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Narrator:
Tommy checks that Dream is asleep then quietly climbs out of a window. He had already mapped out his plan on climbing down in the dark but once he gets to the last couple of feet he misses the foothold and falls, breath knocked out of him. 'Shoot did that make a noise?' He asks himself. 'I hope it didn't wake up Dream' He decides to not waste time questioning it and hurries over to his secret chest he hid in a wall, gathering the few items he managed to keep hidden from Dream including a wooden sword, wooden pickaxe, apples, bread, a boat, and his friendship bandanna from Tubbo. He didn't know why he kept it since Tubbo had betrayed him but... for some reason he couldn't bring himself to get rid of it. Tommy stared at it for a moment before taking it and tying it around his neck and running for the beach. 'Finally,' he thinks 'I'm almost out of here!' His initial excitement falters when he hears footsteps and then a voice.
Dream: oh Tommy... I thought we were friends? This isn't what friends do.
Tommy picks up speed and reaches the edge of the water, looking back at the silhouette of Dream who now has his sword out
Tommy POV: Shit! I am such an idiot for not planning this better!
He quickly puts down his boat, frantically rowing away from shore as fast as he can. Dream stops, calmly watching as Tommy becomes a mere spot in the distance. As the masked man walks away he whispers under his breath "Nightmare. I need your help."
*3 days later*
Tommy POV: I have to keep going... I have to get away from Dream... Land can't be too far away. Right? Just have to keep rowing. Ugh I ran out of food.... I'm so tired.... Just keep rowing. Just keep rowing. Keep... rowing... Keep...... ro-....
Tommy falls into a deep sleep
...
???: Oh you poor soul, let me help you.
...
Mitsuki and Masaru Bakugou are walking along the beach talking about anything, everything, and nothing. Most of everyone has gone home because the sun is setting but they like walking under the stars and having the whole beach to themselves. Mitsuki sees something in the distance.
Mitsuki: Hey, what's that over there?
They get closer and realize it's a boat with someone inside, talking in his sleep
Tommy: (mumbling) N-no... T-tubbo... please... I care about you more than the discs... d-don't leave m-me with him... not D-dream...
Masaru turns on a flashlight, peeks into the boat and steps back in surprise
Masaru: Is that a child?!?!
Mitsuki: Yeah. What the fuck is he doing out here alone?
Masaru: Let's wake him up and ask him, he may have gotten lost and taken shelter in the boat.
Mitsuki: The boat doesn't even have a roof though and it doesn't really look that comfortable
Masaru: Even more of a reason to go up and ask him then
The couple walks up to Tommy and Mitsuki taps him on the shoulder.
Mitsuki: Hey kid, wake up.
Tommy: AHHHHHHHHHHHH
P-please! I'm sorry D-Dream!
His screaming surprises the couple and they both take a few steps back to give him space. Tommy opens his eyes and looks at them and quickly calms down.
Tommy: Ah, shit s-sorry 'bout that. I, uh, thought y-you guys w-were... You know what n-nevermind I should g-go
Mitsuki: Kid... are you ok?!
Tommy: Yup perfectly f-fine I just have to be on my way n-now
Masaru: You don't sound fine. You sound scared.
Tommy:Oh don't worry it was just D-Dream... I mean a dream
Mitsuki: Speaking of that, why are you out here kid?
Tommy: I could ask you the same.
Tommy glares daggers of distrust at the two
Masaru: We were just taking a walk along the beach. Now it's your turn. Tell us why you're out here.
Tommy looks back and forth between them
Tommy: I don't think I will
Mitsuki: Hey at least let us know your name
Tommy POV: Yeah right. Like I'll do that I'll just tell them a fake name then leave
'Maybe he'll trust us more if we tell him our names first' Mitsuki thinks to herself
Mitsuki: Well my name is Mitsuki and my husband's name is Masaru
Tommy: Fine. My name is ... err ... Theseus
Mitsuki: oh cool, like the king from Greek mythology?
Tommy: Well yeah kinda I g-guess
Masaru: Nice to meet you Theseus
Masaru POV: I don't think he's from here. Not just the name but also his accent, his clothes, and his hair all don't match up with the style around here
Masaru: So back to the question my wife asked, why are you out here this late?
Tommy POV: Should I trust them? What if they're like Dream?
Mitsuki: If you don't have anywhere to go I guess you could come back with us. Well I mean we have a spare room.
Masaru: Now it sounds like we're about to kidnap him!
Mitsuki: But we're not!
Masaru: I don't think he knows that.
Mitsuki and Masaru start talking with each other about what they could do
Tommy POV: Wait... kidnap?
Tommy starts hyperventilating and covers his ears
Mitsuki: Wait kid are you alright?
Tommy: (mumbling) Don't let h-him take me.... Don't l-let him take me...
Masaru: Don't let who take you?
Tommy: Not d-dream... Not d-dream...
Mitsuki: What's happening?!
Masaru: I don't know! Theseus! What's wrong?!
Tommy doesn't hear them. He's back with Dream who's raising his sword at Tommy for hesitating to put his stuff in the pit
Tommy: P-please don't hurt me. I p-promise I'll put it in the pit Dream. Just please don't
h-hurt me.
Mitsuki: W-what? Who's this "Dream" guy and why is Theseus so afraid of them?
Masaru: That doesn't matter right now. First, we have to calm him down. Then we can ask questions
Mitsuki: Yeah you're right (talking to Tommy) It's alright kid. Dream's not here, you're safe.
Tommy: M-maybe he's not here right now, b-but he's going to come he's going to kill me and blow up everything I have w-when he finds m-me!
Masaru: But he's not here. He won't be able to find you ever again.
Tommy: Y-yes he will he a-always finds me n-no matter where I go
Mitsuki: Shhh shhh it's okay if he does find you I will protect you please calm down.
Tommy: T-that's what they all s-say
Masaru: Maybe so but you've never seen my wife. If she cares about someone and promises to keep them safe, she will do everything in her power to keep that promise. Whoever this "Dream" person is he won't be able to get you. Just try to focus on your breathing. You are safe here.
Tommy: Y-you're just saying that to make me stop crying like an idiot. It's not a-actually true
Mitsuki: No it's very true. I kinda knocked out a few rude customers when I first met Masaru.
Masaru: Yeah and you almost cost me my job.🙄
Tommy looks up and starts breathing normally
Mitsuki: So rude not even a thank you for saving you from idiots
Tommy POV: I think I can trust them enough
Tommy takes a deep breath and chuckles at the thought of yelling at stupid people
Masaru: So are you okay now Theseus?
Tommy: Yeah also I l-lied , that's just a nickname that one of my b-brothers came up with. I didn't tell you my real name at first because I didn't know if I could t-trust you.
Mitsuki: So are you willing to tell us your real name because I mean it is ok if you don't want to
Tommy: Y-yeah my real name is T-tommy
Mitsuki: Like I said we have a spare room if you would like to stay with us a while if you don't have a way home
Tommy: Sure that'd be g-great
Masaru: ok then it's just a short walk to the house from the beach
They lead the way to their house and Tommy picks up his boat and follows them
"What's that odd bracelet for?" Mitsuki asked, pointing to the metal bracelet on his wrist
Tommy: I'm not very sure but D-dream gave it to me when I was y-young and not even my brother could get it off so I think it's most likely a tracking device or something
Masaru: That's probably how he always finds you
Mitsuki: Yeah we should get it off as soon as possible
Tommy: Y-yes please that would be great
Tommy's happiness is suddenly interrupted by a burning pain from the bracelet.
Masaru: Are you ok?
Tommy: Y-yeah I think so but c-could we get the bracelet off before we g-go to your house. I don't want to lead h-him there because then you guys would also be in d-danger...
Mitsuki: ok that seems reasonable.
Masaru: there are some wire cutters in our house so those might work, I can go grab them.
Tommy: O-ok we can try...
Masaru hurries towards the house and comes back with the wire cutters.
Mitsuki: How about I cut off the bracelet so that you don't have to do it with just one hand
Tommy: T-thanks.
Mitsuki carefully cuts off the bracelet and it falls to the ground
Tommy POV: Wait what?! How do these cut it when not even any of Technos enchanted netherite can dent it....
Tommy sees the silhouette of a woman in the corner of his eye but it quickly disappears
Tommy POV: who was that!?
Mitsuki: Are you okay?
Tommy: Y-Yes. Thank you so much!
Mitsuki: Oh well you're welcome. Come on let's get you home you must be exhausted!
Tommy: Ok, w-well thanks again!
They get to the house and give Tommy food when they hear how he's barely eaten anything in the past few days to try and conserve what little food he had until he ran out
Tommy: Thank you again for l-letting me stay here and for giving me food
Masaru: Honestly you don't have to thank us all we did was just help
Tommy: S-sorry?
Masaru: You don't have to apologize,
Tommy: Sorry? Ah god damn it! Sorry! Fuck!
Tommy keeps yelling and Mitsuki watches them and tries to hold back a laugh
Mitsuki: Let's keep him!
Tommy: Sorry! RAHHHHHHH!!!!! (Scream of gremlin rage)
Masaru leads him to the bedroom as he yells nonsense gremlin noises
Masaru: Yeah heh, heres the bedroom. Good night kid!
Tommy: I'M NOT A CHILD BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Masaru leaves the room to let Tommy sleep. Tommy places a chest beside his bed and stashes his pickaxe and the leftover food. He ends up staying awake for most of the night, making sure that there isn't any danger but eventually he can't hold his eyes open any longer and falls asleep.
(The next morning)
*Tommy wakes up*
Tommy POV: Huh? Why hasn't Dream woken me up yet?
Tommy sits up in bed
Tommy POV: Wait this isn't my bed!? Where am I?
Tommy blinks the sleep out of his eyes and looks around.
Tommy POV: Oh yeah. Those two.
(Mitsuki comes into the room)
Tommy: Good morning Mrs.Mitsuki!
Mitsuki: Good afternoon sleepy head
Tommy: Did I really s-sleep that late?
Mitsuki: Nah, I just wanted to tease you.
Tommy: Ha ha v-very funny. (Tommy rolled his eyes jokingly)
Mitsuki: Come on, I'm making breakfast. There's a change of clothes in the closet but they are Masaru's old clothes so please excuse his terrible sense of style.
Tommy: Ok I-I'll come out in a bit
A little while later Tommy comes out of the room wearing new clothes and walks into
the kitchen
Tommy: I l-like the clothes that you gave me
Masaru: Seeee I do have good style
Mitsuki: Well they do look good on him not on you though
Masaru: Hey! I can look good if I want to
Mitsuki: Yeah right. Those clothes would be too small on you now and you'd fucking die. Sorry hon bun but you wouldn't look very good if you were dead.(she chuckled) Come sit down Tommy, breakfast is ready
Tommy sits down at the table next to Masaru
Tommy: Hey uh I f-forgot to ask but w-where am I?
Masaru: Oh right I forgot you aren't from here
Mitsuki: Welcome to Japan Tommy
Tommy: Wait. Hold the fuck up just for one moment... I'M IN FUCKING JAPAN?!
Masaru: Yup.
Tommy: What the hell?! That means I t-traveled almost halfway a-around the world in at most a w-week when it should have t-taken more than a fucking month!
*no he is not going to question how he can speak japenese lets just say its ✨Magic✨*
Mitsuki: Maybe you were hit by a quirk that made your boat go faster?
Tommy: What the actual hell is a q-quirk?
Masaru: You know, the powers that 80% of the population has?
Tommy: W-what? Only g-gods and very few others have any sort of powers.
Mitsuki: What? You know real gods? Where do you come from?
Tommy: I'm f-from L'manburg in the DSMP
Mitsuki: I've never heard of that before
Masaru: Me neither
Tommy: Maybe I d-drank a speed potion or something and forgot?
Masaru: Why would you just have a random speed potion on you? Those potions are super expensive and hard to come by because of how few people have potion related quirks.
Tommy: What? But potions are incredibly easy to find or make as long as you have the right ingredients? Actually n-nevermind it doesn't matter right now.
(Mitsuki looks in a cabinet in kitchen)
Mitsuki: Aw man. We're running short on rice. Does anyone want to go to the store with me?
Tommy: I w-would like to get to know the area around here but.... what if D-Dream is around here searching for me and recognizes me?
Masaru: Maybe you could style your hair and put in colored contacts
Mitsuki: I also have some make up you could use to hide your scars and even so, there's very little chance that this Dream guy is here.
Tommy: You guys have colored contacts that have not e-expired?
Masaru: yup.
Tommy: why?
Masaru: She told me to see the world through her eyes so I basically bought her eyes
Tommy: Okay then totally not c-creepy at all...
Masaru: The contacts are in the bathroom left cabinet take the ones that haven't been opened yet and I'll go grab some hair gel and make up
A/N: there's 2 pairs of contacts one that Masaru used and an extra he bought in case he lost the first pair because he wanted to keep the Joke running so Tommy will use the extra pair cause of eye germs and stuff I guess
Tommy: Okay.
Masaru walks away to grab the hair gel and Tommy finds his way to the bathroom where he finds two pairs of reusable contacts and reaches for the pair that's not opened
Tommy POV: These must be the contacts he was talking about
Tommy walks back towards the kitchen and finds Masaru holding a bottle of hair gel and a makeup pallet
Tommy: H-how do I put these in
Masaru: Here, I'll help!
Masaru helps Tommy put in the contacts.
Masaru: There you go!
Tommy: ugh it f-feels like there's a rock in my eye...
Masaru: That's normal for the first time you'll get used to it.
Mitsuki: Style time!
Mitsuki styles Tommy's hair looking up references, covers up his scars the best she can with makeup and then gives Tommy a mirror to show him the final product
Tommy: Why's my hair so s-spikey?
Mitsuki: That's just one of the styles around here.
Masaru: Now what should we call you?
Tommy: What do you mean?
Masaru: Well if we're doing all this to make you unrecognizable then we should probably give you a new name too so you can fit in.
Tommy: Y-Yeah that's reasonable... So what should my n-name be?
Mitsuki: Well your family name should be bakugou so that it seems like you are our child...
Tommy: Okay, well what about m-my first name?
Mitsuki: Your given name? Well I have said that if I had a son I would name him Katsuki!
Tommy: And your last name, or family name i guess is Bakugou so, Katsuki Bakugou, I l-like it!
Masaru: Great, now that we've got that sorted out, let's get going.
The trio walks out of the house and towards the busier side of the city
Tommy: w-where are we going?
Mitsuki: Just to the store for rice and spices and anything else we decide to get. You can get whatever you want. You're going to need some clothes and you can decide whatever else you want to get.
Tommy: Are you sure you won't be mad at me for getting stuff?
Mitsuki: Of course not! Here's 10,000 yen for the clothes.
Tommy looked uncertainly at the money. How long had I been since anyone had given him anything, much less and form of money. Maybe he would enjoy staying with the couple no matter how odd their dynamic might be.
Tommy: Thank you so much Mrs.Mitsuki
Tommy runs ahead, looking in wonder at the place so much bigger than anything he's seen in the dsmp
Tommy POV: Woah, there's practically everything you could ever want in here... Well except real swords but that's probably just a stupid "safety hazard" or something.
Tommy is marveling at the amount of shops when he accidentally bumps into someone who has the same hairstyle and smile as Tubbo
Izuku: Sorry about that!
Tommy: No I'm the one who b-bumped into you, so I'm s-sorry
Tommy looks at Izuku's apologetic smile and immediately thinks of Tubbo
Tommy: T-tubbo?
Izuku: What?
Tommy: (nervously chuckles and feels his palms start sweating) oh shit s-sorry, I just m-mistook you for someone els- Ahhh! (His hands accidentally explode)
Mitsuki and Masaru quickly run over
Mitsuki: What happened?!
Tommy: (surprised and angry) WTF WAS THAT!
He looks around for signs of tnt, a trip wire or perhaps a flint and steel in the other person's hand, but finds nothing. He can even pick up the smokey smell of gunpowder, only something slightly sweet, almost like burnt caramel.
Izuku: Auntie Mitsuki?
Mitsuki: Yes Izuku that's me. Can you tell me what happened over here?
Izuku: Oh well we accidentally ran into each other and then he used his quirk by accident or maybe he just got his quirk right now... (mumbling)
Mitsuki: Are you both okay?
Tommy: Yeah I-I guess so... (Tommy looks at his hands)
Tommy POV: Did I do that?
Izuku: Yeah we're fine.
Masaru: Good. You guys can either keep shopping or introduce yourselfs
Mitsuki: I'm going to go say hi to Inko!
(Mitsuki walks away and Tommy waves)
Mitsuki: Meet at the front of the store in an hour!
Masaru: Ah yes, Izuku I do not think we told you but me and Mitsuki adopted a kid.
Izuku: That's awesome, why didn't you tell me or my mom you were planning to?
Masaru: Well we didn't really plan it, it just sort of happened...
Tommy: H-hi I'm Tom- Er I mean... Katsuki Bakugou
Izuku: I am Izuku Midoriya, what's your quirk?
Tommy: I-I don't really know but j-just now I made explosions that came from my hands
Izuku: Wait hold on, let me get my quirk analysis book (Izuku takes out his notebook and a pencil) so do you know how it happened?
Tommy: N-not really I just bumped into you and my hands e-exploded.
Izuku: Maybe it was triggered by stress or awkwardness or maybe embarrassment because that's how the situation was...(mumbling)
Tommy: U-uh... Hello?
Izuku: Oh right sorry, I was just thinking aloud
Tommy: Okay, well what's your "quirk"?
Izuku: I... (takes a breath) I don't have one, I understand if you don't want to be friends with me, it's fine I'm used to it.
Tommy: W-what? No! I didn't even know I might have a quirk until a few minutes ago!
Tommy POV: and I didn't even know what a quirk was until yesterday.
Izuku: So you did just get it right now
Tommy: I g-guess so?
Izuku: That's so cool, congratulations!
Tommy: Why thank you T-tub- er, I mean Izuku😅 sorry I... er... have trouble saying it.
Izuku: Oh, do you want to go by nicknames?
Tommy: you know w-what, why n-not? What should you go by?
Izuku: Well everyone always calls me Deku...
Tommy: Ok I'll call you that then.
Izuku: How about kacchan? Sorry if it's kind of a childish nickname.
Tommy: I no child! I big man! But the nicknames still cool though.
Tommy POV: It's also my fault that we have to go by nicknames, so he can call me whatever nickname he wants
Izuku: So, friends?
Tommy POV: I'm not getting betrayed again
Tommy: I... uh... I should go find Mitsuki...
s-she might be worried.
'I doubt she's worried and if she is then she shouldn't be'
Izuku: Okay I guess... see you later! (Waves bye to Tommy)
Tommy: bye! (runs off)
'Why the fuck did he look so much like Tubbo?! Will he betray me? I'm not letting myself get exiled... Not again... Ugh... I can't show him any weakness or else he'll just manipulate me!'
Tommy sees Mitsuki and Inko talking to each other and starts walking towards them
Mitsuki: (waves) Oh Inko this is the kid I told you about!
Inko: Hello! I'm Inko Midoriya but you can call me auntie because you're Mitsuki's son.
Tommy: Are you sisters?
Inko: no but we're best friends and my son, Izuku, calls Mitsuki "auntie"
Tommy: oh okay well nice to meet you auntie Inko
Inko: Nice to meet you too Katsuki!
Tommy: H-How did you already know my name
Inko: Oh don't worry, Mitsuki told me everything about you
Tommy feels a tiny flash of fear before coming to his senses, knowing that not even Mitsuki knows everything about him. Mitsuki gives him a worried glance before shaking it off
Mitsuki: Did you get everything that you wanted?
Tommy: Yup!
Mitsuki: Okay we should probably find Masaru and get going now! Bye Inko!
Inko: Bye Mitsuki! Bye Katsuki!
Tommy: Bye! It was nice meeting you!
(Later that night)
Tommy opened his eyes and looked around. He seemed to still be in exile. 'Must've just been daydreaming' he thought miserably watching Dream walk towards him. He tried to hide his stone sword and leather helmet but it was too late. Dream had already seen. "Put it in the hole Tommy" Dream said nicely through clenched teeth, his mask always smiling, always looking into Tommy's pathetic soul. "N-No! I spent all week gathering this stuff!" Tommy yelled. What a dumb decision that was. Dream stared at him. "What do you mean 'No'?" He asked, venom lacing his words. "You always take my stuff! Why can't you just let me keep it for once?!" Tommy asked, trying to contain his anger. "I'm doing this for your own good!" Dream yelled back pulling out his sword. Tommy glared at the sword in Dreams hand. "How does this do me any fucking good?!" Tommy screamed. "You are a fucking child! You are the weakest on the server! You care about the stupid disks more than your own friends!" Dream raised his sword. "This is for your own fucking good Tommy." He swung. Darkness.