Chapter 2: Review
"Oh wow, its that pro hero, Razoban" one of the students muttered.
"To think we have him for a teacher! This really is a top school that can compete with U.A.!"
"I remember when he saved that entire elementary school from a villain attack".
Yes, there was plenty of discussion about the famous Pro Hero that entered their class and announced himself as their homeroom teacher. It was all very familiar to Tsukasa. He had heard it before after all. He had lived this moment before.
He wanted to bash the man's skull in right now. All of them had trusted him, and he had betrayed them all. Over three quarters of the class died because of him. Half were killed by his own hands.
However, unfortunately it wasn't so simple as contacting the media, the Department of Heroes, or even their own parents. Sei and Tsukasa had a direct line to Izuku Midoriya, the number one Hero. They had no evidence, and Rula's ability with her Yellow Eyes was not as advanced as it once was. They needed more then knowledge, their physical bodies were fifteen years old, before all the training they did to enhance their Quirks, and their physical bodies were capable of using those abilities. Sure, there were some things they would still be able to do, and others to a lesser extent, however its not enough.
Right now, her ability to plant memories was not perfected. It would be incomplete fragments at most for large memories like this, and it was impossible for anything about Razoban to be small due to the emotional weight on the memories. She might be able to transfer small pieces, but there was another issue asides from limitations with their Quirks. Razoban wasn't alone. He had allies. ANd despite all their work and research, they only knew of a handful. Razoban had been collecting a network of agents and minions to use to take control of this world. Before they could take him down directly, they would need to dismantle the network. And since they didn't know who they could trust, they couldn't recruit allies or tell people haphazardly.
After all, the last time they rushed into things, calling for help...it wasn't just Sei who died. Razoban defeated Izuku Midoriya as well, though that was thanks to a few things he had gathered along the way.
And finally, Razoban was already wary of the major heroes. That was why, as he was moving towards the final stages of his plans, he planned for multiple distractions. Acts of mass terror, villains set up to cause massive damage that would draw the attention of the big pros like Deku. Crisis and disaster. He was monitoring them, keeping track of their weaknesses, keeping them busy.
All of those reasons combined made them unable to call upon their parents, as their movements were being monitored. The only saving grace was that Razoban himself had decided to monitor them, the children of those heroes, as he was already in position in class. But he wouldn't pay too much attention if they didn't draw any. Otherwise, they would have never made it so far in their first time around.
And thus, Tsukasa and Rula endured appearing as if everything was normal, holding off on clawing into things.
"What a relief..." Tsukasa said, collapsing down onto his desk once class was over and Razoban left.
"Agreed...first day of school was so stressful...I could feel everyone's eyes on us also".
"You both need to toughen up a bit" Rula mentioned. Of course, between the three of them, she was not only the tallest, but the most physically capable.
"Ara, sounds like you need some rest and a bath, Tsu-chan" a girl in their class said, suddenly grabbing Tsukasa up and sitting in his chair, holding him on her lap.
It was Yuriko Harusa. Rula's vein nearly errupted when she saw that, while Sei just blushed as he found Tsukasa's position both embarrassing, and a bit adorable.
Although she was wearing the standard blue and white uniform, she was wearing a doctor's coat on top of it. She also always carried around a first aid kit, and that was in addition to her Quirk: Mend and Maim. This allowed her to absorb and store damage sustained by others, and use it later to inflict damage upon people or things. Since she had a limit on capacity, her Quirk was better for saving people injured by a villain attack, and then releasing the stored damage on that villain. Thus, rather then be a doctor, she was a hero, though she planned to also get a Doctor's license.
She was also one of the first killed by Razoban for her quirk, so they didn't know too much about her. Except that she was for some reason exceedingly attracted to Tsukasa and Sei. She treated them like they were little kids though, and showed no shame or respect for their feelings or such as well it seemed. That said, she also acted like the doctor of the class, and took medical issues and injuries seriously. So she was also sort of like the mom of the class.
Rula however was not going to let this pass.
"You should let him go now. Its rude to do such things, especially on the first day".
"Oh, do you plan to hog him for yourself?"
The staredown between women commenced.
"Hey now, class is done for today. Tomorrow we will have our quirk assessments" another boy said, startling everyone. After all, he appeared as if out of nowhere. It was Shinobu Chohi, another person who had been killed by Razoban. He didn't have much of a pressence, but that made him good for stealth operations. In fact, he once...or would...score perfect marks for rescueing a hostage from a villain, which no one else had been able to do.
With the opening made, Tsukasa escaped.
"In any case, we should probably check out the dorms now. I want to see how nice it will be" Sei mentioned, coming up with an excuse for him, Tsukasa, and Rula to leave.
In terms of the dorms, their class shared a single building. There was a common area that had a place to rest, relax, talk, eat, and so on. There was also a pool in the back, as well as a gym and a media room. After that, it split into the boy's dorm and the girl's dorm. Each one had a laundry and bathing area, the latter of which was rather nice and luxurious. After that was dorm rooms. That said, unlike U.A., there was a bit of a difference. Rather then everyone having a personal room, it was two people to a room.
Although Haven Academy was nice and luxurious, with plenty of open and empty space now, this was thanks to later expansions. As expected, the original space station was more cramped and compact before the additions, and as such, the dorm rooms and some areas still reflected this. The commons area had clearly been worked on, but they couldnt just arbitrarily add several more floors. That said, people who knew each other could request to be roommates, so Sei and Tsu were both roommates with each other. Rula however got stuck with Yuriko.
As for Shinobu, his roommate of course was...
"Surprise!" a boy said, as a flower had appeared in his hand like magic. "Please to meet you, Shinobu-kun".
"A-ah. Pleasure to meet you, Gouda-san" Shinobu said, startled.
"Ah, no need to be so shy or formal, Shinobu-kun. Please, just use my first name...no, since we are roommates, wont we be super close? Pleasure to meet you, Shi-chan!"
"Pleasure to meet you, Shiro-san".
"Not -san, but -kun. Or just call me Shi-cha...ah wait, if both of us are Shi-chan, it would be confusing...but yeah, none of that -san stuff okay?"
Shinobu Chohi. His quirk was Shadowcloak, which allowed him to wrap himself in shadows and use them for stealth, defense, and attack. A versitile Quirk, but it really shows its strength in covert ops. Furthermore, the boy himself doesn't have much of a pressence. Adding onto that is the fact he has a rather meek personality at times, and that is a rough overview of Shinobu. Incidentally...
"...so he was a boy?" Sei said, having not realized that at first. Tsukasa and Rula, and in fact, the entire class, had repeatedly forgotten this. Although, he wasn't the only one who was subjucted to that. But that was for another time...
Once time passed by and it became night, the door to their room opened, and Rula entered, closing it behind her.
"So you ran away again" Tsukasa remarked.
"Again?"
"I just cant take her! Also, sorry Sei, this might hurt a bit..." she said, taking off her shoes and socks and plopping on the floor next to Sei, who was sitting with Tsukasa talking about various things. She looked right into his eyes, and they flashed yellow. "Its a bit unpolished. Sorry about that..."
As things happened and memories uploaded into Sei's head, he started to throw up on reflex. Tsukasa was able to catch it in time though, putting a wastecan in front of him.
"...you should have done that sooner...also, what the hell happened?" Sei asked, feeling not himself. "...also, did I die?"
"Ah, yeah..."
"You should have told me sooner...then, and now".
"Sorry about that. But, in all honesty, if we had told you right before class, you would have failed to put up a poker face...anyways, how did it go?"
"Since I was familiar with Sei, it worked well enough...but I cant normally transplant that much information to someone".
"...shouldn't we warn the class?" Sei asked.
"Pretty sure that outcome would be the same as last time" Tsukasa mentioned. "Razoban cant spy on the dorms thankfully, and if Rula can re-master what she learned using her Orange Eye..."
"What she learned?" Sei asked puzzled.
"As it turns out, my orange eye can do more then read minds when I look into someone's eyes. I can also see traces of active Quirk use and signals as well. I guess you could say my Orange Eye ability makes me a reciever, so I can pick up on energy stuff. Thoughts are just the easiest form to intercept with them" she said, looking around. "Its hard. Part of Quirk development is physical, after all. But I can make vague things out. The room is clear".
"...but if we tell the class, things end badly" Sei mentioned. "By some chance, do you suspect a traitor?"
"One of Razoban's abilities that we know he has by this point is that he can implant his shadows into a single person, and see and listen to everything they see and listen to. That said...right now he himself is weaker, thankfully, so we have time. He hasn't stolen any Quirks yet".
"How did he manage that by the way?" Sei asked. "Did he get All For One somehow?"
"No. His method seems different. From what I pieced together, he will need to modify his body on a genetic level using some experimental tech to become the Razoban me and Rula face thirty years in the future. Or even just one year in the future. But, he seems to have some already. All the records were destroyed by the time we realized it, but we should be able to get them in this timeline. However, even if his body can currently hold several quirks, he cant just steal them with a touch like All For One. He needs the person, or at least their corpse, and he needs it for several hours. I suspect he transplants a part of them into himself. His body then adapts the bio-material to himself, and gives him access to the Quirk. He should already have enhanced physical abilities, his Shadow Manipulation that he has made public, and a telekinesis Quirk, with maybe a movement quirk as well".
"...and he massacered our entire class with those, not to mention Maim and Mend which he gets from Yuriko".
"Yeah. Maim and Mend is a serious issue, so we cant let him get that one. Once he does, fighting him is an uphill battle".
"I see...just one thing" Sei mentioned, pouting. He grabbed both Tsukasa's and Rula's cheeks, pinching hard as he dragged them both to him. And then, he gave them both a massive hug. "...don't let this consume you. I get it that time is of the essence, and really bad things can happen, but...you both absolutely have to keep living and enjoying your lives. We will stop him, but I wont let you both fail to have any fun. Everyone is alive again, we are all together, and that wont change this time. So please, live properly...and besides, Razoban would catch on if you didn't act like everything was normal".
Rula and Tsukasa nodded. This was probably why they never told Sei in the first place. Sei had a cute and innocent atmosphere around him. Of course, who could blame him. He was raised by Deku and Uravity, two of the nicest and most innocent people, and two spectacular heroes.
"And dont leave me out of anything ever again, you two idiots".
"No promises".
"Sorry, leaking birthday plans is still off limits".
"...Tsu, Ru, you jerks" Sei said with a laugh, as he cried and cried. Another thing he inherited from Deku.
Known Timeline Changes:
Tsukasa and Rula have memories of first timeline.
Sei has some fragmented memories from Rula of the first timeline, as well as others, to explain and understand the situation.
Rula defended Tsu rather strongly from Yuriko.
Sei becomes involved in the group's investigation, rather then remaining ignorant.