10 Years Ago, Shiketsu High School...
"Itsuki Takada, you've injured yourself and other students countless times with your quirk. Yes, it's strong, but you need to learn to control and pace yourself. Until you can do that, you won't be allowed to return to our high school. If you want to become the hero you always say you'll be, then learn your own limits first."
But...
"You haven't improved at all, Takada! I told you to train your quirk, not get even more reckless! I'm sorry, but in your current state, you are not fit to be a hero. Please leave before you cause any more trouble and hinder this school's name."
Even after training my quirk and learning my limits, they still wouldn't let me back in. I don't understand. Is there something wrong with me? It's all my fault it ended like this, isn't it? Wait, no. That's all wrong. It's their fault. They're the reason my dream died. Why did I have such a stupid and unrealistic dream in the first place? Why did I think that using my quirk for other people would benefit me? My quirk is my own and I'll use it how I want to. I'll reach my dream in a different way.
Present Day...
"You're gettin' me excited!" he yelled, "Let's get this show on the road you brat!"
Zephyr didn't waste a second. Once he finished that sentence he blasted towards me, but since I had permission to fight, I was more aware of my surroundings. It felt like my senses were more responsive than usual. He still flew at me at a high speed, but now I could react. I quickly threw my arm like I had just thrown a bowling ball and created a huge wave of dirt, rock, and other pieces of debris. This wasn't meant to work as a regular attack and hurt him, no, I used it as a distraction.
Zephyr didn't want to fly straight into the wave, so he slowed himself down with a small blast in front of himself. At the moment he was slowing down, I ran around the wave and past his blind spot. After I had gotten past him, he used another blast to blow away the wave. Right when he noticed I wasn't there, he started to quickly turn around. But, I was already behind him. With all my might I let out a punch right into his back. It did nothing. Zephyr didn't even flinch from the punch.
"You brat..!" he said with a menacing tone. In an instant, he threw his right fist behind him while he turned his body. His movements were too quick and fluid for me to dodge. The side of his fist plowed right into my face. It hurt like hell. There was so much force behind his punches and he made sure that you felt his punch for a while. I staggered back a few steps in response from the punch. Quickly, Zephyr spun around with his right arm outstretched, ready to blast again. I couldn't dodge, his arm was coming at me way too fast. I decided to use my resources I had with me. I put my right arm in front of my face like I was holding a shield and used the rock/debris on my arm to create a shield-like object on my arm. He blasted right through it instantly, but I wasn't planning on it lasting more than one hit. I was using that shield as an opening.
"Smart move, Kato! But, that won't stop me!" Zephyr yelled as he broke my shield. He didn't realize, but right after he broke my shield, I had already been throwing my left fist towards him.
"That shield might not stop you, but my fist will!" I screamed as I hit Zephyr with an uppercut with my left fist.
5 Years Ago...
"Zephyr? That's your alias? Kinda lame if you ask me."
"Oh, c'mon man. You're supposed to be supporting me through this stuff!"
"Look, Itsuki, I know what you've been through and I understand where you're coming from. But, don't you think going the route of a villain is straying too far from your original goal?"
"Yea, it is. But, I've been rejected in everything I try. I need to try something different to get my mind off of everything."
"And becoming a villain is going to help? How?"
"I'm... not sure."
"What if this changes you... for the worse?"
"Then stop me."
"Are you sure?"
"If there is ever a time where I go too far I want you to stop me, Hitoshi."
"Okay, but you better not get to that point."
Present Day...
After I hit Zephyr with the uppercut he had his head looking towards the sky, so I thought I was in the clear to attack again. But, even with him not looking at me, he put out his right arm in an instant and blasted me down the street. I didn't fly into the air this time after being blasted, I slid down the street. But, I was still going back at a high speed. Before I hit the wall, I threw my arm up and created a wall of concrete that was about 10 feet high to stop me in my place. The impact of hitting that wall was still bad, but it's better than being left incapacitated.
"Heh, I didn't think you'd actually get a hit on me," Zephyr said as he wiped the blood off of his face.
"Well, now that I have permission to fight you, there's no way I'd hold back," I responded.
Zephyr smiled, "Glad to hear it. I love fighting strong people in order to make myself and my quirk stronger," Zephyr popped his neck and knuckles, "But, I hate when they hold back."
There was one thing that I had wondered about Zephyr up until this point that I needed to ask him. I never brought it up since it was in the back of my mind, but this was my perfect chance to ask.
"Why do you do this..?" I asked desperately.
"Huh?" he questioned.
"Why do you decide to hurt people, innocent people..? How do you get any enjoyment out of this?!" I yelled.
"Wha-? Enjoyment..? I do this because-" he stopped.
"Because why?! What made you be like this?!" I screamed, clenching my fists.
I wasn't expecting to get an answer out of him. I just felt like I needed to ask him. Back then, I didn't really understand why people did the things they did. In my mind, there was always a reason behind everything. But, as I grew older I realized. I realized that not everyone has a reason for being evil or just a bad person. Some people are just bad by nature, but some people do have their reasons.
"What made me... be like this..?" Zephyr whispered to himself, "What made me..."
4 Years Ago, Unnamed Alleyway...
"Itsuki, please, think about what you're doing. It doesn't have to end like this."
"Why doesn't it? This is my only option."
"I said I'd support you, but this was way too far. Please, think about this. You told me to stop you if you went too far and I need to hold up my end of the deal!"
"I know what I said and I appreciate you remembering, but I can't let anyone know about what happened."
"Wait, please, Itsu-!"
"I'm sorry..."
"..."
"Hitoshi..?"
"..."
"Hitoshi?"
"..."
"Hitoshi?!"
"..."
"Wh- what... what is wrong with me..? ...What have I done..?"
Present Day...
"What made me... be like this..?" Zephyr whispered to himself, "What made me..."
"WHY?!" I yelled.
"...Myself!" Zephyr screamed.
"...Huh..?" I questioned.
"I'm the reason I'm like this!" Zephyr yelled as tears started to well up in his eyes, "It's all my fault! If I wouldn't have been like this... then maybe he'd still... he'd still be..." Tears streamed down Zephyr's face as he stood there staring at me. Like I said before, I didn't expect to get any answers, but this shocked me.
"...He..?" I whispered to myself, "Who are you talking about..?"
Zephyr's face went from despair to anger in less than a second, "It doesn't concern you!" He put his arms back and got ready to blast forward, "Don't bring him into this!" He screamed and blasted forward.
I couldn't really move from the spot I was in. I was pressed up against a rock wall, still in slight pain from hitting it. Instead of attacking with my body, I decided to use my quirk to its fullest potential.
"I'm gonna finish you right here, right now!" Zephyr yelled
I quickly shot out my arm towards Zephyr and a spike formed from the upper half of the rock wall. The spike zoomed towards Zephyr. He blasted to his right in order to dodge, but the spike still grazed his side, cutting his shirt and his skin.
I took a deep breath, "I'm not finished yet, Zephyr!"
Note: I'll admit, this chapter was a bit all over the place. (lol) I wanted to experiment a bit with this chapter. So, if you have any questions about anything you might be confused about, just ask me in the comments and I'll answer!
