"He wouldn't like me, would he?"
Chapter 2: the Rise of a hero and the Fall of another
After a long day at school, Sakura came home to find the place vacant. Shota was out with his best friend he met at U.A. and her parents probably got called for hero work. 'Great', she thought, 'Being all alone in this big house is SO comforting, after the stressful school day...'
Sakura took of her shoes, walked up to her room, threw her school bag in a corner and sat herself down in the living room, turning on the TV. Zapping through channels she settled on a channel with a reality-TV show on. Having nothing else to do, Sakura walked into the kitchen making herself some tea, when she heard that the news came up.
"What are they ranting about this time?", she mumbled and got back to the living room, watching the TV. The news reporter stated that a new Hero has risen among them, calling himself All Might and always wearing a smile on his face while he does his hero work. The females all over the world swooning for him, because he was so tall and strong and handsome. Sakura had to admit, the new Hero All Might wasn't that bad to look at and she was immediately smitten by him.
"This man...", she whispered, as if telling someone a secret. "This man is going to be my husband one day."
She walked back into the kitchen, made the tea and walked with the cup back to the living room, sitting herself on the couch watching the rest of the news broadcast, knowing full well, her dream of one day marrying this hero was just a girlish fantasy she decided to always keep with her. Even if it was just a girlish fantasy marrying him one day, she wanted to be like All Might when she became a hero.
Over the years she watched every interview, every news broadcast, every single advertisement with All Might in it. He had helped her realize something very important: It's not important if your Quirk was something fancy and shiny, as long as you got to help people with it. She had trained with Shota and Hizashi, Shota's best friend, to pass the entrance exam of U.A, her dream school, the most prestigious hero academy in all of Japan. She had gotten binding clothes like the one her brother has. Sakura also started dating Hizashi, but it didn't last long. The two kinda felt obligated to date because of their parents. Sakura and Hizashi were just like Shota and Sakura, like brother and sister (though Shota and Sakura were really brother and sister). Soon she was ready taking the entrance exam, the practical part. The written part she did fairly good on so she was pretty confident that she would do good on the practical exam.
"I'm tired...", Sakura returned home after the practical exam. Shota wasn't home, just a note was hanging on the door: "Sakura, Mom and Dad are in the hospital, I'm there too. Don't worry, I'm fine but mom and dad are severely injured. I fear they won't make it."
After reading the note Sakura launched herself with eagle wings into the air and raced to the hospital nearest from their home. Once she got there she ran inside asking for her parents, Yamato and Hikari Aizawa. She was informed that they were in the ER but they were so severely injured that they don't have much of a chance to survive. Sakura ran into the ER going to the bedside of her mother, who smiled at her and placed a hand on her cheek.
"I'm so proud of my two little heroes. I'm sorry to say that I'm not able to see you too reach your dreams. I'm sorry Shota, I'm sorry Sakura.", their mother said. Sakura took her hand and cried: "No please don't leave! I just got accepted into U.A. Please Mom, don't leave, I need you!"
"You don't need me, Sakura. All you need is faith in your strengths.", their mother smiled. Shota, while also being very sad, kept a calm and rational demeanor, while Sakura was just crying snot and tears. She wanted them to see her becoming a great hero, becoming someone to recognize, becoming the wife of the Number one hero. She wasn't ready to let her parents go just yet, though she had to. When she let go of her mothers hand, she started to wale like a banshee. Most people would think she is happy, being accepted into U.A but how could Sakura be? She has just lost her parents, now she was living alone with her brother in that he house. To say she wanted to just quit everything before it even started was an understatement.
"DAD YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO WALK ME DOWN THE AISLE", she yelled through the hospital, laying her face on the shoulder of her brother crying like a little girl who just lost her toy.
Despite being fairly well liked, not a lot of people showed up at the Funeral of the Aizawa Couple, as they have been dubbed by the Media. Shota, being the older one, was supposed to hold a speech, but he couldn't, neither could Sakura, she was too upset to even say a word. The Yamada family, had shown up and Hizashi tried comforting them both, knowing that it was hard, especially for Sakura, who had to rely on her brother now more than anything from now on.
"I'm really sorry for you two. I mean, it sucks losing your parents because of a villain, being unable to do something against it...", Hizashi tried his best comforting the Aizawa siblings.
"I'm quite alright, 'Zashi, but I guess, Sakura has been really hurt by this. She wanted to show our parents how far she has come since her first day of elementary school.", Shota stated to his best friend.
"Well seems like you have to raise her now, Shota.", Hizashi chuckled. Shota just shrugged and replied with a simple "seems like it" to him. After the ceremony was over, Sakura still couldn't even say a word, but she was determined to create a hero costume, honoring her parents. She already knew what Hero Name she would choose.
After everything was arranged that now Shota Aizawa, also known as Eraserhead, would be the legal guardian of Sakura Aizawa, the two informed U.A of the new arrangements and Sakura could deliver her hero costume design on time too. So now she would have to not only come to terms with her loss, she also had to remind herself, why she wanted to be a hero. The last part was easy once she saw a news broadcast with All Might, talking about the deaths of the Aizawa Couple and All Might reassuring everyone that things like that may happen, but that it wasn't a reason to stop trying becoming a hero. It was as if he specifically told that to Sakura, like she needed to hear those exact words.
"U.A I come. And once I graduated, I will be a great Hero, just like my parents were and just like Shota and Hizashi are!", she called out to the world.