Saiaku Mono Chapter 5
Back to Bari Pt 3
In the year 2050, people started to develop strange abilities. 4 generations into the future, they are known mostly as a blessing, but in 2050, it is only the opposite. Those who gain these "quirks" are treated with nothing but discrimination and hate. In the United States, quirk use of any kind is treated with automatic jailing, and if they're unlucky, shipped to a testing facility for experimentation. This is the story of how a group of quirked people rose up, overthrew the president, and became the heroes that changed the world. The story of Saiaku Mono!
Current members:
Name:Kari Age:15 Gender:Female Quirk:Leech palms
Through the circular leech mouths on her hands, she can absorb energy from the living things she places them on. She can control whether or not that energy goes to speed, strength, both, or if she just wants to store it for safekeeping. She can also sense a person's energy by using her mouths to look for energy, but the farther away they are the harder it is to sense them, so she usually goes after powerful energy signatures. She can use her leech tongue like a frog can, and can stretch it out to about 4 meters. Because of its strength she can also use it to grapple(swing like spider-man). She has an upbeat attitude and rarely cares what other people think and also rarely thinks things through along with believing she's in the right most of the time, though she can be shown that her ideas are bad if the person either puts a lot of effort into showing her that, or she's attached to them, however she's quite self conscious of her quirk, and becomes less outgoing to a person once they see it, which is why she wears gloves, along with not wanting to absorb the energy of any living thing she touches. If the person stays with her despite knowing of her quirk, she goes back to normal and becomes very attached to them. To use her quirk to its maximum effect, she taught herself hand to hand combat.
Name:Neran Age:16 Gender:Male Quirk:Crystals
He can produce crystals from body, and through training he can produce them so fast he propels him self forwards. He most commonly creates poles from his hands and feet to properly combat foes(similar to Gajeel from Fairy Tail). To produce crystalline structures such as the spherical he must clap his hands together and slam them down to create them in the area around them. His crystals and eyes change color depending on his mood. Similar emotions are grouped into one color. Happy is pink, red is annoyed and angry, purple is embarrassed. He wears shades to hide emotion but when he's around friends he puts them away. He considers Kari an ally because they'll be working together and a friend in the near future, so he puts his shades away. He can make his structures take on different colors with some time and effort and make them disappear into a dust cloud with the snap of his fingers. Kari's quirk can easily destroy them because they're made from his energy. Because they're made from his energy, he and the crystals are linked and he feels the damage they take, this drives him to be quick to avoid battle at times. After living in the forest alone for 6 months, he's socially awkward, which is one of the reasons he disappeared when people saw him in the past
When we last saw our heros, they had finally gotten into the forest and were searching for their third member. However, they were not out of the woods yet, as the woman, now known as Orgullosa, had caught up with them, and had revealed herself to be one of the Tsumi Ha, a group of quirked people sanctioned by the president himself. She had forced Neran to the ground with her power and had just slammed down even more force onto him, how will they get out of this?
'I have no idea how to get out of this' Thought Neran as he was pinned down by nothing yet felt he couldn't move an inch. Orgullosa, as the woman had called herself, had managed to pin him down with a touch. 'All I can assume about her quirk is that it can force things downwards. I also need to take into fact that it's probably not all it can do. The only likely solution is to get away from her, which would be hard enough if it was just me with a broken spine, but there's also Kari, who's frozen in fear. She obviously knows something about her, but I can't focus on that right now.'
"Odd, I've never met someone with yellow eyes of all things. I'd ask if it's part of your quirk, but I honestly just don't care." Orgullosa said, slamming her hand down, once again breaking his spine in a new place. Unlike last time ,however, Neran only winced. 'He's already used to the pain? Guess I'll have to get creative.' "Be honest with me, why did you join up with her?"
He only looked at her with eyes of hatred. 'Now they're red? I might actually be getting mildly interested in this.' "I asked you a question, I expect an answer." Another bone broke to emphasize her point.
'Crap, she's getting serious, she'll kill me if I don't think of something soon… wait! Is that?...Okay.'
"I should probably tell you there are going to be consequences for when you don't respond." She said as she slammed her hand down once more, breaking yet another bone."Though, you probably already knew that.
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"Is there a reason I shouldn't have joined her?" Neran finally replied after a half hour of her breaking his bones. He definitely couldn't get away now. This was considering that at least half of the bones broken were his legs, and the others of course being in his arm so he couldn't carry anyone which complicated things even further.
"You're flat on the ground with multiple bones broken, is that not a reason enough?" She responded bluntly and instantaneously.
"Well!- Okay you got me there. However, another thing on my mind is why did they sent someone as powerful as you to deal with two teenagers?"
"Well, one of the reasons is that she's a rogue element, for lack of better terms." She replied after a look of thought passed over her face. "Her actions interfere with the president's plans, and since she refuses to cease her rebellious actions, I have been tasked with bringing her in because normal humans can't really deal with, at least not without an army. And since you are with her, you will be killed, Though I think you already knew that."
"Well, her rebellious actions as you put it are the best thing this country has seen in a long time, and if you had any sense at all, you'd join her too."
"Oh really? And I'm guessing you joined of your own volition?" She retorted.
"… That's not what we're talking about." Okay, that was kind of a low blow. Heck, he was still heading out of this when he had an opportunity. "The point is, you have a quirk, how can you stomach the things the others go through, let alone enforce it?"
"Something you learn when faced with overwhelming odds," She bent down to meet his gaze," All is meaningless before infinite power, and since the president has that in troves, you can understand why I'd join him."
"I can't say I disagree with you, but that brings up another question I have, if Kari is sooo rebellious, how come she hasn't moved or said a word since you got here?" It was true, since whispering the word run to him, the only movement that has come from her were blinks.
"Aaaah, that is a personal matter between us, but to put in simpler terms, she knows how powerful I can be, therefore her natural instincts are to stay still and stiff." She stated as if she were stating a common fact.
"What did you do to her?" He asked with eyes burning a crimson fury.
"Nothing of your concern in the slightest. Besides, you of all people shouldn't even begin lecture me on ethics"
"...What's that supposed to mean?"
"I know what your true name is." Orgullosa said instantly, yet somehow without any emotion."Along with what you did."
Neran froze, his purple eyes going wide with terror. "How the hell do you know that?"
"So, they change based on emotions, neat. As for the questions you have, on the way here, I passed by a camp and took the liberty of reading the notes from your first encounter with Señor Vise." A flashback showed her taking the notes from a tent."Those, combined with natural knowledge I had as a Tsumi Ha, connected the dots easily. Now either you stop talking, or I say your name, or rather, a curse that binds your heart. Which I imagine, will hurt much more than another round of breaking bones." Her figure was becoming more ominous by the second, as she opened her mouth to say Nerans true name.
'Sigh' "I guess I'll just say… NOW!"
"Now? What do you mean-!"
Suddenly, a beast dropped down from the trees as Kari's leg shot forward and tripped Orgullosa.
'ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAAR!'
"AUUUUUUGH! MY EARS!" She screamed, clutching her ears as the beast that unleashed the roar stomped on her stomach and ran into the woods. "Ugh!" Evidently, having your ear drums temporarily blown out, being shocked as someone who shouldn't have been able to move tripped her, and being stomach stomped by a beast left her in a bit of a painful daze. Who knew?
"Neran! Run while she's in that state, it's our only chance of getting away!" Kari yelled as she headed in the direction the beast ran.
'She's telling me to run? Well, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.' He thought as he mentally shrugged and stood up as he covered his body in crystals and using his pole leg he was able to catch up to the two quite easily.
As he landed beside her he yelled,"You're damn lucky I can read morse code." He said while simultaneously keeping pace. His body was still in relative pain from having his bones broken, so it was no easy task.
"I figured given how much you knew about the militia, you'd read something as simple as morse code with ease." She said with that silly smile on her face. However, it then turned serious. "We need to get as far away from here as possible before she comes to her senses."
"Hey, I am with you a hundred percent, that woman nailed us down pretty much instantly."
"That's not what I meant, now that she's mad, she'll unleash one of her most powerful moves."s moves."
"More serious than breaking someone's bones without even touching them?!" Neran said in a shocked tone.
"Infinitely." Her tone was as grim as the look on her face.
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'THOSE! DAMN! BRATS! She was going to kill them all!' Orgullosa's thoughts were as violent as this as she floated up from the ground, eyes wide and white with fury, blood dripping from her mouth, and ragged breathing accompanying her visage. As she rose up to just above the treetops, other things in the vicinity began to rise upwards as well. From birds to deers, and as the pull got stronger, trees were uprooted as they floated upwards.
From outside the forest, Vise was still prepping his squad to head back, Orgullosa would take care of them easily. "Are we almost finished gathering up all the supplies men?!". Several sounds of confirmation were heard by him. He was lucky to have such disciplined men. Private Howard was still in the Medical tent after being sedated and his arm being treated. Orgullosa was such a b*tch! He only talked to her like that so she wouldn't kill him, but he had neglected to inform his men to do such formalities, he'd have to lecture them when they got looked towards the forest.'I'll have to prepare sessions and-! Sh*t!' His eyes became wide with terror.
"Men! Leave everything behind and load up! We're leaving! NOW!" The desperation and fear in his voice was enough to get the men to drop everything and head to the trucks, driving off immediately. 'Damn it all! Did those kids really push Orgullosa into unleashing such a move?' He thought as he was helping Howard into the car.
Back with Orgullosa, she was raising her arms to above her head, hands clenching but never closing as if they were gripping something. By now, everything within the forest a bit beyond was feeling the effects of her quirk.'It's times like these I'm grateful Odin gave me the permission to kill anyone in the way of my mission. So sorry Señor Vise, and sorry Mi Pequeño Chupón, but I must complete my mission.' She thought as she sucked air into her lungs. Suddenly, everything became suspended in the air and still as a statue. She then slammed her hands downwards."PORTAZO!" Just as soon as the word left her mouth, everything slammed downwards, crushing everything between them and ground. Rocks became hot as the their surface temperature rose with friction between them and the air, trees splintered under the force of being so suddenly slammed to the ground, and most animals died before impact, while the other died as they became blood splats on the ground.
As the dust settled, there was nothing left living in the forest, plants and animals alike. Even the trees that had resisted Orgullosa's pull upwards were unable to handle the wait as they were slammed to the ground with the same force that brought everything else down, only it was more accurate to say they were flattened. The ground looked like a severe earthquake had rolled through it, as the dirt was whipped up and chunks of land was tilted. Ironically, everything outside the area of Orgullosa's attack looked normal as ever. It was completely ignorant of what had happened.
In the middle of all the destruction was Orgullosa, having been slowly lowered to the ground as her power deactivated now that its purpose was fulfilled. She was heavily breathing in and out, naturally such an attack would leave her drained.'I didn't think I'd have to use that attack, those kids were special, not like I didn't already know. Damn I'm rusty, I should practice more.'
"If you're going to kill me, you best do it now, cause we both know you won't get another chance." She said to the figure behind her.
"You mistake my intentions, I merely wished to see what drove you to use such a move, or at least what remained. Besides, though you're out of practice you still take on an entire squad, with moderate effort since you just used 'Portazo." These words were said by a solem Vise who stood behind her, his hand resting on his gun.
"I'm quite amazed honestly." Orgullosa said
"By what?"
"Well three things really, the first is that those kids were able to escape both me and my attack."
"! How could they escape the forest in time? They were right in the center!" He exclaimed.
"I don't know how they did it, but when I use my quirk I can feel, in a sense, what it's affecting. And when I used my power just now, not a single human was caught in it. So they must've done something to escape it."
"If that's the case, they truly are remarkable kids, they would be valuable assets to the army if they joined. What of the two other things that amazes you?"
"The other two pertain to you, Señor Vise."
"Oh,really?" His eyes momentarily widened a slight bit in shock before going back to their original shape.
"Yes, how is it that you were able to get all the way back here before any of the vehicles?"
He stiffened for a moment, then looked back to see that there were indeed no trucks near the miniature earthquake zone that had been created.
"Huh, didn't realize I was that quick, maybe I should try out for the Olympics." He said, trying to ease the tension that was becoming thicker by the moment.
"Answer the question." The air around her became light as she prepared to once again use 'Portazo', albeit a much smaller one.
Standing his ground to avoid being lifted by her quirk, the Brigadier General said," I've been using steroids."
Everything then dropped, naturally, not because Orgulloas slammed her hands downwards. Speaking of which, her eyes had widened and she looked towards him, a look of shock on her face. Everything around them had somehow managed to become even more quiet than before, this was especially shocking since they were in a proverbial 'Deadmans Zone'. Finally, she opened her mouth.
"BWAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH! YOU?! Mr 'Straightshooter' uses steroids!? BWAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAH!"
Vise had become very much embarrassed during her rant. A hand was behind his head, scratching it in shame. "I would be very appreciative if you'd be quiet about this. Since quirks became a nation wide problem, the president has decided steroids are no longer illegal for military personnel, I had already trained my men to be against steroids before it was in place and seeing me use them would prompt them to do so."
"Okay" 'exhale, inhale' "Okay" 'exhale, inhale' "Fine, I won't tell anyone, why do you use them anyway?" She said in between catching her breath.
"Because when I first encountered a quirk user I was helpless to stop them despite being of high ranking profile, the president's lifting of law provided an opening for me to become stronger, though I will admit that they are still quite addicting, so I discourage my men from using them."
"You know if you keep using them, they will cause havoc on your body."
"If those are the consequences, I must live with , I believe there was a third thing that amazed you." He said, wishing for her to drop the subject.
"Fine, fine, you can be a real bore sometimes. The third thing is how you can manage to hide the massive anger you feel towards me."
"!" "Whatever do you mean?" He said, his tone as being neutral.
"I mean, I took an arm of that nothing. While I myself care not for them, you yourself have an odd caring for them. And it's not the first time I've done something like that, in fact, most of the time I straight up kill them. So I can't exactly believe that you wouldn't harbor hatred towards me for such, how would other nothings put it? Ah yes, 'atrocities'?" While she said this, she was in a cross legged pose, face resting on open palm, all serving to make her seem even more arrogant than she usually was.
"... I'm heading back to my squad, enjoy the walk back." A neutral look on his face, he turned and started walking towards the edge of her 'Portazos' attack.
'Sh*t! Why is he leaving? Was I to forward with my inquiries? Was I not forward enough? Sh*t,Sh*t,Sh*t!' Hi, Saiaku Mono Narrator here (SMN for short) Confused? Don't worry! This is the 'true' Orgullosa. For reasons unknown she acts like an arrogant woman and disregards many humans by calling them 'Nothings'. In reality, she's quite nervous and easily flustered. As you can probably tell at this point, she has feelings for Vise. All caught up? Good! Let's get back to her crisis! 'I gotta do something! Okay Orgullosa think! What could get him to stay? Or at least talk to me. He talked about me( I'm so glad he thinks I'm powerful), those kids, steroids, wait that's it' "Now, now, Señor Vise, don't tell me you don't wish to properly, be able to fight against quirk users, without drawbacks from steroids?"
He turned around "What do you mean?" An interested look on his face.
'EEEEEEE! Okay, now seal the deal!' "I mean I could hook you up with a certain associate of mine. One who knows how to make certain...modifications to people, for lack of better words.
He gasped "Surely you don't mean him?"
" He isn't that bad, provided a good word or ten is put in with him by someone whose opinion he cares about."
Bzzzt. A notification had been detected by her phone. Picked it out and found a note
"... Fine, I shall take you up on your offer, shall we discuss this on the ride back to our base in Doros city?" He said, holding a hand out for her to take.
'EEEEEEEEEE! Yes! Took me 6 years of knowing him but I finally got to hold his hand! Now only about a century or 3 and we'll be married!' "If you're going to be so gentlemanly about it, who am I to say no?" She said in a tone that implied mocking.
'Sigh' "Must you always maintain that condescending tone?" He said well implying his critiques as he helped her and they started walking back.
"Must you always praise the ground I walk on in front of your men?" She retorted.
"I only do so because if not they learn the hard way, like Private Howard. Thanks for taking his arm off for no reason."
"Heeey, the nothing was a quirkist, or something like that. But if you want I can talk to himabout giving him a new arm."
"Not on your life, you overestimate your sway, especially with him."
"Now that's just rude, I still think he isn't that bad."
"Are you sh*tting me? All of you are only the same in your disregard of human life, but he somehow stands out from the lot of you, and not in a good way."
"I could kill you for talking to me that way." 'He feels comfortable enough with me to talk to me like this, might have to move the wedding up!'
"Don't blame me for stating the truth," As he continued his sentence, an image appeared as talked. One of a man with broken bodies laid behind him as he worked at his desk, hunched over as he appeared to be working on something."Besides, while Tooring is a genius, he's one of you lot for a reason."
The man, now known as Tooring, yet shrouded in shadows so that we only saw an outline of his body, sat up.
"Lalalalalalalalala! Someone must be talking about me, better not be bad!" A menacing voice with an african accent said in amusement. A phone then rang as he got a notification. A tentacle shaped silhouette touched the phone and without Torring even looking at it, he was able to read the text message. "Ah, so the boss man wants us to head to the white house? Damn it! Now?! I was just getting to work on the new batch! Guess I'll do it later."
As he got up he noticed movement from one of the bodies, it looked to be barely clinging to life. "God damn it, well this is actually pretty convenient, a new toy for me to take my anger out on."
"Ple-please… k-kill me." Oh, he could still talk,that meant he could scream. A grin formed on Torrings face. "Ohhhh, don't worry, you'll be dead at the end of my session with you."
A cacophony of screams came from that man's mouth, and that was all Tooring needed to hear on the way to the white house to keep him temporarily happy.
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After finally getting far enough away from the forest, the three decided to rest. Neran sat down on a nearby rock, Kari laid down in a snow angel position, while the beast just curled up like a dog. Upon actually observing the beast, he actually looked pretty human. The entire body was covered in a small but dense coat of blonde fur aside from the neck up, where the hair on the head kept them from fully seeing his head, but the golden eyes were there.
'This is so awkward.' "Sooooooo, that just happened." Okay, that could've been better.
"Yes, yes it did. So when were you gonna tell me about the Tsumi Ha?"
Ah sh*t. "Weeeell…" This could get messy.
"Cause I think informing your meager crew of one that would be going up against people who can level a forest with ease and break bones with a light touch would be pretty high on your to do list, or am I wrong?"
"Okay, I was going to tell you when we had more people on the te-"
"WHO WOULD WANT TO JOIN THIS TEAM?!"
"Uh…"
"No! Let's do a roll call! We got you, an idiot with leech hands who thinks she doesn't need to tell anyone anything, and thinks the moment she wants someone to join her team, that means they join. And me, a dude with one arm who hasn't exercised in months! Whose power is to make glorified mood rings! This team was a failure from the start and I think you know that!"
"L-look please, let's just head to the next town and we can discuss everything there, like your plan to he-Ugh!" She was talking when she had been interrupted. By a block of crystal to the stomach.
"Let's be honest, you would've made the plan for nothing the moment you saw the president, that I can be sure of." He said grimly as he turned around and started walking away from her.
'No, I can't let this happen again!' She started crawling on her stomach towards his fleeting figure."PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" He stopped, and a glimmer of hope shone in her heart.
"... I'm too weak and you know it, do yourself a favor and give up, this nation hasn't been worth fighting for in a long time, why start now?" He said as he went into a run and disappeared from her sight.
'I have to do something, say something, anything' She thought as opened her mouth to speak… only to banged her fist to the ground as she cried a river of tears.'After all that, I'm alone again'
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W-well, that was dark. Didn't think things would happen this way, I mean considering as I described it as "the story of how a group of quirked people rose up, overthrew the president, and became the heroes that changed the world." in my serious tone, guess I thought things would end differently. Well, I am left with two options, move on to a different story somewhere else or SCREW IT I CAN'T LET IT END LIKE THIS I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE GUYS! What's Nerans real name? What happened to Kari? What happened to Neran? What is the beast? I want my answers! I have to- Wait but if I do that then...Screw it! I'm gonna have to break some rules but damn it all if I'm letting those to drift apart! I mean as friends! It-it's not like I want them to get together or anything! Saiaku Mono will be back together by the next chapter, or next ten my people skills aren't that good but they will reunite, I swear! See you lot next time! On Saiaku Mono! I know I'm talking to no one but this seems cool so I'm doing