Chapter 15 : Same Difference

*A/N*: I see I'm getting less likes on the pic of the day when it's not Rumi, huh?

On a more serious note I hope you'll be pleased today! There are less words obviously (2.4k) since Paradox didn't edit this one.

Oh and yeah, I was smoking on this one too, but I still found it amazing, well at one point you'll see some bullshit but don't mind it pouahahah! It was kinda mandatory to do if I wanted my fanfic to move forward!

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"Did you pack everything? Clothes? Food? Books? Mmmh… What else?" Miku could be seen thinking throughout the video-call screen.

His parents bought him a computer and forced him to take it with him to Hiroshima; as a mean to contact them. Kurai was against it, more so because of the invasiveness of all those devices, but he couldn't help it, it was in the condition they gave…

"Yes, yes, don't worry Mom, I've got everything and even more…" His eyebrows went up exasperatedly. His new flat was half-full already and it was only the first day! Akio even paid movers to put everything into order.

Miku furrowed her brows, slightly angered at his remark. "Huh? 'Don't worry'? Of course I'll be worried, dummy!"

"Yikes… I understand, alright? But it's you two who wanted to play with the condition first, heh!" Kurai triumphantly smirked.

Which in fact, made Miku furrow her brows even more, but before she could unleash her wrath on him Akio came from behind and shushed her mouth. "There, there, let's leave it at that okay? Haha…" He laughed nervously, not wanting to go for another round with those 2 headstrong mules.

"He completed everything accordingly so let's not go back on that topic again, and if he behaves nicely at school too, everything will be alright, right?..." His look went from his wife to his son, looking at his raised finger through the screen.

"...?"

"Nice old man! I couldn't say it better, but look, you forgot the coffee on the hotplate, it's spilling now."

Akio, now understanding why his finger was raised, did a quick 180° with his head, even hurting it in the process, to see… Nothing.

When he looked at Kurai, he saw the latter laughing, "Ouch, you aren't hurt Old man?"

This time, it was Akio's turn to furrow his brows. "See, that's what I'm talking about, mind your behaviour when you're there!" Miku, deadpanning, was spectating. Seemingly used to this happening, her husband was too gullible and her son too playful.

She still didn't think it was alright to let him go to school, but she too, couldn't do anything after promising such a biased condition, 'It is what it is…'

"Anyway, Mom, Pops, I'll start school tomorrow, I gotta end the call since I've got things to prepare!" He waved at them through the computer's cam.

They both waved at him back, Miku was even sending him a flying kiss, "Take care and we love you, son!"

The call ended and Kurai shut down the computer, he started to walk toward the fridge, full of diverse products after stretching his limbs.

He took a sports drink, and sat on the couch, which was a bit big for his tiny frame, even though he grew those last 2 years.

He was chilling while drinking proudly, after all it was the first time he was truly alone without needing to hide it. 'First time alone, and it has already been 6 years in this world, huh?'

Indeed, tomorrow he'll have to attend an elementary school in Hiroshima. Now people might be wondering why a 6 years old kid was left alone, far from his parents, to attend a school? 'Heh, I'm a genius.'

Leaving the narcissistic main character aside, it was the condition he had given to them a few weeks ago that helped him pull this stunt on his parents.

Each time he recalled how he played them, he was full of pride. 'It's not that I particularly wanted to leave them, they are good people, but I needed my privacy and it's not good to live in the same house as a healthy young couple with my enhanced senses.' He reasoned.

Actually, the condition he raised previously was a hazardous attempt, 'But they wanted to play with the devil in sheep's clothing…' He chuckled remembering that part.

At first he told them that he'll join an elementary school only after one condition.

The condition being that the school should be the one they visited in Hiroshima, with the half-human kids.

Even though the parents quickly linked it to the half-humans, they still were dumbfounded, it's not like Aichi didn't have schools like that too. But Hiroshima? That's like 500 kilometers away!

They denied him at first but he didn't seem to hear them out at all, he stubbornly continued to express his desire to go there.

So, the only way for his parents to deny him, without actually denying him, was to impose some impossible conditions. After all, it was only fair when both parties agreed on some conditions.

Starting from there, if Kurai had to be honest, he already knew where it was going. But he had an advantage…

Anyway, the couple expressed their wishes to him, that if he completed those conditions, he would be allowed to go to Hiroshima, live alone there and go to the school.

Obviously, for them to allow something as crazy as this, they would need to have utmost confidence in their conditions, and the main one was that Kurai needed to actually pass one high school entrance exam. This could have been a no-brainer and a direct win for the parents if he wasn't a reincarnatee.

A test for 15 years old kids wasn't that hard for him, because they only teach basic stuff at that age. So it wasn't going to change, or not a lot, even if he isn't from the same time period. He also easily hid and lied about his success when the parents discovered the results, shell-shocked.

They thought that a former cat, now human for 2 years, would never have the knowledge necessary for that kind of stuff, but since they only saw him study and read books for the last few years, his excuse didn't seem that unreasonable. The doctor also said something about his genius mind…

One other condition was that he had to behave...

Well, now that he was older and freer with the things he could do & say, his playful side came out more. To Akio's detriment since Miku was still a no-go for Kurai. But he also had to not antagonize others. (Others as other students)

Indeed, he also had to go through a physical test to get their approval, a test where he broke their expectations once again. Mainly because the last 2 years, he actually stopped training his skills. He couldn't see any improvements in it, so he thought that he should re-work his way to the basis. So instead, he opted for body training.

If his electrical quirk worked like an enhancer multiplying his strength, Kurai knew that he'd be stronger by raising his base 'stats' rather than improving the quirk. Since the base, which is his body, could be improved faster.

For instance, take a multiplier of 5 for the quirk and 2 for the body: his result would be 10. Now after 2 years of training, he could say he reached 4 for the body, that makes it 20 (4*5). But if he had taken the quirk approach, and trained it instead, he would've 5.5 or something close as a multiplier: thus reaching only 11 (2*5.5).

That's why he was literally taking a stroll during that test and why his parents told him to behave, they didn't want their son to go around hurting other kids.

They also told him to report daily with the computer, something he'll probably forget but since Miku would call him anyway, he didn't mind forgetting for once.

"Anyway…" He looked around the flat.

It'll be his main residence for the next 6 years as it was decided with his parents. 'If nothing wrong happens.'

The flat was pretty big, well it looked more like a suite, it had an open view on the town, Hiroshima.

'Huh, it brings back good memories.' The master bedroom was pretty big, it included a four poster bed, perfect for nightly activities, sadly, he was too young for that.

He even remembers seeing a personal bathroom in the room, in addition to the main one. The other rooms, unoccupied, were used to stock his belongings such as clothes.

Finally from where he was sitting on the couch, he had a view of the living room and the kitchen. To his amazement, the couch was big enough to fit at least 6 average adults. There was a glass table in front of the couch and a paper thin TV glued on the wall, with what seemed to be magic for Kurai.

The kitchen was a last generation kitchen that could make any housewife green with envy. All in all, the design and the arrangements of the flat were very modern. The only thing that he lacked was a personal gym for training. Though he didn't plan on going to the gym for now, or it might impede his growth, staying with body-weight exercises was fine enough.

It was already late so Kurai only settled for a TV-show along with his drink for the rest of the night, while thinking of what benefits school would bring him. Unfortunately, the show ended before he even had a semblance of an answer.

*Sigh*

He was exhausted, it was a long day, moving from Aichi to Hiroshima in a single day wasn't easy. 'I should go to bed early today, tomorrow might be a long day…'

*Pouf*

Jumping from the couch, he took his cat-form while being mid-air. He then ran through the living room and entered the bedroom. Using a small amount of strength, he leaped from the entrance of the bedroom and landed delicately on the bed.

'I hope it won't be boring.'

He rolled on his back.

'Hell nah, how could it not be boring? It's school after all…'

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Even when he woke up the next morning, he tried to be cheerful about it, but it all burned down when he saw the uniform at his doorstep.

'Fuck man! It's my first time going to school in both lives and I have to wear a uniform...?' Whining mentally, he still proceeded to take the uniform.

It was just some plain black trousers and a white shirt with a red tie and a red blazer. He took his time wearing it all the while he narcissitically looked at the mirror. Where his image was reflected. A kid no older than 6 years old with royal purple hair and golden eyes staring at his reflection, with a small grin adorning his face giving him a sort of regal look. His dark skin was matching the uniform pretty well too, making him look cuter.

He licked his lips, 'I'll definitively be fucking handsome later.' With such dynamic, he took his backpack and closed the door of his house, going to school.

Fortunately, the Yaoyoruzu chose a flat near his school. So he didn't need to walk for more than 10 minutes to be there. That way he easily reached the school 30 minutes before the start of the lessons, so at 8 o'clock.

The said school, now that he could see it, looked… average. 'Well it's a school, I don't know why I had my expectations so high for such a cursed place.'

At the entrance gate, he could read the name "Fukoromachi Elementary School". Entering the playground right after the portal, kids of variable ages could be seen playing around, while the school's buildings were further away.

The main building, where a clock was nudged on the facade, seemed to have a rooftop with free access since he could see the staff overseeing the kids from his position, probably thanks to his enhanced senses because it looked like the staff couldn't see him.

'Anyway, I guess I'll have to wait a bit before they make the attendance call for the classes.' He thought before settling his butt on a nearby bench.

A few minutes later, the staff who was on the rooftop came down with different sign panels. There seemed to be around 24 from what Kurai counted, 'Must be 4 signs per year.'

Then the teachers took out small intercoms from their pockets and started shouting different kind of names, Kurai wasn't listening that much. He didn't really care about who his classmates were.

Until, "Kurai Hizashi, Class 1-A!" A female teacher called his name.

He naturally got up and went toward his new class, observing the different kids aligned in 2 rows.

"Alright, Class! Now that we are complete, follow me to the classroom!" The teacher said before turning her heels.

Meanwhile, Kurai could see 'normal' kids or some other kids with mutant quirk, but his gaze stopped on a certain girl. The same girl he saw 2 years ago bullying 6 other children at the same time.

Weirdly enough she was at the back of the row, and alone, it seemed like no one wanted to walk side by side with her.

'Fate is truly funny.' Under the shocked and afraid gaze of the other kids he walked to her side. The girl, feeling the commotion and someone approaching her, was about to lash out at him. Until, she turned her head and observed him too: a purple haired guy smiling at her. A genuine smile, without any kind of malice behind it, it felt weird to her.

But what truly made her stop was his difference from other kids. A difference they shared.

Kurai, seeing the girl glancing at him while gaping, smiled. "Hello there!" He extended his hand.

The girl blushed out of shame for showing such a shameful behaviour, "*Cough*" She also faked a cough before adopting a more haughty expression.

Which didn't affect Kurai at all, "My name is Kurai Hizashi!"

"Tsk, I know, I've heard it." The girl clicked her tongue. She nonetheless extended her hand too, making the gasps around them even louder. But just a look from her made them all shut up.

Kurai noticed the awkward atmosphere but didn't want to comment on it, "So, mind telling me yours? We kinda look the same, it's rare to have someone with the same skin tone as me." He winked at her at the end.

The girl just gave him a weird look, taking her hand back, "Rumi, Rumi Usagiyama. Don't forget it." before turning back and following the class.

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