Bakugo is so strong and fast. I can't keep up, he throwing me around like a ragdoll. "COME ON LOSER! WEREN" T YOU GOING TO SHOW ME YOU DESERVE TO BE HERE?!"
My white hair was becoming stained with blood. I can't control people yet; I can't control their emotions. Why the hell do I have these useless quirks if I can't even figure out how to use them? He's right, I am a loser, a weakling. I shouldn't be here.
My face, its wet again, is it raining? No, I'm crying again. Where is Bakugo? I looked up. Bakugo…he was crying too. That's not like him so the only thing it could be. My quirk. I had to act before he snapped out of it. I kicked the back of his knee throwing him to the ground. I rolled on top of his using telekinetic energy, I applied it to my body and pinned his wrist above his head. "WAIT A DAMN MINUTE!" Bakugo snapped out of the emotional trance.
"Shut up!" I was breathing heavily. "Have I proved it yet? That I deserve to be here as much as you? I want nothing more than to be a hero, to erase my families evil name, to create a name my sister can be proud of. I don't give a shit that you don't want a back story. I don't give a shit that you don't care. Not everyone is lucky to have natural talent. I will fight you every damn day for the next three years to prove to you. I can be a pro, even if everyone doubts me. I will prove everyone like you, wrong!"
"That's enough." Mr. Aizawa approached us. "First skipping class, and now fighting a fellow student. You really aren't helping your case Tadoka."
"Sorry Sir."
"Actions speak louder than words. Show me, stop telling me."
"Yes sir."
He eyed the two of us. "You two had me fooled for a moment. I thought you had won Tadoka, but it looks like Bakugo really wiped the floor with you."
I peaked at Bakugo; he really didn't have a scratch on him. Touching my head, I looked at my hand, so much blood.
"Head to the infirmary for any injuries, and go home." Mr. Aizawa started to walk away. "Tadoka…I will be seeing you Saturday for detention, as well as a meeting with the principal about your inability to follow rules."
"Yes sir."
When Mr. Aizawa left my sight, I dropped to the ground. "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! Two days! I have been here two days, and I'm already buried in shit!"
"You did that to yourself."
I looked up at Bakugo. For once he isn't yelling. "You cheated, and broke rules. I guess I am no better when it came to the fight," He scratched the back of his head, "But you have to have some form of accountability, you can't actually believe that you could get into UA with cheating and then keep studying here."
"You're right. I guess I should have just looked at the big picture. I'm just going to go home now."
"By the way Tadoka, you're still crying, you, big baby."
I felt my face but continued to walk. These were mine. My own tears. The remainder of the night I cried. I haven't ever cried before today, and damn, I have never felt so free.
The remainder of the week went by slow; I kept my head low, studied in my free time, passed the pop quiz and took some extra hours at work to help sis with the groceries for the week. When Saturday was finally here my heart fell into my stomach this was it. I stepped into the conference room with not only Mr. Aizawa and the Principal, but the rest of the teachers as well. All eyes on me, this is where I had to plead my case, beg for forgiveness, take my punishment with whatever dignity I had left. My entire career as a hero could be destroyed by this.
"Plead you case Tadoka." My Aizawa gestured to me.
I took in one big breath. "I'm sure you are all aware of who my parents are, what they have done, and what I have done. I got so caught up in making sure I got accepted, I didn't care how. I just wanted a chance. A chance to show what I can do, and to improve. I want to change this world for the better, prove that anyone can be a hero no matter where they come from. That as long as they worked hard, their goals could be achieved. But I lost sight of that in my desperation."
Standing tall, I took one final breath. "I made a horrible mistake, I know this probably can't go unpunished, I will accept whatever punishment you give me, even if its expulsion."
"Come on Aizawa, how long are you going to mess with the poor girl?" Midnight rested the palm of her hand into her cheek.
Mess with me? "Tadoka, you have no clue how to use your quirks, you lack tactful thinking, and common sense on what it takes to be a hero. You attempted to cheat because you didn't even have faith in your own abilities." Aizawa went off. "You then proceeded to skip half a day of class due to your inability to handle your quirk rendering you weak. By the end of the same day you got into a fight with another student, whom you could have seriously hurt because of your lack of control."
God, he was really laying into me. "But despite all that, you managed to get a total of 30 points during the exam. 15 points for destroying the "villains" and 15 for rescue." Aizawa turned on the tv behind him. Playing clips of the exam. "If anything, your lack of experience is probably what saved you. You didn't take notice what your telekinesis was doing. You were so scared of failing you never kept track of the points you got from disassembling the robots, and stopping pieces from falling on other potential students."
"You're attempt to cheat didn't work, but while you still made an attempt the board has decided a month of Saturday training."
I bowed. "But be warned another act like this, and you will be expelled."
"Thank you, Mr. Aizawa, I won't let you down again."
"See you next Saturday, Tadoka."
I didn't cheat, I actually did it all on my own. I passed and got into UA on my own. I smiled to myself. I'm not done yet. I raced to work as fast as possible. "Sir, I'm going to need the next month worth of Saturdays closed off. I was assigned extra training." My paycheck may take a small hit, but that's okay.
"What? Really? That's great!" Sir shouted from his office chair.
"Well not really, I got into some trouble, but every opportunity is a learning experience, right?"
"Right little lady! Now go get changed into your uniform your shift starts in an hour, and you look like garbage with all those bandages."
Looking down at my arms, that's right, I should apologize to Bakugo for picking a fight.
The weekend passed and I was back in class Monday. Diligently taking notes on every little thing I had to do better. "Hey Tadoka, mind if I borrow your notes?" I looked over to see Midoriya smiling at me, his arms wrapped in bandages. "I just see you always taking notes, I'm still struggling with my arms, they work, but I can't keep up quite yet."
"I can take them to the office at lunch, see if they can make copies so you can study them tonight."
"That would be great, Thank you Tadoka."
"Pfft. A cry baby and a nerd becoming friends. Seems fitting." The angry voice of Bakugo chimed in. "If you had better control of your stupid quirk, your arms would probably stop breaking Deku."
I turned around to say something. "Take it easy Bakugo, I told you Tadoka is cool." Kirishima chimed in. What a loyal friend to have. I really should talk to him more.
At lunch time I headed to the office. "I just need copies of my notes please." Handing my papers to the secretary. "Midoriya doesn't have full use of his arms yet." She nodded her head and headed to the back office. "Tadoka, what are you doing here?" I turned around.
"I could ask the same Todoroki."
"Mr. Aizawa asked me to drop off some papers." Looking him over, he seemed calmed today, still in pain but not as bad as the first day I met him. "I was just getting some notes copied for Midoriya."
"I wanted to ask, what happened between you and Bakugo?"
Well. That's blunt. "We got into a fight I started, over something I did. It's really kind of long. I don't want to take up your whole lunch hour."
The secretary cleared her throat handing me the copies. "Well we both seem to be done here, how about a coffee."
"Um, n- "
"I didn't ask."
We sat in silence for about five minutes. His palm rested on his cheek; he was getting impatient with me. My anxiety kicked into over drive and I spilt my guts out about the entire thing. "So, the rumors were true. I had to know for myself, didn't think you were the kind of person who lacked confidence in their abilities."
Dammit. Everyone knows. I opened my mouth to speak. "What's sad is if you would have just believed in yourself a little more, with quirks like yours, you could have been a recommended student." I looked down at my coffee. "Sounds like you got lucky."
Todoroki stood up. "Just try not to mess up again. It would be a shame to see such power go to waste."
I think that was meant to be a nice thing. "If I'm being honest now, the day I bumped into you. I felt everything you were feeling in that exact moment. I am so sorry, someone ever made you feel like that."
"I guess we have that in common, huh?" He didn't turn around to face me. I don't know what the expression on his face was, and for once I didn't know exactly what he was feeling.
