Wassuuup, Chapter 2 of this project, I am actually really happy with how it turned out.
Anyways enjoy.
Also Beta'd By Everpeach, go read his stuff.
'Holy shit she's fast' I thought alarmed, as Toga rushed through the alleyway dodging the slabs of earth.
This speed isn't normal for an unenhanced human, and I needed to slow her down, right fucking now!
Throwing two [Mantis Shot]'s one at her head and the other at her left leg, in an effort to slow her down, I am left slightly gaping and more than a little pale when I saw her slip past the shot to her head by tilting to the side..
Luckily the second blow hit her waist if only just barely.
Glancing Blow! Damage Reduced = 70 Dmg
That is bullshit!
It only worked slightly and it didn't stop her rush towards me, but her speed was slightly reduced, and she was now clutching her left side.
Not that it matters much when she is already this close!
Doing the first move that I can think of before she reaches me, I activate my quirk, moving my hands up and down in a wave motion and changing the rapidly shortening ground between us into a spike filled mess.
They aren't more than a couple of inches at the most, but they should stop her rush.
Charging an [Steady Shot] for when the spikes stop her, I was left fumbling to change the direction of my shot when I saw her use her momentum and natural speed along with the uneven shape of the brick wall to start wall running horizontally towards me.
By the time I am able to reorient myself she had already bounced from the wall towards me.
'What the actual fuck is up with this girl! Wasn't her quirk transforming into other people?!'
I am unable to bring my arms up to defend myself, as she uses her accumulated speed and momentum to reach out with a spinning kick right into my face.
-50 HP
I felt my head snap to the right, away from her by the force of the blow, and was left seeing stars for a second, having to spit out one of my canines that I am pretty sure is broken in two.
"All that blood in your mouth makes you look really kissable, you know?!" The BITCH that did this arrived in front of me, probably in satisfaction that my plan to keep her at a distance failed so quickly.
Blinking the spots of vision away and righting my sense of equilibrium, with some help from [Gamers Body] I do my best to glare at her with the most anger that I can manage, (which is a lot, getting a tooth kicked out HURTS.)
"Oh, you don't look cute at all like that, you know? Don't worry though, I will make you look perfect" The way she said that sent a shiver of fear down my spine 'She is completely insane!"
Seeing that she was about to start running towards me again I took the initiative.
Normally controlling earth dust is too much for my quirk, it is just too unwieldy, the previous owner of this body tried a lot but found it was simply too inefficient.
The same does not apply to simply raising the dust up.
Doing exactly that, I take the earth dust from this alleyway and send it towards Toga in a controlled push.
The stupidity of my plan doesn't dawn on me until after I had sent the dust, losing sight of the girl that wants to kill me.
Doing my best to lower it down again, my heart skips a beat when I see no sign at all of Toga.
'Wait wasn't she able to hide her presence in the series?" This train of thought was continued by my body on instinct.
Turning behind me, I am able to see the cold steel just in time to turn my head with the cut, avoiding the slash albeit only partially successfully.
Glancing Blow! Damage Reduced – 20 Hp
'It BURNS!'
I felt my right cheek split open thanks to the knife, and I can taste the blood that has been slowly pooling in my mouth since I broke the tooth, swiftly increase in quantity.
'That would have split the right side of my mouth completely open if I hadn't turned with the cut!'
Seeing her go for a slice to my stomach, I do the best I can to dodge, stepping and leaning back, her cut only barely gracing me, shredding through my clothes and not much else.
This was followed through with a much quicker horizontal slash at my side with the intent to cleave something.
I barely had time to react, especially when my destroyed face mask was in the way .so I used what I could to defend myself.
The snapping sound that resounded through the alleyway, made my blood run cold.
Looking at my hands I see my bow had received the blow for me and was entirely unusable now.
'What kind of strength does this teenage girl have?'
The bow was literally snapped in half, and I can't use my abilities without my bow.
That realization felt like cold water being dropped on me, I just lost most of my firepower.
"You're pretty good, actually you're the first person to react to me pulling that move, even if it is a new one, but still you did great, and you sure made me work for it. But this is the end for you" Toga didn't have the high tone of voice or ecstatic smile she usually had, she seemed really mad, like me daring to fight back was an inconvenience.
I should be despairing right now, my chances of beating her with only my quirk are extremely low.
But honestly, all I felt was anger and disgust.
Anger at her for being a psycho bitch.
Anger at my shitty luck for having to deal with this bullshit on my first night in this world.
Seeing Toga rush at me to probably finish me off, I wiped the grimace of pain away from my face and set it in the most defiant expression I could muster.
'But the worst is anger and disgust at myself for thinking I am defenseless!'
The moment she is about to reach me for a slash, I gathered the considerable pool of blood that had formed in my mouth and spat it directly onto her face.
"Wha-?! Uhg!" The sound of surprise she made from having her vision impaired, was cut short by a cry of pain, caused by the left hook I struck her right cheek with.
Now it was her that had her head snapped back, the satisfaction I felt from the meaty sound her cheek made when struck fueled my desire to talk shit.
"If you think I would just let you roll over me and drop dead, well… Then I guess your parents were right about you"
Thoughts about how I shouldn't share information that may clue her in on the fact that I knew about her past were easily discarded.
'After all, how many alleyway slashers have a good relationship with their families?'
Still, it seemed that she took it personally if her murderous glare was any indication.
"I think I've changed my mind; first, I am going to kill you and then I'm going to leave your body to rot, I don't want to taste you anymore" She had lost her blush and was now looking at me as if I was garbage, but I couldn't care less,
"As long as I am alive, I can fight, if you think I am going to lose to some random teenage girl whom no one loves then you are dead wrong" I growled out. preparing myself for combat by setting into a boxing stance.
"Still, I'm not entirely mad at you, not really, you helped me realize something after all... still going to beat the shit out of you though"
It is true, I have been going into this fight like a fucking idiot, I have been fighting as if this was a game, trying to make the perfect move for everything, the previous Yasu's memories must have been affecting me more than I thought.
"I will show you how great I am!" It is time to fight like the man I was before coming here.
Rushing forward in tune with her, I start by throwing a jab at her face. she barely dodges and counters with a rising kick to my left side.
I grunt as I catch the kick, mitigating most of the impact.
-10 HP damage taken
Taking hold of the leg, I raise my right elbow with the intention of breaking her knee, but I am forced to step back by an upswing directed towards my eyes.
Seeing her come forth with an overhand stab and my movement being limited laterally, I take a risk and instead shorten the distance using my left forearm to block the stab.
Using the position to my advantage I move the fight up close with an elbow from my other arm connecting squarely with her chin.
-20 DMG to enemy
Seeing her dazed from the blow, I take hold of the back of her neck and pull her forward nose-first into my forehead, creating a wet crunch on impact.
-25 DMG to enemy
I've been keeping sight of her knife from the side of my vision, which Is why I was left momentarily distracted when she dropped it.
It seemed almost impossible to keep my eyes from the falling knife, but the sound of drawn steel changed my focus back to Toga, my eyes widen when I saw that she had drawn a second knife from a pouch on her back.
The horizontal stab at my stomach was much closer this time, using instincts from what must have been my [Fleet Footed] I was able to lean back more than I ever have before in my life.
For a moment my body is perfectly parallel to the ground allowing me to dodge the slash by less than an inch.
My attempt to right myself is interrupted by the vampire bitch utilizing my lack of equilibrium to tackle me to the ground.
-5 HP damage taken
I take a second to try to get myself up before I see a knife going straight down in the direction of my chest.
Catching the knife, I winced when I caught part of it by the edge.
"You are really annoying, just die already!" Struggling with her pushing the knife down, I am once again surprised by her strength.
'What the hell is up with this world! This teenage girl feels as strong as a 90 kilo man!'
Feeling my muscles start to give in the strength contest, I start trying to think of a way to get her off me.
Trying to use my quirk from a never before used angle, could be potentially dangerous, so when I stomp the ground with my left foot, the spike that ends up coming from above my head is blunted in case it had come from the under my body.
The spike found its mark in Toga's left shoulder, pushing it enough force to make her drop the knife to the side.
Acting quickly, I extend my hand to take hold of it barely reaching it with my fingertip before it gets stuffed in my inventory.
"Chuuu-" My small victory is cut short when the little shit decides to bite my neck.
-25 HP damage taken
Grunting in pain, I start trying to get her off me with a punch in the temple, but the girl doesn't want to get the fuck Off!
-10 DMG to enemy
-5 HP damage taken
Holy shit! I need to get her off me before she drains any more blood!
I deliver a blow to her ribs that has her grunting in pain but holding on even tighter.
-36 DMG to enemy
-5 HP damage taken
'I am starting to get really mad' Grabbing her I make use of the fact that she hasn't tied her legs to my waist to raise her up before dropping her down to get kneed in the crotch.
The squeal of pain she made, almost made me smile in this shitty situation.
-30 DMG to enemy
Finally getting her off me thanks to the weakness caused by the pain, I put both my hands around her face and sink my thumbs into her eyes.
-10 DMG to enemy
Seeing her screeching in pain I take her by the scruff of her neck and reverse our positions pushing her off me into the ground beside me.
Trying to get up as fast as possible, I see her trying something similar, but unlike her, I have both [Gamers Body] and [Gamers Mind] helping me deal with the fatigue.
Dropping on top of her before she can get up, I put both my arms around her neck in a basic chokehold and start cutting her air supply.
Realizing what I am trying to do she tries to stop me with wild elbows to my head, but she was too tired from the fight to put up any real resistance.
She starts to tear up and her screams grow hoarser and more silent as she struggles to keep speaking with the lack of air.
Feeling her go limp, I keep the hold for some more seconds before I see a notification from my system
Target is now Unconscious!
EXP Gained 250!
Level UP!
Feeling my wounds disappear with the level increase, I sigh, thankful for small miracles.
Dropping onto my back beside the now unconscious girl I take a deep breath, before exhaling just as deeply.
as I looked at the girl beside me I could only ask myself one thing.
'What to do with you?'
Quickly checking my quest, I see that it is ready to be completed..but it can wait.
Though it is good to know that I can achieve the bonus objectives after doing the main one.
Seeing the entire quest again I can see the information I had lacked due to dismissing the quest notification as quickly as I had.
Hunter and Predator (Uncommon quest)
Himiko Toga is thirsty for your blood make sure your insides stay that way.
Objective: Fend off, knock out or Terminate Himiko Toga
Bonus Objective: Reach a Peaceful Resolution.
Reward: EXP, Blood Tracking (Skill)
Bonus Reward: Temporal Body Modification (Token), 2 X Uncommon Gacha Token
Focusing on the possible rewards fills my head with basic information about them.
Thanks, System.
Blood Tracking is what it sounds like, allowing me to track someone by the scent of their blood within a considerable range.
The token on the other hand is quite different, it is a one-use item, that allows me to change my appearance, to any other humanoid, for five minutes, not useful right now, but it could definitely be of use later.
This is of course assuming that I can reach a 'Peaceful Resolution' with the yandere slasher.
Looking at said slasher, I almost jump into the wall when I see her mouth moving.
Looking closer I see that she isn't talking, she has her tongue licking around her lips...
Licking the blood that I spit on her previously in the fight.
Flinching back in equal parts horror and disgust thanks to that realization, I decided to observe her to make sure she is unconscious.
Himiko Toga
HP: 103
LV: 4
Thoughts about you: She is unconscious
The confirmation about her state was calming, but her level confused me.
System what is the deal with her level?
You are the only being with the [Gamers Body] skill, because of this, you are also the only one with a real stats system.
Okay, that makes sense, you haven't answered the question though.
If they don't work in the same way you do then the level mechanic is going to work differently, as it is now for regular individuals the Level stat is a threat assessment tool.
Wait, so someone's level could change during a fight?
That could be dangerous.
No, it wouldn't, the level is based on the worst possible threat, if we were to use Toshinori Yagi for example, his level wouldn't change while he transforms, but it would if he has no more time in the day for his quirk.
I suppose that explains why an unconscious persona could have more than level one or zero I suppose, I could wake her up by accident after all.
Whatever decision I end up taking won't be in this alleyway, so I better get the fuck out of here while I can.
Using my quirk to get rid of the spikes and other deformations of earth, I am only slightly surprised when I start feeling a small amount of unnatural tension in my back.
The adrenaline helped ignore it, especially with quirks being biological, but I am close to the limits of my quirk, even with [Gamers Body] and leveling up the wear down hasn't gone away.
Taking hold of the spike that I used to stop Toga from stabbing my heart I decided to break it at the base and store it in my inventory.
This is my lucky spike now.
Taking the target of my quest and dropping her over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes, I flex my quirk and climb on top of a building.
Yasu Shimura
Level- 5
Class- [Marksman 5/50]
Race: Human (Quirked)
Age: 19
HP: 150 (26 per minute)
SP: 150 (26 per 30 seconds)
EXP: 100/250
STR: 20
END: 15
DEX: 35
INT: 10
WIS: 10
CHA: 10
LCK: 10
Taking a look at my stats, I decided to just go with it and start jumping from roof to roof.
'This is actually really fun! Maybe I should start practicing parkour, pretty sure my DEX stat would make it super easy.'
Finding a suitable building (One where the top had a roof to cover us, and near enough to my Orphanage to make the return trip easier), I lay Toga gently onto the ground and take my lucky spike out of my inventory.
Funnily enough, Yasu had planned to start a career in ceramics and making other such goods.
I used this experience to mold the spike into a pair of handcuffs for the stab happy girl, making sure that if she wakes up she can't attack, even If I am not at 100% yet with my quirk, I have already recuperated from most of the quirk-fatigue.
Alright, now that I have restrained the girl (Not that way my perverted brain), I think it is as good a time as any to review the fight.
Frankly put, it was a disaster.
There are no excuses, that would make ending up at less than 10% HP acceptable.
So, what did I do wrong?
Well, first of all, my attitude towards fighting was downright stupid, even if I avoided the isekai trope of seeing the people from the new world as less than real people, my fighting style at the beginning showed that I let the concept of the gamer system go too far.
I literally went down to the ground as an archer and looted my enemies like this was Skyrim, I didn't even check the quest before going down.
Okay, so I should probably play to my strengths more and not face-check alleyways.
Now the fight itself wasn't that bad, a learning experience really, it helped me remember that gamer or not, I have lived a life before this, and those experiences are just as valid as the overpowered system that I now have.
What really caught me by surprise, and really shouldn't have, was the downright superhuman physical level of Toga, this just made what I had previously thought all the more obvious.
Quirked Humans and regular humans aren't the same, at least at their extremes, the hard limits regular humans have in how much they can grow in their 'stats' is completely different in this world.
The limits are barely there at all.
I remember a scene in the anime in which Eraserhead grabbed a mutant quirk villain with his scarf and just threw them away, like 20 meters, that is clearly not normal, and it is something I have to take into account.
A teenage girl can be as strong as a bodybuilder and an insomniac stickman can be superhumanly strong.
Looking at Toga, I have to admit that [Gamers Mind] is showing its worth, my anger at her is still there, but it isn't all that strong for me to do anything counterproductive.
Besides, I am curious if there is anything left of the original Toga Himiko, if I remember correctly, she was born with a quirk that forced her to drink blood periodically for her mental health.
An addiction from birth.
The idea sends a shiver of disgust through my body.
I am pretty sure she ended up like this because everyone denied her what she biologically needed.
If she seems too far-gone to reason with, I will just get rid of her, it would be a shame, but I don't plan to let such a potentially dangerous enemy run free.
Speaking of which, I can see that the sleeping beauty is waking up.
I guess it's showtime.
POV: Toga Himiko
Groggily opening my eyes, I can't help but feel a fogginess that makes thinking harder than normal.
Trying to move myself results in full-body aches and pains.
What the hell happened to my jaw? it feels as if someone hit me with a metal bat!
"Man, what truck hit me?" I asked nobody in particular.
Which is why I tried to leap at my feet when I heard someone snort to my side.
"That would be me, I would apologize for beating you up, but it wouldn't be honest, you started it after all" Looking at my side I see a slightly familiar figure.
"Wow, those eyes are beautiful," I think I murmured it out loud without thinking.
Yep, definitely did if him laughing out loud was any indication.
"I really needed that, tonight has been intense, you know anything about why?" He asked with a smile, but I could see that look in his eye, he was focused, not letting himself relax.
It was at that moment that I remembered where I knew him from.
The look of horror and shame must have shown if his surprised expression was something to go by.
"I don't suppose a sorry would work, hehehe..." His blank expression was all the answer I needed.
"I am afraid, I don't forgive random girls who try to stab me so easily Miss...?" It took me only a moment to realize that he wanted me to introduce myself.
Well not like I have a choice right now.
"Toga Himiko, and for what it's worth I wasn't planning to stab you" that came out so weird.
"Well Miss Toga, I must say this is the first time that someone who has tried to stab me, say they didn't mean to? Or would it be that you didn't mean to do it from the start?" His raised eyebrow made me flush in embarrassment and also some fear.
What kind of position did I end up in now?
"You weren't my target; I was going to attack the trigger dealers, but they were already dead when I arrived and you were there, where else was I supposed to get my b-!" I had to stop myself from admitting my real reason for being there.
He seems to be judging what to do with me if he learns I was there to drink blood...
Well, I have enough previous experience to know how that ends.
Her captor's words bring her out of her bitter thoughts.
"They aren't dead you know I only knocked them unconscious"
So, she ended up in this situation for no reason?
Just great.
"Still" he continued ignoring her depressed mood "You wanted something only I or those drug dealers would have, didn't you? I wonder, does it have anything to do with that bite you gave me in the middle of our fight, you did seem surprisingly unwilling to let go Miss Toga"
I could feel the air leave my lungs, I think I am starting to hyperventilate, I need to leave! He's going to attack me!
Further thoughts were driven off me by a slap in the back of my head.
"Sorry about that, my grandpa always used to tell me that the best way to stop someone from worrying about something stupid is a gentle slap in the crown of the head" He started laughing again after that.
S-stupid?
"What do you mean stupid!" All her life her quirk has been causing her trouble after trouble, it has ruined her life, and this random guy wants to tell her that is stupid.
"So, you have a quirk that makes you want to drink blood, so what? I don't give a shit!"
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"You don't care about the fact that I drink the blood out of people! I have killed before you know! I have drained people dry!" I am pretty sure my face was completely red, and my head was starting to feel foggy.
"I do wonder Toga Himiko, who have you killed? You said your targets were the drug dealers that I knocked out, right? Why would you target them, when you could target someone much safer?"
The barrage of questions left me momentarily stunned, thinking about who I have attacked, I realize that all of them have been criminals.
Even at the moments in which my hunger has been at its worse, I have done my best to avoid regular civilians.
At the moment I justified it by thinking that no one would miss them, right?
They were criminals, the worst of the worst, drug dealers, killers, rapists, people who no one would look into if they died, therefore the heroes wouldn't come to get me.
But was that all it was? I have never attacked a homeless person, even if their disappearance rates are off the charts.
"By the look in your eyes, I think I have my answer, let me guess you are one of those people who have a 'villainous quirk' aren't you" The reminder would have made me flinch but the joking way in which he said it made me curious.
"Honestly telling anyone they have a 'villainous quirk' is a more villainous act that any quirk could be, a quirk can be useful or not, but good or evil, heroic or villainous? They can't be that more than a hairstyle or an eye color, they are purely biological, luck of the draw if you will"
What?
The hope I was feeling at his comments, was put at the side for the moment, NO one thinks like this, there are clearly villainous quirks, why else was she kicked out of her house and forced to survive on stolen food and literal trash!
Forced to murder for a biological need, forced to drink the blood from actual rats, and to endure the cold of winter without the protection of a home or the safety net of a family.
It wasn't for nothing, right? Right?!
"I don't care which quirk someone has, with the exception of if I am fighting them of course, but even then, I believe everyone can be dangerous, give a quirkless man a gun and he could possibly kill Endeavour. "A quirkless person kill the number two hero?
"But I am rambling now, the point is, that I don't care what your quirk is when it comes to you as a person and it really shouldn't matter to anyone, worst case scenario if a quirk runs out of control or makes the sure get out of control, the solution should be to help the quirk user, not shun them and make more villains"
Before I could help it, the question slipped "So I am not a m-monster?" I hated how much it sounded like I was whimpering.
Looking at him (I have not even asked his name), my heart palpitating harshly in my heart in fear of rejection, I lose strength in my muscles going slightly slack in relaxation when I see he is smiling gently at me.
"Toga, no Himiko, I don't know who told something so wrong, there are a lot of monsters in this world, some of them even terrifying but you are definitely not one of them, to me you are just a normal, if an admittedly cute girl, which was born with a problematic quirk with no fault of her own."
I could hear my heart beating, drumming in my ears, what is this elation?
Is this what being acknowledged feels like?
This feels so much better than drinking blood.
"Guess I am human after all, huh?" Even with my eyes getting watery, I take hold of this emotion, I don't want it to fade just yet.
Change in Pov
Pov: Yasu
"Sure, you are, and to prove it to you how about a little test?" This conversation has been enlightening.
So, this is who Toga Himiko is when she isn't in a blood craze huh?
"W-what kind of test?" She seems a little scared, but also extremely curious.
I suppose if I was told I was a monster most of my life and someone told me they could prove them wrong, I would be curious too.
"I will let you drink my blood," I tell her simply, making her eyes widen.
"But there is one catch, I will be the one to tell you when you start to drink it and when to stop, the moment I tell you to stop, you will do so" She is smart enough to realize what I am doing here.
It is a test, a test about her ability to resist and overcome her unique instincts.
I can tell the blood she drank from me in our fight wasn't enough to satiate her. She's already showing signs of withdrawal from her goosebumps and the way she looks at me from time to time.
It is obvious that before tonight she hadn't drunk blood in a long time.
So, if she can control herself when she is this 'hungry'.
Then she would honestly be better than most people are with their base desires.
Taking off my puffer jacket, I offer her my left forearm right in front of her nose, seeing her pupils dilate and widen, like a cat about to jump a defenseless bird.
"Remember what I said Toga, you must stop when I tell you" Seeing her pull herself from her focus and giving me a nod, I give her a nod letting her start.
-25 HP damage taken
Hiding my flinch, I see her expression of bliss when drinking.
I am not in any real danger anyway, she has her hands bound, her body is aching all over and she looks dead tired.
But most importantly, I can see in her eyes that the light of intelligence hasn't left her, as much as she is enjoying this, she is still conscious of her surroundings especially of my expression.
-5 HP damage taken
-5 HP damage taken
-5 HP damage taken
I let her feed herself for some time, idly caressing her left cheek and looking into her eyes.
They really are like a cat, so cute.
Tapping her forehead when she closes her eyes, I see her opening them and give her a look that she recognizes as me telling her to stop.
She seems reluctant to leave so I vocalize it "Toga, please stop"
That did the trick, with what must have been a great show of willpower she took her mouth out of the spot in which she had latched onto.
"Congratulations Toga Himiko, you have controlled your base desires, there are few individuals who could have done the same thing in your position" The smile she had on her face didn't become any less cute due to her bloodied fangs
Really though, what she had done was the equivalent of drinking water after more than a week not doing so and then being told to stop drinking when someone told you.
It was truly a show of self-control.
Which makes me all the more curious about her.
"You can call me Himiko you know? No need to be so dramatic" she said with a giggle making me blush slightly
I am not dramatic!
Calming down from the embarrassment while she continued laughing, I ask her a question.
"Hey Himiko, how about we talk?" I asked her while removing the bindings out of her hands as a sign of trust.
"Talk about what?" She asked with a tilt of her head, she is so fucking cute it hurts.
"About everything how about we talk about our lives until this point it may be hard, but I am sure you will feel better after this." She seemed to be mulling about if it was worth it, but she finally decided that after everything that happened this wasn't that large of a jump.
And so, we talked about everything and anything, she talked about when she triggered her quirk how her parents treated her, how they refused to bring her to a quirk specialist, how they reacted when they saw her drink the blood from animals, how they neighbors started treating her when a pet disappeared, and she was blamed.
She talked about her experiences in school, about how she had to put on a mask and tried to ignore her need for blood, slowly but surely degrading her mental health until one day she snapped, she didn't want to give the details of that, and I didn't insist.
I told her about my backstory in this world, the fact that I am an orphan, how my family died. But I also shared some stories of my previous life, nothing incriminating, just the little things and funny moments.
Having someone to talk to seemed to help both of us and raised the mood, after what was an emotional night.
I am still going to pay her parents a visit eventually.
"Himiko, you said you didn't have a place to stay at, right? Would you like to come with me to the orphanage? I promise no one will judge you" I have decided, I want her to stay at my side during my time here, and not only because she is cute.
She has an incredible drive, to dight against your very nature for years is an incredible feat, one from exactly the kind of person I will need to complete my Legendary Quest.
"R-really are you sure? I wouldn't want to get you in trouble with someone like me" The desperation and hope in her voice were obvious even if I didn't know her past.
"Maybe you are right, If I bring a girl as beautiful as you at this time of night the matron may think I am a playboy," I say in faux concern, making her blush and giggle.
"It is no problem at all Himiko, the matron would be more than happy to have you there, so what do you say? Would you let me take you away into the night?" I say with a joking bow.
"YES! Yes, you dramatic idiot!" She said laughing at my act but the happiness in her laugh seemed real.
"That is all I need to hear let's go!" I say picking her up and getting ready to run into the orphanage.
I stop myself when I see Himiko fail to stay up.
Rushing to her, I see that she is giggling so I suppose she isn't hurt.
"I guess I am more tired than I thought, how the hell are you still standing?" She asks with a pout ( I could just pinch those cheeks)
"I am built different, that is all, guess I will have to carry you again then" She blushes and stutter at the idea of me carrying her, but the blush disappears when she feels herself get carried over my shoulder.
Like a bag of potatoes, again.
"You idiot! This isn't how you are supposed to carry a woman! You shou-… actually never mind I am fine here." I am confused about what she is talking about, but I start carrying her anyways.
It is halfway to the orphanage that she makes her move.
"Did you just pinch my ass?!" My only answer was some creepy giggling from behind and her hands getting friendly with my behind.
Musutafu Orphanage 1:00 AM
"Did you know how worried I was about you! You little idiot!" Himiko and I arrived at the orphanage without any problems.
But now it was my time to get yelled at by the matron for arriving at this late of an hour with clearly bloodstained clothes.
"Just because I told you, that I won't judge you for being a vigilante doesn't mean you can be so careless or worry me like this!"
Shibuya Keiko was a relatively old woman, who has overseen this orphanage since I can remember.
She had a mutant-type quirk which made her take characteristics from a Capybara, so she had slightly rodent-like features and was a great swimmer.
She also looked like your stereotypical grandmother and was treated as such by most residents of the orphanage
"Sorry grandma, but at least I got someone who can help around her now!" I said dropping Himiko under the proverbial bus.
She focused her beady eyes on Himiko and somehow, be it from experience or just grandmother powers, she seemed to understand Himiko's situation, even if just a little bit.
"Okay you playboy, but you will be cooking tomorrow and the day after that because of this!"
"Thanks, grandma! Do you know where she can sleep for the night, she is really tired" She looked at both of us and grew a teasing smile that unnerved me a little.
"Well, Yasu, if you must know, we currently don't have a room available to her, such a shame really... unless of course, you would be willing to share your room with her?" the Meddlesome old woman said casually.
"Sure, I have no problem, Himiko I will go to prepare a bath for you, okay?" I told her, not that she smells bad or anything but well... a hot bath can be quite welcome at times.
"First name basis already! All these years taking care of you, and you suddenly become a womanizer, oh what a shame!" She said, cleaning fake tears out of her eyes.
I left the area before I could get teased anymore.
It may have been ten minutes before Himiko appeared in the bathroom, ready to bathe.
I repeat ready to bathe, as in naked.
I am pretty sure I spent an entire minute staring at her.
She had a relatively petite body type with fair skin and her ashen blond hair was let down off her normally messy buns.
The rest of her body was left bare for me to drink in, but before I could start ogling her, I remembered that she is looking at me.
"Himiko why are you naked?" I try to ask calmly, but I am sure the lust came through if her shiver was an indication.
"I only have one pair of clothes and Grandma Keiko is cleaning it, she told me to come to see you like this." An image of said woman sending me a thumbs up flew through my mind for a second before I discarded it.
Also, Grandma Keiko? What did I miss while preparing the bath?
"Okay then I will leave to your bath then," I said getting up trying not to pop an erection.
"Would... would you like to help me shower?" well there go the chances for that.
Looking directly (I swear) at Himiko's eyes, I can see that she is serious.
That is really tempting, she is a beautiful woman.
But I have to be the more mature person here.
"Himiko, just earlier tonight we were fighting each other, we are both high with emotions, I am not saying that what you are feeling is wrong but that maybe we should wait for it okay?" Man, she looks so sad, is there anything I can do?
"Himiko, you don't have to please me with your body for me to care for you and appreciate you, I would be lying if I said I don't find you attractive and that the offer is tempting, but if I were to take that offer, I am afraid we would do something you would regret" She seemed to understand, but was now ashamed of her offer.
"How about instead of that, I go downstairs and cook a nice warm meal for the both of us?" Her stomach rumbled when I said that and I left laughing all the way to the kitchen
I left downstairs to make myself and Himiko something to eat, ignoring the look I was getting from Keiko.
Fighting gets me hungry and I am sure it has been some time since Himiko has eaten a homemade meal.
Nothing too messy (since I would have to clean it) but two portions of chicken stroganoff should be exactly what she needs to feel at home.
"You like that lass don't you Yasu?" Keiko asked me while helping me cook.
Do I like Himiko?
"I think she deserves some good things in her life that is all for now" I stated, Himiko is beautiful and I honestly want the best for her, but feelings like that take time to develop.
"Shush, grandma knows best, I can see that smile on your face, it was about time you climbed yourself out of that revenge-driven hole of yours, I am happy that you can still appreciate the smaller thing in life and that lass deserves it more than does girls from that high school of yours, tramps the whole of them," she said so casually that the chuckle that escaped me lasted for longer than expected.
Most girls from Yasu's school liked him until they realized that he was an orphan. Apparently, that was too much for them.
It took some time, but the end result wasn't bad at all, in my extremely humble opinion.
What greeted me when I arrived at my room made me pat myself in the back for my decision to talk with Himiko.
Having a girl dressed only in one of your shirts, is a button I didn't knew I had to be pressed.
"Hi Himiko, here is the food I made for the both of us, I see that you have gotten comfortable with my clothes" I quip jokingly.
She seemed happy, but really tired which fair enough, not everyone is The Gamer and even I am tired, mentally if not physically.
I even had to feed her at the end from how sluggishly she was moving, before I dropped her on my bed.
Before I could find an alternative place to sleep in, I felt Himiko grabbing me by the edge of my pajamas (recently changed).
"Stay" It was murmured, but it was exactly the kind of command that I would be happy to listen to.
Should I though? I was chastising her about this type of situations before.
Honestly? I don't think anything could happen, she is dead tired and what she wants is clearly emotional and not sexual.
Denying her that just because I am a horny bastard is stupid.
Plopping besides her I grabbed her into the little spoon positions and run circles around her back until her breathing calmed slightly
After I was sure she was asleep and that I wasn't grinding against her (I didn't need a boner right now), I started thinking of my choice in bringing Himiko here.
Honestly, I had half a mind of killing her with the rest of the league when I got the quest for killing the leaders, she seemed like a psychotic killer in the anime and manga.
But honestly, I can't see her like that anymore, she really puts this world into perspective.
People like her aren't all that weird at all.
There are just as many people with quirks like hers as they are with flashy quirks like the ones most of class 1-A has.
I know this because, in the school that Yasu went to before, he was the only one with a combat useful quirk.
Not even a good combat quirk, a combat quirk period, they just are in the minority, in a school with a thousand students, only one would be hero material.
The rest live their lives with the illusion of possibly being heroes, but deep down know that they will probably end up with a job that compliments their quirk.
It Isn't an exaggeration to say that most UA hero course students won the genetic lottery.
That isn't to say that a good quirk guarantees a good life, just looking at Hawks and Shoto tells you what you need to know.
But between being abused while having an incredible superpower and being abused with a superpower that makes you a social pariah...
Well, things can always be worse is what I am saying.
This mentality of letting your quirk decide what you do is so bizarre for someone like me, someone from a quirkless culture.
I honestly find it stupid, if one in a thousand gets a combat quirk, then in a war between those with a combat quirk and those who don't they would be outnumbered 999 to 1.
And when you bring guns into the equation the balance of power looks even weirder.
But maybe I am being too harsh with the culture here, after all, the logic I applied here can be seen as flawed. It isn't like a minority being favored over the majority of the population is anything new in my old world.
And even your genetics deciding if you can go down a career wasn't all that weird when it came to things such as sports, but the difference here is that genetics play a role in EVERY career.
If you want to be a doctor, for example, you could be a great student and a hard worker, but if some random student has a quirk that compliments a famous surgeon, then they will speed right through you, and it is like this in most jobs.
They follow a quirk-based hierarchy, where the skill one triggers when they reach four years of age defines them for the rest of their lives.
It is disgusting, especially for a world two centuries ahead of mine.
Honestly, normally I wouldn't care, after all, what can you do right?
But the thing is, I am The Gamer, I can potentially live forever, and helping (if not fixing) this logically flawed society can't be that hard for someone like me given enough time.
Besides, the system already confirmed to me that I will be able to jump worlds eventually, so a powerful position here in my first world would make things more manageable.
It is by following this line of thought that a quest appeared in front of me.
Can you hear the drumming? (Legendary Quest)
Through observation, you have reached the conclusion that the society of this world is inherently flawed as it is right now, considering that you are planning to make this world your base of operations, maybe some changes should take place.
Objective: Pull Japanese Society from the Hero Era, into a new one utilizing whichever method you see fit.
Bonus Objective: Bring the technology from this world into what it should have been without quirks.
Bonus Objective: Do so without being a Hero or a Villain.
Reward: Legendary Gacha Token, Control, and Influence in Japan, Revolutionary (Title)
Bonus Reward 1: Legendary Blueprint for the Engineering class
Bonus Reward 2: Status Breaker (Perk)
ACCEPT? YES NO
Holy shit… Do I accept this?
Sure I was talking about how for a gamer even something like this wouldn't be too much, but still.
I mean if I stay in this world won't I bring this level of change anyways?
As a Gamer, I could potentially become a god, and with both AFO and All Might having an expiration date and the meta liberation army snooping around the corner, chaos is inevitable.
With that level of power and that amount of uncertainty in the air, change would be easier than ever.
It was shown in the manga how easily people turned on heroes, this quest is honestly doable, not easy but achievable.
The bonus objectives are an entirely different thing, but maybe when I reach the power necessary to complete the main objective they won't be.
Besides there aren't any consequences for not finishing the quest, I have literally nothing to lose and a lot to win.
Pressing accept, I observe the quest go stand besides my other legendary quest.
Man, do I have a lot to do, and it is only my first night here.
I know, I know it was great.
To be honest it was a hard chapter to write, still worth the effort though.
Yasu won, because this was a young unexperienced Toga, and because of his previous experiences before becoming The Gamer.
The Toga who outmaneuvered Eraserhead would have eaten him alive.
Also he will open the gacha tokens next chapter.
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