Red Wings.

Her brother had red wings.

That was all they knew of him.

That horrible day, Kuri remembered older sister Mana calling out "MAT-SU! Binding!" Kuri watched Mana's blue feathers bind my brother.

That day Kuri realized what happened to my dad. To all the outsiders. To all the men. Grams silenced them all.

He screamed, and the feathers caught his mouth. His wings couldn't move.

"MU-DO-RU! Curse!" Grams called out.

Kuri reached for her brothers hand as the rune formed on his chest. She watched his eyes go blank as his memories vanished. And she watched as he flew away.

And then Kuri took off, too.

Xxx

Flying anxiously through the sky Kuri grabbed him. SHe tried to say his name. But the word was gone.

He stared at her. "Who are you? Let go! Get away!"

He was frightened, completely repulsed by her, like her very skin burned him. They struggled.

Kuri had never used the Lotis before. You had to earn each word. But at that moment it HAD to work.

"JI-VA! Cure!" Kuri cried. Nothing. Her quirk was in her wings, and they weren't reacting. Kuri hadn't earned it, and no way was she stronger than Grams. Powerful, unreachable Grams.

Kuri fell from the sky.

Kuri was surrounded by black feathers as she fell, and she knew her wings were no longer white.

And Kuri knew she'd never see her brother again.

Xxx

Deku looked up to see a girl falling from the sky. He reached up and just barely managed to catch her, falling down himself.

He'd been running from Kacchan, who'd been picking on him for wanting to go to the hero school, U.A. Again.

The grew threw herself into his chest, sobbing. "He's…gone…I-I can't…"

"Who's gone? I'll help you!" Deku stroked her hair.

"My br—" her mouth clamped shut. "Br…br…brother!" She gasped the word out, a struggle.

Deku figured it was some kind of quirk that made her unable to speak, and probably took her brother too.

The girl looked up at him, wide-eyed. "It'll be me next. Grams will make me…do my duty…" She began to tremble. "H-have to…use my…power…hold them all, seal it all, strip it all away…"

She collapsed.

"Hey…Hey…" Deku kept petting her. "What's your name?"

The girl seemed to think about it. "Watanabe Kurisuta." She said finally.

"Well my name is Midoriya Izuku. And I won't let anything happen to you." He looked at her seriously.

"You must be really strong then." Kuri wiped her face. "What's your quirk?"

Izuku gulped. "I-I don't exactly…have one."

"Sure you do." Kuri looked up at him. "Your quirk is Hero."

Xxx

Reiko Kurama was stuck to running, being the only wingless one in the family. Her quirk was Kitsune, and she planned to protect her sister from her tragic destiny with it.

So she ran after her sister. She had no idea what she would do when she caught her. Would she take her home? Could they really go back to…that?

Didn't they have to, though?

Running into someone going in the same direction, she stopped him.

"Hey have you seen a girl with wings come this way?" Reiko said worriedly.

"No have you seen a damn nerd?" Bakugo shot back. "Nevermind. We'll look for the wing girl."

"Your gonna help me?" Reiko stared. He didn't seem the type.

"Shut up. Heroes always help." He snapped. "So she's flyin, right?" He scanned the skies, then blew himself up into the air.

Reiko stared up. "Damn…"

He landed a few seconds later. "She's with Deku, don't worry. Cmon keep up."

The two rushed up to where Deku and Kuri were.

Xxx

"I-I really don't have a q—"

"Shut up. You have a Hero Quirk. Cuz you saved me. Your MY hero." Kuri hugged Deku again, looking up at him.

"Oi! Deku!" Bakugo ran up. "Wing girl's sister was lookin for her!"

"Deku?" I looked up at him. "Like Dekiru? Cuz you're a hero?"

"Uh, sis, Deku means—"

"USELESS!" Bakugo shouted. "Geez are you stupid, wing girl?"

Kuri shook her head. "Nope. It means Dekiru. YOUR stupid. Deku can do anything."

"He can't do shit. He's quirkless!" Bakugo yelled back.

"No. He has a Hero Quirk." Kuri said just as stubbornly.

Deku just had to laugh. It was weird, but no matter what Kacchan said, she clung stubbornly like her opinion was the only reality. It was really cute.

He pet her head. "You ok, now?"

"Yeah I got her." Reiko grabbed her sister's hand. "We gotta go."

Deku stared Reiko right in the eyes. "Will she be safe at home?"

Reiko gave him a really creepy smile. "I never said we were going home."

"Bye!" Kuri waved and ran off with her sister.

"Weirdos." Bakugo looked over at Deku. "But they ARE in big trouble, huh."

"Yeah, and we're gonna get 'em out of it."