Opening Song – Black Gold, by Flying Lotus & Thundercat
Summary: Enter the Velvet Room.
He opens his eyes only for them to blur his vision, he waits a minute before rubbing the blur away, the sounds of chains rustling. He sits up looking up at the chains on his hands binding them.
He looks around the room, sees a silver toilet with water droplets falling into it, and that the room is….blue?
All Blue.
He looks to his side and notices the jail cell door, then also notices he's wearing a striped prison uniform
What… the… Fuck...?
He moves his legs to the side, he shivers at the touch of the cold prison floor. He Stands up, and starts moving towards the cell door until his foot is caught behind a…..Metal ball in chains?!
He shuffles forward clinging to the Cell door, he's about to call for help until his fingers get smacked by a baton making him yelp back a step and stumble on the metal ball in chains, and finally tumbles on the floor. He rubs his behind and looks up only to notice 2 identical twin girls younger than him staring at him with…Disgust!? He stands back reaching out to the cells carefully watching the twins in case they try to smash his fingers again. He has over a million questions in his head, he licks his lips then he opens his mouth "Hey, where am.." he doesn't get to finish the sentence because he hears a deep voice of a man. "Oh, I see you've already awakened, Trickster." Ren's eyes follow the direction the sound is coming from until Lightning flashed; a blue hue. A short gentleman had apparated with it. He was partially bald, tossing a black cane from one spindly hand to another, beneath the longest aquiline nose Ren had ever seen.
(A/N: Apparated: to teleport to or from a place)
The Long Nose man walks to a desk in the middle. He pulls out the chair and sits down on it then looks in Ren's direction. The Man with the Longnose greets Ren "Trickster welcome to my Velvet Room." The Man continues "Welcome I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, mind, and matter. It is a room that only those who are bounded by a 'Contract' may enter
"Who are you?" Ren asked sharply.
A baton struck Ren's hands on the bars, forcing him to reel his hand back in pain.
"Watch it, inmate! That's our master you're speaking to!" 'Master?!'
"Your tone is most disconcerting, inmate."
Anger flared in Ren. He was fucking sick of people pushing him over, treating him like some fucking subservien-
"Very interesting. To think that your heart would take this form. I was expecting something else, given the ongoing currents in your life, you truly are a prisoner of fate wherever you go." said the gentleman.
The gentleman looked behind him, to the guillotine.
"Oh-hoh, well. . .I was expecting that," said the gentleman.
"Who. . .are you?" Ren asked again - a cold menace biting at the question.
One of the twins raised her baton to strike at Ren. The gentleman held up his hand, halting the corporal punishment.
"That is a fair question. My name is Igor. I am the master of this place. Remember it well. These are my assistants, to your right is Caroline, and to your left Justine, and they serve as wardens here." said Igor.
"What am I doing here?" asked Ren.
"Why, this is a plane of existence reflecting your heart, Trickster. It is your place, so it is only natural that you would be here," answered Igor.
" Well if I'm here, what about my bo-" He's interrupted by Igor.
" You are currently in the hospital, and your body's in a comatose state...for now."
"Then what are you doing here? Did you have something to do with that Power I summoned against the villain? What do you want?" asked Ren.
Igor laughed. The sound made the hairs on the back of Ren's neck stand up. There was something about this man that bothered Ren, in this already disturbing place.
"All questions will be answered in due time. I only came here tonight to inform you, Trickster," said Igor.
Ren swallowed when Igor made a sweeping gesture to the guillotine.
"You have been caught in the wicked schemes of angels, demons, and gods. At the end of the road, all I see is your death. This ruin is a sharp knife to the short life you've led so far." said Igor.
Ren Scoffs "Angels, demons, and gods? What a load of crap, what have I done to get caught up in these 'schemes', this is probably just some sick dream. "
" I assure you Trickster there is nothing imaginable here." Igor retorts
". . ."
Something in Igor's face softened. As if he felt sorry for Ren.
"Not unless you can do something about it. The recent wrongs done against you, have created something dark within you, Trickster. Take a look around you. Does this world look like the heart of a hero to you?" asked Igor.
"..." Ren doesn't retort
Igor Continues " The Wings of Rebellion, The Spirit of Self Sacrifice, Being Chained and Bounded in the Prison of Our Own Thy Heart."
"Take heed these words with you tonight, Trickster. Prepare yourself. Change your cognition of yourself and the world. Or die. This secret corrosive hate and anger you carry within you, makes you no different from him," said Igor.
"As a god, I've planted the seed of rebellion to tap out the dormant power within you. Give my regards to the Thief of Twilight," Igor finished, who nodded to the twins.
Ren looks at them suspiciously before the jail cells swing open letting themselves in and Ren steps back away from them until they launch themselves at him, their batons coming, swinging at his temple. Ren blacks out. Back to 'sleep'.
xxx(Take Your Time)xxx
Leblanc Cafe Earlier….7:56 pm
The Cafe only had the regulars coming through today, until they all left. Leaving only two remaining people in the cafe having a chat. Two friends were sitting together on the stools that accompanied the Cafe's counter. Sharing pictures, and talking about a certain somebody of interest…
Sojiro puts his phone down on the counter and starts walking, he sighs "He said he'll be here in 12 Minutes, so don't go blowing a fuse asking why he isn't here yet." taking a seat next to that mysterious person. He takes a look at her revealing to be….
Nemuri Kayama, also known as the Rate R Hero Midnight, takes a sip out of her coffee and moans in delight.
"You know Sakura-san, I can't thank you enough for taking care of my little Renny-chan, and look at this picture of him, he's so much like his beautiful mother right..right?!" Nemuri presses him on with a menacing stare accompanied with it. Sojiro sighs putting his hands up in defense,
"Oo-of course, he looks like you, he's basically a male version of you only just with Steel-grey eyes instead of blue." She smiles nervously, she continues "To tell you the truth I'm actually kinda nervous, what if he doesn't accept or forgive me for not bei-" she doesn't get to finish because Sojiro chops her on the head while she's doubting herself. She gives him an angry pout face, he sighs and says "Look I told him about why you had to do this to him, it was for his sake, and from the response he gave, he understands why you did it but he just wants to meet you, instead of being a person in his life that he never sees." she doesn't say anything so he continues
"Hell I'm sure once he sees you he's gonna bawl his eyes out crying on your chest, and him being quirkless he gonna need the support." she nods her head,
"You said that my little playboy was on a date?" Sojio nods,
"Yea that's what his friend said earlier when he came for a pickup." Nemuri sighed and muttered "If that little missy breaks my little boy's heart, nothing's gonna save her from my wrath."
Sojrio chuckles " I'm actually sure, he's the heartbreaker himself, every valentine he's been getting countless cards and confessions and he's never sure what to do with them." She laughs,
"So what does he do with them?"
(A/N: So much 'Sighing', Forgive me~)
"He actually stores them in shoeboxes under his bed, he says he can't recuperate their feelings for him but he says he'll treasure them, and thank them for the gifts." she laughs then quickly changes the subject to his education. " What are his grades? Are they good?" he nods
"He's actually at the top of the class, his classroom teacher used to call me about his constant daydreaming, staring out the window sessions but since he's at the top of the class, he usually overlooks it." she nods
" That's good at least, he'll be able to get a good job once he graduates school-" she gets interrupted by the cafe's phone. Sojiro walks around the counter to pick it up
"Hello, this is Leblanc, if you're calling to order we're close already sorry, huh? Yea, this is Sojiro Sakura speaking?" After a couple of minutes of silence, Sojiro shouts " I'll be right there!", he drops the phone getting his belongings, and Nemuri speaks up while watching " Sakura-san what's happening?"
"Nemuri let's get going now!", he shouts out while getting keys from the counter. "Why what happened?" she looks him in the eyes, and can already see what's coming, she silently hopes it isn't what she thinks it is."
"Ren's in the Hospitable, and.." he grits his teeth, " he was attacked by-.."
She rushed past him already, "let's go in my car!"
They Both take off from the Cafe towards her car.
xxx(Take Your Time)xxx
In a Hospital…
Sitting in the room with clearly an 'altruistic brat' was a slender and tall pale-skinned man with messy, shoulder-length black hair that partially hangs in front of his face and often half-opened black eyes. He is usually recognized for his worn-out appearance, often having a fatigued appearance.
That man was….
Shota Aizawa, better known as Eraserhead, was reading some magazines to pass time. He'll usually look over at the kid, and he can't help but get a sense of familiarity. "Damn this kid really reminds me of somebody, but I can't-" he sighs 'forget it, the parents or guardians are coming anyways'.
He'll probably have to scold the parents for having a suicidal, altruistic brat running headfirst into danger. He would be lying he wasn't intrigued by the kid, it was almost the first time he had heard a fire quirk so 'unique?'. He looked over at the kid once again, and as he expected, the no-name boy was sound asleep, a serene look on his face.
"Where is he?!" a feminine voice.
"Faster lady, where's the kid?" an older man.
"Nno-..no running in the hospital." clearly a nurse.
He hears some commotion from the hallway outside the room.
Finally…
Placing down the magazine before standing up and making himself semi-presentable.
The doors swing open revealing an older man and…
"Aizawa?!" the feminine voice calls out.
"M-Midnight?!" the female voice is recognized. He steps back startled from the 'revelation'?
"Ma-maam and Sir you can't' be running in the hospita-." Midnights gave the nurse a 'Death Glare'. She gulps and steps back "We-well it seems you found the rrr-right room, I'll just step back in when you're do-done her-e" she runs, doing a 360 and runs out.
"I'll also step back in, once you're done with your conversation" the older man starts turning to walk out when he gets stopped.
" Sakura-san, stay here please". The man now known as Sojiro, nods.
Aizawa regains his composure and asks "What are you doing here Nemuri?" he looks them over and the man known as Sojrio is wearing a pink dress shirt, and some khakis pants, with some leather brown shoes, and Nemuri is wearing a casual white top, and some blue dark jeans, with some red slip-ons, finished with her signature red glasses.
She puts her hands on her hips and says "Isn't it obvious, I'm here to see my son!" he looks over his shoulder at the kid and mentally slaps himself
Now I know why he looks so damn familiar…
He moves to the side letting them get a better view of the kid.
She immediately goes to him, presses her hand on his forehead, she asks "How is he? And how could this happen?" tears forming in her eyes.
What should I answer first..?
a sigh escapes his lips. "The kid here" moves over to the other side of the bed pointing at him "is…." he lets it settle, tension starts building on Sakura's and Nemuri's faces. He lets a sleazy smile appear. " Is perfectly fine." Sakura lets out a breath of relief, while Nemuri smacks him on the back of his head.
"Why'd you have to start like that!" she shouts angrily at him with sharp teeth.
He coughs, while rubbing throbbing pain on the back of his, and says "And the reason why? It's because the kid here ran headfirst into danger trying to save someone from a serial killer."
An audible gasp escapes her mouth and she puts a hand covering her mouth and asks " Why would he risk his life if he could have called the cops or a hero nearby." Sojiro looks away while rubbing his head, and silently mutters "Dammit kid, again?" it didn't go unnoticed by either Nemuri or Aizawa.
"WHAT?! Do you mean again?" she shouts at him.
He sighs and says " Well…. A week ago he was sent to jail for an assault-." he doesn't get to finish when she shouts again.
"ASSAULT?!" she shouts and Aizawa looks over at the kid if he really did it but Sojiro clears out any confusion.
"Wa-wait you didn't let me finish!" Sojiro Grumbles. After everyone has calmed down he continues.
"He was falsely charged with assault by a politician after he stopped the guy trying to force a young lady into his car, and obviously our little hero here" he points at Ren, " Interfere with his business, tried to strike Ren but he dodged and the Politician fell face-first onto the concrete splitting a gash on his forehead, then police confront them, he points at Ren for 'assaulting him and then he threatens the young lady too, so she also blames him for it, then the cops haul Ren off to Jail…"
"I'm sensing a but here?" Aizawa asks
Sojiro nods " that's right, a witness recorded everything. Apparently, someone with higher standing than that politician had recorded it. The evidence was irrefutable at that point, so they released him with no charges. Ever since then, Ren lost more than all his trust, and respect for cops."
"Kids got to know that just because there are few dirty cops, he shouldn't instantly put every other good one with them," Aizawa says. Nemuri nods in agreement,
"I know that but the kid just has a narrow way of seeing things" Sojiro grumbles.
After the miscommunication was resolved Nemuri speaks up. " So Aizawa, what have the Doctors said about him?"
" The medical staff did multiple X-Rays on him, checking for any fractures or broken bones, didn't find any, but they say he's in a minor comatose state as of now."
"What put him in that state?" Sojiro asks.
"Before I answer that, I have a question myself. Is or was the boy 'Ren' quirkiness?" Aizawa asks
Nemuri and Sojio both nod.
"Hold on now Aizawa, what do you mean Was" Sojiro questioned.
" Well apparently on the verge of death, your son here awakened his quirk, calling forth a giant spiral of blue flames. After that was done he fell unconscious, the awakening must have taken all his energy practically exhausting him beyond human comprehension." Aizawa finishes
Both Nemuri and Sojiro are shocked but Sojiro is even more in disbelief.
Aizawa speaks up again looking at Sojiro "So old man what's your quirk?" Before Sojiro can answer he also Looks at Nemuri with his Signature Grin " Nemuri I didn't think you had a taste for older men, of course, I'm not judging you."
They both look at him with wide eyes. Nemuri smacks him at the back of his head again and shouts
"He's not the Father you idiot!"
"I-I'm just his Guardian or Boss as he calls me."
"Well? What type of quirk did the kid's father have?" he asks, rubbing his head.
"His father was quirkless also," Nemuri tells him.
"Well with everything out the way" Aizawa starts walking towards the door then he turns
"Nemuri, you have a lot of explaining to do, to me and Hizashi." he starts walking out but gets stopped
" How can I explain, if my own son has never seen me before?" she tells him.
Aizawa Sighs "Once you're done here, I and Hizashi will hear you out over some drinks or something. Goodnight…to the both of you." he walks out of the hospital room.
He's walking to the parking lot and smiles
Rated R Pro Hero Midnight, having a son. who would have thought…
xxx(Take Your Time)xxx
Ren stirred.
He took in his surroundings faintly, a strange sense of nostalgia filling him as he saw the clean white walls, sunlight breaking through the windows, and an IV bag injected into his forearm.
Ren came to a conclusion, the night against the serial killer had ended and he was taken to a hospital to recover from his injuries,
He tried to lift his arms but found that endeavor to be pointless as he was utterly exhausted and weak on the hospital bed.
Before Ren could ponder any further on his circumstances, the hospital door opened slowly, revealing a nurse too busy taking notes on her clipboard to notice that he was awake.
Well, that was… interesting…
A moment later a familiar face walks in but he also hears another step of feet coming to a stop abruptly out of his line of view.
" Hey, kid, good to see you're up, do you like giving your old man heart attacks? By the way, how do you feel?" Sojiro asks him
Ren Chuckles a "No" before taking a breath, " I feel like a Grape that had all of its water drains out of it" Sojiro laughed a bit before coughing into his hand then,
An attractive, curvaceous, tall woman with sky blue eyes and long, spiky, dark-purple hair that reaches below her waist. She has red painted nails and a small beauty mark underneath her left eye, Steps out of the curtain that she was hiding behind.
Ren looks her up and down getting a sense of familiarity
"Sojiro, who is she?" Ren asked his Guardian.
" This Beautiful young woman is-" he doesn't get to finish as the mysterious woman jumps on Rens bringing him into a tight hug and answers
"Your Mother!" She Shouts out
"Mmo-mother?!" he looks at her after she pulls back from him, and she nods vigorously nearly blurring
"Are you serious? I'm still not dreaming right?" Sojrio Pinches Ren's arm to confirm it for him.
" Mom? Alright then, what's my birthdate?"
" obviously 08/XX/XXXX and you also have a birthmark on your…"
"Ok! That's enough I believe you."
Unfortunately…
She sighs and pulls up a chair and sits next to him.
"We were was actually waiting for you yesterday but then you ended up in a hospital"
"I just want to let you know how sorry I am for not being with you, and I regret every moment that I couldn't be there with you, I'll understand if you don't want anything to do with me." his 'mother' says with tears starting to form.
Damn it, he's not good with people crying..!
"I'm… not mad at you, for putting my safety, securely and my future into reliable hands, and I wouldn't ever meet Boss here" Ren nods in Sojiro's direction.
"I'm actually overjoyed that you decided to come to see me. Despite the current situation, I'm in" Ren says with tears in his eyes.
Because crying people want to make me cry..!
"Ooh, my baby" Nemuri pulls him in a hug.
Sojiro lets them have their moment before coughing into his hand.
"Not that I enjoy family reunions and such, Nemuri you should probably officially introduce yourself instead of jumping at him claiming to be his mother," Sojiro says
She sighs "Fiiine~" She pulls away from the hug and stands up.
"Sojiro is correct, my name is Nemuri Kayama and I'm your mother!" she points at him.
Ren nods that he ask "Sojiro had said that you were a pro hero right?" he looks at Sojiro who nods
Nemuri looks at Sojiro for help, but he just shrugs.
" Promise not to be judgemental?"
"Why would I be judgemental?" Ren
That is a very alarming question..!
"Just promise!"
"Fine… I promise"
"Ok then prepare yourself. My Pro Hero name is…The Rate R Hero, Midnight!"
She looks at Ren, and he looks like he has seen a ghost.
Huh, no wonder I couldn't feel a thing for Midnight whenever I saw her on Tv. Woah that could easily go weirder if I did, also Nooooooooooooooo!
"Hey, are you okay?" She pokes his chest repeatedly.
He comes back to reality and nods "Wow my mother is Midnight", he sighs
"Definitely not sharing that with anybody"
"You said you weren't gonna be judgemental!"
"How can I not be after that reveal, I was expecting like a normal hero, not the woman that single-handedly caused the institution of hero costume regulations."
"You're so mean! You're so much like your father!" she crosses her arms
"Dad? Oh yeah, what about dad? Is he another pro hero just like you?"
Please please be normal..!
She has a solemn face, "Your father isn't here with us anymore, sorry"
Oh, that's not good but it also eliminates any further embarrassments…
"Don't apologize mom, but how did he-."
"Go?"
"Yeah, how did he pass?"
"Your father was also quirkless, he was mugged the week before you became one. I was so heartbroken, the man that helped me brought this beautiful baby, taken so soon. Because of that event, I had to immediately give you away, to somebody also important to me, you're already acquainted with him" she points a thumb at sojiro
that… sucks…
"But he left you with two important things your last name, and these beautiful steel-gray eyes'" she jumps on him smothering him with kisses
"Ookk okay! I understand" he blushes
Sojiro chuckles at what's happening, as Midnight stops kissing him and pulls aways
"By the way, do you remember anything that happened last night ?" she asks
He nods "Somewhat, I remember unleashing a Giant blue flamed pillar and there was a- He clutches his head, "Sorry that I couldn't remember without it hurting."
"It's alright," she says,
"At Least you awaken your quirk now, and if what the pro hero that came here said, you have a quirk to be a hero now, buddy," Sojrio says
"The doctors have already examined you thoroughly, if all you say is that you feel exhausted, they may say you can probably get discharged by tomorrow evening hopefully."
He smiles, "Good I have a movie to catch on Friday"
"Ooo is it with a girl? If so give me the deets~" She smiles mischievously
"Mo-mom it's just with some guy friends from school."
"Do you want some food?"
"Nno-thanks I just want to…" His stomach grumbles
"It looks like your body is calling you a liar~"
Ren laughs, "Yeah I guess I am, but I just want to talk to you for the rest of the day get to know you better mom"
She smiles and kisses him on the cheek, "I got all day sweety."
Then they spent the day eating and talking to each other with the occasional comments by Sojiro
Many hours later...
"So you had to be almost naked to use your quirk?"
She nods, "Yes my quirk is called Somnambulist"
"An emitter quirk right?"
Ren yawns, "sleepy already?" He nods
She yawns also and sketches her arms and back.
"Mom" She looks at him
"I love mom"
"I love you too sweetie" she kisses him on the cheek.
"Get some sleep now, we'll be back to pick you up."
She packs her stuff and she kicks sojiro in the shin, waking him up.
"Let's go already."
"Huh? Where am I?"
"You're in the hospital numbnuts"
"Oh" he rubs his eyes and puts on his glasses
"Bye mom, bye Sojiro" Ren waves at them
"Goodnight" she blows him a kiss
"Night kid", Sojiro just waves him off.
He smiles and starts thinking to himself about events today. He closes his eyes until he sees a blue flicker of flames in the corner of his eye
Then the Spirit Arsene materializes at the side of his bed
(Trickster, good to have you back in the living…)
"Arsene?"
(We have much to speak about but you're already on the verge of sleep.)
"What do we need to talk about?"
Does a Sigh escape Arsene?
(All will be answers tomorrow, especially if 'he' wants to talk to you)
"He? Wait, do you mean Igor?"
Arsene shivers at the thought,
(No not long-nose, but rest now we'll have much to do)
"Wait, what do you mean?"
(Dormina)
"Huh?" Then darkness consumes him.
Ending Song – A Sky Full of Stars, a Persona 4 Golden soundtrack.