Chapter I: Humble Beginnings

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A fiery path,buildings in ruin, roads toppled with huge chunks of land jutting out as if Japan had been plunged into another earthquake but I knew that wasn't the reason someone who caused this, someone who I must stop, the person in shadowed clothing who was always out of reach…something I always noticed before looking at my body, blood squirting out of two places both of which swords had been jutting out of. Nothing could be done because I lacked one thing...power.

I suddenly awoke from my slumber to be greeted by a familiar sight, a poster of Knuckle Duster. Not many knew who he was, as he preferred to fight petty thugs in which most heroes would not even bat an eye to. I liked that some people will not stop to help others, no matter how they are perceived. Knuckle Duster isn't a villain at all but he's not… a hero either, a vigilante if you would but is someone who I look up to a lot

particularly due to one reason, he's like me. He's someone in a society of wonderful and powerful quirks that is quirkless… like me, but that didn't stop from helping others, that didn't stop him from doing what he felt was right to maintain the peace, that didn't stop him from doing jobs that were discarded by the heroes. He was my inspiration.

A smile crept as I said this, it was something I ran through in my brain every morning to get me pumped for the day ahead and what a day it was going to be. It was going to be my first day studying the hero course at U.A High School even if it was a little into the first semester.

I was surprised when I had heard this but after the incident at USJ it made sense which at first caused me strife but then I realised it was a way prove myself if I had any chance of surviving my chosen profession as the hero. Now it was time to prove myself in the most prestigious hero school in all of Japan, to prove the people who doubted me over the years, the people who turned on me, a list which included my former best friends.

Quickly I jumped out of the single bed on which I lay and turned to survey the room. I had no reason to do this but I woke up earlier than anticipated so it wasn't time to start my daily routine. I've seen this room hundreds of times since I came to Japan but everytime it still feels like the first, sure to the outside eye it looks like a plain room with peeling paint,

cracked wall, draft fill windows and a disgusting colour combination of a dark green and an inviting pink; but to me, it was my own room which is something I have never been able to say due to my bountiful amount of siblings. 5 sisters and 4 brothers to be in fact, so when I moved to Tokyo to attend a different high school, it was safe to say I was beyond ecstatic.

As I lost in my own thought I stumbled to the adjoining bathroom until my phone buzzed signalling the backup alarm I had placed on my phone in case of emergencies, the clock on the bright red smartphone read 7:00.

Shit! Given the new distance from my leased home I had not judged the journey time is taken to get to Yuei which was solved by a quick check on MapQuest but then once again replaced with a feeling of dread, it read 1 hour and 15 minutes which meant in 13 minutes I had to reach the station and board the train, No problem...right?

Well except that the station was a good 20-minute walk away. Well, this is going to be fun I thought to myself as I jumped back into the bathroom to start my preparation.

[20 minutes later]

Panting loudly, I knelt down clutching my knees as I was trying to catch my breath, my bag slumped off my shoulder to my waist where it was stopped by my hands, my naturally white hair all over the place but not that I cared because now I made it on time.

'Hiya are you okay,' I looked up to see a pink pigmented girl with equally pink hair, two horns jutting out her skull, her eyes… her eyes were the most beautiful things that I had ever laid my eyes on.

Her sclera black with her irises yellow with a twinkle that made her eyes sparkle more so than it already does. Quickly fixing myself I looked in her eyes once again, for some reason making myself blush which was not surprising due to lack of female contact when I was younger.

After cursing myself for being so weak as to fall into such charms I finally responded,

'U-uh yes I'm f-fine,'

'Good for a minute there I thought you were gonna collapse,' she smiled which made my heartbeat go crazy as any sign of kindness towards me was met with a blush and a change in my personality to a timid and shy nature.

'Hi my name is Archer Livicus, what's yours?' extending out my hand and smiling so as if to push the blush out of my cheeks.

'My name is Mina Ashido nice to meet you Livicus-kun' I was confused at first before I remembered what my stepfather told me, that Japanese people preferred to call people by their family names instead of their first. ' You're not from around here are you?' she asked suddenly pulling me from my train of thought.

'N-no I was born in America but I decided to come here when I was choosing a high school,'

' Well that explains your name but how can you speak Japanese so fluently?'

'My stepfather was Japanese so ever since I was young he started to teach it to me in hope that I would accept to the most prestigious hero school in the world.'

'What Yuei? I'm pretty sure there are places better than this,'

'Yes but my stepfather was pretty adamant about me coming here, so here I am,'

'Wait are you on the hero course?' Mina suddenly said with a tone of glee in her voice.

'...Yes? Today is my first day. I was on the waiting list having failed the practical exam but after some people left due to the USJ incident the principal phoned me around 2 weeks ago and asked if I was still interested in the school which I obviously was so they started the process and told me to come in today,'

'So you're the guy who's going to be replacing Koji Koda?'

'I guess so?' suddenly Mina became very excited as she pulled me closer and started to pose before clicking a selfie with her phone and then pulling away.

'What was that for?'

'So the others can see your face before you meet them, dummy' she replied as if the most casual thing in the world before turning her attention to her phone.

During that time in which she held me close, I could smell her hair, which gave off a smell that was a mix between lavender and lemon, an unusual but surprisingly good combination. A blush crept up on my face as I thought this, which went unnoticed by the pink girl who was furiously tapping away at her phone as if her life depended on it.

I stared at Mina with a smile on my face, she was someone who everyone wanted to be around, that much I could tell just by spending half an hour with her. She was my complete polar opposite, a social person who had many friends and confidence that seemed to radiate onto others. She seemed like the embodiment of happiness.

However, I was another story. After years of being brought down by bullies and isolated by others who did not want to be associated with a birth defect, I had a somewhat lack of self-confidence, with no friends apart from my sibling and was apparent at one look at my cell phone which consisted of my parents and my oldest sister.

These thoughts about Mina were the only things on my mind until we reached our stop, however, I was the only one to notice so I quickly shook Mina and we made our way out of the station in the direction to Yuei.

It was tough finding the way to Yuei especially given the fact that Mina told me of a shortcut to the school which was supposedly nearby.

'Well... where are we?' I asked Mina as I walked next to the confused teen as she was navigating through the winding streets of Musutafu.

'Give me a minute I know where I am going,'

'You said that 10 minutes ago,'

'Okay but know I definitely know where I'm going now,'

'You're lost aren't you?'

'No..?' she finally said smiling sheepishly.

'Mina… are you directionally challenged?' my question was a serious one but was met a change in her cheek pigments to a deep violet. 'Mina...?'

' Y-you called m-me Mina,' the girl finally managed to blurt out. I was baffled at first before I remembered what my stepfather had told me about Japanese people's names which caused a similar pigment change to appear on my face.

'I-I'm so s-sorry A-Ashido,' to respond Mina who was still looking away from me but then suddenly looked me in the eye.

'I'll forgive if you let me c-call you, Archer,' she responded with a weak smile.

'Sure thing Ashido'

'It's fine to call me Mina,' Mina said returning to her usual peppy tone of voice.

'Okay then Mina where are we going,' at first she didn't reply but as she turned the corner she swung out her arms in a dramatic fashion.

'Here,' and indeed here it was in all its glory. Its massive blue entrance arch was dwarfed by the 4 glass towers which stood erect in the centre of the institute with a forest surrounding the parts in which nothing was built.

This was it. This was the this was the end. Only time will tell I guess.


Author's Note

Here it is. The beginning of something new, something amazing.

This is my first ever chapter to be posted on Fanfiction and if you're wondering why it is a bit short I wasn't really sure if people would like it or not.

This is a project in which I hope to be doing for a long time with (hopefully) weekly updates so if this first chapter feels a bit slow don't worry that's how first chapters are meant to make you feel so it just means you have to be in it for the long haul.

As this is my first story please do not judge it too harshly the 3 people that might find this.

That's all for me so tune in next to find out what happens to Archer Livicus, the quirkless hero.

P.S I reuploaded this because some of it didn't show up so I think I accidentally deleted those parts but here you go.