My Dad is the Strongest?: Ch.2

In an underground cavern, where raging and ravenous monsters were vigorously tearing apart the corpse of two humanoid fish-people, one male and one female, one young boy was lying in a pool of blood.

His breathing was ragged as blood flowed profusely from the numerous holes in his body and as he tried to crawl towards the exit, he could feel his body growing colder and colder as sensation slowly faded away.

“-ua…-ua…ake…” The young man tried his best to stay conscious as he heard someone faintly shouting in the background, a sad smile appearing on his face as he watched a humanoid octopus rushing towards him.

However, he knew that it was too late as he felt his breathing slowing down, unable to even hear the shouts of the octopus anymore as his head dropped and his body went slack.

With one final breath, Killua Zoldyck passed.

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He was crying.

That was the first thing Killua noticed as his eyes flickered open, confused and overwhelmed at the numerous blurry faces hovering over him and giving him a headache.

The next thing he noticed was something being placed in his mouth, involuntarily sucking softly on it before greedily drinking down the oh-so-sweet liquid that splashed into his mouth with each deep gulp, the young soul not caring for the giggling around him as he continued to drink the sweet nectar that quelled his hunger.

He could feel his assassin instincts shouting about it perhaps being poison, but then again, his family had made sure that he was immune to most poisons so it didn't exactly matter.

“Looks like someone's a hungry boy, huh?” Killua was bewildered at the weird language the moment someone took the thing out of his mouth to his disappointment, but his eyes were wide with wonder and shock as a beautiful white-haired woman with blue eyes leaned in and gave him a soft kiss on the forehead.

Despite the fact that it was a very strange woman that just kissed his forehead, he couldn't help the warmth and comfort that enveloped his body as she smiled at him and was surprised at the giggle that left his lips as he reached out towards her.

However, it was when he saw his hands that his entire body froze.

Why would that be? Oh, it might be because of the fact that his hands were now baby hands!!

'How the hell did that even happen?' He thought in shock as he pulled them closer, confused at how his body had reverted to that of a baby since he couldn't exactly move his body due to the tight blue blanket wrapped around him.

That and when he tried to speak, nothing but the confusing cries and humming of a baby was all he could do.

He tried his best to keep a strong face and not let his emotions overcome him, but he couldn't and as he kept looking at the beautiful woman that was holding him, he did the one thing he said he would never ever do.

He cried.

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“Ahup!” Killua grunted as he rolled himself over, biting onto the rubber and chewable pole that the landlady of the brothel got him while ignoring the sounds of his mother entertaining her client in the room next door.

Finding out his new mom was a whore was a bit of a shock, but considering how his old mom as well as his entire family massacred people by the dozens if there was enough money involved and the fact that she looked happy to do so, he didn't care much for it.

Actually, he liked that his new family members were busy with all day as that had left him free to do his own things to try and see if he couldn't get himself up the level he was when he killed those damned fish-bastards.

While he had come to terms that those bastards were the reason he died and reincarnated into a new world, he was still pissed at them as they were the reason that Gon was left alone to face off against Pitou on his own.

Oh, he had seen how close his friend was next to the edge and when they find out about his dad, if they haven't already, he knew that the guy was going to be a loose cannon, ready to explode on anyone that even tried to stop him from killing Pitou.

However, Killua had also come to the realization that he was slowly but surely losing the memories of his past life the older he got in this world and while it wasn't to the point that he forgot about who he was or the skills he had, he had forgotten some of the lesser known people he had met in his adventures.

That was also why the four month old baby was trying his best to relearn most of his skills before he forgot about them, but it's been nothing but a struggle and a half so far.

Figuring out how the nervous system of his new body worked was a very big struggle as he had to relearn the muscle memory of his new body without trying to replicate the movements he could do at his prime 11 years of age.

After that came eating on his own, which thankfully took one week compared to the three weeks of nervous system training.

However, it was when he wanted to learn how to crawl that he hit a very tough snag, having struggle for the next three months until he could now roll over and crawl around in his playpen without plopping face first onto the thankfully carpeted flooring below him.

Did it hurt the first time? Of course it did but trial and error helped him learn and toughened him up to the point that he could fall flat onto the wooden flooring and not even feel a sting.

Just like his old family taught him, pain was always the best motivator to learn something.

'That reminds me. I'm going to have to relearn all of those stuff, aren't I?' Killua thought with a frown as he remembered the torturous 'training' his old family made him go through and while he hated every second of it, he also couldn't complain when their training was the thing that made it possible for him to fight fully-trained adults and win nine out of ten times.

Killua didn't like any pain at all, but he also didn't like being so vulnerable to the point that he could be taken out by a plastic fork from the average person.

He knew he was being paranoid, but this time, he knew it was his and not something that was being forced by a needle stabbed into his brain to make him into an obedient puppet.

Yeah, still haven't forgiven Illumi for that.

However, he didn't have time anymore of thinking about his former older brother as he pushed himself up, crawling over to the railings of the playpen before gritting his teeth and straining his muscles as he slowly climbed up while using them as support.

Taking a few deep breaths and relaxing slightly as he swayed slightly while holding onto the railing, he slowly let go of the railing while slowly walking around, grunting as wobbly step after wobbly step took him from one side of his playpen to the other.

“Ieeehhh~!! He walked!” Killua nearly jumped out of his skin as he heard the squeal behind him, cursing his lack of awareness as he fell onto his behind before looking back to see his mother walking in.

While she was only dressed in a sheer negligee, Killua smiled at her excitement as she walked over to hug him, the baby/ young soul thankful for the fact that she showered and brushed her teeth as last time she tried to hug him after a session, he got pink eye from a kiss to the side of the face.

Yeah, he didn't want to think what she was doing for that to happen because he didn't want the trauma from that thought.

“I'm so proud, sweetie! Four months old and my little man is already walking around!” His mom spoke with a happy smile as she picked him up and despite the fact that he was never close to anyone in his past family other than his younger sister Alluka and maybe his father and grandfather, he couldn't help his happy smile as his mother's joy was infectious.

He then did the one thing he always want to do and hugged her before laying a kiss on her cheek, giggling as she looked surprised before squealing as she gave a sly smile before layering him with kisses as he tried his best to push her away.

“Take this! And this! And here too!”

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“Uh, h-hey.” Killua looked up with a curious expression at the voice speaking with him, a bit confused at the brown-haired boy smiling at him as he looked around in confusion before pointing at himself.

“Y-Yeah, you. I'm Ippo. Ippo Karasuna.”

“Killua Kashima, pleased to meet you. So, why are you with me? Usually, most decide to stay away.” Killua answered as he glanced at the other kids around, not surprised to see them whispering while giving him sour looks.

Most of it was because of his abnormal silver hair compared to the usual black and/ or brown hair that everyone else has, but part of it was also because of his intelligence as he was very good at making sure he stayed in first place.

Was it his fault that he had his past memories of being forced to study intensely? Not at all especially since he had to learn an entire language on top of making sure he didn't forget his old one while his peers struggled with learning just one.

After all, you never know when you need to write a secret diary that no one can decipher the language of.

“I-I know, but most stay away from me because of the…the spirits.” Ippo had whispered that last part, but Killua frowned as he saw the kid looking at something that Killua had also noticed just walking around in broad daylight.

It wasn't human as the monster had dark green skin, a disfigured face, abnormally long hands and fingers that dragged across the ground as well as two legs that bent backwards instead of forward when it knelt down.

However, it seemed that only he and the new kid could see it as he knew that none of the kids around them would be laughing like that if they were able to see it.

“Oh, you can see them too.” Killua whispered back while nodding in the direction of the monster, which shocked Issei before he smiled excitedly as he sat down next to his friend.

“Wait, you see them too?”

“Ever since I was a baby. What about you?”

“Only recently when I started school. That one keeps following me around from when I leave home to when I went back, but no one else seems to be able to see it, not even my parents.”

“I see. Well, it seems that we're special kids, Ippo. Chocolate?” Killua asked as he held the bar of chocolate out to his new friend, who nodded with a smile as he broke a piece off while looking at what Killua was reading.

“Is that the new chapter of Naruto?” Ippo asked with an excited look and Killua looked up at the boy with a surprised look before smiling and nodding.

“You read it too?”

“Of course! Most of the other kids like Dragon Ball, but Naruto and One Piece are my new favourites. Oh, have you read the new chapter where Orochimaru resurrects the older Hokage?!” Ippo asked and Killua smiled excited as he nodded.

“Yep, pretty good one too, though the flashback kind of ruined the powerscaling by a lot.”

“Hey, I was just happy that we got something to show how life was before the villages.” Ippo said with a shrug, to which Killua nodded in agreement as he closed the book on his lap.

“That's true.”

“You know, you kind of look like Kakashi if he wasn't wearing a mask and had blue eyes.” Ippo said with a smirk before giggling as Killua rolled his eyes with a smile.

“I get that a lot from my family too.”

“Hahaha~! I know. So, what other mangas do you read?” He asked and Killua grinned as he took out his favourite volumes from his favourite manga out of his bookbag.

“Where do I even start?”

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“You didn't tell me their boobies would be out?!” Ippo hissed/ whispered at Killua as the two of them left the brothel home of the silver-haired boy, to which he simply smirked and shrugged as he placed his hands in his pockets.

“I told you it would be a weird place. You're the one who still wanted to come.”

“Because I wanted to meet your mom and say that I'm your friend that you've known for the past two years~! You didn't tell me that you lived in one of those bad places my dad likes to go to.”

“Huh, didn't know you knew of your dad. Does your mom know?” Killua asked before frowning slightly as Ippo shrugged.

“Don't know. Dad said she got very sick after she had me and has been in another far away hospital to recover, but she'll come back soon.”

'Death at birth, huh? I guess being a single father would cause the old man a lot of stress.' Killua thought with a hum as he nodded, the two of them making their way towards the bus stop that went past Ippo's home before Killua stopped in his tracks as he felt something shifting in the air.

“Uh, K-Killua, he's…he's here.” Ippo said and Killua looked to the front before his heart skipped a beat as he saw the long-armed monster from the school standing at the entrance of the alleyway that led to the bus stop.

However, the monster's attention was fully on them this time as it had a wide grin that split its face in half, the young boy frowning and grasping the yo-yo in his left pocket as the monster began walking towards him.

“O-Okay, maybe we just go back.” Ippo said and in response, the monster went from slowly walking to charging towards them, Killua's eyes widening as he ripped out his yoyo before spinning it around his body and slamming the metal part of it onto the top of the beast's head.

“Jump!” Killua shouted as he bounced from wall to wall and over the beast before cursing as Ippo had frozen and was knocked back by the monster as it fell to the floor.

However, it was on its feet and charging towards the downed Ippo the next moment, twirling the string around his body with a frown before smacking it into the side of its head and making it stumble to the side right as he rushed past and helped his friend stand up.

Unfortunately, his attacks were not to stop the monster as it stood up with a growl, glaring at them and charging back towards them right as Killua tried to move out of the way.

He had managed to get out of the way with a few scrapes, but his eyes widened as the beast's nails stabbed into Ippo's chest and tore it open, the boy's breathing stilling instantly as his blood covered his white-haired boy from head to toe.

Killua however felt his heart stop as he watched his friend's disembowelled corpse falling onto the alleyway floor with his glassy eyes staring at him even as he felt the beast smacking him into the wall and pinning him there.

However, his shock and horror was swiftly replaced by a cold rage as he reached up and slowly but surely pulled the monster's hands from his body, the beast looking slightly surprised before it roared as it swung its free hand at him only for a spark of electricity to be left behind as Killua appeared behind the beast with a leg raised high

With a growl, his leg slammed down with an axe-kick that literally smacked the beast's arm from his body, not giving it a chance to recover as he spun with the momentum of his kick to deliver a chop to the beast's other arm that tore it off with a bright spark of electricity.

Not finished yet, Killua did a flare and shattered both of its kneecaps before lunging forward, grabbing onto it from behind with a chokehold and a cold gaze in his eyes as he increased the force behind his grip.

The next moment and with a guttural roar, purple blood sprayed into the air with the sound of electricity sparking through the air as Killua pulled as hard as he could, ripping the beast's head clean off while its body fell to the floor and the boy with it.

Falling with a grunt and a crack as he fell onto his shoulder, Killua tried his best to crawl towards his friend with his chin, but he found his body failing to do so as he felt nothing but pain radiating across his form including from his broken or perhaps dislocated shoulder.

With a final whisper of his friend's name, Killua felt his body shutting down all functions in order to heal as his consciousness faded to slumber.

A/N: Hehe~ Keeping the theme of friends being killed in order to make our MCs awaken into the demons that they are.

Gege would be proud.

…Anyway, Killua is now 7 years old and there are four years left until canon starts.

Most of those four years will be simple time-skips of him training and meeting others before the story starts…or I could have him be in JJK 0 where everyone finally finds out about him and Gojo finds him.

Eh, ideas, ideas, but which one will I pick?

Anyway, as always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one…

Ba-Bye~!!