Hub World, Earth, Japan, Tokyo.
With the anticipation of the upcoming mission, the meal ended relatively quickly. Though, because it was so good, no one wasted a morsel. However, they did shovel food into their mouths like they had been starving for weeks.
Then, after they were done eating, the members of the [Chat] all made their way into Tatsuo's bedroom to look at the mission details and talk about it with Akatsuki. Meanwhile, everyone else gave them some space. Though, it was clear that they were just as interested in what took everyone's attention away simultaneously, as well. So, they would more than likely make their way into Tatsuo's bedroom to ask about it before the night ended.
"Finally, we can look at the quest." James said while sitting in front of Tatsuo's computer. "After this, I can finally beat that bastard."
"Yeah, I seriously doubt you have what it takes." Alfonzo mocked. "Why don't you let me show you how outclassed you are, instead?"
"Huh?" James said, feigned confusion all over his face. "You're still out of the closet? I thought you'd run right back after dinner was done."
"What was that?" Elicia asked with a giggle. "When was Fonzie in the closet? And why didn't I know about it?"
"It sounds like you're just trying to change the subject because you're scared of the ass whoopin' you're finna catch." Alfonzo replied while rolling his eyes. "But I guess that makes sense. You are a Devil. And pride is one of those things you live by, right?"
"Then, Alfonzo turned to shoot a glare in Elicia's direction, which made her giggle even harder.
"And you… I'll make you regret joining his tomfoolery later tonight." Alfonzo said suggestively.
"Oh no!" Elicia replied, clearly playing up her fear of punishment. "Please don't spank me, Daddy!"
As for the others, Violet and Sakura were watching the argument, their heads swiveling from side to side like they were watching a tennis match, Aletia was doing the same. Though, she was doing so while sitting in Tatsuo's lap while he sat on his piano bench. As for Tatsuo and Zelretch, they were snickering at the back and forth. Though, they were also reading the [Mission] details.
{[Mission #4]
-Objectives
Join UA High School's Hero Coarse Defeat at least 2 Nomus Take first place at the UA Sports Festival Defeat the Hero Killer Stain Defeat All for One Invite one new member to join the [Dimensional Chat]
Note 1: Thanks to the unique aspects of the world, each participant is only allowed one power set. Therefore, before starting the [Mission], please choose one of your [Active Skills] to act as your [Quirk] for the duration of the [Mission].
Note 2: Should members of the [Dimensional Chat] return to the world in the future, the above restriction will no longer be in effect.
[Choose Quirk]
-Number of Participants: 4 Join Mission: Y/N
-The mission will begin automatically in 2 Days, 22 Hours, and 47 Minutes
-Rewards: 10,000 Coins, Random Reward
[Start Mission]}
"Damn it… I really wanna go on this one." Tatsuo muttered while scrolling through this list of [Skills] that could be converted into a [Quirk], drawing Aleta's attention, who was still sitting on his lap. "But I don't wanna go to another school again."
"Then, I'll go, too." Aletia replied without hesitation as she turned away from the ongoing argument.
"Have you even looked at the [Mission] details yet?" Tatsuo asked, raising his head from his smartphone.
"Doesn't matter." Aletia replied while shaking her head. She then leaned all her weight onto Tatsuo as she continued. "As long as Tatsuo is there, nothing else matters."
At the same time, while continuing to listen to the arguments between James, Alfonzo, and Elicia, Sakura's eyebrows were twitching in jealousy as she watched Aletia cuddle with Tatsuo. On top of that, the shadows in the room were starting to twitch at the same rate as her eyebrows.
"You have to learn how to share, Sakura-Chan." Violet said, placing a hand on the younger girl's shoulder. "Otherwise, you're always gonna be in a bad mood when we meet like this."
With that coming from Violet, Tatsuo's official girlfriend, Sakura did not know how to respond. So, she just let the tension leave her body and her Magic Circuits deactivate.
"What does it mean by Hero Course?" Zelretch, completely engulfed by the [Mission] details, asked curiously. "And if two people were mentioned specifically, does that mean this Hero Killer, Stain and All for One are particularly powerful?"
That question brought the arguments to an immediate stop. At the same time, James', Alfonzo's, and Elicia's eyes lit up. Then, as if they had never been arguing in the first place, they all picked up their mobile devices, a smartphone in James' case and lPhones in Alfonzo's and Elicia's cases and started to read the [Mission] details. At the same time, now that the argument was over, both Violet and Skura also decided to read the [Mission] details, as well.
"Damn… I can't believe I never thought of drawing this one." James grumbled. "It would have been popular… Like really popular."
"Yeah, you probably would have made a shit ton of money if you'd drawn this one." Alfonzo agreed. "Especially with the boys in all the realms."
"I would have had to take some creative liberties, though." James said while shaking his head as he continued to read. "I never actually got to see it through to the end."
'And there's the proof I was looking for.' Tatsuo thought to himself as he opened the [Chat]. 'James is a reincarnater, too.'
"Alright, we should talk to Akatsuki so we can decide who's going on this [Mission]." Tatsuo said with a concealed grin on his face. A moment later, however, he looked at the time before the [Mission] started with annoyance. "But what's up with that start time? If I wanna go on this one, I'm almost certain that I'll have to start school the very next day. I swear, it feels like I'm always in school. Even on breaks."
"Well, you could just sit this one out." Elicia said playfully.
"Yeah, no thanks." Tatsuo replied. "Let's just talk to Akatsuki about it. You all need to decide who will be coming with me, after all."
{[Dimensional Chat]
Akatsuki: It's Boku no Hero Academia
Akatsuki: I used to read this with my sister before I got transported into Elder Tales
Akatsuki: I definitely wanna go on this one
James: Oh, I didn't expect you to know about this one, Akatsuki
James: So, who else wants to go?
Aletia: Me
Aletia: I'm going with Tatsuo
Sakura: I want to go, too
Lici: Me, too
Alfonzo: You should sit this one out, Lici
Alfonzo: You went on the last one
Alfonzo: Let the rest of us have a chance
Lici: Say that to Tatsuo
Lici: He's been on all the missions
Tatsuo (Admin): But I'm the admin
Tatsuo (Admin): That's my special privilege as the leader of the chat
James: Who decided that, anyway?
Tatsuo (Admin): The powers that be?
Tatsuo (Admin): I never really thought about it, actually
Tatsuo (admin): but unless we can meet the one who added us to this system, we have no way of knowing
Zelretch: He's right
Zelretch: I'm curious to meet the being that could make something like this, though
Zelretch: Anyway, can someone answer my question, now?
Zelretch: What is this Hero Course? And are these Stain and All for One powerful?
Akatsuki: They are major antagonists in the work
Akatsuki: Especially AFO
Akatsuki: He's pretty much the major evil in the world
Zelretch: If that's the case, we should send someone strong to confront them, correct?
Lici: Actually, with Tatsuo going, he should be able to handle it
Lici: Well, that depends on how much he'll get nerfed thanks to the new mission rules that came with the last update
James: I could probably take AFO without any difficulty
James: But I don't wanna go on this one
James: I'm not going back to school again
Zelretch: I don't think I would fit in at a school, either
Lici: Ugh… Now that I think about it, school brings back bad memories for me, too
Alfonzo: I wanna go
Aletia: Me, too
Violet: I'll sit this one out
Sakura: I want to go, too
Akatsuki: So do I
Zelretch: We've got a dilemma on our hands in that case
Zelretch: There are five people who want to go but there are only 4 spots
Zelretch: What should we do about that?
Lici: Well, I think that Sakura should go
Lici: Like Tatsuo, she's the only one who is the right age for high school
James: That makes sense
Tatsuo (Admin): I wanna have Alfonzo with us, too
Tatsuo (Admin): He's the strongest one of us who actually wants to go on this mission
Alfonzo: I'm cool with that
Zelretch: That still leaves one spot
Zelretch: Personally, I'd choose Akatsuki
Aletia: 🙎🏻♀️
Aletia: Why?
Zelretch: Although firepower is never a bad thing
Zelretch: Both Tatsuo and Alfonzo do it better than you do, Miss Aletia
Zelretch: But Akatsuki's stealth ability is always good to have, as well
Aletia: Tatsuo's better at stealth
Akatsuki: My stealth is maxed out, just to let you know
Aletia: So is my tracking
Tatsuo (Admin): Besides, I'm not even sure which power I'm gonna use as my quirk
Alfonzo: No, you're using your spatial ability
Alfonzo: We need something to deal with Kurogiri
Tatsuo (Admin): But I wanted to use projection magic
Lici: Yeah, gotta be able to stop Kurogiri
James: Agreed
Akatsuki: Agreed +1
Violet: I don't know who Kurogiri is, but he sounds important
Violet: So, Agreed +1
Sakura: Same, Agreed +1
Zelretch: Even if no one else votes, you lose by majority
Zelretch: Ohohoho
Tatsuo (Admin): 🙎🏽♂️
Aletia: Don't bully Tatsuo
Alfonzo: Kurogiri can teleport, and Tatsuo can cancel that out
Aletia: …
Aletia: Agreed +1
Tatsuo (Admin): so quickly betrayed…
Aletia: Sorry, Tatsuo
Aletia: I still wanna go
Akatsuki: Me, too
James: Well, we have more than 2 days to decide
James: We don't' have to decide right now
Lici: It's probably best to decide immediately
Lici: They need time to make preparations
Violet: Aletia-San
Violet: You should let Akatsuki-San go
Aletia: Why?
Violet: Because she hasn't been able to travel to any other worlds yet
Aletia: …
James: That's master level in guilt tripping
James: The Underworld would appreciate you, Violet
Violet: No, that's not what I meant
Alfonzo: She's right, though
Alfonzo: The rest of us have left our worlds at least once
Alfonzo: But Akatsuki has been stuck in that game the whole time
Aletia: …
Aletia: Fine…
Tatsuo (Admin): I guess the participants have been decided
Tatsuo (Admin): Will everyone be ready to go before the time limit?
Alfonzo: We'll go back the day after tomorrow
Alfonzo: So, I'll have plenty of time to get ready
Akatsuki: I'll be ready
Sakura: Same here
Sakura; I'll start packing as soon as I get back
Lici: Packing isn't really necessary
Lici: If you buy a background, that is
Sakura: I don't have enough points for that
James: Just borrow some from Tatsuo
James: The mission reward will cover it
James: It's a lot more than we got on the mission I went on
Sakura: If Tatsuo-Kun doesn't mind
Tatsuo (Admin): Nah, I don't mind
Tatsuo (Admin): I still wanna use projection}
"Just let it go." James said, putting his smartphone down with a smile. "Like Zelretch said, majority rules."
With that, James turned back to Tatsuo's computer and picked up the controller he was using to play Guilty Gear earlier.
"More important than that, time to get back to this ass kicking I'm gonna lay down." James said, a serious expression on his face. "I'm not gonna lose again."
Yet, just as James unpaused the game, Alfonzo approached and picked up another controller hooked up to the computer. Then, without ceremony, he pressed the start button, interrupting James' game.
"Hey! What the hell are you doing?' James asked indignantly as the "New Challenger" message appeared on the screen.
"Just playing a game with a friend." Alfonzo said in the most innocent tone he could muster.
"You're such an asshole." James said with a pout. A moment later, he shook his head and put his game face back on. "Fine, come and get it. You can catch these hands, too. They're rated E for everyone, after all."
Instead of replying, Alfonzo only smiled deviously while taking a seat next to James. Then, when the character select screen came up, they both chose their characters quickly, with James choosing Ky Kiske and Alfonzo choosing Sol Badguy.
Then, after choosing the stage, the match started. And unfortunately for James, it was a completely one-sided affair with Alfonzo taking he victory while barely taking any damage.
"What the hell?" James shouted dumbfoundedly. "How is this possible?"
"I guess you're not as good as you thought you were." Alfonzo replied with a smirk.
"Run that shit back!" James exclaimed with a twitching eyebrow.
Meanwhile, everyone else smiled at the competitive atmosphere that was building.
"Well, I guess that means all the serious stuff is done with." Tatsuo said as he picked up Aletia from his lap and put her down on the piano bench right next to him. "I guess I can let everyone else in."
With that said, Tatsuo stood up and made his way to the bedroom door. He then opened it and returned to his seat. However, instead of facing away from the piano like he had been, he faced it and raised the keylid.
"Hmm… What should I play?" Tatsuo muttered to himself as he stretched his fingers. "Ah… Yeah, this will do."
{BGM: "good kid, M.a.a.D Piano (Piano Arrangement)" – The Theorist}
With that, Tatsuo's fingers began to dance across the keys. And while most of the occupants had their attention drawn to the music, James and Alfonzo just treated it as BGM to their epic battle. Though, James was still thoroughly getting his ass kicked. Meanwhile, Sakura took the opportunity to sit next to Tatsuo on the piano bench, opposite Aletia.
On top of that, the sound of Tatsuo's piano drew in the others in the apartment, too. And just like that, the get together of people hailing from six different worlds continue late into the night with lots of laughter, video games, chatter, and piano music.