#and she tells Yata that it's weird she saw this guy in her dream who wanted her to tell Yata that 'it' wasn't his fault

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I imagine Yata having a lot of trouble befriending Fushimi in this situation too because just imagine a Fushimi who grew up never meeting Yata and spending his entire school life in that crushing loneliness 'where he didn't even realize he was lonely.' Like say AU where Yata never sees Fushimi being attacked by bullies and so they never talk, Yata just goes about his school years feeling all restless about the world. In high school he crosses paths with Homra and ends up joining, getting drawn into the whole world of Kings and everything seems to be fine though sometimes he does feel as if something's...missing.

One day he's chasing down this Strain and he ends up getting hit. He suddenly finds himself like slammed into the body of AU Misaki (or I guess this would be canon Misaki technically :P) and there's Fushimi right beside him, like it's post-ROK and they're dating and Fushimi just immediately notices that Yata's acting weird. Being sent to other Yata's body has also given him all of that other Yata's memories too and Yata ends up spending a couple days in this other universe realizing that this person who he had never spoken to in his world at all is actually the most important person in his life. When the power wears off Yata finds himself lying on the couch in Bar Homra, Kusanagi tells him he's been out cold for hours. Yata says he just had a weird dream, even as he finds himself looking around for Fushimi who he knows now in his world has never even stepped foot in Homra. Maybe around this time it turns out Scepter 4's captured the Strain who attacked Yata, Yata begs Kusanagi to find some way for Yata to talk to the Strain because he has to know if what he saw in the other universe was real.

Kusanagi's a little taken aback to see Yata being so serious about this but he calls in a favor and Yata's able to talk to the Strain and ask about his power. The Strain says he can send people to other worlds where their lives went differently, where one interaction with a stranger changed the whole course of their life. Yata realizes all that stuff he saw was real and that Fushimi is supposed to be his friend, like now that he knows about this other world he feels like he knows what it is he's always been missing. Yata immediately goes on this hunt for Fushimi, he's super fixated on finding out where Fushimi is in his world so that Yata can find him and meet him. The rest of Homra is concerned to see Yata so fixated but maybe Anna looks at him through her marble and says that Yata's looking for the piece of himself that he's missing. Mikoto doesn't quite get her meaning but it's enough even so for Homra to immediately step up and help Yata find this 'Fushimi' guy.

So say at this point Fushimi's like just entered college, maybe studying to be a programmer or something and he's absolutely miserable. Niki's still dead but Fushimi's basically been completely ignored since that time, Kisa sending him off to a high school with live in dorms and then college just so she doesn't have to deal with him. He has no friends and doesn't talk to anyone, and when this weird red-haired shrimp sits down next to him suddenly at a cafe Fushimi doesn't even look up. Yata's not going to be so easily deterred though and he introduces himself, saying he was in Fushimi's class in middle school. Fushimi looks up and clicks his tongue and then just immediately stands, walking out the door as if Yata wasn't even there. Yata follows him all hey wait a sec and Fushimi coldly says he isn't looking for friends and he doesn't care who Yata is. Yata's like wait hear me out I know it sounds crazy but we're supposed to be friends. Fushimi's like it does sound crazy so go away, shrugging Yata off when Yata tries to touch him. Of course Yata isn't giving up so easily and he basically starts showing up everywhere trying to talk to Fushimi, revealing he knows things about Fushimi that Fushimi has never told anyone else and it's honestly making Fushimi suspicious about who this guy is and what he wants (oh oh plot twist maybe it eventually turns out that Fushimi's in jungle in this AU and he has no idea that Yata's in Homra, Yata actually starts wearing him down so they can become friends but then the series plot line kicks in and they don't even know they're enemies).

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Mind Games (Pt.1)

“She looks so happy,” Izumo said. Mikoto didn’t say anything and continued to stare at you.

“I still can’t believe that you two got a Strain and erased all her memories!” Yata yelled. “She’s your little sister for fuck’s sake!”

“Be quiet Yata-chan,” Izumo scolded.

“It was for her own good,” Mikoto said lowly. “I didn’t want to see her get hurt again.”

“Neither did I.”

“She was my best friend, King! Your sister doesn’t deserve this.” Angry tears appeared in Yata’s eyes.

“And she was going to be my fiancé!” Izumo had lost his patience.

“Do you think you’re the only one affected by this? We all lost someone that we loved Yata-chan! You lost your best friend, King lost his little sister, and I lost the love of my life.” Purple glasses hid wet eyes. “Did you really want to see her on the verge of death again? I sure as hell don’t!”

Yata was quiet. The three of them watched you for a little while. You were cleaning with your mom, listening to music and laughed at the stupid jokes she was saying. You looked like you were having the time of your life, and it broke their hearts. Yata couldn’t stand it so he rode away quickly. Izumo and Mikoto could hear him yelling and hitting things with his bat. Izumo sighed and put his hand on Mikoto’s shoulder.

“We should probably go,” he said. “Yata-chan is causing commotion again.”

“Mmh,” Mikoto mumbled. The two of them left without a backwards glance.

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A sigh left your lips as you walked down the street. You didn’t know why you were sad. You had an amazing life, amazing friends, and an amazing mom. It was more than you could ever ask for. So why did you feel like something was missing? You didn’t tell anyone you felt this way. You didn’t want them to worry about you.

Weird things have also been going on. One morning you woke up and you had tattoos all over your arms. Then you blinked and they went away. You shook it off as remnants of a dream and went about your day normally. Another morning, you woke up to piercings in your ears that you’ve never had. You were officially freaked out. So you decided to take it into your own hands to figure out what the hell was going on.

And that brings us to the present. You hadn’t been able to find anything out and was now discouraged. What was happening to you? You really wanted to find out, so you headed to the public library to browse the computers. You texted your mom to tell her where you were and got to researching. About half an hour into your little research session, you got the feeling that you were being watched.

You looked around sneakily and didn’t see anyone. You must be the only person in here besides the librarian. You shrugged it off and went back to your computer. Not even five minutes later, you got the same prickly feeling on the back of your neck. You whipped around, but still didn’t see anyone. Shaking your head, you got up and stretched. You went and walked around some bookcases, looking for anything to help you.

“Maybe a book on dreams?” You mused. You meandered to the psychology section and browsed the selection there when you heard typing.

‘Gotcha,’ you thought. Tiptoeing as quietly as you could, you snuck up behind the male typing away. You kicked his knee out and got him in a headlock.

“Who are you and why are you watching me?” You hissed into his ear. He struggled to get free, but you just held on tighter.

“Tell me!” He was about to tap your arm when a voice called out.

“Yata-chan! What the hell are you doing?!” A blond, chubby man came running towards the two of you.

“Who the hell are you?” You asked, your grip never faltering.

“I’m Kamamoto Rikio. My apologies if he has done anything to annoy you,” he said with a bow. “We’ll be going now.”

You let go of him. He gasped for breath and straitened his shirt. When he did that, you got a glimpse of a tattoo. It was the same tattoo that you saw on yourself before. It startled you so much, you didn’t see the guys leave.

“Wait!” You yelled to a closing door. You raced after them but when you got out onto the street, you didn’t see them.

“Goddammit,” you muttered to yourself. You walked back inside and fell into your chair with a groan. You looked back at the computer and saw that a document was open. One word was written on it.

HOMRA

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Reincarnation Fushimi: Fushimi died in Return of the king. Homra and S4 so sad about this. One year later, Misaki and S4 find a little girl who is very similar to Fushimi but Fushimi did not know them. What will they do? Because girl!Fushimi because he (or she maybe) did not know that she had previously died.

So say that Douhan doesn’t come for Fushimi in ROK, Yata savesFushimi from Sukuna but leaves him to get out on his own. Fushimican’t get far on his wounded leg though and he’s still stuckunderground when the base begins to cave in. In the mess of theaftermath no one realizes that Fushimi hasn’t made it out until it’stoo late, like Yata gets above ground and finds out that Anna’s safeand the rest of Homra got out fine but he’s worried about Fushimi tothe point that Kusanagi has to stop Yata from going back down andpossibly getting himself killed trying to bring Fushimi out. Kusanagifigures that Scepter 4 would have gotten Fushimi out but by the timethey reach the spot where the Scepter 4’s stationed none of thetroops even seem to know what he’s talking about when he tries to askabout Fushimi. Yata’s getting increasingly more agitated and finallyKusanagi spots Awashima and runs over to her. Before he can even sayanything Awashima grabs his wrist and says Fushimi’s name, Kusanagi’sexpression shifts as he realizes what must have happened while behindthem Anna just clutches at her chest and closes her eyes. Yata looksbetween them, angry and disbelieving and he finally just startsyelling at everyone, like why are we standing here we need to getSaruhiko out of there. Kusanagi tries to tell him to calm down butYata’s already losing it and that’s when Munakata appears, havingwaited by the entrance to jungle’s base right up until the very endfor Fushimi to come out. Munakata takes full responsibility forFushimi’s death and maybe he even gets punched for the second time inone day, Yata just hauling off on him and Munakata lets him, sinceafter all Fushimi was his clansman and Fushimi’s life was Munakata’sresponsibility, and Munakata failed him in that.

So say it’s a few years later when they meet reincarnated Fushimi(since just one year later I don’t know if one year old reincarnatedFushimi would be really obvious). Maybe in the intervening yearsYata’s kinda come to terms with losing Fushimi but it’s still an achein his chest and his deepest regret, that he left Fushimi behind thattime after they beat Sukuna and that the two of them were never ableto truly reconcile and come to an understanding. One night Yata’s outlate after finishing his part time job and maybe he stops to getsomething to eat at a vending machine. As he’s leaning there againstthe wall something small bumps into him, Yata staggers for a secondand then reaches out to steady the small thin girl who just bumpedinto him. Yata starts to give a rushed apology but the girl justpushes past him. Yata’s wondering why a kid’s out so late when herealizes that the girl just stole his wallet. He yells after her andthe girl takes off running, Yata just grabs his skateboard from whereit was leaning against the wall and gives chase. He manages to catchup to her pretty quick, grabbing her by the arm and pulling the hoodof her coat down, finding himself face to face with a pair of brightblue eyes and for a moment Yata finds himself with Saruhiko’s name onhis lips and he isn’t even really sure why. The girl meanwhile clicksher tongue and is annoyed that she let the midget catch up to her.

Yata’s like who the hell are you calling a midget and anyway why’s akid out all alone at night. The girl says that it’s none of hisbusiness and tries to escape his grip, saying she’ll give his walletback so he can let her go. Her wrist is so thin that Yata can feelher bones and he ends up spontaneously deciding to take her back tohis apartment. She assumes he’s going to call the police but insteadYata starts making her a proper meal, she mutters that there betternot be any vegetables in it because she hates those. Yata feels apang in his chest as he laughs quietly and says not to worry, hisbest friend hates – hated vegetables too. The girl doesn’task him about the slip and Yata doesn’t say any more, making her foodand sitting her down at the table. He sits opposite her and watchesher eat, trying to ask her about her family and do they know she’sstealing people’s wallets. The girl clicks her tongue and says it’snone of his business as she slowly eats the food. Yata’s like wellit’s late so I guess I can’t call your parents tonight, you’ll haveto stay with me. The girl’s suspicious but agrees, she tries to sneakout at least once during the night but Yata catches her and sends herback to bed.

From there Yata finds himself unexpectedly taking care of the girl,she doesn’t seem in any hurry to go back to where she came from andeven though she’s bad tempered and grumpy Yata finds himself drawn totake care of her. Maybe he takes her to Homra and even though it’sbeen a few years since the Slate was destroyed Anna still has some ofher powers left, she looks at the girl through her marble and latertells Yata that there’s something odd about the girl’s aura,something clouded that she can’t see. Yata ends up reluctantlyletting Kusanagi contact Scepter 4 to find the girl’s parents,intending to call them, but when the girl finds out she just laughsbecause her parents don’t give a shit about her and won’t be comingfor her either way, but if Yata wants to get rid of her she’s happyto leave. Yata refuses to let her go though, like there’s justsomething that makes him want to keep an eye on her.

Then one day the girl gets sick and Yata starts taking care of her,she’s in the midst of a delirious fever when she suddenly grabs hiswrist and stares at him with bright dilated eyes, saying very clearly’Misaki.’ The girl’s never used his first name before – hehasn’t even told her what it is – and Yata doesn’t know what tosay. The girl starts saying more strange things in the middle of herfever, saying ‘Misaki’ over and over again and apologizing, at onepoint she also mutters ‘Captain, do your own work’ and Yata doesn’tknow how to handle this, like he’s suddenly certain that this isSaruhiko but at the same time he wonders if this is just wishfulthinking on his part, his inability to let Fushimi go manifestingitself on the girl. He calls Scepter 4 again and this time Munakatahimself shows up at the apartment, Munakata walks up to the sick girleven as Yata warns him not to upset her. Munakata puts a gentle handon her forehead though and quietly says 'My apologies for taking solong to retrieve you, Fushimi-kun.’ The girl stirs and looks up athim with fever bright eyes as she sighs and tells him not to makesuch a stupid expression before falling back asleep. At that point itbecomes clear that yes, this is Fushimi reincarnated, but once thefever wears off it’s also clear that the girl herself has no idea ofher past life.

I think from there Yata would find himself torn, like part of himjust wants Fushimi back, but he can also see Fushimi’s shadow in thisgirl in more ways than one and he kinda wants to protect this girlthe way his middle school self couldn’t protect Saruhiko all thoseyears ago. The girl ends up with this whole extended family of peoplewho love her, all of Homra adopts her and Scepter 4 ends up becomingclose to her as well (Munakata informs the others about who the girlis of course, when they all first meet Awashima and the alphabet boysare surprised to see that 'Fushimi’ is now this small angry girl.Then Awashima steps forward with a gentle smile and holds out a handto the girl, introducing herself and asking if the girl would like atour of headquarters). On the one hand Yata sometimes finds himselfwishing still that he could speak to Saruhiko again, that he couldhave his Saruhiko back and they could be together, but he’salso finding some comfort at last in helping this girl, the old painsthat were still in his chest easing as he sees her slowly start toopen up and learn to care about other people, the two of them sort ofhealing each other as he helps to raise her.