Chapter 6: Aftermath
I woke up to bright light shining in my eyes, and a blanket over my body. Groaning, I tried to pick myself up but found out that my muscles didn't agree with me and I fell right back down on my back. A person with a fishhead and wearing a doctor's coat walked in, "Oh you're awake!" The Fishman then quickly walked over to me and asked," Are you feeling lightheaded or any muscle fatigue?"
" Just muscle fatigue, otherwise I'm fine"
The doctor picked up a clipboard from a table in the corner of the room and quickly wrote something on it. " Well if that's all for now, I'll go inform your parents that you are awake and return to run some physical tests to make sure everything is okay. He walked out of the room and I put my head down to think about what happened last night. In just two days, I encountered two powerful villains that could have killed me easily. One of them was one of the most likely wanted villains in Mexico, I think the only reason I beat him was because he underestimated us.
"Gosai!" My mom's voice cracked as she rushed to my bedside, tears forming in her eyes. Dad walked in at a slower pace, although he still had a very worried face and bags under his eyes "I was so worried, You could have died again!" Mom started to cry openly and hugged me tightly" Dad then began to speak, "You have been unconscious for 2 days Gosai, and what did I say about going in to fight villains"
"I know Dad, but Ectoplasm was about to die and I couldn't just stand there, by the way, is Ectoplasm okay?"
Dad responded," Mostly, the fire cauterized his wounds so he couldn't bleed out, other than his legs of course" Dad chuckled, trying to lighten the air with a joke." But he said he wanted to meet with you after you recovered."
" What for?" Mom stepped back and said, " We don't know honey but he said he thanks you for saving him" After that we talked for a few more minutes and Dad gave me his phone with Ryuko on the line, and then both my parents walked out. " Hey Gosai, can't believe you encountered two powerful villains in just two days and even fought one. It must have been terrifying, Im sure I definitely wouldn't have been able to do anything if I was there."
" Don't discredit yourself Ryuko, I would have died both times if it wasn't for Ectoplasm saving me. He's the actual person who did most of the work in the fight, I only managed to knock Cruz out because he was off balance and he underestimated us." She lightly laughed
" Now who's discrediting themselves? I saw the videos you know, I never knew you could do that before."
" There were videos of it?" I asked." Yes, there were a lot of people recording it from their houses or down the street, anyways how long do you think it will be until you get out of the hospital?
"I should get out in a day or less as it's only physical exhaustion so I should be fine quickly." For the next 5 minutes, we talked about the fight more and how I was able to do the things I was able to. After talking I hung up and the doctor came back to do some checkups but said I was fine so I went back to sleep.
-7 hours later-
I woke up again and I was feeling much better than I was when I first awakened. The doctor brought some food from the hospital cafeteria which didn't taste good whatsoever but I still ate it. After eating the doctor deemed that I was already well enough to stand up and walk around so I decided to ask where Ectoplasm was at. " Tanaka sensei, can you point me in the direction of Ectoplasms room so I can go see him?"
" Yes, he is just down the hall around the corner and the third door to your right." The doctor replied. " Ok, thank you for the directions."
"No problem"
Walking out the door, I began to think about what Ectoplasm wanted to speak to me about other than thanking me or seeing if I was okay. Maybe he wanted to talk about how I used my quirk, that could be a reason as it was illegal to do so. But I guess I'll just figure it out once I get there.
After about half a minute I reached the room the doctor told me about and opened the door. " Ectoplasm? It's me Shiramochi I just woke up and was told you wanted to see me."
Walking out the door, I began to think about what Ectoplasm wanted to speak to me about other than thanking me or seeing if I was okay. Maybe he wanted to talk about how I used my quirk, that could be a reason as it was illegal to do so. But I guess I'll just figure it out once I get there.
After about half a minute I reached the room the doctor told me about and opened the door. " Ectoplasm? It's me Shiramochi I just woke up and was told you wanted to see me."
"First of all," he started, "I owe you my gratitude. You put yourself in danger to help, even when you didn't have to. But that's exactly why I wanted to talk to you."
"Was It because I jumped in to fight?"
"Yes, but also another reason as well. Tell me, what made you move to fight Cruz?"
I pondered over the question for a moment. What did make me move in to help, even though I could have died easily? " I guess, I just felt like it wouldn't be right to just leave you there alone and injured, especially when I had the chance to intervene."
Ectoplasm grinned, " Well I would say that's an excellent reason Mr.Shiramochi, and that's why I would like to make you an offer."
" An offer? What do you mean?" I questioned." I would like to offer to train you on how to be a hero and get better, only if you and your parents agree of course"
My face blanked, what? An actual hero offered to train me? And one like Ectopalsm as well, this was too good of an opportunity to turn down." Yes, I definitely agree, I would love to be trained by you Ectoplasm. And I'm sure my parents will agree as well."
"Great, I guess I can speak to your parents after I get prosthetics for my legs about it then." I then frowned, "Oh yeah your legs, how are you supposed to be a hero with only prosthetics?"
" I can just adapt to them, it will take a while but I'll eventually get better, and it's just a pair of legs. I can live without them. And please, call me Kurotake" Oh so that's his name, from what I could remember the show never showed his name. Or I might have just forgotten it, is has been 11 years after all.
"Okay Kurotake-Sensei, I'll be going now, thank you for the opportunity and I hope you get well soon." I bowed and started to walk out. " See you later Mr.Shiramochi,"