Justice Across Space and Time
Chapter 45
I know I've been releasing a lot of these chapters lately, while leaving some of my others to the wayside. But this has been a very personal passion project, given it uses characters from a set of comic books I made as a kid. Though they have changed quite a bit. Anyway, this time we'll be focusing on a character that I've kinda left behind. So on with the show.
(No POV)
As Saphentite woke up she could still feel Jotaro's arms around her. She smiled as she looked up at his face. Gently stretching up to kiss his cheek and say, "I love you" before slipping out of his hold and out of his room. It was relatively early still so she figured she could get to her room with no issue.
Unfortunately, someone else was up early as well. Ochaco had woken up early due to still wrestling with her own complicated feeling for Izuku. So she decided to go for an early morning run. Only to walk into Saphentite slipping out of Jotaro's room. Seeing her messy hair and clothes, Ochaco assumed the worst and was about to run off to call Itsuka.
Saphentite noticed the girl and stretched her arm out and expanded her hand to wrap around Ochaco. "Hold up! How about we talk before you go off half cocked and assuming something terrible?" Saphentite says while bringing her head right next to Ochaco's ear.
The gravity girl isn't sure on what she could do or how she would respond in this moment. So she nods, while praying in her head that Saphentite doesn't squash her. Saphentite just sighs before snapping and transforming both of their outfits into their school uniforms. Not to mention cleaning up her own appearance. She then sighs before suggesting getting breakfast somewhere.
Ochaco looks at the genie girl funny, but it morphs into shock as she sees her create a portal to a breakfast shop in the city. With Ochaco standing there shellshocked, Saphentite rolls her eyes before grabbing her arm and pulling her through the portal. The shop had only just started, but they were accustomed to Saphentite appearing from a portal.
"Ah Anwar-san! Good to see you. Oh, you brought someone with you this time?" "Hai, Goto-san. Can I get my usual? And Ochaco you can order whatever you like. It's on me." Saphentite says while addressing the manager and asking for a seat. Goto gives a slight bow to the two young ladies before taking them to a corner table.
Ochaco just looks around the café in shock before ordering a rolled omelet and seared salmon breakfast set. As well as taking Saphentite's suggestion for what to drink with it. Ochaco is still a little shell shocked and barely stammers out, "so you come to this place often? At least enough to where they know your name and favorite set?"
Saphentite sighs before saying, "yeah….. I know I'm not that good of a cook, but I still like a good breakfast. I found this place after a web search and liked their coffee and a few other dishes they made." Ochaco chuckles before asking why she still tried to make curry, even though she knows she's bad at cooking. "Call it a little cultural pride. That's a dish from my home region…. And I don't like admitting that I have trouble making it…." Saphentite grumbles the last part while pouting a bit.
Ochaco chuckles a bit while sipping on the tea that the waiter had brought. She munches on a croissant that had been brought before broaching the question on her mind. "So….. Is Jotaro seeing Kendo him cheating on you? Or are you two cheating on Kendo?" Saphentite almost does a spit take at the way Ochaco phrased her question.
"Ack! Cough! That's not it! Not really." Saphentite says while trying to catch her breath. Ochaco meanwhile gives the genie girl a look to say she doesn't fully buy it. After Saphentite clears her throat and catches her breath, she tries to explain a bit more of what was going on.
But before she could start, the food was brought to the table. Ochaco's mouth watered as she bit into her dish. Even more so when she tried the omelets. "Yeah they use something special when they make their omelets. Let alone the delicious fluffiness of these pancakes." Saphentite said as she dug in.
Once both had eaten, Saphentite started her story. About what it was like for Jotaro when he was brought back. "The coast guard followed the lights of the explosion from when Jotaro lost control. They found him unconscious floating in the sea. But when he started to come to on the boat…. That was when he got even more of a feeling for what had changed for him."
She went on to describe how he had lashed out on accident and badly injured many of the coast guard who had rescued him. One of whom was still comatose from Jotaro throwing him through the bulkhead. "Let alone the fact he couldn't see anything and could hear and smell things for miles around. He was terrified and grew even more frightened when he injured the men and women aboard the ship." Saphentite explained while looking down at her coffee.
Ochaco's hands were on mouth in terror, sadness, and sympathy for what had happened to Jotaro. Especially when Saphentite mentioned they had to restrain and gas the boy just to keep him from destroying the ship. And when they brought him back to the city of San Diego, that they had to keep him in a soundproof clean room. Just to keep the boy from lashing out at everything.
"They contacted my father when identified Jotaro. But….. he was so afraid. Of himself, of all the sound and smells that were bombarding him…. It was hard for him to adjust for quite a while." Saphentite said before asking for a fresh cup. She told of how her and her father had made a few devices to help Jotaro with the issues he was having.
"Wouldn't support companies help you?" Ochaco asked with a tilt of her head. Saphentite shook her head; saying that most support companies didn't want to help anyone who didn't have a quirk. "Luckily Abu is a smart man too. He built Jotaro's first sunglasses. As well as some earplugs to dampen the sounds he was constantly bombarded by. And a mask to help with the insane amounts of smells."
She went on to tell how they helped Jotaro slowly acclimate to the insane strength and durability he now had. "Not to mention finding multiple unusual martial arts masters during a….. special trip." Saphentite mentioned with a chuckle. Noting that Jotaro needed special cups and silver ware for a time. "All made of titanium. It was about the only thing he couldn't easily break or shatter. He even ate the points of his fork once by biting down too hard."
Both girls get a bit of a laugh at this, but Ochaco closes her eyes before noting that she never thought of all of the problems that came with not just his quirklessness. "But the whole thing of being a true meta. We've only seen the powers with many of them. But we don't question some of the complications that could come with the power."
Saphentite nods before saying that her relationship with him was due to not just her saving him and pulling him out of his shell. "But him saving me. I played around with and later broke something that held some of the spirits from my ancestral home. They were so infuriated that….. they turned me into this. Consigned me to a fate of… serving whoever picked up the item I was bound to. No matter the order."
Ochaco's eyes widened at that thought and especially considering what some would say or have her do at seeing the genie girl shiver. "I can only imagine what someone like Mineta or Kaminari would do… if they got a magic lamp with a female genie in it." Ochaco says while shivering at the thought.
"Not a genie of the lamp. I wasn't that powerful. Or that lucky. A genie of a lamp may be bound by their lamp and forced to follow the wishes of their master. But they aren't trapped by that master for long stretches of time. Once the wishes are used up, that's it." Saphentite explained. She said to be a genie of the ring. Weaker in terms of the phenomenal cosmic power, but able to grant multiple wishes.
Saphentite looked down before saying, "we'd basically be bound to the master who held the ring permanently. Or until they passed. And be forced to follow all of their wishes and orders." She continued the story by telling how Jotaro found her and her ring as she was about to be forced to do something… "I don't want to talk about it." Saphentite says while still shivering.
Ochaco felt even more pity flood her for what both of her classmates had gone through. Let alone what Saphentite would have more than likely been ordered to do. "After Jotaro found and rescued me, we spent a long time searching for a way to free me. We found it obviously….. but it took quite a bit of time." Noting that they even trained under martial artist in hopes of finding a way out and other ways to deal with their new powers.
"I think you can guess a few things that happened along the way. We both know what we feel. But I suggested that we see if anything else developed while we were here. So far it's only happened with him. I haven't found anyone I'm interested in." Saphentite finishes before paying for the two's meal.
Ochaco had been floored by the whole conversation. She had originally thought she happened upon some affair or something of that nature. Instead, she learned about a deeper quieter love that was between her two classmates that had a heartfelt root. When she asked why Saphentite was okay with Jotaro romancing someone else, the genie girl noted it wasn't too unusual in her culture.
"Not to mention, Jotaro isn't some creep who's invested or obsessed with gaining a harem. What happened between him and Itsuka was something he didn't plan on. Though I might consider getting to know Itsuka a bit better myself. It'd be nice if the attraction is more than just for the same man." Saphentite said casually as she made a portal to their classroom.
Since it was still early, they had the room to themselves. And Saphentite could bring up something that had been bothering her. "This isn't just about the three of us. Is there something you've been keeping inside or perhaps… questioning yourself?" Saphentite said with a coy look towards Ochaco.
The gravity girl blushed before asking how much she knew. "Enough. So care to start?" Ochaco tapped her fingers together before sighing to explain some of her nerves and unease at trying to get closer to Izuku. "I mean… at first I was interested in him, mostly because he saved me and seemed really heroic….. and cool. And as I've seen him during our time here, he's shown that more and more. Like the fight to try and save Jotaro, or protecting Kouta, helping that unfortunate man during the internships."
Ochaco rattled off a few more examples before Saphentite brought her back from the reminiscing. "So, yeah. But during that whole I Island thing…. Meeting Melissa and seeing how the four of you seemed like dream pairs or whatever. Then how heroic all of you were during the fight against that metal guy and that ice woman. It felt like you were all getting further away."
"I suppose that is fair. Let alone the fact that Melissa show she was interested in Izuku right after the incident." Ochaco was wide eyed and asked what Saphentite meant. Only to be more surprised on what happened between the two while they were away from the rest of their group. "So I'm just late to getting somewhere with Izuku." Ochaco says with a downtrodden look.
Saphentite sighs before telling Ochaco that things weren't finished between her and Izuku. "You just…. Need to be a bit more upfront with this. Which I'm just realizing is ironic coming from me…. Anyway. Talk to Melissa a bit about this too. Then, address some of what you're feeling and thinking with Izuku himself. The two have been doing workouts in the afternoons after training."
Saphentite places her hand on Ochaco's shoulder before telling the girl she needed to decide for herself if she wanted to see if what she felt was just admiration or something more. Ochaco was uneasy about the idea, but she at least agreed to talk to Izuku about some of this today.
"Good cause if you didn't, the spell I placed on you would take you to him." Saphentite says while walking to her seat. The gravity girl is wide eyed at this and starts checking herself over to see where the spell had been placed. And while she was checking, the rest of the class showed up. Right as she was feeling up the back of her skirt to check for any strange marks.
Ochaco's blush goes thermonuclear before she sprints out of the classroom. As she passes Jotaro and Izuku, the latter wonders what that was all about. "I have an idea but its not my place to say." Jotaro says while walking into the classroom.
After Ochaco returns from her embarrassed run, Aizawa goes into detail on the work studies each of his students can now be a part of. Given they have provisional licenses. "Unlike when you went on your internships, this time you each can take official actions as proper heroes."
"Uh…. That didn't stop some of these guys from fighting villains or stepping in on situations sir. Look at Jotaro and Midoriya! They both put themselves right in the line of fire and went where most of the heroes didn't want to go." Mineta said with a raising of his hand. Aizawa's eye twitched while letting out a disgruntled sigh.
He rubbed his chin before admitting that Mineta was correct. "Though that is mostly due to their more….. extra legal status. Despite some protests and lobbying, true metas haven't received the same number of restrictions that those of us with quirks have." Aizawa says before bringing up a few slides on the board.
He notes that other than the restrictions, most let the true metas be because many of them are more often to restrain themselves or stay out of the way unless really needed. "Some of this is likely due to… well possible trauma some of them might have. Or because they know the results of the wrong superhuman in the wrong place."
"And that is part of the reason we need more proper quirk heroes to be involved with the public. If we can show that there are still those with quirks who want to be that kind of hero, then we eventually try to find balance between all of those seeking to save lives." All Might says while walking in. Rather than a hero uniform or his usual baggy suit, he now had a proper blue suit that fit his new frame.
Both hero teachers give the students an assignment to find a place to do a work study for. "These can be in a variety of locations or work forces. What each of you choose could define who you'll be in the future as pro heroes." All Might says before telling each student to turn their planned work study in by the end of the week.
Class 1-B is given much the same explanation and description. Though it is given by Vlad King and Midnight. The latter of whom takes a moment and catches Itsuka. "I know you have no intention of giving up on being a hero. And you now have training and devices to help you in the fight. But I want you to be absolutely sure: do you want to do this?" Itsuka doesn't even hesitate to say yes. Telling Midnight that it isn't just for her own sake, but for others like Melissa, Jotaro, and Izuku.
"They had to live for years being belittled at the fact they didn't have a quirk. I looked it up and quirkless suicide rates are far higher than most report. I'm going to show the potential that lies beyond a quirk or a true meta ability!" Itsuka says with a fire burning in her teal eyes. One that makes Midnight shiver while screaming "youth!" in her mind.
The older heroine nods before telling Itsuka she was proud of her. "And if you need someone more experience to spar with, I'm willing to help." "You won't be the only one she's sparing with though teach! I think it's time we get to know each other better and as training partners." Saphentite says while floating down over Itsuka's head. Wrapping the girl in a hug from behind.
Itsuka is a bit surprised, but she isn't complaining about someone else to train with. "A lot of my classmates have been holding back in class. Its like…. Now that I've lost my quirk they think it makes me more fragile. Well except for Monoma. Oddly enough he's been taking me seriously." Saphentite nods before saying, most of them are still too caught up in thinking powers define the hero.
"They do help, but you and Melissa have shown otherwise." The genie girl says before offering to finish Itsuka's training in Capoeira and a dance like art she knew called Varzesh-e Pahlavani. "It uses weapons, but that might not be a bad idea to have as extra insurance." Itsuka seems intrigued and asks Saphentite to go on.
During the training, Saphentite decides to broach more about herself and Jotaro. With the martial arts girl not only wide eyed but tearing up at hearing what both of them had gone through. As she hugged Saphentite she said, "now I see why both of you are so close. And I can guess some of what I was sensing. You love him, don't you?"
When the genie girl confirms that she does, she also tells Itsuka that she shouldn't let this interfere with her relationship with Jotaro. "Even though we've been together for a long time, I don't want to make him or you unhappy. We all deserve a chance to love whoever we choose."
"I agree. But don't be mad if I steal him away permanently~." Itsuka teases before playfully shoving Saphentite. One she returns before saying she wouldn't give up that easily. While quietly thinking about broaching something else to both of them later. But for now, she has to train Itsuka in a new combat style.
Jotaro meanwhile takes to working with Mina, the two hard heads, and Jurota to improve their own hand to hand skills. "Itsuka mentioned how you were easily knocked around by Ryukyu. I know your power makes you more like a beast, but you need to get better at directing your power while in beast mode." Jurota questions how Jotaro thinks he understands his power.
"You know my power relates to energy. There's another way to think about it: I'm a battery and conduit for all the energy in my body. Solar and Kinetic energy aside, I also have electrical, nuclear, and gamma energies. If I'm not careful with one of those, I could cause a lot of devastation. And much like your quirk, at times its like reigning in a wild beast." Jotaro explains while deflecting the blows from Tetsutetsu and Kirishima.
He then mixes heavy blows from the stylings of Krav Maga and Pankration to take both of them out with little issue. Though Mina gives a nervous chuckle at how he took both of them down. She shakes her head though and asks to go next. "I want to learn more of the Capoeira stuff! It feels like it can work perfectly with my break dancing."
The larger teen nods before telling Jurota to join in as well. Confidently saying it wouldn't be much trouble to teach and spar with both of them. The two opponents of the true meta take this as a challenge and look for any chance to knock Jotaro on his back.
Only to fail multiple times and to be tossed around themselves. With Jotaro easily sliding into a handstand spin to deflect a double stomp kick from Mina. And knock a beasted up Jurota's hand away before uppercut kicking him in the chin. Landing with a flip up and landing with both feet planted. "You still have a long way to go."
Ochaco meanwhile took Saphentite's suggestion and joined Izuku and Melissa while they were exercising. Taking a moment to build up her own muscles while spotting for her friends. But Melissa notes something is going on and puts it together. "Hey Izuku. I'm going for a run on the treadmill. I think Ochaco could use your help with something."
"Sure. Let's get to it." Izuku says with a smile directed the gravity girl's way. Ochaco returns it with a slight blush before asking him to help with a skull crusher set. "I'd prefer to not actually crush my skull. Y'know?" both get a chuckle at this and Izuku helps her with the exercise.
It starts out fine, but things change as Izuku leans closer to encourage and help Ochaco finish her set. With both of their faces only inches from each other. They blush before Ochaco freaks out and accidentally headbutts Izuku. As they both yelp in pain, they each try to apologize and claim responsibility for the mutual injury.
"Ochaco? Is there something else on your mind?" Izuku questions after both have shaken off the pain of the headbutt. Ochaco blushes before looking back and forth between Izuku and the floor. She taps her fingers while looking before tightening her hands into fists.
"Um Izuku…. There is something else. Can we put down the weights for a bit? I want to talk about…. Something important." Ochaco says with a sideways look to the green haired boy. Izuku has a funny look on his face but agrees while Melissa listens with an experimental piece of equipment.
Ochaco gulps a bit before finally steeling her courage to say, "I…. like you." Izuku is of course surprised and seems to have blue screened. Freezing while sitting next to Ochaco with a stiff smile on his face. All he manages to mutter out is, "what?"
This makes Ochaco anime fall over before groaning at him. "I know you heard me." Ochaco lets out while sitting up. "Yeah, no. I heard you….. I'm… well just having a bit of trouble believing what I heard." Izuku says while pinching himself to check if he was dreaming or hallucinating.
"I'm not joking Izuku. To be honest, I wasn't planning to act or do anything about….. the fact that I had a bit of a crush on you. Mostly because I'd convinced myself that it was just admiration and maybe a touch of fondness for how cute you act." Ochaco says while blushing bright red. Even Melissa was blushing a bit while listening in.
Ochaco then mentions how Saphentite pushed her to face her feelings. "And a bit of jealousy. Because of you and Melissa." This hits both quirkless people a bit surprise. With Izuku asking why she was jealous of Melissa. "Because she's really pretty, older, she's supportive of you…. And others really given what she makes. And she has that cool armor that puts her on the same level as a hero. She doesn't even need a license and she fought those villains with all of you and save all those people."
Izuku nods a bit while thinking about it a bit more with the girl he was, sort of, dating. With Melissa blushing more at all the praise Ochaco was sending her way. "Meanwhile…. Here I am a licensed hero, but I wasn't even willing to agree with you that you, Jotaro and the rest should do something. Not to mention what all of you have gone through."
"Ah…. Saphentite told you a bit of her history?" Izuku says with a complicated look on his face. Ochaco nods before saying she can't imagine what it was like for all of them. Given she had a quirk her whole life and parents who cared about her. "I just feel like…. I'm not sure if I deserve to be your friend because I can't imagine the struggles you've gone through."
This makes both Izuku and Melissa look down while contemplating what Ochaco is struggling with. That is until Melissa decides to stop listening in and join the conversation. "You fell like you don't have the right to like Izuku because you've had it easier or had a more accepted history than both of us?" Melissa says while looking down at the girl.
When Ochaco nods, Melissa claps her on the shoulder and forces the girl to look her in the eye. "That is no reason to deny what you feel. Or to deny that you should give what you feel a chance. Don't think you have to step back to just give him to me. If you want to be with Izuku, you should fight for your chance. Because you deserve it just as much as I do."
While Ochaco is stunned by the blonde inventor's declaration, Izuku is a bit surprised at they way the pair were talking about him as if he wasn't even in the room. And before either of them can start in on a long competition of who should get a chance first, Izuku buts in.
"Considering you are talking about me; I think I deserve a word on this. As far as what you said Ochaco….. well I won't deny I always thought you were cute and a bit of an inspiration as well." Izuku started noting that her reason for wanting to be a hero was a good one as well. And how she became more determined after studying with Jotaro and other combat heroes.
"But….. Just like with Melissa, I'm not sure on the best way to go about this. Given my history, and the fact that I've been focusing on becoming the next great hero. But I'd be willing to see where this could go. With both of you." Izuku says with a bright blush while extending his hands to both girls.
Melissa gives the boy a smirk before asking if he was just liking the idea of having two girls fawning over him. This of course breaks his composure and he flails around trying to defend himself. But both Ochaco and Melissa stop him before both agree to see where any feelings can go. While both girls surreptitiously eyeing each other up before blushing.
While a few others were dealing with the combat skills and emotions, Nezu and Pedro were working with Toshinori. Though the man is still going under his Ten Hibiki pseudonym. "It truly is fascinating how you fast you can move Ten-san. There aren't many heroes with quirks that can run on water. I wonder what else you can do?" Nezu ponders while testing the true metas powers.
Doing this by having Pedro form barrier tracks for Toshinori to run on. And making the recently turned speedster run and reach goals that are incredibly difficult to access. Like hitting multiple targets along a wall or running across a lake while picking up dummy civilians.
"It was about like Jotaro said. I needed to believe/trust that I could do something, and I found I could do it. Big trick was convincing myself to do it." Toshinori said after rescuing ten dummies in the sea rescue area of the USJ.
But Pedro has an unfortunate realization as to why he and his brother might be as powerful as they are. "Whether he admits it or not, belief helped my brother at times when we were younger. And now that he has this power and potential….. he more than likely goes with whatever he believes he can do with his powers."
Nezu nods before wondering if that might have been what helped or strengthened some of the other members of The Forgotten. "Unlike quirk awakenings which are random, often stress induced, and….. frankly not likely to happen to most with quirks."
This gets a few chuckles from everyone in on the training session. When the conversation shifts to where Toshinori got his new suit, he mentions that All Might had given it too him. "Since I was trained at a subsidiary of his old agency, he felt it was right to give me a suit to accentuate my abilities. He apparently asked miss Shield to make it."
"Ah our new hero hopeful. Not to mention an expert engineer. Perhaps all of you who used to not have quirks will form a league or team of your own." Nezu notes with a nod. And then suggesting that Pedro work with UA as an assistant instructor. Noting that he got along well with a few of the students.
Shiozaki Ibarra most of all. The two had met while padre had been looking for a quiet place for a Sunday prayer. Ibarra knew of just a place on campus and asked if the father would read the scripture in Latin. "I'd like to hear it from one who grew up speaking and reading one of those languages."
"Of course, senhora Shiozaki. I'd be happy to." While it had been just the two of them at first, a few upper classmen who were curious about the man and his beliefs listened in on some readings. As well as asking the man a bit more about himself and where his story began.
Back to Nezu, he thought it would be a sensible idea to have an actual true meta teacher around. "We shouldn't lay everything at the students feet. And while many of our pro heroes are strong, I'm worried about our chances against some of those true metas." Pedro nods before agreeing to the hyper intelligent animal's suggestion.
When the news came out about the attack on the Detnernat facility, some were questioning what this could mean for the world of heroes and villains going forward. "If there are more like this Wu person… then we'd probably need multiple heroes to stop him." Power Loader notes while being impressed with the mech suit the man had built.
Many of his fellow faculty agree, but some also note that this was likely a response to the alleged quirk supremist ideals at said company. With Midnight and Snipe commenting that they had found records of the man being pushed aside or not receiving credit for his work.
"I know I want to give him respect. He's the one who made my gloves and sent spec ideas for armoring my costume." Vlad King says while noting a hidden insignia on the inside of his gloves.
While the spec sheet had named the female head of the development lab, Kan had always found it odd that she seemed to know little about other applications. Let alone the symbol he found on the inside that read Wu in Chinese.
Nezu and other heroes though worry if this man had joined up with The Forgotten. Noting that would be an even more dangerous alliance. And a powerful and dangerous ally of the League of Villains.
For the students, many of them question if the man had been emulating Melissa when he built his armor. Or if it was one of the other support heroes like Power Loader to make his lethal machine.
"That thing was scary on how it demolished that place! Let alone how big it was! Though the guy inside wasn't too tall. Think he's compensating? That or he was just going for an intimidation factor." Many from both first-year classes discuss while watching the video of the attack on Detnernat.
Jotaro meanwhile hums before mentally discussing Izuku's observations. 'Any thoughts on the matter Izuku?' Jotaro thinks while leaning back in his seat. Izuku gives a mental hum before noting that this person seemed solely driven by revenge.
'Though it might have only been directed at Detnernat. Compared to the other members of The Forgotten anyway. But maybe this will be it for him? Maybe he'll stop after getting payback on the company that wronged him so many ways.' Izuku thinks with a hopeful last thought.
One Jotaro mirrors as classes begin. Though he'd yet to find a place to do a work study. Izuku meanwhile was planning to return to the Nighteye agency and help there. Saphentite meanwhile had been offered a chance to work with Ryukyu and her sidekicks. Ochaco, Itsuka, Setsuna, and Tsuyu had been given the same offer.
Melissa meanwhile had been considering working with Power Loader on not just her own armor and some improvements to it. But some projects that could give the police and SWAT a bit more to work with during a crisis.
After class, Jotaro went for a walk in the city. Wandering around and trying some of the foods from the shops around. Not just to clear his head, but to deal with a nagging issue he had sensed nearby. "You can come out now! I know you're there."
"HA! I should have guess I couldn't sneak up on you! Besides, it's not really my style." The one saying this was the top ranked female hero, the Rabbit Hero Mirko. She had her usual smirk directed Jotaro's way.
She chuckled a bit before saying, "I'd heard you'd gotten stronger. But that you also fell for a trap one of those Forgotten guys had set. But I also know that you're a pro hero now." Jotaro lets out a frustrated sigh before asking what she wanted.
"Straight to the point. I like that. I'll keep it simple too." Mirko says before getting up close to Jotaro and standing on her tip toes to sort of look him in the eye. Before licking her lips and saying, "I want you."
If the bit with Ochaco seems a bit much, that was slightly projecting from myself. Much like how most with quirks can't probably understand what it's like for those without, I had and still have a bit of trouble understanding some who go through struggles around their gender, skin tone (I refuse to acknowledge race elements mostly on principal as an anthropologist) and other cultural backgrounds and identities.
I grew up in a time and area where not only were things easy enough for me. But I'm in an uncomfortable comfort spot because of how I look and the fact that I'm a man. And even though I'm from a small town of about 100 or so (and most are right wing), no one from my town had or showed a problem with anyone of most backgrounds. Even when my phys ed teacher came out, including his partner, no one in the town and area batted and eye and accepted both of them. He still teaches at my old school.
Anyway, I can imagine how difficult it would be for most of those who have quirks to imagine what it would be like for those who were never born with them. And that complicated feeling that comes from not being sure of what to think of either side of an argument. Given that there are decent arguments for both sides at times. That or its just a complication of being a Libra.
Sorry for the long speech, but I wanted to get this off my chest. Please review if you liked the story and possible starts to some relationships.