Second chapter is up!
"Words" = English
"Words" = Japanese
Wirt was lead down the hallways to a room that was obviously a teacher's lounge. Even now, Wirt's anxiety was getting the best of himself. He pulled at his sweater's sleeves and did the best he could to not think about the Eldelwood branches. It was like a plague on his mind. Much like the nightmares where he wasn't able to save –
"We're here!" Yamada yelled out as he slammed open the lounge door. Inside were twelve more…uh…adults? Honestly, only five (being generous) of them looked human. If what Wirt did get from the thugs' lab, all of these people were human. It was stretching for that small bear – rat – mammal in a suit.
"Greetings young man!" The mammal in a suit greeted the sixteen year old with a welcoming smile. Okay, talking animal that could be human, yeah Wirt can deal with this. In fact, it was kinda comforting. Like having to talk with Beatrice or Fred. "Aizawa – kun told us that you would be coming here with him."
"Um…who?"
"That would be me, Walter." Eraserhead or really Aizawa clarified has he sat Wirt down in a chair. Right Eraserhead is just a codename.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Walter –kun. I am the principal here at this fine school of ours. You may call me Nezu." Wirt nodded as Nezu started to introduce everyone else.
"You have already met Aizawa Shota, class 1-A's homeroom teacher and the underground hero Eraserhead." Aizawa nodded as Nezu continued,
"And our English teacher, Yamada Hizashi, who is also known as the Pro Hero Present Mic." Yamada gave a quick 'YEAH!' with his reintroduction. Wirt had a strange feeling of in the back of his mind but ignored it out of panicked respect for the school's principal. Nezu introduced a large man named Kan Sekijiro or Pro Hero Vlad King. Kan was very tall and had a lot of large muscles. The man had grey spiky hair and dark red eyes that made him look very intimidating which was enhanced by the frown on his lips. Kan also had two lower fangs sticking out from his mouth. He was the homeroom teacher for class 1-B.
Next was the Modern Hero Art History teacher Kayama Nemuri. Kayama was also known as the R – Rated Hero: Midnight and – oh boy! Wirt believed Nezu the second he laid eyes on her. Her…um…hero outfit felt a little more than reveling even if she was fully clothed. Her sky blue eyes were staring into Wirt's soul and Wirt was just hoping that the blush he was feeling wasn't really on his checks.
Next to the R – Rated Hero was Thirteen. Thirteen helped teach up and coming heroes about search and rescue missions. The only thing that Wirt could think was that Thirteen's white space suit like costume looked very comfortable. The black helmet with white eyes was way to close to looking like the Beast for to ever ask. Luckily, they weren't glowing which was a plus.
Next was Snipe who looked like a cowboy. Wirt wasn't very sure if he liked the mask. But Snipe did have a cape that went up around his neck! Like Wirt's outfit from last Halloween! And the teacher pulled off looking so cool in it!
Beside Snipe was Lunch Rush – the hero in charge of making food for…well lunch. He…um…looked like a chief with some sort of blue tube attached to his face and a chief's hat that hid all of his face. Wirt's biggest question was how Lunch Rush could see. Was the fabric see-through on the inside?
Beside Lunch Rush was a living cement block named Ishuyama Ken or Cementoss. Ishiyama teaches Modern Literature which peaked Wirt's curiosity. Hopefully Wirt could learn something about this world's literature and use it in his own poetry! Maybe the walking cement block knew some poems that Wirt could draw inspiration from.
Once again, Wirt had to hope no blush appeared on his face when he saw the next teacher's bare chest. This teacher was named Maijima Higari or Power Loader. He was in charge of U.A.'s Development studio. That is where the costumes for the hero students were made or adjusted. Almost every costume in the lounge was made by the support department at one point. Wirt would be more willing to be impressed if it wasn't for Maijima's lack of a shirt. His costume was just a large yellow helmet in the shape of an excavator claw, jeans grey fingerless gloves.
Next to Maijima was Inui Ryo or Hound Dog the guidance counselor at U.A. Wirt's best description of Inui was that he was a dog on hind legs and large muscles. The counselor's blonde hair was like scruffy fur and the man wore a muzzle over his snout. Wirt wondered if the man barked like a dog too.
Okay so the next member of the U.A. staff looked more like a grandma but according to Nezu, Shuzenji Chiyo was the nurse of the school. Shuzenji was also called Recovery Girl. The woman asked something in Japanese which was answered by Aizawa. The elderly nurse seemed to be happy with whatever the homeroom teacher said which lead to the final person in the room.
The last person was a blonde man with blue eyes. His eyes were sunken into shadows and yet his eye color seemed to shine in the black void. The…the man looked like what the inhabitants of Pottsfield really look like – a skeleton. The man wore a fairly nice looking white dress shirt and blue tie. Wirt was more concerned with the man's arm, which was covered in bandages and in a sling.
"This is our newest member of staff. The former number one hero, All Might who teaches Foundational Hero Studies." Nezu concluded his introduction with the former – wait – former number one hero! Wirt knew that looks could be deceiving but…he looked like a strong breeze could knock him over.
"Um…what's his real name – it feels weird to not call him by his name…" Wirt really didn't like the amount of eyes on him. A soft but gruff voice answered the sixteen year old's question.
"Yagi Toshinori. My name is Yagi Toshinori, Young Walter." Wirt nodded to the skeletal man with a small thank you.
"Now with that out of the way, would you mind answering some of my questions Walter – kun?" Wirt nodded; hopefully he could get his own answers too. "Excellent! Now, can you tell us what happened before you ended up at that lab?"
Y-yeah, um…I was with my little brother Greg in his room. I was helping him with some homework that he was having trouble with."
"What a sweet big brother you are~" Kayama purred which had Wirt stammering his next sentences.
"W-we were about h-half way done when the portal appeared." And just like that, the atmosphere of the room changed. No more was the comfortable calmness, only the dripping seriousness and dread. "Greg was starting to get sucked into the portal and – and I panicked. I pushed him out of the way but I got sucked in myself."
"Can you describe what the portal looked like?"
"Um…it looked like it was a literal rip in the universe. I don't know how to describe it any other way; I was too focused on getting Greg out of the way to really look at the portal."
"Of course. Now your quirk – "
"I don't have one."
"You don't? But Aizawa – kun, you said that the branches around Walter – kun were reacting to his panic attack."
"Yes they were." Aizawa conformed while glaring at Wirt. Yamada and Yagi were translating the conversation to the staff that couldn't understand English. Wirt however didn't like this – he never had any powers before. And why Eldelwood branches? What was happening here? Quirks were obviously real – Wirt saw quirks in action back at the thug lab!
But why did Wirt have a quirk? Back home he didn't have one; Greg didn't have one. Did the Unknown do something to the brothers to give them quirks? No that didn't sound right, but –
"Walter – kun, can I ask what year was it for you when you got sucked into the portal?"
"Um…2015?"
"Ah, it would seem that either you have traveled through time or, Walter – kun, you come from a different dimension."
Okay first, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Two, OTGW in this story took place during 2014 (The year it was created) but the brothers' mother's side of the family is old fashion.
Three, the reason Wirt didn't ask for Snipe, Thirteen, and Lunch Rush's names is because he doesn't see their faces. To him, it feels like talking to a resident of the Unknown and he just is going to roll with it for now.
