chapter 4: Bird whisperer

After the most torturous first lesson in my life, I already felt like my school life was over.... and it's only been an hour

"geez this day couldn't get any worse" I muttered with my face glued to my desk, unexpectedly I heard someone respond

"Honestly it could've been worse" a voice behind me answered

"it couldn't have, I already want to quit" 

"It definitely could, there are people out there with no quirks. imagine dreaming of becoming a hero only to be told your future is to be behind a desk" geez whoever is saying this stuff is edgy as hell, I looked behind me to see a crow with the body of a human

"Geez, what the hell are you supposed to be?" unintentionally being racist towards mutants? well I'm a little kid, I'm sure they wouldn't mind

"ah sorry I haven't introduced myself, my name is Tokoyami Fumikage" he stuck out his hand for a handshake, which I reciprocated

"well I'm Rimuru Tempest, I guess it could've been worse" I had to admit my wrong, well I completely forgot about Midoriya, damn my life could've been a whole lot worse if I reincarnated as him...

Brrrrr... just thinking about it gives me chills

"No matter, it's just that I've seen people struggle a lot, and I've had a lot of struggling myself..." what an edge lord

"a whole lot of struggle? like what? getting out of an egg?" cracking a joke in a serious moment... yay me

"he... no it's just my quirk. it's hard to control so I sometimes wonder if there are people who have it worse than me." 

"What is your quirk anyway? if you don't mind me asking?" I started to get curious about this guy's struggles

"ah right my quirk is called dark shadow, well its like there's another part of me" Wow that sounds interesting

"If it's another part of you, why would it be difficult to control?"

"it's just that it gets more powerful and harder to control when it's dark" hmmm this seems oddly familiar...

crow..? shadow..? darkness? ah

how could it forget! he's one of the main characters in My Hero academia

I didn't think I'd meet any of the main characters before going to UA, well at least he's not a super important character 

having my eureka moment, I quickly return to the conversation

"hm it does seem quite difficult, a blackout could send you out of control"

"yeah, but I've grown accustomed to it, speaking of which what's your quirk Rimuru?" 

"my quirk gives me the ability to release a dark smoke that destroys things it touches" I don't like revealing too much of my abilities but I should probably befriend him for when we go to UA

"hmm that's quite an interesting ability Rimuru, perhaps we are both creatures of the dark" 

creature of the dark? sounds very edgy

"uh sure but we should probably prepare for the next period" Quickly changing the topic I turned back and waited for the next classes

unfortunately, most of the periods were very boring, I had to act like an idiot not knowing how to read and write, and I also had to relearn... math :despair:

when school finally ended and as I was preparing to head back home Tokoyami approached me

"Hey Rimuru, want to head to the arcade together?" although we know each other he was acting weirdly friendly

"Is there a reason?" I asked him hoping maybe whatever he wanted would cure my boredom

"I heard that a new arcade machine was installed and I wanted to try it out, apparently it's a 2-player game. I've heard you can play as the top-10 heroes!" Now that sounded interesting and I haven't gotten to play arcade games since my untimely demise

"couldn't you ask a different classmate?" surely Tokoyami would've made more friends other than me. right?

"the other classmates are too different from me, as we are both creatures of the dark we could ally and defeat to light" 8th grader syndrome in 1st grade? I think that's a world record

"well sure whatever, I have a few hours to spend"

"awesome, let us go to the arcade" Tokoyami took the lead as I didn't actually know where the arcade was.

walking behind Tokoyami down the street I eventually saw a big neon sign labeled [ARCADE], I have absolutely no idea how I could've missed it

anyway entering the arcade I was hit with a nostalgic feeling the neon signs, machines, and sounds of people playing reminded me of how I used to beat my little brother's ass in almost all games.

snapping out of my stupor we both arrived in front of a machine, on the screen it said [SUPER HERO BRAWL V] 

"This is it, it's said that this new version has the most realistic fighting of all the other versions," Tokoyami said with an excited look as he inserted a coin into the slot making the screen change into a select screen showing all the heroes

[-All might(locked)- -Endeavor- -Hawks- -Best Jeanist- -Edgeshot- 

-Crust- -Miruko- -Yoroi musha- -Ryukyu- -Gang Orca-]

"wow it actually is the top 10 heroes, but why is All Might locked?" I was very confused.. wouldn't you want people to play as All might?

"you have to enter more coins to unlock all might, i also find it very annoying but let's choose already" Ah so they're greedy that's it

it seems Tokoyami chose Hawks, well I could see why. seeing as I didn't really like most of the other characters I chose my favorite hero Miruko for very obvious reasons... 

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"huh? That's bullshit your flying! how is that even fair!" 

"Hey I have wings so I fly, you can just jump so it doesn't even matter"

after playing a few rounds I'll have to admit, I'm actually having a lot of fun

"Take this hawks! LUNA AR-"

*BOOM*

we suddenly heard a sound of glass shattering and screaming. 

"what the fu-"

"Everybody hands up, hand over all the cash you have" Who in their right mind would rob an arcade?

"We have to hide" Yeah no shit Tokoyami, Mr. Obvious here

hiding behind a row of arcade machines we waited for the robbery to end, and for the robber to get his ass kicked by a hero, we soon heard sounds of sirens

"let's hope the police arrest him, he deserves to rot in the dungeons" Tokoyami I'm pretty sure that's already a given

"you don't have to state the obvious Toko-" Before I could finish my snarky remark, I was yanked by the shoulder by a strong hand

"I HAVE A HOSTAGE DONT COME NEAR ME" I could feel the muzzle of a revolver aimed at my skull, the robber was using me as a hostage.

I could see the police officers scared of engaging him any further

Let's hope today is not the day I become a statistic...

I was roughly dragged out of the arcade by the robber with a gun to my head, an officer with a megaphone soon spoke

"Let go of the hostage! we are willing to negotiate as long as you let go of her!" 

"shut up! I'm not letting her go unless you let me leave!"

oh god, it's only escalating further, I can even see a news van. I looked back and saw Tokoyami looking at me with a helpless expression.

[Breaking news! a hostage-taking situation is taking place at ----- arcade, a robber has taken a young girl hostage and is demanding to be allowed to leave! there are currently no heroes on the scene, we will give updates on the situation live.]

... they keep calling me a damn girl all the damn time, I'm about to snap....

(finally some action, maybe.... also they keep calling Rimuru a girl how dare they :angry:)