Ah shit, here we go again.
Round 4, this time whilst I'm eating a cornet ice-cream.
Song for this chapter? You already know who it is, 2PM, 2PM. Take Off by 2PM, aka Blue Exorcist ED1, aka best Shounen out there along with One Piece, aka one of my favourite stories ever told, aka Blue Exorcist 130 was insane, aka go watch or read it if you haven't. It has the sub va of Bakugou as the mc, Rin Okumura and for you One Piece fans, Zoro's VA is in it as well. Oh and Trafalgar D Water Law/Levi Ackerman play Mephisto Pheles, it's just a super stacked cast.
And the dub?
Bryce Papernbrook as the MC (Eren, Kirito, Meliodas, Cesar Zeppeli), Johnny Young Bosch as MC's brother (ICHIGO KUROSAKI, LELOUCH VI BRITTANIA and motherfucking YU NARUKAMI) Oh and Kirk FOOOKING Thompson aka Kisame from Naruto as Shiro Fujimoto, the best god damn character who I share a birthday with.
If you can't tell, I love Blue Exorcist and is why this opening AN is so long...
What's next? Honestly, I have no clue. Still, if A1 Pictures does't announce a s3 soon, "I'll never forgive the Japanese!" If Stone Ocean was announced, why no Ao No Exorcist S3? *SAD TRAIN NOISES*
Moving on, thanks for all the support, questions will be answered at the bottom as always.
Quick reminder, the reason why Quirks weren't. shown much in the previous is chapters is ya know, cause they are outlawed. Can't use em in public, despite Bakugou repeatedly doing so. But hey, that's just a small plot hole or something. Not that I care...
Oh, and I forgot to mention that I don't own MHA. Seriously, I don't. If I did Sora Yamazaki would canonically be a owner of a diner, that's it.
Anyway, enjoy that chapter!
(Was going to come out on Saturday, but I decided to post it earlier as it was my birthday on Monday and left me in a good mood for the whole week :P)
Recap:
It's a me, Sora Yamazaki providing you entertainment that makes you want to gouge out your eyeball. How quaint. Will Keiko repair her friendship with Sakura, will I get the respect I deserve? And will Shirou go out with his art teacher? Find out when this arc ends... right now. No seriously. This chapter. Don't believe me? Read.
Whenever you would think of Keiko Uzumaki, you wouldn't think oft a woman on a mission. Neither did I, usually you would think of a sweet, timid girl that would probably rip your head off at a moments notice if you piss her off, all the while smiling like a maniac.
Just me?
Just me.
I sighed at the sight of Keiko thinking furiously on the bullet train, her brows scrunched up completely as if she was deciding the fate of the world. Well, she was. To fourteen year olds, a fight in between them was basically World War Three, you had the allies, opponents and neutral's that are trying to repair the relationship between both sides so that it could go back to being what it was.
Unfortunately, World War Three if it ever did occur, would have countless of deaths. In this scenario, the worst that would happen was people not being friends, but that was life or death to students everywhere. Beware of the broken, irreparable relationship - Coming to a cinema near you in approximately three weeks. I groaned as Keiko asked for the hundredth time if we were going to be in serious trouble.
After messaging Shirou to back up our bags, I got roughly nine calls from Hinata and Gekko combined, and seventeen from Miwa respectively, without even taking into account the hundreds of messages sent asking where I was, if I was alright and if I was out of my mind FOR BUNKING ON A SCHOOL TRIP!?
Did I even mention the amount of voicemail's I received in this short amount of time?
No, well that's because they were numerous, but overall the trip was worth it. I pieced it all together in the end and managed to convince Keiko to forgive herself and become friends with Sakura again, even if it meant taking the brunt of whatever punishment's we were going to eventually get. Which is why Keiko was shivering in her seat as if she had just seen a ghost - Wait she was a ghost that was her Quirk!
Inwardly, I marveled at my comedic genius. Despite not ever showing her Quirk due obvious legal issues, not to mention it leaves her body defenceless, whilst her 'ghost body' just goes around invisible. Damn, what a crazy Quirk. Not that mine was any less weirder, a subservient cloud that I could change its shape from a small cloud, to a bat and even to a Katana.
I could also ride it like a small car.
Today this day, I still had no clue how it worked, nor did I want to. The science techno mumbo-jumbo was just not for me to understand, big words about the weather or something and condensation, blah blah blah. Seriously, I really hated science with a passion, which was a shame since maybe I would have been able to summon lightning from the clouds?
Nah, that was impossible.
No way that could happen...
"Sora-kun," Keiko asked me nervously. "Do you think we will get in trouble?" I nodded confidently. There was no way we weren't going to get our shit slapped. No way in hell of that not happening. She looked at me sadly, as if she was expecting me to comfort her. "Well," I said. "You could always say I kidnapped you? You get out of trouble, and it just leaves me alone."
She slapped my arm lightly. "As if you would be the one kidnapping me, it wouldn't look good for a hero in training. Jeez, maybe I should just lie and say it was all my fault." I shook my head as I replied "We will be fine, trust me. It's Fujiwara-Sensei anyway, the guy loves me. He will just scold us a little, maybe your mother wasn't even called? Maybe it was just mine since Fujiwara-Sensei knows mine well enough."
She visibly relaxed, but I could still see some uncertainty in her eyes. "Maa, maa. It's just a school trip anyway. What's the worst that could happen?" I added, trying to make her feel better.
"-OF ALL THE FOOLISH THINGS YOU COULD HAVE DONE, NEVER IN ALL OF MY YEARS AS A TEACHER NOR A TEACHER IN TRAINING HAVE I SEEN SOMETHING SO RECKLESS, SO BRASH AND SO STUPID!"
Turns out Fujiwara-Sensei was furious, scolding both me and Keiko in front of the rest of our class, Shirou and Sakura trying not to laugh at the position I was in, and Keiko on the verge of tears. Well it was time to step in. "Sensei," I said, interrupting him and making him focus solely on me. "I dragged her into this, so if ya' should be blaming anyone, just put it all on me."
His right eye twitched.
"Yamazaki," he said. I nodded as I replied with a peace sign. "Yo." His right eye didn't stop twitching. "I had to calm your guardians for two hours on the phone as they simply wondered what happened to their son, so please don't act so nonchalantly over the fact you left without even informing me." I nodded as I replied "Yes sir, understood. Did they tell you if they made something for dinner? I'm kinda starving."
Laughter.
Fujiwara-Sensei, and the rest of my cohorts could not hold it in any longer as they burst out laughing, even Keiko was now giggling slightly. "Yamazaki, please next time at least inform us. You are lucky I haven't told the school yet, or your guardians calling the police station. I assume you two had a good trip, yes?" My ears perked up at that. The school hadn't been told?
My teacher saw the expression on my face as he grinned at me knowingly. "But that doesn't mean the school won't be informed Yamazaki. And since you took full brunt of responsibility here, I expect you to report for detention for the next three months after school. Consider this you warning to never, and I mean never do this again." I mock saluted him as I replied "Hai, Sensei!"
Sniggering, Shirou approached me as he high-fived me. "Legendary man. Next time you should bring me on your excursions, seemed like fun." I rubbed my neck anxiously as Sensei glared at Shirou from behind. "Uhm, Shirou I don't think that's on the table, like ever." He pouted slightly, but his face turned to a grin once he saw Keiko and Sakura walk off in private.
"Did you do it?" I nodded. Now it was up to Keiko and Sakura, everything on my end was done and dusted. Shirou whistled slightly as he bowed down to me. "Thank you for your help Sora. I honestly couldn't have done it without you." I rolled my eyes at his actions as I replied "Lord Sora the third of Atlantis actually, please peasant, treat me with some respect."
"Still man, you basically did everything here. So thank you, honestly."
I shrugged him off as I said "It was nothing man." Around us, Makoto and Saki were looking at me as if I was sent from the heavens. Renji and Genji weren't paying any attention, and Denji was on his phone speaking to someone in the corner, but Kenji gave me a thumbs up. I felt proud of myself, I helped to bring these people happiness again. Hopefully, Keiko and Sakura would become friends again, and boom.
Job done.
Shirou was having similar thoughts as he told me to follow him. "We need to make sure that they are actually reconciling, and not just faking it." I frowned. "Hey man, are you sure this isn't and invasion of privacy?" He shrugged it off, saying "What ever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. And Sakura is my sister, she will tell me anyway's. I'm just finding out in advance."
I nodded slightly as we camped outside a room, the door slightly open as we heard Keiko and Sakura speak inside. "Sakura..." Keiko began. "I'm sorry. Not just for being a bad friend, but for taking so long to do this. The only one in the wrong here was me, and me only. So please, forgive me." I grinned at that, walking the other way. I didn't need to hear the rest, Shirou however, did not share my sentiment.
"Where are you going?" He asked me. "Home." I replied.
My work here was done, after all, it was not my business to intrude. While I was their friend, I wasn't their 'friend', I didn't know nor did I care about what they would say each other in that meeting, after all the friendship was already repaired. As I walked away, I felt a sense of pride. I did something good for once, maybe I could be a hero one day. Maybe I wasn't such a bad guy after all.
Nah, I still had a long way to go from treating people like shit.
"Ow!" I shouted as Hinata gripped me from my left ear. "Are you daft? Bunking? On a school trip nonetheless? I thought you were 'done with being a delinquent' or was that just a lie you told us?" She furiously berated me. Gekko, who was waiting in the car looked at me disappointed and Miwa, sitting in the back was confused. I looked guiltily towards them, following Hinata to the car.
It wasn't an impressive car, just a simple four seater, basic leather, tires and the colour blue. A normal family car. "C'mon, I'll explain in the car." I told Hinata, who turned to glare at me. "It better be a damned good explanation Sora. You are fourteen, nearly fifteen. Time to start acting like it." She told me. She sat next to her husband, who checked the rear view mirror while I put my luggage in the trunk of the car, winking at Miwa.
After closing the trunk, I hopped in the backseat of the car, greeting Miwa and Gekko. "Yo." Miwa giggled slightly, but a look from both Hinata and Gekko silenced her. "Don't just 'yo' us young man, really think about what you done today." Gekko lectured me. I raised my hands up in defence as I replied "Listen, it was for a friend. It wasn't me just being a hard ass, I helped someone today, so no I don't regret it. And I'd do it again."
Miwa smiled at that, and Hinata's gaze softened. "For a 'friend'?" Gekko asked me, his face as impassive as ever. I nodded as I replied "Yeah, she was having troubles with another girl. Both are my friends, and I was asked to help them mend their friendship by one of the girl's brothers, who is also my friend." Gekko sniggered as he started the car, Hinata shaking her head as she grinned.
"So I assume it was a success judging by the grin on your face?" Gekko told me. Nodding, I looked around confused. Was I missing the memo? "See mum!" Miwa told Hinata, grinning as she pointed at me. "I told you Sora-kun isn't antisocial, not only that but he helped his friends today. Sora wouldn't just skive from this trip, especially when he was looking forward to it."
Hinata shook her head as she replied "That isn't the point Miwa. The point is that he didn't tell anyone, what if he got hurt? Then what?" I laughed slightly, rubbing the back of my head. "If I knew I would get a reaction like this, I would have dont it much sooner." I admitted. Miwa grinned as she shrugged her shoulders, asking me how it was and if I got any signatures.
I frowned slightly. I forgot to ask Burnin for a autograph... Damn.
"Sorry Miwa, I wasn't able to get it. But I'll try and get one... if there is another trip." She pouted slightly, but quickly lost it once she asked me who I stayed with. "You know, the Ikari twins, Keiko Uzumaki. That's who I helped by the way." Miwa nodded as she replied "Must have been hell. Everyone in school thought they would never be friends again. They all thought it was an impossible task."
I shrugged my shoulders. "Guess I'm just that good, aren't I?" Miwa giggled slightly as she patted my head. "Now, now, don't get a big head Sora-kun. Remember, you still got in trouble. I wouldn't count it as a win just yet. After all, no one in school knows yet. And eve then, they will not believe that Yamazaki from class E suddenly became soft and helped Uzumaki and Ikari out. That's about as realistic as pigs flying to them."
I frowned.
Who the hell even made my reputation? Must have been one of those losers I beat up- Uhm, I mean...
Sigh.
Life was hard, and it was only to get more hard from here. But judging from the bright smile on Miwa's face as she told me about her day at school, or Gekko humming to the radio while Hinata grinned at me, life was perfect for me. And I wouldn't change it for anything.
Ding Ding Ding Ding
My phone kept buzzing. After reaching home, and unpacking, Hinata quickly went to prepare some food while Gekko went out to buy some ingredients. Miwa went to finish off her homework, which left me in room alone. I was tempted to go and play some games on my computer, probably immerse myself in some long RPG for the time being, but unfortunately my phone was buzzing over and over again.
I flipped my phone over, and was surprised as to what I saw.
You were added to a group chat!
The Band - Seven new messages!
Renji: Did you all add him?
Saki: Renji... can't you read
Kenji: Well he did almost fail Japanese
Renji: But you actually did fail
Keiko: Come one guys
Renji: On*
Keiko: Jeez not even one second we add him to the group chat and its already a circus
Sakura: Lmao a circus
My phone stayed in my hand as I stared at the screen. I was added? To a group chat? But that was-
Ding!
Shirou: Oi Sora, type something
Shirou: We can see u online bro
I grinned.
You: Yo
Makoto: 'Yo' to you
Saki: Yeah
Genji: Man of the hour
Denji: How can you the man of the hour if it an hour has already passed?
Renji: It's a saying...
Denji: But still
Genji: Guys shut UP
Renji: Shush
Denji: No one literally asked you too speak
Keiko: Jeez can't you guys take a hint
Keiko: Chill tf out
Keiko: Embarrassing us
I grinned. This was real, wasn't it?
Sakura: Oi shithead are you gonna talk or just watch us like a ghost
Keiko: Was that indirected at me?
Sakura: Was your name mentioned
Sakura: No
Keiko: :(
Shirou sent a gif
It was a gif of a sad clown dropping his ice-cream. I shook my head lightly as I sent a laughing emoji. Not exactly a sensational response as the rest ripped into Shirou calling him a clown for sending it. But-,
It was nice.
It reminded me of my previous life, vague memories of having fun in group chat's as it took off into its own thing, just everyone having fun. "Having fun?" Miwa asked from the door. I nodded. "Yeah, was just added to a group chat." Miwa smiled at that. "Nice, always knew you were going to get good friends. Keiko and them lot are pretty cool, I talk to them sometimes."
"Yeah," I said. "They are pretty cool. Chill people, ya' know, people that won't be a pain to deal with." She nodded as she sat opposite me. "You know," She began. "I've never seen Hinata that distraught, when we couldn't contact you we all genuinely feared for the worst. You can be pretty reckless sometimes Sora-kun, but I guess that's what makes you a hero."
"Oh?" I asked, grinning at the last comment. "How so? isn't being reckless a bad thing?" She shook her head slightly, tilting her head to the side. "Eh, slightly. To me though, it shows that you care. You are only reckless when it comes to other people... mainly me when we were kids." She brushed her orange her to the side. "But that shows what type of hero you are. Reckless, brave and downright stupid."
Sniffle.
Miwa was tearing up. "So don't do something stupid like this again, okay? Tell me next time. I don't want to have to wait on news to see if you're alive one day, promise me." I looked guiltily towards the ground. I hurt Miwa. Despite trying to do some good, despite helping Keiko, Sakura and the rest of them, I still hurt Miwa. "I'm sorry," I apologised. "But I'm always going to be reckless for those I care about. Especially you Miwa. But I promise to never make you cry again, is that good?"
She sniffled slightly as she nodded, before latching herself towards me in a tight hug. That... that took me by surprise. Was she really this worried? I mean I was responsible... right? But either way, I wouldn't make her, nor Hinata or Gekko ever worry about me again. Scratch that, those three and everyone in the group chat. They were my family, not biological.
But close enough in spirit.
Her face was dangerously close to mine, as if she was going to kiss me-
I blushed heavily at that last thought as she detached to me. Stupid thought. Stupid hormones. Miwa was... Miwa. I coudn't think of her like that, no way in hell. Not like she would go out with me anyway, we were practically best friends. But I could not deny that one part of me that wanted to kiss her, right then and there. But that must have been a mistake...
I quickly shifted thoughts as I turned back to the group chat.
Shirou: SORASORASORASORA
Sakura: Stop with the fucking spam
Shirou: Oi i'm your older brother
Shirou: NO swearing
Sakura: Piss off it's by a few minutes
Denji: No sibling chats in this group chat
Keiko: See rule one
Keiko: Literally
Sakura: Oh piss off
Sakura: There are no rules
Keiko sent an image
Sakura: What?
Sakura: You just made that now
Sakura: Bastard
Renji: No swearing either
Genji: What boss said
Kenji: Hehe
Kenji: Boss
Renji: Got a problem dumbass
Kenji: He swore
Kenji: He swore someone take a screenshot
Renji deleted a chat
Renji: Who swore
Kenji: Fuck you
Genji: OOOOOOOOOOOO
Genji: He swore
Saki: Kenji... idiot
Makoto: Even your girl dissed you
Shirou: Dammmmmn
Sakura: lol
Keiko: *Sigh*
Keiko: FIne then I guess you can swear
Kenji: Who said you are in charge of this gc?
Shirou: Yh biatchhh
Shirou: We r gonna swr anyway
Renji: Fix your fucking grammar
Shirou: Mou, mou
Shirou: it's just texts
Denji: Renji is super serious about proper grammar
Denji: Even in training he always maintains top level grammar
Renji: Because i'm not illiterate like you dumb fucks here
Denji: I get higher marks then you
Renji: One time
You: What the hell did I step into
Denji: SORA
Shirou: SORASORA
Sakura: Bastard u finally showed up
Keiko: 'Yo'
Saki: Hiiiiiiiii
Makoto: Wassup
Genji: Eyyyyyyy ma man
Kenji: Let's goooooooooooo
Renji: Yamazaki
Shirou: Sora*
Renji: He hasn't given me permission to call him by his first name
You: I wasn't aware I had to give permission
Renji: Oh
Renji: In that case greetings Sora
I grinned.
"Sora!" Miwa called from the kitchen. "Food is ready!" I left my phone on charge as I walked towards the kitchen, a grin etched on my face. Lasagna? Gekko was seriously spoiling us tonight. He went and got takeaway despite Hinata saying she would cook, which explained her angry look that quickly disappeared once I arrived. "Let's dig in." Gekko suggested, winking towards his wife.
I sat dow next to Miwa as Hinata cut us a piece each. "Now, it's hot so don't go burning your tongues, okay?" I nodded.
I seriously was hungry.
"Come on Sora-kun, we will be late to school." Miwa told me as she grabbed my arm, rushing towards the train station. School started in half an hour, which meant we had twenty minutes to take the train and walk/run to school before it would be impossible to arrive on time. "Chill Miwa, chill." I said. "We will be fine. Honest." She huffed as she replied "Maybe by your 'delinquent' standards, but an honest girl like me has never been this late to school before."
I grinned. "First time for everything, eh? Anyway, where are your friends. Maki and them lot?" I asked. Miwa shrugged her shoulders as she replied "I don't have to be with them always. Plus, they don't exactly like you, just tolerate you for my sake." I nodded. "I could tell. But still Miwa, they are your fiends, right?" She nodded her head. "Of course, while we may disagree over you, we still are friends. So don't go trying to repair our 'friendship' or something."
I frowned. That didn't sound good. I mean who argues over me, a boy.
"Why would you disagree over me?" I asked. Miwa rolled her eyes as she replied "Seriously, you are reading too much into it. They just think I should minimise contact with you, and I don't think so. You are like my best friend, between them or you, I'd choose you every time. Can't be going back on my future number one patient, can I?" Future number one patient...
"Hey," I said. "I'm not going to get injured that much, even when you become a doctor, only max twice a year. One for injuries, and the other for a general check up." Miwa rolled her eyes as she sarcastically replied "Sure, sure. You-, I can see you reaching the number one hero by the time you are fifteen." I sighed. "I don't get to go into UA until I'm sixteen Miwa."
"That's the point."
Oh. "When did you get so sarcastic?" I asked, she smirked at me as she retorted "And when did you become such a scaredy cat. It's juts sass, people grow overtime you know. That same Miwa that you saved from being bullied all those years ago grew up. Now she is confidant. Sexy too." Flicking her hair for dramatic affect. "Over my dead body. No one can date you until you are fifty." I replied.
She pouted. "Not even forty?"
"Don't make me push it to sixty." She grinned as she replied "Well what about seventy? That's a nice age to get married, am I right? No, what about eighty? Hm, eighty seems a bit young, don't ya' think?" I blinked. "Ya'?" I asked. "Ya'." Was the reply a received, along with a wink. "Seriously, did you think that after all these years I wouldn't pick up on what ya' say Sora-kun. I didn't take you for an idiot."
I faked crying as I said "They grow up so fast. I still remember when you carried your dinosaur plushie around everywhere you went. Even to doctor's appointments." Miwa blushed slightly as she huffed out "And what's wrong with that?" I shrugged my shoulders in defeat. "Nothing, it's just cute." Her eears turned red as she slapped me lightly across the chest.
"Don't say things like that. Cute is for children, I'm a grown woman."
I stared at her. "You are fourteen."
"A WOMAN!"
I sighed. "Who knew that you would grow up to be such a tsundere." I muttered, causing Miwa to blush slightly as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Hehe, sorry. I'm just excited that you are more sociable. Before, I couldn't exactly approach you as you looked like you would kill someone, even me." Damn, so I wasn't even approachable to Miwa?
So it wasn't that she was trying to ignore me, or forget about me. She just didn't know how to approach me. "Sorry," I said. She shook her head, using her arms to support her point. "No, no. Don't apologise, makes me seem like a bad person because I didn't try hard enough." I winced at that, she tried more than anyone else. The fact that she still wanted to hang out with me despite thinking of them all as not human...
As mere side characters...
I didn't deserve friends, not then at least. "Doesn't mean I didn't deserve it. Sorry for putting you in a shitty place Miwa. Honestly." The smile she had on her face looked like it was permanently drawn onto her, as it never faltered on the rest of the journey to school.
Lunch time.
A student's nightmare. Either you get food, and eat with your friends, or you just stay with your friends without any food. Or, conversely, you had the sad option of getting food and eating on a table, alone, with no one else bothering you. Or even worse, no food and you are alone in the cafeteria. These were known as outliers. And I was previously one of them.
Key word: Perviously.
When I got my order of fries and a burger, the last thing I expected was for Keiko, Shirou and Sakura to sit down right next to me. Nor Makoto, Saki and the rest of the group chat following. The table was small, but it could still fit ten people comfortably. "Ah," Shirou said, taking the seat right next to me. "Much better." Renji nodded as he sat down on my left, nodding as he greeted me.
Compared to what everyone else had...
I felt like an unhealthy person, well in actuality I was very unhealthy. The girls all had only a salad, with only Sakura having a packet of sweets, her favourite brand, sour as hell. The rugby players however, where having a mix of rice, salad and steak. Shirou had made himself a small bento box. Damn.
"Sora," Renji said. "As a member of the soccer club, the food that you are eating is not good enough. Don't you have practise after school today?" Yeah... about that. I rubbed the back of my head, smirking, as I replied "If I was on the team, then yeah. Unfortunately, one of my punishments is no after school club activities for the next six months. By then the season will have ended, so even If I waited, it would be for nothing. I can still help captain after school in training, I just can't participate in it. Nor take part in the remaining season..."
Renji nodded as Genji asked, his mouth filled with food, "Anh' wuh' abou' hero training'? Wasn't you usin' the club as a way of training'?" I nodded. That was true, now that I couldn't even attend training sessions... that meant I would have to use my free time to train. Something I was not looking forward into getting into. Being toned, or having abs or whatever was not something I wanted.
That was way too much effort, even for me. But, as long as I had a well rounded body with pretty good stamina, then I'd be set. I'd rather be lean, then muscular. "I'll probably do morning and evening runs, along with training my Quirk. Renji grinned as he asked "So why don't you join us on our daily runs? We do it every morning and evening without fail."
My ears picked up on that, I hadn't thought about running with these lot. It would be fun. "How much we talking here?" I asked. "Twenty miles." Denji said, his grin not meeting his eyes. I chocked on my drink as he said that, causing Renji to pat my back. "Come on Sora, hang in their buddy." Renji said as he hit my back as hard as he could. Twenty miles? Every morning and evening?
Renji wasn't just a fitness psycho, he was a fanatic. "Uhm, maybe in the future." I answered eventually. Denji and Kenji looked at me, full of envy as Renji later dragged them out to do some passing drills, leaving only Shirou, Sakura, Makoto and Saki and me on the table. "We have to go as well." Saki said, taking Makoto with her who was asking to copy her English homework.
Sigh.
Sakura was rushing to finish her food before lunch ended, while Shirou was humming lightly to a song, one of his earphones in on his right ear. "So," Sakura started. "Did you get in a lot of trouble?" I shook my head. "Nah, not really. The school didn't really care, since I'm a pretty good academic student they are willing to overlook my 'negatives', in the hopes of me getting into UA, thus increasing this school's reputation." Sakura nodded as she went back into eating he food.
Peace and quiet-
"Ikari." A familiar voice said, causing Shirou to freeze up. I turned around to see a purple haired girl, with headphone jacks for ear lobes. "Ikari, what the hell was that yesterday? Why didn't you send me your work for music? Sensei shouted at me and gave me detention for it." Shirou paled slightly, as the girl's earlobes we're moving furiously around, as if they were deciding whether to jab him or not.
"Uhm, Jiro-san" Shirou said. "I-, uhm. Sora here," He said, pointing at me. "Deleted my work. So uhh, I wasn't able to send it, due to it, umm, not existing anymore. Tell her Sora what you did.
"Huh? Did you say something?" I asked whilst sipping my soda. Nice and zesty, that was the correct terminology, right? 'Jiro' turned to me in anger as she asked "So were you the one to delete his work?" Shirou looked at me pleadingly, I smirked as I replied "Who are you again?"
Silence.
Shirou looked at me as if I had grown balls on my face, looking both proud and terrified for his life. Sakura on the other hand was holding herself back from bursting into laughter, and rolling on the floor like a headless chicken. Jiro?
"You have some balls of steel man."
Pardon me?
I coughed slightly, Shirou relaxing near me. "Ahem, what?" I said. "Balls of steel man, do you need to clean your ears or..." She said once more, smirking towards me. "Anyway, I know that Ikari here is lying, but the fact that you were willing to try and save him was pretty cool. Yamazaki right?" She said, holding out her hand. I nodded as I shook her hand. "Jiro-san. And who says Shirou here is lying?" I asked.
She smugly replied "I don't need to use my Quirk to hear his heartbeat, not to mention it smells like liar in here." Her right earlobe-thingy moved quicker then I could react as it poked Shirou on the arm. "Next time you miss sending me homework dumbass, it'll be worse. Anyway, do you uhh," She trailed off in the end, looking towards the empty seats. Ah, she was a loner.
"Feel free Jiro. After all, anyone who picks on Shirou is a friend of mine." Sakura loudly said, glaring at her brother, whilst I nodded. "Yeah, no problem." The girl thanked us as she sat down next to me, and began eating her food. It was a modest bento box, although what surprised me was the rate at which she was eating. "Jeez, slow down Jiro-san, You may choke like Sora over there." Sakura commented.
Jiro shrugged her off as she replied "I'm training to be a hero. Eating fast is a necessary skill, plus it's kinda cool when you think about it. Eating fast that is." Shirou looked on the verge of passing out with each word she spoke, it was as if he was afraid of her or something. But she looked so... "A hero huh?" Sakura said. "Just like Sora." She added, pointing at me who nodded.
"Yeah, I wanna get into UA." I said. Jiro's eyes lit up as she replied "Same here dude. Honestly, it feels like sometimes I'm the only one here that really wants to be a hero." I grinned. "You get me? Everyone here just says it for show, they don't actually want it." I said, making her nod. "True, true. Or when they think they have a cool Quirk, like dude, your Quirk's are extremely situational. I doubt not many hero's will be charging a villain's phone. Not only that, but those who do have good Quirks just think they can cruise it to get into UA."
"Yep," I said. "They avoid training anything as if it's a plague, like having good stamina will be anything but beneficial to you." Jiro grinned. "Right, or when they think they look cool when making up some totally dumb name for their attacks. Like what even is Kotoamatsukami. First of all, it's way to long, way to convoluted and doesn't roll of the tongue right."
I nodded.
"Say, what is your Quirk if you don't mind me asking?" Jiro smiled slightly as she explained her Quirk, Earphone Jack. It was super interesting to see how she was able to use it, more impressive than my ways of using my Quirk. "Neat," I said. "You must be pretty smart to have made a simple Quirk that powerful." She blushed lightly as she said "It's not that good."
I shook my head. "It is, honestly. Compared to my Nimbus Quirk, I genuinely am lost for ideas of how to train it in other ways to be able to use it in battle, or just general situations as a hero. You got it figured out, so that's awesome for you Jiro-san. Without a doubt you are gonna get into UA."
UA...
Earphone Jack...
My head suddenly felt like it was exploding as I clutched it in pain, my teeth gritting as everything around me seemingly faded away.
"Sora-" I could hear someone say in concern, but it was muffled. What in the hell was this.
UA...
Sirens - No sirens?
Explosions, explosions, green hair?
All Might...
Quirk Test, baseball, purple balls?
Invasion... school invasion.
Lunchtime rush?
Headphone jack... Jiro? What was she doing? Why was she in a sort of costume with other people?
A villain... That's right, an attack on UA?
Hands, hands, monster?
Portal.
All For One.
Fight.
Blood, lot's of blood and a body.
Dead eyes, impaled, crumbling into dust. Jiro? Is Jiro dead?
Maniacal laughing.
Tears.
"Sora-kun? Sora-kun? Are you alright?" I regained my senses as I saw Miwa standing over me, Shirou and Jiro helping her by opening my eyes. "Yeah," I muttered weakly. "Must have been the food I ate. Don't feel... all too... well." I managed to say. Jiro sighed in relief as she said "That's good. Thought the one cool person here would have been lost." Miwa giggled as she said "If you die, I'll kill you Sora-kun."
I blinked at her.
"But how can you kill me if I'm dead?" I asked, Miwa smiled innocently as she replied "Your manga and game collection." Shirou gasped slightly as he looked at me as of he had won the lottery. "Oh thank god I don't live with her." Sakura grinned as she replied "No, but you live with me. Hayate-san, I think that's a perfect idea." Miwa giggled as she helped me up, asking once again if I was okay.
I nodded weakly. My head was still throbbing, but it was manageable.
But what was that...
Oh right, that was the cannon timeline.
But it was... different? No one died the first time, that I was sure of. So that means...
That means I changed the timeline, and with it came a vision, a premonition of the future that I changed it too. "Ahem, Yamazaki," A teacher called out to me. "Can you please un-summon your Quirk."
Sure enough, as I looked up, right on top of me was my Quirk, looking darker then normal, my cloud looked like it was frowning, as if it was starting to rain.
A storm was coming, and I had no way of knowing how or when to stop it.
After lunch, and well into my lesson, my head was still hurting, but I wasn't paying attention to that nor my Italian teacher. No, I was more focused on what the hell vision I had, and how my Quirk factored into it. It being on top of my head when I hadn't summoned it was pretty telling, and that was worrying. That when I made actions, I would get visions from the future...
Not to mention my sense of a timeline of cannon was skewered due to it being so long since the last time I expereinced it as a story, apart from a few key moments it was a aline run. So me changing the timeline would only make my knowledge obsolete, and that meant anything could happen. And a body...
A dead body... Her body...
Was I responsible? If I simply didn't speak to Jiro then she would potentially be alive-
No, the fact that she died in this future was telling, that was absolute. But... what if I changed the future? The premonitions come once something is irreparably changed from what I gather, that meant that Jiro wasn't meant to be in cannon... But why can't I shake this feeling that she was, it felt more as if I was missing something rather then her inclusion.
No, that couldn't just be it.
I couldn't wrap my head around it as the bell rang, signillaing the start of my next lesson. Maths. And the person who sat next to me was Jiro. I sighed as I packed my stuff and headed the classroom, a veil of death seemingly hanging over me. I had to change the future, no, I will change the future. That was my promise. I stuffed my hands in my pockets as I walked into the class, Jiro's face seemingly brighter then before as she smiled at me.
"Yo," I greeted her. "Yamazaki," She said, nodding. "You feeling alright? Must have been some seriously bad food to get a reaction like that." Inwardly, I was groaning. Bad food? What kinda rubbish excise was that? Hinata was going to hear it and force me to bring a packed lunch all the time, which meant I had to wake up extra early in the mornings to make one.
Damn, I'm an idiot sometimes.
"Yeah, but I feel better now, you? Must have been a shock seeing me collapse on the floor. Hope I didn't scare ya'." She shook her head, her earphone jacks also shaking their uhh, jacks? "It was just future hero training, plus you didn't scare me nearly as much as you did with Hayate-san. I swear she was on the verge of tears." I looked guilty on the ground at that.
I worried Miwa again.
Shit.
"Don't look so downtrodden. She was smiling in our next lesson afterwards for the entire period, it was like she had won the lottery." Jiro told me, making me brighten up a bit. At least it wasn't all bad. "Anyways," I said. "Thanks for helping her at least. Most would probabaly stand and watch, or record me instead of helping, or calling for help. Just the way our generation is I guess." I chuckled darkly.
Jiro looked sad at that as she replied "Having basic human decency should be a common, yet sadly it seems like it's uncommon. Well either way, doesn't it show who is meant to be a hero, compared to those who aren't?" I nodded, that was true, to some extent at least. Grinning, I checkily replied "So then that makes you one of the best people to be a hero, is that what you are saying?"
Jiro blushed lightly as she stammered out "Oh-N-no, thats not it." I smirked. This was way too easy as I replied "Then what were you trying to say Jiro-san?" The reply I got was being pricked by her ear lobes as she ignored be for a dew seconds, before bursting out into laughter at the expression on my face.
"You- You look like I killed your cat!" She managed to say in between her laughs. Scowling, I ignored her before grinning myself. "Settle down class, settle down. Please open up your books to chapter eleven, where we will be continuing our division on linear equations..." Our teacher began.
I was already bored out of my mind.
Linear equations were easy, well at least to someone studying mathematics for the second time.
One look at Jiro saw her easing through the questions making me smile. Guess I wasn't the only one that thought this was easy as I saw the girl sigh as she looked at the clock.
"You done as well?" I whispered to her. Jiro looked around confused, before seeing me and nodding. "Yeah Yamazaki-san. They were quite easy, after all this is just revision. What about you, having difficulties Mr Prodigy?" I frowned as she said that last part. Mr Prodigy? Really? Jiro saw my reaction as she looked sheepishly before apologising, her ear lobes moving more restless.
She was anxious.
"Oh, uhm." She said, his earlobes meeting each other in the middle, lashing against each other nervously. "It's a stupid name. Sorry." I shook my head as I replied "Don't need to apologise. Just annoyed at who makes these nicknames ya' know. 'Yamazaki from Class E' and now 'Mr Prodigy'. They really must be out for me."
She blinked at me.
I blinked back.
Did she notice she was staring now? Eventually she did as she flushed bright red before looking the other way. Was she just not use to people talking to her? No, she talked to Shirou just fine. But that was over homework...
"Dude, how can you not know who makes your nicknames?" She asked me. "Everyone knows." I rolled my eyes at that. Clearly everyone but me knows who makes my nicknames, nonetheless I was on the edge of my seat, waiting to hear the bastard who practically made up shit about me. Should I beat him up? That's not very heroic. But do I care? Yes.
But would they care? Yes. They would probably then make up some more names, infuriating me even further. Honestly, why did people have to be so petty? I was trying to be better, it's like these people only want me to be they're so called 'delinquent'. As if that was everything I would amount to in life, which honestly was really stupid. Clearly from my grades, I could go to a alright university, and if I cleaned up my act I would have gone far in life.
And so here I' am, cleaning up my act and yet someone doesn't think it's enough.
Yamazaki from Class E.
Mr Prodigy.
What else? Did they pick on Miwa? Or how about now, were they talking about Shirou? Sakura? Keiko? Renji? Saki? Makoto? Genji? Denji? Kenji? Even Jiro? Nicknames for me I could handle, but others? My...
My friends?
Jiro opened her mouth before quickly closing it once a piece of chalk went flying across the room, and hit my bang on my forehead. "Yamazaki, pay attention or else I will throw you out of class!" Our teacher yelled at me. Jiro tried hard to keep a straight face as I stared down at the piece of chalk, now sitting on my desk. Should I throw it back? Before I could decide what to do, it suddenly grew a pair of wings from a cheap horror, as it flew back to my teacher who was grinning at my dumbfounded expression.
I groaned.
Now I'm going to have nightmares about a piece of chalk.
The school bell rang, waking me up from my nap. Double maths for my last two periods of the day, a Wednesday no less? Easily the worst day of the week. Nothing good happens on a Wednesday. Packing up my bag, before swinging it around my shoulder I left the class to go to my locker and grabbed my running shoes before heading out. Even though I was banned from taking apart in after-school clubs, that didn't mean I couldn't help them.
During my nap I thought about a lot of things, this being one of them as I walked towards the football club's grounds. It was a small pitch, not eleven a side unfortunately. Our school much preferred rugby and baseball judging by the big pitches they had, Basketball and Volleyball having their own building with courts inside. This infuriated my captain to no end.
Akihito Shoichi, one of the most blockheaded people I had the pleasure of meeting. He reminded me of myself in my previous life, obsessed with the sport only with the talent and the drive to succeed. Maybe it's why I felt so bad that I wanted to help him out, despite being poor academically, his passion for football always made me smile. Even after a loss, or a bad training session.
He would never blame us, only make us more fired up for next time.
Which is why when he was running around chasing a rabbit I payed no attention to him- Wait, why the hell was he chasing a rabbit? He was wearing a training top wth some shorts, long red hair tied back with a hair band and some stubble. For a middle schooler, he looked more like a university student, especialy once he stood up at his full height, six foot four.
I'm not jealous... not at all.
The tall tree, as I called him, wiped some sweat of his brow as he grinned at me. "Yamazaki." He shouted, running at me full speed. "Shoichi-Sempai," I replied. "Yamazaki!" He shouted once more, gritting his teeth this time as he pulled back his left hand. "Shoichi-," I was cut off as he punched me with all his might, causing my to fly across area, before safely landing on my cloud.
"WHAT THE HELL CAPTAIN, ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME?" I shouted at my captain, who was now on the ground doing push-ups. "One, two, three four,- I would never try and kill you Yamazaki- five, six, seven, eight, nine," He responded. Before I could reply, a short silver haired boy holding a megaphone came out of the building, a football at his feet as he was dribbling towards us.
"Shoichi-Sempai," He said lazily through the microphone. "Red card, foul. We have to send you off for violence on the pitch." The silver haired boy then brought out a packet of red cards, starting to throw each of them at our captain.
Sui Miura.
The joint striker with me, also in my year. Our captain, who most definitely took this as a challenge to not snap at Sui, continued at his exercise as much as he could. Sui was most definitely a trouble maker, more so than me. Only he was never punished. Instead of getting into fights like I did, the sadistic little shit enjoyed annoying people with little things.
But he was a cool dude after all as he handed me a few of his cards. I joined him as we threw them at our captain, some hitting his face as we made it a competition to see who could hit him the most. "AH, that's fifteen for me!" I said, before Sui grabbed two cards and threw them, both hitting our captain in the face. "Mh, I win Yamazaki-Chan." I winced at that. That wasn't the game we were playing...
Don't blow up, I reminded myself.
Breathe, in and out. In and out.
"Oh, Yamazaki-Chan, I heard you got yourself a harem. Uzumaki, Ikari and now Jiro? How lucky. I thought you were gay after all this time, it would have made sense seeing as you only took notice of boys."
My hand twitched.
"But what about your wife? Is Hayate alright with the arrangement? She seemed pretty upset this morning at the train station."
I think my Quirk sensed something was wrong, as it appeared in front of me, looking at Sui in case he was going to say another word.
"Oh, your Quirk. Nimbus. It's staring at me menacingly, do you think I could call the police and report it for false assault? Maybe roll on the ground a little to fake some injuries. Then I could sue your Quirk, and we could split the money. Sound good?" Sui asked me lazily, his face fixated on his cards as he carefully measured the distance between us and the captain, before throwing all the remaining cards on his head. "Shoichi-Sempai, make sure to clean all of this up. You were the last one to touch them, I'll tell everyone else that you were late for being such a model student. Bye now." Sui lazily said before walking the other way.
I couldn't stop a smile form on my face as our captain, redder then a tomato, exploded at the retreating figure of Sui and shouted for him to come back.
Life was good.
It was dark and damp as Kurogiri manoeuvred through the warehouse.
A blue haired man following him, but his eyes was transfixed on the game on his phone. "Grr, stupid party members. Why are you so under levelled? Now I have to turn on share party XP, which makes the game so much easier." He complained. Kurogiri frowned, or if he had a body, he would be frowning. "Master Shigiraki. Please, put your phone away. Sensei has called us."
Tomura Shigaraki complied, but not without scowling towards the shadowy person. "Tch. Why did Sensei call us here? Couldn't we have done this over the phone?" He complained, scratching his neck. "If he's just going to talk to us, I don't see a point in all the effort." Kurogiri didn't respond as he opened the door. Inside was a munch of machines, all closely linked to one person.
He was wearing a black suit, and on his face was a sort of black contraption. Although, Kurogiri could feel his presence a mile away, and as they approached the both could feel the corner's of his mouth twitch up as he strummed the guitar in his hands softly. All For One, the Symbol of Evil, was playing a guitar, he was in a happy mood. Shigiraki looked around, as if he was expecting someone with a mind control Quirk to pop out of thin air.
Kurogiri sighed as he teleported around the room, but it yielded no results.
All For One nodded slightly at Kurogiri and Shigiraki, before he sang:
"Once long ago, came two boys from far away,
One was loud, while the other was scared all day,
One stayed in the new land, while the other wanted to go home,
It led into senseless violence, and the two brothers fought,
And in the end one brother was impaled on the road."
All For One shifted his presence to face his two subordinates, a grin now having been formed on his face as highlighted by the wrinkles that seemed to have formed on his face. He was amused. He finished as he placed his guitar aside, as he greeted the two men. "Ah, Shigaraki, Kurogiri, sit. We have much to discuss." The Symbol of Evil said. "Change of plans for the future, our future. Some interesting news has reached my ears, and I decided we could do with some fresh blood in our circle." Kurogiri nodded impassively, whilst Shigaraki fumed silently.
"We. Don't. Need. Other people Sensei." Shigiraki whined, clenching his teeth in anger. "If anything they would just slow us down from our real plans, right Kurogiri?" Kurogiri replied "I think we should listen to Sensei here, Master Shigiraki." All For One smiled at that. "Shigiraki, have I ever been wrong?" He asked his student, who shook his head.
"Then trust me in this new 'friend' of ours can help us in the future. So much so that I implore you to use them to your fullest extent." He said, pointing towards a screen that had an ongoing call.
"Thank you for the glowing review Sensei." A voice spoke, heavily modified. "Tch. A modifier, what are you a kid? Afraid 'mummy' and 'daddy' will find out what you do behind their backs? Scram already you NPC." Shigiraki growled at the monitor. "My age is none of your concern handy-man, but if you want to trade insults shall I start with your father or your mother? You are wearing them, right?" The voice retorted.
Shigiraki's blood ran cold as he rushed to the monitor, anger clouding his mind. If it wasn't for Kurogiri's quick thinking, the monitor would have been nothing but dust right now. "SO YOUR A NPC AND A BRAT?!" Shigiraki shouted. "What the hell can you do, what kind of 'unfair patch' do you have, talk, before I decide to hunt you down and turn you and everyone you love to dust."
Kurogiri could feel a smirk forming in the voice's face as he replied amused, "Well, my knowledge on the future is important here Tomura Shigiraki. I even know who the next 'Symbol of Peace and Justice' is going to be." All For One smiled at that, it was music to his ears. "And how would you know that?" Shigaraki asked, his voice showing his disbelief towards the voice.
"Because I've read what happens." Was the only reply Shigiraki got. "Che. Then why haven't you killed them already? Wouldn't you be doing us a favour? And what of All Might? Have you 'read' what happens to him?" Shigiraki replied, his voice growing more and more angrier by the minute. "You think we are some joke?"
"Ha, a joke he says? Listen, who I'am is of no concern to you, neither are my goals. We have similar interests, and so I'll use my knowledge to help you when It's needed, in return I need supplies. If you are meant to be the leader of this 'League of Villains', maybe you should start by building links to powerful people. It could get you somewhere instead of being a bumbling fool."
Shigiraki screeched as he was scratching his neck furiously. "Enough," All For One finally said. "Our mysterious benefactor is trustworthy, I trust them on this. They know information they shouldn't have a clue on, and can read the future to some extent. Tomura, they can help us, help you achieve your goal." Shigiraki stoppted scratching as he stared at the monitor.
The room was silent for what seemed like eternity, before Shigiraki asked "Will you help me kill All Might?"
"Yes."
OOOOOOOOOO, the plot thickens...
Who is this mysterious person? How do they 'know' the future, what have they 'read'?
Are they a threat to Sora?
Find out innnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn... a long time. Seriously. This was just a tease.
Now, into to Yamazaki's corner, the dedicated point in the chapter in which I answer all your questions, and talk about some choices I made in this chapter, and in others.
Phosphophillite49: Uhm, I assume you are talking about Sora here? No, he is not stupid. However, just because he may get good grades doesn't mean he's 'smart' he just knows the content from his previous life. I guess he's like those people in school that never revised and got pretty god grades.
Fernando917: Thanks, I tried a lot for these first few chapters. And you have Jiro in this chapter, with more to come in the build up to UA :)
DodemGM: Honestly people missing the point means that I as an author failed at delivering it, which just means I should work harder to make this better. I'll speak more about it below, but this chapter was changed drastically from what I intended it to be originally. Now this arc having an anime type feeling is intentional, after all outside of UA people like Izuku do have a life, we just don't really see it. This style I guess will continue even into UA, with some chapters just chilling between 1A and Sora. I guess I don't want to lose steam by rushing into UA, I want to build it up so him going into UA is earned. Unlike Horikoshi, my story won't be cancelled if it doesn't pull numbers in its first few volumes, something many series do as Shounen Jump is a business.
Fanfiction isn't, so I will be taking my time to get to UA. Not a lot mind you, but by Chapter 8/9 for it to fully start. I want to develop it as a world, introduce things to make it seem more of a living, breathing world. Like the MHA fanficition 'Death' by TMB1112, which you guys should totally check out. 4 million words, and while it's mc is an OC, it really helped me work out some kinks with Sora.
I promise you, by chapter 7 you will love it, and by chapter 27/28 you will be hooked. Just give it a try.
Now, Oreigaru is a nice comparison. Although I started it after I wrote this, and still haven't finished it, but it is influenced some decisions. Mainly the direction I wanted to go in. However, Gintama was in actuality the main reason I write this fic, Sora even called himself "The bastard of Gintoki" when he first saw his naturally wavy, blue hair. Oh yeah.
Katekyo Hitman Reborn! Also helped, but more with the later plans I have. But Oreigaru definitely helped with the current stuff, so that fact that it could be counted as a spin off by you means a lot to me :)
So thank you!
And everything will help develop Sora, the good and the bad.
Now, time to talk about some choices I made for those that are interested.
Originally, in my notes and in my head chapter 4 was going to centre around Makoto and Saki, with a storyline centred around them which would be chapter 4 and a bit of five. Instead, chapter 4 was more of a low key chapter that helped to establish Jiro. Makoto and Saki will just be chapter 5 now, and six will be a surprise along with 7.
Also, I was meant to have an entire chapter on a Jiro segment about her joining the group, instead i've split it in between chapters so it feel more like progression over time that Jiro becomes friends instead of one event. And Isagi and Akihito will be a part of Sora's support as well, just like the rest of them, but not as important as say Miwa or Jiro will be.
Previously, regarding the Keiko and Sakura plot line, I was going to have abusive parents be involved with Keiko, but decided otherwise midway through writing, and wrap up the Shirou and Sakura plot-line thread in that arc before deciding it was too much to fit in a short amount of time. Thus Sora walking away from it in this chapter, he doesn't want to hear it as to him they will tell him when they are ready.
So the Shirou and Sakura plot line will be at a later date, after Sora is in UA.
Yes, the rest of the group (Mainly Renji, Genji, Denji and Kenji) will also get similar 'arcs' like I'm doing, just not here at the start. You see, Keiko and Sakura's plot line was to kickstart Sora being a hero. He wasn't friends with them at first, but he still helped them.
Makoto and Saki's will be different, but ultimately have Sora do similar actions. He helps them.
The rest of these arcs, mostly centred around them won't touch on the issue as much, instead focussing one a trait that Sora has, for example his guilty nature. All of which will once again help to develop Sora even after he's in UA.
But that's a way's off.
The section with AFO?
Unplanned, well for this chapter at least. The 'voice' was always a given from the start of me writing this, and many of you will be able to understand who they are, and what information they have. I won't say anymore, but you can guess where I'm trying to go with them.
And All For One playing the guitar and singing? Maybe OOC, but I got it from a MHA Izuku/Toga fic on AO3. Forgot what it was called, but it was apart of a series and that one scene stuck with me. Toga walking in on AFO playing the guitar.
It's just... menacing.
And that 'song' was of my creation, if anything it was a poem or something. A story? I'm tone deaf, and I'm not to good when it comes to music-y things. Was even banned from my school to take it as a subject, but that was due to me misbehaving more then anything :)
Still that 'poem' of sorts was a reference to AFO and his brother... kinda? It's also a refernce to what my mum used to sing to me as a kid so I wouldn't pick on my older sister. It doesn't mean much.
Now, as to the future?
I have the last five chapters of this fic fully planned out, scene by scene. That's what I'm working towards. Also toying the idea of Sora meeting Stain, that would be cool, right?
How long this fic will be? No clue. If anything, I can't think of an estimate, but the fic does end on "Graduation" as a chapter title, so feel free to assume that it ends when they get their pro-hero licenses at the end of their third year... or maybe there is a time skip and you guys get Over The Top 2? (Kidding, kidding.)
Honestly if I had to bet, 600-800k words would be a rough estimate? But even then I'm not accounting things I may add or delete, not to mention how slow or fast I'll get to the end, so it honestly really depends on my free time.
As to when it finishes...? Ha, years. 2-3 maybe? I don't know, all I do know as beginning of July to September I'm going to focus soley on this because school would have basically ended for me.
Honestly, I'm trying to fit 10k words per chapter. This one clocked in at 9.2k in terms of writing, the shortest I've had so far as the others have all reached over 10k. It's pretty hard, but the fact that I'm close to 50k words blows my mind every time. So maybe even more then a million, who knows?
And Sora POV will be in first person, other POV will be third person.
But yeah, here is the end of the Yamazaki corner for this chapter!
Next chapter?
Tensions flare between Saki and Makoto, can Sora help them? Does he want to help them? Jiro is having some issues, and Miwa tries to help. Can Kenji finally skip the 20km run? Find out...
Soon!