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DC Chroma: We're constantly improving the writing style for each chapter, so I do hope you'll bear with some of 'unfortunate' writing styles Xanderush305 or I would make. For whatever goddamn reason, the formats such as Bold and Italic reset every other save... Well I hope the writing is good enough to know...
Guidelines:
Bold: Narrative, Moves, Abilities
Italic: Thoughts, Story narratives, Dreams, Flashbacks.
Chapter 3: Encountering a New Classmate
Chrome stood there watching in the control room while Xander's battle unfolded before him, nothing impressive though. He watched him as they clashed within the building, captured Luna and unintentionally dissolved her clothes (to which he took great pleasure of in getting some dirt), chased Kuki down and stepped into a mine field and of course that part where he managed to turn the match into a draw rather than a loss. He smirked at the thought of what Xander did to turn the tables and at the thought of his blackmailing plans in the future. The match made everyone seem to be on edge and excited about their own matches causing a bit of a ruckus in the room. Chrome on the other hand seemed to be troubled as a sigh left his mouth as he inhaled a bit loudly through his nostrils.
After the unconscious students were brought to the infirmary, Chrome decided to ask permission from Cementoss to visit his friend. His permission was approved so he headed straight for the infirmary. Despite stating that he was visiting a friend, Chome had other plans in mind. Though he knows that Xander is perfectly fine, he decided to go to someone who was 'somewhat' disgraced by his friend. After a while, he reached the infirmary where Recovery Girl was giving free healing smooches to the injured.
Chrome found her ways a bit odd and fascinating since the old lady can stretch her lips quite far. Chrome pondered on his thought about it when Recovery Girl noticed him standing by the door entrance in a thinking-like pose. "Is there something the matter?" She asked him which caught Chrome off guard, "Oh! Sorry for the intrusion, Recovery Girl but I was just visiting a friend of mine." Chrome replied as he scanned the room. "Well, go ahead if you're looking for Crux-san he's by the window and still unconscious. If it's Evangelia-san and Akasuki-san then there right next to each other, just across Crux-san." She explained, "Thank you now if you'll excuse me." He said as he walked towards Luna's area where a white curtain was covering the bed space (for privacy reasons).
He opened the curtain and saw the princes glaring at him, like a tiger who's found its prey (or it could be the other way around), "Good lord, you were expecting me?" Luna looked like a feral cat but the look lost its' effect thanks to her teary eyes. Chrome looked at her straight in the eyes which she responded by looking away. "No eye contact, huh?" He sighed and entered, "Why should I?" She retorted, puffing out her cheeks. "Why should 'eye'?" He looked at her in amusement, "Good one!" He smiled and closed the curtains behind him. "What are you up to?" She asked him, still not looking, "Are you here to make fun of me? Go ahead, see if I care!" She declared, rather furious.
"Look I mean no harm, I just want to make things clear that I'm not holding anything against you." He told her sincerely as he pulled his phone out of his pocket, "As a sign of good will, I'll delete this images of you rather than using it for my... Own agenda." He stated, deleting the photo. "Why do you have that?! And what are you seriously planning?!" she asked, looking mad and embarrassed to the extent she shouted. This startled Recovery Girl which caused her to approach the two and tell them to be quiet, they bowed in response.
"Look I'll say it one more time. I mean no harm so let's just get along, okay?" He smiled sincerely, "Honestly! I don't get you at all, you're weird, rude, annoying and to top all that mischievous." She stated. "Go on, go on. Tell me something else I don't know." He nodded in agreement, "But despite all that, looking at you now I guess you're somehow a…n-nice guy." She sighed. "It seems you're having trouble adding the word nice to describe me. Well I guess Chrome and nice don't really mix well. Even one of the authors is having a problem typing it."
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Anyways, that's all I wanted to say. I'll be taking my leave now." He said and waved good-bye before opening the curtains, "Mean no harm, huh?" She muttered. "Oh! I forgot to tell you something." He returned, startling poor Luna, "What is it?" She asked rather nervously. "Go easy on him." He pleaded and smiled, "On who?" She asked. "You already know him. I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you so forgive him, will ya?" He smiled then left the room, "Does he mean…Xander?" She muttered, remembering what had happened, "I wonder…if I should?" She pondered on the thought of forgiving the slime user.
Chrome soon arrived just in time for the second match to start. Through the monitor Chrome watched as his classmates displayed their unique Quirks, amazing strategies and cool costumes. Looking at him, Chrome didn't seem like he was paying attention (typical Chrome) but he was actually trying his best to understand everyone's Quirks.
He watched as Kyushima touched her bracelet and turned into a "Shining Diamond", blocking Mofu's grenades which he transformed from stone rubbles nearby with a flurry of punches screaming "C'mon!". He laughed madly as he saw Harold's clumsy T-Rex form stumble from Gomu's improvised tripwire which is her arms. He got surprised when he saw Tamaki's fingers turn into octopus tentacles that lashed at Seki's defense which she retaliated with a punch that knocked Tamaki backwards, the most surprising part being Seki drooling and blushing. "Huh? She's a masochist?! Hm... Now that I think about it, it's quite a perfect Quirk for her nature." He thought.
He observed carefully how Neko and Sai's battle would turn out, a clash between two wild beasts, both fighting literally tooth and nail and paired with a lot of jumping and running. He focused real hard when Tetsuya sneaked up behind Darwin and strangled him, causing Chrome to whistle. Nejire fought Yosoru head on as a battle of winds began, energy waves gushed out from Nejire's hands as it nullified Yosoru's wind blast, "They're breaking winds." He thought during the fight. After their battle, Chrome took a deep breath and sighed once more as he headed towards the battlefield, remembering what happened during the pair off he looked rather disappointed.
"Why did this have to happen to me?" Chrome muttered as he remembered what Cementoss had told him during the pairing, "I apologize Donovan-san, but it seems that due to the uneven number of students in our class, you'll have to perform a 2 versus 1 battle." He sighed looking out the window of the building. Chrome was appointed a villain in this match while his opponents were to be Mirio and Jack who were the hero team. "Villain team, five minute preparation has begun." Cementoss voice echoed through the speakers, "Let's see what I can do with my available resources." A devious grin appeared on his face.
"Begin!" Cementoss voice announced as the hero team entered the building, looking rather cautious. "Will he be okay?" Yosoru asked her new found friend, "Probably, I mean Mirio-san did tell me that he was strong." Nejire replied. "Hey Napode-san, weren't you friends with Donovan-san back in your home country?" Kuki approached Harold who was talking with Sai, "Huh? Well yes." He replied, surprised. "Do you think he will be alright? I mean he is fighting a two versus one battle." She said, looking rather worried, "Well…I wouldn't say I'm an expert on Chrome but I could say that he has his ways. After all he managed to beat five of his bullies before at the same time." Harold winced, remembering what had happened. "Five bullies?! Wow! That's amazing!" Nejire exclaimed, "That couldn't be true, right?" Yosoru shuddered as she looked at the monitor. Harold just shrugged and did the same.
From the monitor, the Hero team can clearly be seen cautiously approaching the door. "I'll open it, I can block any ambush with my shell in case it happens." Jack whispered to Mirio who nodded in response, "Three, two, one…now!" He broke the door open and sent it flying across the hall, "I wouldn't call that a stealthy approach…" Mirio awkwardly laughed as he scanned the hall for signs of Chrome, "Nothing." He said as both of them walked in. "I guess he isn't here." Jack muttered as he went through the door, "Ugh, of course it was you." A voice said from above him, "What the?!" Jack blurted out in surprise.
Chrome held himself up on the wall's corner like a spider and looked down on Jack with a 'How's it going?' look on his face. Before Jack could react to him, Chrome dropped down and did a drop kick on his hard head. Despite the shell blocking his direct attack, he was able to cause Jack to see stars. Chrome then jumped off him and landed, rubbing his foot saying "Man, that hurts!". Mirio ran straight in to see what had happened and was surprised to see Chrome and a dazed Jack. "I never expected you to attack this early." Mirio smiled and assumed a combat position, "Well, I was hoping you would come in first but I guess an armadillo would do instead." He scratched his scalp, looking disappointed.
"So, what now?" He asked Mirio with a smile, "I assume you would attack but it seems your team mate is in need of assistance." Mirio looked distressed due to his partner's condition and the fact his enemy is taunting him. "I'll leave you to regroup first. I don't want to fight someone who can't. After all, even a villain has standards." Chrome said as he turned around, "See you in a while." He waved before disappearing into thin air. "I guess he's going along with Villain act." Mirio sighed and aided Jack who seemed less dizzy now, "What happened?" Jack asked, rubbing his head. "You were ambushed by Chrome." Mirio said, "Oh right, I nearly forgot. So, where is he now? Did you beat him?" Jack stood up and dusted himself as he looked around the perimeter, "Uhh…no, but we will soon defeat him." Mirio reassured him with a smile. They both ventured into the building, more carefully than before.
"Where could he be?" Mirio asked, walking down the hall, "Don't know, mate." Jack replied with a worried smile. "He could be anywhere." Mirio muttered, "Maybe he's in one of these rooms." Jack said. "Good idea! Let me check this time." Mirio suggested which his partner agreed to, "Okay! I trust you, mate." Jack said as Mirio phased through one of the doors. Looking around the room, it was empty or so he thought. Chrome appeared in front of him with a mischievous smile and pointed upwards then disappeared. Mirio looked up and muttered, "Oh no…". Jack was startled by the sound of water coming from the other side of the door Mirio entered. Mirio then came out with his head all drenched from water.
"What happened to you?!" Jack asked, Mirio shook his head "I got splashed by water.", "Explain." Jack told his partner who told him what had happened, "That Chrome, pulling pranks at a time like this." Jack sighed and face palmed. "I see you've been refreshed, Togata-san." Chrome remarked as he stood a few meters away from his classmates, "Quite the prankster, aren't you?" Mirio laughed. "So I assume you've decided to fight us head on." Jack stated as Chrome chuckled, making the duo cautious, "Eh, I wouldn't say that for sure but you do you." Chrome replied as he grabbed his 'Arnis' from his back.
"Get ready to get trampled!" Jack shouted and rolled towards Chrome, "What are you a bull? I call bull crap!" He said as he teleported behind the rolling ball of a creature. "You should really learn to hit your target." He announced as Jack stopped in his path, "Great idea!" Mirio declared, kicking Chrome in the side which sent him flying into a wall. "I felt flies land harder on me than that." Chrome smiled, "Now this is should be interesting!" He shouted in delight, "C'mon! Is that all you got?" He taunted them. Both Mirio and Jack looked at each other and nodded, "We've got more for you if you want." Mirio said, "But don't go crying to us later." Jack teased, "Is that so? Prove it!" Chrome signaled them with both hands.
There was a moment of silence before all hell went loose. Jack made the first move and charged towards him with arms spread open, looking like one of those amusement park mascots that offer free hugs. He approached him, with motives to block his path but suddenly used his tail to perform a low sweep. "A feint? I've seen my mother do better and she does a lot of fainting." Chrome stated as he jumped over it, dodging the attack. "Nice try, mate!" He said in midair, "Forgetting someone?" Mirio asked him from behind and winded up punch. His punch targeted the head but Chrome ducked and smacked his hands away with his arnis while performing a barrel roll in midair.
"My grandma can swing better than you!" Chrome mocked and teleported a few feet behind the enemy, "No? Prove me wrong!" He taunted them which they responded accordingly. Both his enemies charged straight for him and wasn't aware of the tripwire they triggered. It was too late when they realized that they triggered a trap. From above the hero team, a bunch of debris came falling down on them. Jack blocked all the debris with his hard exterior as Mirio hid under him. "Better watch your step next time, okay?" Chrome reminded them and warped away.
"Hey get back here!" Jack demanded, readying himself for another attack, "Wait! Mundy-san calm down. This might be another trap, we better be careful." Mirio stopped his teammate who sighed in annoyance. "Then what should we do? We can't just sit here and wait until the timer runs out." Jack said, "We follow him but with precaution, don't go rolling out without a plan." Mirio stated as Jack nodded in approval. "Let's go then." Mirio said, moving through the same path as Chrome.
They walked and searched for any sign of Chrome for at least half a minute until they heard suspicious sounds coming from a room, "Wait, Mundy-san!" Mirio whispered to his teammate which the taller teenager realizes immediately, "On the count of three."
"One."
"Two."
"Thr-"
They both then heard a door open behind them and saw Chrome holding a bunch of materials while looking at them with a blank expression. The Warp quirk user then closed the door gently, "Hey wait a minute!" Mundy exclaimed as he bashes through the door to find a room with the walls filled to the brim with pictures and photos of gravure idols posing seductively. Both members of the hero team were stunned and managed to find themselves in the middle of the room, Chrome nowhere to be found.
"What are these supposed to do?" Mirio asked looking around the room, "Don't know, mate. But I kinda like this." Jack replied, face slightly red. While the Heroes we're 'mesmerized' by the photos posted in the room, everyone in the observation area was surprised to see all them 'interesting' photos Chrome set-up. "What the?!" Cementoss exclaimed, "Hey! Hey! Where did he get those? What do you think, Asurito-san" Nejire asked the girl next to her like some curious kindergartner.
"I don't know…" Neko responded, surprised of the scene on the monitor, "I wonder if he got it beforehand? Or maybe he found them there? Or perhaps he warped out of the school and bought some? I want to ask him!" Nejire continued rattling questions regarding her curiosity. As Nejire kept spewing out questions, the entire class noticed something or someone behind the hero team, standing by the doorway. That person began to creep up on both them.
"Still what is the purpose of this?" Mirio asked, "What are you looking at by the way?" Chrome said behind them, startling both of the guys. "Did you happen to see a ghost or something?" Chrome asked, looking behind him, "What are you planning here?!" Jack asked him, looking red. "Before that, are you red due to anger or due to being embarrassed?" Chrome smirked, causing Jack to flinch, "Mundy-san! Calm down, can't you see he's trying to aggravate you?!" Mirio declared, "Are you sure about that?" Chrome smiled, "I'm just asking you kindly? What's so wrong about that?" The Warp Quirk user said, frowning.
"Ever since we started this training session you have been getting on my nerves, mate!" Jack exclaimed furiously, "Whoa there buddy! I didn't mean to get on your nerves. Just think of it as a handicap, I mean this is a 2v1 and I'm not combat efficient." Chrome explained, "Though I can understand your predicament, being humiliated like this, so let's 'cut' to the chase." He added as he cut the air near him. Both heroes stood on guard awaiting for something to happen and soon enough the ceiling collapsed on both of them, again.
"You think this little trick will stop us again?!" Jack roared as he blocked all the debris with his Quirk, "You really are full of tricks." Mirio said, phasing through the debris as he charged for the enemy. "Ohoho! And you keep on saying to be careful." Chrome then took a fighting stance, "You're going down!" Mirio declared with a smile on his face, "Are you sure about that?" Chrome replied.
When Mirio was in range, Chrome swung his 'arnis' at him but he immediately phased through it. Mirio counter-attacked with his left hook but it was blocked by the Warp user's weapon. Our hero then looked back towards his partner who was surprisingly still within the debris landslide with the rocks piling up next to him. Out of nowhere Chrome low kicked Mirio causing him to fall on his back. Chrome immediately went for an abdominal attack and smacked his weapon into Mirio's abdomen, causing him to spit blood and curl up in pain.
"I guess that's one down." Chrome muttered as he looked at the slightly injured Mirio then turned to Jack who was covered in a pile of rubble which too much for him to handle, "Finally I'm able to relax." He sighed in relief of the thought that he can now finally take things easy. Cementoss was about to announce that Chrome had won but he and the class noticed that Mirio began to rise slowly yet carefully. Though with only at least 3 minutes left on the clock he wondered what they could possibly do. Suddenly Chrome felt a terrible shock from behind him, looking from behind he saw that the fallen has risen once more.
Chrome staggered from the blow and was trying to regain his balance but his foe took the initiative and low kicked him, causing him to land face down on the floor. Mirio tried to punch him when he fell but the prankster rolled to the left and got up, breathing heavily. Chrome was running out of stamina while Mirio still had quite a lot, the tides we're turning within the 2 minutes left on the timer.
Everyone in class was on the edge of their seats as they watched the final moments unfold. Without hesitation Mirio rushed towards Chrome though he knew his enemy would try to dodge his attack. An idea came up quickly as he charged and when he was at point blank range he reached out his hand to poke Chrome's eyes.
"Blinder Touch Eyeball Crusher!" He yelled as his hand phased through his enemy's head. Immediately he pulled out his hand and delivered a swift blow to his guts. "Mundy-san, do it now!" Mirio called out to his partner who broke from his rubble prison and slammed Chrome flat at the wall. The Warp user staggered and fell to the ground, the hero team looked at each other and nodded in approval that their enemy has been defeated. Just in the nick of time, there was just only a minute left so the guys walked back to get the capture tape that flew off them in the ruckus.
The next occurrence surprised everyone watching and it all happened in the blink of an eye. On the screen it showed the two heroes walking back but as soon as they were a few feet away they heard a shout of fury, "Putangina!" and suddenly fell on their fronts, Chrome standing behind them holding his 'arnis' in each hand as both the heroes were knocked out in one blow by Chrome so with the remaining time that expired; Cementoss announced that the villain team won.
Everyone in the room cheered from the intensity of the battle. Chrome then collapsed on the floor as well and the paramedics brought them all to the infirmary. After that, Cementoss reviewed the results to everyone and they were told to change back into their school uniform and to wait in their class. Upon entering the class they saw that Luna and Kuki were already seated in their respective places as they awaited everyone else, though signs of Xander's presence in the class cannot be found. Soon the class was chatting away as they talked about all about their fights with one another especially about Xander and Chrome's fights but mostly about Xander's evil against the girls especially the victim, Luna.
Meanwhile Xander woke up in the infirmary due to continuous sneezing, "Uhh…I think people are talking about me and I don't like it." And during the fit of sneezing Chrome woke up as well, "Holy Shiitake! Viruses!" He screamed and covered his face with the bed's blanket. "Quiet down you two!" Recovery Girl shouted, "Sshhhh!" Chrome replied causing the head nurse to pull away the curtains and pinch Chrome on the arm, "OWW!" The obnoxious one yelped.
"That hurt, I thought my skin would come off." Chrome said in a pitiful tone, "Stop whining! I barely hurt you." The old lady pointed out then sighed. "You sure are a handful…" She added before pulling away the curtain next to him, "I think it's time you two left the infirmary and went back to your class." She told Xander who was wiping his nose.
"Where are the others?" Chrome asked as he looked around the room, "They left a while ago. Their injuries weren't major anyways so they left as soon as their energy was back." Recovery Girl explained, "But in both of your cases, you Donovan-san ran out of stamina while Crux-san over there lost plenty of body fluid." She added. "Gladly, none of you got any major problems like fatigue or extreme dehydration, so next time both of you be more careful." The head nurse reminded them while the two blinked upon hearing a sudden lecture.
"Anyways, hurry up and get changed already. Especially you Crux-san, Cementoss wants to speak with you in the Faculty room." She told them both, "Yes." They replied and got out of their beds and went to change. Soon they were both changed into their school uniform and were about to leave when Recovery Girl called out to them. Both teens approached her where they were given kiddy candies one on each hand then one of them left thinking "I feel like a kid…" and walked their separate ways.
Chrome went back to class in order to wait for the bell and upon opening the class door he was greeted by the class… warmly? "Huh? Is this some sort of prank?" Chrome thought to himself. A bunch of his classmates were waiting to talk to him ever since the last training exercise. Nejire, Kyushima, Kuki, Darwin, Harold, even Mirio and Jack came up to him.
"Chrome! Your fight was amazing!" Darwin exclaimed excitedly, "Yeah, yeah! Tell me how'd you set up all your traps or maybe how'd you collect all the materials also what were those weapons you used to fight, they looked like wooden sticks." Nejire babbled on with her curiosity skyrocketing. "Honestly…when will you ever learn to stop being a tease?" Harold sighed, "Hey, nice work back there though you could have been less brutal…" Kuki suggested, "What are you talking about sis? That fight was the most intense I've seen! It was amazing!" Kyushima declared joyfully.
"Uhhh…" Was all he could muster say due to the barrage of comments, "Thanks… I guess?" He finally said with a forced smile. "Guess you're not used to this much attention, mate." Jack approached him, smirking, "Hey there Jack, you feeling okay?" Chrome asked him. "I'm physically fine, mentally disturbed thanks to you." He chuckled, "Don't worry about it. Xander got used to it and now his plenty immune to it." Chrome reassured him. "No wonder that guy hangs around you without blowing his mind." Jack said, "Well, he does get irritated sometimes but he easily forgives." The Warp user said, smiling.
"Donovan-san! Looks like you finally came back." Mirio called out to him, looking enthusiastic, "Oho! Togata-san you really made things quite difficult back there." Chrome said making Mirio chuckle too. "Well it was difficult since you were rather slippery but thanks to you I learned a new move I could use in battle." Mirio stated with a smile, "Good for you! I just hope I don't fight you again." Chrome said. "Why?" Mirio asked him, "You're quite strong, honestly. In a one on one battle against you, I would definitely lose since you have more power and stamina over me." Chrome explained to him which caught him off guard.
"Really?! You think I'm strong?" Mirio asked rather happy, "Yeah I mean if you had more control over your Quirk then perhaps you would have won." Chrome replied making Mirio really happy, "I don't know why you're so happy but okay, glad to help." Chrome said as he went towards his seat and sat down to rest. Though he could not because people tend to keep bugging him but then he noticed that Luna wasn't in her seat.
"Wondering where she is?" Neko approached him, "A little…" He replied, "Want me to tell you?" She asked with a smile, "Nah. I probably know where she went to anyways." He replied. "Really?" She asked, "Yep! Though I'm worried about what will happen…" He sighed, worriedly. "Knowing her, she probably won't let this slide easily. Though any girl wouldn't…" She sighed as well, "I just hope she doesn't go overboard." He told her.
"What do you mean?" The cat asked as she tilted her head, "You see, unlike me who doesn't worry about much, Xander gets easily eaten away by his conscience. He tends to worry about little things with a great deal of guilt so if it's something rather big then you can already guess what might happen." Chrome explained, enlightening the cat girl. "So you're saying that Crux-san gets very emotional when eaten by guilt." Neko said, "Precisely, especially about the decisions he had made." Chrome added.
"In other words, the hor- err, I mean the scene we saw during the exercise wasn't intentional of him?" She asked, "His motive was to restrain but not melt away her clothes. He probably didn't realize that he was acidic today or ever." Chrome explained, "Did you hear that girls?" Neko asked a group of girls behind Chrome, "What are you talking about?" Chrome asked her and looked to see that there was definitely a group of girls from their class behind him. "Ummm… May I help you?" He asked the group awkwardly, "Is what you said really true about him?" Haruko asked him directly regarding his friend. "So you want to know the truth?" He asked them which they replied with a nod, "Very well then…" He sighed.
"Let me make this simple, okay?" The Warp user told them, "He had no intention of harming Evangelia-san's purity or dignity. That is just how his Quirk works and sometimes he tends to forget he is acidic." He explained. After his explanation the group of girls went silent and looked at each other then began laughing, this got him thinking, "Wait you all thought he might be a hidden sex offender?!" he immediately shouted out of surprise which made all the girls quite down once more, rather embarrassed about the comment, "I was right?!"
"Yeesh! And here I thought my first impression on Luna was bad." he thought but then something else stuck to his head, "You all thought that I'm one as well?!" he exclaimed to the girls, some started whistling and avoiding eye contact while the rest started blushing out of embarrassment for getting caught red-handed again
"Nice to see you again, Luna!" she immediately heard the oh-so familiar and annoying voice once she got out of the door of the staff's room, along with Xander, "What are you doing here? And why are you being so familiar with me?" she asked with a cold tone, "Don't be like that, we're friends now, right? So you don't have to be cold all the time." Chrome said as he looked at her then to his best friend, his smile lessening seeing his chubby pal, "How about this, princess? We'll discuss about this another time?"
"Hmph! Suit yourself." she replied as she walked away, "Hey there, Xander old buddy, old pal. How's the talk with sensei?" he decided to start a conversation as he ushered Xander to follow along, "I-i-it went better than I hoped..." the Adaptive Slime user replied as he saw his best friend nod twice, "That's good then." he added but checked on Xander's mood, gloomy, he smacked the bottom of his left fist to the palm of his right hand, "Hey, how about we visit that bookstore I discovered the other day?"
"I want to go home." he replied which made Chrome click his teeth, "Come on pal, you said you wanted to buy some manga right? So come on, this our chance. I'll just ask permission from até Marie. Speaking of which..."
"Até Marie!" the Warp user said, catching the buxom bunny's attention, "What is it, Chrome-kun?" she said once she was in talking range, "Xander and I are gonna go to a bookstore, you can go home ahead of us." he answered as Marie looked at him then to her little brother who she found has quite a deep frown, even if she is an airhead at times she knows already what's happening and what's about to happen, "I see, well you both better stay out of trouble!" she stated with a smile, glad that her little brother found a great friend. Marie then made her way back home, mouthing out thank you to which Chrome just nodded. They were then left alone.
"I wanna go home!" Xander stated as he tried resisting his best buddy who tried dragging him, "Boy, if you don't move your fat ass this instant, I'll spread that picture of yours." the thinner one of the two said trying to scare him from going, "Go ahead." this made Chrome swear through his head at 120 words-per-minute, he scratched his head soon afterwards as he sighed, "Being depressed ain't gonna help your stupid ass, and you honestly think acting like this would only affect you?" he said then immediately went and slap his chubby friend in a blink of an eye, the sound of ringing went throughout Xander's ears.
"Guess again! You're making me try so hard to cheer you up, your sister would most probably try and do so as well and if she fails she would start her descend to depression after you. You want your sister to go through that? Just because you can't stay positive and learn from your own mistakes? Or the fact that you're not thinking that you're not the only one who did something wrong? It's also Luna's fault that she didn't make her clothes acid-proof, which in of itself is ironic considering the things she says about heroes being 'professionals that risk their lives for the safety and well-being of others'."
"How is that related to what she says about professional heroes?" Xander finally spoke after the shock of being slapped so suddenly and hearing his best friend rant so passionately, "Professional heroes and boy scouts are pretty similar, they're always prepared. Well that's what I think of when it comes to licensed heroes." Chrome answered then went back to his tirade, "You bloody dragged me to attend this school saying you want to be a hero but gets easily depressed?! Good Lord, the moment you become one and some scandal involving you happened, you'll be depressed, shut yourself at home, eating whatever the fuck you can get your hands on?!"
"If you can't tell where I'm heading at, let me simplify it for you..." the Warp Quirk user went closer looking at the Adaptive Slime Quirk user straight in the eyes, "Professional heroes has to deal with social media along with their jobs and life. So if you just lie down after being scolded as a student, what the bloody fuck would happen when you're out there as a hero? Heroes are most exposed to being ridiculed and slandered, if you want to continue helping, then you need to have skin thicker than Mt. Lady during her debut!"
The off-handed comment made the chubby one of the two to snicker, then go into a full-blown laughter this in turn made Chrome smile giggling a bit as he waited for his best friend to calm down, after a few seconds or so Xander settled in giggling himself, "Now come on, let's go check on that bookstore." the Warp Quirk user said as he ushered for his best buddy to come along.
"Woah!" Xander exclaimed, looking dumb-founded by the glory of the store they're in, books, booklets, magazines, manga, and even random merchandises all displayed in neat and in organized fashion, "Don't just stand there in front of the entrance, you'll bother other customers wanting to get in and out." Chrome warned his friend as a devious smile appeared on his face, "That's what she said, hah! How's it feel now?" Xander said in a victorious tone, "Eh..." the thinner of the two intellectually said as he looks over himself, "Was I supposed to feel something?"
"Urgh..." the Adaptive Slime Quirk rebutted with an equally intellectual response, "W-whatever! Onwards!" he quickly shook his head then immediately marched forward, Chrome following along as they went deeper into the store, "Hey, Xander, let's go to the horror section." the Warp Quirk user suggested and wasn't disappointed with the reaction as Xander immediately went faster, away from mentioned section, "Heh." he sped up as well, he then noticed a sign and immediately stopped to read it, "Mystery." he then looked to where Xander rounding into an aisle, his gaze lingered as he memorizes how far it was then went into the aforementioned section.
"There we go, the Fantasy section." the Adaptive Slime Quirk user said to himself mostly as he looked for any signs of his best friend to find not a single trace of him, "Jeez, he must have went somewhere... Oh." his thoughts halted immediately upon seeing a little girl trying to reach for a book on one of the shelves, he found it cute that she would even try and jump up trying to get the book she was interested in. He noticed she had purple hair reached only to her neck and bangs covering her forehead, he even noticed the Japanese hair clip stuck on the side of her hair.
He then noticed the clothes to see she was wearing a purple kimono to match with her hair and he could hear the distinct sound of wood hitting tiles to which he concluded she was wearing wooden sandals. Being someone with a good-guy syndrome, he decided to help her out, "Here you go." he said as he took the book and offered it to her and noticing her violet eyes from her stoic face, he was soon entranced by it. He truly just wanted to look away but can't, "Thank you." he heard the girl say which snapped him out of his trance, "Ah, hehehe, no problem!"
The girl for the most part just stood their, observing the newcomer, "My classmates told me to never trust guys..." she thought mostly to herself as she continued to figure out why he helped her, "Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Crux, Xander." the bigger one decided to introduce himself, "Setsuko, Tsuhgi." the girl did so as well, "Setsuko? I think I heard of that name before..." Xander pondered a little bit until he decided to just befriend her, "Setsuko-san, nice to meet you!"
He tried and gave her a smile, but it ended up looking forced as it started constantly twitching, however this got a reaction from Tsuhgi as she placed a hand to her mouth accidentally letting a few snickers. This brought out a genuine smile from him. They continued enjoying the atmosphere they both managed make an awkward introduction into an enjoyable one until Xander finally decided to look for any mythological fantasy books, "What are you looking for?" Tsuhgi asked as she tries to look over the metaphorical shoulders, "Oh, um... Fantasy books about mythologies."
"Oh? Interested about other deities?" she continued to probe, "Yeah, it's really interesting!" the thicker one of the two decided to rant on about the different mythologies as Tsuhgi continued to listen intently with a ghost of a smile plastered on her lips, "Hands in the air, kiddos!" they then heard a high pitch voice as they both look at the owner of the voice, they saw a very small fellow standing only about 2 feet a small yet long lizard extending from behind him, wearing all black along with a ski mask, pointing a gun, comically larger than himself.
"Get behind me, Setsuko-san." Xander whispered as he lead her behind him, "I said hands in the air!" the robber said as he brandished the gun towards them. The Adaptive Slime Quirk user began thinking of ways to try and deal with the thug. He then decided to try something as he immediately went and shielded Tsuhgi from the thug, his back facing the small individual, "Please trust me on this, Tsuhgi-san." he whispered trying to calm down the flailing girl, she then narrowed her eyes and concentrated on the boy who just pinned her to the ground. She gasped in suddenly realization as she calmed down.
"Huh? Doing things like that in front of me?!" the diminutive robber exclaimed in anger as he rushed towards the two, ready to slam the butt of the gun on Xander's back, "Huh?!" the butt of the gun reached the back of bigger student and it felt like slowly deflating a balloon and in a blink of an eye blue gel-like slime easily and quickly encased the pocket-sized thug, "I'll have to knock you out now." is what the restrained dwarf heard as he blacked out, "Setsuko-san, are you alright?"
The gel-like slime then went back to the clothes lying down on the girl as it slowly inflated back up until Xander was back to normal, "Y-yeah. thank you, Crux-san but there are probably more of them." she stated as the hefty of the two got a serious look on his face, "Let's go, you'll be safer with me." he stated as he offered his hand and Tsuhgi looked at it, not knowing what to do. Xander realized what he did and now it became an endless loop of Tsuhgi alternating between retracting her hand or trying to reach out for his.
Same goes for Xander as he began to either pull back or offer it again, "Oh there you are, found a book yet?" they then heard a voice both recognizing it, "Chrome?!" Xander exclaimed, "It's dangerous right now, there are some robbers!" he exclaimed as Chrome just had this blank look, "I just went and bought this book from the cashier just a few moments ago." he said as he held a plastic bag with the definable shape of a book inside, "Oh, there's only one of them..."
He watched as his best friend sighed from what he could guess was relief, he then looked behind him to see a girl wearing a kimono and oddly enough was looking at him with familiarity, "Oh, who's this?" he decided to ask, see if anything rings a bell, "Oh, yeah, this is Setsuko, Tsuhgi." Xander introduced him to her as he smiled, "Ah, pleasure to meet you, I'm Donovan, Chrome." he introduced himself to which Tsuhgi nodded in acknowledgement, "By the way, have we met before? Because you're looking at me like you know me somehow."
"Ah... Well... I remembered a voice and accent similar to yours when I went into a cafe yesterday." she answered as he raised an eyebrow in realization, "I knew I wasn't full blown crazy when I heard snickering back then." he thought as a tick marked grew on his forehead as he heard Xander say, "We'll you're voice is pretty unique even by our world's current standard"
He ignored the jab and decided to talk more with Tsuhgi, "So you found me really funny, huh? Those bodyguards of yours were so terrified of your uncontrollable laughter." he said with a grin as Tsuhgi looked as stoic as ever, "Indeed." she said, "How old are you?" he asked which made the stout one to flinch knowing the first rule when talking to a girl, never ask for their real age, "What are you doing, Chrome?!" he thought rather terrified at the moment but the girl decided to stare at the tactless individual known as Chrome who just waited for a response to which he was denied off, he then shrugged, "I can tell you're at least three to four years younger than us." he thought.
"Anyways since Setsuko-san is here, I wanted to show both of you this book about this hobo being the greatest sleuth of his time solving seemingly impossible crimes." Chrome began as he held the book in his hand, the back facing the two, "Huh? What's it called?" Tsuhgi asked first, interested. Xander as well considering their inquisitive gazes, "Sherlock Holmeless." Chrome deadpanned as he turned the front page to them, both realizing what he said and began laughing though Tsuhgi's was more tamed than Xander's.
Deciding to let them have their moment, Chrome went over to the downed thug, "So you were apart of that gang, huh?" he then grabbed the runt by the tail and dragged all the way to the cashier where several similarly dressed individuals were knocked out and tied by Kamui Wood's Quirk, "Man, I could kiss Lady Luck full on the lips right now." he thought as he looked at a poster with several emergency numbers written on it with All Might giving a thumbs up and a charismatic and shining smile, Chrome then looked to the approaching professional hero.
"That was very keen of you to call for the police." Kamui Wood said as he noticed the U.A student dragging another one of the criminals, "Yeah, you could say I didn't want to get in trouble." he said as he handed another one to the professional hero, "I see anyways thank you for your help." Kamui said one more time as he left the store dragging along the bounded robbers.
"Now, Mr. Cashier person..." he said once the door closed, "Would their be any chance for a good discount on the next three purchases?" he then smiled as charmingly as possible, "Because I still want to buy one more book." the cashier then looked irritated, "What?! No!"
"Oh?" a devious smile formed on his lips, making look like a demon.
"We had such great deals for the books we bought!" Xander said happily as he and Chrome were heading back to school the next day, the latter reading another book about Greece, "Hm? Yeah, lucky us." he said nonchalantly as he refused to divert his eyes from the book, "Oh, we're already here." he added as he closed the book and stored it in his bag. He then took out the book 'Sherlock Holmeless' and began reading it as they passed through U.A's gate. They were then greeted from behind by an overwhelmingly cheery, Hado, Nejire, "Crux-san, Donovan-san!"
Xander just waved to her as Chrome greeted her, "Good morning." without looking away from his book. Nejire just took the disrespectful greeting as she walked backwards ahead of the two, "Hey, hey, Chrome! Where did you get those posters of those gravure idols? Hm? Hm?" she asked getting closer to the latter, "Hm? Oh those, I found them hidden somewhere." he answered as the Wave Motion Quirk user's mouth formed on 'O' in understanding, "Oh, I also heard that we're gonna get a new classmate!"
The piece of information piqued both of the guys' attention as they looked attentively at Nejire, even Chrome as he took his eyes away from the book, "I also heard they were sent here two years in advance! Which means they're still in their second year of middle school!"
"Oh, a genius?" Chrome said, rather interested if the grin wasn't anything to go by, "Oh wow... I feel inferior right now." Xander said as he sunk back to depression, "Um... Crux-san?" Nejire looked rather worried about her classmate, "Give him a few minutes. He has inferiority issues."
"I think he got it thanks to you." Nejire bluntly stated as the glasses wearing student just shrugged, "Who knows." They reached their classroom and decided to wait for the class to start, "Luna-chan, isn't this too early even for you?" Chrome said as he was trying to sleep but felt like a laser drill was trying to burrow into his back, "Hmph." he heard her reply which made him lose his will to go back to sleep, "Hey have you heard that we're gonna have a new classmate?" he said as he twists his head enough to see the Celestial Light Quirk user from the edge of his vision, "What?! Really?!"
"!" The sleepy looking student suddenly managed to wake up fully, due to the Feline Quirk user to suddenly appear and loudly exclaim near his ears. With practiced ease, Chrome suddenly shouted in a weird slightly high pitched tone which caught the cat girl off-guard and even jumped a bit farther away, "Hahaha!" he suddenly started laughing which made Neko feel very annoyed, she then looked at her best friend, Luna, to see that she had a smug grin with a condescending aura that says 'Told you so'.
"I hate to say this Lu-chan but you are right, he is annoying!" she said, "Lu-chan?"
"Oh no..." both Neko and Luna thought in dread as they looked at Chrome, who knows what would he do when he figured out the Celestial Light Quirk user's nickname, "Huh... That's cute."
"Huh?!" both girls thought as well as they just looked at Chrome who started staring at the blackboard absentmindedly, the bell then rung as homeroom began, "Good morning, class. Today we'll have a new a classmate, she came from her second year in middle school and I do hope you help her feel more comfortable with her stay at U.A. Okay you may come in!"
As soon the cue was given by Cementoss, the door slid open as a tiny individual stepped into the class. Looking at her, both Xander and Chrome realized who she was and looked at each other. She then walked towards the front where she turned to face everyone with a blank expression, "Setsuko, Tsuhgi. Pleased to meet you all." She greeted then bowed afterwards as a sign of respect and formality. "Huh?!" Was their initial reaction after her greeting.
Author's Notes:
Xanderush305: Umm... Hi everyone! It's me Xander, speaking to you in an awkward way. Well, honestly I really don't know what to say right now since Chrome is usually the one to make the Author's Note so I'll just say what's on my mind. Currently, things are going slow for the story since the both of us are busy with the upcoming graduation as we are about to enter college. Though I can say that the story is still going smoothly as planned and will continue on. We would also greatly appreciate if any of you viewers would so kindly tell us your opinions on the story 'cause that would be great.
Chromeanxiety: Will make your speech a bit quieter? I am watching your sport over here!
Xanderush305: What do you mean by "your sport"?
Chromeanxiety: You know, Sumo Wrestling.
Xanderush305: What makes you think I won't end you?!
Chromeanxiety: Hahaha!
Xanderush305: Anyways, thanks for reading guys. Please continue supporting both us and have a pleasant day to you all!
Chromeanxiety: Finally!