So this chapter will be in Tsurugi's
POV. Let's see how it unfolds. Oh btw if you
haven't guessed it yet, the quotes in Italics
are thoughts that the characters are
thinking in that moment.
"That's the monster that tried to kill me from before! The one that All Might defeated and saved me from. How could...this have have happened?" I thought to myself upon ariving at the scene and seeing the chaos that was unfolding before my eyes. I squinted and looked at the villian closely, thinking that I saw something wierd about it. Then I noticed what was wierd. I clasped my hand over my mouth in shock and almost as soon as I did, I heard someone confirm what I was hearing. There was someone in there. I thought back to when I had been attacked, "How long has that person been in his grasp? I though I was going to die after only a few seconds? Is the person still okay?" I watched the scene in absolute horror, hoping and praying to see some signs of life from the hostage. The person finally opened thier eyes and I exhaled a breath that I didn't know I was holding in? "Why aren't the heros doing anything to help him? Oh wait they...they don't have the right quirks for something like this. The only thing they can do in this situation is damage and cloud control. This is bad, really really bad. If only...if only I hadn't made All Might drop those bottles. Then maybe, just maybe...that person would be safe. This is all my fault." I thought to myself. "Wait! Isnt that the villian All Might was fighting earlier?" "Oh no. What have I done?" "Does that mean he lost? Where is he now?" "I did this. If it wasn't for me, He would have brought this guy to the police. I really am useless...weak, defenseless, quirkless little Tsurugi...they were all right." "Can anyone call him? Why isnt he coming" At this point, I'm gripping my chest again, all most falling to my knees, thinking "It's all my fault. I wasted his energy and now there's nothing he can do. That human is going to die...and its all MY FUCKING FAULT!!!"
I look up again just in time to see the captive loose conciousness and for some reason, I started to run. I could hear the gasps of the crowd as I involuntarily ran through them as fast as I could. I don't know what made me decide to move towards danger. Maybe it was my dream kicking in, or I just simply had a death wish. But one though entered my mind and took it up entirely. "I can't just sit there and do nothing while a human is dying right before my eyes." I rushed past everyone, ignoring the present heroes yelling at me for being stupid for charging in and telling me that I was going to get my self killed. I knew I couldn't stop whether I wanted to or not. For some unknown reason, every memory of me being told I was weak, useless and quirkless came rushing to my mind along with every time I was told I could never be a hero. It all came to my mind all at once. I know it had probably only been a few seconds of me running, but it felt like hours. Everything from objests passing me by, to the voices of others, everything was in slow motion. Even my feet were moving in slow motion. "I'm so sorry Tsurugi...why couldn't things have been different?" I heard my father's voice say, almost as if he were behind me. I tried to think of what to do in that moment and remembered a page in my notes. Without giving it another thought, I ripped my school bag off my back and flung it full force at Sludge, stunning the villian and giving me an opening. I rushed to where the person was only to finally see his face. "It's Katsuki!" I violently began trying to rip parts of Sludge from him in a desperate attempt to try and get him out of there. He opened his eyes and ask my what I was doing. I looked at him, breathless and with teary eyes and shouted out "I Couldnt Just Sit There And Watch You Die!!!" I went to reach for the villian again but I was knocked away violently by Sludge's hand and I was sent flying backwards. I got up again, despite the sharp pain in my back and ran at him again. "I'm fucking done with your nonsense, you stupid little br..." I say Sludges eyes widden and I looked back to see what scared Sludge so much. It was All Might.
He grabbed Katsuki and me by the arm before looking at me and quietly saying "Thank you for inspiring me. If it weren't for you, I would be another helpless bystander right now." He reared back his free arm, and yelled "DETROIT SMAAASH!!!" He slammed his fist forwards as hard and fast as he could at Sludge and with one blow, the villan was ripped into pieces by the sheer force of a punch that ultimately changed the weather from bright and sunny, to stormy. Looking up at the swirling coulds, you would almost expect what the Americans to call a tornado to come down out of the sky. I looked up at the sky as I layed on my back with the cold wet ground beneath me. I was exhausted. Tears started rolling down my face. "I didn't...do anything...and I put All Might in danger along with so many others." I wiped my tears away and looked over to where Katsuki was, only to watch him being praised, for his bravery and amazing quirk, by the Heros. I looked over to All Might, who was surrounded by reporters. I finally sat up and winced in pain, and breathed out heavily while wiping more tears from my mind. I saw two heroes rushing at me and I thought I would get praised for my brave actions, but boy was I wrong. They freaking yess at me, calling me stupid and telling me that I had no reason to rush in there like I did. I finally couldn't take it anymore and walked past the heroes that were still yelling at me and walked home. I was done there. I know I wasn't of any help, but I didn't ununderstande why the heroes rhat weren't doing anything at all were yelling at me.
I sighed and said outloud to myself after a few minutes of walking alone "Well, I guess it time to go back to giving up on my dreams." "For I am here!!!" I looked up to see All Might standing infront of me.
"What? All Might, what are you doing here?!? How did you get away from those reporters so fast?" He looked at me and laughed after I asked him that question. "Giving them the slip was easy! And why is that you ask? For I am the mighty All Mi..." Suddenly a large amount of blood spewed from his mouth and he was tiny again. While she yelled from the suprised of me so suddenly transforming back, I wioed the blood off my lips and chin.
"Kid...I came here to thank you. If I hadn't heard your story, and I hadn't seen you, a frail, shy quirkless child, rush at Sludge like that, when we were all just standing by idly...not doing anything, then I would have just remained a helpless bystander." I looked down as emotions flooded my features. I felt bad. I caused this and he's thanking me. I didn't understand why, so I told him "But, it was all my fault to begin with." "Can you be a hero witout a quirk? No." I thought back to what he said on the rooftop and I couldn't hold the guilt of what I caused back. "If I hadn't wasted your time...and energy...then none of this would have happened. It was all my fault and I'm truly sorry." I started crying again, and as the as tears ran down from my eyes, I heard All Might say, "But thats just it kid. While the rest of us were just stand by doing nothing, you being shy, frail, quirkless young girl rushed at that villian. You inspired me to act and take charge of the situation. I thank you for that. And about your question on that rooftop. I wish to change my answer, but first I must ask. What is your name?" I looked up at my idol, the man I had practically worshipped since I was a child, from and slightly hunched position, with tears streaming down my face and said, "Tsuruig...Tsurugi Atakame." He stretched hus frail arms out wide and looked upon the heavens with a large smile on his face as if he was praying to the gods and said to me, "You asked me if you could become a hero like me with out a quirk and I had told you no, but now" He then dropped his left arm to his side and extened his right arm out to me with his hand stretched out as if presenting me as an award of some kind. I didn't understand why, and then he told me "young Tsurugi, I change my answer!" I dropped to my knees clutching my chest hard with both hands and cyrying with all her eart from happiness. I knew what was coming "You can become a hero!!" He told me with a sound of extreme joy. I cried even harder at those words, for they were the words I wanted to hear most of all in my life. The ones i so desperately needed to hear. I had grown up, being told to give up on my dreams, and was even told by Tatsuki to jump off a building to my death just the other day. "Young Tsurigi, I choose you ad the one to inherit my awesome quirk!" Almost as soon as I heard that, the crying stopped and I looked up at All Might, face still soaked and let out a confused "Huh?"
