The walk back was not a quiet one. Neito constantly complained about how reckless UA was letting middle school students faced a robot that was 10 times their size, Ibara kept checking on the unconscious boy and offered to carry him while Aki put on a wry smile on his face every time Neito started complaining and kept reassuring Ibara that he had no trouble carrying the boy.
To their relief, a nurse approached them as soon as they reached the starting line. She instructed Aki to put the unconscious boy down on the ground before applying first-aid to him.
"Will he be fine?" Ibara asked with a concern voice while clasping her hand together, praying for the boy to be safe.
"The debris hit him on the head, but the boy's quirk allow him to minimize damage to his body so there is no severe injury except for some scratches. No sign of concussion so with my healing quirk, he'll wake up in no time." The nurse reassured the vine-haired girl with a smile. "You three are really impressive. Running away from danger is easy, towards it takes a great deal of courage. This boy is safe thanks to you three so be proud of it."
Not used to compliments, Neito just nodded with a proud face, not forgetting to put on a smug ass grin. Ibara bowed her head and thanked the woman for her kind words while Aki looked like he was about to die from embarrassment judging from his red face.
"As flattered as I am for the kind words, may I ask how could UA, a prestige hero school, use such a dangerous robot for a mere exam?! A lot of people could have gotten hurt by it." Monoma questioned the nurse with a serious face.
"I agree that the method is not very safe, but there is a safety switch inside the zero-pointer that would switch itself off before the robot could hurt anyone. Although some of us complained about this many times before, Nezu would just laugh and says that 'This way, we could learn about the student's ability and potential to be a hero!' " The nurse frowned while resting her right cheek on her hand.
"That is.. concerning" Mumbled Aki as he imagined a bear....mouse....human-creature laughing.
"Yes, it is. But his method is effective as it always brought us promising hero students every year, so I guess there's a silver-lining in it." The nurse gently smiled before speaking again. "Anyways, us adults got it from here. Why don't you three check out at the entrance and call it a day. It's getting late and I think your parents would be worry."
"Oh my, it is getting quite late. Once again, thank you for helping us,..."
"Dogen, Emma Dogen but I would prefer it if you call me Emma."
"As you wish, Emma-sensei, we will be taking our leave. Take care." Ibara bowed.
"You too. I hope that we would see each other again, next time with you guys as UA's Student."
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The trio walked together towards the check-out gate to collect their items. The walk was unusually quiet, as if they were trying to strike up a conversation but did not know what to talk about. The silence continued for awhile before Neito spoke up.
"Mochizuki-san, I have been thinking about this since we met, would it be rude to ask what is that mechanical on your left hand? Is it part of your quirk?"
"Yes, I have been wondering that too, but feel no pressure to answer if it makes you uncomfortable." Ibara added her two-cents in. Although she was curious, she respected the boy's privacy.
"Nah, it's fine. To answer your question, Monoma-san, this is a prosthetic arm. The school granted me permission to use it as a support item along with this katana." Aki answered, holding up his left arm that was covered by mechanical while eyeing at the katana what was resting on his left hip.
"Prosthetic? Is your left hand suffering from an injury?"
"Oh, no. I use this only as a support item to grapple myself onto buildings and use some tools that are attached to it since my quirk isn't exactly good for combat."
"I see." Monoma nodded in understanding, "Then what is your quirk, I may ask?"
"It's kinda.... hard to explain." Aki scratched his head, "I don't know its limit or how it actually works sooooo..... sorry, can't help you."
"No need to apologize, Mochizuki-san, we merely asked out of curiosity. If anything, we should apologize for prying."
"It's no bother. But, if it's okay for you two, may I ask what your Quirks are? It's always nice knowing about new Quirks!"
"I would be happy to tell you about my Quirk." Ibara smiled, "It is called Vines. It gives me hair-like vines that grow on my head. I can lengthen and manipulate the vines, allowing me to attack, defend and grapple. I could also detach them as will. The vines will grow back, if my head receives proper sunlight and water, but I prefer not too do that as it would leave me bald for awhile."
"It would be a delight to demonstrate to you my wonderful quirk!" Neito exclaimed while laughing out loud, "My quirk is Copy. As the name suggested, I can copy any quirk by physical contact, possessing the same advantages and disadvantages of the quirk and I can swap between Quirks that I copied for a wider approach. However, I can't use accumulation-quirk, and I could only use one copied quirk at a time and the use of these quirks are limited to my own body."
Nodding with an interest look in his eyes, Aki jotted down the information in his head. Neito and Ibara were kind enough to answer any inquiries Aki had about their Quirks. The conversation among the three went on for a while before Neito decided to break it up.
"As interesting as this was, I afraid I must go home. My parents must be worried and I really don't want to deal with them swarming over me when I got home." Neito said, pointing his hand toward the car that was approaching.
"Me too. I would not want to worry my parents any further. It was fun meeting you two. I hope we can see each other again soon, maybe next time as classmates." Shiozaki said, smiling gently while pointing at the direction of the train station.
"So bright!" Thought Aki and Monoma before they nodded and pointed in the opposite direction from the two and said, " That would be fun! Hope to see you two soon. Good luck with the result!"
The trio waved goodbye, with a smile on their faces before making their own ways back home.
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The Shinobi Hero (OC X Harem) (BNHA X Sekiro)
FanfictionIs immortality a gift? Or is it a curse? Mochizuki Aki, a young aspiring teenager who wants to become a an Underground Hero, is trapped in the midst of the fight for the immortal power. Trained by a disgrace Shinobi, join our undead hero in his jour...