The bus was loud just as much as it is in the classroom. Especially since I was sitting next to Loud Mouth McExplody. Whenever someone says something he always has to comment, which lead to some of our classmates insulting him.
Not that I agreed or disagreed with them, but I still couldn't contain my laughs when they hit a good aspect of him. Which would cause him to yell at me for laughing. Eventually, our homeroom teacher, who had enough, ordered the class to quiet down.
While everyone seemed to settle in, I fished out my phone and headphones from one of the pockets in my suit. "That's going to break if you keep it on yourself," Katsuki commented.
I shrugged my shoulders and plugged in the headphones while looking for a song. "Then I'll just buy another one."
"What kind of rich people bullshit is that?" He huffed, crossing his arms over his bulky chest.
I let out a chuckle. "It's called living off of your parent's money, you idiot."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING AN IDIOT! YOU FUC-"
"Language!" Aizawa-sensei yelled from the front.
With a look of anger, Katsuki shut his big mouth and stared ahead with a look of murder. "If you always make those looks for too long, then your face will stay like that." I teased him as I found an upbeat song. He didn't even look at me as I rolled my eyes and offered the left headphone to him.
"I don't want that shit, " he muttered.
Ignoring his prissy fit, I stuck the other headphone in and listen to the song.
"This is my fight song,
Take back my life song,
Prove I'm alright song,
My powers turned on,
Starting right now I'll be strong,
I'll play my fight song,
And I don't care if anyone else believes cause I got some fight left in me~"
I hummed along, looking out the window to see thousands of healthy and vibrant trees in the distance. I always liked nature, because it reminds me of freedom. To be who you are, no matter what size or shape. No one criticizes you because your a God damn tree and you give people life. No one can hate you. No one can betray you.
As my eyes begin to unfocus, I noticed red eyes staring at the window. But I knew he wasn't looking at the window because he was looking down. He was looking down at me. I felt a warmth engulf my cheeks as I tore my gaze from the window and into my lap. I have no idea why I felt embarrassed about seeing him stare at me but I couldn't help the feeling of something thumping in my chest.
The song I was listening to quickly changed and made me jolt.
"Name, name!" sorry bae
"Pronunciation, pronunciation!" sorry bae
"Diction, diction, diction!" sorry bae
"Oh, face not an idol.." sorry bae
I'm sorry bae because I'm breathing
I'm sorry bae because I'm so healthy
I'm sorry bae I'm broadcasting
Errthing errthing errthing
Sorry bae~"
After a while, the music began to fade into background noise as I lifted my head from its bent position and laid it on the window. Even if the constant knocking was annoying, I didn't care as I closed my eyes and took even breaths.
If we were going to do something that required a lot of energy, I needed some type of rest. So I pulled my knees up as far as I could get them and leaned my head against them. Hopefully, the bus doesn't jolt a lot otherwise I'll go tumbling onto the floor like an idiot.
As I zoned out, but not quite asleep, I felt a tugging at my headphones. It was gentle, as if not to disturb me. I cracked open one eye, afraid that we made it before I took a nap but all I saw was Katsuki putting the headphone into his ear. Smiling silently to myself, I shut my eyes and let the music pass between us.
"None of this is a coincidence
I'm just going with the flow
The world is different from yesterday
Just with your joy
When you call me
I go to your flower
As if I've been waiting
We bloom till it gets cold
Maybe it's the way of the universe
That's how it is
You know I know
You and me, I am you
I'm scared, just as much as my heart flutters
Because destiny keeps getting jealous of us
I'm just as scared as you
When you see me
When you touch me
The universe has moved for us
Without missing a single thing
Because our happiness has been planned
Cause you love me
And I love you
You are my penicillin
You saved me
My angel, my world
I'm your Calico cat
Here to meet you
Love me now touch me now
Just let me love you
Just let me love you
Ever since the universe was first formed
Everything has been planned
Just let me love you
Let me love let me love you
Let me love let me love you"
By the end of the last song, I felt the bus come to a stop. Without missing a beat, I felt Katsuki roughly rip the headphone out of his ear and roughly shake me. "Get up, loser. We're here."
Releasing myself from my balled-up position, I wrap my headphones up and stuff them into my pocket along with my phone. Katsuki didn't even give a second thought into cutting off the person that was leaving. Which so happened to be Kirishima-kun.
"Totally not manly dude!" He called out to him but Katsuki didn't care. He kept on walking just like that. The redhead then turned to me and gave me a toothy grin.
"Ladies first!" I smiled at him and took his offer.
"Thank you Kirishima-kun." I bowed at him as we both started to walk out the bus.
"So how have you been Matsumoto-chan?" He kindly asked after we emerged from the bus. The both of us, including the majority of the class, marveled at the tall training building. It was massive, probably about the size of Yuuei. I couldn't see from this height but someone did mention it had a giant dome.
"Fine, I suppose..." I muttered, looking at the imitating building. "How about yo-"
"Follow me, class," Aizawa-sensei's boring voice interrupted me as he began walking towards the glass doors in front of us.
Kirishima-kun gave me a thumbs up as we walked together inside. Without missing a beat, once we entered the different areas where seen just from the entrance. Everyone let out exclamations of dazzle that I couldn't help but let out.
From here, we couldn't even see the full thing but just seeing the giant area with a sinking boat in a large lake was memorizing. They're not kidding when they say Yuuei is too notched.
"Flood wrecks, landslides, fires," an unfamiliar voice spoke. The class looked over to see a person standing to our left. He was just about my height, maybe slightly shorter, wearing an astronaut suit. I immediately recognized him as No.13.
Not a huge hero but is known for his rescues skills. This man is probably one of the only heroes I remember when I was growing up because he was close with my parents. A painful ache came from my heart as I looked at the man so I looked away. He attended my parents funeral and stood across from my sobbing form. A day I'll never forget, no matter how old I get.
"Hey, Matsumoto-chan," I looked over at Kirishima-Kun staring down at me. Worry seems to lace within his honey brown eyes as a small frown was carved into his lips. His facial expression reminded me of a sad puppy. "Are you okay? You look sad."
"Oh..." I let out a breathy sigh. "I was just remembering something..."
He remained silently by my side as we made direct eye contact. Without warning he let a warm smile curve his lips up, showing off his incredibly sharp teeth. "I'm sure you might feel crummy right now but stay by my side during training and I'll make you feel better," he launched his arm around my shoulders and brought me close. Almost like a hug but not quite. "Okay?"
I nodded my head silently as I let a shaky smile appear on my lips. "Thanks, Kirishima-kun."
We turned our attention back towards No.13 or, in my case, looking at the floor and listening to him speak. "-it is a power that can also easily kill people. In that way, just like every single quirk here."
I couldn't help to think of several ways I could severely hurt someone with my quirk. Some ways crueler than others...I wonder if my mother had thought of any of these moves to save herself. I guess they failed her in the end if she did.
No.13 began to speak about the responsibility of being young adults with powerful quirks. It's a speech I heard my whole life. And the only people who seemed to be listening to the same old speech where the nerds of our class.
As the hero began to wrap up his speech, he let out a cheerful chuckle. "Alright class, that is all!"
I let out a sigh of relief as Aizawa-sensei began to speak. "Okay, everyone settle down." I feel like that is the only way he knows how to make us be quiet. "First things first..."
We stared at Aizawa-sensei had who stopped mid-sentence. And he quickly snapped his head around. I brushed Kirishima-kun's arm off of me to peak over Aizawa-sensei's figure. A large purple and black space swirled around the middle of USJ at the bottom of the stars, a couple feet off.
I looked at the teacher who seemed tense. Was this apart of the training? But telling from his tense form, I could tell this was something unplanned.
"Stay back!" He yelled at us, swinging his arm back as if to protect us. I could hear everyone shuffle around in confusion as I took a step back. Without even realizing it, I walked up right behind Aizawa-sensei, nearly clutching onto his clothing.
The winds around me twisted and I could tell these people weren't here for the training, but these people presented a real danger. It became painfully clear as I saw a single face start to emerge through the dark mist.
"These are villains!" Aizawa-sensei shouted, getting into his hero gear. At that moment, complete fear had struck me as our homeroom teacher turned around and looked me in the eye.
"Move back! Stay close!" My feet refused to move as I stared at our teachers back.
"Move!" Someone shouted at me and in that same moment, a person tugged on my hand, pulling me away from the scene.
I don't know what happened but it was like my body went on autopilot. My fingers went numb in the tight handhold someone forced upon me. My eyes became hazy as I tumbled after the person tugging me along.
The only thing I could think of where my parents. Was this the fear they experienced when they knew they were going to face danger? Because if it was, how could they fight through it?
"Katsumi!"
...huh?