I don't own One Punch Man, nor do I own My Hero Academia. Each Franchise is owned by their respective owners. Enjoy!
Annonnymous: Yeah, I was going to do that, but I figured it'd be good if Tatsumaki was given a bit of a spotlight :D (My first attempt at responding to comments in a story xD)
Anyways enjoy!
The Principal's Office...
Toshinori was gnashing his teeth, afraid that he might get into trouble. Tatsumaki eyed him, getting concerned by his current behaviour.
As they followed Toshi's homeroom teacher, they reached their destination, the office of the principal himself. They entered, before the teacher spoke, "As you have requested, the 3-A student is here."
"I see, I see...take a seat, please." The principal said politely. Toshinori nodded, beads of sweat swarming in his forehead.
As both of the kids took a seat, the principal cleared his throat, before speaking, "As I have recalled.. you're one of the quirkless people that our school has, is that correct?"
Toshinori reluctantly nodded, "Yes, sir."
Tatsumaki was annoyed by his scaredy cat behaviour. He was impervious to anything! Why was he scared of this bald, old geezer sitting right in front of them?
"I see. Don't get so intense right now, you're not in trouble." The principal said, as Toshinori sighed in relief.
"I just want to say that you're dismissed from school. You're free to go home whenever you want, as I see that you're stressed by our unfortunate students actions, including those bothersome sons of the former number six hero, Vigorous. There are no important studies going on in the school at the moment anyway." The principal said, "Although the child sitting besides you is a bit of mystery. Why did you brought her here? Where are her parents?"
Toshinori was about to say something, but then Tatsumaki slammed the desk, "I'M NOT A DAMN CHILD!"
Toshinori immediately went to her side rubbing her sides to calm her, "Oi, Tats, calm down! That's the principal you're talking to!''
The principal chuckled, "And quite the bothersome attitude too."
Tatsumaki was about to lash out, but took a deep breath, and sat down, listening to Toshinori's demand. Toshinori bowed his head, "I'm sorry..But I assure you, she's just a friend of mine who asked to come with me. She was..well, she was a bit lonely.."
The principal, who was named Kamikaze, let out a chuckle, "It's alright. Children these days have no idea how to keep their attitudes in check. It honestly doesn't surprise me. Masashi and Mezo is the pinnacle of that example."
Tatsumaki gritted her teeth, growling subtly. She doesn't like to be compared with those two disgrace. She crossed her arms with a loud 'hmph!', before storming out of the room, causing Toshinori to stare at the door in shock.
Kamikaze gestured, "I believe you want to go after her. You're free to go now. Dismissed." He dismissed him.
Toshinori nodded, before standing up to leave. But then, the principal stopped him for a moment, "I just have one more thing to say, though."
Toshinori stopped in the middle of his tracks, "What is it, sensei?"
"Don't let the fact that you, a quirkless person, be able to partake in an exam along with other talented quirked students get into your head.. The world is a cruel and unforgiving place to the quirkless. Honestly, if you ask me, if you really got accepted, it would take a damn miracle for that to happen. Stay safe out there, okay?" Kamikaze smiled, before lifting a thumbs up.
Toshinori let out a subtle growl. Quirkless this, quirkless that, when will these stop? When will people learn that quirkless, doesn't equal powerless?
He knows the principal had good intentions saying that. Hell, Kamikaze-sensei was one of the only ones who didn't have anything against the quirkless.
But the fact that he said it would take a miracle for a quirkless person to be a hero? He couldn't help but feel offended.
He only let out a sigh, before saying, "I will keep that in mind, sensei. Just remember this one thing though: Quirkless doesn't mean powerless. I still stand by that, and will always do." He finished, before leaving the office. He had a girl to calm down...and oh, and a certain 'gamer' to meet later on.
The principal smirked, "I'll see that ideology of yours into the end, Yagi-san."
He then turned to the homeroom teacher, "Quite the student you have there."
He snorted, "You have no idea."
Outside...
Tatsumaki grumbled as she walked in circles in front of the school gates. "Me? Me?! I'm not comparable to them. I'm not! I. AM. NOT. SIMILAR. TO THOSE TWO!"
She kicked a nearby large rock, causing her to wince in pain at her own actions. "ACKHH..!!! DAMN YOU!" She then used her esper quirk to absolutely crush the rock into dust.
Before she can grumble even more, suddenly, a cheery yell came from behind her, "WORRY NOT! BECAUSE-" Tatsumaki looked behind only to see Toshinori tripping on his own legs, causing him to fall into the ground in a ridiculous, embarrassing manner. His body spun around in the air, before landing on the ground in a... bizarre position.
Toshinori yelled his next words despite being on the ground, "I AM HERE, IN A BIZARRE POSITION!"
Tatsumaki looked at him for a moment, before snickering. That snickering turned into a loud laughter, "I- Is that some kind of weird catchphrase?!"
Toshinori groaned as he lifted himself up and stood, completely unscathed, "Nope, not doing that again...how did I trip on myself anyway!" He berated himself.
He then turned his attention to Tatsumaki, who was still laughing, "O- Oi, stop laughing!"
His words fell on deaf ears, as Tatsumaki was still laughing, "Yakult, oh, Yakult, you're so damn cheesy!"
"Come on, it wasn't that bad...I just use that kind of thing, to, you know, to make myself and the one I'm saving feel stronger and safer. It lets them know that I am-" Toshinori was cut off abruptly when the ground shook.
Suddenly, two hands came out of the ground, grabbing hold of both the teen's legs. Toshinori widened his eyes as he was pulled into the ground, his head still sticking out.
"H- hey! Toshinori!" Tatsumaki yelled his actual name out, as she tried to approach him.
Suddenly, a figure emerged out of the dirt. A figure with red round eyes and a bulky feature stood in front of the esper girl, staring at her, trying to intimidate her, "You're not going near our meal, little girl~~."
Tatsumaki gritted her teeth, "He's not your meal, asshole! Give him back!" She said as her hands glowed green. A villain attack at these times? Unexpected, and annoying. She wanted to crush them, wanted them to stay away from him.
But she forgot about one important detail. Toshinori was still impervious to anything. "Tats, it's alright, I kinda feel like..a bamboo shoot. Just stay back, I got this." Toshinori reassured, still relaxing.
"W- what?" Tatsumaki asked in confusion. Toshinori, who had almost all of his body 'stuck' on the ground, eyed the bulky creature very carefully.
The bulky creature turned to see the teen, with a creepy smile on his face. Suddenly, two more creature emerged out of the ground.
"Looks like you're in what's called a tight spot." The creature mocked, as they laughed.
"That's a bad one." Toshinori retorted, "Seriously, a bad one."
The creature was taken aback for a moment, before asking, "You're trapped, and is in the mercy of us both, yet still, you aren't scared?"
"Nah, what for? I'm supposed to be intimidated by your biceps? Man, that's why I hate ripped men these days." Toshinori spoke to them in a bored manner, "Especially ripped villains. They're dumb. They may have the brawns, but the brains? I'm not sure if they're as smart as a growing toddler.'
"YOU DARE!!!?? DON'T YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE?!" The creature loudly yelled to his face. Toshinori raised his brow, before replying, "Don't think so, and I'm not really sure if I want to kn-"
"WE ARE THE SUBTERRANEANS! WE ARE THE CREATURES WHOM YOUR ANCESTORS WERE AFRAID OF! WHY?! BECAUSE WE TEAR THEIR FLESH OFF EVERY NIGHT, FEASTS ON THEIR ORGANS AND MEAT! WE WERE FEARED, RESPECTED, AND ADORED! FOR OUR MIGHT, IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE! WE ARE SUPERIOR TO YOUR RACE IN EVERY WAY! YOU ARE ONLY FIT TO BE OUR MEAL!" The creature yelled to his face.
Toshinori sighed, "Ah, I see-"
"But we aren't always like this! You see, long ago, in the time before the permian extinction, our race thrived. Our might was even stronger than that of the dinosaurs!" The creature proudly exclaimed again, much to Toshinori's impatience, "Okay so-"
"But then, when that damned meteor hit us, our lives were permanently ruined! Then, came along the age of the mammals. Several years has passed, and while the human race thrived, we were forced to take cover in the world of the underground, hiding from them! Food resources weren't that much too! We were driven by starvation, and saw the humans as our only source of meals! But you see, our strength has been rising ever since that day, and we have planned every step to take over the society of human race, and turn it upside down!" The creature declared again.
"Oi-" Toshinori was interrupted again when the creature continued his monologue, "And you! You're acting like you aren't scared of us?! You need to see and embrace the greatness and the glory of the subterraneans in front of your very feeble eyes, human! Who you see in front of you, can very well be one of your leaders in the very distant future! Can you imagine it!? Me commanding these so called warriors you humans call 'heroes', enslaving them, humiliating them, torturing them, ooooh, it'll be soooooooo satis-"
A fist suddenly connected to the creature's face, sending him a few miles away into the air, before crashing into a nearby tree.
"Jeez, can villains shorten their ridiculous monologues into 20 words or less?" Toshinori yelled, already out of the 'tight spot' they had put him in.
Tatsumaki smiled, feeling herself relaxen as she witnessed the great gap between their power and his. They're fucked.
Toshinori then snapped his neck, cracking his knuckles, before turning into two of the creatures that he still hasn't punched, "So, sub-humans, was it?" He asked, still clueless about their name, despite it being mentioned beforehand.
"W- what?! How?!" One of the bulky creatures took a step back.
Suddenly, the other creature was engulfed in electricity, "I'll kill you! Come on bro, let's kill this human and be done with it!"
The scared creature was reassured by his friend, before turning his face into a smirk, "You'll pay for taking out one of us, you asshole!" As his body was engulfed in electricity too, "You take on the boy, I take on the girl!" He strategised.
"Electricity? That's cool...now wait, electricity..? Wait...oh shit...no..." Toshinori took a step back, his eyes widen in fear. Tatsumaki found this behaviour very odd, "Toshinori? Toshinori! What's wro-" She was cut off when the creature slammed it's fist into his face, sending him flying away.
"TOSHINORI!!" Tatsumaki yelled, her shock was still there. Suddenly, she was pinned into the ground by one of the bulky creatures before she can check his condition, "You aren't going anywhere, little girl."
"Get off me, you--" Suddenly, she felt her bones cracking a bit. She screamed in pain as the subterranean laughed maniacally, "You really had faith on that buffoon. I can see it. You stopped when you saw him getting calm despite being threatened. But you should've seen the look on his face when we revealed our true power. In other words..." The creature whispered to her ear, "Don't underestimate us.."
"No... there's nothing...that can hurt him...I don't believe it.." Tatsumaki gritted her teeth. She refused to believe that there was something that can hurt him. She saw him. He was...strong. But maybe, she was wrong to think that. After all, he's not a pro-hero... he was just a teenaged boy trying to do the right thing.
I'm just a normal person who doesn't stand out above anyone else.
She widened her eyes as the other creature was toying with Toshinori in the air, sending him flying away to different directions, like a ping pong.
"TOSHINORI!!" Tatsumaki yelled into thr sky, worry about his well being filled her.
"Don't bother, once he dies and becomes our meal, you're next, little girl." The creature snarled, as he licked Tatsumaki's flesh.
She was crying, her tears streaming down her face. She can't use her esper to drive this creature away. He was too strong. Besides, if they had the power to hurt Toshinori...who is she that she thinks she can stand against them?
"Keep crying, little girl. But don't you worry, it'll end soon..." The creature spoke in a soothing, but threatening voice.
I'm sorry...Fubuki-chan...
No...I may have made a horrible mistake... Toshinori said in his mind, as he was seemingly getting pounded and nearly defeated by the electricity filled subterraneans.
Electricity...electricity...this is bad...why didn't I think of this before?! He mentally berated himself, as another fist connected to his chest, sending him flying into different directions.
POW!
POW!
BOOM!
KABOOM!
KRAKATOOM!
I'm screwed! Definitely screwed!
As the creature was about to land a finishing blow to Toshinori's flying body. This is it. This might be the end of Toshinori.
His career is over before he could even begin it. What a shame. The vigilante who was known to ending his fights with one blow, ending up being defeated by a measly creature..
A shameful and embarrassing ending for such a hero with great potential.
I really forgot... Toshinori thought again. But suddenly, his mouth opened, as his fist formed.
In an instant, he shouted the very next words, "I REALLY FORGOT TO TURN OFF THE TELEVISION AND THE LIGHTS!!!" As his fist made an impact with the creature's chest, the damned thing's body was blown into bits.
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Tatsumaki widened her eyes when Toshinori shouted his next words. She gritted her teeth in annoyance, So he was still impervious to everything. I'm sooo going to kill him the moment we're done with this. But then, she was smiling, her eyes still red. Her fears was disappearing, as she took a look on the creature that was pinning her against the ground, terror was shown in his face.
"What...what the hell is he...?!" The creature backed down, unpinning Tatsumaki in distress.
Tatsumaki then formed a wall of rocks behind him, preventing him from running away, "Now where do you think you're going?"
She then used the rocks from the ground to form a half circle, crushing the subterranean to death, as blood splatters into every direction.
Dammit, I really submitted myself to him for a moment. Turns out he was just a weakling! I was too afraid! Damn you, Yakult!
But then, a scream of terror was heard from behind her. It was Toshinori.
"DAMMIT! I SCREWED UP!!!" He screamed to the skies, distress taking him over, "How could I be so idiotic?! Oh shit, did I lock my apartment? Did my television overheat? Is it on fire now? Are the fire crew there yet to save the people? Aw man, did I turn off the water after showering?! If I don't hurry right now, my electricity bills will pile up and-"
"Calm yourself, Yakult." Tatsumaki sternly demanded from behind him.
"But Tats! If I continue what I'm doing right now, think about the people that needed the electricity, the electricity that I wasted just because I forgot to turn my television and lights off! Think about it, the earth as of now is losing some of it's resources, the government are trying so hard to make us-" Toshinori was interrupted when Tatsumaki hugged him abruptly.
"You really made me panic for a second there, Toshinori." Tatsumaki said, "You idiot, worrying about little things like that in the middle of the fight..."
Toshinori, in the middle of his ranting of his idiocy of wasting precious electricity, suddenly realised..
"Wait, were you okay back there?!" Toshinori asked, panic was heard on his voice. "Oh? I'm fine." Tatsumaki replied, but she could still feel the pain the subterranean inflicted on her shoulder.
Tatsumaki suddenly pulled herself away from the teen, confusing him. Shit...why did I hug him?!
"Tats..." Toshinori suddenly called out, "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like th-"
"It's fine. Well, not fully fine..." Tatsumaki replied, "I mean you made me panic for a second there." She finished. Toshinori then noticed a bit of red on her eyes.
Wait..she was crying...
"Were you...crying..?" Toshinori decided to be more blunt. Tatsumaki shook her head, as she looked away, "I really wasn't. Don't worry about it."
But then, they realised that the pedestrians near them were beginning to surround them, looking particularly at the boy with the blonde hair in amazement.
Whilst that happens, multiple police cars came to the scene. Toshinori sighed, "Shit, I really screwed up twice today, didn't I..."
Mustafa Private Middle School.. CLASS 3-C..
It was free day, the same as Toshinori's school. Everyone was free to do whatever, be it extracurricular activities, or to socialize.
Sitting in the class, was Tsuyoi Oji, AKA the notorious King, and Hitoshi Bad.
"Sooooo, you made a new friend. And that friend, happens to be a friend of mine too." Bad said, giving his friend a friendly elbow bump.
King nodded, "I talked to him last night. He seems nice, understanding, and all that..."
"Yep! And he definitely has the attitude required for a hero. He saved Tatsumaki-chan and destroyed the Zero-Pointer without even thinking of the consequences!" Bad exclaimed.
King widened his eyes, "T- that was him?!"
"You didn't know?" Bad frowned. King shook his head, "I was aware of the commotion, but you know how I am." He finished.
Bad knew what he was talking about, so he replied with a simple 'Oh...'.
"Well speaking of Tatsumaki and Zero-Pointers..." Bad suddenly broke the silence, "I'm worried about her. She still hasn't shown up. I know free day is essentially pointless, but like..ugh, I don't know, I just worry."
"You have a crush on her or something?" King bluntly asked, earning a violent smack from Bad, "That isn't the case, idiot!"
King rubbed his head, "Jeez, you didn't have to do that, you know.."
"That's for jumping into stupid conclusions!" Bad yelled, before continuing, "Anyway..I know she's strong and all, but she's also rash and reckless. I'm afraid she's doing something stupid out there out of her pride or something, and worst case scenario, the idiot will get herself killed. You get what I'm sayin'?"
"Should try visiting her home, like right now. This is a free day, after all." King suggested.
"Nah, I don't wanna disturb her. She's scary sometimes." Bad replied, shivering at the thought of disturbing the 'Tornado of Terror' herself.
"How about a round of video games after school?" King offered, "I'm lonely these days, and I'm sure Yagi will be thrilled to have a third person to play with."
"I'd love to, but eh, my sister asks me to watch this ridiculous romantic movie that was recently released." Bad declined reluctantly.
King laughed, "You gonna suffer from that for a good two hours then?" King remarked, earning a glare from Bad.
"What's the movie's name anyways?" King asked.
"'Love Dream'. Basically, a romance movie that started with a wet dream. So there's this boy who had a friend in his school, a girl to be precise. One day, he had a wet dream about her and when he woke up, he realised that-" Bad was interrupted when King whimpered, "N- no, I don't want to hear any more of it...that is so RIDICULOUS!"
"I know right?! And somehow my sister was interested in it." Bad cringed.
King then asked, "Any chance that Zenko-chan watches hentai?" he asked with a dark smirk.
Bad smacked him again, "Oi, watch your fucking mouth, engine-head!"
King laughed whilst rubbing his head, "Haha! I mean, there is a chance that your sister is not an uncultured swine like the rest of the students in this school! Hentai, hot anime girls, hot anime men..."
"Stop." Bad warned.
"Actually, I occasionally play this one dating sim on my gaming console-"
"Oi, I said stop it!"
The both of them started to bicker about anime and hentai.
"Aw come on, Bad-san! Don't you want to hear it?! It's literally heaven! Once you get to know hentai, every hormone in your body will flunctuate, your junk will-" King was interrupted when Bad lightly gripped him by his neck with both of his hands, "Didn't I tell you to stop?!"
King laughed, "Okay, okay, I'll stop! Jeez, you're so uncultured!"
Bad sighed, before removing both of his hand from his neck,
"It's disgusting!"
"It's a blessing from the gods, disguising in the form of entertainment and art!" King exclaimed.
"Talk about something else already!" Bad replied, looking like he was about to vomit.
"How about I tell the basics understanding of this game I play almost everytime?" King asked. Bad nodded, "Sure, I guess, shoot."
"So the game is a simple, yet hard to master. It's a game called 'Tekken'!" King explained.
Bad raised his brow, "Dude...that is so boring."
"Are you going to dislike everything I like though." King deadpanned. "Nah, nah, I haven't played it. It just looks boring, but I might change my mind." Bad replied, trying to assure his friend.
This continued for hours and hours, until Bad finally gets the gist of it...maybe, "So, in this game, there's combos, unnecessary difficult-ass inputs, like that fucking 'electric wind god fist' move you mentioned."
"My personal favourite." King added immediately.
Bad ignored it and continued, "Who the fuck presses forward, down, and back to forward, while pressing the triangle button simultaneously, just to perform a fucking electrified uppercut?"
"Well, Tekken players, I guess." King retorted, earning a growl from Bad, "That was rhetorical, moron!"
Bad exhaled, before continuing, "I'm trying to remember the things you've told me, but holy hell, that was fucking confusing. There's minus frame, plus frame, punish system, and what the fuck else? This game feels like a damn chore rather than a tool to escape from reality."
"That's what makes this a complex game." King retorted, holding his index finger up to make his point.
"Complex my ass, I'm bored listening to all that." Bad replied, earning a frown from King, "Humph! Maybe Yagi will like it more than you."
"I doubt it. He'll smash the console before he could even play it." Bad smirked. King growled, "Your kind will never understand and comprehend how much of a complex game Tekken is!"
As they both barked into each other, the bell suddenly rung, indicating that the students can go home.
"That...was fast." Bad remarked. But King suddenly waved, "Okay, bye bye! Yagi is waiting for me!"
"Huh? Oh yeah, you were gonna-" Bad was interrupted when King ran away excitedly, "I'm gonna show him how a true gamer plays!"
"Oi!" Bad called out, but to no avail. He sighed, "Damn, maybe he was just excited about that new friend of his."
He then walked away, to walk home and greet his sister, who was awaiting for his presence back at home.
But suddenly, something caught his attention. A student caught his gaze. Miriko Hamuze, a student known to have some kind of 'villainous' quirk throughout the school.
Bad didn't care that much about him being bullied, as he has to mind his own business.
His quirk was Control Voice, which is the ability to command people with his voice if he wishes too. People always thought that he could tell other people to turn to villainy, to do his dirty works for him. However, this quirk doesn't work on those who has a strong mental health, particularly a trained one.
Bad decided to walk away from the scene, where Miriko was bullied relentlessly. But then, he heard screams after screams. Blood started to drip on the floor. Bad looked back, only to see Miriko holding a knife, two of his bullies laid dead on the floor.
Bad stared at them with widened eyes. Did they..Did he just killed them...?
Miriko then looked at him, before uttering the next words that will forever change his life, "You walk, you see, and you neglect. Is that how you people operate these days? People who desire to be heroes?"
Before Bad can respond, suddenly, a figure emerged out of the dirt a few meters away from the floor of the school.
Another figure emerged, and this continued on, as the bulky creatures began surrounding the school.
Oh...oh...FUCK!
In front of the police station..
Toshinori was placing his palm in front of his face, "Dammit, I was lucky those villains are classified as one of the 'mysterious beings' and killing them was not of problem at all!"
"Yep, you were distracted, Yakult." Tatsumaki remarked. Toshinori hissed, "And stop calling me Yakult!"
Tatsumaki snickered, "It kinda fits you. Yakult is sweet and-" She then placed her hand on her mouth, embarrassed with what she just said.
"Wait, wait, wait, did I just hear you correctly?" Toshinori teased.
Tatsumaki opened her mouth, before shouting, "Hmph! No! What I meant was...Yakult is a cheap piece of plastic, just like you!"
"I'm sure that wasn't what you meant." Toshinori gave her an annoying smile.
"That's what I meant!" Tatsumaki countered. Toshinori shook his head, "I don't believe youuuu~~."
"Shut up! Lame face! Blue-eyes! Thin kangaroo! Skeleton!" Tatsumaki began throwing barrages of insults.
Toshinori began laughing out loud, finding her to be amusing. As much as she tried to hold it, she smiled lightly.
"Aha...well, oh shit I forgot!" Toshinori yelled, "I have to visit King soon..." He then turned to Tatsumaki, "Wanna come with? I'm sure you have nothing else better to do."
Tatsumaki nodded, "But I have to check on my sister first. Don't worry, you don't need to give me the address, I can always sense you."
"So we're separating from here then." Toshinori replied. Tatsumaki spoke, "Not for long. I'll be back, now see you in a moment..." She then flew into the sky, winds breezing from her departure.
Toshinori then looked to the sky, before smiling, "...She really is a sassy lost child."
THAT'S ALL FOR TODAY'S CHAPTER! STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT! (Yep this is my longest chapter yet! Pretty cool, huh? I'm sure there'll be longer chapter in the distant future!)
Anyways, TO BE CONTINUED!