A Strange Friendship
~A/N~ No-one: Well here we are after the monster cliff hanger I left on last chapter.
No-one: Nezu will find out what he wants and Ochako and Himiko will deal with the consequences.
"Speech" 'Thought' "Read Text" "Inner Voice"
Disclaimer: I don't own ~'My Hero Academia'~
~Chapter 3 The Principal's Words~
Ochako had never been more nervous in her entire life then she was at this moment, standing outside of UA for the second time, she had tried to dress smartly for the meeting with a white blouse and a black knee length skirt, her brown coat keeping her warm.
"Ochako, what do we tell him?" asked Himiko nervously.
'I have no idea' she answered, jumping slightly when the school's gate opened 'but we'll face it together'
A large muscular man in a red suit, with short white hair, who they recognized as the pro-hero Vlad King, greeted them at the entrance "Nezu has been expecting you" he said gruffly "he asked that I escort you to his office"
"Oh my god! It's Vlad King! Ochako, please!" Himiko begged.
"Um sir can I ask for something first?" Ochako squeaked.
"What is it?" he asked.
She pulled a small notepad out of her coat pocket and presented it to the man in front of her "my… sister, Himiko is a really big fan of yours" she said slowly "so could you write an autograph for her please"
Vlad looked surprised at the girl's request, before schooling his features "I would be happy to" he answered with a small smile "you said 'Himiko' right?"
"Yeah, she has a blood quirk too" Ochako blurted out, before looking embarrassed.
"It's okay, we're sisters now" Himiko reassured "thank you for calling me that Ochako"
'It's the truth Himiko' she replied, "she looks up to you because of that"
"I know there's some stigma against blood quirks, but I'm glad I can be a figure for her to admire" he handed the notepad back, allowing Ochako to read his words.
"Himiko, it doesn't matter what people tell you, you can be a great person as long as you believe in yourself and work hard for your goals, Vlad King"
"Thanks Ochako" Himiko said quietly.
"Thank you" Ochako said sincerely.
"No problem, just keep looking out for her" Vlad replied "now let's not keep the principal waiting any longer"
The two walked through UA's corridors, Ochako couldn't help but look around in wonder, the path was confusing to say the least, "I think we passed that same fire extinguisher three times" complained Himiko.
"Here we are" declared Vlad, standing in front of rather plain wooden door, before he could even knock the door swung open on it's own.
"Thank you for escorting my guest here Vlad" came the principal's cheery voice "I can handle everything else from here"
Vlad nodded in understanding before making his exit, Ochako nervously swallowed before entering the mammal's office, Nezu sat behind his desk, pouring two cups of tea, Ochako sat down in the seat in front of the desk and waited for him to begin.
"Good morning Miss Uraraka, I trust you didn't have too many issues coming to this meeting today" he started, a small smile on his animal features "how would you like your tea?"
"1 sugar and a drop of milk" she answered, removing her coat before accepting the offered cup "thank you"
"Now do you know what I would like to discuss with you today?" he asked with an innocent look, as if he hadn't given the Uraraka family a panic attack through the acceptance letter.
"My partner" she answered "what exactly did you mean by that?"
"Ah, well that was quite the puzzle to decipher" he replied "while there is no way to prove you had assistance during the written test" he paused to take a sip of tea "the practical portion of the exam was a different matter"
"It was my eyes, wasn't it?" she asked, knowing the cat was out of the bag.
"That was quite a small detail, I don't believe any of the staff in the observation room noticed it" he replied "the first indicator I received was when you ran into the testing grounds, the only person who kept pace with you was someone whose quirk was built entirely for speed"
"We trained really hard for that exam" Himiko whined, trying to defend her sister.
"I did a lot of training" she mumbled weakly "and I removed my gravity?"
"Miss Uraraka I ask that you don't lie to me" said Nezu curtly "may I speak to your partner?"
'Himiko, should we?' Ochako asked.
"Okay, let's switch" Himiko replied "I don't want to put our place at UA at risk"
Ochako closed her eyes and let out a resigned sigh, when the girl's eyes opened they were golden with a slit pupil.
"Ah, hello there" Nezu greeted calmly "may ask for your name?"
"My name is Himiko" she answered "I guess its Himiko Uraraka now"
"And what exactly do you mean by that?"
"We should tell the full story" said Ochako "its the easiest way to explain the name change"
'Alright' Himiko thought back "Ochako thinks it will be easier to just tell you the full story"
Nezu sat back in his chair to get more comfortable "by all means, go ahead"
~Flashback (Four Months Ago)~
Ochako had recently moved into an apartment closer to UA so she could get used to area before attending the school, her family were rather lucky that the building owner was friends with her parents, so she could stay here for a cheaper price.
Over the past couple days Ochako had been partaking in dumpster diving, ever since she found a cool coat stand in the trash behind the building, after a bit of a cleaning it was as good as new, so it annoyed her that it had been thrown out.
It was on one these dives that her life was changed forever, she was on her to the large dumpster in the alley behind the apartment building when found another girl laying down on the floor.
She was a blonde girl with her hair tied into two messy buns, her skin looked rather pale, she was wearing a dirty school uniform with a couple tears in the shirt and skirt, Ochako also noticed that one of girl's shoes was missing.
"Hey, are you okay?" Ochako didn't even hesitate before checking the girl's condition, gently nudging the girl all she received was a small groan "I should get you inside, before you freeze"
She picked the girl up as carefully as she could, using her quirk to remove the blonde's gravity, when she made it the her apartment she placed the girl, face up on the couch with a blanket to help her warm up.
It wouldn't be until noon that the girl woke up, she was scared of the new and unfamiliar environment, she noticed a box cutter on the table and immediately snatched it.
"Ow!" a voice came from the kitchen, looking over she could see a brunette holding her finger to her mouth, when she blinked the brunette was in front of her "oh hey, you're awake" she greeted with a small smile "I'm Ochako Uraraka, what's your name?"
"...Himiko" she mumbled, eyes focused on the cut on Ochako's finger "blood…"
"Hm?, oh I was making lunch and I guess I got a bit careless" Ochako laughed, scratching the back of her head with her free hand.
"I need it…" Himiko mumbled, her vision swimming and a voice in the back of her head screaming at her to take it, the urge chipped away at her will and before she knew it she pounced.
Ochako screamed as this girl attacked her with a box cutter, the fresh cut on her cheek spilling blood, falling backwards onto the floor, she didn't get a chance to react before Himiko straddled her, pinning her in place.
"Need blood" Himiko muttered with a desperation in her tone, she proceeded to suck at Ochako's cut, causing the brunette to blush deeply.
"What are you doing?!" she cried.
Himiko couldn't hear her, a deep hunger inside was finally starting to be satiated, a small switch in the back of her head telling her she could become this nice girl, Himiko decided she liked that idea, not being the monster she was, but being this nice girl who gave her blood.
Trusting her instincts, Himiko began to produce a slimy sludge that steadily covered her body.
"What is this stuff?" Ochako cried out, panicking as the sludge began to coat her as well.
An hour later 'Ochako' climbed back to her feet, "ow, my head" she mumbled.
"What happened?" a voice in girl's head asked, clearly confused.
"What the? Ochako?" Himiko asked, looking around in surprise.
"I didn't say that!" Ochako panicked "Why are things moving?!"
Himiko stumbled toward the bathroom, her legs moving without her consent, in that moment she became a passenger in her body.
"What is happening right now?" she questioned.
"How are you in my head?!" Ochako cried out, stumbling into the bathroom, she could see her reflection in the mirror, her clothes covered in the weird sludge Himiko emitted earlier.
After a moment of staring, the girl's eyes flickered to a golden colour and Himiko could move again "What did you do to me?"
"WHAT DID I DO?!" Ochako yelled "You're the one who attacked me! I just wanted to make sure that the person I found in the alley was okay!"
Himiko's eyes began to fill with tears "I'm sorry" she said quietly, dropping to her knees "I was so hungry and when I saw that cut on you finger I just…"
The girl's eyes then changed back to brown "What do you mean?" Ochako asked.
"I've always found blood to be so pretty, I even drank some blood from dead birds when I was little" Himiko whispered "but my parents didn't like that, it wasn't normal, I wasn't normal"
A cold pit began to form in Ochako's stomach "did they make you suppress your urges?"
"Yes"
Ochako, covered her mouth in shock "that's no right!" she shouted "some quirks come with dietary restrictions, one of my class mates has a quirk that makes her eat hair" she sighed, rubbing her temples "wait, what does your quirk do with the blood?"
"I can turn into other people" Himiko answered "...why?"
"Do you think, when you tried to turn into me" Ochako started slowly "you turned into me, with me?" the question confused them both "the slime stuff, that I think transforms you, covered me too, so?"
The girl blinked, her eyes changing again, "do you think if I drop my quirk, we'll split?" Himiko asked.
"It couldn't hurt to try?" Ochako replied unsure.
Himiko closed her eyes and focused on her quirk, she willed it to deactivate with a mental command, Himiko felt a familiar feeling of sludge falling from her body, when she opened her eyes, the mirror showed one girl instead of two.
"I wasn't expecting that" Himiko mumbled.
"What does this mean for me?
~Present day~
"And that's how we got to where we are today" Ochako finished "after a while we learned we could switch control, even give partial control"
"So would I be correct in assuming this isn't your natural form?" Nezu asked calmly, fascinated with circumstance the girl(s) before him went through.
"No, but we kind of make a mess when we transform" Ochako replied, looking sheepish.
"If a mess is all you are concerned about, I have a private restroom connected to my office, just in case I need to stay here for an extended period of time" the principal explained, gesturing to the door on the far right of the office "I would like to see your natural state"
'Himiko, what do you think?' she asked 'this is your body too'
"I do prefer being you" Himiko sighed "but need to learn to be ourselves"
"Thank you for the offer sir" Ochako eventually replied, before entering the room.
Nezu sat patiently at his desk, thinking over the girls' story, it was an unexpected sequence of events, with all the facts he was given, he began to run mental simulations to calculate the odds of this result happening in the first place.
"Um sir, I'm back" spoke a female voice, slightly higher pitched then Ochako's with a small raspiness to it.
Turning to the source, Nezu was greeted with a new face entirely, she was slightly paler than Ochako, but kept the permanent blush marks on her cheeks, her hair was much longer, reaching the middle of her back, it started the same brunette as Ochako's but faded to a blonde halfway down, her eyes were the most distinct, a swirl of chocolate brown and gold.
"Would take a seat once again young Uraraka" Nezu said calmly "I'm afraid it is rather difficult to tell which Uraraka I am speaking to at the moment"
"Well I'm Ochako for the record" she replied, returning to her seat "and technically you always to talk to both of us, we can see and hear everything the other does"
"Fascinating, how does this translate to physical sensations?" he inquired.
"It depends on who's in control, when one of us in control, the other can feel it, but it's muted" she answered "it honestly feels a little weird being like this again, but a good weird"
"Really?" Himiko asked, audibly surprised.
'It's like taking off a hat or something' she smiled 'Himiko we've been sharing a body for four months now, so this feels more natural now'
Before Himiko could reply to Ochako's heartfelt words, Nezu cleared his throat to draw their attention "I have been thinking through the entire story you have given me" he grinned "I must say the two of you are quite lucky, I believe there was only a 6% chance of your circumstance happening"
"Woah" Ochako was so stunned that she accidentally dropped all control, forcing Himiko into the spotlight.
"What do you mean?" Himiko asked, breathing a little faster.
"Himiko, you need not worry yourself with 'what ifs' now" Nezu replied, not answering the question "if you focus on thing like that, you will simply hurt yourself"
"Wait, how could you…?"
"Your way of speaking is different to young Ochako's" Nezu replied "I think I can save something to help the both of you right now" the principle took a small sip of his tea "I believe the both of you will do well at my school, I will pass a message along, about your dietary requirements, and I ask that you send us a sizeable amount of your hair"
"Why?" they asked, their voice seemingly echoing on itself.
"Interesting, when the two of say the same words in your natural form, both voices will be heard" Nezu chuckled "in any case, the reason why is because it can used to create quirk sensitive fabric for your hero costume"
"Quirk sensitive fabric?"
"Yes, this is a special material that works along side your quirk" he answered "it is the same kind of material that Endeavour uses in his suit so it doesn't burn"
"That's kinda cool" Himiko mumbled.
"Yes it is 'cool' as you said" Nezu chuckled "I will not keep you here any longer, you may use the restroom to change again if you wish"
"Himiko, is it okay if we stay like this a little while?" asked Ochako.
'Okay, but you can walk' Himiko answered, releasing control back to Ochako.
"Thank you, Principle Nezu" she said politely before making her exit.
Nezu stared at the closed door to his office for a few moments "I believe this will be an interesting school year"
~A/N~ No-one: And just like that we have a backstory for our main girls.
No-one: I hope it was a satisfying explanation and we got a face reveal.
No-one: Feel free to tell me any thoughts you had on the chapter and the fic at large, until next time…
No-one: I'm No-one Special.