Chapter 14: Yukako's Love Deluxe part 2
(Part 4 of Mystery of UA arc)
Koichi stared out of the window and watched the ocean. He turned to the left and saw a series of houses scattered across a grassy cliff. He recognized this area as a famous spot for a rich person's retreat. Yukako dragged him out of his own home and kidnapped him to a villa. The plan that Josuke and the others thought up completely backfired. Koichi can't blame them because he never knew that she'd go this far. He tried to look for a phone and found out that the wire for the landline has been cut.
"What kind of person in the hero course would do something this extreme..." Koichi muttered to himself.
Koichi's stomach growled. He hadn't eaten something since last night. He heard Yukako's humming and immediately winced. Yukako came into the room while pushing a cart full of breakfast food such as eggs, bacon, and bread. Kochi's stomach growled again at the sight of the food.
"Koichi, are you hungry?" Yukako asked.
"Y-Yeah," Koichi said with a bit of hesitation. He approached the table and sat down. He thought: I can't forget that Yukako attacked me last night with her Quirk. It looks like she can control her hair and extend it to whatever extent she can. Maybe if I understand her Quirk better I could have a chance to escape. She probably won't do anything bad if I simply ask her about her Quirk.
"So..." Koichi spoke up. "That thing you did with your hair, was that your Quirk?"
"I guess you could say that," Yukako said.
"Why do you say that?"
"I don't know. It feels different than a Quirk. I wouldn't know what a having a Quirk feels like but I can tell this is something different," Yukako said.
Don't tell me. Koichi thought.
"Before obtaining this power, I was struck with an arrow. I'm not sure if that was a dream or not but regardless I waken up with the ability to manipulate my hair however I please."
If she got shot by the arrow, that means she's a Stand user! Koichi realized in his head. That meant using Echoes is out of the question. If she can see Koichi's Stand it could put in unnecessary danger. The only time he could use it was when she wasn't around.
"Why don't you take a seat?" Yukako requested as she pulled a seat. "After all, if you don't get proper nourishments how are you suppose to become my perfect man?"
Koichi decided to go along with Yukako's crazy ploy. He sat down and looked at the food that Yukako prepared for her. He couldn't deny that the food presented to him looked good. Koichi grabbed a knife and fork; ready to have his breakfast.
"Can't wait to dig in," Koichi said.
"Wait, you can't eat yet!" Yukako shouted. Koichi looked confused. Yukako pulled out his quiz and pointed at the score. "You got a 34% on your quiz! Even if there are more than brains in a man, this is unacceptable."
Oh, come on! The only reason why I failed was that it was a pop quiz that I wasn't ready for. Koichi thought.
"I decided to have you study while you eat," Yukako declared. She placed three boxes in front of Koichi and moved items into each of them.
Koichi gulped nervously.
"I've prepared some questions for you. You will answer the questions by choosing one of the boxes and eating whatever contents are inside," Yukako said.
"Hold on for a sec-" Koichi was interrupted.
"You have no say in the matter! As long as you're under this roof, we'll do everything to make you into the perfect man!" Yukako proclaimed. She smiled as she pulled out a flashcard. "Okay, here's your first question: The word Yanki is used to describe delinquent youths in Japan. It originates from the word Yankee, which is from, A. the United Kingdom, B. the United State, or C. Australia."
If I get the question wrong, I might get in deep trouble. Think Koichi! If I remember correctly, Present Mic did comment on how Josuke's hair is common amongst the Yanki and it originates from... Koichi tried to put some effort into remembering the trivia Present Mic gave out. Yukako began to look impatient and Koichi grew anxious. Okay, I think it's the United Kingdom!
Koichi moved his finger at box A. He glanced at Yukako's expression and saw her twitching her eye a bit. From that reaction, the answer is not the United Kingdom. He pointed at B and saw her getting excited.
"It's B," Koichi answered.
"Excellent!" Yukako said as she clapped her hands. She moves the box that was over B. "You get two hard-boiled eggs!"
She moved the boxes of A and C, revealing an eraser and a bar of soap. "If you've answered A or C, I would've made you eat them."
If I got the other two, I might as well not eat anything and starve. Koichi thought.
Yukako set up the next set of questions. She said, "For your next question: the first vigilante to operate in Japan is A. the Lone Cowboy, B. Professor Savage, or C. Kitsune."
Hero history?! That's my worse subject. If I can look at Yukako's reactions, maybe I can get the answer right.
Koichi pointed at box A and saw that Yukako was upset. He moved his finger to C and her reaction changed to a more content one. Koichi spoke with a stutter, "I-I think it's C..."
"Koichi, are you answering the questions based on my expression?" Yukako questioned with a stern look on her face. She slammed her hand on the table and her hair moved wildly. "So the rumors about you being a terrible person is true!"
Yukako moved two of the boxes. She shouted, "As punishment, you're being forced to eat the contents of A and B. A is English vocabulary cornflakes and B is asparagus wrapped around pages from an algebra textbook! I'm going to force you to eat both items!"
Koichi began to whimper quietly as Yukako stabbed the asparagus with her fork. She began to move it towards his mouth.
"What's wrong?! Eat it!" Yukako demanded.
Koichi knocked the fork out of her hand and shouted, "I've had enough of this! Do you think I'm going to put up with this? I'm out of here!"
Koichi began to run towards the window. If he can get away from Yukako's range, maybe her Stand won't be effective. Black strands of hair shot out of Koichi's head and attached themselves to the ceiling. They forcefully yanked him off the floor and smash his head onto the ceiling.
"Do you think I didn't plan in case you would've tried to run away?" Yukako questioned with a devilish smile. "I planted several dozen pieces of my hair into your scalp."
The hair on Koichi's head freed him and he fell onto the floor.
"Koichi, you may hate me now but once you leave this house, you'll be a much better man. You'll thank me for that. Soon You'll realize that you were in a desperate need of a woman like me in your life."
Koichi stared at Yukako with deep fear. She began to push the cart out of the room.
"This is a vacation home of some hero agency's president. No one will come here until summer."
Summer! But that's still weeks away! Koichi thought.
"Oh, and if someone does come here and tries to separate us, they'll discover how unbreakable our love is."
Yukako left the room while pushing the cart. Koichi got on his knees and began to scream.
"Somebody help me!" Koichi cried out.
Josuke is a man with an expensive taste in clothing and the weekends is the only time where he can express his taste. Today he sported a brown sweater with a matching pair of pants and a green turtleneck beneath the sweater. (Visual reference: Volume 42 of Diamond is Unbreakable) Josuke left his home to hang out with Okuyasu, Koichi and Izuku at the Hirose residence. Since Koichi's parents weren't around for the weekend, it was the perfect place to hang out with no one disturbing them. Josuke went to a convenience store to pick up snacks. Josuke was debating which flavor of chips to buy.
"If it isn't Josuke," Kendo said. Josuke turned around and saw the Class 1-B representative out of her uniform. She wore a short, black coat with a blue dress underneath it. Kendo also had a black belt around her waist. (Visual reference: Kendo's civilian clothing) "I thought I saw you when I came in."
"Hey, Kendo," Josuke said with a smile and a quick wave.
"I almost didn't recognize you with that clothing. I never took you as the type of person who likes to express his taste of clothing," Kendo said.
"What can I say? I can't just let my hair be the only defining feature about my appearance," Josuke chuckled jokingly.
"But I think the hair makes you stand out regardless of what you wear," Kendo joked. "So what're you up to this weekend?"
"Just heading to a friend's house to hang out. You?
"Picking up the latest issue of Motorcycle Nation," Kendo said as she pulled out a magazine. Josuke was surprised that a girl was interested in vehicles.
"Huh, I didn't take you for a motorcycle person," Josuke said with an astonished expression.
"The typical stuff that girls do just don't click with me."
"That's understandable. Everyone is different in their way," Josuke said. "So all you're doing this weekend is reading that one magazine?"
"Yep. The weekends are probably going to be the only time I get to have alone time thanks to my duty as a class rep. That means I'm going to enjoy it alone."
"That's why I rejected the vice representative role. I kinda figured my time after school would be wasted doing work with our main rep."
"You almost got elected? Why did you reject the position?"
"I'm not the best role model in the class. You saw me, remember?"
"Oh right," Kendo said, remembering Josuke's punishment. "I tried my best to keep the classroom tidy as possible so that you wouldn't have to be stuck cleaning it up after school."
"I appreciate it, I wish some of your other classmates were reasonable. Someone intentionally poured soda across the floors and desk," Josuke said.
"That was Monoma. Don't worry, I made sure to smack him to discipline himself," Kendo said. "Please don't think we're all like that.
"Don't worry, I'm not judging your whole class based on one person."
She shifted her body away from Josuke and glanced at him. "Well, I don't want to take up much more of your time. Your friends are probably waiting."
"You're not wasting my time. Knowing Okuyasu, he's probably going to be late."
After buying the snacks at Owson, Josuke arrived at Koichi's home. Okuyasu and Izuku were waiting outside; They squatted in front of Police and watched him sleep.
"What a surprise!" Josuke called the two of them. Okuyasu and Izuku stood up and turned around. "You guys arrived here earlier than expected."
"Hey, Josuke," Izuku responded.
"Oi, Josuke, it looks like Koichi isn't home," Okuyasu said. "No one's answering and the door's lock.
"He's not home? But we planned this like three weeks ago. He can't just dip out last minute," Josuke said.
"We tried calling him but he didn't answer. We heard his phone inside the house through the window up there," Izuku said.
"Well, if his phone is inside the house, he should be home."
"Yeah, he should! But we've been waiting for him for nearly twenty minutes."
"Okuyasu and I thought he was in the shower, but it shouldn't take him this long," Izuku pointed out.
"I hate to be the one to break the rules, but I'm going to break in.
"Huh? How are you going to do that?" Izuku asked.
"Easy, Jotaro taught us a little trick with our Stands. Since they're just projections of our fighting spirit, they can go through objects," Josuke said as he summoned Crazy Diamond. His Stand phased through the front door and unlocked it from the other side. Josuke turned the doorknob and opened the unlocked door.
Stands are like a swiss-army knife of powers. They come with their own powers, have super strength and crazy speed, and phase through objects. It makes me wonder how a Quirk user can outmatch a Stand user. Izuku thought. Josuke, Okuyasu, and Izuku walked into the house. Police followed them inside and laid down in the living room of the place.
"What a lazy dog," Izuku spoke his mind out loud.
"Oi, Koichi! Ayane!" Josuke shouted.
"Koichi's mom!" Okuyasu shouted
"His mom's not home, remember?"
"Aw, really?" Okuyasu spoke with a disappointed expression. He wanted to see her face because he thought she was cute.
"Yes, that's why we planned out this get-together."
The three UA students entered Koichi's room and saw it in a normal state, aside from the open window. Josuke walked up to the window and closed it. He saw down on Koichi's bed pondering where Koichi could be. Okuyasu and Izuku were looking around his room, trying to find a clue. Josuke saw a black line across the floor. He bent down and picked it up. It was black, wavy hair. Almost the same kind of hair that he found the other day.
"This looks familiar..." Josuke muttered.
"Huh, you found something Josuke?" Okuyasu asked.
"Yeah, I did. I found this piece of black hair. If I remember, no one in the Hirose family has black hair."
"Someone broke in then!" Izuku shouted, realizing what Josuke is putting together.
"Huh, who broke in?" Okuyasu asked.
"Yukako," Josuke said. His conclusion surprised Izuku and Okuyasu.
"I thought we were supposed to scare her away from Koichi, not kidnap him!" Izuku shouted, realizing that the situation has escalated in the worse way possible.
"If that bitch hurts Koichi, she's going to be in a world of pain!" Okuyasu shouted.
"Right, I think we should call the police and let them sort this-" Josuke was interrupted by the sound of the phone ringing down the hall. "Shit, it could be his parents."
"They do know we're here, right?" Okuyasu asked.
"I don't know if Koichi told them or not, but we should answer or else they'll get even more worried."
Josuke and the others approached the house phone on the second floor. Josuke was hesitant to pick it up but he had to answer it to avoid suspicion.
Koichi had a strong urge to use the bathroom but Yukako locked it with a four-dial lock and left a question for Koichi to answer. Yukako's riddle was "What was the year that the United States' Declaration of Independence signed?" Koichi knew that the first two digits were 17 but couldn't figure out the last two. It didn't help that urine was about to leak out like water in a broken pipe. He began to tiptoe as he tried his best to hold it in.
"This is the worst? How am I suppose to know it when we're not even covering American history!" Koichi wailed. He paused his movement as he began to tear a little.
Later that morning, Yukako was folding Koichi's boxers and pants. He was lucky that Yukako had the right measurements for his clothes but was scarred about how accurate she guessed them. Yukako was aware that there was going on in Koichi's head and it was upsetting him.
"What's wrong?" Yukako asked. When Koichi didn't reply, she harshly said, "I can't help you if you don't tell me."
"I-I'm a first-year high school student... and in the hero course... I've never felt such shame..." Koichi spoke softly. "I never felt so ashamed. Can you please stop this? You probably hate me now. How could you possibly like me after I peed my pants?"
"Oh, Koichi, you poor thing. I must be tormenting your heart," Yukako said in a sympathetic tone. She approached Koichi and said in an intimidating tone. "However Koichi, even though you think so little of yourself I still see a shining, fiery determination in your eyes. You look like you're hiding a trick up your sleeve. That's what I love about you. I would love for you to show me."
Is she aware of my Stand! Koichi thought. Not a lot of people should be aware that there is more to his abilities other than sound generation.
Yukako giggled and said, "If you truly love someone, you should accept every aspect of them, including the pee, snot and all that. I don't know why it bothers you. I enjoyed washing your underwear."
Koichi was freaked out by Yukako. He stayed silent as he watched her open a door.
"Look!" Yukako said. Koichi looked at what was inside the room and started sweating nervously. It was a makeshift electric chair. "I'm working on a chair that has electricity running through it. It should be ready by dinner time."
How is she in the hero course if she thinks this is normal! Koichi panicked in his thoughts.
"We're going to have Italian food tonight. I'm going out to get some olive oil," Yukako said.
Yukako left the room and Koichi turned around and started banging on the window. Yukako was surely going to kill him if he sticks around any longer. He wondered how he is going to escape this place. Yukako was probably ordering ingredients from a delivery service, so she must still be around the house. Koichi scanned the area outside the window to look for any pedestrian walking by. He could have Echoes swiftly implant words to get them to call for help. But as Yukako said, the possibility of someone going here is low. Koichi spotted a payphone from the distance. Koichi decided to look around the house for any loose change. It took him a while but Koichi found a fifty yen coin under the desk.
"Just my luck, things are starting to turn around..." Koichi muttered.
Koichi used Echoes to sneak the coin under the front door and fly towards the payphone. Echoes inserted the coin and began to dial his home. If luck was still on his side, Josuke would be at his house. Suddenly, hair flew and wrapped around the Stand. Koichi felt his body restrained and struggled to move.
"Don't tell me..." Koichi muttered. Back at the payphone, Yukako was staring down at Echoes.
"Hm, I thought I saw something fly out of the house," Yukako said. "What is the meaning of this?"
Yukako approached the payphone booth with the Stand trapped inside. She heard the phone ringing and someone picked up the call from the other side.
"Hello, Hirose residence," Josuke answered. With no one responding, Josuke figured out what's going on. "Is this Koichi? Where are you?"
The waves crashing from the ocean nearby echoed to the phone. "Waves? Okuyasu, Izuku! I think I know where Koichi is!"
Yukako panicked and freed Echoes. Since the Stand was free, Koichi decided to implant a message onto the wall of the payphone booth.
STAND USER!
Echoes quickly retreated back to the house as soon as the printed words produced sound.
Yukako destroyed the payphone with her hair out of anger. "What are you hiding, Koichi!?" she angrily shouted.
Josuke hung up the phone and turned around with a distressed expression. Koichi's in danger if Yukako was a Stand user.
"What's wrong, Josuke?" Izuku asked.
"Yukako is a Stand user," Josuke replied. "Just before the payphone was destroyed by the crazy bitch, Koichi implanted a message to warn us that she's a Stand user."
"If she's a Stand user then we must contact Jotaro!" Okuyasu proclaimed.
"Right," Josuke said. He quickly called Jotaro with his cell.
"Josuke? Is something wrong?" Jotaro asked.
"Yeah, Koichi has been kidnapped by a Stand user!" Josuke shouted. Jotaro was surprised. He didn't know that the problem Josuke was in escalated for the worst.
"Was it by one of the Stand users created by Keicho?"
"No, it's another UA student. She has a deep obsession with Koichi so she kidnapped him overnight."
"Do you have the identity of the student?"
"Her name is Yukako. She's in the same grade as us."
"And do you know where Koichi has been taken?"
"He's somewhere by the ocean," Josuke asked. "We're trying to pinpoint where he might be."
"I'll contact the school and notify them about this incident. I'll also have Speedwagon agents help with the containment of the Stand user. Contact me if you discovered his location."
"Understood," Josuke said. Izuku was already looking into any payphone near the ocean and already found several locations but he managed to pinpoint which one is the likely location.
"He's probably in the villa area up north. Rich tourists often visit that location during the summer. The location is isolated during the majority of the year," Izuku said.
"You're a genius, Izuku!" Josuke complimented. "I'll text Jotaro and you call us a cab," Josuke said.
"Wait, we're heading over there?" Izuku asked.
"Of course we are. Koichi is trapped in a house with a lunatic. We have to do something," Josuke said. "It might be a while before Jotaro arrives with help."
"Right. We don't know if she's going to hurt him
"Koichi! What are you hiding?!" Yukako shouted as she approached the house. Koichi was looking through the window with a distraught expression.
"She's coming back!" Koichi exclaimed.
Koichi was forced to fight for his life. He grabbed the homemade electric chair and nailed it to the front door. He then barricaded it with whatever furniture was closeby. Yukako tried to open the front door but the blockade Koichi created locked her out of the house.
"Open the door, Koichi!" Yukako demanded. Yukako would have to destroy the door to get in, making a scene for Josuke and the others to find. She stopped twisting the doorknob and said, "You know, I couldn't be any happier. I always thought your Quirk was Sound Generation but showing that monster must mean you're showing me your true Quirk. Although I'm a little mad because you hid the truth from me. But still, it makes me happy. The most important things that a man and woman can share are each other's secrets, right? Showing me your true Quirk tells me you're willing to show your true potential. So please, Koichi, let me in so we can make you into my ideal man."
Koichi ignored most of Yukako's dialogue because he was too focused on keeping her out of the house. Koichi plugged the electric chair into an outlet. When Yukako tried to open the door, it shocked her.
"I asked you so kindly, so don't make me ask you again!" Yukako shouted as her hair moved violently. Echoes appeared behind her with the words "I hate you" in its hand. The Stand tossed the words at Yukako.
I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!
Those words were being screamed in Yukako's head.'
"You must be crazy to think we're compatible! Can't you tell that I'm trying my best to tell you to leave me alone!? I won't stop these sounds until you leave me alone for good!" Koichi shouted.
"What words? I don't hear a thing" Yukako asked. Her delusion of love for Koichi completely overpowered his words. The print on her body slid off and disappeared. Koichi felt his head being pulled back and he was tossed to a glass cabinet
"Koichi, the two of us are compatible. Most people never find their true love. Can't you see that this is a wonderful thing?" Yukako asked before throwing Koichi at the door, breaking the chair that held it closed. Yukako finally opened the door and peaked in. "I originally brought you here to make you into the perfect man, but things have changed. Now my goal is to make you madly fall in love with me! Otherwise... I'll kill you."
"Echoes!" Koichi shouted. He needed to use his Stand to defend himself from Yukako. If he created a louder sound, maybe it can get to Yukako's head. Echoes fell to the ground and curled up. Its body covered itself in a brown shell.
"There's no way it could've died! Can Stands die! Stands rely on mental strength for them to work, so if its dead does that mean I'm that weak-willed!" Koichi panicked. The shell around Echoes. Yukako began to notice the shell cracking apart.
"You called it a Stand? What's it doing!" Yukako demanded an answer. She tried to open the door but a cabinet blocked it. She used her Stand to try to move the cabinet out of the way. "Open the door, Koichi!"
If she opens the door, I'm done for! Koichi thought. The shell cracked wide open and a tail popped out of it. Yukako needed to deal with whatever was in that shell. She crushed the cabinet and threw it to the side. She kicked the door open and barged in. He thought, If only I could just blow her away from this place!
Yukako looked in at the empty shell that Echoes was hiding in. She shouted, "Where did it go! Koichi, tell me where is that thing hiding!"
Koichi caught Echoes at the corner of his eyes as it hid in the corner of the room to avoid Yukako's sight. The Stand took in a new form but it was still recognizable. It still had the same colors and a large tail. The only major difference was that it was smaller and took in humanoid shape with large shoulder pads.
"Echoes didn't die... it just took in a new form..." Koichi muttered. Yukako turned around and saw the Stand hiding in the corner.
"It looks the same but just smaller. Changing its appearance doesn't change a thing," Yukako said. Echoes swiftly moved to the wall towards the front door. A gust of wind suddenly blew from the wall behind Echoes. It blasted Yukako out of the house. She used her hair to grab a tree trunk and landed safely on the ground. "Isn't Koichi's Quirk Sound Generation? There's only one other person who has the ability to control wind but I doubt she's around here."
Back at the house, Koichi found the words "whoosh" printed behind Echoes. He touched it and the wind blew right in front of him. It looks like Echoes gained a new ability with its new form. It's to create an effect related to the sound. He subconsciously used the ability when he thought about blowing Yukako away from him. Koichi smiled with the sight of Echoes' new form because he now has a chance to survive against Yukako.
"This is the new and improved Echoes!" Koichi proclaimed. "Echoes Act 2!"
Outside of the house, Yukako was wondering what blew her away. Koichi's Quirk was making sound effects but that sudden gust of wind means that there's more to his Quirk. She thought of the possibility that it might not even be a Quirk at all. He said something about Stands and she wondered if hers was also under the same category. She didn't dwell in those thoughts for too long because Koichi's friends will soon arrive.
"My precious Koichi belongs to me alone!" Yukako proclaimed as she marched towards the house. Koichi opened the front door. He was in the process of cutting his own hair. He gave himself a flat top and cut the last of his hair on the side.
"I wouldn't get any closer if I were you, Yukako," Koichi said. "I thought about it and I realized that there's no way you can beat me with Echoes Act 2's new ability. You won't keep me in here any longer!"
Yukako's left eye began to twitch.
"Don't act arrogantly just because you have a new ability! I'm going to take you away somewhere further away so that no one will get in the way of my love for you!" Yukako exclaimed roughly. She walked up the steps of the porch and placed her hand on the rail. It was planted with a "sizzle" sound effect and burned Yukako's hand. She cried out, "It burns! You little shit! How could?!"
"I'm standing up for myself because I don't want to be stuck in the same room with you!" Koichi proclaimed. Yukako's left eye began to twitch again.
"How could you treat me like this! You belong to me and yet you disobey me?! I won't allow it!"
Yukako had her hair rush towards Koichi. Echoes tossed a sound effect towards the oncoming hair but it split off to avoid getting hit. It split off and broke through the windows and walls of the house. Strands of Yukako's hair began popping out throughout the house, surprising Koichi with the length of it. She must have strong mental strength if her hair has this much reach. From the outside, the hair surrounded the entire house.
"Oi Josuke, look over there!" Okuyasu shouted for his attention. Josuke and Izuku glanced towards Okuyasu's direction.
"That must be where Koichi is trapped!" Izuku said with an alarmed expression. "It looks like Yukako has gone off the rails!"
"Let's go! Koichi's life is at stake!" Josuke shouted as he sprinted towards the house.
"That creature, it must follow your commands with just your thoughts alone. Despite that, I already know what its capable of. I just have to avoid touching those words it creates," Yukako spoke angrily. "Before I continue, let me ask you again..."
She paused for a beat and asked, "Do you love me?"
Koichi stands quietly with a determined expression. Yukako's eye twitched again.
"Go ahead and say that you don't! I'll rip you and this house apart! You'll die here and live on as a cherished memory in my heart!" Yukako threatened. Despite being surrounded by tendrils of hair ready to attack him, Koichi stayed silent. "Answer me this instant!"
"This whole thing spiraled out of control because you ignored what I've been trying to tell you this entire time," Koichi said. "I hate you and nothing will change that!"
"I'll kill you, Koichi!" Yukako growled as her hair violently grabbed Koichi and began to pull him apart.
Yukako realized that she fell for his trap as she sensed a sound effect written in Koichi's back. It was the words "dagoom". The sound effect ripped apart Yukako's hair and sent her flying out of the house. She landed close to the edge of the cliff. Koichi slowly advanced towards Yukako. He was surprised to see her hair turn white.
Koichi summoned Echoes to check to see if she was alive. The Stand checked for a heartbeat and found it beating healthy. Koichi sighed in relief. He thought that despite her cruelty, she's still alive. After all, it would look bad in his record if he killed someone despite it being in self-defense.
All of a sudden, Yukako woke up and quickly traped Echoes with her hair. She professed, "If I can't beat you, I'll just have to destroy this Stand!"
Koichi said in a strangulated tone, "I can't believe you still attacked me..."
Shut your mouth, you pants-pisser! My precious hair turned white!" Yukako shouted. "I really liked you, but what you've done to my hair is unforgivable!"
Yukako began to squeeze Echoes, which in turn began to choke Koichi. ukako realized, "Anything I do o this thing affects you too, doesn't it!?"
A sound of the ground cracking caught Yukak off guard. She asked, "What was that?"
"Let go of Echoes and move...!" Koichi warned. "When I checked your heartbeat, the ground was also cracking!"
"Don't spit out lies to save your own ass!" Yukako snapped in disbelief.
The ground broke off from the cliff and Yukako began to fell to the pointed rocks below. She lets go of Echoes and frantically tried to grab onto the cliff but her hair was barely out of reach. Even if she could extend it, she would already be impaled by the time she grabbed onto it. But instead of having a rock through her stomach, she bounced off it. On the rocks were the words "boing". She was sprung back to the top of the cliff.
"As I said, the ground was cracking apart but I guess it doesn't matter because you never listened to a word I say," Koichi said before walking away.
"Over there!" Izuku pointed towards Koichi.
"Oi, Koichi!" Okuyasu called out. Okuyasu, Josuke, and Izuku ran up to Koichi and Josuke immediately materialized Crazy Diamond to heal him. from his wounds.
Despite trying to kill him earlier, Koichi saved Yukako's life. This made Yukako develop a deeper towards the short Stand user. She didn't care if Koichi ignored her for the rest of her life. Just the fact that he saved her was enough to satisfy her.
"Hey, isn't that Yukako!?" Okuyasu exclaimed.
"Yeah, that's her alright! She looks unrecognizable with the white hair," Josuke said.
"It looks like she's smiling," Izuku pointed out.
"She is!" Josuke spoke loudly while jumping back. Everyone felt a chill down their spine as Yukako was staring at Koichi.
"I wouldn't worry about her," Koichi said. "In her mind, she's defeated. Besides, she won't stand a chance against all three of our Stands plus Izuku's Quirk."
"You're right. We'll just have to wait for Jotaro to arrive here with help," Josuke said.
Two Speedwagon Foundation vans arrived on the scene. Jotaro and Aizawa were on scene along with four Foundation personnel, two of them were medical professionals.
"I had a feeling your little trio would arrive here before we did," Aizawa said to Jotaro.
"We should feel fortunate that they were the ones to get information about Koichi's whereabouts," Jotaro replied. The two teachers and the single veteran Stand user approached the students.
"Are you alright, Koichi?" Aizawa asked.
"I'm fine. The wounds I got from the fight with Yukako were healed thanks to Josuke," Koichi said.
"So is this student who kidnapped you really a Stand user?" Jotaro asked. Koichi nodded and explained.
"Her Stand allows her the ability to extend and manipulate her hair," Koichi said.
"Well, that checks out that her files on her Quirk are similar to her Stand ability. What about its form."
"It's similar to Hazamada's. It's bounded to her hair."
"Alright, I'll take it from here," Jotaro said. He pulled out the Stand Repression Collar and approached Yukako. The female Stand user watched Jotaro approach her with the collar. He gave her one warning, "I'll only say this once but you have this one chance to come in peacefully. If you try to fight back or resist in any way, I won't hold back any punches."
Yukako had a feeling that this was one man she shouldn't come across. She nodded her head and allowed Jotaro to put the collar around her neck. She was escorted by the veteran Stand user.
"What will happen to Yukako?" Josuke asked Jotaro as he walked by. Instead of his nephew, Aizawa answered instead.
"Her fate in this school will be entirely up to the rest of the UA staff," Aizawa said. "This whole incident will only stay within the school faculty's knowledge just like Hazamada's case. We can't have news about one of our student's kidnapping another. It makes the school look vulnerable. We're already facing negative press thanks to Hazamada's actions. Anyways, you four should go home and rest. I'll see you on Monday."
Jotaro, Aizawa, and the Speedwagon Foundation personnel left with Yukako.
"I almost forgot!" Koichi spoke suddenly.
"What is it?" Josuke asked.
"I forgot to tell them about Echoes Act 2!"
"Act... 2?" everyone muttered.
Later that day, all of the faculty including Jotaro was in the teacher's conference room. At this point, Jotaro had his own seat amongst the Pro-Heroes since he is a professional when it comes to Stands. He sat next to close to the Principal Nezu.
"Yukako is currently held up in Speedwagon Foundation custody. She has the Stand Repression Collar around her neck, so she wouldn't be using it any time soon. We questioned her about when she obtained a Stand and she said she received it from getting shot by an arrow," Jotaro said.
"Another Arrow victim? This makes four students in UA who were shot by the arrow," All Might said.
"Just makes me wonder just how many Stand users are hiding in this school," Present Mic said.
"How long are you going to keep her in custody?" All Might asked.
"We'll only keep her in as long as necessary. I'll leave her ultimate fate up to her teachers and principal," Jotaro said.
"I feel like we shouldn't expel her because a student like Hazamada is still here, and he's done worse," Present Mic pointed out.
"The thing about both of these students is that they've both got their powers so suddenly, and so they think they could do anything because of it. But I believe if we can properly redeem them, they can be helpful in the future. Especially since there is a villain organization attempting to build a team of Stand users," Nezu said.
"Right. But I think she shouldn't go unpunished. I think we should drop her out of the hero course," Aizawa said.
"I concur," Vlad King said, who was her homeroom teacher. "Someone who would go to such extreme lengths doesn't belong in the hero course."
"Since she's your student, I have a question..." Jotaro spoke. "Shirogane and Fukuyama are both Stand users in your class. How is it that they never saw the Stands that they have?"
"I can answer that question since I teach the hero course," All Might said while raising his hand. "So far, hero courses have consisted of team exercises and competitions done in multiple rounds. I'm guessing Yukako was never in the same round with Young Shirogane and Fukuyama."
"Not even through video? I guess Stands can't appear through photography or recorded video even if you could use one," Aizawa said.
"Do we know anything about her Stand?" Cementoss asked.
"Her Stand is a bound-type Stand, similar to Hazamada's. It's bounded to Yukako's hair and allows her to greatly extend it and manipulate it," Jotaro explained.
"That makes her more dangerous than Hazamada if her Stand revolves around her hair. Even if we have her shave off all of her hair, what's to say that she can't just grow it back in a whim?" Present Mic questioned.
"I was going to suggest that she wears the Stand Repression Collar, but it would honestly just paint her as a target for getting picked on. I'm worried that it might lead her towards a path of villainy," Principal Nezu said.
"To keep her away from that path, may I suggest she goes to counseling?" Midnight spoke.
"Are you going to volunteer for that role, Midnight?" Aizawa questioned.
"I'll gladly take it if no else does. I'd rather attempt to help a student reform rather than letting her go as is," Midnight said.
"That wouldn't be a bad idea. It at least keeps her on the right path," Jotaro said.
"Then it's settled, Yukako will be able to stay in this school but must be dropped from the hero course and is required to attend counseling.," Principal Nezu said, concluding the meeting
After the meeting, Jotaro left campus while some of the faculty members stayed behind for school-related work. Present Mic approached Aizawa at his desk and leaned on it.
"So, what a crazy day," Present Mic commented. "So what's your take on this whole situation?"
"Concerning," Aizawa.
"I can relate to that. Four Stand users suddenly appeared on campus within two weeks of each other and bumped up the number to seven. Not only that, but two of them were willing to hurt other students. We're lucky that Jotaro is around to help us out."
"I'm just concerned about Josuke and his friends. They seem to be quite a magnet for trouble. I've read the files that the Speedwagon Foundation sent us, and they include files about the Stand users in this city, even the ones that aren't attending this school."
"Why would they do that?"
"They probably want to raise awareness of them in case of emergencies. Anyways, four out of the five encounters with another Stand user always ends up in a fight. Josuke had to fight Okuyasu and his brother when their family was associated with an unknown organization of villains. Koichi's family was at risk from a con man. Finally, we had the incidents revolving two of our students. Not only are the Stand users a security risk for the school and its students, but for themselves. I'm honestly keeping up with this Stand-related business because I'm interested to see what prospects a Stand user can bring if they ever become a hero. But I can't overlook these risks."
"I understand these concerns, Aizawa," Principal Nezu said as he cuts his way into the conversation. "I'm aware that keeping Stand users will only create a rocky path for the school but it just comes down to us not being quite familiar with them. We may be teachers, but we also need to learn a few things and adapt to an ever-changing world."
"Right. Fingers-crossed that whatever Stand user that pops up won't be another hostile one," Present Mic said.
Author's Note:
Thanks COVID-19, everything is canceled which means more free time for me. I kid, this whole virus situation is stressing me out because my school is closed and all my classes are switched online plus work is closed down so that means no money coming into my pocket. I feel fortunate that when I got sick it was just a minor fever that was recoverable but still. Jesus. Wait, this is the first chapter in 2020? Damn well happy new year. I didn't get drafted into a war so thank God.
Anyways, as I said earlier I got sick with a fever but it was no virus. I kinda feared my life there for a second but hey, I'm breathing. This chapter was a little late because of it and if there's one thing about writing this story is that I should have never winged it because that leads to inconsistencies. While I do have a plan for this story, I always make changes sporadically. For example, Yukako was never going to be a part of Class 1-B until I thought it would be interesting. I originally wrote class 1-B as being a class of having an equal number but the inclusion of three left an odd number. Plus it led to the question of how can Yukako not see Sora and SHirogane's Stands when they're in the same classroom and left it in the open sometimes to attract others. God, I feel stupid.
Going forward I'm going to have a concrete outline for references so I don't make idiotic mistakes and inconsistencies like that. Back to the chapter, there isn't a lot of canon divergence as this arc in DiU is heavily focused on Koichi so I didn't want to take away from that. I just added some scenes to spice it up a bit at least.
Anyways, leave a like and follow if you enjoyed this chapter. Also please leave a constructive review about my story. Until next time.
Next time: Foreign Exchange Student From Space?
