Chapter 14: Tsuyu ‘I told you to call me Tsu’ Asui

Then, I go over my mental summary. Or maybe Deku’s said it enough that she’ll just slap me with her tongue.

(Tsuyu Asui. Quirk: Frog-form. Can jump pretty high and far, stick to walls, has a tongue she can stick out to about 20 meters. Excellent swimmer. Total DekuSquad member. Says ribbit a lot. Motivation for heroism: |Unknown(to me)|. Calls him Midoriya. Hates being called Asui. Hero Name: Froppy, the Rainy Season Hero. Side Note: Name means “Rainy season.” Adorable, especially as kawaii. Best friends with Ochaco and Deku. I ship her with Ochaco, Deku, Jiro, and Himiko (Non-canon. However, there is some evidence in favor of Tsuchako. Just ask Google or YouTube.)

“*Ribbit*”

I see her blush a little. Are they all this horny, Kanna?

No…just…literally all the people on your list. Some worse than others. I think the worst are Tohru, Miia, Suu, Anna, Chocola, Vanilla, Coconut, and Shea. Oh, and Yue. But Vanilla is definitely the worst.

Following the respective animes then…

Yep.

“Uh…Hi…Tsu.” I turn red when I realize I am completely bombing my first impression. “I’m…Noah. Nice to meet you.”

“*Ribbit* Nice to meet you, too.”

I walk, slowly but confidently, behind the desk to stand next to Tsu.

“What are you doing back here *Ribbit*?”

“This.” I hug her, carefully avoiding touching her boobs.

“I-*Ribbit*” She blushes.

“When I was alive, I’d always wished that I could meet you, Ochaco, Jiro, Momo, and Himiko in real-life…and now I can!” I pull away and my face falls. “I only wish Michiru was here so she could meet Mina, Himiko, Bakugo, Todoroki, Mineta, Momo, Jiro, Iida, Deku, and Kaminari. Of course, I’d like to meet Deku, Todoroki, and Kami as well. Maybe Mineta. Last but not least, I want to meet ‘Emergency Exit’ Iida.”

Tsu laughs. “You’ve done your research.”

Lost in sad thoughts of never seeing Michiru again, I merely nod. Then, a thought occurs to me. “Would it be possible to meet All Might? Or Mr. Aizawa?”

“Depends on if they’re busy being heroes or not.”

“Cool.”

Tsu leads us to the Resolution Chamber. She shuts the door. Kanna turns to her and says, “Hey Tsu, you two will get along great!”

“*Ribbit* Why’s that?”

I guess. “I’ma guess that Tsu’s…a demon? God, I feel like a total douchebag now that I’ve said it out loud!”

Apparently, I’m right because Tsu hugs me close. Tsu! I can’t breathe! Your boobs…are too…big…

“Oops *Ribbit*” She lets go and looks at me sheepishly. “Sorry…it’s just…not to be mean or anything, but you’ll need to get used to this. Most of the girls here are virgins. There are the guys from all of the animes, but…They stick with their one chosen senpai. I feel sorry for Shea, though. Hajime dotes on Yue, but straight up bullies Shea.”

I clench my fist so hard, my knuckles go white. Tsu notices and puts her hand on my shoulder. “Whoa, calm down. You’re not seriously considering fighting Hajime, are you?”

“I guess it’s about time I tell you this. During my life, I stood up for myself. I let people use me as a doormat if they were a friend or family, but anyone else? Oh, I made their lives a living hell. I got in a lot of verbal fights where I got the last word. I got beaten up, too. I beat a kid up once, and if my younger brothers doubted my authority? I can’t even count the number of times I grabbed my brother’s shoulder and threw him to the ground. I called it the ‘Mortal Kombat’. I was just…violent. A lot of the time, I was meek, but if you pissed me off or messed with my friends, I’d come for you. I remember this one kid, Scott. He was one of my regulars for verbal abuse. But one time, I snapped. There was another kid, Hazel.”

I walk over to the wall and lean against it. “She was a nice kid. If I was struggling with my stuff, she’d risk being late to class to help me. So, that day, I was walking to Humanities. As I passed the Spanish classroom, I saw Scott blocking the door. Hazel was trying to get in. I don’t remember exactly, but he was saying something along the lines of ‘No Corona.’ I was pissed! For a few reasons. One, she was colored. Hispanic, maybe? Middle Eastern? Or Chinese? Either way, she was somewhere in that zone of color. Two, as I mentioned before, she’s one of the nicest kids I’ve ever met. Three, he was similar in skin color, so he was just being a douche. At first, I tried to calmly reason with him. Then, I gave up. I don’t remember exactly, but I’ll try to. My vision went red. I either punched or kicked him. I think he came after me. I’m pretty sure I grabbed him and restrained him, or maybe the teacher intervened. Maybe he backed off, I dunno. I smiled at Hazel. I think I said something along the lines of ‘Here.’ Then, I walked to Humanities. Before I walked in, I glanced back. She was still standing there, staring at me. Her expression was either shock, awe, horror, or a mix of them. After that, she kinda just…avoided me. I mean, we said ‘Hi’ in the halls, but that was about it. I didn’t press. I knew I’d gone too far.”

They just look at me. Kanna breaks the silence. “You’re one messed up kid, but I love you anyway!”

I laugh. It starts as a snicker, then grows. Soon, I grab my sides and slide down the wall. It’s about two minutes before I can speak. In between breaths, I say, ”That…sounded like…something I…would’ve said!”

They still just look at me. “Further proof…” Kanna says.

“True.”

Tsu taps her foot impatiently. She’s blushing and looks like she’s trying to stop herself from doing something. She’s clenching her fists like she wants to hit me, but due to experience, I knew better. I turn to her. “You know, you’re not fooling me, Tsu. Personally, I don’t care if you do it here.”

I note that the wall is still a full-length mirror. *Sigh* Some things never change. She’ll get a kick out of this!

I focus. I am Tsuyu Asui.

As I transform, her eyes widen. “*Ribbit*”

“Yep! Technically, you could say that I’ve seen you naked. Well, half-naked. Top half.”

She turns red. She bitchslaps me with her tongue. It hurts like holy fuck! “Ow…” I say meekly. “So that’s what that feels like…”

I raise my hand to the quickly reddening band on my cheek. Tsu gulps and looks horrified. “Sorry…”

“To be honest, I kind of figured that would happen. That was also…the reaction I wanted. I'd always wondered...I feel sorry for Mineta.”

Then, her head jerks to the side a little, she winces, and her hand flies up to where the mark would be if she had it. She drops her hand to reveal an identical mark and quotes me. “So that’s what that feels like…”

“Please don’t make me laugh…I still haven’t fully recovered from the first time. Secondly, what the hell just happened, Kanna?”

“That is what happens when we harm someone who resides here. We don’t know if it hurts more or less.”

“Sympathetic magic. I’d imagine it hurts the same.”

I feel a sharp pain behind my eyes that quickly disappears, but not before I wince. I brush it off. Kanna looks at me. “Are you okay?”

I nod. “How come it didn’t happen when Ochaco slapped me?”

“I don’t know…Maybe it didn’t really hurt, maybe it did and it wasn’t noticeable. Maybe because it wasn’t done maliciously.”

“I’d say it wasn’t done maliciously. It still hurt.”

We continue to work through my forms. The last one I do is Chocola. “So…how do I get wings?”

“Depends on whether you want your demon wings or your faerie wings.”

“Faerie first.”

She looks relieved. I do my best to hide my surprise and succeed. “Well, based on what we’ve been doing, I want to see if you can figure it out on your own.”

That’s what I get for asking stupid questions. I am a faerie.

Sparkles of rainbow light appear in the air around me. “The first time is always the prettiest,” Tsu says.

They dive at my back and layer into shimmery, rainbow angel wings. Wow…

I stare in stunned silence at the mirror. I am a demon-faerie.

“Before you try your demon wings you should know th-”

My scream of agony cuts her off. I fall forward onto my hands and knees. I feel a burning in my shoulder blades. I manage to escape my dress and begin to struggle with the clasp of my bra. I manage to get it off. They sprout from my back, and I collapse. “-that the first time is always agony…”

I sit up and look in the mirror. I notice they are the same shade of brown as my hair, tail, and ears. “I thought they were supposed to be black…”

“That video is outdated. We’ve found that demon wings can be red, black, grey, or brown, depending on what goes best with your current form. I haven’t gotten around to rerecording mine, so it’s still outdated.”

“Makes sense. But what if I’m…say…Senko? First of all, her tail and ears are two colors. Secondly, there’s no way she’s anything but an angel!”

“Correct on both counts. Demons can’t manifest wings with her form. However, under extreme duress, some have managed it. None have seen it happen, so we don’t know what they look like. They typically only do it once. Same with the others. You’ll note that if you were to manifest wings as Tsu, they would be the same dark green as her hair. There are exceptions to every rule. Yue, being a vampire, is a demon, and has black wings that make her sexy as hell. Hajime may have white hair, but he’s a demon, and he’s a jerk. I’m sure he’ll prove it to you. Anyway, his wings are also black, not white, because as a demon, they can’t be. So…as a general rule…dark colors.” When she says black, she thinks, Just like his soul!

“I can totally see him as a demon. The stuff he put Shea through…”

“I forgot to ask…when is your birthday?”

“November fourth. Why?”

“Just wondering.”

“Ok…”

“You’ll…need to leave your wings out for a bit.”

I blush. “Ok…”

I pick up my dress and bra. I twitch my wings experimentally and I flap them, rising a few inches off the ground. “Wow…five seconds and I’ve practically mastered them!”

Kanna nods. “Instinct. Your genetic code has basically been rewritten.”

“Oh…are you going to give me a tour?”

“Yes. However…I have things I need to do.”

“I’ll take her. My shift is almost over.” Tsu says.

“Who’s taking over?”

“You’ll get to meet them.”

“Okay…but who?”

“Guess…”

“I’ve met you, Ochaco, Tohru, Koba, and Kanna. Can I have a hint, please?”

“One of the ‘Naughty Nine’ from your list. It’s not Tohru, and it’s a demi-human.”

“That removes Yue, Anna, and Tohru.”

“Not from Musume.”

“That eliminates Tohru, Miia, Yue, Anna, and Suu. It leaves Shea, Chocola, Coconut, and Vanilla.”

“It’s not the odd one out in that group. That’s your final hint.”

“That eliminates Tohru, Miia, Yue, Anna, Shea, and Suu. It leaves Chocola, Coconut, and Vanilla. Hmm…wait! The odd one out could also be Chocola because she has dark hair. Or Coconut, because her eyes are different colors. The only one who isn’t an odd one out…My final answer is Vanilla.”

“Correct.”

I kid you not, I went Squee! At high volume. We leave the room. I am Noah Williams. I change, but the wings stay. The clothes in my arms change into my usual ensemble of shirt, jacket, glasses, and jeans. I put my jeans and glasses on. I’m left holding my shirt and jacket. “Can I put the wings away now? I’m…still not ready for girls to see me without a shirt.”

“Yes.”

I imagine myself without wings. They dissolve into darkness. I put my shirt and jacket back on, my hands in my jacket pockets. 

A/N The first chapter I've really made edits to. The character list doesn't count.