Shouta won't be showing up until about ch. 4 or 5, but ill try to make it enjoyable for you. Thanks for reading! I only own my OCs! R&R!
A knocking on the door woke me up. I rolled over and covered my head with my blanket, unwilling to start the day. The door creaked open and the sound of footsteps pattering across my floor came to a stop by my bed.
"Wake up, Kana." Father shook me and tore away my blanket. "We have work to do."
The light of the sun burned red behind my closed eyelids and I groaned.
"Five more minutes." I sent my thought into Father's mind. I could feel his impatience and it made me feel jittery.
"There is no rest for the wicked. We need to get this done before noon." He began pushing me out of the bed. "Lets go. You have your studies today too."
With one last moan, I willed myself out of bed. Rubbing the sleep from my eyes I stood and shuffled my way toward the bathroom.
Sternly Father held up a hand, "Five minutes and not a second longer. I will meet you downstairs in the laboratory."
Rolling my eyes, I shut the bathroom door. "Do not be late, or else." Father sent as an after thought.
Hmph.
Disgruntledly, I gazed into the mirror. Dark circles formed under my eyes, a testimony to my lack of sleep. Of course, anyone who kept walking around the dream world would sleep poorly. I threw raven hair into a messy bun, before splashing icy water on my pale face. I dressed simply in knee length leggings and flowy tank, the perfect outfit for lots of activity since Father was sure to put me to work as soon as I entered the lab.
I began working in the laboratory of my fathers shortly after my fourth birthday. It started with simple tasks like light cleaning. Then my fathers enlisted me in taking care of the various beasts they kept. At first I was fearful of the creatures. Most of them were hideous and ferocious looking. Soon I discovered that I was able to use my quirk to calm them down. With the help of my parents I quickly advanced to using my quirk to read their minds and emotions. A vast amount of the emotions were fear and pain. Their thoughts consisted of confusion or incoherencies. Some of them had no thoughts at all.
Opening the door, I hurriedly made my way into the hallway and then down the stairs. The door to the left of the stairs was the office of my fathers'. I peered into it on my way by and saw Dad looking intently on the papers in front of him. I leaned against the doorframe with arms crossed.
"Good Morning, Dad."
He looked up at me with a start. "Good Morning, Kana. I didn't hear you come down. Did you sleep well?" He stood up and came to embrace me.
I shrugged him off. "Hardly…I travelled again and it was restless."
"I can use my quirk tonight to give you peace to sleep. What else is bothering you, Sweetie?"
"Father says that I am to work today…"
Dad sighed, "Yes, you are to work everyday."
"Not even one day off? What if I skip my lessons today?"
"Absolutely not. Lessons are even more important than your work in the lab."
"So," I began slyly "I can skip work in the lab."
Dad looked at me critically, "Father, will not allow that."
Turning on my heel, I stomped toward the metal doors."Ugh! You are so frustrating! I just one way day to go outside."
The doors slid apart as I got in front of them and closed firmly once I had entered. Father was standing in front of two small animals. As I walked neared I saw that it was a hedgehog and a tabby cat. Both of which were laying peacefully most likely from a drug induced sleep.
"Your newest experiment? I'm surprised you are working with something so small." I petted the orange fur tenderly. I had always loved cats, but Father never would allow it.
"Yes, I'm trying to perfect to art of combining a predator with its prey while keeping the mental capacities in tact." Father placed a hand on each creature. "I'd move your hand unless you'd also like to become part of this creature."
Quickly my hand fell to my side as a watched a blue light engulf the critters before fading and leaving only one being lying on the table. The spikes were a mixture of tan and orange. The snout was long like a hedgehog, but whiskers protruded from it. Claws retracted from the feet as the creature began to stir. It let out a high pitched yowl.
"What is it thinking, Kana?" Father asked as he examined his newest creation.
Staring into the creatures beady eyes I concentrated hard on its thoughts, but it was no use. "Sorry, there is nothing there."
Father's twisted grin faded and anger flashed in his eyes. The rage hit me like a tidal wave bringing me to my knees. Red light erupted from my body like a fiery explosion, hitting everything off the table. I could hear glass shattering. Someone was calling my name, but it was so far away. Then it all went black.
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While looking through photos of me as a baby with Daddy and Father, I innocently asked the dreaded question.
"Where do babies come from?"
Daddy tensed and looked at me, contemplating what he should say. "Well,…usually one baby is put into a mommy. Babies grow in mommy's belly and then are born, but you are a little different."
"I am?" My eyes grew big as stared at Daddy.
"Yes,. You were three babies."
"Wow!" I got excited, but then confused. "But there is just one of me…"
Daddy lifted me up, "Let me show you something," and he carried me into the lab.
The glass of the test tubes glistened under the fluorescent lighting. My eye pressed eagerly against the microscope lens as Daddy held me up to look at the cells rapidly growing in the tubes.
"Father took three pieces of a mommy and put them together with pieces of him, another daddy, and me." Daddy whispered, "They grew, each one in its own tube, until they were big enough. Then daddy used his special quirk to put them together and made you."
Daddy stroked my hair and continued, "Then we put you in another mommy's belly until you were big enough to be born."
"Thats amazing" I grinned up at Daddy.
He grinned back down at me, "You are amazing."
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I felt like I had been hit by a bus. My eyes felt like they were burning out of my skull and hot bile raised into my throat. I tried desperately to stand up, but was being held firmly in place.
"Don't move. Stay where you are. It's going to be ok"
"Daddy…" I raised an arm to reach him.
"It's ok. I got you." He comforted me, as I laid my head in lap. "What were you thinking, Asas? You know she isn't able to control her empathetic creation when she is bombarded by strong emotions."
"It isn't that big of a deal, Danuja! I got angry!" Father snapped back.
"What if I wasn't nearby? You could have been seriously injured or killed. She needs to work less and do her lessons more, otherwise it will be impossible for her to go outside."
"Impossible indeed…" Asus muttered.
"Whats that?" Danuja turned toward his brother.
"She is a chimera." Father's eyes narrowed. "When will you stop treating her like a child and more like what she really is? The time is coming for her intended purpose to be utilized and that does not include going outside to be part of the world." I could hear Father stand up and his footsteps as he exited the lab.
"Daddy…what is Father going to do?" I weakly opened my eyes.
Dad kissed me between my eyes. "Don't you worry." He stroked back my hair. "Just remember I love you now go to sleep."
Feelings of peace engulfed me and I closed my eyes letting it take me into a finally peaceful sleep.
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