And here we are with the latest update of Awaken the Light. At long last, it is time to dive into Sora's quirk and how it functions. I apologize for how long it's taken to get this chapter out, but I wanted to make sure I covered Sora's quirk as in depth as possible so that there's no confusion on what it can do and it's current limits.
In other news, I know have a Tumblr and Discord Server for both this story and other ideas/projects that I am working on as well as to chat with people. If you want to be invited to the discord, you'll need to message me due to the site's weird rules about links, but as for the tumblr, the blog name for that is somecallitkye.
As always thanks to my reviewers, Finalcool720, Gamelover41592, Wack Jack, SuperSaiyanFever, Haxorus Knight, Maximum Rhapsody, Blazer777, Guest-Questioner, naruto90001believeit, and jessealvarez360. I will be covering questions at the end as always, but for now let's dive in.
Sora was grinning as he sat in the back of the car that was currently taking him to where he would be tested to determine the full potential of his quirk. He had finally been released from the hospital that morning and finally felt back at 100%, at least physically. It was definitely nice to be out of the hospital gown and back in his normal clothes at least.
Detective Naomasa had been the one to pick him up from the hospital after he had been officially discharged, with him explaining that today would be a big day for him. Between getting tested for his quirk and meeting who he'd be staying with afterwards, it was certainly going to be a busy day to say the least. But after being stuck in a hospital for several days, he was itching to get back into the swing of things, even if it wasn't going to be that much.
"Sora, before we get to the testing facility, I should explain what we determined yesterday after several meetings. After all, we need to make sure your story is straight so no one gets suspicious about what you told us and where you came from." Tsukauchi spoke from the front of the vehicle, the drive to the facility being rather calm. And what needed to be said needed to be done while there was privacy and no chance of anyone listening.
"Yeah, that makes sense. Though depending on what you guys determined, we might need to modify it just a bit."
"...What did you tell Midoriya-kun yesterday while he was visiting you?"
Sora rubbed the back of head sheepishly as he looked out the car window. "Weeeeell, I may have told him that I was quirkless until I turned 14."
The detective simply sighed a bit at that confession as the car came to a stop due to the light. "Thankfully, that'll match up with what we have for your cover story. As of this morning, you're a former resident of Takarajima. It's a small island town off the coast that was hit by a natural disaster about a week ago. You were one of several declared missing after the tsunami that hit the town. You were drifting for a few days and ended up using your quirk to try and get to safety, since you were wrapped in light when you showed up in the sky, we can claim it as a side effect and since it was for self defense, no laws were technically broken."
Sora tilted his head a bit to try and get a better look at the detective as the car began to move again. That definitely hit close to home for him given how his adventure first started, his own islands being lost to the darkness. He'd just have to push those feelings aside though, the story was a good one to try and keep his cover.
"Since you were declared missing and all the records kept in that town were destroyed in the Tsunami, it'll be easy enough to cover entering you into the system and get your quirk registered once we have it evaluated. Once we finish the testing, you'll be meeting with the teacher at U.A. that's offered to take you in. I know you're not entirely familiar with the pro heroes yet, but you'll be staying with Present Mic."
'Present Mic? Huh, sounds energetic at least if his hero name has Mic in it. Or loud. Either way, I'm used to both so we'll probably get along fine.' Sora simply looked out the window as they were getting close to their destination, wondering what this Present Mic was like. He assumed he'd find out his actual name once they met, unless he wanted to be called Present Mic.
"Lastly and this is the important part, turns out there were a lot more witnesses than we thought when you first showed up. One of whom managed to get video footage of you appearing out of nowhere. The witness who did promised to withhold it until you were released from the hospital, but we aren't sure if he is going to go to the media with this story. So for the sake of your privacy, tomorrow we'll be doing an official announcement of your case to the public. You might have some attention on you for awhile, but the media should let it go after a few days and no one should pester you for details."
He really hoped not, having to lie and cover his tracks so much was against his nature, but he knew why they wanted to do so. Aside from preserving the world order, he didn't know what kind of evil in this world would try and exploit his power or knowledge if they found out. Thankfully without a Keyblade, the former would be difficult if not impossible. "So, who knows exactly my...well, everything right now?"
"Aside from myself and All Might, just the teaching staff at U.A. High School since All Might will be starting as a teacher there come the new school year. Please make sure to keep that to yourself, that hasn't been made public knowledge yet. They've all agreed to secrecy and will only reveal any information about you to others with your approval and only with you present to interject so no one accidentally oversteps."
"I see, well at least that means I won't have to lie to any teachers or anything like that once I get into U.A." It was a massive relief to him, the less lying he had to do the better, especially to authority figures. There was a tone of confidence as well, that he was just certain that he would get into the hero school. Something that the detective seemed to pick up on.
"Well, you seem to be pretty confident about your chances. You're that sure you'll end up getting into the Hero Course?"
"I mean, my track record speaks for itself. I'm not sure what the exam is like, but I'm sure I'll pass with flying colors!" He was strongly ignoring the fact that historically since obtaining the Keyblade, he had failed every exam he had taken. The Mark of Mastery being at the front of his mind.
"Well, first you'll need to figure out the limits of your quirk so you can determine how to use it effectively. The examination today should help with that. Honestly, I'd be more concerned about the written exam that you'll need to take."
Sora's face froze in abject horror at being told there was a written exam that he would have to take, remembering that aside from the short time he had been back on Destiny Islands, he hadn't been in school proper for over a year. Not to mention all the things he would need to learn about this world so he could properly blend in. He sunk into the seat a little as he fully realized just how behind he likely was compared to other kids in this world. "I'm doomed…"
Tsukauchi merely laughed at Sora's dejected tone, not thinking that the kid would be so concerned about it. With how old Sora was, his education level should've been around a 2nd year middle schooler, if not tettering on a 3rd year's level. "Well, I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting caught up, I don't think you'd be that behind in regular schooling."
"I appreciate the vote of confidence. It's just going to be really weird studying again. Well, at least things that aren't fighting or magic." Honestly, he was partially dreading having to do schoolwork again after being away from it for so long. He was so used to fighting and travelling from world to world, having to worry about something as mundane as school would need a bit of an adjustment period.
"Well, right now we're still determining if enrolling you late in a public school or having you do self study at your place of residence would be better. We'll likely be administering a test to you within the week to see where your current knowledge set is at. If it's close enough to where a third year middle schooler should be, there shouldn't be any issue with getting you enrolled a bit late into the school year."
"That's not too bad at le-"
"So long as you don't mind having a lot of make-up work and studying to do."
Sora just groaned at that, leaning his head against the car seat. He would be fine with it if it came down to it, but couldn't he just worry about getting home? Then worry about schoolwork once he was back?
Naomasa merely chuckled, glad that Sora seemed to be handling all of this well, pulling into a parking lot and stopping the vehicle they were in. "Either way, I think you'll be fine. Now, we're here. I'll take you to see Doctor Ashla who has agreed to oversee your unique examination. Once you're with her, just follow her instructions and everything should be over quickly. When you finish the examination, Present Mic should be here to meet you."
Sora nodded as he got out of the car and stretched as he followed the Detective into the facility, looking forward to this specific test, feeling like it was one that'd be impossible to fail. Well, he guessed he could fail if his quirk was weak, but he doubted that would be the case. It might be weak now from the state he had been in before, but he tended to spring back on his feet rather quickly.
After a few minutes of walking, the two men met up with the doctor who'd be overseeing the examination. She was slightly taller than Sora with short blonde hair with green highlights that was tied into a ponytail. She was wearing a typical doctor's lab coat and was currently wearing glasses while holding a clipboard.
"Ah, Naomasa-sama, Haruki-kun, it's good to see both of you. I'm Dr. Ashla and I'll be overseeing your quirk examination today." Dr. Ashla glanced down at her clipboard and seemed to be tapping at it with her pen, before looking back at the Detective. "Oh, Naomasa-sama, if you want to head to the observation station, the others should be waiting for you."
"You weren't supposed to mention tha-"
"And after what Haruki-kun shared with you, I'm surprised that you're keeping secrets from him, especially such an innocent one." Dr. Ashla put her free hand on her hip, looking rather annoyed with Naomasa. After a few seconds, she sighed and began to walk away, with Sora quickly following after an awkward hand wave to the Detective, who just sighed and began to head in a different direction. Why did he always seem to get the interesting cases?
Sora put his arms behind his head as he followed the doctor, raising an eyebrow. "So, what exactly was that all about?"
"Well, I was informed about your...special condition." Sora grimaced at that and the specific wording, wondering if the Detective had been lying to him when he was saying who knew his secret. He seemed trustworthy enough, but he was still nervous given he'd only been here for a few days. "Awakening your quirk at the age of fourteen? I mean, that's practically unheard of! Honestly, I'm just honored that I get to oversee your quirk examination. Plus, if the speculation on your quirk is accurate, then I was really one of the best candidates to oversee this examination. And since this is such a rare case, you have a few people who wanted to observe."
Well, that was certainly a relief. "Wait, why would you be one of the best people to oversee my exam? And what exactly do you think my quirk is?"
"Lemme answer those in the opposite order. The detective and All Might reported that when you made that odd shaped sword, it looked to be made out of light. My best hunch is that you can use existing light to make constructs, the more light or stronger said light is, the better quality of the construct. Though I am curious as to why you made your weapon shaped like a key. I mean, I guess it could be useful if you need to bash a door open instead of opening it normally. And that doesn't exactly explain why you were wrapped in light when you were found."
Dr. Ashla was starting to ramble a little, as Sora raised an eyebrow as the two started to head into a dark room. The young man had to squint his eyes to try and make anything out, wondering if the power had gone out or something.
"As for why I was one of the best to oversee your test, well a demonstration would be best." The doctor smirked a bit as she focused on calling on her quirk, the room beginning to become brighter. However, there were no lights or ceiling windows or any other sources of light that would allow light into the room. Sora looked around for a few moments, before he noticed that the doctor was nearly as bright as the sun, but lacking any of the heat that would come with it.
Sora let out a gasp of surprise as he started to put the pieces together. "You see, my quirk is more of a neat party trick than anything, I can produce natural light from my body, but none of the heat or other side effects. Aside from lighting up a room or causing a quick glare to blind someone, not useful for much. Now, since we're speculating your quirk runs off of light, having someone like me who can produce light seemed like a good call. Using electrical lights would take longer and might give some inaccurate results."
The doctor smiled as she stopped producing light, returning the room to near total darkness with only the light from the nearby hallway getting into the room. "Alright so first thing I wanna check, go ahead and try and summon that key shaped sword that the detective told me about."
Sora nodded and held out his hand, before tilting his head a bit. Since it wasn't actually his Keyblade, it wouldn't hurt to tell her what to call it right? "Oh, just call it a keyblade, less of a mouthful."
"Keyblade...keyblade...yeah, I can see it! Are we going to have to make sure you don't unlock anyone's death young man?" The doctor laughed a bit at the joke, while Sora paled at the implication, hoping to avoid killing people if at all possible. "Oh relax, I was just kidding. I don't think you'd do something like that on purpose either way, you seem too nice for it."
Sora smiled at that as he continued to try and summon his weapon, gritting his teeth as he tried to focus and summon it. 'Why can't I feel anything? This is just like in the hospital, I can't feel any light!" A couple of minutes passed and all Sora managed to produce was a small orb, about the size of a golf ball.
The doctor looked at the orb inquisitively, while Sora had sweet rolling down his forehead, trying to hide his exhaustion. This orb of light was...different from when he had summoned his weapon back in the hospital room. Or the orb he had made while in his room as well. Those had felt like they were drawn towards him, like he was calling the light around him. But this, it was like he had called upon the light from his heart to make this orb. Was there really this little left? Or was his heart truly so damaged to where he could only call upon a small amount of light from within himself?
With a sigh, Sora let the orb collapse as he felt the light return to his heart, exhaustion slowly being replaced by energy again. All the while the doctor was furiously scribbling notes onto her clipboard. "Alright, so looks like that theory was right, you're limited by the amount of light in a given area. Honestly given it's pitch black in here, I'm amazed that you were able to conjure anything since you've only had your quirk for a year.. My guess is that would be your natural limit without any existing light to work with. Sooooo, don't get attacked at night until you can get your natural limit built up. Not that you should be using your quirk anyway unless you decide to go into the hero gig."
Dr. Ashla gave a grin as she activated her quirk again and produced a dim light, not enough to fully illuminate the whole room, but enough to cover about a 30 foot radius. "Alright, go ahead and give it another shot kid. Pretty sure this should be more than enough light."
Sora nodded and began to focus again, the keyblade appearing in an instant, once more wrapped in light. 'Guess this is how it's gonna look by default now. Though I wonder…' He focused on his weapon, trying to will it to change into one of his many other keyblades that he had carried throughout his journeys to no avail. He failed to notice that the amount of light in the room hadn't changed, something that the doctor was noting on her clipboard.
"Wow, much faster than when you were trying to do that in the dark and you managed to manifest what I assume is the whole thing. Looks like it doesn't consume any light in the area which is a plus. Now, can you try to make something else? Can be anything really, even another weapon. Normally for most people going through their first quirk evaluation we'd end it here, but since you're such a late bloomer, it'll be good for you to know your limits. Don't want to accidentally hurt anyone right?"
"Right!" Sora held out his other hand to try to make another Kingdom Key and felt nothing coming. He could feel the light around him when he focused on it, but when he tried to call on it, nothing happened. 'Alright, dual wielding is out, let's try a barrier.' Nothing, not even a spark. 'Alright, sword then.' Nothing. 'An orb?!' Nothing.
"Come on, I can feel it, but I can't seem to draw it in." The young man had his eyes closed now as he was focusing with all his heart, but still getting nowhere in forming another object. Several minutes passed with nothing forming, but his current construct was still present at least, his hand clenched tightly around it like it was some kind of lifeline. The doctor had been watching for the last few minutes, ready to write down any changes that took place, but her pen had yet to move an inch.
"Alright, you can go ahead and stop now. Seems like your current limit is one construct at a time. Perfectly understandable, you've only had your quirk for a little over a year and from the sounds of it, you never really got a chance to test it out even after you got it. I'm sure with enough hard work and practice you'll be able to get that number up in no time!" Dr. Dr. Ashla gave Sora a thumbs up with a cheeky grin, with Sora merely nodding and preparing to desummon his weapon. Something that the doctor quickly took notice of.
"Nononono, leave it out for a bit longer! I'm gonna start to decrease the amount of light that I'm giving off. All I need you to do is to try and keep that thing stable for as long as possible. We need to see if you can keep a construct active without any light around." The older woman didn't wait for Sora to reply to her statement, merely proceeding to dim her light, causing the darkness to slowly envelop the room again.
Sora merely nodded and began to focus on keeping his Keyblade summoned while Dr. Ashla made sure to keep track of the amount of light in the room. She was currently producing enough light to cover about twenty feet and there didn't seem to be a change yet. They needed to determine if there was any sort of limit in size that would be tied with the amount of light available. Or if Sora would be able to hold an existing construct when he ran out of light.
Her instructions from the detective had been rather specific and it had been requested by the principal of U.A. High School who was currently observing this in one of the observation decks along with All Might of all people. While she was honored that she had so many big wigs viewing this, it did also seem a bit suspicious. Still, it was for a kid who from what she had been told, had been through a lot recently with losing his home and being quite injured in the process. Helping with this just seemed right, even if it was a bit suspicious.
She made a note that the light being produced was now only enough to cover a ten foot radius and she could tell that Sora was beginning to struggle slightly. He was certainly focused on keeping his weapon stable, but how much longer would it last? She dimmed the light further down to where it was only illuminating five feet and she noticed that the weapon was beginning to visibly crack while Sora was starting to be coated in sweat again. She wondered if these constructs could be destroyed with enough damage applied to them, but that would be something for Sora to find out later.
As she kept dimming the light, the cracks continued to form and grow and when the light only covered three feet in the room and leaving Sora in relative darkness, the weapon shattered. The young man fell back onto the ground into a sitting position, panting a bit as Ashla immediately illuminated the entire room before kneeling down by his side. "Sora, are you alright?"
Sora nodded as he wiped some of the sweat off of his forehead, his breathing a bit fast as he no longer had to focus on keeping his keyblade summoned. "Yeah, I'll be fine. Just need a few seconds, didn't think the strain would hit that hard."
Dr. Ashla nodded a bit as she made some more notes on her clipboard. "So, I'm not sure if it was a coincidence, but it appears that the less light you have to work with, the less stable your construct. Or there is some form of time limit, but that seems much less likely. In addition, from how your weapon seemed to crack, it would be safe to assume that if the construct takes too much damage, it will break."
"Well, guess that just means I'll need to make sure I don't get into any fights then until I have this better under control." Sora stood up again as he thought about his current skill set. 'So, I'm limited to one thing at a time and that thing has a limit before it breaks. As far as I can tell, there doesn't seem to be a time limit, but I'll have to test it later.' It would certainly hamper how he normally tended to fight, especially since it seemed like he'd no longer be able to change weapons on the fly.
There were a couple of things he was curious about though, he needed to see if his Flowmotion and his keyblade transformations would still work here. Just because he couldn't make more than one thing right now, didn't mean that his other abilities were lost. "Hey doc, is it alright if I try a couple of things really quick? There are a couple of ideas I have and it'd probably be better to test it in a controlled environment."
"I don't see why not, there was one last thing I wanted to test anyway, see what the biggest thing was that you could make. We can cover that last as I'm pretty sure it's gonna lead to quirk exhaustion if the last test was anything to go by." At this point, Dr. Ashla was keeping herself bright enough to illuminate the entire room as she quickly moved out of the way. The room was rather spacious, but she didn't want to get in Sora's way.
Sora appreciated the doctor giving him some space, he didn't know what would happen when he tried this and he'd rather make sure she didn't get hurt because of him. 'Guess I should thank Xemnas for this one.' Holding out his right arm, he focused for an instant before a barrier of light formed, looking nearly identical to what Xemnas would create.
As soon as it was made, Sora took a few steps back and jumped into the barrier, feet landing onto it. The second his feet touched, his body was wrapped in a familiar blue light, with Sora grinning. "Yeah, it worked!" Sora immediately shot forward at a high speed, aiming towards the closest wall to see if he could bounce off of that as well. Unfortunately when his hands met with the wall to push off of it, the light faded and the next thing he knew, he had slammed head first into the wall and was now sliding towards the ground.
"I'm okay, I'm okay…" Sora slowly tried to stand up to get his bearings, only for his world to start spinning as he fell to the ground again. He didn't remember flowmotion ever hurting this much. Or at all really. "I'm not okay!"
Dr. Ashla sighed as she started to walk over towards Sora, writing a few notes down on her clipboard while having a slight frown on her face, trying to suppress a laugh. At least this could explain why he was wrapped in light when he was first found, apparently propelling himself off of his own light constructs increased his speed and mobility. "Haruki-kun, that was incredibly reckless! If I would've known you were going to shoot yourself at the wall, I would've gotten you a helmet. Still, hopefully you learned your lesson from this."
"Yeah, make sure I get a harder head." Sora replied with a bit of a grin on his face before the two started to laugh a bit. He managed to stand up after a couple of minutes, shaking his head a bit. 'Looks like flowmotion will only work if I use my light constructs for it. Until I can get used to creating and dispelling them on the fly, I'm gonna be limited to one use at a time.'
The brunet glanced over at where the barrier was and dispelled it, sighing to himself as he looked at the doctor who had a grin on her face. "So, was there anything else crazy you wanted to try? Should I get you one of those bubble ball things so you don't give yourself a concussion?"
"No no, not gonna do anything like that again. There's just one thing I want to try to make and then I'll try to make a big construct. Honestly, I'd rather not hit my head on anything else for a while."
The doctor simply gave a nod of approval as she stepped over to the side as Sora began to focus on what he was trying to make. Since he couldn't make more than one thing right now, anything that required two things like the twin blasters were out, but maybe he could manage to recreate some of his other keyblade transformations. Light began to take shape around his hands, slowly filling in and becoming solid. This one took about fifteen seconds to make due to the complexity of it, but eventually it was complete.
He was now holding the Magic Launcher in his hands, the equivalent of a carriable canon that had quite the detailed design on it. It wasn't heavy either, he could definitely swing it around as a blunt weapon like he could with his Kingdom Key, but he wanted to test something else. "Dr. Ashla, you should probably stand back a bit further."
The weapon began to spin and churn as Sora gripped the handle tightly, aiming it almost like a missle launcher. The doctor began to back away slowly, her voice a mix of fear and excitement at what Sora was doing. "Mr. Haruki, what exactly are you doing?"
"Firing main cannon." Sora's response was a simple one as a large orb of light shot from the cannon and sped forward, before exploding after it had travelled about fifty feet. When the explosion went off, several beams of light shot off from the orb and traveled a few feet before dissipating entirely. The only visible trace that there had been an explosion was the scorch mark on the ground from where the orb had moved close to it and the blast zone.
Sora had the biggest grin on his face as the weapon broke apart, the young man jumping into the air and pumping his fist. "Alright, that worked!"
While Sora was celebrating, Dr. Ashla walked over to him and scribbled a few more notes down on her clipboard...before immediately hitting Sora on the head with it. "What did you do?! You are so lucky that thing went off before it hit the walls because otherwise there would be so much property damage to pay for. I swear, kids these days are so reckless."
"Sorry, sorry! I just thought that if I couldn't make more than one thing at a time, then maybe I could make a thing that can shoot projectiles. That was just the first thing that came to mind and it seemed to work." Sora gave a sheepish grin, before letting out a yelp as he was whacked with the clipboard again.
"And you couldn't just make a bow and arrow or dart gun or something less dangerous than a missle launcher?! I swear, you're gonna be making plenty of trips to the hospital at this rate." The doctor sighed as she ran a hand through her hair with her free hand, giving Sora a wary look. "Now...just try to make a construct as large as you can. Without blowing up the building if at all possible."
"Um...yeah, of course." Sora walked to the center of the room as the doctor made sure to make as much space between herself and Sora as possible. She trusted the young man, but being so close to an explosion had rattled her a bit. Better to be safe than sorry after that little scare.
Sora meanwhile had begun to focus, trying to call upon one of his attractions that he had grown accustomed to using during his last adventure. Those were some of the biggest things he could think of and if he could manage to create a pirate ship of all things, then anything else should be easy by comparison.
'Alright, if I'm gonna do this, should probably start with just the edges of the ship, make an outline. From there, I should just need to fill it in. Don't need to make it look fancy, just need it to be functional.' Sora began to give the light form as he began to create the outline of the ship. It was going to take up a lot of space, but the whole thing should be able to fit without anything getting crushed or damaged.
However, the outline was taking far longer to make than any of his other constructs had thus far, he had made out 30% of the outline but his muscles we're starting to feel strained and ache all over. The construct was already beginning to become unstable, with Sora having to put all of his focus in just keeping what he had together.
Another few seconds later, the outline shattered and Sora was falling towards the ground, feeling completely drained now with his energy leaving him rapidly. "What...happened…?" Sora's voice was quiet as Dr. Ashla barely managed to get to him in time to prop him up before his head hit the ground.
"Quirk exhaustion, you pushed yourself to your limit trying to make that and your body couldn't keep up with the strain you were putting on it. You're gonna feel out of it for a while." Sora could hear what the doctor was saying, but her voice seemed distant, vision growing dark as he passed out from the exhaustion. The last thing he saw was the light dimming, unsure if it was Dr. Ashla turning off her quirk or something else.
Sora woke up later in an infirmary, groaning as he felt sore all over as he slowly sat up. "Urgh, I feel like I got hit by a train."
"Boat, but honestly close enough. You gave us a little scare there, normally quirk exhaustion doesn't make someone collapse that bad unless they go really far past their limit." Dr. Ashla responded from across the room, currently checking a few things on a monitor, before locking the computer and walking over to Sora with something in her hand.
"Anyway, you've been out for about two hours now and your guardian has been waiting outside for you to wake up. Before that though, you'll be happy to know that your quirk is now officially registered and we have an ID for you." The doctor smiled as she held out the plastic card to Sora, who took it and looked it over.
Name: Sora Haruki
Birth Date: 03/28/XXXX
Blood Type: O
All of the information that was the ID so far was pretty typical, there was an address and some other info on there, likely all Present Mic's since he was going to be living with him for the foreseeable future. At the bottom of the ID though was what made his heart leap a little.
Quirk: Bonds of Light
What they had decided to call his quirk, meant far more to him then most people would probably realize. Sora had always cared about the bonds that he had made, so for his quirk to be a representation of that, at least in his mind, meant the world to him. He teared up a little as his gaze lingered on it for just a little bit longer, before sliding the ID into his pocket. "Thanks Dr. Ashla, I appreciate it."
"No problem Haruki-kun, just try to avoid ending up in the hospital and we'll be go-"
Before the doctor could finish her sentence, the door slammed open with Present Mic running in, looking between Sora and Dr. Ashla. "Doc, you said you'd let me know when the little listener was awake!"
Ashla just sighed as she adjusted her glasses a bit, looking at the pro hero critically. "He just woke up a couple of minutes ago. Besides, I wanted to let him have a little peace and quiet. You're lucky I even let you wait outside after how loud you screamed earlier."
"Oh come on, I wasn't using my quirk! And I already said I'm sorry." Present Mic was definitely trying to appease the angry doctor, before looking at Sora. "Anyway, good to meet ya little listener. I'm Present Mic, your new guardian for the foreseeable future."
Sora looked felt his eyes going wide in amazement at Present Mic, from how stylish his hair was, his cool outfit, the speakers that seemed to be around his neck, the cool headphones, it was just all so exciting! The kid practically had stars in his eyes as he took it all in. "So cool!"
Present Mic smirked a bit at Sora's response, having no doubt that the two of them would get along great. If what he had witnessed during his quirk examination was anything to go by, Sora would easily keep up with the energy he always gave. "Glad you approve Sora! Gotta say, that was some crazy stuff you pulled off in there. Totally out of this world!"
Sora was about to wince at that, before he remembered that Present Mic was in on the loop since he was one of U.A.'s staff members. Before he could respond though, Dr. Ashla coughed a bit. "Out of this world or not, you certainly have an interesting and flashy quirk. It seems like you have a handle on control so we shouldn't have to worry about it going off randomly in public. Just don't pull any crazy stunts until you get your hero license okay?"
Sora gave her a confused look. "What made you think I was aiming to be a hero?"
Before the doctor could respond, Mic immediately interjected. "You already got a special attack made up Sora! That light bazooka thing definitely looks like it packs a punch. Most kids who come up with stuff like that tend to gravitate towards getting into the Hero business. Heck I remember when me and my friend Sho-"
Dr. Ashla silenced the pro hero with a thwack to the back of his head with her clipboard, which didn't look any worse for wear despite how much she had used it to hit both Sora and now Present Mic that day. "Anyway, you seem to be doing fine now Haruki-kun. Just remember that you're only allowed to use your quirk in self defense and if you have to use it, try not to do anything like that giant cannon. I don't think something that excessive will fall under self defense."
"Right, thanks for everything Dr. Ashla, I really appreciate your help. And sorry for scorching up your exam room."
"Ah, don't worry about it kid. Wasn't the first time it's happened and it won't be the last either." With that Dr. Ashla started to head out of the room, expecting the other two to follow shortly after.
"So, you ready to see your new home Sora?"
'Home…' The word felt weird to Sora, he wasn't sure if he really wanted to start thinking of this place as home. Sure all the people he had met so far seemed really nice and it seemed like a good place, but his home was back with his friends. Still, depending on how long he was going to be here, he'd have to accept it sooner or later. Besides, his friends were safe, what did he have to worry about?
"Yeah, I'm ready." Sora got off of the cot that he had been sitting on since awakening and began to follow Present Mic out of the room before everything seemed to slow down. There was a sharp pain in his chest, almost like it was tightening before the feeling faded. He put a hand over his chest as he walked out of the room, trying to keep a smile on his face despite his thoughts being anything but.
'Guys...don't tell me something happened before I made it back home.'
So now we have the introduction of Sora's Quirk, Bonds of Light. This has gone through quite a few revisions and I hope everyone is satisfied with where the final version ended up. Since Sora no longer has his magic and some of his abilities no longer function the same, his main challenge will be adapting to his new skill set and mastering it. If there are any questions on how his Quirk works, please feel free to let me know and I will answer them best as I can. Now onto questions.
From WackJack
So, here's the thing with the U.A. Staff's speculation, it is just speculation and they could be wrong or right on the matter. They all just learned this information and their biggest concern immediately was trying to determine if any of this would be a threat and since this is before the League of Villains got active, I'm fairly confident that if they could reach a conclusion that dismisses the Heartless as a non entity, they'd latch onto it.
Now as for whether or not there's a Realm of Darkness or Heartless in the My Hero world, I'm leaning towards no on the latter, former is still debatable. From what I was able to gather from my research, Heartless as they exist in the KH Universe, didn't seem to first come into being until Keyblade Wielders started falling to darkness and Darklings came into existence. Before that, there was still Darkness in the World, we know as such from a Union Cross update that featured a conversation between the Master of Masters and Luxu.
Now according to MoM, he stated that there's been a Keyblade War going on since he was a child. Which is doubtful since MoM was the first Keyblade Wielder to exist, but before Keyblades came into existence, there were still conflicts between Light and Darkness, despite it being the Age of Fairy Tales. How I've chosen to interpret that for this story, is that the Villains are essentially the forces of Darkness, attempting to spread chaos and disorder and extinguish the light. Which is especially true in the case of All for One and the League of Villains. While the heroes are those who are attempting to keep the order and yes, there are Heroes who aren't all good and Villains who aren't all bad, but it's not a matter of pure light versus pure darkness. There are shades of grey on both sides, but it is a conflict that has been going on for generations, much like the conflict between Light and Darkness in the Kingdom Hearts universe. In Kingdom Hearts, it's just been a much harsher conflict with a lot more at stake compared to MHA.
As for why Nezu and All Might specifically think there isn't a Realm of Darkness, they are the two among the U.A. staff that currently know about All for One. With his history and what he's been capable of, they believe that if their worldline did have a Realm of Darkness or Heartless, he would've found it well before All Might's battle with him. Plus since there is currently no Keyblade Wielder to draw the Heartless out, if they exist in this worldline, it makes it a non issue currently for our heroes. Time will tell if they are right or not on that front, but I hope this has given you a bit of insight on my thought process for why that conversation went the way it did. If you have any further concerns or questions on this specifically, I would make an account and DM me so that we can discuss it there.
From Guest-Questioner
I hope this chapter helped alleviate some concerns about Sora's Quirk. While it is similar to the Lanterns from DC Comics, Sora has a lot more limitations on what he can make and restrictions for his Quirk in general. For example, attraction flows are out for the foreseeable future.
Those were all the questions for this time. I would just like to thank everyone whose followed, favorited, and supported this story thus far. Until next time, take care.