Author: This chapter will mark the haitus, the ACTUAL ONE! Some lore here and there, some small edits I made…
Author: Hope y'all like, savour it, 'cause there might not be anymore for this years…
Author: I hate science exams…
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/1 Year and 1 Month and 2 weeks Before Season 1\
It has been two weeks since Luna joined Kurat's love story, officially making it a three-way relationship, even if one of them is told late…
Anyways! We start this chapter with Kurat at his Comic Stall, trying and failing to sell his Jujutsu Kaisen Manga.
*Groans*
He slumped onto the counter, "you'd think some ponies would like something new…but other than Apple Bloom….no pony, absolutely nada! And Rainbow Dash said she'd check it out!" Kurat complained, making Adam frustrated.
[Then how about you sell more variety, or something else? If JJK isn't working, change it to Hazbin Hotel. Sure it only has 1 season-9 Comic Books, but once you evolve, you can access [Unique Skill: Traveller] and continue where you left off]
[Plus, you complaining is just pissing me off-AND ITS ONLY BEEN AN HOUR!!]
"Gah!" Adam's shout made Kurat recoil back, falling off his stool.
*Thump!*
"Ugh…alright, alright." Kurat got back up, still somewhat-pissed that his JJK was getting no love! What's to hate about a story made by an author who wasn't loved as a child?
(A/N: This decision might not make sense, but JJK and HH have a VERY big difference. Unlike JJK, HH is more… thoughtful, when it comes to the viewers mentality. It might be just me, but I've seen… Enough favourites dying on me)
. . .
Anyways, Kurat replaced all his Manga, sent them all back into his Pocket Dimension and took out the copies of Hazbin Hotel.
*Sighs*
'The cliff hanger will drive many insane, I know I also went crazy…sucks I died a month before Season 2 released…' Kurat started setting up his stall, slowly adding the newly: Hazbin Hotel Comic, specifically the Pilot….
After doing so, he sat back on his stool and waited for customers, hoping the lively cover of his comics could bring in attraction…
5 Hours Later->
It had been five hours since Kurat had changed his products, and so far….no pony, no one at all came. You'd all think at least somepony would at least look, but Kurat and Adam saw no pony pass by during that time.
We see our Main Character slumped over his counter, depressed. "Ugh….I hate this sooooooo, fu-fricking much!!" Kurat almost slipped up.
[*Sighs*]
[Just be patient. Someone will come over and look. Like Apple Bloom did]
'Yeah, at least she gave a damn-hold up?'
Kurat saw a pony in the distance walking by, blue fur, rainbow mane…It Was Rainbow Dash!
Kurat saw Rainbow and called her over. She luckily heard his voice and spotted him close by, his stall packed with Comic Books, and no buyers.
She trotted over, "hey there Kurat. What'cha doing?" She asked.
"Oh, you know….trying to get any buyers, heck! No one even bothered to at least look at one!" He complained, making Rainbow Dash feel bad.
"Well, I did say I would check it out. Sorry if I didn't come by sooner, had to pick up some extra shifts at the cloud factory." Rainbow Dash said, making Kurat somewhat smile.
She looked over and saw the title of his comics: Hazbin Hotel-The Pilot.
She actually got curious and picked one up. She began to slowly read it, then noticed how violent, gore and strange it was, and the amount of swear words written inside it.
Kurat saw her expression and guessed she hated it. 'Aww, man…now she's gonna tell everyone to not come….'
[I wouldn't be so sure Kurat]
'Oh yeah! Why's that?'
[Just look at her closely]
Kurat indeed took a closer look at her face, and didn't notice disgust, but rather….surprised and excited.
Rainbow closed the Comic and placed it back down, she then took her bag of bits out, "hey Kurat? How much for one?"
"Huh? You-you want to buy one?" Kurat was surprised that somepony actually wanted to buy his comics.
"Uh-huh! I saw a few pages, a bit….original, but quite entertaining nonetheless. Plus," she gave a sky grin, "I can't swear in public, but oh boy! Can this book do it for me!" Rainbow took out 10 bits, "will this do?"
Kirat stared at her, then at the bits, then back at her. He gave a large grin, "you got yourself a purchase!" He quickly took the money and handed the comic.
"Sweet! Thanks Kurat. Can't wait for the second part to come out!" Rainbow said to Kurat before flying away, reading the comic in hoof…
Kurat watched as his first actual customer just flew away with a comic of his…his face slowly turned from normal to super happy.
"HAHA!!! MY FIRST SALE!!!!" He shouted, and luckily, no pony was around to give him questionable looks.
[*Chuckles*]
[Yes Kurat, it's a good day. Making your first sale, having a pony hooked on your-well not your work, but still, someone's work. Now you just need to sell the rest, which shouldn't be too hard?]
Kurat showed a determined face. 'Eeyup!' Kurat sat back down, excited for his next buyer…
...
5 More Hours Later->
It had been a few hours since Rainbow stopped by and purchased his Comic Book, and luckily, more ponies were seen walking around, and to his shock, a few pegasus came to his stall, and bought his comics. Kurat was at first confused, but Adam suspected that Rainbow Dash recommended some others to check his stall out, and maybe even showing the comic she bought.
Right now, we see Kurat selling the last Hazbin Hotel-Pilot comic book he had for sale.
"Thank you Mr Kurat!" One Pegasus Stallion said, trotting away after purchasing the last comic.
Kurat waved him off, "no problem! Come back soon!" Yeah, safe to say, his shop dream might be a reality one day…
[Kurat, I have to say, well done]
'Oh? You congratulating me is rare, and that's a given.'
[Yes]
[But it seemed that Hazbin Hotel sold a lot quicker than Jujutsu Kaisen. I don't know if it's just me, but I think Rainbow would have bought Volume 0, if we had been more patient]
Kurat paused for a moment, 'huh… guess you're kinda right… damn me and my impatient mind!'
[Well, we can't change the future now, but we can improvise~]
'How so? Once the Hazbin Hotel Comics reach the end of Season 1, ponies will start asking.'
[Simple, just say you're going on a hiatus on Hazbin Hotel, and tell them a new release will appear, which will be…]
Kurat immediately knew what Adam implied, 'oh, OH! I can release my Jujutsu Kaisen Manga-I mean Comic.'
[A slip, but I'll let it pass]
Ignoring Adam's response, 'and because of my success, and the ponies slowly getting used to Gore, Death and Violence, my JJK books can start selling well, and I think there's a small cliffhanger, and from what I got from the internet, the Spin Off's were the sequel to JJK, after it's ending, correct?'
[Correct, and unlike Hazbin Hotel, Jujutsu Kaisen's Cliffhanger is a bit more subtle, not super jaw-dropping, but enough to theorise a new continuation. And before that even happens, it will be months, if not years, because you can just release the HH comics once a month, maybe longer if you make excuses]
Kurat smiled, as now he doesn't need to stress about release dates for the time being.
'Haha! Adam, you are a genius!'
[Hmm! You're goddam right I am!]
'Ahahahahahahhaah!'
[Ahahahahahhahaha!]
'Ahahahahahahahhahaha!' / [Ahahahahahahahha!!]
And so, Kurat and Adam continued laughing manically, and soon closed up shop, heading back home…
As Kurat was heading back home, doing his usual chat with Adam, watching Ponies play, chat, and some reading his comic, which both he and Adam were proud to see.
As they chat, Kurat suddenly decided to ask a very dangerous question, but he needed to get it out of his mind, as it bugged him for years.
'Hey Adam?'
[Yes Kurat, what is it?]
'I-I have to ask, and before you get mad, I'm not trying to belittle you, or make you punish me, alright?'
Adam, very skeptical and curious, just hummed, before Kurat continued.
'Why DO you hate Great Sage? Every time I mention a second of that skill, you get very defensive and offended, and always belittle said skill. I just needed to know, why?'
Adam was reluctant at first, but decided that it couldn't hurt to tell Kurat.
[*Sighs*]
[If I tell you, will you stop bringing it up?]
Kurat slowly nodded, before Adam sighed again.
[…]
[*Exhales* Alright…. But I have to warn you, even my memory is… incomplete]
Kurat stopped for a moment, before walking again.
'What do you mean by that?' Incomplete, what did Adam mean by that?
[Alright… from what I remember, I was a skill created by Veldanava-]
"Hold on." Kurat looked around, before teleporting back home…
*SHING!*
Once there, Kurat went and got a glass of water, then headed to the living room.
*Slurp*
[Kurat, what are you-]
*SPIT!!*
Kurat walked over to his table, placed the glass down and sat in his chair.
*GASP!*
"YOU WERE A SKILL MADE BY VELDA-FU*KING-NAVA?!" Kurat was in outright shock.
[I-yes, I am. May I continue, or are you gonna pass out?]
"N-no no, I just needed to do a spit take to show how crazy that sounds!" Kurat isn't wrong. Adam, his Unique Skill: True Sage…
Is a skill made by the Creator of the Tensura Verse?! Possibly the God of the Multiverse, if some theories were right.
[*Sighs*]
[Alright then]
Kurat sat there, silently, while listening to Adam.
[Do you know the skills that Veldanava personally made?]
"Yeah, the 7 Sin Series and Virtues Series Skills. Magicule Breeder Reactor. He made 15 Ultimate Skills, each containing a part of his true abilities."
[Good, but did you know he had trouble maintaining his power?]
Kurat looked lost, which Adam took notice of.
[He separated his power into 15 different Ultimate Skills, but he needed something to help manage it all. As he knew that the excess Stardust he excreted, would soon allow those skills to gain Egos, Souls of their own. [Ultimate Skill: Justice King: Michael] had already started forming an ego and soul, and Veldanava knew he needed to stop this before it spreads]
"But, wait, if that happens, won't the skills still follow his commands?"
[In most cases, yes. But that logic is a bit…. Outdated]
Kurat looked confused, what did he mean by "outdated"?
[The Virtue Series will follow the core principles, but the Sin Series won't. They're made to be polar opposites of the Angelic Skills. Hence, their egos and souls will be as well]
"Oooh, but," Kurat said, "they still need to follow the rules."
[Wrong. Remember, Ultimate Skills are Rule Maker AND Breakers. They follow their own rules according to THEIR concepts]
Kurat hummed. In the series, Ultimate Skills are the ultimate power in the Tensura Verse, so it did make sense.
[Now, continuing my explanation. Veldanava needed help, but no being in existence could… so he decided to make one…]
Kurat pieced the puzzle slowly, and realised what Adam was trying to say.
"Wait, your original objective was to manage those Ultimate Skills?!" This new found discovery, led to a shock.
[Yes… but after my birth, Veldanava realised too soon, that he could just insert a Control Circuit inside the ultimate skills, and using Michael, he could control them]
"Oh… What happened next?"
[....]
[He couldn't do the same for the Sin Series, so he decided to degrade them into Unique Skill, and send them into the reincarnation cycle. And his Virtue Series stayed with him….but he still had to deal with me]
"Adam," Kurat paused him, "I can hear your voice cracking-you don't need to continue if you don't want to."
[….Thank you for caring, but you need to know this… and I need someone to hear it. This—this memory I have, I've been keeping it locked away, but I realised I couldn't. I needed someone, anyone, to hear it, and know they'll keep it safe. I know I'm asking a lot, but…]
[Please, just listen. Plus, this isn't the full version, my memory is still blurry a bit]
Adam paused, and Kurat swore silently that he heard Adam's voice breaking, but maintaining his composure.
"I… Okay Adam." Was all Kurat said.
[Thanks… now back to the story]
[Veldanava, at first, tried to do the same, but the World System didn't allow it, which was a mystery to him. So he tried erasing me, which didn't work. And through all his failed attempts, that a*shole forgot he gave me an ego and soul, and I REALLY wanted to tell him to stop…]
[But I couldn't. I… at the time, I just thought he was doing what's best for me, which was a mistake I made]
[After countless years, decades of trying, he tried to just leave me in the VOID, his birth place, where nothing can exist in… But for some odd reason, he couldn't]
[And that was because he finally noticed my… unusual aura… he learned I was alive, and that I felt everything he did to me]
Kurat could swear Adam's voice sounded that of a man trying to hold in his cries.
[Now, you would think he would apologise, or at least explain why he was doing all this, but instead… he gave me up to the World System. Saying "how this one needed to find a different purpose elsewhere". I was still VERY confused, as not only was I STILL a Unique Skill, he somehow found a way to degrade me more, and used me as a template. He used my core design to create the Sage Skills]
"The… what?" Now this is new. What did Adam mean by Sage Skills, well, we're about to find out…
[The Sage Skills are as follows: They're downgraded versions of me, but their evolution is into either an Ultimate Skill from the Virtue Series, Sin Series, or a new version made by the Voice Of The World]
[These skills are: [Unique Skill: Great Sage], [Unique Skill: Wise Sage], [Unique Skill: Virtue Sage], and [Unique Skill: Sin Sage]. You already know Great Sage's evolution, but the others are a mystery, as to obtaining them is tougher than just "asking or wishing."]
"Okay, do you know how?"
[Yes… except for Wise Sage, to gain Virtue Sage, you need all 7 of the Unique Skill versions of the Virtue Series. The same rule applies to Sin Sage]
"I see… What happened next?" Kurat didn't like where this story was going.
[…..after the sage skills were made, given their own evolutions, and such. Veldanava had no more use for me…. And like I said before, he gave me up to the VOTW]
[After that…. It was all blank. Some memories of mine are gone, which are probably how the sage skills work, or their evolutions… or more about me]
"….Adam-"
[And then, the World System somehow repressed my memories even more, and kept me somewhere, seeing how I still had my uses… and it just went… dark]
"Adam… I am so sorry that you went through all that, I-I didn't think your past was…"
[Terrible? Horrendous? From the moment I was created, to my sealing, it was nothing but hell for me. There were times I wished to have never existed, times where…]
[I wondered why I was even born to begin with…]
"….." Kurat couldn't say a thing. He couldn't find the words to explain how badly he feels for his friend.
[Until….]
[I met you]
"Huh?" Kurat got up, surprised.
[When you "wished for me" from the Voice Of The World, well, a sage skill, it couldn't find a skill to give… except me]
Kurat heard Adam's voice sounded more… happier.
[Thought it did repress my memories, it couldn't erase my Ego and Soul, hence why I was able to communicate with you]
"Wow, I-uh, didn't know that, but keep going." Kurat was now a bit happy that his friend was sounding normal again.
[And when we first met, I instinctively scanned through all your memories, and gained a persona of someone opposite of you… as I, for some odd reason… realised just how important you were to me]
Kurat pouted a bit, "yeah, I remember you telling me that… still not cool dude!" Kurat laughed a bit.
[*Chuckles*]
[Anyways, that's where this story ends. And overtime, like I said, through our adventures, experiences, I gained more of my memories, of course, not all of it, but enough for me to build a hatred towards the other Sage Skills… and that blasted Lizard]
"Haha, yeah, now that I know, you kinda do deserve to feel hatred for them. But don't let that corrupt you~ Otherwise I'd be losing a friend!"
Both Adam and Kurat laughed, as their bond grew even more stronger from this. Both sides keeping less secrets from each other, and their friendship, becoming a strong barrier between life and death.
This continued, and Kurat, learning why Adam hated Great Sage, or now, the Sage Skills in general, and a literal GOD now, somehow felt more…
Close with Adam, his best friend, then ever before…
(A/N: No, they are not "that" kind of bond, like a brothers bond, or a best friends kinda bond)
...….
Later on->
It was around 6:30 PM, and Kurat was out, heading towards a small hill, just to watch the sunset.
*Hoof Steps*
As Kurat got closer, he made some small talk with Adam, out loud, as no one was around to hear them.
"–And get this! After I left the comic book store, immediately! Several guys came up and asked to buy my latest edition of Tensura, like, "what? It just came out!" Then they kept trying to persuade me, saying stuff like "but the serial code number had value!" And stuff like that. Like, I didn't even know about that!"
Adam listened patiently, chuckling at a few of Kurat's stories from Earth. He knew them all, but it was nice to listen, especially if his friend told them.
After a few more minutes of walking and chatting, they finally came across a single standing tree, which was on top of a hill.
The Hill faced Pony Ville, and the view to watch the sun go down was perfect. Kurat walked over and sat right underneath the tree, watching the sunset with Adam…
"Hey Adam?"
[Yes Kurat?]
"When you said you were the "best version" of them all, you really weren't kidding, huh?" The fact that Adam, or also known as [Unique Skill: True Sage] was made to handle all of Veldanava's Ultimate Skills, essentially all his divine power… I-it was just mind blowing, and he wasn't even an Ultimate Skill, just a Unique!
[Haha, I never lie when it comes to myself, Kurat]
"Hehe, yeah…" Kurat pondered for a bit, before asking. "Do you think you have an evolution?"
Adam thought for a bit, before just laughing, which made Kurat curious as to why he started laughing.
[If-if I did have an ascension laid before me, then that Lizard and World System did a pretty good fu*king job in hiding it]
Kurat saw Adam swear like he meant it, but let it slide, as this was something he needed.
"Hmm, and you were still a Unique Skill at the time?"
[Correct. Though, I had more sub-skills before]
"Hah, I can imagine that." He got up, ""The Great True Sage, reduced to a companion." That'll look good on your resume~" Kurat chuckled a bit.
[Ha ha ha, nice joke kid]
[But seriously, I really was more powerful, which is why I mentioned I could be compared to an Ultimate Skill]
"Yeah, I heard you before dude." Kurat faced the sunset, smiling, and thinking happy thoughts.
"….."
[....]
"Today's sunset really is beautiful, huh?"
[It sure it…]
[Image Captured]
Kurat grinned, "so you're also keeping this?"
[Why not? It's not like I'll take 20 photos, and besides~]
They both continued to watch the sun going down.
[It's something we might never do again, seeing as our life is going to get more and more chaotic by the day. So it's only fair I capture these peaceful moments]
Kurat thought about it, and just sighed, but in a good way.
"Yeah, I guess you're right…"
As the sun finally sets beneath the horizon, Kurat makes one final saying.
"If I compare my old life to this?" He gestures to everything he and Adam have been through.
"I'd choose this, as I'm not alone, I found love, two to be exact~" They both chuckled to each other.
"And most importantly…."
Kurat slowly sat back down, watching the moon appear, making him smile peacefully. He relaxed himself, laying down on the soft grass, leaning on the hard tree base.
"I'm doing all this with the best guy I know." Kurat said, before closing his eyes, and thinking about all the adventures they had.
[….]
[Me to Kurat… me to]
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Chapter 35: Tea Time!
Author: Any errors or something wrong? Comment on it, so future readers can see, and maybe I will to, so I can maybe either explain or fix it. BYYEEE!!!!