Second chapter of this already!
I'm surprised at the lack of reviews though.
Seriously people, say SOMETHING at least.
Anyway, as you no doubt realised, yes, Murasaki is not just a random OC, she's got some importance in the story.
Just what that importance is, besides being the parent of a hero, I'll let you figure out for yourselves.
"You know...when I signed up for a hero school I thought it'd be more...eventful," Murasaki sighed as she leaned forward on her desk.
"But it's only been the first week," Yagi pointed out with an amused chuckle.
"Nobody asked you, Yagi," she groaned into the desk.
As Gran Torino, or just Gran like he'd asked, did his job as a teacher, Murasaki thought a bit about her first week of classes.
It had been rather… slow, to be honest. Not much had happened except for normal lectures and classes. That aside, she'd gotten to talk to some of her classmates. The one she could confidently say she'd managed to befriend was without a doubt Yagi Toshinori. Yagi just seemed like well...the textbook nice guy. Not to mention that infectious smile of his. She didn't think she'd ever met anyone who smiled nearly as much. All in all, she wasn't surprised she'd managed to befriend him. He seemed like the type that EVERYONE would love.
On the flipside, one she'd TRIED to talk to...but got absolutely nothing from, would be Todoroki Enji. Where Yagi was just a beacon of light and positivity, Todoroki was the complete opposite of that. And it wasn't just his intense stare either. The guy just gave out that aura that seemed to say 'get away from me', and something just about everyone seemed to listen to, with the ones who didn't listen to it being more or less ignored save for some grunts to show he was at least listening.
Next was Aizawa Shouta. He was an...odd one really. Honestly with his seemingly constant look of sleep deprivation, his scraggly hair, and his general appearance...if it weren't for the fact that he was wearing a neatly cleaned school uniform, he could have easily passed off as some kind of hobo. The guy didn't seem to be much of a conversationalist, as yes, he WAS in fact sleeping several times in class.
In contrast to that was Yamada Hizashi. While she hadn't really talked to him much, he sure as hell talked to the others. He was basically a lively chatter box at times, and generally seemed to be the openly friendly type...a lot like Yagi, only more loud...and she wasn't sure if it was due to his quirk or if he was just naturally loud.
Last on her personal list was Kayama Nemuri...and this was one she had no idea what to say. Seems the boys (save the above listed ones) were attracted to her like flies to honey. While she wasn't jealous or anything about that, she couldn't help but notice her rather...flirty personality, and how she enjoyed the attention and well...she tried not to label people without getting to know them, but she was getting a rather...questionable vibe from what she was seeing.
Overall, the class as a whole seemed to be full of interesting bunches, but after just a week of nothing beyond what appeared to be normal school with some occasional quirk using sports...it was nothing of note. Honestly she felt bored, and wondered when they'd get to more interesting things. Little did she know, she was about to invoke the little imp known as 'Murphy'.
"Alright now, that's it for this class, sort of, we're moving to the training area now, it's finally time for your first hero test." Gran said as he cracked his neck and pressed a button underneath the teacher's desk, sliding down the wall behind him to show several briefcases, each with a number on them "Those right there are the hero outfits you were asked to send in your designs for, grab em, your name is on each of them." he said as he moved out of the way as the class all went to grab their own briefcases.
Murasaki grinned as she grabbed her own briefcase, before the whole class moved to the locker rooms to change, soon going back out to the training area.
Murasaki looked down at her outfit, grinning as it turned out exactly like she'd hoped.
It was made with a purple bodysuit, with a few metallic purple pieces on her arms, legs and chest, while golden rings were on her biceps and on her thighs. The gloves and boots were a burnt orange color, same for the cape hanging off her shoulders. Finally, her look was topped off with a purple domino mask that had white lenses over her eyes, said lens being specially made to enhance her vision so she could see clearer, as well as better see where she could spawn her portals, her hair was also tied into a braid tipped with a spiked ball to avoid anyone grabbing onto it in a fight.
Looking around, she took note of her classmates' varying hero outfits. Some were pretty simple looking, others were more out there. One thing she couldn't help but note was Yagi's outfit, which honestly...she was wondering if he was half American, cause his outfit looked like something an American Hero would wear, what with the color scheme and even the style of the cape.
Next was… "...he's on fire..." Murasaki couldn't help but deadpan when she saw Todoroki's outfit. The suit itself was nothing really of note...no...it was the part where Todoroki was literally on fire as part of his suit, no doubt an application of his quirk...which she honestly thought was a bit excessive. Moving on…
"...okay...he's taking the homeless look waaay too far," Murasaki blinked when she saw Aizawa. His outfit was...she wasn't sure how to describe it. It was all black save for the scarves and the strangely shaped yellow goggles, and honestly added to his hobo-like look...or maybe he was aiming for a ninja...she couldn't really tell.
"And now we have a biker…" she couldn't help but say when she saw Yamada's outfit. Because street biker really DID sum up his outfit very well. It totally screamed 'punk' and 'rock', save for the odd apparatus around his neck...which she swore looked a bit like speakers. Probably used to help regulate his quirk or even amplify it...she made a mental note to start carrying earplugs, lest her ears start to bleed if she had to work with him closely.
And as her eyes landed on the last person she had taken note of, her brain needed a few seconds to process the scene before her.
Kayama's outfit was… bondage gear, there was absolutely no other way of putting it, wearing a corset and half of a leotard, the only thing covering her breasts were heavy duty straps with pouches, her look topped off with high heels and a domino mask.
It was understandable that lot of the guys in class were staring, while other were actually too embarrassed to look, and starred everywhere BUT at Kayama.
She couldn't help it, she had to ask. "Kayama-san… what the hell?" she said as she stepped closer to the girl.
The nearly naked girl raised an eyebrow as she turned to look at her, looking at her outfit for a moment, before looking back at her face "What do you mean?"
"I mean… the outfit. Don't you think that's showing too much skin?" she asked, honestly worried for her fellow girl, neither of them noticing Gran as he left, saying something about the bathroom.
Kayama looked herself over, before shrugging "I mean, it shows a lot yeah, but my skin needs to be exposed for my quirk to work."
"...okay?" Murasaki blinked, honestly not too sure what to say to that. "But is it REALLY necessary to pick a suit that makes you look rather...er…?" she fumbled with the words. So many words that could describe this look...so few would likely end well.
Kayama furrowed her brow as she turned fully to Murasaki. "Are you trying to say something right now?"
Murasaki quickly waved her hands "No! Not at all, it's just, the outfit makes you LOOK like a… well…" she still couldn't think of a polite way of putting it, blushing at how embarrassing this was.
Kayama continued to stare at her, before she held her hand up "Just to make sure, you're saying I only LOOK like what the both of us are thinking of, not that you're saying I AM one, right?"
Murasaki nodded quickly. "Exactly! I'm not saying you're one of those kinds of people at all, but the outfit is… risque would be a nice way of putting it I guess."
Kayama continued to stare at her, before she smirked "Well, I think you and I will be able to get along."
Murasaki blinked in surprise at the sudden words, only being able to come up with a simple "Huh?"
Kayama sighed as she stepped closer to her to hush up their conversation a bit "You wouldn't believe how many girls have called me slutty or other words like that just because I like to flirt and my quirk needs me to expose skin."
Murasaki frowned a bit, being reminded about something herself. "I've been called an amazon because I was always one of the taller girls in my old classes. They assumed I was all brawn, no brain cause of that."
"Well…" Kayama started, a sly grin on her face "You do LOOK like an amazon."
Murasaki stared at her for a few moments, before catching on, a similar look on her face "Well, you do LOOK like a slut."
The two girls shared a laugh at the jabs, before Murasaki's hand snapped out, going through a portal as someone was suddenly punched in the face. "Hands to yourself, perv!" she snapped, as true enough, that guy had taken the opportunity of Kayama's back being turned to try and cop a feel of her butt.
"What?" Kayama said quickly, her gaze fierce as she turned to the apparent pervert.
"Guy tried to grab your butt!" Yamada said loud enough for the whole class to hear it, having seen the deed about to happen, and had no problem with making sure a pervert got what he was due.
True enough, Kayama was soon glaring daggers at the pervert, who was about to turn to run...if it weren't for him suddenly being lifted by the collar of his suit, courtesy of Murasaki's portal with her hand reaching through. "So...anyone mind if we try out this new 'punching bag'?" she asked around. Everyone else, even Yagi, shook their heads. Even Todoroki couldn't help but say, "It is nothing less than they deserve," while giving the perv a glare.
"Great. After you, Kayama," Murasaki grinned viciously.
"I'm going to enjoy this more than I should." Kayama said with a viscous grin as she cracked her knuckles.
5 minutes later…
A bloody, beaten, and censored mess, was the first thing Gran noticed as he got back to his class.
Looking at it for a few moments, he then looked up at the two girls whom were being given a wide berth by the rest of the class.
"I was gone for 10 minutes." was all he said as he shook his head with a sigh, before turning to the two girls. "I hope you've got a good explanation for this."
"Pervert," they both deadpanned.
"...please refrain from beating the offender into a pulp next time," he sighed. "He can't exactly take classes like this. Nonetheless, I won't give you detention, because you acted in self defense," he smirked a little. "Now then, let's begin training."
With that, they were lead to what appeared to be a re-creation of a small city block, complete with several taller buildings and several empty ones. "Over the week, I've had a chance to see what you can do by yourselves, so now we'll begin with team exercises. Remember this well: nobody is a mountain on their own. To be a hero you WILL need help from others from time to time and vice versa," Gran explained, before pulling out a box. "Heroes also can't always choose who they work with, so we'll be picking teams at random. The ones who get the same number are in the same team."
With that, the students walked over one by one and took a piece of paper. Before long the teams were set, with Murasaki finding herself partnered with Yagi, which was good in her mind. It was always easier to work with someone you at least got along with.
"Now then," Gran started as they moved to another area of the field. "The exercise today is gonna be a rescue operation. I'll be moving to a different area of the field each time, and in a varying situation. Each team has to find and save me before the time runs out. Understood?"
A good number of confirmations were heard, to which he nodded in satisfaction. "Good. So the first team to attempt this will be...team 3. Yagi and Yaoyorozu," he said.
Said students barely had time to blink before Gran rocketed off suddenly into the training grounds, kicking up a cloud of dust that left everyone coughing and sputtering.
Once the dust did clear, Gran was out of sight "Well, I suppose we have to hurry now, no doubt he started the timer already." Yagi said, Murasaki nodding as the two of them ran into the training field.
"Okay so while we're looking for him...what's the plan?" Murasaki asked. "No, before that, mind if I ask what you can really do?"
Yagi glanced away at her question, making her raise an eyebrow in confusion, before he looked back at her "It's just a simple strength enhancing quirk, nothing very fancy." he said with a shrug.
She looked at him for a moment, before nodding "Alright, as for me, I can create portals to any spot that I can see, as long as it's within a certain range of course, I can't just open a portal straight to the moon by looking at it...though that would have been awesome," she added at the end with a chuckle.
Yagi nodded at that. "Then I think it's safe to say you'll be our main hero for this task, since the goal is to rescue the target."
"Hey, don't sell yourself short just yet. For all we know, Gran picked a task I CAN'T just port him out of," Murasaki shot back.
"Good point," Yagi grinned. The two continued running, searching around, until a thought crossed his mind. "Wait...we're supposed to be rescuing a 'victim', right?" he pointed out.
"Yeah?" Murasaki nodded, not sure what he was getting at.
"Well, shouldn't we try calling for him? He IS a victim looking to be saved," Yagi suggested.
"Hey you're right. Completely forgot about that," Murasaki chuckled sheepishly. With that in mind, they started calling out for Gran.
"Took you both long enough to figure that bit out," came Gran's amused voice...from a nearby pile of rubble. "But you're right. Help!"
Murasaki tried to restrain a laugh at how jovial he sounded, which was harder than it should be.
"I suppose we should try to find a way to get him out from there without it collapsing on him." Yagi said as he put a hand to his chin and hummed in thought while he observed the situation before them.
"Maybe trying to clear away a bit of the rubble at the side to see inside?" Murasaki suggested.
Yagi nodded "Right, that would be a good first step. Tell me, are you the only person who can pass through your portals or can others as well?"
"Other people can walk through them if they want to, I'm the one choosing the destination though." Murasaki said as the two of them started clearing away the smaller pieces of rubble to try and make a gap in it.
"Right, that gives me a few ideas then." Yagi said with a nod, still clearing away, until they managed to make a small hole which they could at the very least look through.
Gran was lying on his side, eating some taiyaki he got from… somewhere, his legs 'buried' underneath rubble while he waved at them with a cheeky grin.
The two students couldn't help but deadpan at their teacher, before sighing in unison.
"Right, let's just… focus on getting him out of there." Yagi said, shaking his head at the way their teacher acted.
"Lifting the whole thing probably isn't the best idea, not from these angles at least." Murasaki said as she took a look at the pile, walking around it as she spoke.
Yagi nodded "Right, then maybe we could get him out of there without even getting rid of the rubble."
"Won't work, the ceiling is pretty low, and my portals can only be perfectly round, ovals don't work, so I can't make one big enough to drag him out from under there." Murasaki said as she shook her head to shoot down the idea. "From the looks of it I can still make portals that are small, but nowhere near enough to pull a full person through."
Yagi frowned and looked at the situation, the gears in his head turning. Pulling the rubble up would be a bad idea, and a portal wouldn't work. There had to be another way…
That's when it him, not literally thankfully.
"If pulling the rubble away won't work… then maybe PUSHING it away will." he said, a plan formed in his head.
Murasaki rose an eyebrow "You have an idea?"
Yagi nodded "I need you to make me a portal, one big enough for my arm to fit through, and you'll have to place it as much as possible in the middle of the rubble."
She nodded at that, before walking to the hole they made and focusing at an area Gran was lying close to a portal opening, making their teacher turn to look at it, before Murasaki got his attention "Hey Sensei! Is it at the middle right now?"
He chuckled, understanding their plan. "A bit more to the right." he said, after all, a victim should also do their best to help themselves out of danger.
When Murasaki was sure she had it right, she made the second portal that connected to the first one "It's all you Yagi."
The blonde nodded, sticking his arm through the portal, he had to admit, it was definitely a strange sight to see his arm just be gone from where it should be.
Moving his arm around until his hand was placed flat against the bottom of the pile, he took a deep breath, before pushing, bracing himself as he put all of his strength into it.
Slowly, and a bit shakily, the pile rose up, Murasaki diving in once it was high enough and moving the rubble away from Gran's legs and then helping him out from under it all "Clear!" she said as soon as they stepped away from it.
Yagi pulled his hand back out of the portal as it closed behind him, the pile crashing back down and collapsing whatever support had been holding it up.
Once he was out, Gran simply dusted his costume off and looked at his students. "Not bad. You both used your quirks in conjunction and saved the victim. That was good teamwork there," he nodded in approval. "So… is that a passing grade?" Murasaki asked curious.
Gran laughed at her question "What do you think? Of course you pass the exercise!"
"Alright! High five!" Murasaki grinned as she held up a hand for Yagi.
Yagi chuckled and gave her the expected high five, grinning along with her. With their turn done, they went back to the others and soon the exercises repeated themselves, Gran putting himself in a variety of situations, from being stuck in a water trap, dangling from a high location, to even being trapped in a burning building. So far most of the class was able to complete their tasks...though not all of them really worked well together, which caused a few issues here and there.
"Alright class, for your first exercise most of you did well," Gran nodded. "As for the ones who didn't, I'd like to see you after class so we can go over what you did wrong and how you can improve. But overall, that concludes today's hero class."
"Still not quite what I had in mind, but it's a great start," Murasaki chucked as she stretched a bit. By now classes had ended and the students were on their way home. "Hm...wonder what I should do. Do I head home straight, or do I do something in town first?"
The question was answered for her when a familiar voice called out to her. "Hey, Yaoyorozu!"
Turning around she was met with the sight of Kayama walking up to her. "Hm? What is it Kayama-san?"
Kayama chuckled at that. "Oh, drop the honorifics. They make me feel like my mom," she waved off. "I was gonna ask if you were going anywhere in particular."
"Nowhere specific," Murasaki shrugged.
"Huh. Then, how about this cafe that opened recently. I was looking to go today honestly," she offered.
Murasaki thought about it for a moment, before figuring she might as well. "Sure, lead the way."
"Great!" Kayama grinned.
"Heh, when you said we'd be going to a cafe, I never expected it to be a full on cake buffet," Murasaki chuckled as currently the two of them were lining up for the choice of cake...and they were having a special sale too.
"Why do you think I was keen on getting here today?" Kayama smirked.
"Good point," Murasaki chuckled. No way she was complaining since she always did have quite a sweet tooth. However, looking at the assortment, she got an amusing idea. "Bet I can eat more than you," she smirked.
"Heh, you're on!" Kayama smirked in return. What followed was an eating contest that had several of the other patrons staring as they saw two high school girls trying to outdo each other in the eating department. After a good 30 minutes, the two girls were slumped on their chairs. "I give. How much was that?"
"Urp...let me check," Murasaki groaned. "One, two...son of a bitch, we tied."
"Normally I'd challenge you to a rematch...urp...but I think I've had my fill for the next few months," Kayama said, looking a little sick.
"I...agree to that," Murasaki nodded, also looking a bit sick. "But it was pretty fun, right Kayama?"
"Nemuri," Kayama said, making her blink. "Call me Nemuri. All my friends do," she chuckled.
Murasaki smirked at that. "Well then call me Murasaki," she shot back to which the two new friends shared a small laugh. The school year was just starting, but already she had a good feeling it was gonna be a time she'd never forget.
And that's the chapter!
Something I have to admit, I had a LOT of help on this one, from the usual suspect of course.
So if you're reading this Timeless, thanks a lot, I couldn't do this without you man.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter everyone, and see you all next time!