#this is for invading my thoughts right as i woke up damn sensei!

[sylverkitsune]

Utsushi was hoping to catch up with her tonight over dango and tea, but Ame and Lil Master was nowhere to be found in the village. He ran out to go look for her. He had gotten a fair bit into the Shrine Ruins, one of Ame's favorite stomping grounds when the cloudy sky opened up and down came a heavy rain. He made it to a corridor of bamboo when he heard singing like he had never heard before. It was so calming mixed with the rain, it seemed to wash away all sense of worry he had. Utsushi followed the sound until he found a hidden grove. The sight he found stole his breath.

"Iruna etelero Iruna etelero Nadia, ezelevote Lezelko, mikemesta

Iruna etelero Iruna etelero Satoa aimeltewa Lezelko, mikemesta"

Ame sang out into the heavy rain. She was wearing bandages that covered her breasts and skin tight shorts. Her scars from past battles on full display. She was... Enchanting.

[uniaery]

bakugou angst

snippet of the beginning of my in the works fic, soon to be on ao3

edit: she’s posted! check out Salvation on ao3!

bakugou has ptsd

tw: flashbacks, mentions of child abuse

Kamino was, markedly, the point where Bakugou Katsuki’s life began going extremely, utterly, and irreversibly downhill – in his mind, at least. Because sure, technically, if he’s counting all the bullshit with the hag and all, it’s always been going downhill, but at least then he’d still been able to fucking sleep. The hag rarely came at him in the middle of the night. But this? The nightmares were starting to get pretty damn irritating, and if Katsuki wasn’t careful, some extra would have hell to pay when he eventually snapped. Not to mention the way the terrors had somehow invaded his thoughts during waking hours, too, clawing and shrieking and tearing fucking holes in his chest. It was bullshit, and it made him want to scream.

There was only one good thing to come out of Kamino, and it was the dorms – but even that was a stretch. On one hand, avoiding the old hag had never been easier. Even on weekends, he could just lie and pretend he had to stay there for some shitty training program or another. It was golden. Of course, a week into that first lie, he’d almost got his ass handed to him over the phone because Izuku is visiting his mother, you shitty brat, what happened to training? But it was quickly remedied by citing his provisional classes with IcyHot, which turned the tirade into can’t believe you’re so fucking useless, couldn’t even get a license, what happened to all that fucking ego of yours, brat?

And that one just pissed him right the fuck off, because he didn’t need his mother saying shit he already fucking knew.

The downside of the dorms – and this was admittedly a large one – was waking up in a room that wasn’t full of familiar All Might posters, memorized shadows, and known escape routes. It was waking up with phantom hands around his neck, Dabi’s searing palms blistering and bruising the sensitive skin, and seeing an unfamiliar ceiling that could just as easily be the dinky bar as it was his dorm. Katsuki woke with a muffled boom and charred sheets those nights. He could only thank God the walls were thick enough that he hadn’t woken Kirishima up with his weak bullshit yet.

So fuck, the near-daily nightmares and their accompanying haze of exhaustion had become his sole existence these last few weeks in the dorms, but at least he had less bruises than normal. And that led him to his current state of being, bone-tired and zoned out in a heroics lesson.

“Today’s exercise is a two v. one retrieval situation.” Aizawa-sensei said, his tired gaze taking in the curious eyes before him. “As a pro hero, you don’t always get to perfectly plan out numbers and teams. There are going to be times when you’re the closest responder to the scene, outnumbered, and you need to be able to handle yourselves on a time crunch until – or if – backup arrives. You don’t always have time to wait for assistance.”

Aizawa began listing out teams of heroes and villains, and Katsuki felt the ghost of a predatory grin creep across his face when he was singled out as a hero against Elbows and Bird-for-Brains, watching Sero shoot Kaminari a look full of mock fear at the match up. Katsuki’s old bravado was crying proudly out from the back of his mind at the exchange, attempting to push through the fog of exhaustion where it had been kept slumbering – that’s fucking right, Elbows, this will be easy. I’m the fucking best. I don’t need any extras, outnumbered or not. I’ll beat you both, no problem.

– would he?

Would he really be able to do that? Because—

His mind flipped.

Fingers brush his sleeve.

BOOM.

Too bright, too blue—

A hand reaches out of the light, a manic grin lunges out from—

Blood.

Was it his?

Holy shit, he might actually die here.

Light and sound blurred frantically together

Twist – explosion this way to avoid blue flames, but fuck, he was heading straight towards the crazy bitch’s knife—

Rotate upwards, to the side, kick another hand away, blast the figure there, deep breath and focusfocusfocus

Everything was starting to spin, and he couldn’t keep this up for much longer –

…he had needed help then. He hadn’t beaten them then.

“Bakugou!”

He had to be saved.

“Bakugou! HERE!”

“Bakugou!”

…

“Bakugou!”

[masked-buffoon]

Chapter 11: Behind the scenes (Part 5)

Warnings: torture

Author notes: a part longer than the others, with a lot of... Eh... Dialogue. Hope you’ll like it! ;)

Kunikida and I sighed, exhausted by the situation. The illusionist had jumped in front of a moving train and had, obviously, not survived. He had revealed us rather important information about the Taikin family but, soon after, had given up on life for a reason we could not comprehend. Unless he had been threatened… Then, by who?

"This is getting annoying and nerve-wracking." My coworker let himself fall into a sofa, back in the mansion.

"We can't give up now, we have to find Yumiko-san's route with these videos…" I murmured, focused "Dazai, how was it with the servants?"

"Well~" He hummed, sitting next to me "I haven't found anything for the moment, but there are so many people, it's quite a hard job~ Couldn't you scan the entire place thanks to your ability, Ogawa~?"

"... You know that, were I to do that, I would collapse, don't you…? And I can't afford it, not when that case needs to be closed for the sake of innocent kids…!"

"You can rely on me — on us — for the rest if you need to, Ogawa." He assured "Just find the mentalist here, and get some sleep…"

"You always slack off…"

"Even she noticed it." Kunikida commented "She's right, we need her awake for the moment."

"But Yumiko-san's whereabouts are unknown because of that." Dazai defended "Not to mention Sakunosuke-kun could have been sold overseas for all we know…"

"He is still in Japan, you know that too…" I looked up at my friend, tiredly "Don't pretend you truly care about the case… You don't give a damn about that family…"

"Do you?"

"Not a chance." I smirked "I just want to protect two children and put in jail whoever needs to go there."

"... You don't actually mean it, do you…?" Our blond colleague frowned.

"I'm not a liar. I'll find the mentalist and interrogate them. You and Dazai work on the videos for now, we'll improvise afterwards." I said and stood up from my chair.

"But, Ogawa —"

"Let her go." Dazai prevented him from stopping me "Do what you do best, Ogawa."

"Indeed. Interrogating." I chuckled "Leave it to me."

I headed upstairs, towards the servants' quarters. At such a tardy hour, they had all gone to sleep, but, even so, lingering thoughts remained in their brains. From them originated dreams, another form of people's inner desires, albeit more… Fanciful. If anyone had thought about mentalism, it would show immediately. Quietly, I sat down in the middle of the corridor and closed my eyes to concentrate on the whispers coming to my mind uninvited. Chimeric images invaded my own thoughts, visions of whimsical worlds mixing up together. Something about mentalism… Anything related to hypnotism…

I found my culprit the moment a dream about illusions made its way to my brain. Immediately, I spotted the room where its owner was sleeping. As quietly as usual, I sneaked inside and identified the servant. It was a young maid, perhaps in her twenties. She slept so soundly that she would never notice if I were to smother her with a pillow. She would simply be put to sleep… Forever… No, I could not afford to do that. The information she could provide me was far more important than my anger against her. Even so, I did not use any delicacy as I woke her up and covered her mouth to stop her from screaming. With a clear gesture, I demanded her to follow me out of the room. She immediately complied, feared for her life. And I brought her back to the dining room.

"You were fast." Dazai noted, arms crossed and back against the chair.

"But I'm completely done for…" I groaned, shoving the maid toward him "After that, I'm going to sleep."

"Well, I'll let you interrogate her, then." He shrugged.

Kunikida only stared at me with a strange look. In his eyes, I could see a mix of disapproval and apprehension. Or was it fear…? And was it a tint of curiosity there…? I grinned slightly. It had been a while since I had last sat in front of someone to question them. I brought her to an empty room nearby.

"What do you want from me…?" She asked, completely panicked.

"Quiet." I ordered "I'm the one who asks questions here. And, oh, don't even think about using hypnotism on me, it doesn't work."

"I-I don't know… What you're talking about…"

I exhaled and closed the door, before tying her to the chair with a rope I had taken with me earlier.

"No use lying to me either. I'm basically a lie detector." I warned her "So I advise you speak up quickly. Where is Yumiko-san?"

"I don't know…"

"Alright, suppose you don't know. What's your name?"

"M-My… Name…? It's Isobe… Isobe Hanako..." She stuttered.

"Cute." I commented "Give me a minute, will you? I'll be right back."

With a smile, I left her in the room to walk back to the detectives. There, I grabbed Kunikida's computer.

"Hey, what —"

"I only need a minute." I typed quickly "All done, thanks."

"Ogawa… No need to go too far." Dazai told me.

"You know I hate cleaning blood…" I answered simply.

When I went back to Isobe Hanako, she still had a terrified look in her eyes. Calmly, I sat in front of her and scrutinised her face.

"Mmh… You don't look like a bad girl. I still can't believe you did that…"

"Did what…?"

"Harassed that poor girl until she committed suicide. You weren't alone, your friends in high school pretty much participated too, but you were the perpetrator, weren't you? The leader. The one behind the attacks." I crossed my legs to be more comfortable "What did she do to you, I wonder… Stealing your boyfriend? Getting better grades than you? Being more… Appreciated than you? Being more beautiful than you? So, what did she do to you?"

"How do you… How do you know that…?" She started crying.

"I'm well-informed. Now, if you don't want the world to know about the girl who mysteriously disappeared after making a classmate die, if you want to keep living quietly, without any troubles, it's easy. You can just answer my questions."

"No… I can't…"

I got closer to her so I could grip her shoulders tightly.

"My… You don't seem to understand… Very well, then. I will sell the news of your position to the media. And…" I lowered my voice "I will find dirt about your entire family. None of you will be able to survive the disaster coming to you and that is your fault. But don't worry… None of you will die… I'll only make sure that your life becomes a literal hell."

"No! Not my family…" She sobbed "Leave mom and dad alone… I'll talk okay? I'll tell you what you want to know, so leave them alone…!"

"That's a good girl." I smiled at her "Now… Where is Yumiko-san and why did you put her under hypnosis?"

"I… I don't know… Where she is… She… Went to find her son..."

"Oh…"

Swiftly, I grabbed one of her fingers and broke it. She screamed in pain.

"Needless to say, I hate lies." I shrugged it off "So?"

"You're a monster…" She hiccuped as tears ran onto her face.

"It's up to you whether you talk to me or lie to me. I'm not a monster, you're just quite stubborn. Hurry now, I don't have all night. I'd like some sleep too, you know."

"I… She… I received an order… I had to make her kill the mentalist Nazo Eita… I just told her… 'Kill Nazo Eita'... She went out and… She must be in Kabukichō…"

"Thanks." I took notes "Who gave you that order?"

"I don't know…"

I broke a second finger.

"Who gave you that order?" I repeated, without losing composure.

"His brother…!" She finally revealed "He's my teacher…! Please! Stop hurting me!"

"His brother… Oh… I see… It was the third one, Nozaki the Grand. Now you say so, he did change a bit his last name to create a whole new one…" I snickered "Smart… And he had his brother killed… Why would he use Yumiko-san for that, though…?"

"I can't say…"

"It seems you don't care about your fingers…" I sighed and reached for her hand "Are you sure about your answer?"

"S-She's the perfect… Culprit…" Her voice shook "Even if sh-she's arrested, Taikin-san won't be bothered… She's just a pawn…"

"Ah… I think I understand now… Thank you for your answer." I let go of her finger.

"Is… Is it over now…?"

"You're going to resign from this job." I stated "And you'll live far, far from that mansion."

"I… I can't…! That's my job…!"

"It's fine with me, then. Then, I'll have you arrested."

"W-Wait —"

I pulled out a gun and knocked her out with the pommel. She did not deserve that I wasted a single bullet for her. A dog who bit its master… It was useless. And it angered me.

"Make her sign a complete confession when she wakes up." I asked my coworkers "She's the one who ordered Yumiko-san to kill Nazo-san. He was pushed under the train. That maid obeyed the third mentalist of the list, Nozaki the Grand, who is none other than Nazo-san's brother. They worked together for the Taikin family."

"Ten minutes…" Dazai checked the time "You're getting rusty~"

"I only had a minute to look for information, after all. Had I had a complete file about her, it would have been much easier." I put my head on the table.

"She's… Asleep…?" Kunikida raised an eyebrow.

"Knocked out. Nothing too bad. We may need to call Yosano-sensei for her fingers, too." I mumbled.

"Violence? Truly, Ogawa, your skills are decreasing~" My friend laughed.

"Not at all…" I cracked a smile "It's just hard without information."

"Wait a minute… How can you two joke about that…?!" Our bespectacled colleague sounded upset "You basically tortured the poor girl, that's not interrogating…!"

Upon seeing my face, he quickly headed inside the other room, from where we heard a shocked gasp. His steps were quick to bring him back.

"You destroyed her hand…! And her face…!"

"Kunikida… I broke two fingers and punched her jaw… Don't exaggerate…" I rolled my eyes.

"If she even has a trace of psychological issues after that, I swear, you will not join the Agency, unless you step on my dead body…!" He menaced.

I immediately sat up, then clicked my tongue. The Agency… For a moment, most certainly due to exhaustion, I had forgotten about the rules of this world. Could I not interrogate someone normally…? Negotiating with them, instead of threatening them…?

"She won't have side effects… I don't think she will… I mean… I went pretty easy on her…"

I had the terrible feeling that I was worsening the situation instead of helping it.

"Easy…? For goodness' sake, Ogawa…! She's disfigured…! And her cheeks are still stained by tears, what did you tell her…?!" He argued.

"Fine! Fine…"

I fidgeted with my fingers.

"I… Did forget myself and use methods from underground organisations…" I admitted.

"Goddammit, you —"

"Calm down now." Dazai stopped the detective from grabbing my collar "It's done, now. It is true that the method was… Doubtful, but, at the very least, we have a confession. Besides, for knowing her, Ogawa did go easy on her, don't worry."

"I don't care what 'easy' means to you, but that girl… She'll be traumatised…! How do you prevent that, eh…?!"

"Why… People feared retribution too much and were too grateful to be left alive to really care…" I recalled "But you know… Usually… We just killed them…"

"And how am I supposed to react to that…?" He breathed out "I can't even believe I started trusting you…! You and I… We have nothing in common…! You can never belong to the Armed Detective Agency!"

I stood up and grabbed my coat to take my leave. That was my mistake. I had failed.

"Don't you want to sleep before going?" Dazai suggested.

"It's fine…" I assured him "I'm an idiot for letting my only chance to live slip through my fingers, anyway…"

I then turned toward them to offer them my brightest smile.

"Thank you for allowing me to try. Now, I know I can never reach that world you live in. It was very fun, these days with you…!" I waved at them.

I could see Dazai did not like that I had given up so easily. However, there was no way I could work righteously and save that family… They would have to try without me. And I… I would go back to my home.

[therainroguefanfiction]

🔥 ℝise Ⱥbove I̾t ◈ Chapter 039 [Hero Informatics]

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〈“Every single day I feel that gold underneath. I see the locked doors but I got the key. I’mma give you a second just to catch your breath.” Zayde Wolf, “Gladiator”〉

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My eyes blinked open, vision blurry as I reached for my phone in the darkness. Three in the damn morning… what the fuck woke me up? I reached up to rub at my eyes, feeling something wet against my fingers. Was I crying? Maybe I had a bad dream and that’s what woke me up… but I certainly don’t remember having a nightmare. Whatever.

I rolled over as I yawned loudly, easily slipping back into unconsciousness.

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The morning sky was covered with dark gray clouds, rain soaking the earth below. Despite the rough morning I had, feeling the cold rain soaking through my uniform felt absolutely amazing, easily putting a smile on my face. It’s weird as fuck since my quirk deals with fire, but I’ve always felt peace when it rains. As a child, I would literally drop everything I was doing when it started to rain so I could just sit outside and watch it fall. To me, the rain signifies new beginnings, washing away the sins of the past.

“Excuse me.”

And then a fucking human being has to come and ruin that peace. I sighed deeply, turning halfway around to see a beanpole of a boy with dark brown hair and matching eyes. “What?”

“You’re… Jen Winchester, right?”

Goddamn sports festival, now everyone and their fucking pet knows who the fuck I am. A bead of sweat dripped down my cheek. Or maybe it was a drop of rain, who knows. “Depends who’s askin’.”

He grinned brightly, adjusting the umbrella handle that sat against his shoulder. “I thought so, but I wasn’t sure. We haven’t actually met – my name’s Yuki Reigen.”

I looked at his outstretched hand with narrowed eyes. That name sounds familiar as fuck but my mind is completely blank, though that’s nothing new. If it ain’t tacos, Deadpool, or cats, I have no spare brain space.

He laughed awkwardly, pulling his hand away. “I looked different when you saw me… my hair was blonde and I was wearing blue contacts. You helped my little brother, Riku.”

“Ah!” Recognition flooded my mind and probably my face. “He’s fucking lucky I caught him when he jumped from the stands. He coulda been seriously fucking hurt, bro.”

He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “Yeah, he can be a handful.”

I raised a brow, putting my hand on my hip. “You’re the one that was too fucking distracted by a woman to notice that he had slipped away. Be a better brother before you lose your chance.”

He sweatdropped. “You don’t pull any punches, huh. Anyway, I was hoping to catch you so I could thank you.”

“For what?”

“Riku has always been… a troubled kid. Our dad is a pro hero – not a very good one, but a hero. When mom got pregnant with Riku, dad wasn’t doing too hot money-wise and then he started drinking. He blamed all of his failures on Riku, which is completely baseless.” He shook his head, brow furrowed as he recalled the memory. “I don’t know how, but Riku remembers all the horrible things dad said to him before he left us, so he’s always acted out – getting into trouble, skipping school, picking fights. His eyes were on you from the moment you took down that giant robot. I haven’t seen him that excited in a long time, you know. It’s really small, barely noticeable, but… he’s starting to change and I fully believe it’s because of you. So, thank you, Jen Winchester.” He bowed low, his back becoming wet from the rain.

I smiled, patting his shoulder to make him straighten up. “He’s a pretty good kid. Take care of him, yeah?”

“I’ll work hard to be a better brother!” He smiled, but it quickly dropped when my hand squeezed his shoulder.

“You better, because if you don’t, I’ll cut your dick off and make you eat it, ‘kay?” I smiled brightly, patting his shoulder again.

“Y-Yeah… sure…!”

We parted ways and I continued on toward U.A. high, stifling a yawn as I readjusted my bag across my shoulder. I stepped through the archway of the school and the rain suddenly stopped, making me pause. The fuck? Is there a fucking bubble around the school or somethin’? I glanced up, seeing a transparent umbrella over my head.

Reggian appeared on my right with a grin. “Hey, there Winchester. You’re looking kinda we – holy shitbricks, what happened to your face?!”

I scowled, gently poking at the swollen skin under my right eye. “Aizawa’s fucking cat attacked me while I was fucking sleeping this morning.

“Wait, you live with a teacher?” He wiggled his brows. “Scandalous.”

I rolled my eyes. “He’s a family friend, dumbass. I’m helping him out while he’s injured.”

We continued toward the school building and he hummed. “Did you at least clean and disinfect the wound?”

“I mean, I washed the blood off.” I rubbed my right eye, which is red and still fucking stinging. “I also got toothpaste in my eye.”

“Bitch, how the fuck?!”

“I have no fucking idea… stop laughing, you twat!”

He covered his mouth, clutching the frame of the entrance as his shoulders shook with laughter. “Y-Y-You’re a mess!!”

“Yeah, no shit.” I rolled my eyes before activating my quirk. My body started to heat up, effectively drying my uniform, but his damn laughter fucking distracted me and once my concentration slipped, my damn tie caught on fire. “Fuck,” I scowled, putting the flames out and throwing my burnt tie into the trash bin.

Reggian laughed harder, slapping the footlockers with his hand and earning strange looks from the passing students.

“You’re such a loser,” I muttered, pulling my boots off and changing them for the ugly ass white ones to school makes us wear indoors.

“And you’re a nerd!”

“Your fucking face is a nerd.”

“Your twat is a nerd.”

We stared at each other blankly for a solid two minutes before bursting out laughing, earning even more looks from the passing students. Iida came rushing through the doorway with Zuku close behind and he smiled at me, making me raise a brow. “Good morning, Winchester! Where is your tie? And what happened to your face?”

“She set it on fire,” Reggian managed through fits of giggles, his hand over his mouth. “And angered the cat gods!”

“I see. Please be more careful!” He smiled before turning to the ravenette. “Sorry, I don’t know your name. I’m Tenya Iida, class 1-A’s class rep.”

My brow furrowed in confusion and I glanced at Zuku, who was shaking the water from his umbrella. The last time I saw Iida, he was adamant that I don’t belong here and that I’m connected to the League of Villains, and now he’s treating me like I’m a friend? The fuck?

“Regina Reggian, but please call me Red. I’m from class C.”

“Ah, general studies, I see. It’s nice to meet you!” Iida held his hand out and the two shook hands before he turned to his locked, taking his rain boots off. Reggian sent me this weird-ass wave that looked like he dislocated his wrist before turning and walking away.

Zuku watched him for a moment, chewing on his bottom lip thoughtfully. “So, Iida, um…”

“If it’s about my brother, don’t be concerned. I’m sorry if I made you worry.” Iida smiled, pushing back the hood of his raincoat. “Everything will be fine.” And then he walked away.

Zuku turned to me with a frown, his brow furrowed in concern. “I’m really worried about him, Jen.”

I hummed, throwing my arm around his shoulder in a half-hug. “Just be there for ’em, but don’t push. If he needs help, I’m sure he’ll let you know.”

“I hope so…”

“Come on, we don’t wanna be later.” I ruffled his hair before walking toward class with him close behind. As always, excited chatter greeted us as soon as the door was slid open. Honestly, the day I walk into this room and it’s silent is legit gonna be the first day of the apocalypse, I’m callin’ it.

“It’s so weird that people recognize us from TV.” Ashido chirped happily. “Everyone wanted to talk to me on my way here!”

“Yeah, me too!” Kirishima grinned.

“People on the street were staring at me!” Toru added, her invisible hand resting over her chest. “It was kind of embarrassing,”

“Sure, but isn’t that pretty normal for you?” Ojirou asked softly, sweatdroppng.

Pft, I was just gonna fucking say that. I mean, if I fucking saw a pair of floating clothes going down the street, I’d fucking stare, too, thinking the fucking life fibers were invading. Oh god, and then Nudist Beach would arrive. Just the thought makes me shudder.

“You won’t believe what a bunch of elementary school brats yelled at me,” Sero complained with an expression that clearly said he was shook.

“‘Nice try’?” Tsu guessed and he cried out, grabbing his hair between his fingers. Guess she hit the nail on the head, huh.

I tuned out the chatter, following Zuku to his desk behind a certain blonde. Katsuki was sitting in his desk with his chin resting against the heel of his right hand, clearly still sulking about the festival. I grinned, “Yo, Katsuki. You look constipated, as usual.”

“Shut up,” he grumbled, glancing at me. “You look like someone bitch-slapped you. Twice.”

“I got bitch-slapped by Aizawa’s damn cat,” I deadpanned.

“Dumbass.”

“You still mad about me not making the top two?”

He was silent for a moment, turning his head away so I couldn’t see his face. “… Sparky said you defended me against that blonde extra from class B.”

I hummed. “I defended the whole class, you included.”

Another moment of silence before he spoke, his voice barely above a whisper. “Don’t fucking do that again. I don’t need your dumbass to defend me.”

I smiled, ruffling his ash blonde hair. “I’ll defend all of you ’til the day I die, so get it over it, brat.” I stepped off to the side, ruffling Zuku’s hair, as well, before heading to my seat behind Momo, who sent me a kind smile and a small wave as I passed. She half-turned in her seat, looking like she wanted to say something, but she turned back around when the door slid open.

Hmm, looks like Aizawa got his bandages off, that’s good. “Morning.”

“Good morning, Aizawa-sensei.” The class chorused as he stepped up to the podium at the front.

“Ribbit. Aizawa-sensei, you don’t have bandages anymore, that’s good news.”

He rubbed the skin under his eye with his pinkie. “The old lady went a little overboard in her treatment. Anyway, we have a big class today on hero informatics.”

Hero who in the what now? Fuck, I need my phone. Let’s see, pull up Goggle, type in whatever fucking shit he just said, and search… uhh, ‘the science of processing data for storage and retrieval’… fuck, can a girl get a definition for her definition??

“You need code names,” he said blankly. “Time to pick your hero identities.”

“This is gonna be totally awesome!!”

Aizawa activated his quirk, eyes glowing red as his hair shot up to slap gravity in the face. Seeing this, the class instantly went silent, reclaiming their seats. “This is related to the pro hero draft picks that I mentioned the last time we were in class together.”

His hair fell back around his shoulders as his quirk deactivated.

“Normally, students don’t have to worry about the draft yet, not until their second or third year, actually, but your class is different. In fact, by extending offers to first-years like you, pros are essentially investing in your future potential. Any offers can be rescinded if their interest in you dies down before graduation, though.”

“Stupid selfish adults!” Mineta slammed his fist on his desk, body shaking.

“So what you’re saying is, we still have to prove ourselves after we get recruited,” Toru spoke up.

“Correct,” Aizawa continued. “Now, here are the totals for those of you that got offers.” He clicked a remote and the board behind him sprung to life.

“In the past years, it’s been more spread out, but there’s a pretty big gap this time.”

“Gah!” Kaminari threw his head back with a groan. “That’s no fair~”

“What about the real star, moi?” Aoyama huffed, cupping his cheeks with his hands.

“Todoroki got the most ahead of Bakugo?” Kyoka asked in surprise.

“Yeah, it’s the opposite of how they placed in the festival,” Kirishima added.

“They probably weren’t excited about working with a guy who had to be chained up in the end,” Sero shrugged with a grin.

“If I scared a pro, they’re just weak!!” Katsuki yelled.

Momo sighed sadly before forcing a smile and turning to Todoroki. “That’s amazing. You must be proud.”

“These offers are probably because of my father.” He responded coldly, not sparing her a glance.

Ochaco had tears in her eyes as she grabbed Iida’s shoulders, shaking him back and forth. “People want us!”

Mineta reached forward, shaking Zuku. “Midoriya! You got none! I bet everyone was really grossed out by the crazy way you were fighting!”

I scowled, balling up a piece of paper and throwing it at his head. “Leave him alone, dipshit, you didn’t get any either. No one wants your perverted ass!”

“Despite these results,” Aizawa raised his voice, gaining everyone’s attention. “You’ll all be interning with pros, got it? Even though of you who didn’t get any offers.”

“Oh, so, we’re all interning?” Zuku asked in surprise.

“Yes. You already got to experience combat with real villains during the attack on the USJ facility, but it’ll still be helpful to see pros at work, up close and personal, in the field, first-hand.”

“And for that, we need hero names!”

“Things are suddenly getting a lot more fun!”

“These hero names will likely be temporary, but take them seriously or -”

The door slammed open. “You’ll have hell to pay later!” Midnight stepped into the classroom and the perv squad got stupid looks on their faces, staring at her intently. “What you pick today could be your codename for life. You’d better be careful or you’ll be stuck with something utterly indecent.”

I rolled my eyes. Does she have to sway her hips like that when she walks? Like, we get it, you have a nice fucking body and you’re proud, but at least have some decorum around your damn students, dumbass.

“Yeah, she’s got a good point.” Aizawa agreed, brow furrowing briefly. I wonder how he chose his name. Does he regret it? “Midnight is going to have final approval of your names. It’s not my forte.” He reached down, grabbing his yellow sleeping bag and stepping inside of it.

“Now wait a minute,” I scowled, leaning to the side to see around Momo. “It’s our names, why the fuck do they need to be approved? And by her, of all people. If she has her way, we’ll all have fucking lewd ass names.”

She pouted, cocking her hip and resting her wrist against it. “What kind of person do you take me for, Winchester?”

“You really want me to answer that?” I deadpanned. “Thot.”

Even though I muttered the last part under my breath, she heard me. A tic mark appeared on her temple and she launched at me, pulling me into a tight headlock. “What did you just call me, brat?!”

“Hah?! Are you going deaf, grandma?!” I struggled against her hold.

“I am not old!!”

“You’re right, I’m sorry. You’re fucking ancie – ow!!”

The class only sweatdropped as they watched us argue back and forth.

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Rockman.EXE Episode 28. Review.

Netto’s worst nightmare.

Oh come on, Netto! You just got him back from the dead two episodes ago!

We open the episode with Netto sleeping somewhere, with Rockman trying to wake him up. When his first attemp doesn’t work, Rockman uses another tactic.

After Netto embarrasses himself in front of everyone in the airplane, Rockman apologizes and tells him that they have finally arrived to their next destination. They are now in another country called Ameroupe aka Netopia, as the plane flies over the city, we see a new character against the sun who will play an important part in this episode.

The title card appears, and Netto is at the airport where he tells Rockman how he’s excited because he heard that Net Battles in Ameroupe are intense compared to the ones in Japan. Just then, Netto is surprised to see that Enzan is at the airport too.

Whats with that face in the fifth panel? That guy must be really annoying to make Enzan react like that.

Before leaving, Enzan tells Netto that he should be wary of Mayor Daryl, Netto is confused about this until the annoying guy decides to invade his personal space.

Stranger danger! STRANGER DANGER!

It seems Enzan was running away from a propaganda squeme that involved him since he is the champion of the N-1 Grand Prix, luckily for them, Netto appeared and all they have to do is put “co” next to champion. We also learn that the city is called Heaven’s city.

Rockman tries to warn him about this, but Netto gets too flattered by his adoring fans that he ignores him and decides to put the PET in his backpack.

After the party, Netto realizes that his backpack is gone and starts to panic, some security guy finds it and gives it back to him, and even though his passport and other important items are still in there, his PET is missing, making Netto depressed.

The mayor gets all creepy on Netto by telling him that he shouldn’t waste his time looking for Rockman because it was probably stolen by a dangerous gang that lives downtown.

Sounds like he’s being raped :c

Netto panics over this and leaves the mayor in the middle of a speech to find the back alleys and save Rockman.

Meanwhile, we cut to a pan shot of Hinoken in a speedo, he happens to be in Jyawaii looking for Netto so he can challenge him for the... IDK, fifth time? Only to have Meiru pass by on a jet ski telling him the Netto isn’t there anymore, making him comically fall on the sand in desperation to find out where Netto is.

First Madoi in a bikini and now Hinoken in a speedo? WHY?!

We return with Netto starving to death in the alleys, until he smells something good and follows the scent to where the kids that stole his PET just happen to be at.

Netto gives chase to them, and after a Scooby Doo chase gag, he starts going all Batman on them by chasing them from the rooftops and falling on his feet after they throw a smoke bomb at him.

“I am the light! I am Hikari Netto!”

He finally corners them, but their leader Raoul appears to confront him.

I love how he calls Rockman “precious”.

Netto demands him to return Rockman, Raoul understands what has happend and accepts to return his PET to him. He says that the boys thought he was working for the mayor, who we see in the next shot complaining about the gangs of New York, I mean, Heaven’s city.

How exactly can a computer virus help with their gang problems? we’ll find out soon enough.

Back at the alleys, the boy returns the PET after apologizing, Netto turns on his PET and has this adorable exchange with Rockman.

I ship these two, there just so damn CUTE!!!

Netto thanks them and tries to leave, but Raoul decides to challenge him to a Net Battle and we cut to commercials.

We return with Netto excited to have an Ameroupe Net battle, so he plugs-in Rockman, and we are introduced to Raoul’s Net Navi Thunderman.

Thunderman starts attacking with lightning bolts, and Rockman evades them by moving really fast, according to the animation.

Netto decides to use the Elec Sword, like when they fought Elecman back in episode 7, but Raoul understands his strategy since he used the same quote from that episode, “an eye for an eye”, like it was a clear way of saying you should fight electricity with electricity.

Rockman charges at Thunderman with the Elec Sword, but his attack bounces back by Thunderman’s electrical barrier, (even though that is not how electricity works!).

Thunderman keeps summoning lightning at Rockman and eventually gets a hit.

You don’t need to tell me that the first panel has a translation mistake, its like the sub wasn’t even trying.

A last lightning blast pushes Rockman into a fence that forces his Elec Sword to dissapear.

It looks like an electric fence, but I think that would be too dirty for Raoul’s standards so I’m gonna say that it is a reference to the game where a metal field increases electrical damage, but it would still mean that Thunderman is using the field to his advantage.��

Netto decides to use another tactic and sends the Shot Gun, Raoul praises him saying that he has the right idea, but he is prepared for that. Thunderman unleashes a powerful lightning attack that turns into a dragon.

How can you forget? That is literally his only attack!

The Shot Gun does nothing against the electricity dragon and it tackles Rockman, leaving him paralyzed on the ground.

Netto admits that his opponent is far stronger than he expected, Raoul asks him if he is going to give up or continue, but before Netto can answer, the whole area shakes and the pipes and drains start to burst.

Because they live in a future where water pipes are run by computers that are hooked to the internet! Just like ovens!

The mayor and his assistant (who’s name Bart by the way), are shown to be responsible for this, as Raoul explains to Netto that the mayor sees the downtown residents as trash that needs to be cleaned, with literal water apperantly.

For todays cyber weather forecast, the sky will be mostly Cloudy viruses!

With a slight chance of thunder storms and Rock Busters.

The mayor recognizes Rockman on his monitor, and strangely enough, tries to tell him to stop.

It even looks like Rockman is having a hard time believing that the mayor is actually talking to him.

“Oh, you’re talking to me? Normally people confront my operator in these kind of situations.”

Bart tells the mayor not to worry for he has another trick up his sleeve, that involves attacking people with heavy machinery.

Is this guy crazy?! There are kids too, the mayor is attempting to kill inocent families and potential voters!

Netto and Raoul, with the help of some friends, are able to plug into the bulldowzer’s computer, where Rockman and Thunderman have to face an army of Electric Dragon viruses.

Something I found weird in the dub is that they didn’t use this line, I never understood why Rockman suddenly stepped back. It was like:

Thunderman: “we will fight them together”

Rockman: “Ok” * steps back* “You first”

Thunderman summons his electricity dragon and takes out all of the other electricity dragon...viruses, but the mayor’s assistant fuses them before dissapearing compleatly and creates an even bigger electric Dragon that returns Thunderman’s  attack at them.

I guess the virus is also familiar with the eye for an eye quote.

The pipe used to stop the bulldowzer suddenly breaks, making it run like crazy taking Netto along for a ride and throwin off Raoul. Rockman surprises everyone by getting up after that last attack, and Netto’s PET activates a brand new style change.

The new transformation is the Wood Shield Style, where Rockman gets an advantage over electrical opponents. He blocks the Dragon’s attack and instantly wins with his twister attack.

For some reason this has a negative effect on Bart’s PET.

The bulldowzer stops and Netto gets out safely, Raoul’s friends help him up after he fell and tells them that Netto and Rockman are indeed, the best operator and the best Navi.

The mayor isn’t happy with losing and after he steps out of his limo, the police arrives, and for his dismay they have come to arrest him since somebody sent them incriminating data of him.

“That’s what you get for making me use my annoying face before the episode even starts”

Raoul and everyone thank Netto for his help, and the episode ends on the other side of the world, literally, where Meiru and the rest of Netto’s friends are enjoying a nice fire dancing show performed by Hinouken.

Wow, Meiru seems to enjoy torturing him in this episode.

My thoughts?

Well, this episode was dubbed and aired after Rockman’s revival episode, making it very confusing not only because we see all of Netto’s friends in Jyawaii for some reason, but because apparently this episode was aired out of order in some channels.

The games along with the dub call Ameroupe Netopia with Japan being called electopia, Heaven’s city was never named in the dub so it was only knowen as Netopia. The dub also changed some lines, like when Rockman woke Netto in the plane by saying that he was in class and that is why he vows to apologize to Mariko-sensei for sleeping in school. In the dub, Rockman says that his pants are on fire, so Netto looking down afterwards would make sense. Also, the american version drew swimming trousers on Hinouken so we don’t get to see him in a speedo.

 The scene where the boy is talking to his friends while looking at Netto’s PET was changed for the dub. They made Rockman’s voice come out of the PET so it would look like the boy was talking to him, which doesn’t make sense because then nothing would stop Rockman from calling for help or just yell to give out their position. I believe this was to assure the audience that Rockman was alright since we are used to seeing the PET always active with Rockman’s voice coming out of it.

This episode is a call back to the second game where Netto travels to Netopia/Ameroupe for the first time, completely alone! Yes, his useless mother did the same thing in the game. Netto was called to a secret meeting for the officials where he was robbed, not once, not twice, BUT THREE TIMES! Way the go, Haruka. 

Netto gets his money stolen from him before even leaving the densan airport, but he gets it back once he lands in Ameroupe. When leaving the ameroupe airport he is stopped by a stranger who offers to give him a ride where he then steals all of the battlechips from Netto’s pack. AND... after having a fight with Rockman, Netto goes back to his hotel room to apologize only to find Rockman damaged and that his freaking passport was stolen!

Yes, Netto’s first impression of Ameroupe sucked, but the anime made things different for him by having Netto keep his money, his passport, his battle chips, and all his personal items except for the one thing that matters the most, his PET with Rockman in it.

Like in the game, as Netto is looking for his stolen items he eventually meets Raoul in the back alleys.

Though the only reason you have to talk to Raoul is for him to allow you to use his “radio” which seems to be the only device around that has internet connection. In order for Raoul to give you permission you have to defeat his Navi Thunderman which is a PAIN!

Afterwards, Netto and Rockman find the missing passport through the net, but one question still remains, will Netto find his stolen battle chip pack? Stay tune for my next episode review.