My Hero Academia: Akio Takeyama

Chapter - 4

April...is the month that contained new ordeals for me to face. A month that started another grueling school life, which compared to each other, will be most likely harder than the last.

"Class 1-A." I remembered what my class schedule said and immediately stepped past the other classes. I took my time as I walked trying my best to take in the view from the window.

It wasn't bad probably because this was only the first floor most likely. If you went higher you probably would see far out into the city.

I smiled and turned on my heels to walk to my class.

The halls were empty and all I could hear were mostly my footsteps. I came early so I know I'm not late by a long shot.

Although did people really come that early?

I turned to my left to see a tall door. Class 1-B I could already hear a slight chatter from inside.

I took a breath and put on that smile. I pushed back my blonde hair giving me my usual look. I pushed open the door and found the room filled with people. Well not people but my new classmates.

All eyes turned on me in that moment.

I raised a hand in greeting. "Hey….my name is A-"

A finger was pointed at me. "Akio Take!" A pink skinned girl that had messy hair and horns protruding from atop of her head jumped up from her seat.

Wait...Take? Does that mean they don't know my full last name? That might actually be a good thing.

"Who?" The rest of class was uninformed and I found myself chuckling lightly at the scene. The pink skinned girl finger drooped and her expression was deadpan. She turned back to her class with a look of disappointment, But that didn't hold her back from smiling much more when she looked at me.

"What? You could you not know him...he's like the 1st student to be a hero. A month ago he saved a teacher and her daughter from being killed." Some of the people around her seem to be impressed and some just became even more confused.

Another girl spoke up. "Yeah Akio Take...the one who risked his life to stop the villain 'shark muscle' you must be very strong then." This girl I had to say looked more mature based off from her attitude and the way she speaks. Honestly her commenting that I'm strong made my smile became wider.

"Yeah I guess all of you know now. Your name must be…" I trailed off and the girl picked up on this.

"Yaoyorozu Momo." I turned to the pink skinned girl and asked for her name.

"Just call me Ashido!" She paused and saluted before giggling. Like that everyone seemed to introduce themselves at that moment.

...

I didn't catch many of their names though.

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Doesn't matter really. I'll just have to get accustomed to there names later. I looked around the room hoping I saw Tsuyu. My eyes landed on her as she was sitting next to the Classroom window.

She noticed me and smiled. I took the chair from the desk in front of her and sat backwards so I was facing her. "So how was the entrance exam?" She put a finger to her lip and paused to think.

"It wasn't that hard...but i can't say the same for others. The test was to figure out who was strongest out of all the students." Tsuyu answered while tapping the desk. From what I heared the test was meant to be an evaluation phase to see who exactly was the strongest among the students.

"Is that why you're in this class because they thought you were one of the strongest?" Tsuyu shrugged at my question.

"It could be that or our placement was most likely decided by the points we accumulated during the test." I nodded with understanding. I didn't continue the conversation and promptly stood again.

"Where are you going?" Tsuyu asked. I pointed behind me with my thumb.

"To check if the teacher is coming yet." She nodded and I put my hands in my pocket. Just as I turned around someone bumped into me and continued walking past me as if nothing happened.

"Move it you're in the way." So I was in your way huh? I shifted my feet so that the floor shifted to his left causing him to hit the desk beside him. The boy had spiky ash blond hair and wore his pants loosely. It almost seem he was like a thug or just someone who really has a really bad attitude.

He was not happy and turned around to look at me furious. "Akio…" Tsuyu shook her head disappointed at me and I smiled shrugging my shoulders.

"You punk! You think you're funny!" He was so mad that he kicked the desk he bumped into. It fell over and hit another desk.

That's when another boy got up. He wore glasses before racing over and stopping the advancing spiky haired boy from charging at me. Just standing behind him I could tell he was taller than me.

Is everyone going to be taller than me? I'm only 5'6.

"What the fuck are you doing in the way!" The spiky haired one cursed and yelled obviously angry. That boys rage has no cool down does it.

"I can't just sit here let you destroy school property on the very first day of school!" He went to say more but instead he stopped realizing that he could agitate the spiky haired boy more.

"Look let's calm down. I'm Tenya Lida from the somei private academy." Tenya introduced himself and I found myself shaking my head as the spiky haired boy smiled.

"Private school huh? I'm going to have even more fun driving your face through the dirt!" His eyes wondered to me. "And your going to be next!" He held his hand out as if he was ready to attack. Realization dawned on me in that moment as I heard the shift open for the 3rd time. I quickly stood in front of Lida this time.

"Look I'm sorry...this isn't really a good time to fight." As I apologized a loud bang echoed throughout the wall.

"What the…" We all turned to door to see...Shota the man who came to give me my official recommendation letter. It looks like this man was our teacher.

"It took you 8 seconds be quiet, time is precious it's only rational that the heroes tomorrow understand that." Aizawa explained sounding bored as he scratched the back of his head.

"Anyway...my name is Shota Aizawa I'm your teacher." Just then everyone in the room except me and the spiky haired boy made sounds of disbelief.

He then pulled from his orange sleeping bag some blue jumpsuits. "Right. Put these uniforms on and meet me outside." After ordering us to do that he left.

But what about orientation?

Later on we were outside lined up in front of the courtyard.

We had to do a quirk assessment test instead of going to orientation. A round face girl seemed to state her worries on the matter but Aizawa our teacher explained clearly to her that the orientation was pointless.

At least in his eyes.

"Here at U.A we are not tethered to traditions. That means I get to run my class however I see fit." This actually surprised me, I didn't expect for U.A to be runned this way honestly. But this is just another challenge on my to become a hero and to force my mother to notice me.

He turned to us after typing something into his device. "This country is still trying to pretend we are all created equal by not letting those with the most power excel. All this time you've been taking standardized test all your lives, but soon the ministry of education will learn that because of quirks the social class has been changing." After Aizawa explained to us his reason for not letting us go to orientation it allowed me to gain some insight on his way of thinking.

It's true. It's not rational to think when quirks started to show up that society wouldn't change. Jobs would want people with quirks, people with quirks would rise above others without it and possibly become more successful. That is the social pyramid we know today people with quirks are somewhat at the top and if you don't have one...well good luck to you I suppose.

"Hey you…" I opened my eyes and looked up as Aizawa stood in front of me with a calculating gaze.

I knew why, I had zoned out for a moment and missed what just happened.

"What did you just observe?" His question was one a teacher would ask to a student who just woke up.

"I wasn't paying attention." There was no hiding the fact I hadn't saw what just transpired. He smiled.

"Negative 500 points to your score." Everyone seem to make sounds of surprise and I raised an eyebrow in confusion.

A tap on my shoulder and I turned, there stood the girl from this mourning. "Akio...we're doing a series of test and the person who scored the lowest is getting expelled." Yaoyorozu was helpful enough to explain. I shrugged my shoulders.

That was no big deal really. I was confident in my power to still get a reasonable score.

"Then I'll just have to try my best to not get expelled." As I said that I smiled at Aizawa. Who am I kidding he's not just going to expel us on the 1st day of school...maybe a month from now.

I watched as our first test was a pacer. I got to watch Tsuyu leaping ability in action though it couldn't compare to Tenya Lida quirk. A Lot of the students were paired up against each other and I watched closely as people used their quirks. For example Ashido the pink skinned girl had an acidic quirk that allowed her to slide across the ground. Nice.

I was called up to run the 50 meter dash by myself. I looked at my feet and the sand. Yeah it's not a solid so I couldn't do anything about that, but ice might help in this test.

The robot yelled. "Get set!" It paused and I took that moment to quickly conjure an ice board. I backed up.

"Go!" I ran forward and jumped high. Bending my knees I planted the board under my feet and kept low outstretching my hands so that I can keep conjuring ice onto the sand. The force that pushed me forward and ice made a great combination as I sailed to the finish line.

"Four point five six seconds!" I applauded myself quietly for a job well done. I didn't expect to finish with that high of a score. I must've launched myself forward more stronger than usual.

The grip-strength was a regular score. The long jump was okay as I did land in the sand but just a few feet away from the edge. Side to side jumping...I had trouble with that one.

After that we to had to do the ball throw test which was the most tricky for me. Like the test before the same problem came up. I couldn't use the sand because it's not a solid...wait!

The ball is not a complete solid but I can surely still shape it however I want.

"Akio...you're next." I walked over to the circle with the ball in my hand and smiled. The ball had a tracker on it and the ball was tightly notched together so that it was almost a solid. I had one hand on top and on bottom. I forced the ball to flatten first, then extend itself. It looked like a frisbee and everyone behind me seemed to not expect it, some of them going as far to say:

"How? I thought he had an ice quirk." Or something like, "Isn't that against the rules of the test?"

They're right it is a ball throwing test but I think I might be able to get out of this one safely.

I finally threw the frisbee with all of my strength not holding back as it flew forward. It went pretty far before the frisbee seemed to snap back into place returning to it's original state. The wind no longer being able to carry the object it dropped to the ground.

Like it said it was almost a solid.

I looked at Aizawa with a smile and he shrugged his shoulders before showing me my score. 420 meters. No way...i'm pretty sure the longest throw without a quirk was about 200 meters. The wind was in my favor today I guess.

I kind of cheated but…I don't really care. As I walked back Ashido gave me a high five.

"Nice throw Akio." Tsuyu congratulated me and I sheepishly rubbed the back of my head. "Yeah it was impressive wasn't it?" Ashido jumped in glee.

"That was more than impressive like super impressive!" I nodded with a smile as I appreciated her praise.

Some other people had went up to throw but Ashido and I really wasn't paying attention. We instead was more intent of telling jokes I took glances once in awhile to get a gauge of other people's power. Especially that gravity girl...who knew she could throw a ball to infinity.

She could possibly kill or capture many villains with ease if she wanted to.

I watched as the girl walked back with a happy look on her face. But just as she turned her smile faded and her expression was replaced with a curious gaze towards the circle. I turned my gaze too to find a green haired boy I think name is Deku, he had began to whine up a throw and suddenly the air noticeably started to pick up.

Is he about to use his quirk?

When he threw the ball it went nowhere far. Ah..I see...that pick up of wind wasn't from Deku's quirk but Aizawa our teacher. It didn't take a genius to pick up on Aizawa hair and scarf floating about. That look actually scared me and slightly made me quiver.

"I erased your quirk." His expression was filled with anger and disappointment as he looked at Deku. "The judges for the exam were not rational enough. Someone like you shouldn't be allowed to enroll in this school." His voice gave off the feeling that that he meant what he said. If what he say is true...then that means Deku got here by chance.

"Those goggles…" He paused as if examining Aizawa. Realization dawned on him as he pointed at Aizawa. "I know you. You could look at someone and cancel out their powers. The Erasure hero, Eraserhead." My eyes widened in astonishment. The hero who only worked in the shadows Eraser head? I Knew about him because he didn't take the spotlight for a lot of the villains he put behind bars, but the media knew him and gave him praise once in awhile for his work.

Aizawa I guess is the definition of a hero who just chooses to do his job rather than worry about his popularity.

"Were you planning on breaking your bones again? Counting on someone else to save you?" So Aizawa had a reason for stopping him. The boy must not have control over his quirk.

I watched as Deku got flustered as he tried to explain himself. Aizawa impatient used his scarf to drag the boy over to him.

"Hey...go a little easy on him Aizawa senpai." My statement didn't seem to stop him but it did irritate him.

"Negative 200 points for talking to me when I'm doing something important." I shut my mouth and clenched my fist. A hand was put on my shoulder and I looked to my right to see Yaoyorozu with a sympathetic smile on her face.

"Try to calm down...It's no point in getting angry right now." I took a long breath...she was right. There really is no point.

"Here this will help you." Tsuyu took my hand and placed a water bottle in it. I nodded in thanks at Tsuyu kindness.

"Thank you." I chugged down the water in one go, making me realizing just how thirsty I was from the previous test's.

Deku throw was acceptable and it seemed Aizawa words had some affect on him because he minimized his quirk to one finger. Actually that finger looks broken. But there was no time to think...Bakugo I believe ran towards Deku with such a murderous intent. Although his assault didn't go anywhere far as he was stopped immediately by Aizawa.

Deku returned with a satisfied look on his face as his friend worried about his injured finger I was worried about my score.

Expulsion...on the first day my aunt is going to kill me.

"Whoever next go!" Everyone returned to the focus back on the test at hand. I watched as everyone else gave the ball throw a try. Some failed or some got decent scores. We were then told to move to the next area, then the next, then the next, and then we were told to spread out in front of Aizawa.

"Here is your ranking from best to last. You should have a good idea of you're standing already. I'll just pull up the list. It's not worth going over everyone's individual score." He pressed something on his phone and blue holographic screen appeared and I searched diligently for my rank.

Aizawa was true to his words and did subtract from my score or grade during the assessment test. I was 3 spots away from last place.

I...did that bad. I hung my head low.

"You should be happy." I turned around and smiled at my friend.

"Yeah I didn't get last place...but I do h-"

"Oh and I lied no one is going home." Everyone at the moment seems to pause out of genuine shock.

Then Aizawa smiled. "It was a rational deception so that you all could do your best." I pursed my lips before sighing.

"You had your suspicions on the expulsion thing?" I nodded confirming that Tsuyu was correct in her guess. Tsuyu tilted her head.

"How is your aunty doing?" Her question came off as innocent as if she genuinely wanted to know. Too bad, she hadn't talked to me at all since our argument and that means I don't know how she is doing. I can't let Tsuyu know that though.

I smiled. "Fine! You know the usual...pro hero stuff she does most of the time is okay." I responded with a smile. I started walking back one is with her beside me.

"Have you talked to her about the school?" Tsuyu asked next. I shook my head. "I never really brought it up." I turned to her.

"Now how are you doing? Your siblings giving you any trouble?" She smiled with her eyes closed and shook her head.

"I'm doing well, my siblings are quite fine with me coming home a little later than usual...so it's not bad at all." We reached the changing rooms and we waved goodbye to each other then.

"Akio." I turned around and she was leaning out of the door and showed me her phone.

"Text me when you get home." I nodded as I turned around to walk to the boys changing room.

I was home...after commuting from the short but tedious subway trip I had to endure. I kept my promise to Tsuyu, and texted her the moment I got home.

Toshiko was probably on her way home with aunty Ataru. That was what the note on the door said, luckily though, she left the key under the welcome mat outside our door.

My phone started to vibrate in my hand as I walked up the stairs. Tsuyu was calling me...I answered it.

"Hello." I said with happy tone. I put the phone on speaker as I reached the upper floor of my house I dropped my school bag and went to open my room door.

She made a frog noise. "I wanted to talk to you." I blinked twice a little confused. "Uh? Yeah, why you wanna talk to me?" That's when I heard a creak and looked to my left at the end of the hall.

Aunt's room door was open. "Did something happen between you and your aunt?" I had to stop again and take a moment to take in what she asked.

"...Who told you?" I could easily tell there should be no way she should have known that. I could hear water shifting around in the background.

Was she washing dishes or something?

She paused. "I had called you one night before the day of school and a little girl named Toshiko picked up the phone." I literally face palmed. I knew it...that's Why my phone battery was kind of low this morning.

"Yeah...she was right." I turned from my door and walked closer to my aunt's room. What exactly was she doing in here all this time avoiding me? Some questions came off in my head and I couldn't help my curiosity. I pushed open the door.

"You shouldn't lie Akio...if you feel the need to talk to someone you can talk to me alright?" Tsuyu didn't seem like the caring type when you talk to her face to face for the first time. For me it'S really hard telling if she actually cares or not about what you're saying.

"But you're not entitled to tell me anything…" Tsu is right but there's no point in hiding the truth now. I ran a hand through my hair. "I know...look Tsu i trust you so I want you to keep this conversation a secret." I said in a low voice, now serious.

"I will." I sighed and rolled my shoulders to get rid of the stiffness. "Uh Tsuyu i'll talk to you later...but before I go can I ask where are your right now?" Tsuyu seemed to make a confused noise.

"In...a bath." She answered and I covered my face with my hand. No...Akio...do not imagine her naked in the bath. "Oh...I just wanted to know bye." I cut of the phone quick and pocketed it.

I took a breath.

I walked in and looked around...the place seemed plain in my eyes. I walked in and found her bed was neatly made up, a blow dryer and brush was neatly placed on top of a regular vanished brown dresser. A mirror was on top and I walked over their first. I looked in the mirror at my reflection blonde hair, dark purple eyes, and the regular smile...everything's there.

My hand shifted over the handles of her drawers and I opened one. In it was a book a plain white covered, small white book.

I opened the book hoping to read the first page, only that it was ripped out. It was weird at first but I flipped through the pages and noticed that some of the dates on the book were before I was born. I stopped at one and it said;

Dear Diary,

My brother...I...just couldn't let-the name was scribbled out and replaced with- him take my brother. I killed him to protect my bastard of a brother. I...I don't really remember exactly what happened that led up to me murdering him but my mother and father told me that I shouldn't beat myself up over it. But these fucking nightmares! I keep seeing my big brother laughing at me as he watched the horror on my face. He always says, "Why are you acting like you haven't killed before?" That's it, I've decided, i'm leaving tomorrow night...I can't stay here.

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Dear Diary,

I have nothing to say. I turned the page. This girl...I met this girl with blonde hair and weird eyes. She was outside drawing sand in the dirt at a nearby park. She didn't respond at first...at all. Like the life was drained out of her. One time I sat in front of her and watched what she was drawing. It was a cute cat...that's when it hit me. I drew another cute cat next to her waving a chibi hand and asked, "hello my name is Asuka. What is your name?" She stopped and looked at my drawing. She looked at me and said, "Yū Takeyama." that's when she started talking to me and after a month I noticed something. She was getting fatter...she must have noticed my stares because she asked me. "Do you wanna know why?" She thought of me as her best friend, she trusted me, and it was her reason for telling me the sickening truth.

She was pregnant. Of course me being the stupid idiot I was, I asked how and- the rest of the page is ripped out.

I turned the page. I was Finally allowed to see my friend after she gave birth. The family was willing to let me come in because...Yū was actually calling for me the whole time, I felt embarrassed but happy. She was awake but too focused on her newborn baby...I took a picture of the two...for safe keeping. At one point her mother came up to me so unexpectedly and asked "Would you like to stay with us?" I contemplated the offer but Yū kept moaning and kept beckoning for me to take the offer. So...I did.

I turned the page and a picture fell out I set the book down and picked up the picture. That's when I could hear downstairs door slam shut and I hurried to put away the book back in it's original place and pocketed the picture. I ran out her door and slowly closed it before running to the bathroom door and opening it.

Just as aunty came up the stairs. She saw me and we stared at each other. She laughed and shook her head. "I have to use the bathroom you little bastard." I glared at her and gave her the classic middle finger as I walked to my room. She gave one back.

That picture holds some secrets.

I will find out one way or another.

To be continued