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seafoamkazuo · 4 years

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Does Schrodinger’s Cat have nine lives?

Prologue - Next

Chapter 1: Future Problem Children

Pairings: None so far.

Sachie Komuro is not a good person.

“Sachie, how was school? Did you make any new friends?” Her mother smiled softly as she walked in the door of the apartment.

“Ummm…” She paused unable to immediately answer. “Well… Dad…”

She never was.

She felt the cold weight of her father’s hand on her shoulder. “Picked her up today… She was kind of upset about it. Guess it’s not cool to have your Dad come get you at school anymore, right?”

Sachie glanced up at her father, her mind fuzzed a bit around the edges. She had not really wanted to tell her mom after all. “Yeah… that’s right… It’s kind of embarrassing.”

Not since her father realized just what her quirk could do.

Sachie stood still at the door way as her father walked past her as her mother continued to speak, “Well… honestly I think she’d be fine walking home. The area around Nabu Middle School is supposed to be safe enough.”

“What and leave my little girl susceptible to villains there are more around than you think.” Sachie stared at the ground trying to clear her head letting her parent’s conversation disappear into the background. It was not like it mattered anyways she hadn’t been to school in the last five days. Dad had kept taking her out after day three.

Not since her quirk came in.

Sachie gasped for breath turning a corner before she ran into someone. She felt the shove coming more than she saw it. Going limp as she was shoved against the large window of a convenience store. She heard it wobble as she slide down. “S-s-s,” She tried to speak but the combination of her mad dash and memories caught the words in her. She heard Schrodinger beginning to yowl and hiss. She glanced over as she curled in on herself. She was surprised the cat had managed to keep pace with her. The man who shoved her grumbled out something, the familiar sound of an umbrella opening as the man stalked away. Right it was raining, no wonder Schrodinger was upset. She heard the swift movement of steps in her direction. “Are…. Ou… okay?” Her ears were ringing she could not make out what they were saying. Maybe they would leave her alone if she did not reply. They seemed concerned from what she could make out though; that was nice of them.

Schrodinger butted their head against her leg. There fuzzy face sinking into the leg in a way that would have been startling if Sachie was not used to it. Sachie unwrapped a hand from around her legs letting her finger stroke the fur on the Schrodinger’s back. They fell through entering the subspace that was the storage dimension that cat created. It wasn’t really what she wanted to do but she could never quite pet the cat right when she was upset. As she continued to pet Schrodinger, she could still feel the slight softness of their fur even if her fingers were still going through them. She heard additional murmurs but rather than concerned they seemed more focused on how interesting her quirk was. Sachie looked down to see Schrodinger walking through her legs as they tried to rub up against them. Sachie snorted a bit which caused Schrodinger to let out a soft, “Mrrp” as they stuck their head through Sachie’s leg. The face poking out past her knee. Sachie continued to run a hand along Schrodinger’s back bringing the other scratch underneath Schrodinger’s chin. She was spoiling them; she really should stop after all even if she thought these antics were cute other people were probably freaked out by the cat passing through her limbs. Sachie rolled her shoulders before putting a hand on the ground to stand up.

Then a hand appeared in front of her, “Here, are you doing better now?” Sachie froze at the movement and slowly looked up. There was a boy with vivid green eyes and a smile on his face watching her. She quickly averted her eyes as she took the boys hand who suddenly tugged pulling her to her feet. She stumbled a bit before righting herself wondering why she could not share in Schrodinger’s cat like grace, “If it isn’t too much invasive is that your quirk?” The boy seemed to point at Schrodinger, “I mean I thought at first that maybe you just had a quirk that let you phase through things but then I remembered that you ran into that gentleman earlier. Though I suppose maybe it’s a quirk that only works if you know the person is coming. I guess I shouldn’t really assume.” The boy continued to murmur to himself under his breath as Sachie could only stand there and listen as the he continued to ramble. Sachie looked down at her hand, she wondered if he realized he was still holding it. Sachie frowned before she decided to get his attention by running her thumb against his knuckles. The results were immediate. The boy threw his hands up gesturing wildly while apologizing.

“It’s fine.” Sachie stated as she looked at her hand, she almost felt disappointed. She shook her head slightly.

The boy looked at her a bit wide-eyed as if remembering something, “Ah but seriously are you alright. It looked like that guy shoved you pretty hard. The window even seemed to wobble.”

“I’m good.” She wasn’t really but in the context of the shove; it wasn’t the worst hit she’d taken over the years. “I went limp… so It didn’t hurt as much as it could of… or wait… Are you supposed to tense up when you take a hit?” She paused in thought before abandoning the idea, “I can never remember which it is?”

“That might be something good to look up for Hero work…” The boy began murmuring under his breath again.

“Hero work?” She tilted her head considering him for a moment.

“Ah yeah. I’m training for the U.A. Entrance Exams by cleaning up the beach.” The boy smiled again, “I’m on a pretty strict schedule… but it ended up downpouring so I was going to take cover for bit but then I saw you and…” The boy looked off a bit sheepishly, “You looked like you need help. Though I suppose I didn’t really end up doing much to help in the end.”

Sachie frowned before flushing her gaze turning away, “I mean… You actually came over to help. So… I say that was good heroic instinct in my opinion. You’d probably make a good hero.” She peered over in his direction and then jolted back. This kid had the ability to produce an ungodly number of tears. She averted her gaze again before looking down at Schrodinger; that was right. She really could not deal with tears, “Anyways… You wanted to hear about my quirk, right?” She opened up her arms so Schrodinger could leap into them. The cat snuggled into her arm rolling so that their belly was facing up. It was cute but that was beside the point, “Observe.” She brought Schrodinger in close to her cradling him in the crook of her one arm as she lifted her other hand up. The boy leaned over towards her eyes watching her intently as her finger glide into Schrodinger’s stomach like they were phasing through an object. She heard him beginning to mumble under his breath as he watched and while normally only sticking her hand in was all she had to do. She kind of couldn’t help but show off a bit; she allowed her hand to go deeper sinking her limb up to her elbow into the cat. She heard the boy shift beside her and figured he was trying to look and see if her hand had passed through Schrodinger but she knew already that it hadn’t. She then paused, trying to think of something she had on Schrodinger. “Umm… wait… what do I have?” Frowning she looked at the kid staring intently before something popped in her mind. She then pulled her arm back out of Schrodinger along with a protein bar. “… Ta-… Tada?” She then held out the protein bar to him.

She paused, the look on the boy’s face was not what she expected. His eyes seemed to light up with a sort of glee, “That’s amazing! Can you pull anything out of your cat?!” The boy seemed to go off on a tangent of theories as she felt her face grow warm. She was probably bright red; she wished she could pull her hood down over her eyes as if it would help quell her embarrassment. She’d never really received compliments before. She could feel her mouth trying to twist out of the neutral friendly expression she had put on. The guilt was eating at her again, why was this kid praising her. “Does the item have to be a particular size in order to be created- “

“Ah no it’s not creation,” She interrupted continuing to hold out the bar in the hopes that eventually the boy would take it from her. “My quirk is Schrodinger’s Cat. Schrodinger here is sort of like a pocket dimension where I can keep things that I can lift and place inside them. I can’t tilt a heavier object in that I would not be able to carry. Of course, I also have to remember that they are in there or I won’t be able to pull them out.”

“That would be really good for rescue work though or even with Support work. You could probably carry around a lot of delicate medical equipment or supplies. Plus, since your cat can move on their own, you’d be able to maneuver around in tight spaces and not have to worry about equipment getting stuck. Are you thinking about taking the exams too?”

“No. I can’t.”

“Huh,” She kept her gaze averted, she had not meant to say that so bluntly. She frowned look down at her shoes. “Why not?” How was she supposed to answer that question?

“I… don’t really have the smarts for it. U. A’s got some pretty high standards, I doubt I’d pass the written portion and I’d assume there was some sort of practical portion as well.” Plus, it was not like someone like her deserved to try anyway. Especially with what had happened earlier. She was not a good person.

“I mean… it doesn’t hurt to try at least.”

“I suppose…” Sachie looked out past the awning of the building, “Looks like the rain’s cleared. Might want to get to the beach while you can. Also…” She shook the bar one more time hoping he would take it from her. “This is yours by the way. You look like you’re about to fall over.”

“I.” He looked like he was about to reject it but instead took it, “I’m Izuku Midoriya by the way.”

“Sachie Komuro.”

“Maybe we’ll see each other at the exams. Ummm... see you around.” And with that last statement he was gone running down the street again.

She watched him leave before looking down at her hand, “Maybe… probably not though…”

#bnha oc #fanfiction

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