"This is… unexpected." I feel like I'm saying this a lot.
"My baby girl is famous!" My mother swallows me in a very tight hug that makes me wheeze a bit as I stare at the screen in front of me.
A hundred million views in just two days... What the fuck…? And that's just on a single video too! The other one is nearing a hundred million too!
"This isn't photoshop, is it?" I ask dad, but he merely grins proudly at me as he keeps holding the computer in front of me and mom.
For a bit of context, I decided to start singing and composing music. Precisely I started with the most famous track of 'STAY' from the greatest movie ever made in my world, Interstellar.
We have a studio at home, and I have an incredibly good memory, so figuring out how to make it became easy thanks to Kyoka's sheer talent in music and my family help.
Mom fell in love with it, especially with the 'story' behind it, and she had me promise to write it all down so that she can read it in full. Something I'm already doing.
Thank God I don't have ADHD anymore…
I then used the studio for another song, one of my favorites, called 'After Dark' from Mr. Kitty. Listened to it so much that I know it by memory, only problem was the music. It took a bit to finally figure it out, but it helped me relax a lot and learn more about music and just how wonderful composing it is.
What I didn't know is that dad recorded both things and posted them on a HeroTube channel – the equivalent of Youtube of this world – under my new artist name, 'Interstellar'.
I can't even be mad about it because I did record them so that I can listen to them, even though I'm the one that composed one and is singing in the other.
"This is… wow." I scratch the back of my head as dad shows me the comments and the amount of likes I have gained in such a short amount of time.
One thing that I quickly learned in this world is that pretty much everyone prefers the music from the Pre-Quirk Era. Right now music is all about heroes, so are movies, and it's just so repetitive and whatnot.
There's songs about All Might, hundreds of them, and about other Heroes too like that disgusting Endeavor, Hawks and all the other super famous dudes. Funnily enough, nobody likes these cringe as hell songs and the comments are always disabled due to the insults and the dislike button is just smashed to kingdom come.
Even my parents are into Pre-Quirk Era bands and music, and they have quite a few posters about them.
And now I feel like I actually bought some decent music into this day and age, and everyone is clinging on it with desperation.
"You could have covered my face at least…" I point out after a few seconds of inspecting comments. The recording is from the came in the studio, so everyone can see my face as I play the piano in Interstellar and as I sing in After Dark.
"Everyone must see my adorable prodigy of a daughter!" He declared loudly, nearly throwing the computer on the floor in his amusing outburst.
"I thought you were too insecure to sing." Mom hums as she kisses the top of my head, making me smile warmly and have a tummy full of hateful butterflies.
"I thought I was wasting my talent, plus I was bored." I shrug, having already thought of many excuses on my changes in personality, which aren't really visible other than my foul mouth. "I train hard in the morning, and aside from the few hours at Mei's workshop I don't do anything else. Turns out music helps me relax a lot, so I might keep going." Dad's eyes all but glow brightly at that. He has always wanted to get me to sing or play instruments with him, but previous Kyoka used to be too shy, but I am not.
"Wait, you have more songs written down?" I nervously scratch my cheek as dad looks at me with a very intense gaze.
"A couple dozen?" I chuckle nervously as I mentally count all the songs from Starset, Linkin Park, Imagine Dragons, The Score and so many more artists and bands that I have currently written down. "I'm not counting the instrumental ones though." Like from Twelve Titans Music, Two Steps From Hell, more from the Interstellar movie and more.
"We need to go to the studio. Now." I gulp as both dad and mom rest their hands on my shoulders, and then proceed to drag me out of the living room while I tried and failed to escape their grip.
I think I now know why previous me didn't sing when they were around…
XxX
Turns out that yes, I did fuck up Midoriya's training ground. I thought Mei's family would take a few months to fully clear it up and all, so I waited before looking up Takoba Municipal Beach.
Turns out they cleared it the same day I told them about it somehow, and I didn't even notice.
Also, I had the honor of meeting Mei's whole family. A total of thirteen siblings, with her being the youngest and only female out of the fourteen children, with all of her brothers being built like trucks like their father.
While the mom? She's a short adorable woman that cooks the best food I've ever tasted.
And so the question rose of "How did Mei become… Mei?", and the answer to that is simple. One of her brothers told be that a wrench fell on her head when she was eight and she's been like this since then.
And ain't that worrying…
"You modified the mask again?" I ask, my voice sounding quite metallic now that I'm wearing the much heavier metallic amplifier mask.
"Yeah, it was an oversight on my part, but now it's a full on oxygen mask and gas mask too." I hum, then flex my arms and roll my shoulders. Mei did indeed finish the armor in a single day, but since then we kept improving it in different ways while I started training even harder.
The armor is heavy, so to get used to it's weight I ordered some high density weights online. For my wrists, ankles and belly. Right now I always walk around with thirty kilograms of weights on each limb, for a total of one-hundred-and-fifty kilograms of weight at all times.
I'm fucking Rock Lee!
All of this wouldn't be possible without the anime logic of this world. With three months of hard training I could run way faster than Usain Bolt, hell, even faster than a leopard, and right now I'm way faster than back then. I can jump over ten meters with ease and can very likely bend a metal pole with a kick.
My daily routine now is waking up at five in the morning, go on a quick run with my weights on, eat a healthy breakfast, go to school, finish all the elementary level homework with ease once it's over and work out again. Finish my reps, take a shower, visit Mei, survive her explosion and cleavage, then back home to either rest or compose music.
That's been my routine for the past eight months, and now the U.A. entrance exam is exactly tomorrow. I can say that I am way more than ready for it.
"How's it? Less heavy and stuffy?" Mei asks, a notebook in her hand as she walks around me, checking for anything our of place as I stretch inside the very heavy but comfortable and warm armor.
"It's perfect. Nothing sharp is stabbing my ass this time." She snorts and clears that off the list as I look at the mirror to inspect myself.
Right now it's still an ugly gray, but the future color scheme should be pitch black with glowing purple stereos, or that's what me and Mei settled on.
It's quite futuristic looking, but it's also very good. There's large stereos on my cheeks, the side of my neck, on my breastplate, a big ass one on my belly, a series of them on my sides starting from slightly below my armpits, on the sides of my legs and below my feet, inside my open palms, alongside my fingers and knuckles, forearms and shoulders.
All in all, it's stuffed full of stereos, and the amplifiers go all the way up to fifty. We didn't test how strong a fifty times scream is, but a ten times one is just… disastrous.
The police was called when we tested the ten times multiplier, so we didn't go further, but luckily we know that they work well.
"Were the stereos on my knuckles necessary?" I ask as I flex my fingers, feeling just how thick the metal of my gauntlets is. "And where did you find stereos so small?" A low hum flows through my armor as it activates and compacts into me, growing slightly tighter but also very compact, the sound of my own heartbeat soon starting to ring out in my own head through the echo chamber effect of the armor.
If I had a plate of jello next to me I'm very sure that the jello would jiggle from the vibrations.
"Those are custom made, cut out from bigger ones. I also used those old earphones with strings to attach them to the power source. You'd be surprised at how cheap they are online." Right, everyone either uses air pods or wireless headphones now. Me included. "As for why they are in on your knuckles, that's simple. To punch people and hit them with a point-blank sonic blast. Duh." How violent of her. I like it. Though I better remind myself to lower the output before doing that as vibrations can easily destroy one's organs.
"How long can the power source last?" I ask as I move around in the armor. I test out the flexibility of the arms and legs, give out a few kicks and punches, and other stuff Mei needs to write off the list.
"A couple of hours. Unfortunately, this is the best I can do with the materials I can get my hands on." I give her a look as she sighs while rubbing her forehead. "I might try and see if I can turn the vibrations created by your Quirk into the armor power source. But some of the best stuff is all confined on I-Island." She groans loudly, having told me many times about how much she desires to have the technology that is kept there. Mostly the nanotech.
"Doesn't the Sport Festival first year winner of U.A. get a ticket to I-Island?" I muse aloud, and instantly regret it as her eyes snap towards me with a rather predatory look. "Alright, I'll win it and bring you with me." She all but squeals and pumps her fists, then removes my mask, kisses me on the lips, and puts it back on.
I- huhwha-?!
I blink, lick my lips, then shake my head. That just happened… Her lips felt nice.
I guess that's all the more reasons to win the Sports Festival. Not like it's going to be hard since, again, I can bring a Support Item in it. Am I going to rely too much on my support equipment? Yep. Do I care? Not a single bit.
"Anyway." I cough into my fist, ignoring the slight flush on my cheeks as Mei stops cheering. "I say that the armor is nearly perfect now. I don't know what else you can do to make it better." I hum as I press two hidden buttons on each side of my hips with my thumbs and index fingers, making the armor release a slight hiss as it expands, then the back slowly opens up, allowing me to walk out.
"That's one of the things I want to improve. The gear up speed." Mei is instantly on it, checking on the inner armor and as she makes it shut close again so to obverse the motion. "Every second is vital, so having to constantly put it on and take it off is a waste. If I had nanotech then I'd manage to shrink it and make it portable, maybe even as a necklace!" That sounds very much like Tony Stark, and I love it. Mei most definitely isn't Tony Stark, but her ideas are just… wow. Some of them are insane, but others are just fantastic.
Hell, she has a whole damn plan on how to perfectly build an Orbital Ring and Orbital Elevator around our world!
"Mei, you don't need to stress yourself over it so much. You can improve it more once you are in U.A." I pat her shoulder, making her pout angrily at the suit of armor. "Wanna give it a name?" I grin, making her instantly perk up as her eyes all but sparkle in excitement.
Her excitement quickly died down though.
"I got nothing…" I snort, then hum and scratch my chin.
"How about 'Stereo Heart'?" I hum as I wrap my arm around her shoulder, pulling her closer as I stare at the fantastic armor she built for me.
"Yeah…" Mei hums as she relaxes against me. "I think I love it." Stop making my heart explode, dang it!
xXx
U.A. is a lot bigger than the anime and manga made it look like, but other than that, it's not really impressive. It's just… simple looking.
Other than the big ass walls surrounding it as if it's some kind of prison.
I should really get inside now, Mei ditched me the instant she saw it while holding Stereo Heart over her shoulder like it did not weight more than a hundred kilograms.
But this did allow me to see some of the main cast, like Mina. Her real life and older self looks very beautiful, especially since she now has longer hair that reach her middle back.
I've also seen the encounter between Ochaco and Izuku. Ochaco is mid, always hated her from the moment she kept calling the dumb MC with that abusive nickname his abuser gave him.
Izuku looks… still the same as in the anime. Like, for real. I think he's taller but with how he keeps both of his knees bent together with his back he appears very short. And lanky. I wonder what kind of progress he achieved in his training without Takoba Beach.
Not like it matters. If he pushed himself over the edge to the level of collapsing like in the show then he most definitely did not achieve much.
That's one of the dumbest things a character can do. Even I don't push myself to the point where I collapse because that's just going to set me back.
And then of course I saw Bakugo too. The filthy rabid animal that should be put down with a bullet through his head. Loud, barks at Izuku, who flinches violently and even raises his hands up, as if expecting to be hit, and stomps his way in looking like a thug with a huge barbed stick up his ass.
I sigh through my nostrils and just walk in, check in at the desk, then go to take the written exam.
Answer roughly fifty questions that have nothing to do with Heroics and then get pointed down the hall and into an auditorium for the briefing on the physical portion of the exam, luckily I wasn't in the same auditorium with Iida else I'd have strangled the guy. I hate him so much too.
Though I was with Kendo and Shiozaki. And Mina. And Shoji. And Hanta. And I think Mineta? Dude's so short I can only see those balls on his head from where I am.
As the briefing ends and we are sent to the locker room to get ready, Mineta… doesn't do anything. He does send a few looks at the girls that walk by, but no perverted comment or whatnot.
That's… actually that might be fair. Dude probably mellowed out through the years and ain't acting as if puberty just started and he discovered the wonders of jacking off.
Or maybe he's just holding back.
Anyway, I get to the locker room, change into sport gear, and end face to face with one Ashido Mina.
"Are you Interstellar?" She all but whispers with large sparkling eyes, and I really want to pinch her cheeks at how adorable she looks.
"Uuh…" Is my initial big brain answer. "Want an autograph?" I grin nervously as she cups her hands over her mouth and proceeds to release a high pitched squeal behind them.
This is the first time someone has recognized me in all these months since I've become internet famous as a singer. And for the Interstellar novel, and the Berserk novel.
My HeroTube channel now has… couple million subscribers? A dozen maybe? I don't know, dad is the one that handles it. I just sing and write songs to record and add to my playlist, not really caring mostly about the attention it gets on the internet.
Not like it's unexpected, Kyoka's voice is just incredible and fits all types of songs.
I've released a few dozen songs so far, mostly starting from my most loved ones like Ricochet from Starset and Time, Bleeding out, Thunder, Believer and Monster from Imagine Dragons. Being able to sing and have other people enjoy such art makes me very happy.
I think I'll release Lost in the Echo from Linkin Park next. This world needs them as much as I do.
"I love your songs! And novels!" I chuckle nervously once more as she grabs my hands and shakes them up and down, making her bust do very interesting things while I try and not yank my hands back. Still a bit itchy towards physical contact, unless I'm the one starting it.
"I'd love to hear more, but I think we should go." I nod towards the door, somehow still not used to overly excited people even though I spent nearly a year around Mei. "If we don't run into each other once the exam is over, then contact me on my social media." I've received a lot of emails and private messages since I've started singing, mostly from publishing companies, and even from some Heroes that want to request songs about themselves. Mostly Heroes that aren't even in the top 500, just so that they can gain more fame.
I of course ignore all of those things. They are a waste of time, and singing is just a new passion of mine alongside writing that I do for relaxing, not for profit.
"I'll hold you to that!" She pumps her fists with a large grin, then runs to the door as I grab my mask. "I hope we become classmates!" She cheers one last time before bolting out of the door, allowing me to relax a bit. Human interactions… I still can't deal with those.
I shake my head, store my things in the locker, grab the mask, and go to board the bus for my Battle Ground, which is C.
I'm neither with Bakugo or Izuku, that's great. And I'm… I actually don't see anyone familiar in my group. Oh wait, there's Toru! Wholesome invisible girl!
At least I think she's there… I just hear breathing coming from her general directions but there's nothing.
She's just standing there… menacingly.
Oh wait, she's mo-
Clap… clap… clap…
Huh? The hell is that- No… No way that's what I think it is… Is it so fat that it claps when she walks?!
T-This- What is this power?!
"You okay?" And she's speaking to me! Fuck!
"Y-yeah, it just suddenly got very hot." I cough into my fist, trying to act as if I didn't just get incredibly aroused by her thiccness. And to think I'm the only one that can hear it with my very fine hearing…
Am I blessed or cursed?
"It has, hasn't it? Must be the tension!" She giggles from right in front of me as I gulp. Yeah, it's most definitely the tension…
"Maybe…" I cough again as I stare towards the large gates in front of us, then lift my mask up and lock it into place, attaching my jacks into it as it turns on, releasing a loud pitch for just a second as it does so.
"Huh? Is that allowed?" Toru asks, making me hum and nod my head as I ignore the many confused gazes from the other wanna-be students.
"Yup, it's in the rules." I stretch my back and legs, my eyes narrowing when I notice a hologram of Present Mic appear on the tower near the massive gate. "Get ready, we'll start soon." She releases a quick squeak as I pat somewhere around her waist, feeling soft naked skin as I do so.
Yep, she's totally naked. I kinda feel bad for touching her now.
"Best of luck invisible girl!" I call out as I walk to the front of the back, keeping the amplifier low as I tie my hair in a ponytail. Now it's time to shine and see how good Mei's amazing creation fares against some tin cans.
"And go!" Of course he does the same to every Battle Ground. That's just so anime.
I don't waste time and break off into a run, then smile when Toru follows right after. I take the first right I can so to distance myself from all the others, plus so that I don't pop their eardrums with each whisper I take.
I may be much faster than everyone due to my training montage, but once everyone disperses then it won't really matter because then it'll be hard to find the bots when they are less scarce and more dispersed.
I turn a corner and grin when my eyes land on one of those big ass three pointers. The one pointers are small and fast, the two pointers are sneaky fuckers that cling onto buildings and are mostly on top of roofs and whatnot, waiting to ambush others. And then the three pointers are just big walking tanks going down the street, very hard to miss.
I instantly run fulf speed towards it, then dial my amplifier up to twenty times just to be safe.
"Boom." A deafening sonic screech rips through the street, concrete and all, and swallows the massive walking tank, warping the metal and destroying it from the inside out with the vibrations alone, making smoke arise from the cracks between the metal plates.
Well damn, I feel like that was a bit overkill. Especially all the broken glass.
I didn't even shout…
Anyway, that's three points! I lower my amplifier, but then raise it again when I notice a few one pointers roll down the street in front of me after I run around the three pointer, very likely attracted by the immense blast of sound I just released.
"FUS!" Another immense sonic blast tears through the street once more, destroying the glass all over the street even more alongside the three bots.
And now that's six points! I gotta give Mei one huge kiss after this exam is over, this mask is just a huge blessing!
Time to go on a motherfuckin' killing spree!
But of course not even a few minutes later I run into Toru again!
"That you invisible girl?" I can hear the clappin'… And plus, a one pointer just dropped down on the ground without me doing anything. And there's like… a dozen of other bots all over the street.
"It is I!" The hell is with that answer? And where the hell is she? "I hope you are doing as good as I am!" I snort softly at that, then turn around and release another sonic blast to destroy the two pointer trying to sneak on me. "So that's you!" Pretty sure she's pointing at me. How rude.
"I'm doing quite well myself… is this graveyard your handiwork?" I might be wasting time, but I'm already close to fifty points after that last kill. Making noise draws all the bots to me.
"Yep! They can't see me!" Obviously. Though I'm surprised they don't have thermal vision. "But I lost count! And-" I hear her release a grunts as she seemingly climbs up onto something. "-that scares me!" I tilt my head when one of the rockets from the shoulder of a three pointer comes out from the launcher, floats in the air, and is then launched over the three pointer and right behind it, making it explode once it hits the ground. "But that's two more at least!" I snort at that. She's kinda adorable.
"Well, best of luck to you invisible girl! Just know that they have a button behind their neck that turns them off!" I call out one last time before breaking off into a sprint, leaving her behind as she releases some mild adorable curses like 'Damnation' or 'Fudge'.
I run into a few more bots after my encounter with Toru, but that goes to show that the majority of them have already been taken out and are probably moving towards the center of the city to attract everyone there for the Zero Pointer.
I have fifty-four points in total, more than enough to pass, but I really want to try out a thirty times multiplier against the Zero Pointer. Mostly because I'm sure Mei would love to hear about it.
And I want to see some destruction too, 'cause fuck yeah.
So of course I start running towards the center of the city, though at a much slower speed now since I'm starting to get tired from all the full speed running I've been doing. I'm so glad I started training my ass off…
So here I am now, staring down this building sized can of steel and wires and pure power while everyone else just screams and runs away.
I cough into my fist, raise the multiplier to thirty, take a slow and deep breath.
"FUS-RO-DAH-" Everything became a blur. My whole body shook violently as the mask vibrated hard enough to make my teeth clatter together.
The sonic blast was so powerful it sent me flying back. Painfully. I rolled across the ground at least a dozen times before finally coming to a stop.
And the sight in front of me? Fucked up buildings, fucked up Zero Pointer.
I pat myself on the shoulder, tune down the mask, then get clobbered over the head by Toru.
"That was so loud!" She all but screams as I remove my mask and rub the top of my head.
"I didn't think it'd be that powerful." I honestly didn't expect for it to be so damn loud and powerful… but I did shout as loudly as I could, so that could be why it was so destructive.
"What?!" Yeah, that must be a shock- wait…
"Can you hear me?"
"What?!"
"Huh, that's what I thought."
"What?!"
"You got a nice booty."
"I can't hear you!" Heh… My sense of humor has deteriorated too much…
A.N. Another chapter the next day, hope y'all enjoy.
Once more, thank you to all of my s. I love y'all so damn much!
Pat /SamuraiCheem