SAO: Alicization High and Beyond [ Part 2 ]

Switch the Traumas

[ Back on the mission - To Neutral Territory; Voltrome Ravine... ]

Deku:
("We're back on the mission. Back on track, and making great progress. Everything is going smoothly and everyone's doing well.") Deku thought things were going well, and then Sarai spoke to him.

Sarai:
"Hey, Mister Deku." Sarai catches Deku's attention. "Um, can I ask you a question?" Sarai asks Deku if she could ask him a question, then Deku replied, 'Sure, what is it?'

"Can I hold your hand?" Sarai hold out her hand and Deku politely hold her hand as he replied, 'Sure thing, I don't mind.'

"And... Um, well, I'm sorry if this seems personal but... do you remember your parents? I really don't remember a single thing about mines." Then Dorothy intervened

Dorothy:
*Gasp*
"Sarai!! You can't ask him personal questions like that!" Then Deku spoke to Dorothy

Deku:
"Dorothy, it's ok. It's not a big deal, besides it's fine. I'm not taken aback by that."

Dorothy:
"Are you sure?"

Deku:
"Positive." Then Yuuki and Aiko join the conversation secretly, as Deku begins to speak. "Well, to answer your question, Sarai, I do remember my parents but... not well enough." Yuuki spoke next as she replied, 'Not well enough?"

"When I said that, I do remember spending time with them but I don't remember their faces good enough. I was... well, always quiet and don't speak too much. I was just in my own world and they thought that I couldn't speak and something was wrong with me."

Dorothy:
"Was there a serious illness?"

Deku:
"Nah, I was fine. They made sure that I was fine... but I guess that they got tired of me when I was 5 years old... that was when I was forced to stay with my grandma Nō on my mom side of the family."

Sarai:
"Why they made you stayed at your grandma's?"

Deku:
"Well, I was wondering the same thing, but I didn't really think about it that much. And that was the last time I've seen my parents... until when I was turned six years old, 4 months later, something happened, truly bad."

Aiko:
"What happened?"

Deku:
"It turned out that a massive and horrific incident occurred on the local news, happening in the middle of traffic and causing huge chaos due to a single event, which was ultimately triggered by someone's road rage." Then Sarai asked a question

Sarai:
"Um? What's "road rage?"

Deku:
"Road rage means like, aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by people driving a vehicle. So, basically, any small things can make anyone angry and violent, making them do things so stupidly dangerous that cause them to go and cause a huge wreck."