Hello again! Synxisdemind back giving you another peek into the mind.

First, I'd like to apologize to anyone who hasn't read the KNY manga for the beginning of the last chapter.

Also, thank you all for the support so far. Really appreciate. Let's keep up the energy.

Chapter 2 is here!

Took a bit about one and a half as long as the first. Yuuma met Zenitsu last time. Let's find out the implications of that meeting

A shout-out to my co-creator, Kollinz (You're the best dude)

Enjoy!

INNER ROAR

(Hospital Ward)

Mio sat at her son's bedside while he remained unconscious still. She had been assured that he would eventually wake up but she still couldn't help but worry. I mean her baby who isn't even five yet, got struck by lightning and fortunately survived so her worry felt completely justified. She ran a hand through his blonde hair with orange tips wondering how in the world getting struck by lightning magically dyed people's hair. She decided to take some fresh air as she had been seated for hours, Goto had already come by and taken Denki home so she didn't need to worry about him. She released Yuuma's tiny hand, she had been holding as she got up and turned to the door. Before she could step out, she heard.

Beep! then another and another in quick succession which kept speeding up and she turned around in time to see her son's eyes shoot open.

They were completely white but that wasn't the surprising part. Blue electricity burst from his body with a low boom, covering him entirely, the bed began to burn, the medical devices all short circuited and even the lights started to flicker violently. The electric discharge began to spread.

Her eyes widened in shock momentarily before she caught a hold of herself, her motherly and honed pro hero instincts kicked in, she rushed to him and started to absorb the electricity coming off him.

"What the- tch!", she thought as she found herself struggling a bit.

"All this energy coming from Yuu-kun, does this mean…", it dawned on her as her eyes shone with realization, "his quirk came around and it's pretty strong too", she reasoned with a hint of joy on her face

"Better take care of this first" , she thought with renewed vigor.

Fortunately, she was able to bring the discharge to a low crackle before the electricity stopped completely.

His eyes returned to normal as he looked around before his gaze fell on her.

He called out in a small voice, "Mommy? What happened?"

Ignoring the mild fatigue she felt from exerting herself for the first time in a while, she pulled him into a hug.

"I'm here, Yuu-kun. I'm so glad you're awake", she whispered to him. "Don't worry about any of this, Mommy will handle it"

"More importantly, how are you feeling?", she asked.

"I'm okay, Mommy. It doesn't hurt anymore", he replied, moving his limbs to check.

The door opened and in came Kaga-sensei.

Noticing the boy in his mother's arms "Ah! Yuuma, you're awake", she said before looking around to see the devices as well as the bed slightly charred and smoking. "What in the world…?"

"Kaga-sensei, I think Yuu-kun's quirk has shown up", Mio answered.

The doctor gave two a slightly surprised look before her face relaxed and she let out a sigh. "I'll go prepare the quirk examination room", she said before leaving the room.

Mio turned back to her son, "Alright Yuu-kun, if you're up for it, let's go check out your quirk", she said cheerfully.

A small smile formed on Yuuma's face, "Okay, Mommy", he replied.

"Great, let me call Daddy and then we head out", she said while he hopped off the bed.

One call later.

"Let's go Yuu-kun", she said extended her hand.

He gripped her hand and they started to walk towards the quirk examination rooms.

(Kaminari home)

Before Mio and Goto was Yuuma's quirk examination result sheet. She looked at it with a happy expression. It was good to see that both her boys had quirks similar to hers. Goto's expression was more tentative as he was considering the positives and the negatives.

YUUMA KAMINARI

AGE: 4

BLOOD TYPE: O

Quirk: Lightning Burst

Able to generate blue electricity from his body (comparable in speed, strength and temperature to real lightning).

Able to absorb lightning/electricity from any sources and immune to electricity based attacks. Also capable of channel it through his body/objects.

Anytime quirk is activated, electricity burst from the whole/part of the body in use.

Warning: Exceedingly powerful! It is recommended not to be used till measures are in place to reduce output or mitigate damage. Weakness- Overuse causes immense muscle strain/fatigue/soreness.

Goto sighs, "Well, this is interesting" looking to his wife.

She shrugged, "Looks like we have our work cut out for us, honey. Yuu-kun needs to be able to control this or he's gonna destroy the house"

"I was going to wait till they turned 8 to start really training control but-", Mio began.

"-it no longer seems like an option, for Yuuma of course.", her husband finished, adopting a thinking posture.

"Then only one thing to do, I'll take care of training Yuuma. I can call in a few favours to get a good training space plus I should be able to regulate his power a bit", Mio suggested.

"Alright good idea, I can watch over Denki's training. However, Mio be careful. If this results are anything to go by, our son's power is something else", he said.

"Hah! Goto who do you think I am? I'll help our little boy get a hold on his quirk no problem", she grinned confidently.

"I trust you, dear", he replied softly.

(4 Months Later)

(Quirk Training Centre)

Yuuma was standing in the hall with the training dummies in front of him. His mom standing on the side, watching him.

"Ok Yuu-kun, let's try it again", Mio said to her son.

He looked her way meekly before turning to his front with training dummies before him. He closed his eyes, trying to activate his quirk. With a deep breath, he released a massive burst of electricity that quickly moved over the dummies, tearing them and the surrounding area. He dropped to his knees in exhaustion, muscles twitching from exertion.

He slowly opens his eyes and sees that beyond the smoking dummies, the floor beneath him was scorched black emitting smoke.

Mio looked at the scene before speaking, "Yuu-kun, you'll need to open your eyes first and also try to direct your electricity. Once you learn how to take some of it out, controlling it won't be so hard."

"Okay, Mommy", he said softly. She affectionately patted his head and gestured for him to follow her.

While walking, he turned to him "Yuu-kun, it hasn't been long since your quirk came around so remember what Daddy said it's still a little too risky to show around especially at school. Let's try not to use it so we can avoid anyone getting hurt, okay?", he titled her head slightly with a small smile. Which he returned,

"Yes Mommy", he said.

"Right, let's stop here for today. Anymore, and your body will give out", she said looking at the slight trembling of his muscles.

"I'll try my best to control my quirk so no one around me gets hurt" , the little boy thought while running to his mom's car. They meet up with Denki and Goto.

Seeing his family, he smiled at them, "How'd it go?", Goto asked while Denki ran to his brother to hug him.

"It's a working progress", Mio shrugged. "But we've got time"

"We do indeed", Goto said.

About three years had gone by, Yuuma and Denki were in grade school now. Not much had really changed. They'd grown bigger but their personalities and social lives hadn't really changed much.

Denki, ever the bundle of joy and charisma and Yuuma, his timid twin, at least he was more expressive now.

Plus, no one really made fun of Yuuma for his quirk since it appeared but he almost never used it except in training with his mom which was bi-monthly. Denki had it easier in control even if his quirk made him dumb, it never really hurt him that much. So due to his meek nature, they did pick on him once in a while, that is till Denki got to them. For a long time, Yuuma considered his younger twin was his saving grace.

Hitoshi, Denki and Yuuma were walking back from school. Hitoshi, still one of Yuuma's only and best friends ended up at their school. Camie went to another school on the other side of the city where she now lived. Hitoshi's house also happened to be along the way of theirs but today they were taking a detour.

"Let's go get that All Might figure!", Denki yelled, pumping his fists. The boys were en route to a certain toy store to buy themselves the latest All Might figure.

"Uh-huh. I can't wait", Yuuma nodded frantically as he was also quite excited about getting one.

"I know right? We've been saving for two whole months. This has to be worth it", Hitoshi added with a smile of his own.

They kept walking until they reached the shop.

"We're here! Forward!", Denki cheered, rushing into the shop.

Yuuma tried slowing him down,

"Wait Denki!", he whined before going after him.

Hitoshi just shook his head at the twins' antics and followed behind.

Twenty minutes later, they were already heading home with a brand new figure in Denki's hands.

"It's so awesome and we got the very last one" he said with stars in his eyes, admiring the new figure. It was All Might in a black and grey version of his Golden Age costume

"Talk about luck, huh", Hitoshi added.

"Um... Denki? I want to hold it too", Yuuma asked, poking his fingers against each other.

"Chill bro, I'll give it to you in a bit" Denki replied.

"You've been holding it for a while, let someone else get a turn", Hitoshi said, extending his hand to grab it.

Denki saw it in time and moved his hand with the figure out of reach while putting distance between his brother and his friend.

"I said I'll give it to you later. I'm not done yet", said Denki.

"Nope, you're sharing now" Hitoshi declared as he made to chase Denki.

Denki seeing this tried to run off, making a turn into an isolated street. He crashes hard into a person, landing on his butt with the All Might figure leaving his hands and clattering at the person's feet.

"Owww!", he whined, "Watch where you're going", he grumbled.

"HAAH! What'dja say?", an annoyed snarl came from the person he bumped into. "When ya' bump into someone, ya' apologize, pipsqueak!"

Denki looked up to find a teenager about 15 with large fangs sticking out of his mouth with two other teens behind him, one quite buff and the other one, with grey skin.

Yuuma and Hitoshi rushed to his side.

Upon seeing them, Yuuma bows his head in apology, "We're very sorry. We were really excited about our new toy and he wasn't looking where he was going"

The fanged teen looked at his feet and picked up the toy, "All Might Dark Justice figure? Pretty neat."

The teen whistled. "What'cha think boys?", he turned to his friends.

"Looks good, bro. Heard this one's limited edition", said the buff one.

"He wore this in the rogue arc in the series" commented the gray one.

Turning to Yuuma, "Tell you what kid, you and your friends leave this with the all cash on ya' and we won't hurt nobody", the fanged teen said with a grin.

"No way!" Denki countered immediately, rising to his feet.

The fanged teen looked at him with amusement in his eyes, "Fine kid, but uh… what'cha gonna do about it?"

The other two stepped forward, in front of the fanged leader.

Yuuma, Denki and Hitoshi looked up at them, well Denki and Hitoshi were glaring.

(Nearby street)

Stepping out of a building, were a tall, well-built man and a brunette teenager with long dark brown hair. The teenager was dressed in a sweater, shirt and tight jeans with sneakers and a slim, long sports bag slung over her shoulder. The man was dressed in formal attire with a black coat, long black hair tied in a low bun with what looked like wrapped object attached to a strap over his shoulder.

They had just concluded an undercover police meeting for their next task. Walking along the sidewalk, navigating the sea of people.

"Well that was exhausting, wouldn't you say, Yori-chan?", the man said, stretching his back.

"It certainly was a long one, Tagawa-sensei", the teenager responded.

"I told you to call me Hirano when we're out of HQ", he said half-turning to her.

"We're still on duty, Tagawa-sensei.", she replied coldly.

He sighed and looked forward.

They continued walking. His stomach grumbled, then he turned to her again.

"Yori-chan, since we're out here, how about you go get us something to eat? We did miss lunch because of that meeting" he said, giving her a pleading look.

"The nearest food joint is fifteen minutes away" she complained, pointing to the street that had no food stalls of any kind.

He kept the look and she relented.

She sighed "But I guess I am kind of hungry, what do you want me to get?", she asked her superior.

"Here, how about I let you decide. I'll wait around." He said, handing her some money.

"Fine, I'll see you in a bit" She said before leaving.

He watched her run off before turning and walking down the road in the direction of a certain street.

Oomph!

Denki is sent to the ground, a red bruise forming on his cheek. Yuuma and Hitoshi helping him up.

"Come on kid! Make it easy and forget about this action figure", the buff teen mocked, retracting the hand he used to punch Denki.

Denki, back on his feet replied, "I said no way! We saved for months to buy this. I'm not letting you jerks have it"

"Denki, maybe we should-", Yuuma was trying to whisper but got interrupted.

"Well then, you're in for a hard time, kid" The buff teen started moving towards them and Denki refused to back down.

With defiance in his eyes, he spread his arms and legs slightly. Yellow sparks of electricity started to crackle all over his body. Yuuma and Hitoshi noticed and backed away.

"Not if I take you down, first" He grinned as though anticipating victory

(Cue Present Mic voice)

DENKI KAMINARI

QUIRK: ELECTRIFICATION.

His quirk allows him to generate electricity and cover his body in it. Denki is also able to absorb and neutralize electricity and other lightning-based Quirks. Exceeding his wattage limit causes his brain to short-circuit, leaving him in a vulnerable state for 1 hour.

" Indiscriminate Shock 10000 Volts", he sent the electric current spreading towards them. The grey skinned one slips in front of the others, he puts one hand on the ground and stretches the other to the electricity, he absorbs the electricity and channels it into the ground, negating the attack.

"What the-?", Denki exclaims, wide eyed. Yuuma and Hitoshi are also taken aback.

"Not happening, dude. Not when I'm here", the gray dude said.

"He absorbed it and channeled it into the ground? We learned that in science class recently", Yuuma thought, watching the occurrence.

"He must have some sort of insulation quirk", Hitoshi thought to himself before stepping forward to save the day.

"You big guys must feel pretty proud of yourselves beating up little kids", Shinso said activating his quirk.

"Pssh!", the buff teen scoffed, "You brats don't know what's good f-", his eyes glazed over.

Hitoshi smirked, strutting forward with both hands in his pocket.

"You're right but help me out a bit and beat up tar-face over there", the purple-haired boy ordered.

(Cue Present Mic voice)

HITOSHI SHINSO

QUIRK: BRAINWASHING.

His quirk allows him to take control of anyone who responds to him when his quirk is active. It can be nullified by shaking the victim out of it.

Immediately, the buff teen started pounding the gray skinned one until he was unconscious.

Shocked, the fanged leader moved to shake him out of his stupor, "Oi! What the hell are you doing?"

As Shinso was about to make another order, Denki pushed him aside and released his

"Ultimate Attack: Indiscriminate Shock 50000 Volts"

The electricity range was much further than before and due to the obvious lack of control, it took out the buff teen and Shinso as well. The fanged leader was able to see it coming and dived out of range just in time.

"Hitoshi!", Yuuma said running to his downed friend was twitching from the effect of the attack.

"Close" the fanged teen said and then grinned, "But not close enough?", his face took on a confused look at Denki.

The electric boy had a derpy face and was going "Whee!... whee!", while giving thumbs up.

He landed a solid blow on Denki's nose, rocking his head back before another one-two combo that sent him sprawling on the ground with blood leaking down his nose and from his lips.

"Denki!", Yuuma panicked, seeing his brother on the ground.

"Two down and one to go", the fanged said menacingly while walking towards the younger boys.

"All this for some stupid toy. You know what? I don't want it anymore but I sure as hell am gonna kick your ass", he continued the toy to the ground and stomping it.

As he got closer, his body started to morph. He grew slightly bigger, his fangs longer and sharper and his fingers grew claws.

Yuuma was shaking fiercely. He was afraid, terribly so but he was also upset, no angry. His friend was hurt and his brother was just beaten black and blue while all he could do was cry and quiver in fear. He clearly couldn't run and leave them behind. It was such a frustrating feeling. He was always protected by Denki, Hitoshi, Camie, Mom, Dad. He had a quirk, a powerful one but he couldn't even control it. All he wanted was to be the one others would count on for a change instead of always crying and begging for help. His current situation somehow reminded him of a certain dream he had years ago about a yellow swordsman.

He was brought out of his musings by a heavy blow to his jaw. His opponent picked him up by the shirt and kneed him in the gut, forcing air and spit out of his small body.

The fanged one sneered, "At least dunce face and crazy hair put up a fight. All you're doing is crying and running. You're pathetic, looks like ya' quirk's shit too" with that he flung him toward a trash can with some thin steel pipes in it.

Yuuma crashed against the can and the pipes clattered to the ground. The fanged bully walked over to the vulnerable Denki and raised his foot to stomp his face in.

"I can't save them. Now we're going to get hurt", Yuuma thought, body in pain. He struggled to stand but he fell back. "Too weak...", he thought as his vision blackened.

As the fanged boy was about to drop his foot on Denki's stupid face, he heard a shifting of metal on the ground.

He saw Yuuma standing up, holding a steel pipe that suited his size. The blonde child then set in a familiar quick-draw stance.

"Oh still up huh? At least I can punish ya' some more", He left his initial victim, stalking towards the boy again.

(Yuuma mindscape)

He awoke standing on that familiar red wooden floor with the tongue demon approaching him. Once again, he found himself frozen in fear. He felt a hand on his shoulder, he snapped his head to see the blonde swordsman from years ago whose eyes were still closed.

The young swordsman simply said to him, "We always wait till it's too late. We failed so many times before but this time we'll do it right"

He handed Yuuma, a sword identical to his. "No more crying, no more running, no more letting our friends get in danger. Take your stance! draw your blade! Give everything you have"

"They will depend on us and we will be there for them. This time, we will be their Hashira!", the swordsman looked up at the approaching demon.

The words resounded in Yuuma's ears and resonated with his heart. He looked up at the demon approaching them and saw the image of his fanged bully.

The boy grabbed the sword from the swordsman with a smile.

His eyes lit up in confidence, "Yes! This time for sure"

Resolve settled in the heart of the blonde child at that thought and the swordsman took his stance.

Back in reality, Yuuma picked up a steel pipe about the size of the sword in his mindscape and took the same sword stance, closing his eyes. Simultaneously, the swordsman and Yuuma took in deep breaths, clenched their teeth and exhaled sharply through them. He almost wheezed when he felt pain in his lungs during this but the adrenaline pumping through helped ignore the pain.

The swordsman and Yuuma then roared together, " Thunder breathing: First Form…" , blue electricity burst from Yuuma's body surrounding his legs,

"...Thunderclap and Flash!", he moved at high speed towards his opponent, blue sparks of electricity trailing behind him. He swung the pipe towards the fanged boy.

The said teen could only look with frightened wide eyes as his opponent that he had been dominating for so long suddenly appeared in front of him, pipe incoming at a speed impossible for a child. He was completely still, unable to react.

Clang!

The sound of metal striking resounded through the isolated street. The electric sparks died down and Yuuma looked up and saw a man with black haired tied in a bun using a sheathed sword to block his pole, of which the top half had broken off completely.

"Impressive skill, kiddo" came a deep yet energetic voice from the man. "Where'd you learn it?"

The fanged bully returned to his original state, collapsing to the ground. He shook with sweat dripping all over and some dampening between his legs.

The man turned to the bully. "You and your buddies can scram", his voice laced with disdain.

The bully obliged and so did the other two who were already getting up.

The man lowered his sheathed sword and turned to Yuuma. Yuuma immediately became flustered.

"I'm sorry…" He said bowing, "…he was trying to hurt my brother so I-", he blurted out

The man laughed. "Relax kiddo, You're not in trouble. I saw what happened. Now while it's not okay to use with your quirk recklessly, it was in self-defense and besides you handled yourself pretty well".

He put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "What's your name, kid?"

"Yuuma…Yuuma Kaminari. Thank you for saving us", the boy answered before slightly bowing again.

"Relax kid (if anything I saved him). Kaminari? …sounds familiar…", the man mused. He saw Shinso standing up and helping Denki to his feet.

"Seems your friends are up, why don't you all run along home then" he said.

Yuuma turned to see Shinso still twitching slightly with his hair a little spikier than usual and Denki's arm over his shoulder. He moved to assist sliding under Denki's other arm.

"Thank you very much…", he trailed off, silently seeking a name.

"Tagawa… Hirano Tagawa", the man said with a smile.

"Thank you very much, Tagawa-san", with a dip of the head, Yuuma and the others left for home.

A few minutes later, the man's teen companion returned. "Tagawa-sensei, I've been looking everywhere" She said with bag of takeout in her hands. "What happened here?" She said observing the mess.

He turned to her, smiling sheepishly, "Nothing really. My bad, I got a little bored so I took a stroll"

She pouted and then smirked, "Well that's too bad because now you'll have to eat your food without ketchup" she said before walking off.

"Wait-no… please Yori-chan, we can talk about this", he begged following after her. Before leaving, he turned his head back to the scorched spot Yuuma had stood to perform his attack. A brief flashback of the attack played in his head.

"That weird breath, that stance, that speed, that strength. I checked his physique he doesn't look trained but he pulled off such a flawless technique and his quirk well suited to the move. For a minute, it was like he wasn't a kid but a seasoned warrior. Hmm… perhaps I should bring him to the Alliance. From what I saw, there was some hesitation before that point but with the right training, the kid would be something else.", the man thought before turning forward.

"Yuuma Kaminari, this is going to be good" the man said to himself before walking away from the scene.

Yuuma laid on his bed wondering, "What the heck had occurred today?"

He got into a street fight with his brother and best friend and for the first time ever, he fought back. He could still feel the tingling from that one moment he had his quirk under control.

He fiddled with one of the bangs of blonde hair between his eyes, touching the orange tips. Mom told him that his hair turned blonde after the lightning strike and since she and Denki thought it was cool, they never bothered to dye it back.

As he did, he remembered that blond swordsman who appeared to him those years ago and today, the one who encouraged him to stand up for himself and protect his loved ones, the one that showed him that weird breathing style. He wondered who the guy was, he still never got his name. He never really told anyone about it as no one just sees ancient warriors in their head to touch them how to fight, that only happens on TV.

"Thunder Breathing…", he whispered. Yuuma wondered why it felt so familiar to him like it was a part of him even though he had never heard of it till today. It hurt his lungs quite a bit to breathe that way, more than he "remembered" for some reason. He was feeling a lot better now, running his hand over his chest to confirm. He was barely hurt compared to Denki who was asleep with bandages on his face and Hitoshi who was still twitching slightly when they dropped him off at home.

He began to think. "What if this breathing is what I need to control my quirk?"

He realized that he didn't really struggle with control at all and the electricity gathered towards his legs rather than spreading freely. He noted aside from the dull burning in his lungs from the familiar but strange breathing style and bit of ache in his legs, he was relatively alright. He could train and perhaps get used to it, maybe even consistently.

The take-away for him however was that for the first time, he was able to protect someone else. There was no one to call or turn to but he was able to rise up to the occasion. Yuuma felt a deep satisfaction at that as though he had fulfilled the dream of a lifetime. He finally did it, he protected. And he would do it again. He smiled, seeing what he could accomplish. Now perhaps he could fulfil his brother's dream of being the best hero duo. A firm pillar that others could depend on in any situation, he liked the sound of that.

"This is a start but maybe I can do it too", he smiled to himself before drifting into sleep.

A few days later, late afternoon. Goto was having a rather relaxed day. He didn't go out so he decided to look up a few things and organize documents on his PC. Beside him was a small coffee table. On it, a cup of coffee and a plate of snacks. Mio was upstairs, relaxing and the boys were at school.

After the incident, he didn't want them sidetracking for their own safety. He would have sought out those bullies, his wife certainly wanted to, well to rip them apart but their ever quiet Yuuma pleaded that they let the matter go, even pointing out that Denki used his quirk first. It was also good to know that an adult intervened though Yuuma never said who.

Speaking of school, they were supposed to be on the way home by now. He looked up at the clock, "Hmmm… they should be here in about fifteen minutes"

The doorbell of the Kaminari household rang.

"That's early, well", he stood and went to open it. Standing in front of the door was Hirano Tagawa and his partner, Higa Yori.

Goto's eyebrows raised a bit before lowering. Then he spoke

"Can I help you?", the man asked, expecting his kid and not the stranger before him.

"Kaminari Goto-san? I am Hirano Tagawa and my partner, Yori Higa, We'd like to speak with you", The bun haired stranger said with a polite smile. The girl bowed slightly. Goto looked over them speculatively before nodding.

"Come in", he said as he led to the living room. "Please take a seat" The visitors sat on the two-seater couch opposite Goto. Mio then came down the stairs, "Honey, I heard the door. Are the kids back?" She stopped as she saw the guests. She shook out of her stupor, "Guests? Let me get some tea", she said as she walked straight to the kitchen to ready the tea.

The tea was before them. Hirano took his cup, savoring the aroma of the hot beverage before taking a sip.

"Mmmm! Quite good. Thank you Kaminari-san", the man complimented. Higa seemed to be in agreement.

"You're welcome", the woman replied taking her seat. There was a brief silence as all parties settled. Hirano broke the silence.

"I'll go straight to the point, We are here on behalf of the Kojiro Alliance and we would like to invite your son, Yuuma Kaminari to join our association"

Surprise fell on the faces of the Kaminari couple before they regained themselves, Goto speaking first.

"The Kojiro Alliance, the association of elite clans, filled majorly with members of samurai families in Japan?"

"The very one. Kojiro prides itself on the concept of mastery particularly through the use of the sword and even those with relatively dangerous quirks have been able to turn them into very useful assets by joining our association. The regiment we run is certainly not easy but I think the kid's got potential. His heart and his quirk, real diamond in the rough that one"

It was Mio's turn to ask, "While I'm happy you have such a positive opinion of our son, how exactly do you know Yuuma and why do you know about his quirk? For one, Yuu-kun is a little shy and wouldn't go round showing off his quirk especially since his control isn't quite there yet"

Hirano was a little confused, "He didn't tell you?", the man asked. "The kid held his own against someone almost twice his size. I stopped it from going any further and I did my research. There's not much Kojiro can't find out if we want to know, pro hero Volta"

Goto and Mio exchanged glances. "You knew?", Mio asked genuinely surprised as during her hero days, she was masked and only the Hero Commission had her information.

"We know what we want to know. Anyway, what I'm offering is a chance for your son to hone his quirk and get it under control. After that, he's free to decide whether to remain with us or not. By then, he would have a bit of community service under his belt"

Goto frowned slightly at that.

"What do you mean?". Mio asked

"Kaminari-san", he addressed the husband, "You have experience in the top brass of law enforcement, what do you know about the decline of Yakuza in the quirk era?"

Mio tilted her head while Goto began to speak.

"Even with quirk regulation laws, there are situations where the heroes cannot necessarily be used because the police cannot risk alerting certain criminals before apprehending them. In those times, we enlist the services of associations like Kojiro. The public believe that the Yakuza were weeded out through natural selection in the quirk era but in actuality, the police in collaboration with Kojiro has been taking them down for years", Goto explained. Mio nodded in realization.

"Well only in cases, the police can't handle but he's right. So your thoughts on your son's recruitment?", he asked again.

Mio exhaled deeply, "It's not a bad idea. As a pro hero, I know the value of quirk control and our son does want to be one long with his brother but Yuu-kun's in grade school. From what I know, Kojiro Alliance HQ is on Rebun Island, all the way in Hokkaido"

"Nothing to worry about. The Kojiro Alliance has an affiliated school on the island, Seigyo Academy that trains children from grade school through high school. Our program is on par with the best institutions in the world", Hirano smiled assuringly.

"Isn't that only for member clans and associates?", Goto asked.

"Well, that is usually the case but we make exceptions for certain talents that we go out of our way to recruit. I must add though that once he is with us, you won't be able to see him as often. We let you meet a few times a year but we like to keep our kids safe and away from the public eye. Yori here is actually a second year student but she's part of a special program that allows her to be here with me", said girl just nods with a small smile.

Goto leans back on the chair, arms crossed and sighs. He looks to his wife who looked back at him. "Honestly, I think we should let Yuuma join since we've done all we can in the quirk training department with little success but ultimately it's his choice"

Mio nodded, "Yeah we'll have him come around too."

Right on cue, a shout was heard from the doorway. "We're home"

The blonde twins move into the living room. "Welcome home, boys" their mother said, beaming at them

Yuuma's eyes scanned the room while Denki ran over to his parents till his eyes landed on the familiar visitor.

"Tagawa-san? What are you doing here?", he asked surprised.

The man laughed, then grinned "Well kiddo, I'm here for you"

"Really? Why?", he asked tilting his head.

"Well Yuuma, Tagawa-san here has offered to take you on scholarship to Seigyo Academy. He says he can help you learn how to properly control your quirk but once you're there, we won't be able to see you so much" his father slowly explained.

Yuuma would have been absolutely excited if he hadn't heard that last part.

"But what about you two, Denki, Shinso and Camie?" he asked with hesitation all over him.

"Don't worry, Yuu-kun. We'll be able to keep in touch and you'll get to come by once in a while. Tell you what, you wanted to go to U.A. right? I think you should go ahead and join and then when you're ready for high school, you'll join Denki for the entrance exams", his mother suggested.

"The choice is yours, son. We'll be with you all the way", Goto said.

The boy still looked uncertain as his gaze now fell on Denki, his ever brave brother who looked a little surprised at the news. Denki turned to his brother and cracked the biggest grin he ever had.

"That's awesome, Yuuma go to that school, learn all you can and come back so we can go to U.A."

Yuuma looked at him with watery eyes. Denki then pumped his fist towards Yuuma, still grinning.

"You better not slack off at that fancy school because I promise to train extra hard so when you get back, I'll be the better twin"

Tears rolled down Yuuma's eyes as he broke into a grin of his own. His brother truly was the best. He laughed a bit then pumped his own fist out.

"When I get back, I'll the best twin"

The twins stared at each other before exchanging hugs and then their father ruffled their hair affectionately. Yuuma let his brother go and turned to Tagawa with a serious expression.

"Tagawa-san, I accept the scholarship to Seigo Academy", he said bowing. Hirano smiled and nodded approvingly.

"Can't wait to see you there, kiddo"

The Kaminari couple slightly bowed their heads, hands on their laps. "Take care of our son, Tagawa-san" The parents chorused.

Hirano was flustered at first but calmed soon enough.

"Yeah, please make Yuuma real strong for me", Denki added.

The man chuckled. "Sure thing kid, you won't even recognize him. We'll pick him up in a week."

The parents nodded. The man then stood up as did his companion and they walked to the front door. Hirano looked over his shoulder, "See you at school, kiddo"

With that, they left.

The Kaminari household was buzzing that evening.

A week later

(Seigo Academy-Rebun Island)

A week passed in a breeze and now Yuuma dressed in his black uniform with his school bag slung across his torso stood in front of the massive gates of Seigo Academy. It was safe to say he was a nervous wreck. Above the gates inscribed in a stone plate was the kanji, "制御" meaning "control".

Upon looking at the imposing structure, sweat dropped down his forehead and he gulped nervously as if the weight of his decision was just dawning on him.

"This is it, the next step", he muttered to himself, "If I'm going to be a pillar, then I need to be strong enough"

He clutched the strap of his bag, looked up with courage in his eyes and marched through the gates ready to face what this behemoth had in store for him.

A/N:

Annnnnnddd scene!

That's a wrap people. Right, thank you all for reading.

Things to note, Yes the Kojiro Alliance is a samurai alliance of sorts. More about it in the next chapter. Yuuma has been recruited by the Kojiro Alliance and is now a student of Seigyo Academy.

Both organizations are mine by the way. Now let me make abundantly clear that although I have some goodies planned with this academy for this fic, I am not going to dwell on his time here.

So about a chapter or two and we hit the canon.

Also Yuuma will be here till he is about to enroll in UA.

Once again, shout out to my co-creator, Kollinz

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