Author note:

Ok so a few things to discuss before starting this, first is the initial idea, I'm not sure how the idea got sparked up but I thought it would be cool if mythological beings were in fact information bodies. So while Zeus or any other god may not be in existence in physical form they are still in a data form. So the idea from here is that Tatsuya is in fact bound to the information body of "Thanatos" or Death. While I know there is strong evidence for the original story having Tatsuya based off the god "Shiva" for my purposes I decided it would be more fun this way.

Ok story wise it will begin chronologically at the beginning of their introduction to 1st high as this allows me to fill in a "what if?" of my own whereby Tatsuya was always allowed access to decomposition.

Lastly while Tatsuya will be beyond OP for a while (like everything for the first chapter or so will be a cakewalk) I am planning to add other deities at a later point to challenge him.

So with that out of the way tell me what you think of the idea and please do correct any of the technical magic stuff I use (I am up to date on the light novel but that doesn't mean I have a full grasp on absolutely all the technical workings of magic). Of course please do correct anything in the story itself as well.

Story Start:

A dimly lit screen mounted centre wall displayed the image of an astoundingly young looking middle aged woman, before it stood a 15 year old boy staring at her all too familiar smirk with eyes of indifference.

"I know Maya." The statement was delivered with a disconcerting lack of care for the implications that it may entail.

Maya replied with a similar indifference though for the first time in a long time it was masking an uncertainty "What might you know nephew?"

Rather than replying with words the boy continued staring with the same unnerving expression however as he continued staring a hazy blackness formed around him. The iris' of his eyes were overtaken by the pupil making the eyes themselves appear to have large voids in the centre of each. Everything including himself lifted into the air and remained there.

"I am no longer under Yotsuba control Maya, don't attempt to interfere with anything I do and don't you dare touch Miyuki." With that one corner of his mouth curled up ever so slightly into a smirk before he returned to the ground, turning his back on Maya he walked out.

Maya had to try her hardest to keep the fear growing within her under wraps, the Yotsuba's most powerful weapon had become aware, while that was terrifying in it's own right there was something far more concerning. He smirked, she thought to herself, I don't even want to think about what is to come next.

Tatsuya and Miyuki stood outside First High's main hall the latter of the two complaining to the former.

"But Tatsuya not only was your written segment more or less perfect your abilities are also on par with that of a god of old, you should be in course 1!"

Tatsuya smiled knowingly at the underlying joke in her statement, "while that may be true their test standards designate me as a course 2 student and as such I shall attend as one. Plus this gives me a chance to deconstruct the hierarchy in this place, gotta have some fun right?"

"But…."

"Don't worry about it, you just focus on your entrance ceremony speech, at least this way I get to see my cute girlfriend introduce the first years, I would probably just unsettle everyone."

Miyuki blushed and fell silent before smiling and agreeing to the notion.

Not long after Tatsuya cut ties with the Yotsuba he told Miyuki the truth of how things had come to be as they were. While Miyuki was a born Yotsuba he had been adopted into the family due to his unlimited potential as a weapon for them, they needed control of him though. As Miyuki showed some familiarity towards him in early years they altered both of their memories and Tatsuya's emotions holding him firmly the Yotsuba's hands as a result of feeling nothing towards anyone bar the Yotsuba heir.

The mental alterations also acted as a cage on the information body that was bound to him, the source of his limitless potential. With the recent release of the information body the majority of his memories were returned and while negative emotions remained something that Tatsuya couldn't feel some basic happiness and humour had returned resulting in his current sarcastic nature.

With the truth out Tatsuya gave Miyuki the option to remain with her family or to continue living with him. With that Shiba Miyuki and Thanatos Tatsuya were enrolled as first years and whatsmore due to the intense nature of their lingering feelings for one another they had become a couple.

Tatsuya was seated in the top section of the hall looking down at the centre stage, while it may appear to an average viewer that he was spacing out the truth of the matter was that he was using elemental sight to analyse all the information in the surrounding area.

Tatsuya had grown to appreciate the beauty in information, it held absolute control of everything bound to it which in this world could be considered everything. Colours, shapes, characteristics, existence itself all of it was bound to information, control of the puppet strings that were information gave control of existence itself and Tatsuya could well be considered a puppetmaster.

A young girl wearing glasses approached him, that was surprising it itself, normally the deathly aura that he gave off kept the people without an aim in mind away from him.

She spoke up nervously, "Excuse me is this seat taken?"

Crystal eyes huh? he thought to himself.

"Sure, may I ask your name?" he replied after ascertaining that fact.

"I uhh, it's Shibata Mizuki but please just call me Mizuki," she stuttered out the statement slightly awkwardly.

"Very well Mizuki, I am Thanatos Tatsuya but please Tatsuya is fine plus people tend to find the foreign last name strange, who is your friend behind you?"

The cheerful looking redhead spoke up "Chiba Erika but Erika is fine, nice to meet you Tatsuya kun."

Chiba seriously? And she's course 2? This school has got to sort out its entrance test

Tatsuya smiled as they both sat down and focused his attention back on the stage as the ceremony begun. He barely paid any attention to the majority of the ceremony until Miyuki came on, he smiled down at her as she spoke.

The way she held herself was the definition of eloquence itself, combine that with her near flawless beauty and everyone found themselves staring. Tatsuya chuckled to himself, if any of them knew what she was capable of he had no doubt that the looks of absolute adoration would change.

After the ceremony Erika spoke up "Hey Tatsuya, will you come to our class with us?"

He shook his head, "Sorry I promised my girlfriend I'd meet her after the ceremony."

Both girls' eyes shot open a little wider.

"Well this I have to see." Erika said with a playful smirk.

It didn't take long for Tatsuya to find Miyuki speaking with who he could only assume were members of the student council. As they approached Miyuki saw him and smiling ran over to hug him somewhat enthusiastically. The expressions given off by those around them were priceless, Tatsuya could make out some whispered conversations about blooms and weeds, he smirked to himself.

They will learn the hard way eventually, he thought to himself as he returned the hug.

Pulling away he spoke up "Miyuki I'd like you to meet my fellow classmates Shibata Mizuki and Chiba Erika."

Miyuki courtesied, "A pleasure to meet you both, I am Shiba Miyuki but please Miyuki is fine."

It took a second for the shock of the identity of Tatsuya's girlfriend to wear off before they both replied in kind.

"I'm Shibata Mizuki, please call me Mizuki."

"Chiba Erika, Erika is fine." She said with a smile.

Tatsuya spoke up, "so who are these people behind you Miyuki?"

The petite girl standing off to Miyuki's right replied in place of Miyuki, "Oh don't mind us, I'm Saegusa Mayumi student council president and this is Hattori Hanzou the assistant president, who might you be? You seem close with the freshman representative." She smiled cheerfully as she spoke.

Numbers huh? Well with ties to the Yotsuba cut identities don't matter anymore so interaction should be fine.

"My name is Thanatos Tatsuya call me Tatsuya though."

"Nice to meet you Tatsuya, it seems as though Miyuki's attention is elsewhere so would you two mind meeting us in the student council room tomorrow for lunch?"

Tatsuya took note of the barely concealed look of loathing aimed at him by Hattori before replying.

"Sure, I see no issues there assuming Miyuki is ok with it."

The day continued without a hitch, that is of course until Miyuki and Tatsuya went to head home. Erika, Mizuki and their newly acquired friend Leo stood in front of them confronting a group of course one students who refused to let Miyuki walk home. The leader of this group was Morisaki Shun, a member of the family widely considered as nothing more than bodyguards. Tatsuya rubbed Miyuki's shoulder giving her a slight smile, things were escalating quickly and Tatsuya was already sick of having to listen to Morisaki drone on.

"Let me show you just how superior us blooms are!" Morisaki shouted.

He pulled his CAD and the startings of an activation sequence could be seen forming. Before it got any further a cloud of black flashed in front of him appearing from it the smirking visage of Tatsuya. Morisaki's CAD was erased from existence before he had a chance to finish his spell.

Everyone's mouths dropped both in surprise and terror, to anyone not in the know how Tatsuya had just done the impossible, not only had he teleported but he'd completely destroyed a physical object without a trace of it ever having existed.

Miyuki of course knew better, Tatsuya had decomposed the idea of spatial distance between himself and Morisaki, the second he took a step forward he no longer had to travel the original 10 metres or so between them as it technically no longer existed. Once on the other side regrowth was automatically set off to restore the idea he had removed. The black cloud like flashes were simply a result of the interaction with the information body bound to him, Death.

"You know Morisaki, as magicians we pride ourselves on the ability to alter eidos or information bodies. Now you call yourself a superior magician but your control of information is completely inferior to most people I know." Tatsuya said.

"While information on objects is important you failed to gain information on people before showing aggression. For example the trio you just went up against did you know one is hypersensitive to spirit particle emission? Another is from the Chiba family and could easily beat you to a pulp 10 times over before you finished your quick draw." He continued.

"What I'm trying to get across here is that you are an ill informed child with a bad temper, now you were closest so you understand exactly what happened to your CAD, if you dare use the term weed again don't expect me to stop at the CAD."

With that statement Tatsuya turned on his heel and walked off, Miyuki taking his hand and wandering off with him. Mayumi and public moral committee leader Watanabi Mari were on scene but were too shocked to do anything, no one even thought of attempting to prevent the pair from leaving.

Tatsuya noticed Mayumi as they reached the gate and waved.

"See you tomorrow for lunch." He said.

Both he and Miyuki smiled politely before leaving, that day began Tatsuya's deconstruction of the discrimination within First High.

Note:

Right so that's chapter 1, it stuck somewhat to the original plot but I thought it would be fun to play with this Tatsuya's character interactions in familiar scenarios. I have a basic framework laid out to continue this, it will follow the usual plot including Nine Schools in the near future however I will be chopping and changing a significant amount to suit. So what do you think? Assuming you guys like the idea I will continue with this and chapters will most likely become bulkier.

Until next time.

TayloredPhoenix.