EDITED as of 03/07/2020
Warnings: Cussing, allusions to rape, death
Adelaide Smith-Fuyuki was a successful doctor in her own right. She was an avid reader and a fantasy-enthusiast.
She was the First.
...
Eillenor Smith was a Healer. She saved lives and sacrificed herself for the sake of others. She was the Second.
(I hereby Swear by my Magic–)
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Julianne Santos. A social butterfly, book lover, and action enthusiast. She died at the age of 13. She was the Third.
(Why'd you go?)
(I told you, I can't–)
(..I'll keep looking for you.)
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Eirene was a chef and a pirate. She freed many slaves. She remembered bits and pieces, but it wasn't enough to find–...
She was the Fourth.
(The sea calls my name!)
(Sanji, you idio–)
(Where are you?)
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Misaka Yoshino was an heiress. She was a prize among men, to be married off to the highest bidder. She learned Patience, Deception, and Endurance. She was the Fifth.
(So you're a screamer, hm?)
(No! Oh God, no, please don't–)
(Never. Never again.)
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Noriko Uzumaki was a ninja. A Seals Master. She hated abusers and rapists with a passion. By the gods, she finally found–
She was the Sixth.
(I'm so sorry I left you.)
(Don't leave me–)
(Fuuin!)
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Tanya Velasquez was an accomplished lawyer and a demanding teacher. She learned what Fun, Light, and Laughter were again. She learned all the loopholes and tricks she could exploit. She was the Seventh.
(I've forgotten what it was like to be a child.)
(It's been a few lifetimes since I've been surrounded by Common Sense.)
(Put your backs into it, you maggots!)
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Mira Scairbhín (Codename: Kisaki) was a warrior, Healer, and Elder of the Clan. She hoarded fighting styles like no one's business. She watched over the new heiress and took her under her wing. She was content. She was the Eighth.
(I'm going to teach you how to bend the very Earth to your will.)
(It's time for me to go. Let go, little fire-flower.)
(Wreak Havoc, my young apprentice.)
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Age 3
Images flashed behind closed eyes as her brain processed all the memories.
Katsumi blinked.
Remembering all nine lives– Well, that was a first.
She sighed as she flopped down onto the soft, bouncy bed. She wanted to rest. For good. But she wasn't suicidal (at least, not anymore). Still, a rest sounds good. Great, even.
But on the other hand, she had a brother. Kami knows how troublesome brothers can be. They always need you to run around and fix their shit. (But you love them anyway–)
...
Maybe she should take it easy in this life. She's been through so much, she deserves a break.
She'd still watch over his ass though.
(I wonder if he's here...)
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Age 4
Katsumi rubbed her eye as her right hand was held tight by her brother. Apparently, Katsu-nii made a friend there and he wanted her to meet him.
Troublesome.
Ash-blonde fox ears twitched as Kastumi heard clumsy footsteps approaching.
In a split-second decision, she shifted to a fox and settled in her twin's arms- a mannerism she acquired in this life when meeting new people. Because little girls are supposed to be shy, meek things apparently. She sighed.
"Kacchan!"
Her head tilted as she watched Cinnamon Roll approach.
"Oi, Izuku! This is Katsumi!"
Katsumi swatted her twin with her tails before jumping towards the green-haired boy and stared. Izuku froze, not knowing what to do. She circled and sniffed Izuku, ears flicking back and forth before she stopped and tilted her head, her two tails swaying behind her.
Katsuki watched his twin closely. It was rare for one of them to meet someone the other hasn't since they usually attached at the hip, but it was still the first time he saw her act like this.
She trotted back to him before shifting back and declaring Izuku as "Pack."
...
"Pack."
Katsumi noticed Katsu's shoulders relax. She didn't know he valued her opinion that much. She liked being appreciated.
"Woah, your Quirk's so cool! What's Pack mean?"
"It means you're stuck with us. Forever."
("No one gets left behind.")
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Age 5
"You're Quirkless?"
"You can't be a Hero without a Quirk, Baka!"
"And you can't be a Hero with that attitude."
Katsumi scoffed. Slitted amber eyes bled red as she glared at the sycophants her twin somehow picked up.
"Rather than indulging on ego trips and your pathetic attempts on asserting dominance, why don't you insufferable cretins try and see if you're any better than a villain? If you even have a brain underneath all that bluster, that is."
Katsumi sneered as her tails swished angrily, hair gaining a reddish tint. She stood up and left for the forest.
"Come, Izuku. I refuse to be around Trash. Nii-san?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'll drop by."
...
Izuku timidly walked behind Katsumi.
His cousins were amazing. Smart, brave, and having amazing Quirks? The twins are going to be awesome Heroes!
"Stop that."
Izuku stopped and looked at Sumi in confusion.
"Stop what?"
"I could practically hear you thinking. Stop putting my twin and me on a pedestal. That's not healthy."
But–
"Besides. Having a Quirk is not necessarily a requirement for being a Hero."
Izuku froze midstep. His lips trembled as his eyes widened in the attempt to keep the tears from falling. Everything already felt like it was falling apart.
(He has the extra toe joint–)
(I'm so sorry, Izuku–)
(You can't be a Hero without a Quirk, Baka!)
He didn't want to get his hopes only to get hurt, so surely she wasn't saying that–
"You can still be a Hero, Izuku."
The dam burst.
...
"You are Pack, Izu-kun. And that means no one is left behind. Have faith, I'll make a Hero out of you yet."
...
Bakugo Katsuki is a genius but ultimately, still a kid. Could she trust him?
(Silly Sumi. Of course she can. It's Katsu-nii we're talking about.)
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Age 7
Lightning flashed as the rain poured down it's anger down onto the earth. The rain pounded on the roofs as the wind howled out it's lament.
(So you're a screamer, hm? Don't worry, I'll make you scream my name all night, Little Flower)
The booming thunder jolted Katsumi from the memorynightmare and stifled the scream she let out.
She shivered and buried herself deep under the covers cocooning her. She started to cry and hyperventilate as she relived her nightmare.
It was Misaka again. Sold off to the highest bidder and made a slave by her–
No. She won't go there. It hurts.
(Never again.)
She cried as she clutched herself pitifully, her tails wrapped around her. The bullying done to Izuku must have triggered it. He was bullied because he wasn't born with a Quirk. Yoshino was abused because she was born a female.
It's too much. She needed Katsu-nii.
Keeping her blanket around her, she slid down her bed and sneaked to her twin's room. She clutched Katsu's sleeve and shook it lightly.
"Nii?"
Katsumi jolted as the thunder boomed once more. She looked back to her twin to find dazed scarlet eyes watching her. Katsuki tugged her towards him and she crawled towards him.
"Wa'z w'ong?" Katsuki slurred.
"Can I tell you something? And you won't tell anyone? Ever?"
When he hummed, she took a deep breath and talked.
"You know the saying 'cats have nine lives'? Well, it's not exactly true, I'm not a cat, am I?..."
And so, she spun the tale of grief, misery, and the victories won.
And he listened.
...
The sun's soft rays peeked out from the clouds and graced the world with its glory.
Mitsuki opened her daughter's room only to find it empty. Puzzled, she went to her son's room and was greeted by a touching sight.
Sumi was curled up to her brother, hands clutching at his shirt and her blanket while Katsu had his arms wrapped around her.
Mitsuki smiled at the sight. It seems her son CAN be soft. She closed the door quietly and walked away, careful not to disturb her sleeping angels.
...
"Feel better?"
"Mm. Thanks, Nii. You're the best."
"Course. Who else would listen to you run your motor-mouth. And you're telling Izuku."
"Shut it and go to sleep, Nii-san."
...
"Taijutsu?"
"Taijutsu. Martial Arts. The whole shebang."
Izu gulped at the grin on his Packmate's face.
"W-where's Kacchan? I thought he'd want to join this kind of stuff?"
"Are you asking or stating?"
"Stating?"
Sigh, "We're gonna need to work on that. As for Katsu-nii, well, he has his own… errands to finish. Don't worry, he'll join us when he's ready."
The greenhead eyed the smirking girl warily. Nothing good ever came from that smirk. Pretty soon, mutterings of suspicions, doubts, and fear wafted off from the boy.
Colour her impressed, the boy was nothing if not creative and intelligent.
"We so need to work on your muttering. Enemies are gonna know your plan if they hear you saying it out loud, you know! And what are you asking about? Be firm when you say something. I'm not gonna criticise you if you did or said something wrong. I'm here to help, and that includes making sure you don't repeat those mistakes."
"Thank you so much, Micchan!"
"You're Pack, Izuku. There's no need for you to thank me. Just don't douse me with your tears, hm? You sure you don't have a Quirk?"
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Age 9
"You look like shit, Deku."
"How eloquent, Nii-san."
"It's not you look any better, asshole-"
"Language!"
"Sorry!" The trio said in unison before focusing back on smashing the control buttons.
"-and Micchan is a demon sent from training hell."
"No, I'm not. I'm an absolute angel sent to grace you with some of the world's hidden secrets."
"Would you shut the fuck up, I'm tryna fucking win the game!"
"Calm down, Hothead-nii. Now pay up, shitheads. You lost~"
"For fuck's sake, Language!"
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Bakugo Katsumi was blessed with a versatile Quirk. Yet her Quirk may be more than it seems. She was born with a Kitsune Quirk, not Fox. So supernatural abilities should have been expected.
As more tails manifested, so did all the trouble and drawbacks Nature forced on her mortal body. Her instincts often overlapped with Kurama's, her senses overloaded, and her illusions' strength often fluctuated between normal and terrifying.
(She was not applying any illusions on herself until she increased her control. She nearly went braindead.)
A check-up with the Quirk doctor was in order.
(Honestly, she didn't know shinobi training could be so misleading.
Damn shinobi and their magician ways.)
…
Katsumi was nine years old when she was proclaimed a Non-Human according to the Quirk Spectrum. She didn't have a human's body anymore.
She cried.
(Oh Nana, your gift is ohsopriceless–)
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Meeting UA's Principal was going to be beneficial. She just didn't know how or in what way just yet, only that it would be.
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And yet, there was still Kurama's corrosive chakra randomly bursting to deal with.
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"Hey, Kurama? Come on, talk to me, bud. We've been here for years, why aren't you awake yet?"
[...]
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, partner, but I-I have to do this. We'll die if I don't."
[...]
"I have to seal your chakra bud, I have to seal you up."
[...]
"You can still roam in the mindscape! Y-you just can't be corporeal, okay? A-and it's just for a few y-years! Just 'til I get the c-control I need, or else you'll be dealing from migraines to me getting faux-stoned for the rest of this life!"
[...]
"Where are you?! Talk to me. Please!"
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Age 10
"Where the fucking hell are we going?"
"Maa, maa, we're gonna go camping."
"The fuck?"
"It's important to know your way through the wild!"
"Then where the fuck are we heading?!"
"Don't be stupid Katsu, we're picking up Izu for some Cousin Time."
Katsuki kept grumbling and spitting out curses, but he let himself be dragged anyway.
...
Summer Camp was a big, fat lie. And the hell she put them through was a nightmare. But Izuku wouldn't trade it for the world. He would never trade them for the world.
(He can be selfish too, he learned.)
…
Izuku finally earned his own moniker when everyone went back to school.
'K.O. Izuku'.
He swore left and right that it was an accident. It wasn't his fault Micchan's Summer Camp from Hell made him so jumpy!
...
"Izuku."
He was panting on the ground, but he turned to look at her anyway.
Even though she was lying on the ground, she was hardly panting compared to him. Oh, how he wanted to be like that.
"Micchan?"
"You will grab every opportunity presented to you, you hear me? I don't want you limiting yourself for some absurd self-deprecating reason."
There was a glint in her eyes and he was hard-pressed to say otherwise. He nodded, he can't say no to her anyway.
"Those opportunities aren't here yet, though, so in the meantime, we train like no tomorrow."
03/07/2020: I edited quite a bit cause it didn't really fit the plot I had in mind. Also, Izuku's her cousin now, because why not?
Katsumi (Japanese) - Victorious Beauty
Hey guys! Thank you very much for giving this a chance! I was referencing my other story, Scairbhin (KHR) in this.
Basically, they're a clan of Irish demigods, but instead of biologically and spiritually half-god/half-mortal, they're literally fledgeling little gods stuffed in a mortal meat-sack. Their bodies are way more resilient than other mortals, but they still burn out in a few decades at most. The more powerful they are, the faster the Burnout happens, and they have this assigned person favoured by Fate to like, guide the poor suckers through their struggles to save the world. In Scairbhin, this particular godling did Amaterasu aka Sawada Nana a huge favour, so she was gifted with a less mortal meat sack in her next (life)Cycle as a boon. So yay! Longer life! (I hope.)
P.S. Keep in mind that she has 8 lives beneath her belt. She may have a shit ton of power, but that is the exact reason she keeps dying young. Since this is BNHA, trust me, she will have her Quirk's drawbacks to deal with on top of being a demigod.
P.S.S. If you think she's being OP, please point out how exactly in what situation.