Other Fan Fiction ❯ Vector ❯ The Fall ( Chapter 2 )

AN: hi guys, I'm writing this before i look at how the first chap is doing, so i’m sorry if i don’t improve on what you guys asked. Anyways, disclaimers! (which i forgor last chapter, so oops, but shhh.)

The only things that belong to me are Chronomatsu and his quirk, everything else is property of Kōhei Horikoshi, writer of the mha series.

“M-mom? Mom, WAKE UP!” — normal talking

“H-how could this happen?! No. no, Please!” — normal thinking

(5 minutes later) — minor skip/POV switch

~~~please stand by~~~ — major skip

”now, then, let us begin” — narrator, to reader

Btw, each major skip will be a lyric of a song. Whoever guesses it first can have an oc of theirs show up, if they want.

Trigger Warning: death (moderate), gore (detailed), loss of loved one

Now, onto the chapter!

~~~Lights, Camera, ACTION!~~~

(In the car, chrono’s POV)

“Mom! Mom, did you hear him? He said I could be as fast as you and dad! Did you hear?” I asked excitedly, overjoyed at the prospect of catching up to my parents. Mom laughed. “Not quite, sweety. He said you could catch up to us, not that you’d be as fast as us.” she said, smiling softly at me. “Aww! But I wanted to be as fast as you!” Mom rolls her eyes and reaches back to ruffle my hair, chuckling. “Well, Hopper, that’s gonna be hard to do, as I can speed up every single cell of my body, making me the fastest woman in the world.”

I bat her hand away, then fix my hair, looking at her in wonder. “Woah! That’s sick! What does it feel like?” She laughs again, because no matter how many times she explains it, her quirk is awesome! “Well, I guess…. It feels like everything else slows down. It’s… the best way i can explain it is… you know how in the movies, that Quicksilver guy you like slows down time? It’s like that, but not quite as powerful. Time doesn’t stop, it just slows a lot. Does that make sense?” She says, using my favorite old movie character as a reference.

“Oh! I get it! That’s so cool!” I say, looking at her in awe. “Well, here we are. Home sweet home, Hopper.” she says as we pull up to the house. I unbuckle and jump out, running inside to tell dad the news.

~~~for the children’s safety~~~

(two weeks later, Chrono’s POV, morning)

“Chrono! Hurry up!” Dad calls up the stairs as I get dressed. “Momo and Shoto are waiting!” “I know, I know, dad. I’m going!” I say as I struggle to tie my shoes. “Daaaaaaad! Can you help with my shoes?” Dad sighs as he comes up the stairs. “C, I’ve taught you this hundreds of times!” “I know, and I did all that! Bunny goes around the tree, into the rabbit hole, but it’s never right!” Dad sighs. “Alright, come here.” I walked over to him, sitting on the stool in front of him. He bends down and ties my shoes, then stands up. “Alright, bud. Come on, you don’t wanna keep your friends waiting.” I hop off the stool. “Ok!” i say brightly, as i hadn’t seen them in a few weeks, and wanted to tell them about my quirk.

(at the todoroki manor, Shoto POV)

“Come on, come on!” i say, eager to see my best friend after a month. Momo laughs, a beautiful smile on her face. “Calm down, Sho. He’ll be here soon.” Even before she finished her sentence, I hear the tell-tale rumble of Chrono’s dad’s truck, and I run to the door, trying to reach the handle, but alas, I’m too short. I am only 4, after all. Momo follows behind, calm and collected as always. I jump up, trying to reach the handle, before Touya catches me in the air, moving me to the side, and opens the door. “Hey, Jishi. Dad’s in the study, waiting for you and Kaya. apparently there’s a big lead on someone called… was it Overwall? It was Over-something.” Mr. Jishi’s eyes widen, and him and Mrs. Kaya run to Dad’s study.

“Huh. I wonder what that's about. Anyways, how you doing, hops?” Touya asks Chrono, who is, in fact, hopping up and down, hence Touya’s nickname. Wait, was it just me, or is he jumping higher? “I’m good, Touya! Wait, you have to hear this too! Go get Fumi and Nat! Hurry, hurry!” Touya laughs, raising his hands in surrender. “Okay, okay. Calm down, hops. I’m going, I’m going.” True to his word, big bro goes to get Nat and Fumi. And… no, Chrono was definitely jumping higher each time. What’s going on? Was it his quirk?

(in the living room, Narrator)

By this point, Chronomatsu had stopped jumping and was just sitting in place, bouncing his leg up and down. Shoto, ever the curious one, asked “Chrono, what’s up? Is everything okay?” “Everything's fine, Sho. just wait!” Chronomastu replied. Regardless, Shoto kept asking, until Momo cut in, with a simple “Sho, calm down. He said he’ll tell us when everyone gets here.” At this, Shoto finally let up, sitting down in defeat. It’s funny, that a 4 year old could convey that much disappointment. However, not even 5 seconds later, Touya walked in with the other kids. 

“Okay, I got them. Now, what’s up, hops?” Touya asked, sitting on the fire proof couch. Fuyumi sat down next to him, while Natsuo complained about not getting a seat. “Yeah, yeah. Go cry about it, Nats.” Touya said, smiling at him playfully. “Oh, go suck on a-” “Natsumi!” Fuyumi said, stopping the thought. “There are kids here!” Narsumi’s eyes widened, looking appropriately chagrined. “Oops. sorry.” Fuyumi shook her head, then looked back at Chronomatsu. “Now, what’s up, Chrono? Is everything okay?” 

Chronomatsu nodded his head. “Everything’s fine, Fumi! Now, 2 weeks ago, me and mom went to the quirk doctor-” Suddenly, everyone’s voices overlapped, with questions, exclamations, and congratulations, before a “SHUT UP!” echoed around the room, and they all looked at Chronomatsu, where the sound had come from. “Now then, as I was saying, we went to the quirk doctor, and my quirk is… Parkour! The doctor said I might even be able to rival my parents!” everyone stayed silent, astounded at Chronomatsu’s yell, before what he said sunk in, with Shoto being the first to realize. “Wait, rival your parents?!” Chronomatsu nodded, and everyone started clapping him on the back, congratulating him, and generally praising him.

~~~and for those around you~~~

(mind palace, narrator)

Sadly, as is wont to happen, all good things must come to an end. This next part doesn’t make me happy to narrate, but it is a pivotal part of our dear Chronomatu’s life. Watch yourself, reader. If you do not believe you can handle gore, skip ahead to the next major skip. You have been warned.

(todoroki manor, living room, narrator)

”Now then, let us get back to the story.” As the children congratulated Chronomatsu, the heroes all came down the stairs, in their hero suits, and started walking out. “Hi m… mom?” Chronomatsu began, then stopped as she looked at him, sad, as if… saying goodbye. In truth, she was.

Kayamatsu knew very well that there was a high chance of her death on this mission. ”oh, my little frog. I wish… I wish I could stay, but I can't. I apologize for what may happen today. Please, keep your heart.” but all that was in her head. Outside her mind, she plastered on a smile, masking her worry, as she had always done. “Sorry, frog, but we have an important mission we need to do, okay? Me and your dad will be back soon.”

Jishimatsu nodded, even though he knew that there was little chance of them returning. If anyone came back, it would be Enji, and they trusted him to look after the little frogger in their absence. “Alright, we have to go now. Come on, babe, Enji.” They all walk out, heading off into the distance. Chronomatsu was confused, as… they seemed… sad. Despite how well his mom hid it, he always was able to tell. It worried him.

(overhaul’s current base, after the battle, Kayamatsu’s POV)

I coughed. This time, it was blood. We had lost. After taking his right hand, we let down our guard. I can’t heal this. It’s too big. if only… but no. That would do nothing for the situation. “E-enji…” Endeavor kneeled next to Jishi, but his head snapped to me, and he ran over. “H-hold on, Kaya. Y-you'll get through this. You’ll live. You aren’t dying to a son of a bitch whore like Overhaul. J-just hold on a little longer, K. T-the ambulance is almost here. You’ll get through this.”

 I cough weakly, more blood coming out. “W-we… both… know that’s a lie. I… wasn’t fast enough. J-just… take care of my little frog, will you? Tell him… tell him we loved him.” i cough, and this time it set off a chain. Blood and bile, what little was left. “No. no, you’re going to tell him yourself, Kaya. Don’t leave me alone, K. You will get through this, or so help me god-” i laugh weakly, cutting him off. I hold out my hand, clasped around an object. “G-give Chrono this. T-tell him… tell him we were thinking about him in the end.” Then, my vision went black.

(battle field, after the fight, Enji’s POV)

As I watched, Kaya’s eyes went glassy, her arm limp. My best friend, my first crush, dead. Jishi as well. ”Damn it. Damn it, damn it” “DAMN IT, DAMN IT!” I looked around at the destruction, the blood, the guts. My best friend, impaled on a stone spike. The other, nothing left but a head, his body a bloody mess  , pulp, guts and blood scattered all over the battlefield from the bastard literally exploding my best friend, using the matter from his dead body to reform his goddamn hand. I looked at the object Kaya had handed to me, a locket.

One I recognized, as it was a gift for their wedding from me. I opened it to a lock of what I could only assume was Chrono’s, and pictures of Kaya and Jishi. I clasped it in my hand, tears dripping down my face as I looked at them smiling, laughing, happy. ”This… this is how I want to remember them. Happy, not… this. Not bloody, pained.” “T-this isn’t how it was supposed to go. Number one. You promised. You swore you’d be there when I got crowned Number One.”

I pull out the thing Jishi gave to me before the battle, with the instruction ”Enji, listen. If I don't make it out- no, Listen. We both know the chances of me and my wife getting out of here alive is slim to none. So, if I don't make it out, if the Movement Duo falls here today, give Jumps this for me, will you?” I hadn’t looked at it that hard when he gave it to me, because I was going to give it back. Obviously. Jishi can dodge just about anything! Of course he would live. But, looking at it, I can see that it’s his wedding ring. The one Manami Yaoyorozu had him forged. Manami, the 4th in our group during our UA years. The business one. Wait… Manami! He doesn’t know! No. No, this… this will break him! This… this will kill him.

I stand. Clutching the locket and ring, I walk to the news hawks that always appear in times like this, the bastards.

~~~run. Run. run.~~~

(mind palace, room of the universes, narrator.)

”Hello, reader. Welcome back. I’m sorry that you had to witness that, but it was necessary for the progression of the story. I take no pleasure in this. I simply read what I can see. I apologize. Sadly, it will only get worse from here. This is a jackal fic, after all.”

(todoroki manor, gaming room, narrator)

All was well in the residence of the Todoroki family. The food was great, the games were incredible, and the people were friends. All was as it should be. Sadly, that wouldn’t last long. Our protagonist, Chronomatsu, was sitting next to Rei, the matriarch of the family. She had been braiding his hair as he watched the news. Suddenly, the weather was interrupted by an anchor outside, at what looked like a battle zone.

“Hello. Sorry for interrupting your regularly scheduled news, but we have some… sad news to convey. The hero Endeavor and the hero couple known as The Movement Duo have just finished a fight with the villain known to the world as Overhaul. Sadly, from what we can tell, Overhaul fled before they could defeat him. Oh, and here’s Endeavor now! Sir, sir! Mr. Endeavor! Over here, yes. Can you tell us what went down here?”

Endeavor looked… sad. “We lost.” he said. “P-pardon?” “I said we LOST! We failed! I FAILED, AND NOW THE MOVEMENT DUO IS DEAD, BECAUSE I WASN’T STRONG ENOUGH!” The reporter just sits there in silence, stunned. However, there is someone who was fairing even worse. The Todoroki family froze. The… the movement duo was dead? What did that mean? Jishimatsu and Kayamatsu couldn’t be dead, right? R-right?

AN: sorry not sorry. TRAUMA~~~~