When Tenya got the call, he was on his way back from the library. In a bit of a hurry since he heard about what happened at the Sky Egg— it was all over the internet. He knew his brother is there but he's calm since he trusts his brother's ability, he knows he can handle it. But there was still underlying worry, and an unexplainable sense of dread when the call came through.

"Hello?"

When Tensei's voice rang through, he was relieved.

"Nii-san, you're alright! I'm glad. I hope everything is fine?"

"Tenya, ... ! "

The phone shatters against the pavement, and with it his world.


Ueno University Private Hospital. One of the best hospitals licenced for quirk use located near Central Tokyo, in Hosu.

A girl sat on one of the plastic chairs outside the surgery room, curling in on herself, trembling hands against her lab with crossed fingers. To her side was a young pro hero, still in his battered-looking costume, a hand held tightly over her trembling ones.

Frantic footsteps echoed in the halls, a pair of black heels came rushing into view before slowly slowing to a stop. A nurse exited the large polished glass double doors and halted before she noded in greeting.

"Ueno-Incho."

The girl sitting in the chair seems to stir, her head lifting at the surname. The woman glanced at her junior and returned the gesture, to which the nurse passed on several brief reports and quickly dismissed her. The woman turned to the only two other occupants of the room, she recognises Ingenium, of course. His agency is just near by and with her hospital having a Heroes Department, she's bound to have met him. She looked in greeting, and the hero spared her a glance before looking back at the broken girl, pain appearance in his eyes.

She sighs, and kneels down before the young girl.

"Akemi?"

She shifted, her head lifting slightly at the name before she hummed in reply, her voice cracking like fragile glass against a hammer.

With a sigh, the older woman took a seat beside the young teen. She glanced at the girl and her heart twisted painfully at the sight and the realisation that came with it. She would recognise the work of her daughter's quirk anywhere; her clothes are tattered and blood-stained, she looks tired and the energy seems to be leaking out of her but there's not a single scratch nor wound on her. Reiki knows how her daughter's quirk looks like and for a moment she felt despair yet in the same time relieved. Because from the looks of it Akemi-chan had took a head wound, a deep one, too, judging from the amount of blood on her. And she understood why her Hibiki took such a risk.

With prolonged exposure to Reiki's quirk, Hibiki's healing efficiency, speed and ability have been highly enhanced to the point of having mild regenerative ability. With it Hibiki must've known she could survive, but Akemi-

Akemi would've died.

Oh, Hibiki, you ingenious reckless idiot. Reiki shook her head and gently stroked the amber-eyed girl's hair. The dark chocolate brown locks swept behind her ears and she stirred.

"Akemi-chan, listen to me." She said softly, how guilty the girl must be, seeing her friend use her quirk like that, seeing Hibiki take her wounds and fall— "Hibiki is going to make it." She reassured, and the girl looked up.

Her eyes are dull, so unlike the bright amber in all those selfies Hibiki bragged to her about. To the side Ingenium watched on, silent with questions burning in his eyes.

"Have Hibiki ever told you about my quirk?" Reiki asked softly, and after a moment, Akemi spoke.

"... Don't 'member." Her voice cracked, and Reiki's heart broke a little because in phone calls Akemi's voice always sounded so bright and smooth so happy but now?

Now it just might be the saddest sound in the world.

"My quirk is 'Enhancing Aura'." She explained gently, hand placed comfortingly on Akemi's own, " the longer someone stays around me, the closer they are to me, the more their healing abilities, speed, and efficiency will be enhanced. The effects are permanent." Akemi began to lift her head more, a glimmer of hope returning to her eyes.

"Hibiki has been living with me for the past fourteen years, including the months she spent in my womb, and you can say she has developed mild regenerative abilities." Ake my is looking at her now, tears threatening to spill but they weren't bitter and Reiki knows it. "Akemi, the wound might've been fatal for you, but Hibiki, " she smiles, "Hibiki will live."

The light in her eyes returns full force, the tears in her eyes swell and spills and overflows and Akemi cried, silent but trembling in her arms.

It's over.


Introducing: Ueno Reiki

Quirk: Enhancing Aura

Hibiki's mother, head of the Ueno University Private Hospital. She lives with Hibiki and cares deeply for her, but due to her being busy with work and Hibiki being threatened she has no idea about Hibiki's situation. Her quirks make people around her's healing ability evolve. The effects are permanent.


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