Again 再

Summary: She was reincarnated for a few times already that even if things happened differently, the ending always led to her friends' demise. "This time for sure" she whispered those words, wondering how many times she has said them with conviction despite the inevitable. Multiverse! OC!

A/N: yes I know this is yet another story…but plot bunnies I cannot

Warning: lot of typos even though I have rechecked it hundreds of time, English is not my first language.

Disclaimer: I do not own BNHAI


I

She saw light and heard a loud wail

The worried voices of the doctor, nurses and a woman echoes, wondering why she wasn't crying like any newborn child

"What's wrong with my child, doctor?" she didn't recognize the woman's tender voice. The distant cries and explosions was still ringing in her ear. She caught some of the doctor's explanation that she was alright, healthy and well, but unusual that a newborn like her has not cried unlike her twin

'A twin?' She asked herself, slightly moving her small head to look for a small blob with her blurry eyes

The woman…her mother's arms covered her entirely, stopping her task. And the welcoming warmth made her try to look at her face instead.

In the midst of blurriness, an outline of a warm smile could be seen

"Ochaco...Kohaku"

She stiffened when she heard that familiar name

'Ochaco?' Her little form trembled, memories from before came rushing in her like a bullet train

"Stop it!"

"Izuku! Ochaco…her wounds!"

"AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"…not make…Katsuki did everything but…Shouto also did not…"

"Die!"

"If you say is true…t-then you're our only hope"

"Burn! Make everything burn!"

"I'll s-see you again"

And she wailed on a snowy evening


II

Kohaku...it was her new name after she got reincarnated. The name felt quite weird seeing that she had a different name…names in the past. But the recent one was what stuck to her the most

Tangerine eyes, the thing that her mother named after her despite its meaning being amber, stared at her pudgy hands. It was so small, chubby and smooth. No callouses nor scars or burnt marks adored her once upon a time slender hands that were filled with those reminders of her past battles and struggles.

She did not stop staring at them even though a distant ringing suddenly appeared out of nowhere, where she was the only one who can hear them

Multiple explosions were coming everywhere

The cries and shouts of everyone, men, women and children alike

A wicked laughter came next

And the look on her face darkened every second that she listens to those varying sounds coming in different places

The hand in front of her starts to shake, her body following afterwards

"You are our only hope, Miku…"

Desperate and hopeful voices enter her mind

"Help us"

"Save us"

"You are only hope"

"Pray, cry, and hope as much as you want. But in every alternate dimension you go, where you are the only one who has these memories, nothing will change. Because I will stop you. Rip those chances apart until there is no more dimension you can skip to, to help save your pitiful friends. For this is the one and only fate of all the universe"

"Kohaku?"

And everything instantly vanishes

Dark and horrified tangerine eyes slowly stared to look at innocent worried brown ones, similar like hers but different as well. She notes that if she had the same brown wide eyed orbs as Ochaco and those pink oval blush on her cheeks they'd be identical twins.

She gives a wobbly smile but Ochaco knows that her twin can feel that something was still wrong

It was a twin thing

"What is it, Ochaco-nee?"

But her sister, who she is starting to love more and more, just gives her that bright wide smile of hers and pushes the blue faded ball towards her before saying, "Let's play ball with Papa!"

Multiple images of a battered and bloodied older Ochaco in the past replaces the small innocent child in front of her

But she shakes the images off and the beating of her heart calms down when it goes away. Kohaku gives a nod with a small smile. Because unlike her sister, she is not as innocent and childlike as she wanted to be

"Okay" the whisper makes Ochaco's smile widen than it already is


III

Kohaku wonders what her quirk would be this time around as she stares at the floating ball that her sister threw up in the air and never came back


IV

At first they had thought that she was a quirkless child after half a month has passed by after their 4th birthday. She, herself, also thought and the idea that she was one made her stomach churn. Because how can she save everyone when she was quirkless? How can she make a difference without any power? She wasn't like Izuku, who was All Might's successor of his powers. And she couldn't take that power away from him. It was his and it would be selfish of her to do such thing.

Her constant worrying and thought about the situation did not make her sleep peacefully at night for days

Both of her parents reassured her that it was alright. Ochaco had also cried about her state, whining that she wanted to give a part of her quirk. The child cried harder when their parents told her that it didn't work that way.

"Uwaah! Otou-san! Okaa-san! Kohaku got her quirk!" the loud, heavy and hurried footsteps of her parents was heard down their apartment. She looked at the object at her hands, still not quite believing it

"Really?! Where? Where? We want to see!" the excited looks on her parents made her heart flutter as she placed the object back and went back to her original place. An arm stretched out with palms open. Kohaku concentrated hard on the object in front of her before it started to wiggle from its place and suddenly was pulled to her awaiting hand.

Her small family shouted in glee, happy that she has finally gotten her quirk

They jumped and did a silly dance before her mother announced that she will be making a feast

It was a good day


V

Unlike Ochaco, Kohaku trains seriously after discovering her quirk. She takes martial arts class because she does not want to be reliant on her quirk which was a long range one. That was her mistake during her previous life when she had an elemental manipulation quirk, similar to Shouto's. Both were too reliant on their quirk and could not properly defend themselves if it was a close range battle or when they cannot use their own quirk.

And although she had varying quirks in her past life, it did not fit on this lifetime's quirk. Sure she has tons of experience but quirks worked differently as well and not all styles fitted with one another.

Tangerine eyes, something that was told to her which she inherited from her grandmother, stared at the flyer in her hand as she stopped in front of the dojo that was a few minutes away from their house

"Bōjutsu, huh"


VI

Kohaku discovers two things about her quirk. One she needed any kind of contact, mainly her hands, on the object in order for her quirk to work on it and two, not only can she pull objects towards her but she can push things as well. Meaning, unlike Ochaco's one time touch, she can still use the object that she has pushed away to be pulled back.

After a few months she wondered if she could pull and stretch other smaller things such as atoms and break them apart. She wasn't able to but she discovered something that it caused her to be knocked down after vomiting from her curiosity

"What did Kohaku do now?" said girl gave a small nervous smile towards a pouting 5 year old Ochaco in front of her. A finger scratched her cheek nervously, a habit that she developed in her last life

"I tried to heal a wound that I got"

Brown eyes perked up

"Heal a wound?"

She nodded at her sister's confused question

"How does your quirk do that?" Ochaco asked, curious like she was when she wanted to test that theory

"I guess the only ones that I can heal are the easy ones like cuts" she stared at the colored ceiling of their shared room

Ochaco was still confused that she elaborated, "Well, I think my quirk can push or mend the wound that I received awhile back. You know like speeding the process by pushing the cells to clot it?" she herself wasn't sure but it was the best that she could muster. Kohaku perked up but debated when she thought of an analogy and prayed that her sister wouldn't be disgusted at the idea, "You know that I can push and pull things right?"

Ochaco nodded

"Well my quirk can also do that to the human body"

Her sister made a horrified and sick look

"Do-does that mean that…" she stuttered. And Kohaku would blink at this because this universe's Ochaco isn't good with gory stuff

"Yeah I can probably pull away bones, tear skin apart and stuff like that but I can also mend them back together but to what extent I do not know" she finished it off for Ochaco. It was theory she had to test. But whom she should test it on, she didn't know.

"I don't know if that's cool or what but it's unfair that you get to know what you can do with your quirk" Kohaku gave a small smile towards her. "I can only float stuff that I touch"

'Maybe…'

"Well…" she started, "…you can probably make those as a weapon?" it did not hurt that she gave some ideas to her sister. Kohaku knew that Ochaco would learn all of these when she has grown and not a simple minded child who did not think just inside the box. And maybe…hopefully with these ideas Ochaco would make progress on herself compared to what she was in her past lives

It took a minute before Ochaco got what she was saying before her eyes sparkled in glee


VII

Their birthday came followed by spring, summer and fall before repeating itself again

After that certain incident, Ochaco was determined and more motivated to get stronger, thus taking another form of martial arts alongside with Kohaku. She wasn't surprised that her sister wanted to take things seriously but what surprised her was Ochaco's reason

"I want to save people while still making money for Okaa-san and Otou-san!"

She smiled at that memory, the constant rumbling of her sister behind her was heard. She took a peak over her shoulder and saw that Ochaco was studying before turning her attention back at the sketch she was making.

It amused her how expressive Ochaco was

"Mou, I give up!" study material was suddenly dropped on the table, hands raised in defeat as her twin slumped on her chair. And Kohaku would just smile at the scene. Already knowing despite not looking again behind her shoulder, she hoped that she'd get to experience more memories to treasure with her.

Ochaco blew upwards, her long bangs on the air before it went back in between her eyes. The sound of chair turning was still heard over the loud music her red headphones was blasting on her ears. Hazel orbs intently staring at her form could be felt. "Why is that despite being twins, you're smarter than me when you're not even studying or trying" the familiar sound of stroking pencil on paper stopped, tangerine eyes stared at the drawing in front of her…longingly eyeing at those colored eyes despite it being monochrome…before she removed her headphones, a different song now playing, and looked at her sister over her shoulder

"Because unlike you, Ochaco-nee, I actually listen and study ahead of time" Ochaco would puff her cheeks at the playful gleam on Kohaku's tangerine eyes before muttering that what Kohaku said was a lie. "You don't even open your books" she glanced at the barely touched textbooks inside Kohaku's school bag

'It's because I already know this material' she kept her thoughts to herself, resuming her drawing before stopping herself again to look at the clock of their shared bedroom

"You better start with your studying, Ochaco-nee… because before one becomes a great hero-"

The sound of books getting picked up cut her sentence off, Ochaco continuing the sentence that she has heard from Kohaku a lot of time, "…one must become a good student"

One last look and she resumed her drawing


VIII

Explosions were heard

The cries of people were everywhere

A sinister laughter in the background

Blurred faces of unknown people began yelling as if they knew them

Whatever was happening, did not make sense

The scenario kept on repeating

Same explosion

Same cries

Same laughter

And same blurred images of those people that they were not aware

But…

There was this person…persons? That was supposed to be there but was replaced by another one

It was if despite the broken record that was repeating itself over and over again, that one person was the only one changing

Silent tears would come out of those eyes and that person would stare at them and say,

"I'll see you"

And they would suddenly wake up, panting from that weird dream but won't bother to remember anything because it was just that…just a dream


IX

The train ride was tiring but seeing the gigantic structure of their future high school made them feel excited. Kohaku knew that she, along with Ochaco, would pass the examination and get in U.A.

She would once again meet with her class and Kohaku was sure she'd save this dimension with the help of her friends. Because with the mistake that was made in another world, she learned from it and made numerous plans and strategies that would counter it.

'Just wait and see as I defy this so called fate set in stone you've said' tangerine eyes stared at her sister's figure who helped the green haired teen who made those orbs glisten because the last time she saw Midoriya Izuku in her last life, the teen was battered up and barely breathing.


X

Kohaku wonders how Ochaco was doing in her zone

Hands were stretched out, palm open before it started shaking. The robot that it was directed out suddenly fell down before she tapped the people beside her to push them out away.

The brown haired teen remembers that she had just patted her sister's shoulder in comfort. Telling her that she did fine in the written exams before giving her the omamori that they had coincidentally made for each other during their birthday.

The short metallic baton suddenly elongated before throwing it with the combined strength of her own force and quirk and embedded itself on the robot's face. The force causing it to pass through its face. Before it fell down, the staff wiggled itself out and coming back to her own waiting hand.

She recalls that the orientation is the same like in her past life. The same muttering could be heard in a distant and Kohaku could recite what Iida and Present Mic would say by heart. It ached her.

A distress voice was heard and her tied up hair along with her long bangs followed her head's movement to see a guy with spiky black hair in a pinch with a fallen robot. Kohaku wonders why the guy looks familiar before going towards him to help me. She would have known the person instantly if she saw the hardened body

"Oy! What are you doing?" the voice was familiar

"To help of course" she tapped the robot, wishing she could have Ochaco's quirk. The weight of the robot with the force of gravity made her flinch when she tried to push it away

The other teen's eyes sparkled at her action before grinning and loudly telling her, "That's such a manly thing to do!"


XI

The brown haired teen waits for her sister by the school gates, Ochaco telling her that she was going to do something before leaving. With a knowing smile, she let her elder sister go while she stared at the red and orange leaves. Some matched her eyes while others on her sister's.

Tangerine eyes absentmindedly stared at the falling leaves, a sudden gush of wind appearing out of nowhere

Warm colored leaves danced with the wind while her hair and clothes flowed with it. Hands clasped suddenly on her long hair to keep it from getting too messy. And when it was gone, she slowly opened her eyes and dusted everything before pausing, mouth agape.

Because right in front of her is a teen, who she holds dear but does not know her… 'Yet' she unconsciously said this. Her heart skipped a beat, stomach summersaulting as he neared her. She could feel her face heating up.

It was a brief moment but she held that memory close to her heart

Tangerine eyes stared at the two toned eyes staring at him weirdly that he glanced away

The same two toned eyes that she always stared at on her sketchbooks

Todoroki Shouto would wonder if they knew each other for the unknown teen to give such a happy expression towards him but his face would darken because he doesn't, for he was not allowed to go out of their house and was forced to train and be home schooled until now

'What a weird girl'


XII

It was their first day in school

And like what Kohaku remembers, they do not go to the school orientation but instead do Aizawa Shouta-sensei's Quirk Apprehension Test.

She sits beside her sister and finds out that she was seating beside Shouto, she became nervous at this but composed herself.

Kohaku does not flinch, despite not listening to Aizawa's words about changing to their other uniform because she has anticipated this

And as the girls' change, everyone especially her sister alongside with Ashido Mina and Hagakure Tooru, enthusiastically introduce themselves to everyone and tells them that they'd hope to be close with each other for the next 3 years during their stay

"This is my twin sister, Uraraka Kohaku!" bubbly Ochaco tells this to everyone as she dips her head politely, giving a small smile and muttering a small hello. The girls are excited about the concept of them being twins and wondered if there was any phenomenon abnormality with their quirks since they are twins.

After that, everything is a blur for her and she notes that the test is finished with Izuku's injured finger to prove it. She snaps out of her thoughts when her instincts suddenly told her to grab whatever was going towards her

"I would appreciate it, if you are listening Uraraka Kohaku" she notes that her sensei's hair wasn't floating up in the air as well as the fact his eyes weren't red. Kohaku releases the fabric that he usually used as a scarf and gave a small smile towards him, "Sorry about that sensei"


XIII

On the same day, All Might had came to their classroom. It had excited the class that the number one hero would be teaching them.

He had instructed that they get to wear the costume that they designed for the battle trial that was going to happen.

And as she and her fellow classmates changed and exited the tunnel with dramatic effect she could not help but smile at everyone's familiar costume. Kohaku reminisces that most of them has changed their hero costume as they grew up. She also remembers her past initial costumes during her stay in U.A but unlike the others, this costume was one of her favorite one.

Her costume was a simple miko-like wide collared short dress that ended just above the knee. Its color was predominantly black with a mixture of red and gold trimmings. The sleeves weren't too long, only reaching at the tip of her longest finger, and too wide unlike the traditional miko clothes that were usually worn by the shinto priestess. She picked this type of clothing because the sleeves enabled her to hide her weapon and not let the enemy know when she will release them. The middle part of her costume consist of a gold piece of cloth that wrapped around her waist to secure her costume and for possible compartment storage use. The lower part has an outer and inner layer clothing wherein the outer is colored black like the rest of her costume while the inner, that is not worn separately, is colored gold.

She could remember her mother and Ochaco telling her that it was to accent her already dark and dull clothing.

"Uwah, your costume looks good on you Kohaku" she smiles at Ochaco's praise as she compliments her back

Her mind began to wonder again. Reminiscing at the past, thinking if she has forgotten something or anything for it has been years since this happened in her past life. 'Should I write a diary about it?' Kohaku debated but it probably wasn't a good idea if someone accidentally got it. Especially at the wrong hands.

Emphasis on the hands because of who their enemy is

She laughs inside her head

A brief cough was heard that made her snapped out of her thoughts. A big shadow engulfed her body, tangerine eyes stared at the muscular figure of the number one hero in front of her

She tilted her head to the side before All Might made his famous laugh and said, "For our battle trial, young Kohaku"

Kohaku mumbles a sorry before placing her hand on the box that All Might held

F

That was the letter that was imprinted on the small ball on her hands. Her eyes slowly blinks at it, looking up and sideways to see who held the same letter as her. The second time this day, a shadow suddenly covered her form. Noticing the lack of sunlight, she blinked, before she gives a small smile.

"Hello, Koda-kun"

He signs a hello back to her

Koji Koda, despite his build, is nervous that his battle trial partner might not have understood what he has said. He sometimes curses his extreme shyness that because of it, he uses sign languages instead of his voice. This battle trial might end up poorly because of his lack of communication, he tells himself this.

Black eyes widen when an arm goes up to her forehead, making a salute before mouthing a small 'hello' with a reserve smile

Those orbs twinkle in glee, happy that someone knows sign language as he. Maybe they can do this.

"Team A versus Team D!"


XIV

They patiently wait for their turn. It still made her cringe even if she has seen it a couple of times, how Izuku and Katsuki fought during their battle trial exercise. Yet she let them be, for it is their own problem and business to overcome whatever tension those two have with each other. Because…

Kohaku smiled, chuckling inside her head

'They'll be fine in the future'

"Team F versus Team E!"


XV

They are the villains for this exercise. The hero team that they are against are, are Aoyama Yuga and Ashido Mina.

As All Might has said eariler they are given a few minutes in order to construct any form of strategies.

"From what I know, Aoyama-kun and Ashido-san aren't quite acquainted yet. Meaning, their cooperation and teamwork would be sloppy. I don't know how those two will move but I suggest that you use your birds to discreetly serve as lookout for their location and their movement. Do you want to attack or defend the bomb?" she asks, Koda who shakes his head sideways.

He signs if they could work together in attacking the two

Kohaku hums

"We can. You can station your animals to secure and defend the bomb in case they defeat us. I'll go first and separate them before you go after the other one, alright? They aren't aggressive as Bakugo-kun so they'll be wary to hit your animals, especially Ashido-san since her quirk is acid. It would probably good if I disable Aoyama-kun and his hero costume. Hold Ashido-san as much as you can and I'll help after. If not, then the better. But I am not pressuring you to do so. The goal here is to protect the bomb. Do you know anything else about them?"

Koda signs that he has overheard that Aoyama gets stomach aches whenever he overuses his quirk

Kohaku hums yet again, already knowing this, but smiles, "Okay, then let's do our best Koda-kun" the bell rings and All Might's voice could be heard signaling the start of the battle

She glances behind her shoulder and says "Believe in yourself, Koda-kun" and she was out


XVI

Koda and her gave each other a fist bump at the announcement that they have won. Ocacho is there to greet her and tells them, her congratulations.

It was easy destroying Aoyama's belt with a flick of her baton size staff. Without his belt, he could not properly utilize his quirk. She also destroyed the other circular thing that can shoot laser on his costume. And in just a few minutes Aoyama turned pale, most probably from the stomach pain that he was feeling. After tying him up, she ran towards Koda. Kohaku knows that Ashido is athletic and might try to find a way to bypass him but when she arrived to help Koda well…Ashido was having a hard time trying not to hit the poor birds that were attacking her. So with a pat on her shoulder, Ashido was pushed towards the wall and couldn't get out of it.

Ashido though defeated is happy that they got to fight against them "Ohh, I want to fight you guys again! Especially you, Kohaku-chan! By the way Aoyama-kun, you have a small cut on your cheek" Aoyama pales that his beautiful face is damaged

Comical blank orange eyes stares at him before saying "Ah, sorry about that"

Aoyama is still pale, which was better than him wailing out loud about his precious face

"Hush you" blue eyes is startled that Kohaku is suddenly in front of him

A soft hand cups his right cheek where the small cut was. Tangerine eyes slowly close as if she was concentrating hard on the task at hand

Everyone was silent, except Mineta who was muttering how lucky Aoyama was that she was holding his face so tenderly, wondering what the girl was trying to do. Ochaco was the only one humming, knowing what she was going to do

Her eyes slowly open

"There it's gone" she tells, removing her hand on Aoyama's cheek

The people behind her gapes at the now healed cheek

Kohaku turns around and looks at everyone weirdly

One dot appears behind the quiet people

A second

A third

Ochaco giggles at them

"YOU CAN HEAL?!"

Everyone is shock, some curious, others wondering how a push and pull quirk can heal wounds

The same comical blank tangerine eyes just stared at them before nodding

"How can you do that with that kind of quirk?" Kirishima questions this

Kohaku didn't want to tell them the lengthy one so instead she tells the gory ones to her fellow classmates, "If I touch a part of your body, I can pull your bones or muscles apart. It's the same way as putting them back together" they paled at the thought, "Although it takes a lot of concertation and stamina. For now I can heal from small to medium size cuts. But I can't heal other things that doesn't require pulling or pushing muscles and bones…like burns for example"

Everyone stares at her in awe, amazed that she could do something else aside from pushing and pulling things

The atmosphere is broken when Mineta purposely made small cuts on his body before manically saying, "Heal me, Kohaku!"

He helps

And she thanks Jiro


XVII

Dead bodies could be seen

She whimpers but it was soft

The coppery smell of blood made her want to vomit

Her forehead creases while sweat began to form on it as well

Screams and explosion could be heard while the same scenarios repeat inside her head

And she finds herself screaming as well when she wakes up


XVIII

A number of days has passed by and Kohaku has not gotten any sleep after the battle trial

He didn't mean to but he couldn't help but overhear what one of the twins was saying, "This is the 5th day that you consecutively haven't slept properly, Kohaku. You look like a zombie" said girl just grumbles on her desk. Todoroki looks at his peripheral vision and notes that the girl on his right, indeed looks like a zombie. Dark rings underneath those closed tangerine eyes were darker than their homeroom teacher. He'd be worried if they were friends but he didn't come to school to make friends so he just scoffed it off, preparing to read the book on his hand again but stopped and intrigued once more on the twin, farthest from him, was telling to the one next to him

"Are you having nightmares again?" from her voice alone, Todoroki would know that she was worried for her other half. It didn't help that he could hear the two sibling's conversation when they were one of the few students who were inside the classroom early.

'Nightmares? Again?' he questions those words uttered a while ago

They both hear a grumble coming out of the girl in between them, "I'm fine" one tangerine eye was opened, looking at the worried expression of Ochaco beside her "It's not that bad"

Ochaco makes an offending sound as if she was stopping herself from getting up from her seat to shout at her sister

"You were screa-"

A hand was raised up to her face, stopping her from whatever she was going to say

They were silent for a good few minutes, Todoroki slightly looked at them, curious if they were making a twin telepathy conversation kind of thing. The bi colored haired teen wondered what it was like having a twin but crushed the idea for it brought a bad taste on his mouth.

Ochaco then sighs in defeat, grumbling

The conversation dies and Todoroki is left to try and read his book. But…it is hard for him to do so because he is intrigued about the Uraraka twins. Curious about the small exchange that the twins had but forgets about it when Aizawa-sensei arrives and classes start for that day


XIX

"Kohaku…Kohaku!" she quietly shouts her name, a habit that was formed when their parents were still with them in their small apartment

Tangerine eyes snapped open as she hastily sat up

For a moment Kohaku looked at her shaking hands, Ochaco does not know that her sister is wondering if there are blood stains on her hands.

"Kohaku" the whisper of her name makes her snap her head towards her and she could not help but hug her tight because the last thing that she saw in her dream was an unmoving figure of her grown up sibling

She'd chant an unrecognizable, "You're alright" to her ears

And just like they were children, Ochaco would climb in her bed and they would sleep together peacefully

However, the nightmares do not cease


XX

She is seated next to Tokoyami during the bus ride

Everything was giving her a nervous breakdown despite the usual look that she has on the outside. Like her previous life, she was hyperaware and sensitive to whatever was happening. A simple twitch or sound made her panic because she knew what was going to happen in just a few minutes.

Her classmates' chattering and laugher did not do anything

"Are…you alright?" she made a small squeak that only Tokoyami and probably his Dark Shadow could only hear. It embarrassed her that such sound came out from her lips when the bus bumped a few rocks on the road

Her lips were still covered, pink dusted her cheeks and Tokoyami could have mistaken her and Ochaco if he didn't know which twin he was sitting beside with the small blush that adored her cheeks

After a minute of calming down she says, "I am alright, Tokoyami-kun" a small smile appeared on her now normal face, "Thank you"

Red eyes continue to stare at her. It wasn't his business and he usually didn't mind but something was suddenly pulling his heart on the girl beside him.

"Is…something the matter?" she slowly blinks when saying this before Tokoyami closes his eyes ones again and leans back on the seat of the bus

"It is nothing. I just thought that maybe we met in the past but nothing comes to mind" he casually replies, opening his left eye to look at the girl with his arms crossed on his chest. Not that she could see it with his cape enveloping his body

Images of her and a small young boy living in the same neighborhood, appeared. Children their age would laugh at his appearance but she'd bully them back with a raise of her hand, her recently activated quirk threatening them. The small interaction made them the best of friends. Despite not studying in the same primary school, they made time to play with each other. Elementary came, his feathers grew and nobody bullied him anymore for his appearance and quirk. Then middle school happened, they were happy that they'd get to be in the same school once again. They would train and help each other because they wanted to go to the same top high school in the country together. And they did get in…the rest was history

Tokoyami is intrigued with that smile of her, wondering what kind of smile that was. It was a mixture of sadness and happiness. Two contradicting emotions but it was present on it.

And then she turns to him, face fully looking at him and he could not help but stare back at those tangerine eyes. He blinked, somewhat shocked and confused that it turned cobalt blue but when he blinked again it turned back to normal.

A small giggle

"Maybe we met in our previous life?"

Those words were said jokingly but he couldn't help but feel that there was something more to it but he couldn't help but just nod his head and give his reply

"Maybe"


XXI

No matter how many times she has seen this and experience this, her stomach churns making her sick.

It does not help that the bus has stopped and have boarded down to be greeted by the Space Hero "Thirteen" and the gigantic structure of what will happen in just a few minutes

But she steels herself up, because this is her purpose. This is the reason why she is the only one who has these memories and experiences…and that is to help her friends and save the world and this dimension.

"Let's do this" she tells no one but herself


XXII

Class 1A goes inside the Unforeseen Simulation Joint or USJ facility that they were going to 'practice their rescuing'

Everyone is amazed except herself, whose heart is beating so fast that she wonders if anyone can hear it from her place

She was half listening to Thirteen's explanation while she tried not to stare at the fountain down the stairs.

After the androgynous teacher's inspiring words, everyone cheered but it only made her guard up

Everything turns black


XXIII

Everything turns black

But she puts up a brave face, because this is where it starts. This is where everything falls into pieces. The familiar black and purple portal that she has seen a couple of times suddenly appeared where she knew it would. The covered face of Shigaraki Tomura, mist like one of Kurogiri and mindless face of Nomu made her fall into a familiar stance

'It's time'


XXIV

And she just smiled, eyes hidden from her bangs

'Ahh what a wishful thought' because almost all of the things that she thought of was just that…a wishful thought…how she'd become friends with them again, how the same outcome would occur, Their first day with Aizawa testing their quirks, Izuku and Katsuki's fight during the training session with All Might as their teacher, her battle with Koda against Aoyama and Ashido, interacting with Tokoyami…everything

How she wished that it was that easy

How she wished everything that she thought of would have happened again

But it didn't because she wasn't at their side to experience it

'Not this time' a grim smile appeared as she watched how her former teacher fought with the villains that they had rounded up

"Annoying" Shigaraki Tomura's constant scratching could be heard

They could see that they were trying to escape

"Kurogiri-san bring me up there as well" yellow distorted long eyes stare at her form but just nods as his purple and black warp gate transports them up the stairs to where she would meet everyone


XV

Painfully familiar eyes stared at her form as Kurogiri-san comforting purple whips swirled around her

"Ko-kohaku?"

Her heart ached when she heard her dearly beloved sister's voice

How long has it been?

A few months?

Probably a year

Or more?

And her heart squeezed painfully when the people that she knew from this world looked at her cautiously. Waiting for her to do something that would endanger them. It pained her that her friends...her best friends and her previous lover were giving her with such hostile look and glaring ones

Kohaku bit the inside of her cheeks hard, forcing herself to stop shaking because all she wants to do is hug her precious sister in this world

And with a shaky but convincing smile, Kohaku tilts her head up. Eyes narrow and dark as she stared at the people that she vowed she'd protect in this world

"Hello to you too, Ochaco-nee"


A/N: Probably not my best but not the worst either so meh I'm just laughing (crying) coz I did this instead of my thesis for university. To be continued? Probably? I didn't continue it past season 2 in the anime coz that's the only thing I have watched. I do not read the manga but I have a vague idea what to do with Kohaku's presence but for now this is just a one shot…we shall see in the future. But I have already written possible scenarios/fillers for it and oh man it breaks my heart

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