Unusual Events Part - 2
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Universe found- [Code name:- Branch Timeline: Universe no. 7] [Powers:- Quirks]
"Universe No. 7? Wasn't that the one where we had a glitching chair in our dorms?" Momo thought out loud.
"That's exactly what that universe was," Iida sighed, massaging his temples. "And it was the same universe where Midoriya's counterpart was driving my counterpart crazy."
"You mean where your counterpart was trying to spoil Izuku's fun and hindering science?" Melissa asked, furrowing her brow.
"He was just doing his job as a class president!" Iida exclaimed.
The scene opens with a view of a small pixelated black hole in the living room of the U.A. dorms, while Izuku observes it and sips coffee from his mug.
"There is a black hole in our living room..." Ochako said, staring at the screen in front of her in disbelief. "Hmm... why is there a black hole in our living room?" she asked.
"I don't know, but I can think of someone who could be responsible for it, 'ribbit'," Tsu said, gesturing toward the on-screen Izuku.
"Come on, Tsu, let's not jump to conclusions. We shouldn't make assumptions about people, right?" Izuku tried to defend his counterpart but quickly shut up at the black looks he received in return.
Just then, Iida arrived and stared at the black hole with wide eyes. "Is that a black hole?" he asked, his voice filled with shock and surprise.
"Oh, you think!?" Dabi retorted. "You must be a real genius, huh?" he scoffed, brushing off the glares coming from the Iida brothers.
"Iida, I thought you had a therapy session with Hound Dog after that whole ordeal with Stain," Izuku remarked upon seeing him.
"What's Midoriya's counterpart talking about, Iida?" Aizawa narrowed his eyes at Iida. "Care to elaborate on that?" he asked.
"I'm not sure, sensei!" Iida hastily replied. "It seems to be related to another universe anomaly!" he added, avoiding eye contact as his sensei scrutinized him suspiciously.
"I'm not going today. What's happening?" Iida asked, staring at the black hole.
"Not going to a therapy session? How did you get away with that?" Izuku asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Midoriya, I swear!" Iida exclaimed with a look of annoyance etched on his face.
"Yes, there seems to be a black hole in our living room," Izuku admitted, glancing at it.
"Well, admitting there's an issue is the first step to resolving it," Nezu remarked. "Now, the question is, how did that black hole end up here, in the living room of their dorms?"
"Dare I even ask how?" inquired Iida.
"I believe it was due to my attempt at photosynthesis, gaining energy from the sun," Izuku explained, "but instead caused that said energy to collapse on itself."
"He did what!?" Ibara exclaimed. "No, I should be asking why he did that!?"
"No, you should be asking how the hell he managed to pull that off!" Monoma interjected, ignoring Ibara's rebuke about his language. "It would have been one thing if he had a plant-based quirk, but that doesn't seem to be the case here! So then how!?"
"I wouldn't exactly call it a success since... well... it resulted in a black hole in their living room, so..." Itsuka added weakly.
"The fact that he accomplished anything like that is what's truly baffling!" Monoma exclaimed.
"Did you try to photosynthesis?" Idia asked, wearing a bewildered expression on his face.
"It was weird," Izuku confessed while solemnly nodding his head. "Don't try to concern yourself with it."
"Why can't we have this weirdo of a hero brat in our universe instead of that little brat," Shigaraki muttered, glaring at Izuku. "It would've been much simpler to deal with him if he was like this!" he added, scratching his neck.
"Do you really think you'd prefer dealing with the counterpart who managed to photosynthesize and somehow created a black hole in his living room as your arch-nemesis?" Spinner raised an eyebrow.
Shigaraki pondered Spinner's words for a moment before replying, "Yeah, you're right. This loser here is much easier to kill than that weirdo on the screen."
"Midoriya, my chest is feeling heavy," Iida said, taking a deep, long breath.
"Yeah, it's probably not good for us-" Izuku said, but he got distracted when something went into his eye.
"Midoriya!" Iida snapped.
"Geez, Iida's counterpart needs to calm down," Eri said, rolling her eyes. "Izu's counterpart just got distracted a bit. It's not that big of a deal."
"It is a big deal. My counterpart's lungs are collapsing there," Iida pointed out.
"Nah... it will be fine," Eri said dismissively, waving her hand.
"What do you want me to do about it, Iida?" Izuku bit back at him.
"I don't know, Midoriya. It just seems like all these things happen because of you," Iida replied.
"I caused the black hole?" Izuku asked rhetorically.
"Y- you literally just said you did!" pointed out Iida, gritting his teeth.
Izuku paused for a moment and thought to himself. "Okay, that's fair," he said.
"Well, he is honest, at least," Nemuri said, giggling to herself. Then a wide grin appeared on her face as she stared at her friend and colleague. "Hey, Shota, I wonder how many times your counterpart must have threatened this version of Midoriya with expulsion."
"Knowing myself, I'm sure it's too many times to even begin counting," Aizawa sighed. "But given who my boss is, I'm sure he's enjoying whatever strange situation Midoriya cooks up every week."
Just then, suddenly, a lamp was sucked into a black hole.
"Ugh, there goes my favorite lamp," Izuku complained.
"A lamp is the least of his worries if that thing in their living room is growing at the rate I suspect," Thirteen remarked. "Honestly, I'm surprised they could just hang around and chat casually with a black hole in their midst like that."
Then he turned towards Iida. "You should have seen this thing a few minutes ago. It was the size of a coin."
"S-so it's growing?" Iida asked, sounding worried.
"Of course, exponentially I might add," Izuku replied. However, it only agitated Iida more, who demanded Izuku to explain his words. "It's, uh... the rate of growth is getting faster and faster."
"So... I'm not really familiar with all the science stuff, but what Midoriya's counterpart said sounds pretty bad, right?"
"No, it's not just bad," Momo said with a sigh. "No, scratch that, it's way worse than bad."
"How much time do we have?" Iida asked, panic evident in his voice. "And what's that humming sound?"
"From the speed it's been going the last few minutes..." Izuku paused and calculated in his mind. "10 minutes?"
"F-f-for what? To the dorms to be consumed?" Iida asked.
"No," Izuku chuckled, "The world."
"Midoriya!" yelled Iida.
"Come to think of it, it might be better for this disease-filled world to come to an end," Overhaul said. "And how ironic that it would be caused by the very same boy who thwarted my plans to cure the world."
"Nah... it's too quick, too painless," Shigaraki said in a bored voice. "I'd rather turn everything to dust and hear people's screams... now that's a way to end it all."
"And the humming, I can't tell if the universe is collapsing on itself or if we are about to meet god," Izuku nonchalantly replied.
"I am not sure, but I don't think being this casual about something so serious is a sign of a healthy mind," Itsuka said. "Maybe it is him who should book an appointment with Hound Dog-sensei and see if he is all right."
"I can't breathe anymore," Iida said, rubbing his chest. "Should we leave the dorms?"
"Well if you want to make it quicker. You could probably run into it," Izuku suggested jokingly while smiling to himself
"Midoriya, that is just rude," Iida said.
"That was a joke, I am sorry," Izuku said, frowning. "I'm trying to be more social."
"Well, it wasn't bad. I'd give it a five out of ten," Ms. Joke said, rating the joke from on-screen Izuku.
"The issue is he shouldn't be joking in a situation like this, and he definitely shouldn't joke about someone dying," Aizawa sighed.
"I mean, who cares," Ms. Joke shrugged. "If they're going to die anyway, they might as well go out with smiles on their faces."
Just then, one more thing was sucked into the black hole: this time, it was the coffee mug that Izuku was holding. "Ugh, I loved that coffee cup," Izuku complained.
"Do you think that will matter in five minutes!?" Iida exclaimed in a panicked voice.
"B-but it was a limited edition All Might cup with All Might in his golden era suit and the Might Car!" Izuku exclaimed, defending his counterpart, while the others let out exasperated sighs.
"The visuals of a black hole to the naked eye have just been theorized. This is a breakthrough," Izuku said in an astonished voice.
"That's true. However, I find it hard to believe that a real black hole would look like a pixelated, free-to-download PNG," Melissa said with a frown.
"Yeah, I'm with Melissa on this," Ochako chimed in. "I can't accept that one of the coolest and most mysterious phenomena in space would look like this," she added while making a face at the black hole on the screen.
"A breakthrough that won't last very long," Iida pointed out as his voice grew louder with every word. "Midoriya! I can't BREATHE!"
"I think I've got an inhaler somewhere," suggested Izuku.
"Inhaler... seriously!?" Kaina said with an exasperated sigh, shaking her head. "You know, he could at least pretend to be affected by the fact that the black hole is going to end the world."
However, before Iida could respond, the black hole closed on its own and vanished from the room.
"Hey! Look! The problem solved itself!" Eri said with a smile. "Just like I said it would."
"Yeah, but it wasn't Midoriya who solved it, you know," Jiro pointed out.
"I mean, potato, patato, who cares? The world is saved, and so are apple candies, so congrats," Eri said dismissively.
They both stood there in silence for a moment before Iida said, "We need to change dorms..." and then the screen went black.
"Midoriya, your counterpart is going to give my counterpart gray hairs before even graduating from high school," Iida sighed, feeling sympathy for his counterpart. "Midoriya's counterpart really needs to stop these antics in the dorms, especially with my counterpart around him."
"So you're fine with my counterpart pulling these weird and stupid experiments as long as yours isn't there to witness them?" Izuku asked, raising an eyebrow.
"No! Don't twist my words!" Iida said, making chopping motions with his hand. "What I mean is, your counterpart needs to cease these experiments altogether. Not only are they harmful to our fellow students, but they're also damaging school property," he added sternly, adjusting his glasses.
"Brother, you really need to learn to relax, or your hair will turn gray, whether there's a quirky Midoriya in your life or not," Tensai said with a strained smile.
The screen lit up once more, this time in 1A's dorm kitchen where we could see the oven was on fire with bright red flames and a large amount of smoke billowing out of it. Meanwhile, Izuku was as usual observing the situation calmly while drinking coffee.
"No! Not the kitchen!" Momo exclaimed with a look of horror. A similar expression could be seen on the faces of the other members of the kitchen team as they observed the scene and the red flames erupting from the oven.
"I knew one day these kids would set the kitchen on fire," Aizawa sighed, rubbing his temples.
Just at that moment, Momo burst into the kitchen, shouting, "Our kitchen is on fire!"
"Great... looks like it's my turn to get frustrated, angry, and all the associated things that happen when dealing with this version of Izuku," Momo said, letting out a tired sigh.
"You're not even going to greet me?" Izuku asked, sounding slightly offended.
Momo turned to Izuku, her face filled with disbelief as she exclaimed, "What!?/What!?" both the on-screen Momo and the one sitting in the audience exclaimed simultaneously.
"When you enter the room, you should at least acknowledge the people who are in it with you," Izuku pointed out, rolling his eyes.
"Sorry, I was distracted by the FIRE coming out of our oven," Momo snapped, glaring at him.
"Yeah, but it takes a second, Momo," argued Izuku.
"OUR KITCHEN IS ON FIRE, IZUKU!" Momo snapped at him once more, raising her voice even louder.
"No need to yell, Momo. We are indoors," Izuku calmly reminded her. "And that to the pieces of advice I have given you about being a decent human being."
"Izuku, I'm sorry, but your counterpart is so infuriating. I—I—I just want to slap him through the screen!" Momo said with a huff, folding her arms.
"Wow! You need a special kind of talent to make Momo this mad about something, you know," Jiro said, snickering to herself. "Yeah, but I do agree that Midoriya's counterpart is coming off as an asshole right now."
"I think he's... you know... misunderstood," Izuku tried to come up with a defense for his counterpart but quickly fell silent when Momo glared at him. "Yeah, my bad, that was really rude of him to say that," he admitted with a sheepish smile, rubbing the back of his head.
Then suddenly, the color of the flames coming out of the oven changed to a bright blue.
"Hey! Now that's a beautiful color of flames," Dabi said with a wide grin.
"Why is the fire changing color?" Momo asked, her eyes filled with concern as she observed the oven.
"Is that your question?" asked Izuku, raising his eyebrow. "Not 'why is there a fire in our oven'?"
"I-I DID!" Momo shouted at him.
"Oh my! I've never seen my daughter shout like that!" Momo's mother said with a chuckle.
"Well, can you really blame her?" Momo's father asked. "Even I'm getting infuriated by this version of the boy."
"You stated it, not asked it," Izuku casually remarked with a shrug as he took a sip from his cup.
"Why is there a colorful fire in our kitchen, Izuku?" Momo asked, lacing her words with as much sarcasm as she could.
"Heh~, who knew Momo was capable of this level of sarcasm," Mina snickered to herself. "Looks like our prim princess does have different shades to her."
"I am glad you asked," Izuku said. "I was trying to perform a nuclear fusion in a controlled environment, this case in our oven, and I believe I caused a nuclear meltdown."
Upon hearing Izuku's words, Momo was left speechless as she stared at him in disbelief before finally blurting out, "What!?"
"Midoriya! The school dorm's property isn't there for your personal use!" Iida said, making a chopping motion with his hand. "You can't use our kitchen's oven for your personal experiments!"
"I know, Iida! I'm not the one doing it!" Izuku snapped back.
"Sorry, Midoriya, but watching this version of you is getting progressively irritating, and I just need to reprimand someone," Iida said, while some of the people around them looked at him strangely.
"Yeah, I have no defense. This is bad," Izuku nonchalantly replied.
"Well, like I said before, the kid is honest at least," Nemuri said. "The boy knows when to admit he's wrong; he just needs guidance for his social interactions and filtering his words before speaking them out loud."
"Is there like, radiation in the air?" Momo asked, her tone edged with worry.
"If that was the case, we would be dead," Izuku replied. However, just as Momo sighed in relief, Izuku added, "or soon to be."
"Izuku!" Momo exclaimed.
"Seriously, how is this version of Green still around to stay in the school!" Setsuna said. "I'm pretty sure whatever he was doing with that oven must be breaking some kind of law, right?"
"I believe that as long as Nezu finds his experiments entertaining and relatively safe, he's safe from expulsion," Vlad King said with a sigh.
"The colors pertain to different elements and compounds radiating out of the oven," Izuku explained as the fire's color changed once more, this time into a bright purple. "As long as it's not green, we should be good."
"Gre-green?" Momo asked, her voice tinged with concern.
"Yeah, that would most likely be radium emitting from the core," Izuku explained. "But I don't think we will reach a high enough temperature for that. I would imagine the core will collapse in on itself-"
As he was speaking, suddenly the fire's color turned green, which Momo noticed. "Izuku!" she exclaimed, shakily pointing at the oven.
Izuku stared at the oven and the green flames for a moment before he said, "Well, that's unfortunate."
"Heh, I'm starting to like this version of the brat," Shigaraki smirked. "I hope when that thing explodes, it takes most of the hero brats along with it."
"How much radiation are we consuming?" Momo asked.
"Well, it's not 3.6 röntgen, that's for sure," Izuku said.
"Oh god... did he just refer to the Chernobyl incident at a time like this," Momo said with a tired sigh as she slumped in her seat.
Then just as Momo was about to lash out at him, the fire suddenly vanished. "There's the collapse," Izuku smiled, gesturing at the oven. "I think we're good. Just don't eat or drink in this kitchen for a few days," he said and walked away.
Meanwhile, Momo just stood there dumbfoundedly, looking alternately between Izuku and the oven. "Do we get a new oven!?" she asked as the screen turned black.
"So, what are your thoughts?" Nezu asked.
"That version of Midoriya is a menace!" Iida exclaimed. "He shouldn't be left alone in the dorms without supervision!"
"Yeah, he needs to be kept out of the kitchen," Momo added. "We don't want radioactive things in our kitchen."
"I think he could be a revolutionary scientist if he puts his mind to the right kind of experiments," Melissa said.
"Yeah, but even with that brilliant mind, his attitude could prove to be a problem," Power Loader said. "People in high positions have quite fragile egos, and with his blunt attitude, he'll attract ire and the wrong kind of attention from the wrong kind of people."
Then they discussed some more before moving on to the next universe.
To be continued...
Source: Is that a black hole? & Nuclear Oven by Jaden Williams (Youtube)