Another happy chapter!
You need a pallet cleanser after the angst that I injected into the story with the USJ arc. So here it is, another bad attempt at comedy! Hope you enjoy!
So for the music this chapter, I was thinking Howling by Abingdon Boys School (Really cool band), also known as the Darker Than Black opening. For those in the know about Darker Than Black don't worry, this isn't a dark chapter. In fact the contrast between the song and this chapter is entirely why I chose it.
Bang Bang, Son of a gun!
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Scratch that, the song for this chapter is Brand New World by D-51 which is also the 6th opening for the world's biggest manga and anime series, One Piece. I guess this chapter really is a 'brand new world' for me, it was very experimental and different to what came before.
So please do give me some feedback on it! This is a pure 'filler' chapter as one would say, just a random school day with a comedic side plot. It had occurred to me that I didn't want to rush straight into the festival, so I'll explain my reasons for this even further at the end of the chapter.
Summary:
You know, some people ask me if I really was a delinquent? I mean would you count beating the shit out of people for calling you a loner a delinquent? I would, I know because I, Sora Yamazaki, did so. I just didn't want to remember those particularly bad memories, probably because I really was a loner. No friends, no nothing.
Just me, my fist and someone's face.
What more could you want?
I guess I should start this off with a preface of sorts. The events that took place on this day, strictly speaking, never happened! I believe the term is plausible deniability, but I digress. Everyone who was involved in that day's events was sworn into secrecy, never to talk about what happened ever again. I guess one could say it was to stop the ensuing calamity in case this ever-reached public ears.
Anyways, what I 'am about to tell you is confidential. I don't think I need to explain why once you find out. It was never meant to happen, a once in a lifetime mistake, even I, the progenitor of this event, am still surprised as to what truly happened. As to how certain events spiraled out of control to lead to what we could call a 'truce' in U.A high amongst the Hero Course students.
Some might say I'm breaking the treaty by explaining all this to you, but personally I find that bull shit. Even as I write this down, it's only been a few days since the event. Strictly speaking I 'am only documenting this for purely historical reasons - Let it be said that I do not want to dehumanize or bully anyone mentioned in this diary/journal of sorts.
Hell, I bought one of these books things just so I could write down the pure insanity as to what just occurred. I suppose you, the reader, might be wondering what the hell exactly is this?
Well, hello, if you aren't aware my name is Sora Yamazaki, fifteen (sixteen in a few weeks) ex-delinquent, hero extraordinaire currently attending U.A High in the Hero Course. I'm in Class-1A, which is the highest class amongst us first years, truly an incredible feat for me to have managed but that's unimportant. Even as I write this out in English rather than the language, I have been accustomed to for the last fifteen years of this life proves the secrecy of what I 'am about to tell you.
I'm sure you are either quaking in your position as you read this, 'What secret could this person be talking about? Is it that big?' or you may have already disregarded this part of the journal and skipped straight away to the good parts. Well, I suppose it doesn't matter, the truth shall be documented for all to know. Now as to the earth-shattering secret that will be told...
I'm afraid I must explain the context of the situation, at the time the rivalry between Class-1A and 1B was non-existent, or rather it was there but an invisible barrier prevented it from truly impacting our lives. I have no doubt that in the coming weeks, especially during the Sports festival that tensions will rise again, but alas here is a story about love, betrayal and...
Murder.
Yes, that is exactly right.
All of those things happened all at once, all on the same day! Some of you reading might ask, 'but how is that possible?' and my dear reader do not fret! All the answers you seek lie in this journal that you are reading, and while I cannot promise you a happy conclusion, I can promise you that this tale does indeed have an ending! As I write this on the Fifteenth of April, a Sunday, in the year 2161 of the Gregorian Calendar I must confess to the events that took place two days prior.
Friday the Thirteenth.
How fitting for a cursed day.
This, my dear readers, is the only unbiased and uncut account regarding the events of what took place that day.
Chapter
Fifteen
'They say you should never use a kitty litter, only because it will hurt your knees!'
There we were.
Two days after the infamous Unforeseen Simulated Joint Attack from the League of Villains. One could say we kicked their asses, and I'd be inclined to agree. Those motherfuckers got murked, excuse my French but that is the truth of the context behind that day. On the Thursday half of Class-1A went to a picnic with some of my old middle school friends, and most importantly a girl names Setsuna Tokage.
Remember her name as she becomes an important player in the events that follow. My opinions on Setsuna Tokage are quite complex, she is a beautiful in every way. Any man lucky enough to go on a date with her has my eternal respect, however with her sharp tongue it makes me wonder who in their right mind would want to date her in the first place?
Well that sharp tongue is only reserved for me...
For reasons unknown, but oh well. It isn't what is important for now at least.
Her sharp tongue is like a snake, fitting for her Quirk. 'Lizard Tail Splitter' allows her to split her body into smaller parts and control them telepathically, a bit like Buggy-sama from One Piece-,
Ah.
Moving on.
Her Quirk is very reptilian like, and so is the person who has the Quirk. Her sharp tongue is what I'm referring to here, as of this current moment. Wait, am I over narrating? Shit. I didn't mean to do this...
Just read ahead.
Ignore this.
This is my first time writing an account of this nature, please do forgive me.
Anyway, there we were. Friday the thirteenth. As usual, I got up out of bed, my body feeling sore from the battle I had just partaken two days prior. I could feel it in my bones, and even now as I write this, my injuries have not subsided. They are still there, like an itch that can never be scratched. Or in this case, a pain that can never go away?
No, that's overly dramatic.
A 'phantom' pain?
Wait, I didn't lose a limb, did I?!
No, I did not in fact lose a limb.
Those were the thoughts I had as I woke up that morning, let it be said that I, Sora Yamazaki am not a morning person. I went to the bathroom as I washed my face with some icy water and a face wash, a bottle from a popular brand that I burrow (See steal) from my younger sister, Miwa. She does not impact this story in any way, I just want to mention her because it might annoy her one day.
As I washed my face, I noticed it in the mirror.
I had a spot! A pimple! Right in the middle between my eyebrows, that unoccupied space was invaded by a massive spot! Now, puberty is a bitch, but as I popped that spot, and the pus came out onto the mirror I panicked! My morning ritual of five minutes dedicated to washing my face, and five minutes dedicated to brushing my teeth had over run! I had spent an extra minute trying to pop the spot!
Panicking, I rushed to brush my teeth, only to find out that Hinata, my adoptive mother, had thrown away my toothbrush! See, I bite down on my toothbrush for some odd reason meaning that I go through toothbrushes in an instant compared to normal people! But today was the day of all times that it had to have been thrown away. I remember that scowl etched upon my face as I poured a pit of toothpaste on my index finger and started to brush.
Was it hard?
Yes.
Was it necessary?
Yes.
Did it hurt?
Yes.
One of many sacrifices that I will be discussing in this account. Anyways, I left the bathroom as I went to my room and got changed into my school uniform. Grabbing my bag which I had made ready the night before with the subjects I had on a Friday. It was double Literature, Math's and then Science. Six periods in the day, each an hour long. Counting homeroom at the beginning and at the end of the day, each one hour now, and our mandatory study periods after school was a busy Friday.
I always leave my phone on the stool next to me. No, it wasn't a stool, it was one of those cupboards that are quite small and rest near the head of the bed! A head cupboard I think it is called?!
Curiously, my phone was not charging there.
No, in fact it was sitting on top of my desk, halfway across the room!
Shocked by this betrayal, I checked the battery status and sure enough... It was at 65%! An annoying number. It meant that during school I couldn't afford to go on my phone behind my textbook and read manga or play games when I was bored. It also meant that I barely had enough battery to listen to music. See my phone is an old one, it came out three years back as of me writing this.
Now as you know, phones are released yearly.
Three years back it was a lifetime ago for phones, but I was attached. I tried my hardest to care for it, I absolutely loved it yet...
Its battery was failing on me! I can't believe it either. All those great times we had, and now it's deciding to lose to its incurable disease? I had no idea as to how I would react when it inevitably died, not at the time at least, but what shocked me wasn't the battery, no.
It was time.
See school starts at 08:30 on the dot, homeroom for half an hour up and until 09:00 where lessons actually began.
The time was currently 09:12.
I was very, extremely late!
They say that when pugs (The breed of dog that is) sneeze, their eyeballs fall out on the floor.
I wasn't a dog, nor did I sneeze, but my eyeballs nearly fell on the floor with pure shock!
And looking around, I had realized my alarms had not been set! My family hadn't woken me up since they probably assumed I had already gone to school since my alarm went off, or rather only Miwa assumed so. Gekko, my adoptive father, leaves home at 06:00. Hinata leaves home at 07:00, leaving only me and Miwa at home. Using the closest train station, U.A was only two train stops away.
8 minutes by train.
But that doesn't matter since I was late!
I grabbed by phone, bag and rushed out the door. I didn't have time to make breakfast as I put on my shoes and ran as fast as I could to the train station. I had a train at 09:18, one which I could make. See the train station was only five minutes away. So, I ran. I ran past the sleazy adults that don't work, and the school kids that are in the same boat as me - Extremely late!
Eventually I made it to the train station, at 09:17! I was early...
Only to see my train fly right pass me.
That's right, unlike everywhere else in the world, Japanese bullet trains arrive early.
So, I missed my train because it was too early.
My dear reader, if this is too much to handle for you, the I suggest you stop here, because from this point onwards it becomes even worse. Another train was scheduled to arrive in seven minutes, so I made myself useful as I went to the nearest vending machine and browsed the selection. My wallet was pretty dry, but I had a few spare change. 300 Yen was more than enough to buy a chocolate bar.
As I inserted the money into the machine, I waited for my chocolate bar to fall...
And I waited...
And waited...
IT WAS STUCK!
The bar of chocolate I had bought was stuck! I called for help as the nearby worker came by and tried to help me, but not even they could help me here. No, they went to go find the keys to the vending machine. Something which took eight minutes, meaning the train that I was supposed to take, had waved at me as it left the station, while I was sitting down waiting to eat my chocolate.
Eventually the worker came back, and I managed to eat my chocolate.
It was the worst 300 Yen I had spent in my entire life.
I ate in silence, only the bitter, chilly air having a battle with the wrapper in my hand keeping me company.
Three minutes went by.
Then four.
Then my train finally arrived. I got on, and thankfully two stops later I had no problem getting off. I walked in the direction of U.A, it now being 09:32 meant that I was over an hour late. I gulped in trepidation; was this my death? Those were the thoughts I remember having as I entered the building, the security guard out front rolling his eyes as I just waltzed into the building.
But before that, I must confess to something.
Right before I entered the school, I saw something from the corner of my eye.
A shadowy figure.
It was...
...
...
...
A black cat?
Yes, a black cat! Standing tall and proud as it metaphorically waved at me. At the time I paid no attention to it, surely my mind must be playing tricks on me! However, this cat would be the sole reason as to the events occurring the way they did later on.
Back on topic, I entered the school. It was silent as I walked down the hallways, up the stairs twice and took a right turn. I walked forwards as I eventually met the place; I was supposed to have arrived over an hour ago. It was now 09:43, and I, Sora Yamazaki, was scared for my life. I took deep breaths in, hoping to steel my nerves, but it wasn't happening.
Instead, I tried a more all guns blazing approach. I was late enough, at this point it didn't really matter how I approached the classroom. The result would all be the same, I would get berated for my tardiness. Usually I was on time, even early, but every now and then for some odd reason I was extremely late, it felt like it was an inherited gene from one of my biological parents at times.
I opened the door wide open, forcing a smile on my face.
My words were what you would come to have expected from me, that is a simple "Yo!"
I was met with a round of thundering applause.
"Over an hour? You beat the previous record Yamazaki!" Iida had managed to say to me.
Kaminari paid out a considerable sum of money to Mineta, who had made a bet that I would be over an hour late.
Kyoka Jiro was sitting near the back, trying not to laugh at me as she continued to take notes.
Momo Yaoyorozu sighed. She truly was a class president amongst class presidents as she shook her head disapprovingly, but even I could see the amusement in her eyes. However, only two more people truly matter in this tale.
Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku Midoriya.
The former snarled angrily at me, while the latter had a softer look on his face.
My teacher, one President Mic, looked at me with a look of nostalgia as he ordered me to take a seat. It wasn't odd from the man, not at all. He always seemed to regard me as someone he once knew for some odd reason.
Any way's the lesson went on as normal.
A literature lesson with some English thrown in, a standard affair. We discussed the works of famous writers from across the world, it was a standard affair if I was being honest. Too much of a standard affair, so naturally when I look outside the window, I see...
A black cat?
It was perched on the window, staring inside of our classroom as if it was a student itself. I'll admit, it was rather quite cute at the time. Its head was titled and everything as it used its back feet to scratch its ear. It had the most unusual yellow eyes one could have seen on a cat. I was so transfixed by the cat that I didn't realize I had spent over twenty minutes just staring at the cat.
To the point that our teacher had noticed them as well.
At first our teacher had tried to make the cat flee, using various techniques as he opened up the window and tried to shoo it away with a rolled-up newspaper. However, what none of us expected at the time, was for the cat to not only evade our teachers' attacks, but to actually jump inside the classroom with us. See that is where the main event, the crux of the story begins.
The cat had entered the premises.
Our teacher was stunned, and so were we. I mean who saw it coming? I, Sora Yamazaki, certainly didn't. We all stopped doing our work, Katsuki Bakugo, the closest near the cat, screamed in anger as he told it to "Fuck off!"
And that is where our tale begins.
The cat, let me call it Tommy for simplicity, screeched loudly. I can only assume at the time that Tommy knew he had entered the wrong place. Poor Tommy was lost and confused, and Bakugo shouting and yelling obscenities at it most likely didn't help. And so, when the cat leapt on Bakugo and scratched his cheek, all before running away and jumping out the window was a remarkable sight.
I can personally attest to it myself, Katsuki Bakugo now does not like cats.
Bakugo, in all his anger, got up from his desk and ran out of the room, hoping to follow the cat despite President Mic's protests. Naturally, Iida and Midoriya got up and chased after Bakugo in an attempt to get him back to class and not murder a poor feline. I myself was laughing so hard I could feel some of my wound opening up again, which was probably a dreadful thing at the time.
Anyways, the bell rang as we left to go to break. Bakugo, Iida and Midoriya had not returned.
Now I spend my break and lunch time with a select group of people.
Yaoyorozu, Jiro, Kaminari and Mineta.
Sometimes we had more people, sometimes we had less.
But more or less those are the same faces I see every day/ And so naturally, when we go up to the roof of the building to eat our snacks and we see a familiar cat, we couldn't help but laugh at the irony of the situation. Especially when moments later a furious Bakugo comes shooting out of the staircase, hands at the ready as he prepared himself to blow poor Tommy to smithereens.
Now, I'm not a cat person. Or a dog person for that matter.
I do not care for pets. Personally, I'd rather spend my money on a good RPG or manga series. At least once I buy it, I don't need to take it to the hospital, or purchase food for it every week. However, I wasn't going to allow a cat to get killed. I tried to calm Bakugo down, but it naturally didn't work out as well as I had hoped. He was Katsuki Bakugo, and I was Sora Yamazaki.
We were like destined rivals, not in being a hero or anything. Just in being as much as a dickhead to each other as possible. You could call it friendship I suppose, we both made fun of each other very often. Now his words had no effect on me, and my words had no effect on him either. I suppose he was 'one of the boys' only with a permanent scowl and constant anger ready to explode at anyone at any given moment.
So, when he picked up a rock and exploded it, just like the tennis ball all the way back during the exam Aizawa-sensei gave us, I sent my prayers to a higher being that the cat would be sent to whatever heaven cats had. Now, what I expected to happen was for the cat to die. Instead, the cat dodged, and the rock flew and flew, and flew until it crashed into a window.
Katsuki Bakugo had broken a window.
Even I could see the pure look of shock he had on his face.
Now usually it wouldn't be that big of a deal, I would help cover for Bakugo. But it wasn't just me that had seen it. Yaoyorozu, Kaminari, Mineta and Jiro had seen what had just happened, along with Iida and Midoriya who stood at the top of the staircase in horror as to what just transpired. However,...
You see in order to explain what happened next; I feel like I should give a good enough tour of the architecture in U.A. Yes, it is divided into four blocks with passageways interconnecting them all, however classrooms are on the opposite sides of each other. What I mean by that is that if Class-1A was located in block one on the second floor, Class-1B was located in the exact same position just in block two.
And so, the rock Katsuki Bakugo had thrown, and the window that was shattered, was that of Class-1B.
My quick-thinking skills were truly the ones that saved all of us from a heap of trouble as I dashed towards Bakugo, pulling him down towards the ground so those from the window wouldn't be able to see us. After all, plausible deniability am I right? Just say it wasn't you and if there is no evidence, then you will be fine. Strictly speaking, we weren't really allowed to go on the roof.
His angry voice pierced the heavens above as he screamed at me to let him go.
I did not.
Only because I knew that if anyone from Class-1B saw us, we would be done for. Each and every one of us on the roof would be whipped by our teachers - And our parents! The sad truth of the reality was that well... We couldn't allow Bakugo to get into trouble, if we did, he could rat us all out. Or maybe not rat out, but make sure that the teachers know he wasn't alone on the roof.
Or in my case I just didn't want Bakugo to get into trouble, it was a freak accident.
But the shouts from the second block alerted us all to the fact that 1B had noticed the cat at least, who was now scratching its head as if it had done nothing wrong. Technically, the cat did not break the window. But in retrospection, I most definitely blame Tommy for everything that happened on that day. If Tommy had not shown up, then it would have been a normal school day for us all.
Instead, I managed to force Bakugo to crawl across the floor, despite his very loud complaints about it. We eventually reached the staircase where our friends were waiting for us. Bakugo shouting obscenities at the cat. Well not really obscenities, more of him threatening to murder his entire family and stringing him up as a trophy in his toilet, something along those lines.
I wasn't exactly listening.
Any way's after Bakugo got shouted for breaking a window by Iida, he turned his ire towards me, Jiro, Kaminari and Mineta for being on top of the roof. Yaoyorozu tried to calm him down saying that she, the class president, was there to make sure we were behaving which surprisingly did work to some extent. Izuku Midoriya, I'll never forget his face as he pointed to the little menace.
Tommy in all his glory had decided to pick up something off the ground.
You see we all have student ID cards; some choose to wear there, and others decide to just put it in their pockets. I was that type of student, however when I dragged Bakugo to the ground my student ID must have fallen out of my pocket. And Tommy decided to pick it up. See if 1B students found the cat and saw that it was carrying my student ID card, no doubt I would get blamed for the window being broken.
And that is what began the 'Great Cat Chase'!
I, trying to find the cat to get my ID card back, fought amongst 1B who were trying to capture the cat that 'broke' their window!
A great age of piracy began, especially when Tommy jumped off the roof.
Yes, Tommy, still holding my ID card, jumped off the roof. Naturally we all ran down the stairs, I think everyone else realized that if someone found my ID card that we would all be in trouble. So, we all chased after Tommy, meanwhile in the second block 1B chased after Tommy as well to try and capture the cat that 'broke their window'. However, that wasn't it, it got even more weird from this point forward.
But I'll explain it once we get to that point.
We had decided to split up and try to get my ID card, Bakugo was prepared to burn both the cat and my ID card to a crisp, and so we all went off to various places. Some went around to the three other blocks; some went towards the playing fields and others just went back to class. See we still had lessons, but I knew that I couldn't come back to class without my ID.
I was already late, so not going to lesson wasn't going to get me into any further trouble, all I had to say was that I lost my ID card and was looking for it. What we didn't know at the time was that Tommy had made another appearance near the staff room, our homeroom teacher being the one who saw it. Now what we didn't know at the time was that Shota Aizawa was a cat person, more than that he adored them!
And so naturally when he saw a cat in the premises holding an ID card, he couldn't help chasing after it. And when the other staff members saw what was going on, they too felt like they had to give chase especially after President Mic told them it was the same cat that disturbed his lesson!
And so, three distinct groups searching for the same cat. It sounds like a plot for a sitcom. Or maybe a TV series about international terrorism? I digress, the point wasn't that we were all searching for the cat, it was actually what would happen when we all met.
Both first year Hero classes and the staff of U.A, what could possibly go wrong?
Let me tell you once I found Tommy and saw Snipe with a gun in his hand run towards us at full speed, I must have screamed as I ran alongside Tommy. I ran for my life, completely having forgotten my ID card at the time after all a lunatic with a gun was sprinting towards me, telling me 'Not to move'. Of course, he was talking about little Tommy and not me, but I had no idea that the staff at the time even knew about the cat.
Eventually me and Tommy parted ways, and when Snipe went after Tommy, I felt relieved at the time. I mean who wouldn't? I was free from being shot at least... All before I remembered what Tommy had taken from me. And with Snipe going after Tommy...
I don't think I need to explain how I was feeling at the time, especially since I ran after Snipe with increased vigor than before. It truly was like an exceptional work out session, only ten times the anxiousness. Wait, do you, the reader, get anxious when working out? I guess I must explain myself then. I, Sora Yamazaki, am a complete fraud. I hate working out, I find it completely dull and boring.
I'd rather watch the paint dry.
Anyways, me and Snipe chased after Tommy for a good while as we ran down past corridors. That was until both of us met up with a certain orange-haired girl with a familiar face following her. Setsuna Tokage, member of Class-1B, along with Istuka Kendo, the class president of 1B were chasing after Tommy as well. Now at first, we were all fine, helping each other out to try and capture Tommy.
That was until I realized 1B were by enemies here.
And so, I summoned my Quirk, Nimbus that is, to create a wall of clouds to stop them from progressing any further. Itsuka Kendo ran directly at it, unable to dodge as she head-butted the wall and promptly fell to the floor. Setsuna Tokage however...
She was smart, using her Quirk to detach her hand and make it fly towards my neck as it tried to strangle me to death. One could call it extreme, and I would be inclined to agree. Setsuna Tokage is an odd person, I mean who tries to murder someone in front of their teacher...?
Snipe didn't care.
No, he was too engrossed in trying to capture the cat that he didn't realize that one of his students was being strangled to death. Tokage eventually overtook me, waving at me with her tongue sticking out as she did so. Now, I don't want to be one of those guys, but when she did that, I genuinely wanted to hit her. I know, I know! But I'm an ardent fan of total gender equality!
So, as she slowly tried to kill me, I wished I could do the same!
And surprise, surprise, I could!
Using my Nimbus, I wrapped it around her neck just like her hand was on mine, and if glares had actual daggers behind them then I would not be writing this right now. That's right, both Setsuna and I were strangling each other out. Now, if I was more of a degenerate, maybe I would enjoy the position I was in? I mean being choked out by a hot girl is a privilege few get to partake in.
However, let me tell you it was not a privilege!
Her nails were digging into my skin, making it hurt more than it should have! Also, Tokage was trying to make this as painful as possible for me, it did not come from a place of love! So, my readers, if there is anything you should learn from this journal it's that having someone choke you out is not exactly a comfortable kink! Try and find something less painful.
Like what about a hand holding kink?
Back on the topic at hand. While we were choking each other out, Snipe eventually got angry and started shooting bullets. One of those bullets ricocheted off the wall and hit an important tube. The tube you ask. Well first I must explain where we were at the time. See while we were chasing Tommy, we didn't realize where we were actually going. And so, when we find ourselves in the science labs the last thing anyone should do is start to shoot bullets inside it!
Snipe, however, hadn't realized this, and promptly panicked once he found out that he had managed to hit a tube. Now what came next would probably make my 'Top 10 funniest moments in my life'. It was one of those moments you always remember and bring up with your friends often as you reminisce about the old days and how everything isn't the same as it used to be.
One of those events ya' know?
Snipe, in all his glory, decided to turn his tail and run away. He didn't even tell us - His students! He just decided to run away screaming about the science block not being safe. Fortunately, the tube he hit wasn't important or anything. There wasn't a chemical reaction in the air, nor did the block explode like some supped-up fireworks. Instead Tokage and I kept on trying to kill each other.
It's funny you know; I really think we bonded over this event!
But I digress, Tommy was getting away while Tokage and I were having a pseudo BDSM session. Eventually we agreed to a peace treaty, until Tommy was captured, we wouldn't try to harm each other. It took a lot out of her to agree with my terms, I could tell she still would rather have tried to assassinate me, but hey it worked in the moment and now I'm here to tell the tale about what happened!
So, there we were, chasing after Tommy.
Eventually we had it cornered, and the damned cat was still holding by student ID card! Tokage either hadn't noticed or didn't care, I think she just wanted to capture the cat and beat the shit out of it or something. She seemed like the type, no nonsense animal type person that abuses their kids' animals and doesn't allow them to step one foot into their home for fear that 'they might make a mess'.
And so, when I managed to grab my student ID card from the jaws of the cat, I triumphed in victory! I did it!
"Namizaki... your hand looks swollen?"
Now obviously my name is 'Yamazaki' and not 'Namizaki'. So obviously I corrected her for what seemed like the fifteenth time. But at the time I had just given a vital piece of information to one of my deadliest foes. You see I had never had an allergy before, not in this life or my pre-,
I had never had an allergy!
And so, as it turns out, because I hadn't petted cats before (I'm not particularly fond of cats, more of a dog person) when my hand turned swollen, I realized that I in fact was allergic to cat fur. It was a shocking discovery, especially when paired up with Setsuna Tokage staring at me as if she had struck gold. Her smile turned more deranged as the gears in her brain turned and turned.
Until she came up with a plan.
See our treaty was now over, and so when she picked up the screeching Tommy, she decided it would be a promising idea to try and kill me with it. Yeah, she chased me around the campus trying to let Tommy's fur reach my skin. I can't say it was a pleasant experience, even more when she has the ability to detach parts of her body and telepathically control them.
A pair of hands holding a cat will never not be in my nightmares thanks to her!
As I ran around trying to escape her, I realized that I indeed could just use my Quirk to fly away. I mean wouldn't that just solve my problems. So, as I get ready to jump on board and fly away, a certain someone enters this story.
Shota Aizawa, my homeroom teacher.
Now I originally said that he was the one who started the great staff chase after Tommy, and that is true. So, when he showed up with Midnight and Present Mic as they stared at me getting on my Quirk trying to escape a floating cat, they are promptly all sighed. Aizawa-sensei especially, it's like he had a flashback or something as he promptly scowled at me for the rest of the day.
Naturally Tokage shortly stopped as she caught wind of me being right next to the teachers as she tried to fake a smile and a laugh. But I knew the real her, that psychopath wasn't going to get away with trying to murder me! And so naturally at the time while I thought I was safe I mocked her as much as I could. At first, she didn't reply, and she couldn't.
We were in the presence of two teachers.
But boy did she get her revenge later on. Still, we are not onto that part of the story, well not yet anyways. So, we parted ways, her expression was one of scorn and a promise to pay me back the next time we met. So, I went back to class without any idea of the shit storm that would follow. The rest of the day was as you would expect from a normal schoolboy's life.
I was shouted at for being late, threatened with expulsion etc. The usual. But here is where the events start to get weird. See I forgot to mention one aspect up till now, and that Tommy himself. See Tommy was not just some random cat as we had thought, no it belonged to a certain student in this school. One whose name would be carved into history at a later date.
For being a thunderous dumbass of course.
Hitoshi Shinso was as cliche as I expected, and my expectations were low in the first place. A permanent scowl on his face, thinking he is superior purely because of his height-,
...
Okay, maybe not that last one. But my point still stands, he was everything I expected him to be, times by a thousand and set on fire whilst simultaneously doing backflips on top of a pool filled with hungry sharks. Although his indigo eyes made him look pretty cool, like one of those fan favorite side-characters in an anime or manga that barely has any time?
Wait a minute,
Back on topic, Shinso Hitoshi does relate to this story. Although, not in the way you would expect, see while Tommy might have been under the care of Hitoshi Shinso that does not mean that they are owner and pet. No, as it turns out at the time Hitoshi was looking after his mother's cat as she was out of the country for a 'business trip'. Which was funny when we later learned that Hitoshi's mother was allergic to cats, making me wonder who did the cat actually belong to?
Well, that is neither here nor there. The point was that Tommy had followed Hitoshi to school today, and somehow managed to get past security. 'Best security in any school across the country' my ass, imagine if a villain could turn into a cat? Do they know how disastrous that would have been? Even while writing this, I am shaking my head in disappointment, how could they fail us like this?
I had half a mind to tell my parents so that they could sue the school and get money so I could buy that new RPG with magic and science set in a city-,
Continuing on with the story leads me to my next point. You see the reason Tommy had entered our school in the first place was not out of curiosity to see what was going on but was so he could meet with Hitoshi to get a belly rub. Or something along those lines, I mean it is not like I speak cat. I am just going of what I think was the motive here, nothing factual or anything like that.
And so I went back to class, Yaoyorozu and Iida berating me for running after the cat like that. Apparently, I had missed our third lesson, something which had not occurred to me until now. Or at least at that point? Not only was I late in the morning, but I had bunked a lesson. And here I thought I could try to erase my 'bad boy' image that I had been building up.
Still, I suppose it was not all bad.
Period four had just started as Midnight had started our lesson on information technology, or more accurately the dangers the internet can pose to us as a future professional hero. It was an interesting class, especially when Kaminari pulled out a few packets of confectionary goods and passed them around. We spoke quietly, whispering to each other about random topics.
'Oh, hey did you see the new K-Off volume came out?'
'Yeah, I saw that, a shame I'm four behind. The cover looks incredible, I might just buy it for collection purposes. What do you think?'
'Eh, I preferred the cover for the fifth volume. It had more colors ya' know? Either way, I think the authors of other series, A Certain Chemical Howitzer is better. Both in writing and cover art.'
'Oh, man for real? I could not get past the first volume. It was too complicated, although it matches your tastes. I mean what else would I expect from a single-player RPG kind of guy?'
"Psh. It is not that hard to understand, you, my friend, are just dumb. You only play online games, religiously at that, what happens when the people you play with are not online?'
'Uhm... I don't play?'
'Exactly! That's why it's a flawed game!'
'Okay sure, but I prefer to play games with real people. My friends, not 'friends' that were coded so you could use them in a party!'
'Grk'
That is how one of the conversations went. As we chatted, I could not help but anxiously look out of the window every now and then. See Setsuna Tokage, the crafty bitch-, Er... She probably stole a few cat hairs, and since lunch time was going to inevitably start, I had to get out of the class as quick as possible. At the time I was panicking, I mean she acted like she flat out hated me for some unforeseen reason.
She was chatty, confident, and extremely provocative and talkative to everyone in Class 1A barring me. When it came to me, she was suspicious, distrustful, and downright rude. Along with turning into a psychopath, her odd quirk, which I will admit was not cute in anyway. 'Don't stick your dick in crazy' is the saying, and I would be following that rule when it came to her until the day I died.
Preferably not by her hands.
I mean she constantly got my name wrong, changing the words so it means something else entirely. 'Bakazaki' is just calling me an idiot! A fool! The only fool here is her for trying to act smart and change my name in these 'small' ways! She just acted like she had no class; not a fair maiden at all! So, as I shifted around anxiously in my seat, the sadist girl was probably enjoying every moment just thinking about how I would react!
Anyways, lunch time started. I remember at the time I rushed out of class as fast as I could so as not to be caught up in any surprises, that is until I accidentally bumped into 'him'. Hitoshi Shinso, the bloke I mentioned previously, was standing there... menacingly! Or about as menacingly as he could with purple hair. I think I might have sniggered slightly when I saw his hair color, that was until I was reminded with my own hair color.
He glared at me after getting a glimpse at my Student ID card, naturally he hated hero students. He muttered something about 'privileged kids' before walking away. Now, I did not care about being called 'privileged', but I was not going to be called a 'kid'. So naturally I replied with my own brand of comments, ranging from some being more insulting than others.
His face immediately transformed into a sour expression as he verbally sparred with me. We traded insults like no tomorrow, and at times I was impressed with some of his ingenuity.
'Your parents don't love you!'
'I'm adopted'
'That's exactly why!'
'...okay?'
'Don't just okay me you four foot three smurf!'
The insults went along those lines. That was until a certain teacher walked by holding a certain animal. On the way from the cafeteria, holding some cat food and Tommy, Shota Aizawa came at the perfect time. Or considering what came after, the worst time? He told us both to shut up, and when Hitoshi screamed that it was his cat and tried to steal it from Aizawa, at the moment I could not help but laugh.
That was until Tommy leapt off Aizawa and onto me.
My laughter was quickly snuffed out for cries of help. Aizawa-sensei responded faster than the speed of light as he wrapped up Tommy and carefully pulled him away from me, my face having unfortunately evolved into one that was swollen. I was coughing heavily, almost as if I had been smoking cigarettes every day for ten years straight and my chest felt tighter than ever before.
I had half a mind to kill Tommy right here and there, but alas that was cruel. I do not blame the cat, just my stupid body. Plus, I did not like to see animals in pain, despite my indifference to them. And then, the one and only bane of my existence appeared.
Setsuna Tokage, holding her phone out as she took photos off my face.
'Looking good. Do you want to give a pose for the camera, Kashiwazaki?'
'MY NAME ISN'T A PLACE IN NIIGATA?!'
We bickered back and forth, according to Aizawa 'Like a married couple!'. Both she and I felt offended as we started to insult each other more and more. It was a standard affair, until Hitoshi had the great idea to let Tommy roam around the grounds so he could 'stretch his legs' as if he had not been running around the school for fun. And so thus started the 'Second Great Chase', more commonly referred to as the 'Golden Age'.
Tommy leapt around the corridor, much to Shinso's surprise. Aizawa tried to run after it, but was torn as he checked me to make sure I was not going to die and Tokage... Well, she just continued to piss me off by pretending to interview me. Aizawa cleared me up as fine but instructed me to go to Recovery Girl as soon as possible as he chased after Tommy.
And...
I did just that.
I was not feeling too well, so I decided to go to Recovery Girl. She looked over me and said it was nothing serious, gave me a gummy bear and sent me away. I was shocked at the time; I mean I could have died. It is not like I had an allergy in my past life... The rest of the day went as you would expect. I went back to class and did not get the round of applause that I secretly wanted; in fact, I was actually mocked by my 'friends'.
'Ha, what an idiot, now we know how to deal with you if you decide to get lippy!'
'Tch, imagine being allergic to cat fur?! Pathetic, and you think you are better than me you shitty cloud watcher?!'
'Sora-san, I'll make sure that I wash my hands thoroughly if I pet a cat before coming to school!'
'Yamazaki! I, Tenya Iida, swear to ensure that this classroom is a feline free zone!'
'I'm deceased. You are allergic to cats? That means you can' have no pussy-, Hey why are you hitting me?!'
'As the class president I must say that I'll try my hardest to ensure that your allergies won't ever trigger in my presence, tell me what prescription do you require in case of an emergency? What are the side effects when you are in contact with cat fur? Is it a mild allergy, or something more serious?'
'You are becoming a hero even with a cat allergy?! How manly!'
These were some of the comments I received, and at first, I was confused. Who told them? And then I saw her, Setsuna Tokage, standing outside of our classroom smirking at me. She waved at me, for a brief second pointing towards the metallic object that she was holding with her left hand. Her phone. Oh, how much I loathed her at that moment in time, but the worst was yet to come.
However, I don't think that you, the reader, are more interested in my day-to-day school life rather than the bizarre ending to this tale. So let me fast forward to half-past three, the time we are left out of school. I, Sora Yamazaki, do not attend 'juku' or as it's more commonly referred to: cram school. Not that I wasn't smart enough to attend one, rather to me it was a waste of time.
So, I bid goodbye to my friends who attended cram school, waved goodbye to my friends that take an alternative way home and found myself walking towards the train station that I frequent to. I remember I was thinking of that new game that was supposed to be revealed today, two days ago at the time of writing. A new RPG set in the future, Tales of Cyberslodia, apparently according to leaks it was set in a faraway land five hundred years in the future.
And so there I was, a few minutes out from getting on the train when a certain cat walked in front of me. Now my first thought was to scream for help and run away... Something that I did actually do. And Tommy, thinking I was probably playing a game, decided to chase after me. See when I named the cat Tommy, I was under the impression that it was a lazy cat.
I was wrong.
Tommy chased me through the streets of Musutafu, something which drew the ire of passing citizens as they looked at me as if I had grown a second head. And I couldn't exactly blame them, it's not like I stopped and explained that I was allergic to cat fur so that one bystander could help me, no I just ran straight past them. That was until... Until I ran to a certain someone.
That day must have been my lucky, or rather unlucky day. As it happened, Setsuna Tokage and Hitoshi Shinso were directly in front of me at the time.
And what came next would haunt our dreams forever.
See I had run across the road on amber light, Tommy unfortunately did not have the same luxury. I remember the shocked expression Shinso had on his face, and Tokage's eyes widening. The one time where her guard was down, and so I naturally turned around so my curiosity could be satisfied. What was shocking her? As I turned around, even I could not believe my eyes.
Tommy, the black cat, was run over by a truck.
...That was it.
Seriously! Please reader, do not laugh! It was a traumatizing experience, especially when Hitoshi fell to the ground in tears at the thought of what his mother would do to him. Tokage looked as if she was torn on laughing out loud or being depressed at the event she just witnessed. And me? Well, I took one look at Tommy, his body bent to a shape beyond repair, whispered 'Requiescat in pace' and turned around to walk to where the train station was located.
And that is the secret I have been harboring for two days.
If I hadn't run across that road, Tommy would still be alive.
I killed a cat.
And now I have to live with that burden for the rest of my life...
If what I would say if that were what happened. Unfortunately, it isn't as simple as what I said happened. See while it is true that Tommy was run over by a truck, that wasn't necessarily how the events of that day played out. See the reason Tokage and Shinso were even next to each other was because Shinso was berating Tokage for not taking care of his mother's cat.
She got pissed off and used her Quirk to detach her hand and flick him in the head, something he wasn't expecting as he took a step back and accidentally fell onto the road. A certain truck avoided Shinso completely luckily, however the truck driver couldn't escape the fate of running a black cat, who was crossing the street, over. See what really happened was a set of coincidences, an event predetermined by fate entirely.
You see; that day all three of us killed a black cat which I named Tommy.
That is the truth about the events that took place on Friday the thirteenth of April.
I sighed as I put down my pen. Who knew writing accounts was exhausting? I mean I knew it would be long, but looking at the time told me that it was two in the morning. That meant I had been writing since yesterday in the evening...
OH GOD THAT MEANT IT WAS MONDAY?! I HAD SCHOOL IN A FEW HOURS!
I stared at the writing in front of me. Sighing, I scrunched it up in a ball as I threw it in the small bin located in the corner of my room. I can't believe I wasted good time on writing a shitty account on a series of events, I could have played a game, or I could have read a book! Hell, I could have done the homework Aizawa-sensei set for tomorrow...
And I was hungry too!
Well, I guess some things are better left unsaid. Or written in this case.
Experimental comedy-ish chapter!
I had a lot of fun writing this, but it was also really difficult. It took me three weeks to write this chapter, when other chapters usually take me less than a week. Sure I have been busy lately since school started, but it was quite hard to write this near the end section. Originally I had planned for Tokage to accidentally strangle Tommy when chasing Sora around with it, as they bury him in the school roof.
And then Shinso was mentioned for fun and...
Hope I can get some feedback on this! I guess you could call this an 'omake' as it really won't be mentioned every again. After all It is supposed to be a secret.
Next time:
Ooo, a declaration of war from a bunch of nobodies is quite funny. I mean what kinda name is... wait I forgot their names already? Uhm...
Next time:
I will try speed-running life with cheat mode!