*Choso POV*
-2 Years Later-
That woman who is my birth giver left. shortly after Herman was born she had a major fight with Grandma since she's dumped yet another kid on her and stormed out, haven't seen her but I know she's not dead at least.
"Choso, you'll have to look out for Herman Okay? He's your little brother an-and you're all he'll have when you two are all grown up" Grandma says through a choked voice, tears spilling out slowly but surely as I stare at my homework.
"Don't talk like that Grandma, you'll live to see your great grandkids. Don't talk negative." I say, my voice threatening to break as my vision turns hazy from tears forming, goddamnit, I still can't get a grip on how easy I cry at times.
"But...if he's all I'd have in the future then I'll make sure to lead the way for him, I'm not that smart but I'll make sure he's happy Grandma." I say as I busy my body by putting my homework up.
"Okay Choso, thank you baby" she says as I walk out of the kitchen and into the living room where Herman plays with a bunch of Lego blocks and pick him up before sitting him on my lap
"I'll take care of you Hermy, If anyone bully's you I'll beat them up, I love you, Little Brother" I say as I kiss his head and place him back on the carpet floor.
I go to my room and lay in bed, playing music I spent a year looking for since my tastes are...pretty shit as some would say.
(Doesn't the final fight happen in rain? Fuuuck) I think as I cover my face and groan before i sigh
"I Vow-"
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*Choso POV, 7 years old*
-3 years later 2007-
I can't use my cursed energy until I'm 15 now due to the vow to negate my Cursed Technique becoming useless in rain among some other Vows to increase my Cursed Energy Efficiency after I learned that you could become a sort of doctor if your power was decent enough and you went for a special license to be officially employed and making money.
So I guess I've found a way to not look like a bum in the future, thank the gods. I assume the only reason my Vows were accepted is because of the dangers that lurk within the Jujutsu aspect of this world, there are
"That Movie was so Awesome!" Herman says as we walk out of the Movie theater with Grandma.
"I wanna be a hero like Spider-Man when I grow up!" He says as he throws his hands up and I smile
"You will be little Brother" I say as I pat his head and smile
"Oh dearie, I don't think becoming like him will be any good, he goes through so much just to save everyone." Grandma says as Herman becoming a hero in the future is definitely possible due to his water powers that awakened a year ago.
"True, Peter didn't have an older brother to be there for him, Hermon won't have to worry about anything Grandma, I'll be there with him." I say as I walk to the car and open the door for Herman.
"Okay then Choso, but you'll have to be strong for Herman if that's the case." She says with a smile
"I will be, I'll be the strongest" I say with a smile as Herman sits beside me in the car.
"Nuh-uh, I will!" Herman says
"Sure Hermy" I say with a smile as I watch the city go by as we drive.
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-30 Minutes Later-
Back at the house as me and Hermy are in the backyard, me watching him as he replicates my Piercing Blood stance and shoots out a weak stream of water at our tree. I was right, well-Robert was right, his powers work in tandem with his state of mind, the older Herman would've dealt with bullying, anxiety and self confidence issues, my Herman still deals a bit with self confidence but that's only because of his frustration at his current mastery.
"Better than a month ago" I say as I swing my legs
"I'm not strong enough, I won't get any stronger!" Herman says before his clothes start to dampen and I jump down from the tree.
"You'll become stronger little brother, I'll shape you into someone like
Spider-Man." I say as I hug him and he goes quiet.
"You're young, your powers are like your body Hermy, their still growing, like your bones, you drink milk to grow big and strong, your powers take training and time, most importantly time." I say as I smile and he leans into the hug.
"I'll make a path for you to follow, I'll show you how strong you can be" I say as my blood Manipulation and his Hydro powers are similar
"Thank you big brother" he says as guilt racks my heart before I hug him tighter and hold him
(I'm sorry) I say in my head as I remember my siblings back when I was truly Me.
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*Choso POV*
-5 Years Later-
I'm 13 now, Hermy's 11 and I stand back at the same tree as Hermy gets in his stance and-
*WHOOSH*
A powerful jet of water hits the tree and pierces through it, the raw Pressure making short work of the tree before he stops and we both look at the gaping hole in the middle of the tree
"You've gotten massively stronger" I say with a grin
"YES!" He yells out as he throws his hands up and water shoots from them which then makes him land on his ass from the pressure, he's able to fly with his abilities since their much more powerful now.
"Now...hand to hand" I say with a smile as I widen my stance and center myself
"Please no" Hermy says as my smile widens into a grin
"We're doing this or I'm telling grandma what 'dog' peed in her plants" I say as Herman sighs and puts his hands up in his own little awkward stance...lotta work to do
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*Choso Pov*
-Next day at school-
After having done my hair annoyingly this morning I come to school and sit at my desk, fucking school, I hate it, I FUCKING HATE IT I hope to god time speeds by so I can...ah, I need at least a high school diploma to even think about that hospital job.
"Shit" I mutter as my nearby classmates look at me and quickly turn away, the blood mark helping in that regard as I sigh.
God I hate these kids
"Everyone take your seats, we have a new student that'll be joining our class today" The teacher says as everyone sits down, some more enthusiastically than others.
"What do you want?" I hear a little shit say as I glance over and see him sitting next the class queen bee.
"You're in luck Shoya, I heard it's a girl" she says, I don't remember her name but she's got straight black hair and the one she's talking to has spiky black hair, almost as spiky as mine, Almost.
"So what? Like I care" Shoya says
The new student walks in, short light brown hair that's almost pinkish, brown eyes and she's looking very shy.
"Okay class, this is Shoko, would you like to introduce yourself?" The teacher says as he looks down at her.
She doesn't react, as if she didn't hear him.
Everyone leans in, confused on why she's just standing there before the teacher seems to realize something and pats her shoulder, making her jump a little.
She reaches down to her backpack and un does something on the bottom of it before opening the backpacks flap? And reaching in.
Cool backpack, I kinda want one.
She pulls a notebook that reads 'for conversations' surprising the kids.
She opens it, on its side and flips a page back, showing us her words.
"Nice to Meet you. I'm Nishiyama Shoko" it reads, everyone starts muttering and whispering as she flips another page.
"Through this Notebook I hope to become good friends with you all." It reads, the whispers don't stop.
*Flip*
"Please use it when you need to talk to me" it reads.
*Flip*
"I'm Deaf" it reads...wait...this is America, wasn't this supposed to take place somewhere else? It's English, perfect English.
"She can't hear" I hear a kid say semi loudly.
"HOLY CRAP" Shoya yells out as I grip my eraser, tempted to pelt him with it.
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-1 hour later-
Nao-the queen bee girl and her friends are crowded around Shoko's desk.
"Yoohoo, hey there new girl, can you speak English?" She says right behind her, sitting on her own desk.
"Come on Nao, that's not very nice~" her friend with braids says as Shoko turns back a bit confused before writing in the notebook and showing Nao.
"Come again please." It reads
"Oh-uh-I..." Nao says as she looks towards her friends before Shoko turns around and shows them too.
"Hm? Ahh" the girl says as she writes on Shoko's notebook.
"Do...you...have...a Nickname?" The girl with braids writes.
"Ow!" I hear a chubby kid yell out playfully a bit as he's below Shoya.
"What? Your nickname is Sho?" Nao says as Shoya turns his head in interest.
"Oh! Just like Shoya!" She says before she turns back to Shoya.
"Hey, we have another Sho now" she says
"Two Sho's is pretty cool" Shoya's blonde friend with short hair says as Shoya holds the chubby kids face up while on his back.
"What!? No it's not!" Shoya says before he lets the kids face go and starts tugging his pants.
"I'm gonna pants you!" He says.
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-20 minutes Later-
"Alright, make sure to write this down, the exercises are on pages 20 to 25 and on page 32. All of this will be on your next quiz." The teacher says and Nao pokes Shoko's back with a pen, using the button side.
"Gimme your notebook okay?" Nao says while the teacher starts reading from the book up front and Shoko gives hers to Nao who starts writing down what I hope is what the teacher is saying.
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-40 minutes later-
The music teacher waves around some wooden stick thing as the blonde kid who's Shoya's friend plays the piano.
Shoko glances to me and Nao's braided friend and as she opens her mouth to sing I tap her shoulder, getting her attention.
"It's not time yet" I sign
"You know sign language!?" She signs with fervor
"Hobby" I say which is a lie, I knew it back in my old life, I had an Auntie who was deaf and a mother who was speculated to go deaf later on in her life so I learned.
"Thank you!" She signs with a smile on her face.
"No problem, I'll tap your shoulder when it's time to sing okay?" I sign
"Ok!" She signs as I'm relieved that she knows ASL and not JSL as that would've been awkward.
And so she sung in time with us, everyone still complained though, she wasn't a good singer, for obvious reasons.
"Guess we won't be winning the Choir contest" Nao says while
"You can say that again" one of her goons says.
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-Next day-
"But I didn't do anything wrong and so I will never say I'm so-" before Nao can finish the teacher interrupts.
"Why are you reading so slow? You sound like you're 5" he says like an asswipe.
"Fine, enough of that. Who's next?" He says
"Four eyes" Nao says as she slumps into her seat.
"Shoko" the teacher says as I tap her desk and she stands before i show her where to start.
"There was an awkward silence, his moder looked at him and waided" Shoko says as the rest of it I couldn't understand, she keeps reading Semi badly as she pronounces some words wrong, no one says anything and just waits for her to finish.
"That's good, Shoya, you're next" the teacher says before Shoko sits and Shoya stands.
"You gotta be kidding" Nao says before she pouts in her desk and Shoya notices.
"Nugh nagh mahh" Shoya continues to mock Shoko's words as everyone whispers and some laugh.
"That isn't funny, sit down Shoya" The teacher says, clearly not caring and more people laugh.
"Do'kayyy" Shoya says before he sits and I swipe my arm in his direction, my favorite pink eraser smacking his forehead hard enough to produce a loud smack as he holds his forehead with tears forming.
"Keep it up and I'll kick your ass Shoya" I firmly say as I keep my face straight and pointed forward.
He says nothing, probably trying his best to not ugly cry and speak between sobs as the people that were close to us stop laughing, afraid that they'd be next.
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-school day end-
"Can you believe it?" Nao recounts Shoya's mocking of Shoko as her and her squad laugh while Shoko watches from across the classroom.
And so, feeling left out she walks over with her notebook.
"Could you tell me what you were talking about?" It reads
"Uh-no thanks" Nao says to Shoko as she looks away from her.
Shoko comes to me and asks me instead
"They were laughing about how Shoya made fun of your reading" I sign as her face mirrors sadness for a second before she starts smiling again.
The days pass by with Shoko following Nao's clique like a lost puppy, makes me feel bad as she's constantly ignored and left to follow behind like a literal puppy.
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*Choso POV*
-3 days later-
"Yeah-uh we're leaving Shoko" Nao says as her clique and her leave Shoko alone by the monkey bars, Shoko's face showing helplessness as she turns back and walks aside the monkey bars, playing a bit.
Shoya shows up and throws a pebble at her to grab her attention
"You know something? We're all sick of you and your notebook it's getting pretty old pretty fast" he says as I watch, laying on the tree branch.
"What do you want" Shoya asks as Shoko walks up close, points to herself, then at Shoya and clasps her hands together.
"Can we, be fwen?" She asks as Shoya stares in disbelief
"What?" He says, anger evident as he scoops up some sand from his crouched position
"You wanna do this where no one but me can see it Shoya? They won't be able to believe your stupid story when I kick your ass, well, even if they do you'll be the bad guy" I say firmly as I stand on the branch
"Whatever, you're both freaks!" he says as he lets the sand go and jogs away which makes Shoko sad, not knowing I'm in the tree.
I jump down, my Death Painting Womb Physiology working its magic as I simply stand up straight.
"You're my friend now" I sign to Shoko's surprised face before it morphs into happiness.
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-Next day-
"Hello everyone, I'm Miss Kita, the DHH Liason, do you all know what sign language is? Ok! It's kinda like using your hands to talk instead of your voice! Isn't that neat?" She says as Shoko stands in front of the board, clearly not wanting to be there.
"Sign huh?" Shoya says to himself as he stares at his hands
"Alright then! In order to communicate with Shoko, every single morning we'll spend three minutes of class learning to sign!" Miss Kita says
"Miss Kita?" Nao says as she stands
"Why can't we just write in her notebook?" Nao asks
"It would be easier for Shoko if everyone learned a little sign language." Miss Kita says
"Well it would be easier for Me if I could just write stuff down" Nao says, our English teacher rubs his nose under his glasses, frustration evident even if slightly masked.
"It'd be easier for me if you just shut up and listened, we're gonna do it anyway so we might as well go home on time today" I say, annoyed.
"Itadori!" The teacher says firmly as I grit my teeth, pissed off but if I push it they'll call Grandma and I don't need her worrying about me.
"Excuse me!" A girl who sits a bit beside Nao and Shoya says as she stands, her hands raised.
"I'll do it! I can learn how to sign" the girl says.
She spends the days learning how to sign, practicing with Shoko happily as I just tag along, uncaring, Nao has snide remarks every now and then, I glare at her or Chastise her but I clearly don't have enough Aura to actually make her consider her actions.
I comfort the girl Everytime but it clearly weighs on her.
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*Choso POV*
-1 Week Later-
She stopped coming to school, her desk left Completely abandoned and I feel bad for her.
One day I find Shoya and his turds with Nao and the Braided blonde after class, Shoya writing dick head bullshit about how the girl left the school in a mocking manner.
The girls and his friends clearly amused but terribly acting like they're against it.
Shoko walks in, a potted plant in her arms as she walks up to the board, reading it while walking.
"Oh my gosh! Who'd write such a thing!? Some people" Shoya says, clearly the culprit before he starts erasing it.
"Here, I'll just erase that for you so you don't have to see it, no need to thank me." He says before she writes on the board, thanking him.
"I said no need to thank me" he says, angry as he walks off with his friends.
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-Next day-
Shoya has a rolled up book, using it as a mega phone and about to yell into Shoko's ear before I grip the book and shove it into his mouth quickly which makes him fall into his seat, removing it while panicking.
"Shoko looks at me in confusion, noticing my movements from her peripheral.
"Backpack almost fell" I sign before I adjust my backpack
By the end of class Nao notices Shoko's hands by her ear often.
"Hey Shoko" She pats Shoko's arm before flipping Shoko's hair back, exposing her hearing aids.
"What do we have here? Does this mean you can actually hear?" She says
"Oh, I was wondering the same thing" her friend says
"Can I see em for a sec?" Nao asks before Shoko takes one out.
"Naoka!" Shoya yells from across the room
"What are those things? Toss em over!" He says as he holds a hand out and Nao looks at Shoko's hand and immediately nabs them before throwing it in Shoya's direction before I grab them mid air and shove Nao with my shoulder as I stand in front of Shoko and clean off the ear wax before handing them back.
"Keep it up Nao and I'll tell the teacher." I say
The days pass with everyone bullying Shoko, she loses some hearing aids but not the full eight pairs as I'm not omniscient and so she was messed with when I wasn't around.
I at least stopped Shoya from straight up snatching them from her ears roughly and quickly.
I walk out of school from using the bathroom to see Shoko walking towards the man made pond by the entrance. I stop her
"What are you doing?" I sign
"Shoya threw my notebook into the water" Shoko signs with tears swelling as I sigh before I go in, leaving my back pack by her as I grab her notebook out of the water, thankful I wore shorts. I took Hermy by her home later that day, we walked near her home and talked, Hermy ending up with sore fingers from writing so much.
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(A/N-ended up being way longer than planned, hope this doesn't become a habit)