A Strange Friendship
~A/N~ No-one: Well the first chapter seemed to have some positive responses so I'm going ahead with the second one.
"Speech" 'Thought' "Read Text" "Inner Voice" "Projection"
Disclaimer: I don't own ~'My Hero Academia'~
~Chapter 2 Your Hero Academia~
Ochako couldn't help but pace around the apartment, it had been a week since the entrance exams and the wait had been driving her crazy.
"Ochako, if you don't stop pacing I will make us sit down" said Himiko, leaving no room for argument in her voice "I'm nervous too, but if you keep going you're just gonna tire us out"
"Sorry Himiko, it's just…" she mumbled, knowing her companion would hear her "we worked really hard for this and mum and dad need us to help"
"I know, I want to help too" Himiko replied "you guys have done a lot for me, I wish we got off to a better start though"
"Himiko, that's all in the past now" Ochako sighed "I have nothing to do but wait and worry, well mum and dad said they'd be coming around later so…"
"Ochako you're the best person I know, if ANYONE deserves to be a hero it's you" Himiko said strongly "So how about you take a nap, I'll clean up the apartment for when… your parents show up"
"Okay, I'll let you handle it" she replied before sitting down on a cushion.
For a moment she slumped forward, only to stand up with golden eyes "thanks Ochako" whispered Himiko, gently humming to herself she moved around the apartment picking up loose trash and wiping down the counters.
A small noise from the front door got her attention, going to the entrance, she opened the mail box only to see the very object that had been causing Ochako's anxiety, a letter with the UA stamp sealing it.
She picked it up and returned to the living room, she placed it on the table and just stared 'I'm not opening it without you Ochako' she thought to herself 'but you need your rest right now'
With a sigh she moved over to the kitchen and started preparing her "smoothie" tossing a couple cherries and strawberries into the blender, opening the fridge she reached into the back and pulled out a bag of duck blood' it still took Himiko by surprise that there was animal blood freely available to be purchased at low prices for those that had blood related quirks.
Sure it was animal blood, which didn't taste as sweet as human blood, 'I think it's a small price to pay for keeping my mind in one piece' she hummed, pouring half of the bag's contents into the blender, it wasn't a new model and the lid had to be held down, but it did the job.
'While I'm waiting for that…' she thought, leaning over to the sink before spitting a grey sludge down the drain, the inside of her mouth restructuring itself in the process 'I hate doing that, but Ochako doesn't like the taste of blood' spitting the rest of the goo away she turned the blender off.
She ran her rougher and slightly longer tongue over her visibly sharpened teeth before nodding in approval.
With that work done, she resealed the blood bag and placed it back in the fridge, just as she was about to pour her drink, a knock at the door drew her attention, placing everything down as to not make a mess she went to answer the door.
Opening the door revealed Shuhei Uraraka and Rieko Uraraka, just like thay had promised they were here to visit.
Rieko Uraraka looked like an older version of her daughter, with slightly thicker hair and the same permanent blush marks on her cheeks, the biggest difference between the two Urarakas was Rieko's dark blue eyes.
Shuhei however looked quite different from his daughter, with short sand coloured hair and minor stubble on his chin, but Ochako seemed to inherit his brown eyes.
"Hi honey, we told you we'd come by" Rieko greeted she then noticed the girl's eyes "are you still feeling uncomfortable in you own skin Himiko?"
Himiko stepped aside to let them in "I just think it's better not being me"
Shuhei closed the door behind himself "when we say "We want you to be happy" we do mean both of you" he said softly.
"But…" Himiko stuttered "what I did to you daughter"
Himiko's protests were soon cut off as Rieko embraced her in a gentle hug, tears welled up in the girl's eyes "it may have been weird, but you are my daughter too" she whispered "I'm sorry if we made you feel unaccepted Himiko"
"We're here for you Himiko" reassured Ochako "we're your family now, I thought it was obvious"
"Y-you really mean it?" Himiko asked hesitantly.
Shuhei stepped forward joining in on the hug "we came here to see our daughters" he said quietly.
"Thanks… mum… dad…" Himiko gently mumbled, a fresh set of tears coming from her eyes 'Ochako, can you..?'
"Of course Himiko" the girl closed her eyes, and in that blink the colour changed to a brown matching the only male present, she immediately noticed something different 'Himiko did you change the mouth?'
"I was about to have blood smoothie earlier when…" she trailed off "anyway I know you don't like the taste of blood so"
'Himiko don't try and accommodate me, I'll get used to it' Ochako answered mentally 'I might even grow to like it' she stepped away from the group hug and towards the kitchen 'so can you drop this part of the transformation please, we'll never get used to this if we don't take steps like this'
"Okay, but brace yourself it's not a pleasant experience" Himiko warned.
Before Ochako could wonder what her companion meant, her mouth filled with an odd tasting sludge, she hurriedly moved over to the sink and spat it out as quick as she could.
"Well that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be" she mumbled, her voice noticeably lower almost husky "is that… our voice?"
"I dropped to transformation on the mouth and throat" Himiko replied "I can turn it back to yours if you want"
'One sec' she thought back, reaching for a recently cleaned pan to check her reflection, she stared into the impromptu mirror and opened her mouth, her canines were sharper then normal, but not to the degree of being called fangs and her tongue was slightly longer and wider then it was earlier.
She looked over at the smoothie that Himiko made earlier before grabbing it, sniffing she could faintly smell the strawberries and cherries that Himiko had tossed into the blender, she could definitely smell the blood that had been poured in, tentatively she took a sip before her eyes widened in suprise.
Uncaring of her parents stares, Ochako tilted her head back and chugged the smoothie down in record time, 'Himiko does blood always taste that good for you?'
"Wait you liked it?" she couldn't help but ask in confusion, Ochako hadn't expressed such a positive attitude in the past.
'Are you kidding? That was amazing!' Ochako answered 'wait do you think that I have the parts of your taste buds that are made for drinking blood?'
Before the girls could continue their mental back and forth, Rieko loudly cleared her throat "excuse me girls, but I believe that your father and I came here for a reason" she said gently but firmly.
Ochako felt her entire face grow red "right, sorry" "sorry" Ochako and Himiko said simultaneously "Himiko where's the letter?"
"Table" Himiko squeaked.
Ochako practically leaped across the apartment, she gripped the letter firmly "oh man" she mumbled "I don't think I could do this alone"
"That's why we're here Comet" Shusei said, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Dad!" she complained with an embarrassed blush "I changed my mind, please leave"
Rieko and Shusei burst into laughter at their daughter's cries "come on honey, I want to see how well the two of you did" the mother asked.
"Half and half?" Ochako asked quietly.
"Yeah"
Ochako surrendered control of her left arm and eye, the eye changing back to the gold with a slit pupil.
"Alright, let's do this" she mumbled, working together almost synchronized, they were surprised when a small metal disk fell out of the envelope and onto the table.
Before anyone could react a projection was emitted from the disk, displaying a white furred animal with a thick scar over his right eye in a white buttoned shirt, a red tie and a black waist coat, any other clothing was not shown on camera.
"Greetings young Uraraka, you may be wondering 'Am I a dog?', 'Am I a mouse?' or 'Am I a bear?' in truth none of these matter because I am the principal of UA Nezu" the animal greeted cheerfully "I must commend you on your written exam score with 84% correct, this puts you in the upper half of scorers"
"Wow, we did a lot better than I thought" Himiko commented.
"Haha, that's my girls" Shusei cheered, ruffling Ochako's hair.
"Now about the practical exam" Nezu continued "you scored 38 villain points, this alone would have been enough to make it into the hero course, however there was more then the participants were aware of"
Ochako's eyebrows raised at the principle's words "what?"
"As this is hero course we couldn't just ignore the ones who took action for the sake of others" he explained showing a clip of her saving the green haired boy "you're actions were commendable and likely saved this boy a long stay in the hospital, naturally we couldn't ignore this action, and thus you have earned 50 rescue points"
"Wait do you think he got rescue points for saving us?" Himiko questioned.
'Maybe, I guess we asked Present Mic for nothing' Ochako answered.
"With 88 total points, I am pleased to say you have achieved the highest score in the entrance exam" Nezu said calmly "so I welcome you to your hero academia"
Ochako felt the tears of joy well in her eyes at Nezu's announcement "we did it" she mumbled, before both of her parents enveloped her in a group hug.
"However I would like to speak with you in person before the school year begins" Nezu continued ominously "I would like to know the circumstances of both you and your partner"
With his final words the projection shut itself off, leaving the Uraraka family in complete disbelief.
"What!"
~A/N~ No-one: Quite the cliff hanger, of course Nezu figured it out.
No-one: Another change has already happened, Bakugou is not gonna be happy about that.
No-one: Next chapter will continue what this one set up, until next time…
No-one: I'm No-one Special.