I've been in the hospital for about two days now. I've been told that I shouldn't heal myself and that I need to let my body restore itself naturally. I saw two figures slowly rise up from each side of the bed. It was Sota and Selina, both of which had rather intense looking smiles on their faces.
"Sensei, we saw everything on T.V., that was awesome! But really, REALLY scary! We thought you were gonna die!" Selina told me.
They both gave me a big hug, "Y-Yeah! Where have you been anyway? People were saying that you died or left U.A."
"I've been on a bit of an emotional journey, it's quite a lot of baggage to unpack." I answered Sota.
They told me that they'd be joining me alongside Deku during my Work Study! I was super excited to hear about it!
[Several Days Later...]
I was finally released from the hospital. I had a few bandages here and there, but nothing too major. Except for the cast I had on my right arm... As I left the hospital, I called Momo.
"Hey, I'm out, finally! I may or may not have sped the process up just a bit." I chuckled.
"Alyx, didn't they tell you to let your bones heal naturally?" She sighed.
"I didn't heal them all the way, just to where I can get out of the hospital and back to the dorms. I've got a cast on my right arm, not to mention my rib cage." I reassured her.
"Well, hurry home now! Todoroki is currently attempting to make dinner for all of us with Bakugo and Tsuyu's help. I love you bunches, darling!" Momo replied.
"I love you bunches, too!" I ended.
I hung up and made my way back to the dorms. I couldn't believe that I had to kill my own family member.
"Ay yo, what's up?" I heard a woman call out.
I turned around and saw Camie, "Hey! Long time no see, Camie."
"Same to you, so, what's the tea? I heard you died; I was like 'Whaaat? Shit's wack, that isn't true'! It was totes a heartbreak!" Camie responded.
"No, I haven't died yet. Although I wouldn't be surprised that people would actually believe it." I chuckled.
She nodded at me, "Yeah, I figured. People cap all the time, so I didn't believe it, I heard about the whole scrap you had with that villain. Pretty dope if you ask me."
We stood in front of a crosswalk and waited for the signal to walk. I couldn't help but notice the children to my left staring up at me. They must've been walking home from school, judging by their backpacks, not to mention some had notebooks in their arms.
"A-Are... Are you...? A-A-Are..." A boy stuttered.
I knelt down, with quite a bit of pain, and smiled at them.
"Yep! That's me!" I grinned.
"Woah! Guys! Hey, can you do the thing? Pleaaaase?" He asked.
I activated my Overdrive in my left hand, the kids all marveled at. Camie crouched down next to me.
"Ay, that's pretty lit, huh?" She wondered.
The kids all looked at her confused, almost as if she was speaking another language.
"She's a little advanced with her linguistics! Don't worry, I don't blame you for not understanding. Say, you've got some cool looking stickers on your bags, did you all make those?" I laughed.
"Yeah! We made them today at school, I made a lot of Deku stickers!" A little girl beamed.
She showed me a sheet of handmade stickers of Deku, there were a few stickers of Uraraka, Mina, Momo, and even Monoma! They all had some rather interesting takes on hero costumes for all of us, there were some crayon fingerprints on their sheets, they must've worked really hard at this.
"Oh! Very pretty! I love 'em!" I grinned.
"Sorry I don't have any stickers of you, Leonidus." The little girl apologized.
I put my hand on her head, "No need to apologize, the fact that all of you are alive and well, that's all that matters to me. Have you all started developing your Quirks?"
They all nodded at me, these kids sure seemed like a rather attentive bunch. I stood back up as they walked with us.
"Although it might be scary, Quirks can actually be a lot of fun! Just remember, don't push yourself, go at your own pace when it comes to your Quirk. Everyone learns at their own pace, if you take your time, it'll bloom into something magnificent!" I advised.
"Okay!" A boy replied.
The kids waved at me, I waved at them back as we went our separate ways. I turned back towards Camie who was glaring at me, did I do something wrong?
"Hot damn, boy, I didn't realize that you were good with kids." She purred.
"Well, I have a younger sister, I used to watch her while my parents were away back in America. I guess I have some childcare experience." I explained.
"Say... You wouldn't have time on your hands, would you?" Camie wondered.
"Well, I guess I do, why?" I answered.
"You down for coffee?" She winked.
I lowered my eyebrow with confusion, "It's 4:30, Camie... I mean, I guess I could have coffee with you, I am kinda tired."
[Several Hours Later...]
Wheeeen she said coffee, I didn't expect to be... Well... To put it bluntly, rattling her headboard for a couple hours. Up for new experiences I told myself, don't be rude to people or hurt them I said... Now that I'm thinking about it, maaaaaybe I should start politely declining things instead of overthinking that I'll hurt someone with my answer.
"Shiiit... That was bussin', you were all up in my guts." Camie cooed.
"I didn't think you meant this! I thought you were talking about coffee coffee, then again, I guess it was kinda weird that someone would ask that at almost 5 at night." I responded.
I got up and put my clothes back on, "Before you dip out, here's my digits."
"Oh, thank you!" I smiled.
I took the slip of paper from her and put her number in my phone. She blew me a kiss as I jumped out of her window to fly back to the dorms. After about 10 minutes, I landed on Mineta's balcony. I knocked on his balcony door, he opened it with a confused look on his face.
"Mineta, you were right." I told him.
The look of confusion turned into a big grin, "Well then... Come in, friend."
I walked into his room, it definitely gave me a "I'm living with my parents in my childhood room that I've decorated with anime girl titties and figures", not to mention his body pillows. I sat down on his bed, my back hit one of his body pillows...
"Hey, so... You don't happen to um... do things to these pillows, right?" I worried.
"W-What? Of course not! Why would I?" He reassured.
Clearly a lie, being that the body pillow my back hit had a rather crusty texture. His room was extremely well kept and clean, I never thought that he'd have fuzzy purple carpet in his room either!
"So, my Harem Leonidus Theory is correct after all?" He wondered.
"I think so, yes. How do I stop it?" I responded.
"W-Wait... Hold on, what? I was just joking but now you've got my interest." Mineta hesitated.
I told him about what happened and the other incidents that have occurred. He took a rather great interest in my story.
"Huh... Just take it as payback for what Yaoyorozu did to you!" He proudly claimed.
"B-But... That's not right for me to do that." I fretted.
"Oh, come on! You don't have to tell everyone everything! Just keep it a secret." He persuaded.
"Okay, I guess I can do that." I muttered.
I thanked Mineta and left his room, I walked downstairs and saw Kaminari, Jiro, Ojiro, Tokoyami, Tsuyu, Koda, and Hagakure in the Common Room.
"Hey, I'm back from the hospital! Where's Momo at?" I announced.
"She's been upstairs, I think she's in her room? And welcome back man, nice to see you're doing a little better!" Kaminari greeted.
I nodded and walked upstairs. I had a feeling that she was in my room. I slowly opened the door and peered into my room. She was standing in the middle of my room, arms crossed, staring directly at me.
"H-Hey... Darling dearest... Light of my life..." I squeaked.
"Where were you?" She questioned.
"I was just... I... Yeah... Uh, the funniest thing happened to me!" I faltered.
"Go on." She nodded.
"I just so happened to run into this weird old lady, she had me help her take her groceries to her house, then she told me about some sort of mafia she wanted me to join. I was like 'Woah, what? I can't do that' and she was like 'Come on, sonny, you're a big strong boy! You can do it'! And then she tried to make me take drugs down to a certain location for some meeting but I didn't do it. It's was rather bizarre, right?" I nervously laughed.
She tilted her head, "That didn't happen, did it?"
"Whaaat? What are you talking about? Of course!" I lied.
"Your right eye is twitching; you lie when that happens. Not to mention your bang sways a bit." Momo noted.
I started to slightly tremble out of fear and it felt like my face shrunk down.
"ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵈᵒⁿ'ᵗ ʰᵘʳᵗ ᵐᵉ." I whispered out of terror.
"Oh no, I won't hurt you, darling." She smiled.
[Several Minutes Later...]
"NOOOOOO!!" I screamed.
Momo was standing in front of me wearing a fucking Hatsune Miku outfit. I stood at the corner of my bed, back against the corner of the wall.
"What's wrong?" Momo feigned concern.
She approached me with her arms out, going to hug me, I screeched and held out an Overdrive Blade.
"I'LL DO IT! STAY THE FuuUUuuUUCK BACK!" I yelled.
"Don't you want to give me love, Alyx?" She puffed her cheeks out.
There was only one thing to do... I had to give myself a heart attack, make her feel bad about what she did, then use that as plot towards my character arc! Or maybe just pretend to have one, that might be better. I looked at her and jolted, I let my entire body go limp, my head slumped downwards.
"D-Darling, are you alright?" She wondered.
I didn't answer her, I played dead, "Hey... Mikaboshi, could you make it seem like my heart stopped?"
"Of course, although this is a rather cruel prank, I'll oblige." He answered.
Momo placed her ear towards my chest, I heard her gasp, she looked up at me.
"Oh my god!" She exclaimed.
She let her guard down, I roared which made her scream, I pinned her on my bed and chuckled.
"Hee hee, gotcha!" I laughed.
"H-Hey! That was not funny, Alyx Sienna Leonidus! You had me worried that I gave you another heart attack!" She complained.
"Now who's all big and bad now, Ms. Miku? I got you pinned!" I smirked.
She bit her lip, "Then that means I've won~"
That caught me off guard heavily, she flipped me over and she was on top of me now. She grinned at me as she held my arms down on my bed.
"You were saying? Seems as if you're easily distracted by my fake erotic nature!" Momo laughed.
I looked down at her skirt, "Huh, nice underwear, is that fabric all velvet?"
Her face went bright red, I broke her grip and wrapped my arms around her. I quickly moved to my side which sent her blue wig flying to my floor.
"And YOU were saying?" I raised an eyebrow.
"I'm surprised you still aren't freaking out because of how I'm dressed." Momo responded.
"I mean, I was until I 'saw' your underwear." I chuckled.
She gasped as she blushed, "You liar! You didn't really see them, did you? I demand a rematch!"
"Yeah, alright I-" I stopped.
I have never, in the 18 years I've lived, experienced such a terrible pain in my right forearm in my entire life. I slowly let go of Momo with my eyes widened, I slowly turned onto my back and stared up at the ceiling. She sat up and looked confused.
"Are you okay, Alyx?" She asked.
"My arm... It hurts." I muttered.
"On a scale of Curious Teen to Mineta, how bad is it?" Momo wondered.
"Mineta." I answered.
"Oh, goodness! Did I hurt it when we were messing around there? I apologize darling." Momo worried.
"I-It's fine, I think I can live through the pain." I reassured her.
"Don't say it." Momo suddenly spoke.
I looked at her, "Don't say what exactly?"
"The typical 'if I can live through the pain I've had before I can live through this' kind of additional comment." She continued.
"Oh, I wasn't gonna say that. I kind of have that all figured out." I replied.
Momo didn't say a single word, I think she might've understood what I meant, being that she quickly hugged me. I was finally at ease with my thoughts and my past actions.
[Two Days Later...]
I finally returned to my Work-Studies with Mirko. We got a call that someone was being held at gun point! Deku, Sota, Selina, Mirko and I all rushed to the reported location. We saw a rather large crowd, it seemed as if they were trying to convince the gunman to put their gun down. That's when I heard a voice that I hadn't heard in forever, then their hood came down.
"You goddamn bastard! I'm not letting you get away from me now!" Ruka Sumiko shouted.
I put my fox mask on, "I'm going in, stay behind everyone!"
I charged in without a wasting a second, I heard her pistol fire off, the crowd of people screamed and hollered. I stood in front of the man she fired at, the bullet hit my mask and bounced off of it. If I didn't make it in time, my cape would've most likely stopped the bullet before it got to him as well. Her aim was now shaky as she stared at me.
"W-What... Who...?" The man behind me wondered.
I pushed my mask to the upper left part of my head, I looked at Ruka and smiled gently at her. She lowered her gun a bit as she stared at me.
"I-It's... It's you..." She muttered.
I walked towards her, she put her gun back up, "D-Don't you take another step, I... You aren't going to let him get away from me, Leonidus!"
"I know, look around you, Ruka." I spoke softly.
Ruka finally looked at her surroundings to notice that Mikaboshi stopped time. I put my hands up as she continued to point her pistol at me. I slowly walked towards her.
"I'm not going to have you arrested, I promise you, you can be at ease." I reasoned.
She continued to point her pistol at me, her grip grew shakier, I got close to her and lowered her weapon. Ruka fell to the ground on her knees, I knelt down and placed my hand on her shoulder.
"H-He... He murdered my Father... Then took over his business... I... I can't let him get away..." She wept.
I sat down on both of my knees, I looked down at the tight grip she had on her gun. I gently took each of her fingers and slowly loosened her grip on it. The gun slid off her thigh and hit the ground, freezing in place. I put my cape around her and hugged her, she hugged me back, her tears went down the front of my hero costume.
"It's okay, I won't let him get away with it, I promise." I whispered.
Mikaboshi continued time, I stopped comforting Ruka, I slowly stood up to my feet.
I turned my head to look at the man, "You. Answer me this question, did you injure this woman's Father?"
"W-What?! N-N-No! I'm no damn murderer!" He stuttered.
"Interesting, I never asked you if you murdered him. That's a rather bold declaration to outwardly make to me." I noted.
"U-Uh... No... Wait I didn't mean to-" He panicked.
I turned around and pointed at him, "You didn't mean to say that because you DID murder her Father, didn't you?! Nobody would automatically make that assumption neither be quick to defend themselves like that unless they've done something wrong in their past. You murdered her Father and took their business over yourself, right?!"
"I-I... Okay, yes, I did it! I fucking did it! Their damn family cheated me out of my insurance!" He admitted.
Insurance? Really? How fucking cheap was this guy? His confession was heard by dozens of people, including Mirko and the others, there was only one last thing left to do. I walked up to the now trembling man with a smile on my face. I put my hand on his shoulder.
"A-A-Are you gonna let me go?" He shivered.
"Of course I will, after this!" I beamed.
My Overdrive aura ignited around me as I continued to smile. My smile faded and I stared at him.
"DORARARARA! DORARARARA! DORARARARA!!" I roared.
"DORAAA!!" I shouted.
My last fist sent him flying backwards into a street light, bending it in the shape of his back. I set my fist down a bit as I blew my bang out of my face. I helped Ruka up to her feet as Mirko, Deku, Sota and Selina approached the man.
"Why didn't you do that beforehand?" Ruka asked.
"Well, I wanted to make sure, it's better to get a confession from someone rather than go off assumption. Although I believed you regardless, nobody points a gun at someone and shouts something like that." I explained.
I held her gun in my hand, I held it out to her, she grabbed it and put it back into its holster.
"Thank you, Leonidus." She smiled.
I nodded at her, smiled back, then put my mask back on. I was glad to see her again, and I was definitely glad to have stopped her from doing something she might've regretted.
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