The class roared when the teacher announced that they were choosing hero names.

Marry shrank further into her seat.

She still couldn't really believe she was here, training to be a hero. Surely, surely, there were so many people better than her, so many people more worthy than her. She could already think of a few. The boy in General Education. The friends she had made in the Blindfold gang. Her mother. Her grandmother. Her grandfather.

Surely a tiny monster like her didn't deserve to be here.

A whiteboard tapped her. She blinked and gasped. "O-oh, sorry!" She took the board and stared down at it.

What in the world am I supposed to name myself?

She didn't have a clue on where to start. So she waited. And thought. And waited. And thought some more. Eventually, she waited long enough for people to start going up and presenting.

Okay, so I can go off my power. Okay. Okay. So, Locking Eyes, or Combining Eyes… She paused. How am I supposed to use that?

More people presented. One used a hero they admired as a template. Another used their physical features.

She thought back to a hero she once saw on television. The Snake hero: Uwabami. The hero with snakes in her hair. She couldn't use Snake hero as her tagline, obviously. But maybe…

How would I want them to think of me?

She thought back to the hero who saved her from being a lonely little monster. The heroes who successfully fought against a terrorist attack. The heroes who had protected her, timeline after timeline.

Seto. Momo. Kido. Kano. Ene. Konoha. Shintaro. Hibiya.

Her mother.

She smiled and wrote her name down. Her hero name. She still couldn't really believe she was here, but now it sent a thrill down her spine.

So I won't forget the Blindfold gang. So I won't forget my heritage.

So I won't forget who I am.

She scurried up to the front. Her hands shook, and her voice wavered, but her heart was set and strong. She was the granddaughter of a lonely monster who loved. She was the daughter of a mother who wanted her to see with her own eyes. She was a member of a group who banded together to fight against their tragedies. She was someone who took a stand with her friends.

"Combining Eyes hero: Medusa!"


A/N: I knew Medusa was going to be a part of her hero name in some way or another, I just wasn't sure of the tagline. I was considering things like 'Monster hero' but that's slightly ooc for Marry to decide, I think.

I like how this sounds in Japanese tho: Me no Gattaisaseru hero: Medusa

Sidenote: 'Me' means eye in Japanese

(The reason why I wanted Medusa to be her hero name is totally because of the Japanese pun)