"You dummy."
"You damned nerd!" Ochaco and Katsuki yelled in anger as they both glared at death user who was chuckling to himself with a sheepish smile. They were all in the infirmary waiting for him to wake up from the entrance exam.
The attack that Izuku did to the zero-pointer scared them all, except Eri who was happily sucking on a lollipop given to her from Recovery Girl. The little girl was settled in Tsuyu's lap playing on her 3DS, waiting for time to pass by, the former was a little confused on Eri's attitude. All of them were, she seemed way too relaxed seeing as how she's usually the first one besides Ochaco to worry about Izuku. Seeing her sitting casually on Tsuyu with no panic expression on her face, kind of worried them.
They were going to ask her if anything was wrong but they were all stopped by a groan that came from bedside meaning Izuku woke up and saw that he was in the infirmary. And the first thing he received when waking up were the sounds of Ochaco and Katsuki angered and annoyed voices in his eardrums.
"Uh… hi guys." He said in a nervous tone. Ochaco raised her hand to his right ear, grasping it and then pulled it… hard. "Ow…owowowowow."
"Hi?... You jumped towards the robot recklessly, use your power that we are trying to hide from others with no hesitation, destroy the robot and then PASS out afterwards worrying us to death, and the only thing you say to us is HI!?" Ochaco yelled at the end, her voice rising higher with each word she spoke.
Izuku gulped at the fury of the girl, while Katsuki instantly backed off from his spot and stood over by the other two with an irritated expression on his face.
"Not going to scold him any further?" Tsuyu asked her companion as he simply scoffed and turned his head away.
"Round Face has got that pretty much covered." He answered. He wouldn't admit it but he was also worried for his childhood friend when he did that move back at the exam.
What was that move anyway? He looked like the modern version of the grim reaper and he summoned its weapon out of nowhere. Like he was able to gain control over his ghost and was able to manifest his power.
"Owww."
"Deku, I swear if you do something that stupid or reckless again I will float you to sun a million times over until that skull of yours is completely fried… understood?" Ochaco warned him with a fierce gaze as the latter quickly nodded his head.
"Good." She said as she released his ear with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Scary…" Izuku muttered to himself, forgetting that Ochaco was still near him but was glad that she didn't notice.
"Now Izuku…" Ochaco started in a stern tone as she sat down beside him, the latter knew he was in trouble. "… do you want to tell me what the heck was that move you did back at the exam?" she asked him.
"That move of yours was pretty cool to see Izuku, but at the same time it was concerning, ribbit." Tsuyu said as she placed a finger near her chin. "I thought we agreed that none of us would show our other powers to anyone else."
Katsuki sent a glare at his friend and growled at him. "Yeah you stupid nerd, not only that but you also looked like you and Death were on the same page." He said sounding irritated. "I thought you both were still at odds with each other.
Izuku inwardly sighed to himself as he knew that they were right. He was supposed to keep his powers quiet but he couldn't help it. Seeing all those examiners along with the three other hosts in danger… his body just moved on his own like it was on auto-pilot. As if he couldn't just stand there and watch as the robot came by and killed them.
The green-haired let out a dry laugh as he went over the fact about still saving people even when he didn't want to.
And here I thought I got it out of my system.' He pondered before speaking aloud. "I'm sorry. I knew that I was suppose to follow that rule too but I couldn't help it… I couldn't just stand by and watch those I care about get hurt or worse." He said with a somber tone as he looked down at his hands. "I just needed to do something… anything… just to keep it from happening again." He finished but they all knew the words that were left ranging in the air.
I wasn't gonna let you anyone get hurt again, not when I could do something about it.
They all knew what he was feeling and understood why. Tsuyu understood as she thought back to the nights Izuku would come home looking gloomy and more upset than usual, it would mean that he had kill someone again and had to collect another soul. She would feel sad for him because it was not only his job but because he had to otherwise someone else would have to die an early death all because he chose not to kill whose suppose to die on their death date. He literally has no choice.
Katsuki inwardly growled at the thought when he heard Izuku talking about not wanting a repeat of what would happened. Not that he blame him, if anything he blame Project Apocalypse for giving him this. He understood because like Izuku he had to shed some blood too, but he gets a thrill out of it because of War. His embodiment needs the bloodshed and violence of humans in order to grow stronger and wants nothing but destruction, similar to his own character in some ways. His childhood friend however, didn't deserve that. If anything he deserve to be a hero, he deserves more than any of them in the room seeing as how he would always help others without hesitation. Fate really is cruel to humanity.
Ochaco understood more than both of them, like Katsuki she knew Izuku more than he knows himself. His attitudes, his actions, everything. So, knowing that he was feeling scared made her heart ache, she knew that he would be constantly haunted by those he killed in the past and present, has nightmares every night and battle his inner demon trying to form a stable bond with Death. As far as she knew, he was still a little rocky with his ghost but they're making some progress. She knew that he was always trying his hardest to keep them safe and himself under control, she could tell that he was full of stress and that's he burning himself out and it's only a matter of time before it all takes a toll on him.
They were all brought of their deep thoughts when they heard a yawn come from their friend who was trying his hardest to keep his eyes open. They could see that he was still a little exhausted and his shoulders were tense. Ochaco silently giggled before climbing into the bed with him and move a hand to the back of his head, bringing it down to her lap causing the latter to stutter.
"O-O-Ochaco!?" he called out to her but she just shook her head with a soft smile on her lips.
"Relax Deku." She said as she started carding her fingers through his messy locks of green hair. The feeling of her fingers rubbing his scalp caused the boy to calm down and let out a sigh of contempt before he found himself burying his face into his stomach.
You're just like Eri, Deku. You're both too pure for this world you know.' She thought as she continued her ministrations to Izuku's hair.
"Not to be rude or anything…" Katsuki interrupted. "But I still want to know about that move you used during the exam nerd."
Izuku slowly turned his head from famine user's stomach as he faced the blonde with a sleepy expression. "It was one of the moves I had plan on using when we would get our weapons."
"So you were practicing your weapon in secret instead of training with all of us?" Katsuki accused as Izuku gave a weak glare.
"No, I didn't think I was able to form that scythe when slashed that pointer in half." He said as he turned his face back into Ochaco's stomach. "Like I said my body moved on its own." He muffled making the brunette giggle but they all heard his words clearly.
"Tch. Whatever."
"So our weapons aside, how did you guys think you did on the exam?" Tsuyu asked. Katsuki gave a proud huff as he smirked at them.
"I know I did better than all those extras around in the stadium. I took out so many of those weak faux villains it wasn't even a challenge. Kind of makes me jealous that we faced only one zero pointer and Izuku got to be the one to take it out."
"Let's not forget, ribbit, that you were laughing like a maniac during the whole thing." Tsuyu pointed out as the blonde turned his head to her too quick as if his neck snapped.
"You heard that Frog Face!?"
"I'm pretty sure everybody throughout the district heard you." Ochaco added slyly as the latter growled at her.
"The heck Round Face!?" he yelled with a tic mark on his forehead, his expression getting more agitated by the second.
"Mr. Yagi and Loud Man and I heard Uncle Kacchan from the tall building." Eri voiced as she paused her game and raised her hand to enter the fray.
Katsuki turned to his head to the child glaring at her only for it turn into a deep scowl as he groaned and released a sigh. "Tch… sorry about that kid."
"That's okay Uncle… I found it awesome." She said with a bright smile causing the latter to let out a small smile.
"Wow would you look at that!? Katsuki Bakugo can't get mad at little Eri." The brunette teased earning the blonde's glare once again.
"Round Face!"
"What? If it's me, Deku or Tsuyu you get irritated but when it comes to Eri teasing you, you lose all that heat and accept your fate."
"That's because she allowed to." He said pointing his thumb at the child.
"Right…" Izuku muttered earning a laugh from the brunette and a growl from the blonde.
"That reminds me… Eri." Tsuyu called out to the child as she paused her game and looked straight up at the frog girl.
"Yes Auntie?"
"Why weren't you concerned about Izuku when collapsed at the exam?"
"Oh… Papa did something like this before, back when he was talking to his friend Boney they would always do something like talking or something flashy and then collapse afterwards." Eri explained the best she could. "Boney told me not to worry about Papa because he was okay the next day."
All of them laughed at Izuku's ghost being called Boney instead of Death while the said spirit inside him was crying hysterically at being called a nickname in front of everybody. The said boy was blushing and remained in the brunette's stomach to keep from being discovered.
"I guess that answers your question." Katsuki said still laughing as Tsuyu nodded her head.
"It does." Tsuyu said before taking her thoughts to the exam. "I know I at least scored about well on taking out the robots and saved some other examinees when the situation called for it."
"Same here." Ochaco added. "So after this we're suppose to meet up with our parents or the principal of UA right?"
"That's right." A voices turned their heads to the door and saw… a small creature with fur in a suit and tie with brown loafers. He had a scar running down his right eye.
What the?'
"Hello… Mr…" Tsuyu trailed off as she tried to figure out who this small creature was.
"Allow me to introduce myself." The small creature said as he raised his left paw. "My name is Nezu, the one who could be a mouse or a dog or a bear though the only important thing is… I'm the principal."
That left everyone in the room in shock that this tiny dog, bear, mouse or whatever he was the principal of the school.
"He's the principal?" Ochaco and Tsuyu asked.
"Huh, now that's something you don't see everyday." Katsuki shrugged his shoulders as if it was no big deal that a animal was running the school.
"That's pretty unique." Izuku said as he went into muttering mode in his head about what kind of quirk this small animal had.
"Ooh, a talking animal." Eri said lastly as the principal bowed his head.
"Why thank you, now than shall we get on with some important matter to discuss." Principal Nezu said as he took a seat on a free chair. Everyone then remembered simultaneously what Eri said… there was talking animal right in front of them and he was talking like a human being.
"YOU CAN TALK!?" Everyone but Eri exclaimed.
"First I would like to ask you is how are you feeling? Did the exam go well, meet any new students and make friends, any trouble happened?"
"Good, Yes and no." Tsuyu answered the small animal. "If you think anything troubling happened, the eonly thing that would be is probably because of Katsuki."
"The heck Frog Face." Katsuki groaned as he glared at his companion.
"Oh yes, I was able to hear your human friend's joyful laugh from the observation room. In fact I believe the entire city heard it." Nezu added casually missing the twitching eyebrows of the explosive blonde.
"The exam was actually worth it because it showed the results of our training from the past 10 months." Ochaco said to him with a fierce expression. "It actually makes me excited to think that there are so many students with different quirks to battle and bond with…" she said to herself as a pink aura surrounded her body.
Everyone in the room sweat dropped at the sight.
"She's doing it again." Tsuyu said bluntly.
"Yep."
"Now this is something new to learn, interesting." Nezu said as Eri laughed in a cheerful tone.
Izuku just stared up at Ochaco's expression smiling softly before returning his gaze towards his stomach, he couldn't tell her yet. Not yet. Once he gets these nightmares out of the way dealt with and feels less scared for her, then he'll tell her.
Ochaco was taken out of her demeanor as she noticed everybody staring at her causing the brunette to chuckle nervously while rubbing the back of her head. "Sorry about that. I just love meeting new people."
"That's good, I actually find it fascinating to meet other humans because while some may act the same there is always something different about everyone." Nezu says as he pours himself a cup of tea that he randomly summoned out of nowhere.
Where the heck/hell did he get that tea from?' The four supernatural users thought as Eri closed her game device and let out a small yawn. She leaned her head against Tsuyu's chest and curled herself inwards as the older girl wrapped her arms around the little bundle.
"Ribbit, someone's sleepy."
"Well unicorn did get up early to wake us all up for the entrance exam." Katsuki said with a scowl on his face and his arms crossed as he stared at Eri.
"Yeah she did."
"I think it's best to let her sleep since she's been up all last night playing Animal Crossing." Ochaco said as she stared at her daughter with a soft smile on her face. She felt movement near her stomach and saw that Izuku was also peering at Eri.
"That's bad for her, sleep is very important for someone her age." He said as everybody stared as the other three stared at him. "…What?"
"Not to beat around bush Izuku but you basically did the same thing when you were trying to find the right weapons for everyone to use. So…"
"Pot calling the kettle black here." Katsuki finished with a smirk on his face while the green-haired to become flustered and started stuttering at the idiom.
"W-well that's… because… um…" Izuku tried finding the right words to say only to end up with nothing as he turned his head into Ochaco's lap and inwardly groaned. The latter patted his head to give him some sort of comfort but even she couldn't help but laugh at his embarrassed face.
"No harm no foul, Deku."
"So, I see everyone has had a joyful day so far thanks to the exam." Nezu said as everyone nodded their heads. "Wonderful, now I have two more things I would like to discuss with you before I send you all on your merry way." The fury animal took a sip from his cup of tea before setting it aside. "Where are my matters, would anything you care for a cup of tea?" he offered.
"No thank you sir." Katsuki said as he shook his head while everyone else nodded their heads. Ochaco patted the sides of Izuku's head signaling him to get up. He knew that he would have to move so he lifted his head and sat himself up near the bedpost.
"Katsuki…"
"Yeah, yeah, I got her." he said as he lifted Eri off Tsuyu's lap and onto his resting his hand onto her hair. He slightly stiffened as Eri decided to curl her form into his chest, and his face became slightly flustered.
"Would you look at that, even the great Kacchan can get easily embarrassed. Who's laughing now?"
"Shut…up…Deku." He whispered with a scowl on his face.
"Hmhm, human interactions are certainly fascinating to watch." Nezu said laughing as he watched the display in front of him. "The first thing I wanted to talk to you all about would be if you all would like to reside here in the dorms at UA."
Everyone was confused at his question about the residence in UA.
"I'm sorry I believe I started off with the wrong topic. What I wanted to ask you was about the Project Apocalypse…" he started off as everyone in the room flinched and their expression became dark at the name. Izuku eyes were shifting, changing colors as he tried to stay in control of himself. Ochaco wasn't fairing any better as she clenched the sheets below her so hard that her knuckles were starting to turn white, Tsuyu just stared emotionlessly at the small animal in front of her wondering what kind of game he was after, and Katsuki while he had Eri in one hand resting peacefully, he had his right hand out, smoking and sparking up like fireworks ready to go off.
"…but I will not." His answer caught them off guard. "I'll let you in on a little secret… I was tortured before coming to UA by humans as well. After awhile, I escaped and became a principal here, now doesn't that sound nice." He said with a casual smile on his face as everyone looked at him with blank expressions as they all tried to wrap around their heads that he was talking about it like it was nothing.
"Um principal Nezu sir…" Tsuyu started off.
"That's not something to…talk about so casually…" Izuku said.
"The fact that you do talk about it like that is downright creepy." Katsuki added while Ochaco stared at him.
Why do I get the feeling he has a sadistic side towards that joyful personality of his?' She wondered forgetting the fact that she has some similarities to him.
"Now for the next explanation."
And he just ignores it like it was nothing to worry about.'
"I won't pry into your lives and what had happened to you during your time being taken. That's all there is to it." He said as he set his tea aside. "However, you must tell me anything related to you if you become a danger to the school or worse yourselves. I will do what I must to protect my school and that includes you as well.
"Yes sir." They answered immediately understanding his words.
"Good, and now number two…. Your parents." He said as all of them became stiffed at the announcement. "They don't know that you are here, nor have we informed them about it yet because you asked us not to. You said if you would get into UA or not you would go at meet them, right?" he asked as they all nodded their heads.
"Is that why you are asking about the dorms?" Katsuki asked, raising an eyebrow at the fury animal.
"Yes, while I don't understand why you would want to remain hidden from your family you are entitled to have reasons why. Do you wish to see them again?"
Everyone went into deep thought as thinking of their parents.
As Ochaco thought about her parents, she wasn't even too sure if she should. The real reason she wanted to become a hero, was so she could help her parents. They always spent so stuff on her when she needed it but they always refuse to let her help them saying they were okay. It may sound a bit selfish wanting to be a hero for money but she only needed it so she could pay her parents back for all the stuff they did for her. One of her real intentions of being a hero and the other was for Eri.
Katsuki thought about the old hag and old man when he heard the term parents. As much as annoying his mother was, he truly did miss her. The heated arguments which was their normal antic for them he missed it, yelling at her and cursing her out while she did the same he missed it. He would never admit aloud to the others but he did love his parents and wanted nothing more than to hug them right now.
Tsuyu didn't really have a home to go back to since her family was dead and gone. While she is still somewhat angry and hurt at their deaths, she accepted the fact that they were gone and she had gotten her revenge for them when she escaped. The only problem was where she would go and that's where Katsuki came in. He offered her into his family with open arms if she didn't have anywhere else to go, if she was honest she would never thought in a million years that the explosive blonde would welcome her into his family. Maybe because they got close over the years… she always knew that there was a nice guy inside him… even if he does threaten to kill people every time… but that's what made him who he is.
Izuku… Izuku didn't know what to do… If there was anything in life that he was scared of more than anything besides losing his family… it was seeing his mother again. How long… how long has it been since he's seen her in person… how long has it been since he's seen her smile… The important thing on his mind that he was worried about is… acceptance.
Would his mother still accept him for all killings he has done, what he's turned into… the monster/reaper he has now become… or will she turn away…
He didn't know… he didn't want to know but as the same time he does… he wants to see mother again so bad. She would always take care of him with his nightmares, always make sure he was safe and was the first to believe that even when he was quirkless… he could become a hero.
I want to see her… I need to see her.' he thought to himself it resolve. As he looked upwards he met his eyes with his other companions and saw that they had the same determination within in their eyes.
"Yes… I want to see my mother."
"I want to see my parents again." Katsuki said to the small creature before turning his head over to Tsuyu. "Frog Face… get ready to meet them."
"Ribbit." She said as she softly smiled at him. She then peered down at Eri in Katsuki's lap wondering how her adoptive little sister would feel at meeting new people.
"So, when are you ready to see your parents?" Nezu asked. "Now or in UA."
"Right now." They all answered simultaneously.
The small took one final sip of his tea before placing the empty cup down and nodded his head. "Very well, I'll contact All Might and Captain Naomasa.
Everyone just nodded their heads as they were now facing one of the many obstacles that will cross their paths.
It's time for a reunion.
Author's Note: Okay guys I know I said I would try to make it a little longer but I think I would take a longer time for something like that. With work in the way and photography, I'm starting to get less time working on it. But I will not let that stop me, so in the next chapter it will start off from the meeting with parents to the first day and maybe the mock battles... jury's still out on that last one but anyway thank you all for your support and time for reading this story. Words will vary from 7k to 8k... maybe longer.
Also check out my new story, Crossing Fate... it's a start but I'm working on Chapter 2 and since RWBY Volume 6 came out, I will go back to CMSN and put in a few more chapters... I've put it on hold long enough as I did with Infinite Scenario.
Again thank you and see you in the next chapter.
HellLaser descending back to Hell.