#swap au... but not really

[kermitbread]

Hello, pardon me. In your Swap AU, how does Tsukasa react upon seeing his brother and Nene together for the first time?

this kinda runs in their family I think

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[kermitbread]

Did Teru try to warn Amane about his relationship with Nene?

asks are going wonky and won't send in my end again right now, so let me know if you see this haha

it's ok amane you can't do everything most of the time and this is one of those times haha

[kermitbread]

so uh... before any of you scream at me for making up yet another au concept again please just know this has haunted me since a week ago and it's killing me help

kinda long post, beware lol

everyone knows swap aus, right? them good old swap aus. I got something similar to that, but it's technically not really a swap au. if you get what I mean. this one's a combo with the exorcist hanako au from... aaaaages ago.

the seven mysteries don't exist, but kako and mirai act as the overseers of the school, or something similar. supernaturals still roam about, obviously. there's two rivalling clans that have had ties with working against supernaturals for generations. the twins and the minamoto brothers act as the protectors of the school from the hostile supernaturals. (kou's still in third year middle school and is classmates with mitsuba, while the twins are in second year of highschool, in the same class as teru. uh-oh)

amane is a bizzare case, according to the minamotos. he actually has the courtesy to be merciful to supernaturals, unlike teru who wouldn't hesitate to eliminate one right on the spot. kou is confused about this, but he does develop second thoughts about what's actually right and wrong with what they've been doing.

teru manages to get to nene first. he doesn't really trust her and has always resented how much time his little brother has spent hanging around her. exorcists weren't supposed to be friends with supernaturals, is what he believes. nene tries to evade his attacks, however, she gets cornered and is about to get exorcised when kou manages to step in and block his sword with his staff. amane without warning grabs her by the hand and they both leave the train.

they meet nene, a ghost of a girl who had died when she was in first year of highschool. it takes kou a bit of time to get along with her (nope, scratch that. they become friends immediately) and she and amane tend to bicker a lot (to the point kou would compare them to a married couple, much to their chagrin). they all become buddies though. especially nene and amane. probably much more than that. tsukasa is completely against their friendship at first, but comes to accept it a little.

we remove the entirety of the picture perfect arc and replace it with something similar to the severance/red house arc (and maybe even this current arc too). the two along with teru and lemon (yes, lemon is an exorcist too) go into the far shore to look for nene and the rest of the innocent people a certain evil supernatural had lured into the place. they agree to split up and do a thorough search in the train going to the afterlife.

so they're in the tunnel. amane's still running, nene's trying to get his attention, prying her hand away. she stands there, demanding what they were doing in the far shore when they should have just not bothered to come looking for her nor bother saving her from getting exorcised. that pisses him off and he grabs her by the shoulders and shakes her around

"shut up! you think I asked for any of this?! you think I'd just let the person I love disappear like that and act like it was nothing?! huh?!!"

"b-but—why would you care?! I'm dead, remember? if disappearing means you can have a chance of a normal human life without having to deal with supernaturals, then I'm fine with being forgotten—"

that was the last straw, and then he pushes her against the wall (not in that way, you weirdos, think of the last page on that cloud scene in pp arc, it kinda looks like that), stares right back at her, tears in his eyes. that surprises her. he never shed tears, at least not in front of her before.

"...don't you get it, yashiro? it's quite ironic, actually." he gives off a shaky laugh, his head lowered down to avoid her gaze. "it's when im with you that I feel like I can be the most normal guy I can be. when you made me those donuts... when you would ramble on and on about so many things... it's when I'm with you that I forget about this entire exorcist bullshit, even for a moment."

nene freezes. she couldn't say anything back, and can only stare at him as he pulls her closer, burying his face on her stomach and his silent tears began to develop into full-blown sobs. he's really holding onto her tight, reminding her of the night of the severance, how much he tried to keep her from shattering.

and that's when she realizes, he was being serious. if there had been any doubt in her mind, here was her answer. he cared about her, too. she mattered to him. the ghost of a girl who had her life cut too short, a ghost who barely had anything to show for, was someone precious to him.

well that's kinda how I think this current arc would work in the case of this au and I've yet to attempt to reimagine and rework every single thing in canon to make this one work but yeah! this is just some incoherent rambling from me, lol

alright I'll go to bed now it's almost 12 am haha bye

[kermitbread]

w-what happened to swap au nene’s eye? who dared to hurt her like that? 😡

idk but it ain't aoi since she's still alive :)

she's so silly, getting a pen stuck into her eye like that. nene-chii, be less clumsy next time!

[kermitbread]

i... did not expect that many people to consider looking at it. but thank you anyway ( ꈍᴗꈍ)

second part is currently in the works! will be posting it probably later if I can!

[kermitbread]

Wait, can your swap nene leave the school?

yep! just because she was murdered in the school grounds doesn't mean she's bound there. she can leave just fine, but sometimes remaining in school is safer than accidentally getting lost outside in an environment that can easily manipulate her into turning into something... not so pleasant

not that the school itself can be a pleasant environment for a newly turned ghost anyway... but somehow it keeps things in check. most of the time

[kermitbread]

Who murdered yashiro? I can't tell :(

all will be revealed soon.

soon

[kermitbread]

Umm...Sorry that bothering you, but I wondering for Hanako/Amane exorist AU would weapon is, and also how strong would he be? (Again for bothering you probably get a lot of questions) Also like what's Nene's rumor?

a sword like teru, cuz 1: to piss him off and 2: swords are cool and he should get one, as a treat

he'd probably be matched with teru in terms of strength, cuz his family had him and tsukasa stick to rigorous training to the point they weren't even allowed to go to school until their second year of highschool

as for nene's rumor, it's like

"have you heard? there was a student who was killed in the very hallways of the school last year. they never found her murderer. she's a lonely ghost, and sometimes you can hear her walking around the school, and she gets jealous seeing friends always together. she'll try to ruin your friendships if you're not careful around her."