Know you better? What more do I need to know?

'Perhaps where I came from. Why exactly am I in your head?'

Okay. Why are you in my head?

'Have you heard of PTSD, Asuga?'

We both know I have.

'Good, did you also know that PTSD can cause a major deal of psychological problems?'

Yes… what's your point?

'One of those "psychological problems" is called Dissociative Identity Disorder, or D-I-D.'

Never heard of it. Care to elaborate?

'What I am trying to say is that you have PTSD—'

No duh, Sherlock.

'—and, consequently, you also have DID.'

…

'I'll take your silence as a pass to go on. DID is most commonly caused by a childhood trauma that causes the child's personality to not fully develop, and thus creating multiple different personalities to form. These personalities take on roles. I, for one, am your protector. I keep you safe and handle your psychological needs. There are other forms that can take place, each living in one host. You, Asuga, have taken on the role of maintaining the function of the host. Any other personalities, such as myself, are considered "alters—'

Stop.

'Excuse me?'

I said, stop.

'Don't you want to hear about yourself?'

I don't need to hear about a medical condition to know who I am.

'This… is quite unexpected.'

Then clearly you don't know me as well as you think you do. Whatever you're going to say, I don't want to listen to it. I have finally found a new life! Bringing my past into things isn't going to help me any.

'I'll be waiting for the day you will beg me to finish.'

You will be waiting for a while, then.

With that, their presence was gone, but their words still lingered in my head. "Most commonly caused by childhood trauma." I suppose the Saiako incident is to blame for that.

"Ughhh." I tossed and turned. "Why does everything have to come back to that day?" I just have to think about something different, I told myself. Right. Who was it that I had to be connected with in order to make an impact on Class 1-A. I need someone with a flashy, yet powerful quirk; a strong resolve; and the ability to influence the class. With that list, it was easy to narrow down the students.

Todoroki, Bakugou, Midoriya. Those were the three that could change the whole game. But there was also something that was missing in them. They did influence the class, but they influenced them primarily with their actions, not their words. They were role models and set a bar for everyone, but, as I observed, hadn't raised them up to show them they could reach it. Todoroki is too quiet, Bakugou not humble enough, and Midoriya too driven to notice. And for some of the class, the bar they set seems too high and even unreachable.

Part of the reason why I decided to come to UA wasn't just to become a hero, it was to oversee the next generation of them. I needed to have a play in how the next line-up of heroes were being taught and ensure that there was another symbol of peace to come for the people.

Someone who could live up to Asahi's standards. That's who needed to be on the front stage.

Three days until the provisional license exam. My first leap to becoming a hero.

Or, at least, that's what I thought until Aizawa had something else to say about it.

"You can't participate in the upcoming license exam."

"Umm… what? And why is that?" I put a hand on my hip.

"You have been with UA for not even a month, Kirika. You cannot expect me to allow such a large bound; you need more experience first. Your classmates have gone through multiple aptitude test and internships to prove to me they are capable of passing this test. You have not."

"Sir, I don't have the time to wait for this opportunity again. If not now, then when? What do I have to do to get you to let me do this?"

"Earn my trust."

I gaped back at him. "What do you mean?"

"Let me lay out the situation to me. I'm a hero. I have been for longer than you think. You were a villain who just happened to be lucky enough to get entangled with UA's affairs and be accepted into Class 1-A, my class. Not even three weeks in, you want me to give you a license that will allow you to use your quirk whenever you please without anyone's permission. I do not trust that scenario."

"Well I can't help that! Sorry I decided to become a hero. Sorry I decided to save your students. Sorry I was kidnapped by the League! Sorry my family died in an accident that could've been avoided by your Symbol of Peace!" I let out a breath to calm down. "Just, please, Mr. Aizawa. I've finally gotten the chance to turn my life around and you're telling me to postpone. I've been waiting for this chance for over six years." You want experience, I'll cite the training I received from the League, and three years of it, too. I wanted to say, but I figured that was overstepping my boundaries.

"My decision still stands. You're dismissed."

"Just you wait, Mr. Aizawa. I'm going to blow you away to the point where you can't refuse!" I walked back into the gym he had pulled me from to tell me his "news." I better get to work.

Behind me, Aizawa muttered something that my ears barely manage to pick up, and something Mr. Aizawa didn't plan on me hearing. "What am I going to do with such a precocious student?"

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What's that? An actual chapter?! NO WAY. I am going to keep these bottom "author's notes" to a minimum so you guys can enjoy the story, but there was so much that happened in this chapter! I encourage you guys to do some research into DID (and let me know if I got anything wrong or didn't include something vital). Also, let me know if I did/didn't get Aizawa's personality down. He's quite the fickle character when it comes to dialogue. Anyway, enjoy!

Peace!