Chapter 37
[Play KH1.5 OST Traverse Town]
After Sora got back home, he was greeted to dinner by Inko. "Welcome back, Sora. How was your training?"
"Training was good." Sora answered as he entered the house and went to the restroom to wash his hands for dinner. "I learned what I could do with my new Keyblade."
"Really now? That's good to hear." Inko responded. "Anything else happen today?"
"Well, the class went down a fire escape chute." Sora recounted as he washed and dried his hands. "We also rode a helicopter to practice some other rescue methods. Oh, and we also practiced CPR for flood based rescues."
"Sounds productive." She commented.
"I'm surprised that Izuku didn't tell you these before I came back." Sora pondered as he went to the table and sat down in front of his already made dinner plate.
"He did." She told him. "I just wanted to talk to you."
[Silence]
"About what?" Sora asked.
"Well..." Inko started. "Izuku told me about Parents Day coming up."
"...Ah." The boy said.
It was silent for a moment.
[Play KH Concert -First Breath- Destiny's Union]
"I know it'll probably be a bit awkward for you." Inko spoke up. "We've only known each other for a few months, and I can tell by the way that you act whenever family gets mentioned, that it's a sensitive topic."
Sora was a bit surprised that she figured that out already. The only time they ever talked about family related stuff was two days after the Sports Festival, when she said she started seeing him as part of her family. Sure, he tensed up a little bit during that talk, but he didn't think that it would have been noticeable. Looks like he was wrong about that. Izuku probably also mentioned how he acted earlier today to her as well, so she could have guessed from that too. "Yeah..." He replied.
"I also know about the whole letter thing too." Inko added. "I don't want you to feel like you're pressured into writing the best letter in the world for me. I just want you to write what you're comfortable with saying. Okay Sora?"
The Keyblade wielder was silent for a while. It wasn't that he felt pressured into writing her a perfect letter of appreciation. He was still going to do that anyway. It's just that he had no idea how to do it. And while yes, he only knew Inko for a few months, he still knew how kind and caring she was. The problem is that he doesn't know how to tell her how much he appreciates her as a parent, without mentioning what happened to his own. It was something that he never talked about with anyone. Not even Riku and Kairi, who also shared that similarity with him.
Finally Sora spoke up. "I'll...try not to disappoint."
"Sora." Inko pulled the boy into a hug. "You could never disappoint me. And I know you never will."
The Keyblade wielder managed to wrap his arms around Inko and hug her back. The two stayed like that for a bit until Sora heard his stomach growl, reminding the two that he had a dinner in front of him to eat. The two broke their hug and then they changed the subject to how Inko's day was while Sora ate his dinner.
Once dinner was finished, Sora cleaned his own dish, then finally changed out of his school uniform and, after a shower, changed into some comfortable clothes to eventually sleep in. Once it was about time for him to sleep, Inko left him alone as he got himself comfortable on the couch and finally went to sleep.
When the boy woke up the next morning, he was up earlier than everyone else. Deciding to prepare breakfast for them, he got to work, quickly and quietly making some rice bowls and green tea. By the time the Midoriya's woke up, they were greeted with the sight of Sora setting up the table and they ended up helping him with that before they all sat together and enjoyed breakfast.
When all three of them finished with their meals, they all got ready to start their days. Sora and Izuku were of course getting themselves ready for school, while Inko was getting ready for work and a few other things she had planned for the day. Once the boys were ready to go, Inko saw them off and let them know how much she loved them.
[Silence]
Sora and Midoriya's walk to U.A. was the same as always. A few people recognized one or the other. Sometimes both, and it was the usual happy smiling and waving from Sora, and the nervous smiling and occasional "Thank you" from Izuku.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Bright and Cheerfully]
Once the two boys got to U.A. and inside their classroom. Sora decided to talk to the class rep before he went to his seat, since he had time to do so. "Hey, Tenya."
"Ah. Greetings Sora." Iida said. "I see that you're as positive as usual."
"You know me Tenya." Sora replied. "I came to ask about something actually."
"Oh? Then ask away." Tenya offered.
"It's nothing too crazy." Sora assured him. "I just forgot to grab my ticket for that amusement park you invited me to go to with you."
"Oh, right!" Iida realized. "I did forget to give you one, didn't I?"
"No. You presented it to me. I just forgot to grab it." The Keyblade wielder stated. "You have them on you right now?"
The engine legged student pulled a ticket out of his pocket and presented it to Sora. "All three."
"Wait, three?" Sora repeated. "I thought you had four."
"I ran into Kaminari and Mineta whilst on the way home." Tenya explained. "I had offered a ticket to each of them and Kaminari accepted the offer. Mineta seemed disinterested when I mentioned how you were planning to participate in this trip with me."
"He probably didn't want to get bonked on the head every time I would catch him saying or doing something dirty." Sora surmised. "So you me and Denki, huh? That makes three out of four."
"Four what?" said a familiar voice.
Sora turned around to make sure he knew that he heard that from who he thought he heard it from, and sure enough, Fumikage was looking at them, showing slight interest in the conversation. "Four tickets being used to go to an amusement park this Sunday."
"Amusement park?" Tokoyami repeated.
"Yeah." Sora said. "I'm kind of surprised that you're taking an interest, ya know with you being all (Leon impression) 'revelry in the dark' and all."
"That's because I've never actually been to one." Fumikage stated.
"...wait, like...not at all?" Sora questioned.
"No." Tokoyami confirmed.
"...You have anything planned on Sunday?" The Keyblade wielder asked.
"Not at the moment." Fumikage answered.
Sora wielder turned to Iida and asked "Tenya, can I see that last ticket?" The class rep gave him that last ticket and then Sora placed it on the bird headed boy's desk. "Well, let's change that."
"Just like that?" Iida asked Sora.
"The fact that he's in high school and he hasn't been to an amusement park just doesn't sit well with me." Sora explained. "Besides, he showed interest, didn't he?"
"I suppose you're correct." Tenya noted. "Tokoyami?"
"It's fine." Fumikage assured him. "Perhaps I can learn a few things from this new experience."
"Well if it's okay with you, then I will accept your company on this trip!" Iida stated.
With that conversation dealt with, the group was set. Sora, Tenya, Tokoyami, and Kamirari were going to go to the amusement park on Sunday. The Keyblade wielder went to his seat once the bell rang and the class got ready to begin their school day.
[Silence]
Classes went on as per usual, with the only somewhat notable difference being that Midnight during her class would look in Sora's direction a bit more...suggestive than normal, and even though it's just to tease him, and she usually does this all of time, it still felt weird, considering what she said yesterday, before Sora left school.
Once school was over, Sora told Izuku that he was staying late to help Nezu with a project and then went on his way to the Principal's Office. Once he arrived, he knocked on the door and waited for an answer. "Come in." said Nezu, and with his permission, Sora entered the room.
"Hello, Principal Nezu." The Keyblade wielder said to him. "I'm here for that project you needed help with."
"Ah, yes. Perfect timing, Sora." Nezu stated as he got out of his seat and walked out of the office. "Come, follow me to the Monetary Room."
"The Monetary Room?" Sora repeated.
"Of course." Nezu answered. "The project will take place there after all."
Sora, a bit unsure about this project, asked him "Uh...is this a computer thing? Because I'm not good with those."
"It's computer related, but you won't be the one using it. At least, not in the normal way." The principle explains.
"Uhh...okay?" Sora replied, now even more unsure of what this was going to be.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Among Kosei]
Once the two entered the Monetary room, Sora saw both Moogle and Power Loader, working on what was probably the finishing touches of the computer that was related to the project. When Sora saw the computer was hooked up to a device, the boy was surprised to say the least.
"As you can see, compared to your last visit in this room, there has been a rather noticeable change." Nezu stated.
"Yeah." Was all Sora could say to that.
"Do you remember when I asked you if I could borrow your phone during the Sports Festival?" Nezu reminded him.
"Now that you mention it, yeah." Sora remembered, then realizing something. "Did you use whatever you copied to make this?"
"While also adding some of the schools files to replace certain parts of your memory files." Nezu explained. "Nothing too crazy. Just placing the school testing grounds as locations in this terminal and letting Moogle lock some of the data in your memory files so as to not blow your cover."
"Wait. Blow my cover? What exactly are you planning to do with this project?" Sora asked, only barely understanding the computer talk that Nezu had just said.
"As you know, once the end of Spring falls upon us. You'll be required to take both a written and practical Final Exam." The Principal started. "Usually, the Final Exam is a mock Villain battle with sturdier robots. However, thanks to what had happened at U.S.J., as well as what my staff member Aizawa mentioned during the first round of the finals tournament, reinforcing how biased the practical entrance exam is, I decided to change what the Finals should be. Originally, I had the idea of pitting the students against the teachers, but then I saw a certain segment of your Memory Files that gave me a slightly better solution. While it has its risks, I have already taken every possible precaution to ensure that you don't get discovered as a Keyblade wielder."
"Sora's not gonna hold that much of an info dump, Kupo!" Moogle spoke up, stopping the mouse mid explanation.
Nezu looked at the boy and then noticed how he looked like he was completely lost. The animal man realized that Moogle was correct and then said "Apologies for the confusion. I've gotten so used to having conversations with Moogle about this, that I forgot who I was talking to."
"Let me take over, Kupo." Moogle flew over to the two, then explained the situation in a much clearer fashion for Sora.
[Play KH BBS OST Dearly Dreams]
After Sora finally realized what was going on, he spoke up. "I need to make sure I heard this correctly. You asked Moogle, to create that." He points at the computer. "Knowing full well that it's never been made in this world, then you put the files of MY memories, of THOSE guys," He pointed at the screen, which showed 19 specific people who were familiar to the boy. "inside this. And now, you want me, to make sure that this test of yours works, so that when the Finals come around, both classes 1-A and 1-B can deal with THEM, without the risk of being wounded beyond recovery."
"...Yes." Nezu confirmed.
"This is...you're...eagh." Sora couldn't comprehend what the principal was even thinking, doing something like this.
"If you're worried about your cover, don't be, Kupo." Moogle reassured. "The only thing relating you to them is that you encountered them and survived a few struggles against them, Kupo. And if you're worried about how all their powers and weapons will be handled, I just need to say one sentence, Kupo."
"And that is?" Sora questioned.
"So and so uses Support Items built for their 'Quirk', Kupo." Moogle emphasized.
"And the ones with multiple abilities?" Sora rebutted.
"Support items can have their own abilities and gimmicks too, Kupo." Moogle pointed out. "Did you forget all the accessories me and the others made during your other adventures, Kupo?"
"Yeah, but from what I've seen here, they're not as advanced as you." Sora stated.
"Next time you browse the internet, go look up Detnerat Support Company, or better yet, I-Island, Kupo." Moogle suggested. "You'll see that most of the stuff the people make here aren't too far off from our shop's synthesized items and accessories, Kupo."
With an argument like that for supporting this idea, it was really hard to find a rebuttal, but this still didn't feel right to the boy. "I get that you want to change your current system, but...why this? What was so wrong with the students vs teachers idea?"
"Nothing was wrong about that idea." Nezu replied. "It's just that this one is better in the long run. Not to mention that you would be considered overqualified for a simple mock battle against a teacher, considering your current power, skillset, and experience."
Sora sighed, unable to sway the principal in the slightest. "Fine, but I have a few conditions."
"Name them." Nezu said.
"First off, if anyone asks questions about them, you guys are answering them. I barely managed to make up a quirk for one of them, but I don't think I can do it for all 19 of them." Sora stated.
"I already have fake biography charts for each one." Nezu informed him. "However, I will most likely need to revise one of those, if you already came up with a quirk for one of them."
"Ok. Secondly, none of them can say anything about me, unless said person was close to me. Make sure I don't get mentioned by everyone on there." Sora emphasized.
"I already augmented them to not bring you up at all, Kupo." Moogle reassured the boy. "The only way you'll be talked about is if one of the students mentions your name, which won't be likely, cause they'll be too busy with their part of the Finals, Kupo."
"Alright, then the last thing I want, is to have a say in who faces who." Sora requested. "I know these people better than anyone. You and the staff know most of the students better than me. So I say that I should be there to help decide on at least that."
After a few seconds of pondering, Nezu said "Agreed."
Sora and Moogle shook hands on it and then the Keyblade Wielder summoned Oblivion and asked "Where do I start."
"Just stand on the compiler next to the terminal." Power Loader gestured to the device that was linked to the computer. "Moogle, Nezu and I will take care of the rest."
[Silence]
Near the end of the day, inside the staff room, Shota Aizawa was on the phone, waiting for who he was calling to pick up. Once he heard a voice, he spoke up. "Hello? This is your son's Homeroom teacher. Do you have a moment?...No Fumikage isn't in any trouble. I'm actually calling about the Parents Day we're holding next week. ...Yes. There's something I'd like to discuss."
Next to Aizawa was Midnight, who was fidgeting with her whip, seeming a bit bored at the moment. Across from the two of them were Cementoss and Thirteen. The square headed teacher was asking his female colleague for advice on what to teach during his contemporary literature class. Nearby was Ectoplasm, sipping on some tea while taking his break from work right now. He and Present Mic were both on breaks, but Mic was in the restroom at the moment. Lastly, Toshinori was there, doing his own work at the moment.
"Looking forward to your cooperation next week then." Aizawa told Tokoyami's parent on the phone. "Goodbye then." He hung up the phone then scrolled his finger down a sheet of paper with his student's names on it. The next student on the list was Shoto, but when the Homeroom teacher called the Todoroki household, nobody answered. Most likely nobody was home. After hanging up from no answer, he checked Shoto's emergency contact list, only to find Endeavor's cell number. He was a bit annoyed at the situation he was in.
"Something wrong Aizawa?" Yagi asked, a bit curious about his fellow staff member.
"No." Aizawa answered. "I just couldn't get a hold of anyone at Todoroki's house."
"Young Todoroki huh?" Toshinori understood. "Did you try his emergency contact?"
"Not yet." Aizawa said. "You-know-who might be working."
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Professor Aizawa Theme]
"Endeavor, right!" Yagi remembered. "Why don't you let me handle this one?" Aizawa looked at him with a questioning glance before the skinny man explained. "I've been wanting to talk to the man ever since the Sports Festival actually!" After that explanation, Toshinori buffed himself up to his All Might look and began dialing the number he needed to on his phone. "Let's see...Zero...Nine...Ah! Wrong button. These giant fingers sure weren't made for dialing."
"Then why transform at all then?" Aizawa pointed out, clearly annoyed.
"Because my voice changes too, and I need him to recognize me." All Might also pointed out as he started dialing the number again. "Zero, Nine, Ack." With All Might's second failing to dial the number, Aizawa was not going to sit through this. So he took his phone, dialed the number in for him then gave the phone back. "Thank you, Aizawa! You're nicer than people give you credit for!" All Might said with his signature smile.
Aizawa, who ended up dwelling on that unintentional backhanded compliment for a few seconds, snapped himself back to reality when he remembered that he still had other students to call about Parents Day. He looked at who was after Shoto and saw that Katsuki was next. As he was beginning to dial the number, All Might's voice boomed when he began speaking into the phone.
"Ah, Is that you Endeavor? It's me! All Might!" The number one Hero stated. "Heyyy. How've you been? Shame we had so little time to chat at the Sports Festival, am I right? Anyway, we ought to sit down for tea one of these days and...huh? 'Leave your message after the tone?' Drat! Voicemail!" While this was happening, Aizawa was distracted enough by All Might's airheadedness to make him misdial. "Kind of nervous having to leave a message. Hmm." All Might told himself before hearing the beep to begin the voicemail. "Hey, Endeavor! Guess who...The answer is...All Might! Anyway, we haven't talked since the Sports Festival, but I'm hoping we get a chance to catch up soon! About how to raise this next generation and the like. In fact I found this great vintage café that brews a mean cup of coffee! You're a java man, right? You mentioned that to me...about ten years ago I think? Something about the perfect beans. To be honest,I'm the sort of lowbrow who'd settle for canned coffee." A second beep was heard. "Oh! Out of time."
Aizawa just looked at All Might like he was an idiot and questioned. "All Might, what was the point of that?"
"The point?" All Might asked, then he remembered. "Ah! So sorry! Parents Day! Right! Let me try again!"
"Nevermind. I'll just send a fax to the Endeavor Agency." Aizawa told him, clearly not wanting All Might to screw up a call again.
"Sorry, Aizawa." All Might apologized before he debuffed himself and went back to his seat.
"Wow! I'm back from the toilet in two seconds and there's already blood!" Present mic called out. "You okay, All Might? Looks like you could use some liver in your diet! Oh, and the principal wants you to see him in the Monetary room."
"The monetary room?" Yagi repeated. "I wonder why. Hopefully not more of his elaborate educational theories."
As Toshinori was leaving, Midnight spoke up, giving him a "Good luck." before he left the room.
[Play Boku no Hero Academia OST Dogimagi]
Mic looked towards Aizawa and said "Oh. Faxing something? Wonder when that's gonna fall out of style!" The over the top Hero then looked at what the Homeroom teacher was actually doing. "Ah. Contacting the parents huh? Homeroom teachers have got it rough."
"I suppose so." Aizawa replied, not really caring at all. He hoped that the conversation would be over, but it wasn't.
"Oh, hey! How's that thing coming along?" Mic asked.
"What thing?" Aizawa questioned.
"The big hostage situation!" Mic reminded him.
"Oh. That. Well we've..." Aizawa got interrupted by Mic.
"I've come up with a real hot idea! Somebody stop me, I'm so clever! Hey! Teachers! Wanna hear my frosty cool plan? Everybody say YEAHHH!"
Midnight was annoyed with the yelling and just replied with "Sure, sure, what now?"
"I know this crowd can do better than that!" Mic announced.
"Don't count on it.' Aizawa replied.
"How bout the nosebleed seats?" Mic asked.
"Does he mean us?" Cementoss wondered.
"I would prefer silence." Ectoplasm requested.
"Aw, let's hear him out at least." Thirteen suggested.
With that, Mic began indulging the staff. "FIRST! Holding a big group of hostages means you gotta make them stay put, right? And my voice is PERFECT for the job!"
"This is what you were getting at?" Aizawa questioned, before Mic shushed him.
"I'd gather all those hostages behind closed doors and give them a front row seat to my EXPLOSIVE live show! It'd break their hearts and eardrums, knocking them out cold!" Mic announced. "Any hard headed Heroes would also get brought to their knees by my sweet voice! Go Go Heaven! A foolproof plan. Wouldn't you say?...Well?"
"No. Listen here." Aizawa spoke up but was once again interrupted. This time by Midnight.
"I say you're just too loud. It's enough to make a gal lose interest in a hurry." The R Rated Hero commented.
"Huh? What's wrong with being loud?" Mic asked.
"Personally, I prefer when someone holds back in silence until it all comes leaking out in a nice moan."
"Midnight, please control yourself." Thirteen said, clearly flustered. "I heard about yesterday during Sora's training session and you really need to get your urges under control."
"You're such a prude, Thirteen." Midnight retorted. "All I mean is that it ought to be done smarter and not louder."
"You have a point, I suppose." Cementoss agreed.
"What's wrong with my plan?!" Mic questioned. "This is one listener who's dying to know!"
"Well, knocking them out cold is all well and good until they regain consciousness." Cementoss pointed out.
"In that case, I'd just keep the noise coming with an all night live show!" Mic adjusted his plan.
"That's not all though. Bursting their eardrums? Really?" Midnight added. "No. With my quirk, I could keep the hostages in place and even send their would be rescuers to their dreamland. Nice and peaceful and nobody needs to get hurt."
"Peaceful?" Ectoplasm chimed in. "Seems unnecessary, given what we're discussing. Because taking hostages is a crime, and who's ever heard of a peaceful crime?"
"But we don't want to hurt anyone!" Thirteen argued.
"Naïve Thirteen." Ectoplasm continued. "However, my clones are the perfect solution in this case, as I could have them stand guard. One clone for each hostage."
"Actually I don't think..." Aizawa was again interrupted by Midnight.
[Play KH2.5 Remix OST Reviving Hollow Bastion]
"Hmph. What if one of the hostages had a strong quirk and just blasted past one of your clones?" She rebutted. "My putting them all to sleep still sounds like the strongest option."
"Strongest?" Cementoss spoke up. "I'm afraid I can't agree there."
"And why not Cementoss?" Midnight asked.
"In this world, you can't toss that word around, unless you're talking about All Might." The square faced Pro stated.
"Come on." She deadpanned.
"He could round up and bind the hostages in an instant." Cementoss pointed out. "Not to mention he'd easily blow away any Heroes that would try to save them."
"Yikes! You're right." Mic agreed. "The strongest Hero would make the strongest Villain."
Aizawa just decided to not bother himself with this conversation anymore and he went back to making calls. "Hello?... This is Katsuki's homeroom teacher. Do you have a moment?"
While he did that, the other teachers continued the conversation. "Sure, All Might is the strongest, I'll give you that, but how would you go about it Cementoss?" Mic asked. "You'd surround the hostages with cement, right?"
"Surround them?" Cementoss repeated. "No. I'd cover the whole group with a cement dome, and give any Heroes the same treatment. Nowhere to run for the hostages and Heroes alike."
"Um...wouldn't everyone end up suffocating though?" Thirteen pointed out.
"So be it. The important thing is that the hostages can't escape." Cementoss rested his case.
"I concur." Ectoplasm said.
"Surely that's going too far." Thirteen once again spoke, before Present Mic placed his hands on her shoulders.
"Lighten up, Wet Blanket Girl!" Mic suggested.
"Girl!? I'm twenty eight years old. I'll have you know!" She shot back.
"Then Wet Blanket Woman, whatever! We still haven't heard your take!" Mic stated.
"Me?...Right...I suppose I would use my black hole?" She summarized.
"Now who's going too far?" Mic called her out.
"Atomizing the Hostages would defeat the purpose of having hostages in the first place." Ectoplasm commented.
"Coming from the guy who agreed that letting them suffocate was an okay idea." Thirteen shot back.
"Unlike your plan though, the Hostages aren't instantly killed." Cementoss rebutted. "At least mine have a time limit, albeit very small."
"Wow. Thirteen seems so harmless, but she's got the blackest heart of all. Hoo boy." Midnight teased.
"Mmm. I have to admit, I'm not a fan of that devilish discrepancy, Midnight." Ectoplasm commented, not realizing that it was a tease.
"No No! That's not what I meant!" Midnight yelled, trying to emphasize that it's a tease.
[Silence]
"We'll see you next week. Goodbye." Aizawa said as he finished his call, still half listening to the conversation as he looked at who was next on the list to call. But then he ended up needing to answer the phone instead, as someone was calling the school. "Hello? You've reached U.A. Highschool...Yes, this is Aizawa. Whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?...Perfect. I was trying to reach your household actually...Staff meeting? Oh, you teach elementary, right?...Everything's just fine. I'm making calls about Parents Day...May I ask who will be attending Parents Day next week?...How can I help?...I'm sorry, but for security reasons, we don't allow recording devices on campus, Miss Todoroki...We'll see you next week then. Goodbye." He hung up, seeming a little bit caught up about why Shoto's sister was requesting to bring a camcorder to the event, and why she seemed unnecessarily down about not being able to record the event...unless...maybe it's not just to commemorate the event. The Homeroom teacher was suddenly brought back to reality when he began hearing the staff now talking about what kinds of unheroic things they could do with their quirks.
[Play KH Re:Chain Of Memories OST Captain Hook's Pirate Ship]
"Well I'd just jack into the broadcast station and send my soundwaves soaring!" Mic announced. "With everyone knocked out, I could steal the jewels and the damsel's heart, like a regular Lupin III!"
"Jewel thievery is not as easy as cartoons make it out to be." Ectoplasm pointed out. "They actually have very tight security."
"My voice can shatter a lady's heart just as easily as it can reinforced glass!" Mic bragged.
"Who wants to hear about all the bad things I'd do?" Midnight offered. "Just get on your knees and lick my boots if you want to hear."
"I'll pass on that." Cementoss bluntly rejected.
"You too, Cementoss?" She whined. "Such a stick in the mud. Fine. I'll give you a freebie this time. I'd put someone to sleep and figure out their weaknesses...for blackmail."
"How deceitful." Ectoplasm stated.
"A bit mundane, but realistic enough in a bad way." Thirteen noted.
"What if they had no weakness to exploit?" Cementoss wondered.
"Well then I'd frame them somehow." The R rated Hero replied. "Work a little magic, if you know what I mean~"
"How underhanded." Ectoplasm once again stated.
"So believable, it's scary." Thirteen uttered.
"Evil and Sexy?" Mic realized. "That makes you the Fujiko, to my Lupin!"
"I wonder why talking about doing bad things is getting me all hot and bothered." Midnight noted. "I'm aching inside, just thinking about it."
"Such is human nature." Ectoplasm commented.
"But we're Heroes." Thirteen pointed out. "It just doesn't feel right."
"Come on Thirteen! It's just hypothetical talk!" Mic reassured her. "Pure 100% Fantasy."
"Come to think of it, we all had a fantasy to become Heroes when we were young, no?" Cementoss commented. "Which meant we had to internalize the idea that we mustn't do wrong, therefore suppressing that side of ourselves."
"Self denial makes that eventual gratification all the more spicier." Midnight added. "But one shouldn't let that build up too much. Everyone needs good release now and then. It'd be simple enough boys~. Just say the word. Toss all that pride that holds you back, and I'd be happy to make you all mine~"
"I'll pass on that too." Cementoss bluntly rejected her offer again.
"This sort of thinking isn't entirely without merit though." Ectoplasm commented. "It could help us understand how Villains think. Even more so if they have a similar enough quirk."
"True." Thirteen agreed.
[Play KH Re:Chain Of Memories OST A Very Small Wish]
"Yeah! Exactly!" Mic also agreed. "Speaking of good release, everyone's used their Quirk for a prank or two back when we were kids. It's kind of like that."
"Pranks? Nonono. Not me." Thirteen rejected.
"Thank you for your cooperation. We'll see you at Parents Day." Aizawa said as he finished the call with Toru's parents and went to who was next. He was about to call the Midoriya household, but then he heard Mic speak once more.
"Seriously? Not once? At all?" The sound themes Pro questioned. "Glory, be we're in the presence of a Saint, Thirteen!"
"I don't suppose you'd tell us about your days as a prankster then?" Thirteen threw out.
After some thinking, Mic decided to bite. "When my friend snoozed at lunchtime, sometimes I'd spit some rhymes into his ear."
"I daresay, such a rude awakening would be enough to stop my heart." Ectoplasm commented.
"Other times I'd interrupt his naps with some immersive and drawn out ghost stories." Mic bragged.
"Your poor friend." Cementoss commented.
Unable to let those comments slide, AIzawa turned towards the group and said "That 'friend' he's talking about was me."
"Oh, true enough! Old buddy! Old Pal!" Mic confirmed. "How's about as sorry, we flush all that ancient history down the toilet?"
"An appropriate solution for all of your bullcrap." Aizawa retorted, before going back to calling Inko's cell.
"Let's hear about some of your pranks Midnight." Mic suggested. "Guessing you were as R rated back then as you are now?"
"No dirty stories." Ectoplasm urged.
"Not at all. I was a very charming girl back then." Midnight informed them. "But there was this one crush of mine I had played 'doctor' with."
"Ooh. Any stethoscopes involved?" Mic teased.
"I'll just say that it escalated from playing 'doctor' to playing 'surgeon'~" She replied. "I'll let you use your imagination. Though, he ended up batting for the other team afterwards, and I might have had a part in that."
"What did you do to him?" Mic asked, now a bit weirded out.
"It might have just been a little too stimulating for him." Midnight guessed.
"That doesn't sound like it should be a fond memory for you." Mic commented. "Back me up Thirteen."
"Well...it sounds like that bit of mischief didn't involve her quirk." Thirteen pointed out.
"You're right about that, I suppose." Midnight confirmed. "Whatever. Let's hear some more stories. What about you Ectoplasm?"
"I've never used my quirk for the disservice of a prank..." He started but stopped mid sentence, as if he remembered something dark. "But there was one time I had acted in error."
"Confessing to a crime, huh? This ought to be good!" Mic commented. "Give us a clear pic of what went down!"
"But you're so stoic." Thirteen stated. "I can hardly imagine you committing any wrongdoing."
"A sin is a sin, though I will exercise my right to remain silent." Ectoplasm said.
"You can't leave your audience with a cliffhanger like that!" Mic called him out.
"Teasing only makes us crave it even more." Midnight added.
Aizawa had already finished talking to Inko on the phone about Sora and Izuku, and now he was onto the next parent. "Hello? Is this the Mineta Household? I'm Minoru's homeroom teacher and...yes...yes. Of Course, we appreciate all you do too. I'm actually calling about Parents Day."
After some contemplating, the clone hero budged. "When I was in Grade school, one morning I was unable to extricate myself from the comfort of my bed, and time itself had seemed to move at the speed of light."
"Huh?" Mic replied, confused. "I don't get it."
"He overslept." Cementoss explained.
"Though gripped in despair, I dashed towards my school, undeterred. Alas, the merciless morning bell had rung just before I could enter the school building, so I had created a clone in the classroom, through the window to take my place, seconds before the class and teacher had entered."
"...So you made a clone, to avoid being marked late in class?" Cementoss summarized.
"Indeed." Ectoplasm grimly replied. "My perfect attendance award was at stake! Alas, I know that such excuses will not make up for such a grave sin."
After a moment of silence, all the teachers listening to that story had just let out a disappointed sigh. "When you said sin, we were expecting some Shakespearean Tragedy level of bad, full of deceit and maybe even love."
"The fault is yours for expecting more." Ectoplasm retorted. "I only spoke my truth."
Thirteen then remembered something. "Well if we're talking about embarrassing stories, I once wet my bed on accident and tried to hide the evidence by...atomizing the futon."
"That's using your noggin!" Mic complimented. "Wish I could destroy my evidence that easily."
"I still got in trouble for it." Thirteen pointed out.
"Bed wetting? That's kind of cute, coming from you." Midnight teased.
"What about you, Cementoss?" The space themes Pro tried to change the subject. "Did you ever do any mischief?"
"Me? Well...I once put up a wall of cement to avoid being caught in a game of hide and seek." The square faced Pro told his fellow staff members. "That's the worst I'm willing to admit."
"So there's more you've done?" Midnight noted.
"Better to let sleeping dogs lie." Cementoss replied. "Like my gramps said to me. The scariest people are the ones you don't expect."
"After I was forced to confess?" Ectoplasm pointed out. "How cowardly."
"I'm dying to tear this too, especially since it has to be such a dark secret." Midnight added.
Cementoss then let out a small laugh as he told them "Please. I was only joking."
"Huh? A joke?!" The R rated Pro repeated, to which Cementoss nodded to confirm it was.
"Don't trick us like that." Ectoplasm reprimanded.
"Oh come now. It's meant to be funny." The square faced Pro said to them.
"Your sense of humor isn't doing any favors for you." The clone Hero replied.
[Silence]
Aizawa was on the phone with the Yaoyorozu family now. "...we look forward to seeing you next week." He hung up the phone and saw that he finally finished calling everyone he needed to call.
"Ya know. With all our quirks combined, we'd make a real nasty Villain team!" Mic pointed out. "The world would be no match for us!"
"Well aren't you all in high spirits." A familiar voice asked.
[Play KH 358/2 Days OST Secret of Neverland]
The staff members looked to where that came from and they saw Principal Nezu entering the room, along with Toshinori, who was helping an exhausted Sora enter the room as well. "So what's this I hear about you all taking on the world?" The mouse asked.
"No! It's not what you think!" Mic tried to salvage the situation. "We were just talking about you-know-what."
"Exactly." Cementoss confirmed. "Just brainstorming which of our quirks would best handle taking hostages and Heroes."
"Handle what now?" Sora spoke up, making his presence in the room apparent with that question.
"Oh! Crap." Yagi uttered.
Sora looked at Toshinori and then asked "Are you seriously planning on doing that fake Villain stunt again?"
"Wait, again?" Ectoplasm questioned. "Did this happen before and we weren't told?"
"Oh, right!" Thirteen remembered. "All Might asked Aizawa and I to let him fake a Villain attack at U.S.J. the day before the Sports Festival."
"Seriously?" Midnight asked. "All Might, at least give the students a month and a half before you do something like that, like we are."
"Gah! Not you too Midnight." Toshinori whined.
"See? Even the teachers agree that six weeks after is a good time to do that." Sora reminded him.
"Putting that aside!" Yagi spoke up. "Shouldn't we be a bit concerned that he just heard about this plan?"
"Actually, I find this quite advantageous." Nezu remarked. "Considering Sora's abilities and his innate urge to jump into action to save someone, he would probably dissolve the entire set up situation by himself."
"Well, you're not wrong there." Cementoss agreed. "Bet even so, it would seem rather suspicious and a bit biased towards the rest of the class if he were forced to sit out on this. Even though he's not from this world, we still need to treat him like we do the other students. If not out of kindness, then at least to help keep his cover."
"Well then, the answer is simple." Nezu stated. "He will participate, however he will be included as an unconscious hostage."
"Wait, I have to play helpless again?" Sora asked.
"Again?!" Present Mic repeated. "Did All Might take you hostage during his trick or something?!"
"I pretended to be knocked out and let him throw me at one of the students when he felt like doing that." Sora explained.
Midnight, Ectoplasm, Present Mic, and Cementoss just looked at Toshinori with disapproving glares. "Hey, he told me to throw him!" Yagi tried to defend. "I just took him up on his offer!"
"Back to the previous topic." Nezu spoke up again as he turned to Sora. "Since you've had experience with this before, would you be willing to do so again on Parents Day?"
Sora was just getting hit with one surprise after another today. First off he has to make sure that the Final Exams don't end up hospitalizing the Hero Course students by testing Nezu's new experiment, then he realizes that the teachers were planning ANOTHER fake Villain attack on Parents Day, and now he's being asked to help out with this, by once again, pretending to be helpless. The Keyblade wielder sighed and said "If you want to make it convincing, Midnight is gonna have to use her quirk on me, and I'm gonna have to show up to school early on that day."
Nezu smiled. "Thank you for your cooperation Sora." The Principal then turned towards the other staff members. "Now there is something else we need to discuss."
After explaining Sora's request to have a say in the practical portion of the Final Exam and after Aizawa tells Sora what the plan was for Parents Day, revealing to the staff that there already was a plan set for the fake Hostage situation. The boy was allowed to leave and he left shortly after Aizawa did.
And here's another chapter, covering a chapter in the School Briefs book. It's like a chapterseption. So let's get the important stuff out of the way. First off, about Nezu's project. It can't be any more obvious of a hint about what it is without just straight up telling you guys. I will also not be writing scenes of Sora during his participation of Nezu's project, as to keep it as little of a mystery as possible. Second important point. Sora knows about the plan during Parents Day, and oddly enough,not onlycan the OVA chapter be referenced and joked about in here, but it can also be used to reinforce this chapter and the actual Parents Day Chapter. So I'm going to give a huge shout out and thank you to TheBeatles221 for reminding me of the OVAs back when chapter 14 came out. Thanks to him, I remembered the OVAs existed, and now he unintentionally made this chapter's ending a but funnier. So my sincere thanks for that. Now onto the third important point. The next section of this book is actually the theme park chapter, and before anyone in the reviews asks why a girl isn't going with Sora to the park, three reasons. One, Tenya brought Minoru, Denki, and Fumikage with him, so I'm taking Mineta out, because of the reasons Sora stated. Two, there is another chapter that is actually dedicated to the girls in School Briefs that I won't cover, due to the fact that it happens at the same time as the Amusement Park Chapter. It'll be mentioned however, just like I mentioned Asui's episode, but that's it. Three, Tokoyami has stated in the book that he had never gone to an amusement park until Iida invited him, and I as well as Sora, will not let that stand. It's like if a friend that you know tells you they have never been to any Disney Park at all, UNACCEPTABLE! Now with all that out of the way, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and until I decide to upload again. ;)