Holy Knight
'Thoughts'
"Talking"
Chapter 2: The First Day
I woke with a force when my alarm started to blare. I shot up in bed and glared over at my phone with such determination. Today I would not bring myself to push the snooze button five times like normal. With a smile and glint in my eyes I turned off my alarm. I threw my legs over my bed and jumped to the floor. It was a little more forceful than necessary and I stumbled a bit. Before my face could connect with the floor my wings caught me and pushed me to standing up straight.
You'll slowly start to realize I am a major klutz, but my wings always catch me. Sometimes it felt like they had a mind of their own.
Shaking the thought from my head I started to get ready. After a quick shower I started the process that was calming my hair. It was so long that I normally would wash and straighten it the night before, but today was a special day that demanded my hair be just perfect. Today was my first day of Hero Class and I am just truly in a state of bliss. My nerves were long gone. Clearly the teachers saw something in me to accept me to the course, and that would be my fuel to push myself over the next couple years of high school.
I finished up my hair and threw on some light mascara and lip gloss, just enough makeup to shine a little extra bright. It was time to put on the uniform. My hands were a little shaky as I ran my fingers over the fabric. It was nothing special as far as uniforms went; grey and green blazer, white button up undershirt, bright red tie, and lastly a cute little green mini skirt. It was so special due to what it represented. Every great hero out of Japan had worn this uniform and now I get to wear it.
I threw on the uniform, put on some cute white thigh high socks with brown knee high laced up boots, and started my journey out the door. A couple steps out the door I realized I forgot my bag, turned around and ran back to grab it. I guess I was a little more anxious than I originally thought. The commute to UA High School took about 35 minutes. I didn't live close due to the crazy spike in price in apartments. Apparently getting a chance to see heroes up close was a great selling point for apartments. Cool enough I got to ride a train in the morning rather than making the trek on foot. The only sad part of moving to Japan was giving up the ability to get my driver's license. Japan's driving age was 21 which is just crazy to me. At least public transit was everywhere. Also, there was this whole crazy notion that you couldn't use your quirk out and about without a provisional license. So, flying everywhere was taken off the table for me. I will admit, at nights, I would from here to there, but I would never risk making it a daily thing.
As I arrived at the school, I realized that I was early. There were only a few students here and there. I meant to be a little early but didn't realize just how early I left. I guess I really was excited. A small smile broke across my face and I started heading towards my classroom.
Walking around UA started taking me back to my American school days. It was hard to imagine that this school had such prestigious reputation. It honestly looked like a normal school on the inside. Giant windows in the halls made It easy to look out into the courtyard of the campus. It really made me feel like I was at a school in California. Lots of light and wide-open spaces to hold all the kids. Now the door to the classroom made my jaw drop.
'Um, what the actual fuck is this.'
The door was ginormous. Well over 10 feet tall. There were windows so you could see into the classroom if you really wanted to. Still it was pretty awe inspiring. It really made the school feel larger than life. My 5'6'' height felt dwarfed by the door. I grabbed the door and slowly slid it open. Even with the size it slid effortlessly.
It was time to start my new life and maybe that would include some new friends that were in this very class. I walked into a nearly empty room. There were only about 5 students that were earlier than me. I looked around all the different desks and then looked up the classroom board.
'Ah there's a seating chart. Thank god. No pressure.'
I found my name on the board and headed to my seat. On my way a student with dark blue hair and glassed stopped me
"Hello, my name is Tenya Iida." He bowed slightly.
"Oh, hi! My name is Marina May. It's very nice to meet you." I bowed a little awkwardly. I was still getting used to not reaching out my hand to shake and bowing just felt so unnatural to my personality.
Iida raised his eyebrow at my accent. It wasn't terrible, but for sure noticeable. Also, not to mention my complexion was clearly not Japanese.
Iida did not mention the accent, but politely said, "I look forward to working with you over the next couple years."
"Oh yeah totally! Hopefully we can become fast friend." I winked at him with a big smile on my face.
Iida let me pass to find my seat.
'Okay, my first introduction was done. Now twenty more to go.'
I didn't think I would have the chance to talk to every student one on one today, but I was going to make an effort to get to know every single one of them before the end of the week. I had no family here in Japan. No friends, unless you wanted to count my neighbor Cho, which I didn't. I had a lot of friends back in America, and I made every attempt to stay in contact with them. We texted and Facebooked each other a lot, but it wasn't the same. I am a very social creature and I was feeling awfully neglected.
I took my seat and looked up at the board. I was sitting behind someone named Kouji Kouda, in front of someone named Rikidou Satou, and the people to my sides were Shoto Todoroki and Ochako Uraraka. Those four would be the first people I introduced myself to. Might as well get to know my neighbors first. Luckily one was already there. Shoto Todoroki sat in the seat to me left. He was looking down at a book on his desk. Completely in his own world in would seem. I slowly raised my hand and tapped the edge of his desk.
Todoroki glanced up at me slowly. I sucked in a deep breath and my eyes went wide just a little. Sure, his hair was instantly noticeable as I came into the classroom. His left side of his head had red hair and the right side was a snowy white. That hair had nothing on his eyes though. His left eye was a beautiful turquoise while his right eye was a storm cloud of grey. He took my breath away, but only for a second.
"Hi neighbor, I'm Marina May." For some reason I spoke in barley above a whisper. Almost like my overbearing personality would scare him away if it showed up too early. I was already treating the kid like he was a scared gazelle apparently.
"Shoto Todoroki." Nothing else.
"Well it's nice to meet you Todoroki." Same smile and wink from before were directed at him. He just nodded and looked back down.
'Well then. Guess I'm not everyone's cup of tea.' I dramatically sighed and laid my head on my desk.
I got here so early and I have nothing really to do. I was hoping that I would have time to bond with some of the other students, but my seat mate wasn't talking. If I wanted to bond, I would have to bring myself to get out of my desk and put myself out there. My eyes looked around the room as my chin stayed on the desk. I had so much energy that was just ready to spill out, but I had to contain myself to not come off as desperate, even though I totally was. I closed my eyes and decided to just relax until the room filled up more.
A couple minutes went by when I felt a small tap on my shoulder. I looked up to see a cute girl with short brown hair with the cutest short choppy bangs. She had a huge inviting smile on her face. She was adorable and her friendship would be mine.
"Hi! I'm Ochako Uraraka." Her hand went up in a little wave and her brown eyes closed and I swear the smile got even bigger.
"Hi Uraraka, I am Marina May. It's very nice to meet you." My smile and wave matched hers.
"You can call me Ochako. I just have to say; I saw you at the very beginning of the exams. You looked so cool when your wings popped out and you started flying! I really wish I could have seen the rest of your quirk, but those wings got you away to fast! I couldn't catch up and still get enough points. It was smart to get away from everyone to get all your points, plus you totally got away from that zero pointer that tried to crush my leg. Luckily that green haired kid jumped in and saved me. It was so cool, very heroic." She rambled on and on. When she finished her speech, her hand was in a fist and her eyes glared off into unoccupied part of the classroom.
'Oh my god. She's so cute. I could hear her go on for hours. Oh, crap I haven't said anything, and I just keep nodding like an idiot. SPEAK!'
"Occhhhhakooo. That's so nice of you. You totally have me blushing over here. Please call me Marina. I'm from America so it's a little weird to have people call me by my last name." My hands flew up to my red cheeks and my entire body was wiggling back and forth in my seat.
"Okay! I'll do that Marina." Ochako sat down in her seat and started to get comfortable.
"So Ochako, I didn't get to see you during the exams. I don't mean that as an insult if that's what it sounded like. I just was way too zeroed in and I only saw robots that day." My hand found the back of my head and started to rub up in down in nerves. A small little laugh left my body in shame.
"Oh, Marina I totally understand. I was so nervous too. We all have our own way of dealing with it." She leaned out of her chair and put her hand on my shoulder. She took it away and continued, "My quirk is Zero Gravity! My quirk allows me to manipulate gravity upon any object just by grazing it with my fingertips effectively making them weightless." Her finger pointed up into the air spinning in a tiny circle.
"That's so cool Ochako! So unique. I love it. My quirk is called Holy Knight. There's a lot of parts to it that would take way too long to explain. You got to see my favorite part though. My wings allow me to go places most people can't even imagine. Hey, when we get some more free time and I can show you other parts of my quirk. Maybe we can even go get some coffee or something." I said with a little shakiness in my voice. Trying to make friends with other girls always made me more nervous than talking to boys. Friends sure tend to last longer and mean more than any boyfriends I've ever had. Ochako quickly stood from her desk and grabbed my hands in her hands.
"Yes I would totally love that!" No smile this time. Just big brown eyes staring straight into my soul.
"Awesome! It's a date." The most genuine smile broke across my face and my heart skipped a beat.
The room started to fill up and Ochako clearly got distracted by something out of the corner of her eye. Actually, it was more like someone. My eyes followed hers and they fell upon the boy with green hair from the entrance exams. Her face started to glow, and a giant smile broke out. She pretty much sprinted up to him. He was currently being talked to by that Iida kid, but Ochako didn't hesitate.
"Hey! I recognize that messed-up hair! Falling boy!" Her voice just started to ramble, and she got too quiet for me to hear from the back of the room.
The boy seriously looked like he was going to die. His whole face was red, and his hand covered over his eyes so he couldn't make eye contact with her.
"If you're just here to make friends then you can pack up your stuff now."
'Is that a giant fucking slug!?'
The 'slug' continued, "Welcome to UA's hero course. It took eight seconds before you all shut up. That's not going to work, time is precious. Rational students would understand that." The slug shed his skin to reveal a man. He was tall with long shaggy black hair and dark eyes. He had a 5 o'clock shadow already and had dark circles under his eyes. He wore all black except for a pretty large grey scarf that looked like it was wrapped around his neck ten times over. "Hello. I'm Shota Aizawa. Your teacher."
'This dude is our teacher? Well at least he isn't some sort of slug hero. I may have seriously been sick.'
Aizawa started to dig through his sleeping bag looking or something. He pulled out gym uniforms. "Right, let's get to it. Put these on and head outside."
Everyone quickly stood out of their seats and started to head for the door. On the way out Aizawa handed each person their own UA gym uniform. Once we had the uniforms in hand, we headed to the locker rooms to change.
The girl's locker room was nothing out of the ordinary. I did notice however, that our class didn't have that many girls. Out of the twenty-one students there was only seven girls. All the girls were in too much of a hurry to talk. Aizawa didn't seem like the type that would like to be kept waiting. The school uniform was a mix of blue, white and red. They had long pants and short sleeve shirts with a zipper right up the middle. Thank god mine was personalized so the back was completely open with a giant rectangle cut out with a white boarder. I also was wearing my special sports bra that cross low on my back and had a halter top that went around my neck. It looked a little ridiculous without having my wings out, so I went ahead and just let them be free. I mean they were part of my hero persona, so I felt no shame in letting them be seen at school.
"May, your wings are beautiful! I'm Mina Ashido by the way." A girl with pink skin, yellow eyes and horns on top of her head.
"Thank you Ashido. You can me Marina by the way." I smiled at the girl
"Okay, awesome. Call me Mina."
Some of the other girls chimed in about my wings, but it was time to start heading to the track field. We all walked together out the field. All the boys were there already so we joined their group. Aizawa had his back to the group.
When everyone gathered around, he finally spoke, "We will be doing a quirk assessment test today."
"What!? A quirk assessment test?" The whole class shouted together.
"But orientation! We're gonna miss it!" Ochako huffed in disappointment.
"If you really wanna make the big leagues, you can't waste time on pointless ceremonies." Everyone gasped at the hard words. Aizawa ignored us and continued, "Here are UA, we're not tethered to traditions. That means that I get to run my class however I see fit. You've been taking standardized tests most of you lives. But you never got to use your quirks in physical exams before. The country's still trying to pretend we're all created equal by not letting those with the most power excel. It's not rational. One day, the Ministry of Education will learn. Bakugo, you managed to get the most points on the entrance exam." Aizawa directed his last gaze to a kid with blonde hair and red eyes.
'Bakugo had the most points. He must be pretty strong.'
Aizawa, still talking to Bakugo, "What was you farthest distance throw with a softball when you were in Junior High?"
"Sixty-seven meters, I think."Bakugo responded. No smiles, no nonsense.
"Right. Try doing it with your quirk."
Aizawa directed Bakugo to a circle in the middle of the field and handed him a ball, "Anything goes, just stay in the circle." Bakugo just kind of stood there staring at Aizawa. "Go on. You're wasting our time."
"All right, man. You asked for it." Bakugo started to stretch to get ready to throw the ball.
"Hey Ochako. Is this normal for schools in Japan to test stuff like this?" I whispered in her ear.
"Oh yeah totally. Where did you go to school Marina?"
"America. I'm still trying to get used to some of the customs so sorry if I have to ask a lot of questions." I nervously rubbed the back of my head.
"Oh, that's awesome! You can count on me Marina. I'll keep you up on the know!" Ochako gave me that adorable smile of hers.
It looked like Bakugo was finally ready. He did a dramatic wind up and threw all his weight to his front foot. "DIE!" He threw the ball with the full force of his quirk. The explosion that followed was loud. It caught me so off guard I almost threw my hands over my ears. The heat on my face from the explosion had me cringing. The ball flew through the air.
'Ugh too hot.' I turned my face away not really caring to watch where it ended up. The rest of the students had their eyes wide and mouths hanging open.
"All of you need to know your maximum capabilities." The ball was still soaring through the air. It hit the ground as Aizawa was looking down a gauge in his hand. "It's the most rational way of figuring out your potential as a hero." Aizawa raised the gauge for the rest of the class to see.
'705.2 meters. Dang.' The students gasping around me clearly agreed.
"Whoa, 705 meters, are you kidding me?" A boy with yellow hair with a black lightning streak said with a little disbelief in his voice.
"I wanna go! That looks like fun!" Mina chirped next to me as she clapped her hands together.
Suddenly there was a chill in the air, and I felt a negative aura coming from someone close by. Aizawa spoke in a cold steel voice, "So this looks fun, huh? You have three years here to become a hero. You think it's all gonna be games and play time?" Aizawa broke into the creepiest smirk I had seen in a long time, "Idiots. Today you'll compete in eight physical tests to gauge your potential. Whoever comes in last had none and will be expelled immediately."
Everyone screamed, but me and a few other students. I wasn't trying to be cocky, but I knew my potential and I clearly could be in the top. In America we got to freely use our quirks. Got to love that country Freedom. Can't have someone control something you're born with.
"Like I said, I get to decide how this class runs. Understand?" Same terrifying smirk with giant bloodshot eyes. "If that's a problem, you can head home right now."
'Dude needs a nap. Where is that damn sleeping bag?'
"You can't send one of us home! I mean, we just got here! Even if it wasn't the first day, that isn't fair" Ochako screamed at Aizawa.
'Oh, sweet Ochako. Please don't rock this guy's boat.'
"Oh, and you think natural disasters are? Or power-hungry villains? Hm? Or catastrophic accidents that wipe out whole cities? No, the world is full of unfairness. It's a hero's job to try to combat that unfairness. If you wanna be a pro, you're gonna have to push yourself to the brink. For the next three years, UA will throw one terrible hardship after another at you. So go beyond. Plus Ultra-style." Aizawa lifted his finger into the air and did the come at me motion, "Show me it's no mistake that you're here."
As harsh as it was to hear, Aizawa wasn't wrong. This school was the toughest to get into. There was a reason that it produced the strongest heroes. UA pushed you to be your greatest self. That's why I came all the way here. It would be sad to lose a classmate that didn't make the cut, but I knew for a fact that it wouldn't be me. I hoped it wouldn't be any of the girls that were quick to show me kindness, but it wouldn't stop me from attending here. I needed this. Just like everyone here needed it. It was time to step up to the plate.
TEST 1: 50-meter dash
"Runners, on your marks. Ready…." Aizawa demanded.
There was a gun shot and we were off. Clearly Iida had the advantage here, but I refused to let anyone think they had a leg up on me. I rocked my body back and flicked my wings and I shot off. The distance was short, so the motion was quick and precise. I flew across the finish line just before Iida.
'3.02 seconds. Nothing personal Iida but SUCK IT!' A giant smile broke across my face.
All the other students took their turns and finished in various places, but no one beat my time. I slowly started to catch on to everyone's names and their quirks. I made a mental note to make some flash cards later so I could have all the names to faces by the end of the week. Knowledge is power after all.
TEST 2: Grip Strength
My quirk didn't really help me here at all. Yeah, I was stronger than the average student, but nothing like super strength. I still finished in the top 10.
'Not going to win them all I guess.'
Test 3: Standing Long Jump
So, my wings easily took this one for me. I easily cleared the measuring area and asked Aizawa if I just keep going. He said it would be a waste of time. There we're a couple other kids to also clear the measuring area.
Test 4: Repeated side steps
That freaking Mineta kid was a freak. I couldn't even keep my eyes on him as he bounced back and forth. The sidestep distance was too short to have used my wings at all for an advantage. Guess I just had to use my natural athleticism for most of these.
Test 5: ball throw
Here we go. Something that would finally let me show off my quirk. All I had to do was beat that hothead Bakugo.
'705 right? I got this.'
I summoned my Holy Bow and my Holy Lasso. To be honest I didn't really like to use my Lasso typically, but I would need it today. I took the ball and the lasso in hand and tied the ball to one of the arrows. Like I said before, the arrows appear to be made of light, but they were solid. With my little make shift ball arrow combo I pointed high into the sky. I released the arrow from the bow and it flew fast and true.
'752, fuck yes!' I looked over at a fuming Bakugo and winked at him. "Better luck next time babe."
"The fuck did you say pigeon!?" Bakugo started pace angrily in my direction.
I summoned Holy Light creating a much smaller, but stronger dome around myself. Bakugo's face smashed right into the dome of holy light.
"What the fuck is this!? You fucking bitch! I'll kill you!" Bakugo was screaming and red faced. I just laughed right in his face.
He started to create a bomb in his hand but was quickly stopped by Aizawa's scarf. "Bakugo, that's enough." He stated with no room for negotiation.
During all the commotion Ochako went up for her turn. She threw the ball with very little force, but when she activated her quirk the ball was completely gone from sight. When Aizawa held up the gauge for all of us to see there was only an infinity symbol.
"Good Job Ochako! That was kick ass!" I wasn't salty about losing unlike some people. I ran up and hugged her and she didn't hesitate to hug me back.
Next up was Midoriya. So far, he hadn't made an impact in the slightest. I wasn't really paying attention to the scores, but Iida was quick to mention that if he didn't step up he was gone. Also, I did hear that Bakugo dude mention that Midoriya was a quirkless loser, but I knew what I saw. This messy haired kid had taken down the zero pointer to save Ochako.
"Hey Bakugo. Maybe you should just shut your fucking mouth and watch him, hm?" Apparently, I was sick of Bakugo running his mouth. Kid had no class and treated people weaker than him like nobodies and that shit was not cool with me in the slightest. I could tell that Bakugo had something to say, but with a glance towards Aizawa he decided that today wasn't the day.
Midoriya took a deep pained breath. His eyes narrowed into a grimace as he went to throw the ball. The ball fell forty-six meters in front of him. His face showed that he was clearly shocked.
'Hm, interesting.'
"Uh, what gives? I was trying to use it just now." Midoriya said with a shaky voice.
"I erased your quirk." Aizawa quickly answered.
Everyone looked at him and dude looked straight terrifying. His eyes were glowing red and his scarf was flying around his body dramatically. He continued, "The judges for the exam were not rational enough, someone like you should never be allowed to enroll in this school."
"Wait, you did what to my…Ah! Those goggles. I know you! You can look at someone and cancel out their powers. The Erasure Hero. Eraser Head!" Midoriya exclaimed.
The rest of the students talked amongst themselves about how they'd never heard of him or they had, but it a was very little.
Aizawa ignored all of the chatter, "You're not ready. You don't have control over your power. Were you planning to break your bones again? Counting on someone else to save your useless body?"
"No! That's not what I was trying to do!"
Aizawa grabbed Midoriya with his scarf and dragged him close enough to get right in his face. "No matter what your intentions are, you would be nothing more than a liability in battle. You have the same reckless passion as another overzealous hero I know. One who saved 1,000 people by himself and became a legend. But even with that drive, you're worthless if you can only throw a single punch before breaking down. Sorry Midoriya. With your power, there's no way you can become a hero." Aizawa released him. "I've returned your impracticable quirk. Take your final throw. Hurry and get it over with."
I was shaking. I barely knew this kid, but from what Ochako had said he was her hero. Even if he was reckless and still had much to learn, no one deserved to be talked to like that. I looked around and noticed that no one else has heard what was said between the two. At least he was spared that humiliation as well. Of course, most of the kids knew that it probably wasn't words of encouragement Aizawa had shared.
Midoriya went back into the circle. This time the look on his face was pure determination. He was going to do it. He was going to prove Aizawa wrong. I just knew it! Midoriya through his weight back and then quickly forward throwing the ball with great force. I held my breath waiting for the aftermath, but it never came. Midoriya has contained his true power and only caused damaged to one of his fingers. Aizawa held the gauge up, and sure enough he had matched Bakugo's throw from earlier, 705 meters.
Midoriya turned slowly around, "Mr. Aizawa." Midoriya made direct eye contact with Aizawa with his teeth grinding. His eyes shinned with tears, but more so than that, pure unapologetic pride, "You see, I'm still standing." He closed his hand into a fist and glared. Aizawa broke into a giant grin. His eyes finally showing some true spark.
'I'm not crying, you're crying.'I was the one crying. 'Damn, this kid destroyed my heart.' His determination was unfucking stoppable. That's when I decided that I wanted this kid in my life.
Suddenly an explosion to my right grabbed my who attention. My wings drew me quickly to the left a foot to safety and wrapped in front of me to block whatever may be coming.
"I'm getting to the bottom of this!" Bakugo growled as he started to set of more explosions in his hand propelling him at Midoriya, "Deku you bastard! Tell me how you did that, or you're dead!" All Midoriya could do was let out a surprised scream.
I wanted to fly and help him so bad, but I knew there was no way I could get there, and I was too surprised to place Holy Light in the perfect place to keep them apart. However, before I could even think of option number 3, Aizawa snatched Bakugo up with his scarf and canceled out his quirk. Bakugo was muttering something at Aizawa, his voice so strained I couldn't hear him over the ringing in my ears. Aizawa explained something about his scarf. I still couldn't really hear it.
"Stand down. It'd be wise to avoid making me use my quirk so much. It gives me serious dry eye." Aizawa barked at Bakugo.
"Too bad. That power is amazing!" The students said in perfect unison.
Aizawa clearly grew tired of the drama and called up the nest person. Midoriya cautiously walked around Bakugo. Never taking his eye's off him. Ochako and I ran up to Midoriya when he was safely away from Bakugo. We looked over his finger worriedly, but he assured us he was okay. Without much thinking I grabbed his hand firmly so he couldn't pull it away.
"MMmmMMAaayy what are you doing." Midoriya's entire face turned the brightest shade of red I have ever seen a person turn.
"First off Midoriya, please call me Marina. You and I are going to be great friends after all." I smiled my most caring smile. His face somehow got a darker shade of red. "Also, I'm going to heal you. A part of my quirk Is healing believe it or not!"
Before he could protest, I summed my Holy Light. For something as small as a finger I would be able to heal it quickly due to the small dome of light I would need to produce. The dome just covered his hand that was inside mine.
"Wow, It's so warm." Midoriya's embarrassment seemed to die down and his awe took over. "um.. May.. I mean Marina! Your quirk is amazing! There seems to be so many parts to it. I'd love to hear more about it. I mean, if that's okay with you."
"Of course, Midoriya! Ochako and I we're already planning on grabbing some coffee and I was going to let her in on my secrets. Would you like to join us as well?" I let go of his hand now that his finger was completely restored. My breath was a little labored. I healed him at such a quick rate that my stamina was gone. I wouldn't be able to rely on my quirk much longer. I had no regrets though. This kid needed a better chance than I did.
Midoriya's whole face returned to that adorable color of red, "Coffee!? With you two? I mean yeah, I want to come, I don't drink coffee though. Way more of a tea guy myself. I mean I could bring myself to try coffee again. Maybe I just had a bad experience. Also, I'll bring my hero book. That's where I write down all the info I have on different quirks. I love to study other people's quirks. I mean there was a time when I didn't think I would get one and you know what they say about knowledge being power. Oh! I mean if you're okay with that Marina." His hands went straight, and his elbows were at a 90 degree angle as he kept rambling. It was adorable.
So that wrapped up the ball throw quirk assessment test. It also wrapped up me making plans with two of my new classmates and hopefully new friends. I was so excited with how things had turned out.
'At this rate I'm sure to make friends with almost everyone else in class!'
Test 6: Long Distance Run
Once again, I was able to use my wings to finish rather quickly. This time however Iida was able to use his full potential and he beat me fair and square. I took second and I was completely satisfied with that.
"Iida! Good job! You got me this time. Your engines are truly amazing." I reached up to his shoulder and patted his back three times. My words didn't have their normal energy due to me starting to get tired. Long distance running, or flying, was not my favorite activity and I don't think it ever will be. It was nice when you could go your own pace, but in competition? No thanks.
"Oh! Thank you May."
"Marina. Call me Marina." I apparently was going to have to find a faster way of telling everyone to call me by my first name.
'I'll just announce it when I get back to class. This is getting too repetitive telling them all individually.'
Test 7: Sit-ups
No quirk advantages here. I do have abs of steel though, but so did a lot of people in class. We were training to be heroes after all.
Test 8: seated toe touch
My hands easily found their way past my feet. I loved to practice yoga back in the states. It was a perfect excuse to get out of my house nice and early before school. Plus, it totally eased the raging beast that was my teen years so far.
After all the fitness tests were over, the students gathered around Aizawa. A lot of them fell to the ground in exhaustion. I remand standing. I was worried if I got too comfy, I wouldn't be able to move from that spot. I needed a long nap, a good meal, and lastly, a hot shower.
Once everyone had settled down Aizawa finally spoke, "All right, time to give you your results. I've ranked you all from best to worst. You should probably have a good idea of your standing already. I'll just pull up the whole list. It's not worth going over each individual's score."
Momo Yaoyorozu
Shoto Todoroki
Katsuki Bakugo
Marina May
Tenya Iida
Fumikage Tokoyami
Mezou Shouji
Mashirao Ojiro
Eijirou Kirishima
Mina Ashido
Ochako Uraraka
Kouji Koda
Rikidou Satou
Tsuyu Asui
Yuuga Aoyama
Hanta Sero
Denki Kaminari
Kyouka Jirou
Toru Hagakure
Minoru Mineta
Izuku Midoriya
"And I was lying. No one's going home. That was just a rational deception to make sure you gave it your all in the tests." Aizawa had a cheeky grin on his face.
Everyone screamed except Yaoyorozu, "I'm surprised the rest of you didn't figure that out. I'm sorry. I guess I probably should have said something." She explained.Everyone side eyed her in exhaustion.
'hm, I don't think that's quite true. Midoriya proved himself and I'm sure that's what saved his ass.'
Aizawa addressed us one more time before walking off, "That's it. We're done for the day. Pick up a syllabus in the classroom. Read it over before tomorrow morning. May, thank you for healing Midoriya, but it's unnecessary to waste your energy. Recovery girl will be taking the healings from here unless you're in a training trial."
"Yes sir!" Aizawa hesitated for a second. Taken aback by my firm response but said nothing more and continued to leave.
That was it. The day was finally over. I was originally going to have our little coffee date today after class, but we decided to save it for tomorrow. We all were so tired and just ready to get home and relax. As much as I dreaded the quietness of my house, I really needed my bed.
After changing back into my uniform, I waved at Ochako and Mina and left. As I made my way to the train station, I pulled up Snapchat on my phone and went to 'BITCHES IN AMERICA' Group and began to film. "Hey assholes! Marina here. Just wanted you all to know I survived my first day. Still no sign of All Might, but I know his ass is around here somewhere. I miss you all very much and think about you constantly! Hit me back when you get a chance. Love you all!" I smiled and flashed a peace sign into the camera before I ended the recording.
At this point I had reached the train station and was just waiting. I switched to flip through Facebook and liked a few things here and there from my friends. Made a few stupid comments on posts. I still wanted my friends to feel my presence in their lives, but the time zone differences were starting to hinder this. Right now, it was almost 2 in the morning where I'm from in the states. There was a slim possibility anyone was awake.
To my surprise I heard a notification from snapchat. I pulled down the notification bar and tears instantly sprung to my eyes. It was my best friend Nova. Nova would be awake at this hour. She was a wild child and was always getting me into trouble with my mother. When my dad died and my mother couldn't be bothered to care for me, Nova's family took me in and cared for me the best they could. Our social class differences were great, but I never cared. Her parents gave me more love than my mother ever could. They cried when they found out I was leaving for Japan. They promised to visit me when they could manage to take the time off.
I opened Snapchat and clicked on the response, "MARI! BABE! I miss you soooooooooo much. It's so fucking boring without you around. I've gotten so desperate that I let this asshole into me bed." The camera flashed over to a guy with shaggy blonde hair and green eyes. He laughed and rubbed the back of his head. I did know the guy. His name was Aiden Fitzsimmons. He was a mutual friend of ours. He had always loved Nova, but girl used to be too wild to even slow down for guys. Clearly things were changing. "Don't tell the rest of the delinquents just yet please." She winked through the camera. "Well I'm glad to hear you made it through the first day. Please keep me updated! I'd Facetime, but I'm going to pass out. I've stayed up just in hopes of hearing from you." Nova grabbed a joint from off camera and took a long drag, "That one's for you Babe. I know you can't get any of this good shit over in wholesome Japan. Maybe…. that'll eventually make you come back to me." Her eyes started to water, and a small frown came to her face. "Goodnight babe. I love you."
The snap ended and I was left there alone in full tears. It was so hard to leave my home and my friends. My mother had made it such an unbearable environment that I thought fleeing was the only option. I had stayed with so many friends in the past, but my mother always found a way to use her influence to make me return to the prison that was our family home. After my dad died my mother became a whole new kind of monster. It was like she finally felt capable to use me however she saw fit. She would make me train my quirk, day in and day out. Sometimes she wouldn't let me eat or sleep if she felt unsatisfied with my performance. She even took me out of public school to homeschool me so she could shove whatever information she wanted into my brain.
I haven't mentioned this before, but my mother was a very famous Pro Hero from America. That's how she was able to throw her influence around. My father also had a powerful quirk, but he used it for humanitarian missions. He never cared to be famous, and that's why him and my mom never worked out. She saw how strong he was. She thought she would be able to change him if she could get him to fall in love with her. He did fall in love, but he loved humanity more. He never could change and they broke-up. My mother was two months pregnant with me when that all happened, but she was not going to stay with a man just for that. They both had their own income and agreed to co-parent without seeing much of each other. This made many holidays difficult and hard. I always felt divided, but I didn't have much of a choice in the matter. This was all I'd ever known.
My train started to pull in taking me out of my thoughts. I wiped the tears from my face, messing my make-up up only slightly. I put a fake smile on my face and started heading for the doors. I caught a flash of red out of the corned of my eye and glanced back over my shoulder. There stood Shoto Todoroki with a blank look directed right as me. I hesitated for a second and lightly waved. He only raised his hand and put it back down. I shrugged my shoulders and continued onto the train.
I flopped down into the farthest back seat. I pulled out a pair of headphones from my bag and put them into my ears. Today was long. Tomorrow could be even longer. I needed a mental check out and that's exactly what I was going to do. I found the artist Halestorm and turned it up as loud as it could go. Just before closing my eyes to just drift away I saw Shoto enter the train and take the seat closes to the door. I didn't have the energy to attempt socializing with someone so…..quiet. Plus, I had no idea what he saw or heard from earlier. I decided to save it for another day. I didn't close my eyes but instead stared out the window. Apart of me kind of hoped he would come to the back of the train eventually, but he never did.
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