Galaxy Creator of Pisces: Thanks and sorry about that! I have a strict schedule so I had to take it down once it was on the wrong day.

"How is it going, Luffy?" Dr. Ito asked with a smile. He was going in for a check up since it had been a month since Luffy left. Hawks was there, but Luffy had said he could go on his own. Hawks claimed he was too invested in this situation to sit it out.

"Good. The glasses are working well," Luffy replied, sitting on the bed. He quickly had his neck checked and scanned, and there were no new nerves and none were swollen or looked to be in bad shape. Just to be safe, she gave him another dose of quirk suppressants.

Nobody ever overused them since they were uncomfortable for most and made people unable to use their quirks well. Nobody would get addicted to them. The check up had some more questions but went by relatively quickly. Everything was looking good. Afterwards, Luffy said he had to go grocery shopping for that night's dinner.

Hawks gave him some money and Luffy said he'd be back in a little bit. It was a day off for Hawks, Sunday. They planned important events for Sundays as much as they could. He went to the store and got the groceries, stuffing many of them into his backpack that he'd brought to get food and flew home. It started to rain on his way, which was annoying. But, the backpack didn't get too wet that it got to the groceries.

When he got home, the window was closed until Luffy latched onto the edge and knocked on it for Hawks to open, since it was raining. Luffy walked in and went to the bathroom to dry himself with a towel. Then he put the groceries in the fridge, which was organized perfectly, and then went to the couch and flopped down on the recliner. "Did you talk to Ace today?"

Luffy nodded. "He said working with Endeavor is hard. But he was promoted already from messenger and general worker to sidekick. His power is really strong. I guess both of us have strong quirks but he just doesn't have the crappy health problems. I do wonder why I don't have his power if I was around him when I was four and five," Luffy said, something he'd been thinking about since the beginning.

Hawks said he had no idea, but that it was a good question. "Do you know what your parents' quirks were? Has he said?" Luffy replied that their mother could bring in and repel small objects and their father could secrete glue. "So, nothing compared to your and Ace's quirks." Luffy nodded.

"I don't even have those two powers. I don't know why, but I'm glad. I'm not tainted by them like that," Luffy replied honestly. Once it was getting late, Luffy said he was going to bed early, tired. Hawks told him goodnight and Luffy went to bed.

-x-

"So, you need these glasses at all times?" Sanji asked when they were changing into their hero costumes and Luffy switched his glasses for the costume face shield he used when flying as well, even when he wasn't in his full costume. He nodded, saying he needed them to function correctly. They thought he meant vision, of course not knowing it was for something completely different.

They went out to Rayleigh to do endurance training. Luffy's was a lot different for his wings. The others would be running fifty laps, many would die by the end, while Luffy was running with his wings completely spread so there was much more resistance, making his the hardest. He wouldn't lie, the wings made it much harder to run, though he was still doing better than the girls.

He wasn't in competition with anyone, just wanted to do his best. When he got to the 46th lap, he started going all out. Ichiji was the one he was neck and neck with, but he won by one second. Luffy stretched out his now stiff wings, flapping them a few times, and made the dirt track make little plumes of dirt from the gusts from his wings.

Luffy did some stretching for his arms and legs before going to the grass area and sitting to drink some water. He wasn't bothered by being in second place, truly. Being top of the class was not his main objective, he wanted to do good in school other than the academic part, which he was nearly tied with Nami. They fluctuated from first and second place each time something was turned in and one was graded before the other.

"For once you lost," Ichiji bragged.

"Yup," Luffy replied simply, taking another drink of water and wiped his forehead. He adjusted his face shield a little bit and then laid down on his back, wings relaxed. Ichiji seemed bothered that Luffy honestly didn't seem to be upset about coming in second place. "I really don't care about my placement in any competitions. I'm doing what I can to be a good hero. I don't need to be first at a race to do that," he added and then stood up to ask if they could leave once finished with the race.

Rayleigh nodded, praising both of them for their work. Luffy knew his wings would be stiff and would need stretching before flying again. He walked to the changing room with Ichiji following a ways back. He got changed, switched his glasses and put his face shield in its case in his backpack and went back to class to wait for the others to wait.

He put his feet on his desk and brought out his book, one that he'd found online about bird species, living ones and those extinct for millions of years. It was interesting, and he'd bookmarked the part with Argentavis, still the one he claimed his powers were of.

Zoro came in next, followed by the other two Jis. He sat next to Luffy and napped, unsurprisingly. When the day was over, Luffy went to a vending machine and got a candy bar before going back outside and putting his face shield on. Only they were snatched from his face, and he immediately closed his eyes.

"Give it back," he said in a dangerous, angry voice.

"Are you blind without them?" Niji asked. He wouldn't play their game, and used his super senses, the smell and sound to stomp to him, eyes still closed. "Now," he commanded. When he didn't get it back, and punched Niji in the gut hard enough for him to drop it. He grunted. Luffy caught it before it hit the ground and put them back on.

"You even think of taking these again, I will report you to the school and it won't be good for you. Any of you. You've been warned, fucking pricks," Luffy snarled and flew away, fuming. He was so fucking angry. It could have been bad if he hadn't gotten them back. He could thank that one of the quirks taken had not been that super sense one.

He beat his wings faster, and made his way back home, slamming the window shut being him hard enough for it to rattle but not break. He sat on the couch and put his face in his hands, face shield on the coffee table, trying to take calming breaths. Hawks would be pissed when he was told about this.

The glasses were on his medical record for the school as absolutely necessary for quirk management. His teachers all knew that. Man, if he had lost control there, he hoped it would have electrocuted or burned the assholes. He was angry. Angrier than he'd been in a long time.

He messaged Todoroki, telling him about the incident, and how he'd rather be around Bakugo than these guys. And that he had punched the asshole in the gut hard. Not hard enough to spit up blood, but hard enough to knock the wind out of him.

Todoroki replied that he'd rather be around Bakugo than these people, too. He said hopefully the punch was satisfying. I'd much rather have done more damage than that. Now it's personal. I will be the number one in everything we do. I will beat them with grades and skill.

Have fun with that. It sounds like you will. Luffy sent back a thumbs up emoji. They spoke a little more about his time at UA That they were doing the sports festival soon. Luffy deflated, wanting to do that for a long time.

I wish I could take part… and with a sad face. Todoroki said he was sorry. Luffy thanked him. They talked for a bit longer before Luffy said he wanted a nap. They ended the conversation, Luffy feeling terrible. He laid face first on his bed, and reached behind him to touch the nape of his neck, nice and flat, not hurting at all.

He scowled and punched his pillow and then screamed into it. Why did he have this stupid quirk?! If he didn't have it, he would have been able to grow up with his brother, might not have been thrown out of the car, wouldn't have been in the nightmare slums for three years. Alone, hurt, scared, hopeless.

Then he couldn't go to the school he'd been so excited to go to. Should he have waited another year and then gone to U.A.? Maybe he could transfer next year and be in Todoroki's class, the other's class maybe. Sure, he liked his friends at Shiketsu. But he wasn't comfortable with any of them knowing anything about him that wasn't at face value.

They didn't know his history, the nightmare his quirk was. He had one person who did, and he couldn't go to school with him after being in the same class since third grade. Tears streamed down his face, thinking of how painful and scary it had been to be out of control. How much it hurt to have spikes rip his skin open and grow out of his back.

The time he spent in the hospital was lonely and boring. His quirk had given him nothing but trouble for most of his life. He gently pet his feathers, the only good thing to ever come from his quirk. He bunched his fists into his blankets before he finally relaxed his body, just letting himself cry into the pillow, knowing Hawks wouldn't be back for another few hours. He knew he was having a meeting with other pro-heroes about the League of Villains and Stain, the hero killer.

Luffy knew Hawks wouldn't be part of the hunt for them at the moment, but might in the future. Who knows? He actually took a nap, and when he woke up, he felt much better. Hawks was there already, but hadn't bothered Luffy. It was late, so he cooked a quick meal. "Someone took my glasses and wouldn't give them back, so I punched them," he said abruptly and bluntly.

Hawks frowned, and asked why they would do that. "It was one of the bullies. Before, I wasn't trying to beat them. I will now. I will beat them in everything at every time. And I told them if they did it again, I'd report them to the school."

The pro-hero sighed, irate with the three at his class. "Do you think UA would accept me back if I crammed? I've been training at Shiketsu, maybe I could transfer." Hawks said there was no reason to not try.

"What about your friends there? Didn't you make some?" Luffy nodded, but said he'd rather be with Todoroki, who knew everything. Had so many memories with him, knew about his quirk and history.

He couldn't help but tear up, surprising Hawks. "What's wrong?" he asked frantically.

"This quirk has ruined my life in so many ways. I just want one, I want to be normal. I don't want to worry about going out of control if I don't have my damn glasses. If I didn't have this quirk, I might have been able to be with Ace. He loves me. I don't even know him," Luffy confessed, trying to keep his voice strong. "I wouldn't have been on the streets, I wouldn't still be insecure about being thrown back there, even after 7 years. I would have been able to go to the school I wanted to go to." He choked up and said he just wanted to be like everyone else.

Hawks stood up and sat next to him, putting his arm around Luffy's shoulders. "We can't change the past. You can be brothers with Ace, no matter that you don't know him well. He clearly has good intentions and will work hard to have a positive relationship with you. I'm never sending you back to that hell hole. I'll say it as many times as I need to. And even if I did, you have another family. Now you have a safety net.

"I will never send you back, but now you know that if I ever did, you wouldn't be alone. And about U.A., you may not make it this school year, but you can transfer. There's nothing saying you have to stay in the same high school and can't change. And you'll be in the same grade as Todoroki."

Luffy sniffled, knowing what Hawks was saying was right.

He went to bed, planning on flying straight to UA after his school was out. He knew his way around Japan well. Though, maybe not the more rural cities. And Hawks gave him his old smart watch so he could easily use it while flying instead of his phone to use GPS.

The next day, the Three Jis were pissy with him. He ignored them, and was in a very bad mood. And when they were doing the basic hero training, he whooped their asses with their battle against Yonji. He held nothing back, using his super strength to put him out of commission while still following the rules.

He looked at Ichiji and Niji. "Who's next?" he growled. Niji was next, since they could choose who to fight. Luffy kicked his ass as well, slamming him in the ribs to the side, throwing him out of the ring and onto his back. Ichiji was furious, but not having cold anger like Luffy did. Furious and messy while Luffy was cold and calculating, slamming his foot into the back of his knee, knocking him down and grabbing him by the scruff of the shirt and flinging him out of the ring.

For the next rounds, he wasn't nearly as brutal. But kicking their asses was very nice. He glared at them, and was no longer even trying to be peaceful. They stole his glasses, and that was unforgivable. They knew they were a necessity, they'd been in the room when he talked to Sanji about it.

After class was over, he stuffed everything into his backpack and flew to UA

-x-

"Is there any chance that I can transfer back here? My health problems are over and done with. I just… I really want to come back. Shiketsu is fine, but I've wanted to go to UA for a while. And the unexpected problem with my quirk ruined that. I know it's late in the semester, but can I transfer back?" Luffy asked, eyes wide and sounding begging. He was in a meeting with Aizawa and Nezu.

Nezu looked at Luffy's transcripts from Shikestu (for the last three weeks) and from his previous years. Aizawa said he wasn't sure if Luffy could catch up quick enough. Luffy told them about when he was a kid he crammed three grades in a couple months. This was only a couple months worth of catching up.

The principal told Aizawa to give Luffy all the work they'd done so far that semester. "It's worth giving a chance. It's clear that Luffy could not control the health problems, and it might be in the wrong to deny you time back. It's a rigorous course load, but we are still only in the first half of the first semester. I am sure you can catch up if you work hard. We will give you tests every week to make sure you are keeping up. For now, I think you should continue your work at Shiketsu as well as catching up here."

Aizawa said that the class was very upset when they heard that Luffy could no longer attend. "I think everyone would be glad to have you back." Luffy pressed his lips together and then bowed, thanking them profusely.

"I promise I'll catch up and won't be a burden."

Aizawa said that he probably wouldn't be able to take part in the sports festival this year. Luffy was sad about that, but had expected it. "I have two more tries. Once a year, right?" They nodded.

Luffy followed Aizawa to the staff room where he gathered the teachers in there and said that Luffy was going to attempt to catch up and return to UA They were all surprised but did give him all of the work he missed. A lot, but he thanked them all profusely, bowing. "I'll see you soon, I swear on it. Thank you for giving me a second chance."

They smiled and said they looked forward to seeing him again.

The next two weeks went by extremely quickly. He finished all of his school work at Shiketsu there at lunch and after class. He rarely spoke to anyone else as he worked in the library. He did feel bad about choosing UA over his new friends, but he just didn't feel right here. He didn't know what it was, but he didn't feel right.

When he got home, he crammed everything from UA He quizzed himself, had Hawks quiz him, did extra work on the side, and was emailed the ongoing work so he didn't fall back more weeks. He crammed like he'd never done before, but remembered everything easily. He may have been doing the wrong thing, using Nezu's intelligence he'd seen already.

But it let him remember things even when he wasn't using it. Hawks wasn't upset that he rarely spent time with Luffy besides a quick dinner and then he'd go back to work. He just praised him and surprised him by buying a nice desk that went right next to his favorite spot by the living room window.

It helped him, and Hawks kept quiet while he worked if he was there. It was hard, and sometimes he got work with Shiketsu confused with UA But after the third week, he was caught up, acing all of the tests his teachers gave him online, which required a web camera to make sure he wasn't cheating. And he didn't.

He had the web camera pointing just low enough that they saw his hands working and not cheating. He slept less, but it didn't impact him. He spent time talking to Ace briefly, but had told him he would be less available to talk or visit because of his work. Ace understood and told him good luck.

When he took the final test, the midterm exam, and passed it with a high B, he was accepted back. He cried once he got the letter, and Hawks threw a surprise party which was actually a shock, since he gave Luffy a piece of paper as a gift. He was offering to let me get a cat. It was really nice, Luffy had always wanted a pet but didn't want to burden Hawks with it.

But a cat would be less work than a dog. He was so happy. But he had to wait until things were more stable with his school work.

The last day he was at Shiketsu, he finally told his friends that he was transferring back to UA He said that was why he'd been so distant and busy, he had to make up all of the months he'd missed. Surprisingly, they supported his decision, and didn't hate him for it. They knew his first pick had been U.A., and how it had upset him to not go there.

They were happy for him, and it made the move a lot easier. On his last day, he turned to the Three Jis. "I guess you'll never have the chance to beat me, huh?" he asked with a smug look before saluting them sarcastically and flying back home.

It would be a surprise when he returned on Monday to U.A., as he hadn't told anyone. He still talked to Todoroki after moving, and Kirishima and Midoriya texted him sometimes, often asking how he was doing. He told them many times that he was no longer hospitalized, but they were still concerned.

They hadn't seen him after that. He was glad that they hadn't forgotten him. He was so cheerful that weekend that Hawks commented on how weird it was to see him this happy. But he wasn't annoyed by it, of course, and was just teasing. He was clearly happy that Luffy was happy. He even had a phone call with Ace, which he never did. Ace was very happy over the phone, and Luffy had opened up about his hatred of his quirk because it took him away from ever having a little brother big-brother relationship.

It had made Ace choke up a bit, but with a smile in his voice. Overall, it was a great weekend.