Chapter 41
Chimwemwe's Pov
"Hate it when people pull this kind of crap," I muttered, leaning against a bench and flicking my yo-yo while waiting for Nova—who still hadn't shown up, even though she'd been the one spamming me to hurry up and not be late.
With a sigh, I scanned the area. Some stalls were already open, colorful banners flapping in the breeze, while others were still being set up. Performers tuned instruments and rehearsed their acts, laughter and chatter filling the air. The festival always drew crowds, especially tourists who especially came for the Mwana wa Maji show. Wonder if I'll meet any international heroes.
Though speaking of going international It's kind of funny though, I've been in this world for 10 years now yet I'm completely not involved with anything concerning the main story at all.
I was a bit of a fanfic reader back in my old life and most MCs I've read about are usually already training for years early for the U.A exams to be the top hero, or training so they can run the fade with All for one or All might if they are going in that route. Not to mention they usually know a member of the main cast by now and it was usually Deku and the creation girl. The closest I've come to that is Aunt Minerva knowing Miriko, but the way she describes their interactions it's more akin to Natsu Dragneel constantly challenging and attacking Erza.
But speaking of All for One, I wonder just how I should handle the situation. Sure this is more of Japan's problem but it was stated All for one had connections all over the globe, and since this MHA world was a tad different from the original one. Plus the final war was pretty devastating and from what I guess could have escalated to a whole world war. I wonder how they defeated him in the OG timeline.
'What a drag.' I huffed at the thought of the self proclaimed demon lord but sensed a familiar signature coming slowly towards me. 'Bout time.'
I raised my arms just as someone reached for my ears, catching their wrists mid-air, twisting, and flipping them onto the ground. Purple eyes blinked up at me.
"Sup Nova." I nonchalantly made a two finger salute to her
She wasn't wearing her usual braids today. Her purple hair was straightened into a high ponytail, the ends glowing faintly in the sun. At fourteen, Nova had grown taller about 5 '5, her frame lean athletic from years of parkour and training, and getting uh developed. Meh, screw it. She had nice boobs and hips for someone her age, and the stunts she did helped toned her legs.
She wore a black sleeveless crop hoodie, loose gray cargo pants, and white sneakers fitted with kinetic pads light, fast, and made for movement. A few streaks of shimmer dust lined her cheeks.
"Hey what the hell was that for!" She pouted.
"What? It's normal for people to defend themselves when weirdos try to sneak up." I leaned back on the bench.
"Werido?" She performed a spring and sat beside me. "I was just checking out your new ears."
"By sneaking up on me?"
"Hey, can't a girl surprise her favorite video editor?" she teased, eyes glinting. "But seriously they look so fluffy. Don't be greedy, kitty. Let me touch them just once!"
She reached out and I swatted her hand away.
"Fine, fine," she said dramatically, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "I'm happy to see you again, Chimzey."
"Hm. It's good to see too. Now enough with hugging" I got out of her hold. "By the way, where the heck is Will anyway? Wasn't he supposed to be with you?"
"Yeah he was but he had to go help his dad with some mic checks and step ups for his show. So it's just the two of us today."
"Hm alright cool I didn't plan anything so what do you wanna do?" I attracted the board to my hands and she stared at it with neon glints surrounding her.
"No way this is so badass. Where did you even get this!" She tried to snatch it from my hands to no success. "Oh come on Chimzey don't be that guy. You know you don't get stuff like this in Nyasaland often!"
I shook my head. "Nope this thing ain't mine and if you try it you will end up doing tricks on it than wiping out and breaking it. I'm going to be responsible and the kid who made this is really sensitive about his inventions."
"Come on Chimzey please, I've never been on a hoverboard before. And besides you're watching me so if I'm about to wipe out you can use your magnetic powers to save me?" She gave me big puppy dog eyes.
"No."
"Please just one run. I owe you one."
"Argh fine. But be careful alright." I placed it down where it gently floated above and she immediately went on it then I used my quirk to take control of it and snap my fingers causing the straps to wrap on her feet. "Alright ready."
"I've been skating and surfing. I've got this. Don't forget to be careful. This place has some strict laws especially during this time. So getting in-trouble isn't on my list especially since my mom is here" She she tossed and took off fast around 40 km/h.
"Adrenaline junkie.".
"Hey man, is it cool if I get a chance to ride on your hoverboard too?" A white dude around 16 years old with shaggy brown hair asked. He was with another group, probably his friends and some had cameras ready.
"Nope, it's a two man thing. See ya." I quickly ran after Nova.
I began running fast after my friend then began to parkour across the buildings and caught up to her about two minutes later.
"Hey, what took so long." She said cheekily then reached into her bag and threw her camera at me.
"You know that?" I gave her a deadpan look.
"Thank you. Now watch this!" She picked up the speed and performed a few tricks and I focused on recording and crushing into stuff. I just made it float a little near her to make things a little easier.
End of Pov
As the two were playing around in the upwards. They gained the attention of some people but most just shrugged it off thinking it was just kids playing around with the quirks which was nothing new and wondered why the police and heroes weren't trying to stop them. Some youths thought they looked pretty cool, especially the purple haired girl performing tricks on the hoverboard.
A man wearing a brown coat was just eating some Chips&a big fish raw but his nose began to twitch more than Nova and Chimwemwe went over the roof causing his nose to twitch more and his pupils diluted.
"That scent."
30 minutes later
Thirty minutes of chase, flips, and near collisions later, she finally stopped.
"Phew, that was fun," she sighed, stretching.
"I'm shocked no one's arrested us yet," I muttered. "You'd think the festival would be crawling with heroes and cops."
She scrolled through her camera. "Come on, admit it, I looked amazing. You too, kept up with me. Maybe you should be my cameraman instead of my editor."
"No way in hell. Editing your messy videos is hard enough."
"Oh don't be such a downer. I'll buy us some some smoothies. I'll be back in a flash~." She got on the board and flew off.
After she was out of sight I checked my phone and so I had at least an hour before I had to go back to the hotel. I get the lunch will have some important dudes but just was the marketing strategy this time.
Relaxing on the bench I took a deep breath then began enjoying the sun-rays and wind touching my skin. It felt nice as peace began.
'Now what?' I flipped out of the way and someone slammed their hand into the wooden bench splitting it into two like nothing.
"Hey what the fuck is your problem!" I glared at my attacker.
He was a man 5'4 in height, covered in a. There was something up with his body though I don't know how to put it but it didn't feel like his body, heck I saw it glitch a tad bit like a video screen. It's either his quirk, or this has to be some disguise, though that was stretching a bit.
"Wow you dodged that but you are a filthy Mog" The man said and there was a lot of malice in his voice. And I don't know why but that just felt racist.
I sucked my teeth. "Look I don't know who the hell you are or what drugs you're on but I'm warning to piss off or else I'm going to go to the hospital."
He snarled and it looked like I touched a nerve with that midget line. The man lunged at me with incredible speeds which got me off guard but I still managed to jump out of the way, and his attack sliced through a tree bringing it down.
"Nimble. I like that. At least th…" I shut him up by shooting a blast of 600,000 volts of electricity knocking him to the ground. If he's strong enough to cut down a whole ass tree with one slash then he deserves a good dose of electricity.
His body glitched a bit again but whatever was going with him is none of my business.
"Chitisru." I suck my teeth and begin to walk away from the psycho.
After walking ten steps away, my eyes widened when my radar picked up on him again, so I dodged a stabbing attack from the guy.
'He actually took that.' I thought in surprise as the guy didn't even look staggered at all, that means he wasn't affected by the attack. So he was just playing dead to lower my guard.
The guy's movements became erratic, almost feral. I dodged a flurry of jabs, countered, and slipped past another swing—only for him to feint low and slash across my shirt, scratching my side. His next hook hit my jaw hard enough to lift me off my feet.
While mid-air, I spun and drove an electrified kick into his jaw, sending him flying ten feet back.
He got up and rubbed some blood coming out of the comer of his mouth. He gave me a blood thirsty smirk and cracked his knuckles.
Then another man towering at height 7'9 wearing a brown suit grabbed him by the collar and slammed him into the ground, cracking the pavement. His body was giving me the same vibes as the shorter man.
"That's enough," the giant said coldly. "We have business to attend to. Stop your episodes."
The smaller man growled but obeyed and they began to leave
"What that fuck was that?" I wondered as I watched the two left my sight. I wasn't going to stop them or anything. It would probably lead to more fighting and the police or the heroes to get involved leading to more problems. Best just to let this go especially since I'm on a trip.
Speaking of which, the whole fight didn't draw the attention of any policemen and heroes at all? I get that they were busy in other areas but this is just weird as hell ,or is the shortage that bad. But what I am saying with the fights I've been in no one really showed up.
"Yo Chimzey!" I heard Nova's voice and she was flying towards me with two smoothie cups on hand. "Are you okay with what happened here?"
"Some crackhead just jumped me." I sighed while stretching a bit to ease tension on my body.
"Just a crackhead? Looks like he got you a little good. Where did he go? I can teach him a little lesson for you." She her eyes glowed purple.
"He just got a lucky hit. Just toss me my smoothie" It was my first time trying one and it wasn't bad "His boss or whatever took him and went off that way. But they are probably long gone by now." It would be dumb if they stayed anyway.
Nova took her phone. "Hello ama." I chuckled as her tone went from energetic and a bit bombastic to a bit softer and more submissive. " Y-Yes I did… I'm sorry ma'am… No Chimzey with me… Wait like right now? Okay both of us we will be there"
I eyed her suspiciously "Why was there a 'we' in your sentence?"
"My mom is calling me back to the hotel to get ready for some fancy lunch event or something. Now come on, we're staying at the same hotel, let's just go grumpy."
"How did you know that?"
She just smiled and winked ."I have my ways~. Now come on."
"Fine." I finished my smoothie and tossed it in the bin.
"Race you th—YIP!" She yelped as I magnetically pulled the hoverboard out from under her, sending her tumbling and spilling her drink.
"Nice try, adrenaline junkie. See ya~." I zipped off.
"Not cool! You owe me a new one!" She blurred after me, shifting in and out of sight with bursts of speed to catch up.
In the middle of the flight I quickly braked when I saw Kuyaka floating just a few meters away from me with her arms crossed. She was wearing a form-fitting golden and burnt orange bodysuit, with geometric patterns inspired by chitenje cloth running down her arms, legs and chest in red, green, and black, a flowing scarf patterned with chitenje designs. There were solar panels shoulders and upper arms, which makes sense with the type of quirk I read she has.
She smiled warmly. "Hello, Chimzey. It's good to see you."
"Nice to see you too, Mrs. Giva." I said politely.
Her expression softened—then turned serious. "What happened to you?"
"Just a little run-in. Nothing major."
She didn't look convinced.
Below, Nova landed on the rooftop. "Ama…" Her voice was suddenly small.
"I'm glad you're enjoying yourself…" Kuyaka said, floating closer then began pulling Nova's ear, earning a startled yelp. "Now, what did I tell you this morning?"
Nova winced. "Y-you said no parkour or videos…"
"Exactly. Do I talk about decoration?"
"N-no, ma."
Kuyaka sighed, releasing her. "You're lucky no heroes or police saw your little stunt. I don't feel like writing a report because my daughter can't listen."
"I'm sorry," Nova mumbled.
She turned to me"You as well Chimzey you have to be on your best behaviour on this trip as you can't reflect on how people will view the other pillars."
I answered simply "Yeah I got."
Her mother's face softened again and turned back to Nova. "You know I love that you're passionate, sunshine but there's a time and place. Not every rooftop is your father's house, understood?"
Nova nodded quickly
"Good girl." Kuyaka patted her head. "Don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to leap around soon. Now come on—you two are burning daylight." She turned and began to float to the hotel.
I floated a bit to Nova and whispered "So Sunshine?"
"Don't you dare start."
Author 's note
And that's a wrap on this chapter. I know the arc has been going a bit slow but trust things will be spicing up soon.
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