Let me give you a quick rundown on Koneko's family.
Koneko's mother's quirk is a healing quirk. The more intimately she touches someone the better the result.
Koneko's father had a copy quirk. He can copy objects that he touches.
Anzu, Koneko's older sister, has a mutation quirk. She can copy someone's appearance by touching them. Just like her mother, the more intimately she touches someone the longer she has their appearance.
Koneko has a copy quirk. She can copy someone's quirk by touching them. The strength and time depend on how intimately she touches the person.
Eiko, Koneko's twin, has the same quirk as their mother.
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"Look at that quirkless cat."
"She's useless. A quirkless wanna be."
Quirkless. Useless. Those words floated around me for my entire life. In a way I was, I could never save someone when the time came. I was useless. I tried not to let that stop me. I spent all my time training and analyzing people's quirks. I was finally feeling normal and then we moved. I was hoping it would get better and I wouldn't be bullied but I made friends with the wrong person. Izuku Midoriya was a quirkless student but he was the only one who welcomed me. We quickly found out that we had something in common; we both had notebooks full of hero's quirks. With this friendship, I was targeted by a bully. Katsuki Bakugou was the school bully. He bullied Izuku since childhood and now he targeted me.
"Hey, Neko."
I sighed and turned around, my tail flicking back and forth behind me. "Can I help you Bakugou?"
"Is this yours?" he held up something.
My eyes widened and my ears flattened against my head. In his hand was one of my notebooks, not just anyone but the one that was all about him. "H-hey give that back!" I reached up.
He smirked and held it just out of my reach.
"Bakugou!" I jumped up and my fingers brushed the cover. "Give it back!"
"Why should I?" he sneered.
"Because it's mine." I jumped again.
He pulled back and I fell on top of him. I quickly jerked away, a blush covering my face. Bakugou scowled and tossed my notebook at me. It hit me in the face, I yelped and rubbed my face. Bakugou rolled his eyes and walked away. I watched him go, biting my lip. He may be mean but he has a sweet side. I've seen him early in the morning, when he's out running he's so calm and peaceful. He's not just all ego and pride. I've seen him save cats out of trees, he works himself to the bone to remain on top, but he never shows weakness.
"Koneko-chan!"
I turned towards the voice. Izuku ran over.
"Are you okay? I saw Kacchan hit you in the face." Izuku looked me over carefully.
"I'm fine, it didn't hurt that much." I shrugged.
"Are you sure?" Izuku looked unsure.
"Yep!" I grinned. "Come on, you ready to go?"
"Oh yeah. You're coming over to my house, right?"
"Yep!"
Izuku smiled and we headed over to his house. Along the walk home I spotted Bakugou, he was glaring at us. I gave him a small smile. He quickly turned away and walked into a house.
"Hey, Izuku? Does Bakugou live around here?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, he lives right there." Izuku pointed to the house Bakugou just walked into.
"I didn't know that. I live just down the street." I pointed to my house.
"Don't let Kacchan know that. He might bully you more."
"It'll be fine. He doesn't care about me. Like he would figure out where I live."
"If you say so." Izuku shrugged and we continued to his house.
My mind kept wandering back to Bakugou, would he find out where I lived? I had been here for several months, if he didn't know now then he wouldn't. Unless we became friends. I almost laughed. Me and Bakugou friends? That would never happen. He would never associate with someone like me. Ever.
I don't know when I started to love Bakugou but I was sure I did. I couldn't help but fill notebooks upon notebooks with his characteristics, fighting style, expressions, anything and everything I could think of. I copied his quirk when he wasn't paying attention, by brushing his hand or bumping into him the school hall. I often found myself wondering how strong it would be if I kissed him or even more. I trained in my backyard by myself until dark, trying to get as good as him. One day when I thought I could take him on I walked to his house after school. I summoned my courage and knocked on his front door. His mother answered, at least I think it was his mother. She looked almost identical to him but gorgeous. Bakugou was handsome but this woman looked like she was a supermodel. I sucked in a breath, I wasn't ready for this.
"Um, I, uh, is, um," I tried to speak but failed. I took a deep breath and started again. "Is Bakugou home?"
She smiled. "Are you one of his classmates?"
"Yes, my name's Koneko Chino. I live a few houses down." I was starting to feel calmer. That was until Bakugou appeared.
"What are you doing here, Neko?" He growled.
"Oh I um er, I uh was wonder if um, you wanted to spar with me?" I couldn't meet his gaze.
"With you? Aren't you quirkless?" He leaned against the door frame.
"No!" I finally met his gaze, my ears twitching in irritation. "My quirk is copy."
"Sure," he scoffed. "My answer is no."
"Come on, if you think I'm that weak it'll be an easy win for you." I challenged, I knew he couldn't resist showing off.
"Fine. We'll spar in the backyard." He walked back into the house.
"I hope you know what you're doing." His mom watched him go. "He won't hesitate to hurt you."
"I know. I think I can take him." I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face. I was finally going to spar Bakugou.
His mother invited me into the house and led me to the backyard. I sat my bag down on the patio and walked onto the grass. I surveyed the landscape, I spotted Bakugou walking towards me.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Sure," I held out my hand. "May the best person win."
Bakugou eyed my hand for a moment then shook it. The moment he touched me I felt his quirk run through my veins. My palms began sweating. I glanced up at the sky, it was a warm day which helped both of us. Bakugou readied his stance and I braced myself, my tail twitching slightly. He lunged at me with a right hook. I was able to dodge it and fire an explosion. He jumped back.
"What the hell?" He exclaimed.
"I told you my quirk is copy." I readied my stance.
He growled and lunged at me again. I was able to grab his arm and throw him down. He gasped and started coughing. I backed up as he got up. He charged at me and tackled me to the ground. I yelped as my head hit the ground. He straddled my waist and grabbed my wrists.
"Your first mistake was getting up and letting me get back up. Your second was challenging me."
"And yours, was topping me." I grinned, realizing the intimate position we were in.
"What?" He looked surprised.
I turned my hands and fired off two large explosions. It threw Bakugou back, I quickly stood back up. Bakugou looked up at me in surprise.
"What? Surprised that I can do that? You're the one who topped me." I shrugged but rubbed my forearms lightly. My body was not ready for that size of an explosion.
Bakugou just growled and lunged at me, faking a right hook and hitting me with his left. It threw me back across the yard. I paused then grinned.
"That was impressive. I haven't seen you do that one before." I stood back up on shaky legs.
He grinned and lunged at me again. I was ready for him this time. I jumped up, using explosions to lift me higher. I grabbed his shoulders and, using my momentum, flipped him over and threw him across the yard.
"Alright you two!" Ms. Bakugou called. "That's enough before one of you gets hurt."
Bakugou and I froze. I had forgotten that his mother was still here. I relaxed my stance and rubbed my forearms.
"Geez I thought I had a good understanding of your power but wow, that is a lot stronger than I realized." I winced as I stretched my arms. 'Imagine what I could do with a kiss.' I thought.
"Of course. It is my power after all." He smirked.
"I mean I've been working with a brush of your hand or a bump in the halls. And I thought that was strong." I rambled slightly. "I've worked with strong quirks but wow, yours is amazing. You're so lucky. You have that power all the time."
"What exactly is your quirk?" Bakugou cut me off. "You keep rambling about touch. What does that have to do with your quirk?"
"Oh my quirk is copy. The more intimately I touch someone stronger the quirk. So say if I touched you in the most intimate way possible I'd have your power at its max. Everything below that is weaker. I can get by with a brush of someone's hand but the best way is a kiss." I stopped. "I'm rambling, sorry."
Bakugou just nodded then walked back inside. I grabbed my bag and followed him in. He went to the kitchen. I paused just outside.
"Um thanks. For sparring with me. It's kinda hard to improve by myself."
Bakugou poured himself some water. "You weren't half bad. Come back when you think you can beat me."
I grinned. "You won't be seeing the last of me." I started to the front door. Ms. Bakugou beat me there.
"Don't make yourself scarce, you're the first friend he has had over since grade school."
"She's not my friend!" Bakugou called.
Ms. Bakugou leaned forwards. "Don't listen to him. He doesn't spar with just anyone."
"I figured. Not many people can hold their own against him."
She smiled. "But you did."
I blushed and looked away. "Well, I've been watching him for a while. I've practically memorized his fighting style."
"Oh really? What else have you memorized?" She leaned closer.
I panicked, my tail tucking itself between my legs, she knew, she knew I liked him. I tried to calm myself down. "N—Nothing. Just his fighting style."
"Hmm, if you say so. Well you're welcome to come back anytime." She backed up and smiled.
"Oh thank you." I smiled back then opened the door.
I walked back to my house, replaying the fight over and over in my head. Bakugou had actually straddled me. It didn't mean anything but the power it gave me was amazing. I couldn't even begin to imagine how powerful a kiss would be. I before I could get to my front door I ran into Kirishima.
"Oh," I froze. "Uh hi."
"Hey," he smiled.
I walked past him and opened the door. "Eiko! You have a friend!" I turned back to Kirishima. "She's probably in her room."
"Thanks." He walked upstairs.
I turned down my hall and dropped my bag off in my room before heading to the kitchen. Eiko and Kirishima were already in there, getting a snack. I grabbed a glass of water. Eiko wrinkled her nose.
"You stink. What did you do? Roll in a pile of trash?"
I finished my water before I spoke. "I just finished training." I fought the smile on my face. My hands were still sweating, which meant I still had Bakugou's quirk.
"With who? You weren't in the backyard." Eiko asked.
"A neighbor." I replied.
"How good are you?" Kirishima suddenly asked.
I looked over in surprise. "Why don't you find out?" I headed to the backyard. "Come on, I want to test this quirk against your hardening."
I had no idea if he followed me but when I got to the backyard he was right behind me. I stretched a little.
"I'd recommend taking off your shirt if you'd like to keep it." I said.
Kirishima glanced at Eiko. "I'll keep it on."
I fired off a few explosions. "It's your funeral."
His eyes grew wide. "On second thought, I'll take it off."
"Good idea." I grinned, Eiko was going to love this.
He took off his shirt and tossed it on the patio. Then he readied his stance, I readied mine, my tail flicking. He seemed hesitant to attack me so I lunged first. He held his arms up to block. I used an explosion to lunch me higher and fire on at his back. He grunted and fell forward.
"Kirishima!" Eiko called.
"He's fine." I muttered. "It wasn't that hard of a blast."
Sure enough, he had hardened and was still on his feet. He turned on me and started punching. I went on the defensive, trying to figure out his style. It seemed like it was pretty basic since he didn't have a flashy quirk. I continued to dodge until I found an opening but by that time he had landed several hits. I was breathing heavily, I had a cut on my cheek. I ducked under another punch and shot a blast at him, hitting his side and knocking him over.
"Koneko! That's enough! You'll hurt him!" Eiko called.
I stopped and relaxed. "Alright, fine. Good job Kirishima."
"Thanks. You're not too bad yourself." He smiled.
"Thanks, I try." I grinned.
"Great now you can go shower." Eiko pushed me towards the house.
"Alright, alright. I'm going." I laughed and walked back into the house.
I walked to my bathroom and took a quick shower, it felt good to be clean. I stepped out of the shower and dried off, I crossed the hall and walked into my room. I changed clothes and brushed my hair. I opted for a braid since I couldn't put it up in a ponytail. I walked back to the kitchen. Mom was in there now. She looked up as I walked in.
"Hi sweetie. Eiko tells me you sparred with Kirishima."
"Yep, she stopped us before either of us won." I sat down at the island.
"What quirk did you use?" She sat a plate of apple slices in front of me.
"Explosion." I replied.
"The one you've been training with?"
"Yep. It's a powerful quirk." My palms were still sweating, so I released a few blasts.
"You still have it?" She seemed surprised.
"Uh yeah, I got a better touch then a hand brush." I munched on my apple slices.
"You know you need to train with other quirks right?"
"Why do you think I have a thousand notebooks?"
She smiled and kissed my cheek. I felt the cut on my cheek heal almost instantly, along with some of my other bruises.
"Thanks." I said.
Eiko and Kirishima came downstairs. He laughed at something she said and I saw him wince. I watched them for a moment, wondering what it would be like if I was that close to Bakugou. I stood up and walked over to them.
"How's your side?" I asked, lightly touching the side I hit him on.
He winced again. "It hurts but I'll be okay."
"Wait, you're still hurt?" Eiko exclaimed.
"Yeah but I'll be okay. Don't worry." He smiled.
I leaned over to Eiko. "Kiss him, it'll heal him right up."
She blushed and looked at me in shock. "What? No!"
"Oh come on, its just a kiss. If you don't I can." I smirked, my tail flicking slightly.
"Fine, I'll do it." She looked up at Kiri. "Um could I uh kiss you?"
Kirishima looked shocked. "Kiss me? What?"
"So I can heal you." She looked away.
"Oh um I guess." He glanced at me.
I shrugged and backed away. Eiko stood up on her tip-toes and pressed a light kiss to his lips. He hesitantly placed his hands on her waist. I grinned, it was finally happening. Eiko pulled away, her cheeks bright red. Kirishima blushed and looked away.
"Um thanks." Kirishima stammered. He hesitated then headed to the door. "I'll uh see you tomorrow?"
"Y—Yeah." Eiko nodded.
Kirishima left without another word. As soon as he was gone Eiko buried her face in her hands. I patted her shoulder.
"Good job. You finally kissed him." I fought a grin.
She just groaned in response. I laughed and walked to my room. Maybe, just maybe I could kiss Bakugou one day.