"It's finally over!"
Toru threw her hands into the air, celebrating her graduation and the end of the painfully boring ceremony.
Sure, it was a day for goodbyes with some friends, but there was something that demanded her attention far more than sentimentality.
Today was the day Toru would finally learn Isshun's trick.
And finally see herself.
For the past two years, Isshun had always done strange things around her. And every single time she asked how, he answered with the same infuriating one-word response:
Math.
Argh!
Just remembering it made her blood boil.
But now—now!
Toru glanced toward Isshun, who was talking with his parents while they took photos of him holding his diploma in front of the school.
Just as she was about to head over, she caught sight of something from the corner of her eye: a group of girls from another class approaching him.
'...Does he know them?'
Isshun did not, in fact, know them.
He stared at the group, particularly the girl at the front, who looked visibly nervous.
'...Are you fucking kidding me?'
"U-um… Shunkan-kun, do you have a moment…?" the girl asked, her voice wavering.
Isshun opened his mouth, fully intending to say 'absolutely not', but a hand landed on his shoulder first.
"Of course Shun-kun has time~" Kako said cheerfully, then leaned in closer to whisper.
"At least reject her nicely," she added, her tone firm.
"...Fine."
As Isshun followed the girl toward the back of the school, there was a third presence trailing behind them.
Kako and Genzai, more observant than most people, noticed a familiar face…or rather a familiar silhouette following Isshun and the girl.
"…Isn't that Toru-chan?" Kako whispered.
Genzai nodded.
With Isshun only ever making one close friend since they moved to Tokyo, it was impossible for his parents not to know about Hagakure Toru.
After all, he left every morning to train with her.
Toru's parents were on pretty good terms with them, mainly because both Kako and Genzai could 'see' them to an extent.
As in know that they were there.
After all, it wasn't often that they interacted with people who paid attention to them, since like Toru, they were invisible.
Their Quirks weren't as overwhelming as Isshun's Omniscient Domain, but cognition-type Quirks were cognition-type Quirks.
They watched with mild amusement as Toru followed after Isshun.
"To be young." Kako sighed.
'Nejire-chan might have competition,' she added mentally.
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"Shunkan-kun!"
The girl—whose anglerfish-like esca protruded from her head—bowed deeply, her face flushed.
"I-I like you! Will you go out with me?"
'Huh. Never thought I'd get confessed to,' Isshun thought.
'Is it the all-powerful looks?'
Despite that, he had zero intention of accepting. He didn't plan on a romantic relationship at all.
Women only slowed down his resting speed.
Also, he wasn't Rudeus.
Who cared if he was in the body of a 12 year old?
Shit wasn't an excuse to be a disgrace of a human being.
Isshun shook his head. "Sorry. I'm not interested."
The girl's eyes widened, her expression crumpling.
"W-why?"
"Because I don't even know you," Isshun replied flatly. "And I'm not interested."
"…Is it because you like someone else?" she asked quietly.
"Uh, no? Did you not hear me? I'm not interested."
But instead of accepting that, she clutched her skirt tighter, voice rising.
"But—but I like you so much! Is it because of that girl who's always with you?! What's so special about her?!"
She would've been with him too, if only they'd been in the same class.
She was better than that invisible girl anyway—
Isshun sighed.
From his perspective, what others might call heartbreak just sounded like a tantrum.
Like a baby crying on a plane.
Annoying.
'This is why I hate immature kids.'
'Also, why is Toru even eavesdropping?'
Isshun glanced toward the corner of the building, directly at Toru's hiding spot, before cutting the girl off.
"Hey."
His tone shifted.
"Don't piss me off."
The girl flinched, stepping back, but Isshun continued.
"I don't know you. You don't get to judge other people."
"And this approach is just annoying."
She froze.
"Tsk."
Isshun clicked his tongue and walked past her, turning the corner, eyes flicking to a nearby storage box.
"You're not Snake. Get out of the box."
Silence.
"How about doubling your—"
Toru burst out immediately, rubbing the back of her head, clearly embarrassed.
"W-What a coincidence, Shishou! I didn't know you were here! Haha…"
"Sure," Isshun said flatly.
He walked past her, and Toru scrambled out of the box to follow.
"So," Isshun asked, "why were you following me?"
"Uhh… curiosity?" she said quickly. "You said you'd finally explain your Quirk today!"
"And not because I can make you visible?"
"...Well, that too."
"Hm." Isshun nodded. "Now or later?"
"Now!" Toru blurted out, practically vibrating in excitement.
"Are your parents not going to be waiting for you?" He asked, despite already knowing the answer.
"Nope! I already told them I was going to have an important conversation!" She shook her head.
"Is that so?"
'That sounds misunderstandable but I will let that slide.' Isshun thought, but shrugged.
He vanished.
"...Eh?"
Toru blinked. "Shishou, you can turn invisible too—?!"
"No."
His voice came from behind her.
She spun around. "What?! How'd you get there?!"
"Math."
"Ugh! Didn't you say that you'd explain?!" Toru said, frustrated.
Isshun raised an eyebrow, before giving an uncharacteristic amused smile.
"I'm completely serious."
To Toru's incredulous eyes, Isshun teleported a stick into his hands and started writing on the ground.
After a few seconds, the ground showed a formula.
"When I say everything is math, I mean it."
He stepped back once he finished, tossing the stick aside.
"…Those are letters!" Toru exclaimed. "That's not math!"
"...I should have expected this." Isshun rubbed the ground with his foot, erasing it. "I basically input numbers into a formula… you do know what a formula is, right?"
Toru tilted her head.
"I seem to have overestimated your intelligence."
"Hey! We haven't even learned any of that!" She complained. "How do you even know this?!"
"Self-taught." Isshun responded. "My Quirk, Mathematics, means I use mathematical formulas in order to manipulate the world around me."
"…That's kind of anticlimactic." Toru mumbled, but could only nod.
"Anyway," Toru said quickly, "how do you make me visible?"
"Simple. I think I told you before that your cells refract light?"
Toru nodded.
"I just have to overload it until it's visible."
"...It was that easy?" Toru looked down, questioning her entire existence.
"No," Isshun corrected. "Standard sunlight only fills about 1.4% of your potential capacity daily, which you'd lose all of it during the night."
"To become visible naturally, you'd need the output of seventy-one times the sunlight. It's physically impossible for you."
"Oh… So how is math going to fix that?!" Toru said incredulously.
"By cheating." Isshun said. "Do you want an explanation?"
Silence.
"Good choice." He nodded. "I'll just force it to 100% instantly."
"Ready?"
Toru nodded.
"One more thing. Since we verified you have some control over your membrane somehow, see if you can find a way to increase or change the threshold to become invisible."
"...Eh? Why?"
"Do you really want to have a condition where to become invisible, you have to release a ton of light?"
"No..." Toru, now silenced, shook her head.
"Then try. We still have a while until High School."
"High School?" Toru echoed.
Isshun raised an eyebrow.
"...Are you not going to apply to U.A.? Well I won't judge—"
"No I will!" Toru shook her head rapidly.
"Okay then. I'll count down."
Toru nodded.
"Three, two—"
Without even letting it get to one, Isshun immediately teleported Toru a millimeter forward.
The distance within eleventh dimensional space didn't matter.
What mattered was that she moved within higher dimensional space.
"Hey you didn't even—eh?" Toru was about to complain, but the unfamiliarity of seeing her own arm stopped her.
Toru raised a hand, looking at the pale skin in wonder, moving it around.
She touched her hair, feeling it and pulling it into view, eyes wide.
'A pretty color…'
Toru poked her arm in wonder.
Normally, there was a dissonance, as she couldn't see the arm approaching, but the synchronization of seeing her hand touch her arm and feeling it felt…weird.
Toru looked at Isshun, who gave her an amused look.
"...Can you see me?"
Isshun scoffed, raising an eyebrow.
"What are you even talking about?"
"I've always been able to see you."
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A/N: There should be an epilogue and then an interlude(toru pov) and then the Adolescence(which is the last arc before UA) can begin!
Also, I made that last sentence sound a little romantic, but literate readers could tell that Isshun isn't into kids...right?
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Also, this is one out of 3 extra chaps this week cause you guys demolished the ps goals last week.