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Nerd315: Yes there is definitely bad blood between Kaori's mother and the grandfather. She is also very determined to raising Kaori even if it's on her own. However, like every parent, she is making mistakes, big ones.

I hope you guys enjoy chapter two. I had to do some editing before I decided to post this again so sorry. I thought I'd done it but after revising chapter 2 I realized that some things didn't make much sense.

Also, it just got to me. Is Todoroki OOC to you? I was afraid that I wasn't keeping him in character and just wanted to know. Please tell me if it's true so I can be able to fix it!

He's there again, Kaori noted stopping just by the entrance of a small park that was just a block away from her house. The same one Kaori had once used when she'd wanted a time to herself, to think, or just be alone for a bit.

It had been happening for a good four months now. Always, around the same time while Kaori walked home from school, she the same dual white and red hair that belonged to the lone boy on the swings. Sometimes there would be bandages around his limbs, sometimes there wouldn't be any at all. The only thing that remained just the same was that, to Kaori, the boy would seem awfully lonely to her as she had felt before meeting Takaeda-sensei.

Not that she would ever tell the odd teacher, but Kaori was happy to have met him. She was sure she would never live it down if she ever said that thought. It was bad enough that he kept trying to find Kaori a 'best friend in the whole wide world' ever since the new year had started and he had switched to teaching Homeroom at Kaori's class. He almost resembled a mother trying to get his only child to get married by setting her up for dates.

Shaking her head at the thought, the blue haired girl focused her attention back on the present, or rather back on the boy that sat on the swings. Kaori was sure if Takaeda-sensei knew about this he would stalk her home just to force her to talk to the boy. Sure it sounded extreme, but Kaori had learned never to place anything beyond the man, even if only knowing him for half a year or so.

Maybe I should talk to him, Kaori thought blinking up at the boy as he began to swim back and forth half-heartedly. She walked a few steps closer before coming to a stop suddenly and clutching the straps of red backpack tightly. But then, what do I say to him?

"I know! How about we practice how to make friends? That way when the new year starts you'll be all set!" Takaeda-sensei's voice sounded in the back of the fifth grader's head as she recalled one of their many 'making friends lessons'. Kaori seriously wondered what the principal had been thinking when they hired him. "All you have to do is walk up to me, say something nice, and then ask to be friends. Easy peasy right?"

It had not been easy peasy, but Kaori would admit to having fun while practicing the unrealistic scenarios that played through Takaeda-sensei's head. However, she doubted any of them had any relevance to real life. She seriously doubted she could just go up to someone compliment them on something and then demand to be friends.

I'd probably be called an absolute weirdo for even acting like that, the blue haired girl snorted to herself before gazing back at the boy who had stopped swinging. All I have to do is go up to him and talk like a normal person. That's it. Simple and to the point. Friendships don't happen overnight after all.

"Are you going to keep staring at me?" The dual haired boy talked suddenly taking Kaori by surprise as she just froze, and continued to stare at him with wide amethyst eyes. "What is it? You look weird."

"Ah," Kaori opened her mouth getting the boy's full attention, their gazes clashing with each other when Kaori noticed the scar on the left side of his face. And even if Kaori was rather curious as to what had happened to him, she found it more interesting that his eyes were also dual colored. She usually only saw bits of his left side which is how she knew his hair was two colors.

Pretty, Kaori thought not realizing she was voicing her thought.

"What?" The boy questioned shocked blinking at Kaori oddly.

Now or never Kaori. Say something, quirk. "My name is Kaori Himura and you have pretty eyes please be my friend!" She bowed her head cursing all god, herself, and most of all Takaeda-sensei. This was all his fault, and his 'lessons' and stupid practice. He's slowly turning me into a weirdo, just like him! Kaori slowly lifted her head to get a peek at the dual haired boy who just stared at her. Then, he blinked once, twice, thrice, and by the time Kaori had lifted her head completely, the boy was doubling over laughing.

The blue haired girl tensed, her face feeling hot all of a sudden and hands releasing the straps of her backpack only to form tight fists in front of her. "D-Do-Don't laugh at me!" Kaori stuttered out while the boy's laughter continued to sound all over the park. "It wasn't funny. Stop laughing!"

He didn't listen to her and Kaori turned from being embarrassed to being angry. Maybe becoming this guys friend wasn't the best option after all.

Takaeda-sensei barked a laugh that could have shaken the entire school had he possessed a voice quirk like the Pro Hero Present Mic. Not that he needed a voice quirk to be so loud, or break Kaori's eardrum. In any case, she still refused to see what was so funny. She'd just told her Homeroom teacher about the events of yesterday after school. Mainly because Takaeda-sensei had forced out of her, noticing Kaori had spent almost the entire morning with a dazed expression on her face. However, as soon as she had finished, Takaeda-sensei began laughing rolling over on his stomach with tears in his crimson eyes.

Kaori couldn't help but feel irritated which caused her to lash out and kick her teacher in the stomach, hard earning a groan from the 'adult'. "I get that I sounded like an idiot, but I don't see why you feel the need to laugh at me," She grumbled at him wondering if perhaps it was a boy thing.

"Yes, yes, you're right Himura-chan," Takaeda-sensei coughed before regaining some composure and sitting still on the floor, tussling his brown hair a little. "It's just imagining you face as you said that sentence-" His own laughter cut him but was quickly cut short when a dark aura began to surround Kaori. "But that is still no reason to laugh at you. I'm sorry." He apologized earning a sigh from his blue-haired student as she nodded. "Are you going to tell me what happened next?"

An angry pout formed on Kaori's face as she narrowed her amethyst eyes at her teacher. "You're not going to laugh at me again, are you?"

There was a second of hesitance. "No, I'm not."

"Why did you hesitate?!"

"I had to think it over!"

"Why?!"

"No reason, no reason I swear it!" Takaeda sensei swore to appease the girl, Kaori glaring at him for a moment before her eyes turned away and a light blush tinted her cheeks. "So what happened after?"

"He stopped laughing and called me weird, so I walked up to him pushed him off the swing called him an idiot and then ran home," The blue haired girl finished just in time for her teacher to beginning laughing again. "You said you weren't going to laugh!" Kaori accused him but that didn't stop him from continuing to laugh. He even laughed harder as the small girl attempted to punch his chasing him all around the roof of the school before the bell sounded for recess to be over.

By the time Kaori had started walked home after school, the closer she got to the part the slower her steps became. She felt anxious and slightly scared to get there and see the dual haired boy there, waiting for her. Even more so when she thought that he might not be there at all and she had just blown away her chance at making a friend. Her first friend since kindergarten, since her quirk had manifested, her life turned in a downward spiral, and she was cursed.

Kaori didn't want to lose her chance. If the boy was there she would apologize for yesterday and ask to be his friend again. She really did like his eyes. Though lonely and closed off there was a light in both of them that made Kaori feel a little envious. His quirk was probably really amazing too.

Pausing in her steps, the blue-haired looked forwards the small park entrance already in view. As soon as I see him, if he's there, I'll apologize, Kaori thought with a nod, amethyst gaze determined, walking once more towards the park until she reached the entrance. She turned and surprisingly enough, there he was again. This time though, it seemed as if the boy had been waiting for her. Their gazes met and the two seemed to freeze instantly as they simply stared at the other shocked, and perhaps a bit relieved.

"I'm sorry about yesterday," Kaori blurted out first surprising the two of them. However, she'd spoken first so it was only right she finished. "I shouldn't have pushed you and called you an idiot. That was mean."

"No, it was my fault. I shouldn't have insulted you," the boy shook his head glancing down at his feet his eyes drifting from one place to the other, nervous. "You were trying to be nice and I was rude. I, I wasn't having a good day and I took it out on you." Kaori stared at the boy in surprise having not expected this at all. "That wasn't fair, sorry."

There was something in his tone, something Kaori couldn't quite recognize herself. However, she didn't stay quiet for long. "It's okay," Kaori told him smiling sheepishly. "What I said was really weird, and everyone has bad days. It doesn't excuse taking out your anger on others nor is it okay, but I understand." The boy looked at her with wide dual eyes that widened even more as Kaori walked closer towards him. "Let's just start over. My name is Kaori Himura. What's yours?" She asked extending her hand to him to shake.

"Shouto," He replied biting his lip before saying anything earning a confused look from Kaori as he shook her hand softly. Why hadn't he given her his surname? That was odd. Something about how tense his shoulder was, the distance he kept between them and his almost cold demeanor he held kept her quiet about the question though. Instead, Kaori just nodded and offered a smile.

"Nice to meet you Shouto-sa-kun. Shouto. Um," Kaori looked at Shouto once more trying to see which was okay with him but the boy was only staring at her with a stoic expression. "Do you-Is it okay if I just call you Shouto?"

He blinked at her before nodding. "Yeah."

So weird, Kaori thought staring at Shouto puzzled. You were laughing yesterday. What happened?

Shouto looked away from her, finally letting go of Kaori's hand. "Sorry, to not be laughing." He spoke over his shoulder before moving once more to the swingset.

"I said that out loud?!" Kaori thought before realizing she'd done it again. However, she could swear that her sudden outbursts got to make Shouto smile, or twitch his lips upward. It was for the briefest of moments but thanks to her enhanced vision, Kaori had been able to catch it just before it had disappeared completely.

I wonder if he knows that he looks nice when he smiles? The blue haired girl thought with a tilt of her head blinking as Shouto averted his gaze once more.

"You really should be careful with saying your thought out loud," He told her before beginning to swing back and forth.

"I-I did it again," Kaori muttered wondering why was she saying everything she thought so suddenly. Come to think of it, I've been doing that a lot lately. I mean I almost did it with Mom several times and I've been doing it all over school. The young girl tensed realizing that the strange habit had come almost at the same time as the appearance of a certain teacher. He was always able to read her thought anyway, so Kaori had just gotten to the point of just saying what she thinks or thinking random stuff suddenly so that Takaeda-sensei would read her actual thoughts. Sometimes those two habits intercepted and though it may be funny for everyone else, it was not funny to her. "That stupid weird teacher. This is all his fault."

"You really are weird aren't you?" Shouto's voice caught Kaori's attention, amethyst meeting grey and turquoise.

The blue haired girl sighed. "Yeah, guess so."

"You did it again."

Kaori paused her entire body beginning to shake. "It's not my fault! Blame my weird stupid teacher! He started it!"

Shouto just stared at her stopping the swing. Kaori shook her head. "Just leave me be."

The dual haired boy shrugged and continued to swing himself back and forth but at a much slower pace. At some point, Kaori joined him, and the two simply stayed there in silence sometimes swinging themselves back and forth, or just staying still at times. It was like that for several hours until Kaori saw the sun beginning to set which cued her to start getting home.

"I'll see you tomorrow then?" Kaori asked Shouto, hesitant as he too began to walk away from the park. She waited for a few tense moments before he turned to look back at her tomorrow and nodded.

"Yeah, see you tomorrow, Himura-san."

Kaori grinned largely. "Kaori is fine."

"Right, okay. Kaori-san."

The blue haired girl pouted for a moment before brushing the honorific off and grinning once more. She turned to walk home and sadly, the very same grin was wiped off as soon as her mother greeted her, with her grandfather. It seemed it was that time of the month again. However, thinking back to a few moments ago in the park had Kaori feeling in a better mood all over again. If her mother or grandfather picked up on it, neither said anything throughout the visit or dinner.

"She-she has a friend, a friend!" Takaeda-sensei wept dramatically during recess while Kaori just sated at him with an impassive expression. She had expected this to be honest, so it wasn't all that surprising. "Oh, how fast do they grow in only a few months. It seemed as if it was only just yesterday that you still avoided everyone by hiding away in your corner."

That was yesterday, Kaori thought with a sigh. Just because she had one friend, sort of, maybe, it didn't mean that becoming friends with her peers would be any easier than it was before. If anything it made things harder because Kaori didn't feel as lonely as she had been. She had Shouto and lord help her Takaeda-sensei. Granted Shouto was a new name on the list and Kaori wasn't sure if they were actual friends or not. It had been a week since they started to 'talk' but other than that they didn't do anything normal friends did.

In any case, the word 'talking' shouldn't be thrown around so lightly. What really happens is that Kaori arrives at the park, Shouto already there and Kaori joins him at the swingset. The only actual 'talking' is Kaori blurting out her own thoughts and Shouto sometimes commenting on them. She didn't ask about the scars or the bandages wrapping around his limbs that seemed to grow more and more common than not. In return, he never questions her rants or blabbering on Takaeda-sensei or her classmates or the fact that like him she was always hesitant to go home.

All things considered, it wasn't that bad of a relationship and it helped Kaori forget her home situation. Her mom had begun to wonder why Kaori had begun to come home later than unusual. Kaori simply shrugged and said that she'd made a friend in the park and had begun to play with them. She responded cheerfully as always but Kaori had been able to sense an underlying tension and worry. That only seemed to grow as Kaori didn't know the answer to some of her questions about her new 'friend'. However, her mother had once again shoved all her concerns and continued to encourage Kaori to keep the new 'friendship'.

"..ura-chan. Himura-chan!"

Kaori yelped letting out a small cry before focusing back on reality and turning to face Takaeda-sensei who was done with his theatrics. "Wha-what?"

"Are you okay?" He questioned crimson eyes looking at her concerned. "You seemed really out of it just now."

"I'm okay," Kaori nodded slowly shaking away any thoughts she'd had of her mother. "What is it?"

Takaeda-sensei didn't say anything only observed her for a bit before shrugging. "I was just asking what your plan was."

"My plan?"

"You want to turn your 'curse' into a 'blessing' right?" The Homeroom teacher questioned and it took Kaori a few seconds to realize what he meant. Once she had though, the blue haired girl nodded in response to his question. "So how do you plan on doing it?"

Kaori paused, looked away from her teacher completely and curled into herself on the floor making sure to think of the most random of things. She didn't want him invading her head for the answer.

"I'm not going to read your mind, Himura-chan," He sighed ruffling her blue hair while Kaori sent him a suspicious look.

"Then how do you know I'm blocking you?"

Takaeda-sensei froze before completely deflating. "Have you at least thought about it?"

Kaori nodded.

"What have you thought about?"

"Just one," The blue haired girl shrugged keeping her eyes away from her teacher. He waited for her though. "Becoming a Pro Hero." She mumbled out looking back into crimson eyes that stared at her in surprise before she looked away again. "My mother's family thinks I'm a monster you know. And my Dad, he left just as soon after my quirk manifested. I know my mother feels the same way, even if she's too stubborn to let anyone else see. She's started to suspect me doing something bad with my quirk for a while now too."

Takaeda-sensei didn't say anything, allowing for Kaori to continue talking. "I understand why people would be scared of my quirk. Dragons are not nice creatures, and I can turn into one. I don't mind the fear, but I-I don't want them to be afraid." Standing up slowly Kaori looked up at the sky tears began to fall from her amethyst eyes. "Even if I am cursed to carry this with me forever, I want to make something good out of it. Something that can give people feelings of safety and peace." Looking back at her teacher Kaori smiled sadly at him. "Think I can make it?"

A sympathetic smile spread across Takaeda-sensei's face as he stood side by side his student placing a hand on her head. "I told you before, didn't I? Any curse can turn into a blessing, so long as you are willing to make it happen." They were silent for a moment before the Homeroom teacher spoke again. "You're going to make a great hero, Kaori Himura-chan."

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