Chapter 4: Fate

Has anybody else noticed how often Todoroki gets placed second? It ticks me off! I mean honestly, will he be forever second like his father? I want him to be #1!

Sorry for that outburst, it's just I like Shouto soooo much, that seeing him not in first place hurts. Also, I thought his quirk was called "Fire and Ice" not this "Half-Cold, Half-Hot" crap. That's such a mouthful!

I like ranting, if you haven't noticed.

Anime Fan x9000: Thanks! I hope you like the new chapter!

Anyways, the new Manga chapters psyched me up for writing a new chapter! SPOILER: I guessed that they would switch to a dorm system after everything that's happened. I was actually hoping for it, because if it wasn't canon, I'd add that to my story anyways… Oops I guess I just spoiled a bit about my own story… Oh well. Also, I wanted Todoroki to win the contest, honestly. His dorm was ridiculous, but cool. But chapter 100… WHAT THE HECK! The ending was just so… But at least the more recent chapters are getting somewhere. Also: NOBODY IS STRONGER THAN TODOROKI! NOBODY! Bakugou's win was a fluke. Shouto was emotionally confused at the time, so it doesn't count! (- ^ -) SPOILER END

On another note, the chapter titles and little spiels at the beginning aren't always related with that certain chapter, but for future themes. Some are connected, however, so I'll leave it to you to connect the dots.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own MHA. I only take ownership of my stories and OCs.

Chapter 4: Fate

Can somebody's fate be altered? Can they go up to Lady Destiny and say, "Screw it! I'll live how I want to!" Are our stories already written and set in stone? Our fates can be very cruel, indeed, so why not simply change them?

Sadly, it isn't as easy as it sounds.

To go against the flow of life, you must deny the life already set out for you. Then follow up with grasping your own future, the way you'd like. Few have done this. For most, their destiny is absolute, and they must simply sit back and watch it unfold.

"You know that saying, 'What in the world?' Well, I've been wondering, why 'in' the world. We live 'on' the world. Not in it. That'd be more underground, yeah?"

"You really need a hobby."

"Shut up."

"Have you tried the insane asylum? I'm sure you'd fit in well."

"Ha ha, very funny," Kaiya rolled her eyes, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Anyways, what on the world are you doing here?"

She had just woken up from a deep slumber, only to be confronted with the sight of one Todoroki Shouto standing before her, leaning against the roof access door.

"'In' sounds better, if you were wondering."

"I wasn't."

"You just asked about it."

"I was talking to myself."

"Didn't sound like it." Kaiya simply sighed before realizing she had fallen asleep while he had still been there.

"You didn't stay here all night, right?" she asked worriedly. She hated to be a burden to others.

"Don't worry, I went back home. I'm just here to make sure you don't oversleep for classes. Regardless of the fact that you literally live at school," he said, answering both her current and previous questions.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Does the canteen serve breakfast?" she asked. After receiving a confirmation, she headed straight out the door. She had fallen asleep in her uniform, so she had no need to change. In her mind, that is.

"Shouldn't you put on new clothes?" Shouto asked.

"I'm wearing the uniform. How much more do they want from me?"


"Wow, you guys screwed up big."

Shigaraki Tomura turned bitterly towards the unknown voice.

"You are?"

"A fellow doer of evil, through and through. I'm here to offer a deal." The face-palm villain narrowed his eyes in suspicion, despite not being clearly visible. "I was there at the USJ attack. Quite impressive, until a certain point."

"You'll have to ask Sensei," Shigaraki said. "He'll give you an answer."

"I'm sorry, but this is your decision, Shigaraki Tomura. This is your time to show off," a digital voice resounded. It was cold and emotionless.

"Fine… what's the offer…" the disciple droned. The stranger, who had randomly appeared in the hideout, casually leaned against the bar, ignoring the shadow-like figure standing behind it.

"Simple. I want you to create a small distraction so I may conduct business with a certain student of UA, as well as a few possible future favors. In return, I'll make sure it was worthwhile. On the honor of the Tribe of Aesir." Everyone in the room froze, besides the new addition.

His voice was charming and charismatic, but the smirk he had was predatory. He had a head of silver-gray hair that caught a dull sheen from the dim lights. His scarlet eyes glinted ferally, while his well-built form continued to place its weight on the bar.

"The organisation in America?"

"That's the one."

"...What kind of 'distraction'?"

The smirk widened as he bid them his farewell.

"I'll be sure to let you know what is required, so we'll keep in touch." In a flash of speed, the man seemed to have vanished.

"Sensei… Does that mean I agreed?" Shigaraki wondered aloud to his master. The screen, however, only let the sound of chuckling fill the air. His voice finally came through his amusement.

"The Tribe of Aesir, eh? I wonder…"


"So, why bacon again?"

Shouto and Kaiya had just walked into the classroom, and he was trying to understand his new friend's odd eating behavior. The night prior had been… interesting, but at least she was eating food cooked by a professional.

"I like meat!" Kaiya answered happily. Her eyes glowed more blue than usual. "And Lunch Rush-sensei was so nice!"

Shouto merely sighed before sitting down in his seat. Their fellow classmates had started up a conversation about what had happened to all of them, and Kaiya was dragged in.

"What happened while you two were gone? After you left, we didn't see you until we got back to the buses." Ashido interrogated. The girls that had been fawning over a new idea of a pairing were hungry for details.

"We ended up next to the Land-Slide Zone, and a bunch of villains randomly showed up. Shouto took care of them though, so I barely lifted a finger. He was awesome!" the transfer praised.

"Oh yeah," Yaoyorozu remembered. "Didn't you say that you're from America? I hear that it's crawling with villains these days, especially that one group. Have you had many encounters with bad guys in the past?"

Shouto perked up after hearing this question. He was likely the only person in the room that had heard of Kaiya's past, so he was curious on how she'd answer this dangerous question.

"Here and there, I guess. But I'm surprised that some group of villains got news to spread all the way over here," she answered, honestly perplexed. She had a feeling who the group was…

"Yeah, I think their name was something about Norse mythology, or something. Have you not heard of them?"

Kaiya's assumptions were correct, to her dread.

"The Tribe of Aesir," she breathed. The group that Odin led, with his wife Frigg and son Thor. Otherwise known as her father, mother, and brother. Her sister was given the name Freya, as she was destined to marry someone to expand the family empire. Kaiya, on the other side of the spectrum, was-

"Um, hello? You in there?" The Tigerwolf snapped out of her inner musings.

"Huh?" she asked intelligently (Sarcasm. A wonderful thing indeed). The others looked at her funny. What she didn't realize was that she had completely zoned out after the mention of her old life.

Shouto eyed her carefully. She seems to lose focus on what's around her when her past is mentioned.

Something similar happened the evening before, when the police had finally arrived. Another time when her eyes had shone gray.


"16… 19… 21?" a man with a detective's garb on counted. "I thought that there were only 20 kids per class?"

"I'm a new transfer, sir," Kaiya answered his unasked question. The detective nodded, albeit hesitantly, and continued his report.

"Not counting the kid with crippled legs, everyone's pretty much unharmed."

The others began conversing with each other, sharing stories of what they had to face on this crazy day. Todoroki stood next to Kaiya, Bakugou, and Kirishima. Midoriya was in the infirmary.

"Man, getting to Japan this morning, almost running late to class…" Kaiya started.

"You were late, idiot," Bakugou scoffed.

"... Going on some field trip," she continued without acknowledging the interruption. "And getting attacked by villains. Quite the day, if I do say so myself."

One of the policemen, a cat, in fact, approached the group.

"We're going to wrap it up for today, so if you'd give us your parent's numbers, we'll fill them in and let them know what will happen for now." Everybody had done so accordingly, until the officer reached a certain transfer.

"Miss, your parents' number?" he asked politely. Only two people noticed her slight flinch. She began cautiously.

"Well… You see, sir, my parents are overseas and are very difficult to get a hold of. I can tell them if you'd like." The officer frowned, before writing something down on his board.

"Any guardians, like grandparents for instance?" She shook her head. "Then who are you staying with over here? Your guardian's number will suffice."

"I'm actually being put up by UA, sir. You see, I didn't have enough money to spare living expenses, but the opportunity to come here was so great that we couldn't refuse. My, uh, parents are working hard to earn enough money for me to be able to attend, so UA agreed to help me find a place." She didn't like lying, but some of it was true. In a different context, that is.

The police-cat sighed, before jotting something else down.

"Very well. If UA has agreed, I guess it's legit. Do you need someone to help you back to your home?"

"I'll do it," Todoroki volunteered. The officer nodded before leaving to do his other duties. That evening, Todoroki walked Kaiya back to where she was staying, the UA rooftop. It was along the way where he noticed that her eyes had turned gray.


Todoroki was forced from his thoughts when Iida suddenly went to the front of the classroom, shouting:

"All right, everyone! It is time for this morning's homeroom so please take your seats!"

"We are in our seats. You're the one who's not," Sero cut in. Just then, the door to the classroom opened.

"Morning," their home teacher greeted. His entire face was covered in bandages.

"Aizawa-sensei! You're already back!? That's beyond pro!"

"Sensei! You're all right!" Iida yelled, jolting up from his seat. Uraraka whispered something about actually being alright, but Todoroki couldn't hear her clearly.

"Don't concern yourselves over me. After all, the battle isn't over yet," their teacher warned mysteriously.

"The battle?" drawled Bakugou.

"You don't mean…" Midoriya trailed off in anxiety. His face now held worry.

"MORE VILLAINS?!" Mineta screeched. His face, it was…

Undescribable.

"UA's sports festival is approaching, boys and girls. Oh yeah, this is a school!" In the background, Kaiya was silently wondering what a sport's festival was.

Is it like a parade or something to honor sports? Or maybe some kind of sports meet?

"A sports festival!?"

"Keep forgetting this is an actual school!"

"Wait, hold up! That sounds like something villains would try to infiltrate… isn't it? Will it be alright?" The class began chattering loudly, worrying what the new announcement might bring. Especially in terms of danger.

"On the contrary. Going on with the festival means that UA is completely sure of their ducks being in a row when it comes to crisis control. I hear police presence will be five times bigger than normal, for example. What you should be thinking about is…what a huge chance the academy's sports festival presents for you all. This isn't some event that'll be brought to a halt by the likes of villains."

The confidence in Aizawa-sensei's tone spread to Kaiya's mindset as well, however, that wasn't the case with all of the students. In fact, most were still extremely wary of what was to come.

"No, if villains do appear, can we halt it please?" Mineta asked weakly.

"It's an athletics festival, man," Yaoyorozu muttered behind him.

"Mineta… Have you never seen UA's sports festival!?" Midoriya sweatdropped nervously.

"Of course I have! THat's not it at all-..."

"Umm, I actually have no clue what it is…" Kaiya inserted awkwardly. "Is it like a sports meet or something? You know, soccer, football, baseball… the like?" There were a few confused whispers like, 'What the heck's soccer?', until Aizawa-sensei put it all to rest with his own description of the event.

"Our sports festival is one of Japan's biggest events! In days psat, the "Olympics" was the sports festivity that whipped all the nation into a froth of enthusiasm! But now, as you know, the extent and population have shrunk and it's lost a lot of substance."

"Well, yeah, I mean it's the same in America. Everyone's quirks make all the traditional games hard to keep fair," Kaiya agreed.

"So what has taken the place of the Olympics in Japan is the UA Sports Festival!"

"The country's top heroes are all sure to be watching us!" Yaoyorozu contributed. "It's because they'll be scouting for us!"

"I know, I know, but…" Mineta mumbled quietly. The transfer had other things on her mind, however.

Lots of heroes'll be there? I hope nobody recognizes my name, or else there'll be unwanted trouble. But I'm probably paranoid, I mean, there are plenty of others with a name like mine, right? Allowing thoughts like these to ease her mind, she managed to calm down without drawing any attention to herself.

"I'm thinking I might follow the tactic of going sidekick for a pro hero's squad after graduating!" Kaminari exclaimed proudly. His neighbor, Jirou, didn't look too enthused about that prospect, though.

"But there are loads of people who get stuck as sidekicks forever and miss their chance to break out as solo heroes," she said. "And you seem like just that kind of dumb*ss, Kaminari." Said electric battery only made a sound of indignation.

"Naturally," Aizawa-sensei smoothly took back the attention, "entering the squad of a famous hero will get you higher status and more experience. Remember, time is limited. If you get noticed by a pro, that gives you the standing for a brighter future than otherwise.

"This is the chance you'll only get once a year… for a total of three chances," he continued. "If you aim to be a hero, this is an event you can't overlook!"

"Get noticed by a pro, huh?" Kaiya muttered quietly. "That isn't my intention. I only agreed to come here to learn the basics of heroics. The fundamentals, not trying to make a debut here. I can't be too noticeable."

This was her chance to turn over a new leaf fully and have a clean slate to work with. Sure, she'd told Shouto about her past and history, but she felt like she could trust him to be nonjudgemental and keep her secret. It was just a feeling, but having the blood of two animals besides humans running through her veins caused her to act on powerful instincts.

And her instincts rarely lied.

During the noonday break, everybody was getting pumped. The excitement to show off felt like electricity dancing in the air, making hairs stand up. Fires of determination had sparked in the eyes of many, especially one Uraraka Ochako.

"Deku, Iida…" she began. "Let's crush it. The Sports Festival."

"Whoa, your face, Uraraka! Your face!" someone shouted. All of a sudden, Kaiya, who had started shaking, suddenly yelled out.

"Yes, Ma'am!" she yelled, a hint of fear detectable in her tone. The class looked at her in confusion. She blinked before realizing her actions.

"Oops! Sorry guys, I guess I got caught up in the moment, hehe." She scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. "You sounded a lot like my mom back there, Uraraka."

Silence reigned as Kaiya decided to make up an excuse.

"Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna head out to explore the campus more…" she trailed off. With that, she bolted from the room. Shouto sighed before following her lead.

"What's up with her?" Ashido questioned nobody in particular. "And Uraraka's being, kinda, not Uraraka." Mineta attempted saying something that was probably perverted, when their zero-gravity girl that seemed to have a split personality yelled out once more.

"Guys! I'm gonna go for it!"

By now, everyone had forgotten about their new student's outburst. The two of them, Kaiya and Shouto, were now meandering the halls. He thought about asking what had happened, but decided against it midway. They eventually came across a door that had many… interesting sounds coming from it.

*BOOM* *CRASH*

Cries could be heard coming from within.

"Don't let it blow the building up, darnit!"

"But my babies are precious! They're still learning!" came a female voice. All of a sudden, the door was blasted off its hinges, startling the pair outside.

"What th-" Kaiya suddenly found herself on the ground, a large piece of equipment on top of her. Todoroki made no move to help, being too busy inspecting what had come flying out.

It was an odd mash of different parts to form some sort of hodgepodge. In her surprise, Kaiya accidentally sent a current of electricity surging through the large hunk of metal, thoroughly frying its circuits.

A girl stepped out from the smoke and drifting debris, only to find her 'baby' as a smoking mess. In Kaiya's defense, it was a mess before. She only caused the smoking part.

"Oh no! My poor baby's been scandalized!" the newcomer yelled. Kaiya blinked in confusion. Scandalized?

Finally, Todoroki helped the poor girl on the ground to remove the machinery that was weighing her down, setting it non-too-gently on the ground beside her. As the supposed creator of the odd equipment began to rant to Kaiya how her 'baby' never deserved such a cruel fate. The moment Kaiya could move, she stood up and began apologizing.

"I'm deeply sorry about your, um, 'baby'. I hope the damage wasn't too bad?" The girl glared at the transfer, effectively making her look down in shame. She began to fiddle with the metal wristband that she had been meaning to tell Aizawa-sensei about not working. This caught the inventor's eye, and she immediately grabbed her wrist to inspect the trinket.

"Wow! This is high quality metal used to disguise the inner-workings of its true design! Tell me, what does it do!?" she exclaimed happily, clinging to the poor girl.

"Umm…" Kaiya began uneasily.

"No matter, I'll just look at it myself! All I need to do is unscrew this, move that, unbuckle, and viole! It is off!" And true to her word, the band was successfully removed; without Kaiya's consent, that is. The girl once again disappeared into the room, while a man with an odd mask came out, coughing madly.

"Honestly, that girl is going to be the death of me… After she burns the entire school down, that is. Or blows it up. Or gets it sucked into a wormhole," he began muttering to himself. Then he realized he had company.

"Oh, I apologize, was there something you needed?" Shouto cleared his throat before answering.

"No, we were only passing by when my companion was assaulted by that machine." The masked man's shoulders seemed to slump even more.

"I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. My name's Power Loader, by the way. I'm the supervisor for the Support division. That girl was Hatsume Mei, a student. Her inventions are always going out of control."

"That's fine, Power Loader-sensei!" Kaiya assured. "I was the one who fried her machine, after all. But I might need that wristband back…"

"Hmm? Oh, you must be the transfer Aizawa was talking about. I was actually the one who created that wristband for you. How's it working?" he asked in anticipation.

"Well… I think it could use a bigger dose of suppressant, or something. It wasn't the most helpful, as I would've liked… But it was still good and all! Maybe just needing a few… tweaks."

Power Loader assured her that it was fine to criticise, as that was how inventors improved. Just then, Hagakure rushed out once again.

"Okay, now I need you to try it out! I made a few adjustments that I think will totally fit!" she happily said, not too subtly dragging Kaiya into the room. "Oh, and I need you to try out a few other things as well," she added. Once again, Todoroki made no move to help, not wanting to get dragged in as well.

From that day forth, Kaiya and Mei, as the inventor insisted being called, became rather good friends. The one thing that continued to happen, however, was Kaiya's continuous refusal to accompany Mei to the Support room. In fact, she never went anywhere near the 'place where heroes go to die', as she put it.

To Be Continued…


*Sigh* Finally. This chapter had the determination to not get written, I swear. I've changed, deleted, etc. and all that just to try and make this chapter readable. So… tired.

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I apologize for any mistakes you may find, this chapter was written in spurts. Nothing wanted to connect, so… yeah.

I hope you liked it!