Akira POV
Principal Nezu had dismissed me, with promises to fix the issue at hand. I sighed as I made my way back to classes, of all the teacher's to doubt me, it was All Might. He should know better than anyone not to underestimate someone, he'd given a quirkless boy a chance at being a hero after all. As I walked, I thought back to my time in the hospital.
Akira Flashback, Age 8
Everyone around me was on edge, and the nurses were basically letting me have whatever I wanted. Right now I was watching the news as I had been for the past couple days. All that was on the news was what had happened that caused me to be here, four young pros had engaged six pretty high-level villains that they were nowhere near strong enough to take on. The villains hadn't even been committing a crime, they just spotted them and decided to apprehend them. One of them was even quoted as saying they did it 'for the exposure' and another was quoted as saying 'All Might resolved it, so no big deal, right?' Many heroes were actually siding with the young pros, stating that All Might had shown up, or that it was natural to want to get more exposure when you were starting out. Only a select few heroes, like 'Eraserhead' and another hero 'Ingenium', were saying how they had done the exact opposite of what a hero should do, they hadn't thought about the safety of the populace first. The analysts agreed with them, and the four pros were facing revocation of their licenses and a lot of other things as well. Some of what they said was boring, and the explanations were long-winded, but I got one thing from it.
All Might gave a lot of heroes a false sense of security, they figured that if things got out of hand it would just get taken care of. There's no security in being a hero, you help people and put your life on the line to do it. Your first priority should be the people, even if it means no one ever knows your name. I decided I'd become a hero and save people from all kinds of suffering, and I'd always put their safety and happiness first. That's what a hero does, that's what All Might does, and yet so many heroes that claim to look up to him fail to live by this. And he seems blind to this, but I'm not. I'll be like those heroes that aren't blind to it. Like Eraserhead and Ingenium, like my parents.
Akira POV, (Back to Present, Age 14)
It was hard to believe that it was a little over six years ago that I decided to become a hero, but it was. Six years ago my entire life changed, and I wouldn't take it back for anything. I might have given up if it hadn't been for Daydream. I had started working at the hotel when I was that age, I'd only been able to since Bonju (the owner and manager) was my godmother, plus I'm homeschooled so there are lots of special liberties that can be taken. Her daughters, Emi (Daydream) and Fumi, were pretty close to me. Even though Emi was ten years older than me at the time and had just become a pro hero, she never treated me like a little kid. She believed I could accomplish my goals despite my leg, and she taught me a lot of important lessons. When she was killed when I was ten it was devastating, Fumi is determined to take her sister's mantle someday since her power has a similar effect. It kind of makes me giggle since they look nothing alike, and looks are part of how Emi got her name.
Emi had taken after her mother, all soft and rounded features. Soft blond hair and blue eyes, a kind disposition, and a silvery singsong voice to top it off. She had literally been a walking dream. Fumi took more after their father, who died when we were really little. Sharp grey eyes and tan skin, wild black hair, and cheekbones that could cut steel. Her eyes had always held a dangerous edge to them, even as children and her voice held the same edge. She's brash and brazen, and one of my best friends.
Next year she's going to try to attend U.A., because she skipped ahead a grade, a few others will be trying to attend as well. Holly and Maiko who lived in my area and had started working with me at the hotel when they were old enough a few months ago. They're both also just barely 14, but I'm a grade ahead because of being homeschooled. Tikara and Aniya are from my area as well, but they're Fumi's age and in their proper grade. However, they're working very hard to finish early and are getting close to being where they'll need to be to do so. They refuse to be left in the dust. Of course, Kimiko, is a year older than us and is going to try to transfer from her school soon. She's in the hero program there. When she found out I got in here, she decided she had to go here as well.
Before I decided to be a hero, the only one that was interested was Fumi. However, for some reason, they all say I inspired them to be heroes. They've been coming up with ways they can use their quirks in all kinds of situations and training every day for the last few years, the same as me. They've even picked their 'hero names'. My dad likes to joke that once we're all heroes we'll be a perfect team. A media personality, a front line fighter, a mid-range fighter, a long-range fighter, a defense specialist, a neutralization specialist, and a flexible component.
Holly's quirk is 'Perfection' or alternatively 'Perfect Charm', a media dream. No matter what she does she does it perfectly, Bonju loves having her on housekeeping. It also allows her to sway people to some degree. Not only that, she looks the part. She's absolutely gorgeous, and she wants her hero name to be 'The Goddess Hero, Aphrodite.' Once you get to know her though, she's not as nice as she might seem. She's got a mean streak a mile wide, but she loves us all to death so we're rarely on the receiving end.
Maiko is an unmovable force, a front line fighter type. Her quirk 'Stand Tall', allows her to stand completely still or even move and be completely unaffected by most physical attacks. She won't we pushed back or fall down, the downside is that it can be pretty stressful for her body to handle. She works out a lot to make up for it. She and Fumi are often mistaken for siblings, but a closer look shows you the differences. Maiko's eyes are like a golden chocolate color, and there's no hard edge to them at all. Her build is overall a bit smaller and broader than Fumi's tall and lean frame, but she's still got deadly level cheekbones. Maiko is playful and serious and is definitely one of the more fight-prone friends. Despite all of her family teasing her for it, for whatever reason, she plans to take the hero name 'Steadfast'.
Tikara is a lot like me in her personality, but unlike me, it is possible to make her angry. Once she's angry, you're in for a world of hurt. She's probably one of the tiniest of our group, she even seems smaller than me at times, though that could be because... ahem... I'm more developed than she is. Her hair is strawberry blonde like my siblings, and her eyes are a silver-blue color, but when she activates her quirk 'Dark Matter', a mid-range fight type, that changes. Her hair turns grey and her eyes go completely black(even the white parts) and glow, and her entire body encases in a black hue. Her quirk allows her to generate and manipulate dark matter energy particles, which cannot be seen by the human eye. The glow isn't dark matter, it's just the small amount of visible energy produced by its production. She plans to go by 'The Universe Hero; Dark Galaxy'.
Aniya's quirk is 'Resonance', she can generate sound waves from her body, but she has to let them travel a distance away before changing their resonance to do damage otherwise it damages her body. The good news is she can continuous manipulate them once generated, an excellent long-range attack. She's probably the person in our group that looks the harshest, even more so than Fumi. She's completely serious and usually pretty silent, a harsh set to her jaw and constantly narrowed green eyes. Her brown hair is always up in a perfect bun. In fact, she often scares me with her seriousness. However, she's actually a pretty nice person. She wants her hero name to be 'Boombox'.
Kimiko is different, her quirk easily able to be used for defense, but also very draining. It's called 'Hold Still', she can stop a threat mid-air, so long as it's not alive. So she can't stop a person but she can stop their quirk from reaching its target, but holding too many threats at once causes bruising on her body that can take a long time to heal. There's also a time limit, and so far she can't hold anything longer than five minutes. Her purple eyes are always tired, and her short purple hair always looks like she just rolled out of bed. She's definitely my most laid back friend, and every chance she gets she takes a nap. 'Pause' is her current idea, but she also doesn't really care.
As for our neutralization specialist, that'd be Fumi. Her quirk, so long as she can get close enough, is well suited for it. However, if they figure it out they'd wear noise-canceling headphones or even just plug their ears. Dad says I'd be the most flexible, and if I can manage to learn close range I'm sure that'd be true. My ink is even good for infiltration.
Oh, shoot... I zoned out for the whole class period.
Lunch Time
Bakugou joined me for lunch again, slamming a plate of chicken and rice in front of me. Along with a juice box. The other's weren't there yet, and he gives me a glare out of the corner of his eyes. He growls and motions to the food as if to tell me to eat. He's so weird...
"You didn't have to do that you know..." Turning to completely look at me he scowls broadly.
"Didn't have to, but I did. You got a fucking problem with it? I figured you put pretty fast, don't give a damn but not gonna sit here and watch you not eat. Don't mention it." Figured me out? What is he...Oh. He walked me to the bus stop, that's exactly why I didn't want him to.
"Right, okay." Instead of having that particular conversation with an emotionally unstable hothead, I decide to just listen and eat the food. The others join us shortly, and lunch is going well until the alarms sound. A level 3 security breach. I can sense my ink freaking out in several places, and while I struggle not to get too caught up in the stampede, I find myself pulled towards the wall. Bakugo. He's got me kind of pinned against the wall so that he's between me and the crowd.
"You good?" I nod and then relax as I see Iida taking care of the panicked situation of the students. Smiling at Bakugo, I nearly laugh at his expression.
"Are you okay?" He growls and shoves himself away from me, strong-arming his way through the crowd. That boy is something else.