Chapter 4: Past memories
Day after day passed. Now Nagato is used to life in this world. His activities are also fairly monotonous. Every day he would busk with Ryosuke in various places. All Might was also no longer seen in this city. Maybe he had returned to Tokyo.
Whenever there was time Nagato also did not forget to occasionally practice with his rinegan quirk. In anticipation if his eyes suddenly activated so he would be able to control it.
Maybe this kind of life looks boring but for Nagato this feels comfortable to him.
Today Nagato is not busking with Ryosuke. Now he was researching the power of his eyes in a park that was empty of visitors. Ryosuke has been gone since morning, he said he had some business that was not suitable for small children he said.
Hah, whatever he wants. Nagato wouldn't bother meddling in other people's business.
Remembering from the Naruto anime, Nagato should have six abilities that can be passed down to others. But that person must be connected to his energy. In the Naruto anime, Nagato uses a chakra receiver iron to connect his power to six pain.
Nagato here has no such iron. He doesn't even have chakras. But he has energy generated in his body, because he can feel it, maybe this energy is similar to the chakra in the Naruto anime.
Ok, energy is available. The problem now is the medium to channel the energy. If I'm not mistaken, the recipient's black iron was generated from Yahiko's hand, while Yahiko received power from Nagato. So, can Nagato produce the same iron?.
It should be possible. He remembered the scene when Naruto tried to persuade Nagato to stop the attack, Naruto was almost impaled by the iron.
Ok, experiment first. Nagato looked at his hands. Yahiko in the Naruto anime removed the iron from his wrist. Could he do the same?
Concentration. Nagato had removed his blindfold from earlier and activated his radar. He visualized the iron coming out of his hand. And a second later felt something protrude from his wrist followed by a stinging pain.
Nagato winced, because of the pain, he immediately flicked his hand quickly. And no! He heard something snap. Near his feet fell a ten-centimeter pencil-sized black metal. He then looked at his hand.
It was bleeding. Now on his wrist was a small hole from the black metal breaking out. It hurt, Nagato still grimaced. But then the hole shrank, but it was still bleeding. The wound on his wrist wasn't fully closed but it looked better.
Nagato tried to ignore the pain in his wrist and picked up the 2b pencil-sized iron. The iron was cold and stained with his blood. It didn't look any different from a normal iron. Black and cold is how Nagato described it.
Nagato tossed the iron in his hand. He then flicked the black rod. Ting!. The distinctive sound of metal clashing was heard, and Nagato immediately felt pain in his finger.
Oww aw aw aw, adududuh, really real iron.
Nagato folded his sore fingers while grumbling in pain. Why was he so stupid to hit the iron with his finger? Nagato thought his finger would be bruised, if it was really bruised he would have trouble playing the guitar.
Nagato crouched down observing his finger carefully. Seeing if a bruise would appear. After a while Nagato heard a sound.
Srrk srrk
It was the
sound of grass being stepped on, Nagato knew it, but he didn't turn around. Nagato wondered if it was just Ryosuke. Is Ryosuke back and looking for him?. Nagato thought. But usually Ryosuke looks for him while shouting his name.
Srrk srrk srrk
The sound of
footsteps stepping closer towards Nagato. If it's Ryosuke why not call his name?. Or maybe, Ryosuke intends to startle him again.
Nagato became alert, if it was Ryosuke who intended to startle him, he would immediately use shinra tensei and make him bounce up into the sky.
Srrk srrk
The steps
stopped two meters behind Nagato. And Nagato himself was already getting ready to use shinra tensei.
"Yoshihiro Nagato,"
Huh? Who,.... called him by that name?
Nagato turned around and saw a young man with blue hair with many hands covering it. His red-colored eyes were seen burning between the fingers pressed against his face as the person stood in the shadow of a tree.
Shigaraki Tomura??!!!
WHAT!. What is this!!! The person standing under the tree so casually was one of the main villains of this world!. And this villain met him, and even knows his name?!.
But isn't the main story not even started yet-probably-Nagato wasn't sure either. But what is this villain doing here!.
Wait, what did he mention?
Yoshihiro Nagato?
What, that's Nagato's full name here?.
*Humming...
Nagato's head was buzzing. He knew this feeling by heart. This is a sign that the random memories of Nagato here will enter his head. A second later, many random memories forced their way into his brain. So many and random that Nagato's head felt like it was going to explode.
Nagato knelt down while holding his head. One hand was still faithfully holding the black iron. He had now forgotten the pain in his wrists and fingers. Nagato gripped his hair.
His memories were too random and numerous. He got a headache. It was like watching a poor quality documentary with the plot going back and forth. He felt like cursing the editor of the movie. He felt as if time was going very slow and sometimes very fast. It made him dizzy.
Once the mixed flow movie was over, she couldn't help but feel tears flowing from her right eye. What is this?, She didn't feel any emotion even while watching the flashbacks of Nagato's life here. But why is she crying?. Is this a memory reflex left in this body?
Nagato
wiped the water flowing from his right eye. He then stared intently at the leader of the League of Villain.
It didn't matter if the man knew Nagato here. That man was a villain and he had to stay alert. He was no longer the Nagato of this world anymore. He's a person from another world!, he's not afraid of that person, Shigaraki Tomura!.
His left eye was already active from earlier, his hand was also still holding the black iron, preparing if the 'many-handed' man attacked him.
"Yoshihiro Nagato, that's your name, right? My name is Shigaraki Tomura, I'm a villain."
Don't ask!, it's clear from your face that you're not a good person. And since when did his nickname become Yoshihiro?!. Nagato thought.
"No need to be wary Yoshihiro, I just came to deliver a message."
Since when did Shigaraki become a letter carrier?!. Nagato cursed in his mind.
"Sensei wants you back. Sensei is also giving you a few days of leeway before I pick you up by force, Yoshihiro." The black mist then engulfed Shigaraki's body until she vanished with the mist, leaving only the reddening leaves of the tree where she had been standing.
What?
The Sensei
that Shigaraki mentioned isn't the main villain in this anime. All For One?!.
Nagato here has a connection with All For One?. No, no way, he saw all of Nagato's memories earlier. There is no shadow of All For One at all. There was only Nagato's disharmonious and violent family life.
What mystery is there in Nagato's life. There are many puzzles in Nagato's past life, like pieces of a puzzle that are not arranged. Judging from his partially blurry memories, it's clear that Nagato is trying to forget those memories, by hypnotizing himself. Thinking that everything was a dream and would disappear at sunrise.
He felt a sting in his head. This sensation was the same as when he saw the glass bottle. Does Nagato here have a phobia of glass bottles?. What is it about glass bottles?
In that memory she saw Nagato's mother who was often beaten by her drunk husband. Because of the frequent occurrences, Nagato's mother became stressed which gave birth to bipolar syndrome. And unfortunately this syndrome was directed by Nagato's mother at her own son.
Every night if Nagato's father came home drunk, he would beat his wife all night. In the morning Nagato's mother's bipolar would relapse. But she didn't dare to fight her husband. So she took out her anger on the young Nagato.
That's why Nagato locked himself up in his room every day. He was afraid of becoming his mother's outlet. Making his body pale and because of the awakening of his quirk, making his body burdened to dry thin, because his body is trying to survive.
Nagato also didn't dare to ask his mother for food. Therefore, every time his mother left, he would get some milk and then quickly hide in his room again. Now he understood why he couldn't digest food. It was because his body had gotten used to only consuming milk for three years.
The burden of the mind plus the burden on his body. How could Nagato survive for three years in such a state?
It's
odd, with the family in such a state, why didn't anyone try to save him?. There's no way that with the commotion his parents created the neighbors didn't hear him right?.
She bit her nails in thought. Is it possible that Nagato ran away from home because he couldn't take it anymore, and ended up in this suburban trash bin?.
But why did Nagato still want to stay for three years and not run away a long time ago?. What made him want to stay for so long? And what made him decide to run away?. What does All For One have to do with Nagato here that the man is looking for him?.
Ugh, too many questions
His head
was getting dizzy thinking about all these things. Moreover, the effects of the memory flash earlier still made his head hurt.
Some questions have been answered because of that memory. Including Nagato never practicing his quirk for three years due to the broken condition of his family. Nagato may also not be able to speak because of the trauma he has. He concluded.
He was still thinking about that memory until, BLEDAAR!!!!...
*Humming....
The loud noise made his head buzz again. He then felt hot liquid flowing from his nose. Holding his aching head again, Nagato turned to the prime suspect.
"Yo, Nagato. I told you, didn't I, you're... Bleeding?!. What happened, are you hurt Nagato?" Ryosuke who had used his quirk on Nagato panicked, seeing blood flowing from the nose of the boy in front of him.
"Are you okay?" Ryosuke wiped the blood flowing from Nagato's nose. While Nagato ignored Ryosuke because his head still hurt. Earlier his head hurt because of memories, plus Ryosuke's loud voice made his head feel like it was about to burst.
"Hey, Nagato you're not going deaf are you. I'm sorry, Nagato, I didn't know you were in this state. What happened to you?" Ryosuke continued to rant while wiping the blood from Nagato's nose and bandaging his wrist with a handkerchief.
Nagato, who was still dizzy, became even more dizzy when he heard Ryosuke's scolding. Actually the person in front of him is a man or a woman, why is his mouth so noisy?. He just let Ryosuke finish with all his ranting and then answered his question earlier.
After Ryosuke was silent, Nagato took Ryosuke's hand and wrote. "I practiced the quirk."
Ryosuke nodded, "Then?"
"I.... got memories from my past." Ryosuke was silent. "..... your memories?."
"Not a good memory. Everything is just a nightmare." Nagato wrote.
Ryosuke paused then sighed, he then stroked Nagato's dark red hair. "If it's not a good memory. Then forget it. You don't need to remember it if it's just weighing on your mind."
Nagato took Ryosuke's hand on his head. "You don't want to know my memories. Not curious?"
Ryosuke smiled. "No, if I ask you about it, it just makes you uncomfortable doesn't it, didn't you say it was a nightmare?. Telling me about it only makes you remember those bad memories. Forget it, just forget those memories. You don't have to tell me, Nagato."
Nagato was still looking at Ryosuke who was smiling serenely. He felt he could see the light emanating from Ryosuke's back. Making him look like an angel. Is it just his feelings or is Ryosuke looking like this right now? Nagato shook his head and discarded the thought.
The person in front of him was still the same Ryosuke he knew. It's just that his personality seems to have changed a little, like he's more mature and reliable. Maybe Ryosuke was going through a period where teenagers usually search for their identity and personality.
Well, he had also experienced it in his old world. And he got a personality that was aloof and seemed cold according to his roommates. It wasn't that she didn't want to have friends because of her personality, but she was just lazy to talk to strangers.
"Here, Nagato, I brought something for you." Nagato accepted the package that Ryosuke brought. And the contents were, a few more pieces of clothing and,.... Nagato
looked at Ryosuke confused. "This is... A gift from buying clothes. There was a promotion at that store. So yeah, that's it, I got a bonus sketch book and pencils." Ryosuke rubbed his nose while looking away. It was obvious that this guy was lying.
Nagato just nodded in agreement. He didn't want to add to the problem. Actually Nagato knew that Ryosuke often glanced at him when he made drawings on the ground. Well, it's because there is no other medium to spill his inspiration and it's a shame if it's just left to accumulate in his brain. It is certain that Ryosuke bought this sketch book because of that incident.
"How about it, do you like it, Nagato?" Nagato nodded. Then he wrote on Ryosuke's hand. "Next time, learn to lie better."
After writing that Nagato got up and headed towards the headquarters of the two of them. "What do you mean, Nagato! I'm not lying, that store did have a clothing promotion." Ryosuke ranted trying to deny Nagato's words. While Nagato once again ignored his nonsense during their journey back to the base.
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