim with him.

He looked around frantically, now remembering the feeling and the cold touch of fear. And to his horror and ire, there wasn't one, but four.

One is a shark that hovers in front of him, it is tinted in black and it's red eyes glow like the last monster. The shark is ginormous, and it's tail is equally monstrous as well.

The second one is a large Gargantuan octopus, with rows of barnacles, spikes, and coral and algae.

The third one is another shark, but it's body was littered with spikes and two horns decorate it's head. And it's tail is a fish tail.

And finally, swirling around him. A large Sea Dragon is swirling around him, it's serpentine neck coils around the boy and smiles at him.

And it devours him in one single bite.
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Then he wakes up in a dimly lit room, strapped into a fancy chair as well.

"What the?" He said; eyes darting of to everywhere. "Where am I!?"

He returned to the feeling of panic. His being, hyperventilating and with wide eyes as one can almost say. "He is definitely freaked out."

Then he hears footsteps gradually getting closer along with an occasionall tapping of a cane.

He felt himself shiver at the sound of that. So he squirmed in his restraints as he desperately tries to escape. But a hand laid on his shoulder on a tight grip.

Then it went to his jaw line and carresed it, feeling everything on it as it went on until it cupped his chin.

With a slow yet firm craning of his head. Minato sees a woman smiling at him, albeit. Eccentrically and a little crazy. She was dressed like a man almost, with a grey tuxedo vest and long black pointed gloves that ended on her biceps, she wears a bowler hat as well, almost hiding her messy hair.

She bent over with a smirk, taking in the pleasure as she stares into his panicked and almost pleadingly surprised eyes that begs just about anything.

Her eyes became half-lidded as she leans over and catches his lips into hers, chuckling as he yelps as she stole his reincarnated first kiss.

She then took ten steps back, biting her lip as she sees his surprised and shocked eyes. She takes a small knife and holds it precariously.