A/N: this is also on ao3 under the username sunshinewine! please review :)
Kirishima loves his sister, he adores her, and they go everywhere together. She's one of the sweetest people he knows and he loves her smile. She's six minutes younger than him; she's his baby sister and he loves her. Their connection is strong, it's a twin thing his moms tells them.
They're 14 now, in their last year of middle school, she's applying for U.A and he's almost certain she'll get in. A super strength Quirk is awesome and flashy, unlike his hardening Quirk. He tells her this, and she flicks him on the nose.
"Hey now! Your quirk is awesome, EijiI love your Quirk, it's a very special Quirk. It protects you and it can protect those you love," Anzu says as she makes a 'tsking' noise. Kirishima has always found it weird how his sister spoke like an adult, but he supposes it was just one of her many qualities. Hearing her say that makes him happy and he gives her a toothy grin. She then asks "Remember what I always say?" He nods.
"The people in this world who can smile are always the strongest," Kirishima says. She grins and nods and hands him his lunch. She always kept her hair in a partial bun with two strands framing her face, he has never found out where she got the idea for the hairstyle from. She's eating something super spicy again, it never seems to bother her; which in his opinion is manly as hell, he isn't really a fan of spicy things.
"I'm going into town today, do you want to come with me?" Anzu asks as she stuffs a mouthful of spicy chicken into her mouth. Kirshima tries to sneak some of her rice, she makes the best rice, but she nudges him away.
"Nah, I got to go to the arcade," Kirishima replies. She just nods and stuffs her mouth with more chicken. He opens his lunch and his face lights up when he sees the rice. "You're the best sister ever!"
"I'm your only sister," Anzu says as she finishes the spicy chicken. She then starts eating the rice. Kirishima steals one of her sodas and downs the whole thing in one gulp. She glares at him and he gives her a sheepish look as she wacks him on the arm.
Anzu remembers another time, a time where villains ran free and crime was on the rise in Japan. She remembers fighting everyday to keep the country safe, fighting to keep her family safe. She remembers being Shimura Nana, the 7th holder of One for All, but that time is gone. She is no longer Shimura Nana, she's Kirishima Anzu. And she will do anything to keep her family safe.
She loves going to the little candy shop in town, she loves the soft candy they sell on the cheap. Anzu remembers Nana bringing her student Yagi Toshinori to the shop the day she passed on One for All to him. The look on his face was something neither she or Nana will ever forget. Anzu buys a small bag full of soft candy and snacks on it as she makes her way to a fabric store. She still has to make her costume. She's walking pass an alley when she hears a wet cough, and so she stops. The coughing continues, and her concern overrides her caution. Anzu makes her way into the alley, there's a thin man hunched over coughing up blood.
"...Sir?" Anzu asks as she touches the man's shoulder. He jerks and turns around to face her. She comes face to face with a man with gaunt features and bright blue eyes. His hair is blond and wild with two strands framing his face. Her heart nearly stops.
She knows this man just as sure she knows that the sky is blue. She has seen this man in Nana's memories, memories that were full of maternal love, Nana had loved this man like a son. Tears fill her eyes before she can stop them and she drops the bag of soft candy as her hands fly to her mouth before she can say his name.
But there is no doubt, this is Yagi Toshinori, the student that Nana had loved so very much. Oh God, what happened to him? He looks like the wind could carry him away and oh God he was coughing up blood! Toshinori stares at her in concern as blood drips from his mouth. She backs away, and his expression seems to fall as he takes the tears for being tears of fear. She turns and runs, the bag of candy and her purse forgotten. He calls out for her, but she runs, runs as fast as she can. She runs until she's home, and sobbing in her brother's arms.
"Sis, what happened?! Did someone hurt you?!" Kirishima asks. Anzu shakes her head and clings to him. Her heart heavy with grief over what has happened to Toshinori. She knows that Toshinori is All Might, she had been so proud when she first saw him on T.V. But now all she can see is the gaunt man in the alley. Their moms run into the living room and gather their children into their arms. It takes a while for Anzu to stop crying, but she doesn't tell them why. She just tells them that she's tired and she wants to sleep.
She lays down in her bed, and is filled with so much guilt. Guilt she knows is from Nana….guilt that she knows is from herself. If she hadn't died and left Toshinori behind then Toshinori wouldn't be a gaunt man coughing up blood in an alley. She covers her face with her blanket and tries to drown out the world.
Toshinori stares down at the student I.D in his hands and feels immensely guilty for having scared the poor girl. His gaunt features often scares people, but it doesn't usually scare them to the point of tears. He sighs and puts the I.D back into the pink wallet, and then puts the wallet into the purple purse. He's thrown the candy away, but he could always buy the girl more. He'll try to find her tomorrow and give her purse back to her.
The night doesn't go by smoothly, he's constantly woken up by either nightmares or pains and he nearly coughs up his remaining lung. His throat is sore, and his mouth tastes like blood. He gets strange looks when they see him holding a purse. Something hard slams into him as he's walking down a fairly empty street. He stumbles, but quickly regains his composure and turns, expecting some kind of villain. Instead it's a black haired teenager with red eyes and shark like teeth. Almost like the girl from yesterday.
"That's my sister's purse! What're you doing with it?! Are you the reason she came home crying last night?!" The kid asks. Toshinori has to applaud him, with his face hardening he looks almost scary. Twins, huh?
"No, I didn't steal this from her, she dropped it. Can you give it back to her?" Toshinori asks as holds the purse out. The kid takes the purse, still glaring. Toshinori holds out a small box wrapped in a blue cloth. "She dropped her candy yesterday, so I got her some more." The kid stares at him with narrowed eyes as he takes the box.
"Thanks…...my name's Kirishima Eijirou, why'd my sister come home crying last night?" Kirishima asks. Toshinori sighs and runs a hand through his hair. He's going to be late for Midoriya's training, but at least he can give Kirishima an explanation.
"I suppose I scared her, I'm not exactly the most good looking guy around," Toshinori says. Kirishima stares at him and shakes his head.
"You're not scary, she wouldn't be scared cause of that," Kirishima says. He frowns. "Anyways, I gotta get to school so I can give Anzu her I.D, see ya later mister." He takes off running before Toshinori can get a chance to say anything else.
Anzu is glad to have her purse back, and she's touched that Toshinori replaced the candy she lost. She feels guilty as shit when Kirishima tells her that Toshinori thought he had scared her. She chews on her candy as she walks towards the fabric store, she wants to find Toshinori and apologize. The poor guy didn't scare her, it's more like she's feeling Nana's guilt over dying and leaving Toshinori behind. She sighs as she tosses the empty box into a trash can.
"Young Kirishima?" A very familiar voice calls out from behind her. She turns around and sees Toshinori, dressed in clothes that are way too big for him. It's cute, she supposes he wears them so he can still be All Might without his clothes being ripped off.
"Hello," Anzu says as he comes to a stop in front of her. He's tall, like two feet taller than her, and she's so amused. He used to be so small, but now he's like a fucking sunflower.
"I want to apologize for yesterday, I didn't mean to scare you," Toshinori says. Anzu can't help but burst out laughing, and he just looks confused.
"You...you didn't scare me! I...I had some things going on but...I was worried about you," Anzu says. She wipes tears of mirth from her eyes. Toshinori smiles, its very endearing and so much like the smile Anzu remembers.
"Thank you, Young Kirishima, this is normal so don't worry about me. I'm Yagi Toshinori," Toshinori says. She grins and takes his hand and shakes it.
"Sorry to cut this short but I have to run to the fabric shop, I gotta make my costume," Anzu says. Toshinori nods.
"Are you applying for U.A?"
"Yeah! I'm going for the Hero's Course.''
"I see, and what Quirk do you have?"
Anzu grins easily lifts him up just by the arm, which shocks him.
"Super strength!" Anzu says as she sets him down. He laughs and it's so much like the laugh she remembers.
"I'm sure you'll get very far with a Quirk like that," Toshinori says. She grins and tells him goodbye before turning the other way and walking away. Pride fills her, Toshinori has come so far and yet he hasn't changed a bit.