[Kanzen (Bridge), Okinawa [5:53 PM]
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Natsuki’s Pov
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I couldn’t believe my eyes, being saved by the one and only Inertai! “What are you doing in Kanzen Ms. Inertai?” I asked her, “Oh, I have… business to attend to here when I saw a very bright light over that bridge, and when I investigated it, I saw someone falling from the sky.” Inertai said, “Anyways, I have to get Koto to a medic. Godspeed kiddo.” Inertai continued, “Wait… How do you know Koto?” I asked her with suspicion, she froze in place, “Ah… I’m a close relative, like an aunt, twice over-” Inertai said nervously, “M-Mom?” Koto mumbled before dozing off,
“MOM?!?” I said in shock.
KOTO-TSU HOSHI: Nobody Rules The World
[Kanzen Hospital (Waiting room), Okinawa [6:11 PM]
We took Koto to the hospital, he’s in the urgent care right now, Inertai and I are sitting on the waiting chairs, waiting for Koto’s condition.
“I still don’t get it, how are you Koto’s mother? From what I recall, you never dated anyone in your life, and you even said plainly in one of your interviews that you didn’t plan on even going on a date with anyone.” I asked with curiosity, “*sigh* I’ll tell you, just make sure to not tell your friends or spread this information, okay?” Inertai asked me, I nodded with anticipation,
“Alright, it all started 8 years ago…”
[Inertai Agency, Kagoshima [8:11 PM]
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8 years ago…
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Following Younger Inertai
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A younger Inertai was on her desk, brimming with excitement and ambition, she opened a file and got to work, “Alright! Let’s try it one more time!” She said with excitement,
“I was about 10 years from when I started my hero agency, back then, I was filled with such energy, but also a lot of naivety.”
“Ugh… What does all of this mean… It feels like the paperwork is going on forever and ever…” Inertai said with gloom, “I see you’re still trying to do the paperwork, haven’t I told you that I had paperwork duty?” A sidekick said to her, “If I want to become a good hero, how can I do that if I can’t do a single piece of paperwork?” Inertai said with persistence, “We all have things we’re good at, and we all have things we suck at, like take it for an example, paperwork.” The sidekick explained, “I just wish Jack was here to explain everything to me, and I wish I paid closer attention the first time…” Inertai said with regrets,
“Also, I meant to give you this.” The sidekick said, handing her an envelope, Inertai takes the envelope, “Alright, this message is from… The Hiroshima Orphanage? I wonder what they want with me.” Inertai said, ripping the envelope open. A hologram pad pops out of it.
BEEP!
Inertai turns on the hologram pad, as a lady appears up in the hologram.
“Hello Ms. Inertai, I am Mina Shino, the administrator at Hiroshima Orphanage.
If you were wondering why we sent this message, we wished to ask one request from you. On the 10th of January, we’re celebrating Hero Day at our orphanage, where the kids learn about heroes and what they do. It's basically a career day for them, if you’re interested, please check the slip of paper for more details.”
“I don’t think I’m going to be attending this event.” Inertai said, turning the hologram off, “Aww, why not? It’s going to be a new experience for you.” One of her sidekicks asked her, “It’s just that I’m too busy, I have patrol duty tomorrow, and one more thing… I’m not very good with kids.” Inertai explained, “Don’t worry about patrols, I’d gladly substitute for your patrols, and like I said we all have things we’re good at and things we suck at, but I know that you’ll do great, just try, you never know until you do it.” Her sidekick continued, “Heh, you’re just like Jack! Fine then, I’ll go tomorrow, anyways I’m going to turn in for the night.” Inertai said walking out of the room, “Alright, I’ma finish your paperwork! Good night Ms. Inertai!” Her sidekick said, going to her desk.
[Hiroshima Orphanage, Hiroshima [11:30 AM]
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The next day
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“I took a bullet train to Hiroshima, and with the help of the locals, I was able to find the orphanage without much trouble.”
RING!
Inertai walked on the stepping stones in front of the orphanage, and she rang the doorbell,
Open~
“*Gasp* Ms. Inertai! I… Never thought you’d show up… I’m so glad…” Ms. Shino said, tearing up, “I found time in my schedule, decided to attend.” Inertai said putting her hands behind their head, “We still have time before the event starts, please, come inside to have some tea.” Ms. Shino said invitingly, as they both walked inside.
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Back to the present
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[Kanzen Hospital (Waiting room), Okinawa [6:30 PM]
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Following Inertai
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“So, I’m guessing that Koto isn’t your son, but he’s-” Natsuki said, “Yep, he’s adopted!” Inertai said with a smile, “What happened next?” Natsuki asked, she looked very invested into the story, “Alright, what happened next was-” Inertai said, about to continue,
Open~
A nurse walked through the urgent care door, with “Ms. Inertai, we’ve run some bloodwork on the boy, and I think we’ve found the results quite peculiar.” The nurse said to Inertai, as they both walked into the door, “I’ll be right back, Natsuki, you sit tight, I’ll be right back.” Inertai said to Natsuki, as the nurse and her walked through the door.
Close~
“Now we’ve run some tests, and we’ve deduced that the boy passed out from exhaustion caused by Trait overuse, now that usually wouldn’t be an issue, but…” The nurse said, “He doesn't have a Trait. Am I correct?” Inertai said, completing her sentence, “Exactly! How did you know?” The nurse asked Inertai, “It’s just pure logic, if it’s odd that the boy passed out due to Trait overuse, it must mean that he didn’t have one in the first place, it’s like if the answer is not no, it’s yes.” Inertai said, leaning over to the unconscious boy,
“Although, I do have questions I do want to ask him, and I really wish I could…” Inertai thought in her head, with a lot of stress pressing her down, “Ms. Inertai, I know you’re worried about this boy, but stressing out won’t make him recover faster, he should be better by tomorrow.” The nurse said to Inertai, “Alright, I’ma go get a drink to put my mind off of this, I’ll be right back.” Inertai said, walking out of the door,
“Ms. Inertai, how is Koto? Is he alright?” Natsuki asked Inertai, “Don’t worry your little head, he’s expected to recover by tomorrow.” Inertai ensured Natsuki, patting her on the head, “By the way, my name’s Natsuki Ikari!” Natsuki said to Inertai, “Natsuki huh, that’s a beautiful name, but I’m going to get a drink, could you watch Koto for me while I’m gone?” Inertai asked Natsuki, “Of course! I have nothing better to do anyway.” Natsuki said, as Inertai walks out of the room.
[Kanzen Bar, Okinawa [7:01 PM]
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Following Inertai
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Open~
“I don’t drink that often, but it does take away the stress of… Well, everything, and right now, I need something to lift the burden a little.”
Inertai walks into a bar and sits down at a bar, “What may I get you to order- Ah! Ms. Inertai, it’s been a long time!” The bartender said, greeting Inertai, “Yeah Tenda… gimme your cheapest glass of sake.” Inertai said, with a gloomy expression, “C’mon now, I know that expression from anywhere, what did Koto do?” Tenda asked her, “Please Tenda, I don’t want to talk about it, just give me my sake.” Inertai said, looking down at the table, “If you tell me, I’ll give you our highest quality sake, it’ll on the house of course.” Tenda said, bribing Inertai, “Fine…”
Inertai tells Tenda all of the details, over a bottle of sake.
[10:21 PM]
“So your son got himself sent to the hospital, but you don’t know how or why, right?” Tenda asked her, “*Gulp* That’s right, and I just don’t understand, he’s not that type of kid that rushes towards danger. Well, not for a while.” Inertai said, gulping down another glass of sake, “Maybe your kid wants attention?” Tenda said, “What do you mean by that? *Hic*” Inertai asked Tenda,
“I’m saying that maybe he wanted to end up in the hospital, Koto’s an Ordinary right?” Tenda replied to Inertai, “Yes *Hic* but-” Inertai said, “Well then, maybe he wants your attention again, he’s only been able to see you for one week every year, it’s been 5 years since you went back to work, and he was still around 9. Don’t you think Koto did this to make you notice him?” Tenda said, “No… It can’t be…” Inertai said, trying to hold back tears.
Inertai poured herself another glass, but Tenda swiped the alcohol from her hands before she could consume it, “Inertai, you gotta slow down on that sake, even if it’s on the house, It’d be bad if someone saw you drunk.” Tenda said, putting away the bottle, “I’m going *Hic* back to the hospital, I need to talk with my son.” Inertai said, getting up from her chair, “You’re not going anywhere on foot, I’ll close up early, and I’ll take you there.” Tenda said, as he closed up shop,
[Kanzen Hospital (Urgent care room), Okinawa [10:00 PM]
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Koto’s Pov
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Ruffle~
I faintly heard a noise, slowly opening my eyes, I checked where the noise was coming from, “YAWWWN! What happened? Did I pass out-” I said, stretching my arms,
~NOM NOM NOM~
I see Natsuki chowing down on a massive fried rice bowl, “WHAHUH?!?” I said in confusion, “Mph- You’re awake! How are you?” Natsuki said, putting her food on the table, ”I’m fine, how did I knock out?” I asked,
“*If you were wondering, here’s the reason, you just recently activated your powers, and soon after that, you used a high level attack, draining all of your energy as soon as you punched that Extinction guy, think of it like Mana in a video game, once you run out, you start using stamina, and once you run out of stamina… You know what.*” The entity said to me,
“Uhm, Koto?” Natsuki asked me, “Ah- Yes?” I responded, “Could you tell me the story of how you got adopted? Your Mother already told me part of it.” Natsuki said to me, “Y-You know?” I said in shock, “Yep! Don’t worry, your Mom told me to keep it a secret~!” Natsuki said with a cute smile, “Okay, if you want to know, I will start from my last recalled memory…” I said
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8 years ago…
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[Hiroshima Orphanage, Hiroshima [11:32 AM]
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Lil’ Koto’s Pov
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I snuck out of class and out into the main lobby, “I made it out, now I gotta be super sneaky~.” I whispered to myself, tip-toeing down the stairway, ”Sneaky time~. Sneaky time~.” I said not-so-sneakily walking down the stairs
I finally reached the bottom of the stairs, when I heard two people talking in the room to the right, “What are they talking about?” I said, I slowly approached the open door, and looked inside,
I saw Ms. Shino, the administrator at the orphanage, and a very pretty lady that I’ve never seen before, “I have to be honest with you Ms. Inertai, apart from some local heroes, you’re the only person who ever accepted an invitation, thank you so much.” Ms. Shino said while looking at the coffee table, getting emotional “It’s alright, really, if it’s for the kids, it’s for the kids.” Ms. Inertai said, as I admired her beauty,
Ms. Shino started to tear up, but I remembered that I was trying not to get caught, so I stayed silent “I really want this event to go well, *sob* the last few years have been a snoozefest for the kids, the board said if the kids aren’t happy this, Hero Day is going to be canceled, and I want to inspire this generation of kids, *sob* even in the hard times they’re going through.” Ms. Shino said, as tears drip out of her eyes, “Don’t cry Ms. Shino…” I whispered with a sad expression on my face,
“Don’t worry, I’ll do my best to make the kids have the best Hero Day ever!” Inertai said with determination, “I really hope it is, well, the event is about to begin, let’s go outside, the other heroes should be outside by now.” Ms. Shino said to Ms. Inertai, as they both start walking to the door.
I panicked and hid behind a plant as they walked out the door, luckily, they didn’t notice me. Suddenly, Inertai, the pretty lady that I saw in the room paused, “Ms. Inertai, something wrong?” Ms. Shino asked, “Nothing! Just give me a second, I’ll be right there!” Ms. Inertai said, as Ms. Shino went outside.
I peeked over the potted plant, and the lady was gone, “Huh? Where did she go-”
Tap Tap~
I felt a light tap to my shoulder, I turned around, and it was her!
“Hello sweetie!” Ms. Inertai said to me, I jumped back, “Are you lost? Is there any way I can help?” Ms. Inertai asked me, “I- Uhh, I was… Ehh…” I stuttered shyly, not knowing what to say, “I don’t see any other kids roaming around, you’re not supposed to be here, are you?” She said, interrogating me,
“I’m sorry… Umm… Uhh…” I said, anxiety rushing over me, “If you promise you won’t do it again, I won’t tell on you~!” She said to me playfully, “I won’t do anything like this ever, ever again Ms. Inertai!” I said in panic, I almost teared up a little, “Listen, you’re not a bad kid, and in fact, you’ll grow up to be a very good kid. All you have to do is know what is the right decision and make that action! Godspeed, kiddo.” Inertai said, walking away, and heading out of the door, “She’s a nice lady.” I said, with a slight smile on my face, my eyes sparkling up in inspiration.
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Back to the present
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[Kanzen Hospital (Urgent Care), Okinawa [10:30 PM]
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Koto’s Pov
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“So you were quite the naughty boy~!” Natsuki said, putting both of her arms on the bed, “Yeah, hehe I’d say so, but it was only when I got bored of class, I snuck out into the lobby, the teacher never even knew I was gone, not that she didn’t know, more of she didn’t really care.” I said, scratching my head,
Open~
The door opened, and my Mom walked through the door, “Natsuki, how’s Koto doing-” Mom asked before seeing me, fully conscious, she slowly walked up to me, a strangely intimidating aura surrounded her “Mom… I can explain-” I said,
Hug~
Mom embraced me tightly, I sensed a strong scent of sake coming from her coat, “I’m *sob* So sorry Koto! I feel like such a failure of a mother…” Mom sobbed, her tears pouring out on my shoulder, I definitely could tell that she was drunk, as she was usually an emotionally stable woman.
“Ehh, what are you talking about?” I asked her in confusion, “I abandoned you for all of these years, I put my work over you. You put yourself in danger for me to notice you. I’M SORRY I DIDN’T LOVE YOU ENOUGH!” Mom said, breaking down, “*Sigh* Mom…” I said,
Slap!
I swung my arm at my Mom, slapping her across the cheek, “Stop putting yourself down! I know very well that you work day in and day out so I have a happy life, so don’t think for a second that you didn’t give me enough love! Get yourself together!” I said to her face, “Koto…” Mom said,
SLAP!
“HOW DARE YOU HIT YOUR MOTHER LIKE THAT?!? DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPECT FOR ME?” Mom said, getting sober very quickly, “I was just getting you to your senses!” I said in defense, “I’ll put you to your senses in a second, and how dare you raise your voice at your mother?” Mom said to me, “What voice?” I asked, “See? You did it again.” Mom said to me, “DID WHAT AGAIN?” I yelled “Heh, I see the resemblance~!” Natsuki giggled smugly,
Open~
The nurse walked in to see me and Mom fighting, “WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON IN HERE?” The nurse said aloud, but we paid no attention to it,
SLAP! SLAP!
“YOU TWO STOP FIGHTING LIKE BABIES!” The nurse screamed out, while she slapped us both, it was pretty painful actually, Mom and I stopped arguing, and stared at each other for a moment, but then…
“Heh, heh, HAHAHAHA!” Me and Mom both laughed at the same time, “What the…” The nurse said in confusion, “Heh, I’m confused as well…”
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8 years ago…
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[Hiroshima Orphanage (Outside), Hiroshima [11:45 AM]
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Following Younger Inertai
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Open~
“Ms. Inertai! What took so long?” Ms. Shino asked her, "I was talking to some kid, I think he snuck out of class, do you know who I’m talking about?” Inertai asked her, “Hmm- Oh, you must be talking about Koto, he’s a… Special case.” Ms. Shino said, as they started walking, “May I please have more details about him?” Inertai asked her,
“We actually don’t know a lot, he was an Ordinary kid transported last year from a hospital in Kyoto.” Ms. Shino said, “Lost his memories, lost his family, lost his personality, you just have to have pity on the poor kid.” Ms. Shino continued,
“Yeah, poor kid.” Inertai said, as they met some of the other heroes. There was a woman with thin long arms, a big bulky man, and a younger looking man with goggles
“Hello heroes, I’m Ms. Shino, the administrator at this orphanage, and this is-”
“INERTAI!” All three of the heroes said at the same time, “Oh yeah, she’s famous. I forgot that part.” Ms. Shino said, “It’s a pleasure to meet you three!” Inertai said shaking the hand of the thin armed woman said, shaking Inertai’s hand, “I’m Extend-o, the big guy is Waller, and this is Pyro Manic, a new hero that just got hired.” Extend-o said, introducing the three, “I’m aiming for the big leagues! But until then, I’ll be with these guys, they’re the best!” Pyro Manic said, hanging his arms around the two,
“Heroes, get in formation! The kids will be out in any minute!” Ms. Shino said, clapping her hands as we got in line, standing shoulder to shoulder,
Open~
The children came out one by one, each of them with wonderful smiles on each of their faces, “Alright children, sit on the grass!” The teacher said as the children gathered in the grassy field,
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25 minutes later…
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“This is boring…”
“They’re just standing there, talking…”
“I want to go back inside!”
The children were starting to get bored, not a single one of them were smiling, and started moaning and booing, “This isn’t good, it’s just like last year… Quick! Explain your Traits!” Ms. Shino said in a panic, as the heroes came forward one by one,
“I’m Extend-o! My Trait’s called Arms, I can extend my arms as long as I want to!” Extend-o said, demonstrating her Trait, as the children started showing some interest,
“My name’s Waller! My Trait is Barricade, I can make a very wide barrier that I can use to protect people!” Waller said, showing an example to the kids,
“My Trait’s name is Force, I can move objects just by touching them!” Inertai said with confidence,
Silence
“Boring!” One of the kids said, “GYAH!!! I knew I shouldn’t have come!!! This is so embarassing!!!” Inertai said, running off in shame,
“Well, I guess I have to make up for it! My hero name is Pyro Manic! My Trait is called Fire Manifestation! I can light myself on fire and do cool things with it, wanna see it kids?” Pyro Manic asked the kids,
“YEAH!!!” The kids all cheered, “Alright then, here I go! Everyone back up!” Pyro Manic said, putting on his goggles, as the everyone gave him some room,
FWOOM!
Pyro Manic lit himself on fire, and started flying, “Using my flames, I can fly at surprisingly high speeds! And watch this…” Pyro Manic said, charging up energy,
SPARKLE! FIZZ!
Pyro Manic shot a fireball into the sky, making it explode like a firework,
“WOW!!!”
“SO COOL!”
“Now this is not boring!”
The kids said, actually being excited about the event, “Heh! This day’s going pretty good-”
BANG!
A gunshot was heard, and before we knew it, Pyro Manic was falling to the ground, he got shot. “PYRO!” Extend-o said, using her Trait to extend out her arms to catch him, “What happened? Pyro! Speak to me!” Extend-o said with urgency, as Pyro Manic is bleeding out,
“I happened!” Someone with a raspy voice said behind everyone
BANG!
A very bulky person with a bomb as a head walked up on all of us with a whole bunch of henchmen, “Extend!” Waller screamed out, “Just protect the children!” Extend-o said, “I see you got your priorities straight! Good girl!” The bomb man said, kicking Extend-o in the stomach, “My name is Fatman! Do what I say, and there will be no more casualties, and don’t think of acting like a hero, I’ll blow this orphanage down to rubble!” Fat Man said, as everyone trembled in fear, “Good, who is the owner of the orphanage?” Fat Man asked, as Ms. Shino stepped forward,
“Are you the owner of this orphanage?” Fatman asked “Yes” Ms. Shino responded,
“Is there anybody else in the building?” Fatman asked again, “No, everyone else is away on weekends.” Ms. Shino responded, remaining as calm as possible
“Lastly, where do you keep the money?” Fatman asked for the last time, “In a safe in my office, I can unlock it for you.” Ms. Shino said, as Fatman puts the gun near her, “All of you stay put, I won’t be long.” Fatman said, threatening everyone
Fatman and Ms. Shino walked inside as his goons watched over us, “This is the easiest heist I’ve ever been a part of!” One of the goon said proudly, “Why did you have to do it like this? You could’ve done it any other day, why today?” Inertai questioned, “Because, today everyone is conveniently gathered in one area, no need to gather them up, and the people that we have to worry most about we could deal with first. The heroes.” Another goon said,
“So the reason you targeted Pyro is because you saw him as the biggest threat?” Extend-o asked, “Bingo, and now everything will go smoothly! Like taking candy from a bunch of babies,” The last goon said, “Funny enough, Pyro Manic wasn’t the biggest threat.” Inertai said with a smirk on her face, sending a signal to Extend-o, “Waller! Lower the barrier!” Extend-o said to Waller, “Alright! Barrier lowered, do your thing Inertai!” Waller said, deactivating his shield as Inertai taps a button on her shirt,
FWOOSH!
Inertai dashed at blinding speed, ramming into the three henchmen and knocking them to the floor before they could reach their weapons, “Augh, how? I thought her Trait was some sort of object moving power.” One of the goons groaned, “That fact is true, my Trait allows me to move objects by touching it, one thing I didn’t tell you is that there’s an extra rule attached to it. The lighter the object is, the faster I can move it, but I found a huge loophole.” Inertai said, explaining her Trait,
“My Trait only takes into account the item I’m touching with my fingertips into the full equation, so that means if I’m moving a semi-truck, but only touching a handle, I can move the truck as fast as if I was just moving the handle.” Inertai said, explaining her Trait, as Waller tied up the three goons,
“Oh no… Where is he?” The teacher said in a panic, “What are you talking about miss? Is there anything wrong?” Inertai asked her, “Koto, he’s a shy kid, long brown hair, eyes covered by his hair.” The teacher said, describing the child, “Yeah, I know who your talking about. Maybe he ran off, running away from the whole situation until it’s-” Inertai said,
“*cough* He ran inside the building…” Pyro Manic said, barely getting it out, “HE WHAT!?!” The teacher said in a panic, “That boy you described, *cough cough* when nobody was looking, he went after that bomb guy…” Pyro Manic said, “I’m going after him.” Inertai said before preparing to dash inside the building,
“But you heard what he said, if he catches any of us even in the building, he’d blow up the building-” Extend-o said, urging Inertai not to risk it,
FWOOSH!
Inertai dashed off without a second thought.
“I know what he’d say, but I’ll beat him up before he has a second to react!”
Inertai dashed through the door, zoomed up two flights of stairs, and arrived at the third floor. “Where is the administrator office?” Inertai asked herself, walking down the hallway.
She turned a corner and saw Koto walking into the administrator office, with a… cup? “Come back here Koto!” Inertai said, sneakily dashing towards the door, as she peeked through the door,
Inertai looked inside and saw Koto walking towards Fatman, as Ms. Shino was cracking the code to the safe, “Stop this at once! And let Ms. Shino go!” Koto said, standing up to Fatman, “Aww… Such a cutie! What are you going to do?” Fatman said mockingly to Koto, “Koto dear, please… Get out of here if you know what’s good for you!” Ms. Shino urged Koto, “I won’t Miss Shino! Your life is more important than mine!” Koto said confidently, as my eyes widened,
“I was the same way as a kid…”
“PFFF!!! AHAHAHAH!!! This is actually so funny-” Fatman laughed mockingly,
SPLASH!
Koto threw a cup of water on Fatman, it did practically nothing.
“NOW YOU’VE EARNED YOURSELF A ONE-WAY TICKET TO HELL KID!” Fatman said in a rage, about to beat Koto up,
PUNCH!
Inertai stepped in and blocked the punch, “Signature move: Kinetic Punch!” Inertai said, activating her Trait as she punched the villain, launching him into a desk, snapping it in half, “Villain, you are under arrest for attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, and kidnapping.” Inertai said, pinning Fatman down, “Not today! I’m blowing up! HYAAA!!!” Fatman said, activating his Trait,
Spark! Fizzle~
Nothing happened.
BAM!
Inertai hit the back of the villain’s neck, knocking him out.
[Hiroshima Orphanage (Outside), Hiroshima [5:45 PM]
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Lil’ Koto’s Pov
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“If you’re lucky, you’ll get community service.” A police officer said, dragging the criminals to the police car,
“Soon after Inertai defeated Fatman, the authorities arrived and made 4 arrests.”
“Get them to the hospital ASAP, they’ve already lost a lot of blood.” The medic said, lifting the two injured heroes on a stretcher,
The medics also took Extend-o and Pyro Manic to the hospital for non-lethal bullet wounds, although losing a lot of blood, they were expected to make a full recovery after a few days' rest.”
“You should not have run in there on your own!”
“What were you thinking kid?!?”
“Were you asking to get yourself killed? Honestly kid, next time, leave it to the pros.”
The adults and heroes chewed me out, it was rough, I almost cried, until…”
Pat~
“Listen kid, what you did in there was very brave.” Inertai said to me, patting me on the head, “But I have to ask you, what gave you the idea to use water?” Inertai asked me, “Well, when I was following Ms. Shino…”
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Flashback (but not too long ago…)
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Trip~
Ms. Shino tripped when she was climbing up the stairs, I was hiding behind a pillar, “WILL YOU HURRY IT UP?” The bomb guy said, getting impatient,
“When I looked at that bomb guy, I saw his rope thingy on his head spark up, and since he was a bomb, I thought making it wet would prevent him from blowing up.”
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End of flashback
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“Koto, with that action you just did, you most likely saved you orphanage from being blown up, you were a hero there.” Inertai said to me with a smile, “You mean it? You really really mean it?” I said with excitement coming from my face,
“Mhm!” Inertai said, giving me more head pats.
[Hiroshima Orphanage (Cafeteria), Hiroshima [12:34 PM]
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The next day
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I was sitting down at the lunch table like the rest of the kids, eating my food,
Beep!
“Koto, please report to the administrator office. You have a surprise waiting for you there.”
Ms. Shino said through the intercom,
Open~
I arrived at Ms. Shino’s office and her sitting on a chair, with her desk still smashed behind her.
“Ah, Koto, good news, from this day on, you’re adopted!” Ms. Shino said to me, “I am?” I said with child-like excitement, “Yep, She's outside at this very moment, wanna go see her?” Ms. Shino asked me, as I nodded my head,
We both walked down the stairs together, I went down two stairs at a time, filled with anticipation.
Open~
Ms. Shino slowly opened the door for me, a very tall silhouette could be seen, “Koto, this is your new mother!” Ms. Shino said to me, “It’s very nice to meet you, Koto.” The lady said in a robotic voice,
“My mom is… A robot?” I said in confusion, “Oh yeah, sorry about that…” The lady said, taking off her helmet, it was Ms. Inertai, “Yeah, there was a little robbery situation that I had to deal with.” Ms. Inertai said, wiping the sweat off of her forehead, “I-I don’t understand…” I said, putting my head down, “What do you mean ‘you don’t understand’? You’re my kid now-”
Hug~
I hug Ms. Inertai tightly, as I start tearing up, “Why *sniffle* would you adopt someone like me? You know that I’m an useless *sob* Ordinary, I wouldn’t be able to make you proud if I tried…” I said, trying to hold back tears, “Because yesterday, when you stood up to that villain, you reminded me of when I was a kid.” Ms. Inertai said, “So if I didn’t adopt you, it’d be like if I abandoned my own child.” Inertai said, as I broke down in tears, “*SOB* I love you Ms. Inertai!” I said, hugging my new Mother even tighter,
“You can call me ‘Mom’ now.” Mom said to me, bringing me in closer, as we both embraced each other.
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Back to the present
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[Kanzen Hospital (Urgent Care) Okinawa [12:03 PM]
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Koto’s Pov
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“Aww, that’s such a cute story!” Natsuki said, putting her arms on the bed, “I remember every moment of that, it was like it happened yesterday.” I said, looking through the window,
“One question, how was your Mom able to balance work and take care of you? Her work is in Kagoshima and you live in Okinawa, so how does that make sense?” Natsuki asked me, “That’s the thing, she didn’t, she went on hiatus as soon as she adopted me, and raised me until I was old enough to take care of myself, with a babysitter of course. Right Mom?-” I said
ZZZ~
Mom was out cold, she fell asleep near the foot of my bed, she was sleeping sort of cutely, Natsuki and I chuckled for a bit, “Heh, I think we should be getting some sleep as well~!” Natsuki giggled, “Yeah, you’re right, good night Koto!” Natsuki said, walking to the door and turning off the lights
Flick~