And I'M BACK WITH CHAPTER 18 OF Death and Beyond!
ok so headache's gone and I can finally go back to work with the story
So no major announcements I just want you guys to enjoy this
so anyway enjoy!
Class has ended and with everything that they listed they decided to go to the mall to purchase the things that they need for the trip. They decided to meet up the said mall, when they finally reached there and everybody headed out.
"WELCOME TO KIYASHI-WARD SHOPPING MALL!" screamed the two best friends Mina and Tooru, every looked around in wonder, everybody in class 1-A was there with the exception of Bakugou, Todoroki and Tsuyu (She explained that she needed to watch her siblings.)
Once in the mall, of course everybody recognized them and went to them for an autograph or just saying congratulations. In the mall that they were in, almost anything can be bought there and not only that it is fully accustomed to the society today, so people with quirks can actually buy their things here.
The students planned where they were going first (with Izuku mumbling again), but with everybody having individual things they decided to split up.
"Come on Tooru, let's head to the shoe store!"
"I kinda need, some shoes for mountains and other terrains."
"I wonder if they sell peeping gear?" A bang and thud was heard after that.
Tomomi looked around, fist trailing smoke, he heard his name being called and looked over his shoulder and saw Shiro, the tall teen walking towards him.
"H-hey, Where you headed?"
"Oh, I'm just gonna buy a harmonica for entertainment purposes."
"Oh you know how to play?" He nodded "C-cool, so uhh, I'm headed to get a bag for the trip and I was wond-."
"If I want to come with." Shiro chuckled scratching his head. "Yeah sure."
Tomomi looked to his left and saw Izuku, alone and decided to call out to him. "Hey Izuku!" the said boy looked at him. "Wanna come with us?" he nodded, relieved that he was going with somebody, he wouldn't lie, he would get lost in this mall.
The trio then headed out, while also having a conversation.
"So Izuku what are you going to buy here?"
"Oh! I-I was just g-going to buy a bag, mine is little worn out and also some training weight while I'm here." Izuku looked at his friends "How about you guys?"
"Oh, I'm going to get a bag and also a jacket if I can."
"I'm just going to buy a harmonica and something else if I'm interested."
The conversation stopped there and went towards the store where their items are located, that was the plan if Izuku was actually walking faster and not slower, while looking at a particular store. Tomomi and Shrio noticed this and asked him, when noticed that he was caught he mumbled and blushed an apology and 'nevermind' Tomomi didn't buy it and with a raised eyebrow he looked at the store, there was nothing particular about the store, they were only selling beanies.
'So what grabbed Izuku's attention? It's not the people. It's not the staff. So wh-.'
That's when he saw it, there were some particular beanies in the rack, these beanies has holes, two holes to be exact. Seeing this he thought of a certain pink friend that has horns on her head, looking at Izuku, he grinned. Izuku must have noticed him looking and blushed while smiling like nothing happened.
"You want to buy a beanie don't you?"
"W-what! NOnonono, Well maybe, but…." He twiddled his fingers nervously, while Tomomi just laughed and Shiro chuckled catching on what was happening to his friend.
"Well, why didn't you say so?"
"Well….if I buy that….maybe she w-w-won't -l-like it."
Tomomi just smiled, fully understanding the situation, "Well you won't actually know if you don't find out huh?"
He looked at Tomomi and he just smiled reassuringly, the trio went to the store and browse their items. Tomomi actually found a beanie he wants too, this beanie was dark purple with black lines circling around it. Shiro found a green beanie that has black piano and a musical note on the front, then there was Izuku he didn't want a beanie actually he just wanted to buy his friend a gift of some sort, this beanie was black with two holes on the front of it , but what stood out of this beanie was an alien creature in front of it with its tongue having its own mouth….it was creepy, but having a retro fell on it. 'Reminds me of a movie actually.' Seeing Izuku smiled, he know this was the perfect gift. 'I hope she likes this.' After that they paid for their things and headed to their previous destination.
"Hey, the music shop and bag store is actually not far from each other." True to what Izuku said the two shops were not that far, there was two shops between them.
"Cool, well you two buy your bags while I go buy a harmonica from the store."
"Sounds good."
"Yeah sure."
The trio spit up to their own shops, not knowing of a hooded figure was also in the mall and was looking for a particular boy.
Tomomi P.O.V.
I was browsing the store, and I have to say this are very impressive, there are a lot of instruments here, normal and not normal for quirks that needs this. I looked for a harmonica and there it was, it was a simple silver harmonica with a design on the sides, not only that it was cheap.
Finally purchasing it, I viewed some of the things they have while heading to the door, now outside I looked around to see if I can find Shiro and Izuku anywhere. I only saw Shiro though leaning to a railing, walking towards him.
"Hey Shiro."
"Hey Tomomi."
I looked around for any sign of Izuku, no such luck I raised my eyebrow. "Hey where's Izuku?"
"Oh after we bought our bags, we sat down and waited for you, well that was until a guy approached us and said that he was a close friend of Izuku and wanted to talk, he put his arm around his shoulder then proceeded to drag him." He then stoop up with a serious expression, I was ready to spring to action 'As much as I know, he didn't have any friends.' "I was about to follow them when Izuku stopped me, but I kept track of them, with their shadow." Now he mentioned this I noticed that his eyes were a bit red, no time to waste we went to where Izuku was.
We finally found them, and I was ready to charge in, but I have to do this calmly.
"Shiro, call everybody and the police."
Third Person P.O.V.
"What's the difference between you two?" Izuku asked, beside him was Tomura Shigaraki, the self-proclaimed leader of The League of Villains. An on his neck was Tomoura's fingers, one finger above the others, not activating his Quirk.
"I neither accept you or understand you…you just want to destroy because you want to. Whereas the Hero Killer, I don't accept him…but I do understand him, just like me he idolizes All-Might and he didn't give up. He didn't want to destroy because he wanted to but because he following his ideal, he was following what he was fighting for. That's the difference between the both of you."
"Hahaha. I finally get it now." He continued his rant not noticing some sort of air was covering his fingers.
"Hey buddy, hands off." In a split moment a tiny gust of air was released, making Shigaraki's hand flying slightly. Someone then grabbed his hand. Looking up it was Tomomi. "For all I know, you're no friend of Izuku."
"Oh sorry, I didn't know he was with someone."
"Now that's a lie." Shiro made his presence known. "Didn't you interrupt us a moment ago?" Tomura cursed now trapped.
"Careful now, don't want any civilians to be caught in the crossfire."
"What civilians?" Shigaraki looked around and to his surprised no people was around, the shops in their area was closing one by one.
"W-wha?"
"We called the police and some heroes. The civilians were already evacuated while you were on your rant." Tomomi's hand tightened. "Your move." Izuku was already behind them, ready for anything that may happen.
In a split second, Tomura tried to grab Tomomi with his other hand but was stopped when a tendril stopped him courtesy of Shiro.
"Bad move."
Tomura growled. "Be careful, heroes and you Midoriya. The next time we meet I'll kill you." Then a mist like portal came below him and he descended. Tomomi seeing this tried to pull him but found that the hand was removed with his grip. 'What in the?' The same happened with Shiro. They were too slow and Tomura…got away.
"Dammit!" Tomomi cursed then looked at Izuku, calming himself. "You ok, Izuku?"
He nodded sweat on his forehead.
Then the Pros arrived, and handled the situation. Izuku, Tomomi and Shiro was taken to the police.
And of course Shiro and Tomomi was scolded for using their quirks in public. Tomomi wants to protest but decided not to, it was pointless anyway,and Shiro was sad but not regretting what he did earlier. They were finally released and Shiro's parents picked him up with a little hug and a 'glad you're safe!' and they left. Leaving Tomomi alone and walked home, he was informed that his mother was very busy and couldn't actually pick him up from the station. He understood this, and just accepted it saying that he'll notify her when he got home. Walking on the streets alone at night he came across a couple of houses all lighted with their families all together laughing enjoying their time.
Tomomi wasn't sad that his mother wasn't her right now, no. He just remembers the days when he was living in the other worlds as a parent and a son. He remember those, seeing all these families together makes him feel sad. Of course he would feel this, he was still human after all. He shakes the feelings away and continued his path home. 'You would think with someone as old as me, I would have forgotten about those. I guess they stick with me huh.'
Taking the train he headed home.
Opening the door and turning on the lights. He walked to the living room and sat down. He grabbed his phone and informed his mom. Sending it he felt the fatigue of the day has sent him and just relaxed on the couch, then he slept.
*beeeep~beeeep~beee-* the alarm clock was blaring and he slammed it shut. He suddenly got up, in which he would have it there wasn't a weight on his chest. He looked down and saw blonde hair. 'What in the?' His movements might have woken up the person and looked up to him, now he was shock, right in front of him was
"Christine!?" Yes in front of him was his wife from the fourth world he lived.
"Hey, hon good morning."
"Wha-wha?" was this a dream, just a second ago he was at his home, back as Tomomi! 'But wait, if she's here then.' He grabbed the mirror on the night stand and saw himself, what once Tomomi now was a man who was 32 years old staring back at him 'I'm Jace.' He couldn't believe it he was Jace Lucas again. He wasn't Tomomi Tatsuma, he was Jace! 'H-How?'
"Hon? What's wrong?" he was about to answer when there was a knock on the door.
"Mom! Dad! Time to wake up!" came a female voice. 'Samantha?'
Then his instincts screamed at him, he grabbed his 'wife' and came rolling of the bed. He opened his eyes and his surrounding change he was now a run-down building and bullets came past just by his head.
"COME ON NICOLAS! COME OUT AND PLAY!" Shouted someone outside.
"Wait this is!" now he was back in the second world! This world was always at war.
"Fuck you!" he said in instinct, he went to the door and bashed it open, and his surroundings changed again. Now he was in some sort of dessert and his wrist was in shackles.
'Third world? What is this a trip to the memory lane?' He suddenly felt pain on his back.
"Move it maggot!"
'Oh yeah this place, I died at 28 here.' The person behind me tripped and since the shackles are connected I fell too.
Catching myself I looked around and I was back in the black void. 'Now..I'm back here?' Looking around I saw the mirrors again, I approached them and saw every 'me' that was in the universe or other worlds.
'What does this mean?' I was again pulled by an unknown force.
"Gah!" I screamed as I got up of the couch. Gasping for breath I observed my surroundings. 'I'm back' Going to a mirror I saw myself, and of course I was back at being Tomomi. I was relieved but still in the back of my head I ask 'What was that?'
Days has passed in a blur an no one even saw it for all they know the first semester was finally done and it came to close, now it was
"SUMMER BREAK!" Screamed the students to the heavens.
"Huh!? Some of you will have remedial class! Aren't class A supposed to be bette-Gah!" Monoma was interrupted by a chop on his neck by Kendou.
"Sorry about that."
"Must be handful taking care of him." Momo commented.
"Yeah, no argument there." Kendou agreed, dragging the now unconscious Monoma to the bus. Everybody in Class B commented on this and just moved on.
"SO MANY TO CHOOSE HEHEHEHEHE." Mineta said with a drool.
"You have issues dude." Krishiman commented on his actions and the girl backed away from him.
"Hey Kendou can you teach me that chop thing?"
With everything now calm, they were now in line and about to board the bus
"Ok everybody head to an orderly fashion, the girls will be on the left side and the boys on the right. Pick a pair everybody and come aboard." Tomomi ordered with Shiro beside him checking attendance of each person that has board the bus.
1 hour later
With everything that has happened inside the bus, they were actually glad they were able to stretch their legs and go to the bathroom, that was the plan by the way. But of course U.A. just keeps surprising you.
"Hey where are we?"
"Yeah this isn't a rest stop."
Tomomi and Shiro shared a look, but Tomomi was the one to voice his thoughts. "Sensei?"
"Hey Eraser! It's been a while!" said a woman, then another woman beside her said. 'Ok let's see, we are in the middle of nowhere, there's Aizawa-sensei here. U.A. planned this. Some pro hero group is here, the Pussy Cats, connecting the dots and we have.'
"The place you all will be staying is over there." She said pointing at a mountain.
'Yep.' Everybody seemed to have caught on and began to run back to the bus.
And before they all knew it they were sliding off the mountain.
"Beast forest huh?" Shiro said.
Tomomi was tending to the others, in a last moment he controlled the earth that were thrown to them and navigated them safely to the ground.
"Everyone all right?" They nodded but Mineta was running towards the forest. Screaming "GOTTA PEE!" But was stopped when there was a creature in front of him. "Eh?" with a….relieved expression.
"BEAST!"
"Calm down please and fall back."
"Koda!"
"It's not working!" Krishima panicked.
"Of course it isn't" Sparks of lightning came, followed by a chilling air, an explosion, an engine, green lightning, "It's pixie-bob's Quirk. It's made out of dirt."
With the combination of Izuku, Tomomi, Shiro, Bakgou, Todoroki, and Iida the beast was no more.
The main fighters of Class 1-A is leading the charge.
10 minutes later.
Tomomi P.O.V.
With a silent conversation we cleared what was on our area before we even advance forward, now that's done we gathered in a circle to form up a plan.
"So what's the plan?" Momo said.
"We need to know, where the lodge is exactly."
"Can't we just charge in?"
"That will tire us jackass!" Bakugou said.
"We need a solid plan."
While they were talking I was forming up a plan in my head.
"Ok, I have a plan." Everybody listened in. "Krishima if you were to fall from the sky with your hardening Quirk would it still hurt?"
"No, of course not I trained myself to withstand that."
"Good." I looked at Tsuyu "Tsuyu I need you to throw him in the air, so he can scout and look where exactly the lodge is." She nodded and used her tongue to go to Krishima's waist and threw him.
"Ok, next. Shiro, Todoroki and Sero you'll be our defense. Bakugou, Iida, Izuku and me will lead the charge. Jiro-san, can you use your Quirk to know if anymore beast is approaching?" She nodded "Good, you'll be our scout. Everybody I didn't call you will be the next pair going defense and the one on defense will replace us and We will replace the one in the circle. Got it?" They all nodded and Tsuyu threw Krishima in the air. Once he landed, he informed us that the lodge is north of us and it's very far away.
"Ok everybody, stick to the plan and no one push themselves you hear?" with a chorus of agreement we advance.
Time: 3:38 PM
We could finally see the lodge, and to say that everybody was tired would an understatement, even though I said not to push ourselves we were still panting and tired for overuse of our Quirk. They said something about their time was on their standards only, 'Yeah, yeah. Good thing those creatures was still Earth, so I could actually control them to some extent.'
"The six of you."
'Huh?' Busy with my thoughts I completely muted everything. Next thing I know Pixie-Bob was upon us. "I call dibs!" Overhearing the conversation between Sensei and Mandalay I looked at Pixie-Bob. 'Wow, she's that desperate.' Something seems to attached on my waist and pulled me. Looking down it was a tongue 'Tsuyu?'
"Sorry ribbit, but he's already taken." Tsuyu said eyeing Pixie-bob.
"What! Ohhh, why can she get a man and I can't!"
This goes on for a couple of minutes until, Izuku asked "Speaking of Marrying ag-." But was stopped by Pixie-Bob with her'paw' on his face.
"Don't finish that sentence!"
"I-i-is that your kid." Pointing at a little kid with a hat and eyes that reminds me of Bakugou.
"Oh that's my nephew, Kota come and introduce yourself." Izuku stepped forward
"Hi Kota, I'm Izuku. I'm studying Heroics a-." he didn't finish when suddenly Kota punched him in his *ahem* privates. Every guy flinched at that while Tomomi and Iida approached Izuku.
"Midoriya!" Iida said. "That's not a good action!"
"I'm not going to fuck around and join some wannabe heroes."
'Great another problem child.' I thought looking at Kota. 'Poor kid.'
"Good kid." Bakugou said
"Kinda reminds me of you." Todoroki said.
Well, they were allowed to chitchat for a bit, but was stopped by Aizawa-sensei to get our bags and eat.
"ITADAKIMASU!" and they ate their dinner, feeling the whole afternoon on their shoulders and stomach growling finally ceased and they enjoyed their feast. They chatted for a bit while eating and savouring the taste of it all. After that we went to the Hot springs and relaxed their muscles.
"Aaaahhhh. Man finally!" Krishima said.
Everybody was enjoying themselves in the Hot spring, swimming, relaxing and chatting.
"What we seek is behind this wall."
Well so much for relaxation.
"What are you on about Mineta?" Asked Izuku looking at Mineta and catching the attention of the boys in the bath also.
"Restrain yourself!" Iida said with his arms flailing in his robotic way.
"Mineta, if you go on what you're planning I will catch you and bury you to the ground." You would think that this will come from Tomomi, but nooooo, this came from Izuku. You read that right Izuku Midoriya threatened Mineta. Shit's about to get real.
Mineta grinned "Walls are supposed to be scaled! PLUS ULTRA!"
He was only half-way when two blurs was upon him, the two blurs was covered in lightning one was blue and the other green. And proceeded to kick him in the face getting him to the ground, Tomomi and Izuku used Mineta as sort of boost sending them to edge of the wall.
"That was a close one." Tomomi said preparing to go down.
"Y-yeah."
"Thanks Midori~"
Izuku was about to look but a finger to his cheek stopped him making him turn and look straight again. "Don't"
"What are you guys doing here?" said a voice they did look back and saw Kota a bit dazy looking.
"Kid, you ok?"
"Fuck- of cou-." He fell forward.
"Izuku!" Izuku was already upon him and caught him. Using my air, I slowed our descent.
"I'll take him to the infirmary!" Said Izuku running to the exit.
I nodded and went back to the hot spring everything turning back to normal with Mineta still on the ground.
With the girls.
"Oh man, that was close!"
"Yeah Mineta was being well….Mineta."
"Good thing Tomomi and Midori was there stop him." Mina looked at Tsuyu "Good thing you knight was there huh Tsuyu!" Mina grinned, with them spying them it was a common joke that they call Tomomi a knight for his actions in the ramen shop.
"Yeah and yours too ribbit." The girls nodded, but Mina was confused
"Like mine?" Mina said looking at her friends.
"You know! Izuku! He was there right!"
"Yeah, but it is to be expected seeing that they're dating." Momo said.
"Yeah you guys are so cute!" Tooru
"W-W-W-Wait what! We are not together!" Mina denied their assumptions.
"Really?" all of them asked.
"Yes!"
"Well, you guy are always together."
"He bought that beanie."
"You call him Midori"
"You walk to the station together."
"You study with him"
"So!? We're friends!" Mina said now her face was magenta, Sure they were close but not that close.
"Oh? So can I have him?" A voice said.
"No!" then stopped herself because 1. Why did she say no? 2. Who was she talking to? Her friends were in front of her and the voice came behind her. Looking back she saw Pixie-Bob.
"WHY? He's single so why?"
"J-j-just because!" she was very much magenta now instead of pink. "I'm going out now!" She stepped out of the Hot Spring. Now outside she was wearing a robe.
"Seriously guys? There's no wa-." She stopped herself when she saw what was in front of her,
What was in front of her was Izuku, clad in only a towel showing his body and by the gods he was ripped! Abs, muscles and everything. 'G-God damn! He's hot!'
They only stared at each other, well Mina was ogling at Izuku with him just standing there not knowing what to do at all. They met eyes and Mina caught herself and turned magenta again.
"I-I-I'M SORRY!" She returned back to the changing room trying to calm herself. This should not bother her, but with her friend turning some sort of switch inside her she can't help but look at Izuku at that way. Looking back at every interaction they did she can't help but blush.
"Oh man." She put her hands on her face. This was not a crush, not even the slightest, this feeling hit her like a train.
"Dammit, does he even feel the same?"
Yep, Mina Ashido, with the switch turned on. She was in love with Izuku.
And that's a wrap, tune in for more chapters in the road
So no major announcements this time
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