Tusk in HXH

I've spent my entire life in this bed, surrounded by machines that hum and whir, keeping me alive. My body is useless, a prison of flesh and bone that never worked right. The nurses call me a fighter, but I've never felt like one. Fighting implies you have a choice. I didn't choose this. I cant even move.

Most days, I watch anime. It's the one thing that lets me escape. I used to be able to play video games but after I turned 13 the motor functions in my hand deteriorated. My favorite lately is Hunter x Hunter. I can't stop thinking about how it ends. I know the anime ended, I've already re-watched the whole thing 4 times. But I've only gotten a nurse to read the manga to me once, so I know about the black whale ship and stuff and I'm happy that new chapters are releasing. Even though I won't be able to read them.

Thankfully it's coming back from a hiatus and when the anime releases ill be able to watch it! I've given up hope on one piece ever finishing. After all my brain should stop working when I turn 20 in 5 years, although if one piece does end before that it'll be a happy suprise.

The damn heart moniter is still beeping annoyingly. They installed it 2 days ago because I was "at risk" or something dumb like that.

I don't even want to think about it.

I hate how it sometimes hiccups, that always scares me. It's even hiccuping right now.

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Lasting a bit longer then usual, no?

*SNAP*

A sharp click reaches my ears, the hiss of something shutting down. The heart monitor's rhythm stumbles, and my chest tightens. I hear muffled shouting from somewhere outside my room, but it doesn't matter. The beeping turns erratic, frantic, then flatlines with a long, deafening tone.

Beep. Beep. Beeeee—

I'm dying? I can feel my chest tightening and the moniters gone flat. I-I don't wanna go.

Why did I have to die now? That's not fair at all. The fact that I'll never know how Hunter X Hunter ends. I never get to walk, I never get to see my sister again. She's the only one who visits anyways.

I wonder what she's doing now ... I hope it's fun, I w-

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G-getting harder t-to think. T-thats funny. It's getting way too hard to think.

I really die like this?

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I'm awake?

I'm surrounded by nothingness. A void. there's no pain, no weight, no sound but I exist here. Not as a human. But like as a sort of energy.

The void's endless. I float in it, or maybe I just exist in it. There's no up or down, no walls, no horizon. Just me and my thoughts.

"Welp, this is depressing," a voice echoes suddenly, breaking the silence.

I flinch, or at least I think I do. There's no body here, so maybe it's all in my head.

"Yup, definitely depressing," the voice continues, playful and a little smug. "You're just floating around all mopey, huh? Don't blame you, though. Life gave you a pretty raw deal."

"Who the-?" I start, but the words echo weirdly, like I'm speaking underwater.

"Who am I? Oh, you'll love this." The voice shifts, sounding like it's right behind me now. "I'm the 'Great Entity of Second Chances'... or something like that. Honestly, I keep changing the name. 'Great Cosmic Do-Over Guy' has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"

I blink, actually a more accuracte description would be I imagine blinking. "This… this isn't real. None of this is real."

"Oh, it's real," the voice says, and suddenly, a figure materializes in front of me. It's a glowing, humanoid shape that looks like someone mashed together a thousand tentacles and organs and mixed them in the shape of a human.

I should be disgusted, revolted even. But I don't have a nose so I can't smell it, nor do I have a body to vomit so I don't really feel anything.

"Here's the deal, kid," the entity says, leaning closer. "You got screwed over, Big time. Spent your whole life hooked up to machines, couldn't even finish your favorite show. That's just sad."

I glare, or at least, I think I do. "Don't remind me."

"Hey, I'm not here to rub salt in the wound," they say, raising their tentacle-hand thingies. "I'm here to make things right. You never got to experience life fully, so I'm giving you a shot at a do-over."

"What?" My voice cracks, disbelief flooding my mind.

"You heard me! A do-over. Reincarnation. New world, fresh start. And because I'm feeling generous, how about Hunter x Hunter as your new playground? Sound good? Oh, and I'll give you your favorite ability, Tusk from Jojos Bizzare Adventure."

I stare, or float, or whatever I'm doing. "Why?"

The entity shrugs, glowing shoulders lifting casually. "Why not? You got cheated out of life, dude. No freedom, no adventures, no closure. You deserve better. Plus…" Their tentacle mouth smirks. "I've got a quota to fill. Second chances don't hand themselves out, you know."

I'm silent for a long moment. "Hunter x Hunter? Tusk?"

The entity stops for a moment. "There are rules ya know? You start off with tusk act 1 and to get 2 and 3 you need the body parts of the saint, the first body part you'll start off with in a bag."

I stare at him confused. "A bag? Why wouldn't it just fuse to me normally?"

The entity holds its tentacle-hand thingy to me almost apologetically. "Becaaause instead of it fusing to you you kinda have to eat the arm to get tusk act 2, so you know. Build up the courage. The ribcage is gonna be at the yorknew auction. And instead of using the golden rotation to temporarily get tusk act 4. You'll be able to use him in any situation once you learn how to use the infinite spin."

The entity wags one of its tentacles at me. "In fact because you won't need a horse or anything to activate tusk act 4, you'll become the golden rotation yourself. And you'll sort of float mid-air and you'll be able to move your body freely wherever you want, up or down or side to side. Plus there will be golden rectangles rotating in a vortex around you while you float midair which is gonna look really cool. It was the only way i could think of to make you able to do the infinite spin without a horse."

"T-thanks! That's gonna be broken. I really can't thank you enough!" I exclaim in joy.

"Yup, plus you'll have advanced knowledge of how spin works, so you'll be able to turn a simple pebble into a weapon like Gyro. And you'll master nen more and more each act, you'll start off with basic ten when you have Tusk act 1, but when you reach tusk act 2 you'll unlock all basic nen forms. And when you reach 3 you'll get all advanced forms of nen!"

"T-this is insanely cool!" I say even more excited.

"I'll even make you physically very strong and durable, able to do a handstand with one arm and then a flip after, so extremely athletic. And ill make you verrrry attractive! Plus ill give you basic MC stuff, immunity to ability stealing or memory reading. Youll be fateless so you can carve out your own future!" The entity says with glee.

"Wow this is insanely OP! Thank you so much!" I'm practically jumping in joy.

"One more thing." The entity interrupts me.

"What? Is it another OP ability?"

The entity points at me. "You still won't be able to walk."

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"I GET A 'SECOND CHANCE' AND I STILL CANT WALK? YOU DUMB BASTARD I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HATE YOU I HA-"

The entity backs away from me. "And to reach tusk act 4 you have to touch a infinitely spinning steel ball that will be unearthed in a east-gorteau archaeological site. You know, the country where Meruem and the chimera ants are. And it'll be unearthed ... the same day the king is born." He smirks and points a tentacle at me. Sending me flying away from him.

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And slowly, I begin to feel myself drawing closer to reality. And I feel myself go flying aimlessly to falling down, even though I'm in a void I'm falling down somehow.

And I fall and fall until I land, I land in what seems to be a forest. And my brain is blasted with foreign information. Instructions on how to use basic ten to defend myself. How to use spin. And also ... the fact that I can feel my body for the first time in forever.

It's ... its my dream come to reality.

I'm so happy.