Gokai Shinomori
An older man, balding, got out of an older car... as he stood back, he attempted to crack his back, but instead was left unsatisfied...
"ahhhh... Another long shift." Gokai chuckled, taking his jacket off. It was now 2:52 pm... Gokai started his shift around 2:00 am, and after a long twelve hour shift, he can rest for the week. Twenty four years working at a metal sheeting factory will do a number on your body. For only being forty two, Gokai looks like he's at least 55... the chronic alcholism also didn't help. But, those days were behind Gokai.. He walked up the stairs of his apartment complex, waving hello to his elderly neighbor. He opened his door, remembering today was his son's birthday.
He placed his jacket on a chair, pulling out his phone. He rung Nemui's phone.
"Hello?"
"Son! I just wanted to call since you said you'd be back today! I was doing a night shift today, and I just got him. I just wanted to say Happy Birthday my boy... Do you still plan on coming over tonight?"
Gokai could hear some kind of distress in his son's voice...
"Yeah dad, Thanks, I appreciate it, and yeah I'll be over soon!"
"Is everything okay Nemui? You seem a bit quiet... Did the summer camp go well?"
"Don't worry about it. I'll be over later tonight with some friends. We'll tell you about it tonight.."
"Alright, I love you my boy. Have a safe trip over, Alright?"
"yeah, thanks dad.. see you soon."
Gokai set his phone down on the table, he happily went over to the kitchen, pulling out ribeye steaks... His son's favorite, well... at least when he was a little boy. Gokai began to prepare the dinner, he reflected on the phone call.. he stopped preparing the dinner, remembering that his son finally called him, "Dad" again, and not "Old man" or "Jack ass." Even if it isn't an "I love you," Gokai felt so much happiness in his heart, he feels like he's almost reclaiming his son... He cares not how long it will take for him and his son to reconnect, because he truly is happy with the little things... Gokai set a kettle on the stove, he pulled out some peppermint tea. He let out a sigh of relief. The doorbell rang,
"? Nemui! You got here so quick! I'm surp-"
As Gokai opened the door, he saw a very familiar face... dressed in a silk red dress, and a tight black leather coat... It was her..
"ohhh! Gokai! It's been so long, love!"
Gokai froze at the door holding it, "Why are you he-"
The woman let herself in, "oh where is our boy! I simply have to wish him a happy birthday."
Gokay rubbed the top of his head. When he was young, he ran his hands through his hair.. Can't really do that anymore-
"He's at his school. He's on his way with friends.. You- you can sit down and wait if you'd like.. I had tea on the stove if you'd like some."
The woman sat down, crossing her legs... after all this time she was still as young and stunning as she was then.. But Gokai's blood went cold after hearing the next thing she said,
"So you quit alcohol all together? Took you a while."
Gokai made two cups of tea. He took a deep breath turning around slowly... "How did you... know?"
The woman looked him in the eyes, her red eyes pierced his... what he once found, well, sexy, is now terrifying. "My dear, I keep an eye on all my children and their fathers."
Gokai tried to laugh it off... giving the woman her tea "a-ah... I see."
The woman laughed... "I can't believe it, two of my children, students at the exclusive UA high!- may I have some sugar?"
Gokai looked up, pouring some sugar into her tea. "Two?! Interesting.. do they know each other- have you met them personally?!"
The woman laughed. "no no I havent. Her name is Sakurai Chiyoko. And yes, the two are friends.. and I've been keeping an eye on the both of them. I thought today I'd be able to kill two birds with one stone..."
Gokai took a sip of his tea, his eyes narrowed, not trusting the woman... "After all this time, can you please, tell me your name? If you're going to be just, entering our lives again?"
The woman laughed, "Yes yes, I see no reason not to share. My name is Hina, Hina Hakumei."
Gokai let the name stir in his head, the kanji made no since to him... What provinence is that from?!
"Brooding... White Death? Why such an evil Kanji?!"
The woman sipped more of the tea, "ohhh, well after so long, I felt like my old name just, didn't fit me anymore. So I go by Hina now... Or, a more popular name with the heroes, "The Brood Mother."
Gokai looked at the woman.. hearing that she is popular with heroes didn't settle well with him... his eyes darted at his phone, on the table... He lunged for his phone!- his arm is pierced into the table by a long spider leg protruding from The Brood Mother's torso... The woman began to laugh, as Gokai screamed in pain... The woman pulled the spider leg out of Gokai's hand, Gokai held his hand, his fingers no longer responded to his brain..
"What the hell do you want with Nemui!? What the hell do you want from my son?!"
The Brood mother stabbed Gokai in the stomach... he gasped, unable to feel the pain...
"Oh please, Do not pretend like you care now. Like I said, I kept a close eye, anyone could easily see how much you despised the boy. I am simply going to put him out of his misery.. from this world he so dearly hates."
The brood mother tore Gokai's stomach open.. the man couldn't breath, and passed out.
"dad?"
"OH my god, Dad no!"
"Sir.. I could... w-we could..."
Gokai has no clue how much time has passed... or how he's even still alive... But he looked up, seeing tears falling from Nemui's face... "Oh, my boy... I'm sorry.. I'm sorry for causing you so much... heartache..." Gokai attempted to place his hand on Nemui's face... but missed, grabbing onto Nemui's arm..
"R-run.. after... ou...M... other..."
Gokai looked at his son's face one more time... his life flashed before his eyes, he saw Nemui's innocent smile as a boy, slowly disappear, and eventually, seeing him during the sports festival... remembering the spark of innocence that still lingered in his son... finally he saw Shinomori's wrapped face...
"My boy... I don't regret a SINGLE c e n t..."
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GOOOOOOOD... GOD DAMMIT! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..."
Nemui let out a blood curtling scream... "It's weird... grieving for someone you thought you looked forward to their death... You loved to hate them but hated to love them... The one thing I regret? I... I didn't say I love you... in our phone call."
Naomi grabbed onto Shinomori shoulder, pulling him out of the apartment, "Nemui we need to go! Please! Get up!"
Shinomori's hands were covered in his father's blood, he screamed, "NO GODDAMMIT! I CAN'T JUST LEAVE HIM!"
Aizawa looked around their surroundings, in his communicator he screamed "WE NEED AN EVAC ASAP ON OUR LOCATION!"
Shinomori stared at his father's corpse... his eyes caught something in his father's bedroom, in the shadows, he saw a red dress... Shinomori blasted his quirk into the bedroom, hitting the woman.. You could hear her scream..
"The goddamn murderer is in the apartment!"
The prohero that came with the three kicked the door close, only for his leg to be impaled through the door, the hero screamed as he was pulled through the door... Shinomori stood up in shock and activated his quirk. "Naomi boost me! Please!"
Naomi quickly boosted herself and Shinomori... They had Aizawa with them, so what ever quirks she attacked them with would quickly be deactivated...
"IS THIS ANOTHER ONE OF SHIGARAKI'S PAWNS?!"
Aizawa made his way out of the apartment complex, the students following him, "Everyone, get in the-"
As they approached the truck, you could see it explode Aizawa was sent backwards, who quickly caught himself... Multiple small fry villains appeared surrounding them, some used their quirks, while others used illegal fire arms... On top of the apartment complex was her, the Brood Mother..
"WHY HELLO, MY BOY! IT HAS BEEN TOO LONG, AND MY OH MY HAVE YOU GROWN!"
Nemui looked up at the woman, she was being held up by spider legs, Shinomori stared at the woman. "My boy?"
The brood mother laughed, "Oh my mistake... You weren't at the reunion! well... you atleast made it to the after party! Hello, I am the woman who gave birth to you, the Brood Mother... Your teacher right there should atleast recognize me."
Shinomori looked behind at Aizawa, he nodded... "You were an infamous killer... Killing children.. after a while you had also killed multiple heroes..."
The brood mother used her spider legs to climb down the building, as she got to the bottom, Aizawa and Shinomori switch spots, Aizawa activated his quirk, and The Brood Mother's quirks disappeared.
"Half right as always Aizawa. As it doesn't matter anymore, for any of you, I might as well tell you, those were my children."
Shinomori looked at her with a side eye... "w-what?!"
"shhhh.. the adults are talking Nemui, yes. I killed my children, because it feeds my quirk. My quirk is "Siphen" When I kill those who are related to me, I absorb their quirk." The Brood mother licked her lips as she spoke.
"Nemui, that makes you number 13."
Shinomori looked at her, "you're fucking DERANGED!"
Brood Mother laughed, waving to her soldiers. "Kill the other two, I'll take care of my son afterwards. After that, we invade UA."
Shinomori looked around at the villains, most of them raised their weapons.. Shinomori acted quickly, activating his quirk, he wrapped Naomi and Aizawa with tendrils, then dashed into the air, trying to get away... Aizawa blinked because of the sudden wind change. The brood mother quickly screamed to attack and shoot at the students and teacher.
"Shinomori, quickly, go into down town, to cut off eye sight."
"YESSIR!"
Shinomori used his quirk constantly, dodging multiple villains changing after him.. Aizawa used his communicator to contact heroes to save the students.. and himself.
As Shinomori jumped inbetween two tall buildings, the brood mother crashed through the building, latching onto Shinomori.. Shinomori lost his grip on Aizawa and Naomi, who were both now free falling...
"I'll make it quick my sweet!~ Then I'll move onto your sister!"
The brood mother tried stabbing Shinomori, Shinomori dodged her legs, slicing through one of them
"SISTER?!"
Shinomori pushed off of the brood mother, in an attempt to catch Aizawa and Naomi, only to be grabbed and pulled back in by some kind of sticky syrup consistency of slime.. Shinomori used his quirk to cause a massive explosion, sending him free falling, The Brood mother caught herself on a building looking at her son's feeble attempt to save his friends.
"You will only be able to save one with the time you-"
Shinomori flipped around, facing the ground, his quirk turned red, going into overdrive, he launched himself towards Naomi, grabbing onto her with a tendril, he then launched himself towards Aizawa, BARELY, he throws the two of them in to a river that cuts through the city.
Shinomori attempted to catch himself, only to fall, and break his leg landing, and slam into a car.. Shinomori falls unconscious..
The Brood Mother's grunts exited a van that was following Shinomori... The brood mother landed on the ground as the soldiers drew their guns.
"NO. HE'S MINE DAMMIT!"
The Brood Mother stepped over her grunts, lowering to her actual feet, she walked towards her son. "How many fucking times do you all have to be reminded?!"
The Brood Mother approached Shinomori, looking at the bloodied student. "I have to say, I am only slightly impressed.. by your quirk, not you. The boy before you... His name was... uh... shit, let me think... Ah! Zen Haui! His quirk was to stockpile power... clearly, his quirk mutated into yours... It's very, intense. But you simply can't keep up with it."
The Brood Mother laughed, as her arm transformed into a blade.. she brought the blade down at her son, until two unlikely heroes both landed a punch of the villainess. Itami and Naomi to the rescue! Itami continued his attack assault on the Brood Mother, as Naomi landed in front of Nemui, she tended to him
"If you don't stop nearly killing yourself Nemui... I'm gonna kill you myself!" She shook him with tears falling down her face, but you couldn't tell the difference between river water and tears... Shinomori looked behind Naomi, "Kashiko look-"
The brute Shinomori pointed out quickly glowed blue, being thrown into the sky and into the ground, by nonother than Miho,
"Shinomori! We're here to save you! We heard everything from Aizawa's communicator!"
Meiwakuna, and Baga were all fighting for their friend Shinomori, Aizawa himself kept his eyes on the Brood Mother, Sakurai joined Itami in fighting the Brood Mother...
Naomi moved her hair out of her face... "Nemui, you have nothing to worry about anymore..."
Shinomori started at the battle field... a moment of realization hit him.
"Your sister.
sister.
sister.
sister."
"Clearly it's not Meiwakuna... Meiwakuna has red eyes, but brown hair... Miho has Brown hair, brown eyes... But Sa-"
Shinomori stood up on his good leg, alarming Naomi, "Nemu-"
Shinomori used his quirk to jump towards Sakurai, he could just tell... She always annoyed him like he imagined a sister would. Right when Shinomori Collided with Sakurai, the Brood Mother swiped at her head, an attack that would have easily killed her...
"dammit.. he figured it out!"
Shinomori landed on top of Sakurai, he grunted in pain from his broken, bleeding leg...
"EVERYONE! DON'T LET HER NEAR SAKURAI OR I! SHE CAN STEAL OUR QUIRKS!"
Itami kept fighting, learning this information. "What?! Wait she said she inherits quirks she's related to-"
everyone: SAKURAI AND SHINOMORI ARE RELATED?!
Sakurai kicked Shinomori off of her "Stay out of the fight dumb ass! you've lost your fighting privilege's!"
Shinomori grabbed Sakurai's arm "You can't! She kills you, and she can level the goddamn city!"
"I can't leave Itami alone!"
Shinomori grunted, "Set your crush aside! You fight with him, you put him and everyone in jeopardy!"
Sakurai pulled away from Shinomori, joining back into the fight, the Brood mother striked at Sakurai, only for her quirk to disappear... Dammit Aizawa. Always with the timing.
"ALL UNITS ATTACK THE ONE EYED PEG LEG!"
the remaining grunts turned fire on Aizawa, multiple heroes fought the majority of those remaining..
Itami back away with his chest cut... he held his chest, feeling blood pour out of himself...
"She's got too many quirks to deal with alone! It's like she's goddamn Shigar-"
A pulsating flesh monster left the Brood mother's body, wrapping around Itami, she began to crush him, his ribs began to crack...
Baga jumped onto the monstrous arm, blade drawn, he dragged the sharp blade through the arm, kicking the Brood Mother in the face and sending her backwards.. The Brood Mother let go of Itami.
"Thanks Masa!"
"Anytime!"
Sakurai used her quirk to crack open a hole below the Brood Mother, using the spider legs, she walked herself out of it, she jumped at Sakurai, faking out an attack, and going after Shinomori! Shinomori used his one good leg to jump away, using his hands to shoot lasers at the Brood Mother.. as he shot holes into the woman, it seemed like her own blood was stitching her wounds... The pulsating flesh returned, she used it to raise her body into the air and try to catch up with Shinomori... whilst doing that, she activated some kind of living tissue quirk, causing bombs to be sprouting from the pulsating flesh, the living tissue was like artillery, hitting buildings, and people.. even the heroes down below. Naomi looked up, worried
"what the hell is Shinomori doing?!"
Itami looked up, he exhaled sharply, "Miho! Send Naomi and I into the sky! We have to be up there while it happens!"
Naomi looked puzzled, "Up- I can't fly Itami!"
Itami turned to Naomi "It doesnt matter! I know what Shinomori's trying to do! When I was training with him, he told me about an ultimate move he came up with! After he uses it, he WILL go unconscious!"
Naomi and Miho looked up, Miho used her quirk on the ground Naomi, Itami, and herself were standing on... Launching them upwards...
Shinomori kept going up, The Brood Mother had some sort of flying quirk.. following behind Shinomori easily.
"What kind of quirk don't you have dammit!?"
The Brood Mother had an furious look on her face, "YOURS DAMMIT! AFTER I TAKE YOURS, AND SAKURAI, I'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE LAST ONE... AND THEN JAPAN IS MINE! THE AGE OF THE MOTHER WILL BE HERE, SHINOMORI, ALLOW ME TO FINISH MY DREAM!"
Shinomori scoffed, not at the Brood Mother but at his friends, and their attempt to catch up to him
"In your goddamned dreams Bitch!"
Shinomori deactivated his quirk, and began to free fall, The Brood Mother made a failed attempt to swipe at Shinomori's falling body. As she looked below, she saw Itami, powered up, a full 150% punch went straight into the Brood Mother's abdomen, splitting her in half... Even though she was split in half, her blood quickly recollected the bottom torso, reattaching it to herself.
"You Little Shit!"
Shinomori Looked at Naomi, his bandages had fallen off his face a while ago, his scar going across his face was apparent and noticeable, Shinomori smiled,
"Thank you for being here with me, and..."
Naomi blurted out, "You're powered up! Finish this Shinomori!"
"I love you."
Naomi heard these words.. as if it was supposed to be a good bye?
"Nemui?!"
Shinomori jumped into the air, taking a deep breath, he felt the combination of his quirk going into overdrive, Naomi's bolstering quirk...
"Hah... feels like I'm on goddamn fire... Like I'm falling apart! This is the path you've been walking this whole time isn't it Nemui?! Fucking show everyone- no, YOURSELF that you can do this!"
Glints of his quirk appeared around Shinomori, the energy was absorbed into his hands, a bright white color formed around Shinomori,
"Ultimate... Finishing move... PLASMA! CANNON!"
As Shinomori released the blast, you could hear him say, "Bang." This experimental ultimate move was finally unleashed, ripping through the Brood mother's body... Shinomori instantly fell asleep.. Right before he fell back down to the ground, he was caught by Itami, who landed on Miho's platform, "Lower us down!"
The Brood Mother was unconscious, she flew towards the ground, unconscious... She remembered her first husband thirty two years ago... When she was presumably quirkless, her husband was a mutated "Spider" in which their son inherited, 'Spider legs".. Time went on, and an accident happend... resulting in her son's death... She remembered the grief, and the gift of his quirk, which started this addiction of quirk collecting.. She woke up!
"You... damn.. brat... I can't lose... to my own... brat."
The Brood Mother slammed into the ground. Seemingly lifeless... Until flesh sprouted from the woman, her body turned into a mutated flesh monster of quirks...
"DAMN DAMN DAMMIT! I'M ENDING THIS!" the living tissue sprouted again, bombing buildings and the heroes, the heroes on the ground already attempted to fight this giant monstrous blob... She laughed evilly as her final attempt to win began to work.
Itami looked down, "Drop the platform on her! That'll stop this.. right!?"
Miho shrugged, "I can't increase velocity! there's no telling if it would even get fast enough to hurt her!"
Shinomori stood up, taking a deep breath... his eyes blackened by sleep deprivation. "I can speed it up."
Naomi, Miho, and Itami looked at Shinomori, Itami shrugged, "it'll work but.. can you.. handle it right now? you look like shit Shinomori."
Shinomori tried standing, he fell back to his knees after attempting to stand with his broken leg...
"Yeah.. I've got this. Just, help me into a hand stand."
Shinomori got into position, like an ignition, Shinomori activated his quirk at the bottom of his feet, Miho released her quirk, quickly, the platform they once stood on gained an insane amount of speed, Miho caught Shinomori as he passed out once again... The platform continued to fall towards the Brood Mother, until it pierced into the giant behemouth of pulsating flesh.
The Brood mother screamed in pain, her body once again sliced in half, but she was unable to reach the rest of her body...
"no... hic- no.. It can't end... like this..."
The brood mother's quirks began to give out, the pulsating flesh disappeared, the spider legs as well disappeared... The woman was dying, and her quirk was giving out... She tried crawling towards Shinomori, who was being held by Itami...
"So... The plan failed..."
The woman turned around, and coughed,
"Should've made a plan."
The Brood Mother had been defeated... All the lost children and lost heroes had been avenged. Right after leaving the hospital, Shinomori and a few other heroes were put back in the hospital.. Itami sat in Shinomori's room, he was reading a book to Shinomori's comatose body. He heard a familiar knock on the door.
"Hello? Oh, Hey Karasu!"
Itami waved at Sakurai, "good morning Sakurai! How are you doing?"
Sakurai sat next to Itami "I'm good! Good, How are you feeling?"
Itami laughed, "Oh, I'm fine, I was released yesterday.. It just feel wrong.. going back to UA without Shinomori."
Sakurai looked at Shinomori, her brother was still asleep, its been about four days since the fight with the Brood Mother, Shinomori wasn't around for the clean up party, but it wasn't pretty...
Sakurai moved her head, across the room sat Naomi, who had her head on the bed, her hand holding Shinomori's.
"Have the doctor's told you if he's shown any signs of waking up?"
Naomi shook her head, lifting it up, "nothing yet."
Itami looked up at Naomi, with a smile he said, "He'll be alright, he's one of the strongest people I know... that we all know really."
Naomi played with Shinomori's hand, drawing shapes with her finger on the palm of his hand... "That's how he is... Strong, but dramatic." Everyone laughed, as Baga and Meiwakuna entered the hospital room. Carrying a Melon, "Hey all! How's Shinomori?"
Naomi smiled, "thank you for the gift, He's okay... Still no sign of waking up."
The room was filled with an awkward silence... Meiwakuna spoke out.
"Nemui. I forgive you."
Everyone looked puzzled at Meiwakuna
"Well.. I forgave you about it a while ago.. About you losing your anger, with us.. with Baga.. To be honest, I'm thankful to have you in my life, I'm sure everyone thinks the same... We love you, and... We're your family now, Nemui. So, wake up soon! Alright?!"
Meiwakuna set downt the melon on the table next to Shinomori's hospital bed, his vision was blurred, he coughed for a second. Trying to laugh,
"Y-you better... Return that and get me some Prime Rib instead Meiwakuna... Meiwakuna...?"
Shinomori looked up, the room was completely pitch black... It was night time, surrounding him, was his friends, using his bed as a pillow... Shinomori tried to raise his raspy voice
"Come on guys, you keep sleeping like this on my bed, people might think I'm a cult leader."
Shinomori coughed harder, waking Naomi, Naomi rubbed her eyes,
"Oh my God," She hugged Shinomori tight, "Nemui!"
Everyone else woke up, gathering around Shinomori, hugging and checking up on their friend.. Baga quickly called the doctor's to the room... Itami spoke out
"shinomori, what's the last thing you remember?"
Shinomori thought for a second, "uhhh... I shot that bitch."
Everyone began to laugh, except for Naomi, who slapped Shinomori on the back "Don't call anyone Bitch :( We talked about you watching your language!"
Shinomori laughed, coughing again. He looked up, seeing his usual doctor walking into his room... he seemed pissed.
"WELL HELLO AGAIN NEMUI! NEW RECORD RIGHT? IT WASN'T EVEN 12 HOURS SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU CAME IN. AND YOU CAME BACK WORSE THAN THE LAST TIME."
"Sorry sir."
The doctor used his quirk to fully examine Shinomori's body...
"you're fine, Brain's fine, you're gonna be sleepy, yada yada, you're OUT OF HERE IN THE MORNING."
Shinomori looked awkwardly around everyone
"uhh so, how long was I out?"
Naomi looked at everyone else, "it's... been like, five days now?"
Shinomori exhaled lightly, "Shit, I can deal with five days, that aint too bad.."
Itami spoke out, "Shinomori.. there's one more thing."
Itami showed a small blue device, its broken, but it is clearly small.
"the fuck's that?"
Itami sighed, "I think it's a tracker? When I was carrying you after the battle, and I saw it behind your ear, tangled in your hair as well."
Shinomori looked at it in shock, "No clue... That's... insane.. How fucking long was that on me?!"
Itami shrugged, everyone was unsure who it came from, and how long it was on Shinomori... Except Naomi Chimed in.
"before the attack on the summer camp, Arashi was acting extremely suspiscious.. Aizawa testified of that too at the conference.. There was a moment where he was touching Shinomori after the test when he was taking a nap.."
Baga spoke "That's our best lead.. The League of Villains.. Also makes sense."
Shinomori sighed, falling back into bed... Thinking of Arashi. He remembered his classmates from the beginning of the semester who lost their quirks, those who have died... Suro came to mind the most... Then he remembered his Father...
"there's been... a lot of death."
Itami spoke disheartened.. "Far too much."
Shinomori's voice started to come back, "W-what... now?"
Itami stood up, stretching "we get to work. Clearly."
In the morning, Shinomori was discharged, and everyone went back to their classes... Everyone worked themselves harder, and harder, harder than even during the summer camp... time went by, internships passed, day by day, they lived and mourned for those they lost over the year... Each student continued to grow and develop in ways that were inconceivable.. Time went by fast, and out of no where,
One year passed.
Stay tuned for the next chapter! It is the final Chapter of now, 2-A's journey, but that does not mean that this is the end end! Stay tuned, for My Hero Academia: Race Against Fate.