There was a flurry of people that came to see me over the few days I was in the hospital. I can only remember a therapist, a detective, a very nice—but very reprimanding—old nurse, what I suppose was a sort of child-help agent, and a small, sentient animal.
The therapist asked me questions about my mood and just about my overall mental wellbeing. I wondered if he was giving me a psych evaluation…
After the therapist left, there was a brief period before a detective came in. He introduced himself as—if I remember correctly—Tsukauchi… Naomasa was his given name I think. He asked me questions about my time with the villains. I couldn't give him much, though. Usually, I was just used for gathering information. I went in and out without anyone realizing I was ever there, but I hardly ever knew where I was or what I was obtaining. He did ask me if I was ever sent to gather information from UA, to which I responded with a negative answer; I had never set foot in the UA campus before to my recollection.
"Do you know anything about the Nomus that the League of Villains created?" Tsukauchi asked.
The subject brought me a bit of discomfort. "Not much, I don't really know how they're made or what goes into them… I only know of this scientist that's been mentioned by Shigaraki once or twice. I'm pretty sure he's the one who built the Nomus. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about him. I only know that he works in secret and is very hard to reach. Well, actually, I was supposed to be a Nomu…"
Tsuakuchi looked up from his clipboard. "If you don't mind me being so blunt, why aren't you one, then?"
"It took a lot of convincing but I finally got them to believe two important things. That, one, my Quirk would be extremely hard to control with a brainless monster at the helm. And, two, my knowledge, power, and cooperation were too valuable to give up. In the end, I'm not even sure if that worked. I think it may have been Shigaraki who saw me as a good asset and not as a Nomu."
"I see." He wrote something down. Then, he brought up the subject I was waiting for.
"Asuga, we looked into your family... if you're not comfortable talking about this we can skip over it." He said with a look of understanding. I looked down at my hands that I rubbed together. Talking about that day wasn't easy…
"You mean the Saiako incident?" It was a rhetorical question, but he nodded. "There's not much I can say. My parents and my brother weren't as lucky as I was… oh, and it was also when my Quirk first manifested, I'm assuming that I'm listed as 'Quirkless' in any record of me and, well, obviously that isn't true." I didn't want to stay on the subject any longer. That day made me sick to my stomach.
Fortunately, the Tsukauchi caught on. "Can you describe your Quirk and maybe a name for it?"
"Maybe… 'Switch' for the name. Because I can Switch any two objects or things—including myself and others—with other things of equal mass, but I can also use the air to substitute. For example…" I Switched his pen with a single flower which was on the bedside table that I'd picked up. "I'm now holding your pen while you're holding my flower." I gave him back his pen and continued. "It's a teleportation-based Quirk. Hard to manage though, since you could accidentally remove a person's limb from their body…"
Tsukauchi smiled. "That's a unique Quirk indeed." He pulls out a piece of paper and scribbles something on it before handing it to me. "My work number is on the top and my personal is on the bottom. If you think of anything important that could help me with my job, call the work number. If it's an emergency, the personal will do just fine." He then began to pack up what little things he had brought and prepared to leave the room.
"Mr. Tsukauchi," I began, "If I may, I want to give you some advice and a word of warning."
He paused and sat back down in the chair that was beside my hospital bed. "Of course."
"Just because All for One was defeated doesn't mean the League will be stopping anytime soon. If anything, Shigaraki is going to be as determined as ever to tear down the hero world. There will be some damage since All for One was really the one with the most respect, but I have a feeling Shigaraki won't be too long before gaining back All for One's… sponsors. I know some of you may assume Shigaraki is a child-ish adult that plays villain for fun, but, especially after recent events, he might turn out to be a greater threat than anything you've ever seen. So, I'm begging you, don't underestimate the League of Villains." I clenched my fists. I wish I could stay ignorant and try to convince myself that the League was done for. Their ring leader was defeated and he had controlled basically everything. All of their connections were through him. And some measly group of villains could only do so much. So why was I so worked up about it?
"We won't, I swear," Tsukauchi said before finally walking through the door. "Thank you for your time."
"Thank you," I said after him, but he was already out of sight.
Only a little after Tsukauchi left, a short, elderly lady walked in. Her hair was pulled back into a netted bun with a syringe poking out of it. She wore a pink helmet that had a purple visor over her eyes. She wore a relatively long lab coat and had a large syringe… as a cane.
"Hello, dearie. You can call me Recovery Girl." She said. Her name and appearance made it almost obvious what she came to do: help me recover.
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Sorry for the cutoff! I just couldn't think of anywhere better to end the chapter. I revealed a few things about Asuga's past here and how she acted with the League. Yes, she was supposed to be a Nomu! I wonder why she wasn't one after all...? Did Asuga really tell Tsukauchi everything? Oh, the torture I put you through! And, I wanted to mention, why aren't you all commenting?! Please! I love reading them! Anything, anything at all! Things you want to read, story ideas, future events, random stuff you thought about in the shower! Anything is welcome! I NEARLY FORGOT! WHAT IS THIS! 2K VIEWS?! Well, excuuuuuuuuuse me, princess! I didn't know we'd get this far! I wish I could give you something interesting but these chapters are going to stay pretty boring for a bit... or maybe I'll decide to spruce things up! I don't know, but I guess you'll see it soon enough!
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