I sat awkwardly in my chair across from Aizawa sensei, patting my knees and looking everywhere except his face. He stared back at me with a blank expression and his arms crossed.
This had been going on for about the past four minutes. I knew this because I'd been looking at the clock the entire time. I could hear my own breathing and the ticking of the second hand because it was so quiet. I was usually okay with silence, but finally gave in and spoke first. "So should I just go or…."
"Do you want to tell me why you're three hours late for school?"
I paused. "No, not really…."
He raised an eyebrow. "No? Should I get in contact with your parents and ask them?"
"I...I just slept late and didn't feel like coming in." I avoided eye contact with the man and stared at my shoes. "Sorry, I should have told you the truth."
Aizawa sensei tilted his head at me. "Hm, that would work if you were actually telling me the truth."
I looked up at him and did my best to hide the surprise in my eyes. "What do you mean?"
"Well, from your personality it does seem like something you would do, but I don't believe this is one of those incidents." He stated in a matter of fact tone.
"No offense sensei, but you don't really know me."
"Which is exactly why I don't believe you." He countered. True, I thought. "So do you want to tell me the truth or will I have to be making a phone call?"
I sighed and looked away from him. "Okay, well my brother has taken an interest in using his quirk more often than usual. He breathes fire and had been getting into more trouble. So this morning I had a meeting with his teacher about what's causing his behavior. I was also looking into new apartments to live. Reina, my brothers mom, is deaf and our landlord likes to take advantage of that and the fact that she doesn't write very well."
He said nothing which made me more uncomfortable to revealing anything about my life. "It's the truth."
I stared at him waiting for him to give me some sort of answer. Suddenly a bell rang and I realized it was lunch time.
"Alright." He finally said.
"Alright?" I was confused.
"Go ahead. Its lunch time and this is my planning period."
"Um...okay." I stood to my feet, unsure of what else to say. Was I off the hook or not? I headed towards the door as I slang my bag onto my shoulder.
"Mujuryoku." He called as I turned back to look at him. "Because you were late you missed your English assignments as well as math. So you'll be doing those as well as two other makeup packets."
Was that it? This was all the trouble I was going to get in? I decided not to comment on it. "Okay...will you still be calling Reina? If you are, she's available on Sunday." I would leave out that that was the only day she was home.
He nodded, and it seemed like he was trying to figure something out, but decided not to tell me. As I walked toward the door. "Oh and you can call me Kaze. Everyone does." I turned around and closed the door with a sigh. I glanced around and saw everyone moving towards the lunch room and I followed after them. Most of the people I didn't recognize because they were from different class.
Then someone tapped me on the shoulder. I saw it was the green haired boy, Midoriya. "Oh hey."
"What happened to you this morning. We were all wondering if you were okay."
"If I was okay?" I questioned with a tilt of my head.
"Well you did get the lowest score so everyone thought you really might have gotten expelled. I of course thought that wasn't the case." Iida interjected.
Expelled? I wish. "I'm fine, just overslept." I lied easily.
"Seriously you slept in for three hours?" Uraraka asked in a incredulous tone as she came up beside me.
"Well because my quirk interacts with the way I breath it can disrupt my sleep cycle. Sometimes if I don't have on the right weights I wake up in the kitchen sink." None of this was a lie so it was easier to explain.
"That's crazy. Once I put anti-gravity on my bed when I first learned how to use my quirk. That was a nightmare." Uraraka laughed.
"I use to sleep run." Iida offered with a serious expression. "I don't remember it very often, but I often woke up winded."
The three of us stared at Iida before I broke out into a laugh. "Thats hilarious. I've never heard of that before. What about you Midoriya? You have any weird sleeping habits?"
He blushed. "No…."
"Boy, yes you do. Everyone does. I just told you I slept in the kitchen sink. It can't get much worse than that."
"I...c..ry."
I leaned forward with a hand to my ear. "You what?"
His face turned completely red as he closed his eyes. "I cry in my sleep….somtimes!"
Silence.
"...well that's not that bad…" Iida offered.
"Yeah, it means you're in touch with your emotions." Uraraka said with a smile.
Midoriya looked embarrassed, but relieved to hear this before looking at me. "Well aren't you just the cutest thing." I said ruffling his hair as I laughed. The boy covered his face.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you."
"Why not? It's adorable." I put a hand on his shoulder as he looked over at me. "Just think about it this way. You're embarrassed about crying, but Bakagou over there probably dreams about murdering people."
Bakugou looked over at us in his seat as he saw me pointing at him.
"You do realize he is also in the hero program, right?" Iida asked.
"Yeah, what's your point?"
"She's probably right." Uraraka admitted.
I smiled at her. "See? Someone else gets it."
Midoriya frowned. "Um, I don't think-"
"Hey! Air head!" We all turned around to see Bakugou walk towards us. "What are you pointing at me for? If you and Deku got something to say, come over and say it to my face!"
"Do you have any other volume settings? Like I don't know, quiet or mute?"
"I asked you a question, answer it."
I rolled my eyes. "Well I said that you probably dreamed about murdering people."
He blinked before getting angry again. "What!"
I smiled and looked at the others. "Whose hungry?" I spotted a red haired boy. "Kirishima, do you know what their having for lunch today?" The kids paused and stared at me as a yelled.
"Chicken teriyaki!" He yelled back from across the lunchroom.
"Okay thanks! I'll see you guys later." I said to them as I walked away.
"Hey! I'm still talking to you!" Bakugou screamed. I ignored him and got into line.
XXxX
"Dude don't act like that's not something you would call yourself. That's all I'm trying to say." I said leaning back in my chair.
"Shut your trap before I blast you Airhead." Bakugou growled at me. Messing with this kid was hilarious.
"So King Explosion Murder was not written on the inside of your notebook?" I grinned as he frowned more.
"Argh! I'm really gonna roast you!" He yelled.
I laughed as he threw a book in my direction.
"Kaze you really shouldn't egg him on like that." Iida said.
I shrugged. "My brother has a fire quirk too. Same personality. They're all bark and no bite." Bakugou looked like he was about to go ballistic when the door suddenly opened.
A gigantic blond man posed in the doorway. "I am here! Coming through the door like a hero! "
Okay, so All Might was our teacher.
The man smiled wide as the class erupted into excited chatter. I stared at him as I held my head up with the back of my hand against my cheek. Why couldn't we see his eyes? Was that also apart of his quirk?
"Welcome to the most important course at U.A. High. Think of it as hero 101. Here you will learn the basics of being a pro and what it means to fight for the name of good. Let's get into it! Today's lesson will pull no punches."
I glanced over to Bakugou who smirked maniacally. "Fight training."
What? That's what we're doing? Ugh, that means I have to move around.
"One of the keys to being a hero is looking good." The wall beside us begins to open with with a number on each section. "These were designed for you based on your quirk registration forms and the requests you sent in before school started."
I blinked. Request forms? I didn't hear anything about this. That probably means that I don't have a costume right? I walked over to my number to see nothing in the compartment. "Well gym uniform it is."
"Everyone get yourselves suited up and meet at training ground Beta!" All Might said.
"Yes Sir!" Everyone said excitedly, the class began walking out of the classroom. I pulled out my gym uniform and began to walk out as well.
"Ah, Ms. Mujuryoku." A commanding voice said from behind me. I looked up at All Might.
"Yes sir?"
" I noticed that you didn't have a costume. If a student isn't properly prepared then a call is made to the household. However I was informed that there was no answer."
"Right…" I said. That's most likely because our phone line was off. Reina didn't pay the bill. "Yeah, sorry about that."
All Might waited to see a reaction from me but I didn't give him much more than that. "Late request forms can still be submitted but you won't receive a costume until later on. You'll be informed when it's ready by phone. "
"Can't I go in person to the place? Maybe ask to get it sent by mail or something. That...might work better…." I trailed off, rubbing the back of my neck.
"I'll see what can be done." He said with a smile.
"Thanks." I said awkwardly before walking out of the room. I made my way down to the girls locker room to change.
XXxX
I soon realized that I had no idea where the Beta training ground was located. I glanced around and saw tail boy walking by the invisible girl.
I wasn't good with names.
"Hey, can I walk with you guys. I don't know where I'm going.
"Sure." He said with a smile. "They call you Kaze right?"
"Yep. Sorry, but I don't remember what you guys names."
"It's okay our class is pretty large and I haven't talk to you before, I'm Mashirao Ojiro."
The invisible girl leaned over. "And I'm Toru Hagakure!...you aren't wearing a costume?"
"How do you know this isn't my costume? I could be an incognito student and when there's a crime SURPRISE I'm actually a hero." I wiggled my fingers for dramatic affect.
"Wow, that's actually really clever." Hagakure said.
"That was a lie, but thanks. I really just don't have a costume." I shrugged.
"That's unfortunate to hear."Ojiro said with a frown as we made out way towards the end of the tunnel.
"No it's fine. You guys have the right idea. You're in a Jedi Star Wars outfit."
"What's Star Wars?" The boy asked looking down at his clothing.
"And you don't even need a costume, you could just be naked if you wanted to and no one would know. I envy that."
"...well yes, that's true."
We reached the end of the tunnel and I saw the that the other students were waiting at the very edge.
"Were you guys waiting for me? You shouldn't have." I wiped away a nonexistent tear.
"We weren't you moron." Bakugou countered.
I ignored him and walked over to Koda. "How's it going?" I signed.
He blushed "Fine, how about you?"
I shrugged. "It's okay, but some loud boy with grenades on his arms keeps yelling."
"You know I can hear you right!"
I put my hand to my forehead in a dramatic fashion. "There he goes again. When will his terror end?" Kirishima and Mina covered up a laugh that threatened to erupt.
I took a step back realizing that Todoroki was standing directly behind me. "Oh, Todoroki won't you save me from this fiend?" He raised an eyebrow at my behavior. Probably judging me.
"I'll save you!" Someone yelled. I grinned at the blond boy. Finally my people.
"What's your name young knight?"
"Kaminari Denki!"
"Thank you sir Denki." I parodied a curtsy.
"You're a silly one aren't you?" Momo said.
I shrugged. "I try."
XXxX
So Midoriya's costume looks suspiciously similar to All Might. Though maybe it's because they have similar abilities. I'm probably thinking about this too hard.
"Kaze it's your turn." I blinked.
"What?" I looked at Tsuyu.
"It's your turn to draw. Weren't you paying attention?"
"No, I was thinking about Midoriya." I said in a matter of fact tone.
"What!" The class yelled.
"Ooh Midoriya you have an admirer~" The boy blushed and covered his head.
Mm I can see how that might be taken the wrong way. "No that's not what I...whatever." I walked up and pulled out a slip of paper.
"What does this mean?" I questioned.
"It means you are on a team with Iida and Bakugou." All Might answered.
I frowned. "This sucks, no offense to you Iida."
"None taken."
"Total offense to you Bakagou."
"Shut up."
"I declare that first to fight will be…"All Might pulled out a ball from each container one labeled hero and the other villain. "You guys!"
One said A and the other D.
"Wait, what's our team letter?" I whispered to Iida.
"Kaze, it's D. We're the villain team."
I groaned internally, that meant we were going first, didn't it? Aw man.
"Well at least we're the villains." I reasoned with myself allowed. I could probably do that better than being a hero.
