Chapter Text
The air was choked with smoke and the muffled sounds of far-off combat, around them, friend and foe alike were dying, and in front of her, facing her, Himiko lay on her side dying, her life fading before her very eyes as Ochako reached out to her, crying out in anguish, unable to do anything about the girl she tried to save ending her own existence at the cost of prolonging hers. Neither of them could even hear the approaching footsteps, they could barely hear the conversation that was happening before them, coming from unseen assailants, "Eugh, are you sure this is them? They look like they're halfway to dead already!", came an unfamiliar voice, "According to Her specifications, yes, these are two of the four that she had specifically requested-hmmh, we'd do best to work fast, they won't last long otherwise-help me with the equipment, if you please.", came another, more severe voice. Neither Ochako nor Himiko could move to see who it was that had stumbled upon them-neither person sounded at all familiar, not that either of them seemed to care, too wrapped up in their final moments together. Slowly, they began to reach for one another, hoping to connect to one another before it would finally be all over-their fingers were now mere inches apart, tips brushing together, when suddenly all at once for the both of them, the world went to black.
Ochako's eyes fluttered open, the harsh light fixture above and incessant beeping of the medical facility machines causing her to stir awake. Slowly, she rolled over onto her side-then hissed with a twinge-then rolled over onto her opposite side, where a stab wound currently was NOT present. Ochako faced the wall in front of her as she remained prone, tears began to well up in her eyes as a realization slowly dawned on her: she was alive, which must have meant that... Ochako curled in on herself and shut her eyes tight, she clutched at her wounded side and her stomach and pitiously began to sob. So engrossed was she in her own misery that she didn't hear the approaching steps until a small, meek-sounding voice piped up, "Oh-you're awake-!", ...who's kid was this?
Ochako put her ever-growing despair on hold as she slowly canted her head up to look at whoever had spoken to her-that was definitely a child, she was blonde and thin with bright, blue eyes and a mole under her left eye, she was wearing a sweater, stockings, and a pair of overall-shorts...and she was holding a clipboard, and was wearing what was clearly wearing a lab coat, she smiled at Ochako reassuringly. "Oh good, I was hoping you'd pull through! We were all so worried about you when the girls brought you and your friend in-!", Ochako blinked-she was at a complete loss for words-was this girl her doctor? Before Ochako could say another word, the spritely-looking kid approached the side of her bed and took out a pen-light, "Sit up for me, please-oh, and slowly, we don't want you reopening those stitches, now-!", Ochako wordlessly did as she was asked, still too confused and distraught to say anything yet.
The small girl reached up for Ochako's chin and pulled her face down to eye-level, she turned on her light and shined it briefly in one of Ochako's eyes, and then the other one, she then made a small hum of satisfaction, pocketed the light, and then pulled a stethoscope out from under her sweater, "Sit up straight, plea-", it was finally too much for Ochako to take, so she speaks up, "Wh-, I'm sorry, how-how old-are-you? And my friend? The one I was with, you mentioned her before coming here with me, is she-", Ochako bit her lip, she couldn't bear to finish the thought, but the little-doctor(?) girl smiled a reassuring smile and pat Ochako on her shoulder, "She's fine, she's resting in the other room right now-as for your other question...", the girl just made a small hum and shrugged, then she let out the tiniest of gasps-Ochako doubted she could make any that were larger, "Oh, apologies if I'm being so rude! My name is Elfnein, I'm a doctor and reasarcher here at this facility, it is nice to meet you-!".
Ochako couldn't believe her ears-Himiko was alive, she was alive and she was recovering, but then-what then? She'd be locked up for what she did, just as soon as relief washed over her, fear and dismay immediately took over, forgetting herself, her main concern evident, she inhaled deeply, "W-what's going to happen to her-my friend, what's Himiko's fate going to be...?", Ochako began to grip her sheets intensely, she was fearing for the worst possible answer, she was afraid that Tartarus-or worse-would be a certainty for her. The girl-doctor, Elfnein(was that American? She looked American??), tilted her head at Ochako's query, "Umm, hopefully she'll be back on her feet soon? And then you two can go home-wherever that is...?", Ochako's brow knit together, what this girl just said, it didn't make sense to her, still, she decided to try her luck, wondering what the trick would be, "So-she's been absolved, then? Just like that?", the blonde looked confused-and concerned by that question.
"Absolved? Absolved for what??? Miss, is there something about you two we should umm, uhh, know about?", she asked Ochako quite timidly, to which the brunette flushed a bit, the realization that she hadn't introduced herself hitting her like a brick wall. "Oh-Uhh, Uraraka Ocahko, and-uh, the war? Isn't it-it's still going on, or has it ended...?", Elfnein tilted her head the other way, her facial features twisting in a way that made it look as though Ochako'd grown a second head, "War? Are you both not from this country? Where are you from?", Ochako's brain clicked into place, 'Ahahh, we've somehow wound up in America-somehow-for some reason', she thought to herself before answering confidently, "Japan-we both are.", Elfnein rested her hand on her cheek, the mysteries only worryingly piling up for her on her end, "So you're from here, then? We are currently in Japan right now. What-what war are you talking about, perchance, what part of Japan are you from that conflict of that magnitude is currently an issue...?".
Ochako paused for a long while, things making far less sense than before, "M-Musatufu...?", she said cuatiously, hoping that would shed any light at all for her young physician, which only earned Ochako a deeper look of confusion and unfamiliarity from the blonde. "Mmh, I don't think I know where that is, maybe we should ask Mr. Genjuurou about that, maybe he'd know, if there's some sort of secret, underground war going on in Japan that none of us are currently aware of, then I'm sure he'd want to hear about i-", a loud crash and a series of yells and expletives interrupted Elfnein's train of thought and caught Ochako's attention away from the utter confusion over her and Himiko's situation at the moment, speaking of which-
"NO NO NO NO NO!!! OCHAKO!!! WHERE'S OCHAKO!?!?! LET ME GO, I DON'T WANNA GO TO PRISON!!! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME-!!!", Ochako sat up straighter at that moment, her eyes immediately going to the exit to her room, "Himiko-!", Elfnein winced at the racket going on outside, "Oh no-that doesn't sound good-I hope whoever's handling her situation's being as gentle and calm about the crisis as possib-", "AGH!! WILL YOU SHUT IT AND SETTLE-THE FUCK-DOWN?!?!? SHIT, THAT HURT YOU BRAT-!! QUIT WIGGLING, YOU'RE HURTING YOURSELF WORSE THAN M-OWW-WHY'D YOU BITE ME, YOU LITTLE SHIT!?!?!", the young blonde girl immediately deflated and let out a weary sigh, "Chriiiiiis...", she lamented as she pinched the bridge of her nose. At that moment, Ochako began to shakily rise from her bed, wincing at the pain as she did so, this immediately caught Elfnein's attention.
"Ahh, now now-you shouldn't be getting up-you'll reopen your stitches if you overexert yourself too much-!!", she sounded so flustered as she began to panic and hover about in Ochako's vicinity, trying to prevent the girl from leaving her resting position, the brunette hissed as she held onto the side-railing of her bed, "She needs me, though-! Himiko-!!!", Ochako shouted from her bed-the struggle down the hall paused for a moment-then came the same voice that was yelling as before-Chris-shouting, "SHIT-", as the sound of frantic scrabbling outside grew louder the closer it got until finally, there in matching medical scrubs to her own, came the manic and panting Himiko Toga, skidding to a momentary halt at the entryway-dragging an IV-drip and apparatus-still miraculously attached to her arm.
Himiko locked eyes with Ochako's, she was panting heavily, her hair was loose and was in disarray, there was blood on her teeth and lips, she began to hyperventilate again and tear up as she launched across the room toward her destined person, wailing as she whizzed past a very alarmed-looking Elfnein like a guided missile, "Ochakoooooooo-!!!", she sobbed into Ochako's shirt, clutching her with an impossibly tight, vice-like grip, of which Ochako returned, likewise crying out at their moment of joined impact, "Himikoooooooooooooo-!!!". Finally at that point, the fourth actor in this hospital-wing drama trudged through the door: A young woman with violet eyes and long, fluffy grey hair tied into two trailing ponytails appeared, she wore a red vest with a cream-colored turtleneck underneath, burgundy tights, and a long, black skirt with one similarly cream-colored bow adorning the back, she looked exhausted, panting heavily and sweating bullets as though she'd just run a marathon, "Haaahhh, jeez! See, you little shit, she's-wheeze'-fine!", the irate woman gestured toward the two embracing girls before just letting her arm flop uselessly to her side as she finally caught her breath-one of her hands appeared to be conspicuously bandaged.
Ochako narrowed her eyes at it even as she'd clung to Himiko while comforting her, she pulled the vampire's face away from where it was currently smothering itself within her bosom and gave her a stern look, "Himiko-! Biting her was very rude! You should apologize!", Himiko blinked up at Ochako in momentary bemusement, before her face turned into a bratty pout, "Like hell! She was trying to keep me away from you-!", the silverette(?) glanced up from where she was leaning against the doorframe and her expression became irate, "As if! You were the one who went all crazy when I came in to check on you!", the girl-Chris, pointed an accusatory finger from her good hand toward Himiko, Himiko let out a snarl in tesponse and snapped in her direction, "What, you wanna fight about it, want me to rip you to pieces?!", she growled and dug her fingers into Ochako's sides possessively, causing the brunette to wince, "Oh! Fuck yea, I'll beat your ass back into that hospital bed before you can even know what hit you, you spindly little shithead-!!!", "Bring it, little red-riding bitch! I'll make you my first meal in this stupid place and drain you 'til you're all shriveled like a big, ugly raisin-!!!"
This was bad, the little doctor girl had let out a squeak and scampered to hide in the corner with both girls were at each other's throats ready for a fight. Without much more warning, they both lunged toward each other from either of their sides of the room prepared to make good on their promise to each other-and then, as quick as she could, Ochako reached out to tap both of the warring women with all five of her fingers. They were suddenly lifting off the ground, "Awawawa-Ochakoooo-no fair-!!!", Himiko was trying to regain her bearings, tumbling somewhat in midair, in the meanwhile, the buxom grey-haired woman was frantically flailing about while shouting strings of expletives, "What the FUCK-what is HAPPENING-get me the HELL down from here-w-who did this?!?!? HOW?!?!?!", the brunette, Ochako heaved deep breaths, trying not to lose whatever contents of her stomach even may have been in there, "Both of you-urgh-l-listen up-ugh-NO ONE is going to hurt-ANYONE-else while I'm right here to see that-I've had ENOUGH fighting and ENOUGH people I do-and don't know getting hurt-or worse-! So, if you could PLEASE just-please just settle down...?", Ochako was sobbing and seemed a hair-trigger away from breaking down and emptying her guts at the same time if she'd kept up what she was doing-whatever she was doing, Chris did not know. Both of the misbehaving young woman were quiet, Chris had no context for what had happened to these two, but she knew trauma very well when she saw it-whatever these two went through, she could only guess that it was most certainly hell.
Chris sighed, still not used to floating in midair-now pressed against the ceiling of the hospital room, she crossed her arms and closed her eyes, "Fine, sorry I went overboard-I umm-guess I got more than a little heated...My name's Chris, by the way-Yukine Chris, or-whatever.", she grit her teeth and looked away from the two. Himiko meanwhile looked apologetic-toward Ochako specifically, like a dog that'd been caught chewing up the furniture, she was sullen with wide moon-eyes that were likewise tearing up. In the tiniest voice Ochako thinks she'd ever heard come out of the serial killer, Himiko rasped out, "M'sorry, Ochako...", the tiny, plaintive tone of Himiko's voice absolutely broke Ochako's heart, she sighed, "It-it's okay, it's fine, just-won't you two please get along-and, I'm Ochako, by the way, Uraraka Ochako, hi,", she waved to Chris then gestured to Himiko, "the spirited girl's name is Himiko Toga-now, both of you brace yourselves, please, I'm going to let you both down-", was all the warning either girl got before Ochako released her quirk.
Himiko landed gracefully upon her hands and feet like the cat that she was-Chris meanwhile crumpled to the ground in a graceless heap, "HGRARBLE-!", Himiko snorted at the sight. "Wahh-I'm so sorry, oh gosh, are you alright, Miss Yukine-???", Ochako fretted as she hurried as fast as her injured body could carry her toward the faceplanted woman to help her up. Chris slowly got back up with Ochako's help, albeit a bit wobbly, "Oh, I'm fine, just wish I'd stop being the victim of all this slapstick fuckery-guess I now know why th'weird folks we found you two with even had you in the first place, though-well, you specifically-still dunno why they had that shitty stray attack-cat of a friend of yours-", "HEY-!", -that ones still a mystery.", Chris grumbled as she eyed the two hospital guests with renewed wariness. Ochako blinked curiously at this, "Weird folks? What do you mean...?", at that moment, the previously-craven physician was suddenly within Ochako's space, excitement evident on her face, "You-you made them fly! With a touch! Just like that-oh, I did wonder what these pads on your hand were for-thought that maybe they were weird blisters or a skin condition-!", "Excuse m-", "-how do you get it to work? Is it magic? Alchemy? Some kind of ummh, biomechanical technology? You simply must tell me-!", she had suddenly grabbed Ochako's hand and was looking carefully at the pink padding on her fingers.
"Uhmm, magic? Alchemy? What...? N-no, uhh, they're from...my quirk? Doesn't anyone else have one, or am I-missing-something, here?", Ochako felt the confusion from earler steadily build as alarm bells were now starting to go off in her head-nothing of what they were telling her was lining up with how she knew the world to be, "Neither of you know what that means and no one else has them, do they.", it was a blunt statement that came out of Himiko's mouth while she was crouched upon the surface of a bedside table while holding up a calendar-out toward Ochako-her hand was shaking; the date read: March 12, 2046. Ochako's eyes moved toward the date, her eyes gone wide, "That-that can't be right, that-that's not the right year. That's a joke, right? We-that's way in the past...what in the world?", at that moment before any of Ochako's questions or concerns could be answered, a whole gaggle of other women came in through the doorway: "Chris, are you alright? We heard you scream.", came the stern, concerned tone from a woman with blue hair, "My my, you all look worse for wear, what happened?", came the tsking voice from a tall woman with pink hair, "Ahh, they're awake, do you suppose they can have solids, yet?", the soft quiet voice of a girl with black hair tied in twintails, "DEATH!!!", the deafening yell from an energetic tomboy, "Ahh, Kirika, not so loud, please, they've not fully recovered, yet!", came the fussy kind voice of a girl with her hair tied in a white ribbon, "Ahehh, you're both finally awake, then? We're all so glad! I hope we'll get along really well, my name's Hibiki, let's be great friends-!", came the bubbly, optomistic voice of a girl with light-brown hair, her smile and outward personality shining brightly as she reached a hand out toward them both in greeting.
Ochako blinked her still haunted-looking, saucer-wide eyes toward the newcomers, she was sweating, she was heaving, she wanted to throw up or cry or scream, this couldn't be happening, she felt the world was spinning, she felt so overwhelmed from it all: the war, nearly having to see Himiko die in front of her, the mystery people who apparently kidnapped the two of them from said war, blacking out and waking up in a strange place-in a STRANGE TIME, no-less, all of it was too much for her, so her body did the only thing it knew how to do in this situation: it gave up and collapsed. "Ahh!! Ochako-!!!", was the last thing Uraraka Ochako heard before she passed out unconscious on the floor. Chris looked at the crumpled brunette on the floor, sighed, and addressed her friends, specifically the now-fretting girl named Hibiki, "Well, great job everyone, ya killed her!", Elfnein looked up from where she and the unconscious girl's friend, Himiko were crouched over her, trying to look her over and move her back into her bed, "Chris-chan she's not dead-", Chris scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest, "-I said what I said."
---------------------------------------------
And that is it for the first chapter-! Apologies to the BNHA fans once more if I've mischaracterized anyone yet so far, again I have not watched the anime/read the manga(and I never will-!), but I'd like to hope that I'd maybe gotten a pretty decent grasp on the characters's personalities so far! Let me know in the comments if it's the opposite, tho-!
Next chapter we'll be hopping over to see what fate has befallen our other two tagged BNHA characters(as well as finally address those tags pertaining to The Lovecraftian Horrors)-!