Chapter 36: Inmortui
⚠️IMPORTANT!!! FOR THIS CHAPTER AND GOING FORWARD MHA IS SET IN 2200!!!! And (Y/n) is originally from 2020, so any dating math will be from this year.
This chapter does not follow the MHA storyline. From here on Shifting will focus on the main plot of this book, the plot that makes it different from other stories, and the plot that will destroy some of you guys emotionally :) <3
Anyways- this summer I plan to try and write more but I'm also taking course advancement, got a job, and am trying to be more organized in my life. I'll most likely update faster than I have been doing- but with that being said it might not be as fast you you might like.
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Narrator pov
"I swear to god I'm going to murder him...," You mumbled as you walked out of the boys' hospital room.
You began to walk down the blank hospital hallway until you heard your name being called from behind you.
"Ah (Y/n)."
You turned around to be met with Hawks, your technical teacher during your time during the internship. You were expecting that he was the person that wanted to meet you after you were done, but as to why you couldn't quite pin.
Your first thought was that he wanted information about what you were called in for and what exactly happened in Hosu, so you started off instinctively with a joke.
"Hawks... oh am I glad to see you," you chuckled sarcastically.
You expected him to reply with his own snarky words, yet he just stared at you with an unchanging serious face.
Your own expression dropped as you took in the feeling of the moment. Something wasn't right.
After a moment Hawks spoke again, "(Y/n), I need you to come with me."
You walked forward to meet him in the hallway and stopped only a few feet short.
"And what reason do you need me for?" You asked, truly not knowing his intentions.
Hawks sighed, "That is something you'll find out once we get there." Hawks turned his heel and began walking toward the elevator.
You paused for a moment before you speedily walked to catch up. The elevator arrived and you both entered without exchanging any more words. Hawks' mood didn't invite you to ask any more questions so you decided to keep quiet. If anything happened you were more than able to deal with it.
You and Hawks left the hospital and walked towards a parked sleek black car with tinted windows. A man in a suit, bodyguard fashion, opened the back door for the two of you as you climbed inside.
The driver then got into the front seat and began to drive.
"It's going to be a long drive, so you can relax in the meantime," Hawks finally broke the silence after a few minutes. Though his words were simple they were somewhat harsh like he actually didn't want you to relax.
You nodded, your mind racing, formulating ideas of why Hawks was suddenly acting differently towards you. Had you done something? Had he... found something? No that was impossible... there really isn't anything to find. Right?
Your eyebrows knotted as you closed your eyes and decided to sleep off the stress. After dealing with Stain, though it honestly wasn't that hard, and some media (now that was hard) you were exhausted.
Your mind slowly slipped away and you slept, somewhat peacefully through the drive.
{Time skip: roughly 3 hours}
Your body woke itself up as you felt a familiar turn in the ride. Your eyes slowly opened as you sat straight up off of the car door.
You studied your surroundings to find you were still inside Hawks' car. You looked to your left to find Hawks sitting straight, staring blankly in front of him. His eyes carried no specific emotion but it certainly wasn't cheerful.
You looked out the window of the car to find you were back in Musutafu, just down the road from UA.
Only a few minutes later the car pulled around to UA's front entrance. The car stopped and Hawks got out of the car and closed the door behind him.
You stared at the building for a moment through the window. "Something... doesn't feel right. Did something happen when we were gone?" You wondered.
You sighed as you opened your door and got out. As soon as you closed the car door the car drove off and left you and Hawks standing in front of UA's gate.
Hawks walked up to the gate and just as you were about to comment about how it would be locked the gates opened. A long low tone was let out as the gates moved open. Hawks stood still until there was enough room for him to slip through and continued walking forward.
You quickly followed the man as you two walked in silence through the empty UA courtyard.
A few minutes later and a few hundred meters of walking, you found yourself in front of Nezu's office door.
'Ok... now I know for certain something bad has happened,' you looked over at Hawks for some clarification.
"Go inside, they're all waiting for you," Hawks said as he waited behind you.
You straightened your lips with yet another sigh and pushed through the tall doors, far too tall for your principal or anyone in the school, and walked inside.
You walked inside the dead silent room and looked around. All of your teachers and the main staff involved with you were inside the room.
Nezu sat at his desk with a small smile on his face, his hands folded and placed in front of him.
Mr. Aizawa, Present Mic, Midnight, and All Might stood to either side of the office. They were either leaning against the wall or bookshelf, depending on what side they were on. Mic and Aizawa stood to the right of you while Midnight and All Might were on the left.
Hawks walked in after you and closed the door with a soft *thud*. He then stood behind you to the right in the corner of the room.
Nezu motions to the empty chair in front of his desk, "Please, sit down (Y/n)."
"Ok," you said quietly as everyone walked you take your seat in front of your principal.
Nezu took in a deep breath and began speaking. "(Y/n), do you know why you are here? Why we are all gathered here?"
You answered truthfully, "Not really, though I can sense from the atmosphere in this room that it is not for a positive reason. I could also easily find out the reason, but I think that'd spoil the surprise. But, I'll give it my best shot. Does it have anything to do with Stain or the situation in Hosu?"
Nezu chuckled, "No, no. This is about more than just a single villain's insignificant existence and the event in Hosu. Which I must say you handled beautifully. Who knew you could use multiple weapons at once, and so skillfully at that. Though that is to be expected of you, you can do anything."
You coughed and motioned your head towards Hawks in the corner of the room.
Nezu silently gasped and acknowledged your thoughts. "Hawks, thank you for everything. However, there are some factors in this conversation that are confidential and only those of the UA staff here know about. I'll fill you in on pieces you can know later, but do you mind stepping out into the hallway in the meantime."
Hawks nodded, "Sure, I understand."
Nezu smiled, "Great. There should be a few chairs in the hallway. Feel free to look around the building as well, I trust you won't cause any trouble."
Hawks gave a half-smile as he exited the room. When he closed the door the room was filled with a small pause, a moment of awkward silence and suspense.
"Now then, shall I continue?" Nezu asked and you nodded.
Nezu shifted in his chair and the air around him stilled. His presence became more serious as he started again. "Now I won't sugarcoat anything in this conversation (Y/n), so please try to understand. I'm not trying to get on anyone's nerves, I'm just trying to gain clarification."
You readjusted your position. You moved your left arm onto the armrest and rested your cheek between the V of your index and middle fingers. Your middle finger slightly pushed up against your bottom lip as you stared at the figure in front of you with interest.
"(Y/n) today were are here to talk about you. Everything about you, what we know and things we don't," Nezu started.
Your left eye twitched as he finished his sentence,'This... this isn't starting off well.'
"I'll start with a few basics," Nezu picked up a paper from a pile that was placed to the right of him.
"Who are you?"
"(Y/n) (L/n)..."
"When is your birthday?"
"May 30th."
"And year?" Nezu raised an eyebrow.
"2185."
"Is that the truth?"
You paused for a moment and put on a confused look, "Yes? I'm not sure why you're asking that though. Do I not look 15?" You laughed slightly.
Nezu sighed, not reciprocating your energy in the slightest bit.
He placed the paper he had in his hands on the table and turned it so it faced you. He then pushed it towards you so that you could see its contents.
You raised a brow and look at Nezu before you looked at the paper. The top left of the paper had an old photo of you from your middle school years. Next to it read: '(Y/n) (L/n). Birth Date: May 30th, 2005.'
Your eyes widened slightly. Though it wasn't much it was still noticed by the beady eyes that studied you.
Your heart began to beat faster. Your throat started to heat up and burn. Your breathing slightly changed.
You played it cool though and responded calmly, "These papers don't seem right. That information isn't physically possible."
"Physically possible you say? Your quirk doesn't seem physically possible yet here you are," Nezu spoke quickly.
"Yeah but that's-"
"Different? How so (Y/n). Let's even consider the off chance you had your quirk since the beginning. And you've just been living a hidden low-staus life. Let's say you got your quirk 200 years ago when they were first appearing. Now this percentage is already low enough. Just to add on now that you were given a quirk so powerful in the early ages," Nezu left you speechless.
You opened your mouth to protest but Aizawa cut in.
"(Y/n)... just stop. If it's not clear by now I'll spell it out for you. We already know- everything. Or as much of everything that we consider enough." Aizawa hung his head low with disappointment and sorrow.
You clenched your right fist which was still visible on the table, a very wrong involuntary decision.
"Now (Y/n) I said I would be frank. There honestly isn't much of a problem with these statistics besides the extremely low chance of them. The fact that you are here, that's not the problem. The reason you are here, that's the problem. That's the problem with the solution I still have not found, and possible answers I have yet to consider," Nezu took the paperback from your side of the desk. "So let's start again. Who are you?"
You stayed silent. Nezu waited patiently for your response, careful not to push sensitive buttons. Though unknowingly he'd already set off a trigger.
...
"I am (Y/n) (L/n)... born May 30th. 2005."
The room was dead silent for what seemed like an eternity. Emotions overwhelmed you. They'd found out. What would they think? Suspect you of? Though they didn't have the full truth... right? There was no way they could, even with all the brainpower in the world they couldn't.
Nezu sighed slowly. The teachers around the room didn't know what to think. The situation wasn't that bad yet, right? It was just a year- so many other things needed to be considered for things to be bad. Yeah, but those things were exactly what Nezu wanted to attack next.
"Taking your word for it and with these documents, we will move forward with the definite that you were born in 2005. (Y/n), how did you get here? This time frame I mean," Nezu started his questioning.
"I don't know," you answered somewhat truthfully. Though it was your intention to come to this world it wasn't how you expected. You weren't even sure if you did it right.
"Ok then, let's skip that section if you truly don't know. Now answer this. Is it, or is it not true that you lived a life before you came here. Whether your means of transport was through time travel, long life, death, or other means," Nezu stated.
"...yes that is true."
Nezu paused for a moment and studied the papers in front of him again.
"Now, you must've lived technically if my math is correct, from the year 2005 to 2020. Given that quirks appeared roughly 200 years ago you were born right in the beginning. This means that doctors and the government would've already been marking people with or without quirks. On these papers here it states: born May 30th, 2005. Quirkless. Born in Ontario, Canada."
Nezu looked up at your almost emotionless face, but it still held some fear. Uncertainty. Nervousness.
"(Y/n) can you explain these facts?" Nezu paused for an answer. You stayed silent looking slightly down so he continued. "Then is it not true that between 2005 and 2020, you did not have a quirk?"
You swallowed the saliva that had crept into the back of your throat. 'Shit... shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!'
"That- that is true."
Nezu hummed as he leaned back in his padded chair.
The teachers around you didn't react much. They tried to hide their feelings and thoughts on the information that was being introduced to them. They didn't want to believe it. They didn't know what to believe. Were you someone they could trust? What else was unknown about you?
"I'll take on the next bit then," Mr. Aizawa stepped forward. His face was nothing but serious and his tired eyes seemed to see right through you. You knew whatever he had to say was going to hurt because it was coming from him.
"(Y/n) the day we met I was patrolling a small part of the city. I was checking an area where there was thought to be a trade of some sort, confidential, going on. I was fully suited, goggles on, and not even a normal person who studies heroes really knows who I am," he started.
'Ok so I know exactly where this is going...' you mentally prepared yourself.
"I was walking down a road when I felt the sudden urge to turn. I felt pulled, compelled to follow a path to find something. So I turned, I followed my gut and it led my to you. You who was unconscious laying against the wall in a back alley," Mr. Aizawa paused for a moment before continuing.
"At first I thought you were part of the situation going on. However, as soon as I got close I felt a warm drawing feeling. Something that told me you weren't a threat, that you just needed help. So I woke you up and checked to make sure you were ok. Almost instantly you woke up and studied your surroundings. Then the moment you made eye contact with me through my goggles- do you remember what you said?" Mr. Aizawa waited for you to answer.
"...I said 'Holy shit! Mr. Aizawa!?" you pursed your lips and took a deep breath.
Mr. Aizawa hesitated but then continued. "Yes, that's exactly what you said. Despite the fact that I don't give my name out to the public and I'm an underground hero, you still knew who I was by name. Now there is a possibility you had used a quirk by accident and seen my name. However, when we were at my house and you discovered your quirk you knew nothing about it and scanned me then. But you tell me, how do you know all of this stuff (Y/n)?"
The room was silent for a painful moment.
"I- I don't know..." you stuttered, the back of your neck beginning to draw up a sweat.
Aizawa's face grew stern. A pained yet forceful look overtook the once calm expression he displayed.
"Are you sure, because I'm certain you know the answer. You know a lot of things, don't you. You knew who All Might was- in his small form. He told us because he was concerned about the situation. Of course, we brushed it off with the possibility of you just using your quirk, but I don't think that was the case," Mr. Aizawa glared at you.
"On the first or so day of school too your classmates saw a drawing which you'd done in class. They described what you grew as a large humanoid, black-skinned creature with its brain visible through its open head. I'm sure that description is familiar to everyone in this room. Probably with everyone all over the world at this point! Isn't that right (Y/n). Or am I wrong that the creature you drew wasn't a nomu?"
You started at Mr. Aizawa's face unable to make words. Your ears were ringing and your face grew hot. Everything burned from your eyes to your stomach. It hurt. His words hurt because you could hear the pain in his voice. The pain you'd cause him. So similar to the way you'd hurt them.
"Do you have an explanation for that (Y/n)? Or should we just move on again," Mr. Aizawa said, his voice trembling with each word.
The room was once again filled with dreadfully painful silence. The silence only seemed to make the ringing in your ears worse. The guilt, worse. The stares burning into your figure, worse.
You could hear Mr. Aizawa breathe as he cooled himself down. He turned away from you and placed his hand on the cold wall of the office. His back rapidly moved forwards and backward as he caught his breath.
Nezu spoke again filling up the empty space in the room.
"I can only think of two reasons why you would possess this information (Y/n). Both of which do not end in your favor," Nezu paused. "Either you are a spy for the league of villains for some future plot. Showing skills and powers that are incomprehensible and only obtained through experiments. You put on a show as some great new hero to gain trust and grow popularity, and you knew about us so much so because you were supplied information from the league."
You glared at Nezu with utter shock on your face, "You don't mean-"
"Yes, (Y/n). The first possibility is that you are a highly adaptive nomu- one so advanced that you can be passed as a human. A highly overpowered human. And, you knew about all might from a foe of a long time ago and the leader of the league. I don't believe I need to clarify given the expression on your face. I think you know exactly who I'm talking about which definitely doesn't help your case."
You were staring at Nezu with utter rage and disgust.
"How the hell could you think that!? I would never work with those bastards! And to think that I'm not human? I get that I'm a freak of nature but I can assure you, I'm not one of those creatures. I don't know why I'm like this- it's fucking hard! Controlling so much power and trying not to explode every second is exhausting! You have no idea how hard it is being me. How hard it is to live like this each day and pretend like it's nothing, like it doesn't exist."
You panted as you sat on the edge of the office chair. Your hands gripped the wooded armrests so hard that the wood split and sent pieces of wood everywhere.
You looked around slightly at the mess you made and calmed down, slouching back into your seat.
"I'm not one of those nor part of the league. So continue rat- what's the next bullshit reason."
Nezu waited for a moment until you were slightly calmer before he continued.
"Well then, the second reason is more morally acceptable. Though personally, I like it less," Nezu stared at you in the eyes. There was a short yet harsh aura emitting from the small mammal.
You tensed up, having no honest idea what the second reason could be.
"(Y/n), the only plausible second reason is that you are from a different place."
Your mind stopped. Your breathing hitched and you tried your hardest not to show any reaction.
Nezu raised a brow to the slight reaction you desperately tried to hide.
"You came from a world that is different from ours. A place where our world is just information of sorts. Information that you studied before you came here. The place or organization you work for planted a fake history as fall back, but made a horrible mistake. The correct year. Though the slight variation of this possibility is that you really are from that time and were taken by some force and planted here. Though the reason some power would do this is still unclear, but it could be either positive or negative against humanity."
Nezu finished his words and studied you. You couldn't meet his eyes, your hands were shaking and you couldn't think straight.
'How does he know... It's almost completely right!?? Almost... no right he doesn't know. He can't know for sure. It's just a guess- he's just guessing. I'll just deny everything... or... or should I just admit to everything? What do I owe them? THEY OWE ME FOR EVERYTHING I'VE DONE!'
Everyone stared at you as you began to sob. No- not sob... you were laughing.
"Ha- haha! HAHAHAA!" You covered your eyes as you faced the ground and laughed. You threw your head back as you continued to laugh hysterically.
The pro heroes around you got on guard though you were a person they trusted, if you posed a threat to the many they would at least attempt to take you out.
Nezu remained calm as he watched you have a laughing fit. Your laughing only grew louder and more uncontrolled.
"HAHAHAA!! Wooo! You know," You calmed down your laughs and took your hand off your face.
You gripped onto the armrests of the office chair you were sitting on and spun around.
"That really scared me! You almost got it on the money. You know what, I'll tell you... I'll tell you everything." You stopped the chair with a harsh stomp which broke the floorboards of the office.
"You think I wanted to come here!?" You spat out your words. "Maybe I did slightly but not like this-"
Your words confused Nezu. You wanted to come here? In what way wasn't it right?
You stretched out your arms, "I'll give you the run down. From the beginning. No lies, no shortcuts, no leaving anything out."
You lounged back in the chair and rested your cheek on your fist. With a face that said you wouldn't hesitate to kill them all, you said, "Don't interrupt me at all."
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I know this is shorter than other chapters but if I put everything I wanted in here this chapter would be like 10k words! SO BE HAPPY WITH 4k! The next chapter will be around this length too but then the chapters are gonna get super long.
We are finally diving into the main plot of Shifting. AAAAAH I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK OF IT!
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