09.12.22
It's I the Absolute Madman - although some of you seemed to be even more mad than me! - and I'm back with your weekly dose of Stranded! But first the crazy comments!:
Guest - Well, seeing as - as far as I'm aware - In-a-Gadda-da-Vida has went on an infinite hiatus I feel like there are worse things to mimic than all the girls turning bi one by one, but you don't have to worry about that one! I mean, can anyone even imagine Ibara trying out yuri? I feel like Kyouka and Momo might end up together - but they won't split off for fuck's sake! - and Mina and Tooru might realize that it was all fun and games but they just aren't that much into each other and go back to how they were before. Of course some of the straight girls might end up kissing in the heat of a threesome, but that's it.
n1ght4ury20 - Hold ya horses sire! We are currently setting up a second exodus and there will be a whole bunch of adventuring in the future when they start figuring out how to go back home.
ShadowLord1329 - I am looking for many things, and that word might be one of them!
Fanfic writer 117 - Ah yes, one of the mad ones! It might be my fault for not explaining shit thoroughly enough, but you guys blew it out of the fucking proportion! Just read this one and you'll have your answers soon.
SonicMax - I honestly think that all of them are absolutely wicked, which is why I wouldn't be able to decide on which one to write, so I left the decision to you guys. Although, if I'm being honest, I feel like Crusader/Flagellant in the form that I've advertised to you has so much wasted potential that it's not even funny. It basically was the perfect concept for some softcore medieval fantasy with magic and a questing knight in service of some Goddess of balance which had been cursed or some shit and during his journey meets a devoted cleric which joins him on his quest to lift the curse, eventually falling in love with him despite the monster within. Still, I may be a Madman, but I won't falsely advertise something only to give you guys something entirely different. Besides, with how unprepared I was for that underdog win, something simpler seems way more doable!
NovaKush - Is there anyone around here that has any shame left in them? I may be an Absolute Madman and a sociopath to boot, but wouldn't you be embarrassed to come out as being into boys and girls? It makes sense to me, but as I said - I do not understand the ins and outs of social interactions, so...
And now the chapter!:
The local weather continued to worsen over the next couple of days with clouds becoming darker and darker, blocking more and more of the sky and eventually covering it completely, drowning the entire area in gloomy shade. It was annoying at first because it vastly limited their visibility in the dense forests which already had an abundance of shadows and now became pitch-black in certain parts. Still it wasn't that bad. For a moment.
The dark clouds turned out to be bearing gifts in the form of rain which once started didn't let up for an entire day. Then it calmed down for the night only to pick right back up the next morning.
Copious amounts of water falling from the sky could only result in the ground beneath their feet becoming oversaturated with the liquid and eventually turning to mud when the water had nowhere to go. Now this, this was straight up infuriating. The rain itself soaked them to the bone in a matter of minutes lest they sought shelter underneath the trees and the occasional breeze that rolled through the area made them shiver in the most uncomfortable way possible before leaving them alone. This was probably even worse than being subjected to the cold wind blowing around their old base, since you simply stopped noticing the coldness after a while. Now though you were perfectly warm if soggy as fuck and then suddenly enveloped by iceness that easily rivaled that of Todoroki's most impressive icebergs. It sucked.
And as if that wasn't enough, now they had to deal with trudging through mud just to get a sip from the river! Thankfully Momo quite quickly figured out that they might as well drink the rain water and fashioned out a barrel to collect and store said water. Now they had all the water they could ever drink and then some! A lot actually!
But as they were about to find out, the curveballs had only just begun and they probably weren't ready for what this bullshit world had in store for them.
But first - an intermission!
"Alright, I wasn't planning on doing this so early, but after having a quick look at the review section I decided that we cannot postpone this conversation any longer!" Momo stated one day as they sat down to have dinner right before going to bed.
"The what section?" Tooru questioned in confusion.
"Not important!" The raven-haired genius exclaimed before pointing her index finger in the vague direction of Mina and Tooru. "Tell me, what are your intentions with our boyfriend?!" She straight up demanded with a commanding tone that left little to no room for argument.
"Our intentions?" The aforementioned girls responded in sync, still just as - if not even more - confused as before. Izuku and Kyouka also had no idea what this was about but decided that it was smarter to sit still and try not to draw Momo's attention to themselves.
"Sorry girls." Izuku and Kyouka both apologized mentally, hoping that Momo won't go off the rails too much.
"You see, the review section's been panicking about the two of you wanting to split off from us to do your own thing, so I want to know if their worries are justified or are you just as devoted to the dicku as before?!"
If Momo's aura wasn't so intense right now the other four would probably burst out laughing at the word 'dicku', however they were all acutely aware that this was no laughing matter apparently. Even if the situation at hand made absolutely no fucking sense to any of them besides Momo. Actually, they were wondering if even Momo knew what she was talking about and not just spouting some nonsense that came to her mind with one of her insane visions.
"W-Well, we never said anything about leaving you guys." Mina began their defense. "I don't even know if we are actually into each other the same way we are into Izuku or just curious!"
"Mood…" Kyouka groaned out with a tired sigh.
"What about you going behind our backs, huh?" Momo continued her relentless questioning.
"We were embarrassed to admit it, okay?!" Tooru exploded all of a sudden. "I couldn't find it in me to walk up to you guys and say that I kissed a girl and I liked it!"
"Especially since I don't even have my cherry chapstick with me!" Mina jumped in.
Silence ensued for a moment as Momo seemed to mull over their explanation with her expression still as intense as ever. Then suddenly it softened up into one that they were more used to seeing and she clapped her hands together in the typical Momo fashion.
"Great, the prosecution has no further questions. Let's eat!" She declared joyfully, all traces of her previous authoritative self wiped away in an instant.
Her four companions, thoroughly confused by what had just transpired, decided to not press the issue or ask for explanations as those would probably result in massive headaches across the board.
Now, back to the plot.
Rainy days quickly established themselves as the new constant that they had to put up with from morning to evening. Surprisingly the downpour wasn't nearly as intensive during the night as it was throughout the day, meaning that they didn't have to worry about suddenly waking up underwater. For now of course. Even with the situation stable at the moment, Momo made sure to draft up a plan or four on how to better prepare for the flood that might come in the near future.
Whilst Momo drafted up contingencies for contingencies on top of contingencies, the other four doubled their efforts to stock up on food in case the river between them and the forest became impossible to cross. Izuku even suggested making a bridge on it already, but they had no idea just how high the water can get so their bridge might end up too small or too big and they couldn't really afford to devote time to a project which might turn out to be unnecessary in the long run.
Mina, Kyouka, Izuku and Tooru had their work cut out for them, but they quickly learned that the weather was not the only thing that they'd need to put up with. They were being watched. Or at least they felt as if there was something watching them from afar. It was a really weird feeling which made shivers go down their spines every time. They tried time and time again to locate their mysterious stalker, but with little to no success. Just when they thought they noticed a glint in between the trees it vanished as if it wasn't even there. This whole situation led to the four of them sticking firmly together throughout the day since it was much safer that way and the idle chat made it easier to forget about that nasty feeling.
It went on for a week or two before the situation suddenly escalated one evening and was subsequently resolved in a matter of hours. And it went down like this:
Izuku, being the gentleman he is, allowed the girls to wash up before bed first and even turned down Mina's not-so-subtle offer to join them and the even-less-subtle implication that lay beneath her supposedly innocent words. Mina Ashido was a devil however, a fact that Izuku was well aware of and as such was able to resist the temptation. He felt quite skilled in the art of sexual intercourse, but being outnumbered four to one was not something he fancied experiencing. Yet. Mina was also smacked upside the head by the tag team of Kyouka and Momo so Izuku felt like the offer was taken off the table regardless.
Once the girls returned it was his turn to go. He took his time, enjoying the rare rainless evening and a surprisingly warm temperature when he heard some rustling near the other bank of the river.
Izuku made sure to stand perfectly still to try and blend in with the background, hoping to finally catch their stalker and learn something about them. Thankfully the sky was completely covered by dark clouds which didn't let through much light so his freshly washed body covered with stray water droplets didn't have much to reflect.
Seconds stretched into minutes it felt like, as Izuku did his best impression of a marble statue, his eyes firmly trained on the sparse bushes poking out of the treeline. Locking his entire body in place was no small feat due to the awkward position he was stuck in, but he soldiered on and it paid off big time.
His eyes picked up the slightest movement in the bushes directly in front of him so he stared straight at them for a few moments before a humanoid figure stepped out of them and started looking around.
Izuku was so caught off-guard that he loosened his hold on his muscles and joints for a split second which resulted in him toppling forwards and making a giant splash, instantly alerting the person on the opposite side of the river of his position. They locked eyes with each other for a solid four seconds before the stalker took off running into the woods. Izuku got his act together in an instant and gave chase, hoping to catch up to them despite their head start.
Whoever they were, they were pretty quick, but Izuku was quicker. They tried losing him in the trees, but Izuku somehow managed to keep track of their seaweed green hair. But they seemed to know the forest better than he did and he felt as if he would lose them any second now. Until they made a mistake that is.
"Woah!" He heard a feminine voice yell out just a couple of steps in front of him.
He connected the dots like an expert detective and figured out that the voice must've belonged to their mysterious stalker. Well, she wasn't going to be so mysterious for much longer. Izuku quickly caught up to her only to see the girl on the ground, not moving and unresponsive. He approached her cautiously, still unsure about her intentions, but when she didn't react to his movements he began to worry.
He carefully rolled her onto her back and quickly found out why she wasn't responding. Right there, in the middle of her forehead, was a profusely bleeding gash and the girl herself turned out to be unconscious, breathing but unconscious. Leaving her was never a choice, so Izuku knew what he had to do.
Thankfully the girl was light as a feather so he had no trouble getting her in a princess carry before beginning the journey back. Now that the adrenaline from the chase wore off he found his strength being slowly sapped from his body as the day's fatigue started catching up to him real fast.
He had only just crossed the river when he heard his name being called by Mina. Or maybe it was Momo? They must've noticed that he was taking his sweet time bathing and probably went out to check up on him just in case. They were the best and earned themselves a big kiss each in his book.
The girls came rushing towards him as soon as he was spotted and began firing off questions about his disheveled state - he was still almost naked from when he was washing himself off before the wild chase ensued - and the girl in his arms. Normally he'd answer all of their questions right away, but he figured out that they had more pressing matters to attend to, especially since he felt as if he might collapse right away.
"Later…" He groaned out as he pushed through his cheerleading squad towards their cave.
The girls seemed to get the message and rushed ahead, Mina staying at his side and trying to support him along the way, probably to prepare a place for the injured girl and something to treat that nasty wound.
It took him only a minute to get to the cave entrance, but the girls managed to prepare a separate 'bed' from spare blankets and their winter-ish jackets and Momo was already scouring their supplies in search of medicinal berries. Thankfully, as they'd discovered some time ago, the medicinal berries were not only good for getting rid of a cold or bringing down a fever, but when smashed into a pulp and rub onto scrapes helped heal those too. Granted they never had to treat something so deep, but there was no evidence suggesting that they won't work.
Izuku collapsed onto their bed as soon as he put the girl down, panting and tired, and finally could get a good look at her. He already knew she had seaweed green hair, but only now realized how long it was. It reached just below her shoulder blades and she had a couple of stray bangs on the right side of her face, almost exactly like Momo.
He already figured out that she had a lithe physique as he was able to hoist her up without even breaking a sweat even after having to chase her through the forest for a few minutes, but he wasn't expecting her to be so… young. She was clearly younger than them by a few years judging by the not-so-trace amounts of baby fat in her cheeks. If he were to hazard a guess then he'd say she was about thirteen, maybe fourteen at most.
This begged the question - how did she get here? They didn't see a meteor for over a month already, so is it possible that she arrived here way back when and had been on her own this whole time? If no, then how did she get here if not along with a supply drop? And could they possibly use the same route to go back to their world?
So many questions, so little answers and they probably won't be getting any more of the latter. Not until she wakes up anyways.
By the time Izuku returned back to the present the girl's gash was already cleaned, treated and bandaged. The girls even checked if she had any other injuries and took care of those too. It turned out that she scraped one of her knees and both of her hands when she fell, nothing dangerous but easily taken care of with a handful of berries and a piece of cloth.
Now all they had to do was wait for her to wake up. The problem was that they had no idea when she might come to and if there wasn't anyone awake at the time she might just run away again and they won't get any answers out of her, rendering Izuku's efforts meaningless. The girls quickly figured out that they should leave someone to watch the girl throughout the night like a Watchdog. Izuku wanted to volunteer of course, but before he even could finish his sentence he was tackled back onto their bed by Mina and Tooru, who vehemently explained to him that his only concern at the moment was getting some rest at last and that they could take care of the girl in the meantime.
Izuku didn't have the strength to argue, so he ended up just nodding and drifting off to sleep in a matter of moments.
He woke up late in the morning being embraced quite tightly by not Mina and Tooru like he expected, but Momo and Kyouka who seemed to have taken the first guard shift and were later replaced by Mina and Tooru. It was a very sound idea, but it had the unfortunate side effect of making him want to stay in bed for just a few more minutes.
Still, he knew that he'd have to get up eventually so he might as well bite the bullet early and do it now.
He carefully slipped out of Momo and Kyouka's embrace and went over to Mina and Tooru who were chatting quietly so as not to wake them up.
"How is she?" He asked as he sat down next to his girlfriends.
"The same as before." Mina answered with a small smile which turned to a grin when she noticed that Izuku was still shirtless.
"At least her scrapes healed overnight and the only thing left is that gash on her forehead. I hope it doesn't scar, but we've done everything we can at this point." Tooru finished the report in her horny girlfriend's stead.
"Well, I better go get my clothes back before the river takes them." Izuku said and got up.
Unknowingly to him Mina did not appreciate him leaving so soon, especially since he was a real big piece of eye candy right now, and tried to grab him in order to halt him for just a moment longer. Unfortunately she missed his hand and her nails ended up catching him right on the spine.
Izuku seemed unfazed by it on the outside whilst on the inside he was not only panicking but also fighting with his suddenly spiked arousal. Who knew that something so simple as dragging a fingernail across his back might set him off? To be honest he did just spend an entire night cuddled up with two extremely beautiful girls, so he felt as if his reaction was justified. Still, it was better if they focused their attention on the unconscious girl for now and left other things for later. But All Might be his witness, he was going to squeeze some private time with Mina in the near future!
"Actually, I wonder if Tooru would be interested in watching us…" He thought idly and then froze dead in his tracks. "Wow, that's one hell of a scenario. Meh, I doubt it will happen, but a man can dream." Izuku concluded, not knowing that the author had this exact thing as well as much, much more planned for him in the future.
Izuku took his sweet time retrieving his clothes as he also splashed some water in his face to wake himself up fully and more importantly cool down the blush on his cheeks.
He returned to the sight of both Tooru and Mina fussing over the girl. It alarmed Izuku right away so he approached the two hastily to ask what was wrong.
"I think she's waking up!" Mina whisper-shouted with a mix of excitement and nervousness.
They did save her and treated her injuries, but they still had no idea about her intentions or about anything really, so they should probably keep their guard-up.
True to what Mina had said, the girl began tossing and turning on the ground and murmuring some incoherent words. Eventually her eyes - which seemed to change their color at random - fluttered open and her surely blurred vision quickly zeroed in on Izuku.
"Dad, what happened?" She asked innocently.
This was it. This was the moment that Izuku Midoriya died from shock. Not really, but he did look really lifeless to Mina and Tooru at that moment.
Aight, now before anyone starts blowing up about him suddenly having a daughter! Wait a week to see what's really going on!
I am however open to hearing out your ideas as to who she is or how she got here. Just not a word about how one little change is going to ruin this fic! It's been ruined from the first chapter if you hadn't noticed! Why? Because its author is me - The Absolute Madman!
And with that out of the way I wish all of you a great day and I'll catch y'all next week with your weekly dose of Stranded!