The Wings of Change
Summary: A young man whose dream is to join the illustrious high school U.A. High in hopes of becoming a pro super hero and make a difference in the world. All to suddenly his hopes of becoming a pro hero are ripped away from him, as people from his father's past come back seeking an unpaid debt. Now him and his family are forced into hiding while trying to whatever he can to scrounge up the money to help pay off the debt. How far will our young hero go to ensure his family's safety. Will he allow his dreams of becoming a pro hero slip away or cling on to them at the expense of those he holds dear?
We find our young hero hiding in an alley way behind a dumpster late at night, his black hair matted to his forehead mostly from sweat and a little blood. While his seven-year-old sister Nina rests on his back fast asleep. It's awkward due to the giant black feathered wings sprouting from his back. Making it difficult to find a comfortable resting position for her. He was being chased by weird yakuza looking men when he managed to lose them by dipping into this alley. There are multiple gashes along his torso and one long cut running down his left arm. He is waiting for his pursuers to pass by, so he can make his escape. Just as he is about to leave two figures turn down the alley. One of the figures sees his head poking out from behind the dumpster. Just as he is about to shout a winged figure swoops down taking both of them out. The winged figure is our young hero's father Rei Shiotani. Rei calls in a low gravelly voice, "Akira hurry up and let's go". Our young hero Akira emerges from behind the dumpster and rushes towards his father, "Thank God dad, I thought we were done for." Akira whisper/shouts. His father responds, "Nothing to it kid, now let's get you and your sister out of here. Are you good to fly"? Akira tries to flap his wings, but the movements are slow and stiff. Due to his younger sister resting on them for so long "I think I can, but not with Nina on my back." "Don't worry son I'll get her", Rei pulls Nina off his back, and holds her with his right arm "We just need to focus on getting out of Hosu. Once we get out we are heading to Musutafu. I have a friend there that can put us up for a while." Suddenly another one of their pursuers turns into the alley about to shout to his friends until three feathers pierce his throat quieting him to a slight gurgle as blood fills his mouth.
Rei sees Akira's wing quivering slightly. He gently grabs Akira's shoulder "Hey nice shot kid, but we gotta move. You need to start warming your wings up, because it's gonna be a marathon of flying." Akira mumbles, "I-I don't know if I can dad, I'm so tired. I can barely move them. Everything hurts dad" there were tears welling up in Akira's eyes. Rei notices and hoists Nina further up with his right arm to get a better hold on her then grabs Akira's head with his left hand and brings it to his shoulder "I know your tired son, I know you are hurtin, and I know you feel like dying right now, but you gotta keep on fighting just a bit more. You can make it you got me and your mom's blood in ya, and even both of our quirks. You are way stronger than me or your mom could have ever imagined, and I now you are strong enough to make it!" Akira was holding onto his father for support by the time Rei ends his speech. "Okay I-I'll try." Akira's wings started to flap slowly picking up more speed. Rei could see the pain on his son's face with each flap of his wings, as Akira worked out the stiffness and soreness. "When we get up in the air we need to move fast. So, we will take off whenever you are ready."
After a few minutes Akira nodded to his dad, and slowly started to rise off the ground. Rei soon followed with Nina in tow. They both heard shouts from the ground letting them know they were spotted. As they flew away a few bullets and beam projectiles flew passed them. Both of them picked up the pace, and soon they were flying over the rooftops of Hosu. A twenty minuet into the flight Rei shouted to his son, "Akira follow me. We are going to make a little detour." Rei then led them to a small ,shady looking, run down diner on the outskirts of Hosu. "Son I need you to take your sister for a bit while I go inside." Rei handed Nina over, "You need to be ready to take off in case the manage to find us. The people chasing us have eyes and ears everywhere." Akira grabs his father's arm as he is walking away "Dad! You haven't even told me who is chasing us. Why did they attack us in our house? Why are they trying to kill us?" Rei could only sigh, "Akira… son they are people that I hoped never to see again… people that I hoped neither of you two would get involved with." Rei gently pulled his arm free, "Now I need to call in a few favors before we can head over to the place in Musutafu." Akira grunted indignantly, "Then why can't we come in with dad you. Wouldn't it be safer to stick together? In case they find us again." Rei shook his head, "I know it seems like a good idea to stick together, but if we get caught inside. We will have little room to move. You got the same wings I do, that means you need big open space to maneuver and fight. So, it is a better for you and your sister to stay outside where y'all can make a quick escape if you need to. Also, the less people you know from my past the better. I will try and solve this as quick as I can." Rei smiled, "Besides you still need to enroll into U.A., and we don't need people seeing you associating with these kinds of people." Rei patted Akira on the shoulder, kissed Nina on the head then entered the diner.
All was quiet outside except for the chirping of some crickets and the occasional car passing by. Akira decides to sit down at one of the tables outside of the diner taking a moment to catch his breath. Now that the danger had passed he was starting to feel all of his wounds throbbing. He winced when Nina started to move around in his arms. Akira looked down to see her staring into his eyes, "Bubba why are we outside; where is daddy?" Akira placed a hand on her head, "Don't worry Nina just go back to sleep." Akira's hand starts softly glow purple, and Nina's eyes slowly closed. He kept his hand there until he was sure that she was asleep. He was using his mother's quirk "Empath" with it he could feel others emotions and feelings, as well as force people to feel what he wanted them to. He just made his sister feel tired and sleepy until she fell asleep again. The only downside to it was that Akira had to be in direct contact with the person. The other quirk he had was his father's, "Birdman". That quirk is where Akira gets his wings obviously, it also gave him amazing eyesight. He could see up to a mile away with ease, he also had sharp talons on the end of his fingers. He also learned how to use his feathers as deadly projectiles. His sister on the other hand only inherited their father's quirk with a slight mutation to it. Her quirk gave her super hearing instead of super vision. She didn't know how to use her feathers yet.
They waited about thirty minutes while their father did whatever inside. When Rei finally did come out he was carrying three duffle bags. Two large and one medium sized. "Okay son the plan is to lay low for a bit in Musutafu. Once we get settled in. I will go and pay my old friends a visit, see if I can smooth things out with them" Akira looked down and solemn. "Hey son I know it looks bad, but if things go our way. Everything will be back to normal, and we won't ever have to worry about these people ever again." Akira just nodded, "Let's just go already dad" Rei can only sigh as Akira started to flap his wings, "Hold on son let's take care of those wounds first. Akira grumbled as his father dug around in the medium sized duffle bag and pulled out some gauze and disinfectant. Akira put Nina down in one of the chairs while their father prepared to treat his wounds. It took a few minuets for Rei to find and clean all the wounds on his son, but when he was done Akira's left arm was almost completely bandaged and most of his torso was wrapped up. "Alright Akira are you still good to fly; we can wait a while longer?" Akira nodded, "Yeah dad I'm fine I can still fly." Rei handed Akira the medium duffle bag and picks up Nina. With this they took off once more on their way to Musutafu.