Day 01
Darkness, this was the vision of one, while slowly she could fell her senses coming to be, she could feel her hands floating into water and her eyes wet, she could smell something like ether or alcohol, entering her nasals and passing through her body, she could hear her own heartbeats, they were so slow, she could taste the water in her mouth and the strange tube connected to her troath, it tasted like aluminum and finally she opened her eyes and could see one thing, green, the water that she was inside was green while small bubbles formed around her with the smallest moves of her fingers, her eyes slowly getting used to the darkness outside that tube, she began to notice other tubes like hers, but when she focused on seeing the person inside, all that she could see was a horrendous creature, a creature with pitch black skins, having an exposed brain on the top of the head and a body shaped like an Olympic athlete, she moved a little more in surprise and terror when she began to look more around, all the tubes contained beings like that, man and woman, monsters, some with features as animals, others containing more strange nuances as spikes and some lucky ones din't had their brains exposed and were way more human looking, she them processed this, looking at her own hands apprehensive, only to her fears confirm themselves, her hands were pitch-black as her body, she could see her entirety, if she was normal, the shame would take over her, but right now, she felt like a monster, moving her hands to her head while shrinking her body, putting her knees close to her head and both hands holding her exposed brain, shaped like an egg, the terror was enormous.
It took a while for her to calm herself, still on that state her mind began to calm and them she being that came to be begun to think with herself, 'Who I'm?' that question floating in her head stood for just some instants, as she began to remember, her name was Akiza Miko, she was a transferred student from Japan to the Americas, yes, she could remember her life, she could remember her age, sixteen, she could remember her hobbies, painting miniatures, watching animes and reading mangas to pass the time, also play some RTS games, as she thought all began to come to her, but them the question eventually rose from her consciousness 'But where am I?' she began to remember her last steps ; She could remember being home for quite a while, a quarantine was imposed to the populous because of a terrible disease going around, she followed all the protocols of the country but even them, she got sick after going to the market, she remembered going to sleep after feeling herself incredible dizzy, she thought that it would be temporary, trying to put herself on the bed was difficult but once she did, she...Din't remember nothing more.
The conclusion was reached quite fast, seeing all those abnormalities around her, seeing all of that weird technology, Akiza reached it, 'I died and now I was reincarnated on this, thing?!' ,it was shocking to her reach such conclusion, but it made sense to her, even more after looking those creatures and herself, it was different in some ways, but she began to work more her imagination to reach a conclusion, she remembered similar creatures to those in a popular anime that she liked, it was...Difficult, to say the least, look at them now around her, they were way more scary realistically,it was shocking to the core the realization, she could understand however why it was so scary, seeing something in 2D is always less problematic to process, it never looks so scary to the point of giving a flight of fight reaction of one, but Akiza was now trembling on her capsule, seeing those creatures, and they were very real, they were there, and she was one monstrosity was them.
Strangely she could see a small older man walking slowly to her capsule, for some reason he was so slow, it took him ages to reach in front of her capsule, and he looked intrigued and puzzled, it was them that Akiza noticed, she was the only one on a different pose them the others, she also noticed that all the others had their eyes opened but din't respond to anything on their surroundings, maybe if she did the same, he would not do anything to her and so, she did, maintaining a cold look behind her fingers and stopping all movement, the man stood there, looking at her, what apparently where seconds were an eternity but eventually he just disregarded her existence and began to walk away, she could remember his name, Doctor 'Garaki' was't it?, Akiza could remember some plot points of the manga, but she also was aware that acting right now would be problematic, she had to accustom her mind to her new body and also understand more about her own existence, she was clearly physically enhanced but as far as she knew and could see, all of those on their capsules also were, so escaping with brute force could be suicide, she would have to wait.
Akiza stood curled up hugging her knees in her capsule and eventually the sleep came to her, it was't bad sleeping on those things, feeling the heat of the liquid in her surrounding, it was quite comfortable in a certain way.
Day 02
Akiza eyes opened once more, the facility was darker them before, maybe it was night?, or maybe they were sealed in for some reason, maybe the doctor was't there at the moment, looking around she could notice that this was probably the case, not noticing any movement in the shadows and only the green lights of the other tubes, it was now time for experimentation and understand of herself ; Akiza began to see her own body better, seeing if she had something different, as some of the beings in the other capsules had from tentacles, to beaks, to gills and even some extra-limbs, but she was clean of this, all that she could notice was that her jaw could split and open widely, as some kind of terror monster, she also noticed one stranger detail, while looking at herself she sometimes saw things very slowly when she was thinking but when she cleaned her mind just a little, she saw things on their normal speed, this was a small revelation, her power was something about her thought velocity, at least as far as she could say, it would need more tests but as she understood, she had 'Thought Acceleration',it could be really useful to survive and maybe find a good job, if someone could contract her with her appearance that is, looking more through herself, she found her tongue or has she noticed, tongues, they were far from normal human tongues, being shaped as spikes and having a great distance they could extend to over forty centimeters, looking more at it, she began to notice the green liquid around the tongues being releasing way more bubbles them usual, slowly she touched one of her tongues, seeing and feeling her hand burn, it was painful and terrible, with Akiza hugging her own hand while she could see the Pitch Black skin take a more reddish color with her muscles being exposed, but as she moved on the liquid, she could feel her face, neck and shoulder being also exposed to this thing on the surroundings of herself, her movement began to be more erratic because of the pain but slowly it began to pass, as she could see her injuries and acid burns healing slowly.
Akiza had some understanding of her skills now, a total of three as far as she can say, 'Acid Tongues','Thought Acceleration' and 'Regeneration',with those skills she had on her strange body 'Split Lower Jaw','Enhanced Body' and 'Regeneration' apparently the regeneration was slow ; Her set off skills looked really complicated in a certain way, it was easy to deduce that Akiza was a weapon of some kind, a bio-weapon, she remembered a great fight of one of those creatures and the mentor of the protagonist on the anime,remembering on she was on the edge while watching it was really fun ; While lost on her thoughts, Akiza noticed the glass a little strange them the day before, it looked like a small deformation had formed, not as if the glass was going to break but as a small bubble had formed to the outside, still was not letting the air in or the liquid out, but she understood quickly, it was her acid ; Akiza was happy that the accident, even being so painful, was not just insightful on her skills but on the way that she would escape, she would not expect the acid to deform the glass so easily, 'What the hell is this acid that I produce?!, Ph one?!, no, she din't had time to think on the specifics, even if she had the acceleration of thoughts, she had to get away from that place and this was an opportunity, Doctor Garaki apparently was't there for her luck, so in a fast movement, Akiza opened her jaw and let the tongues touch the glass, it was't long before she could feel the thick glass melting and melting, she felt with the point of her tongue the taste of the hair outside, she continued to open way with her acid until a big enough hole was created, she could notice as the liquid came out of the capsule slowly the acid becoming more and more effective against the glass to the point of melting it to the mere contact, 'This is a terrifying acid, what the hell' she thought to herself, seeing the melted glass entirely to the outside, she waited a little so the acid would evaporate completely and wormed through the hole with ease, reaching the metal corridor in front of her capsule, standing up with her own two feet,now this was a little embarrassing, feeling the wind on her body, 'I need clothes', Akiza still maintained her mind on normal decency, even looking like a nightmarish monster that probably would never be on a good movie.
She looked around, all the others were still on their capsules, no moves against her getting out of her capsule, maybe because she dinnedn't broke the glass no safety measures were activated or maybe the good Doctor din't had any security measures at all,she began to run looking for an exit, a window, a door, anything, until she spotted on her sight, a small and minimal brush of light coming from a crack in the metal plates, they were covering the windows,it was very up the wall, she could not reach it,at first, Akiza tried to escalate the wall like she was some kind of spider but her fingers din't had the power of grip onto the bricks on the wall, she them tried using her tongues, putting them out and seeing if they could reach the window, she ended up spilling some acids on her own face, what made her fall on to the floor and flounce in panic and pain for some minutes, but the tongue could not reach the window ; After recovering, she got and idea, using her tongues to melt the bricks, so she could make small spaces to her to grip and surely this worked, she was never a climber but thanks to the enhanced body it was't difficult at all, she din't even felt herself tired doing all this process and finally she melted the window, reaching freedom.
The city was chaotic and turbulent, the sound of horns and the traffic of the streets reached Akiza's ears, as she could see her surroundings, she was in some kind of hospital garden, happily she was alone, until she could hear the cries of a woman, Akiza had to be fast, throwing herself on the floor behind some bushes while listening to the woman's voice, she was clearly distressed.
-I'm so sorry, my son. -The woman cried out loud, with Akiza putting her head a little out of the bushes to see.
There it was, a beautiful woman with green hair, hugging a small boy, she was crying her eyes out while walking with him, while he held his toy, looking almost dead inside, as if all his will to live was taken away from him, it was a terrible vision for her, but Akiza was more them aware that revealing herself now would make the mother and the kid very scared, so she preferred to stay hidden, waiting them to go and once they were gone, she made her escape, repeating the trick used to escape the underground, she melted the bricks of the exterior wall of the hospital and climbed to her freedom.
There was so much to see, but she was aware that she needed clothes and also cover that brain, looking more, at least she reached a good conclusion after seeing the mother of the boy and the boy, she was't a giant, even with her body being at the peak of the possibility as far as she knew, her height was probably around one meter and eighty-six or ninety centimeters, she was now on the parking lot, looking each car she chose the one that apparently was most expensive, after all, if some doctor could afford a Ferrari F430, they could afford the fixing of the damages that she was about to do, melting the glass of the wind-breaker and entering the car, she was looking for anything that could help her, finding some documents that weren't important to her, finding some extra-clothes, sadly they were masculine and barely could fit her, at least she had pants now and a t-shit that could be used as a top, one bottle of water and one city map, well, she felt a little bad for stealing but on her current situation there were no other options, she at least now was't feeling so terrible walking around, even being barefoot and with her brain exposed.
Lefting the hospital zone, following the map she could find some buildings apparently under construction, apparently for the year of the map, it was the year two thousand one hundred and thirty-something, it was really far from the time that she came, where it was only two thousand twenty, quite unbelievable that humanity would be so similar after a hundred years. Walking on the streets Akiza was trying to be confident of herself, but the people looking at her made her feel very uncomfortable, even more than she saw some scared of her, she was truly some kind of monster, as she could notice when someone threw a rock at her, she din't truly felt pain on her body but her emotions surely were hurt as she saw the person that had trowed, it was a group of boys, they began to scream to Akiza -Get out of here Freak!, You don't belong in this city!, hey get out! -While smiling and throwing the rocks, well, at least Akiza could see that this part of human nature would never change.
It was depressing to see how her form was affecting the people, and she preferred to continue her way, she stepped on some glass shards on her way, almost falling down but quickly recovering and trying to walk as if nothing happened, making people really weirded out about her. When she finally arrived that the buildings under construction, they were almost finished but the barriers still up, she drank some of the water that she had and waited ; During the night, she finally could invade one of the buildings, taking care to not cause any damage, she just wanted a place to sleep, picking one of the middle floors were no one would look, picking a room with many walls and no windows and sleeping, while crying the sadness of the day.
Day 03
The being could feel a small kick to her side, while opening her eyes, she could see a man looking at her, he was apparently old, at least on his fifties, with his grayish hair and an almost square jawline, using yellow clothes similar of an anti-bomb squad but having some 'security' symbols on it, the man began to speak -Hey freak, you are transpassing, documents, now. -He spoke with immense rigor, while getting his hand opened in front of Akiza.
Akiza was scared noticing how bad the situation was, she din't expect to someone caught her but it was even worse when she noticed, she din't had any documents, 'Why this is happening?!' Akiza freaked with her eyes getting wide open. -I... I don't... -She could not speak, to afraid, while tears formed on her eyes, she began to sob, the scene apparently only serving to the man be disgusted.
-If you have no documents, I shall have to take you to the police, don't try to cry on me freak, you are a grown woman, act like one and face your crimes. -He harshly spoke, holding Akiza by the arm and pulling her to stand up, taking strange handcuffs and putting around her wrists, while Akiza could only cry.
Of course, Akiza could fight, she knew that, but at the same time, she still din't had totally accepted the terrible reality that she was in, normally she could remember, isekais being full of joy, happiness, shine and color, but this world?, with that appearance?, she was cursed on her own way, she was afraid, scared out of her own mind, she wished to scream from the top of her lungs, but she could't and she accepted her fate.
While getting out of the building, she saw some of the workers looking with repulse to her while cheering the man arresting her, apparently he was a Hero, his name was 'Grenade Knight', Akiza could feel some man throwing things in her body, feeling one rock hitting her brain, making her entire body shake with the pain, even if she quickly recovered, it was a terrible sensation, all of this.
Once in the Department she was left in a waiting room with other people, all of them looked scared at her, she was seeing each of them, all with their eyes focused on her and her movements, she could notice blood dripping from one's hands and the marks of a fight on his body, bruises everywhere and even them, this man was scared of her ; Time to time a police officer would enter the room and take one of them out, with small gaps between, no water or comfort was offered, she was being treated as guilty already, she could tell, that room was not from those who were suspects, but for those who committed crimes and got red-handed. Akiza joined her hands in front of her eyes, trying to swallow her sobs and stay quiet, until it was her turn, being guided by her handcuffs to a room with a woman using a suit, she had short brown hair and was using sun glasses on that room, sitting on a chair, the woman din't offer one to Akiza, she spoke with a cold voice. -State your name and your age.
Akiza was still trying to stand strong, while crying she complied with what the woman asked. -Akiza Miko. -She sobbed cleaning the tears of her eyes. -Si-Sixteen.
The woman at first din't appear to express nothing, until she raised one of her eyebrows, speaking with a more neutral tone. -Very well, Akiza, I'm investigator Kuromada Satoru, please, you may explain what was your crime? -She spoke while showing that she had a yellow paste with her, probably with what Miko had done.
-I...I just wanted a place to sleep, and clothes, please, I knew that it was wrong, but, please. -Miko was crying more, squatting down without force, with her sobs becoming more audible. -Forgive-me, I will not do it again, please.
Satoru was in shock seeing such a being and now impressed, Satoru had the quirk 'Micro-Examination', this that allows her to see micro-signals of the muscles of one and read them, it was't the same as reading one's mind, but she could say with ninety-six percent accuracy if one was speaking the truth or not and on this case, this was truly a teen, even with her appearance being so formidable and absolutely hideous, Satoru was sure of that now, speaking with a calmer voice. -Please, just state the name of your parents, we will call them for you.
Akiza continued to cry, triyng to calm herself, seeing Satoru crouching in front of her, offering a cup of water, she spoke calmly to Akiza. -Take your time ok?, if you can remember the name of your parents or were you live, we can help you.
Akiza drank the water, still very bad from all the situation but at least a little calmer, she stared at Satoru with sadness. -I don't know where I...Lived...Neither who are my parents...I'm... Alone. -Akiza spoke with a trembling voice, with her lips shaking, she was maintaining her calm as much as she could.
Satoru gave the chair to Akiza to sit down, while she was going to speak with some people, she explained that she would remove Akiza's handcuffs, but that she had to wait there until she returned and Akiza agreed with those terms ; What followed outside the room was Investigator Satoru trying to figure out the identity of that teen, she spoke with all the department and explained the situation,even with some officers don't believing in her that the 'Freak' as they speak, was just a teen girl, without a home of a family, after talking with everyone a shocking conclusion was reached, there was no one in the entire Japan that fitted the description of that girl, she was truly out of the grid and the system, making some of the officers rise the theory about she were a homeless since she was born and just now reached the big city, a compelling theory that would explain why she was so fragile emotionally, for various moments Satoru could see the micro movements of agitation and sadness on that girl's body, as almost she was one inch of breaking down in total depression, after all of this, it was considered more them obvious that the girl was a minor and for that, should not be punished, even being a 'Freak', the social assistance was activated and agents were to come to take her to begin the process of 'Introduction into society' as described.
The waiting was quite long for Akiza, she had a lot of time to think and rationalize, this truly din't look like a world of fantasy that one would like to live, or maybe she was just to spineless, maybe if she just was brutal and proven to be the best weapon, she would have the best life them this, now she was't even sure if she would have a future, she stood relaxed on the chair all this time, the body apparently din't had problem of waiting an immense time totally still, part of the designing of being a weapon, probably ; She was taken out of her thoughts when she heard the door opening, seeing a woman and a man there, both using more social clothes, while Investigator Satoru was accompanying them, she spoke first with Akiza. -Akiza Miko, you shall be released now, you will accompany this two, they will take care of your documentation and also explore options for you about your living, please follow their instructions and take care. -Satoru gave the bottle of water that was with Akiza when she was arrested, it was full and even with some ice inside, Akiza stood up and took the bottle gently, looking at the man and the woman now.
-Oh my, you are a big girl!, don't worry, we will take care of you just fine, my name is Rebbeca Crow. -Spoke the woman with a black cardigan and a brown dress under it, using squared shaped glasses and having her black hair on a bun.
-Don't get intimidated ok?, it will be easy and you will have independence very soon. -The man using a sport yellow jacket and jeans spoke, having a skinny face, with a morning beard forming on his face, being completely blonde and having his nut brown eyes.
They din't lie to Akiza, the process was a little quicker them she expected, being taken from place to place, taking profile pictures, they even brought her a smartphone and taught her how to use it, it was a little more technological that those of her year, but she could adapt easily, they brought her real food and for her surprise, it tasted deliciously, being so delicious in fact that Akiza began to cry like a baby while eating, full of happiness, her documents would be prepared with the month, during this time, she would also be considered emancipated, even being a minor, she would be given a house on some district of the city with a year being totally paid out for her to adapt, she would receive a small pension to survive and prepare, she would have that year to decide about career choices and of course, she was free to work as an adult if she had the capability ; It was an immense upgrade from what she had some hours ago, Akiza was aware that this process would take a while, but she was ready to make it. They also explained that they would visit her time to time, so to maintain the house clean and never let herself be taken by laziness, this was a little of a red flag on Akiza's opinion, but at least, she got one really bright news, when lefting her home, they also left her with three phone numbers, one for each of them and the third had being asked to be given to her by the Investigator Satoru, it was her personal number. That night Akiza finally slept on a bed, feeling the warm of the blankets, she was now with her mind more empty and finally she could do something that she desired, she could morn the life that she had lost, morn that she never got to say goodbye to her parents, morn that she never got to grow up and become and engineer as she desired, morn that she never called the girl she liked to a date, morn that all her friends stood behind, and she was now alone on this scary world and above all else, morn that she din't had anyone to rely on for the tempest that it would be the life to come.
Day 04-22
During this period of time, Akiza Miko had to past various tests and challenges to prove herself on that system, at first she had to make her documents, this were the easy parts, considering everything, the problem was doing the tests of her intellect, she could write and read easily and the humanes stood the same, even if some events were apparently lacking some details, truly time eated everything, the true problem were... Exacts, apparently in a hundred years, maths, chemics and others became a big mess, the periodic table was at least double the size that she could remember and the genetics field had advanced way more that she would ever expect, even the mechanical field was so advanced that was scary, robots and A.I was now a thing, even if very limited ; At the end she could prove to be as smart as someone of her age, thanks to her general grades, but she only felt dumb when looking at some things on the tests, it was nerve-racking to say the least, she could not imagine how the youngs of this generation lived ; Following that, some good news, a perfect home was found for her, one in a small house district, there she would have her own house, it was very appealing, having two floors, three rooms, all the basic electronics and even a laptop, she was only explained that her search history would be monitored for this year and only this year, for safety that she would use the internet in a good way and that some sites were blocked of being accessed. Akiza also could see herself in a mirror for the first time, after looking a little, she was't as bad as she thought,truly, she was a monster, but maybe with a wig and the right clothes she could pass as some tall girl with pitch-black skin and a segment line of the jaw that would split in two and reveal three acid tongues with sharp teeth...Yeah she was a monster, love was out of question, that was for sure. She could buy some clothes finally, and she had chosen the best possible of herself and her tastes, all of them letting the body as hidden as possible, she also was exploring the idea of purchasing a wig but during these days eating at home, she could notice skin beginning to grow over the brain, she deduced that it was probably a normal reaction of the body, after all, it was the most exposed organ and maybe that weird solution of the tubes maintained it clean and in perfect state, however, with her being of it for so long, the body had to protect the brain again and so it was creating the skin, she hoped that it would grow hair alone and after the conclusion, preferred to maintain her brain exposed a while longer, if it would mean to her skull to close completly, and she have her own hair, it would be a lot of progress of her own confidence.
Learning about the neighbors, they were all lovely in her opinion, none of them called her a freak, it was a very nice neighborhood, she could notice how there were a lot of young people around there, making the street full of life on the weekend, were the children and teens would play on the street.
It was during this time, when Akiza was about to take the rest of her documentations that she heard the bell of her door, she went to answer, finding it to be investigator Satoru, she was using her work suit, but she was without her sun-glasses, glazing over Akiza with a smile on her face, she spoke softly and tenderly -You look way better them when you were found. I came here to see if you need anything and how your adaptation is going. -She asked stretching her hand to Akiza, showing a small bag of candies.
Akiza was taken aback by the woman sudden appearance, at least the house was totally clean, she was't thinking on letting her in so easily, at least until she showed the candies, with Akiza taking the entire bag carefully. -I'm...Good I Guess, I Mean, I will not lie, I'm a little tired of the tests that I had to make. -Akiza spoke exhausted, she was studying no stop on the laptop, trying to catch up with the level of information of this time. -You want to come in? -Akiza asked opening more the door, while taking one of the candies and putting it on the mouth.
With Satoru entering the house, Akiza closed the door, taking her shoes off at the entrance. -Ah yes, Rebecca and Ilha explained to me about your grades, you are incredible average on almost everything, but your story and linguistic grades were excellent, do you need any help studying? -She was asking gently looking around the place, seeing if there was some irregularity, but apparently the place was clean, to her surprise the girl really could handle herself quite well.
-Well, no, I don't need help with the studies, but I need help to understand somethings and, my computer kinda have some sites blocked, including some journals. -Akiza was now sitting on the sofa, looking at her, waiting to see if she would accept to speak about some delicate themes.
Satoru sat down on the sofa, nodding positively with her head, waiting the questions of the girl.
-Right, so, might be a stupid question but, please, why some people act so badly to me and my appearance, and not just only mine, anyone that looks too much different, why people can just, trash out their words against this people?, it was supposed to be a hate-crime, right? -Akiza was serious on her question,she wanted to understand the root of the problem, after all, she maybe was able to solve it.
Satoru sighed with annoyance towards the topic in question, speaking in a soft voice while looking at the table. -People are afraid because of pure prejudice, some say that the more 'monstrous looking' will always become villains on this world, they also say that those with this appearances might have powerful and dangerous quirks for the public and populous, with that in mind, some governors in some districts created 'specialized zones', where people with this traids may live amongst... Themselves. -She knew that all of that sounded terrible, but as an investigator, she had to trust the system, even if she din't agree with what it was, segregation.
-Ah, I see. -Akiza was very disappointed after hearing all of this, it confirmed her suspicions, but it was at the same time very terrible to hear about it. -Well, ok, next question, if I Find someone that I Like, but this person is, well, 'normal', there is the chance of some problem? -Akiza imagined already the answer to this question to be very obvious, but at least she expected with some hope that it would't be the case.
Satoru laughed a little, trying to crack a joke. -Already thinking on boys?, well, it makes sense at your age. -She however became very serious, while the smile fading away. -I will be honest with you, I imagine that growing in the streets would not be the easiest things, but the society that we live is similar in some ways, there are persecutors of people that look to different of the human pattern that they believe, as there's also the 'purists' that hunt anyone that posses a quirk and them there's also the contrary, in any case, there will always be an opposite group. If you find a boyfriend or even girlfriend, there will be people against you and your family for the most minimal reasons, the thing is learn that not everyone is the same and that there are people with common sense around and of course, heroes. -She explained, gently touching Akiza's shoulder. -If you are worried about social issues, why you don't try to become a hero yourself?
-Wait, this is an option?! -Akiza was surprised by this concept, after all, she would not expect that someone at her age would receive permission, for what she could remember, the protagonist and others were preteens.
-Of course it is, you only need to apply to a Hero College, one that is approved by the Hero Association, I will help you if is your desire. -She explained calmly, trying to be supportive of Akiza.
Akiza had to think this through, she din't expect to be an option but even less expect support, she probably had to wait her last document to be ready, but she answered with happiness, seeing a chance of having a bigger objective on that world and enjoying her new life. -Yes, I want to be a Hero.
