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"Kabuki, it's time." My sister called my name as we got ready. As I grabbed my bag and headed towards the front door for her, I noticed the yellow irises of my best friends ex lover. "Mom and Dad are already in the car, waiting."
I grunted as I looked at this house before I departed. Enrollment. That's where it got me. We were going to Yuuei City. Just like it says a city with a population of twenty thousand students.
Me and the girls were going to board over there as a requirement of attending the academy in the city.
"Right. Let's go." I got in the car without saying a word to my parents. To be honest these past two years were the most consistent years I spend with them. Ever since that day... my dad has being training me and the girls in his form of street fighting. Mostly it was me that stayed on top of my training. Not to say that the girls were slackers but all they seem to be okay with knowing some basics as they relied on their quirks.
To me those two years kept me busy physically but my mind was the opposite all I could think about was getting stronger so I wouldn't repeat what happen in middle school with Izuku.
Izuku. It was hard for my sister and Pinky. The sleepless nights and night terrors were a daily thing. Katsuki never forgave herself for doing all the shit she had done to Izuku. It was always the 'what if's' but then again thanks to our mother, my sister pulled through and became a better person altogether.
The same can be said about Pinky. Though it was a more roughing phase. She still held some resentment for Izuku yet she began learn how to love him for always being there. There were times were she endlessly cry in his old room, missing his presence. Within the last year she to has become a better version of her old self yet still noticeably hurt if he was ever brought up in conversation.
Me on the other hand, I have another objective: Find Izuku. I know the bastard was tough yet I still had my thoughts since that fuck face that took him was strong. Most days I often still think about Shinso's last statement to me and the others that day.
"You all have been a bad influence on my younger brother, I will have to fix that."
My mind traced as I remember the red eyes on both Izuku and Shinso. They were related in some way but as brothers, no I couldn't believe it for a second. Call me in denial if all of the evidence was there in front of me in my face but no brother brutally destroys his own younger sibling.
I close my eyes to remember the battered state of Izuku and myself in the past. Thus I fell asleep for the rest of the car ride.
Two and half years ago...
AAAARAAAAAAGHHHH DAMN IT!!!!!!! I was shouting at the top of my lungs. He took Izuku and I couldn't stop it. No... I... Can stop it. With hell of pain upon me my body, I was struggling to push myself up as there was a shit ton of damage to my mid torso.
"Deku... I will get you back... I won't let the same thing happen like seven years ago!" My voice was dried and strained. I continue talked to myself as I was planning on killing that purple haired fuck face that just took my friend.
Those around the scene were watching me struggle to get my body at least to my damn knees. I can feel every fucking pair of eyes upon me, god damn it! At least I tried to stop it, at least Shoji made the attempt to save him! But the others, Denki? Eijirou?! These god damn girls were so damn scared to fucking use any of there powers to save my friend.
"Kabuki!" It was my sister. I looked back to see a concern look and behind her were the other girls carrying the same expression as her.
"What happen?! I heard an explosion was that you?!!" She continued to ask questions. My mind was racing a hundred miles per hour with the pain of emotions and physical damage.
"That bastard, Shinso! He fought Izuku and took him. Me and Shoji tried to stop him but we just weren't..." god was he admitted to himself that he was weak. "Strong enough."
"It's because your a guy, what can you expect from your situation?" One of the random side characters just fucking spat words on my face.
"One: Were the Fuck in your right mind do you get to say that bullshit. Two: if you so sure that a guy couldn't handle the situation were was you? Any of you god damn ungrateful fucking pieces of shits?! You all have fucking quirks at least I used to mine to try to save someone?!! Three: You never fought him before so what the fuck do you know about it?!" I was now on my feet yelling at the female body with all my might.
"Why are you so upset over a quirkless loser? I get your his friend and all but you risk hurting us to protect that demon!!" Another girl demanded at Kabuki.
This time my explosive hair was hiding my eyes. "Don't you go pinning this on him!" My sister stepped up for me without a seconds hesitation.
"Heh heh heh...ha...ha...why you ask? I owe him my damn life that's why. Were he accepted me as a best friend, I am the reason he is quirkless today. He had the chance to run away without a second thought but he saved me and the price was his quirk, his father, and his mind." I confessed my sin.
The whole argument went dead. Katsuki, Mina, the girls, and the guys. They all went quiet at the revelation of this news. Katsuki was gulping her throat at the thought it was impossible. Mina was quiet, to much had happen in the span of a couple of hours from her ex-lovers kidnapping to the confession of sin.
"Kabuki Bakugo, please report to the main office." The speaker announced as Kabuki started to walk slowly towards the next destination. I ignored all of them.
"I promise you Izuku, I will rescue you no matter the cost."
Mina POV
Kabuki fell asleep leaning against the window of the car ride. I sat on the other end of the back seat. Things changed. After my anger for Izuku was relieved thanks to the overwhelming guilt and forgiveness in myself. I learned how to become friends with others again. It was hard.
Not day goes by that the words replays in my head.
"You should just forget me. Goodbye Ashido."
Those were the last words I remembered him saying to me as I wept on the floor defeated. I was no match for him at the time and my obsession got the better of me.
Then the confession that Kabuki said two years back.
I am the reason he is quirkless today.
After that day things being off between her and Kabuki. She couldn't blame him as she did not know the full extent of it nor did she want to. We never brought it up. It just wasn't right from our part to make him be hurting on the inside. Though his repentance, he wanted to stand by his friends side who he rightfully hurt.
I wonder if I will ever see Izuku again. I need to apologize, say "I'm sorry" for everything. I need to tell him how I really feel just like before everything went to shit. I need him to hear me.
The car ride was long, a three hour drive to our new home. Apparently the dorm we will be assigned will be our home for the next three years. Better get along and get to know people there.
Hell since Yuuei hero courses consisted of girls for five generations worth of years, it was difficult for even some boys to get in that course let alone the general departments. The other courses would allow males to apply if certain requirements were met but it came down to the quirk ranking of each person.
Every student must submit there quirk applications which consist of the type of quirk, the ranking of it, it's benefits and drawbacks, and what gender those said quirk belong too.
It was needed to give each applicant a specific exam but if the quirk was B plus or higher than said applicant can either pass or choose to take the exam as well. Due to the nature of my quirk Acid, my quirk was considered an A plus because of the lack of major drawbacks and the many benefits it holds as well. I born with an incredible ability. Not only can I secrete Acid it's self but that said Acid can heal many of my wounds on my skin like cuts, bruises, and even burns. Though it may not look dangerous from a far away stand point. I can manipulate my Acid to be micro and airborne given the amount of time needed to perform it.
Well my entrance exam was basically melting a difficult material with alienated properties or something like that. I passed with flying colors it was an easy exam after all with me choosing to take the exam.
Speaking of exam, apparently Kabuki scored the top ten in his division. It brought a chuckle to her. After all the entrance exam was live for all to see. There were ten male applicants and all of which had passed.
"Hey Pinky." I heard my nickname being called out by Kabuki's sister. "Yea Katsuki?"
"I heard that during orientation, we get to see another applicant take the entrance exam." Her information made me confused. "I thought we should have taken the exam months prior before attendance?"
"That's what I thought as well but apparently this applicant is just returning into the country. So they might be a foreign applicant." I nodded at her when she said this.
"Do you think is a boy or girl?" I asked her.
"Does it really matter? If it's a boy then he is a exception and if it's a girl than it still applies as well." Katsuki responded.
"Yea, I guess your right." I admitted halfway.
"You two should get some sleep, after all it's going to be a long day for you three especially Kabuki." Mitsuki suggested.
I nodded then close my eyes thinking about a time long ago.
Two and a half years ago...
It was evening, my mind was full of things regarding him. My worry was at its peak yet my anger was still there. Sitting in front of a river bank. On the grassy ground, my mind looked at out at the current.
"Izuku." That name was the inner trigger of my happiness yet sadness as well.
"I knew that purple haired creep was off from the start." I recalled as I was lost control over my speech and mind in a few seconds of talking to him.
I looked on the other side of the river, towards the tree was a special tree. One that had a heart shape sculpted from the bark. In that heart shape was "I M, forever love expressed." I looked at it for some time now. I didn't know when I started to cry, maybe when I first fell upon that tree heart, might have been the nostalgia feeling that I got when I remembered being in his embrace every time we cuddled by the plant, or just out of randomness from the shock of what happen today. The 'I' was obviously meaning Izuku and the 'M' Meant Mina. But there was another meaning in the I plus M... even if it was a cliché, corny, confusingor stupid if you might add but it felt right between me and him.
"I am Myself, forever love expressed. That's our responsibility isn't Izuku." I sniffed as my head fell down to my brought up knees. In a balled up position I cried for him. My love, my sorrow, my anguish, my loneliness, and my anger.
Katsuki POV
I saw Mina close her eyes trying to fall to sleep. After a good fifteen minutes she did and now I was left awake along with my parents. There wasn't much words said as we already said our goodbyes yesterday.
I look at my mom through the rear mirror in the front. Her gaze was towards the road ahead but her eyes they were hurt.
She clearly remembered that day like it happen just ten minutes ago.
Two and a half years ago...
It was the first time in a long time that I ever seen my brother cry into our mothers embrace. Dead in the night Kabuki was wide awake with a blank expression. I could tell that he was taking the worse of it after all from what I had heard and seen on some footage was that he felt a chance to save Izuku. If I were in his shoes I would probably feel even more miserable. If we compared quirks my powers are long range while his is close range. I would have had the better chance at saving Izuku.
"You shouldn't blame yourself Kabuki." I heard my mother said as I sat down next to the door hearing the conversation on the other side.
"I... couldn't save him. Mom it was just like seven years ago. It happen again but this time I was prepared... I train so hard to make sure that never happen... But it wasn't enough. God Damn it." I heard his words all of which held weight of his world. His reason to leave for China for so long made it clear. He wanted to protect his best friend no... he wanted to be stronger so he can fight the battle along side him.
"You boys always get hurt, the least you can do is come back to me and the girls alive and well. I know that you tried to save him. You done well, if you just stand there like an idiot while your best friend... no true brother was getting himself kidnapped or worse killed then I would be downright cursing you." I can hear my mothers voice began to waver as she was trying to say things without stuttering because of the tears.
"You four mean the world to me. All I wanted was for you four to live a life without worries or conflict but thanks to society today... I doubt you will be able to achieve that kind of life for a while or even ever."
"Mom, I... failed him twice. If I wasn't a god damn brat then he would be here now or maybe he would still have his quirk. It's my fault he is even a bigger target to society and now it came full circle."
My thoughts were heavy. Did My brother meet Izuku before me and mom? How? He never mentioned about another boy since he hangout with me and the girls. Kabuki, the only exception since he was my brother they allowed his presence.
"And it's not like me or Izuku ever strive to have a normal life, we wanted to prove ourselves to the world that we have what it takes! I was weak! Now?! I still am!! I couldn't fight by his side. I train and train together with him so that this kind of problem shouldn't have happen!"
I can hear my brother weeping as he let more cries. That feeling of failure never bothered him in general but when it came to his past with Izuku, apparently it was a great deal.
Once it became quiet, I open the door without getting my brother and mothers attention.
As I walk towards the living room, I looked at my older twin. He, someone thick skin from head to toe, was breaking down with my mother hugging his troubles away. It was obvious that she was crying as well.
Yes even I was hurt, wiping off the tears a they slowly fall down my cheeks. Then a I felt a hand on my shoulder. Turning to look at the source it was my father. He carried a sad smile but knew that I was hurting so no words were exchanged. He brought me into a fatherly hug. I was silent compared to my older twin but nonetheless I cried endlessly.
Three hours later~
The drop off went well as it can get with all the traffic and parents doing the same for their kids as well. I still remained with Mina. Kabuki went to another building due to his gender.
Getting situated was fine and all. Each student was given their own apartment room full with their own kitchen, living space, bedroom, and bathroom. It was also a bonus that we get to choose how to customize how our living space will match our needs.
Due to my lifestyle I left everything at default except the lamps. The normal lamps were replaced with lava lamps. As I threw myself on top of my normal bed with a couple of hours to spare I watched television.
Mina POV
Living in my own apartment space was new change, it almost reminded me of when I was homeless before I met Izuku. Although comparing eating out a can to having a refrigerator would be easy choice to decide. The latter.
My bedroom was the only thing out of ordinary from my entire apartment. The walls were filled with pink and purple colors. My default bed was replace with a water one. The feeling of it flowing around soothe my mind as I feel back again to sleep. Luckily if anything happen Katsuki was the next door so she would get me if we needed to leave for orientation.
Kabuki POV
My apartment was dark, I didn't bother turning on the lights. Mind set on training and thanks to the customizable apartments, I cut my living room into a half size as I used the other half for training.
Going in that room to spend the next three hours getting my muscle endurance training was the highlight of my day well until later on.
No one POV Orientation~
As the auditorium filled with the new incoming students of Yuuei, noise filled the room with chatter. Mina and Katsuki was sitting along with the original girl group that bullied the pink teen earlier in her life. Throughout the coming of the next two years they grown to accept and apologize to Mina about all their stunts from the past. The pink lass forgave them without any issues.
Kabuki was siting with Shoji along with Eijirou and Denki. Unlike Shoji and Kabuki, the other two were not driven to be heroes. With some hope they got in the general department hoping to get into a good college there by extension a well paying job. Shoji was no longer a scrawny six arm freak, nope he went up fifty levels of quality muscle strength, mass, and endurance that those weak arms became a Greek Gods guns. Kabuki gain more muscle rather than stay entirely cut but still kept his lean build.
More and more students sat down to face the stage with a podium at its center. A lady voice rang through the massive room.
"Welcome future students of Yuuei Academy! I am the principal Nana Shimura or some of you better known me as the number one hero to this day!!" A woman with black spiky hair came into view was the everyone cheered.
"Now let us get down to business! I first want to congratulate on the twenty male students that made it in. You guys know who you are and I hope you will fit in well with this academy. Also I want state that most of you are here wondering why do we have a orientation? Well to answer you question, I want to announce another applicant who is attending here. He is a young man who is the youngest son of the biggest criminal in today's history! You see this criminal and his father manage to single handily destroy the world government leading to the deaths of millions of heroes, military, and law enforcement personnel. You may have heard these two names before Baki Hanma and his father Yujiro Hanma."
The whole audience fell into a uproar. Most of the body couldn't believe that they let a male nonetheless a criminals son to be in a hero school.
Mina felt her heart flutter, it was too good to be true. Izuku was here. Her pink hands fell on her uniform just abover her chest. She smiled so silly at the news. She wasn't alone. Katsuki was keeping a bright smile her eyes were close she was able to see him again.
Kabuki jumped on the table, the only one who cheered for Izuku's return. The surrounding female body openly glared at him but he didn't care. His best friend was alive and coming here.
"Alright! Alright! Now I am playing a live footage of the young applicant Izuku Midoriya Hanma. Also one little note I forgot he has a partner along with him. This partner is the youngest daughter of the number two Frost hero Embellish." The number one hero snapped her fingers which resulted in the whole auditorium falling into darkness as a screen lit up it was bigger than a movie theatre screen which illuminated some of the room.
Everyone was silent looking at the screen...
In the locker rooms.
Yeah-eh-heah
You are my fire
The one desire
Believe when I say
I want it that way
But we are two worlds apart
Can't reach to your heart
When you say
That I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Am I your fire?
Your one desire
Yes I know it's too late
But I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Now I can see that we've fallen apart
From the way that it used to be Yeah
No matter the distance
I want you to know
That deep down inside of me
You are my fire
The one desire
You are (you are you are you are)
Don't want to hear you say
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
(Don't want to hear you say)
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
I want it that way
Tell me why
Ain't nothin' but a heartache
Ain't nothin' but a mistake
Tell me why
I never want to hear you say
(Never want to hear you say it)
I want it that way
'Cause I want it that way
The green haired teen looked at the clock once she finished his karaoke cover. "Almost time."
"Izuku. Are you ready?" A calm femine voice asked the teen. "Yea. Let's do this Shouka." He responded with determination and confidence.
The girl came into view. Her bi-colored hair between white and red flowed straight down by her hips. The expression was calm but she smiled small but genuine. "You sing nice."
"Thanks, honestly I got thank a great friend of mine." Izuku smiled as he tied his shoes.
"Mina Ashido or Katsuki Bakugo?" She asked not sure which friend is Izuku referring too.
"Mina. She is the cheerful one. Katsuki is the ferocious one." Izuku answered with a sad smile.
"The one you hurt?" Shouka asked again walking towards Izuku. Izuku finished tying his shoes and sat up looking blankly at a locker.
"Yea. The one I messed it up with. She probably still hates my guts. Watching me right now, getting ready for my exam." Izuku said as he stood up from his seat. Although before he could even move, two arms wrapped around his next.
"She will forgive you, from what you told me she isn't the type to hold resentment for so long unlike the other friend."
Shouka release her arms slightly to grasp Izuku's cheeks to have his face look at her. The two were upside down from their points of views but they knew what was coming well Shouka was at least ready.
Leaning down upon Izuku's face, the Bi-Hair colored girl touched lips with Izuku. It wasn't a make out, or a battle for dominance, no it was a simple touch of reassurance.
The soft kiss lasted ten seconds before the two parted. Izuku was perplex yet calm about the whole thing. Shouka was blushing a bit at her bold action.
"So I ask again are you ready Izuku?"
"Yea, you bet I am Shouka."