[AN: A little side story, it's a 'Shrodingers Canon' event. It's mostly summary style as if Ai was writing in a diary. There will be three more chapters like this released through out the rest of the week before I take a short break. Thank you all for sticking with this story and a special thanks to 'GJ' for the donation. I'll be spending it on top ramen so I have food for the rest of this month lol]
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The last thing she remembered was the sound of her precious mama and papa shouting her name, screeching tires, then… nothing.
When she opened her eyes again, the world was warm, wet, and loud. She was crying, maybe for the sake of her lost family, maybe from the phantom pain of dying.
She wasn't unfamiliar with pain, she had been at that orphanage until her papa had adopted her. Her super cool, super spy papa.
Then she met her mama, who was secretly an assassin. Her mama and papa loved her, even if they didn't quite know how to show it like the normal parents she had seen her classmates' parents did.
Now she had two unfamiliar grownups looking at her. The one holding her had hair like hers before. Pink, but with green streaks. The man was really tall, taller than her papa before. He had messy white hair and dazzling blue eyes that were hidden behind circular sunglasses perched low on his nose.
'Are these my new mama and papa?'
The thought crossed her mind, she remembered hearing about something like this from her classmates. Reincarnation, the afterlife.
She never imagined she'd experience it so soon, but part of her was relieved. She wouldn't be alone, she didn't like being alone.
"Mitsuri… she really is amazing, look at her. Our baby, or little Love Bug."
'Mitsuri' giggled softly, "Our little Ai… she has my eyes."
'A-Ai? I have a new name…'
Again she was torn, she had liked her old name, but this… a pleasant feeling was spreading in her body, she could sense the love her new parents had for her, it covered her like a warm blanket.
"Obviously she inherited my brilliance…" her new papa declared proudly.
"Satoru-kun, she's only a few hours old…"
Even with the disorientation she felt, and the fact that she couldn't seem to use her powers yet, she could still feel what her new mama and papa thought about her.
Her mama was warm, full of love and caring. She could sense it from the physical contact. Her papa, he felt proud, equally as loving and caring. She couldn't help but to try and voice her own feelings.
'Mama! Papa! So pretty!'
Unfortunately she seemingly hadn't been able to talk yet. What came out was a cute gurgle that had both her parents smiling and laughing. They held her close, she let herself melt into their embrace.
Year 1-2
Being a baby again was surreal for her. She carried a few years of memories in her tiny body, but had no control over it just yet.
Her new papa, Satoru, bragged constantly about how she'd been able to start walking at six months because she was 'obviously a genius' like him.
Ai didn't want to indulge him, but her pride won out. She began speaking much sooner than expected, earning more of his smug satisfaction.
A nice lady came by to check on her health, Shinobu Kocho. She was very pretty, Ai also thought that she sounded so much like her old mama, Yor. They had the same kind voice, they even had the same thoughts occasionally.
She had finally regained access to her powers on her first birthday. Shinobu had come by to give her a health check up. She had listened in on Shinobu's mental voice and had been shocked when Shinobu was mentally restraining herself from poisoning Satoru-papa because he made a funny joke.
'Secret assassin! Waku waku!'
She took every chance she could get to read people's minds. Apparently her new parents had been part of a secret organisation that protected humanity from evil demons.
Ai thought that was really really cool. Her new parents were so much cooler than her old ones, that didn't mean she didn't miss her old parents, and Bond.
Her papa had a cat, Mei-Mei. Ai liked talking to Mei-Mei, she had funny stories about her papa. She liked hearing stories about her papa, he was apparently the strongest in the world. Ai thought this was also very cool.
Their home was filled with noise, Ai didn't mind. She was happier than she had ever been in a while, and she didn't have to deal with that idiot Damian.
Year 3-4
By age three, her powers had fully manifested. She could hear everyone's inner thoughts just by being near them. She had to learn to shut some of them out. Her mama was always warm and gentle, her thoughts were like sitting next to a camp fire.
With her papa, however, it was like sitting next to a hundred different TVs and Radios all playing different things at the same time. Ai didn't like that as much, even if most of her papa's thoughts were how he could sneak away with Ai and play with her.
She used her gift often, to cheat at hide and seek. Her mama and papa did eventually find out though, much to her shock. Loid and Yor never figured out she could read minds before.
She found out why not long after, her new mama and papa had powers of their own. Her papa was really the strongest, he could fly, he could make colourful balls of light that do different things, he could even teleport.
Ai was a little jealous, but she learned that she also had some of her papa's powers. They weren't as strong, her papa said that she didn't have his special eyes and that's why she couldn't use them properly.
Her mama could move things with her mind, she had seen it once. When her mama was showing her how she used her super cool sword.
Her papa had a sword too but it wasn't as cool. Even if her papa told her he had sealed a sun monster in his sword, it just wasn't as cool as her mama's sword that seemed to be magic.
Around this time, her younger brother was born. Akira, he looked almost exactly like their papa, only his hair started turning pink the older he got.
He behaved a lot like their papa too, Ai was scared that her mama and papa wouldn't love her anymore now that they had another baby, but she was wrong. They loved both of them even more.
And, even as a baby, Akira's thoughts were always 'Big sis! Big sis! Big sis!'
Ai was very happy.
Year 5-6
As Ai grew, so did her ambitions. She decided she wanted to be cool, like her papa. To have his effortless confidence and power, but also to be kind like her mama, to be loved by everyone around her.
Her papa began taking her on field trips, letting her watch him beat up the evil spirits until they disappeared. She watched from a safe distance, Mei-Mei the cat by her side, making sure she was safe.
Her mama tried to teach her to cook. Unfortunately her skills with household tasks followed her into her new life just like her powers. She had somehow burnt the water while cooking rice, and a pot of soup somehow turned to ash. Her mama was patient with her though, Ai really liked that.
Akira was three years old by then, a little ball of boundless energy that sort of reminded her of Bond. He followed her around constantly, sometimes crawling into her bed to cuddle like when they had been younger.
When the twins were born a year later, her position as the big sister solidified, not that she minded, she got more followers in her quest to show the world how cool her papa and mama were.
Himari and Hikari arrived together, only minutes apart: one quiet and intense, the other was a perfect mirror of their papa. They both had white hair like their papa, but only Hikari had inherited their papa's bright blue eyes.
Her papa had panicked at first, his thoughts imagining more scary evil spirits, but nothing happened other than her gaining two cute little sisters.
Her papa told her about her little sisters. Himari wouldn't have any cool powers, but she would be really really strong. Maybe even stronger than her mama he had said, maybe even stronger than him.
Hikari on the other hand, would be just like their papa. They had all inherited their papa's special power, but only Hikari had inherited their papa's special eyes. Ai was a little jealous at first, but then she learned that the eyes were the reason her papa's thoughts always sounded like chaos.
From that point on, Ai decided that she liked her powers more. The thoughts of always seeing everything were almost enough to give her a headache.
Year 8-12
By eight years old, Ai had mellowed out. She still liked to have fun and play jokes. Especially when her papa got involved.
Her official training had begun, nothing crazy like how Yor had tried to train her in the past. But enough to make her stronger, and to teach her how to use both of her powers effectively.
Her mama taught her how to control her strength, always smiling even when Ai struggled or got upset.
Akira grew into his own. He had their papa's confidence and their mama's open heart. He constantly challenged her to spars which he never won, mostly because he liked to announce his attacks, 'like a shonen protagonist' their papa had called it.
Himari joined the training at her own insistence, all three of her siblings had started talking and walking early. Something that Shinobu-neesan had said was uncommon but not unexpected, especially considering who their parents were.
Hikari trained directly under their papa, his proud smile visible every time Hikari properly executed a technique or successfully stopped a pebble their papa threw.
One clear night, Ai sat alone outside. She had snuck out to the koi pond at their large family home. She looked up at the stars and quietly whispered. "Anya is okay now, Mama Yor, Papa Loid… I have a new family, Any- no… Ai, I am happy, I hope you're all happy too, where ever you are…"
A lone tear rolled down her cheek, memories of her laying in bed as 'Anya' while Loid read her bedtime stories. The awkward hugs Yor used to give her. Bond curling up around her when she slept.
She smiled, knowing that despite the odds, she had a family once again, and this time, she would make sure that she never lost them again.