#nanalujah

1. Instead of Hunters finding baby Nanashi a demon finds him, like a Nekomata or something. And instead of eating him, decides to raise him with help from some of their demon pals. A human baby needs milk, so the new demon parent asks (or begs) some of the demons/goddesses known for motherhood or children, like the goddess Isis who was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife, to breastfeed baby Nanashi. Because he's been breastfed by a goddess, Nanashi becomes a bit more sturdy than the average human (and picks up magic a lot earlier). He's not a demon, but he's also not completely human either.

This story would best fit with either pairings nanaflynn or nanalujah. With nanalujah, Nanashi and his demon family are living at some demon infested park (not any of the ones by the Hunters) when this Ashura-Kai kid comes wandering in. That's when they meet. Hallelujah excited that there's another kid out there not completely human. Nanashi not really trusting humans because some of his demon family has either been murdered by them or turned into their slaves. With nanaflynn, Flynn stumbles upon Nanashi while doing a quest and the two take an instant liking to one another (since their messiah souls are intertwined *cough* soulmates *cough* and all that). Nanashi then agrees to go with Flynn on his journey and help him (growing up in a demon family has helped prepare him for fighting and stuff).

P.S. Nanashi doesn't die in this AU so the normal SMT IV neutral route continues.

2. Messiahs in the Diamond Realm AU - Nanashi helps the other Messiahs like usual and they even beat Stephen, but before Stephen can send them can to their home world a YHVH (which one? Who knows?) attacks them. The Messiahs end up in another AU with no contact with Stephen (he's busy dealing with the YHVH or perhaps cannot find them in the multiple AUs they could have ended up). Now the five messiahs must work together to figure out a way back to their respective worlds. The story would be about them working together, arguing over different world views, bonding over similarities, traveling through the smt multiverse, Flynn's and Nanashi's intertwined souls, etc.

P.S. I like to imagine Nanashi taking this mission on after defeating the YHVH of his world, Bond route.