26.08.2022
I've lost my watch so I can't tell if it's the correct time, but don't you worry, when asked what I want for my birthday I told my lesbian friend and her gf that I wanna watch, so I'm gonna be a winner either way.
Let's delve into the comments!:
n1ght4ury20 - Happy to hear it!
heartfanglives - Sometimes to understand something you have to understand that you do not understand it yet. Master Oogway probably.
Squaretree - You may have called it, but I didn't pick up lol. Mina panicking over Izuku was meant as simple comic relief and is not that important in the not-so-grand scheme of things.
Drax152 - Good for you, cause I didn't!
SonicMax - 'Not-so-invisible-anymore booty' would be the correct term! But I can appreciate a cultured fellow.
InsaneMakaioshin - You got it wrong. You've entered the abyss expanse known as my imagination, basically reality of this fic can be whatever I want. And if you want to know about the canon, don't ask me, I haven't watched anything past Izuku awakening Blackwhip against Shinso, though I've spoiled myself many, many things to come and I gotta say it's sadge.
PhantomDark - If I had to guess I'd say that some bullshit was gonna happen and magically take the blizzard away in a chapter or four to hit them with another heat wave or something so we can get some more Momo's Massive Mommy Milkies on full display again.
solbandgus - I imagine her as being a middle ground between Kyouka and Momo, somewhat around Mina's level, but just a few sizes smaller overall.
Raikaguken - If you're talking about THE saber-tooth then I gotta news for ya - he ded. His friends are still around and kicking though... Probably... I don't know, haven't checked up on the in a while.
neowolf24 - Good question, one I no longer posses the answer to. Although knowing me it was probably like a canon reference or some stuff like that, or I was just being dumb, don't worry, happens all the time.
Guest - Hello. Yes this is Mr. Who-Asked speaking, how may I help you today? lmao
mwebb0116 - She's in. It's not a spoiler, but Ibara is in the lineup, currently sitting on the bench. As to what will happen to her hair - Mina is still pink, right? Dwell on it my man and share theories, I love those.
I gotta say, there were certainly quite a few comments under the last chapter. But let's stop worrying about the past and focus on the 'here and now'!:
"Feeling better?" Izuku asked quietly.
"A bit…" Tooru whispered back and detached herself from Izuku's embrace. "Although - no offense - I'd prefer to cry into something softer next time." She said with a small smile.
"And I'd prefer it if you didn't have a reason to do so." Izuku stated, reciprocating her smile.
"Can't promise that, especially if something like this can happen." Tooru said playfully as she pointed to her visible self. "This is so weird. Waving my hand in front of my eyes and being able to see it move…" Her tone was a strange mixture of awe, excitement and confusion and Izuku didn't blame her for it.
All he, Mina and Momo had to deal with was being magically transported to this strange place and their Quirks not working. Tooru on the other hand had to deal with her entire world being suddenly flipped upside down without a warning. Living all your life invisible and finally getting a chance to see yourself? It's something you can't put a price on. A core memory if you will.
"Do you have like a mirror or something?" Tooru asked in a hopeful voice.
"I'll go check." He said and headed straight for the omnipotent being that helped them countless times already.
Their pile of omnipotent-beyond-reason stuff was laying exactly where they put it, though all of them firmly believed it could just up and vanish at a moment's notice if it so desired.
"Oh Supreme One, I, your humble… me? come to you searching for a mirror, even though none exist that can reflect your might. Nevertheless I pray for you to grant me your favor. And the mirror. Pretty please." And with the prayer done, Izuku got to digging.
It seems his words pleased whatever eldritch deity resided within their scrapheap as it took him just seven seconds to find the item he wished for - a handheld mirror in pristine condition with not even a speck of dust on it.
"I thank thee and promise to make good use of your favor." Izuku thanked the entity and headed back to Tooru's room.
She was still in bed, but instead of admiring her arms she moved on to inspecting her hair. She stopped as soon as she noticed Izuku returned with the mirror in hand and her eyes lit up at the sight. Her excitement got the better of her and she practically snatched it from him the moment he got in range and started inspecting every minute detail of her face as if she was trying to etch the image into her memory, which she might've as well been trying to do.
Izuku felt somewhat amused by the action and decided not to disturb Tooru for the moment and started looking her over himself.
As he had already noticed, her skin had a very, very fair color as if she spent her entire life underground, which although surprising could've been anticipated if his Quirk Analysis notebooks didn't focus solely on the combat and utility side of each ability. Maybe he should start a new series dedicated to analyzing Quirks in day to day activities? An idea for his future self for sure.
Her hair was an even bigger mess than before, but that was to be expected, she'd only just woken up and it's not like didn't have more important things to worry about at the moment.
The most captivating thing about her though were her eyes. Izuku was a man and one of the many things they were known for was their inability to discern more complex colors. To them brown was brown and green was green, they simply didn't feel the need to describe them like blooming lavender from the western reaches of France bathed in autumn Sun or something along those lines. Yet even with this born disability, Izuku was pretty sure that royal azure was the color of Tooru's sparkling eyes. He might be wrong though, as there are plenty of names for such a deep blue color no doubt.
Izuku managed to suppress his inner analyst just in time for Tooru to lower the mirror onto her lap with a sigh.
"I feel drained…" She breathed out.
"Your entire world has been turned upside down, I think you have every right to feel that way." Izuku assured her with a smile. "I'll go get the others and we'll explain everything you might want to know, okay?"
"Others?"
"Yeah, Mina and Momo and here too."
"Wait, where even is 'here'?"
"That's a long story. I'll go wake them up and we'll explain what happened in the past nine months, I promise." Izuku said and made for the exit.
Tooru's body seized up for a moment as she digested what she just heard.
"Past how many months?!" She exclaimed in delayed shock.
Their explanation started off pretty tame with Izuku recalling his first days in this tropical weird place and how nothing pretty much happened until Mina came in and he finally could have some social interactions after half a year all alone in the jungle. But from that point forward things got progressively weirder and weirder, be it random events, weather or impossible circumstances coming together to mess with them out of the blue.
Needless to say Tooru's head started to smoke by the end of the entire story and she stayed silent for a few moments after the explanation was finished just massaging her temples as if trying to rub an ache out of her head.
Eventually she released a tired sigh and looked directly into Izuku's eyes.
"So you ate soap, huh?"
That single question made Mina roll on the ground laughing, Momo to try and stifle her own giggles and the man in question to hang his head in shame.
"It was a berry…" He tried defending himself, but the words fell on deaf ears.
"Do you have any other questions?" Momo, who was the first one to get over her reaction, asked with a gentle smile.
"Too many." Tooru answered without missing a beat. "But the most important might be - how are we going to get back to Japan?"
"That's a pretty good question, though one that we don't have a single clue on. Izuku's been here the longest and he never found anything that would make going back possible." Momo explained.
"It would help if we at least knew what to look for." Izuku chimed in. "With all the craziness going around I wouldn't be surprised if there was something like a portal berry that can transport us back or like a magical portal that will just appear one day like the ones that got us here." He shared his thoughts on the subject.
"Both sound equally impossible but I guess that's what makes them the most probable." Momo agreed. "It wouldn't be the first impossible thing to happen during our time here. Far from that even."
"So we're Stranded here for the foreseeable future?" Tooru referenced unknowingly. Then she raised her arms and flexed her fingers a bit before smiling. "It doesn't sound that bad." She stated and her friends were happy that she seemed to be in high spirits.
"Did I already say that you look absolutely stunning?" Mina questioned with an excited grin.
"Only about seven times today." Tooru answered in amusement as Momo watched from the sidelines.
The girls were currently enjoying the warm water of their hot spring, a feature that Mina was way too excited to show off to their newest arrival. The two best friends were doing majority of the talking, one didn't see the other for a couple of months already so it was to be expected, with Momo speaking up only when addressed as she enjoyed the comfort in peace.
However, since they were pretty much confined to their cave for the winter, this was the best time to discuss strictly girly matters.
"Mina, should we reveal the arrangement we've made?" Momo eventually spoke up.
"You mean the one about Midori?" Mina clarified which definitely piqued Tooru's curiosity.
"What about him?" Tooru wondered.
"Well, remember that time when the three of us and Kyouka admitted to having a crush on Izuku?" Momo began explaining and continued when Tooru nodded in confirmation. "To put it simply the two of us were stuck with Izuku for an extended period of time and I'm guessing that Mina had similar doubts about the issue of one of us getting to date him and making our friendship break away or at least falter in one way or another." This time it was Mina's turn to nod to confirm what the raven-haired spokeswoman said. "In the end we got into a bit of a life and death scenario which I think opened our eyes enough to realize that life is too short for those sorts of doubts, so I came up with an idea on how we can get a happy ending." Momo proudly declared, which did nothing to satiate Tooru's curiosity.
"And what's that excellent idea, dare say?" The not-so-invisible-anymore girl asked.
"She wants us to form a harem." Mina bluntly stated.
"I'm in!" Tooru exclaimed without hesitation.
"Just like that?" Mina and Momo asked in confusion.
"Well, he was the one that found me and brought me back here, right?" Momo nodded to confirm as Mina was still a bit bedazzled by the haste proclamation. "This means that he was the first person to see me, even if he didn't actually know it was me, so I want him to take responsibility for taking my first time." Tooru explained.
"You know that's not what it means, right?" Momo questioned further.
"I know, don't care, he's too great to pass up." The Visible Girl stated.
"You got that right!" Mina, having finally come to, agreed with her friend. "Just don't go hogging all of his attention!" She teased.
"Didn't you do exactly the same when it was just the two of you?" Momo pointed out which made Mina cringe.
"That was different?" The accused defended weakly.
And just like that Inko Midoriya gained a third cause of her future heart attack.
Since Tooru accepted the invitation to join Mina and Momo at Izuku's side the two girls saw no problem with letting her join them in their shared bedcave, which was a big surprise to her since she had no idea about their sleeping arrangements up to this point.
"Wait, wait, wait, so you're all sleeping together?" Tooru couldn't believe what she just heard. It was easy to imagine Mina doing something like that, but she didn't think Momo would be in on it as well.
"Well, we kind of woke up in the same bed one day and decided that we might as well stay like this. Besides our previous bedcaves vanished into thin air just like I imagine yours will overnight." Momo explained calmly.
"What do you mean vanished?" And now she was completely dumbfounded.
"You get used to it." Momo answered vaguely with a dead look in her eyes.
"She's not used to it at all!" Tooru thought to herself.
"Let's go already! First one in bed gets dibs on using Midori's chest for a pillow!" Mina exclaimed as she sped past her co-girlfriends.
Tooru gave chase almost immediately whilst Momo only lagged lifelessly after them.
"Woah, it really did vanish." Tooru pointed out that the entrance to the guestcave she woke up in yesterday was now nowhere to be seen.
"Told you." Momo reminded smugly though there was resignation in her voice.
The group of four sat around their fireplace to get some food in their bellies, berries as you might've expected, and make small talk, trying to kill some time whilst waiting for the winter to fuck off. Unfortunately it seemed to settle quite snugly into their little piece of heaven and wasn't very keen on leaving.
They stayed seated even after they were done eating, which was when Izuku remembered something about his last expedition.
"Wait, I just remembered that there were two meteors this week!" He exclaimed and got up suddenly which caught everyone's attention.
"Are you sure? Maybe the blizzard just made it seem as if there were two?" Momo, being usually the most level-headed out of the bunch, reasoned
"That couldn't have been it. The blizzard completely calmed down as if it wasn't even there a moment ago just before the meteors flew overhead. And they even impacted in two different places."Izuku debunked Momo's theory. "I found Tooru at the first crash site, so I had to come back and eventually forgot about the other one." He continued explaining.
"That's strange. Why would there suddenly be a second drop?" Momo thought out loud.
"Is that really such a big deal?" Mina questioned in confusion. "There were two of them last time too. You know, when we were fighting for our lives against that saber-tooth tiger." Silence dominated the room as both Izuku and Momo started staring at her. "What?" She asked blissfully unaware.
"You saw that and didn't say anything?!" They both exclaimed in shock.
"I thought you saw it too, but chose to ignore it! It's not easy to miss two flaming balls of fire falling from the sky, you know?!" Mina defended herself with a huff.
"Well, she's got a point." Momo and Izuku thought in sync.
"Would you be able to locate the second drop?" The raven-haired woman turned to their boyfriend.
"Maybe? I would have to climb up to my lookout and really focus on it. It'd be certainly easier if everything wasn't covered in snow. Why do you ask?"
"The winter doesn't seem to be ending anytime soon and our food stocks will be spread even thinner now that there's four of us, so I thought maybe we could find something that can help us there? You know as if whatever it is that governs this place took pity on us and gave us extra supplies for the harsh conditions? Certainly wouldn't be the first time we got lucky like that." Momo explained and Izuku had to agree with everything she said even though he knew exactly what that implied.
"I guess there's no fault in trying. It's not like we can do anything besides sitting on our asses all day. The one thing I remember about the other meteor is that it fell very far away, so if you want me to do this today I'd need to leave right now." Izuku stated and Momo nodded.
"Let's get you ready for the trip then!"
The girls fetched his padded suit and helped him dress up on the double. He also got two good luck kisses from Momo and Mina with Tooru opting to stay out for now as she was quote 'too embarrassed'. Having your hero costume be a pair of boots and gloves was apparently no biggie, but giving a kiss on the cheek to a guy you were dating as of last night suddenly makes her feel self-conscious? Not-so-invisible girls, am I right fellas?
Still no one held it against her as she'd already way too much to deal with without the girls inviting her into the harem and they were sure she'd eventually come around.
The landscape outside of their cave didn't change at all from the last time Izuku was forced to traverse it. His good friend the cold wind was blowing jagged lines across the snow like it was nobody's business and the barren trees stood strongly against the howling gale. At least the blizzard wasn't very intense at the moment, so that was nice.
Getting to his lookout was a breeze albeit a cold one and he was relieved to see that the ice that was forming on the river a couple of days ago was nowhere to be seen so their safe space was still safe, at least for now.
Armed with his trusty climbing pick he managed to climb to his lookout and started inspecting the sight in front of him, trying to remember the direction he should head out in. He eventually was able to estimate where the site he found Tooru at was and decided to head there first before continuing onwards, hoping to not miss the point of interest he was after.
Everything was going smoothly for the first five minutes of his journey, but then the weather finally noticed his presence outside and brought the blizzard back, because why not? Izuku remained steadfast however and didn't let the harsh conditions deter him from his task.
He reached the first site in record time and didn't even slow down as he crossed the impact clearing to continue towards his true goal.
The weather seemed to be conscious and aware of his eventual target as with every step he took he could feel the snow hitting his face get just a tad bit colder and larger as the howling wind made it barely possible for him to hear his own thoughts. Still, he didn't let that discourage him even as he had to actively keep himself from being toppled over by the blizzard. The tiny icy daggers felt like they could start cutting his skin at any moment now.
But just when Izuku thought he'd need to turn back just to survive, everything vanished.
He was leaning forward heavily to counter the wind pushing him backwards so when it suddenly died down Izuku fell face first onto the ground. And surprisingly his impact was not softened by the snow.
"Oh, what the fuck…?" Izuku groaned as he impacted the hard ground.
When he got up though everything became clear and much more confusing at the same time.
Everything was green. And I mean everything. Except the sky. And the stones. And the mud at the bottom of the stream. And the water in the stream… Okay, maybe not literally everything.
Izuku suddenly found himself in the middle of a lush forest with ripe berries dotting bushes left, right and center. He was at a loss and his confusion only doubled when he turned around only to see the hellscape he just traversed. It was as if the two places were divided by some kind of a force field that kept the blizzard at bay, but if that was the case, then how did he manage to pass to the other side?
He had so many questions right now, but those could wait for when he returned, maybe Momo might help him figure this out. For now he decided to continue on his way, the second impact site shouldn't be far now.
Finding his destination was easier without the blizzard impairing his vision and so it only took a couple of minutes for Izuku to find the not-so-flaming pile of rocks that was previously the flaming ball of fire. Now, he knew he was in the right place, but it didn't look like the right place. The pile of space rocks was pretty much the only indication that this was the supply drop's final destination. The supplies themselves however were nowhere to be found.
Izuku searched the clearing back and forth but didn't stumble upon anything useful, or anything at all really, not even a dull-headed nail or a plastic hammer. There was a set of BMW turning indicators tucked away beneath some foliage but come on, who uses those?
He was about ready to turn around and head back to the frozen forest he came from when he caught a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye. First he thought it was an orange thread, but he eventually noticed it to be a strand of hair. This was another game changing discovery that he's made on this trip and it might've not even been the last one if it wasn't for the fact that it was already midday and he still had to make it back to the cave.
Tempted as he was at the moment, he knew that heading back to share his findings with the others was the sensible thing to do. As such he took one last look around the clearing to make sure that he wasn't leaving anything useful behind before eventually heading for the biome border.
Strange, that name seems like it's taken straight out of a video game where everything is made out of blocks.
Copyright issues aside, Izuku steeled himself for the second half of the journey that lay ahead of him for it surely will be hard. Although at least will have the wind at his back to aid him along the way, right?
Spoiler alert, the wind changed direction while he was gone and he had to battle against it the entire way back. Dude, not cool. I mean extremely cool, freezing even but, you know what I mean.
So, yeah, as I've said, bullshit weather remains bullshit, but which animal might have orange hair/fur and enough intelligence to gather supplies from a drop whilst leaving behind the turning indicators?
I don't know, but there seem to be quite a few psychics in the audience, so maybe they can figure something out.
Also I've just noticed that some answers in the previous chapter were corrupted which made them devoid of their meme. I'm talking about the 'Perhaps!' ones. It was supposed to say 'giant laser crab png' the one with long legs that's shooting lasers from his eyes and has the word 'perhaps' written at the front. Just wanted to clarify that.
Anyway that's all for today, so come back next Friday if you want to find out how much done with shit Momo will feel once Izuku is done recalling his adventure.