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crystalv01d · 1 year

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i just thought of a(n interesting?) mp100 AU concept

(good LORD this got WAY LONGER than it was supposed to,,., my bad)

so basically,, about a year before mob would have originally met regien, and a few weeks after suzuki recruits serizawa to join him, a young sho catches his dear old dad toichiro wiping blood off of his hands after beating the soon-to-be newest claw member(s? others could possibly have possibly been involved) in a psychic battle. after seeing the bloodied and now scarred bodies on the ground at his feet. after witnessing the true nature of his fathers actions, he fears for his own life, as well as the lives other claw members. as such his ideas and conceptions he previously had about his father, and the thought of wanting to be like him, are put into question. what would happen if he follows the path his father already walks?

unsure of what to do, and unsure of who he can trust among the upper echelon of claw that follows his father, he seeks out the newest member, katsuya serizawa, hoping he, as an adult, can shed some light on the situation. he begs for serizawa to help him. to help him understand what’s going on, and what he should do. serizawa can’t entirely understand the situations, and he doesn’t know what to think as it’s happening, but he sees innocent people, hurt. and he sees suzuki at the center of it. and he sees the man’s son, scared. alone. unsure of what to do. and at risk of being hurt too. and so. with what little knowledge and experience he has as a recluse. he makes a quick decision. he takes sho. and runs.

and runs.

serizawa takes out his umbrella (it had started raining), and continues on, carrying sho in one arm.

they eventually end up in a place known as seasoning city. far enough from the current claw base of operations to feel somewhat safe for the time being. unsure of where to go, they end up looking around for anywhere that could be suitable for a couple of stray espers. a hotel, or somewhere they could find food, or a map. or something. anything. they just wanted to get out of the rain.

as they’re looking around, they see a sign.

“Spirits and Such Consultation Office”

they enter the building, entering into the office, a man introduces himself as reiegen arataka (he was in the middle of having a smoke break, thinking about where he’ll be after another year in the psychic business, how he’ll probably job hop again, thinking about what his next job will be,, maybe he’ll be a PI for a little while.) but before he can ask how he can help them, he’s caught off guard by the state the two him are in. he tells them they seem like they’ve ha a rough day. serizawa attempt so to speak but is too nervous. sho introduces the both of them, and asks if they can tak to him. reigen decides to humor the two.

sho tries his best to explain that him and serizawa are both espers, and that based on the sign outside, they thought reigen might have the same abilities that they do. reigen is incredibly suspicious of this claim, asking if this is some sort of elaborate prank they’re trying to pull. sho denies this, and does his best to explain to reigen vaguely about how they came from a place with some scary people, and that they’re both really scared, and not sure what to do. sho explains that to him they don’t want to be bad people too, and asks reigen if he can help them.

so reigen, still dubious of their claims, gives them advice the best advice he can think of on the spot. (pretty akin to what he tells mob in canon)

reigen decides to get up and grab them fresh (hot) refills of their tea, as he doesn’t have anymore clients for the day, and was simply waiting on walk-ins. reigen then loses his balance for a brief moment, and lets go of the cups of tea in his hands by accident. to his surprise, this prompts the two to each catch a cup with their psychic abilities, as well as keeping reigen from falling on his face. reigen looks at them with surprise, and asks if they are able to see spirits, and also if they’d like to learn how to exorcise them, offering to teach them how. sho looks at serizawa who nods, and sho agrees for both of them. reigen tells them that he’ll teach them how to use their powers in a way that won’t be scary or bad for anyone.

reigen also takes it upon himself to asks serizawa if he’s sho’s father, to which he shakes his head no, and sho proclaims he has no father. reigen decides against asking about any other possible parents. once their tea, and conversation, have been finished, reigen asks them to head home and come back tomorrow, the same as he’ll be doing. they glance at each other, and then glance at reigen, and then glance back at eachother. he asks if they actually have a place to stay for the night, and the two admit the have nowhere to go. reigen (after a bath and changing into some clean, non-damp from rain, clothes, allows them to stay at his apartment for the night, staring they’ll work on proper living arrangements later.

(he also buys them takoyaki in the morning)

so,, basically reigen and serizawa basically end up raising sho and sho ends up mentoring under reigen and working at spirits and such (reigen also ends up enrolling sho into school so he can get a proper education). meanwhile serizawa, while also doing his best to help reigen with sho, is also being mentored under and helped by reigen to reintegrate into society and adjust to living a non-reclusive life, while he also works at spirits and such alongside sho! (he eventually decides on going back to school, but that’s much later, and also the idea of going to night school specifically was reigen’s)

meanwhile, at the claw headquarters, a few weeks after the disappearance of sho and serizawa, and the aftermath of a search for both individuals who fled with no turn up of either, Suzuki decides it would be best to find a replacement for serizawa if possible (he has no reason to believe he’ll share what little information he had) and ask his wife of sho’s whereabouts (even though they hadn’t spoken in some time), assuming she had something to do with his disappearance specifically.

eventually, about a year (or perhaps a bit less than a year) later, his search leads him to seasoning city, where he digs up old rumors about a young child that once displayed the possession of substantial and rather impressive psychic abilities in kindergarten. eventually he is able to find the whereabouts of this child, and thus finds himself on the lageyama’s doorstep.

under the guise of an “esper councilor” he offers the parents of the young boy, shigeo kageyama, his expertise, in order to assist his growth into a stable, healthy, and powerful esper. to which they eventually make an agreement. an agreement allowing shigeo to visit mr. suzuki every other weekend, a timeframe that eventually shifts into every weekend, to which he eventually offers to be the boys teacher, having more than enough of the proper credentials and skill sets.

seeing how much happier shigeo is thought suzuki’s involvement, shigeo’s parents agree wholeheartedly, but ask one for one request to be fulfilled in return. to help mentor and nurture the growth of their youngest son as well. they explain to suzuki that, as far as they are aware at the moment, that he does not posses any psychic powers, however, he has been incredibly lonely, and misses his brother dearly when he is away from home. they expressed a concern that, although this private schooling could greatly benefit shige, they didn’t want it to negatively impact his little brother, or their relationship, and that perhaps being mentored together would benefit them both much in a much greater way than one being mentored alone.

suzuki agrees.

under suzuki’s guidance mob’s powers grow and flourish, having been gifted an umbrella by suzuki originally for comfort, it becomes a useful tool for harnessing his powers in a satisfying way.

ritsu also unlocks his latent abilities under suzuki’s influence. however they are much more unstable. as such, suzuki gifts him an umbrella to use as an outlet to use his powers in a safe, and controlled manner.

time passes, and after much nurturing training

the highest group among the upper echelon of claw, and the group working the closest with suzuki.

becomes known as the Ultimate 6.

(ALSO WHAT THE HELL THIS WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE SO LONG AAAAGFHRGRAH,,,.,., thank u for reading all of that if u somehow actually managed to get to the end. and maybe drop a reblog if you'd be interested to know more.,? dbsifbdi u don't have 2 obvi, but it'd be super nice!! i plan to make more mp100 content anyways so maybe even follow while ur here?? jk jk,, unless? okay i'll stop rambling now OH and thank u again for reading ^^ <3)

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kn95-blog · 11 months

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Grief

Rating: T Ships: Gen/none Characters: Reigen Arataka, Hanazawa Teruki, Serizawa Katsuya (a little) Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Homophobia, Post-Canon (the kids are now in high-school) Words: 2,542 AO3: NormalCaptive

Warnings: This fic contains the aftermath of a homophobic attack.

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It was a surprisingly long Wednesday at Spirits & Such, where Serizawa and Reigen were just closing up for the day. Mob hadn't been there because he'd been getting more and more busy with school, but the vast majority of the time, the business survived with just Serizawa on his own, and it got better and better as he started getting a better grasp on controlling his powers so they didn't get the best of him.

Reigen was organizing his desk while Serizawa did the day's dishes from lunch and various tea sessions through the day as they vaguely chatted and were winding down for the evening.

It's strange that it had been such a long day. They were booked pretty much full, even with walk-in after walk-in, just over and over. Wednesdays usually weren't that busy for them, but this one seemed to come up out of the blue. Other than having to do all this extra work and being a lot more tired, however, Reigen was, of course, grateful for the extra business. The only thing the extra business was bad for was probably his body, from all the massages he did that day. It was like there was an epidemic of stiff shoulders and bad backs today, but thankfully, he was both a licensed masseuse and a licensed chiropractor, for some reason. Both of them were long processes, since each of these things can be incredibly dangerous, but after practicing the massages for so long, he figured that he should get a professional license in these things to give himself some more credibility.

However, the problem with being a masseuse is that his shoulders were often stiff. He tried to do stretches in the morning, but clearly it wasn't enough. He could never ask Serizawa to just rub his shoulders, that would be inappropriate, and therefore that leaves him only with having to pay for a professional job, which he's never gotten around to doing, but he's certainly thought about taking a spa day before--

Suddenly, the door to Spirits & Such had burst open and slammed shut, immediately snapping Reigen out of his thoughts. He hadn't locked the door?

From the cramped entrance, shaky breaths could be heard. It sounded like this person had been running.

This had obviously startled Serizawa and Reigen. Serizawa jumped quite harshly at the sound, subconsciously readying his psychic powers, while Reigen leaned in forward, trying to see who had just burst in without standing up.

Serizawa had the best view, and his voice was deeply confused when he saw who had just ran through the door.

"Hanazawa?" Serizawa said. Reigen cocked a brow and got up.

This was weird. What was Hanazawa Teruki doing here at this time of day? Surely not for any good reason, something had to be wrong.

Reigen walked over to the entrance way, and saw Hanazawa where he was pressed against the door, head down with his now short hair covering a lot of his face. He panted from the exertion of running for who knows how long, beads of sweat dripping down from his face.

"Hanazawa?" Reigen repeated his employee's question from earlier. "Is everything alright?" Serizawa still felt awkward around the gaggle of teenagers that liked to hang out at the office and wasn't entirely sure how to handle them, so he left it to Reigen to figure out what was going on, and trusted him to let him know if it was something serious. He went back to washing the dishes, albeit a bit more stiffly than before, keeping an ear out.

Hanazawa pulled his head up, but didn't meet Reigen's eyes.

Regien's eyes widened.

He had bruises and shallow cuts on his face, most notably one especially dark bruise under his eye and a busted lip. Reigen then noticed the sorry state of his high school uniform, covered in dirt and grass stains that might take forever to get out properly. The look on Hanazawa's face was one Reigen knew well. He'd seen it on his own face too many times.

Shame.

"What happened to you?" Reigen asked bluntly, though his tone wavered in a clearly worried manner.

Hanazawa didn't answer.

Reigen got the idea that he didn't want to talk about it, so he decided he wasn't going to pressure him into it if he didn't want to. Whatever this was, it seemed like it had messed him up badly and he needed time to process before talking about it.

"C'mon, let's get you cleaned up." Reigen said, in a much gentler tone.

Right next to the entrance of the office was a bathroom door, so Reigen opened the door and nodded his head into it. Hanazawa followed, silent and hesitant.

Thankfully, Reigen had a first aid kit in the office bathroom, so he pulled it out and grabbed some of the alcohol pads to start cleaning up the cuts and scrapes on his face.

Hanazawa winced, then relaxed into the touch, as Reigen took alcohol pads and tissues and bandages to his injuries. His hand was gentle and patient as Hanazawa flinched at the pain, his face taut and focused.

"They weren't ESPers." Hanazawa said quietly. Reigen cocked a brow. "So that's why you didn't fight back much." He said. Hanazawa nodded. "Thought, maybe, I could talk my way out of it like you or Mob, but these people didn't care." His voice wavered. Reigen's face softened.

"What did they want from you?" Reigen asked.

Hanazawa's eyes shifted downward, his lips forming a thin line. "I don't know what they wanted." He said. Reigen got that this wasn't the full picture, but he didn't know what to ask. However, he didn't need to, because Hanazawa hesitantly continued.

"But I know why they did it." His voice wavered more, and his brow furrowed, and his shameful face continued to not meet Reigen's. Reigen stayed silent, not pushing, waiting for Hanazawa to continue on his own. He just tended to the boy's wounds, applying a gel to his bruises that would help with pain and swelling.

"They did it because I'm- they know I'm-" He struggled to get the sentence out. Even to Reigen, one of the only adults in his life that he trusted, he still struggled to say it out loud.

Reigen had a feeling he knew what was about to come out of Hanazawa's mouth. It's not like you needed to be a rocket scientist to figure it out, but still, most people didn't naturally assume this about other people. Reigen's face twisted up in a knowing kind of hurt as his heart shattered for the kid. He hesitated with putting the gel on this next bruise as Hanazawa gathered the courage to tell Reigen, even after what he went through today.

"They did it because I'm gay." Hanazawa said. His voice was quiet and drenched with unearned shame.

Reigen tried not to tear up as his own memories came back to him. He had to stay strong. This kid needed someone like him. Reigen didn't have anyone when he was Hanazawa's age, but now was the chance to prevent this kid from going down similar paths as him during his youth. This was his chance to tell Hanazawa everything that nobody told him when he was the same age.

"So am I, kid." Reigen said, putting his hands on Hanazawa's shoulders. The boy before him tensed and looked up, eyes wide.

"Hanazawa--"

"Teru."

"Teru, I need you to listen to me." Reigen's own voice shook a little, imbued with his own pain. "I can't tell you that it won't happen again, or that it's not going to get worse." Teru's expression was a painful mixture of guilt and realization as he looked into Reigen's eyes. "But what I can tell you, is that you're going to be okay." Teru gave Reigen a look of desperation and exhaustion, like he was struggling to believe it was true.

"The world is a lot better than it was when I was young. It's not perfect, but it's getting better, and for your own sake, you've got to believe in that. You can't spend all your time thinking about how much the world hates people like us, you'll lose yourself in it." Reigen looked like he was hesitating to say something.

"Eventually, you'll learn who you can and can't talk to about it. It's difficult to tell a lot of the time, but eventually, you get a knack for it. But sometimes there will be times you'll have to learn the hard way." Reigen looked deeply into Teru's eyes. The pain in Reigen's eyes made Teru feel like Reigen was showing him his own future, trying to prepare him for it so it wouldn't hurt as badly.

"I left home not much older than you." Reigen started telling a story, and took his hands off of Teru's shoulders. "I wasn't even eighteen yet. My parents just didn't understand, and they refused to, so I left. I lived in a dingy apartment by myself, and when I wasn't working at my part-time job at the gas station, I was on the street, learning to scam people out of as much money as I could possibly squeeze from their wallets with what little I knew." Reigen looked down, guilt evident on his face and in his shoulders as he gave a sardonic laugh.

"It was there I met a man, his name was Hano. He saw me on the street, and took me in. He taught me card tricks, pick-pocketing, fast talk, hand gestures, the like. He really took me in." Reigen's face didn't look very fond when talking about these memories. "But one time, he caught me." Reigen's voice caught on itself and cracked. His hand reached up to gently touch an old, circular scar on his neck, right below his jawline, a few centimeters from his earlobe.

Teru had never seen Reigen like this before. He wasn't confident and charismatic, now. He sat, hunched over himself with his hands in his lap as he looked downward. He wasn't as big as he normally tried to make himself. Now he looked small, helpless, and riddled with shame.

"He beat me pretty badly." Reigen said shortly, looking up at Teru with an unreadable expression, a strangely slight grin on his face. "But somehow, the only scar he left on me was this one." He pointed to it directly.

"That was one of the worst beatings I ever got."

It dawned on Teru what exactly Reigen had been through, and what he was trying to tell him.

"But you know what?" Reigen said, perking up a little as he got himself out of his own memories, grabbing Teru's hand. "You have an advantage that I didn't." Teru's face twisted itself up. "You have psychic powers. You can fight back." Reigen's face was filled with this grief that Teru was only just beginning to understand himself. Reigen put his hands on Teru's shoulders again. "So promise me," He looked into Teru's eyes very intensely. "That you will fight back." His voice didn't waver this time.

"B-but they're just people-" Teru tried. He didn't understand. Reigen and Mob had always told him not to use his powers on other people, and the more that he didn't, the more he understood the life of a commoner, and what it was like to really be a person outside of his psychic powers. He didn't want to use his powers on people who couldn't fight back against them, it wasn't fair, he realized soon enough. But it's not like the guys that beat him up today were being fair to him either.

He just wanted to be able to get into normal high school fights with other boys his age without accidentally killing a civilian. He had incredible control over his power for someone his age, but he wasn't perfect. He didn't know how to use them actively against civilians without seriously harming them. He only knew how to fight other espers, where they could both withstand each other's power without severe injury.

"So are you." Reigen said simply.

There he goes again, trying to separate himself from other people on the basis of his psychic powers. That was one that he struggled to grasp the most. He tried not to, but he'd lived seeing himself as different, namely as more special, then more dangerous, than others that it was a difficult mindset to get out of.

"You know, before Kageyama came into my life, I would've had almost no trouble with beating up guys like that, bad enough to put them in the hospital, or even kill them on accident." Teru's face became soft. "Now that I realize the weight of my powers and the weight of hurting another person that badly, it's gotten really hard to think about doing that to a person who can't fight back, even if they're hurting me."

Reigen put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a slight smile. "That shows a lot of growth, kid. That's good."

"I think, sometime, I've got to show you how to throw a punch without psychic powers. I'm practically an expert, it's the only kind of punch I've ever thrown." Reigen gave a sly grin, trying to lighten the mood with some humor.

Teru didn't know the first thing about fighting without powers. He wasn't sure about form or stability or weak points when he fought relying on his psychic abilities. Most things are weak to intense psychic energy, even other psychics.

Teru gave a small smile at the promise. "Thanks." He said.

Serizawa knocked on the door gently.

"E-everything alright in there?" He asked from the other side.

Reigen and Teru gave different, but similar answers in unision.

"Yes-" "-Everything's okay."

Reigen stood up, holding his hand out to Teru as Serizawa cracked open the door.

"We were just talking about where we'd like to go for ramen. Want to come?" Reigen's ability to just say things on the spot never ceased to amuse Teru. Whether or not Serizawa could tell that Reigen wasn't telling the truth wasn't evident on his face, he just accepted the answer.

Serizawa gave a gentle smile. "Of course, let me grab my jacket." He said.

Reigen gave Teru a hopeful, but knowing look.

"If you ever need a place to stay, you're always welcome at mine, kid." Reigen said.

Teru pushed himself forward into Reigen's chest, giving him a tight hug.

Reigen was a little surprised at the action, but smiled into it, wrapping his arms around Teru's head and hugging him back just as tight.

"Thank you, Reigen."

Reigen saw just a little bit too much of his younger self in Teru for his own good. He wanted to keep this kid as safe as he could.

Teru let go, but just before they walked out of the bathroom, Reigen had one more thing to say.

"Keep your head held high, kid."

Teru, filled with a new kind of confidence, nodded. "Right." He said.

They walked out, finding Serizawa holding his own jacket, and having grabbed Reigen's, patiently waiting for them.

"So," He said, smiling softly. "Where are we headed?"

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