#like i said nana is more my speed

[crafiet]

Everytime I try to read shoujo romance I just can't take it seriously

[mochiepie]

𝐇𝐮𝐬𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐱 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 🍒

✨🍡♡⁠(⁠˃͈⁠ ⁠દ⁠ ⁠˂͈⁠ ⁠༶⁠ ⁠) ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵃⁱⁿˢ ˢᶠᵂ,ᵈⁱʳᵗʸ ʷᵒʳᵈˢ, ᵖᵒˢˢᵉˢⁱᵛᵉ ᵏᵉⁿᵗᵒ, ᵒᵇˢᵉˢˢᵉᵈ ᵏᵉⁿᵗᵒ,ᴶᵉᵃˡᵒᵘˢʸ. ♡⁠(⁠˃͈⁠ ⁠દ⁠ ⁠˂͈⁠ ⁠༶⁠ ⁠)✨🍡

🍡 Your loving husband has been busy for a week by now with his hectic schedule and work load. Going to office early in the morning, then going to exorcise curses, coming home late at night, directly goin to sleep, with no cuddling or spending time with you... The love was gone as if. Your once lovey dovey cutesy husband, vanished as if... And now? You're stuck with a workaholic Stranger.

🍡So, now you have decided, to make him taste the same shit he has been making you swallow. You thought to confront him about this.. but.. a wicked idea popped right inside your nasty mind. You have been craving your lovey dovey Husband alot.. but- The treatment which he was giving you? PATHETIC! he deserves a punishment doesn't he? That's when the idea clicked in. You decided, to pull a prank on him, right when he comes home.. obviously Late at night!

🍡 You decided to order a scandalous, sexy, revealing looking dress for yourself. Making sure, the dress looked tooo vulgar. You knew, that Kento would immediately notice it. He maybe is busy, but his eyes never missed the opportunity to eye you down. NANAMI knows what's your style and fashion taste, he knows that you don't like wearing revealing clothes outside.. and well, that's what u have planned. You knew, NANAMI couldn't afford to let you wear something this vulgar outside, he knows how men act especially to a women as sexy like you. You were only made for him, and his words were like written on stone. Not untill now, cuz it's the time to give him a punishment.

🍡 you wore the mini black dress, which revealed alot of your cleavage, of your ample breasts. The dress merely covered your fat ass cheeks, or your plump thighs much. Just the perfect sight of sore eyes. To make it more obvious, you decided to wear black heels and a red lipstick with a smokey eye look.. now it's obvious. You ain't just going out.. nah. This would make him enough suspicious. You patiently waited in the living room with your purse for NANAMI to come home.. so that u could start ur prank.

🍡 7:00pm! At exact time, the entrance door opened, revealing your hot husband, wearing his suit, looking so sexy and fuckable for you. But- it wasn't the time. Right now, it's his punishment time. You smirked to yourself, and stood up, walking towards him, heels clinkerin on the marble floor. NANAMI instantly looked at you, when he heard the sound of.. heels? Why were u wearing heels in the house first of all? Soon enough his eyes widened seeing, that "Dress" well he won't even consider that as a piece of cloth, cuz weren't clothes suppose to hide the body parts? So, this dress of yours.. what's it hiding? He immediately walked towards you in the speed of light, grabbing your arm harshly.

🍡 care to explain me what you wearing Baby? Is it.. something for me?

Nope, I actually, am going out with my friends. So.. I'll be late. Dinner is cooked. Have it. Bye. (You said in a cold tone) obviously you wanted him to feel that same neglected feeling you have been feeling for weeks .. he deserved the taste of his own medicine right. But oh well, his eyes instantly Went red as if. He immediately picked you up on his shoulder, as if you were a sack of potatoes and walked towards your shared bedroom, locking the door with his another hand. He remained silent, not even uttering any word.

🍡 NANAMI! LEAVE ME! WHAT ARE U DOIN? I SPENT HOURS TO GET READY. DON'T RUIN MY DRESS AND HAIR.. MY MAKEUP.. NANA- ... your lips were sealed by his own, kissing your roughly, his tongue invading in your mouth, he began to suck your tongue. You could feel the rage bubbling out from him. He was furious. Yet he was trying to stay calm, cuz he didn't want to, cannot even, hurt his princess.

🍡 He stopped kissing you and directly looked at your eyes.. his piercing gaze, digging holes into your soul. You instantly avoided the eye contact,. Again your stupidity, caused your pretty slutty dress to rip apart in pieces, as nanami loathed this dress now. He would've loved this dress if you said you were wearing it for him, but? Friends? Who the fuck were your friends? They were deserving enough to see u like this? He was kinda amused and irritated by your audacity. Well, time to teach u a lesson. He immediately, tore that dress, ripping away with the lace bra underneath even, and throwing it across the room. Before you could protest, you were slammed onto the soft mattress of the bed.. " think you can, dress like a whore and roam around? Forgot that you're a wife now? That u belong to me hah? "

YOU'RE BEING MEAN!! If you can ignore me for days and don't bother about my existence despite me being your wife.. if you can't forget your husband duties..THEN I can too leave being your wife for days yeah???

🍡 that's when NANAMI realised where all this was coming from. His gaze softened and he immediately hugged you. You were surprised, but you didn't wanted your anger to vanish, no.. just because your lovely, hardworking, husband is showing you affection can't melt you.. can't can't.. can't oh yes... Fuck. You instantly wrapped your arms around him, nuzzling into his massive chest, crying already. He began to pepper your head with kisses, muttering sorries and love you's. Your heart exploded when you felt his tears trinkling down your skin. You immediately looked upon him and licked his tears away. "Such a naughty girl, innocent yet so... Naughty" he smiled as he hugged you again, tightly. " Don't cry, sorry baby, i should've confronted you rather then taking such naughty prank stuff. Sowwie. I ain't going anywhere out.. wearing such provocative outfit. I wore it to make you notice me.. and make you jealous a little bit..." He instantly looked at you in disbelief, but again smiled.. his face showed that he was guilty... "Let me make it up to you princess"

Part 2?? Want it? Then comment.

[honeyyhivee]

best friend!joseph joestar ⠀ྀི

⠀ྀི in which joseph joestar can change your mind every time ⠀ྀི

cw ⠀ྀི minors dni! black!fem reader in mind but read as you please, explicit smut with a little bit of plot, battle tendency!joseph joestar, unprotected p in v (wrap it up, folks!), dumbification, petnames (pretty girl, babe, my girl, pretty, doll), joseph's lowk a perv

word count & thoughts ⠀ྀི 701, lowercase intended, not proofread :(, reblogs & comments are greatly appreciated ♡

“look at you! ya’ didn’t need to get all dolled up for me.” 

you laughed at your best friend, joseph's comment before rolling your eyes. “who said i was dolled up for you? it is one of the dresses you got me for my birthday though.” you wrapped your arms around his neck, pulling him into a hug. his hands held onto your waist for a moment before he tried to sneak one hand towards your ass, quickly you let him go and grabbed his wrist.

“i got a date in like an hour, jojo. don’t be a perv.” you pouted a little while moving away from him. “a date? with who?”

“with my business, jo’. i was coming over because i wanted to talk to nana erina.”

he scoffed and folded his arms. “are you trying to get back at me for something because this isn’t a funny joke. she’s not here at the moment anyway.”

“then i have no reason to be here myself.” as you went towards the door, he followed and waved his hands. “pretty, pretty girl, don’t tell me you’re being serious.” you avoided eye contact with him as you nodded.

“hm, fine, if you think your ‘date’ can take better care of you than i can, go on.” he actually left you alone, walking towards the couch. with your hand on the doorknob, you began to hesitate. you knew that joseph was sitting there right now with a smirk on his face, if you stayed you’d prove him right yet you still opened the door only to close it right back.

things were messy between you and your best friend, they always had been, but this time was worse. this time, joseph was making sure that you could never even dream of getting with another man.

you gripped onto him as he roughly fucked himself into you. you were laid on your back, both of your legs resting on his shoulders with your eyes shut as he continuously hit that spot that made you squirm.

“all mine, babe. you’re all mine.” dumbly, you nodded and recited “all yours” back to him, which only made him grin wider. “keep those eyes open on me, pretty. you gotta know who you’re talking to.” he teased.

once you had your eyes open, he began to slow his pace down a bit, giving hard thrusts. your mouth stayed open with no sound, as your eyes threatened to roll back. “look at my girl. fuck-” he leaned down more, continuing to give you these deep strokes while sucking on your neck.

“more, please.” you whimpered, stuttering your words. “more? you want more?” he asked in a mocking tone but all you could do was nod in response. “why should i, hm? go ask your date for more.”

joseph was always so unbearably annoying at the worst times. you began to twitch around him, which gave him this signal that you were close.

he leaned back up before fixing your legs and holding them still. luckily for you, he was one moment closer to his release. he settled before speeding up his pace again, the sounds of your squelching getting louder as his dick pushed into you relentlessly.

“sorry, doll. ‘m gonna cum in you.” he groaned, remembering that the two of you had no protection at all. to his surprise, you replied back with a whiny “please, i need it.” he couldn’t hold back anymore while he pumped himself into you, you clenched tighter around him.

your moans grew louder, as your eyes rolled and your manicured fingers gripped onto the couch. your essence painted a white ring around his dick and simply seeing that pulled joseph into his peak, his cum finally releasing into you.

his hips stuttered against you before he got your legs from off of his shoulders and pulled out completely. his eyes widened looking at his seed spilling out of your hole while your legs were spread wide open.

you laid there trying to catch your breath only to feel a tongue lapping up your pussy, causing you to jump and nearly shut your legs. joseph caught them before they closed and looked up at you.

“can i finish?”

© honeyyhivee (2024)

don’t use or steal my work, thanks!

[abiiors]

Palimpsest

just something small and shitty i wrote after rewatching the GQ interview (and on loads of cough syrup)

‘There used to be a rave there,’ he speaks wistfully, softly and points at a large Pret nestled between two buildings. 

The cafe in question looks a bit out of place; shiny and modern compared to the brick buildings on either side of it. People walk in and out, speed-walking, head tilted down looking at their phones. Their business casual outfits are smart and ironed to the T. 

And the two of you stand in front of it in Matty’s old hoodies. 

‘What’s that…the third time now?’ you tease gently. He’s been in a bit of a mood; nostalgia topped with melancholy with an added dash of “old age is upon me”

‘The fourth,’ he corrects grumpily, ‘and you’re not supposed to be mean to me today.’

‘Why not?’

He grabs your hand in his, long spindly fingers gently caressing the ring on your finger. ‘Because it’s been six months since this,’ he points out proudly. 

You quietly examine the dainty gem on your finger, just like you have every day for the last six months, and smile to yourself. The platinum band is worn, maybe even lightly scratched but the diamond is new and shiny. 

‘Tell me the story of my ring again,’ you sling your arm around his waist and nudge him away from the Pret that was once a rave. 

The ring story has been told several times now, once by his mum, twice by him. Still you love hearing it each time, love how excited he gets when he starts narrating it like a proper story. 

‘Once upon a time,’ he begins with a flourish and you throw your head back to laugh. 

The day is mild and beautiful, his voice trickles like warm honey in your ears as he recalls the ring’s history. It was his nana’s, then it was briefly his mother’s, then he asked if he could use it to propose but get the gem replaced. 

‘It’s not just a ring,’ he states proudly. ‘It’s a palimpsest.’

‘Palimpsest,’ you shake your head, ‘you and your big words.’

‘You taught me that word actually.’

‘Did I?’

‘Mm-hmm,’ he nods and pulls you closer to him, ‘I had to look it up.’

That makes you turn to him and gasp dramatically. His face splits into a smile, he rolls his eyes and pulls up his hood further over his face. You have been walking around aimlessly; lazy and unhurried. Sometimes he twirls you in the streets just because, sometimes you catch the sun highlighting the grey in his curls. 

‘So what should we do to celebrate today?’ 

He takes a moment to think. It’s one of his serious silences, he’s actually contemplating his answer. ‘Just elope with me today.’

Your steps come to an abrupt halt. Elope. Today. Is he serious? The expression on his face is open and excited. He actually fully fucking means it. 

‘And what about all the wedding planning I’ve agonised over?’ You ask this only because you’re still trying to wrap your head around what he’s just said. Not that the idea isn’t exciting. And the more you think about it…

‘We’ll have that wedding too. But today it would be just us,’ he offers. His spontaneous idea is starting to take a vague shape now. Could you really?

‘And where would be get married?’ you ask breathlessly. It occurs to you then that you have fully stopped in the middle of a busy sidewalk. Some people give you judgemental looks while walking by you. And you watch as realisation dawns on his face.

‘There’s a chapel right around the corner.’

That. Is even more shocking. 

‘Matty Healy wants to get married in a chapel?’ you try not to let the scepticism be too obvious but fail anyway. He’s enjoying all of this, how after all these years he can still fluster you and leave you speechless. How unpredictable he is even after all this time spent together. 

He leans in and winks conspiratorially, ‘only because there used to be a rave there.’

[triscribe]

The Magic Trousers

(So I'm trying to come up with something to submit for a magazine's flash fiction competition, and while I don't think this is going to be it, I don't want to just lose it in my folders either. Hope you guys enjoy)

The third time her little brother turned up with blood on his face, Alene decided she needed to do something about it.

Not that Elber ever came out and said, but she knew good and well who bloodied his nose, who split his lip. Less than twenty kids lived in their village, but even out of a hundred, two hundred, a thousand, she’d have no trouble knowing who did it.

“I'm fine,” Elber tried to protest, when she sat him down and cleaned him up. “You don’t have to-”

“I do have to,” huffed Alene. “Just you and me now, and old Nana, but she’s too blind to do this anyhow. So hush up and sit still.”

She tended to her brother, warm water and a soft cloth and a dab of salve to speed along his healing. Then Alene sat him down next to her, and made the boy hold a ball of rough yarn as she pulled from it. Back and forth, across their mother’s old loom. Back and forth, click-clack, back and forth.

And she told Elber, “You know there used to be witches in our family?” Her brother’s eyes went wide. “Good witches, who cast their spells on tyrants and bullies, taught them harsh lessons so they’d leave the smallfolk who lived under them alone. Once, there was a witch who went to a king’s castle, pulling an empty cart like it was full and heavy. And she told everyone along the way, whether they asked or not, that she’d brought a gift: magic cloth made on a magic loom, enchanted so only wise and worldly people could see it.”

“...what’s ‘worldly’ mean?”

“Means you know what’s what,” Alene explained. “And nobody she told wanted to admit they didn’t, so instead they all went ‘oh, of course, what lovely cloth’. All the way through the castle, and to the king, who didn’t want anyone thinking he was stupid either, so he agreed to pay the witch to turn the magic cloth into robes for him to wear.”

Elber’s eyes got even wider. “But- there wasn’t any cloth?”

“Not a single thread. Speaking of, I’m almost done with this, go get me Momma’s old sewing kit.”

She finished telling her brother the story while putting her lengths of fabric together, skipping more stitches than not. About how the witch put on a great show, going through the motions and chanting in a strange tongue, until she announced the robes were ready, lighter than air and softer than a cloud. The king immediately put on his new outfit to show off, going up and down his whole castle, then out of it entirely to parade through the nearest village. But only the castle folk knew what the witch said about her magic cloth - the villagers didn’t. They saw the king prancing about in his small clothes, and one by one everybody started laughing, more and more until you could hear sound for miles around. The king tried to wave it off, tried to insist not a one of them was wise enough to see his wonderful magic robes.

But he still went back to his castle awfully embarrassed.

By the end of her story, Alene held up a pair of simple, homespun trousers, nothing odd to be seen. That night, after the whole village went to sleep, she stole out of her family’s home and over to another house, switching the trousers with another pair, not a soul aware of what she’d done.

Well. None besides Elber. And the next morning, when the blacksmith’s son promised to punch him in the face again, Alene’s little brother did exactly as she’d told him: he pointed at the bigger boy and yelled that the Old Magic punished bullies for their crimes, along with a few made-up words for good measure.

All the other kids jeered. And the blacksmith’s son did what he always did: he picked up one foot to brace against the nearest wall, posing like a hero out of a storybook.

And his trousers promptly came apart at the seams.

Alene, walking by with her market basket as laughter erupted, hid a smirk all the way home.

[roxygen22]

Still Here (Chapter 8)

Summary: Madison finds out about you and Timothée.

Catch up on previous chapters here.

"How are things going with Timothée?" Holly asked while the two of you were watching the kids play.

You looked over at your new friend with wide eyes. It had only been less than a week since Timothée bared his feelings and kissed you outside the Italian restaurant. "Oh, uh, we aren't-" you stuttered and tried to play dumb.

She raised her eyebrow at you. "It's clear he's head over heels for you. I knew it from the day he called about that lifejacket. And although I don't know you quite as well, it seemed like that may be reciprocated."

"Is it that obvious?" She nodded. You huffed. "It's...complicated. I don't know if he told you, but we were high school sweethearts."

"Awww!" Holly exclaimed with a pouted lip.

"But we split our senior year when I decided to go to college in California. I was determined to get out of town, and he wasn't ready to leave. I got out there, met someone, got married a couple of years later, and had Madison about a year after that. The ink was barely dry on my divorce decree when I moved back. I didn't expect to run into him so soon. I didn't even know he was still here."

"It's a small town, honey."

You laughed quietly. "I know, I know."

"Let me guess. You are worried that Madison will be upset."

"Very much so," you replied solemnly.

"They seem to get along quite well. She may be a little shocked at first, but I think you'll find that she wants you to be happy. Especially if you explain that he's not replacing her father. My parents were divorced, too. My mom started dating soon after. Looking back, I understand why. Just because the divorce made it official didn't mean that the marriage wasn't already over well before that. You deserve to be happy."

You nodded and stared off at the kids swinging on the monkey bars. Maybe Madison was more ready to handle the news than you gave her credit for.

Holly broke you from your thoughts. "Will we see you at the carnival tonight?"

"Yes! Timothée is going to swing by around..." you stopped at the sight of her wry smile. "Oh hush you." You tried to give her a stern look before busting out a laugh.

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You sat on the porch swing that was handcrafted by the man you were waiting on. You wanted to sneak a kiss before Timothée came inside to greet your family. The days since your dinner date left you longing for more. Instead, you had to settle for text messages and calling each other at night until one of you fell asleep.

You heard the unmistakable droning of his blue truck down the road. You stood and paced on the porch until he parked in front of the house. You bounded down the steps and ran to the driver's side. Timothée caught you and spun, planting a big kiss on your lips as he set you on your feet.

"Hey, baby," he gushed.

You blushed and looked down at the ground.

"Too soon?" he asked worriedly.

"No. I- I like it. I've missed it. Just like old times," you grinned, making eye contact once more. He responded in like measure with a grin of his own.

"Good. Now, where's my favorite 9-year-old?" He looked around for Madison.

"She's inside working on a craft project with my mom."

"Which means I can steal one more kiss." He grabbed you and dipped you backward. You stifled a screech at the speed of it all to avoid unwanted attention from inside the house. Once his lips pulled away from yours, he stared into your eyes for a moment and then rubbed the tip of his nose on yours. "I love you."

"I know," you said warmly. You kissed the tip of his nose and he brought you back up to a standing position. You walked up the stairs together and into the house.

"Timothée!" Madison cheered.

"Hey, kiddo! Whatcha working on?"

"It's a suncatcher made out of a frame, beads, and...what kind of wire did you say, Nana?"

"Chicken wire," your mom called from the kitchen.

"Chicken wire," Madison continued.

"Madison, this is beautiful," Timothée cooed as he gently grazed the baubles with his fingers. "When you finish, I'd like to buy it and hang it up in my shop window."

"Really?" the girl squeaked. You felt all warm and fuzzy inside watching the two interact. Michael had always gotten so grumpy about craft messes.

"Yep. Who knows, you may have a line of customers asking you to make one for them. But for now, you should take a break so we can go have some fun. Ready to go to the Founders' Day Festival?"

"Yep! Just need to get my shoes on." She ran to her bedroom. Your mother joined you from the kitchen.

"That was nice of you to offer to buy that," she said to Timothée as she gave him a hug.

"I'm just trying to get an original before she's famous." He winked. "I know talent when I see it."

Madison came running back in. "Ready!" She announced. Once all goodbye hugs and handshakes were distributed to your parents, the three of you walked outside.

"Pleeeeease, can we take Timothée's truck?" Madison begged. She loved sitting up high and seeing everything.

He grinned. "You like my truck, eh?" The girl nodded so hard you thought she'd fall over. "Tell you what. If she's still running by the time you're tall enough to reach the pedals, we'll take her out to the backroads by the lake and I'll teach you how to drive."

Your eyes went as wide as saucers. You were shocked - oddly, not by the paternal gesture - but at how sure he seemed of your future. Together.

Timothée saw your face and made a choked noise before adding, "Ehrr, if your mother is okay with it, of course."

You shook your head to clear your thoughts and face - like an Etch-a-Sketch. "Of course. That's where and how I learned, too."

"Yessss!" Madison squealed.

"But you still have some growing to do," you added while climbing in after Madison into the truck.

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At one point, you weren't sure who was having more fun, Madison or Timothée. They zigged and zagged all over the place together, from the concession stands to the rides and games. He doted on her the entire evening. The sight of him hauling around a large teddy bear looked a scene out of a movie.

"You are spoiling her," you playfully muttered under your breath to him while Madison was busy tossing rings onto bottles.

He shrugged. "It's fun. I want her to have a good time. She's had a tough year. She deserves to have some good memories of this summer."

"You don't have to do that, Timmy."

"I know I don't have to. I want to." He smiled.

"You're amaz-"

"[Y/N] [L/N], is that you?" You turned to find the source of the shrill voice behind you. It was yet another high school classmate, Ashley. "It is you! I heard you were back in town!" She gave you a hug and looked over at Timothée. "Just look at you two! I knew you would get back together again someday. You were such a cute couple in high school."

"Oh, uh-" you stuttered as you looked over at Timothée in a slight panic. Luckily she was interrupted by her child tugging her arm before you had to formulate a response.

"Well, I gotta run. Good to see you, [Y/N]. Swing by the the bakery soon so we can catch up!" She left as quickly as she had descended upon you. You waved half-heartedly and let out the breath you didn't realize you were holding. You turned back around and noticed that Madison was no longer at the game table...

...but standing right beside you. She looked up at you in confusion. "Couple?!" You both stared at each other with mouths agape before she stalked off to the courthouse steps. You turned to Timothée and handed him your drink.

"Here, can you hold this while I go talk to her?"

"Sure, I'll be right over here."

You slowly walked up and sat on the step beside her.

"You told me you and Timothée were friends. You didn't say he's your BOYfriend," she accused.

"We are friends, Madison. He used to be my boyfriend in high school. We are still trying to figure out what we are right now," you confessed.

"Is he why we came back here?"

"No. I didn't even know he was still here, honestly. We came back here because this is my home, and I needed help from Nana and Pawpaw while I figured things out."

"If you're with Timothée, then you and Daddy can't get back together," she stated flatly. It wasn't a question.

"Sweetheart, your father and I are not getting back together. We just aren't a good fit anymore. But that doesn't mean that Timothée will replace your father if things become more serious between us. It just means you have even more people who love you and want to look out for you."

"Do you like him?"

"I do, very much." You looked up and made eye contact with him as he observed from his perch by the Ferris wheel. He shifted in his seat nervously.

She nodded and went silent for a few moments.

"Does this mean he'll hang out with us more often?" she inquired, looking over at him, too.

"I'm sure he would love to hang out even more often than he does already, if you are comfortable with that."

"I think so. He's nice, and he's fun. And you're more fun when he's around."

You laughed and wrapped your arm around her shoulders. "I'll try not to take that too personally." She leaned her head into the crook of your neck. "I love you, Maddy. I want you to know you are my number one priority no matter what."

"I know." She stood and walked toward Timothée without bothering to wait for you. You quick-stepped to catch up. He paled as you both came toward him, not knowing the outcome of the conversation. You weren't exactly sure what was about to happen next, either.

Madison stopped just short of his outstretched leg. "So do you want to be my mom's boyfriend?" she asked directly.

Timothée's mouth dropped momentarily as he regained his senses. He glanced at you before looking back at the girl. "Uh, well, yes. I'd like that very much." He leaned forward and whispered, "Do you think I should ask her?"

Madison giggled and nodded her head. "I think she'll say yes," she whispered in return. She looked back at you and winked.

"Madison!" you heard a childish voice call from your right.

"Emerie! Can I go talk to her, Mom?" she asked, now thoroughly distracted from the conversation.

"Sure, just stick close to her parents. We'll catch up with you in a second." The girl eagerly ran off to her new friend.

Timothée stood and walked to your side. "Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to ask if you would like to be my girlfriend - again?"

You took his hand in yours. "I'd like that very much." He looked down and softly smiled before pulling you in for a kiss. A very public kiss.

The two of you walked side by side to greet Holly and Blake. Holly looked down at your clasped hands, then back at you with a knowing smile. "Good for you," she whispered as you all followed the kids around the fair.

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Chapter 9

Masterlist

Tag List:

@croatianprincess, @bluizh, @jindongdongie

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

I can't design or draw properly, so I'll try to explain in detail how I imagine Tenko's pro-hero suit:

First of all, he dresses mostly in black in honor of Eraser Head and Nana Shimura. One of them is his favorite pro-hero and the other is the pro-hero who inspired them to join UA.

Although he does wear black to pay tribute to his biggest inspirations, there's a deeper reason to his choice. With such a dangerous quirk, Tenko was assigned as a rescue specialist. He should avoid fighting at all costs. He's also been encouraged to create new alternatives for himself, which he did.

Tenko's priorities as a pro-hero are endurance, adaptability and stealth. His motto is that if you can resists long enough, you can beat anything.

Black is the color of those who don't want to be noticed until it's too late. Perfect to blend in and perfect for someone like Tenko, who relies on the fact people normally don't pay attention to him. He's been told he looks really creepy, more like a villain than a pro-hero. Tenko doesn't really care. There are a hundred other flashy heroes with equal flashy quirks to admire. All he wants to do are the jobs that no one else takes, no one else wants, no one else wonders about.

Tenko's suit covers him almost completely, from the elastic like high neck that covers his scratches to the boots designed to make his steps silent. He asked the base of his pro-hero suit to be made of a tight yet flexible material, with thicker parts to protect his vital zones. He relies on his speed and range of motion during attacks and rescues, so he needed a suit light yet resistant to any possible scratch or wound from debris and other objects around him. As a rescue specialist, he can't allow himself to go down. The suit is also designed so Tenko can decay parts of it without decaying the whole, in case of emergency.

The cape is what gave him his pro-hero name and the most distinguishable detail of him.

The inside of it is fashioned to look like the wings of a moth. Outside, it is black and fire resistant. On the inside, it has a kaleidoscope of pearlish hues of purple and red, with a plush feeling to the touch. Since his suit is already creepy (you'll see why), Tenko decided to add something to bring comfort to the victims in his rescue missions, something that would also protect them from the damage of a danger zone. The best secret of it is that the cape are in fact two pieces of clothing superposed at the collar, like a wing folding on each other. They are big enough for him to cocoon a person inside of it if he needed to.

Tenko doesn't use his cape often in battles. Most of the time, he's quick to leave it with the heroes managing the safety zone for the civilians to use or he waves them to call civilians to follow him.

When he uses the cape in battles tho, he's one of the most insufferable beings alive. Combined with his other gear, he shields himself from explosive or fire quirks with the capes, he obscures the field view of his enemies or camouflages himself for a sneak attack. He tries not to get them damaged, since the repairing / manufacturing process can last weeks and he'd be a bit defenseless 'til then.

From afar he doesn't look much different from the Tomura we know at the beginning of the manga: A young man dressed in black, mopey blue hair covering the scars around his eyes. It'd be very funny to see him evolve from an awkward teen in a "creepy butterfly suit" to an actual pro-hero who fills up the suit and the expectations.

If you need some visual reference, his pro-hero suit looks a lot like the outfit he used when he woke up on the War arc. The difference is that this one doesn't have the armor parts on the legs.

Now, my favorite part: hero gear and details!!!!!!

So far I think the suit is too simple. The cape is great, but I've already said he doesn't use it a lot, right? You know how the UA class 1A kids have special gear for special missions? Think of the cape as that.

The gloves are an obvious choice.

They're not to regulate his quirk, despite what you all might think. Tenko has perfect control over his quirk, he's grown used to using only four fingers and can switch without problem between safety mode and action mode, how he likes to call the four fingers vs five fingers grip.

The gloves are to protect his hands from the materials he handles during a rescue mission. He is often dealing with ruined sites full of glass and debris. He also comes in contact with multiple toxic elements or dangerous surfaces, such as the hot metal of doors, for example.

My absolute favorite hero gear is his belt, tho.

Since Tenko cannot fight using his own quirk (he must not decay the villains of course), he invented his own version of Aizawa's scarf:

Positioned at the extremes of a retractable chain, there are hands that work like grappling hooks. By throwing one hand at a certain surface (ex. maybe a windowsill or a balcony), Tenko can make that hand close around the object and attach the other extreme of the chain (the other hand) to himself, using the retractive function to move from one point to the other. Other usages range from the creation of safety perimeters on a catastrophe zone, restraining villains, catching objects far away from the user, to the ability to combine them to create webs capable of breaking the fall of a person, etc etc etc.

They're Tenko's primary tools both during rescue missions and active fights.

Compared to Aizawa's scarf, the chains are not as unbreakable and they come separately, instead of in one piece. Tenko shares with Aizawa and Nana Shimura the fact that he uses mostly his human abilities to fight, relying on their quirks only to take advantage of the situations. Still, Nana and Aizawa adapted their styles to make the most out of their usual territories (for Nana it was the skies and for Aizawa, urban sites).

The advantages of the hand chains include being able to use them separately, being more intuitive to use than Aizawa's scarf, actually being able to punch people lol and of course, being creepy.

Tenko has used them before to lure villains to his traps. By placing them strategically, it looks like there is someone around the corner or under the rubble. He has also used them as cupholders...

Unlike the hands we know from the manga, these open and close so as to mold their form to any surface. They don't have a golden base and the tubes covering the chains are transparent, with a finish that makes it shine like spiderwebs under the sun. They fist on Tomura's belt with the chain retracted, hanging on his sides, next to the back pouch that has his first aid kit and mask.

The general opinion is that the moth pro-hero is creepy as hell. He's pretty obscure, following the path of Nana and Aizawa, but it balances nicely Hana's popularity as the butterfly hero!!

Hana inherited the floating quirk from their grandma. She dresses brightly in yellow (taken from Nana) and purple (taken from Midnight) with details in black (to match Tenko). I imagine her cape being longer and butterfly-like, just one piece unlike Tenko's. She's probably a fight type, maybe more of an important side quick??? She is probably very popular because she's really pretty and daring.

Tenko and Hana are like the bugs pro-heroes lol.

Anyway, that's exactly how I imagine Tenko. It can look a little goofy at the start, just like when Izuku first wore his suit. Yet, combining the moth suit with Tenko's later white long hair and physique?? Now, that's the cryptid feeling I'm talking about.

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Trying to Get To You

Word Count: 1,328

Writers Note: A one-shot Idea that I got from reading the book Destined to Die Young, forgive me if it's choppy recovering from a mental breakdown. And I also came back from Graceland for my birthday so expect more fics!

Warning: Fluffy

Pairing: POC OC x Elvis

Plot: It's 1955 the year of the Iconic Sun Records tour, When Elvis becomes restless there's only person he can pour his heart into.

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October 9th 1955

"That's the fourth time today you brought up cannibalizing me!"

"Should I be worried?" 

These were just some of the odd conversations that Cecelia Valmos, lead singer of The Garnets, had to hear on the merger tour with the greats of Sun Records. The tour would only be a week long in Texas, which didn't sound bad. After all, there was Daphane and Rosa, Scotty and Billy, Johnny Cash, Wanda Jackson, June Carter and. 

"ELVIS!" 

"Aw hell, Wha-What now!"

"You're talking my ear off, and we haven't even left outta Tennessee!" Rosa sighed. She was supposed to sit next to Cecelia, but Rosa found her way next to Scotty, 

"Can't you talk to Cece?" Rosa asked as Elvis had turned bright red. He had wanted to, but she seemed all tied up in Johnny Cash. Her batting eyelashes and her laughter made him sick with envy. 

"I gotta admit, isn't he cute?" Cecelia beamed,

"Who?"

"Elvis." Cecelia giggled,

"I'm worried about you, kid. Real worried." Johnny laughed, ruffling up her curls. Johnny and Cecelia had been close friends, nothing too scandalous, unlike Elvis and June, who had a few resting sessions, at least from what Rosa told her. "Says the man, too chicken to talk to June." She nudged him.

"I am not. It's just, Fella's don't cross lines."

"Mhmm... You're just afraid she'll like you." 

"And you're afraid Elvis likes you too." Cecelia had fallen silent when he said that. 

"He's wrapped up in other affairs." She sighed, watching him sit next to June, the two laughing, and his hand on her thigh as both Johnny and Cecelia groaned, 

"So you don't think I'm crazy?"

"Elvis, I trust that everything you do has a reason," June said, giggling at Elvis. 

"So..."

"Talk to her. Besides, you two would make a cute little couple." June watched as he was jittery. His leg was shaking, and he was tapping his fingers on the side of the bus in a rhythm.

"You wouldn't get mad."

"Got my eye on someone myself." Her eyes landed on Johnny Cash as Elvis smiled, 

"Think you two would do nicely together."

"Hey, we're stopping for gas, so if y'all wanna stretch, here's the chance." Sitting by herself on a bench was Cecelia. She had a notepad full of songs as she was writing away. Cecelia would draw, but everything she'd draw was, "So you talk to Elvis yet?" Scotty asked as Cecelia looked up at him, 

"Why does everyone want me to talk to him so bad?"

"Well... Cause-"

"Scotty, they want us back on the bus!" Rosa shouted. Scotty had left, and there stood Cecelia walking towards the bus, "Please talk to him." He whispered. When they got back on, everyone else had begun to go back to minding their business, from practicing songs. Or even listening to music on the radio. But Cecelia had her sights on Elvis, who was strumming his guitar and singing with his band. Even when he wasn't close to her, she was enchanted,

"So I was thinkin maybe we speed it up a bit?" Cecelia looked at Daphane and Rosa, 

"We're not doing a new song." Ross rolled her eyes,

"Why not?"

"They wanna hear hits, not new stuff," Daphane said as she agreed with Rosa. Maybe she was right, stick to the plans, and the rest would soon follow.

"Hey, Cece, you got a minute!" 

Cecelia turned to hear Elvis call her name, but Daphane turned her attention to tuning her guitar. When the evening had turned to nightfall; everyone had dinner. Cecelia sat watching everyone fall asleep one by one, all except for one particular and peculiar man.

"Something wrong, Pres.." she asked, looking from her Jay Garrick comic book. 

"No, just uh... is this seat taken?" He asked as Cecelia looked up at him.

 "Not at all." Cecelia smiled, patting the seat next to her. Elvis had sat down as he tried to look out the window, then back at her, then back to the starry landscape. 

"Excited for the tour?" He was trying to make small talk, but he didn't want to bore her like he did everyone else. 

"Nervous, really. If it weren't for the paint on my nails, I'd have bit them clean off!" She laughed,

"I already bit mine off." He chuckled. His leg was shaking again, and his hands were tapping as Cecelia grinned, 

"I see you got music in you." 

"Huh?"

"Either that or I make you nervous?" she leaned in jokingly as his heart began to pound out of his chest.

"Cece, you don't make me nervous, not one bit." Her hand was holding his as she laid her head on his shoulder. His face was red, but he felt like he could share his whole world with her, 

"Do you believe in love?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I? I mean, I sing about it." Cecelia said,

"We all do, but one day, do you think you'll fall in love with someone," Elvis asked as Cecelia was now looking at him. 

"I would hope I do," she smiled, "This world is crazy, and I don't want to go through it alone."

"Even if it's not me..." He mumbled,

"What makes you say that, Pres..." Her eyes looked deep into those blue diamond eyes. They were big and mesmerizing.

"I-I-I saw you talkin to Johnny and..." 

"You got jealous?" She asked as Elvis turned from her. Cecelia was now lying in his lap. He hadn't noticed until her hand brushed his face to look at her. 

"A little..." 

"I did, too." She giggled, "I mean June, Is beautiful. If I were a guy, I'd rest with her." Cecelia laughed as Elvis blushed, 

"You knew about that?!"

"Rosa..."

"That little..."

"Hey!" Cecelia playfully shoved him as he laughed. Elvis had traced her features. He'd always loved her nose. For once, he was distracted, and it was the good kind. Taking in the look in her eyes, he felt at ease. 

"Anyone ever tells you. You're beautiful?" Elvis asked. Cecelia's face got warm, and her body felt tingly. 

"Do you say that to all the girls?" She giggled as Elvis blushed. He didn't mean to say that, or maybe he did.

"Nah, I call them pretty." He laughed back, 

"Say, can I ask you something?" Cecelia asked. Elvis felt the wind knock right out of him. He was nervous, but he gave her a nod and listened to what she had to ask.

"How would one know if they have a crush on someone?"

"Oh, easy." Elvis smiled, his fingers in her hair, watching her eyes flutter, "You can't stop thinkin' about 'em. When you're near 'em, you feel all shook up inside, and sometimes you just want to-" he stopped talking as Cecelia looked at him, his eyes focused on her lips and then her eyes again, 

"You want to what." The air from her lungs was gone, as her eyes were closed shut from the passion. Her fingers were in his dark hair, messing up his trademark style. There was a whimper of want from Cecelia as he pulled away slowly. 

"Kiss you.." catching his breath as she sat up and was sitting in his lap. 

"Then kiss me." she licked his lip, "Please." 

As the night continued, the two embracing each other, Elvis and Cecelia were in a haze of love. Though neither had said anything, their smiles told it all,

 "So... Do you think Jay Garrick could beat Captain Marvel Jr. "

"Hell no!" Elvis smirked, "He's got more powers!"

"Captain Marvel Jr. has three powers. Jay has fourteen, which automatically makes him better!" Cecelia smirked back as Elvis laughed hard, 

"It does not make him better." his laughter ruptured through the bus. 

"But it does!"

" PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!" Rosa shouted, throwing her shoe at them as the two dodged it. 

"Then go to sleep then!" Cecelia and Elvis both shouted.

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Hongjoong + 👥

No but imagine Hongjoong’s daughter saemi has a crush on one of the members kids 🥺

[ A FRIEND MONTAGE ] — saemi has a crush, but thankfully you’re there to help her through it.

pairing : hongjoong x f!reader genre : idol au, dad!ateez, fluff warnings : food

note : no because anon have you been in my head? i was literally thinking about this the other day.

you knew something was different with saemi lately especially when she started asking hongjoong to go with him to the studio more now that it was summer break for her and narae.

it wasn’t that it was unusual for saemi to tag along with her dad to the studio, but hongjoong told you the other night how she wandered off for hours before he eventually found her in one of the practice rooms with some of the other kids of the boys. that’s when it clicked that she was going to hangout with them, not usually being able to see them with everyone being busy with school.

“narae why don’t you go with your sister and dad to the studio tomorrow?” you asked your youngest as you both sat in your at-home studio.

“ew, and watch unnie gush over moongyu-oppa? no thank you,” she said, not realizing what she said until she looked up to see you staring at her with wide eyes. “please don’t tell her i said anything, mom! she will literally kill me!” she pleads with you, clasping both hands in front of her.

you can only chuckle at your youngest who has a look of concern on her face, “don’t worry, i won’t say anything,” you say and she lets out a sigh of relief. “yet.”

“mom!”

later that night, you were in the kitchen when saemi and hongjoong returned home. narae was sitting in the living room watching tv and saemi could tell that something was wrong with her sister. sure she was going through puberty and was going to be weird nonetheless, but this was a different weird.

“what’s wrong with you nana?” saemi questions but narae only looked at her sister like a deer in headlights.

“n-nothing unnie! how was your day?”

“it was… fine. really what is wrong with you, why are sweating so much?”

“i don’t know, i’m twelve, i sweat. what are the sweat police now?” narae says as she stands up from the couch and speed walks through to her room.

“aurora, will come help me,” you ask from the kitchen and saemi walks into the room to see hongjoong sitting at the table watching with soft eyes as you sit across from him making food for tomorrow.

saemi is quick to help you with cooking and she’s so distracted by the food that she completely forgot about her sister acting weirdly.

that is until she comes into the kitchen, “appa, will you come look at this song i’ve been working on?” narae asks and hongjoong smiles and he gets up to follow his youngest back to her room.

“so…” you begin after you hear narae’s door close. “how is everything going? you’ve been hanging out with some of the other kids recently right?”

“it’s been good. mikyung and mihyeon-unnie are there a lot and we’ve been coming up with a dance recently. aeri comes by as well and will watch along with taerim,” she says making you nod your head.

“what about moongyu and jihoon? don’t they come around too?”

“y-yeah they do. they usually do their own thing though but we all usually all eat together.”

“that’s nice,” you say and the two of you fall back into silence. “since you all eat together why don’t we make enough for them as well?”

“oh sure,” saemi says and you both go back to making lunch for tomorrow. saemi offers to pack them up into lunch boxes. you notice that one seems slightly different from the others.

“who’s that one for, saemi?” you ask and you notice the light blush covering your daughter’s face.

“oh, um, i don’t know. i just made it without thinking,” she tells you.

“that’s a cute moon though. maybe you should give it moongyu,” you suggest off-handedly as you fixed hongjoong’s lunch.

the next day saemi carried the lunch boxes to the practice room her and the ateez kids usually occupied. she was honestly glad that the company allowed them to have it in order to hangout with each other and away from their dads.

“oh, saemi’s here!” mihyeon said when the younger girl opened the door and entered. the jung twins immediately came over to help saemi after they noticed she had her hands full. “wow saemi, did you make everyone lunch?”

“y-yeah, me and my mom did last night,” she says as the twins hand out the lunch boxes.

saemi couldn’t help but blush when she noticed moongyu standing next to mikyung and looking down at the older girl’s lunch.

“oh, this one is for you moongyu,” saemi says catching the younger male’s attention. the taller boy smiles as he takes the lunch box.

“thank you, saemi-noona!” he says as he opens it and immediately notices the little moon shaped food that was inside it. “haha! wow, you even made them moon shaped!” he says as his smile grows a little wider.

“thank you saemi!” jihoon also says as the five of them sit in a small circle and eat their lunch.

saemi’s eyes remain on her food, but she allows her eyes to drift to moongyu who is chatting with mikyung. then suddenly, moongyu eyes look over to saemi. the girl immediately looks back down at her food, taking a few quick bites only to have mihyeon scold her for eating to fast. unknown to the fourteen year old; however, moongyu couldn’t help but smile as he watched.

how cute, he thought before he’s pulled back into his conversation with the youngest jung twin.

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Come Dance With Your Son, Here In Hell!!

The Crimson Butterfly [My Hero Academia & Tokyo Ghoul]

We all are familiar with the two most well-known anime/manga series called "Tokyo Ghoul" and "Boku No Hero Academia". What if there is a quirk that existed in the world of BNHA called the Ghoul Quirk? || My Hero Academia ft. Tokyo Ghoul || (Follows the canon storyline of MHA & is up-to-date with the manga.) 

Genre: Romance, Fluff, Angst. 

Warning: Age-gap romance (no smut), blood, gore, strong language, unrequited love.

Pairing: Dabi/Touya Todoroki X OC X Shoto Todoroki

Note: Shoto and my OC are of the same age (16 yrs old) and Dabi/Touya is 8 yrs older than them (24 yrs old) - Just like how it is in the manga.

I know this is an xOC fic, but you can read it as a self-insert if you like.

(The Paranormal Liberation War Arc)

Nana’s POV (Three months later, at the end of March, the day of the Paranormal Liberation War)

Three months had passed since the boys and I started our internship at Endeavor’s Agency. The four of us had worked our asses off ever since day one. During weekdays, we all would go back to school and give practical reports on our internships and share what we gained from our experiences with my old man Aizawa and All Might. So far, everyone in our class had improved their techniques and skills and become even stronger than they were before. 

Working under Endeavor for the last three months really did help me a lot. He advised me to focus more on my Ghoul quirk as my Gravity Manipulation quirk was already quite strong and powerful in his opinion. Endeavor quoted that as my Ghoul quirk was one of the rarest quirks out there in this quirk-based society, I was blessed with incredible lightning-fast speed, unparalleled monstrous physical strength, and remarkable regenerative or healing ability. And for that reason, during the whole internship, I focused on improving my Ghoulish speed and strength alongside my other abilities.

Endeavor said to me that the lightning-bolt projectile firing ability of my Ukaku Kagune was quite powerful and was really useful for long-range offensive attacks, so he kept pushing me to use this ability of mine more and more, saying that I had to generate more powerful electricity and lightning-bolt projectiles from my Ukaku Kagune. He even advised me to try and fire crystallized bullets and lightning-bolt projectiles, both at the same time for it might give me a great advantage during battles. Besides that, I also worked hard and improved the skills and techniques of using my Rinkaku Kagune, excelling in its brute strength and striking power.

Besides the internship training, Endeavor arranged special training sessions for me where he hired experts in martial arts, especially Taijutsu and Jujutsu, and swordsmanship. He already knew that ever since I was a little child, I had been taking hardcore training on martial arts and swordsmanship from my old man Aizawa and Yomo sensei, and also knew that I used my scythe as my weapon during fights. So because of that, he made all those arrangements for me in order to improve my hand-to-hand combat and swordsmanship skills and techniques.

Endeavor even made special arrangements for my lunch and dinner. As he was already aware of the fact that to keep my Ghoul quirk all-time active and strong, I needed to feed myself on human flesh alongside normal human foods, Endeavor always made sure that I was getting my proper meals during every lunch and dinner. I never knew Endeavor could be that kind and generous, so even though a part of me hated him because of Touya, I still had to give him the respect he deserved for going all out like this for me.

I was also told to strengthen the powers and abilities of my Kakugan even more, so I had to frequently use my Kakugan eyes during every single training session. During the internship, Endeavor advised me to always keep my Kakugan activated and use them to read people’s every single move because, in combats, my Kakugan allowed me to see fast-moving objects and offered me the predictive capability of anticipating an opponent's next move based on the slightest muscle tension in their body and acting accordingly to dodge or to intercept. Endeavor said that this ability was really helpful as it gave me the opportunity to always stay a step ahead of my opponents.

Also, my space-time teleportation or swapping ability got even more upgraded which now allowed me to move, dodge and attack faster than ever. Under Endeavor’s instructions, I always used this ability on Bakugo, Midoriya, and Shoto in our internship training to deliver surprise attacks and strikes on the villains by swapping each other’s places. And now thankfully, the boys and I would always move in sync and swap places with each other whenever we had to make a surprise attack on an opponent. 

Today, it was the end of our spring break, which meant the day had finally come; to fight and stop the upcoming threat of the Paranormal Liberation Front. Right now, students from every Hero school in Japan had arrived and gathered around the center of the Jaku City in Kyoto for the upcoming battle.

We all met up with Burnin who told us that we the students were ordered to evacuate the residents from the rear of the city while the pro heroes split up into two groups and took their positions at two different places; one was at the foot of a mountain while the other was at the Jaku General Hospital. 

The Jaku General Hospital and the mountain were eighty kilometers away from each other and that hospital was the place where Shigaraki was apparently hiding the entire time for months now while the rest of the Paranormal Liberation Front was taking their shelter on top of that mountain in the Gunga Mountain Villa. 

Determined to deliver the first blow before the villains put their plans in motion, the Hero Public Safety Commission organized this large assault force made up of us the students, the pro heroes, and the police to take down the Paranormal Liberation Front.

The assault force was divided into three teams; the Hospital Raid Team, the Villa Raid Team, and the Evacuation Team.  

The Hospital Raid Team which was led by Endeavor was in charge of storming the Jaku General Hospital as it was the place where the Nomu were produced and where Shigaraki was also located. The Hospital Raid Team was divided into two groups where one group was tasked with evacuating visitors, staff, and inmates while the other group consisting of Endeavor, Aizawa, Present Mic, Mirko, Ryukyu, Gran Torino, and Detective Tsukauchi was tasked to infiltrate secret hospital labs to dismantle Nomu's production, arrest Shigaraki and a doctor named Kyudai Garaki.

Next was the Villa Raid Team and they had the mission of storming the Gunga Mountain Villa, the headquarters of the Paranormal Liberation Front and arresting all of its members. Here in the Villa Raid Team, the UA students were divided into two different groups.

The first main group was on the front line of the battlefield with the other pro heroes (Keigo, Midnight, Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, Fat Gum, Edgeshot, Cementoss, Gran Orca, and many others) which consisted of Jiro, Kaminari, Tokoyami, Tamaki senpai, Komori from Class 1-B and Honenuki from 1-B.

The second group was the Villa Backup Team, a group made up exclusively of trainees whose job was to catch any villain who slipped past the front line. This group was placed in the forest, just a few meters away from the foot of the mountain which consisted of Yaoyorozu, Kirishima, Mina, Sero, Sato, Shoji, Hagakure, Ojiro, Mineta, Aoyama, and a few others from Class 1-B alongside many students from other hero schools.

Finally, there was the Evacuation Team which was led by Burnin, and the function of this team was to evacuate the inhabitants of Jaku City, near the hospital and move them to safety, and this team consisted of me, Bakugo, Shoto, Midoriya, Uraraka, Tsu, Iida, Koda, Nejire senpai and many others from other hero schools.

Also, although they were not part of any of the three groups, there were also some heroes deployed in different cities to capture the traitorous heroes that had allied with the Paranormal Liberation Front.

Two hours passed since we started the evacuation.

“If anyone in this neighborhood can’t get up and out on their own, please let us know!!” Burnin announced. “There’s a chance that this entire city will soon be a counter-villain battle zone!!”

“Shuttles will take you from here! Get out of this city!” Bakugo shouted.

“Thank you, young man.” A kind elder lady smiled at Bakugo. “Here have a chocolate bun.”

“It will just make my mouth dry! Forget that crap and get going!” Bakugo responded.

“Might as well accept her generosity.” Uraraka muttered, sweat-dropping.

“You just want a freaking bun for yourself!” Bakugo yelled at Uraraka.  

“He even treats old folks that way.” Tsu commented.

“There is a manuscript on paper that I haven’t submitted yet… So, don’t destroy my workplace, okay?!” a man pleaded worriedly.

“We will preserve and protect your precious manuscripts, sir!” Iida responded, helping the man to move.

“The fifth ward is completely evacuated!” Koda announced through the comms.

“Our group is finished too!” Nejire Senpai announced from afar.

“We are going to check every single building to ensure that nobody has been left behind in senior homes and apartments!” Iida stated.

“Please, calm down! No running please!” Burnin called out to the civilians. “We are going to have you folks ride these vehicles to a shelter outside the city!”

Suddenly, while I was helping with the evacuation, I sensed something unpleasant from afar with the help of my Ghoul quirk which made me quite worried. I noticed Midoriya looked worried as well. I quickly walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

“Izuku?” I muttered.

“You sensed it too, haven’t you, Nana-chan?” Midoriya mumbled.

I simply nodded my head in response.

“Nana, Midoriya, what is it?” Shoto asked, eyeing us worriedly.

“Slacking off, huh?! What's your excuse this time?!” Bakugo asked.

“Guys… The hospital…” I said.

“Huh?” Bakugo raised an eyebrow.

“Guys!!” I called, making my other friends look at me. “A huge shockwave of Shigaraki’s decay will head over toward this direction any second now! Quick, everyone, move away from here!!”

With that, I quickly ran over to the direction where Shigaraki’s wave would come from while my friends started to move the remaining civilians away as fast as possible. Just a few seconds later, the ground under us started to shake violently and I looked up to see that Shigaraki’s huge strong decay wave was flowing down from the peak of the mountain while destroying the mountain and the path it was flowing down in the process.

“Get these people moving!!” Bakugo yelled.

I quickly used my repulsive force and pushed back the huge decay wave.

“Endeavor?! Hey Endeavor?!” Burnin yelled in comms.

“Everyone run!!”

“The wave is extremely strong!!” I yelled through my gritted teeth, using all my force to hold back the wave. “Everything is going to crumble to dust!! I won’t be able to hold it back any longer!! Hurry up, everyone!!”

When I noticed that all the civilians were moved away from there and my fellow hero friends and I were the only ones left, I called out again.

“I’m releasing my repulsive force!” I shouted.

And as soon as I released my force, I quickly altered my and my friends’ gravities and we all flew up in the air. I looked down and saw that Shigaraki’s decay wave started to crumble down buildings, roads, and everything it touched. I along with my friends quickly flew away and landed at a spot where Shigaraki’s decay wave won’t reach us.

“Is everyone okay?!” I asked.

“Yeah!” they all responded.

“We need to evacuate the other side of the city as well!” Iida noted.

“What’s up at the hospital?! Somebody, please respond!!” Burnin shouted. “Endeavor!! Ryukyu!! Anyone!!”

“What’s going on at that hospital?!” Uraraka asked.

“The hospital is completely destroyed.” I responded. “There’s nothing left at the place.”

Then all of a sudden, Burnin was able to contact Endeavor.

“Endeavor?! Hello?!” she called. “Huh?! One for what?! Whatever, I am on my way to assist you!!”

Midoriya, Bakugo, and I went rigid on our spots and looked over at each other, giving each other a knowing look.

“He’s heading for the shelter!!” Endeavor announced this to us through the comms. “We’re expanding the battlefield!! Order them to evacuate another side of the city!!”

“Hurry!! He will be here any moment!! Whatever he lands next is done for!!” Iida yelled.

“Are you kidding?! That punk is… how?!”

“Cry about it later!! For now, we have to evacuate!!”

“You need to get away from here, Izuku.” I whispered to the green-haired boy.

“But, the town’s people’s safety is a priority!” Midoriya whispered back.

“Listen up!!” Bakugo called, making Midoriya look at him. “These people are going to look out for you… because being a hero means protecting everyone!!”

“Kacchan…” Midoriya trailed off.

“That’s been the only option since the beginning after all… Just knowing he is coming here right after one for all was mentioned, it's difficult to be certain that's the reason  why…  but the one thing's for sure, you need to move!!” Bakugo stated.

Midoriya went silent for a moment before nodding his head at us. Bakugo and I nodded back at him and the three of us blast up in the air and started to head southwest.

“Hey!! Where are you going?!” Shoto shouted at us.

“Ah! There's something I forgot!! I’ll be back in a flash!!” Midoriya responded before he tried to contact Endeavor through his comms. “This is Deku!! Please excuse my use of the private channel!! There's a possibility that Shigaraki is after me! Though I don’t know if I can lead him to a place with no people around!!”

“I'll destroy him!!” Bakugo grumbled under his breath.

“Please hear me out for a moment!!” Midoriya added.  

“What are you saying?!” Endeavor asked.

“I’ll explain later!! I’m too far away to spot Shigaraki now cause of all the dust and smoke!! Please let me know if he suddenly changes courses!!”

“Like I have got time for that!!” Endeavor responded before he went silent for a moment. “Dammit!! He altered course!! He’s heading southwest now!!”

“Thought so!” Midoriya responded. “Thank you! I can buy the evacuation effort sometime! I will try to lure him away!!”

Midoriya disconnected the line and looked at us.

“Hear that?! He's coming our way!!” he stated.

“Of course, I heard!!” Bakugo responded. “Were you listening?! That total scumbag has turned into some kind of monster!! All the more reason to play keep away!!”

“Why are you two following me?!” Midoriya asked.

“Want me to kill you instead?!” Bakugo snarled.  

“No!!”

“Use your freaking head! We are short on time and are the only people who know your deal without needing some long-winded explanation! Me and Nana, duh!!” Bakugo yelled.

“Katsuki’s right!” I added. “Shigaraki has grown really powerful now! I felt that power when I held back his decay wave! You can’t face him on your own, Izuku!”

“In that case, thank you!!” Midoriya responded.

“Don’t get a big head about it!!” Bakugo growled. “Follow you? You think you are the main character now or something? I have got unfinished business with that piece of crap. Since I’m the guy who put an end to All Might. One For All is just the bait… ‘cause I am the one who will get payback for that day!! It's the perfect chance to rack up a win!! Get it?! Good! Just keep it together and don't trip me up!!”

“Got it!”

As we flew up through the air, I suddenly felt two different presences coming in our direction at high speed. My eyes widened in fraction. I immediately recognized who they were; one was Gran Torino and another one was Shigaraki.

“Guys!!” I yelled in bewilderment. “Shigaraki is here!! Move away!!”

“Hand over One For All, Izuku Midoriya!!” Shigaraki yelled as he flew directly at us.

Wasting no time, I quickly used my repulsive force and pushed Shigaraki far away from us. And right on cue, Gran Torino appeared at the spot and grabbed the boys before he and I quickly flew away from there in a flash.

“When I heard One For All over the comms, I had a real bad feeling.” Gran Torino stated. “Were you kids looking to scrap with that thing?! Shigaraki's decay obliterates anything he touches and then some! Even getting hit with a piece of stray rubble will kill you! As you are now, you don't stand a chance!!”

“But!!” Midoriya cried.

“Listen, us, heroes aren’t out of the picture yet!” Gran Torino added. “Hang on a second! That thing will be brought down by everyone who is left!!”

A few seconds later, the four of us landed somewhere safe.

“Should be good here.” Gran Torino said, putting down the boys.

“But old man Aizawa is down there!” I stated worriedly. “I just saw him now!”

“Yeah, he’s sealing off Shigaraki’s quirks.” Gran Torino responded.

“We’re still pretty damn close, Gramps!!” Bakugo noted.

“This is as far as we go, Bakugo.” Gran Torino explained. “That thing is capable of moving quicker than any of us expected. There are only so many heroes who can give chase and since our comms are jammed, luring him too far away would actually give Shigaraki free rein. He already got that thing away from the people and into Eraser’s line of sight! Now I’m heading back to help keep Eraser mobile.”

“Are you saying we should just hide?!” Midoriya asked.

“At least let me go with you!” I pleaded.

“Word is All For Once quirk was transferred to Shigaraki.” Gran Torino muttered.  

“What?!” Midoriya and I gasped.

“Yes. If he manages to steal One For All from you, well… what's worse than the worst-case scenario?”

Suddenly a huge explosion went off and we turned to look around. We noticed that as all the heroes started to charge for Shigaraki, several Nomus emerged from the wreckage of the hospital, leaving everyone confused as to how they survived.

“The Nomus are still alive?!” I gasped.

Then I noticed that Shigaraki was about to charge at Aizawa.

“Dang, it! He’s heading right for Eraser!! You three keep hidden!!” Gran Torino yelled, before dashing away.

Even though Gran Torino told us just now to stay hidden, his words didn’t reach up to my brain. Without thinking twice, I flew up and charged straight at Shigaraki.

“Nana!!” Bakugo and Midoriya called out, following me from behind.

“There’s no way I can let my old man die!” I shouted.

“Got your eyes on me, huh?” Shigaraki yelled, charging at Aizawa. “Well then, who is watching you? You are in the way Eraser Head!!”

“No, you are in the way!!” Aizawa yelled back.

Before Shigaraki could even touch Aizawa, I came in and punched Shigaraki square in the face, making him fly far away from us.

“Get the fuck away from my father, you scumbag!!” I snarled.

“It's our turn to save him!!” Bakugo yelled.

“As long as Shigaraki’s quirks are erased, we can join the fight too!! The worst case is… we, losing our teacher and Nana, losing her father!! The teacher who has watched over us all the time!!” Midoriya shouted.

“The man who took me in and raised me as his own child!!” I added. “We can’t lose him!! I can’t lose him!!”

“Nana… Midoriya…Bakugo…” Aizawa trailed off, looking completely puzzled.

“Let’s do this rationally!!” Bakugo smirked before he attacked Shigaraki with his epic move. “A.P. Machine Gun!!!”

A huge explosion went off, but nothing much happened to Shigaraki.

“Cute fireworks show there!” Shigaraki mocked Bakugo as he was about to attack the blonde. “But sorry. You are not on my radar anymore.”

But right on time, Endeavor came in and blast Shigaraki away from Bakugo.

“Endeavor!” Midoriya gasped.

“Where is Shoto?!” Endeavor asked.

“It’s just the three of us here!” I responded.

“That body is beyond human at this point!” Gran Torino noted.  

“And keep that scum away from us!” Manual stated who was supporting Aizawa to stand up.

“As powerful and sturdy as All Might.” Endeavor commented.

“As All Might?!” Midoriya gasped.

“But as long as I don’t blink, that power is all he has got. And I will hold on for a good long time.” Aizawa stated.

“For whatever reason, you three are here now…” Endeavor looked at me, Midoriya, and Bakugo. “Let's save the ‘why’ for later! We are giving Eraser the support he needs! Bakugo, you cover Deku! And Nana, follow me!” 

With that, both Endeavor and I started to charge at Shigaraki. I quickly unleashed my Ukaku Kagune and was ready to attack. Shigaraki also started to charge back at us and grab Midoriya.

“Acquire One For All…! One For All!” Shigaraki mumbled to himself with a crazy grin on his face. “You will be mine, little brother���!!”

Endeavor unleashed his Hell Spider flames while I fired powerful lightning-bolt projectiles from my Ukaku Kagune altogether at Shigaraki, making him fly back and crash hard on the ground again. When he got up and was about to charge at Midoriya again, Gran Torino came in and kicked him in his face.

“Hitting back can be the best way to avoid dying! After all, I did train a crazy super guy!” Gran Torino noted. “Now quit trampling all over Shimura’s memory! You even existing hurt Toshinori so much… It had made everyone suffer!!”

“Not on your radar, huh?! You total piece of crap!! He was just a bait!!” Bakugo smirked before unleashing a huge explosion from his gauntlets.

“It’s over!! Tomura Shigaraki!!” Endeavor yelled as he charged forward and used a new super move called Vanishing Fist and struck Shigaraki square in the chest.

After taking so many powerful strikes one after another from Bakugo, Endeavor, and Gran Torino, Shigaraki was now having a bit problem standing back on his own two feet.

“You heroes hurt your own families just to help complete strangers.” Shigaraki stated. “Dad told me that… You want ideals? I have it! No, I had it!”

“What did you say?” Gran Torino asked.

“Heroes have been pretending to protect society…” Shigaraki stated. “How many times in the past throughout multiple generations have they turned a blind eye to things they could not protect? Or silently swept the filth of society under the rug? It’s been building up so frivolously… the resulting rot emanates from within and decay ensues…It’s the small accumulation of this rot… the trash coddled by being protected all the time… the role players who only serve the spoil… a meek society... The destruction that will ensue is merely the result of all the reckless grandstanding you have accumulated… that’s how the muck gets cast out…That’s how they break can retaliate… that's how it loops back again and again and again… simple, right? You don't need to understand! In fact, you are incapable of understanding! That's the dichotomy of heroes and villains!!”

“Thanks for your monologue! But you are already dead!! Give…” Endeavor yelled before shooting a blast of fire in Shigaraki's direction, but Shigaraki dodged the attack by jumping into the air. “How is he able to move?!”

Gran Torino tackled Shigaraki to the ground but Shigaraki turned to face Gran Torino as he tried to jump away and grabbed Gran Torino's left leg and crushed it before slamming him into the ground.

“Gran Torino!!!”

"I can't forgive the likes of you!! I don’t forgive any of you!!” Shigaraki screamed.

Midoriya charged at Shigaraki and tried to strike him with Blackwhip, but Shigaraki rushed past him and Bakugo as he aimed for Aizawa. Ryukyu and I quickly stepped in as I used my Rinkaku Kagune while Ryukyu used her dragon-clawed paws and we grabbed Shigaraki together before tackling him on the ground. Midoriya then quickly joined in and also grabbed Shigaraki with his Blackwhip. Even though Shigaraki was now stronger and faster than us, we had to make sure that he couldn't escape from our restraints. Midoriya even struck and karate-chopped Shigaraki with his 100% Wyoming Smash, but nothing happened to the said villain leader. 

“Maintain that exact position, Nana, Deku!!” Endeavor yelled as he and Bakugo charged forward.

“Hurry up!!” I yelled, using all my power to grab Shigaraki and pin him down, who was struggling under our restraints.

But then I suddenly noticed something in Shigaraki’s hands as he pointed that thing in Aizawa's direction.

“Wait, that's...!” I gasped, realizing that they were Overhauls’ quirk-destroying bullets, and I quickly looked over at Aizawa. "Shigaraki has Overhaul's quirk-erasing bullets! Old geezer, get out of the way!!" 

Immediately, Shigaraki then pierced his hand through Ryukyu’s claws, making her scream out in pain. Midoriya and I punched Shigaraki, trying to hold him onto the ground. Bakugo came just in time and destroyed almost all the bullets with his AP shot explosion. However, Shigaraki still had one left and before we could do anything, he quickly shot the bullet from the palm of his hand and the bullet hit Aizawa’s crippled right leg. But before the drug could even spread throughout his entire body, Aizawa quickly pulled out his knife and cut his right leg off.

“Old geezer!!” I yelled in worry.

And right on cue, Shigaraki pushed me away and bit down on Midoriya’s arm, before he suddenly unleashed a shockwave to break free of Ryukyu and Midoriya’s grip and flew straight for Aizawa, getting rid of Ryukyu and Midoriya and also dodging Endeavor's blow. Shigaraki was about to grab Aizawa’s face, but before he could do that, I dashed forward and kicked him away.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay away from my father, you bastard?!” I shouted.

“Nana!”

I looked around and saw Shoto running towards the battlefield.

“Shoto, right on time.” I noted.

“After you protect him, then what?” Shigaraki chuckled. “Even if you so desperately try to delay it, the only thing that awaits you is destruction!!”

“Shoto!!” Endeavor called out.

“I’m late because I was helping Ryukyu's team!! Cool off, I will help you out in the meantime!” Shoto stated before dashing towards Shigaraki.

“That fucking bastard!!” Bakugo growled at Shigaraki. “Deku, you must get out of here!!”

“I will never!!” Midoriya responded.

Shigaraki then announced that it was time for everyone to die, but just at that moment, his body ripped and spouted out blood.

“What the hell?” I raised an eyebrow.

“Huh? But just now oh I see… surpassing my limits must have put a strain on my body…” Shigaraki mumbled to himself.

His body…

Gran Torino warned us that Shigaraki has been transplanted with All For One's quirk…

His body can't keep up with that overwhelming power!!

But nevertheless, Shigaraki's regeneration finally kicked in again.

“One touch to finally end this!!” he announced, attempting to use his decay quirk on the ground again to finish everyone off.

I quickly altered everyone’s gravity and made them fly up in the air while I dashed forward and punched Shigaraki right in the face.

“You’re right!!” I shouted. “We're ending this, Shigaraki. Right here, right now!!”

If Shigaraki touches the ground, there will be another huge wave of destruction…

He has to be dealt with in the air…

I quickly altered his gravity and made him fly up in the air before dropping others back on the ground again. I also flew up in the air and dashed forward to attack Shigaraki.

“I’m going to help Nana-chan!” Midoriya announced. “Please take care of Gran Torino, Aizawa, and the others!!”

“Shoto, deal with the injured!” Endeavor ordered.

“Hold on, Deku!!” Bakugo yelled out. “You are the one who should be furthest from that guy! ‘Erasure’ is already gone!!”

“Then who else is going to keep Shigaraki up in the air?!” Midoriya yelled.

“Me you idiot! Get away from here, Izuku!” I scolded.

“Let’s fight together, Nana-chan!” Midoriya stated.

“Fine! But you better not die on me!” I responded.

And with that, both Midoriya and I charged forward to attack Shigaraki.

“If you both like the sky so much, then I will cut off your hands and send you straight to heaven!!” Shigaraki smirked, charging at us as well. “And I will make sure those old geezers down there keep you both company!!”

“Leave them alone!” Midoriya growled.

“Don’t you dare hurt anyone else!!” I snarled.

“Endeavor, you better not miss this time!!” Bakugo yelled, before grabbing Endeavor’s wrist as he was getting ready to blast off into the air to charge at Shigaraki.

Midoriya unleashed his Blackwhip and grabbed Shigaraki, while I kept on striking Shigaraki with all my Ghoul quirk strength while firing crystallized bullets and lightning-bolt projectiles at him, all at the same time. Shigaraki then broke free from Midoriya’s Blackwhip and was about to attack him, but I again quickly came in and punched Shigaraki away. Midoriya again grabbed Shigaraki with his Blackwhip and continued to drag him through the air as he started his assault on Shigaraki, striking him with Detroit Smash, Wyoming Smash, St. Louis Smash, and finally Texas Smash. I kept my distance from Shigaraki and Midoriya while still keeping both of them high up in the air with my Gravity Manipulation quirk as we couldn’t let Shigaraki touch the ground under any circumstances.

“That’s incredible!!” Manual gasped.

“No, he’s going to get destroyed at this rate!” Bakugo responded. “He is using his legs and Air Force to avoid the recoil while already controlling several quirks. Deku is pulling every move he is learned until now just to keep Shigaraki in the air. Since he could not completely take him out with the first attack it has turned into a war of attrition, just wearing each other down… in that kind of situation, there is no way he can hold out against a guy with regeneration! Within minutes he will get his ass kicked and his power stolen! Todoroki, you finished yet?!”

“Yes but…” Shoto muttered.

“Shut up and grab on!” Bakugo shouted, extending his other hand. “Endeavor, hold off on the fire! I will make sure you get up there! Todoroki, keep Endeavor cooled off as long as possible!!”

“I will use my greatest firepower to bring him down! Leave it to me!” Endeavor responded.

“Take care of our teacher!!” Shoto said to Manual.

And with that Bakugo grabbed both Endeavor and Shoto and blasted off in the air, charging at Shigaraki.

“I’ll aim when the Blackwhip is completely extended away from Deku!!” Endeavor ordered Bakugo and Shoto. “When I hit up there, you two return to the ground or you will get caught up in it!!”

“Midoriya, hold on!” Shoto called out.

And as soon as they reached up to Shigaraki and Midoriya, Endeavor called out.

“Now! Get down!!” Endeavor yelled before he let go of the boys and attacked Shigaraki by wrapping his arms around the villain's body and incinerating him. “Prominence Burn!!!”

Shigaraki screamed out in pain and agony, but later in an instant, he stabbed Endeavor in the chest and stomach with big sharp wires emitting from his back.

“Endeavor!!”

“How come you don’t die?!” Endeavor groaned in pain.

Shigaraki then quickly fired the wires at Midoriya while calling him ‘little brother’. Bakugo dashed forward and pushed Midoriya out of the way to receive the attack for him, but I quickly used my Kakugan and swapped places with Bakugo and thus the wires went right through my stomach and chest regions. Throbbing pain quickly spread across my body as I coughed out blood with my vision started to get blurry.

“NANA!!!” everyone screamed out in horror. 

At that moment, there were no thoughts in my head... 

But when I noticed Midoriya and Bakugo were about to get stabbed by Shigaraki, 

My body just moved on its own... 

“You can’t kill me that easily, Shigaraki! I’m a Ghoul quirk user after all!” I smirked before I grabbed the wires, pulled them out of my body, and broke them into pieces.

I landed on the ground and Bakugo and Shoto quickly caught me.

“Nana!!” Shoto called.

“Are you okay?!” Bakugo asked.

“Y-Yeah, I’m fine.” I smiled meekly. “Look, my wounds are already regenerating.”

“It’s my… this fight today…” Shigaraki trailed off. “…Has shed a lot of useless blood… but that just now has to be the most useless of all… Even though her Ghoul quirk is rare and unique… But still useless…”

And this snapped Midoriya. Without even thinking twice, filled with rage, he charged at Shigaraki again.

“Take that back!!!” Midoriya screamed while striking Shigaraki with everything. “You hurt Nana-chan!!! Take that back whatever you’ve just said, you bastard!!!”

But soon after, Shiagaraki grabbed Midoriya’s face as he grinned at him like a maniac.

“Midoriya!!!” we gasped.

“I finally touched you… now be mine One For All!!” Shigaraki yelled.

Then Shigaraki and Midoriya both struck at each other to which a grand explosion went off and both Shigaraki and Midoriya fell away from each other in the sky.

“Midoriya!”

“Izuku!”

“Deku!”

Shoto, Bakugo, and I quickly rushed over and caught the green-haired boy as he landed on the ground.

“Izuku, are you okay?!” I asked, frantically.

“N-N-Nana-chan…” Midoriya mumbled in response.

We noticed that Shigaraki was holding his ground with the wires from his fingers, but then suddenly he was attacked by some wave motion quirk.

“Everyone!”

We all turned around to see Nejire Senpai and Iida finally joining us on the battlefield.

“The giant villain is approaching the vicinity! We have hereby informed the heroes engaging in combat with the Nomu!” Iida stated.

“Iida, great timing! Get the casualties out of here!” Shoto stated.

“God, this is why you have not returned?!” Iida asked, looking around.

“I have to stick to Shigaraki!” Midoriya muttered as he tried to get up from the ground. “He is still after me! Just take Nana-chan and Endeavor!!”

“Just stay still, you idiot!” Bakugo yelled at Midoriya.

“I’m not leaving, Izuku!” I responded. “Besides, my wounds are already healed!”

“His regeneration has slowed, we can take him on!” Shoto announced, looking over at Shigaraki. “Nana, Bakugo, Hado senpai!”

“Maggots swarming by the thousands…” Shigaraki muttered, trying to stand up from the ground.

Shoto, Bakugo, Nejire senpai, Iida, and I all at once charged at Shigaraki before a huge battle broke out. But within a few seconds, it all stopped when the earth beneath us started to shake violently and the sound of buildings crashing down hit our ears from afar. We all turned around and noticed that the behemoth Gigantomachia had finally arrived at the battlefield while carrying the remaining members of the Paranormal Liberation Front on his back as we watched the walking calamity moving towards us in horror. 

“There is no way we can handle fighting both that giant and Shigaraki!” Shoto yelled, before charging at Shigaraki again. “I would better take Shigaraki down since he is already on his last legs!!”

“Don’t go and play the hero all by yourself, you half-and-half bastard!” Bakugo growled, charging at Shigaraki as well.

And with that Shoto, Bakugo, and Nejire senpai attacked Shigaraki with their super moves all the same time and the villain finally fell on the ground, unconscious. 

“Run!!” Endeavor shouted when Gigantomachi finally stepped into the battlefield and quickly picked unconscious Shigaraki up from the ground.

“Shigaraki, you're not looking so good!!” Spinner asked from the giant's back.

“You okay, Shoto?” Endeavor asked as Shoto landed beside his father.

“Oh, there you are!” a familiar voice suddenly called out.

We all looked up to see Dabi on Gigantomachi’s back, grinning down at us.

“You all look like a bunch of ants from way up here!” Dabi chuckled, waving his hand. “Oh?! Do I spy Shoto too?! That’s perfect!! Long time no see!!”

“Huh?” Shoto asked in annoyance.

“Dabi!!” Endeavor snarled at the ravenette villain.

“Ouch! Is that any way to address me?” Dabi chuckled mockingly as he poured some liquid from a bottle over his head before his hair went from black to white. “Why must you call me by my villain moniker... when I have such a great name… Call me Touya…”

And then for a split second, I felt like the whole world had just stopped moving. My eyes widened in disbelief while my mouth gasped open as I stared at Dabi or should I say Touya in bewilderment. My heart started to beat faster than usual as if it was going to burst out of my chest and now I suddenly started to feel like the whole world was spinning really fast, making me feel all dizzy and sick.

Now that you asked… I think, right now, if Touya suddenly appears and stands in front of me, I’ll definitely jump into his arms like a typical shoujo manga heroine and tell him how much I missed him, how much I felt lonely without him. So yeah… Maybe I still love him…

“You are that dumbstruck?! Really?!” Touya laughed. “I know my face isn’t exactly what it was, but I was sure that my own family would have figured it out. Though there was this one person who speculated that I could be Touya and it was none other than my lovely ex-fiancé; Nana Osaki!!” 

It's been a while, hasn’t it Babydoll? I missed you so much.~

“T-Touya…” I mumbled and my breath got caught in my throat, still in shock as my eyes started to get blurry and watery. 

“Who are you?” I asked softly. “Do I know you? Have we ever met before? Why did you ask if I recognized you? And why do you keep saying that you missed me?”

“The name is Dabi, Babydoll… Your glorified villain babysitter.” He smirked, standing up, his hands in the pockets of his trench coat.

“Is that actually your real name though?” I looked at him skeptically. “I don’t believe that. What’s your real name? What’s your true identity?”

“Why do you ask, Babydoll?” he asked.

“Because you remind me of someone I knew and love.” I responded. 

“Oh really? Who?” he asked, raising an eyebrow. 

“Touya Todoroki.” I mumbled softly. 

Touya looked at me with an apologetic smile. 

“Sorry Babydoll, for hiding this secret from you! Back at Camino Ward, when you asked me if I was Touya or not, at that moment I wanted to do nothing else but to pull you into a tight hug, shower you with love and kisses, and tell you that I was in fact your Touya, but if I did that, my plans would’ve gotten ruined!” Touya stated before he looked back at Shoto and Endeavor with a smirk. “Well, Endeavor, I never forgot a thing. And I had plenty of reason to keep watching you. I’m not saying that everyone has to be pure and selfless. Just you! And guess what? Right now, my prerecorded life story is broadcasting nationwide and on the internet!”

Touya grinned widely as he started to jump down from Gigantomachia’s back and began to dance and twirl around in the madness. Shoto and Endeavor simply stood on the ground with wide eyes and dropped jaws, staring at Touya in disbelief while trying to take in everything that was happening right now at that moment.

“Man, I’m having a blast!!” Touya laughed with a big wild grin on his face. “Sorry, where was I? Oh yeah! How could I make you hurt? How to best stomp all over your life? I have been pondering all this ever since that day! I couldn’t figure out why I even existed and every day I would crawl to Natsu-kun and Nana crying my eyes out… Not that you ever knew, right?! When you finally achieved success with your little puppet Shoto… I thought killing him might do the trick! But then who would have guessed you got bumped up to No. 1! Suddenly, I was rooting for your happiness. My blood ran cold when I thought you might bite the big one in Kyushu! Then I led Starservant and Ending straight to you one after the other and you still survived like the cockroach that you are! You were finally No. 1! It's all you ever wanted! But it must have weighed on you, right?! Or was all the praise and admiration like chicken soup for your soul?! When at long last you could stare your kids in the eye… Did you finally start to feel the warm and fuzzy bonds of the family?! You must have thought ‘as long as I face the future I can be better’! I can tell you are at a loss for words, so here is the answer!!" 

Touya then stopped swaying and twirling before he placed his hands on his chest. 

"The past never dies! Get it yet?!" Touya yelled out, widely grinning, and that sent shivers down my spine. "You reap what you sow!! Let us fall together, you and me, Enji Todoroki!! Come dance with your son, here in hell!!”  

“Touya is dead. This is an unforgivable lie.” Endeavor mumbled in disbelief, still staring at Touya with widened eyes. 

“I am alive and kicking! It's an unforgivable truth, Dad!!” Touya responded with a mocking grin, his eyes widening a bit. “So sad that you never bothered to invite me to your fire-quirk-infested agency! Why didn't you notice I was your son? You never suspected because so many had flame-related quirks? Is that the reason? You can swab me or take some blood samples as a souvenir if you don't believe me. Go run a DNA test. Although my own test results are already being publicized as we speak. Endeavor, consider this a homecoming gift from me to you since I dug up something on that good-for-nothing spy Hawks as well. Even coming from a villain, the words that I speak will shake the public to their core. They won't be able to trust any of you after this. The damage has already been done! After seeing something like that, who the hell won't be shaking in their boots?!” 

With that, Touya jumped off from Gigantomachia's back and was about to attack Endeavor with Prominence Burn to finish off his father once and for all.

“Thanks for going strong up until now, Endeavor!!” Touya yelled.

“Touya!! Stop, please!! Don’t do this!!” I screamed out, tears rolling down my cheeks.

“Sorry, Nana!! But for the past 8 years, this is what I’ve been waiting for!!” Touya replied back. 

“Father, he is coming!!” Shoto yelled at a still-shocked Endeavor, preparing to attack Touya back. “Protect Nana and the others! I will handle this! Please move! Protect them! Hey, please get it together!!”

But then suddenly a plane flew by in the air over the battlefield and before Touya could unleash his attack, he got tied up with wires from that plane. We all looked up and noticed who it was.

“Apologize for being fashionably late!! Best Jeanist will now be returning to work starting today!!” the No. 3 pro hero announced, making Touya frown at the man. 

"Bastard! You're supposed to be dead! It was a real corpse! Why are you alive?!" Touya asked in annoyance through his gritted teeth. 

"If you're greedy, you'll come apart at the seams like cheap denim!!" Jeanist replied back with confidence and Touya's frown deepened even more. 

“Even if you are alive, Jeanist… that doesn't mean the Todoroki family’s past will be brushed under the rug… Right, Shoto?!” Touya smirked, immediately engulfing himself in blue flames as he looked over to see a crying yet enraged Shoto charging toward him with his firepower unleashed.

Best Jeanist unleashed even more wire and wrapped them around Gigantomachia, Spinner, and Mr. Compress as he pinned down the giant on the ground.

“You’re kidding me! He managed to detain Machia?!” Mr. Compress yelled.

“Trying to break free is so painful!!” Spinner shouted. “Doesn’t Machia have immeasurable strength?! Shigaraki, wake up!! You are alive, aren’t you?! Machia needs your orders!! Shigaraki!!”

Nejire senpai meanwhile, tried to strike Shigaraki again, but unfortunately got blasted by Touya's flames, much to everyone’s horror. 

"Hado Senpai!!" Shoto screamed out in shock while trying to fight off Touya with his flames. 

“Senpai!” I shouted in horror as I ran up and caught her in my arms before looking back at Touya with rage. “What the fuck, Touya?!”

“What a mess, huh Endeavor!!” Touya laughed maniacally as he broke free from Jeanist’s restraints using his blue flames. “Look! Another starry-eyed kid with a bright future burned to ashes!! By your flames!!” 

"Stop it!!" Shoto yelled out at Touya as the latter's fire power pushed the former back. 

Then, at that moment, suddenly Shigaraki slowly started to regain consciousness and ordered Gigantomachia to break free from the restraints. And right one cue, the giant let out an earth-shaking roar and started to tear down the wires around him, but Jeanist again shot more wires around it.

“Quit it, Touya-Nii!!” Shoto yelled as he charged at Touya again. “So you send that villain?! Natsu-Nii was nearly killed!! The brother you said you crawled and cried to! That Natsu-Nii!!”

“Then that would mean Endeavor would suffer!!” Touya grinned at Shoto, leaving the younger brother in shock.

“Have you lost your mind, you bastard?!” Shoto screamed out in rage and disbelief.

“You got it, Shoto!!” Touya laughed again, overpowering Shoto once again with his blue flames. “Your big brother has completely lost any feeling for anything!!”

“Touya!!” Shoto yelled as Touya used his flames on his younger brother.

“Finally, I can kill you!!” Touya laughed.

“Shoto!!” I shouted in horror as I charged at the Todoroki brothers. “Touya, stop!!”

“Hey, Spinner!! Behind you!!” Mr. Compress called.

“Huh?” Spinner asked as he turned around to look. “Looks like luck is in our favor after all!!”

“Those fucking Nomus again!!” Bakugo snarled as he charged at those flying creatures.

I also turned around and gasped when I noticed Nomus flying towards us. I quickly changed my route and flew towards the Nomus unleashing my Rinkaku Kagune and taking out my scythe. One after another, Bakugo and I fought and killed the Nomus when suddenly I felt a similar presence around me.

“Don’t tell me!” I gasped and at that moment a certain individual popped out from the ground.

“PO... WERRR!!!” 

At that moment, Mirio senpai arrived, using his quirk to take out the Nomu which was approaching Best Jeanist, leaving everyone shocked.

“Lemillion!!” Midoriya gasped.

“Mirio senpai!” I called with a smile.

“Despite this, it’s not like I have got the power to take out this Nomus in one shot!” Mirio Senpai chuckled. “Nana-chan, Bakugo, back me up!!”

“It’s great to see you again, Bakugo.” Jeanist greeted.

“That was just a placeholder name…” Bakugo smirked as he killed a Nomu with his quirk. “I was saving the real deal for you! From now on call me… God of Explosive Destruction, Dynamight!!!”

“Huh?” I sweat-dropped.

“Another dud…” Jeanist groaned.

“Too long!” Iida yelled.  

“Chaotic!” Nejire Senpai commented.

“Tacky!” Mr. Compress deadpanned.  

“So lame!” Spinner muttered as well.

“Haha! That's a good hero name! It's pretty funny!” Mirio Senpai laughed.

“It’s not meant to be funny!!” Bakugo snapped at Mirio.

“Without joy and laughter to balance the sorrow the world can never hope to have a bright future…” Mirio Senpai stated. “My bad there! That's just my motto!! As long as the final boss is restricted in the blaze, it’s time to clean up the rest of the mess!!”

And after that, right on cue, Mirio Senpai, Nejire Senpai, Bakugo, Jeanist, and I started to attack and kill all the flying Nomus.

“Aw, your friends are having a blast down there!!” Touya laughed as he and Shoto kept on fighting mid-air. “Poor Shoto... No fun for you, just pain!”

Touya then grabbed Shoto and wrapped his arms around his younger brother before covering his azure flames around themselves as he started to increase his heat. 

“But you… your body will burn too!” Shoto stuttered out in pain. "You're burning up as well, Touya!"

“You have grown up to be so considerate, I’m happy for you little bro!” Touya chuckled as his eyes trailed off to Endeavor’s still-shocked face. “I’m fine! In fact, I’m overjoyed right now! Look at that face! Even when his masterpiece, his greatest doll is about to get perished by his failure's flames, he still can't do anything!! Hey, take a look! He is totally broken!! Hahaha!! Shoto, if you burn up in my flames and turn to ashes, I wonder what kind of face dear old dad will be making then?!”

While I was fighting and killing the Nomus, I noticed what Touya was trying to do with Shoto. So without wasting any more time, I used my Kakugan and swapped places with Shoto. And right now, I was in Touya’s arms.

“Nana!!” Shoto gasped in shock.

“Oh, now look at that?” Touya smirked as he tightened his grip around me and pulled me even closer to his chest, immediately extinguishing his flames. “It’s been so long since I held you like this, Nana… I missed this.”

“Touya…” I mumbled lovingly as I reached out and touched his face. “Please, stop this… I beg you… Please…”

“I can’t, Nana…” Touya muttered, softening his gaze at me before reaching out and gently running his fingers on my cheek.

“Hey, let go of Nana-chan!” Midoriya yelled.

“You know it’s rude to interfere in other people’s family matters!” Touya said to the green-haired boy in annoyance.

“I’m interfering because Todoroki-kun is a precious friend and Endeavor is my mentor who made me stronger!!” Midoriya yelled. “The past doesn't disappear! That's why the present Endeavor is making an effort. That’s the Endeavor I’m watching. You’re not Endeavor!!”

“Ha, anybody could figure that out!” Touya responded mockingly. “But don’t you pity the likes of me at least a little?! The consequences of the scenes committed by a supposed apostle of justice… That’s what I am! Evil will no longer prosper! Justice will crumble! All I have done is showed all those susceptible people where to put the blame! Now the future that awaits is clear! All the lip service and ego-stroking will vanish and it will be chaos!!”

Then all of a sudden, Gigantomachia started to go all wild and tear up Jeanist’s restraints.

“Big trouble!” Mirio Senpai yelled.

“He has restored!” Jeanist shouted.

At the moment, Endeavor used every bit of strength he had to fly up and knock the giant back before knocking himself out as a result.

“Enji-san?!” I gasped in shock.

“Macchia?!” Spinner yelled.

“My strength!!” Gigantomachia groaned in pain as he started to slow down a bit.

“There was a message from the mountain team! They said they didn’t notice any effect but… the anesthetic worked!!” Jeanist stated.

“Looks like we’ve to go now…” Touya muttered with a sigh. “But before I go, I want to do something that I’ve always wanted to do since forever…”

“What-“

But before I could say anything more, Touya quickly leaned forward and pressed his lips against mine, pulling me into a passionate searing kiss as the cold metal of his piercings sent pleasant shudders up my spine. My eyes widened in shock and I went completely rigid on my spot. I mean, after all, it was my first kiss and it got stolen by the man I had been in love with for so many years now. I didn't know how to respond to it at first. The kiss was like a beautiful sweet dream; a dream that I didn't want to wake up from. 

I’m in love with you, Nana Osaki. You may not understand what it means to be in love with someone because you're still too young. But always remember… I love you and I always will love you, Nana-chan...

My brain stopped functioning and the next thing I knew, I slowly and unconsciously closed my eyes and started to kiss back Touya. In response, Touya smirked into the kiss before he pressed his tongue to the seam of my lips and at my grant of access, delved the tongue inside my mouth. As our tongues intertwined with one another, the kiss got rough, sloppy, and even more demanding. Euphoric warmth began to blossom within me and the whole feeling was utterly blissful, making the kiss feel like fireworks, tingles, and desires. It felt as if nothing mattered at that moment, as if nothing existed in this universe; it was just only me and him. Touya then slowly pulled away from the kiss as soon as we were out of breath and chuckled softly at my tomato-red face. 

“DID HE JUST KISS HER?!?!” Bakugo roared in rage.

“Looks like I’m your first kiss, huh?” Touya muttered with a smirk, panting slightly from the kiss. “Lucky me!”

Touya quickly let go of me and started to climb back onto Gigantomachia while I kept on floating in mid-air like an idiot, trying to process everything that just happened now.

“Touya!!” Shoto yelled, charging at his older brother to attack him with Flashfire Fist.

“Sorry, Shoto! The situation has changed!” Touya responded before attacking Shoto with his Flashfire Fist Jetburn.

“Shoto!” I gasped, rushing forward to save him.

But it was too late as Shoto had already taken the attack and was now knocked out cold. I quickly caught him in my arms and slowly landed on the ground. I looked over to see that Mr. Compress caught Touya in his marbles before safely handing it over to Spinner.

And after that, whatever happened on the battlefield was all blurry to me. I remembered Shoto slowly regained his consciousness and I quickly went back to fight Shigaraki and the Nomus. Mirio Senpai was finally able to catch Mr. Compress and easily took him down. Bakugo, Nejire senpai, Iida, Jeanist, and I all desperately tried to fight and chase after Shigaraki with our fatigued injured bodies while also fighting against other Nomus as Shigaraki, Spinner, and Skeptic started to escape away by riding on the back of a flying Nomu. Shoto, Endeavor, and Midoriya were all barely able to stay conscious at that moment. Midoriya also tried to catch Shigaraki with his Blackwhip but failed in the process. In the end, Shigaraki successfully escaped away with his comrades, bringing the Paranormal Liberation War to a conclusion. 

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Cabinet of Oddities - Part 4 (Fanfic)

TavxGale (Custom)

Extra time means more writing and I just needed to get some more Gale into this story. (1.8k words - WTF??)

Summary: Gale falls slowly behind the group causing Nana to become concerned.

Ao3 Link - Chapter 4 Ao3 Link (Whole)

Nana didn’t like the Risen Road. The air smelt of goblins and there was no shelter. It was all just open rock and cliff faces. “Are we there yet?” She whined immaturely.

“Do you see a goblin camp anywhere or a one-horned tiefling?” Wyll replied.

“No.” She said dejectedly. “Fine…” 

The group had been travelling at a reasonable pace but since reaching the road had begun to spread out. Astarion, trying to be as far from Nana as he could, had moved up to the front with Shadowheart. Wyll had been stuck playing babysitter, as he saw it, and Gale unusually had begun to lag quietly behind. He’d complained of his knees aching a little the day before so nobody thought anything of it but Nana could not shift the nagging feeling in the back of her mind. “Oh no, it appears I have dropped my, um, shoe.” She exclaimed in a long drawn and loud voice.

Wyll sighed exasperatedly “Your shoe? The one that’s on your foot?” He paused momentarily and decided to seize the opportunity for a break. “You know what, you take care of your shoes. You can always catch up.” He walked off at speed to catch up to the others muttering under his breath the words “Gods, give me patience.”

Nana knelt, pretending to play with her shoe, watching him walk away and then turned her head seeing Gale slowly approaching. His handsome face looked different. Like something was weighing him down. Not just in his mind but in his body as well. She felt a pang of concern for him and stood as he got closer. She went to speak but as normal with Gale, the words just struggled to come.

“Nana, as much as I’ve enjoyed talking to you these last few days, today I just need a little peace and tranquillity.” Gale’s voice seemed strained, he grimaced as he walked. Nana knew these features all too well.

“You’re in pain. Your knees again?” She spoke with concern. Her mind was racing, she was fighting the tadpole in her head from accidentally sharing the memories that flooded her brain. The poison is spreading. He’s dying, I can’t save him. Don’t die, please don’t die. She shook her head and looked into Gale’s deep eyes, almost pleading with him to talk to her.

Gale looked away from her, feeling the pressure. Though he’d grown close to the group since the start of his travels, he didn't know if he was ready to share everything with them but the ever-growing hunger in his chest was becoming too much to cope with alone. He’d have to tell them eventually or he would have to leave them. “No, not my knees.” He considered continuing but didn’t know if Nana would even understand what he was going to say.  

“I would say maybe it was something you ate, but then you’re the one who does all the cooking and it sure is better than any concoction I make. Last spring I made the most horrible of dishes. That rat was good when I killed it but apparently when I mixed it with grease from that ooze…” She could see the colour draining from Gale’s face. “Sorry, I’m rambling. But I’m guessing it’s not food-related?”

“Not food either.” Gale stopped for a moment and looked at Nana. He saw something in her that he couldn’t explain. He’d seen her try to help everyone they had come across, from tiefling children that she was robbed by, to stepping in front of an arrow to save a goblin who then insulted her. All life seemed precious to her, so maybe his would too. “Nana…Why don’t we take a little break? Allow ourselves a few moments of rest. Gives me a chance to talk to you about something, well, rather important.” 

Nana nodded. “Ok, Nana calm calm. It’s just a break. It’s nothing serious. He’s not going to kiss you. Gods, I’d like him to kiss me. His eyes are so dreamy.” Her voice rushed on, just a never-ending stream of thoughts spilt out into reality. She took a seat on a nearby rock and patted a little patch next to her signalling for Gale to join her. 

Gale gave a subtle smile as he sat beside her. He wasn’t going to object to the words she said but he wasn’t sure how he felt about her. Especially right now as his muscles ached and his mind tore in two. “Have you ever realised that you say everything out loud?” 

“It’s been mentioned to me before. I tried to keep it all in my head but it gets a bit messy after a while. If I say it out loud then it keeps room for the important things.” Nana tried to explain it the best she could. This was the truth. As a changeling trying to keep one form for a long period, trying to keep the memories together, the personalities all separate, and then trying to keep constant control proved to be exhausting and if she kept everything in her head she surely would have gone mad like other changelings had been known to.

“And what important things would they happen to be?” Gale asked with curiosity.

Him. The tadpole flickered in her mind. “Oh you know, cooking recipes and naughty poetry.” She smiled, her green eyes sparkling brightly in the sunlight. “But you wanted to talk to me about something important. I’m guessing it’s neither of those topics.”

Gale gazed into her eyes, lost for a brief moment, and then nodded in recognition of her remark. “We’ve been on the road together for a while now, haven't we? Survived some perils, overcame some obstacles. I’ve seen you demonstrate remarkable guile and courage.”

“I’ve just been doing what I do. I wouldn’t say any of it is courageous. Unless you’re talking about that couple from the shack, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to shake that image.” Nana gave a shudder at the thought of the ogre and bugbear they had encountered the previous day.

“No, no, not that.” He chuckled. “No, I believe, I’ve grown to trust you.” His voice was soft and sincere.

Nana tried to read him but could see no ulterior motive. This was new to her. Her face was one of scepticism and she leaned in slightly to try and hear him better. “Hm, I thought you trusted me anyway, and that's why you let me stir the cooking in the evenings.”

He looked at her with affection and felt the orb hum. He pushed down the painful sensation that ran through his chest and sighed deeply. He needed to tell her. “I did, I do. Either way, the reason I make a point of saying this is that I’ve grown confident enough to tell you something I’ve yet to tell another living soul. Except for my cat.”

Nana stayed quiet listening intently to the words he spoke. 

“You see, I have this…condition. Very different from the parasite we share, but just as deadly. Every so often I need to get my hands on a powerful magical item and absorb the Weave inside.” His tone was serious, he had tried to explain it as vaguely and as simply as he could for her and he hoped she would grasp what he was telling her.

“So…You need to eat shoes?”

“Eat shoes? That’s what you took away from that? It’s not so much eating as it is absorbing the magical energies that are within the items. I can say no more on the matter - not now anyway, just trust me when I say it’s all of vital importance.” He stared deep into her eyes, looking for the understanding he sought, hoping she would not reject him in his time of need. The pain in his chest radiated throughout his body and he tried his best to ignore it. 

Nana’s face was full of concern for him. All she wanted was to help. “And this is why you’re in pain? You need something magical?” 

Gale nodded solemnly in response. “I know it’s a lot to ask of you but I wouldn’t press this without good reason.”

Nana swung around her pack, settling it on her lap and started digging through it. She chucked out random items, books, a music box which gave an off-note clang as it hit the floor, and a half-eaten apple she’d found earlier in the day. Eventually, she pulled out a small magic necklace and offered it over to Gale. “Here, the tiefling girl gave it to me but I’ve no use for it. You can have it.” Gale looked into her eyes. He placed one hand under the locket and the other above her hand and cupped them closely together. Nana could feel the warmth from his touch and her heart began to quicken its beat. Her voice hitched and her cheeks flushed red. “You’re touching me” she gasped. 

“Apologies.” Gale lessened his grip and took the locket from her. He held it to the marking on his chest, one that for so long Nana had wanted to run her fingers along, and he leaned back. His face appeared to be in pain and the orb glowed a brilliant purple. A moment later the necklace was gone but Gale sat with a relieved expression. He sighed deeply. “That hit the spot. I can feel it work. The magic is like a lullaby that sings to sleep the demon inside.”  

Nana’s face grew concerned. A demon . The tadpole twisted and writhed wanting to share the image in her mind.

“A metaphorical demon I haste to point out. But no less dangerous - and no less bound to wake up again to continue its ravages. Such is the nature of all monsters.”

“You’re going to be okay, aren't you? We can fix it, maybe find a cure?” She gave him a hopeful look.

Gale looked away unsure. He had no answer for this. His year of research and hiding locked in his tower had brought very few answers. He couldn’t expect to find them here. He turned back to her, his face brighter than it had been the previous few days. “Sincerely though: I understand I ask a lot from you with few answers in return, but in time all will be told.” 

“I’m just glad it helped. Tell me, if you need anything else, I’ve got quite the collection of nicknacks and doodads in my bag now. I’m sure I can stop you from getting hungry.” Nana pointed the pack at Gale as if to show him proudly of her collection.

He smiled. “I’ll keep that in mind. But now I think we should continue moving. The day is vanishing before our very eyes and the warmth of the sun will no longer lie on our faces.” Gale stood and held out his hand to Nana.

She looked at it briefly but threw her pack over her back and stood without taking it. A brief flash of rejection flashed over Gale's face but he ignored the accompanying thought that came along with it. He would just need to be satisfied with the trust he had gained from her today. Nothing more, nothing less.

[blogger-yura]

Entry #48 July 31st '23

#YurasLife #DailyYura #Birthday2023 #Food

𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐘𝐮𝐫𝐚 - Happy Birthday to Me!

Happy happy birthday to me! Ah! Another year has come and gone. How insane is that? Have you guys felt the weight of the years coming settling lately, or have you felt the weight of the years passing go away? (*>∀<*) It's truly curious, isn't it? How time can run the same speed for everyone and yet feel so different!

This year, I'll admit, I feel lighter. I've also been a bit more excited over birthdays. Mine, specifically. If you've been around a bit, you know my thoughts on birthdays, how it has always been more a celebration of growth with friends and family than actually something for myself, a gathering for all, not me. I guess I just never had something or someone I looked forward to spending the day with... But this year? I was greedy with it. Just a little! But still greedy, I think!

Although I'm posting a little late, I'd still like to share how the day was like with you!

I got so many surprises, too! At the restaurant we went to for dinner, the corn dish! And at 12AM, not one minute later, everyone at my doorstep singing happy birthday! My favorite gift, if I must say, was the silliest little thing. San always knows how to surprise me, got me some fun little surprise balls, and they had the cutest looking little kittens inside! He said they're collectibles, so now we have to get them all! ﾟ+.ﾟ(*´∀`)bﾟ+.ﾟ

Another thing I loved this year was my family visiting, it's been a while since I spent a birthday with them! I believe that made it super duper special, too. It was great having them over for a few days and making the moment memorable, I miss them dearly even if I do see them regularly.

For you, what's the best way to spend a birthday? Is there anything you do religiously every year for yours? Since I moved here, my friends and I have always tried to wake the other up with surprise cake at unholy hours! Just some months ago, we sneaked into a friend's house at 4AM! It's always fun and makes for the weirdest, improvised little parties.

Ah, with all of that being said, I farewell July! It's been a fun, exciting month for me! Lots of birthdays, fun times, and memories made ♡

How did July treat you this year? Are you happy or sad it's come to an end? Even though I'll miss it, I'm excited for what's to come! Can't believe we're already so close to the end of the year. Gotta make the best out of the time we've got left!

Alright, my beautiful readers~. I'll go now and set you guys free! Have a lovely day ahead, and as always, we'll see each other soon!

With love, -Yura ♡

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[demisofphoenixdrop]

hello! could i hear about 5, 6, and 11 for the ask game?

ABSOLUTELY! Thank you, kind stranger :)

5 - Favorite Minor Character

My favorite minor characters? Oooh y'all-

I'm an Emmalyn lover fr. She's autistic. She's a sweetheart. I love her. I can and will kill for Cadenza. My beloved.

Btw big fan of my friend's crack ship of Emmalyn and Nana (y'all should ask me about that <3)

6 - Favorite Skins

Y'all remember Laurance's baby shower fit? That. Specifically after his hair got fluffy and they were rocking around Malachi's castle.

Also LOVE Aph's princess dress she got from the shadow knight lady in Pikoro(?)

Oh!! And everything Lucinda ever wore ever. I love her.

And Zoey's timeskip clothes! Basically everyone's timeskip clothes are gorgeous.

11 - rewrite, redesign, and/or reinterpretation

Okay- so-

I don't have a current rewrite. I do, however, have my own canon. It's mostly a playground for my ocs tbh.

That being said-

I love shadow knights. I love their mechanics and made my own rules for them.

So-

Shadow Knights are people who have had their soul ritually torn and removed. When someone is sacrificed on an alter to the shadow lord, they die. Their soul is extracted and half of it is given to the shadow lord for power. The other half is used to reanimate the dead. This grants them strength, speed, and some magic - a la The Shadow Knight Form.

Shadow knights complete their ritual by slaying either a loved one, someone they had an oath to, or just...so many innocent people. So, some SKs come back and off their spouses or their lords or like- burn an orphanage. Classic stuff, really. And bada bing bada boom, you got yourself a fully realized shadow knight!

Unrelated but another Danni Rewrite thing-

Brian betrays PD in my version because he is sick of living in a small town where nothing happens and he's living under his father's shadow. Also, Zane promised he could help Brian come into power.

Sometimes, though, Brian betrays PD because he's trying to woo one of the guards - my oc, Virgil - but they are more loyal to their village than Brian.

This, depending on the work I'm writing, leads to Virgil killing Brian and becoming a full shadow knight because they did truly love him, but they couldn't let him destroy the town that took them in.

I should really start drawing mcd again-

Keep up the asking!!

[neriyon]

Oh right I said something about giving my opinions on the expansion so uh, I guess I should start writing them out now.

Obiviously spoilers for the entirety of Dawntrail MSQ!!!

Tbh I don't know where to start iuefhiuefh.

Uhhh graphical update turned out nice! Out of the 3 of us, me and Shu kinda questioned if the update even happened since Hawu'li and Dre were virtually same as before, and Nana (player) kept mentioning how cute Nana (character) looks now. My only complaint is that Hawu'li's eyes are like one or two shades darker than they used to be, and I'm currently kinda debating if I want to bother using fantasia to fix it.

Enviroments look nice, and while I'm yet to go to many of the old areas (I sent Shu to go look at Il Mheg while me and Nana sat in que and it looked very nice), new areas are gorgeous! All of us literally screamed out loud when we noticed that the grass bends when you touch it haha. I'm also personally fan of the little tilt thing mounts do now if you strafe - it's very satisfying and I keep strafing around just to see my bike or flying mount tilt (❁´◡`❁)

As for story: I'm genuely surprised to see posts that some people didn't like it? I wouldn't call it my favorite expansion, but to me the story was good and the characters enjoyable. Only thing I'd complain about is that the pacing is very funky at times: first few areas are fine, then it slows down to a crawl, then speeds up very quickly to again slow down to almost complete halt before things pick up again. I still fail to care too much about the "cowboy area" - it felt very disconnected from everything else. Kinda same with the moblin area, but at least that place had some connectivity to the competition (+ the kidnap plot).

Meanwhile the "blue area" (sorry about the terms iauefhhu I don't have game open rn and I am chronically incapable of remembering any names) felt rushed: we wander in, no one wants to talk to us, then suddenly the big antagonist up till that point just goes "hey uh our culture's fucked, if you wanna change it I'll help". Imo that could've used some more time. Maybe have the Wuk Lamat instance happen earlier, and have the big lizard man think about things a bit longer, just to make it feel like he didn't change his entire worldview in like, half a quest.

As mentioned, cowboy area felt incredibly boring to me and I honestly don't know why. Catboy tribe was fine - I'd rather go spend more time with them. Their whole thing was pretty rushed, and while I have a small feeling that they'll be part of the patch storylines, I'd liked if we had been given a bit more time with them before things went to hell again.

Heritage found, Solution 9 and all that was better paced and the storytelling there was great! Like seeing one of the npcs forget about the old dead lady within seconds felt very horrifying. Shu and Nana haven't gotten that far yet (I finished the story on my own after returning home), but I remember spamming groupchat with "what the fuuuuuck that's so fucked" and stuff like that lol. Attack on Tuliyollal too, I think I have a few screenshots saved of npcs I noticed crying after dead loved ones on the streets right after it. Devs did great job portraying how scary the entire thing was.

What else uhhhh.... oh right the last area. Absolutely gorgeous again, and I do get the lore reasons, but damn does it suck having the areas go all lifeless if you want to finish story. I was looking forward to taking pictures there in the future :/ I did try and take some quick shots everywhere before going forward, but I'm sure I missed something. Probably have to get new game+ to that point when DT gets added there just for more screenshot locations.

This is already getting long but idc I'm rambling about characters too. Erenville sweet baby boy I am so sorry the entire last half became a personal nightmare for you (┬┬﹏┬┬) But we got to see him smile! Like actually smile not just tiny smirks! (I should have screenshot of that too lol) They better not write him completely out after this, I wanna go on adventures with him - something that doesn't leave him traumatized maybe.

Also pushing every Wuk Lamat disliker out of the way to hang out with her more. She was a very fun character, and I loved the fact that she actually went and did things on her own, not waiting around for WoL to save her every time like many of the npcs tend to do. She and Hawu'li are besties now.

Green G'raha Koana was a positive surprise too! Smart and a bit snobbish catboy who's bad with his feelings, but makes effort to learn and grow for his people and sister. Absolutely loved him getting very angry when Wuk Lamat was in danger - nerdy cat can go little feral, as a treat. Definitely added into Hawu'li's ever growing polycule - not into his bracelet yet, but they defenitely kissed during msq and probably started (casually) going out after.

Sphene... I really like her dress lol. Uhh I personally felt she was very sus from the start, but I feel like Hawu'li would've not picked up on those. Her plan would've come as complete surprise to him, and made him very very sad. Hawu'li's very "there's always a way if we just try hard enough" type of person, and being told that it's either having everyone else in the universe die or having the Endless die would've seriously got him feeling down for some time. Being a WoL means killing people to protect others sometimes, he knows that, but still. Luckily he had people there with him, who will keep supporting him, but he'll most likely need a little vacation after all this. (Luckily the Tuliyollali inn room is perfect for that haha)

Aaaand lastly, some random thoughts all tossed in no particular order since I can't ramble in the tags:

"This old man (Ketenramm) has more HD face than all of us combined D:" - me

*him saying something about being more than a guest to Gulool Ja Ja* -> me, quietly whispering in vc: "old man yaoi..."

Whomst the fuck did Zoraal Ja get his kid with??? There wasn't a single other lizard in Solution Nine, and I don't remember seeing any in Heritage Found either. Hell, none of the Alexandria flashbacks show any lizard people either. Did he just get some random hyur lady off the street? If yes then what happened to her? Did she die in childbirth? Got killed by Zoraal Ja for whatever reason?

Tiny jumpscare when milalla lore started saying stuff about "calamity that froze everything" and "came from somewhere else" and I, for a tiny second, feared they'd give some canon lore regarding Sixth and I'd have to go rewrite bunch of things in my own lore for the place. (luckily saved by msq mentioning the most likely came from source)

Happy that they gave us the alpaca mount for free! It's so adorable.

Sad that I had to use 7,5mil gil to get the purple bike mount 😑 I mean Hawu'li is swimming in money since I rarely buy anything (last "big buy" was that golden sheep), but muh money. At least it's a neat mount

They really went "you feel like you aren't needed healers? say no more, heal checks for everyone!". Last time I had to sweat that much on trial fight was Zeromus - DT made every trial pretty intense to heal.

That last trial holy fuck my brain is NOT big enough for it. I somehow survived with only one death (we wiped within like first 30 seconds lol), but god it was so stressful

Dungeons were generally neat, but I noticed a distinct "fuck mages and anyone with long cast times". So so much movement in almost every fight.

"En Avant saves lives" is true for the whm dash skill too. That skill is the best thing we've gotten in ages, it's saved me so many times when I notice I'm in wrong spot at the very last second.

SCREE BOSS! I was so happy when I save it omg. The boss before that sucked but seeing scree made it all better. (Our party immediately went "scree!" in chat lol)

Haven't seen all dungeon drops yet, but craftable/vendor gear is a bit meh. Happy for people who like those Mad Max bondage sets, but I'm not a fan. 98 gear being recolored Ironworks gear was not on my bingo list, but at least the healer top was nice for the few levels I wore it during leveling.

Login ques haven't been too bad! Idk how it goes on NA servers, but on Lich longest que I've seen after the launch (right after launch we had 2,8k que) is like, 40.

Dungeon ques were nonexistent on whm during msq, but now that I'm trying to level dps I regularily get 40 minute waits. Kinda debating if I should just switch to sch and level summoner with that, then swap back and learn to play it on like last dunegon or something.

Fates seem to give like half a mil exp (exp boosted ones give double iirc), so I've just been doing them while sitting in que.

Yet to try picto or viper but they look fun.

Azem mark on the key thing just before the final fight made me immediately think about Eleos coming to help his lovely little shard again 🥺

Koana has very nice jp voice, but I can't shake the feeling I know it from somewhere. Apparently I managed to get a screenshot of credits where his VAs are shown and *jazz hands* his seiyuu is Kaito Ishikawa. So it's probably his role as Iida (BNHA) that I'm recognizing since I've been watching bnha while eating for past few weeks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh right and since I mentioned that N'jinh would go with Hawu'li this time: I'm slowly putting everything together after MSQ but I think he'll come along right from the start. Tural catboy lore doesn't fit him too well lol.

[gon-and-killuas-mother]

i am attempting "light therapy" to help fix my sleep schedule and i'm cranky about it

my aunt, who's a neuropsychiatrist (one of the few women in her field and fairly well known at this point, don't know if anyone's heard of Dr. Jo Cara Pendergrass but damn she's cool) was in town this week to look after her mom post-cataract surgery

Cara is probably the smartest person in the family, all things considered

(my brother and I give her a run for her money but neither of us intend on getting a goddamn PhD lol) (also my dad wouldn't appreciate me saying that, he is also pretty smart. but like. he's got intelligence, he's just lacking in wisdom)

ANYWAY. of all the people in the family, Cara is the person i rarely have to explain my illnesses to. usually, i have to tack on a brief description of it anytime i say "yeah i have EDS and fibromyalgia and IBS and--"

but last time i saw her over Christmas, i told her the diagnosis and had my script prepared to explain, but she just went "Oh yeah Ehlers Danlos -- wait. Oh."

her face did the thing where she was processing new info at light speed by blinking and cycling through several expressions as the pieces of the mystery that is my chronic ailments settled themselves in place

unfortunately i wasn't at the point where i was comfortable enough to tell anyone how miserable and in pain i was, that was something i put off another couple of months before i confessed to Nana that i'd become a grocery thief and was on my way to being homeless. that's also around when my brother asked my permission to share my story with the family, because he knows how difficult it is for me to admit how much i'm struggling.

i'm rambling tbh but only to keep me awake and sitting outside long enough

ANYWAY

so Cara was here this week. i went to visit the other night. we always have really interesting conversations about our brains and genes and family shite, i don't think anyone other than my brother and i can actually hold a conversation with her about that kind of shit.

i did NOT go there just for advice, but when i told her how much trouble i've had getting out of bed before evening, she gave me a couple of tips that i'm now trying out

1). the 24-hour sleep deprivation strategy

it sounds like a nightmare to me, but apparently has supporting evidence that, at least in the short term, resets your circadian rhythm.

if you've ended up awake hours past your desired bedtime, then instead of simply going to bed late, it's advised* to keep yourself awake throughout the rest of the day until the next bedtime.

( * WITH CONSULTATION OR SUPERVISION OF A DOCTOR)

the reason this is supposedly effective is that the longer you stay awake, the higher the sleep pressure becomes (sleep pressure is just your body's signal to go the fuck to bed, which is something i'm intimately familiar with as it's a constant companion of mine regardless of sleep hygiene). the higher the sleep pressure the easier it is to fall asleep and, ideally, the better your sleep becomes.

Cara did emphasize that as far as we know, it's only a short term strategy. either we haven't done enough studies or we haven't figured out how to apply it to a longer term solution.

2). Light therapy

i was already somewhat aware of this but not to the extent that Cara explained.

the trick here is to force yourself out of bed (if you're able) and sit outside. preferably on sunny days. she said this even works if you end up falling asleep outside anyway, you're still absorbing sunlight.

there's no immediate change, as it does take a few days or more to notice any improvements (this checks out, as i am still drowsy as fuck) but doing this daily or semi-daily gradually convinces the body and brain to be awake earlier.

it's one of those things that a lot of disabled folk like me, especially those with fucked up sleep, would hear and get annoyed with, because we've tried so many different strategies that have each failed one way or another. and hearing "go outside" just reminds me of my mother and every yoga enthusiast insisting on all natural medicine, which understandably raises my metaphorical hackles.

but Cara, again, is the smartest person i know. i'm much more willing to take the advice of a neuropsychiatrist over a yoga mom, despite them actually agreeing on something.

and also? i do miss the Sun, quite terribly.

so if, by sometime next week, i'm magically able to wake up earlier with less struggle, i will let y'all know. i'm gonna be cranky about it, especially if it actually WORKS, but as the neighborhood mascot of Sleep Deprivation i think i'm a pretty good indicator if something like this is legit or not.

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[hand-of-devotion]

Something tells me that they won’t get to the whole. Achieving Rau’shans shard thing as quickly as tonight.

However, I’ve been spending time rotating the potential of literally every Bells Hells member getting it, what it would do to them, and how either narratively rewarding/interesting it would be.

The least likely but in my mind potentially funniest is obviously FCG. I keep making myself laugh at the concept of the influence there being akin to like. Laser beam eye upgrades. Or maybe something with hyper charging the fantasy easy bake oven lmao. I honestly can’t think of a reason as to why he would get it narratively speaking. Maybe if he and Ashton’s relationship were more fleshed out there could be some argument there but out of all the pre-canon duos they’ve sadly been the least developed in my eyes (which isn’t to say they don’t care for each other. they do. just not enough in my mind to make it A Reason for it to end up with FCG).

Unlikely but I could still hypothetically see it being done in a non-humorous way is Imogen. Who I pretty much doubt will genuinely get it as much as I doubt it going to FCG. But she’s still at least more credible in my eyes as a result of her connections to the Ruidus/Ludinus situation. Which also simultaneously is the thing that makes me think she wouldn’t get it? It’s weird. Like I WOULD understand it happening because of her role thus far but simultaneously believe out of everyone her importance is also what makes it nearly least likely. There’s also good meteor imagery there.

Unlikely but still potentially interesting to me. Is a tie between Orym and Chetney. Obviously for Chet, he’s already got a very minimal grasp on the element and the idea of him “going out in a blaze of glory” as a fire wolf is cool conceptually. Orym is weirdly something I’ve thought a lot about but still struggle to word properly. Basically my feelings there can be chalked up to “something something fan the flames”. Regarding his minimal grasp on the element of air, which is complementary to fire. As well as attention that can be drawn towards Orym and Ashton’s already existing battle compatibility. There’s also something to be said about “resident normal little guy” so swiftly becoming less normal to reflect the group I guess?

Then more likely and interesting is Laudna! Other people have already discussed her interest in the Primordial Titans. As well as her active grappling with Delilah AND the source of her sorcerers magic. Of course getting primordial abilities could be extremely dangerous if it does nothing to offset the amount of hypothetical control Delilah has over the situation. But you know. At this point if Laudna wants to try burning the witch out from the inside in some wild attempt to gain SOME sort of active control and understanding over ANY of her powers, I say god speed Queen. I live for hubris and general bad decisions if that wasn’t already obvious from who I’m personally rooting most for.

Then of course the most obvious and likely being a tie between Fearne and Ashton. I’ve talked plenty about Ashton’s specific potential as it’s what I’m personally most interested in seeing so instead I’ll just talk about the aspects of Fearnes potential that I enjoy! Obviously the main two things for me are her established connection to and control over the element as well as her recently established bond with the champion of Asmodeus! I personally am a big fan of the idea that the current primordial shard situation will mirror the union of Ka’mort and Rau’shan. Which, obviously if they’re not uniting through just Ashton as a vessel, the NEXT best parallel to ME would be their ‘union’ having some ties to Asmodeus. Who intended to be the one to ‘revive’ them the first time during the Calamity. And again, Fearne is the closest in the party to Asmodeus. I’ve seen some people mention Nana Morri and how it’s possible she kept Fearne in that weird time pocket because she needed to be older when all this stuff in canon was going on? I don’t personally see that, to me it always seemed like more of an exploration of fey morality (Morris possessiveness over her ‘collection’ and Fearnes complicated ideas about relationships and attachments), the unintended consequences of her parents actions, as well as a potential avenue for strain and conflict for Fearne. But it is true that Morri witnesses ‘fate’ and has messed with the flow of things on purpose before so! I also wouldn’t at all be against that. I would also like to see it effect Mister. Upgrade that fire spirit monkey into like. Fire spirit King Kong. With a gun.

Tldr:

I doubt if it does go entirely to one specific person it’d be anyone other than Fearne or Ashton, MAYBE Laudna. I would be kinda surprised but not upset by it going to Chetney or Orym. And I can’t conceive of a narratively satisfying way of it ending up with Imogen or FCG but also don’t think I’d personally be “mad” about it, I’m sure I could get down with it given time for it to start having effects on them lol