Omake 41: Absolute Hero (Among Stars)

Part of the idea from: Darkifiedluis

A situation like this one was definitely unusual, but it held a brand different kind of bizarre that I was slowly coming to hate.

Here I was, sharing a cup of coffee with someone that I didn’t expect to face… ever. Mostly because I generally didn’t expect to face myself in ‘my original’ form. He was older, happier, and less-stressed than I was. But to him, I was an opportunity to pester me with some stupid request. It didn’t help that his little daughter was pressing me to do the same.

“I’m not doing it.”

“Pleeeeease!”

“Aw, are you going to get Nora to cry with that attitude,” John Bukharin pointed out with a faux annoyed look, augmented by the faux crying look on the little orangette’s face.

I could tell they were both acting, but the last thing I needed was to give the ‘dear wife’ of his a reason to attack me. I don’t know why, but she seemed to have a distrusting approach towards me… which was ironic since she was married to an alternate version of myself.

Considering the circumstance? I was stuck in this dimension for a while, hopefully getting back with some help via Pucci. It just happened that I was training and then a portal opened, landing me in Menagerie, Remnant or RWBY’s world… right in this precise in this very dimension. Second, I was in the situation of getting mauled by a tiger-eared woman with maternal instinct. I just didn’t have a chance to score a moral win out of this. A normal win? Sure- but I wanted to win by principle.

And I really hate myself. Literally.

“Ugh… Kono Dio da.”

“Bah!” Nora lamented. “It would have been ten times better if you put more emphasis on it, Uncle Dio.”

“Well, I am not a snot-nosed snob with a penchant for world domination, young lady.”

“But! You are an amazing and cool guy, uncle Dio.”

“That’s not going to bait me to do it properly, child,” I remarked, turning to John. “Seriously, of all possible questions and requests you could have asked me, you decided to go for that overrated meme. We could have done much more, but you wanted this first and foremost.”

“Yep.”

“I hate to admit it, but I was expecting that,” I said while gritting my teeth. “And I hate it with a passion.”

“Look, there is nothing wrong in being quite interested in seeing how things are and keep it light-hearted. Plus, Sienna asked for now fights at home, or she would skin my hide-”

“And mine,” Nora said while giggling.

“I can literally stop time, I can revert an object’s trajectory AND kick your ass all at the same time.”

“Yeah, but still… Tactical Can Rush!”

Really?

I sighed as I saw two cans of Pepsi soaring towards me. I used ｢ACT 3｣ to stop one before it could it me, while the other was sent soaring back to my counterpart. He definitely didn’t see that one coming, but his eye sure got a close up of that last can. I grasped and put the one I took in my pocket before glancing at the girl still seeing the situation with a calm look.

“Aren’t you angry your daddy was hit?”

“He deserved it. Daddy said that all actions get a reaction. And his silly action got a reaction.”

“...I suppose that’s some strong common sense you have,” I hummed quietly, sipping more coffee, but pausing as I noticed that none of that warm coffee was entering my mouth.

Looking at the cup, I noticed it was empty and… yep, I really hated this place. Just as I grimly mused over the chances of this nightmare lasting way more than a few hours, I turned my gaze as soon as I heard a bizarre noise and saw a strange light coming from the side.

Oh look, a convenient portal.

“That could be unstable. And not aimed at your home dimension.”

I snorted at John’s remark, the guy still groaning in pain as I shrugged at him.

“I’ll take my chances. Just go back and handle your family yourself.”

I was a bit miffed, ready to go back on the train and be done with this adventure. I stood up and walked through the portal, my expression further turning into a deadpan as I found myself not in a train moving towards Los Angeles, but in a completely different scenario, in space from the looks of it as I saw through the massive window on the side that the ‘spaceship’ I was now within hovered around Earth’s orbit. Also, there were a couple of individuals I didn’t know beyond the fact that they seemed to have an appearance akin to Kate, except they were respectively closer to a Coyote, a Gazelle, a Fox, a Hamster or a Bear, a Dolphin and… then a human.

“What?” The last guy inquired in shock, while I facepalmed hard as I could tell this was another dimension. I just didn’t know which one. Still, from the fearful expression on his face, I could tell I was actually known to him.

So, I guess it would be best to smooth things out before it gets out of control...

“It’s a long story. And it wasn’t planned,” I replied, trying to keep everything cool. “By the way, does this place have some nice coffee?”

After a bit of shock at that question, I saw the little pink-haired dolphin girl bring up a small keg with some sweet-smelling coffee.

“Would you like sugar, milk or anything to add to it?” The little thing squeaked happily and I soon found myself sipping from a newly refilled cup while headpatting the adorable entity.

It was a bit of a surprise to learn what was going on, but I would end up making it back home after helping around some space war that was happening for the sake of Earth and a now-destroyed planet and their united people. Also, I might have a bit more insight on Kate’s past. Just a bit more, but nothing of importance on the spot.

Pity.