Chapter 1: First Touch Of Our Hearts
"When there's nothing to be gained, rising to the challenge at those times, is surely the mark… of a true hero!"
That's what the Number 1 Hero once said.
"The deeper the darkness the more dazzling the light shines!"
That's what his successor said.
Even 8 years later, these quotes are stuck in my mind. I will never forget All Mights final fight against All For One and his "United States of Smash". His legacy was carried on by a young boy called Izuku Midoriya. During his time at the Yuei Hero Academy, he was often injured due to this inability to use quirk correctly. After all, he didn't have his own quirk at the age of 4 like everyone else did. No, he inherited All Might's quirk One For All. He wanted to follow All Might's ideal to rescue people with a smile and to become the Number 1 hero.
Not only Midoriya was a top student in his class. Shoto Todoroki, Katsuki Bakugo, Ten'ya Iida are all top class heroes today. Despite him being in a top tier school, he always was in touch with me. I've been in school with him before and like Midoriya, I was born without a quirk. Maybe that's the reason we became very close friends. However, our ways separated when he was accepted to the Yuei while i was looking for something else. My goal is to be a criminal detective to help out the heroes. The training is hard but I'm sure I'll get through it.
One day. About 4 years after All Might's battle with All For One, when I met Midoriya-kun for a drink with his friends, he also brought another classmate to the group. It was a girl and they seemed to be pretty close friends. When i saw her, my heart started beating much faster and for a split second, i forgot to breathe.
"Hey, are you alright?" asked Midoriya-kun.
I snapped out of my breathless state.
"H-hey, yeah sorry, I was just a little bit...distracted" i stuttered while i unintendedly blushed.
"Good to see you again, old friend!", Midoriya-kun said and patted my shoulder. "I brought a friend of mine today, I hope that's OK!
"Y-yeah". I stuttered again.
"I'm Ochako Uraraka, nice to meet you" the girl said and smiled.
"I'm Kaito Ishida, nice to meet you too!"
(Why am i so nervous? I've never seen her before yet my heart is beating so fast?) My mind was a huge mess at that point.
We went inside and searched for a good spot for 3 people.
In the right corner of the bar was a table for 4, yet since it was the only one that was still empty, we decided to sit there.
"So, tell me Midoriya-kun, Uraraka-san, where did you get to know each other?" i asked him.
"She was in my class at the Yuei Academy."
"Oh, so you're a hero, too?" I looked at Uraraka-san.
"Yup, my quirk is Zero Gravity. I can make objects and people lose their gravitational pull and basically nullify their weight" she explains.
"But if she does it too long, she starts to feel dizzy and has to vomit" Midoriya-kun grins.
"Do you wanna fly off Deku-kun?" she said and her face changed to an evil grin in an instant. I was scared for short moment. Who'd have thought that such a cute face could give you such a look. However, she was always super charming and before we packed our stuff to leave, when Midoriya-kun decided to look for a toilet, i took my chance.
"H-hey, Uraraka-san"
"What's up Ishida-kun?" She smiled again, making it even harder for me to speak and i realize my head's blushing.
"I know we've only know each other for an hour now but i think you're a super nice person so i wanted to know if I could have your phone number" I asked and I'll tell you what. That was the hardest thing that i did so far in my life.
"Sure, you're also super nice, we'll sure have lots of fun talking! Gimme your phone number and i'll text you real quick"
I gave her my number and she sent me a selfie of herself, smiling of course. I saved her number and thanked her as Midoriya-kun came back.
We went outside and said Goodbye as we all lived in different directions.
I took out my phone again to look at the picture she sent me.
"I think, I've fallen in love." I said to myself and thought: "That's the best thing that has happened to me in a while."
Little did I know about the event that should change Midoriya-kun's, Uraraka-san's and my life forever.