Chapter 1 – River Styx

Cold, Pressure, Pain.

These are the sensations that I'm greeted to. I have died I'm sure of it, so I suppose that this is the Afterlife. The icy depths aren't very cheerful, yet I believe that I could manage this life. However, the issue is that I feel alive, more alive than I have ever felt.

I can hear my heartbeat, the blood pumping in my ears, the eternal chill wrapped around my body like a sick imitation of a sacred gesture of kindness. My lungs are stinging with pain, as if dozens of tiny needles are working to cause as much pain as possible. I feel my body drift as resistance leaves me in the face of pain.

My mind struggles to make sense of the situation, but my body simply ignores my minds thoughts and the comedy of the River Stix and tries to Inhale. Water rushes into my lungs, inflaming my throat, destroying my motivation to resist. Yet at the very least there is an odd sort of familiarity. In my emotions and in the physical world. I am not dead yet.

This is water, I know this, I comprehend this I can fight this. My mind struggles against the icy slumber it has been residing in. My body struggles against the underwater currents. These alone are not enough to win the fight against this fucking water, deep inside I know that I should be swept away to my death, but I am succeeding. Not because of my own efforts of course at least not truly but part of me is taking over. I am ascending.

I can see the light and the spots in my vision as I rise to the surface of the water. I break the ceiling, and everything blurs into itself.

The pain inside all of my body is so intense, and my eyes are BURNING. Someone is jumping in after me to try and help me, but my body can't handle this type of punishment. As I begin to fall into unconsciousness my mind decides to notice instead of my surroundings that my body feels small. Huh, what a day.

(B)

The first thing I notice when I wake is how I immediately wish to go back to sleep. Yet I keep my groggy eyes closed and think back on what happened. Well, my death for one is guaranteed you can't exactly survive getting vaporized by 20 nukes hitting the capital of my neutral fucking country. Let's not think about that for a while, or preferably ever.

So, let's think here. The body of water and the intense pain. I emerged from a river, I fainted, thought about why my body feeling was feeling small and how I got out. Holy shit what happened to me, what happened to my body! I open my eyes to examine myself, yet I notice the clean, white, sterilized and small room that I have woken to. I notice a rather small mirror in the corner of the room and walk up to it barely able to walk due to how unfamiliar I feel.

I am tiny, truly a runt. I look to be around 4 years old with strange snow-white hair, eyes even bluer than before and a rather embarrassing vertical disability. My height itself really isn't too bad but it's the only thing that I can focus on when I'm not in my own fucking body. Jesus Christ what will I do, what can I do. Okay okay. Relax, think with your head here. You are in the body of a child, a small child and you're not yourself. What could possibly go wrong with this situation. Oh, lovely humor for emotional processing, I thought I was better than that.

What is my first step, think idiot think? Name! Find the name of whatever body I am parasitically leaching from. I need to start somewhere and knowing who I am can't exactly go wrong I move from the corner of the room away from the mirror on the wall to the small cabinet opposite my bed. There is a clipboard and as I move closer, I see a picture of my new body.

It Reads,

Name: Mizashi Ushinatta

Age: 4

Quirk: Water Manipulation (?).

Guardians

Ahma Ushinatta (Mother)

Aito Ushinatta (Father)

Evaluation,

Patient is stable, however due to water entering the lungs we recommend keeping him in the hospital for the night at least. His quirk, which we believe to be Water Manipulation has activated with seemingly no issues aside from bodily wear and tear common in young children.

(B)

Well good thing Japanese was one of the only subjects I was good at in school. Holy shit I'm in a fantasy world. My Hero Academia. The world that has villains like Shigaraki, All For One and Overhaul. This world can be very dangerous when it wants to be.

Yet I need to focus on the positives, to keep myself on track. I have a quirk, Jesus did I reincarnate. I think I need to lay down and have a break. Just breathe in and out and calm yourself. Think on all the cool things you could have. Water Manipulation is a Great quirk I could be a hero.

Yes, don't think about anything but the future, complete tunnel vision Mizashi Ushinatta. Don't look back at all the dead family and friends just think of the opportunities I have. At least I can do something, something good even. Just as I begin to process my new life a seemingly young (maybe student?) nurse walks in.

"Oh, you're awake. Young Man you gave us quite the scare with that fall of yours. Do you remember what happened?" I rub the back of my head shyly, trying to portray the image of a dumb kid. "Ha-ha yeah um I remember what happened and my quirk awakening if that's what you meant". "It is what I meant" the seemingly kind nurse responds to me with an awkward smile on her face, appearing to try to match my energy.

"You will be staying here for tonight to make sure that you're fine and tomorrow we will try to classify your water quirk" "Oh yes my quirk ha-ha I totally forgot about that", I exclaim forcing the act of a child learning about their overpowered godlike ability for the first time. "Thank you miss for reminding me!" I say trying my hardest to give a protagonist blinding smile" "Ah- okay… it wasn't an issue" she says befuddled, almost asking a question.

An awkward silence covers the horribly over sterilized room. I can hear the loud ticking of the clock, the low hum of a machine and the whirr of the air conditioning hitting my ears, trying to focus on something. Jesus this silence is awkward. We have been sitting in silence for what seems to be an hour, but I know has only been a minute.

Okay this is killing me Jesus Chri- "DO YOU WANT AN ALL-MIGHT LOLLIPOP" I jump at the sudden voice which of course definitely didn't startle me one bit. The nurse winces but repeats herself in a more regular tone of voice. "Do you want an all might Lolli, we have way too many of them" she says assuredly, her body language portrays her falsehood however, I can tell how neither of us can hold a conversation and as far as she is aware she's speaking to a child. "Um yeah yes that sounds very nice miss umm Nurse". Mizashi you little idiot is your brain just a simple cosmetic design to look nice and pretty, or even better a device to think up new ways to humiliate yourself.

However, I suppose me bumbling around like one makes me sound like a child, so despite my intense need to bury myself in a sandcastle and spend the rest of my life as a hermit I guess this is working for the better.

"It's Ichika" "what's flowers?" I ask confused. "No, my name is Ichika" she responds with a rather embarrassed tone of voice. "Ah", I respond with incredible eloquence forged from the failings of hundreds attempts at conversation. "I'm called Hizashi" I respond. The awkwardness returns to the room blanketing any motions any motions of comfort.

"I have alerted your parents; they should be here any second now. "Ahh that's fantastic" I say cringing internally. Shit, shit, shit, Will these people really believe that I'm their son, what was this body like before I took it over. Best to play the confused little child even more and continue to make it up as I go along.

Ok this is fine a quirk awakening plus however I got underwater should make sense for a personality change to fit my usual anti-social tendencies and the awkwardness from before should reinforce that. BZZZZZZ- the sound of a loud buzzing interrupted me from my thoughts yet before I could think I was crushed into a hug tighter than a vice grip by what seems to be a young white-haired lady and a blue haired man.

"Oh my god Mizashi Mizashi you're okay I was so scared I thought you'd"- she blurted about before coming to a sudden stop her eyes widening. "We thought that we could have lost you, but your safe now, right?" he says surprisingly calmly, looking at me and my new mother with a look I can't place on his neutral face.

"Yeah, I'm fine the nurse just wants me to stay another day and figure out my quirk". "Oh, yes your water Hizashi it was so cool, I couldn't believe that me and your fathers quirks could accomplish that". I chuckle happily at the thought of my quirk; I had really struck gold with a power like that. "Its very cool that Sweat Manipulation and Hydration could create something so powerful".

Yeah, who knew my power, and who knows now. What, … what will I do. I've been given such an incredible gift in such a wonderful world but why should I care. What use is this in some fucking magical powers and heroes why do I want this so badly. I need it, I crave it. Power and attention. Its not heroic but it's what I always wanted. I suppose I'll have it now. Hopefully I can fulfil my expectations instead of destroying this opportunity myself. I need to grab my life with my own hands and live. Hopefully I can illuminate this tunnel and there had better be happiness waiting at the end. That's what this is all for right. Happiness.

End of Chapter 1

A/N

Yeah, I know this is shit but its my first story and a self-insert so what do you expect. I don't want this to divulge into power fantasy and while the mc will be powerful it isn't a win everything plot device. No harem, I tend to dislike them as they are usually badly crafted, and I just don't really want to write a harem story. Any romance will be limited to small scenes. This is a character driven story, I want people to be able to take a character out from my story, place them in situation and know how they would act. That's about it for now, first chapter is short enough however its more of an introduction than a chapter 1. That's all. Criticism is welcomed and encouraged. See You Soon.

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