Something's up with Akemi.

Tenya doesn't know what's going on with her, but something's certainly up.

Ever since the beginning of their third year the girl started looking more tired than usual, showing up at school. She's still getting to school earlier than him but she seems to be arriving later than usual. She seems to be busier than usual, and much to his surprise she's been studying harder.

Akemi never studies, she only listens during classes and wing it for the quizzes. Which is pretty impressive since she passes them all. (Except for maths) but now? She's climbing ahead. Tenya's always been urging the girl to take school seriously but now she's really doing it and it's somehow... Creepy.

Her grades are climbing dangerously close to his, which is saying something, she got better at sports and if what he heard from Kōki is right, she've been learning martial arts with her, and she's been doing acrobats and now she's planning on picking ice skating back up, which is not a good sign since it was Geikyō who forced her into it in the first place. And everyone and their dogs know that Akemi hates his guts.

Even Hibiki is getting uneasy, and that is very, very bad. Akemi tells Hibiki everything. She never lies to Hibiki and now she's suddenly studying and working hard on something without rhyme or reason and it really, really scares them.

And today, during lunch, Hibiki finally couldn't stand it.

"Alright, Akemi, I don't know what's up with you but this has been going on for ages and you're scaring all of us!" It was in the middle of lunch when the girl slammed her hands on the table and declared, fork pointing at Akemi as she read through a bunch of materials on hero laws. Akemi looked up, blinking rapidly before starting to look guilty.

"Akemi, you don't suddenly go from being a lazy slacker to a nerd working your ass off!" Hibiki yelled, thankfully they were having lunch in the classroom so no one was around. "We've been best friends for ages; you don't just go ghosting on us all a sudden!" Tenya winced as Akemi flinched at her sudden outburst.

"I..." Akemi looks pained, "well, please, please, please stayed calm." She glanced at them, "But I—"


"My friends are bound to notice my sudden change in routine."

Yagi-san looked towards her as Akemi flipped through piles of research in the library. Through the past few months Her and Yagi-san had been meeting once every day to do some basic training so she could get into UA, and some more in-depth research to practice shielding and repairing Yagi-san's life energy. The man rose an eyebrow and placed the book in his hands down.

"Plus, I think we are going to need a cover for me knowing your limit." She tapped her chin, "but if I need to build a cover story then I'm going to need your permission, plus, it's better to tell half-truths not lies so I kinda prepared several backstories. Do you mind?"

Yagi-san blinked and hummed thoughtfully, "I suppose." He mused, "from what you told me about them they're ought to notice, and it would be suspicious if you dodged their questions when asked." He looked up, "what do you suggest?"

"I think—"


"—I got scouted by UA."

Tenya blinked.

Wait.

Wait a second.

What?

Across them Akemi looks sheepish, as she scratched the back of her head. "During the Sky Egg Incident there was actually this moment where All Might landed in front of us, but Hibiki was... A"he glanced at Hibiki before continuing, " You know, and let's say I used my quirk."

"You used your quirk?" Hiroi spoke up, "why?"

"Well..." Akemi glanced around and she looked slightly pained. "Em. I actually can't tell you. I mean, I want to, but there are actual, legitimate legal reasons so I can't tell you any more than that."

Okay.

Okay. So Akemi's trouble magnet had finally got her into some kind of legal mess. Tenya sighs and drags a hand down his face, "Akemi, " he sighs, "what have you gotten yourself into now?"

"Nothing bad, " she shrugs, "considering I'm now doing researches for All Might's personal secretary for his quirk, and he is now helping me train to get in UA's Hero Course."

There was complete silence for several seconds.

"What?!"

Akemi scratched the back of her head, and laughed sheepishly. "I just got permission to tell you yesterday, so I was planning to tell you later so I can figure out how to break it to you..." She grinned.

"Akemi, you... Woah, congrats!" Hiroi slapped her on the back, but next to her, Hibiki looked thoughtful, perhaps a little worried and... Disappointed?

"But didn't you say you want to apply for the general education department?" She asked, "you said they had a good English letuature course..."

"Hibiki, I'm never gonna give up being a writer and you know that." To that, Akemi sighed and smiled at her, "becoming a hero offers fame and money, exactly what I need to get my books successful. If I can become a hero and use that and the experience that comes with it to write even better novels, wouldn't it be amazing?" She grins, "plus, if I become a hero I can actually get the chance to Yeet my dad into the sun and get away with it."

Hibiki squealed and pulled Tenya along those two into a group hug.

Well, at least everything is fine. Tenya thought as he struggled to get out of the dogpile.

And now, with Akemi working to get into UA's Hero Course, Tenya smiles, He's got another person supporting him on his path to Heroism.


Please RnR for them to find out.