Howdy, everybody! I am Chromeanxiety, one of the co-writers of this story. Just to start things off, a disclaimer, my partner and I do not own My Hero Academia and some of the characters mentioned in this story, all rights go to the respective owner/s.
Second of all, I would like to make a speech guidelines at the start of every chapter so readers will be able to follow the story much for smoothly:
Bold: Narrative, Moves, Abilities
Italic: Thoughts, Story narrative
Third of all, this story is set two years before the canon story line of My Hero Academia. Well, that is all for now, I hope you all will enjoy the story!
Chapter 1: The First Step to becoming a Hero
In the past a strange phenomenon occurred that led to the sudden birth of superpowers known as "Quirks" to each born individuals. Now that every human being has their own Quirk a new profession has risen from fantasy and turned into reality. The term "Hero" that was once yearned in the past is now in the limelight and is now a common job among the super powered world. U.A a Popular Hero High School in Japan has made its name in the hero studies industry and has attracted students across the globe in order to teach them the fundamentals of being a "Hero". Also knowing that they may meet the number one hero "All Might" gives them a reason to transfer. Although meeting him maybe nice, some students prefer to prove themselves worthy of being called a "Hero". Just like this story's two given individuals Xander Arthur A. Crux and Chrome Ace L. Donovan who will travel to Japan and earn the right to be professional heroes!
"Greetings, students. I am Nezu, the principal of U.A Highschool, I am proud to say that we will be offering a few and select talented students to transfer to U.A High!" The small half mouse, bear, dog announced as he could have swore he heard the whole world cheering, Nezu coughed as he shrugged off the thought while he was being filmed, "As you all know there are four departments of education, The Department of Heroes; where students learn to use their quirks to be a top-notch hero, the Department of General Education; where students whose aim is college and other pursuits."
"The Department of Support; where students aim to provide and develop equipment that helps heroes in their line of work, and finally The Department of Management; where students aim for heroic business." Nezu explained as he waited a few moments before speaking again, "Examinations in accordance to this four departments will be held, the venue will be the country's capital city. That is all, good luck to all of you inspiring students." the principal said as the announcement finished.
The announcement was aired across the globe in their given time zones so that the public will be notified properly. As the broadcast ended, the next day schools from different regions sought out to find their best students which were to be sent to their capitals for registration and further inspection. A week later at the capital of a certain country, two particular students were being registered for the U.A transfer, one excited and the other was the complete opposite.
"Okay! You're registration is now complete and by the end of this week you two will be flying off to Japan, are you two ready to be professional heroes?" The teacher asked the two students, "I'm already pumped up for this!" Xander replied excitedly, "Not really, but what else can I do? I was dragged into this." Chrome replied dismayed.
"There you go again Mr. Donovan, try to stay positive, you are going to a prestigious high school to be a hero." The teacher tried to psyche him up a bit, "Yeah Chrome, be more excited, you did win the competition fair and square, right?" Xander reminded him, "I was forced to do this, I just want to stay home, Zoey!" Chrome acted sulky as he screamed the name of his pet dog out loud at the end.
"You can bring your dog if you want." The teacher said, "Waaah! I just wanna stay home." Chrome tried to sulk again, "That's enough acting drama queen, you are allowed to bring Zoey so be happy." Xander declared. "You two are really good friends, it would be nice if you two would become a hero duo." The teacher stated happily, "Nah! I don't want to be involved with this ped-" Chrome replied as he was stopped as a hand covered his mouth, "Really Chrome? Not this again but I guess we would be a great duo." Xander replied in an annoyed tone.
"Anyways, it's about time we head back so you two can pack your things before the flight." The teacher said they walked back to the van, "So where do you think will we stay?" Xander asked, "I heard that the school will provide a dorm for the transferees." Chrome said as he yawned. "Well Mr. Donovan is right, but if you do have a relative there you can live with them." The teacher confirmed, "I do have one but my auntie is in Yokohama, Japan." Chrome stated, "Wait ... if I remember my sister works at U.A, maybe we can squeeze in at her place instead." Xander announced excitedly.
And so they got into the van and were driven back to their town. On the way back, anticipation swells up inside both of our soon to be heroes as they think of what has yet to come. They arrived safely and were dropped off at their residences in order to pack their things and bid their family farewell. That night they began to prepare for their trip.
At the Crux Residence...
"Xander are you ready?" Mrs. Crux asked as she peered through her son's door, "Yes, everything is looking good." Xander replied. "When you get there, don't cause trouble for your sister, okay?" Mrs. Crux reminded, "Sure, but it's usually the other way around." Xander claimed. "Speaking of your sister, why don't you call her before leaving?" Mrs. Crux suggested, "I was planning to do that in the first place." Xander replied. "Well, tomorrow I'll be seeing you off so do be good, I'm so proud of you." Mrs. Crux said as she closed the door, "Thanks ... Mommy." Xander muttered with a smile.
"Okay, it seems everything is all set and done, clothes are here, gadgets are all set, first aid kit ready, and the most important thing... snacks, check!" Xander muttered as he scanned through his belongings, Xander then reached for his phone and called someone who immediately picked up "Oh! Hey sis, how are you doing?... I see... I'm glad you're doing alright, what about work?... Great?... I'm glad to hear that."
"Oh right! Speaking of your work, can me and my friend stay at your place?... Why? You ask... well it's because I got into U.A!... Calm down sis, hahaha! I know your happy but please calm down... We will arrive their before the week ends... why don't you pick me up at school? Sounds good?... The airport? Why there?... A secret?! ... are you planning something again?... Fine, at the airport but don't cause any trouble, okay?... What do you mean you don't?... Anyways, see you this week... Take care... Bye... love you too sis!" A smile of excitement crept over Xander's face as he hung up and went to sleep.
Meanwhile in the Donovan Residence...
"Chrome! Have you packed all your belongings already?" Mrs. Donovan asked hesitantly, "Yes, for the fifth time everything is packed and I'm ready to go." Chrome reassured. "Are you sure that all the needed requirements are finished? And there's nothing left to do?" Mrs. Donovan asked again, "Mother dear, listen carefully and calm down, everything is all packed and there's nothing else left to do, all my necessities are with me and stop worrying so much." Chrome reassured again.
"It's just that you are going to leave me, I know it's for the best but I'm still going to miss you." Mrs. Donovan cried out as she hugged her son, "Don't worry Mother, I'm going to be fine plus I have Zoey!" Chrome stated as he looked at his dog which was in her cage outside the house. "Plus one last thing, be nice to Xander's big sister and be respectful to her." Mrs. Donovan reminded him, "Sure I will, also why are you acting like this when our leave isn't until the weekends?" Chrome asked.
"But tomorrow is Sunday and that's the end of this week!" Mrs. Donovan replied, "Huh... I forgot, then if that's the case I will miss you, Mother!" Chrome replied with a hug. "I believe that you will be a great hero in the future." Mrs. Donovan said, "Yeah, even if I was dragged into this by that fat blob, I guess there's no escaping the fact that being a pro hero is pretty exciting." Chrome agreed as he yawned and decided to go to bed.
The Next Morning...
At daybreak, all the students in the country woke up, nervous yet excited; they were to be accompanied by their local government officials and teachers to the airport where they will all board the airplane flying to Japan. It was still early at the airport yet many students have already arrived and are momentarily waiting for the arrival of the plane.
A few moments later, their ride arrives at exactly 7:00 in the morning and will wait until 8:00 am. Chrome and Xander arrived early since their province is located close to the capital, this allowed them to sit wherever they wanted, so they sat near the window close to the toilet just in case. While waiting they played a few games on their handheld consoles and "communicated" with Zoey, Chrome's Japanese Spitz. A few minutes later, students began to fill up the seats and the flight began. As the plane took off, soon after they were off the ground, soaring above the clouds in the vast blue sky.
"Hey Chrome! Look the clouds are within my reach." Xander said as he tried to reach for the clouds outside the window, "Just don't eat them, I don't want to run out of shade under the sun." Chrome joked as he kept his glasses away, safely as he tries to get some sleep. "I'm so excited! We're going to be there in a few hours I can't control my anticipation." Xander stated, "If you don't control it, I'll be forced to put you in a bottle for the rest of the trip." Chrome exclaimed as Xander turned to relax instead.
During the flight, the plane was bustling with noise yet Chrome fell asleep quietly on his chair while Xander was forced to retreat to the restroom with a few plastic bags as his motion sickness was kicking in. A few hours and a dozen plastic bags later, they arrived at the airport safely. Upon landing smoothly on the ground, Xander was the first to get out of the planes, who was then followed by Chrome then the rest of the students. As soon as they entered the airport through the sliding doors, a small half mouse, bear, dog greeted them kindly.
"Greetings my dear students, I'm Nezu the Principal of U.A High school but you may address me as Mr. Principal, it's nice to meet you all and welcome to Japan!" Nezu greeted the students kindly, "Nice to meet you too." Everyone replied. "Now, everyone please do follow me." Nezu said as he began walking, "Okay!" Everyone replied as they followed him through the airport.
(Know your Hero: Nezu aka Mr. Principal is U.A High school's Head instructor, he is a nice and helpful creature but has a somehow disturbing personality when in combat. His quirk is "High Specs" giving him the extraordinary knowledge the surpasses those of humans. He commonly looks like a small half mouse, bear, dog with white fur, beady black eyes with a scar on his left eye. He usually wears a small coat and tie paired with black slacks and brown leather shoes.)
"Let me give you a brief explanation as why you're here, as you all know our world is growing at rapid pace and advancing even further as we speak, but whenever there is light it cast a shadow." Nezu paused to look at the students who were listening and walking behind him at a steady pace, he then continued his discussion "In other words, whenever there is good in the world, evil rises to disrupt the peace, that is why in collaboration with other countries and schools alike, it was decided that U.A be the one to teach those worthy of rising up to the challenge."
"But this does not mean that all of you will fight crime, we still prioritize what our students' want, so which one of you here will be in the Department of Management? raise your hand please." Nezu asked as a good number of hands were raised, "I see ... how about Support and General Education?" Again a good number of hands were raised, "Lastly, who intends on becoming a pro hero?" Nezu asked with a smile as 50% of the group raised their hands.
"Okay, now that the introduction is over let's head out and wait for our bus." Nezu exclaimed as everyone exited the airport, "Now if I remember I told my secretary to wait out here so where could she be?" Nezu pondered quietly. "Hey Chrome, are you feeling it now?" Xander asked excitedly, "I feel sleepy and hungry, that's what I feel." Chrome replied with a yawn.
As Chrome finished yawning they heard a loud thud as a security guard was knocked down 10 meters away which caught Nezu's attention. It seems that some hooligans kicked the guard down as he was trying to help the woman in the middle of the gang. Nezu sighed as he said "I knew I shouldn't have left Ms. Crux alone here, now trouble found her." as Nezu was about to take action something or someone flung right past him.
This surprised Nezu so when he looked backed he saw that the students were pointing at the thing the just flew past him. He asked what was that or who was that, no one was able to answer except one particular someone.
"Oh, Mr. Principal that was my friend who bolted past you." Chrome explained calmly, yawning again, "Why didn't you stop him?! He could get seriously hurt against those men!" Nezu panicked a bit at the sight of his enraged student flying towards the scene. "I can't stop him even if I wanted, especially when his sister complex switch gets turned on." Chrome explained after he finished yawning, "WHAAAT?!" Everyone in the group reacted.
"I better help him out of there!" Nezu worriedly exclaimed, "Don't worry Mr. Principal, I've seen him do that a couple of times and believe it or not he comes back unharmed, yet." Chrome declared calmly. "I'm a bit worried but I can see your point, but I'll assist him afterwards." Nezu sighed as he looked at the student who was already above the scene.
"So now that the ruckus is gone, how about hanging out with us instead?" The Goon in a pompadour suggested, "Don't you dare lay a finger on her you filthy scumbags!" Xander shouted as his whole body dropped in the area causing the goons to be thrown back also creating a slime like bubble around the girl. "Who do you think you are trying interrupting our fun?!" The pompadour dude asked in annoyance, "The question is, who do you think YOU are to harass my sister?!" Xander replied enraged.
"Are you okay sis?" Xander asked his sister, "Xander, is that you?!" His sister asked. "Of course it's me, who else would save helpless Allaena Marie?" Xander teased, "Why are you doing this? You're only going to get hurt." Marie declared. "Don't worry I've got you covered, plus my quirk has fully evolved over the past years so just relax." Xander reassured his panicking sister, "Watch out!" Marie screamed as the goons attacked.
"Let's get em boss!" A grunt shouted as they charged the bubble with their physical quirks and got deflected with twice their own force where one was sent flying into the group of students where one of the girls nearly got hit if it weren't for Chrome appearing out of thin air to block it at full force, "Did a mosquito bit me?" Chrome added, "I guess it's over then." Nezu sighed as he approached Xander and the woman with the goons bodies all knocked out.
"Mr. Crux I presume, it has been a while ever since I was shocked like that by a student before." Nezu sighed once more, "I'm sorry Mr. Principal, it's just that my..." Xander was about to apologize but was interrupted by Nezu. "But it moved on its own, I've heard that phrase in the past too, I guess it's part of becoming a hero to be." Nezu said, "I'm deeply sorry for moving on my own." Xander apologized again with a bow.
"Okay then! You there please contact your fellows and arrest these troublemakers." Nezu ordered the guard who began speaking on his walkie talkie, "I guess we may need to hold them in place, Mr. Crux may you?" Nezu asked Xander politely. "Yes sir!" Xander replied gladly as tentacles formed from his back that wrapped the goons together firmly, "Well that's a rather interesting quirk." Nezu complimented. "Thank you, Mr. Principal." Xander replied with a bow, "Oh! Here comes the authorities." Nezu announced as Xander let go of the goons to be brought in for custody by the guards.
"Well, this was a rather interesting first day, don't you agree everyone?" Nezu asked as everyone just nodded oddly, "Since the ruckus is over let me introduce to you, my secretary, Ms. Allaena Marie A. Crux, the woman who was in distress." Nezu introduced her to everyone.
(Know your Hero: Allaena Marie A. Crux is the Principal's secretary, she is a very caring and considerate person who is very clumsy and the apple of the eye of most males. Her quirk is "Bunny" allowing her to do anything a rabbit can which can also be her downfall in certain aspects of herself. You may describe her as a brown long haired girl with long bunny ears that are always perked up, beautiful black eyes, big boobs, slender legs and a white fluffy tail. Her typical outfit is a pink and peach striped long sleeve turtleneck sweater paired with a pink corporate dress, brown leggings and black doll shoes. She also has an over protective little brother, so do be careful.)
"Umm ... sorry for the trouble, I'm Nezu's secretary, Ms. Crux but you may call me Ms. Marie if you want, it's nice to meet you all." Marie greeted as she bowed causing her boobs to bounce a bit causing a small racket in the group of students, "Today, I will be your guide around the city and campus so bear with me." Marie bowed again but this time no racket because there was a slimy sinister face looking straight at them as if saying "back off."
"Oh! And I guess I should introduce to you all to my little brother Xander Arthur A. Crux, please do take care of him." Marie said with a warm smile, "It isn't me who needs to be taken care of sis, it's you." Xander said with a sigh. "Xander! Stop treating me like a kid, I'm 5 years older than you remember?" Marie reminded as she punched Xander in his chest, "That's because you worry me whenever I see you." Xander replied with a sigh.
"Weird and interesting siblings..." the students muttered, "You really are siblings." Chrome said. "Thank you! I really do like it when I'm told that I look like one of my family, especially with this little goop ball." Marie thanked Chrome as she pinched both of Xander's cheeks fiercely, "I can see... the... resemblance." Chrome teased. "And what do you mean by that?" Xander glared at him, "Nothing..." Chrome muttered as he looked straight at his eyes, a smirk developing on his lips.
"Oh look! The bus is here, everyone please form a line and watch your step as you enter." Marie announced as their bus stopped before them, "Ms. Crux, I'll leave everything to you from here on out, okay?" Nezu told her as he climbed onto the bus. "I'm guessing he's your friend Xander?" Marie asked as she pointed at Chrome, "Yes, that's him sis!" Xander replied as Chrome coughed hysterically.
"Is he okay?" Marie asked, "Yeah he's fine just being annoying again..." Xander sighed. "Well we can talk later so for now let's get on the bus, okay?" Marie said as she pulled Xander along, "Sure sis! Chrome let's go!" Xander said as Chrome shrugged and followed along.
Once everyone was sitting comfortably the bus drove away from the airport and through the city. Inside the bus screens covered the windows and the lights were turned off for a visual lecture about Japan. Marie explained everything about the "Land of the Rising Sun" with finesse which gave Xander tears of joy. Nezu was sitting in front of the bus listening to the lecture while drinking a cup of tea.
All the students were enjoying the lecture but would every now and then be interrupted when the bus would stop or run over a bump. The reason is either Marie falling over or bumping her head hard or the trembling of her hills which made the boys happy and very scared at the same time. Xander was just doing his job of aiding his sister whenever she got hurt while Chrome just went to sleep with his hood on.
"Umm... E-excuse me..." A girl muttered as she poked Chrome, "Hmm? Do you need something miss?" Chrome replied still sleepy. "O-oh! W-well your that guy who shielded me a while ago, r-right?" She asked nervously, "Are you sure about that?" Chrome asked, "Y-yes I'm pretty sure it was you ... w-wait! I-i m-may have gotten the wrong person, oh no! I'm sorry!" She apologized. "I'm just kidding; it's a pleasure to help!" Chrome said as he smiled, "Th-thanks for protecting me." She said with a blush as she went back to her seat where a few shrieks were heard. "Getting popular with ladies already, Chrome?" Xander teased and nudged at him, "Whatever just don't beat anybody up." Chrome replied as he went back to sleep.
A few minutes later and everyone has arrived at the campus. The bus stopped in front of the school where all the professional heroes working there came to greet everyone. When everyone got down, they were all surprised to see some of their admirable heroes standing before them. The heroes that arrived were Midnight, Snipe, Power Loader, No. 13, Cementoss, Recovery Girl, Eraserhead, Present Mic, Ectoplasm, Vlad King, Hound Dog and Lunch-Rush
"Welcome to U.A everyone!" The heroes greeted in unison, "Thanks for having us!" Everyone replied with a bow. "Now, let us enjoy this moment to get to know each other better so feel free to talk to the heroes of your choice." Nezu announced as everyone scurried to different heroes, "So who do you want to talk to?" Xander asked Chrome, "Dunno, I'm just going to take a stroll so have fun. Come on Zoey." Chrome said as he tapped the pet carrier twice, walking towards the shade of a tree.
"I guess I'm going to over where sis is." Xander muttered as he walked over to his sister, "Xander! Over here!" Marie called out to his brother. "What is it sis?!" Xander asked as he ran towards her, "Have you met my friend already?" Marie asked him. "No, so who is this... friend of yours?" Xander worriedly asked her, "Hey there little guy!" A seductive voice greeted from behind him.
"W-who?!" Xander jumped as he looked behind him to see Midnight, "You must be Hop Star's little brother." Midnight said with a smile. "M-midnight?! And who's this Hop Star?" Xander asked in confusion, "Midnight! I told you not to mention my hero name to him." Marie cried out. "Wait! Your hero name's Hop Star?!" Xander blurted out, "Oops my bad, but ain't your sisters name so adorable?" Midnight asked Xander with a teasing smile.
"Well... I guess it's cute but rather surprising to hear because she never told me her hero name." Xander replied, "Aww... why did you not tell him Marie?" Midnight teased Marie as she hugged her from behind pressing her boobs against her back causing a male uproar. "Is there something you need?" Xander said with his sinister slime face on which minimized the noise, "How fierce, you seem to have quite the brother there." Midnight said. "He has always been the protective kind ever since that faithful day." Marie replied with a bitter sweet smile, "Mmm... I sense some history here, now I'm curious." Midnight said with a smirk.
"Xander!" Marie called out to his fierce looking brother, "What is it sis?" Xander asked warmly. "After this let's have a nice long chat at my apartment okay?" Marie said, "That would be nice sis, sure!" Xander agreed. "Ahh~ such a beautiful incest relationship!" Midnight declared passionately, "It's not like that!" Both siblings replied as Midnight giggled at their response.
As the conversation continued with many other heroes, Chrome was just napping under the shade of a tree while Zoey is pawing at her lock, which was not locked whatsoever, while a girl was taking a stroll around the campus, she saw a guy napping under a tree but decided to ignore him and continue her leisurely walk when a Japanese Spitz bee lined towards her, jumping and pawing on her.
"Ahhhhh!" The girl shrieked as she was surprised suddenly causing Chrome to wake up, "W-what?! Huh?!" he looked at the pet carrier besides him and saw it was wide open, "Zoey! Get back here!" he exclaimed as he disappeared and immediately reappeared behind the dog, grabbing her immediately in a baby hold; Zoey was now panting facing the opposite way, away from the girl, "Ahhh!" the girl was surprised again when Chrome suddenly appeared in front of her as she let out a bright flash of light from her palms.
Chrome staggered and waned about as he is trying his best to recover his sight back, "What was that for, woman?!" Chrome exclaimed rubbing his eyes with his unoccupied hand, "You and your mutt scared me to death!" she replied immediately pointing accusingly at the owner and pet duo. The pro heroes heard the shriek as they immediately went into action, they were close to scene seeing the girl and Chrome arguing. Once they arrived they heard the girl's final words, "Knucklehead! Jerk! Hmph!" as she walked away from Chrome.
"What happened?" Blood King immediately asked as Chrome dusted himself with his free hand, "Had a little argument." Chrome replied sighing, "Do you and your girlfriend always fight like that?" Midnight teased as he looked towards her, "Sorry to disappoint, we're not a couple." he answered as Zoey started to swing her tail around, "What was the fight all about?" Cementos asked, Chrome then began explaining what happened a few moments ago, "That means it was both your fault." Eraserhead stated, "Yeah." Chrome replied immediately, "Well, listen well young man. You are not allowed to use your quirk in public, it is against the law." Blood King stated as Chrome had a face of enlightenment, "Huh."
"Next time, secure your carrier's lock more firmly." Snipe said as he began walking away, "I must find the girl and lecture her about her quirk usage." Blood King said as he went to look for the girl, the rest of the professional heroes dispersed as well, leaving Chrome walking back towards the tree, "You are such a trouble maker." he said as he looked at Zoey in the eye, "Welp, back in your cage." he said as he locked the cage, he then looked at the skies, "This will be interesting." he said to himself as he heard his friend, "Chrome the tour is about to start!"
"I''ll be there!" he replied as he carried the pet carrier, going back to the group who was readying themselves. Everyone was divided into groups and were assigned to a pro hero for the tour. The tour started at the school grounds where everyone was shown around the main building then the entire campus, of course by the means of the school vehicles.
The tour ended at around 5pm in the afternoon, everyone was gathered in front of the U.A arc waiting for the finishing remarks.
"It seems like everyone has arrived, did you enjoy the tour?!" Nezu announced, "YEAH!" Everyone declared energetically. "I'm glad you did and I'm glad to have you all here, thank you for choosing U.A." Nezu declared, "Thank you for having us!" Everyone replied cheerfully.
"Now before we take our leave for today, we have a very special surprise for you." Nezu announced, "Hellooo! Everyone!" A voice boomed from the top of the U.A building. "I guess you already know who it is?" Nezu grinned as everyone gasped; All Might was defending from the building laughing ever joyfully and landed as "I am here!" boomed from his mouth.
"ALL MIGHT!" Everyone shrieked and jumped for joy, "That's right! I have arrived, everyone." All Might declared. "It's All Might! Oh my God! It's actually him! I think I might faint!" Different reactions blurted out from the students as the No. 1 hero was standing right before them, "Thanks Mr. Principal for inviting me." All Might thanked Nezu who just nodded.
"Everyone! I am extremely glad to have met you all in person!" All Might boomed, "Same here!" Everyone replied. "Hahaha! I can see that you're all pumped up for tomorrow." All Might said, "Yeah!" Everyone agreed. "For those who don't know I too have graduated here in U.A and I have to say it was fun." All Might stated as he gave a thumbs up and continued "Like you I was also aspiring to be a great hero one day and now look at me."
"I am very happy to see you all aspiring young students wanting to be a great hero one day." All Might stated, "So do your best in tomorrow's exam!" He boomed. "But even if you don't pass, never stop holding onto your dream." All Might said, "That's all I have to say to all of you, now before I leave let's say it all together in 3,2,1!" All Might declared as he turned around. "PLUS ULTRA!" Everyone shouted as All Might leaped into the sky and left as he shouted "Good luck everyone!"
"Wasn't that a wonderful surprise?" Nezu asked as everyone nodded in agreement, "Now, last question does anyone of you have a place to say?" Nezu asked as everyone fell silent and looked at each other. "Don't worry he's just joking around, your dorms are ready and Cementos approved." Cementos declared, "Okay, grab your things and we will guide you to your new home." Nezu announced excitedly.
"Mr. Principal, I would be taking my leave now." Marie whispered, "Sure, have fun!" Nezu said as Marie walked towards Xander and Chrome. "Xander! Let's head home now." Marie called out to him, "Oh! We're already leaving? Sure sis be right there." Xander replied as Chrome followed along.
"Leaving already Hop Star?" Midnight asked with a grin, "Stop calling me that! And yes we'll be on our way." Marie replied as the three walked by the pro heroes. "Well take care then." Recovery Girl said, "See ya!" Snipe said, "Make sure to cook for those two properly." Lunch-Rush declared, "Don't be a nuisance to them." Eraserhead announced, "Enjoy your stay in Japan." No. 13 called out.
"You have a lot of friends sis." Xander muttered, "Well we had our times." Marie replied with a forced smile. "You jealous?" Chrome teased, "Shut it!" Xander replied. "You two really get along, don't you?" Marie said with a smile, "Well we did win our schools selection as a duo so yeah!" Xander replied as he hugged Chrome. "Rape! I'm being raped by a gay guy!" Chrome jokingly role played, "Wait! Don't tell me that you're..." Marie asked nervously. "I'm not, I'm not gay and that was just a joke." Xander declared in an annoyed tone, "Or are you?" Chrome teased with a grin. "Chrome!" Xander strangled him, "You two are such good friends." Marie stated as she called out to a taxi.
When the three got in, the then taxi drove through the city. It was different from the city from which the two boys came from so they were rather fascinated. Xander however felt his motion sickness kick in so he decided to curl up and lie on his bag.
Marie was next to him so she tried to comfort him as much as possible like patting his head, letting him lie on her lap, which gave Chrome ample footage to blackmail Xander later on. And a few minutes past after traffic they arrived in the residential area where they walked a few meters before reaching the apartment.
The apartment was like a 10 story building with multiple other rooms, Marie's room was number '021'. As the three rode the elevator to the 4th floor, Marie gave Xander (who was now slightly fine) the key and he went on ahead with Chrome while dragging their bags. Xander slot the key through the key hole and slowly turned it to the right and beheld, a room that was hit by a hurricane with clothes scattered, food bowls turned over, bag of chips everywhere and a surprisingly clean sink and dishes.
"Xander, are you sure we opened the correct room?" Chrome asked in shock, "I'm pretty sure because it says 'Crux Residence' right below the room number." Xander replied with an awkward smile. "Is this even a girl's room?!" Chrome blurted out, "Yes it is, I'm pretty sure this is my sis' room." Xander muttered.
"Wait! This is how your sister lives with your family?!" Chrome blurted out again, "Yes, and that is how I learned to be a responsible child." Xander muttered. "Oh! I see you've opened it already, so what do you think of my home?" Marie announced proudly, "Sis...have you been living like this for the past year?" Xander asked as his face turned slimy.
"Yes! Why?" Marie asked innocently, "I'm calling Mommy right now." Xander said as he began dialing. "Xander no! Don't tell her, I'm going to be in trouble if you do or unless is that what you want to happen to your beloved sister." Marie pleaded, "Yes that is what I want to happen to my beloved sister so I'm calling Mommy, now!" Xander declared as the phone began ringing.
"For once he lost his interests in his sister, kinda surprising right Zoey?" Chrome muttered as his dog barked in agreement, "Xander please I beg you! Okay I'll change my ways so please don't tell her." Marie pleaded. "Are you sure?" Xander asked seriously, "Yes, I will so please have mercy." Marie begged. "Okay...but we still need to talk." Xander sighed as he turned off his phone, "Thank you, now let's head inside and begin munching!" Marie suggested as she walked in.
Chrome looked at Xander with a confused look and Xander responded with a sigh as they both traversed through the messy home. They dropped their things in the living room and Chrome gave his dog some food and water before closing her cage again, deciding not to take her out just yet. Marie had then cleaned the table or in other words pushed the trash off of it and took her takeouts from the fridge to microwave.
"Also, what did I tell you about eating out?" Xander said, "But I don't eat out, I order them and eat them here at home." Marie stated with a forced smile. "I love this woman." Chrome muttered as Xander tried to elbow him in the stomach furiously, "Never mind...let's just eat already, I'm tired and I'm hungry." Xander said as he slumped into his chair.
After eating, Xander washed the dishes while Chrome and Marie chatted 'comfortably' on the couch. Marie then showed them their room, it had one big cabinet with separate drawers, a study table, an empty bookshelf and bunk bed. Both of them were surprised on how clean and organize the room looked and thanked her, Xander gave Marie a hug and a kiss on the cheek as thanks. Marie then left the two in the room to unpack and ready themselves for the exam. A few minutes later Marie called to announce that the bath is ready, Xander went first then Chrome followed after he left.
"So this is how a Japanese bath looks like..." Chrome muttered as he took off his clothes and entered the warm tub, "Japan huh...it's a nice place..." Chrome thought as he sank a bit deeper in the water. "I never thought that a day like this would come, well I guess I wouldn't be here in the first place if it weren't for the blob of goo." Chrome thought as he chuckled a bit, "If I remember, in times like this in anime someone will accidentally open the door and see you naked, not that it's going to happen or anything." Chrome muttered with a sigh.
Suddenly the door opened and Xander came in uninvited which surprised Chrome out of the tub. Xander just looked at him, brushed his teeth, washed his face, and glanced at Chrome one more time and left, "Boi!" Chrome just sat there dumbfounded and confused on what the heck just happened and decided to continue his bath, "Wouldn't hurt to knock, you sister loving freak!"
The day of the examination...
"For all you examinee listeners tuning in, welcome to my show today!" Present Mic said as his back was facing the 'audience', "Everybody say 'hey'!" he faced forward and spreads his arms wide, then stretched his ear towards them hearing dead silence, "What a refined response." Present Mic sarcastically said as his arms were shaking, "Then I'll quickly present to you the rundown on the practical exam! Are you ready?" Present Mic shouted which woke a badly startled Chrome, "Sweet Baby Jesus!" he exclaimed receiving a few giggles who heard him.
(Know your Hero: Hizashi Yamada also known as Present Mic is the English teacher at U.A High school. He maintains the persona of a radio host and he often poses when he talks and keep a certain level of excitement or loudness regardless of the situation. His quirk is 'Voice' which allows him to increase the volume and pitch of his voice. He is a tall and slender man with long and spiky blonde hair and a small mustache. He wears a pair of headphones with the word 'HAGE' written on the headband and a pair of sunglasses, his neck is covered by direction speakers, he wears a black jacket with an upturned collar complete with studs. He sports a tan, studded shoulder pads, black pants with a red studded belt, black boots and black fingerless gloves.)
"Now, as it says in the application requirements, you listeners will conduct a ten-minute mock urban battle after this!" Present Mic said while posing around, "You can bring whatever you want with you. After the presentation you'll head out to the specified battle center, okay?" he said while also posing around... again, Present Mic was met with silence once more as the examinees looked where they will be taking the practical exam, "Okay?!" Present Mic said once more, "There will be three types of faux villains stationed in each battle center." he explained as the screen showed a diorama of a city while showing silhouettes of robots with points labeled above their heads.
"You earn points for each of them based on their level of difficulty." he explained once more while having his arms spread out, "Your goal, dear listeners, is to use your Quirks by immobilizing the faux villains. Of course, attacking the other examinees and any other actions unbecoming of a hero are prohibited!" he added by pointing in the examinees' general direction, "May I ask a question, sir?" a girl raised her hand, "Okay, go ahead!" Present Mic said as he pointed at her while a spotlight suddenly shone on her as well.
She is a beautiful girl with white hair and silver eyes gleaming with a sense of pride, her composure yelling refined and gracefulness and it was further emphasized with how she stood, "The printouts you gave us showed that there are four types of villains, If there was an error, U.A., a prestigious school known throughout the world should be ashamed!" she said as Chrome bothered to look at the printout he did not look at to see there was indeed four silhouettes of the villains, "And you!" the girl then pointed at Chrome whose eyebrows were raised, visibly amused even more so when he remembered she was the girl who found his dog, "We are here to become professional heroes, a serious, demanding, yet awarding job in the whole world! If you are just here to take a nap and not take the examination seriously then you should leave immediately!"
"Bwahahahaha~!" Chrome started laughing clearly amused by this girl's demeanor, "Oh, I'm so sorry, your highness." he said in a mocking tone as he stood up and bowed with a wide smile, "Hmph!" she responded flicking her head away from him, trying to ignore him now, "Getting my attention and then ignoring me? Tsun-tsun." he thought with a bit of a smile.
"Thank you for the great message, Examinee Number 7777. The fourth type of villain is worth zero points, you can consider that guy as an obstacle, so to speak. There's one in every battle center, an obstacle that will go crazy in narrow spaces, it is not impossible to defeat but there is no reason to defeat it either. I recommend that you listeners try to avoid it." Present Mic explained, "Thank you." the girl said as she sat down, the spotlight dying, "Finally I'll give you listeners a present - Our school motto! The hero Napoleon Bonaparte once said: "A true hero is someone who overcomes life's misfortunes.", Go beyond. Plus Ultra!"
Upon hearing the motto, Xander's excitement amped up, and Chrome's mischievous smile gotten even larger as they all prepared for their practical examination. They reached their designated battle center as Xander's were Battle Center C, while Chrome is at Battle Center D, "I wonder how big the robots are." Xander wondered, his imagination running amok as usual, "Battle Start!" Present Mic shouted as the gate opened, the examinees did not notice it, "What are you waiting for? There is no green lights when it comes to a fight!"
"Run, Run! And beat up any robots you see!" Present Mic shouted as his arms were spinning around like a windmill, "Huh?" Xander looked behind him and saw the candidates were already bomb rushing towards the city, "Oh no!" Xander said as he ran as fast as he can. The other candidates were a bit faster than him so once he reached the middle of the fray, there were already quite a few destroyed robots, "Where's my bottles?" he wondered first as he checked his bag, he found it 'reasonably' full of it and took one, chugging it as fast as possible.
Once he chugged it, he took a deep breath as his entire body started to become blue slime, his clothes dropping down thanks to his not so solid body, he then stretches his right arm to a light pole and did the same thing with his left, "Here we go!" he exclaimed as he quickly moved back creating enough potential energy as he lets his slimy body get flung forward at high speeds, with enough kinetic energy he managed to go through five robots, leaving a rather small hole in them, "How many points was that?!" he thought as he went past a few of the examinees who was rather surprised, "Eight minutes left!"
They all heard Present Mic as they continue earning points, Xander doing reasonably well, "I need more water!" he thought as he saw his bag along with his clothes and immediately went towards it, pouring two bottles of water on his gelatinous body as he felt more refreshed, "Alright, back to the action!" he exclaimed as he did so, continuing the fight until they heard Present Mic once more, "Five minutes left!" they all heard picking up the pace, "This is so easy!" Xander said who probably earned 34 points already.
They continued earning points until they heard Present Mic once more, "Two minutes left!" when they heard that, the ground shook as a giant shadow was cast over the examinees, upon seeing it they all ran away including Xander who decided that was not worth the liquid he will spend on.
Twelve Minutes Earlier in Battle Center D
"Now how can I do this test?" Chrome thought as he ponders while looking around, "Oh ho! It's her royal highness, Tsun-tsun the first!" he exclaimed loud enough for a certain girl to hear, "Who are you calling, tsun-tsun?!" she stomped towards him whose smile did not waver, "Howdy, your highness!" he greeted as soon as she was in talking range, she then winds up a slap then struck Chrome in the cheek, which made him disappear, "Huh?" she was dumbfounded, "Boo!"
Chrome said from behind her, which made her jump, turn and she shouted as she slapped him at full force to which made him snap his neck to the right, "What?" he thought as he opened his eyes and paused in that pose for a few seconds, "That slap..." he thought once more as he looked at the girl, to see her beet red hand, "Is your hand alright?" he asked as the girl processed what happened, a few seconds later she squatted down, holding on to her left hand which was pulsing from the pain, "U-um... Here, you might want this." he stated as he quickly took a bottle of water and poured its content on a piece of cloth, "Didn't hurt."
He handed it over to her as she spared a few moments of her agonizing by looking at the wet cloth and like a mantis, swiped the cloth of his hands in a blink of an eye. Those who witnessed the swipe was dumbfounded, even Chrome who just stared at her with a scarred eyebrow raised, "My name is Chrome Donovan, what's yours?" he started as the girl gave her the stink eye, "Why should I tell mine?" she said almost snarl-like, clearly showing her dislike towards him already, "It's common courtesy." he answered immediately, "Or is the air you're putting up just for show?"
Upon hearing the statement the girl's eyes twitched with frustration and anger, "Common courtesy?! You are one to talk!" she barked at him whose smile widened, "Then be the better person." he said, the girl growled clearly losing this conversation, "Luna, Luna Evangelia." she said as Chrome's mischievous grin turned into a pleasant smile, "Pleasure to meet you." he said as they heard Present Mic's obnoxiously loud voice, "Battle Start!" they all heard, "What?" both Chrome and Luna said as they were looking side to side.
"Run, Run! And beat up any robots you see!" they heard Present Mic once more as Luna looked to where Chrome and saw that he stopped himself from running, "Sorry, force of habit." he apologized, "After you." he followed with a gesture, "Hmph!" she looked away from him as she ran, while Chrome followed suit, "Why are you following me?!" Luna noticed him as she shouted, "Oh, my bad. Here let me go ahead." he stated as he sprinted at top speed leaving Luna in the dust, a few seconds later a rather large robot busted through one of the buildings, Chrome flinched in surprise but recovered a second later.
"Excuse me?" he said, as he disappeared and reappeared behind the robot, "Do not rush at people like that and!..." he shouted as he jumped and kicked the robot's head clean off, "Take the door next time!" he added as he jumped off the robot's body, rushing towards the scene, "Whoa! They were busy!" he said, seeing a lot of scrap metal lying around, "Hm..." he then pondered while looking around, "Interesting." he stated hearing a metal being bent or torn through and decided to go to where it's coming from.
A few more seconds later Chrome arrived at the most chaotic area he has ever saw, examinees clashing against the robots to earn points to pass the test, "Welp, time to start earning for myself." he said to himself as he cracks his knuckles and craned his neck hearing a few satisfying cracks. He then started running across the battlefield, disappearing and reappearing in front or behind any nearby robots, punching and kicking heads, either creating dents in their robotic heads or simple off with their heads, "Holy crap!" he exclaimed, startled that a 3 point robot showed in front of him, "Boi, if you don't get your whack ass outta here, I'll..."
Chrome then disappeared and reappeared above the robot while performing a spinning axe kick, completely bashing the robot's head into its chest, "Smash yo head!" he said as he landed back down and inhaled, "Who's next?!" he challenged as a 2 point robot showed itself, he was about to engage it when an arrow made of light struck its head, shutting it down in the process. Chrome looked to where it came from and saw Luna, "You will have to be faster than that." she taunted making Chrome's fierce and competitive smile to show, "It's on!" he said as he started darting around the battlefield once more.
"7 minutes remaining!" they heard Present Mic in doing so, the skirmish continued as everyone in the battlefield were fierce and quick, acquiring points at a fast pace where Chrome is having a hard time, thanks to his Quirk's conditions and stamina, "2 minutes remaining!" they all heard Present Mic again as they quickly picked up the pace when suddenly the field shook as a gigantic robot appeared from the corner, casting a very large shadow against the examinees, "Oh hell no..." Chrome panted as he was preparing to run like the rest.
Once the gigantic robot advances towards them, they all abandoned everything they were doing and started running in the same direction. With the giant robot's arms swinging about, it managed to knocked a few pieces of the buildings and flung it towards the crowd of runners where unfortunately struck one of them, "Damn it!" Luna shrieked as her leg was caught by the flung debris, "I need to get out!" she said as she materializes a bow and arrow in her hand and started shooting a barrage at the debris which crumbled into smaller yet manageable chunks.
She finally freed herself and tried to get up and run but she could not as she didn't expect her left ankle to be that injured, "I'll have to destroy it then!" she announced as charges an arrow and notched it on the light string on her bow, she charged it until the tip of the arrow glowed so brightly that the sun would be ashamed and let go, damaging the robot yet not enough to even malfunction it as it continues marching onward. She kept charging arrows after arrows trying to destroy the robot but as she continued, she finds it harder to charge another arrow.
When she could not longer charge an arrow, the robot were only two more steps away from crushing her with a robotic foot, "Damn it all!" Luna roared as she was about to get crushed when suddenly a figure appeared besides her and in one swift motion, threw her out of the way, "Agghh!" she heard her savior and saw it was none other than Chrome, "Are... you safe?!" she heard him say as he tries his best to hold the robot's foot up, she does not know what to do as she continued watching Chrome trying his best, "What should I do?!" she thought during a panic attack.
"Agghh!" Even with all the remaining strength he could muster, he obviously cannot keep the prolonged test of strength as he slowly disappears from Luna's view, then a couple of moments later the foot abruptly slammed back down, knocking Chrome out in the process, "Ugh..." he groaned as his vision was blurry, "Huh?" he was certain he was lying on a bed, he then looked to his right and saw a door and his glasses perched on a lamp drawer and put it on, his vision clearing up.
He then looks to the right to see a window and a clear blue sky beyond it, "What happened?" he said to himself as he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes, he then put the glasses back on simultaneously remembering the examination, "Oh." he swings his legs to the side of the bed, he took a few moments to check himself, his hands opening and closing testing if it is still in normal condition or not, he then decided to leave when suddenly the door opened up.
"I see you're up and about already." the elderly voice took Chrome's attention as the latter looked towards the direction of the door to see a small, elderly woman, "Hello, Ma'am! Thank you for taking care of me!" he bowed with respect as the woman walks towards him with a help of giant syringe as a cane, "Hmph, you behave contrary to your looks." the woman stated which piqued Chrome's curiosity, "What do you mean by that, Ma'am?" he asked as the woman continued inspecting anything wrong with him, "You look like an untrustworthy, cunning, and mischievous person and that's just from your looks alone."
"You got the third one right." Chrome thought as the woman smacked the back of his left leg, "And you probably agreed in one of them." she stated which earned a sweat drop from Chrome and gulped, "May I know your name?" he asked as the woman, trying to change the topic, to which she stopped what she was doing and stood in front of him, his knees that is, "I am Chiyo Shuzenji but you can call me Recovery Girl." she said and upon hearing the alias Chrome's interest piqued even more, "You mean the Youthful Heroine Recovery Girl?" he asked trying to make certain, "Why yes, how did you know that?"
(Know your Hero: Chiyo Shuzenji also known as Youthful Heroine Recovery Girl is a nurse at U.A. High school. She is very kind and compassionate where she treats everybody kindly, however she becomes strict and reproaching to anybody who done something foolish. Her quirk is 'Recovery' which allows her to amplify and speed up the human body's healing process. As mentioned, she is a short, elderly woman with gray hair styled into a bun that has a syringe looped through it. She wears a doctor's labcoat and a dress with yellow and red vest-like design designs on either side, two yellow buttons, a pink belt, a pair of pink boots, and a pink helmet with a dark blue/purple visor.
"I've studied all about medicines and any renowned professionals involving in it!" he said which flattered Recovery Girl, "So you wanted to be a doctor?" she asked, "I used to but now I am not so certain." Chrome replied which this time piqued Recovery Girl's curiosity, "Why is that?" she asked as Chrome sighed, "Well, it's complicated." he answered which earned a nod from Recovery Girl, "I see, I won't pry any longer, I have also been informed that you are living with Marie and her little brother, so I decided to call her to fetch you along with getting you some medicine."
"Um..." Chrome felt a bit nervous for some reason, remembering how Marie was when he managed to experience living with her and her brother, he gulped, "I... Can't wait..." he said trying to add a bit of excitement in his tone, he failed miserably, "Anyways, I guess I'll meet them on the way." he said as he was about to walk towards the door until he felt something hit his head, rather hard as well, "Ow..." he said as he instinctively took hold of the object that hit him, "Huh... Oh, thank you very much!" he said as he bowed again, "Get out already."
Chrome then slung his bag back on his shoulders, jogging at a leisurely pace out of one of the infirmaries, "This is getting more and more interesting." he said, "Wait a minute... I don't know the buildings all too well!" he said in a panicky tone, "Well if it isn't one of the kids Hop Star decided to shelter." Chrome heard a rather flirty sounding tone from behind him and looked, "Oh, hello, Ma'am." he bowed, flattering Midnight a bit, "Well, aren't you just polite? So, what's wrong with you, boy?" she asked as Chrome sighed, "I'm lost, I need to find Ms. Marie."
(Know your Hero: Nemuri Kayama also known as 18 only Hero "Midnight" is a faculty member at U.A. High school. She is very playful and flirtatious with a serious and angry side to her. Her quirk is 'Somnambulist' which allows her to exude a sleep-inducing aroma from her body. She wears a black breast-less leotard over a white bodysuit along with translucent black thigh-high stockings and black knee-boots. She sports a red domino mask, a handcuff on each wrist, a utility belt belt around her hips and is often seen carrying a flogger-style whip.
"Oh, do you perhaps have a crush on her?" Midnight teased as she got a rather awkward look from Chrome, "If I do, I'll be suffocated." he replied as she giggled, "Isn't that right? Well, since I'm about to head home anyways, I'll show you out." she said as Chrome bowed once again, "Thank you."
Once they were at the front of the main building, the pair saw the sibling pair; Marie and Xander at the main path, walking towards the main gate, "Chrome!" Xander exclaimed as he started running towards Chrome, "Oh hell naw!" he exclaimed as well stunned by fear of turning into pancake, once Xander was close enough he lunges forward, about to tackle Chrome, only for the latter to teleport to the side making Xander fall down, face first, "Why'd you dodge me?!" Xander exclaimed once more as he stood back up immediately, "Who in their right mind wouldn't?!"
"But... You're left minded!" Xander stated as Chrome's veins popped out, twitching with unbridled irritation, "I'll give you a niece or nephew for Christmas." Chrome smiled as his eyes were closed, "You will what?!" Xander exclaimed once more as he started chasing Chrome while the pair of colleagues were watching the scene, "Xander wanted to know why Chrome was sent to the infirmary." Marie stated rather curious as well, "He went to save a fellow test-taker and he ended up taking the injuries meant for them." Midnight answered which worried Marie, "He hasn't been turned to a zombie, is he?"
"No, even if we can, his entire bone would have been crushed to dust." Midnight said trying to relieve Marie but caused the opposite, by evident of Marie's face which made Midnight sigh, "Recovery Girl and Eraser Head made background checks on him, like the rest of those who were injured, apparently the boy had similar things happen to him and was only left with a few bruises." Midnight explained as Marie had a serious expression on her face, "Why does your serious face look like you're still processing the information?" Midnight thought as they decided to look at the two friends continuing their chase.
"That means whatever his quirk is; super speed, teleportation, meta-teleportation, etc. made his body super durable." Midnight clarified as Marie nodded, "I see..." she replied pondering a bit, a few seconds later she clapped her hands once, "Since it's already late, we should all get back!" Marie stated as Midnight nodded, "I'm with you there, Hop Star, be careful out there!" she added as she waved goodbye to Marie, "Xander! Chrome! It's time to go home!" Marie called out as she saw the both of them going at it; Xander trying to punch Chrome and the latter heating up his palms
Chrome immediately heard it, "Did she just say home? Oi! Watch it!" he started exclaiming as he started dodging his friend's attacks once more, Marie sighed as she saw this, "Stop it you two!" her patience were stretched thin as she jumped really high up in the air towards the two roughhousing friends, "Huh?" Chrome felt something was amiss as he looked up to see Marie about to land on them, "Sweet Baby Jesus!" he exclaimed as he used his Quirk to get out of the way leaving Xander confused until he also looked up, "Marie, no!" Once their shenanigans finished they managed to come home an hour later.
"Chrome, can you look after the house while me and Marie will go outside and buy our food?" Xander asked as Chrome sat up from the couch, "Sure." he deadpanned as he went to lie back down, Zoey lying down at the bottom of the couch, however upon hearing the door open she stood up and started jogging towards the door barking, "See you in a few, Zoey!" Marie said as the dog barked, "Let's go already before we come back late." Xander urged as Marie closed the door, "I'm bored." Chrome said as he was flicking through the channels. Several minutes have passed as the sibling pair bought everything they needed to cook.
Once they were back home, they were greeted by Zoey, "Where's your master, huh?" Marie asked as she squatted down to pet the dog who just lied down on her back letting Marie pet her, "Probably in our room." Xander said as he decided to open the door to see a sight he wasn't really expecting, "Um... What are you doing?" Xander asked as Chrome paused and looked back to him, "What do you think I'm doing? I'm bloody sawing off your part of the bed." Chrome replied, "Not gonna even hide the fact, huh?" Xander said, "Yup, now you'll excuse me..."
Chrome was about to start sawing until he was stopped, "Stop it you idiot!" Xander exclaimed, "Are you two fighting again?" Marie said from the living room, playing with Zoey, "No~!" Xander said, "Yes~!" Chrome replied, "Shut it!" Xander said in a hushed shout as Chrome started snickering, as Xander gave up and walked away, seeing this Chrome sighed, "Welp!" he gently threw the hacksaw to the corner of their room and started to use his laptop, wearing his headphones in the process. Little did everybody know, that for some, a hellish night has already started, "Aaaaahhhhh!" a shrill scream was heard as Chrome looked away from his laptop, removing his earphone from his ears, "Did you hear that?!"
He immediately barged through the door to the living room, he noticed that both siblings also heard it, "Oh no! It sounded really close!" Marie exclaimed, "Zoey, stay and guard the house!" Chrome commanded as he immediately took his and Xander's jacket from their room, "Let's go check it out!" Chrome said throwing the jacket towards his best friend, quickly putting his own jacket and shoes as he dashed off, as fast as he could. He decided to use the stairs and slide down the railings, surprisingly he managed to stay on the railings until the end as he runs off to where the sound came from. Once outside, he saw that the entire area is barely empty of people which he thought would make things easier for him.
"Tch, it's somewhere in this direction..." Chrome thought as he tries to pinpoint the location of the noise while on the ground, "At this rate, I- wait a minute... That smell..." Chrome thoughts got side tracked when he smelled a somewhat familiar stench in the air, he decided to track it. He ends up in front of a dark alleyway, "It's coming from here." he thought as he stood firm, "W-wait, Chrome!" he heard as he looked to his right, to see his best friend finally catching up to him, "I... Finally caught to you." Xander said as he tries to take in precious oxygen.
"I know for a fact you took the elevator, so why the crap are you out of breath?" Chrome asked, "Shut up, okay?! I'm not as fit as you!" Xander exclaimed as Chrome sweat dropped, "Bruh." is the only thing he could utter at the moment as he shook his head, "Anyways, I can smell something foul coming from that alley, "We should probably call the police." he said, "We should go check it out!" his best friend immediately stated, "Dammit..." Chrome swore in his head, he decided to shiver intensely on the spot like he felt something cold down his spine.
"I don't know, man. I feel like there are some ghosts there." Chrome said as Xander's posture evidently showed hesitation, "N-never mind, let's just call the police and get out of here as fast as possible... Please?" he immediately responded, "Alright, let's go back home and make the ca- what?!" Chrome's arm instantly got wrapped on something, "Sweet Baby Jesus!" he exclaimed as he was dragged into the alley, "Chrome!" Xander tried to reach out to him but he was already deep inside the alleyway, "Um..." Xander debated upon his situation.
He ultimately decided to save his best friend as he went inside the alley, albeit reluctantly, "The bloody..." Chrome says trailing off as he struggles with the seemingly invisible force, "Crap!" he finished his sentence as he teleports to where he was looking at, "!" Chrome got a better look at the force that grabbed him and saw barely visible strings retreating back to the shadows, "That quirk! No... No!" Chrome mentally shouted as cold sweat started to drop down his face, "Chrome!" he heard Xander as he looked back, "Stay away!"
He shouted but then felt a cold wind down his neck as he immediately twisted away from a string launched out from the shadows, "Oh, you dodged that? You have quite a marvelous instinct." the duo heard a rather eloquent and male voice coming out from the shadows, "Xander." Chrome whispered to his friend, "Yeah?" Xander replied scared out of his mind, "When I say run, we both run towards the exit, okay?" Chrome explained as his best friend nodded, "Good, now wait for my signal." he continued as they wait, the air is chilling.
"!" the duo then saw a figure appearing from the shadow, concealed enough not to notice fine details but visible enough to see the figure of a male build, which is just a regular and toned build, "I am delighted to have you in my troupe!" they heard the eloquent voice once more as the figure stretched out his arm where barely visible strings shot out from the end hands, "Now, run boi!" Chrome exclaimed as he took the lid of a trash can, using it as a shield against the strings. The duo ran as fast as they can Chrome having the most difficulty trying to run as fast as he can while prediction where the strings would come next.
Once they were near the exit, Chrome noticed from the edges of his eyes, he saw strings that attaches to Xander, "Quickly! Go into slime form!" he ordered as his best friend immediately registered the word slime form as he did so, the strings dragging a few of Xander's blobs, "You know what to do!" Chrome added as his friend used those separated slime balls to incapacitate the source of the strings, "Don't ever look back, go back home, if you see Marie drag her fat ass back!" Chrome exclaimed as they did as what he said.
The two of them saw Marie finally catching up, only for her to be lifted up above their heads, "H-hey! Let me go!" Marie exclaimed, "Chrome! No! Do not do what I think you're gonna do!" Xander said at his best friend, "What? She said to let her go, I was just about to comply!" Chrome answered, "No! You will help me carry her back home!" Xander stated firmly as his friend sighs, "Fine." he replied as they took the elevator. "Hm... That boy knew not to touch the strings..." The figure pondered in the shadows as the blobs incapacitating him were swatted away.
"A survivor, perhaps?" he suggested the thoughts but denying it with a quick shake of his head, "No, that's simply impossible. I do not let members of my troupe to escape without my knowing." he dismissed the thought, "Hm... Maybe, he saw one of my performances? Yes... That sounds about right." he said coming up with a conclusion, "Well, it won't be my last either way. I do hope you'll enjoy the show!" he said as he disappeared into the shadows, his maniacal laughter ringing throughout the alley way. "That bloody maniac is here as well?!"
Chrome thought remembering something from his past, "Christ Almighty, I need to warn them." Chrome added as he looked at the two siblings enjoying a meal, quite quickly at that, "Nevermind, I'll do that in the morning. I hope that psychopath doesn't go to Yokohama." he added as he slowly ate his slightly burnt meal. After he finished his meal, he saw that Xander and Marie started spreading salt all around the place, "What the hell are you two wasting salt for?!" he exclaimed, "To keep ghosts away!" they both said, "I highly doubt that refined salt would help with your cause!"
"What should we do then?!" Xander asked, "Pray to God that Zoey doesn't bark in the middle of the night, cause Lord knows that she and I can see ghosts!" Chrome said scaring the wits out of the siblings even more, upon hearing her name mentioned Zoey just looked at her owner then to the panicking sibling. She decided to just lie down on Chrome's lap who was laughing silently at the scenario unveiling in front of him.
Authors' Notes:
Xanderush305: That is the first chapter of my collaborative story with my best bud Chromeanxiety! I hope all of you enjoyed it! If you have some suggestions, don't be shy to tell us what you think about the story!
Chromeanxiety: Here's some biography for our characters!
Character Bio:
Name: Chrome Ace L. DonovanQuirk: WarpAge: 16 (Currently)Height: 5'7 feet (Currently)Weight: 159 pounds (Currently)Likes: Garlic Bread
Name: Xander Arthur A. CruxQuirk: Adaptive SlimeAge: 15 (Currently)Height: 5'5 feet (Currently)Weight: 167 pounds (Currently)Likes: Sweets
Names: Luna EvangeliaQuirk: Celestial LightAge: 16 (Currently)Height: 5'6 feet (Currently)Weight: 156 (Currently)
Name: Allaena Marie A. CruxQuirk: BunnyAge: 20 (Currently)Height: 5'6 feet (Currently)Weight: 162 poundsLikes: Carrots