Chapter 7

POV: Mike(Vincent)

I am currently 4 years old and have almost all my original stats back. At the beginning, the people in my family wanted to disown me due to the innocence in my arm, but I've managed to gain their approval... not, they're absolutely terrified of me.

About a year ago, bandits came attacking the small town I was living in. They were pretty brutal and my family would have most likely died without me. Over the time I've lived as Vincent (still kinda scared at how the name might change the plot), I've come to gain some control over my left arm. This is mostly due to the fact that I know what is in my arm. The original protagonist of D.Grayman only managed to discover his innocence when he turned his adoptive father into an akuma and it reacted due to his wish to vanquish akuma. I knew exactly what my innocence was and I constantly tried to communicate with it, allowing me to eventually gain enough control to at least transform it into its 1st stage as a giant metal hand. Of course, I made sure to practice this when no one else was around. This allowed me to get the jump on the bandits and save my family. It was a gamble that they'd feel more thankful than fearful, and I completely lost the bet... I kinda wish CE had added a luck stat to the system...Well, at least their were some pros to being feared.

From then on, the rest of my family stopped treating me like I wasn't human and I managed to stay with my mom, who was the only one that was kind to me since birth. This might sound like a happy ending at first, but just let me finish. The reason they stopped mistreating me is because they began to ignore me entirely. They avoided me and my mom like the plague. I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't revealed my strength during the bandit attack, they would have started beating us at some point. Just the thought of that made me want to beat everyone in the village shitless, but I managed to pacify myself.

Over the last few years, besides gaining control over the innocence in my hand, I've also spent time with ES in the other dimension using my old form. We're so close now that I've already started calling her my wife. She used to blush a bit, but now she only shows a bright smile. I still have no idea if what we have is love, but it's enough to build a successful "marriage", so it counts in my book.

I've also made progress with my shinigami training. Ana’s training helped a lot when it came to strengthening my soul which in turn helps give me better control of my innocence. I honestly didn't think that becoming a shinigami would help me better control my innocence when I picked it. Ana’s also accepted being mine now... Alright, so maybe she isnt at that level yet, but she'll soon be calling me her hubby *chuckle*(B: He hasn't done anything yet, he still needs to subjugate her by defeating her in reality as per zanpakuto rules.)

Ninja training has also been going along nicely. I found out that when I go back to my old body that I left in the other dimension, my shadow clones don't disappear once I go back to my reincarnated body. They can keep practicing and once they disappear I get their memories. Like this, my ninja skills won't deteriorate over time and I can focus on my shinigami and innocence training.

Lately, rumors have been spreading around town about monsters heading this way. I'm guessing the akuma are coming, so this should be a perfect time to gain some C-points. Oh yeah, here's my stats. It seems that my intelligence and processing stayed the same since I was born.

Mike Unkown(Vincent)

Vitality: 35

Intelligence:80

Agility:65

Strength:70

Immunization:40

Processing: 60

Mutations:

Shinigami C-tier

Parasitic Innocence (1st stage)

Energies:

Soul Force

Faith Energy

(Chakra counts only for old body)

Equipment/Items:

Zanpakuto-Ana(Shikai level)

Contracted Sentient Life Forms:

ES- Exchange System A.I

C-Points: 0