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BATTLE CENTER A
"TIME'S UPPPP!!!!" The announcer shouted, indicating that the exam is over.
Everyone stood there, in shock. Toshinori's fists caused the bot to crumble and evaporate into nothingness, as steam emerges out of Toshinori's hand.
He opened his eyes, looking at Tatsumaki with a soft smile, "You okay, Senritsu-san?"
Tatsumaki didn't answer. She was just as shocked as everyone else. She slowly stood up, holding her injury in her arms. She eyed him very carefully, but didn't open her mouth.
Toshinori was of course, worried by this, "Are you okay...?"
"What.." Tatsumaki muttered, before raising her tone again, "What was that?!"
Toshinori stood there, frozen. He knew pulling a stunt like that would earn attention that he didn't want.
Tatsumaki was about to approach him, but winced in pain when she forced herself to move. "Easy there, don't move, you're injured." Tatsumaki scowled, "Don't put up a nice guy act and answer! How did you do that?!"
Gee, you're welcome, shorty... Toshinori sarcastically remarked in his mind. Bad approached him too, with a shocked expression, "Yagi...?"
Toshinori eyed him, before scratching his head, "Bad, it's nothing really, I-"
"How is it nothing?! You evaporated that gigantic scraps of metal into oblivion! I'm super fuckin' jealous! How did you do that, eh?! Tell me, tell me!" Bad shouted, much to Tatsumaki's annoyance.
Everyone began chattering with each other,
"Holy shit! What the fuck is that guy even?!"
"He destroyed that Zero-Pointer like it's nothing!"
"His quirk is kinda out-of-this-world, methinks.."
"Urusai!" A new voice emerged amidst them. The source of the voice was a handsome, slightly long blue-haired kid, his smug look pissing everyone off, "You just see a true diamond of a hero in action. So what? You pathetic heroes-in-training should stop bugging him and leave him be." He continued, "Heroes these days are weak, incompetent, and I have no doubt that most of you will end up being in the list of one of the most incompetent heroes to ever exist."
The blue-haired teen then pointed at Toshinori, "He, however, in my eyes, have potential, unlike the rest of you weasels. He jumped in action to save that girl without hesitation, without thinking of the consequences. He put himself in danger and didn't even care a bit about his own well-being. That is the true mark of a hero, while all of you? You ran away like the incompetent cowards you are, completely ignoring the girl in need."
A boy suddenly shouted back, "Eh?! You talk as if you didn't ran too, hypocrite!"
The teen chuckled to himself, "Assumption before evidence are always folly. For your information, I was going to save the girl, but then, that boy rushed in before me. I decided to stop and observe. I saw how he tried to convince the girl to run with him, the latter being a stubborn prideful idiot,"
"HEY!" The voice of Tatsumaki yelling interjected. The teen ignored it and continued, "However, seeing no options left, and the danger of death approaching him, what did the boy do? He didn't flee. He had the chance to. To abandon the girl to her impending doom. Guess what he did? He stood in front of her, telling her that it's all going to be fine. If you want my honest opinion, he should be one of the only ones to be accepted in this school, the rest should be expelled immediately, seeing how incompetent you all actually are."
Toshinori didn't like how this guy talked about the other heroes-in-training. If you ask me, they all did good too... Toshinori thought.
Tatsumaki stood up, albeit the pain in her arms, but she ignored it. She yelled, "Hey! Who the hell do you think you are, some kind of hero judge?! You're just the same as we are, a hero-in-training!"
The teen smiled, "You all can call me...Sweet Mask! And I'm certain that I'm better than most of you. I'm going to be the best hero, and surpass even the number one hero, Ganryu!" He proudly declared.
"S- S- Sweet Mask!? What kind of...WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT!?" Tatsumaki began laughing childishly, "Were you staring at the mirror when you thought of that name?! You must be blind!" Tatsumaki remarked again, causing the majority of the students to laugh out loud at her joke.
"My beauty is no laughing matter, you inferior insects!" 'Sweet Mask' protested, "STOP LAUGHING!" He demanded, but everyone kept laughing.
Toshinori shook his head in disbelief at the current situation. Well, at least they diverged the attention away from me, that's good. He thought, as he quietly tried to sneak away with a mischievous smile.
Suddenly, a hand grabbed his shoulder. Toshinori looked, only to see Bad scowling at him, "You ain't going anywhere, Yagi." he said. The world seemed to turn dark, and Bad's eyes seemed that they were staring right at Toshinori's soul. Aw fuck.
"Hah! You ain't shit, 'Sweet Mask'! You know who I am, hm?! I am the Tornado of Terror, and I can do a variety of things with my quirk! Like turning your body into a mince meat, a human ovacado, or better, flung your ass into the sun!" 'Tornado of Terror' spoke, "In fact, I'm tempted to do either of those things to you right now."
The laughter died out, and everyone stared at Tatsumaki as if they were staring at the monster that were hiding under their beds when they were just a little weasel.
"Is that a challenge, 'Tornado of Terror'?! I'm happy to serve you my fist of beauty, right at your form of ugliness!" Sweet Mask replied back with a snarky smile.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Tatsumaki yelled. Toshinori slapped his forehead. This is childish, real childish.
"You kids are irrational when it comes to your quirks. Cut it out already." A new feminine voice came out. The students looked back, only to see a pink ponytail-haired young woman walking in their direction, wearing a nursery outfit, her smile spreading.
"R- Recovery Girl!" Everyone shouted. Recovery Girl approached Tatsumaki. She looked like she was ready to flung anyone into the sun for all she cares.
"That injury in your arm doesn't look very pleasant at all..." Recovery Girl remarked, before crouching to kiss the girl, "Just stand still." She kissed the shorter girl, startling her, "O- Oi! What did you-"
"I sped up your healing abilities. Feeling better now?" Recovery Girl asked. Tatsumaki rubbed where the injury was, before feeling relief, "W- wait..the pain is gone!"
"You're welcome, kiddo!" Recovery Girl winked with a smirk, before walking away, checking on the other students for potential injuries. Tatsumaki scowled, "K- kiddo?! I'm-" Bad was behind her already, putting a hand in her shoulder, "Cut it out already, Tatsumaki-chan. Let's just go home and wait for the results. And I'm talking to you too, Toshinori, you're coming with me." Bad said with a dark voice.
Toshinori stared at him, sweat-dropping.
"I can't believe they let brats like you take a part in an exam for future-heroes. It's like they're letting the safety of the public be left in the hands of prideful idiotic brats like you." Sweet Mask commented with a disgusted look.
"ME?! A BRAT?! UNFORGIVEABLE!!" Tatsumaki was enveloped with green energy. It took a hard pat to the back to make her snap out of it, "Tatsumaki-chan, what did I tell you?!" Bad yelled.
Tatsumaki let herself relax, before replying, "Hmph! Whatever, let's just go. This place sucks anyways." She crossed her arms, looking away.
Bad walked, Tatsumaki following him while floating in the air. Toshinori followed them too, looking away from the students. They looked like they forgot about what Toshinori did earlier. Good. Thank god for the sassy lost child and the K-pop actor interfering in his case.
Wait a minute.
Is Tatsumaki rubbing off of on him? Did he just refer to them by anything but their names?
Toshinori shook his head. His new friends are odd indeed.
Outside of U.A...
"That...was one of the most stupidest thing I've ever heard." Bad deadpanned. Toshinori sighed, "You may not believe me, but that's really all I did. My friend didn't believe me either, so I don't blame you."
Metal Bat replied, "Fine, fine, I'll believe you, but still, it's ridiculous how you got that strong by a simple training regime."
"Believe me, there was nothing simple about it. Once you get to do it, you'll wish you were dead." Toshinori replied.
Bad only nodded. It was ridiculous. The guy was quirkless, and he managed to get this strong? That's impossible.
Tatsumaki interjected, "Makes you think...quirks aren't really everything, are they?"
Eh..did I heard that right? Toshinori internally said. Tatsumaki then looked at Toshinori, before saying, "Hey, by the way, err.." She stopped, looking like she was struggling to say her next words.
"What is it, Senritsu-san?" Toshinori asked. Tatsumaki's cheeks began to redden, as she says her next words, "T...T...Th.." She struggled, gritting her teeth.
Toshinori and Metal Bat stared at her, confused. "Thank...Thank you..for..uh..saving...me...?" Tatsumaki finally finished, looking away to hide her embarrassed face.
"You're..welcome. It's no problem really. Just doing what I had to do." Toshinori replied with a smile, though she didn't see him smiling.
Bad smiled widely, "Did you just show a sign of gratefulness?! That's my Tatsumaki-chan!"
Tatsumaki's angered face was now shown, "S- shut up, pompadour-head! And I'm not your 'Tatsumaki-chan'! Bugger off!" She finished yelling, before looking at Toshinori, "And you!" She yelled, causing Toshinori to be startled, "Huh?"
"Don't think just because you saved me that you're better than me!! In your dreams, blue-eyes!! I'm stronger than you! I outclass you! Lame-hair! Zombie-eyes! Ugly skeleton!" Tatsumaki began throwing a barrage of insults.
Bead of sweats emerged out of Toshinori's forehead, "Gomen...Senritsu-san?"
"And drop the formality, idiot! Call me Tatsumaki, TAT-SU-MA-KI! Got it?! Call me 'Senritsu-san' again and I'll flung you down into the earth's core!" Tatsumaki threatened with a ridiculous, cute, angry face.
Toshinori only snickered, "Yes, whatever you say, Tatsumaki.."
"What's so funny-?!" Tatsumaki was cut off when Bad sighed in exasperation, "Tatsumaki-chan, let's just go home. I'm sure the poor guy has had enough of us."
Tatsumaki calmed down, before saying, "Whatever! We can settle who's stronger later! I'm looking forward to it, blue-eyes!"
"I have a name, you know..." Yagi deadpanned. "Oh, your name? Was it...Yakult?" Tatsumaki asked in a clueless manner.
Toshinori stared at her, before replying, "Yagi...Toshinori.."
"Oh, Yakult it is!" Tatsumaki confirmed before flying away with a mischievous laughter, "Bye, Yakult! Hope to see you never!"
Bad looked back at Toshinori, before giving him an apologetic look, "Once again, sorry for the idiot's behaviour. Hope you don't mind. She can be nice, and be a jerk in the next few moments."
Toshinori nodded, "It's fine, it's fine! No need to apologize. Well, you can go home now. See you later, I guess?"
"Yup! I hope we're in the same class! You seem cool, Yagi, and I kinda like your company." Bad admitted. Toshinori gave him the widest smile, "Good to know! I hope we're in the same class too!"
"Looks like we're in the same boat.." Bad gave him a thumbs up, "Anyways, see ya!" He bid Toshinori his farewell, before running away.
Toshinori adjusted his backpack, before remembering one thing he said he was going to do.
And as if the universe was listening to him, King passed him by. Oddly enough, the 'King Engine' weren't present.
"Hey! Hey! Wait up!" Toshinori called out, causing King to stop in his tracks. He stopped, before saying, "Hmm...?"
Toshinori looked at him, who was actually surprised, "Hey, I know I seem like a bother right now, but uh, after hearing a bit about you, I can't help but be a bit curious-"
"Oh! Oh! It's okay, it's not a bother, really! I'm just surprised, that's all." King suddenly said in a high tone. Oh? A high tone?
Yeah, not a surprise, since Bad told him a bit about the deal with the infamous 'King'.
"So? What's up?" King said enthusiastically.
"Well, I just wanted to see what you were like..you know, how do you deal with all the people being scared of you and all?" Toshinori asked again.
King looked at him sadly, before sighing, "I'm nothing like what they said if you're wondering. I'm just a wimpy kid from a private school."
"What caused this to happen? People being scared of you?" Toshinori asked again.
King took a deep breath, before replying, "It all started when I was only a first year student. A bully came to me, asked for money, I got scared, and this quirk of mine.. it's odd. It makes me stronger whenever I'm scared, plus the additional, ridiculous loud heartbeat. In instinct, I flicked my wrist at them, and because of my strength, they were sent flying into the wall."
He continued, "They were bruised a lot, and that's where the term 'King Engine' were born. The bullies started to gossip about me, telling absolute ridiculous rumours about me, and in turn, fear about me began to take them over. They said, whenever they hear the 'King Engine', something bad will happen. I lived for three years in a middle school, isolated, alone, with no friends...with an exception being a kid named Hitoshi Bad."
Toshinori looked at him sympathetically, "I'm...sorry about that...but..." He then smiled, "How about if I become your friend? You seem like a nice guy, Oji-san!"
King looked at him with surprise in his face, Wait, how did he know that name?!
"So? What do you say?" Toshinori asked with a smile. King smiled back, before nodding, "Sure..having another friend couldn't hurt, right?" He said the last bit to himself in the form of a whisper.
"Ah! Well, what do you do usually when you get home?" Toshinori asked. King replied, "I play games, a lot. One of my favourite genres of video games are fighting games, you play em?"
Toshinori shook his head, "Didn't have the money to afford that kind of thing."
King gave him a wide smile, "Then how about I treat you to a round of games tomorrow?! I got plenty of games to play, I bet you'd enjoy them!"
Toshinori gave him a look, before nodding, "Sure! I'd love to..but hold on.." He then felt a phone buzzing on his pocket, "I'll be right back." King only nodded.
Toshinori kept a distance, before answering the phone call, "Hello? Who is this?"
"This is the mother of Yaoyoruzu Izumi, and I called you to personally thank you for your deeds a month ago." The voice replied.
Oh? That Yaoyoruzu Izumi? The girl he saved? Holy shit!
"No problem, Yaoyoruzu-san!" Yagi replied politely.
The voice let out a light chuckle, "You should come to your apartment soon. Me and my family is here to meet the saviour of our child, and of course, to compensate you for what you did. Sorry for taking so long for an immediate respond, but we were so busy at the time."
Toshinori frantically replied, "N- no! Don't apologize, Yaoyoruzu-san! Besides, I wasn't doing it to get some kind of applause! Oh, and..you don't have to compensate me, but meeting me back in my apartment would be appreciated! Compensation is not necessary!"
"Nonsense. We insist." The voice said again, "We'll be seeing you soon, Yagi-san. Looking forward to our meeting. Don't be late." The voice then hung up.
Toshinori stood there for a second, frozen in shock. Compensation? No, they're not to give some of their wealth away to him, are they? Because that's not necessary at all!
He then returned to King, who looked at him with a smile, "Ah! You're back! So? What about tomorrow?"
Toshinori lifted a thumbs up, "I'd love to hang out, here's my phone number." He then wrote his phone number in an insanely inhumane speed, before giving King the written phone number, "To contact me. You can message me the time, and the address. I'll be there in an instant, literally. But don't be too early, because I still have a school tomorrow. I'm kind of in a hurry right now, so sorry if I'm speaking too fast! Okay, bye, it's been nice meeting you!" He then ran away in an instant, speeding off back to his apartment.
King then looked at the paper, before looking at the direction of where Toshinori ran off to, "...he hasn't told me his name, though."
Back at the apartment...
Toshinori stopped right in front of his apartment. Noticing no sign of life, he entered the apartment, "Guess I'll wait..." he's tired, needed to nap for a bit.
He took the stairs, and went to floor 2, where his room was. He approached his room, which was located in the corner of the floor. He brought out his keys, before trying to unlock the door.
Click.
Wait, it's already unlocked? What the..
THERE WAS A THIEF INSIDE!!
He then opened the door frantically, ready to check whatever things did the thief stole when he was gone. Dammit, how could he let his guard do-
He was interrupted when a voice of several people in the room came out, "HAAAAPPYY BIIRTHDAAY, YAGI TOSHINORIIIII!!!"
The people who sat there were Yui, Genos, Izumi, and the rest of the Yaoyoruzu Family. "EEEEHHHH?!" Toshinori let out a yelp of surprise.
That's it for today's chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Stay tuned for the next!