So, in case you guys couldn't tell from the username, I'm a bit of a God of High School fanboy.

...ok, I'm a big fan, but that's not the point.

Imagine my surprise when I find out there are barely any GOH Fanfics on this website, including both crossovers and regular Fanfics.

It honestly left me a little sad to see that the series got so little love on this website, especially compared to other series here..but then it hit me.

Why don't I just write a story?

And so, here we are.

Now, granted, I realize what a situation I'm putting myself into, since I'm already writing both Newcomer and Bloodline. And the answer I have to that problem...is...it's, uh...um..fuck it, well I don't really have an answer, per se.

Honestly, it's more just me doing my regular thing and not having a set schedule.

Also, for those wondering "where are the Newcomer and Bloodline chapters?"

I'm still working on them (almost done with Newcomers' chapter, actually)

Anyways, enough with this part of the A/N!

On with the story!!!

Chapter 1: Arrival and A New Beginning

Pain.

Sadness.

Loss.

Betrayal.

The emotions rang loudly in his heart like a blaring siren, as he soared through the sky, cursing the man who'd screwed him over all the while.

Park Mu-Bong.

THAT BASTARD!!! Jin Mo-Ri roared mentally.

He'd lied to him.

He'd betrayed him.

He'd killed...killed his grandfather.

"JUST YOU WAIT MU-BONG!!!" He bellowed, "I'M GOING TO CHEW YOU TO PIECES!!" He could feel the Dragon Armorsuit shifting around his body as he yelled, tears streaming down his face the entire time. Was it leaving him? Was it taking a different form?

He didn't care. He was far to livid to even seriously consider such a thing.

And sad. And frustrated. And in pain.

But mostly livid.

Fire began to surround Jin's form at some point, due to his immense falling speed, and soon enough, he crashed, hard, with the impact leaving a bright orange light that could be seen for miles.

His landing had left the house he crashed into little more than a few walls and surrounding rubble. There was smoke in the air, and he felt he could faintly hear something making noise repeatedly.

But..

"AAAHHHH!!!"

He was still far too emotional to fully grasp it.

Luckily, the anger was somewhat overshadowed by the searing pain he'd felt on his head and — the cause, he figured most likely, being his diadem.

Jin's rage made it impossible for him to fully calm down at the moment, but the pain was enough to distract him from it a bit and leave him more aware of his surroundings. Unfortunately, nothing but bad news awaited.

He'd crashed somewhere where populated.

People were definitely dead, two corpses crushed under rubble.

And there were likely more, since — additionally — Yeoui was still a behemoth in both length and width.

No..nonono..NONONONONO!!!

"CONTRACT!!"

He heard the very slight sound of it shrinking, but the decrease in size was practically unnoticeable.

"CONTRACT!!!"

His pleads were once again met with little results.

"CONTRACT, PLEASE!!!!"

His voice was starting to get hoarse, and the pain in his head just wouldn't stop. But he needed to keep going. To keep trying.

"CONTRACT!!! CONTRACT!!! CONTRACT!!! CONTRACT!!!!"

But his efforts were met with nothing.

It must be because of Park Mu-Bong's 'Holy Grail' Jin felt a brief shiver run down his spine at the thought of the National Treasure, ...I can't control anything!!

As if his body wasn't recognizing the fact that his throat was crying for him to stop, Jin let out a blood-curdling yell, his armorsuit and diadem slowly leaving his being.

It all hurt so much.

Too much.

What the hell did he do to deserve this?

To have been lied to for so long? To have fought so hard to see the man who raised and taught him — who he saw and acknowledged as family — again, only to have his heart shredded to ribbons not long after he'd found him, as he saw him die before his eyes in an act of betrayal?

Why did he have to suffer so much...when all he wanted was to see his grandfather again?

...Let's.. He began, his voice, even in his thoughts, weak and defeated, ..let's just disappear..like this.

As if the words were a trigger, his armorsuit left him the moment he mentally uttered them. And that was fine.

He didn't have any use for them anyway. Not when he'd decided to vanish. To give up on it all.

Everything felt so hopeless — so empty and vain.

He was content with just fading away, so that was just what he would do...if not for the sudden tug he'd felt on the back of his pant leg.

Teary red eyes with black cross-shaped pupils directed their attention towards...a baby. A crying baby..with some rubble on her right leg, one bit of debris even piercing it.

Guilt crashed into his heart like a freight train, but showing any more outward emotional distress just wasn't possible for him.

This..this is my fault... He thought, Because of me...this child...will have to walk on one leg for the rest of her life. She even lost her parents.

..and yet...here she was..

And yet..she's still trying to survive. Her wails filled the air, a terrible feeling filling Jin's heart, the tears only streaming full force out of his eyes even more than before. She's struggling to survive.

"Ah..." Words wouldn't — no, couldn't leave Jin's mouth. Just a pained sound.

Stay alive, Mo-Ri. And... As his grandfather's words rang clearly in his mind, Jin could feel himself begin to shrink, while he still failed to form proper words, making the same sound over and over again.

Jin grasped his head as he shrunk further, a shade of blue replacing his former onyx black hair, until he became the same size as the purple-haired baby laying beside him, with short, blue hair.

Don't hate humans too much.

He took in his grandfather's words for a few moments, a thin line pursuing his lips, before he made up his mind, his eyes flickering with a nigh-unnoticeable flame.

I...I'm going to take care of her..to protect her

Those had been his last thoughts before an odd sensation shot through his body, his mind giving way to unconsciousness before he could even process what had happened.

Jin Mo-Ri was confused.

Or, maybe that was putting it too lightly.

The combination of utter bafflement with the whirlwind of emotions he'd felt before — though said storm still lingered within him — had left him...feeling a way he wasn't entirely sure how to describe.

One moment, he'd been shrunken down, sitting next to the purple haired baby, surrender by rubble, flames, and distant screams.

The next? He was sitting in a forest, in the dead of the night...and the moon was broken.

Questions began to flood Jin's mind, a look of utter confusion plainly visible on his face.

Why's the moon broken?

Why are we in a forest?

...why do I feel kind of different?

The last one was rather unnerving to Jin — though the other mysteries were honestly in whole other ballpark, especially the broken moon. Something about him felt..off.

Like he was weaker.

Like his body wasn't really his.

He lifted his tiny hand up to his face, opening and closing it a few times to test the feeling. There were seemingly no problems, and he could move his hands perfectly fine..in a general sense, that is.

But the motions still felt the slightest bit awkward, in a way Jin had trouble finding an explanation for.

"What the—"

A moment of silence passed.

And another.

And another.

...did I just speak English?

"...Did I—" His hand flew to his mouth.

He did.

Somehow...he knew English.

It's probably best I don't think too hard about that, for now at least. He reasoned mentally. Otherwise, Jin figured, he'd have just spent the whole time a baffled mess and gotten nothing done.

Definitely not something he could do, when when he had himself and the ba—

"Wait, the baby!!" Jin exclaimed, his attention moving rapidly to where the baby was the last time he'd seen her.

Sure enough, she was laying down next to him, the only injury on her still being just the one leg. But her wails had ceased, and she seemed to be looking at him, squinting with her eyes still watery and her nose a bit runny.

"..she stopped crying?" Jin noted, a bit confused.

So many questions, and they just kept piling atop one another.

But they would have to wait. Especially considering that they seemed to have some unwanted company.

There's five of them, pretty big judging by the sound of their footsteps..wild animals? It made sense. They were in a forest after all, so of course it wouldn't have been strange to see them wandering about. Jin was anticipating, at worst, that they were bears.

But instead, he got yet another head-scratcher.

...Huh? It was all his mind could come up with as he saw them come into proper lighting, provided by the moon, and...well, they sure as hell weren't normal.

They all had pitch black fur, and bony, white, armor-like plates on areas all around their bodies, including a mask with red carvings. Conveniently enough, combined with the dark surroundings, it did surprisingly well at emphasizing their glowing, red-orange eyes.

Their malicious intent was clear, Jin knew that much for certain. Though that did complicate things a bit..

I'm not sure if I can fight back against them. I don't even know how strong this body is.. Jin grimaced, And even if I did, my movements feel awkward. So...I..should...wait a minute.

Now that Jin paid a bit more attention to their own movements...well, there were none.

They'd stopped dead in their tracks, still growling at both him and the baby, eyes glowing menacingly as they clawed at the air with every few noises they made...but they took no steps closer to them.

Why wouldn't they approach? They obviously had the upper hand. As far as they could tell, Jin figured, it was a free meal for them — two unguarded children, no way to fight back or defend themselves...unless that wasn't true.

It's like they're scared to come closer..is it instincts? He wondered.

But what would they even be sensing from him that would alert them? His experience? But if that was the case, then through what? His eyes?

They were supposedly the windows to the soul, after all.

Maybe I've got scarier eyes than them? In wondered, the small attempt at humor lifting the edges of his mouth ever so slightly into an nigh unnoticeable smile.

Although that only brought up another question — did he still have his red eyes? Or had they reverted to their former black color?

He immediately mentally filed the question away into another part of his brain, along with the rest of them.

With a refocused mind, Jin's attention returned to the five beasts, still doing their best to appear menacing. But even just compared to the likes of the Executives — let alone Satan — they were about as scary as a group of puppies.

"uu.."

Jin's attention immediately went to the sound behind him, a sound he'd recognized on the spot.

The baby.

Now she woke up?! He exclaimed internally. It must've been them! They've been growling the entire time..

The sound of something heavy hitting the dirt reached his ear. Jin's attention returned to the odd, bear-like black figures..only to find one of them had taken a step forward.

Jin mustered the best glare he could, though he doubted it looked incredibly menacing with his form being that of a literal child.

Another step was taken, by three of them instead of just the one.

A snarl began to grow on Jin's face..only to falter at a somewhat familiar sound. A shing that seemed to ring throughout the night air, along with rapidly approaching footsteps.

Someone's coming?

His question was almost immediately answered, a figure landing in front of Jin and the baby, crouched down with a greatsword in their left hand. As if the fact that Jin was a child and sitting behind the mystery sword wielded hadn't made it difficult enough to identify their gender, the black trench coat they wore only made it even more so.

Though whoever they were did have stark white hair tied up into a ponytail...not enough to determine their gender for sure, but at least it was something.

"Geez," The stranger finally spoke, their voice giving away that they were in fact female, "I try to take one leisurely walk through the woods, and this is what I get. 5 Ursa's threatening a pair of babies." A sigh escaped her lips as she stood up, her grip on the greatsword tightening, "Well, you kids go ahead and sit back. I'll take care of these guys before you can even say—"

"Okay."

The woman flinched, and seemed to almost turn her head back towards them before stopping herself and refocusing her attention on the black creatures.

Though Jin had been left tilting his head a bit curiously. Had he said something wrong?

"...I'm not even...you know what, no, I'm probably just hallucinating. Definitely didn't hear that." He wasn't entirely sure if she was speaking to him or herself, but it didn't really matter. Not when they were safe.

When she was safe.

...come to think of it, I wonder what her name is. His eyes traveled back to the baby, who'd still been making small, near silent noises, Then again, there's no way for me to know for sure, so there's no point in thinking to hard about it.

...or was there?

Part of Jin almost believed he wasn't even on Earth anymore — the main reason being the broken moon, hanging in the night sky. It had thrown Jin for a loop at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he began to think that maybe..he was wrong.

His battle with Satan was massive, after all. Maybe the moon had suffered as collateral damage?

If that was the case, and he really was still on Earth...then he would need a new identity.

The change in form was already a headstart, but he still needed to think of a new name for himself. Something to temporarily...or maybe even permanently go by.

And the same went for the baby, but for less secretive reasons.

This...maybe I should start a new life.. He thought, I could start over..I wouldn't have to suffer anymore. I could live a new life..but what would my goal be?

To perfect Renewal Taekwondo?

...no..somehow, he couldn't bring himself to pick that. Just thinking about it made him think of his grandfather, and his heart ached enough already.

To get revenge against Mu-Bong?

No, I want to start over.

But what then?

"uu..uu..."

It was like a lightbulb lit in his mind.

..yeah...right.. A smile almost made itself known on Jin's face..almost, My new goal...I'll grow up alongside her and keep her safe..as her brother.

A goal he wholeheartedly felt he could accept...but that still left the 'name' issue unsolved.

He couldn't exactly call himself Jin Mo-Ri, not when it was possible he was still on Earth. But what then..?

"Okay.."

His attention returned to the woman for the first time since she'd arrived, crouched again, but now facing him. Her soft violet eyes were seemingly trying to see through his head, one of her brows twitching every few seconds.

But what had happened to those weird creatures? He couldn't see any corpses, and he didn't smell any corpses either.

Hell, the only thing he did smell was a faint scent of ash. But that was probably nothing.

"I swear, if I'm going crazy.." She muttered before sighing, "...just so we're clear..you said 'Okay'..right?"

"Yeah." He said simply with a nod. Her eyes widened, though she shook her head before continuing.

"...and you aren't a hallucination?" Jin rose a brow in confusion.

"No, why would I be?"

"..okay, maybe that wasn't the best choice of words..the fact that you understand what 'hallucination' means is just leaving me more confused.." She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eye, letting out a nasal sigh, "Well, I'm either crazy, drunk, or dead...might as well go with the flow."

She's...I'm not sure how to describe her.

"So...you have a name, kid?"

That's what I'm trying to figure out, Mo-Ri thought, ...new name..new family...

"...Mo-Ri."

"Hm?"

New beginnings.

"My name...it's Dan Mo-Ri."

So...I'm writing another fanfic...which makes three I'm writing...at the same time.

Oof, my poor soul.

This one's..shorter than some might like, but I wasn't really sure what else to put.

I didn't really want to write more than necessary (because then you'd be reading pointless blocks of text), but I also wanted to end it with Mo-Ri declaring his new identity as Dan Mo-Ri.

So it kinda just..ended up like this.

So yeah..peace out!