*This OVA is NOT canon.
*This OVA will be better to read on AO3 site instead since there are several links to songs there throughout the OVA.
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[Play the song: "Toilet-bound Hanako-kun OST - Nana Wonda by Hiroshi Takaki"]
Myths. Legends. Fairy Tales.
Rumors.
Whispers mixing the realities of life and science with the unknown and the supernatural.
Fantastical and mysterious. Yet ominous and grim.
Tales created solely to explain the unexplainable.
But what happens when the rumors and myths cannot be explained?
What happens when the supernatural is the reality?
What if the rumors…are true?
"'Hey come here. Have you heard the rumors? About the School's Seven Wonders~?'"
…
"'You really haven't? Oh my gosh, well where do I start~? I'll tell you the most famous one first.'"
…
"'It's the Seventh of the Seven Wonders, Deku the Bathroom Ghost~. He's on the third floor of the old building in the third stall in the girls' bathroom.'"
…
"'You can go there and summon him right now if you want~. He'll grant you any wish no matter what it is. But he'll take something precious from you in exchange. And you won't know what it is until it's too late~.'"
She had heard the rumor herself. Eavesdropping on another's whispers and gossip, she had been intrigued. Desperation plays a part in why she's come to this lonely little corner of the school, but if there's a chance the rumors are true then it'll all be worth it.
The tiny three stall bathroom is cramped despite not having a soul within its narrow walls. A single dust-layered window provides the only source of light from the dim morning sun. Its rays barely break through the dust and grime just in order to cast long shadows across the empty stalls. Sinks line the opposite wall and above them she finds her own reflection staring back at her.
Her shoulder-length auburn hair glows in the morning rays, and yet the two long bangs framing her face cast enough shadows on her face, hiding away her rather round face and pink blush. Her wide auburn eyes wide with trepidation yet a quiet determination to see this through.
Patting down the hemline of her skirt, she takes a quick moment to check that her Gakuen uniform is all straightened. It's a cream-colored sailor dress, hardly anything original, but made do by adding a collar bow that has the cutest skull brooch she owns attached to it. personal skull brooch above the bow. Her uniform cream-and-orange uwabaki slippers quietly slip across the floor, moving slowly like one would be as if approaching a graveyard.
"'To call him knock three times…~'"
That was her instructions. Three times. She approaches the third stall knocks just as recited.
"'And then say…~'"
The girl speaks, almost at a quivering whisper, into the empty stall. "Deku. Deku. Deku… A-are you in there…?"
Holding her breath she waits, waiting for a reply, any reply. But also praying that there isn't one. Afterall it was a silly rumor, most likely created from the ridiculous imaginations of highschoolers.
And yet there's a creak of a door and yet the window is shut tight, not having been open in years. There is no wind, no breeze, and yet it's cold.
Opening her eyes she only finds that it was nothing more than the stall door creaking open just ever so slightly. Most likely due to how warped and uneven the hinges are. And yet the cold presence remains.
And then from inside the empty stall, a set of long gray fingers curl their away around the edge of the creaking door, accompanied by a sniggering echo. "Hellooo~..."
"Eeee…!" She flinches, curling back as the door swings itself open to reveal…nothing but a shadow casted stall and a clean toilet.
Sighing in relief, she's happy yet disappointed to know that it was truly nothing but a stupid rumor. "Okay. Hearing things-"
A cold set of fingers clamp down on to her shoulder as a creepy sneer whispers into her ear. "You summoned meee~?"
"Eeee!" Trying her best not to freak out, assuming it might be some kinda prankster, she spins around and throws herself at the pervert, with her arms out to hit him in the face!
Her hand connects but never hits anything solid as her entire arm passes through the gray apparition's intangible skull.
"Eeeeekkk!" She collapses to the floor, terror holding her down, as she closes in on herself, begging for mercy. "No!"
Hovering above her she can hear the presence scoff before breaking out into an amused laugh. "Pfttt. Hehehehahahaaa!"
Even through her fear she can pick out the distinct sound of a childish voice. 'That sounds like a boy?'
"What's the matter with youuu?" The gray presence teases, leaning over her, trying to get a good look at her face.
With an eek she jumps and scrambles to the opposite side of the room, her stomach churning, feeling sick. 'I can see right through…him?' Unable to look at him directly, she can only make out the almost translucent shape of a ghost's body, but she keeps her gaze towards his feet or tail? As two more objects float into view. 'Those look like orbs?'
A pair of snow white orbs dance into view, like white wisps they burn like candles with dark centers at their cores. Which gives her the impression that they are in fact a pair of ghostly eyes staring back at her.
Her voice squeaks as she tries to address the gray presence. "A-are y-you an apparition?"
"I prefer ghosttt." Said ghost responds as he hovers back into his stall and takes a seat atop his toilet's tank.
And as he sits back the light of the window shifts proving her enough light to truly examine him. He's a ghost, a freak of a ghost, shaped like your classic Halloween spirit with gray almost decayed skin with black veins running down his body like a web. And following the web of veins upward towards the ghost's face, she finds a single emerald eye leering back at her. With the only set of clothing on him being her school's black uniform hat that has a white underside, and red strings along the front seam. Except the ensignia is all wrong…instead of the golden sigil it's a strange circle with a green hourglass symbol at its center.
"Or the Seventh of the 7 Wonders of the School, Deku the Bathroom Ghosttt!" With a tilt of his school hat the ghostly freak, Deku, smiles and greets her, all the while the two ghostly orbs float around him. And yet the look in his eye is like that of a feline having found itself a new mouse to torment. "I'm delighted to meet youuu."
[Play the song: "Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - Opening | No.7"]
(toire no Hanako-san)
Sore de wa
Saa, katarimashou ka nanbaa sebun?
A dancing Izuku sings along to the words as he floats upside down before the camera.
(Instrumentals)
Flashes of images occur of Izuku's transformations and classmates all quarreling or interacting throughout various times in the story.
Eh? Haa? Ikki ichiyuu kako mo mirai mo
Ghostfreak, followed by two floating orbs, poke their heads out from the bathroom stall.
(Nee nee) kaidan jou ni uri futatsu tsutawaru kage
Ochaco sits at her desk, happily chatting away with Tsuyu.
(Naisho kitai-nashi tada no ohanashi)
Hi genjitsu ni mazaru amai kajitsu
A teary eyed Izuku is bound by chains and rope as a silhouette of an ash-blonde torment lingers nearby.
Hai, hai, saisan itte kika setatte
Kamianri stares away from the reader while Shinso stands far back with his back towards the reader as well.
(Hora hora) shikuhakku mattaku motte kiicha inai na
Todoroki remains indifferent while Iida watches him warily from a distance.
(Naisho kitai nashi owaranai ohanashi)
Shosen wa uwasabanashi moushuu no genjitsu sa
An altered color version of Ochaco answers a landline phone before the scene changes to an alternate colored Izuku swallowing chomping down on a piece of crystal.
Juufu-gou mitai na esoragoto o asa hiru ban
Four silhouettes dance onto the scene each of a different alien:
Ripjaws
Snare-Oh
Buzzshock
Diamondhead
Rokkon shoujou wa oroka sodatanai kama ni kusa
I want some magic
A multi-armed Shoji stands back to back with the pink skinned Mina. Both grinning maliciously at the reader as shards of glass rain down upon them.
Nanakuse nante fukanzende
Mikansei dakara agaiterunda
A solemn Jiro clutches the reader's hands as grinning Kirishima stands off to the side.
Amaneku kotoba yaiba furikazashite
Warau uso no kamen o kabutte
(Kimi wa hitori)
Dareka no tame ni kizutsuite
Various images flashes before the reader. Each of Izuku taking on a variety of monstrous foes.
Heatblast vs. Kraab
Wildvine vs. Fun Gus
Cannonbolt vs. Ragnarok
Diamondhead vs. Techadon
Upgrade vs. Malware
Tsumi to batsu no sono hazama
Daremo inai ano basho ni wa
Kitto iru nda
A watch latches onto a boy's wrist and in a flash of green we find ourselves before the mighty walls of U.A. High.
Saa, katarimashou ka nanbaa sebun?
Nee oshiete yo tsuzuki wo
A dancing Izuku sings along to the words as he floats before the camera.
Spook 1: Deku the Bathroom Ghost
"Wait. Are you saying you're Deku?"
Despite not having an obvious mouth, the specter somehow manages an OwO face as gives a sing-song of a response. "Yeah, you ranggg?"
"I'm not stupid!" She snaps, not believing the ghost for a second. "Where's your messy green hair, stained uniform, and signature red shoes?!"
"Well, uh, that's not really the look I'm into at the momenttt." he states a matter-of-factually.
"At the moment?!"
"Anyway mind telling me who you areee?"
She's still not convinced, this can't be the Deku she's heard all about, he looks way too much like your cliche ghost for him to be the real deal. "I don't understand, you look…freaky."
"That's because I am a freakkk. And I do mean freaky, if only you knewww."
One of the black-cored Orbs floats over to say hello. ^But the rest of what you've heard is true!^
"Waa!" Ochaco jumps back from the talking faceless orb. "What's that?!"
"They're my…assistantsss?" Deku responds although he doesn't sound too confident when he says it. "This one here is Glad-Orb and the other is Sad-Orbbb." He gestures towards the second orb which has chosen to stay back away from them both.
"Why do you call them that?"
^Because he's terrible with names…^ Deadpanned, Sad-Orb responds.
"Ah, I get it now…"
With a snicker the gray ghost goes ahead with the summoning. "I will grant your wish and collect a payment that I see is fittt." He gives a bow and a tilt of his hat as he awaits her response. "So what is your wishhh? Please don't tell me you came unprepareddd."
She steps back, away from the creep, weirded out by one small fact. "Why are you in here? What kind of pervy ghost chooses to haunt the girls' bathroom?"
. . . .
"Okay, we're done hereee…" He retreats back into the stall, defeated, his gray vestige slowly vanishing into thin air as he does.
She panics, instantly regretting not having a filter, as she begs for him to stay. "I take it back! You can haunt any bathroom you like! And I think it's cool that you're a freak!"
"You think I'm…coolll?" In an instant he spins around, eye sparkling with joy as he holds up a pen and paper. "In that case tell me your name and what it is you wishhh!"
Off to the side the two Orbs bob in agreement while somehow holding up a little notepad and pen. ^Yes, please do tell us Ms. Uraraka!/Or don't. Not like it'll matter…^
The girl can't stop the sweatdrop from forming on her head as she takes in the suddenly joyious scene. 'He got over that fast.'
But in any case she's more than happy to get the ball rolling on this wish. "My name's Ochaco Uraraka! And I'm a first year in Class A! My wish is that the guy I'm crushing on will like me back as much as I like him!"
"Urarakaaa…" Deku restates as the two Orbs jot it all down. "Got it and you're asking for your love to be returneddd. What's the guy's or girl's nameee?"
Conveniently, she just so happens to have a photo of her. It's not special, if anything the photo's kinda disturbing since it was obviously taken from afar and without the boy's consent.
"Everyone calls him Todoroki." She explains with a small blush and girly giggle. Holding up the photo of the dual-haired teen with turquoise and gray eyes. "He's a first year too and way smart. He's that guy that's so cool yet still nice to everyone~. One time I dropped my pencil case and he picked it up for me~."
"I seeee. Easy enough, consider your wish granteddd!"
"Are you serious?!" She's elated but she reigns in her horses and asks. "Wait, how's the wish granting thing work from a toilet stall? Do you use a special item or something?" Maybe a cupid's arrow or love potion?
"I dooo!" He smiles, digging through a part of his black veins as if there's some kind of pocket attached to his own decayed body. "The one I carry works wondersss."
"Will you show it to me?!" Ochaco asks all excitedly. And who can blame her? After all it's not every day your wildest wishes come true?!
"Hmhmhmmm!" Deku nods as he pulls out the answer to all her problems. "Wa-laaa~!"
And he presents her with…a tattered old How-To book titled "100 Methods of Love: This is Love."
Instantly, her excitement dashed, Ochaco holds her hand out in rejection along with a shake of her head as if to say NO WAY.
"H-Hear me outtt!" The ghost defends. "If I use my power to help you, we'll have to do an equivalent exchangeee. And if I'm making the human heart do something that's not natural the price is going to reflect thattt. Trust meee. This is much saferrr." He waves the book about as pieces of tape, that's holding the book together, begin to lose their grip.
Glad-Orb nods. ^Not worth it. Not worth it.^
Sad-Orb however seems to be considering it. ^Then again do you really care if we take away what you love?^
However, that might be the case but then again…? "Hold on, what if I'm okay with any price?"
Deku pauses, not surprised by her lack of concern and yet he won't take such a statement lightly. "Oh, are youuu?" His single emerald eye trails down across the black veins, examining her like he's trying to figure out what size cassette to order. Before breaking into a juvenile bliss of arrogance and stating with a joking tone. "Then I'd say sorry I don't have tools that advanceddd!"
"You were bluffing?!" She screeches, not finding his antics funny at all. 'But maybe I should try it…? I mean he's a ghost that grants wishes. He must know some tricks. I can't be the first person to ask for help in the love department!'
Meanwhile the ghostly freak is busying himself by reading through the tattered grimoire. "Method Number 69," He giggles, immaturely. "find creative ways to impress him with your skillsss." Clapping the book shut, the school hat wearing specter turns to his summoner. "Let's show you offff! What are your talentsss?"
Weights. Treadmills. Punching Bags. And all other kinds of exercise equipment that Deku can't even name line every single corner of this gigantic room, making his head spin at how much there is.
"Where are weee?!"
"The best place to show what I can do!" Ochaco explains, sliding into view, wearing her personal exercise clothes: sports bra, headband, leggings and with athletic tape wrapped around her forearms. "The School Exercise Room!" To show off her point she slugs the nearby punching bag, making it so hard the bag swings back, shaking violently with the chain threatening to snap. "I'm an Athletics Club Superstar!" She explains with a confident twinkle and smirk.
And yet Deku can't meet it, instead staring back at her with a look of judgemental dejection and uncertainty.
"Why are you looking at me like that?! I can bench 180 too ya know! I'M FEMININE AND DELICATE!"
In any case she should go into more reason on the why she's in this club and how it could help. "That's why I joined. A boy I once liked said he was only attracted to strong girls that also had a girly-girly side to them. So, I decided to join the Athletics Club to get stronger. I was also learning how to cook and sew at the same time." Well, she had to since she's not exactly loaded and has to make do with what she's got. "I figured once I mastered all three skills, I'd tell him how I felt."
"How long did you like himmm?" He inquires.
"Since right after I started junior high. I only told him how I felt last month. Took me three years to do it…but-"
[FLASHBACK]
"Hold on, you say you like me? Do I even know you?"
It shocked her. So much so just thinking about that moment still hurts her greatly.
"Creepy. Sorry you're just not my type. I'm not into thick Mochi Cheeks." Those Mochi Cheeks being her round blushing face.
But for her…it struck a nasty chord somehow. 'Mochi Cheeks…? Mochi…'
Out of her embarrassment the image of a living Mochi ball with stubby legs pops into her mind. As if that's the image others have of her.
[END FLASHBACK]
Ochaco collapses in embarrassment, her face hidden in her hands, flustered. "That was a month ago! I'm completely over it, I'm a completely different person now!"
"I don't believe youuu."
"Well, you should! I'm totally obsessed with someone else now. Once that guy sees that someone like Todoroki loves me back, he'll regret ever turning me down!"
"Is that sooo?" He sounds almost a little too happy, no he sounds…devious. "So, anyone would dooo?"
"Huh?" What is he talking about? "No Mr. Smarty Pants, I want Todoroki! Don't pull any funny stuff."
Despite the accusation he carries on with that same juvenile tone, like he's playing some kinda mind game with her. "You sureee? Because something tells me you don't know very much about this guyyy."
"Yes, I do." She states a little too quickly, while also conveniently turning her gaze away from him.
"Then answer this questionnn: what's his full nameee?"
. . . .
"Oh~. L-look someone f-forgot to put away these d-dumbbells. I better take care of t-that~! Hehehe…"
"That's what I thoughttt." He watches her go and put the dumbbells away. A part of him, the more mature and experienced part of him, knows what he needs to do. But that's not his job, she gave him his task and now it's on him to see it through. "Hereee."
With a defeated sigh he hands her a heart shaped note card and pen.
Ochaco blinks down at the items in confusion. "A blank gift tag?"
"Yuppp!" Deku cheers, assuming she's on board. "Write a sweet message and then give it to your boy with something you love! I call this move, Operation Presenttt!"
'Creative title.' She sweatdrops. "I tried things like this before! I need magic!"
"You haven't tried exactly this on this day, have youuu?" Deku reasons while making a heart with his slim gray fingers over his chest, his single emerald eye slithering down to peer through its center. "Make the most of what you have nowww~. Let your hard work, work for youuu~."
"That makes sense… Okay!" Not wanting to think about it too hard and before doubt can set in she enthusiastically agrees to his plan. "Let Operation Present begin!"
"Yayyy!" Deku claps along with his two Orbs joining in.
^How splendid!^ Glad-Orb cheers. ^Isn't it wonderful?!^
^No. Not at all…^ Sad-One deadpans.
Ochaco squats down and begins writing. 'I still think writing down everything I feel will be too much. I'll tell him thank you for picking up my pencil box the other day! He cares about me~!'
Meanwhile, Deku floats overhead along with his two orbs, with all three of them leaning over her shoulder in curiosity. "He's going to love ittt! So, what exactly do you wanna give himmm? Maybe you should show off your sewing skillsss?"
"I have the perfect thing right there." Without taking her eyes off her heartfelt note, she points across the room.
"Otherside~?" he follows her finger and freezes as he spots her supposed ideal gift. "Well, that's…fun."
Operation: Present
Break period is over, and students have already begun their treks back to their classes. A stoic Todoroki for one makes it to his class rather early but even so he's surprised to find half his class gathered around his desk in a chorus of whispers and gossip.
"What's going on?" He inquires. "Why's everyone hanging around my desk?"
One of his classmates, Sero, spins around and responds with a confused grimace. "Dude, you tell us. Come here. Someone left weights on your desk with a thank you note!"
It sounds like a bad joke but it's true! A set of personalized pink dumbbells, a bundle of protein packs are sitting on his desk, and a hand sewn sweatband have all been left on his desk. The only indication that it wasn't placed there by accident is the lone anonymous thank you note in the shape of a heart.
His classmates all chuckle and whisper as Todoroki stares dumbfounded at the…gifts?
Even Sero's not sure what to make of it. "Did you help a bodybuilder cross the street yesterday or something?"
"Uh…no?"
Unbeknownst to any of them, the grateful bodybuilder herself is watching in sheer embarrassment from the hallway.
The ghostly freak is there too, watching with an amused smirk. "What funnn."
Ochaco's face turns an even deeper shade of red while she desperately hides it behind her hands. "How did this turn into some weird mystery?"
Laughing his through the hallway, the spectral Deku hovers past Ochaco's shoulder during the transfer period between classes. "I'm changing the name to Operation Get-Rippeddd! Congrats, they're all talking about ittt."
Ochaco chokes on her own embarrassment, regretting regurgitating back up like vomit. "I know they are! Everyone thinks some grateful bodybuilder broke into the school!"
Unable to resist, he leans and teases her with this. "Or a grateful Mochiii."
With a gasp, the image of a walking Mochi ball going ahead and hand delivering a tiny-dumbbell pops into her mind like a bad dream.
"Waaaaaaa!" Frustrated and embarrassed, Ochaco wails and begins flailing her fists in an attempt to smack the intangible ghost who laughs and mocks her from overhead.
"Hahahahahaaa!"
Other students in the hall stare and back away out of concern for themselves…and her.
"Now she's screaming at the ceiling."
"I've heard her talking to herself all day."
"Typical Class 1-A! They always have to have the spotlight on themselves! HAHAHA!"
With that sick feeling still in her stomach Ochaco hurries on, praying that everyone will just forget about it. "So embarrassed. I have to drop the Athletics club!"
"That's a little extreme isn't ittt?"
^No, it's not.^ comments Sad-Orb. ^You should jump off a cliff just for good measure…^
Ignoring him, Deku continues on. "You have other talents and interestsss. We'll try something newww!"
"Yayy!/Yay…!" They both cheer, albeit she is far less enthusiastic about it as he is. 'I can't contain my enthusiasm.'
Operation: Button of Love
Todoroki is casually walking down the hall, chatting away innocently with one of his female classmates. Not sure but they're talking about some rumor where a girl turned invisible in order to seek revenge on her forgetful classmates.
Ochaco and Deku watch from the corner, and that's when the gray ghost spots their target: a button on Todoroki's sleeve is missing, leaving nothing but a loose string. "Scoreee! I got oneee!" He quickly presents her with a sewing kit and needle. "Now's your chanceee! Go sew his button of loveee!"
"I'm on it!" She snatches it up and takes off at full sprint down the hall. "Hey, Todoroki! I can help!"
But too late because the girl he's been chatting with has taken notice of the missing button too. "Looks like you're missing a button."
Todoroki blinks, spotting the loose strings too. "Weird it wasn't like that earlier."
"Don't worry!" Oblivious to others around her the girl somehow body checks Ochaco, sending her flying away in a stupor. "I'll save you! Use mine!" She holds up a conveniently extra button.
But soon other students soon rush in at the chance to sew a button on their dear Todoroki.
"No mine!"
"Let me!"
"MINE!"
"Take mine! Pick Me! I wanna be Todoroki's button!"
It's getting too intense, so much so Ochaco and even the creepy ghost have to back off.
'I failed…' Ochaco cries as the hallway floods with more and more Todo-fans.
Operation: Boxed Lunch
"Why not make him a boxed lunchhh?" Deku offers while holding up a cookbook all about Bento Boxes. "And to make it really personal you should fill it with items you love and would appreciateee!" He opens up the book showing off some of the more creative designs people have come up with. "You can make it exciting by making them look like cute animalsss."
"Mh-Hm!" Determined Ochaco gets right to work, using the school's own Home Ec. room to cook a meal fit for a king! Or rather a prince, Prince Todoroki.
And once her box is all cooked up and wrapped into the cutest bag she has, Deku whizzes it away, dropping it off on Todoorki's desk completely unnoticed by any human eyes. And all right before the lunch bell too.
"Nice wrap!" Sero teases, spotting the pink box on his classmate's desk. "You got a girl making you lunch now?"
"I don't know who it could be?" Todoroki blinks, slowly reaching for the bow like he's a tactical unit trying to deactivate a timebomb.
And what a bomb it is as his senses, or rather is vision, are bombarded by a blast of odd shapes and colors. The lunch box is like a mini-horror show with the food items all arranged and decorated to look like food-versions of monsters and other strange creatures.
A giggly green jello with a silver coin sitting on top of it to resemble Goop, a breaded hamburg-steak has ketchup drawn all across it to make it look like Heatblast's face, blueberries have been sliced in a way to have mini Big Chills' face on them, sliced octopus shaped hotdogs have been dyed green like Vilgax, and the rice ball has a wrapping of lettuce and celery to make it look like Upchuck is taking chomp out of it.
All in all, it's very creative but the clash of colors and strange shapes does not exactly induce one's appetite.
And sure, as hell killed Todoroki's. "I think someone forgot this, I'll take it to the lost and found."
"He hates Veggie-Aliens!" From outside the classroom, Ochaco falls flat on her face in uttar humiliating defeat. 'Another failure…'
Operation: Corner of Love
"Hm!" Ochaco lightly tucks the corner of toast between her lips, making sure it won't fall during what she's about to do.
Deku is on the lookout, using his intangibility to their advantage to watch as Todoroki rounds the corner. The dual-haired teen is distracted, chatting away with a classmate, a boy with electric yellow hair and dumb grin.
It's the perfect time to strike. "Put this toast in your mouth and then bump into him as he turns a cornerrr. You'll dash out there when I give the signalll."
"Mh-hm!" Ochaco nods, still biting down on the toast as Deku goes over the book once again.
"IT'S TIME TO RUNnn-! Will be the signal for you to gooo. Huhhh?"
Oops, the moment he said run Ochaco did just that! … At full speed… And right at their target…
There's suddenly a loud CRASH Followed by a "WAAAAAHHH!"
And soon the sounds of someone falling headfirst down a set of stairs echoes across the school along with sickening cracks and thumps.
Despite being a ghost and having gone through his own gruesome demise, Deku can't even bring himself to have a peek. Not even his curious mind wants to see the damage wrought, so instead he listens as panic and worry ensues from the student body.
"AAAAAAAA-KAMANARI!"
"Look, someone just flew at them!"
"He fell down those stairs!"
"Ew, someone spilled ketchup…WAIT!"
"Is he okay?!"
"What? I think I might have run into the wrong person! WAAAAHHH!"
"Don't just stand there! Call an ambulance!"
"I'm so SORRY!"
Every attempt…failed. Every last one. And so, with the sun already beginning to set our two protagonists have retreated to the safety of the third floor's Girls' Bathroom to lick their wounds.
And in Ochaco's case that's literal since there's a massive red mark on her forehead from where she accidentally headbutted the poor unexpecting teen.
Rubbing her head and staring at herself in the mirror she can't help but whine at how pathetic it all is. "None of these things are working. None. And how is running with toast in my mouth supposed to make him want me?"
The gray Deku sheepishly laughs while rubbing the back of his head. "Eheheee…"
"Ehehe-not funny!" Ochaco scolds, already flustered as she is. "Now he seems more confused than ever!"
"Yeah, oh, I knowww!" he hovers over her head, peering down at her with what she assumes is a sly expression despite not having a visible mouth. "Why don't you just tell himmm?"
"Huh…? I can't!"
"Come onnn! I'm running out of ideasss! This is all so…new to meee."
"Hm?" She blinks before she registers what he said. "What do you mean NEW!?"
Her shout blows him and his Orbs back, but he doesn't mind as the specter chuckles in honest embarrassment. "Hahaaa! Not many people know how to summon me so I'm not as experienced as you might thinkkk."
"I knew something was off! All these fluffy and wholesome attacks are not what ghosts are usually about!"
OwO, holding himself Deku dances in place like a little kid. "Except for me, just call me Wholesome Dekuuu!"
"Grrrrrr!" Ochaco's so angry her entire form turns demonic, even her hair turns to resemble a pair of devilish horns.
And it rightfully scares the life out of him. "I got items that are a little darker too if you wanttt!" He scrambles for some kinda item out from some invisible pocket. "Let's seeee. Where is ittt?"
He pulls out all sorts of things from this invisible pocket: some charms, a not-school appropriate magazine, a green blaster with the letters S.A.G.E. etched into it, a mechanical skateboard without wheels, and crystal dagger, etc.
"Found ittt!" The ghost sighs in relief, acting as if his afterlife was in danger there for a second. "Hereee."
And he presents her with some kinda wood carved Japanese doll with no arms or legs, that's supposed to resemble a beautiful woman in a kimono.
She can only stare at it in disbelief as he hands it over to her. "What is this?"
"Kokeshi Dollll." Deku states a matter-of-factually.
"So?"
With a spark in his eye, the ghost gives a sly smirk. "It's kinda sexyyy."
"HEH!" Ochaco immediately chucks the stupid doll right out the, conveniently, open window, sending it flying into the stars much to the ghost freak's chagrin.
"WAAAAaa!" The ghost rushes for the window but backs off from the dying light of the day; forcing him to do nothing but cry over his lost item. "Note to self don't show them the dolls in front of an open windowww..."
While he grieves over the lost Ochaco let's out a heavy sigh as if to say she's ready to throw in the proverbial towel. "I really believed he was going to grant my wish…"
Meanwhile, Glad-One and Sad-One float down to the floor and start gathering up the fallen times.
As they clean up Ochaco spots a cute tiny pouch sitting by her foot. 'Is this Deku's? Did he mean to drop it?'
She picks it up delicately just in case it's something breakable.
Reaching her fingers inside the pouch, Ochaco finds a cluster of strange crystal-like carrots inside. They're pearly white and reflective like crystals yet soft and tiny like real carrots. "Hey, Deku, what are these?" She ponders, pulling out one of the mysterious carrots.
Having given up on retrieving his doll, the gray specter turns back to respond. "Oh, those are for matchmakinggg."
"Matchmaking?!"
He gasps realizing he made a huge mistake. "Nooo! Don't touchhh! Give 'em to meee! I'm seriousss!"
He launches himself at her, hand outstretched for the carrots. But she hesitates if this is truly for matchmaking then she can't just let him take it away! And so, in a panic she shoves one of the carrots right into her mouth.
"AAAAAHHHHhh!"
Shielding her mouth with her hands she pulls away as her cheeks puff out like an angry hamster. "Mmph, if you don' wan' me to sw'llow it yo' b'tt'r explain r'ght no'!"
"Ah-Uh, o-kay-okay I willll!" Composing himself the specter takes a moment to explain exactly what forces she's dealing with. "That is a batch of Lunar Carrotsss. Anyone who swallows them will be cursed, part of that curse is a bond with another who's made the same unfortunateee-"
Before he can even finish explaining she swallows the carrot whole in one big gulp.
"WAH-Urarakaaa?!" Wailing like a banshee the ghost covers and fidgets around her, acting like she's about to keel over and die at any moment. "What part of, "don't swallow it or you'll be cursed," was unclearrr?!"
"I don't mind!"
He stops, taken back by her determination… No, not determination. Desperation.
"If Todoroki will like me back then I don't care if I'm cursed!" She proclaims in frustration. She's been humiliated. Shamed. And out down but if this is what it takes? Then so be it! "You had the right items the entire time! Deku…you…YOU'RE NOTHING BUT AN EVIL LIAR!"
And with that she runs off, tears streaming down her face leaving behind a stunned ghost. Deku floats there, lost and taken back as if her comment…saddened him.
Meanwhile, Ochaco runs and runs, designing through the halls without a care. Thankfully most students have left the school grounds after their various clubs and classes, leaving no witnesses to her tears and desperation.
Her heart is pounding against her chest, the drumming bleeding into her ears as she frantically searches the entire school for any signs of her love: red and white hair, tall figure, anything! And then as she makes it to the courtyard she spots him, sitting there, alone, on a bench.
'There he is, finally!' She is about to call out when she finds that he's not as alone as she might have thought. Instead another girl is already there, greeting him. 'But…who's that girl?'
A sense of dread instantly washes over Ochaco as she examines the new rival.
She's cute…and pretty. With thin legs and a normal face but what catches Ochaco's eye is the fact that the random girl is blushing, hard. Oh, no! That can only mean-
The girl takes a shaky breath and then… "I'm…I'm sorry this is hard." She tells Todoroki before stealing herself. "Okay. I've had a crush on you ever since first year!"
'AAAhhh-Oooow!' Ochaco internally wails, watching in horror at the scene that should have been hers!
"Oh." And yet Todoroki himself looks unsure, or rather uncomfortable.
'No, don't! Don't say it. Please! You can't like her back! I-I was so close…'
"Look I…" Todoroki begins before coming right out and saying it. "Thank you for telling me but I like someone else. I've liked her for a long time and…I hope to be with her someday."
And like that it feels like the rug was pulled out right from under her. Sure, she may not been the one he was out right rejecting, but that's as good or as bad as they come. There's no way he'll…like her back…
"I know that's hard to hear. I'm sorry."
She feels nothing. Not anger. Not sadness. Just…disappointment. Rejection, rather. Cold, unforgiving, rejection. 'That's it… He likes someone else.' Still clutched in her hand she stares down at the second Lunar Carrot, the one she meant to gift to him. 'But now that I have this…I guess it doesn't matter.'
For some reason, Deku's words from earlier echo in her mind. "'Anyone would dooo?'"
She squeezes down on the little pouch of Lunar Carrots harder. 'It's not the same…'
Tingly. For some reason her arms…no, her body feels all tingly and…itchy? What? A sharp pain curses through her arms and with a yelp she drops the pouch of spiritual charms. Raising her hands up she finds little patches of fuzzy fur spreading across her limbs. 'My arms! Whatda?!'
[Play this song: "Toilet-bound Hanako-kun OST - Twin Bros by Hiroshi Takaki"]
The pouch hits the ground, and the carrots scatter and then like the chime of the midnight bell, it feels like death has come for her. Out from where the pouch has hit the ground gentle pearl-white crystals sprout out in all directions, as crystal-like petals begin to rain down and swirl all around her. It's all like a dream, a very bad yet beautiful dream.
The room, the ground, it's spinning. No, it is spinning. Like a whirlpool dragging her down into the depths of the crystalline despair. Swallowing her up and unable to move a muscle, like how one feels when deep in a nightmare.
"N-No…!" Her cry comes out weak, like a soft choke almost like all the air has been pulled away as she's left plummeting through a sudden dark void. And yet it feels oh so claustrophobic as she still can't move a muscle.
Despite falling through a void, it feels like she's being buried alive as if she's been swallowed up by the earth itself. Or perhaps this is not earth anymore? Perhaps this is…purgatory?
'I don't get it… Why is this happening to me?' She thinks of her training in the Athletics Club, the bandages she went through after stabbing herself when sewing, or the hours to learn how to make the best meals out of nothing. 'I worked so hard to show him… No…that's not true.' She thinks back to her first crush and his response to her…love.
'I barely even talked to him at school.'
And as for Todoroki…
'It's my own fault that he doesn't know my name.'
Even through the void, Deku's voice still echoes in her mind. "'Let your hard work, work for youuu~...'"
It feels like the ground has spat her out, but now she's floating upward into a sky of twinkling stars and soft dying petals… And yet despite the feeling of rising she knows that in fact she's still plummeting into despair…
'But what was I working toward…? Did I think we'd live happily ever after? Or did I just want someone to like me, so I'd feel better about myself? Did I swallow this thing to feed my ego? Am I really that selfish? If so…serves me right… All of it.'
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Suddenly…she hits the ground or rather she's dropped onto it with a soft thump. And a soft cloud of dust and fuzz fall around her gently as light begins to return to her vision.
"There you gooo~." Someone sing-songs from a distance.
Summoning the courage to finally open her eyes, everything's a little too fuzzy to make out. But there's a window somewhere just out of sight, she can tell by all the dying light of the sun peeking in. Wait there's the glass! Hong on, it's not a window it's…a glass wall? And what is she standing on? "am i in…wood chips, *chuu chuu*?"
Wait…did she just squeak? And what is up with her voice? Why does it sound so soft yet high-pitched? Did she swallow some helium from a balloon or something?
"And good thing you areee. You were about to stepped on if I didn't come alonggg."
"deku, *chuu*…?" That was his voice, right? But where is he? She can't see him. Is he invisible?
She tries to have a look around but all she finds in this strange room is nothing but a plastic house, kinda like one you would use when playing with toys yet human sized. But that's not the weirdest thing in there. No, the weirdest things are the giant-sized dripping-water dispenser hooked to the side of the glass wall and the giant hamster wheel seated right smack dab in the middle of the wood chip filled room!
"I've got everything ready for youuu." Deku's incorporeal voice explains with a comforting and welcoming tone. "Hope you like ittt."
"hope i like what? what happened to me, *chuu chuu*?"
The entire room jerks and shifts.
'an earthquake?!'
But just as she has that thought that the ground stills again and she finds Deku's ghostly gray face reflecting back at her from a giant-sized mirror. "Ta-Daaa~!"
"huh?" She gazes down at his reflection until she spots a…terrarium? Oh, how cute there's a tiny little brown hamster inside. Aw~. Did he bring it here just to cheer her up? Hang on…that's a mirror so where is she?
. . . .
"WHAAAAAT, *chuuuuuu*!?" She's the HAMSTER!
Hamster Ochaco, or rather Ham-Ocha, begins frantically scurrying and scampering around her terrarium like a panicking, well, hamster. Kicking up wood chips and dust with every jump and dash. "what is this?! is this a nightmare, *chuu*?!"
Holding her cage in his hands, The ghostly Deku beams down at her, his single eye trailing down to watch her scurry. "I knew she would love ittt."
"I DON'T, *chuuu*!"
The two robs float over, examining her cursorily. ^Oh, what fun! You look so adorable Ms. Uraraka!^
^She looks more like she's gonna end up on the wrong end of a mouse trap…^
Gently as he can the ghost sets her down onto the desk closest to the windows, where the light of the day is just about to die out.
"I tried to tell you, there's a price for everythinggg." Despite not having a real body or a need to rest he plops himself down right beside her cage. "Eating the Carrots puts you under the Rabbit's Curseee. All the rodents are her servants so that explains your lookkk." He probably shouldn't mention that the Rabbit is the messenger between the underworld and the living, but he can always save that for later. "And the fact that only you ate oneee. If you had convinced someone else to swallow a Carrot with you then the curse would have been split between the two of youuu. Most people under her spell aren't turned into rodents completelyyy… You still would have had some rodent-like traits, however, teeheeee."
"uh, *chuu*…!" Not sure why but all she can picture is an embarrassing version of herself with bunny ears and a tail.
"The thing isss…only the person that consumes the Lunar Carrot is affecteddd. The reason they're called matchmaking charms are because people under the same curse share a special bond with one anotherrr." With what he thinks is a comforting gaze he presents her with the other Lunar Carrot, the other half to this very predicament. "You didn't give this to himmm. Why nottt?"
Despite the ridiculous, and utterly terrifying situation, she can't help but be honest and truthful about her thoughts. "when i thought about what love means, i realized that's not how I felt about todoroki, *chuu*. you were right, *chuu*. i wanted someone to like and want me back, but it could have been anyone. i just wanted love, *chuu*." With a sniff, tears well up in her button eyes, and she begins rubbing at her face rather cutely with her tiny mitts. "i didn't realize it until now. after i've caused all this trouble, *chuu*... i'm the worst."
The freak fo a ghost looks like he wants to say something but…an intruder decides then and there to let itself be known.
"Well, well isn't that tragic?" A mocking, feminine yet harsh voice, echoes from everywhere yet nowhere all at ounce.
The ground, no, the entire school begins to shake and tremble almost as if an earthquake is only affecting the building and not the surrounding area.
Ham-Ocha jumps, landing on all fours, on high alert from inside her tank. "what's happening, *chuu chuu*?!"
But Deku's gone silent, his gaze fixed towards the center of the empty classroom.
"Humans truly are the most foolish creatures."
Desks shake and topple over as the floor itself begins to churn and shift.
"But I've brought you a reason to celebrate. From this moment on you will be serving me!"
Suddenly a gaping hole opens up in the center of the third-floor classroom, swallowing up all the unlucky desks and chairs as the floorboards give in to reveal a magically bottomless pit.
"I'll be so good to you! You won't need anyone else!" And out from the pit a towering monster emerges, its massive ears stretched up like horns, as glimmering fangs shine in the moonlight, and long furry claws crush any desk unlucky enough to be in their way.
Ham-Ocha can only watch on in horror as Deku and his ghostly Orbs take a hovering stance between her and the beast. "Look who's hereee."
The Rabbit herself has come to claim her prize. She's giant, a massive monster of inhuman proportions. Covered in matted snow-white fur with dagger-like claws and horn-like ears. With a gaze that is only rivaled by those of the Gorgon, Medusa. And a malicious grin, displaying a maw filled with needle-like teeth.
"Hellooo."
"Hehehehahahaha!" The Rabbit's haunting laugh rings out despite her lips not moving an inch, almost like she's speaking through her mind.
"EEEEEEK, *chuuu*! that bunny has a face-ii!" Ham-Ocha squeals.
^As do you Ms. Uraraka!^ Glad-One remarks.
"That bunny is the Lunar Hare A.K.A. The Messenger Queen of Hell, Mirukooo. And it looks like she's ready to collect you as her servanttt." Despite the predicament he couldn't be more thrilled. "But I'm not done with you, so she'll have to waittt."
"Move out of the way kid!" Miruko takes a swing with her giant claw and swats the ghostly freak away like he was a plastic bag in the wind.
Ham-Ocha lets out a horrible high-pitched squeal. "eeek! Deku, *chuu*!"
"HAHAHA! How pathetic! What kind of a man are ya?! The little School Wonder-Boy thought he could best my powers and millennia of experience! HAHAHA!"
Collapsed on the ground, head hanging low, no one can see Deku's green eye flashes purple with burning anger.
Meanwhile, Miruko drops her giant claw to rest on top of Ham-Ocha's cage. The glass cracks and creaks as the claw threatens to crush her flat.
"EEEekk, *chuu*!"
"Ehehehehe! Come to mommy."
"Please hold on a seconddd."
"Huh?!" Holding the tank up in her claw, Miruko frowns and turns around to find the hat-wearing freak hovering in place behind her.
"I haven't had a chance to grant the girl's wish for summoning meee. Let me fish my work, I'll then leave you to yoursss?"
The frown on her face turns right side up, displaying rows and rows of needle-sharp teeth. "Silence! Don't you dare, presume to command me!"
The Orbs dance dangerously in the air, both shimmering with anger. ^He didn't.^ Sad-One growls as does Glad-One. He asked.
"But nowww-..." Raising his slender hand up, piercing onyx claws slice through his skin like a set of long jagged knives. "I have no choice but to use forceee."
Ham- Ocha is caught off guard, his demeanor and his expression are all…wrong. Like this he truly looks like a malicious spirit.
"SUCH A PEST!" Miruko roars, launching her flesh-tearing claws for his head.
The claws move in a flash and yet in a blink of an eye the ghostly freak manages to duck, allowing the claws to pass harmlessly over his head. And then moving in with swift precision he slashes his own claws up digging them through the monster's lower hide.
The sharp claws pierce the monster's chest, causing black special ooze to spew across the room all before a ray of red engulfs the ghost and the Lunar Hare.
Ham-Ocha is unable to look away, forcing herself to keep her eyes open even through the sudden blinding red flash. And as the red light dims away, she's shocked to find not a ghostly freak or gray specter in Deku's place but a boy. A boy with messy green hair hidden away under a school hat, with freckles sprinkled across his childishly plain face. His black uniform is old but clean, giving him a sharp appearance until one spots his bright red shoes.
And where his claws once were is now a massive knife, deeply lodged into the Lunar Hare's flesh.
With a sickening slash, the spectral boy rips the blade away, exposing the gaping wound in the monster's torso.
Miruko's taken back, left standing there, staring at the crescent moon-shaped scar given to her by this killer brat. "I've been hit? And by a feeble apparition barely a few decades old?! Curse you School WONDERrrrrr…!" Her body shrinks in on itself swirling away into a vortex before vanishing away in defeat.
And with her gone the room goes back to normal, color returns to the classroom as all the desks lie still and back in order, as if nothing had ever occurred.
She is gone, and so to the son as now the moon itself begins to shine its way into the school.
And yet not all is peaceful as Ham-Ocha's terrarium was flung away during Miruko's retreat.
"waaaaaaa, *chuuu*!"
Deku, the human ghost Deku, jumps up and catches her without a care "Score! Catch of the day!"
He lowers the cage down and sets it down back onto the desks. Inside he chuckles watching as Ham-Ocha's little body beats fast, looking as if her tiny heart is about to explode.
"She's gone back to her realm for now. She's pretty persistent though," He warns while looking back in case she decides to return right then and there. "so, we'll see her again. But at least we've bought ourselves some time to plan our next move."
Ham-Ocha shakes and quivers as she tries to right herself up. She stares at Deku wondering if it's really the same creepy ghost from before, but she knows it's him the moment she locks eyes with his emerald gaze. And like that she breaks down, giving in to the terror. "i don't wanna go through that again, *chuu*!" She's all teary and puppy eyed as she sobs and squeaks. "can you keep her away? i just can't spend my life with that awful angry she-rabbit, *chuu*! this is all because i wanted a boy to like me…*chuu*."
Deku's gaze softens, almost like he can empathize with her plight. Actually, he seems almost relieved and proud of her for coming to this realization finally. "Hmhmhm!" But that look of pride and empathy are gone, tossed aside, in favor of towering over with a smug grin. "Humans love ghost stories. But they don't take them seriously until someone gets cursed. You think every spell will work in your favor. I begged you not to eat that Carrot, didn't I? But you. Did it. Anyway." He pokes her tiny nose at every statement until she tumbles back onto her back.
"eek, *chuu*!"
"I've also urged you not to use this on your crush." The ghost boy holds up the last of the Lunar Carrots, holding it away of course as if scared she might bite down on it. "You listened which means I can still grant your wish."
"huh, *chuu*?!"
"Do you want to be human again? If that's your wish, then I'll grant it. Although there'll still be a price."
"oh, what kind of price, *chuu*?!" She's nervous mainly because she really doesn't like that devious look on his face.
And she's right not to trust it. "Well, you know I can't say until it's done~. But I will keep your life as normal as possible. Do you want to risk it?"
"yes, *chuu*!" She squeaks without any hesitation, even jumping up in place. "please turn me back! i wish to be human again, *chuu*! i understand there's a price just get me out of here as soon as possible, *chuu chuu*!"
With a flourish the two orbs dance in the air in celebration. ^You got it!/Are you sure you don't want to stay as the class pet…?^
"It's done." With the deal struck, Deku gives the magical carrot a flip before catching it between his fingers. "As how you're going to be paying me back-" With a lecherous look, he sticks the carrot into his mouth, laying it on his outstretched tongue as he turns his leering gaze down at the defenseless little girl. "you'll use your body~."
"what?" A light blush washes over her face and she flinches when she considers the meaning. "eeh?!"
With a teasing chuckle, Deku goes ahead and swallows the carrot whole.
There's a loud thunk and then a crash along with a scream from Ochaco as she's suddenly back to her normal human size and self.
"Waaaahhh! Huh?" She's back, she's back to her normal self. No fur. No claws. No puffy cheeks…well sort-of. And well she's back!
Sure, she might have fallen to the floor and there might be a hamster cage on her head with woodchips scattered in her hair but she's back! And thankfully back in school uniform too.
But now that's back to normal, comes the realization that ehr wish was granted which means…it's time to pay up.
"As promised, I'll minimize the curse's effects on you." Deku says a little too sweetly almost like he's indeed plotting something and is actively trying to lower her guard. "You and I have been linked between the border of this life and the next." Hovering in place, he leans forward towards her face, closer than anything she's comfortable with, his mouth just parallel with her nose. Just a few inches down and their lips will only be inches centimeters apart. Out of fear or perhaps modesty ochaco blushes and turns away, too nervous yet excited about the possibility.
"It's time to pay. I want…- A solid work ethic!" (・ω)
"...Nani?!"
"Oh, wow what a relief! I was just thinking this would be so much easier if I had a human assistant! Hahaha!" Deku floats and dances around in the air, along with his two Orb companions, like he's the luckiest kid on Earth.
Trying to save face, Ochaco starts laughing too albeit sheepishly.
Too bad Deku sees right through it. "Haaaa…! What'd you think I meant?"
She freezes and her face turns red.
"Uraraka~, you dirty Mochi-GAH!" he's met with her elbow to his face! If he weren't dead his nose would most definitely be broken! Hell, his entire skull might have been shattered!
"You're hurt?!" She didn't actually think that would work. Isn't he supposed to be intangible? "But I'm not supposed to be able to touch you."
"We share a bond now, therefore we're linked like I said." Deku explains with a groan. "You know the least you could do is go easy on me after I granted you an additional wish."
"Hm? What extra wish?"
Taking her hands in his own, he holds them close as moonlight shines down on them through the open windows of the empty classroom. "You did say you wanted someone to share your feelings, didn't you?"
"Wha…?"
"Well, now that we've entered into a bond, I'm sure we'll share all sorts of things."
A light blush creeps on her face. "W-well that's kinda st-stretching it."
And that's how they met. And where it all began. How Ochaco became friends with a Ghost Boy in an empty classroom. As he held her hands by the blue rays of twilight.
He steps back, away from the moonlight. As he does there's a dim flash fo green and soon Deku's back in his earlier gray ghostly form. School hat and all.
"Aw, much betterrr. I so do prefer my other formsss."
She's confused. "Other forms?"
He goes ahead and starts floating away, ready to call it a night. "What? You think I just have two formsss? Aw, that reminds meee." he spins around to cheerfully address her one last time. "Oh, by the wayyy~! You should back away from the window, the light makes them hair uppp."
"Huh?" What does that mean? And why do her arms feel itchy?
Peering down Ochaco's horrified to find patches of fur growing on her arms, but only in the areas exposed to the moonlight. "Eeek-WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!?"
*This OVA, if you couldn't tell, is based on the anime known as "Toilet-bound Hanako-kun" Episode 1. Give it a watch and I'm sure this Omake will make way more sense.
*Anyway, hey sorry for not being around for a while. I never meant to be gone for this long but hey it is what it is. Life happens. And, unfortunately, this story is not actually my highest priority. It does come after my responsibilities, health, and relationships. So yeah, nothing bad ever happened to me. I was just so busy that by the time I could work on a chapter, or Omake I maybe had an hour or less in the day left to work on it. Heck some days I was so tired I would open the Word Doc and just stare at it and then fall asleep. So yeah, I had to step away.
Another problem I think I'm suffering from is that we might have been on this Forest Training Camp for too long. Yes, yes, I know, I could have shortened it but I'm an idiot. In any case I think that's another reason I'm slow to update. It's kinda the same deal when we were on the Sports Festival Arc. I was starting to lose motivation because I was stuck on the same plot points for a while. Which is why I wrote this OVA. I thought this would be a fun way to get back into writing again and I was right!
Now with the creative juices flowing again I am hoping to get back to work on the next real chapter. Now will it be ready for next week? …No.
Yeah, I know it sucks you're gonna have to wait in total of 7 weeks between updates but hey I still say I update more often than other writers.
Thank you for your patience and hopefully we will see the end of the Forest Training Camp soon.
*NEW pieces of Artwork from the budding artist, Smoking-Gun-275! Please go check their stuff out on Deviant Art! They've already created 3 whole pieces of art for this story alone! Deviant Art _ smoking-gun-275